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The FUJIFILM FinePix S4500 Digital Camera is a point-and-shoot with DSLR tendencies. The most notable would be the 24-720mm (35mm equivalent) 30x optical zoom lens, which gives you the flexibility to shoot super-close-up macros or distant telephoto shoots without changing your position. Other features of this lens include the professional grade Super EBC coating that reduces ghosting and lens flare and the 42-step zoom control for smooth transitions.
Working with the lens would be the Dual Image Stabilization, which reduces motion and blur for clear, clean images. Additional DSLR tendencies include the electronic viewfinder and a large 3.0" LCD monitor. Of course, the S4500 also shoots 720 HD video, just like the big boys. And in a step towards convenience, the camera is powered simply by 4 AA batteries, which are easily found at most grocery stores, and in many other locations.
Leaning back towards its point-and-shoot core the S4500 comes equipped with a bevy of auto modes that take the guess and check method out of taking pictures. Just choose the mode that is appropriate for your situation and let the camera do the leg work! From Scene Recognition modes to Blink Detection to Tracking Auto Focus, the choices are both numerous and beneficial. Additional examples include date stamp function, instant zoom, and zoom bracketing.
When you're done shooting, the S4500 continues to support you in your quest for great images. The many post-production features on the camera help you to do things like tag files for upload to social media sites, once the camera is connected to your computer, or to automatically upload new images for sharing. There are also a number of playback functions - By Date, By Face, By Upload Mark - that work to make your life easier, once the shooting is complete.
· Lens X Finder - Experience the Extreme Shooting Sensation
The combination of versatile & functional Fujinon lens and a bright viewfinder give a sensational shooting experience
· Fujinon 30x Optical Zoom and Wide 24mm Zoom Lens
The widely renown Fujinon Lenses are used popularly in numerous situations including satellites in outer space, TV/film, surveillance, and compact cameras. With the highly adept manufacture of Fujifilm, high precision optics and technology are provided for the best 24mm wide angle and 30x optical zoom
· Super EBC - Aiming for High Quality Images
The lens elements used in the FinePix S4500 have been treated with multilayer Super EBC (Electron Beam Coating), the same process used for Fujinon broadcasting video lenses and large-format camera lenses acclaimed by professionals. Reducing ghosting and lens flare, the treatment promises clear image quality
· 42-Step Electronic Powered Zoom
The powered 30x zoom features smooth 42-step zoom control, giving you the ability to frame every shot with precision accuracy
· 2cm Super Macro
At a distance of just 2cm, macro photography using the S4500 allows you to capture all the exquisite detail of your subject from really close up
· High Sensitivity + CCD Shift Image Stabilization
Dual Image Stabilization is the combination of high sensitivity and CCD shift image stabilization that works to eliminate blurred photos by freezing action and minimizing blurs at the maximum zoom range
· Electronic Viewfinder
The FinePix S4500 offers the flexibility of framing your shots through the crisp, clear electronic viewfinder. In addition to enhanced visibility in bright daylight, the bright EVF accommodates a traditional shooting style, making it easy to steady the camera, even when shooting with the 30x zoom fully extended
· 3.0 Inch Large LCD
The 3.0 inch large, bright LCD display makes it easy to compose great photos. Sharing pictures is a pleasure, thanks to its high-impact 230,000 dot resolution
· AA Battery
The S4500 can be powered by four AA-type alkaline batteries, affording a convenient source of power when you're on the road and eliminating the need to carry a bulky charger
· Fast Startup
Turn the power ON from a cold start and FinePix S4500 is ready to shoot in only 1.8 seconds
· 6 Scene SR AUTO Modes
Framed scenes are automatically detected and selected into appropriate camera settings: Portrait, Landscape, Night, Macro, Night Portrait, and Backlit Portrait
· Portrait:
Recognizes portraits by detecting the faces quickly in the frame and optimizing focus, brightness, and white balance
· Landscape:
Scenic shots such as mountains and buildings are automatically recognized. Colors of the sky, forests, and flower fields are captured in vivid colors and depth
· Night:
For low-light and night-time scenarios, shutter speed, and sensitivity are automatically adjusted producing blur-free pictures with minimal noise
· Macro:
Macro mode sets the focusing position of the details of small flowers or tiny subjects accurately
· Night Portrait:
When photographing people at night or in low-light, SR AUTO optimizes flash range, shutter speed, and exposure of the portraits, while capturing a smooth and luminous background
· Backlit Portrait:
Optimizes brightness of the faces that usually end up in shadow and underexposure caused by the light behind
· Blink Detection
The camera will warn you when people in the frame are blinking, giving you the option to retake the photo, or enlarge the face so you can save or delete the image before you take the next shot
· Smile & Shoot Mode
The Smile & Shoot mode of Scene Position, automatically releases the shutter when the smile appears so you won't miss the adorable smile the moment they happen
· Natural Light & With Flash
Can't decide whether it's best to use flash? Choose this mode, press the shutter and automatically capture the same scene twice: once with high sensitivity and natural light, and the second time with intelligent flash. Later choose one or keep both!
· Face Detection
Face detection optimizes people pictures by identifying faces and adjusting focus and exposure to ensure bright, clear results
· Red-Eye Removal in Detected Faces
Red-eye removal automatically detects and corrects flash reflection for a prefect end result
· Instantly Detect Up to 10 Faces!
The Face Detection can simultaneously recognize up to 10 faces in a photo. Share your group portraits using the zoom up function in playbacks, checking each detected face. Each priceless expression can be cropped and saved in clear high resolution results
· Face Detection Timer Function
The Face Detection self-timer automatically sets off after the number and position of faces in a scene are detected, snapping the photo at the right moment, with the faces in focus and properly exposed
· Couple Timer:
Just the two of you? Couple Timer waits until two faces are close together in the frame. Select "Near", "Close Upâ€Â or "Super Close depending on the level of intimacy you're aiming for
· Group Timer:
Out and about with your friends? Group Timer mode gives you time to get into position as it waits until the specified number of faces is detected in the frame. You can select up to 4 faces and enjoy the moment
· Motion Panorama
Let's you take panorama photos as simply as 1, 2, 3! The camera automatically stitches together three consecutive shots, with simple in-frame guidance to ensure the images are aligned. The resulting image is saved to the memory card as an impressive panorama
· Tracking Auto Focus
Keeps fast moving subjects in the frame and in focus, even at 5x zoom extended. Great for capturing dynamic close-ups
· Instant Zoom
A function to follow moving subjects in standard wide view for easy framing at high zoom settings. With a single press of a button, the subject tracked within the selected frame on the LCD, will be captured and saved at a high zoom ratio (1.4x or 2.0x digital zoom)
· Zoom Bracketing Mode
Enables three shots to be taken at the single press of the button, at varying degrees of magnification (original, 1.4x and 2.0s). This enables instant editing on the camera to choose the ideal shot, rather than having to go back to a PC to facilitate a digital crop
· Date Stamp Function
Shooting date and time can be embedded in the lower right-hand corner of the images files
· HDTV-Compatible Photos and Video
Able to capture both photos and movies in high-definition 16:9 format, the S4500 lets you discover the impact of full-screen HDTV image display. Capture high resolution images in 16:9 format
· Photo Shooting:
Capture high resolution images in 16:9 format (4,288 x 2,416 pixels, 3,072 x 1,728 pixels, 1,920 x 1,080 pixels)
· Movie Shooting:
Capture high resolution images in 16:9 format (1280 x 720 pixels))
· Versatile Shooting Modes
In addition to a wide range of shooting modes, the S4500 offers a selection of versatile scene positions that ensure optimum results no matter what the scene
Choose for shooting a subject under low-light or a still subject by using the telephoto zoom
The easiest mode for taking pictures. Use this for ordinary photography
· Program AE:
An automatic mode to set the white balance and exposure
· Pro Low-Light:
Choose for shooting a subject under low-light or a still subject by using the telephoto zoom
· HDR (Dynamic Range):
Each time the shutter button is pressed, the camera takes a series of shots, each with different exposure. These are combined into a single image, pre-serving detail in highlights and shadows
· Natural Light & With Flash:
Shoots 2 images continuously, without flash and with flash. Comes in great handy during marginal shooting situations
· Natural Light:
Produces beautiful images that retain the natural ambience when shots are taken in low-light conditions
· Portrait:
Set for shooting portraits. Skin tones are softened as it enhances the overall natural look
· Portrait Enhancer:
Enables automatic enhancements of skin tone
· Landscape:
Best for shooting scenery in daylight capturing clear and sharp shots of buildings and mountains effectively
· Motion Panorama 360:
Sweep the camera right or left to create panoramic image


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HEAT oven to 350°F. Mix chicken, peppers, cream cheese and 1/4 cup salsa in saucepan; cook on low heat until cream cheese is melted, stirring occasionally.
SPOON 1/3 cup chicken mixture down center of each tortilla; roll up. Place, seam-sides down, in lightly greased 13x9-inch baking dish; set aside. Cook VELVEETA and milk in saucepan on low heat until VELVEETA is completely melted, stirring frequently. Pour over enchiladas; cover with foil.
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While at one time Terrence Malick seemed to be an enigma we would know little about, his recent prolific jaunt that sees him working with nearly every actor in Hollywood suggests that for years to come, we're going to keep getting more and more anecdotes about the man and his films, even if he remains elusive to the press. Indeed, his approach to filmmaking, which often involves tossing out the script and shooting whatever the day or moment inspires, has been either freeing, baffling or anger-inducing depending on who you ask (Christopher Plummer is not a fan). And Richard Gere, who starred in the Malick's sophomore effort, "Days of Heaven," has not been shy about his own frustrations with the film.
Sitting in on THR's actor's roundtable, when talking about this early work, Gere seems suggest that Malick shot "Days of Heaven" twice. "I was 26 when I made 'Days of Heaven,' 28 when it was released because we went back and shot another movie....," he said. But is he overstating what happened? Or does this confirm that much of what Malick used in the first shoot for the movie wound up tossed out?
In our extensive "Days Of Heaven" feature from last year, we noted that in the DVD extras for the Criterion Collection edition for the film, Gere says: "What people don't know is that a year later we shot for about two weeks with neither of these guys [cinematographers Nestor Almendros and Haskell Wexler] involved. But a lot of the movie was done in those two weeks we shot later."
It's that last part that certainly carries a lot of weight. Indeed, Gere also says in those same extras: "We shot a much more richly verbal movie, with much more high emotions, much more dramatic. And when I came to loop the movie and I saw that it wasn't that, I clearly was not too happy about that because all of us could have saved a lot of brain cells in the process."
Speaking of brain cells, Ben Affleck is also quite candid that his time with Malick on the director's upcoming "To the Wonder" wasn't quite what he thought it would be. "The experience of it seemed half-crazy in that we didn't really have dialogue, so I didn't really know what was happening. Then I realized that he was accumulating colors that he would use to paint with later in the editing room. My character doesn't really do that much," he told GQ. "It was kind of a wash for me in terms of learning something as an actor, because Terry uses actors in a different way—he'll [have the camera] on you and then tilt up and go up to a tree, so you think, 'Who's more important in this—me or the tree?' But you don't ask him, because you don't want to know the answer."
Curiously, Malick advised Affleck that he wanted him to be like screen legend Gary Cooper, but when the actor shared his research the director was mortified. "Oh, no no no! He's just rattling on!" Malick reportedly said. "Gary Cooper, he just stares off."
All this mostly underscores that Malick's approach has changed very little from "Days of Heaven" to this latest, and whether it will with "Knight of Cups" or his untitled music scene movie remains to be seen as well. "To the Wonder" is tentatively slated to open in April.
John | July 29, 2014 7:01 PM
The thing about Malick is that the actors are not the center of his films, and once they realize that when the film is released they become upset. All I would say is "get over yourself". Be glad you had the chance to work with a great director whose pushing the boundaries of film-making.
cary | November 16, 2012 5:18 PM
If you have any chance to revisit Malick's The New World, please use some quotes from Bale's interview on the movie. Basically, it's a very long love song to Malick. Not every actor gets frustrated or confused with Malick's film making style. Some feel more liberated, empowered, and inspired working with him.
yer | November 16, 2012 3:15 PM
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Dessert, coffee and live music. Musicians of all genres are invited to display their craft in open mic forum, as the Dawson Community College Music Club hosts an evening of open mic entertainment with delectable Sturgis coffee and desserts November 2 at 5:30 pm in the Toepke Center.
Sturgis Coffee flavors served at open Mic Night:
Heavy Metal
Moon Juice
White Peppermint Chocolate
Creme Brule
Proceeds from coffee and dessert sales will help music students attend the state music conference. There is no charge to perform, but musicians are asked to provide their own equipment.
Come early to secure your place in the line-up. For more information, contact Lisa Shields at 406.377.9456 or [email protected] [4].
[1] http://www.dawson.edu/news/2012/11/02/college-music-club-host-open-mic-night
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[4] mailto:[email protected]
[5] http://www.dawson.edu/category/news/music


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Jennifer Hudson, please get a pedicure for the GG!
I would first like to say that I am rooting for Jennifer Hudson. I want her to walk away with that Golden Globe. However, I have noticed recently through pictures posted on Siyclone.com, that she is showing up at events with ugly feet and finger nails. I feel she should get a good pedicure and manicure with a great nail polish before showing up on the red carpet of the Golden Globes or any other public event. I love you Jhud, but please take care of the that, it is part of grooming. Everyone who agrees please sign. Thanks
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FOX 9 News has obtained the Las Vegas police report regarding the 9-year-old Minneapolis stowaway who snuck onto a Delta flight last week, and the eye-opening details shed light on the various stories the boy told.
According to the police report, the boy said he often runs away. This time, he admitted taking a light rail train to the Mall of America but said he then decided to stop at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to walk around.
The boy told police he found a boarding pass on the ground, picked it up and then walked toward a security checkpoint -- but an airport spokesman said security video contradicts that story because there is no paper in his hands.
The next part of the boy's story does coincide with the footage. The 9-year-old told police he "saw a family that looked like me" and walked behind them so it would look like he was part of the family.
Shortly after he disembarked from the Delta flight in Las Vegas after flight attendants discovered he had no ticket or unattended minor paperwork, his story changed. The boy told police he was on the plane with his father but the flight was full and they asked his dad to leave, adding that his father said he would meet him in Las Vegas. Delta officials previously confirmed the flight was not full.
In reality, the boy's parents -- who live off Olson Memorial Highway in Minneapolis -- had no idea where he was despite a dangerous 9-mile joyride the boy took in a stolen delivery truck just two days earlier.
"When you've got a 9-year-old who is doing significant behavior like that -- to me, that's a cry for help," Renelle Nelson, of the PACER Center, told FOX 9 News. "This is a kid who needs attention and he's not getting it."
Perhaps the saddest revelation in the police report came when Las Vegas police asked the boy about what he'd done and he replied, "No one cares about me."
At the PACER Center, they hear about kids acting out every day. Nelson says what's unfortunate is that parents -- like the boy's hoodie-hiding and desperate sounding father -- often don't know how to react. That's something PACER professionals hear quite a bit.
"'I don't know what to do. I don't know where to turn to. I'm afraid that if I ask for help, it'll look like I'm not a good parent,'" Nelson offered as examples.
Nelson said in cases like this, organizations can help parents learn to give children appropriate attention and steer behaviors.
Once Social Services got involved in Nevada, officials opted to admit the boy to a secure facility instead of sending him home, citing "inadequate reporting" from his parents about him going missing and a general lack of concern for his well-being. The boy is expected to come back to Minnesota on Friday, but at this point, it appears unlikely he'll be sent back home.
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Cove House in Acadia
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Cottage
- community
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/ week
$ 5,000 - $ 6,600 / month
vacation rental description
Cove House has been a great place to stay when visiting renowned Acadia National Park since 2004. The spacious deck gives you expansive views of Raccoon Cove, Frenchman Bay, Schoodic Point and the mountains of Mount Desert Island.
Enjoy Maine's natural beauty and the many attractions it offers, while staying in this spotless, pleasant log house that is just right for a couple or for a family of six. Cove House sits on a bluff about 25 feet above the Cove.
The first floor has an airy, open-floor plan - a great room with a cathedral ceiling and two floors of windows for panoramic views. Dining area and fully equipped kitchen provide a pleasant eating experience. Two bedrooms - one with a queen bed and the other with two singles, and a full bathroom with laundry facilities are on the first floor.
The second floor contains the master suite with large walk-in closet, king bed, dresser, desk, television, and even has plenty of room for a crib, provided as needed. The bathroom has a large jaccuzzi and separate shower. A loft overlooking the living room is ideal to play board games, work on a puzzle, play chess or read a good book.
A bench and Adirondacks overlooking the water provide the perfect spot to sit in the early morning with a cup of coffee and enjoy the beautiful views. There is access to the shore at one place only to protect the delicate vegetation and prevent erosion.
Children are welcome. We aim for a low allergen environment by keeping the property smoke- and pet-free.
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cottage rental amenities
Cove House is your home away from home. It is very well appointed with many amenities including DSL Internet and Wi-Fi, cable TV in the great room and master bedroom, a Blue Ray player, and IPod-IPad speaker and recharger system.
The fully-equipped kitchen has refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave, gas range, automatic coffeemaker, coffee grinder, toasters, blender, hand mixer, food processor, electric frying pan, pots and pans, large corn and lobster pots, and even a rice cooker. Ample counter space for food preparation and a variety of spices, herbs, oils, and vinegars, salt and pepper will entice you to try out new recipes.
Outside, you can enjoy the deck, which faces the Cove, has a gas grill and an umbrella table with four comfortable chairs, and a large pot with fresh herbs to enhance your meals. Around the corner, on the porch, you'll find a wicker love seat and two chairs with a table, and a couple of rocking chairs.
Just bring the baby! Crib, high chair, booster seat, pack-n-plays, stroller, and a baby gate are ready and waiting upon request. A roll-away cot is handy if the children want to sleep in the same room.
Relax with fluffy towels, fresh bed linens, handsome rugs and comfortable, furniture make Cove House a very relaxing place to enjoy your vacation. Planters and barrels full of flowers welcome our guests.
activities and attractions in Acadia Maine
So much to do. The cottage is stocked with many brochures, booklets and maps as well as a Maine DeLorme to help you find any activity and location. Fifteen minutes to Ellsworth for groceries, cinema, movie rentals, restaurants, antique shop, LL Bean, churches, excellent library and hospital; 20 minutes to the entrance to Acadia National park; 30 minutes to Winter Harbor and Schoodic Point.
In Ellsworth visit the Black House and see what life was like in the 1800's. Stroll along the paths at Birdsacre and see the birds. Eat lobster by the Union River, Jasper's on High Street, or go to Ruth and Wimpy's a couple of miles East of town on Rte. 1. Enjoy great food at Arbovine in Blue Hill or The Crocker House in Hancock. Go to Jordan's Snack Bar just past St. Andrew Lutheran Church on Rte. 1 and enjoy good food outdoors. Visit the many antique shops in the area. Get fresh produce and flowers at the Farmers' Markets in town on Thursdays and Saturdays.
In 20 minutes you are in beautiful Acadia National Park with its hiking, horseback riding and biking trails. Have tea and popovers at Jordan Pond House. Visit downtown Bar Harbor and its many shops, restraurants and attractions. Take a whale watching trip, enjoy an evening sail on the Margaret Todd or attend a concert.
Travel to Blue Hill or Stonington and see the sights, or stay close to home and kayak in Raccoon Cove or the Skillings, sunbathe on one of the granite promotories at water's edge, or just relax with a good book on the porch or deck.
Launch your boat or kayak across the Cove at Marlboro Beach, and motor, paddle or sail around Frenchman Bay. Visit a winery in Gouldsboro! Antique hunting, casual outdoor dining, and wonderful art galleries are among your many choices in the area. A public golf course is ten minutes away. Two others available on Mount Desert Island. Hair and nail salons, horseback riding, massages, yoga,T'ai Chi, tennis and physical fitness programs are also a phone call away.
In other words, there is something special for every taste and interest!
vacation rental rates
May-June, $1,500/week. July-Aug., $2,000/ week. Sept.-Oct., $1,500/week
There is a State 8% use tax. We require a signed lease, to be sent to us with a $500 security deposit. This is returned within ten days of your departure upon satisfactory compliance with the terms of the lease.
The full lease amount is due 30 days prior to arrival.
Forfeit of deposit and additional expenses will be incurred for specialized cleaning if the "No Pets and No Smoking" provision of the lease is violated.
Discounts: For 2 to 4 weeks! Plus 8% tax.
2 weeks - May, June $2,600. July, August $3,500. Sept.-Oct. $2,600
3 weeks - May, June $3,800. July, August $5,200. Sept.-Oct. $3,800
4 weeks - May, June $5,000. July, August $6,600. Sept.-Oct. $5,000
Low winter rentals available. Please call for details.
Lynda Tadema-Wielandt
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Top things to do in Acadia
- Hike
- Bike
- Horseback ride
- Visit Schoodic
- Jordan Pond House for lunch
Top things to do on a budget
- Kayak
- Canoe
- Grill on the deck
- Relax on the deck and porch
- Walk to Colman's Mixed Woods
Top things to do with a family
- Take a Lobster boat tour
- Explore the trails in Acadia
- Play and swim at Sand Beach
- Go whale watching
- Visit Acadia Zoo
Lynda Tadema-Wielandt , owner


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Microbrush will be exhibiting at the IDS in Cologne in March 2013. Our stand number is 11.3 - H - 040. Appointments are necessary due to the number of meetings we have. To ensure you meet with the correct person, [click here to book a meeting.]
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Interview Etiquette
- NO CELL PHONES – Leave the cell phone at home or turn it off – forget the vibe setting, it can be heard in a quiet room
- No electronics with sound – Handhelds that beep or ring, watches that beep on the hour, etc.
- No laptops, unless it is necessary for the interview – if you have to carry it, keep it in a briefcase
- Small purse or none at all; place all necessary items in a briefcase
- Carry a professional briefcase – Chose a dark color such as black, brown or navy, avoid backpacks, bags with wild colors
- DON'T smoke before or during the interview (don't have cigarettes in view)
- Be on time (not too early, e.g. more than 15 minutes)
- Bring a pen, paper, and extra resumes; it's worth investing in a professional quality pen and nice leather (leather-like) portfolio folder.
- Don't make excuses or criticize
- Don't set items on the interviewer's desk
- Wait to be seated
- When asked into the interviewer's office, walk in like you belong; don't hesitate, peek in, or act sheepishly.


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Documents the role public investment plays in underpinning a nation's competitiveness in the life sciences...
The Export-Import Bank Works For America: Responses to 18 Arguments for Cutting Ex-Im's Authorization
Proving the effectiveness and calling for the reauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank.
The nation needs a fundamentally new approach to STEM education.
Report debunks myths about productivity gains, restructuring, and a manufacturing renaissance and explains...
It's time to expand the ITA to boost exports, jobs, innovation, productivity, and economic growth in the U.S...
Benchmarking the effectiveness of the innovation policies of 55 countries - including virtually all EU, OECD...
ITIF clean energy team provides analysis of ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit 2012.
The United States and other countries should begin responding to today's reality for Chinese mercantilism...
Fairness, simplicity and parity should guide federal legislation for internet sales tax.
Innovation is becoming popular. Economists see it is not accumulation of more capital that is key to...
Corporate tax reform is an economic competitiveness issue.
The "right to be forgotten" may have led to more privacy concerns than intended.
The U.S. manufacturing sector has been losing jobs at an alarming rate since 2000.
Since 1999, the United States has suffered a 13 percent decline in triadic patent filings.
Slow US productivity growth reinforces the need for more public investment in R&D.
The renewal of African Growth and Opportunity Act presents an opportunity to strengthen it.
The U.S. must create a more competitive tax code to drive domestic investment and global competitiveness.
China's efforts to promote domestic IT production by harassing U.S. companies needs to be met with a strong response.
DOJ should rework the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees to assist in modernizing the way music copyrights are licensed in the digital age.
Vague support of the open Internet does not amount to endorsement of Title II.
Rob Atkinson will moderate a panel discussion will address challenges and possibilities for the future of...
Val Giddings will present on at the Food Policy and Impact conference on the panel "GMO Labeling and...
Event on "Innovation Economics" at GMU Center for Science and Technology Policy.
Rob Atkinson will provide the luncheon keynote at the Washington Innovation Summit.
Rob Atkinson Presenting "Innovation Economics" at the Munk School of Global Affairs.
Rob Atkinson will moderate a Microsoft Conversation on U.S. manufacturing on October 23, 2012.
Rob Atkinson will give a presentation for the Free State Foundation at the National Press Club.
Rob Atkinson will present at FTC workshop "Competition & Consumer Protection Issues in the Pet...
Rob Atkinson's presentation to the 2012 World Computer Congress.
A panel presentation on "A Comparison of National Broadband Strategies in Developed and Developing Countries."
Data has the potential to improve economic growth and quality of life but only if we get the policies right.
ITIF testifies in Vermont against legislation sought by organic advocates to grow their market by misleading...
ITIF opposes misguided efforts to ban an enviroinmentally superior new biotech variety of grass.
ITIF testimony before the MD Legislature shows legislation to mandate labels for genetically improved foods...
Mandatory GMO Labeling legislation proposed in MD would undermine the objectives it seeks to advance.
Stephen Ezell testifies that India's innovation mercantilist policies damage India's, America'...
ITIF urged an update to the Communications Act that will sustain the amazing innovation in our networks and...
The FTC should embrace a flexible and modern regulatory regime that fosters data-driven innovation in the...
Rob Atkinson files comments to new FCC chair on future of telecom policy.
ITIF recommends that policymakers preserve statutory damages for large-scale infringement, allow the private...
Rob Atkinson contributed the chapter "Public Policy, Innovation and New Technologies" to the textbook "Guide to U.S. Economic Policy."
Robert Atkinson contributed the chapter "Innovation in Cities and Innovation by Cities" for the book "Creating Competitiveness: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Polices for Growth."
In a chapter for the new book Practicing Sustainability, Rob Atkinson wrote about sustainability from an innovation economics perspective.
"Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage." This new book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way and the United States is running the risk of losing.
Daniel Castro contributed a chapter titled "U.S. Federal Cybersecurity Policy" in the book "Cybersecurity: Public Sector Threats and Responses."
Rob Atkinson contributed a chapter titled chapter "Who's Who in Internet Politics" for the book "The Next Digital Decade: Essays on the Future of the Internet."
Supply-Side Follies: Why Conservative Economics Fails, Liberal Economics Falters, and Innovation Economics is the Answer
Supply-Side Follies methodically debunks the common assumptions of conservative economics and demonstrates why it is a flawed doctrine that is setting up the U.S. for a major economic downturn in the near future.
Taking into account the historical record, the book discusses the shortcomings of prevailing liberal and conservative economic doctrines and lays out a new growth economics agenda aimed at maximizing the productivity and innovation-enhancing forces of the New Economy.


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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., April 8, 2006 - Springfield College sophomore John Lewis (Fitchburg, Mass.) finished first in the hammer (141' 2") and second in the discus (149' 10") as the Pride competed in a non-scoring meet at the Williams College Relays in Williamstown, Mass., this afternoon.
Lewis' performances at Williams this afternoon have qualified him for the Division III New England Championships and ECAC Championships, both of which will be hosted by Springfield College. Lewis also qualified for the All-Division New England's at MIT.
Junior Alex Kampersal (Natick, Mass.) placed second in the shot put competition (50' 4 3/4") and fifth in the discus (135' 4") to qualify for New England's. Other New England qualifiers included junior Cameron Turchetti (South Deerfield, Mass.), with a second-place finish in the javelin throw (181' 3"), and freshmen Chris Westcott (Watertown, Conn.) and Tom Potenza (Cranston, R.I.) in the 10,000.
In the field relay events, the Pride finished first in the hammer, shot put, and pole vault relays. SC's javelin and discus relay squads both finished in second place.
The Pride will next host WPI and the Coast Guard Academy on Saturday afternoon, April 15th, in an 11:00 a.m. start.


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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:51 pm
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I thought for ease to start an new thread for anybody interested in this subject.
We have set up a channel on irc.oftc.net #lxfc (LinuxFormatCommunity) to allows us to have real time talks. This is not a help channel, it is aimed at those people who want to join in and contribute to "the project"
Erin, nigel, gordon and myself have variously talked with M-Saunders and Andy Channelle and amongst ourselves, and it was thought that we should publish some sort of minutes of the stuff that goes on on IRC.
There was talk of needing lead people but as we have not yet all been online simultaneously that avenue has yet to be explored, although MS and nigel proposed Erin from the community side, while avoiding who might be from "da management" side
Four of us mug punters got together this evening on IRC and picked out some key points,n.b. these are points for discussion and definitely not a done deal.
<nigel> Have been thinking - some questions we need to answer before we start...
<Erin`> just read the log. seems very positive.
<nigel> 1. What is the minimum spec hardware we are targeting ?
<nigel> 2. Are we going for apt, rpm or other package type ?
<nigel> 3. Are we looking to produce a newbie distro or an experienced user one ?
<nigel> 4. Are we going to go with KDE or Gnome, or a much lighter window manager and add our own choice of apps ?
<nigel> 5. Do we want a live CD (perhaps a modified Knoppix) ?
consensus on
point 1 pentium upward
point 2 apt - because of the huge vareity of debian packages and alien handles RPMs
point 3 experienced but as easy as possible
point <Erin`> 4) much lighter. the purpose is to learn not to clone
point 5 that is not really the point, it is the learning curve and aiding people along it
<Erin`> I'd imagine the distro will be quite thin and so the documentation not a huge task
<towy71> documentation is the key
<Erin`> we need either the Wiki or seperate forum so we can keep track of all this stuff.
<nigel> Yup... so we think we probably want a lightweight apt-based distro that will run on a P1
<Erin`> can run on a...
<gurgs> Do we compile our own packages from scratch or use debians?
<nigel> If we use debs it will be a lot less work
<Erin`> exactly which is why at some point we need to be perscriptive about just what LXFC can and will do out of the box.
there was all sorts of banter in between the discussions including some initial guidance on IRC'ing which I will try to edit and post to the IRC thread.
I apologise if I have got any of the above wrong but I hope it is an honest represantation of what has happened so far.
Now I am exhausted and going to bed
doh! mugstar also looked in very briefly
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Fame at last
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Yeah, a forum log is a good idea.
I just dloaded the xchat sources then and should have it working by this week, i hope. Haven't done irc before, so there may be a few initial hicups (grin). For what it's worth though, i agree with all the above ... On the wm thing though
. It didn't take long for the question -=- KDE or Gnome -=-
to crop up
. Lets __not__ do a default. What ever and as many as there are people able to submit ... all equal in terms of availability and such. There are managers that, in my opinion, are better than both of those. It's just a matter of how the buggers are configured really, as the same is true for any manager. As great strides have been made in the two windows styled managers, there has also been great strides made in some of the others. [ The wm thing tends to be one of my passions, as you may have noticed
What would be more important would be the cross manager compatability. That is, window managers that have the ability o recognise apps designed for a more specific environment. And the inclusion of those apps. I'm thinking of gnomes calculator there. A great little program, which runs with out any loss in my fvwm, as gnome-hints have been compiled in etc, which is aside from just the library being available.
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its early Sunday morning and here is a precis of the stuff that happened since my first post.
[Fri Aug 19 2005] [21:56:31] <gurgs> BTW as a stop gap a little web site for LXFC is up.... what do you think we need on there?
<nigel> Just going to take a look...
<towy71> Home of LXFC (Linux Format Community) a home rolled Linux®
<towy71> and the IRC network and channel name
<nigel> Should probably have a page containing the agreed aims/specs
<nigel> perhaps starting with the stuff we discussed last night
<gurgs> Yeah thought of that. News headlines maybe?
<nigel> Here's a thought - anything we don't get unanimous/vast majority agreement on could be submitted to the LXF forum as a short-term poll so we can guage wider reaction
Saturday was fairly quiet
<mugstar> "we probably want a lightweight apt-based distro that will run on a P1 ": I'd go with that.
<ollie> i'll try to find time for documentation - i teach info tech and documentation.......
i think something using apt would be easier to maintain, but we would need to ask debian.org about linking to their repositories,
<jjmac> what would be the chances of being able to upload tarballs to lxfs' wiki once it's up. Or would that be to much of an ask (grin)
<jjmac> regardless of whats available on an app level ... things can always be added. It's the initiall installer that either makes or breaks it.
<jjmac> gotta pull one apart and put it back again
<ollie> that is what i meant, the initial look is what people remember as hard/easy/never again
<jjmac> woodys old installer was a monster !
<jjmac> FreeBSDs' was obscure enough to cost me a partition (grin)
<jjmac> Ubunus' is better, but could be better still
<ollie> i don't think we need to try to port YaST or Anaconda but it can still be friendly or decide on a list of base apps that are installed always
<jjmac> haven't seen that ... why ?
<ollie> YaST = SuSE, Anaconda = Red Hat
<ollie> i've had no hassles installing software, just trying to change obscure server settings ... DNS ;-(
<jjmac> To me it just boils down to the help facility, option choice, and a <back-button>
<ollie> like the start of the web site, i have a css layout under cc that is easy to maintain or modify if you're interested
<ollie> agree that a debian/apt system is the easiest command line update but a GUI like YaST is easier for nerw starters
<jjmac> synaptic ?
<ollie> have you heard of Sax2 for x configuration?
<ollie> makes setting up monitor, mouse & keyboard very easy
<jjmac> So ... setup tools ... now theres a something that will keep folks occupied
<ollie> just wanted to say that i think this is a great idea (the lxfc distro) and i can help with any web site design if needed
<jjmac> might have to bail as well. Hope to be able to get back in not to long. Will try and time it to suite uk time
, the project idea is really good too. I wonder if the original poster thought it would take off like that
<Erin`> if I can I'll sort a first draft spec so we can discuss something concrete
<nigel> I have used lots of different *nixes in the past - AIX, IRIX, HPUX, ULTRIX - plus loads of VAX/VMS
<nigel> First *nix experience was writing a CAD system in Pascal for a BSD system in 1982
<Erin`> I'll stick to PERL I think (and hope LXFC's scripting will be or Bash!)
<Erin`> not sure how much we'll need to do [GUI] but it'd be cool for a central config tool for some of the common stuff
<nigel> That would be useful... Bit like YAST without the bloat <g>
I hope that is an honest representation of what has happened so far ®
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:32 pm
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Sunday night and Erin, Gordon and Nigel thought that bank holiday Monday 29 August 2005, 10am BST might be a good time for a chat on IRC to discuss Erin's proposed LXFC_spec.
Hope to see as many of you as poss then.
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:35 pm
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I think you mean Monday 29th August...
Channel #lxfc on irc.oftc.net
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Sorry folks, Monday 29 August it is
Above post has been changed too!
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Erin posted another piece of text that should help this along, so I've pasted it below. Please be aware that the idea is also to provide a scratch pad for future (pun intended) articles and tutorials on all aspects of choosing, building and booting a new distro
ps I apologise for the loss of formatting in the following text
Linux Format Community distribution (LXFC) -=: 0v1 21/08/2005 en-GB :=-
Draft Proposal to Core Requirements and Project Goals.
The intention is to produce a Linux distribution that is: lightweight; does not
rely on mainstream applications (apps) or window managers (WM); is built as an
end product of a learning experience through production of documentation, scripts,
app selection and the whole process to delivery. It should be considered the
distro is not the significant deliverable but merely the final goal.
Hardware Requirements*: 3x86 based, with ideal i586/P1, <100MB RAM. PPC Port?
Software Base*: Linux From Scratch (LFS), possible Debian base
Package Management*: APT/Deb [ability to obtain packages from Debian repositiories
Window Manager*: Something light, Xfce or Fluxbox as example (Not KDE/GNOME #)
X*: Xorg
Sound*: ALSA?
Languages Included*: PERL, Python
Web Server*: Roxon
Text Editor*: Nano NEdit
Image Viewer*:
Audio Player*:
Video Player*:
File Manager*: Xfe
Web Client*: Lynx Standards compliant (Not Firefox)
E-mail Client*: IMAP, SMTP, POP complient pref with PGP support (Not Thunderbird)
NNTP Client*:
* TBC. # agreed
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I think we have to definitely use X.org for the X server. This will offer much better "portability" of skills gained to other distros. If we don't use X.org then
would be an obvious choice as it is extremely portable across hardware platforms.
I'd also like to suggest
as the web client. It offers a browser and development platform that will be the most compliant to W3 standards
I wouldn't even look at video playback yet, an image viewer (
) and office apps for word processing/desktop publishing (
and spreadsheets (not a lot to pick from - gnumeric or kspread are about it after OpenOffice.org Calc) with Adobe Reader for PDF would be a good basis for all systems. For e-mail I don't don't think we can go past Evolution for a GUI system and then its a toss up between
If we aren't going to use vi then NEdit looks better than nano and seems to offer more functionality.
Just 2 cents worth from down under.
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Howdy Dick and all ...
It looks like a good draught ...
app selection and the whole process to delivery. It should be considered the
distro is not the significant deliverable but merely the final goal.
does not rely on mainstream applications (apps) or window managers (WM); is built as an end product of a learning experience through production of documentation, scripts,
Yes, i think the learning aspect of how a distro is put together is more important than the distro creation itself (which is very ambitous). After all. it's been done before anyway, and very well too. But what actually is involved ... well
thats the whole thing. Of course all the LFS people will probably shrug and say "nothing to it really, once you get into it a bit ..." (grin). Hopfully there will be involvement there.
Window Manager*: Something light, Xfce or Fluxbox as example ...
I also agree, as there are already many tutorials/articles on those two ... why double handle those apects. Especially, as you say ... the whole thing is really a leaning project, a kind of scratch pad. People who use different window managers might be able to provide their configuration sets and ideas in that regard ... to speed things along on the configuration side. I think thats the main problem people tend to have -=- trying to figure out how to get an initial sane configuration up. That proving initially hard ... it's giving up on for a more availably prefab environment. A kinda pity really
A look over at the "Fvwm" site isn't a bad squize too, if you have the time. Look for a link to -=-
A developer named "Dorothy" has some very good fvwm script examples and exccellent theme graphics, all freely downloadable.
Hope to up early enough on Monday
The FVWM wm -=-
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Hi folks, all good ideas but: inkscape is a gnome app and relies on a lot of gnome libraries, xfce also relies on some libs from gnome, Adobe Acrobat Reader is, I think, a commercial app, we would probably need to licence it and it also relies on some gnome libs. So for all these we may as well install the whole of gnome too!
When considering what we want on our distro it may be a good idea to run the ldd command against the application you're considering. This will show a list of libraries which the app was compiled against. For instance;
ldd /opt/gnome/bin/inkscape
on my SUSE9.3 gives this
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libxslt.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxslt.so.1 (0xb7f86000)
libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 (0xb7d03000)
libgdkmm-2.4.so.1 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1 (0xb7cc1000)
libatkmm-1.6.so.1 => /opt/gnome/lib/libatkmm-1.6.so.1 (0xb7c7e000)
libpangomm-1.4.so.1 => /opt/gnome/lib/libpangomm-1.4.so.1 (0xb7c5a000)
libglibmm-2.4.so.1 => /opt/gnome/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1 (0xb7c15000)
libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0xb7c0e000)
libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0xb7b50000)
libpng.so.3 => /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 (0xb7b22000)
libpopt.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0 (0xb7b1a000)
libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0 (0xb7ae9000)
libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0 (0xb7a90000)
libgnomecanvas-2.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so.0 (0xb7a65000)
libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0xb7951000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7940000)
libart_lgpl_2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2 (0xb792a000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7662000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb75e7000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb75cd000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb75b9000)
libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0xb75b2000)
libpangox-1.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 (0xb75a7000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2 (0xb7594000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7498000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb748f000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb7461000)
libexpat.so.0 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 (0xb7442000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb741c000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb73e4000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb73b0000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb73ab000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /opt/gnome/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb732b000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb72bc000)
libperl.so => /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so (0xb717e000)
libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0xb7169000)
libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb7137000)
libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0xb7132000)
libgc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgc.so.1 (0xb7104000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0xb70f2000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb70ee000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0xb70cb000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0xb6fb2000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6fa9000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb6fa5000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb6f9d000)
libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb6f99000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb6f94000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb6f8b000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb6f7d000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fea000)
All the libs listed above would need to installed to build/run inkscape.
As we get further into the discussion about the LXFC distro it may be worth while for each of us to go and read Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch. These are excellent sources for how to build a Linux system. It may not be the only way to do it, but it's the only thing I've seen on the subject. The link is here;
Happy reading folks and see you all Monday
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My hope is to steer clear of all GNOME/KDE apps and Qt based stuff. It is not to say no but we are after light and non-enterprise (always want to sing Star Trekin' with that) rather than bloat. Productivity due to careful app selection and not the norm as the norm is boring and done to death.
Obviusly it is all up for discussion and I would guess some of GNOME and KDE will no doubt make the cut. X.org is likely but Nano-X might be worth a look.
Don't forget all, 29th Aug, 10AM BST, any OFTC IRC server on channel #lxfc for open discussion re the project from goals to breadth of project.
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Howdy All
From the above draft proposal:
The intention is to produce a Linux distribution that is: lightweight; does not
rely on mainstream applications (apps) or window managers (WM); is built as an
end product of a learning experience through production of documentation, scripts,
app selection and the whole process to delivery. It should be considered the
distro is not the significant deliverable but merely the final goal.
I figued the key part there was,
... as an end product of a learning experiance ...
It should be considered the distro is not the significant deliverable but merely the final goal...
I like some gnome apps, and some kde ... it's just the tie in with a wm/state dependant environment that dosen't sit well with me ... aka ... how come they don't accept Xt commands/switches and don't use a straight forward /etc/config ,,,~/config to maintain state (howling_in_the_wind.png).
I thought the point was to demangle the whole distro process ???. How to get a base system up and running and then how to go about adding non OS dependent apps ... aka ... user apps. Like --- the initial ram disk creation, partitioning or not to partition, hw probing etc. In other words -=- a learning experiance involving the exploritory surgury of an "Installer". I have secretly wanted to get my scaple into one of those buggers for a long time now (grin). I was thinking of some sought of installer that itself didn't have any actual payload functionality. Only performing an administrative task, such as scrutinising the status returns of "hook" routines that are referenced by a kind of call-back type function process.
That way, all of the issues concerning what is to be installed, and what actions are to be done ... would be external, in seperate translation units. And so be maintainable [ read: able to be fixed when radical errors are noticed
There's a whole journey there in itself. And it avoids the whole concern of what to include or what not to include. Thats just an external translation unit issue. Hopefully only involving --- editing a list !.
I was figuring that the creation of a distro would just be one of those things that would occure anyway. In that it couldn't really be helped (grin). As a kind of natural follower.
I'm very interested in those underlying structural issues. Maybe i'm a bit over critical but i haven't meet an installer yet that hasn't pissed me off .. to varying degrees. If it ain't an installer page that i can't read because the fonts are to small, it's a fight with the partitioning/loader page. It wants to stick a loader on my mbr --- i want it somewhere else !, or i don't want it cause there's already one there
. I thinks to my self... a dialog that asked if these fonts were ok "Y/N" ... if "N", the up a few pixels, loop till a "Y" is detected. But then... is there some issue with a fb vga graphic state that prevents that ?. I don't know , but hope to find out.
Even the Ubuntu installer (lxf68), though very good, does cause suffering. Iv'e been rotating through it over the last week, and keep changing my opinion (grin). Once in, the distro tryed to tell me i had a bad super block on a partition ... bullocks, fsck gave it a clean pass, my main install mounted it with out problems ... i reformated it from with in Ubuntu and that made it happy:roll: ... Ever get the feeling something funny's going on sometimes (grin). It also said my partitions had strange errors -=-=-=- but __did not mention__ what they may be. Could have been the extended was set active rather than a straight primary (grin) ... dos/win dosen't like that but they can go bugger. Nothing was wrong, and it wasn't going to say what it thought was strange, it was quite happy to just leave me with a paranoid doubt that something may be wrong. Luckily i __knew__ nothing was (grin), but a few years ago i would have been concerned !. Thats an installer bug in my book. It is it's job to assist, which involves ... to "inform and comunicate". I think the only problem it had was me taking control away from it and not following a standard prefered install path .. which left it with some unset "state" variables that it didn't know how to interpret. It was "custom" mode after all.
so, i was thinking that by pulling all those aspects appart, which will take up quite a loooong period really ... people will be able to remaster their own disks and thus create their own custom distros. The distro couldn't but help but to follow such a process.
The other side to this particular slant involves the management system. That would be nice to work out as well. Like debs and rpms co-existing. hmmmmm, well, maybe hehe, not exactly easy though i'm sure
In any case, that will be how i intend to approach all this. As far as what apps are included, i don't particuarly care. Even considering it, seems to give it a feeling of being static and confined from the start. Maybe the LVM mind space would be good to include in that regard
. With a good, flexible, hook based "Installe" and a easy to use packaging system ... well, wouldn't all the rest become trivial ?.
Well ... thats enough rant for me for the time being (grin) ...
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This Kubel guy is getting on my nerves.
This Kubel guy is getting on my nerves.
Zero chance the Reds miss the playoffs!
Latos and Bailey are so hr prone.
Reds pitching besides cueto has really struggled against the Diamondbacks
not looking good, the struggles continue
We only live in patches. - H. G. Wells
Latos muscles up and finds himself standing on second.
Zero chance the Reds miss the playoffs!
Thom, Bruce also should have not made the AS team before Kubel!
Latos with a double!
doubles with two outs = nothing....
we need lead off doubles
We only live in patches. - H. G. Wells
We are kicking their butts in hits. Looking for that silver lining.
Zero chance the Reds miss the playoffs!
I've had 6 drinks already, I blame it on this team...
Looks to me like that Jason Kubel could have used a couple more days off.
Zero chance the Reds miss the playoffs!
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Last year we had the pleasure of joining Lowe's for a fun even with Nate Berkus and Valspar paint.
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The Baltimore Orioles will be playing. Somewhere. Sometime this weekend. We're writing this on Wednesday, with the American League East berth still mathematically up for grabs. If it turns out the Orioles won and the Yankees lost Wednesday, they will play Thursday in a tiebreaker game at Camden Yards. The winner wins the AL East, while the loser hosts either Texas or Oakland in the one-game wildcard round on Friday. As long as the Orioles won out, they're guaranteed to host that wildcard game. The American League Division Series starts Saturday. (Update: The Orioles will play the wildcard game at Texas Friday, then, should they win, open the division series at home.)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel hosts their Fall Festival from Friday through Sunday.
Get an early Christmas gift or something special for yourself at the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Timonium.
Towson University hosts a free screening of the 2010 war documentary "Restrepo."
Skip over to Stansbury Park in Dundalk for the Pond Skipper 5K to support two Dundalk schools.
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The Virgin Mobile Freefest returns to Merriweather Post Pavilion with acts old and new including Jack White, Skrillex, ZZ Top and Ben Folds Five. Tickets to the free event are "sold" out, but can be obtained through contests, donations and volunteer opportunities.
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SHARPSVILLE, Pennsylvania - Two high school girls from the Shenango Valley are all state players.
Kennedy Catholic's Alex Ricketts is a first team pick in class single A and Sharpsville's McKenizie Potatak is a third teamer in class double A.
Ricketts, who is headed to the University of Akron, averaged 17 points and led the Eagles to the elite eight.
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SB Nation's 2011 NFL mock draft continues with the Cincinnati Bengals taking a quarterback in the second round at pick No. 35 -- QB Andy Dalton. The Bengals are in an odd position with QB Carson Palmer possibly not returning next season so they'll need some sort of quarterback of the future in the fold.
SB Nation's Cincy Jungle explains the pick:
Regardless, the Bengals need a quarterback while Carson Palmer lives luxuriously in the retirement phase of his career while his younger, and less talented, brother suddenly becomes the team's top quarterback. Dalton, according to many experts, is believed to be a quarterback that can run the West Coast offense - a system implemented this off-season with the hiring of Jay Gruden as the team's offensive coordinator.
The Bengals are really in a tough position. Dalton probably isn't a day one starter and they don't have much else in the pipeline outside of Palmer so 2011 can be a really tough year. But, in the long-term interests of the team, Dalton makes sense.
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The views are worth the price: 2 bedroom 2 bath.... condo in the
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Living Room: Couch, love seat, High Definition TV/cable, Movie and Book library, ceiling fans and plenty of reading lights. BEAUTIFUL water view
Kitchen: Stainless Steel Stove, Refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher and garbage disposal.
Toaster, coffee maker, electric tea kettle, can opener, and hand mixer. Dishes, flatware, cutting knives. Glassware, including wine and martini glasses. Cooking utensils, bake sheets, pot/pans, mixing bowls, wine corksrew etc..
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Cardinals lefthander Jaime Garcia had a rough time in Game 2 of the division series against the Nationals; he struggled through two innings, throwing 51 pitches, before manager Mike Matheny had mercy and removed him.
Turns out he was injured; he's having an MRI on his shoulder and that made some in the organization very unhappy:
Several teammates were incensed to learn that Garcia started such a monumental game if indeed compromised physically. A faction within the organization has remained skeptical about the severity of Garcia's condition despite a June diagnosis that he was suffering from an impingement and strain that required more than two months' rest and rehabilitation.
They won't have this issue again, at least not in this series:
Garcia to be removed from postseason roster, replaced before Wednesday's Game 3. Several teammates furious over situation.— Joe Strauss (@JoeStrauss) October 9, 2012
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Brand New Construction 4BR/4BA Pool Home/ 2 blocks to Beach! in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
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- baths 3½
- sleeps 9
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Conveniently located across the street from Villa Grenada is the Lauderdale by the Sea Municipal Park, offering tennis and basketball courts, a soccer field and a wonderful (fenced in) children's playground with outdoor restrooms. The beach location of Villa Grenada is truly ideal. There is no need for a car while you are in Lauderdale by the Sea.
Situated amongst four brand new construction properties (all completed in 2010), all of which presenting the same floor plan, Villa Grenada offers Four Bedrooms with Three Full and One Half Bathroom(s). Entering on the ground floor, you are greeted by an open foyer with beautiful marble flooring throughout, as well as a downstairs bathroom. The large and extremely open chef's style kitchen is truly breathtaking and is equipped with everything one would desire while on vacation: Granite counters with custom wood cabinetry and stainless steel appliances, not to mention a double wide refrigerator and freezer. The elevated granite kitchen counter is extremely wide and spacious, offering dining four. The formal dining table offers seating for six. The living room offers a spacious leather sectional sofa with ottoman and area rug. The entertainment center offers a 46 inch lcd television with dvd player.
The rear yard is spacious (privately fenced) and is equipped with a newly completed private swimming pool. There are pool lounge chairs, an outside dining table and a bbq for your enjoyment.
The second floor offers a spacious and extremely private master suite, equipped with a king size bed, two night stands, a full size dresser and a plasma television with entertainment center. The master bedroom also offers two eight foot French doors which lead to a small balcony overlooking the rear yard. The master bathroom resembles that of a luxury spa, offering a full size Jacuzzi bath, a separate walk in shower, two marble vanity sinks and a private enclosed room with a toilet and separate bidet. Bedroom two offers a king size bed, two night stands and a full size dresser. There are two eight foot French doors which lead to a fantastic twenty foot wide covered balcony terrace. The en suite bathroom offers a custom walk in shower and a marble vanity sink. Also located on the second floor is a computer work station area, as well as a walk in laundry room equipped with a full size washer and dryer with sink.
Bedroom three is located on the third floor and offers a queen size bed, two night stands and a dresser, as well as a stunning, open balcony / terrace with city and partial ocean views. Bedroom four offers two twin beds with a night stand and dresser, as well as a large and open balcony / terrace. The third floor bathroom offers a custom walk in shower with a marble vanity sink.
This home is ideal for individuals and families in search of a relaxing getaway with the convenient accessibility to everything Lauderdale By The Sea and greater Fort Lauderdale has to offer. The home is fully equipped with satellite television and wireless internet service. The home also provides additional linens, pillows and towels. An air mattress and pack-n-play are available upon request.
We look forward to having you at Villa Grenada...
Please inquire with Management (By The Sea Vacation Villas) for updated availability, as we have Four (4) Villa Grenada Vacation Homes.
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Drinking, Argument Leads to Stabbing in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Police are looking for a suspect in a weekend stabbing in an apartment on the city's east side.
Officer Sam Clemens says police were called around 11:00 p.m. Saturday to a building in the 600 block of South Charlotte Avenue, where he says two men who know each other had been arguing:
Clemens says the 31-year-old victim had injuries that were not life-threatening.
He says the suspect being sought is a 28-year-old male. Clemens says both men had been drinking.


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Established in 1787, Danville, KY, offers residents a nice retreat from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Surrounding Boyle County's economy is primarily based on manufacturing, and its quaint attractions include antique stores, bed-and-breakfast inns and Civil War re-enactments.
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Today, the world eats at one big global dining-room table. The food on our plates now comes to us not just from our own fertile fields, but from countries around the world. And indeed, the percentage of fresh produce the U.S. is importing today from abroad is growing by leaps and bounds.
In a lot of ways this is a wonderful thing. It helps bolster the economies of the developing countries we import from. It allows us to have all manner of produce year-round, not just when it's in season here. And it even occasionally introduces the American palate to specialty produce or flavors of different countries, creating a potential gateway to an appreciation of their cultures. There is, however, a frightening flaw in our system: Imported produce is three times as likely as domestic produce to be infected with harmful pathogens that may sicken and even kill.
Why? Many of the developing countries we import from don't employ the same safety methods as our domestic growers and handlers in food growing and handling. While domestically grown produce is not 100 percent immune from infection, there is a vigorous system of safeguards in place. But the produce we are eating in greater percentages from abroad is grown and processed in countries where water purification and sanitary standards may be poor -- a recipe for brewing deadly germs.
Our government, in the form of the USDA, has long been legally empowered to screen the meat that travels to our dinner plates, regardless of whether the plant is in Texas or in Australia. Countries selling beef to U.S. consumers must adhere to the standards we set for meat safety, or we don't do business with them.
However, contemplate the fact that we have not empowered the FDA, which oversees produce, at anywhere near the same level. The FDA can inspect produce only at the border, and apart from the problem of inspectors being outpaced by the increasing amount of produce coming in, this border patrol is little better than a Band-Aid on a gunshot wound. By the time produce gets that far, it may already have been contaminated with viruses that are stealthy killers. A recent outbreak of hepatitis A, for instance, which sickened more than 600 Americans and killed three, could have been eliminated only by policing at the farm level.
To protect our fruit and vegetable supply, we must insist that foreign growers who want to sell their produce in the U.S. adopt, enforce, and certify that the proper food-safety programs are in place. American retailers should refuse to profit from any importers that do not cooperate. And if U.S. interests own the farms abroad, they ought to be required to farm there using the same standards followed here.
Initiatives in Congress to address this have been reinvigorated, ironically, by the September 11th terrorist attacks, because it awakened our attention to possible bioterrorist acts at our borders. That's terribly important, of course, but meanwhile, let's not forget that Mother Nature can wreak plenty of havoc of her own, and protecting against this requires a completely different kind of search- and-destroy effort. This staff editorial was originally published in Ladies' Home Journal magazine, May 2004.


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Caterpillar faces a second OSHA citation regarding lock out equipment.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued three new safety violations against the East Peoria location for failing to follow procedures of locking out energy sources of equipment.
Proposed fines add up to $66,000 as a result of the December 2010 incident, in which one employee was injured while attempting to clear a jam on equipment that had not been properly locked.
A previous violation for a similar incident was given to the facility back in May 2009.
"Employers have a responsibility to take all necessary safety precautions to protect workers," said Tom Bielema, OSHA's area director in Peoria. "Caterpillar previously had been cited for failing to properly lock out and tag out equipment, which should have made them familiar with OSHA's regulations and requirements."
Caterpillar, Inc. now has 15 business days to comply and request an informal conference with OSHA's area director or contest the findings before the independent OSHA Review Commission.
Employers and employees with questions regarding workplace safety may contact OSHA's Peoria office at (309) 589-7033 or visit www.osha.gov for more information.


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Saturday afternoon at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Steven Soderbergh presented an audience his take on the current state of cinema. The State of Cinema Address is an annual event held at the festival that allows a speaker (not always a filmmaker, last year the festival saw author Jonathan Lethem give his take on the subject) to lay down their thoughts on contemporary film. This year the San Francisco Film Society, the organization that runs the festival, was able to land the prolific Steven Soderbergh at a particularly interesting time in his career: the beginning of a hiatus from directing.
In order to speak on the topic of cinema, Soderbergh expressed a need to first define what the word cinema even means to him, but not before discussing the disconnect in culture and the acceleration of noise that's affecting it. "When people are more outraged by the ambiguous ending of the surprise, than some woman being stoned to death, there's there's something," he said, referencing both, the conclusion of "The Dark Knight Rises" and recent atrocities in Africa.
He explained, circuitously, that cinema's a difficult procedure at this point in time as the modern experience flashes by at a frequency so high that it results in an ambiguous hum as opposed to identifiable cultural beats. Sharing an anecdote about a flight to L.A. where a nearby passenger stacked up an iPad with nothing but action sequences from popular movies of the last fews year free from their narrative, the filmmaker said this practice left him depressed and dumbfounded.
He confronted the issue, quoting Douglas Rushkoff's book "Present Shock," which he said articulated his recent cultural sensation. "There's no time between doing something and seeing the result and instead the results begin accumulating and influencing us before we've even completed an action. And there's so much information coming at once - and from so many different sources- that there's simply no way to trace the thought over time."
He continued on to define his idea of cinema, speaking with an accelerating enthusiasm, asking, "Is there a difference between cinema and movies? Yeah. If I were on 'Team America' I would say, 'Fuck Yeah!' The simplest way I could describe it is, a movie is something you see and cinema is something that's made. It has nothing to do with the capture medium, it doesn't have anything to do with where the screen is, whether it's in your bedroom or on your iPad, it doesn't even really have to be a movie. It could be a commercial; it could be something on Youtube. Cinema is a specificity of vision. It's an approach where everything matters. It's the polar opposite of generic or arbitrary and the result is as unique as a signature or a fingerprint. It isn't made by a committee and it isn't made by a company and it isn't made by the audience. It means if the filmmaker didn't do it, it wouldn't exist at all, or it wouldn't exist anything like this form."
Soderbergh stopped short of describing himself as an author of cinema; in fact, whenever he used his own films as touchstones during the talk it was primarily to relate firsthand financial facts that he could confidently stand behind, but it felt like more of an attempt to find an objective platform to speak from than out of humility. He did, however, log a good number of minutes talking about discovering how to come to terms with the unnecessary extravagances of his profession.
He admitted to having struggled with the thought of film, and art in general, being wasteful in a world where there is real suffering going on, asking himself, "If the collected works of Shakespeare can't prevent genocide, then what is it for? Shouldn't we be spending this time and resources sort of alleviating the suffering and helping other people instead of going to the movies and the plays and art installations?" Soderbergh recalled being startled during "Ocean's 13" at the information that the electricity cost for keeping their casino set operating ran the production $60,000 a week. After much internal debate on the topic he eventually landed on a thought that granted him permission to continue, despite his immediate intellectual objections:
"What I finally decided was: art is simply inevitable. It was on the wall of the cave in France 30,000 years ago. And it's because we are a species that's driven by narrative. And art is storytelling; we need to tell stories. We need to tell stories to pass along ideas and information to try and make sense out of all this chaos. Sometimes when you get a really good artist and a compelling story, you can almost achieve that thing that's impossible which is entering the consciousness of another human being and literally seeing the world the way they see it."
Having described what cinema means to him, he went on to explain the troubles that it currently faces, saying, "The problem is that cinema, as I define it and as something that inspired me, is under assault by the studios and, from what I can tell, with the full support of the audience. The reasons for this, in my opinion, are more economic than philosophical, but when you add an ample amount of fear and lack of vision and a lack of leadership you've got a trajectory that is pretty difficult to reverse." While he described the war on cinema, he also admitted that it is an attack of indifference, not intention, explaining, "The idea of cinema as I'm defining it is not on the radar of the studios, it's not a conversation that anybody's having, it's not a word you'd ever want to use in a meeting."
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Scott Tatman | May 5, 2013 5:40 PM
Hollywood is and has always been about greed. I love movies as much as anyone, though taste are subjective. But any of us pay (now $14 in NYC) the prices charged to see movies, especially the ridiculous $20 fee for some IMax and/or 3D movies are just as guilty as the studios. Some of these guys make far too much for what they do and certainly get much more praise for their efforts. Getting paid a living wage to produce your art for a living is a wonderful thing but I can't see the justification for $20 million for actor or director x just as I can't see the justification for $200 million dollar budgets. Real indie movies used to mean $10 or 20000 or some such business. Now an "indie" studio (owned by a major studio) has a $30-40 million dollar budget. Can you imagine a young filmmaker with no ties to hollywood whatsoever raising anywhere near that for a movie? What's worse is you now have stars taking over kickstarted and rocket hub to raise millions for projects, completely pushing out unknowns simply trying to raise a couple of thousand.
I guess the bottom line is that it's pointless talk about Hollywood being greedy in this day and age since it's been going on for years and fans are still willing to go to the theatre, pay the ever increasing prices (even for gimmicks such as 3D) for often mediocre (in my opinion) films. Plus, Hollywood is filled with family franchised actors, directors and so forth who simply go in the door because of who they know. If you named 10 random actors you'd probably find 8 of them with ties to either famous hollywood families or powerful, wealthy players within the entertainment industry (like Rooney Mara for example).
It ceased to be true art and passion projects a long time ago.
Daniel Delago | May 1, 2013 9:10 AM
Brutally honest speech. Since Soderbergh has gone into 'semi-retirement,' he has been telling it like it is. His frustration with the studios has been going on in Hollywood since the days of Orson Welles and Stanley Kubrick. The best way to fight back is to keep making good quality independent films. Popcorn movies like 'Iron Man 3' have their place during the summer months but the films that resonate with a strong artistic voice will always be the well-crafted indie.
Sparky | April 30, 2013 3:27 PM
âIf the collected works of Shakespeare canât prevent genocide, then what is it for?" Well, for one, the collected works of Shakespeare were written at a time when the word genocide didn't exist, so, you know, maybe that wasn't Shakespeare's primary motivation. For Shakespeare, it was to earn a living and to put his writing talent to use. For later generations, it was for stock theatrical companies to have popular, quality material to present to an audience. I think if you're really asking yourself a ridiculous question like that, you don't have any real feeling for or commitment to art. And for him to answer it with "art is inevitable" and "cave paintings," so that he's okay with making Ocean 13, of all pictures, shows me that his question was insincere in the first place.
AMAR R SOVASHEYA | April 30, 2013 6:09 AM
Its gr8 and i also want to be a part of...
Trevor | April 29, 2013 9:45 PM
BTW: I'm grateful for the address Steven Soderbergh made.
Trevor | April 29, 2013 9:39 PM
I blame Steven Spielberg and the invention of vhs for putting us in the toilet that we find ourselves in today.
Tim | April 29, 2013 3:29 PM
âThe problem is that cinema, as I define it and as something that inspired me, is under assault by the studios and, from what I can tell, with the full support of the audience."
I'd add that this transaction is much more accurately characterized as manipulation, than as an example of free exchange. There's no doubt the general audience is in full support of it, but that's only because they aren't bothering to look beyond what's being heavily marketed to them and what's most easily available -- in other words, beyond what is being force fed to them. The analogy to the process of making foie gras is entirely appropriate.
The second, compounding, level of this problem is that it is essentially instilling a Hollywood grammar inside the heads of audiences, and to some degree inside the heads of our young filmmakers as well. When a film doesn't fall in line with that, the first reaction is not to like it. This is arguably an even more lamentable reality.
Doubting_Tom | April 29, 2013 12:29 PM
This is, of course, nonsense.
The indie directors Soderbergh cites aren't making high art. Soderbergh himself, with vastly superior resources, doesn't make high art. The movies he got fired off would not have been high art, with his participation. Meanwhile, Soderbergh enjoys a level of privilege and freedom never experienced by far more accomplished artists, throughout history.
If the man wants purity, free from commercial considerations, it's there for the taking, in traditional art forms which don't require mass-audiences to sustain production. But those art-forms are unforgiving, and the standards are unforgiving. You won't get rich or internationally famous practicing at the level Soderbergh has achieved in film.
And it would be easy enough to set up a philanthropic film fund, if that's what he really wants to do -- he doesn't have get hired as a studio head to do it. All that's needed is to shame his colleagues Spielberg, Lucas, Cameron, etc. who claim to love the medium so deeply, into funding it. What's a few million a year to these people? Absolutely nothing.
But they apparently don't love film *that* much.
chris | April 29, 2013 12:22 PM
Jonathan Lethem, not Levine.