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The Debian Project recently learned that it has lost a member of its community. Peter Miller died on July 27th after a long battle with leukemia. Peter was a relative newcomer to the Debian project, but his contributions to Free and Open Source Software goes back the the late 1980s. Peter was significant contributor to GNU gettext as well as being the main upstream author and maintainer of other projects that ship as part of Debian, including, but not limited to srecord, aegis and cook. Peter was also the author of the paper "Recursive Make Considered Harmful". The Debian Project honours his good work and strong dedication to Debian and Free Software. The contributions of Peter will not be forgotten, and the high standards of his work will continue to serve as an inspiration to others.
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Ohio LinuxFest isn't just another excuse to travel. It's a means for us to fulfill ourselves, and to get honest, tangible feedback for what we do and for what others are doing. It's a place where ideas are sounded, bent, crumpled and turned until they either come out of the crucible perfect…or useless. That's what our gatherings are about. They are about excitement and promise. They are about making sure the next generation has a real chance to put the first human footprint on Mars. They are a chance to insure they have the tools and the curiosity to take something apart and then make it better. This next generation will cure diabetes; they will make cancer an inconvenience and not a death sentence.
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I have good news and bad news. Though, I suppose either don't really affect any of you. Hmmm. Anyways, the good news is I finally finished the glasses. Whooo! After two failed attempts at making them out of illustration board (which felt like it took forever to cut out), I carefully sculpted away at my original pair of glasses made of wire.
The bad news is I have to redo the hand holding the mug. Why? Because it was very dry and I hadn't done a good enough job before it dried. Why was it dry? Because I started this thing some time last year and never finished. Why didn't I finish it? Because I'm terrible at finishing things! Why? Because! Leave me alone!
Sooo…. the fun begins. Redoing this hand is going to be a bit of a pain since I can't swing the arm away from the body without the arm and sleeve cracking and possibly breaking off. But aside from that, and some more cleaning up, I'm close, I can see the finish line from here.
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Wherever he goes, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard is asked to explain what meditation is, how it is done and what it can achieve. In this authoritative and inspiring book, he sets out to answer these questions.
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#1 The start
How do we start this? Thats the thought I had 5 years ago.
Iam fvd student in a bigger city and 23 old now. Back in the days I was 15 years old, went to my local high school and played soccer. That's been my every day life. In the weekends I met up with friends, got drunk and tried to get laid -aaand we failed every time..
I have no idea why we failed. I was an average good looking guy, probably not ugly. I had good grades in school and had decent body. It was ridiculous in my eyes. I was looking at my friends and the situation, what we did, how we did it and I got pissed and annoyed, how the heck can they enjoy this looser life??
I walked around with this question for like 2 years and it ended badly when I was 17. That one night I got wasted with my mates. I bought some liquor at the store which I basically drank alone. I got knocked out at the party, fell and passed out. The next thing I saw was light, ambulance and people- I was one the way to the hospital…
In the emergency room, I saw my father but passed out again and had no idea what happened. Everything was bright and people were asking me questions, it was obvious what happened but they kept asking stuff. I passed out again. I guess when I look back again this was one of the sadest situations, my father looking at a drunkard which is his son - I guess he wasn't even angry but just sad…
The following weeks were like shit. Poeple made fun of me, my parents blamed me for everything and I just had this looser feeling which hanged on me.
Again, I thought a lot, how to get out of this "looser" pattern. I wanted to finally getting some respect out there, date beautiful girls and get a socially accepted by people. But so far I usually took the wrong decisions and made everything even worse by each month that had passed since my beginnings when I was 15.
Back then I saw only 2 ways out, suicide and change my shit- but I had no idea what and how.
I stopped hanging with my old friends, I felt a bit betrayed by during the hospital thing and either way they were losers and I never gained anything through them….
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MTV, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, NY Arts Magazine, GDUSA, Made In The Now, House of Blues, Design Collector, Typography Served, App Design Served, FFFFound, Designspiration, Made in the Now, Svpply, Houston Chronicle, Houston Press, Free Press Houston, Insound, iTun… Read More
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Live Nation / House of Blues, Made in the Now, Chazbro, Funwunce , Free Press Houston, Super Unison, Camera Co-Op, ArtStorm Gallery, ArtStorm Records, Houston Community College, Master Bedroom Studios, Dirty Sunshine, Ghost Heart Records, I Enjoy Records, MorningStar Insurance, Gulf Coast Mortgage
Posters and album covers that have included the following artists:
MGMT, Arctic Monkeys, Of Montreal, CSS, Pete Yorn, Ben Kweller, Stars, Junior Boys, Minus The Bear, Tim Kasher, Akron/Family, Bowerbirds, Tame Impala, AM, Devin the Dude, The Dutchess and The Duke, Megafaun, Warpaint, Greg Ashley, Grandfather Child, The Young Mammals, The Wild Moccasins, News on the March, The Eastern Sea, Buxton, Papermoons, Roky Moon and Bolt, ListenListen, Giant Princess, The Mathletes, Linus Pauling Quartet, Elaine Greer, Walker Lukens, The Brood, Alpaca, ST37, Deleted Scenes, Fat Tony, MV & EE, Tax the Wolf, Sew What, Passengers, The Apple and The Ghost, Carousel Shy, The Clints
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Pecha Kucha Houston - Vol. 2
The UH College of Architecture Building.
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Kansas City Art Institute Graphic Design Building. Read Less
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Graphic Design USA Magazine
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2012-2013 Coyne Family Foundation Award
2011-2012 KCAI School of Design Awards
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2012-2013 Coyne Family Foundation Award
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2012-2013 KCAI School of Design Awards
The Ellen Lupton Award
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Award Winner, Vinyl Monsters Collection Website
Published in the AIGA A8 Design Book
Award Winner, Pierre Koenig: Living With Steel
Published in the AIGA A8 Design Book
Adobe Muse Site of the Day
Vinyl Monsters Collection Website
"This site about collectible designer toys combines fun illustrations of the toys with a funky, whimsical typeface used in the headings."
The Kansas City Art Institute
Dean's Honorable Mention List - Spring 2012
Folly Theater 2012 Jazz Series Poster Contest
Winning poster created for the John Pizzarelli Quartet
Advertised on a billboard in Kansas City
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Published in the AIGA A7 Design Book
American Advertising Federation (AAF-KC / AD Club)
2011-2013 Kansas City Foundation Scholarship Winner
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Voted Best CD Cover 2009 by The Houston Press
"Eli Sebastian Brumbaugh seems like the go-to guy for illustrating Houston's burgeoning "H-pop" scene. The twentysomething artist and graphic designer, who has also done posters for News on the March and Free Press Houston's Summerfest, puts the same sort of vivid, vibrant oddness in his artwork as bands like Young Mammals and Wild Moccasins do in their music. His cover for the Moccasins' Microscopic Metronomes EP is as contrast-heavy and color-saturated as the band's eclectic, effervescent songs, and the cute but bizarre animals adorning the Young Mammals' Carrots effectively capture the almost childlike whimsy of the music contained within. Whenever Houston's rising crop of talented young bands needs an album cover, flyer or any other artwork, it's nice to know Brumbaugh has them in capable, creative hands."
HCC Central College Fall 2009 Juried Student Exhibition
1st Place Juired by Elaine Bradford
HCC Central Art Department Certificate of Excellence
1st Place Fall 2009 Student Art Show Postcard Design Contest
HCC Central Art Department Certificate of Excellence
1st Place Fall 2009 Student Art Show T-Shirt Design Contest
Voted Best New Gallery 2008 by The Houston Press
ArtStorm Gallery - Board Member / Curator
"Artstorm took the city by, well, storm. Houston was hit with a wealth of paintings, sculpture, photography and more from some of the city's and the country's most exciting up-and-coming artists. This is thanks to the brainchildren behind the gallery — a mix of young artists and art enthusiasts who are quickly steering Artstorm toward the epicenter of all-things-hip in Houston. The gallery's openings are a crossroad where area artists, writers, musicians and see-and-be-seeners meet to mix and mingle. Artstorm has proven to be the latest place to feel the pulse of local culture — an atmosphere full of mutual admiration and potential collaborations à la '70s New York."
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If you want to know exactly how fucking deliriously insane the modern Republican party has become—in writing, no less—look no further than the "pledge" candidates must sign in order to represent the Laurens County Republican Party in South Carolina.
If you want a spot on the primary ballot, the GOP bürgermeisters there want assurances from you that you've not had pre-marital sex (and won't)— and that you will never, ever look at online porn again. They unanimously (UNANIMOUSLY!!!) approved a resolution with such 28 principles that a potential Republican candidate must adhere to.
Why so strict you ask? Because the party "does not want to associate with candidates who do not act and speak in a manner that is consistent with the SC Republican Party Platform."
Not to put too fine a point on it, assholes, but I really don't think you'll be needing to worry too much about associating with anyone you don't want to associate with…. They wouldn't want to sit next to you knobs on a bus, either.
From The Clinton Chronicle:
You must favor, and live up to, abstinence before marriage.
You must be faithful to your spouse. Your spouse cannot be a person of the same gender, and you are not allowed to favor any government action that would allow for civil unions of people of the same sex.
You cannot now, from the moment you sign this pledge, look at pornography.
How will they regulate that last part, anyway?
The Clinton Chronicle reported that candidates will be interviewed by a three-person "Candidate Qualification Committee," who will then in turn make a recommendation to the full executive party committee about whether or not to allow the candidate on the ballot.
Hysterical! It's always the reichwingers claiming Socialism is inherently totalitarian!!!
It's astonishing, of course, but more power to 'em! If 99.999% of the potential Republican candidates are disqualified, this means the GOP will be running a slate of all church ladies in Laurens County. SC. Good luck with that, dipshits!


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In the mid 1990s in Boston, a free daily newspaper, the Metro, appeared. Based on a successful European model, this was handed out at public transportation locations and through paper boxes. This model is now used at several cities in this country, and has become another viable media source. At first people were horrified by these "lite" publications. The Boston paper had little in-house-created content, relying instead on wire stories. And the articles were never longer than one paragraph, so Britney had as much front page space as Pakistan (or whatever the 90s version of Pakistan was. Not to mention the 90s version of Britney.)
One day I asked a friend who was a graduate student at the time (and may still be -- you never know with graduate students) why she would waste her time on a publication that didn't provide any depth to their coverage. She told me she used the paper as a guide. When she found a story that actually interested her she could go to one of the larger media outlets to find it in more detail. And since she read the free paper on the subway, she could peruse the day's stories quickly without having to wrestle with a broadsheet newspaper.
I was reminded of this while reading an fcw.com piece, via GovLoop, about Web 2.0 picking up coverage of major events when the mainstream media leaves the scene. In this case the story the writer was referring to was the Gulf oil spill. When the major news networks stopped coverage, which they all do when they move on to the next "hot" topic, does that mean the story has ended? Of course not, and the piece was pointing out Web 2.0's role in maintaining the public's attention and need for continued information.
(I would point out the irony of a Web 2.0-based piece talking about the importance of Web 2.0 outlets in the media: If I'm reading that piece, I'm already on board, folks. I'm starting to worry about the number of Web 2.0 pieces telling me how important Web 2.0 is.)
(I would also point out that, just because the mainstream media are there, the story might not be in the public's eye. Have you been looking at viewer/reader figures for the players formerly known as the mainstream media? Audience figures for most mainstream media have dropped in recent years. I don't have to tell you about newspaper readership. Network television news viewership? Down. Cable news viewership? Down. The silver lining here is that when the major media players move on from a story, less people lose coverage.)
Are social networks picking up the stories when the mainstream media leaves the scene? The Gulf Spill? Haiti? The ongoing monsoon and upcoming hurricane seasons that are sure to cause flooding and crises around the world? This situation has always existed -- sooner or later, the media leaves the scene. It's just that now there are more voices to fill the gaps. With many people paying attention to alternative information outlets the attentions of the mainstream media have become less and less important. I'm not overly concerned about the media turning their light off of major stories -- I know I can still follow those stories via the web, blogs, chat rooms, etc.
No, I worry about two tangential points. First, finding accurate information. Once again, I have no concerns about people who are taking the time to read an obscure blog by a cartoonist in a niche market publication keeping up on their news. You have already exhibited the motivation to go looking for information, even if I question your judgment. Your - and my - biggest worry is to find consistent and accurate information. (These two factors don't necessarily co-exist. I would vote for consistency: If I know a source is always wrong, I'd rather rely on their consistency than rely on a source that's a mixed bag, accuracy-wise.) Web 2.0 isn't exactly a guaranteed source of hard science, and with the addition of so many alternative information sources, accuracy becomes a concern.
Secondly -- and this is nothing new -- how do we viewers/readers first locate and identify important stories? With so many media and information sources, each of us becomes our own personal editorial board, creating front pages that feature the range between the Wikileaks story to Rupert Murdoch purchasing the parasailing Russian donkey. We each need our guides, like that free Boston weekly, to give us a briefing of the news possibilities.
And what about those for who the donkey story is the hard news? I recently discovered an online Cheez-its newsletter. Are there really people (who don't work for the Sunshine Corporation, that is) who check in for updates in the Cheez-it newsletter? I have no problem with legislation calling for the deportation of anyone who has the Cheez-it newsletter as their home page.
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Benchmark battles – now Linux beats NT
A 'real life scenario' test by c't mag does a good job of putting things in context
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Are the morlocks having trouble integrating it into one big pile, then?
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Efforts to improve UK digital economy get two cheers
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So far, NOTHING! I have another 2005 and a newer 2010 Prius. Awesome cars.
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no im a parasite that infected levi's body
speaking of, i think my love/hate relationship with frank underwood is worse than with walter white. cus like walt was a shithead who fucked up but he was trying to do the right thing in his own twisted way and underwood is just such a fucking asshole.
whenever i watch house of cards i feel like an old white grand-dad. also then whenever i end up chain watching eps i feel even more like an old white grand-dad.
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i just started listening to it so idk sounds way more conceptual and experimental so far n im diggin but gotta cross that finish line.
wait i was just on crawl which is only the 2nd track n now worldstar is like different so ya not gonna say anything till i finish
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i just started listening to it so idk sounds way more conceptual and experimental so far n im diggin but gotta cross that finish line.
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There is little letup in the action in Mary Harris' summer-school classroom in St. Paul.
Songs are to be sung, rules observed and words to be rhymed — all from the moment the preschoolers sit down to eat their breakfasts.
For most Minnesota students, summer-school programs are an opportunity to catch up or take skills to new levels. But for the 5-year-olds in Room 1311 at Eastern Heights Elementary on St. Paul's East Side, the goals are simpler. Learning to share and take turns in line are fine for now, Harris said.
The preschoolers are new to district classrooms and taking part in a program that is a first for the St. Paul school district. In 2007, when it last opened summer school to preschoolers, the program was a continuation of full-year pre-K classes, with kids already attuned to classroom rituals.
For this summer's program, which lasted four weeks and ends on Friday, teachers and students started from scratch, bringing special meaning to the chant led by Harris this week: "Nay Ta came to school today / We're so glad / We'll say 'hooray!' "
Even the kids who were absent got their shoutouts.
St. Paul takes its pre-K programming seriously. Twice in recent years, voters have agreed to kick in extra money so that the district could offer the full-year program to more of its students. This year, it served 1,094 with another 709 on the waiting list.
A Wilder Research study has shown that students who entered kindergarten in St. Paul after having attended a district pre-K program were further along in the areas of reading, math, spelling and vocabulary than those who did not. The widest gap was in vocabulary, followed by reading.
For the four-week program, expectations are lowered, but assessments still made. While kids buzzed about in clusters near her, Lisa Gruenewald, supervisor of the district's Office of Early Learning, pulled out a sheet revealing one student's knowledge of language and literacy and of mathematical and logical thinking.
The student knew only the letter "W," but Gruenewald said that mattered less than the fact the district had information to pass on to teachers as they head into the fall.
"Their kindergarten teachers would have no idea," she said. "They'd have nothing."
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This summer, the district had 11 preschool classrooms in seven schools. Ninety percent of the 400 students had not been a part of last year's pre-K program; they came from the waiting list, Gruenewald said. All will attend kindergarten in the fall.
The program's funding came from part of a $207,000 grant administered by the state Department of Education.
In September, Harris begins her sixth year as a pre-K teacher. A former second-grade instructor, she recalls the day when Gruenewald asked her about her willingness to teach the younger children.
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I was pleasantly surprised when I heard tracks off this band's new release, The Unveiling—rather than palm-muting and breakdowns, I heard driving rock beats and soaring harmonies (which sets them apart from their other comrades on Solid State Records). Not to say that there is not screaming here, but the yells are tastefully placed amid tonal guitars and structured songwriting on most of the tracks. Their sound sits better with the Anberlins of the world than the Underoaths.
Lead vocalist Garrett Packer tells their story, one of dedication and vision: "We definitely had a purpose in mind when we started this band three-and-a-half years ago. We are all Christian guys, and we all felt very strongly God wanted to use this music for His goals. That is the No. 1 reason we started. I would say a close second is a mutual desire to do music the right way—not just 'waiting to see what happens' or be lazy about our approach. We immediately wrote and recorded an EP and landed a manager and tour. We have been able to achieve all our short-term goals, and are excited to grow our band in the months to come."
Vowing never to tour the U.S. illegally (but lacking the necessary visas), these Canadians had never set foot across the border prior to signing their record deal. As if by divine appointment, word spread to Seattle, home of Solid State. The band makes its first appearance on U.S. soil this fall, when they bring their commitment to excellence and solid work ethic to our unsuspecting ears. myspace.com/cryoftheafflicted
Looking for something calm and comforting? Enter The Winston Jazz Routine, a collaboration of artists under the production, songwriting, and multi-instrumental direction of Nathan Phillips. Nathan's project began when he was attending a small high school in Mansfield, Ohio, several years ago. Under his leadership, multiple musicians have come together to create piano-driven, soothing sounds at times orchestral and other times reminiscent of a heavenly choir. Phillip's moody piano lines and light, airy vocals will spark your imagination as well as the deepest parts of your innermost being. Their second LP, Sospiri, was just released, and they recently teamed up with none other than Dave Bazan (Pedro the Lion) for a string of dates. myspace.com/thewinstonjazzroutine
Not just another hardcore band hailing from the Facedown Records arsenal, War of Ages seems to rise above the competition. This Erie, Pa., five-piece is metal hardcore at its most positive—and most devastating. Having toured with industry giants Bleeding Through, Throwdown, As I Lay Dying and Terror, WOA is building the type of fan base most only dream of. Its third release just dropped (Fire from the Tomb), and it reigns as the band's most aggressive to date. If you like your hardcore seasoned with technicality, this is it. myspace.com/warofages
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Vogue Italia is no stranger to using controversial subjects in its glossy pages. Editor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani has used her publication to touch on issues including racism, addiction, plastic surgery and environmental disasters, all of which garner myriad opinions — both positive and negative.
This month the magazine depicts models, including 17-year-old Natalie Westling (pictured above), in situations of domestic violence. "The idea originally was cinematic," Sozzani told The Independent of the shoot by photographer Steven Meisel.
"When you talk, for example, with young people and you see which kind of movie [they watch], [it's] all about horror, about things that we… I don't know, not the kind of movie that I usually look at. I don't know why they have this kind of attitude to see all these kind of films and so we started to think about that and I said to Steven, 'OK, let's do [one] about [a] horror show.'"
The images are bound to illicit a strong reactions, but to Sozzani the editorial is not intended to glorify domestic violence, but rather start a conversation concerning its worldwide prevalence and what can be done to stop it.
"Seeing the pictures when I was coming out of the shoot, it was everywhere on the TV in Italy, but even all around the world, how many women are every year attacked, abused and killed? You know, in a small country like Italy only last year [the figure] was 1,700 women and almost 130 that were killed, so it's huge: it's more than two women a week, you know, it's like a huge proportion, just killed. And so I said… why don't we give that message again, especially that the horror of life is bigger than the one that you can see in the movies. This is really a horror show, what we are looking at and what we see every day in every newspaper around the world is how fragile the woman still is today, and how she can be attacked, can be abused, can be killed.
"It was not against men, it's about the fact that women have to be defended," she continued. "And a lot of people are already doing something, because I know that even some other people in fashion are really committed to defending women and raising awareness, to empower women."
Sozzani believes that using an accessible outlet like fashion to broach controversial subjects is the best way to communicate and bring about change.
"For me, they were my tool. So, that's why probably some of the images, they really look very strong, but I have no other choice but to talk worldwide; to talk to everybody. And I think that fashion is not only about dresses, but about culture, it's about where you live, it's about social movement, it's about economical movement, it's about racism, it's about everything.
"We always consider fashion to be something, let's say, superficial," she said. "For me, it's a pity, because fashion can have so many kinds of expressions. It's not only about clothes, it's not only about one dress. If it was only about that, it would be boring."
So on a superficial level, has the fashion world become a crusader against abuse?
The protest concerning photographer Terry Richardson gained traction amongst media outlets and individuals alike in recent months, even spurning a Change.org petition begging publications to stop using the alleged sex offender. However, if Harper Bazaar's May 2014 cover shot by Richardson is any indication… they're not listening.
Maybe Sozzani needs to speak a little louder.
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2014 Flash And AIR 15 Now In Beta
The Flash and AIR teams show no signs of slowing down. Less than two months after the release of version 14, the beta versions of Flash Player 15 and AIR 15 are available for download on Adobe Labs.
2014 Betas Of Flash And AIR 14 On Labs
Yes, I know that we just released version 13 of both Flash and AIR, but progress doesn't slow down, and beta versions of Flash Player 14 and AIR 14 were just announced and are available for download on Adobe Labs.
2014 AIR And Flash 13 In Beta
Betas of Adobe Flash Player 13 and Adobe AIR 13 are now online at Adobe Labs.
2014 ColdFusion Splendor And Thunder Public Beta
The next major versions of ColdFusion (codenamed "Splendor") and ColdFusion Builder (codenamed "Thunder") are now available for public beta over on Adobe Labs.
2013 Adobe AIR 4 Beta Released
The first beta release of Adobe AIR 4 (code named "Jones") has been posted to Adobe Labs. The release notes contain details of what's new.
2012 AIR 3.6 Beta
AIR 3.6 Beta is now on Adobe Labs. Included in this new release is the ability to package and load multiple SWFs (which provides developers with better memory management by allowing them to load the assets they need dynamically at ANY time from multiple SWFs, and not have to load them all up-front).
2012 Now On Adobe TV - Create Like Crazy With Adobe Edge
Check out Simon Widjaja's new Adobe TV show Create Like Crazy with Adobe Edge for a fun take on HTML animation and interaction design using Adobe Edge.
2012 Adobe Shadow Labs Release 3 Now Available
Adobe Shadow is a new inspection and preview tool that allows front-end web developers and designers to work faster and more efficiently by streamlining the preview process, making it easier to customize websites for mobile devices. The Shadow team has announced that Labs Release 3 is now available for download.
2012 ColdFusion 10 Beta Released
We just released the beta release of ColdFusion 10. This release focuses on three main themes: unrivaled developer productivity, deep enterprise integration and simple work flow with Axis2 and Microsoft Exchange server 2010, and unique built-in support for HTML5 to create dynamic and interactive applications. We've also released a beta of ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1.
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The crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 no doubt left its mark on the "Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements" issued this month by the National Transportation Safety Board, and for good reason. The Board's first "most wanted" item essentially reiterates a pair of 2005 NTSB recommendations to which the FAA responded with only an Advisory Circular. Unfortunately, the FAA's advisement did not prevent Capt.
AIN Air Transport Perspective » February 26, 2010
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region facing the prospect of a slow return to profitability during 2010 might have taken some encouragement from better-than-expected results for the third quarter of the current financial year announced by Singapore Airlines (SIA) on February 4.
All the speculation and chatter over the prospects of re-engining the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737s families will finally end this year, judging by statements from senior Airbus and Boeing executives this month. In fact, John Leahy, Airbus COO for customers, went so far as to say that his company would like to decide whether or not to proceed with a re-engining project by the time the Farnborough Air Show opens in July.
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) managed to fly the fourth prototype of the Superjet 100 this month, no thanks to Russian engine maker NPO Saturn, which partners with Snecma in building the Superjet's Powerjet engines.
Boeing discovered from its field representatives in Japan that Yokohama-based Koito Industries had falsified records related to flammability testing of its aircraft passengers seats more than a year ago, but subsequent tests concluded that no safety "issues" existed, a Boeing spokesperson told AIN. "We started working with Koito last January [2009], and we thought this was being taken care of," she said.
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Getting a Motorola SBG6580 into "Bridge" mode on TimeWarner Wideband
So, say, you have a Linksys E2000 (or whatever model, really) wireless router. You've got your port forwarding, your DHCP address table and all this stuff setup just the way you like it. Then you got the fancy TimeWarner Wideband service and the tech came and brought the black Motorola SBG6580 modem/wifi/router combo device.
The tech is perplexed as to what to do with your existing router (which of course was working just fine with the previous, dumber modem), plugs this instead of the Linksys and now you have a new router you can't configure, but the Internet is really fast. Then it turns out noone (at TWC too) really knows how to put this router into bridge mode (so you can use your Linksys as a router instead), AND you can't even access the web-based configuration because TimeWarner hides it from you (http://192.168.0.1 just quietly times out, they denied being responsible for this).
So what you need to do is:
1. Unplug coax cable from Motorola
2. Hold down the white reset button on the back panel with a pen for 30s. This resets all settings to factory defaults, including the setting that doesn't let you reconfigure the modem ;). The modem will be auto-reconfigured once you plug in the coax cable, so don't worry.
3. When modem is back on plug in a computer with an Ethernet cable into the modem (say, Port #1).
4. Your computer should get an IP of 192.168.0.2, and you should be able to connect to http://192.168.0.1 and login with "admin" / "motorola"
5. Now you will make some changes:
* Wireless -> Primary Network -> Disable (this will disable the wireless features of the modem)
* Advanced -> NAPT Mode -> Disable (this is one of the settings that makes the router into a simple bridge). The router will restart itself now, continue when it's back on.
* Basic -> DHCP -> Disable
According to some research (DSL Reports: 1 2 3 4 5), this should be sufficient, but that did not work for me. I made a few more changes:
* Advanced -> Rg Passthrough -> Enabled
* Add the WAN MAC Address of your Linksys into the Passthrough list
* Basic -> WAN IP -> Static IP. Make up some IP data like 192.168.99.1 / 255.255.255.0 / 192.168.99.250 / DNS: 22.214.171.124. This way the modem doesn't try to get an IP, allowing your computer/router to get one instead.
6. Connect port 1 on the Motorola modem to the WAN port of your Linksys. Plug the coaxial cable back into the modem and power cycle it. In theory it should just connect to the network after a little while, but mine required around 3 power cycles (you leave the modem for a min between each) to sync up all the required TWC settings.
7. Once the blue Network light comes on the modem, your Linksys should have requested and received a public IP address. If this is not the case, click to "Renew Lease" in the Linksys interface.
8. Rejoice in your victory over the poor level of customer service provided at a high price by your local cable utility. Wish you had Optimum Online (Cablevision) in Williamsburg, (they+their equipment was typically much easier to deal with).
UPDATE 9/7/2012: It seems the modems with the newer configuration don't auto-lock themselves, so you can skip steps 1-3, or just use it as a relatively decent router. Thanks TimeWarner!


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Ducks Looking Like Cup Contenders
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While the above-mentioned teams are all worthy of being in the discussion, one team that continues to fly under the radar is the Anaheim Ducks. Don't look now but as of this writing, the Ducks are not only first in the mighty Western Conference, but are first in the entire league.
That's right, folks. As of this writing, the Ducks are the best team in the NHL with 73 points and have shown no signs of slowing down as they have won 16 of their last 17 games. With the way the team is playing right now, the Ducks should definitely be considered contenders for Lord's Stanley Cup for several reasons.
For starters, the Ducks have a well-balanced attack up front. For the Ducks, the offense starts with the play of both team captain Ryan Getzlaf and sniper Cory Perry.
Going into tonight's tilt with the Detroit Red Wings, Getzlaf leads the team with 53 points (23 goals and 30 assists). Getzlaf, 28, is just two goals off his career high of 25 and has shown his team and the rest of the league that he is perhaps the best power forward in the game today.
Getzlaf's partner in crime, Perry, is also having himself quite a season. Perry, 28, is second in the league with 25 goals and also has 24 assists for 49 points (sixth in the league) and whenever the Ducks need a big goal, Perry is usually their to answer as he leads the team with eight game-winning goals.
To go along with the offensive prowess of Getzlaf and Perry, the Ducks turn to players such as Nick Bonino (13 goals and 20 assists for 33 points), Andrew Cogliano (14 goals and 13 assists for 27 points), and Dustin Penner (11 goals and 15 assists for 26 points. In all, the Ducks'offense is second in the league in total number of goals scored (166) and third in the league in averaging just over three goals per game.
Another big reason why the Ducks are the best team in the NHL right now is because of the play of their starting netminder, Jonas Hiller. In 31 games this season, Hiller is 22-4-4 with a 2.42 goals against average, a .912 save percentage and two shutouts.
Last season was an interesting one for Hiller because the team saw the emergence of then rookie netminder Viktor Fasth and Hiller saw more time than usual on the team's bench. This season has been a much different story for Hiller as he has regained the net to go along with the confidence of the coaching staff and the team in front of him.
Ducks' head coach Bruce Boudreau also deserves some credit for this team's success. Since joining the Ducks, Boudreau has helped make the Ducks one of the most feared offenses in the entire league and has brought a consistent winning culture to the franchise.
While there is a good amount of hockey left to be played this season, it is safe to say that right now, the Ducks are the team to beat in the NHL.


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NBAA 2012 App Helps Show-goers Navigate
If you run into a show-goer who is too busy poking at his or her smartphone instead of navigating the crowded NBAA'12 aisles here in Orlando, it might not be ordinary texting, emailing or web-surfing that has so tautly engaged their attention. Rather, these smartphone-addicted denizens are probably looking for a booth location or updating their show schedules, using the free NBAA'12 mobile device app.
The app is available for Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry and web-capable devices. Not only does it allow users to set up a customized schedule culled from all the NBAA'12 opportunities, but find meeting rooms and exhibitors, view maps of the Orange County Convention Center and view show-related videos, Twitter and Facebook feeds and news.
A cool feature is the "Friends" button, which lets users track each other's whereabouts, by exchanging "friend codes." Push the "What are you doing" refresh button, and any friends that you have added and for which you have exchanged codes will show their updates. The exhibitor search function allows users to view the location of the booth on a map of the exhibit hall, or a press of another button allows users to add that company to their schedule. If you're lost, click the "Locate me" function, type in the name of the nearest exhibitor, and the map will pop up with that location.
These show apps have become indispensible tools for avid convention-goers, and the NBAA'12 app is a good example of a dynamically updatable apps. It's a great way to not only prepare for the show," said Jason Wolf, NBAA Internet communications director, "but to make the entire NBAA 2012 experience a much better, much more efficient one." –M.T.
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St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson will be a gametime decision on Monday Night against the New York Giants as a lingering quadriceps injury continues to hold him out of practice. The Rams released the official update on Jackson via Twitter.
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Tan ban for minors proposed
Alberta's health minister says a new law will be introduced later this year that will keep people under 18 out of tanning beds.
Fred Horne had earlier said legislation would protect youth from skin cancer, but he didn't indicate if that meant including such a ban.
He said Wednesday that a scientific committee has examined the issue and laws in other provinces.
"The evidence is overwhelming about the increased risk for melanoma or skin cancer for people who are exposed to artificial tanning," he said.
"This would, at least in my view, be the most appropriate response to try to stop a cancer that is quite frankly completely preventable."
All other provinces — except Saskatchewan and Manitoba — have laws preventing youths from using indoor tanning equipment.
Saskatchewan ruled out a ban earlier this year. Manitoba lets young people use the beds if they have parental consent.
Parental consent is an option that will likely be considered in Alberta, said Horne, but it's not something he supports.
He said he hopes other members of cabinet will back the bill when it's tabled in the fall.
"I think many of them will. I've talked to many of them about it already."
The Canadian Cancer Society released a report earlier this week that says people underestimate the risk of getting skin cancer and aren't doing enough to protect against it.
Numbers show cases of melanoma are on the rise, in both women and men.
The society expects there will be 80,000 cases of skin cancer this year, almost the same number of cases as the top four cancers combined — lung, breast, prostate and colorectal cancer.
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Jack Kerouac, The Vanity of Duluoz
Started reading this recently - picked it up basically because I'm running out of Kerouac to read (or re-read, in the case of a few) but it is really rather good - a more explicitly autobiographical than usual account of Kerouac's youth playing college football and joining the Merchant Marine in WWII (though at the same time the very explicitness of the autobiography - aside from 'Kerouac' becoming 'Duluoz' - makes me more suspicious of its total veracity). There are more affectations of his later style (he wrote it in 1967*) and diversionary passages - including a juvenile copy of the opening scene of Ulysses, transferred into his life and dialect - but quite a few standout parts like the above. Which, again, jumps back to this. The final line also brings to mind this picture by Durer. It's pessimistic but in a very Kerouac kind of way, a tortured humanist. Of course, you could write an essay on his use of the term 'penetrate', and the phrase 'rapish' definitely jars, but that's kinda what you get when reading dead guys from the 60s (or live ones from the 00s, frequently). In fact, I think the recent On The Road movie did a good job of putting some flesh on the Kerouac story, and elucidating the character relationships that are in many ways subservient to the prose of the book itself.
*complete with frequent conversational references to "wifey" and a fantastic grumpy-old-man passage at the start which I had been thinking of posting up as well, where he complains of no-one telling the truth any more and blaming this, in large part, on 'Marxian Dialectal propaganda' (cf.).
"this is the bread of affliction which our ancestors ate in egypt"
i mean
it's a symbol
not a cracker
it is supposed to remind us of being enslaved, of the long jewish memory and our resultant commitment to resist poverty and injustice everywhere
it ties us to our ancestors, the whole point is we are eating what they are said to have eaten. "they fled in haste and their bread was but an unleavened cake" and we eat the unleavened cake like thousands of years of jews before us and remember their story
i don't go around noshing on communion wafers
i think i am a bad jew because i legit like matzo and eat it year round.
it's just so frigging good with cheese of all kinds.
also, fully legit when mixed into eggs and cream.
Communion wafers are slightly different in that when they're consecrated they're considered to be the body of Christ.
I've never eaten a Catholic communion wafer (cos, well, I can't) but by all accounts they're not very appetising.
The Communion bread in the (Anglican) Church of Ireland is just sliced white pan cut up into little bits, however. So technically you'd also eat it in an everyday sandwich, only it won't have been blessed.
Religion and food are an odd mix.
'Out of our own traditions, and into the waves': the Archbishop of Canterbury's inaugural sermon
I finished reading the excerpts from Kierkegaard's 'Fear and Trembling' in Basic Writings of Existentialism, so I was happy to recognise the phrase here (it's a biblical reference, naturally). The first part of this quote seems to echo what Kierkegaard was saying about Abraham and Isaac, although missing the point (as I understood it). The absurd is always absurd, although walking out onto water is different to sacrificing your own son (less Old Testament-y, and significantly less in contradiction to any universal set of ethics) - it doesn't become any more reasonable, in the eyes of others, just because 'Jesus said to'.
It remains a paradox: in the phrase of Kierkegaard's (which he is fond of repeating), there is the paradox of faith "or else faith has never existed simply because it has always existed, or else Abraham is lost". There's a wonderful Germanic ring to the last option, but I'd rather take the middle one. I have no faith, in the personal sense, nor do I wish to take the leap towards it; but since even the Archbishop of Canterbury fails to recognise the paradox of the absurd in faith, the church remains as inauthentic as it ever was, and I'm still an Anglican.
A Francis for Our Time - The Editors - National Review Online
I kinda want to say "give the pope a chance" (and not just cos it's a mediocre pun) in response to some of the more cynical commentary, but there's something about a lot of the optimism that I find false as well. I'm not a Catholic, never have been, but I watched the saturation coverage on the Irish news with some interest - mostly because it's spectacle, of course, although an anachronistic one what with the chemically-enhanced smoke - and I could share some of the feelings of hope at the announcement of a new Pope with the name of Francis.
In my household the immediate discussion was over whether the name was from St. Francis of Assisi (officially and understandably so) or St. Francis Xavier, the co-founder of the Jesuits (which as Bergoglio is one, also makes sense). There's no obvious contradiction, but perhaps it's an initial sign that double rhetoric - in a certain Jesuitical sense - will be a hallmark of his papacy. Humble and smart, is the given profile, and many expectations go along with it - so much so that I've already heard the cautionary Obama comparison made (again, the coverage echoed a lot of that election, only with less democracy and more pomp).
It has an extra resonance in that this guy is also more conservative in his political principles - or doctrine - than liberals or progressives might like. Yet that really falls under the 'is the Pope a Catholic?' category: of course he espouses ideas that are homophobic and misogynist, that goes with the territory - best to hope that this pope is sensible enough not to air them too dogmatically (unless they really are dogma, in which case he's just being honest). No, what worries me is that the whole 'friend of the poor' image might be - as seen above - rather too acceptable to the secular, capitalist world.
The irony is that Benedict - representing a long-established theological tradition, it must be said, and as was is wont - also opposed capitalism (and by name), but wrapped it up with opposition to materialism in general and modernity and 'relativism' in particular; so that the perspective wasn't of much use to anyone not deeply involved in the kind of religiosity without much relevance or connection to the modern world. It'd be nice if, in this age of crisis, a Pope Francis led the charge against economic inequality, ascendant neoliberalism and unsustainable consumerism: but as an effective route it's a political impossibility, not least because we rightly don't allow popes to direct crusades any more.
It's also not going to happen because any central Catholic critique of economic society is either premised on such an abstract, disconnected morality that it is as insubstantial as smoke, or - as I fear is the case with Francis - constructed so that it is non-threatening to the material and political bases of capitalism. It's quasi-liberation theology that obviously survived the centralised repression of Catholic conservatism (and more problematically, survived and potentially colluded with the repression of a South American right-wing dictatorship) and projects an image of humbleness which, while challenging the sated aristocracy of (clerical) Rome, hardly does anything to threaten the power and political justification of our secular Rome. Hasn't that long been the grand bargain between spiritual and temporal power in the Christian West; that for a certain degree of influence in moral matters the former allows the latter to pursue its economic freedoms?
In his first mass, the new Pope is already stated as saying:
"If we do not confess to Christ, what would we be?
"We would end up a compassionate NGO. What would happen would be like when children make sand castles and then it all falls down."
The clear point is that the Church is primarily a religious organisation, not a social one. Obviously so, but it's easy to forget that Christianity and Catholicism is increasingly built on an all-consuming fear of secularism. As an atheist, I'm not really supposed to have a problem with people having religious beliefs (and as a bona fide secularist, that's not even an issue, as long as there's a distinction between private and public spheres) but philosophically speaking, I do. As much as religions declare that spirituality is a fundamental and necessary part of human life, I'd like the space to state that belief in an immaterial world is superfluous to human existence and discourse. So I object to spirituality as a starting point for ethical discussion, although as a pluralist I have to admit that many genuinely disagree and it's not an objection or condition that can be imposed on them.
I have some qualified respect for the Habermasian idea that religion in its 'semantic potentials' can play a part in liberal and humanistic politics, and that somehow it should be squared with (or separated from) its theologically-derived morality that is repugnant to liberal freedoms. In its popular form this tends to take the form of a liberal optimism, as in this recent interview with former Irish President Mary Robinson:
"[…] And I said: I don't need to go to mass every Sunday and feel guilty if I don't. I don't feel compelled to do it every Sunday or in a sort of strictly paid-up way, because I disagree with so much of what the church stands for, particularly in reproductive health.
HEADLEE: So does that mean that you don't follow the trial and tribulation of the Catholic Church, that you don't have any emotional investment in who might be the next pope or what's been going on?
ROBINSON: I think I'm more interested in the religions of the world giving us a kind of global, ethical standard, you know? And I like the work of Hans Kung who's being - looking at a global ethic. And I know him, and we've talked about this quite a bit. And I think we do need the spirituality of the great religions of the world. And it is important for human rights and human dignity."
As a non-Catholic Irish person, I still detest much of the Catholic Church's ideology, teaching and areas of historical influence; but I don't have the bitterness or resentment of the lapsed or former Catholic (I was never schooled through the faith, either) while I do respect those intelligent people I do know who remain within the faith, either by birth or choice. If there's something Pope Francis can do - other than saving the poor or overturning the Catholic Church's institutional sexism - it's to show through his purported humility and intellectual acuity what exactly the value of Catholic spirituality is to the modern world. (At least that kind of public reform seems potentially politically achievable, even if I remain philosophically dubious.)
Ma Jian, Red Dust
This book (a semi-fictional autobiography, from what I gather) about a dissident Chinese artist who absconds from Beijing to travel in western China is very interesting, and reminds me of Kerouac in more than one way. Here, he has taken lay Buddhist vows and journeyed to the Mogao caves to see the murals and statues. Unlike Kerouac, he is doing so in a genuinely totalitarian country. But there's a similar kind of wide-eyed idealism, a bit more philosophical wisdom (at least of the kind sharpened against real oppression), tempered against practical failure (he doesn't get to see the statues, after entering on a Chinese tourist ticket).
The religious critique, while perhaps unfair to Christianity, reminds me of the criticism of The Fountain and its quasi-Buddhist attitude to death. Death is never trivial, but perhaps human conceptions around it are? It also reminds me of a distinction I've long had in my mind, probably cribbed and distorted from some other writers' bon mots, between Catholicism and Protestantism (of the Anglican/Episcopalian form I grew up with, not the Evangelical or Presbyterian kind): the former condemns much of the pleasure of life as sin, but tacitly encourages as long as people are suitably repentant (or 'guilty' in the common psychological parlance) and fear its consequences in death; whereas the latter draws a practical line between responsible living (the famed 'work ethic') and sinful behaviour (which can be nearly every bit as socially oppressive in its promulgation, but not quite as totalising) in which death doesn't seem to enter so prominently.
Certainly the first is used to explain general Irish attitudes to sex and alcohol - sex of course being far more sinful, but the lengths that were gone to in repressing it belay the fear that life will out - while my absence from the usual structures of confession, repentance through repeated prayer, and so on, have left me a little mystified about that part of Irish moral life. The broad cultural popularity of Lenten fasting - by way of giving something up for a month, that is probably both bad for you and pleasurable for the other 11 months of the year - is another continuing legacy of Irish Catholicism; not that it's actually absent from Protestantism, but it seems a lot more sensible to live in moderation for 12 months of the year. Which is where I part company with upwards of 85% of my compatriots, unfortunately.
(with apologies to all good Catholics - and Protestants)
Even though blasphemy is illegal in Ireland, I'm going to use what Jurgen Habermas calls the semantic potential of religion to construct a hermeneutics of the new My Bloody Valentine album, based on its square of trinities. Enjoy this novena of shoegaze:
m - The Father
'she found you' - 'only tomorrow' - 'who sees you'
These three songs are the Abrahamic heritage of Loveless, the result of 22 years wandering in the desert. The towering and majestic rhythms of 'only tomorrow', the enveloping haze of 'who sees you', the clanging genesis of 'she found you' are the achievement of the Creator, Kevin Shields.
b - The Son (or The Daughter, perhaps)
'is this and yes' - 'if i am' - 'new you'
It pays to switch from speakers to headphones for this part of the album, which is an abrupt change from the monumental to the minimal. Find the almost imperceptible pulse of percussion behind 'is this and yes', before slipping into the almost heady sensuality (and funky wah-wah guitar) of 'if i am' - the Word made Flesh. A brief pause, and then the resurrection of 'new you' with its contemporary-for-the-90s drums.
v - The Holy Ghost
'in another way' - 'nothing is' - 'wonder 2'
Here's where it gets a little weird. Are those strings or just transcendent guitar on 'in another way'? Yet 'nothing is' is pure pneuma, pumping away vitally. Meanwhile the eternal mystery of MBV remains in the swirling, booming roar of 'wonder 2', "a sound from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind".