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|Stylistic origins
|Electronic, pop, synthpop, post-disco
|Cultural origins
|Late 1970s and early 1980s, primarily Europe, Japan and the United States
|Typical instruments
|Synthesizer, vocals, drum machine, tape loops, drums, guitar, bass, sequencer, keyboard, sampler, vocoder, personal computer
|Derivative forms
|Dance-pop, electro, electroclash, chillwave[1]
Electropop is a pop-oriented form of electronic music primarily consisting of the use of synthesizers and various electronic musical instruments. The genre has seen a revival of popularity and influence since the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
The term was used during the 1980s to describe a form of synthpop characterized by an emphasized electronic sound.
Electropop songs are electronic and pop songs at heart, often with simple, catchy hooks and dance beats, but differing from those of electronic dance music genres in that songwriting is emphasized over simple danceability.[2] Electropop is characterized by a distinctive low frequency synthesizer sound which might variously be described as crisp, crunchy, crackly, fuzzy, warm, distorted or dirty.[2]
Electropop music began appearing in the late 1970s, with the "Robot Pop"[3] of German band Kraftwerk,[4] the "technopop"[5] of Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra,[6] and the electronic music of British artists who took inspiration from David Bowie's "Berlin period" albums Low, Heroes, and Lodger,[7] as well as late 70s electronic-influenced disco, especially Germany's Munich Machine led by Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer. Some groups also took inspiration from the NYC synthpunk group Suicide.[8]
Electropop's early steps, and the Numan Futurist movement in particular, were strongly disparaged in the British music press of the late 1970s and early 1980s as the "Adolf Hitler Memorial Space Patrol" (Mick Farren).[9]
During the early 1980s, the electro style was largely developed by Afrika Bambaata, who was heavily influenced by Yellow Magic Orchestra and Kraftwerk.[10]
21st century and current wave of electropop artists[edit]
The second album by British singer Lily Allen released in 2009 called It's Not Me, It's You is largely electropop as opposed to her first ska album.[11][12]
The 2008 Britney Spears song "Womanizer" is an example of an electropop track.
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The British and other media in 2009 ran articles proclaiming a new era of the female electropop star and indeed 2009 saw a rise in popularity of female electropop artists. In the Sound of 2009 poll of 130 music experts conducted for the BBC, ten of the top fifteen artists named were of the electropop genre.[13] Lady Gaga had major commercial success since 2008 with her debut album The Fame.[14][15][16][17][18] Music writer Simon Reynolds noted that "Everything about Gaga came from electroclash, except the music, which wasn't particularly 1980s".[19] Other female electropop acts that emerged were Ladyhawke,[20] Kesha,[21] Demi Lovato,[22] Britney Spears,[23][24][25][26][27] Elly Jackson of La Roux [20] and Perfume.[28]
Male acts that have emerged included British writer and producer Taio Cruz, who charted well in the U.S.,[29] along with one-man act Owl City, who had a U.S. number-one single,[30][31] DJ Kaskade,[32] and LMFAO.[33] Singer Michael Angelakos of the Passion Pit said in a 2009 interview that while playing electro pop was not his intention, the limitations of dorm life made the genre more accessible.[34] Some artists have used music technology to convert songs from other genres into electropop; for example, Paul Duncan of Warm Ghost took a record by indie folk artists Mountain Man and turned it into an electropop song.[35]
In 2009, James Oldham—head of artists and repertoire at A&M Records—was quoted as saying "All A&R departments have been saying to managers and lawyers: 'Don't give us any more bands because we're not going to sign them and they're not going to sell records.' So everything we've been put on to is electronic in nature."[20][36]
See also[edit]
- ^ Spilling Beyond a Festival's Main Courses March 21, 2010
- ^ a b "Electropop music". Last.fm. 29 Jun 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ Kraftwerk at AllMusic
- ^ Rachel Devitt, "Geeks of electro-pop meld man, machine in mind-blowing show", The Seattle Times, April 28, 2004. [1] Access date: August 11, 2008.
- ^ "Yellow Magic Orchestra profile". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ^ "Yellow Magic Orchestra reunite for Massive Attack's Meltdown." Side-Line. [2] Access date: August 11, 2008.
- ^ Greg Villepique, Salon, January 25, 2000. [3] Access date: August 11, 2008.
- ^ Scott Thill, "All-Star Admirers Resuscitate Suicide", Wired Listening Post, June 24, 2008. [4] Access date: August 13, 2008.
- ^ The Seth Man, Julian Cope Presents Head Heritage, June 1, 2004. [5] Access date: August 14, 2004
- ^ David Toop (March 1996), "A-Z Of Electro", The Wire (145), retrieved 2011-05-29
- ^ In the Studio: Lily Allen Makes "Naughty" Follow-Up Rolling Stone July 1, 2008
- ^ Lily Allen It's Not Me It's You Review Sydney Morning Herald February 14, 2009
- ^ UK gaga for electro-pop, guitar bands fight back, The Kuwait Times, January 28, 2009
- ^ Number one single for Lady GaGa BBC 11 January, 2009
- ^ Lady GaGa holds onto chart crown BBC 29 March, 2009
- ^ Lady GaGa, Calvin Harris Top U.K. Charts Billboard 13 April, 2009
- ^ 25 faces to watch in 2009 The Times 8 January, 2009
- ^ Lady GaGa: pop meets art to just dance The Telegraph 21 January, 2009
- ^ The 1980s revival that lasted an entire decade by Simon Reynolds for The Guardian 22 January 2010
- ^ a b c Gaga for girl power Sydney Morning Herald 28 February, 2009
- ^ Ke$ha demands a pinch of respect and mirth The Times March 7, 2010
- ^ "Demi Lovato Is Unveiling Something Big In 2015". People's Choice. Sidney Madden. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "New Music: Britney Spears f/ will.i.am – 'Big Fat Bass'". Rap-Up. Devin Lazerine. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "'Hold It Against Me' Is Primo Britney". Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Marikar, Sheila. "Britney Spears Drops 'Till the World Ends,' Mimics Ke$ha". ABC News. The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Lipshutz, Jason. "Britney Spears, Till the World Ends". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Ganz, Caryn. "Spears at her most daring and innovative — really! Dark, dangerous, fascinating.". eMusic. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Perfumeが1位獲得!YMO以来約25年ぶりの快挙" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Taio Cruzes Up The U.S Chart! MTV UK 3 March 2010
- ^ Maybe I'm Dreaming: Owl City [6] Access date: July 9, 2009.
- ^ Pop's space cadets set to blast off BBC 1 January 2010
- ^ Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Santa Barbera Independent June 29, 2010
- ^ Party" just beginning for electro-pop duo LMFAO Billboard reprinted by Reuters January 4, 2010
- ^ Interview: Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit Boston Phoenix October 1, 2009
- ^ Erick Sermon (March 2011). "Warm Ghost – Uncut Diamond EP -- Partisan Records: 2011". Music Nerdery. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
- ^ La Roux, Lady Gaga, Mika, Little Boots: the 80s are back The Telegraph 5 August, 2009
- Depeche Mode & the Story of Electro-Pop, Q/Mojo magazine collaboration, 2005.
- Electronic Music: The Instruments, the Music & the Musicians by Andy Mackay, of Roxy Music


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A nice voice and some musical talent are great tools to have at your disposal, but software maker Khush thinks all you need to create music is an iPhone and one of its apps.
"Most people aren't trained in music, and they're intimidated by the idea of creating music themselves," Khush CEO Prena Gupta told me in an interview. "We want to remove that barrier."
To that end, Khush has focused its app-making efforts into products that put music creation tools in the hands of novices. The company made a splash last year with LaDiDa, which it bills as a "reverse karaoke" app that provides pitch correction and accompaniment for your singing. And Khush's latest app, Songify, doesn't even require you to sing - just speak into your iOS device, and the app will turn your words into an auto-generated song.
I put both Khush apps through their paces and found a lot of fun - as well as more than a few flaws - in their approach to music creation. Here we look at LaDiDa; also take a look at our Songify review.
The beat goes on: When recording yourself singing in LaDiDa, you get an on-screen volume indicator and lights that help you follow the beat. The on-screen microphone is just for show
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The track plays with a default accompaniment, but you can go to a settings screen to adjust the style, tempo, and reverb. You're also able to adjust the amount of pitch correction that LaDiDa uses - a feature that will be welcome to anyone whose desire to sing is greater than their ability to carry a tune.
LaDiDa's pitch correction capabilities are quite impressive, actually. I like to flatter myself that I have a respectable singing voice, although my range is a bit limited and I've been known to hit my share of flat notes. Still, LaDiDa did an admirable job smoothing out the rougher edges of my voice. Even when I tried to intentionally sing off-key, the app made my miscues resemble actual human singing.
If you listen to my LaDiDa-created opus "Pants!" - I implore you to not click on that link - there are a few notes in the original version that would have made all the dogs in the neighbourhood howl in protest; in the sweetened LaDiDa version, you can hardly notice their presence.
My results with LaDiDa worked best when I sang original songs - be it improvised words about pants or, if I had more talent and inspiration, actual lyrics an aspiring songwriter might pen. LaDiDa did a pretty good job adjusting the background music and beat to my crooning. The finished product was less satisfying when I tried to sing actual songs; the accompanying music didn't quite match the singing, and the end result was fairly cacophonous. (LaDiDa does feature an a capella mode, which would be useful in those kinds of situations.)
In addition to A Capella, LaDiDa ships with three other musical styles. You can buy Guitar Style and Rap Style packs of additional background music as in-app purchases. In what I'm pretty sure is a bug with the current version, though, I was able to record and share songs using styles from packs I hadn't purchased - my masterwork "Pants!" is just such a track. One of my Macworld colleagues was also able to create songs with unpurchased styles. I imagine the developer will fix this apparent flaw by the time it takes you to read this sentence.
Version 1.5 of LaDiDa actually features a lot of these kinds of quirks. Normally, when you tap on the musical styles, you'll hear a sample to give you a flavor of what kind of background music to expect. On occasion, though, the only thing I heard was the sound of silence; tapping around usually fixed the problem. In other performance bugs, the recording countdown screen would periodically speed up to a breakneck pace - the tempo usually slowed back down once the recording began.


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want to try it solo but not sure who to use.
Out of all those, probably Drell Assassin.
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The Assassin is definitely the most powerful of the bunch, but not the most durable. You'd have to be very careful and make good use of his agility in order to avoid damage.
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Drell assasin would be easiest, followed by the human soldier then the Krogan sentinel I would think.
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asari vanguard. nearly managed a flawless (no consumables/gels) silver solo v. Cerberus just fooling around a few weeks ago.
was just soloing to get warmed up after being away for awhile, and it was a breeze til I hit wave 10 & that 4th node. god**** that turret...
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Yeah, the Asguard on Cerberus/White would also be pretty good. You'd have to bring a weapon to deal with Atlases, but pretty much everything else falls prey to Lift Grenades, including Phantoms. And White gives you such a good supply of grenades that you wouldn't have to worry much about running out.
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yup, it was on white. BC & lift grenades clear up mobs pretty quick, and on white you can just leave any atlas for last. might take a while to down an atlas on gold, but AP IV and an amp would probably make it manageable...
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I would say the drell assassin now, but it took some watching youtube videos and some respec cards an a few fails to get confortable enough to solo gold/platinum. The turian sentinel is the easiest one Imo to solo out of the bunch because hes such an easy, an yet powerful an durable class to use back when I had weaker weapons an consumables to work with.
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The Human Vanguard is great against Cerberus. Keep the Phantoms staggered and its a breeze.
In terms of easiest to most difficult to solo with, in my opinion (I'll put the benefits of soloing with each class in brackets):
-Drell assassin (Clock of course, good damage output, grenades, drell speed dodge, he has too debuff powers...however he is squishy)
-Drell adept (Grenades, Reave is great for DR and for setting up explosions, drell speed/dodge, squishy character)
-Asari vanguard (Good dodge, great grenades, makes cerberus a cake walk with stasis, and has a way to restore shields)
-Human vanguard (Can dodge, invincibility frames, good juggling abilities, has a way to restore shields)
-Drell vanguard (Can restore shields, but he's squishy/risky to play, has grenades and juggling powers and has drell speed/dodge)
-Krogan sentinel (Very tanky, has good grenades, downside is he can't dodge and is bulky)
-Turian sentinel (Pretty tanky, debuff power, good jugling ability (overload), downside is he can't dodge)
-Human soldier (Pretty durable, grenades, good dodge)
-Turian soldier (Can't dodge, but still pretty tanky, no real juggling powers)
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@darji: Where'd you hear that? From what I'd heard, they were still only doing cross-section demos - I wasn't aware anyone had touched the 'final product', so to speak.
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Definitely a toss up between Forza and KI, but I chose Forza. KI will be good too, it turned itself around a lot and is getting a lot of good attention.
Ryse is unknown at this point. I've heard people saying that the game is excellent, I heard people say not to touch it. Hard to say right now. I have a feeling it's going to be one of those games that's panned but when I do eventually pick it up I will enjoy the shit out of it.
Forza or Dr3 will score the highest, but Ryse will be a surprise hit. When folks who have played the game talk about combat feeling like the Arkham games, I have started to take a bit more notice...
The last info on Ryse is that it took some people 90 minutes to play through half of the chapters.
Ryse has always felt like a graphics demo to me, so that doesn't surprise me. I've never been very impressed by what I've seen of that game.
I'm gonna go along with everyone else and say Forza 5, easily.
As everyone has said Forza will be the highest rated for sure, they've hit it out of the park every time and I doubt this will be the exception.
I voted Ryse though, as I'm thinking this will be a dark horse and surprise a lot of people. All the negativity around it may actually work to its favour (review wise, sales will probably still suffer) as I think once the actual game is in the hands of some people they'll see a lot of the negativity was due to bad showings and pre-conceived notions. It looks real pretty and if what I've been thinking is true could be one of the best launch titles.
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Forza is the easy pick. The rest look like they range from middling to hot garbage and then there's Lococycle because I still don't know what the hell Lococycle is.
Lococycle will be GOTY
I still don't know what the hell Lococycle is.
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Dead Rising 3 < if the framerates impede gameplay it has to get docked points hard to show that it's not acceptable to dump such games on us
Killer Instinct < cannot get rated higher than Resogun I believe, it's gotta be too niche for it
LocoCycle < not expecting much, won't be surprised to read random reviews giving it 10/10
Crimson Dragon < looking for the first review that says it's a panzer dragoon killer and taking it with scepticism
Powerstar Golf < see LocoCycle
Zoo Tycoon < see LocoCycle
Tuesday, November 19 at 9pm PT/11:59pm ET
Xbox One hardware/platform < with the PS4 being given 7.5 and getting judged on its games by Polygon, expect another 9.5 here
Wednesday, November 20 at 6am PT/9am ET
Forza Motorsport 5 < despite shipping an unfinished game and purposely gimping cars and tracks to sell them as DLC it will be the highest scoring game, it really looks like the best reviewing one of the lot and most deserving of it also
Thursday, November 21 at 3am PT/6am ET
Ryse: Son of Rome < embargo-tickling European journos have made it clear that it will be very easy to see which reviews of this are honest and trustworthy
Forza. Unless they really blow it which seems unlikely. I think Dead Rising 3 will score decently in the low to mid 80's in metacritic. Ryse might score around Knack levels though though I'm hoping slightly above as the combat seems a bit more interesting then Knack's.
The others I have no idea how they will be recieved.
So good to see those results after voting. Racing games always score really highly at launch because its the same game they've been making every year with some minor additions and a big shiny visual overhaul. The shiniest game at launch gets the most points because everyone is looking for the "next gen" game.
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People interested in joining the Delaware Police Department will now be part of a new, continuous recruitment process.
Delaware City Council recently approved rule changes recommended by the Civil Service Commission. The Commission considered the rule changes over three meetings.
"Right now we conduct a test once a year," said City Attorney Darren Shulman. "People come that day, they do well, they get put on a list. Under the new process, we're going to move to we're going to allow candidates to take a test from a third party vendor. That test is offered multiple times per year at multiple locations, so it will be a lot more convenient."
Shulman said the rule changes involve making the eligibility list a rolling list and placing the candidates according to their score.
"If someone comes in two months after the initial list and gets the best score, rather than being put on the bottom, we can put them on the very top as their score indicates," Shulman said. "We believe this will keep our list fresh, and get the best candidates."
In addition, people taking the test can select the member cities they want their score to be sent to.
"We believe that a lot of folks interested in being police officers might apply to Delaware, too," Shulman said. "We think it will broaden our pool of candidates to people who may not have thought of us otherwise."
Police Chief Bruce Pijanowski said the new tests are upgraded from what the department currently offers.
"At the beginning of the process, I was very skeptical," said Councilwoman Lisa Keller, who also sits on the commission. "I was used to the more traditional way. Through the diligent process of the commission, I believe this is the best course of action. It gives us a wider net of candidates, and shaves time off of the hiring process."
For more information, visit http://www.delawareohio.net/Departments/Police/default.aspx.
Gary Budzak may be reached at 740-413-0904 or on Twitter @GaryBudzak.


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Has the Novell Deal Hampered openSUSE?
Whether it was the uncertainty of openSUSE's future or in spite of it, there seems to have been a fire lit under openSUSE lately. On several fronts, the
often once controversial project has kicked into high gear.
On the Web side of development support openFATE, a feature tracking system, has seen a major update. The interface was recently revamped for easier navigation and the back-end was souped-up for faster operation. New, done, and rejected features are easier to find, vote for, and comment on. Statistics are compiled together for a quick glance. Users can sign up and participate. All together, it's a nice step giving a more transparent process for users and a powerful tool for planners and developers.
Soon after the reworked openFATE was announced, a rolling release option was introduced by Greg Kroah-Hartman, a kernel developer employed by Novell. This was something he'd been wanting to do for a while, and he said the time was right to start it now. Work will start soon on the 11.3 branch and users with 11.3 or new 11.4 installs should be able to start rolling on the openSUSE river pretty soon, should they choose to do so. This will be accomplished through a separate repository, so users can still enjoy the traditional periodic install or upgrade with important and security fixes as usual if they wish.
The openSUSE Board elections were announced on December 1. The openSUSE board consists of five members to oversee the project. The board helps resolve conflicts, communicate with Novell, facilitate communication with the community, and assist with the decision making processes. There are two seats to fill and only one can be a Novell employee. The election is taking place from January 12 to January 26. Results will be announced January 26. Only openSUSE members are eligible to vote, but becoming a member isn't difficult. To become a member you will have to have contributed to openSUSE in some manner. All this is just another way one can be involved in the direction of openSUSE.
Perhaps a little less sexy for regular users is the upcoming Marketing Collaboration Days. Running from December 6 through December 21 the marketing team will focus on possible ways to promote openSUSE around the world. On December 6 they will work on the materials for the openSUSE Ambassadors. This includes materials for convention booths and presentations, talking points, and skill development. General marketing materials and availability will be reviewed on December 13. Then on December 21 the discussion will focus more on traditional press release packages and publicizing on social media.
The crowning jewel of the all the recent news was the release of the latest 11.4 developmental milestone. This release includes the much touted Galbraith Latency patch that is believed to increase desktop performance. They are also including the latest desktop environments: KDE 4.6 beta 1 and GNOME 2.32.2. GNOME 3.0 won't be released in time for 11.4. OpenOffice.org has been removed in favor of LibreOffice. Midori Web browser, Rosegarden music composer/editor, and Gnash Flash viewer have been added. Final release is planned for March 2011.
So, add all this up and you'll see that openSUSE isn't going away - far from it. The Novell deal hasn't hampered their fun. They are moving forward full steam ahead.
Susan Linton is a Linux writer and the owner of tuxmachines.org.
Suse: Never again...
I am a solution provider for my clients. I was using Suse before they decided to shook hands with the devil. I will never ever propose / install / use OpenSuse or any derivative again unless Novell resign this stupid agreement...
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I've gotten upgrades and updates since 1993 from SuSE then OpenSuSE. For some reason my servers have quit getting upgrades and updates from OpenSuSE since Microsoft took over. Hmmmm....Anyone got any idea if the site has changed URL's?
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The 'controversial' project?
I take issue with you on the statement in the second sentence about 'the often controversial project'.
Novell may have had a controversial agreement with Microsoft, but the openSUSE project itself has never been in any way controversial. It has just produced good software for anyone interested in using it.
The fire is our own
You're generally correct in your article except for the opening statement.
Many of the things you've highlighted have been in the works long before a sale by novell was even hinted. That these initiatives are beginning to see the light of day is more a reflection of the ongoing commitment by our community than a a motivation to take charge in light of the recent sale.
We have always said, and we'll continue to say, that openSUSE Project is a community-driven project and Novell has done well in the past few years handing over many of the reins to make community-driven also community-managed. And I'm proud to see the works of so many people come to fruition.
The Collaboration Days started this week and it was a great success with a good number of people coming out and getting their hands dirty working on various items. All with one goal, getting stuff out of the way so we can continue to move forth with the momentum we've been experiencing for the last two years.
And that's not all. We've had some good bug days lately and we have an OBS Collaboration Day coming up as well.
Your closing is the most accurate statement of all. We're still around and we're not going anywhere! :-)
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Hopes fade for revival of joint Korean industrial zone
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SEOUL—North and South Korea held fresh talks Wednesday on reopening their joint industrial zone, with low hopes of an early agreement following months of friction.
A fourth round of talks over the complex, a rare symbol of cooperation between the two rivals, took place just across the border in the North. Three previous attempts this month all ended in deadlock.
"The weather is not so bad today. Do you think we will have good results today?" the North's chief delegate Pak Chol-Su said at the start of the talks.
"I hope we'll be able to build a house that can stand against any gusts of wind or pouring rains," his South Korean counterpart Kim Ki-Woong replied, according to media pool report.
At a meeting earlier this month, the two sides agreed in principle to reopen the estate, where 53,000 North Koreans worked in 123 South-owned factories producing textiles or light industrial goods.
But little progress has been made since then amid squabbles over which side will take responsibility for the suspension, and Pyongyang's refusal to accept Seoul's demand for firm safeguards against another unilateral shutdown.
Seoul also wants to allow foreign firms to operate in Kaesong in an apparent bid to make it more difficult for Pyongyang to shut the estate if relations worsen.
The North has called for an unconditional and quick restart, blaming Seoul's "hostile policy" for the suspension and the current deadlock in negotiations.
"They kept talking past each other. These can hardly be called negotiations but deaf arguments," Chang Yong-Seok, senior researcher at the Institute for Peace and Unification at Seoul National University, told AFP.
Professor Yang Moo-Jin of the University of North Korean Studies said the fourth and fifth rounds of talks would serve as a "watershed" in attempts to rescue Kaesong, the last remaining symbol of reconciliation.
"Both sides feel pressure to produce some results before the US-South Korea joint military exercise, Ulji Freedom Guide, next month", Yang said.
The North needs to satisfy a US demand that it improve ties with Seoul before any talks with Washington.
Seoul meanwhile will be seeking to cool tensions ahead of the military exercise, which if left unchecked could smother new President Park Geun-Hye's policy of measured trust building in its infancy, Yang said.
But, he added: "Both leaders of the two sides are taking a strong hands-on approach, meddling in the talks too intrusively, leaving their delegates little room to wiggle at negotiations."
Kaesong was the most high-profile casualty of the months of elevated tensions that followed the North's third nuclear test in February, the subsequent tightening of UN sanctions and US-South Korean military exercises.
Pyongyang last Wednesday proposed separate meetings to discuss the resumption of suspended cross-border tours to its scenic Mount Kumgang resort, and the reunion of families separated since the Korean War.
But it retracted its proposal a day later after Seoul only accepted the offer of talks on family reunions while refusing to discuss the Mount Kumgang tours — another former valued source of hard currency for the impoverished communist state.
The talks have been held at the estate in Kaesong, some 10 kilometers (six miles) inside the North.
Many of the South Korean firms with factories in Kaesong, facing millions of dollars in damages due to the shutdown, have threatened to leave the complex permanently if the suspension continues.
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Open-Source Web Servers: Performance on a Carrier-Class Linux Platform
ARIES started as a proof-of-concept project to study if we could build an internet server that has near telecom-grade characteristics using Linux and open-source software as the base technology. We have experimented with the various Linux distributions, web and streaming servers, traffic distribution and load-balancing schemes, distributed and journaling filesystems suitable for HA Linux clusters and redundancy solutions (NFS, Ethernet, Software RAID).
For the future, the work in ARIES will be directed toward augmenting the clustering capabilities of Linux to enable the system to accommodate more types of mobile internet services in addition to the already deployed web server applications looked at thus far. The focus will be to enable the system to reach the optimal utilization of the cluster's resources and to enhance the security aspects required within a mobile internet server. In addition, the project will augment the capabilities of the existing systems by supporting IPv6 technology.
We are keeping all three web servers on our experimental Linux cluster platform. The tested web servers did not scale linearly as we added more CPUs. However, they demonstrated very good performance and near-linear scalability (testing was limited to 12 CPUs). We are currently deploying the latest versions of Apache (2.0.15a), Jigsaw (2.2.0) and Tomcat (3.2).
Based on our tests, we believe that Apache has shown to be considerably faster and more stable than other web servers. We are looking forward to testing and experimenting with the 2.0 release version, which promises a clean code, a well-structured I/O layering and a much-enhanced scalability.
The author would like to acknowledge the Open Architecture Research Department at Ericsson Research for approving the publication of this article, as well as Marc Chatel and Evangeline Paquin, Ericsson Research Canada, for their help and contributions to the benchmarking activities.
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Very useful article - however, comparing Tomcat and Apache is like comparing apples and oranges: Apache is designed to serve static content, while Tomcat is primarily a JSP/Servlet engine, and contains a standalone web server as a convenience.
Apache 2.0 threading
Good article. Would like to know if Apache 2.0 was set up in this test to run threaded, or multi-process. The
similarity in performance makes me think both Apache 2.0 and 1.3 versions were running multiple Apache processes, with
resulting overhead from spawing new processes. Under Linux this isn't huge, but other unices have problems with
this model.
I'm also interested in Apache 2.0's multithreded performance when running as an app server - mod_perl, mod_php or
mod_python for example. Does threading allow sharing of persistent database connections, and what effect does that
have on memory usage, speed, and behaviour under heavy loads?
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I'm very pleased we got to run an article like this. This is our best defense against FUD from vendors of "less capable" web servers. When I got into Linux I never expected to see IBM running TV ads about Linux but what we see here shows me that IBM (and the rest of us) are on the right team.
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Lack of much-needed equipment in the sports injury clinic at the Government Royapettah Hospital (GRH) is making the patients registered with the facility seek treatment in private hospitals.
Many of the patients are also waiting for surgeries to treat ligament tears. The GRH is one of the few government hospitals in the city that uses arthroscope, which allows for minimally invasive procedures to treat torn ligaments or cartilage in joints such as knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle, foot and hip.
Alexander, a car driver, was referred to GRH for treatment of a shoulder injury. "I came to the hospital in January but the doctor said that surgery could not be done until January 28 next year. I needed arthroscopy. The doctor said the hospital did not have the equipment. Finally I went to a private hospital in Porur as I could not bear the pain. I spent Rs.15,000 on the surgery," he said.
Chandrasekar, who is working in a multiplex theatre complex in Royapettah, figures in the list of patients who are waiting for surgery. "I had my first surgery a few years ago and now waiting for the second operation. I have gone several times to the sports injury clinic but every time I have returned without much hope as the doctor who did the first surgery has been transferred. I earn Rs.5,000 a month and cannot afford treatment in a private hospital," he said.
Realising that it would be futile to wait for treatment at the GRH, Nilofar, who suffered a shoulder injury, had her surgery done at a private hospital.
The sports injury clinic at GRH was started in 2007 as a sub-speciality of orthopaedics. The outpatient clinic functions every Monday and Wednesday. Authorities in the Orthopaedics department said it would take two months to repair the equipment.
T. Tholkappian, in-charge of the sports injury clinic, said: "The arthroscope equipment is under repair for the past 10 months. I have been doing a few cases with my own instrument. On an average one or two of the 10 patients who are referred to the clinic on OP days will need surgeries." Patients requiring surgery are generally referred from other hospitals and hence incidence-wise it would be more, he added.
Hospital superintendent K. Thyagarajan said the equipment costing around Rs.3 lakh had to be replaced. The delay was because the doctor who was in charge went on long leave and only recently another surgeon had been asked to take over. "We have been doing open surgery on patients but not arthroscopy. In another 15 days we will have the new equipment," he said.
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These days, Charles Peltzer II spends most of his time indoors.
It's a departure from how Peltzer, patriarch of Peltzer Pines Christmas Tree Farms, has spent the better part of his 78 years – picking fruit, raising chickens and farming Christmas trees. That's because Parkinson's disease keeps Peltzer, who goes by Chuck, in the office fielding phone calls and working on advertising.
"For me, this is retirement," Peltzer said. "I think everyone needs to stay active, but I don't need to go out and bust my butt."
Peltzer can leave the hard work behind because the family's two remaining Christmas tree farms – one in Silverado Canyon and another in Brea – are in safe hands. One of his three sons, Nick Peltzer, makes the rounds to make sure that the trees are being maintained properly and that everything is ready for the post-Thanksgiving rush.
Nick Peltzer, 55, represents the fourth generation of Peltzers farming in Orange County. In July, the family celebrated its 100th year in the county, and by all accounts, its agrarian tradition looks to continue for generations more.
The first Charles Peltzer, Chuck Peltzer's grandfather, landed in Orange County on July 9, 1913, with his wife and nine children. He had decided his family didn't have a future in Kansas and sought out a 20-acre plot of land in Anaheim.
With profits gained from selling oranges to the U.S. government during World War I, Charles Peltzer purchased enough land in Orange County to give each of his kids a grubstake. Six took him up on his offer; three moved to the Central Valley to run farms there that remain successful.
Of the six who stayed in Orange County, only Chuck Peltzer's father's branch of the family is still in the business. His father, Victor Peltzer, received the original 20-acre Anaheim plot and sold it to Walt Disney in 1954, who made it part of Disneyland. Victor Peltzer used the proceeds to buy several other plots in Orange County.
"We're kind of a microcosm of all of (the Southern California Peltzer farms)," Chuck Peltzer said. "We've grown citrus, chickens and Christmas trees."
The Christmas tree business is the one that stuck for Chuck Peltzer. In the early '60s, he scaled back the chicken operation – at one point, the family raised frying chickens for Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant – and planted pines.
By 1966, the trees were ready to sell, and they sold well despite the chicken feathers that inevitably got caught in the needles. Over the next 35 years, the trees did so well that Chuck Peltzer had eight farms across Orange County.
But in the past decade, big-box stores have eaten away at Peltzer Pines' business to the point where now only the two farms remain.
That number suits Chuck Peltzer just fine. He says the farms are doing good business, and if sales are strong this year, they may open a new farm in Irvine. They closed their original Irvine tree farm last year, though not for lack of business.


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There is a need for easing out visa restrictions, opening borders and increasing air links between India and Pakistan, participating members in an interaction organised by PHD Chamber said today.
Members of the industry body PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry shared their views during an interaction with a visiting US delegation here, a PHD Chamber release said.
The US delegation was here to understand the issues and challenges regarding bilateral trade between India and Pakistan besides exploring the possibilities of promoting the trade between India and Pakistan, it added.
The delegation comprised of George Sibley, Minister- Counselor for Economic, Environment and Science & Technology, US Embassy New Delhi, Zachery Harkenrider, Deputy Political Counselor, US Embassy, Islamabad, Stephanie Reed, Political Officer, US Embassy, Islamabad, Rafaela Zuidema- Blomfield, Economic Officer, US Embassy, New Delhi, Nisha Rajan, Economic Specialist, US Embassy, New Delhi.
The delegation opined that the potential gains from increased bilateral trade between India and Pakistan are immense and developing stronger bilateral trade relations between the two countries could build trust and harmony.
Dalip Sharma, Director, PHD Chamber stated that, "PHD Chamber has been advocating the cause of promoting Indo-Pak trade since long and taking up the issue with Central Government."
Indicating that this shall give a fillip to the trade especially after the opening of the Integrated Check Post Sharma added: "Attari- Wagah land route is a prominent import- export route between Pakistan and India and traders of both countries use land and rail route for carrying out bilateral trade".
"The governments of India and Pakistan should also open up trade from the Hussainiwala border in Ferozepur district as Punjab is a land locked state and dependent largely upon exports," he said.
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Ontario's opposition parties were outraged Thursday after the government announced dozens more documents had been unearthed on two cancelled gas plants, months after the Liberals repeatedly insisted they had all been released.
"We're sickened by this, that's all I can tell you is my stomach feels sick over this, that this has happened in our province," said Progressive Conservative energy critic Vic Fedeli. "We've said all along there are documents that are being covered up."
It was actually the third batch of gas plant documents and the second time the Liberals have been forced to admit they were wrong when they claimed to have publicly released all the relevant pages ordered by a legislative committee.
"I want to know from this premier why anybody in Ontario should have any trust whatsoever in any Liberal in this province," demanded NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.
"The people of this province deserve the answers to why these documents have been withheld from the view of the members of this legislature, as was their right, for months and months and months."
The government was being sincere when it told the legislature several times last fall that all the relevant documents requested by a legislative committee had been released, said Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli.
"We took the initiative when we found out about these documents to release them of our own volition," said Chiarelli.
"That should be evidence of our willingness to be open and transparent, that when we found out there were more documents they were immediately made public."
The Tories and NDP have said for months they were convinced the Liberals were still hiding documents on the cancellations of the energy projects in Mississauga and Oakville, which cost taxpayers at least $230 million.
Premier Kathleen Wynne said she was notified about the newly found documents late Wednesday.
"This is an ongoing process and it's very complicated," Wynne told the legislature.
"It's disappointing that we didn't know about it, but we want all of that information to be out in the public."
The NDP accused the Liberals of deliberately trying to cover up the documents.
"This has been an ongoing process of obfuscation of the facts by this government, that's what the ongoing process has been," said a fired-up Horwath.
There is still no sign of any documents related to the gas plants from the premier's office or the ministry of energy, even though more than 56,000 pages have already been released, said the Conservatives.
"If they're going to give us 600 (new) pages when we have 3,000 that are whited out that I presented in this house, we know they're not telling us the full story again," said Fedeli. "It's absolutely sickening."
The opposition parties joined forces Wednesday to send a contempt of parliament motion over the release of the gas plant documents to the Justice committee.
Last September, the Liberals told the legislature that all the documents had been released with 36,000 pages, only to find another 20,000 documents a month later.
The New Democrats revived their demand for a public inquiry Thursday to examine all aspects of the gas plants scandal, while the Tories demanded Wynne agree to a committee to examine the controversy.
The opposition parties were not impressed that top executives of the Ontario Power Authority were told to hold a news conference to answer reporters' questions about the newly found documents, saying the Liberals were throwing bureaucrats under the bus to protect their decision to hide documents.
The OPA said it was inadvertent that the 67 new documents were overlooked in the first two searches.
"We are in the business of producing electricity, not producing documents," said OPA chair Jim Hinds.
"I don't think cover up is the right way to describe it. We messed up some search terms."
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Fabulous experience
We were staying for 8 nights at the Omni. We origanally were given a beautiful suite. (There are only 11) After 2 nights we were told we had to move into a regular room (also beautiful) because they overbooked. To make a long story short we got to stay in the suite and were graciously compensated with many meals. The staff was very knowlegable and did everything within their power to make our stay comfortable. I highly rec. this Omni. It is truly a first class hotel.
Golf, shopping, what more can you ask for?
We stayed at the Omni June 9-12. Upon entering the lobby to check in, I was offered champagne or lemonade. I am a member of their Select Guest program. My key was waiting for me. We stayed in room 939. We had a view of the mountains and the Flatiron Crossing shopping area. It was a little larger than the average room. We had all the amenities. Robes, Eucalyptus to hang on our tub faucet so water would run over it for our baths, bottled water and mints delivered to us with turndown service, incredibly comfortable beds with down comforters, etc. The spa was under construction. However, the gym was open and had the basics for you to have a decent workout. The pool was outdoors and had towels and a bar there for your convenience. The location is fabulous. Easy access to DIA (Denver Airport) or get on Hwy. 36 and head for Denver or Boulder. You also are about a 45 minute drive to Black Hawk, Central City for gambling, or ski areas are very convenient. The shopping area has EVERYTHING you could ever want or imagine. There are also factory outlet malls just about every direction. The golf courses are above average in play and price. The Meritage restauant off the lobby has wonderful brunch and the food from the menu is good value and very tasty. My only complaint is that I couldn't stay longer!
Perfect Location!
My family and I just returned from a wonderful stay at this hotel, which stretches between a golf course and an upscale business park. The staff was excellent, and we enjoyed being 20 mins to Boulder and 40 mins to Denver and close to the highway, a large outdoor mall and several good family restaurants (Buca de Bepo and Canyon Cafe). Best of all, we enjoyed their free shuttle over to shopping, free bikes from the exercise center to explore the bike trail, the ecupultus steam room, sauna, etc. The heated outdoor pool and jucuzzi are both kept very clean and we enjoyed every minute. The room was very nice, and if you sign up for Omni's free Select Guest program before you go, you'll get beautiful robes and free coffee and tea delivered to your room in the morning. Beautiful. upscale property and a nice get-away.
Great place to stay
This hotel is in a great location. It is located less than two miles away from Flatiorns crossing shopping center. The hotel staff was very polite. The room was very clean, well kept, and larger than I thought it was going to be. The restarunt was very good but a little expencive for what you get.
Great getaway local or visiting
What a great place to stay. My wife and I just wanted to get away and relax. The staff was extremely helpful and polite. They have a great shuttle service to local shopping and restaurants. We enjoyed the spa and pool (with poolside bar service).
The concierge even let my wife use her sunglasses when my wife asked about somewhere to buy some since she forgot her own. Would stay again in a heartbeat. Thanks
Can you say Photo Shop??
First off, let me start off by saying that the photos that they provide on the website for this hotel have been modified to make you believe that this hotel sits out in seclusion and also directly below the mountains. It does not. Yes, you can see the mountains way off in the distance, but they are probably 15 miles away. This hotel is for the business traveler. Not for someone wanting to get away and have great mountain views. It is next to a mall and plenty of places to eat which can be good and bad depending on what you're looking for.
The golf is ridiculously priced. I think it was 85 or higher. There are other courses not far from the hotel that are less than half that price and just as nice.
The staff at the hotel was very nice, and the room was clean. The garbage cans were very dirty however as they do not put plastic bags in them and obviously never wash them out after each guest.
I just don't think that the room was worth the money. We bid this hotel on priceline.com for 75 a night and I felt like the room wasn't any nicer than a Best Western we staid in at Nederland, CO.
You don't get free continental breakfast like most hotels/motels provide now a days. The Embassy Suites would have been just as nice and you get free breakfast and drinks there.
My biggest complaint (my only legitimate complaint really) is that they spray a deodorizer in the rooms (all rooms non-smoking AND smoking) that smells like a cheap car air freshener. These types of deodorizers give me the worst headache imaginable.
When I told the front desk person of the awful smell they told me that they didn't spray any deodorizers in the non-smoking rooms. This is NOT true. She let me look at 4 other rooms and they all had this awful perfume deodorizer smell.
Even one of their staff went up to the room with me and said that he also couldn't stay in one of these rooms with that strong smell. I can't figure out why a lot of these hotels are doing this now a day?? Don't they realize that a lot of people are allergic to perfume smells?
I complained to the Hotel Manager. I doubt that did any good. He was a little snobby in my opinion and didn't offer anything. He said he'd check into it. He did admit that all rooms get "lightly" sprayed with deodorizer but it shouldn't be that strong.
We were stuck here for 2 nights because we bid this hotel on Priceline and couldn't get our money back so I opened the windows and tried to stay in the room only when we were sleeping and took plently of asprin.
We also had our 2 small miniature schnauzers with us that we paid a 50 dollar fee for and a 50 dollar refundable fee. They say they are pet friendly but I would not suggest bringing your pet to this hotel. We got the dirtiest looks from guest staying there.
Our dogs are very well behaved show dogs and every other hotel we staid in on this trip to Colorado loved them.
Again, if you're going for business great... If you're not, go some where else.
Great getaway experience
We stayed at the Omni Interlochen and had a terrific experience. The view was beautiful from our room, the front desk was very helpful, and the rooms were clean, well-done, and there was attention to detail. I would definitely come back to this hotel. The only downside is that Boulder is about a 15 minute drive away.
Nice hotel, OK rooms!
I stayed here in early September 2004 on business for 3 nights. The hotel is in a great location and the staff was very friendly. I was impressed with the large lobby and the bar was very crowded and fun. I was upset with the room however. I expected more from Omni. It was very plain and not at all typical of a 4 star room.
Loved this hotel
We stayed at the Omni for a weekend get-away and had a great time! We got upgraded to a suite which was a large, three-room suite with a balcony. The room was clean and well-appointed. The room service was great and the staff was friendly and responsive. The pool was warm. The hotel is very close to a large mall and tons of shopping and restaurants....very convenient. We had a great time and want to back and do it again!
Stay Away
I usually spend over 100 nights a year in hotels. I have never stayed in a louder more uncomfortbale property. The hotel was not full so why they assigned me to this hell hole is beyond me. The room was clean and with average appointments. The sheets were such low threadcount they felt like horse hair. The bottom sheet was not fitted and the mattress pad was lumpy. The staff was prompt and courteous so they had to be trained to do somethings right. If you come just be sure to get a higher floor away from the elevator or any source of noise- there is no insulation. this was my second and last visit here.
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White House Considering Sanctions Measures Against Russia
- By John HudsonJohn Hudson is a senior reporter at Foreign Policy covering diplomacy and national security.
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In response to Russia's surprise takeover of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, the Obama administration on Sunday floated an array of punitive measures aimed at isolating Moscow, including economic sanctions and visa bans. Though Secretary of State John Kerry called the Russian incursions a "brazen act of aggression," a senior administration official downplayed the likelihood of a U.S. military intervention, revealing the limits of Washington's influence over the situation.
The initial warning to Moscow came from Kerry, who warned that Russia could face asset freezes on businesses and expulsion from the Group of 8 industrialized nations. "There could be certainly disruption of any of the normal trade routine," Kerry told NBC. "This is an act of aggression that is completely trumped up in terms of its pretext."
Though Kerry emphasized that "all options are on the table," a senior administration official pushed back against the use of military force in Ukraine in a phone call with reporters. "I don't think we're focused right now on the notion of some U.S. military intervention," the official said. "I don't think, frankly, that would be an effective way to de-escalate the situation."
Thus far, efforts to condemn Russia have relied on soft-power tactics. On Sunday, seven world powers — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States — suspended preparations for the scheduled G-8 summit in a joint statement condemning Russia's actions. "[W]e have decided for the time being to suspend our participation in activities associated with the preparation of the scheduled G-8 Summit in Sochi in June, until the environment comes back where the G-8 is able to have meaningful discussion," the statement said. It's unclear how much the event means to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who failed to show up at the 2012 G-8 summit, citing the need to make important cabinet decisions.
During the weekend, Russia's incursions in the country escalated dramatically, with thousands of Russian forces invading the Crimean peninsula in a bloodless takeover. On Sunday, Russian troops encircled a Ukrainian army base to the fury of U.S. officials: In a 90-minute phone call on Saturday, President Barack Obama had demanded that Putin draw down his forces.
In response to Russia's troop movements, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk ordered Ukrainian troops to begin mobilizing. "We are on the brink of disaster," he said. "We believe that our Western partners and the entire global community will support the territorial integrity and unity of Ukraine."
Meanwhile, the United States is pushing for officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to earn entry into Ukraine to monitor the conflict in the place of Russian forces. "We will be looking at what we can do immediately to get monitors into eastern Ukraine," said a senior administration official. "The OSCE, as you may know, has a very strong record of providing observation and monitoring in conflict situations." The assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, Victoria Nuland, will be meeting with OSCE officials on Monday, and Kerry will be traveling to Ukraine on Tuesday.
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U.S. Increasingly Isolated On Russia SanctionsColum Lynch
Colum Lynch is Foreign Policy's award-winning U.N.-based senior diplomatic reporter. Lynch previously wrote Foreign Policy's Turtle Bay blog, for which he was awarded the 2011 National Magazine Award for best reporting in digital media. He is also a recipient of the 2013 Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Silver Prize for his coverage of the United Nations.
Before moving to Foreign Policy, Lynch reported on diplomacy and national security for the Washington Post for more than a decade. As the Washington Post's United Nations reporter, Lynch had been involved in the paper's diplomatic coverage of crises in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, and Somalia, as well as the nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea. He also played a key part in the Post's diplomatic reporting on the Iraq war, the International Criminal Court, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Lynch's enterprise reporting has explored the underside of international diplomacy. His investigations have uncovered a U.S. spying operation in Iraq, Dick Cheney's former company's financial links to Saddam Hussein, and documented numerous sexual misconduct and corruption scandals.
Lynch has appeared frequently on the Lehrer News Hour, MSNBC, NPR radio, and the BBC. He has also moderated public discussions on foreign policy, including interviews with Susan E. Rice, the U.S. National Security Advisor, Gerard Araud, France's U.N. ambassador, and other senior diplomatic leaders.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Lynch received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985 and a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 1987. He previously worked for the Boston Globe.| The Cable |
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FP's Situation Report: Obama's big test in CrimeaGordon Lubold
Gordon Lubold is a national security reporter for Foreign Policy. He is also the author of FP's Situation Report, an e-mailed newsletter that is blasted out to more than 70,000 national security and foreign affairs subscribers each morning that includes the top nat-sec news, breaking news, tidbits, nuggets and what he likes to call "candy." Before arriving at FP, he was a senior advisor at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, where he wrote on national security and foreign policy. Prior to his arrival at USIP, he was a defense reporter for Politico, where he launched the popular Morning Defense early morning blog and tip-sheet. Prior to that, he was the Pentagon and national security correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, and before that he was the Pentagon correspondent for the Army Times chain of newspapers. He has covered conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries in South Asia, and has reported on military matters in sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and Latin America as well as at American military bases across the country. He has spoken frequently on the sometimes-contentious relationship between the military and the media as a guest on numerous panels. He also appears on radio and television, including on CNN, public radio's Diane Rehm and To the Point, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. He lives in Alexandria with his wife and two children.| Situation Report |


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OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Heart Association has awarded Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research in Oakland and Stanford University Medical Center $3.89 million over the next four years to establish jointly a new heart research center that aims to define optimal clinical care for patients with coronary heart disease and chronic heart failure.
The Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and Stanford Medical Center will conduct large-scale observational effectiveness and safety studies of therapies for these diseases by leveraging Kaiser Permanente's large, detailed and longitudinal clinical databases, and by using the research expertise of both Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research and Stanford scientists.
The American Heart Association -- Pharmaceutical Roundtable (AHA-PRT) Outcomes Research Center is co-led by Dr. Mark Hlatky, professor of Health Research and Policy and professor of Medicine at Stanford, and Dr. Alan Go, senior research scientist at Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research and regional medical director of clinical trials. Several other Kaiser Permanente Division of Research investigators are co-investigators and research mentors.
The first two studies by the new center will use state-of-the-art analytic research methods to evaluate the effectiveness of various pharmacologic therapies and emerging technologies in patients with a variety of heart conditions. These treatments include prescription drugs, implanted devices such as stents and defibrillators, and procedures such as coronary bypass surgery.
"This joint center between Kaiser Permanente and Stanford builds on our
long history of successful collaboration in cardiovascular research," said
Dr. Go. "We believe that the complementary research expertise at our two
institutions, combined with the large, diverse Kaiser population and
clinically rich longitudinal databases, will help us answer critical
questions about optimizing the man
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Like any other well informed deejay, Paris Hilton knew what's needed to get the crowd swinging and swaying.
The socialite and entrepreneur chose the popular Korean song Gangnam Style and peppered the hit number with the words, "We will rock this night Goa" to begin her performance at the Sandkastle Music Festival of India Resort Fashion Week (IRFW).
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Researchers at Brown University have found the anatomical and evolutionary basis behind the fact that some varieties of grass really are greener than others -- or at least why they're able to produce food for themselves via photosynthesis more effectively than their cousins. According to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a slight difference in the cellular structure around the veins in blades of grass can make the difference between a grass that is highly efficient and successful and one that just putters along. Read More
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We already know that graphene is a wonder-material, so it's no surprise that it has yet another superpower. It is, however, a little bit of a surprise that there are still superpowers left that it isn't yet known to have. A recent study by a team of scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, and Ewha Womans University, both in South Korea, have found that graphene has potential in increasing the efficiency of artificial photosynthesis. This is probably thanks in part to its ability to generate electricity when struck by light, and the same qualities that make it great for supercapacitors.Read More


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Taliban take police captiveKANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban rebels ambushed a police convoy in southern Afghanistan, taking at least 10 officers and a district police chief captive, while fighting elsewhere left six insurgents and an Afghan soldier dead, officials said Saturday. The attack on the convoy occurred Thursday as it was traveling from Kandahar to the district of Miana Shien, about 60 miles northeast of Kandahar, said Deputy Provincial Police Chief Gen. Salim Khan. U.S., Iraqi forces launch offensive KARABILAH, Iraq - Helicopter gunships and fighter jets streaked across the desert sky Saturday as American and Iraqi forces battled insurgents near the Syrian border, killing at least 50 militants in two massive offensives to stanch the flow of foreign fighters from Iraq's western neighbor. The U.S. military reported the deaths of two American soldiers, killed north of Baghdad during an attack as they were taking a captive to jail. Iran to hold run-off TEHRAN, Iran - Tehran's arch -conservative mayor capped a stunning political rise Saturday to claim second place in Iran's presidential race. Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was considered a long -shot challenger in Friday's election. The top vote-getter, political veteran Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, was left shaken with just slightly more than 21 percent of the ballots. He will face Ahmadinejad Friday in Iran's first run-off elections. To win, a candidate needed a majority of all votes cast. - From wire reports
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Spring Is Here - Lets Start Planting!
We have recently had our Winter Seed Exchange and it was quite wintery, indeed. Yet, inclement weather forecasts did not deter us and we had a true and friendly company of other enthusiastic gardeners. Armed with plentiful of new varieties of various edibles and not (we got an ample supply of Milkweed seeds for the declining Monarch Butterflies thanks to a gardener from Gilroy!) we are ready for Spring planting! Check out photos from our meeting.
We were fortunate enough to secure a booth at the Eco-Farm Conference this year promoting biochar! It was a fun and rewarding event. Here are some photos from the conference.
We built a TLUD biochar stove for Veggielution Community Farm in San Jose this past November. It was a great experience with plenty of opportunity for hands on activities. It was interesting to see Paul Taylor design two stoves fitting the farm's specific needs. Since there is an abundance of wood chips as well as scrap wood available on the farm, Paul used every part of two metal barrels to create one good size TLUD, for burning woodchips, and also a kiln, for turning scrap wood into char. See more details and photos from this event.
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We are excited to announce availability of Biochar Champion Stove for purchase in the USA! Help sequester carbon and put it in the soil, where it belongs, while increasing soil fertility and its water holding capacity. Read more about Biochar and the Champion Stove here.