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On this day in 1945, the student committee on academic freedom at the University of Texas at Austin invited Henry Nash Smith to deliver a paper on "The Controversy at the University of Texas, 1939-1945." The paper documented the numerous incidents which would later cause him to leave the university. Smith was born in Dallas in 1906 and entered Southern Methodist University in 1922. He received an M.A. from Harvard in 1927, then returned to SMU as a teacher in 1927 and served as chief editor of the Southwest Review from 1927 until 1937. In 1932 Smith was fired from the English department at SMU because of a preface he wrote to William Faulkner's Miss Zilphia Gant, which was published in Dallas by the Book Club of Texas and which the department chairman considered obscene. The firing caused such an uproar that the president of the university arranged for Smith to teach in the newly organized comparative literature department instead. Smith received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1940. In 1941 he went to the University of Texas at Austin as professor of English and of American History. A close friend of J. Frank Dobie, he was happy with his colleagues and his students there, but the turmoil over academic freedom during and after World War II caused him to leave. After leaving UT, he taught at the University of Minnesota and the University of California at Berkeley before retiring in 1974.


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Washington has many claims to fame, and is considered one of the most charming and picturesque small towns in Georgia. Restored antebellum, Victorian, and colonial homes shine along the narrow, tree-lined streets. Washington claims to have more antebellum homes, per capita, than any other town its size in Georgia. A vibrant downtown, centered around the town square, adds to the city's charm. The town shows off its history and beauty during the two annual Washington-Wilkes tour-of-homes, which are held the first week in April, and again in December.
Noteworthy sites include the Mary Willis library, a stunning Victorian building, with original Tiffany stained glass windows, and the first free public library in the state. The Robert Toombs State Historic Site, Callaway Plantation and The Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum.
The recent restoration of the Fitzpatrick Hotel, built in 1899, became a catalyst for revitalization of the downtown area, and tourism is now a major player in the city's economy.
Washington is located at (33.735394, -82.741420).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.9 square miles (20.4 km²), of which, 7.8 square miles (20.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.25%) is water.
There were 1,778 households out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.2% were married couples living together, 24.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 31.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 79.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $25,667, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $27,281 versus $21,230 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,659. About 17.6% of families and 23.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.7% of those under age 18 and 23.2% of those age 65 or over.

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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, originally poised for a release some time in October has been pushed back slightly to November 20, 2012 for North America.
The blog post detailing the delay was originally taken down on the PlayStation Blog, but has since been put back up. On the reasoning behind the delay, part of the blog post reads as follows:
"This will let us spend more time polishing and tuning the game, and it will give us a chance to incorporate some of the great feedback we're receiving from the current limited beta to ensure we are creating the best possible fighting game experience."
No doubt there will be a lot of disappointed fans who can't wait to get their hands on Sony's mash-up fighter, but at the end of the day, there is a reason for beta tests. Personally, I'm hoping that they are delaying to add Raziel, Kain and/or Crash Bandicoot to the roster.


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North America 2012
Tue 18 Sep 2012
Like A Death Of The Heart
Jesus, Where Do I Start?
This past winter Sarah and I ditched our computers and went backpacking across North America. We visited sixteen cities, doing a mix of tourist and offbeat cultural activities – we saw loads of live music, in DIY venues, bars, parks, festivals and large outdoor arenas and stayed with and met friends we've made through this blog. It really was an amazing adventure.
For the past five years I've written about bands from North America, purely based on what I've heard recorded. It never really crossed my mind how many people may be going to see these bands play live. When interviewing bands I would regularly ask what the scene is like in their home town – a question I no longer have to ask. I now have perspective on all of this and it feels rather strange. For the past month I have struggled to listen to music with a critical mindset and during the month I spent in New Zealand after the trip I didn't attend a single live show. Only in the past few days have I started writing about music again and comparing all the amazing aspects of the music industry I witnessed in North America with the music industry in New Zealand.
My first introduction to live music in the USA came the night I arrived in Los Angeles and was a band who in my mind had a rather decent following. I remember asking my friend in LA if the show would sell out. In 2009 Screaming Females toured with The Dead Weather and they've received good press ever since – I remember seeing them in Nylon magazine. But perspective can be a weird thing. I saw Screaming Females play to a crowd of about 70 people in a performing arts centre that didn't even have a permanent PA. I'm sure Screaming Females could draw a crowd twice that size in Auckland, Wellington or Melbourne.
The first licensed music venue we went to was in San Francisco, a place called The Rickshaw Stop. Again we were debating whether to buy pre-sale tickets, but decided against it. Luckily we got there early, Lotus Plaza had just released their latest album and plenty of people had noticed. But that wasn't the case with every show. We saw Xiu Xiu in Seattle touring their latest album Always. The show was in the smaller downstairs band room of one of the city's most well-known indie venues, while a hardcore punk festival roared away upstairs. Lotus Plaza drew about 200 people; Xiu Xiu about 60. Both shows cost $10.
One thing that excited us both about North America was the price of shows. In New Zealand it would cost upwards of $40 to see bands like Lotus Plaza, Best Coast or Jolie Holland. In the USA and Canada we never paid more than $15 for a show. You often didn't pay to go and see bands without any press or buzz to back them up. One show we attended in Brooklyn, to see an artist who I blogged about on EMJ a year or so ago, was free. After each act the venue passed around a bucket and the artist received whatever the audience donated. The artist we went to see got about $3.
We saw a lot of bad bands too, in venues much like the one mentioned. Bands and solo musicians who made us realise the depth of talent in New Zealand is pretty good.
Some of the best music we witnessed was free. We saw Death Cab For Cutie and Calexico play in Chicago, at the same downtown amphitheatre that recently hosted the Lollapolooza festival. Die-hard fans could pay $25 to get up close , while everyone else could watch for free from behind the paying crowd. Those watching for free were even given a big screen to view the action up close. I've never seen anything like this in New Zealand. We also discovered a music venue in Brooklyn, New York had a similar philosophy. One night we arrived at The Knitting Factory to discover the Fruit Bats gig we were hoping to attend had sold out, but to our surprise and good fortune the venue had a glass wall behind the bar,which was in a separate room that pointed directly at the stage. Live music from the band room was being plugged through the bar PA. It wasn't the greatest viewing platform, but we got to see and hear Fruit Bats for free.
In several cities we encountered music festivals that were free to the public all weekend long. In Montreal we arrived in town the same day the Montreal Jazz Festival started and in the city's downtown area music of all types decorated the air. It was a truly eclectic festival, Norah Jones and the Dirty Projectors played at venues in the city and Chromeo headlined the main outdoor stage late on the final night. The city really was alive with music, a crowd of approximately 100,000 came out to see Chromeo. Similarly Chicago Blues Festival happened the same weekend we were there. The three-day-long festival showcased the best African-American blues musicians from across the country and ended with a live performance from Mavis Staples. At both events you could buy alcohol, despite them being in very public places, and we saw no signs of intoxication or violence.
But without a doubt the most exciting festival we attended was the Pitchfork Music Festival. We made a special trip back to Chicago for it. The festival really was an incredible experience, we're already planning to go back next year. I've talked already about the cost of shows in North America, well this three-day festival cost just $110. As someone who is used to New Zealand festivals, with long lines for just about everything, boozed-out jocks pushing through the crowd and girls seemingly more interested in taking duck-face iPhone photos, I'm not really a festival fan. Pitchfork Music Festival had none of these annoyances. I was able to enjoy every artist from wherever I felt like standing and was easily able to move from stage to stage without missing large chunks of the festival.
The venue was perfectly chosen and laid out. It was just metres away from several forms of public transport – we got there by train every day – and there were plenty of trees to provide shade from both the rain and the searing Chicago heat. Two stages were at right-angles to each other, which meant clashing crowds weren't competing for front row space, while a third stage was in the far corner of the venue surrounded by trees. Skirting the perimeter of the venue was a long line of food and drink carts, many offering vegetarian food and alcohol. The event, unlike New Zealand's only alternative music festival, Laneway, was all-ages. The most unique part of the festival was the inclusion of Flatstock, a roadshow of around 30 poster artists who had their work on display and available for purchase. Sarah and I spent several hours here admiring the art and deciding what to purchase. The festival site also included a tent where indie record labels from across the USA had stalls to sell their merchandise. There was a lot more to the festival than live music.
The music was, however, what we were there to see. Pitchfork Music Festival is mostly about showcasing bands ready to make the step up from indoor venues like The Echo in LA, Neumos in Seattle and The Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York City to the larger outdoor stage, along with a selection of more established bands who have released albums in the previous 12 months and a couple of acts for nostalgia. This year's more well-known acts included Feist, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Vampire Weekend, Hot Chip and The Olivia Tremor Control. On each day it was hard to pick one highlight, but when the festival ended and people asked me to choose I could remember one performance above the rest. Willis Earl Beal was just the second act I saw at the festival, but his roaring tiger-like ferocity on stage made him the most memorable. Swinging his cape, waving his mic stand high above his head and swigging straight from a bottle of whiskey, Beal growled like Tom Waits, belying any predetermined judgement people had made of him due to his lack of live instrumentation. Beal proved he needed no live band to back him up, his analogue tape-machine and voice did the job just fine. No other act all weekend came close to achieving Beal's intensity, others charmed rather than punched their way into my memory. Bradford Cox's set as Atlas Sound was more memorable for his banter than his music, which was completely overshadowed by a powerful thunderstorm that hit Union Park and eventually killed his guitar pedals. At one point he dished out medical advice, advocating the use of lukewarm water to rehydrate. Grimes was a delight after the sun faded, her stage energy rallied the crowd at the end of a hot day and her smile and politeness in between her punchy sounding pop hits won over the bursting blue stage audience. Purity Ring's performance on day one was the other big surprise of the festival. During a timeslot often given to more established acts they proved their strong billing, syncing lights to their music to add an extra sparkle to the night sky.
I came away from Pitchfork Music Festival wondering why Laneway, now Auckland's only international indie music festival, hasn't got it right. Auckland has a fantastic selection of parks, Grey Lynn Park and Albert Park come to mind. Is bureaucracy getting in the way? I've been on the other side and I know that noise issues play a factor, but for years Wellington has had successful outdoor festivals close to the CBD and residential areas. Homegrown and One Love have both run with cooperation from the Wellington City Council. Grey Lynn Park obviously has an issue with public transport, but a festival the size of Laneway hardly needs to rely much on trains or buses. Pitchfork encouraged people to bike by offering a secure storage area for bikes, and many people utilised it. PMF was also in a mixed residential area, but the promoters had the last band on at 8.30pm to avoid any major noise issues. The festival also gave license to many of the bands to play after parties, meaning the crowd dispersed rather quickly to other parts of the city.
After Pitchfork Music Festival we retured to New York, a place where putting the North American indie music scene into perspective became even more interesting. For many years I've read blogs like Brooklyn Vegan and Oh My Rockness and dreamed of going to gigs at Mercury Lounge, The Knitting Factory and The Cake Shop. To someone half a world away, those venues sounded like large auditoriums, with big PAs and a constant roll of popular NYC bands. These three venues were all the size of Auckland's Whammy Bar. I've already spoken about The Knitting Factory – it became our favourite hangout – but Mercury Lounge was the venue that really surprised me. Situated on the Lower East Side right near the top of Ludlow Street, Mercury Lounge is a tiny venue with a band room that accommodates no more than 200 people. We asked several strangers on the street who walk right past the venue every day for directions and no one knew of its existence. Lotus Plaza played one show there when we were in NYC and The Corin Tucker Band is playing there later this month. We saw Dead Mellotron, a band from Baltimore, play Mercury Lounge to about 40 people.
In Brooklyn many of the popular venues are hard to find. Death by Audio, Glasslands and Shea Stadium are all plain doors to the street with no name or neon sign. The easiest way to find these venues is to know the exact address and, when you think you're close, to look for people outside smoking. All three are amazing dive-style venues in old warehouses or closed up factories, self-made by the people who own them. They all had home-made bars, old couches and graffiti-painted walls. Death by Audio and Shea Stadium are all-ages. I remember being so impressed that these places existed, and I remember thinking that there's nowhere in Auckland where these places could exist. Old warehouses near Auckland city are scarce – you'd have to go out to the western suburbs to find a suitable space – but with public transport being so bad and expensive it would be very difficult to draw a crowd. Public transport in most cities throughout the USA cost less than $2.50 per ride and if you purchased a ticket after 6pm it was valid all night.
Every night we spent at DBA, Glasslands and Shea Stadium the venues were full, even though there was a least three good shows on elsewhere in the city. We saw Grooms play at DBA on a bill organised by a band called The Numerators, who didn't have a huge profile. Despite the rain, a good crowd of 100+ showed up at Shea Stadium for night one of FMLY Fest. The FMLY collective in New York City was really active in promoting the DIY line-up, putting out a mixtape before the festival so that people could hear the artists they'd be seeing live. At Glasslands we saw Dent May headline a show with The Babies and Levek – a show that was overflowing on to the street.
One basic observation, if you take population density out the equation, is that bands in North America and New Zealand draw similar crowds; mostly their friends and people who have heard about them through friends. In Minneapolis the music scene seemed most comparable to New Zealand – insular and isolated, where the number of visiting out-of-town bands was limited by geography. There the underground scene was thriving and people were talking about the unique hip-hop sound developing throughout the city. Cities along the east and west coasts had the added benefit of touring bands passing through regularly, offering fans more variety.
The one thing I this hope this article does is paint a picture of North American indie music culture, that hopefully makes you as excited as Sarah and I were to explore it for yourself. Please share any questions or criticisms you may have in the comments section below.
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Lofi sheriff says:
October 21st, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Nice write up.I just got back from NYC with my wife checking out bands,galleries digging for records.went to most of the venues you mentioned and really enjoyed the buzz they had but also thought they were going to be a lot bigger.
i love dead mellotron and tried to get a copy of their new LP but had no luck while there so have resorted to ordering it form a website but wondered how they were live?


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Kroger, America's largest grocery chain, stops carrying APP products due to deforestation concernsmongabay.com
December 22, 2011
"After an independent review, The Kroger Co. and its family of stores have decided to discontinue the sourcing of products from Asia Pulp & Paper," said a statement posted on the retailer's web site. "Kroger has informed APP of our concerns about the impact of their business operations on deforestation."
Kroger did not specify when it would stop carrying APP products.
Kroger is believed to be the largest seller of Paseo brand products. Greenpeace estimates that the company sold more than $15 million worth of APP tissue products in 2010 alone.
Kroger, which owns Cala Foods, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, Kroger Food and Drug, Quik Stop, Ralphs, Smith's Food and Drug, and Tom Thumb Food Stores, among others, operates more than 3,600 stores in the United States.
APP has been targeted by environmental groups for its ongoing destruction of rainforests and peatlands in Indonesia. The paper and fiber supplier has missed three deadlines — 2004, 2007, and 2009 — for phasing out logging of natural forests.
Last week a coalition of Indonesian groups accused APP of destroying part of a sanctuary established for endangered Sumatran tigers. APP denied the charge, stating that the boundaries of sanctuary have changed.
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(12/21/2011) Asia Pulp & Paper (APP)'s supplier PT Ruas Utama Jaya has indeed cleared an area of forest it pledged to set aside as a tiger conservation reserve in Sumatra reports a legal analysis by Greenomics, an Indonesian environmental group. The Greenomics' analysis supports allegations originally set forth in a report published last week by Eyes of the Forest, a coalition of green groups, and seems to refute a press release issued by APP that called the deforestation allegations 'fiction'.
WWF: Asia Pulp & Paper misleads public about its role in destroying Indonesia's rainforests
(12/16/2011) Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) continues to mislead the public about its role in destroying rainforests and critical tiger habitat across the Indonesian island of Sumatra, alleges a new report from Eyes on the Forest, a coalition of Indonesian environmental groups including WWF-Indonesia. The report, titled The truth behind APP's Greenwash, is based on analysis of satellite imagery as well as public and private documentation of forest cleared by logging companies that supply APP, which is owned by the Indonesian conglomerate, Sinar Mas Group (SMG). The report concludes APP's fiber suppliers have destroyed 2 million hectares of forest in Sumatra since 1984.
Report questions legitimacy of Asia Pulp & Paper's conservation initiatives
(11/22/2011) A new report by an Indonesian environmental group casts doubt on Asia Pulp & Paper's commitment to sustainability. In its corporate social responsibility reports and advertisements, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of Indonesia's largest pulp and paper suppliers, has touted several forest reserves as indicators of its commitment to environmental stewardship. APP has portrayed these as voluntary, goodwill efforts to conserve Sumatra's endangered wildlife. But in a new report, Greenomics-Indonesia, a Jakarta-based NGO, says that at best these projects represent compliance with existing Indonesian laws or are in areas where commercial exploitation isn't viable.
War of words between Greenpeace, Asia Pulp & Paper over deforestation allegations
(11/16/2011) Greenpeace and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a giant global paper supplier, are locked in a heated battle over the activist group's allegations that APP products contain fiber sourced from the destruction of forests in Indonesia. At stake is APP's access to some of the world's most lucrative markets. Until APP provides solid evidence refuting Greenpeace's accusation that its pulp and paper production isn't coming at the expense of natural forests in Indonesia, APP will have a difficult time winning over critics.
First ever survey shows Sumatran tiger hanging on as forests continue to vanish
(11/10/2011) The first-ever Sumatran-wide survey of the island's top predator, the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), proves that the great cat is holding on even as forests continue to vanish. The study, carried out by eight NGOs and the Indonesian government, shows that the tiger is still present in 70 percent of the forests surveyed, providing hope for the long-term survival of the subspecies if remaining forests are protected.
Toymaker Hasbro cuts deforestation from its supply chain
(11/01/2011) Hasbro, the second largest American toy company, today announced a new packaging policy that excludes the use of fiber produced via destruction of rainforests, reports Greenpeace.
Paper suppliers risk damaging Indonesia's reputation, argues report
(10/07/2011) Indonesia needs to re-evaluate forest areas and peatlands granted for pulp and paper plantations to reduce the risk of damaging the international reputation of its forest products and undermining its commitment to greenhouse gas emissions reductions, argues a new report published by an Indonesian activist group.
Toy giant Mattel drops paper from APP and other 'controversial sources'
(10/05/2011) The world's biggest toy-maker Mattel has pledged to overhaul its paper sourcing policies after a hard-hitting campaign from Greenpeace linked the toy giant to rainforest destruction in Indonesia by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). Today, Mattel pledged to increase the use of recycled paper and sustainably-certified fiber to 70 percent by the year's end, and 85 percent by 2015. In addition, the company has said any 'controversial' company engaged in natural forest destruction will be kept out of its supply line, referring to, but not naming directly, APP. Surprisingly, APP told mongabay.com that it 'applauds' Mattel's new commitments.
Supermarket challenges toilet paper marker to disprove deforestation allegations
(08/31/2011) A major New Zealand supermarket chain has asked Cottonsoft to prove its environmental credentials after testing by WWF and Greenpeace revealed the toilet paper maker was using mixed tropical hardwoods sourced from Indonesia's rainforests in its tissue. reports The Dominion Post.
APP affiliate 'regrets' astroturfing on Indonesia deforestation claims
(08/21/2011) Solaris, an Australian affiliate of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), has been caught astroturfing an article that repeated criticism of APP from Greenpeace. The article, which appeared on Mumbrella—an Australian media and marketing news site—garnered a multitude of negative comments which were later tracked to IP addresses used by Solaris. Astroturfing is corporate or government messaging falsified as coming from the public or a grassroots movement.
Fuji Xerox Australia dumps paper supplier accused of rainforest destruction
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Ironic conservation: APP touts tiger relocation after allegedly destroying tiger's home
(08/02/2011) A female Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) has been relocated from her threatened rainforest home to Sembilang National Park. According to Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) and the Sumatran Tiger Conservation Foundation (YPHS), the tiger had become an issue in its home region due to human and wildlife conflict. The group touted saving the tiger as 'a significant moment for Sumatran tiger preservation'. However, Greenpeace says that the tiger would never have been a problem if APP were not destroying its habitat.
Palm oil, paper drive large-scale destruction of Indonesia's forests, but account for diminishing role in economy, says report
(07/27/2011) Indonesia's forests were cleared at a rate of 1.5 million hectares per year between 2000 and 2009, reports a new satellite-based assessment by Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI), an NGO. Expansion of oil palm and wood-pulp plantations were the biggest drivers of deforestation, yet account for a declining share of the national economy. The study, which compared year 2000 data with 2009 Landsat images from NASA, found that Indonesia's forest cover declined from 103.32 million hectares to 88.17 million hectares in ten years. Since 1950 Indonesia lost more than 46 percent of its forests.
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BEIJING--China's top leaders will helm a new high-level committee to address Internet security, in a strong signal of Beijing's intent to tighten its grip on online discourse in the country and address sensitive cybersecurity issues.
In its evening newscast on Thursday, the official China Central Television said Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping presided over the first meeting of the group, called the Central Internet Security and Information Leading Group. It said the group's deputy heads include the party's No. 2 official, Premier Li Keqiang, and a top party official for propaganda, Liu Yunshan.
The group, which the broadcast said was set up to address the growing number of cyberattacks and other Internet security issues facing China, will work to turn the country into a "global Internet power" and promote socialist values.
"Doing a good job guiding public opinion is a long-term mission," CCTV quoted Mr. Xi as saying. "It requires innovative Internet propaganda, Internet broadcasting discipline."
While it isn't clear where the new committee will sit in terms of the Chinese government, its membership shows it will wield considerable power over the world's largest Internet market by users.
Mr. Xi's presence "reflects China's response to ongoing criticism that its activities in this space are not especially organized and consistent with other governments around the world trying to bring greater coherence to this policy realm," said Jimmy Goodrich, director of global policy at the Information Technology Industry Council, a technology industry group. "With Xi in charge, he can certainly claim that's not true anymore."
Chinese officials have said they would form the committee amid rising global concerns over cyberspying.
Formation of the group comes nearly a year after U.S. officials said they were considering countermeasures to address what they called a ramp-up in Chinese cyberspying. At the same time, Thursday's official media reports about the committee cited details of U.S. cyberspying activities revealed by Edward Snowden, a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor.
China has long maintained it is a victim of cyberattacks. The CCTV report said Mr. Snowden's revelations "rocked the world" and "highlighted the dilemmas of ensuring Internet security."
The creation of the new group is also an indication a continued crackdown on China's online social media, which offers its citizens a platform for discourse outside traditional state-controlled media.
Late last year the government warned and punished a number of well-known social media commentators and also punished accounts linked to the spread of what it says are rumors and personal attacks. Critics say the moves are aimed at quashing dissent and the discussion of sensitive topics online.
In a November explanation of the Chinese Communist Party's reform blueprint, the party said the Internet poses "a new comprehensive challenge" to the country's stability, adding that the government's management of information flows online have lagged behind "the rapid growth of social networking and instant communication tools...which disseminate information rapidly, have a large influence and broad coverage and have a strong ability to mobilize society."
The committee may weigh in on the issue of equipment procurement, as cybersecurity concerns have dealt setbacks to foreign companies trying to sell technology in the lucrative market.
Last year, Qualcomm Inc.'s chief executive said U.S. restrictions on Chinese companies and NSA surveillance were affecting the company's business in China. Following the admission, China's National Development and Reform Commission said it had begun an antimonopoly probe aimed at the chip maker. Qualcomm has said it isn't aware of any activity that violates China's antimonopoly law and will continue to cooperate with the NDRC, which partly oversees antitrust issues.
Late last year Cisco Systems Inc. Chief Executive John Chambers also said the company faced difficulties selling into China. When asked on an earnings call late last year whether the storm around NSA surveillance was hampering China business, Mr. Chambers said "it is an impact in China." Rob Lloyd, Cisco's president of development and sales, said the government tension was causing customers to pause.
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We were warming up to the "new Wendy," the sassy redhead in the backseat with the winning smile in Wendy's "Now that's better" commercial that broke April 4. Now the chain throws us a curveball and brings back the other Wendy, the original Wendy, in spots breaking this week.
Late founder Dave Thomas's daughter Wendy returns yet again to take center stage in the chain's advertising. Just two weeks after its introduction, the "Now that's better" tagline isn't used. Neither is the #definingmoment hashtag from the other spot. Instead, the theme now is "Wendy's way." What's makes this side step most curious is Wendy's CEO Emil Brolick's March 1 comment to analysts that he sees "a distinct opportunity to create a consistent look, tone and feel for our advertising." Abruptly shifting themes hardly seems consistent, but perhaps all the pieces eventually will come together.
Brolick also said he wanted advertising that everyone would immediately know was Wendy's, and using the engaging Wendy Thomas fills that bill. However, she's too nice to be tough, so her message about Wendy's high quality standards is delivered with a smile rather than a hard sell. But that's Wendy's way.
"Do you know why Wendy's makes square hamburgers? Some people say it's because my dad, Dave Thomas, wanted everyone to get a square deal," she says in one of two new TV spots from agency Kaplan Thaler Group. "He told me it's because we never cut corners on anything. Like our premium chicken sandwiches. When quality is your recipe, you serve only the best. That's why we use whole chicken breast fillets, not a bunch of pieces pressed together. Because we believe it tastes better. It's not the easiest way, but it's Wendy's way. And you have this Wendy's word on it."
A second commercial, focusing on the quality of Wendy's salads, is equally genial. There's no combativeness, just talk of how "Dad always insisted on having the freshest produce delivered all week long to every restaurant." It concludes, "Fresh. It's an ingredient in every salad we make. And that's Wendy's way."
The quality/freshness message also is delivered online via a microsite, ThatsWendysWay.com, that the chain has created.
Wendy Thomas appeared last September in advertising backing the rollout of the Dave's Hot 'n Juicy Cheeseburgers. That introduction was one of the chain's most successful new products, so in that sense it's not surprising to have her return. It just had seemed that the chain was poised to take a new tack. But Brolick had promised advertising that communicates "what makes us different and what makes us better." The new spots are simply "Wendy's way" of achieving that.


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ACTIVE TIME: 20 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 40 minutes
Melt butter in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion; sauté 2 minutes. Mix in carrots. Add broth; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until carrots are very tender, about 20 minutes.
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f800 gs and Heated clothes
I went to my local piece of crap dealer for some help on this, and they basically all made it to six grade and no further, with this simple question. How much heated clothing (Gerbing) can I run before I have to worry about draining the battery. I'm talking about just going down the road, not stop n go. I understand it doesn't have an alternator like the 12gs and that it puts out 400 watts, but I don't know how much of that 400 watts the bike uses with everything that it runs (lites, blinkers, pumps etc.) Does anybody run this clothing? any problems?
I've run gloves and vest with no problems, now I want to run pants. any thoughts, info would be appreciated. If you live in the Atlanta area and need assistance with BMW anything- avoid BMW of Marietta- they treat you like you're a pain in the arsse.
I've ran Gerbings jacket, gloves, socks and grips on full for extended rides with no problems. Never used pants, but you should be able to get the math of what I used to compare to the draw of the pant.
Usually I keep the high beam off when I'm doing that, and ALWAYS carry a cable to jump start the bike... ( I use a 8 ft. wire that came from an old air pump I had with a SAE connector on it)
Hope that helps.
BTW, I've been to that dealer and agree.... :asshat
Thanks ChiTown
Can you start your bike by plugging into the SAE on the dash?
on second thought
I guess that's not considered SAE, so do you have an extra SAE under the seat already hooked up?
Yeah, whatever that pigtail hooked up to the battery that comes stock by the handlebars is.
Yes, I've jumped my bike many, many times from that cable with a somewhat small wire with bare ends going to a car battery.
I've been told it's real bad for the motorcycle battery to jump start it with a car, but when stuck on the road, caution isn't 1st...
I did put a 20amp fuse in the OEM tail though.
Put a digital voltmeter and watch what happens when you turn it on.
On my bike, it runs at 13.9 volts and when I turn on the Gerbing heated jacket at highway speeds, it stays put or goes to 13.7 with the heated grips on high.
With the heated jacket, heated pants, heated socks and heated gloves, it drops to 12.4 volts and quickly goes to 11.9 volts as soon as I slow down.
So with just a heated jacket and heated grips on, you have plenty of juice.. but I'd still recommend you add a digital voltmeter. There's someone in Vendors selling them. A friend got one and it works as advertised.
I run a 95-W heated jacket and unk-W pants on my '11. With grips on high, I can see the lights dim each time the heat-troller cycles. The other morning I thought I had a vehicle with amber lights on behind me until I figured out it was my lights reflecting off the super shiny car in front of me...:rofl
I did SF to NY last month (via Texas) on my F8 with a tourmaster heated jacket and the factory heated grips. Many mornings started out in high 20's/low 30's so jacket and grips were cranked often, for long periods of time. No problems. No experience with heated pants. BTW the tourmaster jacket is great for the money.
I have ridden my F650GStwin with a tourmaster jacket, hand warmers, and LED driving lights on for days on end without any hard starts or other battery problems. I do try to ride the last few miles of the trip with things turned off or down to make sure that I give the battery a chance to catch up.
I have the Signal Dynamics charge indicator LED:
And as long as I keep the revs up (4000+), which isn't a problem when riding, it never goes off the green level. If I get stopped at a light or in traffic, it may drop into yellow, and because the Tourmaster liner pulses (PWM) the heating elements, it can put on a show going Green-Red-Green-Red rapidly after idling for a while. Adding more revs or switching off the driving lights usually stabilizes the charge for me.
There was a thread a long time back about the available capacity of the F800, lemme see if I have it Evernote-d... Found it! I seem to have lost the original posters name, but it's from a thread called "F800GS/F650GS Electrical System Capabilities"
There's a big thread on the topic here:
The "crude" answer seemed to be you have about 105 - 140 watts to mess with... and if you want to push the envelope you probably want to invest in one of the voltage monitoring gadgets.
Which brings me round to another question ... Since BMW seems to be doing away with the miles-to-empty feature on our bikes with the latest firmware, it sure would be nice of them to add battery voltage as one of the display options ... it is there on the 650-XCountry. :wink:
I can tell you for a fact that I hooked two jackets and gloves in parallel and drained my batter. It probably would not have done so had they been hooked in series.
But be careful. I am pretty sure you will be fine with jacket, gloves, and pants, but I wouldn't push it much beyond that.
Fortunately i was at the dealership picking up my wife's bike, so they jump started me....
Thanks for all the info guys
Thanks for the input!
older thread, I know...but with the qoute by frztl in white for legibility :jjen
"Hi folks.
I can see this thread has been hanging around for a while without a lot of empirical data and some of the folks I like over at F800 riders forum (those that don't HATE BMW) have been asking electrical questions as well.
I used to be a licensed industrial electrician and an automotive service manager for Volvo for many years. I used a Fluke 867B hand held graphical multimeter (most accurate hand held in the world) and a Fluke 112 (accurate enough for some things) as well as a snap-on ac/dc amp clamp to make these measurements on a 2009 F800GS
When you turn your engine off but leave the key on current draw on the battery is as follows:
Headlight switched to low beam, kill switch in KILL position: 1.74 amps
Headlight switched to low beam, kill switch in RUN position: 1.81 amps
with headlight switched to high beam: 5.67 amps
Notes: Measured with Fluke 867B current shunt, extremely accurate. Side stand makes no difference in current draw, only kill switch.
When you turn your bike off with the key the current draw is as follows:
830 milliamps for 3.5 seconds, 170 milliamps for next 3 seconds, 88 milliamps for next 54 seconds, 1.316 milliamps thereafter
Notes: Measured with Fluke 867B current shunt, extremely accurate. the spool down is just computer and CAN-bus crap, 1.316 milliamps is a very low constant draw to run the clock and save volatile memory!
When the bike is running, headlight on low beam, battery fully charged, amp shunt between a battery post and connector to factor out residual charging you come to this.
Bike running, low beam headlight, nothing else on thats switchable: 10.8 amps
Bike running, high beam headlight, nothing else on thats switchable: 14.9 amps
Heated grips are hard to quantify. I am going to list the maximum draw when the grips are first turned on but note that as they heat up they begin cycling on and off once per second with progressively less on time as the grips reach maximum temperature. Sitting in traffic on a 50F day the grips will draw less on high then they will on high while going 80 MPH on a 20F day but the absolute maximums are:
Heated grips on high, grips cold: 3.38 amps
Heated grips on low, grips cold: 2.04 amps
Note: Once again, the above is a worst case draw, as the grips heat up this typically falls to half or lower. If you are riding through Wyoming or Siberia during a cold winter day, this maximum draw might be continues, if it is above freezing this draw certainly wont be this high. Note also, the CAN-bus will shut down the heated grips if it needs the capacity to charge the battery. This has happened to me while idling with the high beams on and heated gear running. Measurement taken as above but also factoring out running current. Pretty accurate, could have been more accurate but didn't feel like tearing into the wire harness.
The cooling fan is certainly not a constant draw unless you are idling and the ambient temperature is well over 100F, or your radiator is blocked by crud :) When it is on...
Cooling fan draw: 4.7 amps
Measurement made with ac/dc current clamp clamped around cooling fan wire which was a BITCH to get to with my current clamp but readings are very accurate.
All the above is useless unless we know what the alternator is capable of. I measured the alternator when it was as hot as I could get it from idling the bike for long periods until the fan started cycling on and off. If you are riding in anything but the hottest weather the output will be slightly higher.
I used a variable carbon load and applied increasing load until the system voltage fell to 13.6 volts at various engine RPM's. I picked this voltage because the voltage regulator is sure to be full off at this point yet any AGM battery will not be discharging at this voltage unless the temperature is truly extreme. I could discuss why I didn't use 12.8 or 14.2 but that is for a battery or general electrical thread.
1,280 RPM (idle) 17.7 amps at 13.6 volts
3,000 RPM 25.9 amps at 13.6 volts
4,500-7,500 RPM 27.8 amps at 13.6 volts
What does this mean??? For those of you that use terms like "electromotive force and intensity of current" Do the math, if there is some figure you really desire, ask away.
For mere mortals: If you like adding options, you are in luck, this is not a massive touring alternator but you sure didn't buy a KLR.
What loads you can safely add depends on how you are going to use it and how you use the bike.
If you plan to walk out to the garage and eye your bike as it idles for hours on end, not very much! Without any switchable loads on you have just 6.9 amps to play with, that translates to roughly 98 watts, depending on how the manufacture rated it's product as watt draw at say 14.2 volts will typically translate into fewer watts at 13.6 volts.
Screaming down the highway stopping only when you need gas you can safely add 140 watts of accessories, even with the high beams and heated grips on high the whole way. Actually you can add a bit more because as system starts to get dragged down to, say, 13.6 volts the battery will still be fine but all of our accessories will draw about 5% less then stated.
Is it bad for the charging system to heavily load it? Not even slightly bad. A PM alternator is at full load the whole time the bike is running. As apposed to how a car alternator works, a PM voltage regulator sinks excess current to ground to regulate the voltage so it is actually the same to the alternator and easier on the voltage regulator to be under more load.
Is it bad to draw the system below 13.6 volts? Yes, even at idle it is, only bad for the battery and only a little bad as long as it is above 13.6 the majority of the time.
I could go on forever about the characteristics of AGM batteries and what kills them but that too is for a different thread.
Hope this helps, feel free to ask about anything you don't understand. I like this forum because it does not spend endless hours trashing BMW and will check back often.
Oh, some perspective. A 2008 KLR650 has a 360 watt alternator, older ones had just 192 watts. A 2008 KTM 990 adventure has 450 watts. Most other similar sized bikes hover around this area so BMW is in about the middle of the road on alternator capacity.
That said, neither the KTM's or Kawasaki's alternators start to produce 90% 0f their rated output until above 5,000 RPM. BMW's alternator produces 90% of rated output at just 2,700 RPM. BMW placed a very good alternator in this bike by comparison."
But we have whispers from Joel that a fix may be around the corner.... :wink:
thanks for the link...interesting reading :huh
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John Smith: The Girl Chewing Gum
I was shown this years ago and have been trying to remember the name ever since. So, with continued googling for "film where a man calls stage orders to a street in London, his voice sounds like a cross between Russel Brand and Michael Palin", my patience has been rewarded! In 1976 John Smith made this 12 minute short, the girl chewing gum does make an appearance but I won't say when, orchestrated in what was once described as a piss-take of auteurist ego… It's a beautiful fiction and utterly brilliant. "The man with the walking stick is going home". "This young man has just robbed the local postoffice and is attempting to appear inconspicuous."


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Phillips, S; McDonnell, JT; (1998) Structuring multimedia data to facilitate decision making and reflection in product design. In: Sutcliffe, A and Ziegler, J and Johnson, P, (eds.) Designing effective and usable multimedia systems: Proceedings of the IFIP Working Group 13.2 Conference on Designing Effective and Usable Multimedia Systems, Stuttgart, Germany, September 1998. (pp. 103 - 116). Kluwer Academic: Boston, US.
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Applied Behavior Analysis Programs- How to Apply
Applicants to the ABA Program at Saint Louis University must apply on the Graduate Education Degree and Certificate Programs website and click on one of the School of Social Work degree programs:
Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis (MSABA)
Post Master's Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis
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2009 Distinguished Scholars, Career and Technology: Kat Ramirez, Taft
Taft senior loves photography, videos, designing Web sites
TAFT - Kat Ramirez has an eye for detail.
Her photos tell you that about her.
"She has a natural ability for photography and designing Web sites and videos," said business computer teacher Shirley Hudspeth.
The 17-year-old Taft High School senior has a desire to show people the beauty in the simplest things.
It was her visual sense that put her in focus for the 2009 Caller-Times/Citgo South Texas Distinguished Scholars award in the Career and Technology category.
Ranked 16th in her class of 78 students with an 89.27 grade average, Kat has her camera ready to capture the world around her one shot at a time.
"I want people to see what I see," she said, "the beauty in every little thing."
Kat, who plans to one day be a video director, uses most of her time outside of the classroom to do what she loves.
During the past four years as manager for the Taft softball team, she served as the team's unofficial photographer. Last season, she captured the team's postseason run with a commemorative video.
If she's not holding up her baritone to play in the band during Friday night football games, she's holding up her camera for photos of the game.
She's also involved in other activities such as Family, Career and Community Leaders in America, the "Ready, Set, Teach!" program and Student Council.
Even during her other activities, her camera is by her side.
"It can be anything really," that she captures on film, she said. "Even the littlest thing."
Kat's interest for video design began five years ago when she sneaked onto her sister's laptop computer and came across a Windows Movie Maker program. She learned how to put her photographs into videos and was immediately hooked.
The interest became a passion after a trip to Walt Disney World her freshman year.
"When I came back, I found a picture I had taken of Cinderella's Castle," she said. "I caught one of the fireworks popping and the detail it had and I remember telling myself, 'This is what I want to do.' "
Kat plans to study digital media design at Texas State Technical College. She has also expressed interest in being a history teacher and basketball coach.
"There are so many directions she could go," Hudspeth said. "Her future holds endless possibilities."
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