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Since David Fincher's The Social Network was released, odds are that the general public's view of Mark Zuckerberg hasn't strayed very far from actor Jesse Eisenberg's portrayal of the young entrepreneur – cold, calculating, a walking superiority complex. But if you tuned in to CBS on Sunday to watch 60 Minutes' Leslie Stahl interview the real head of Facebook, you probably saw what I saw: a Zuckerberg far different than that of the unsympathetic movie character. Charismatic, open, engaged. The so-called "toddler CEO" is growing up.
Stahl's interview took the usual tack, addressing the current state of the company (500 million users, $35-50 billion valuation) while asking all of the familiar questions concerning user privacy. But what was less interesting to me were the answers we were getting – most of the hard details given in Zuckerberg's interview were already public – than the way Zuckerberg delivered them. From the beginning of the interview his face is well-lighted and opened up, clad in his grey t-shirt and jeans (a veritable uniform for the multi-billionaire). When asked about the negative connotation of the word 'hacker', and why it's not a bad thing that his employees refer to each other as such, Zuckerberg engages with Stahl, explaining to her why – in geek culture – 'hacking' isn't the bad thing it's made out to be in the mainstream. He's patient and bright while doing so.
Stahl herself even recognizes the marked change in Zuckerberg from the first time she interviewed him in 2008; at one point in voiceover, Stahl notes remembering "his awkwardness from three years ago, and how he rarely blinks." She immediately follows with how "he's far more relaxed now, easier to smile, and noticeably more confident," a sight that we as viewers can easily recognize as well.
There are points of potential contention that occur. Stahl brings up Facebook's poaching of Google employees (COO Sheryl Sandberg is an ex-Googler, as are something like 10% of the current Facebook staff, including the company's in-house chef), but Zuckerberg downplayed the emphasis on competition between the two companies (in a rather anti-Larry Ellison approach to discussing competition), preferring to demurr instead – "There are some areas in which we compete, but there are many areas in which we don't," Zuckerberg said, shucking and jiving like a seasoned PR pro. It's quite a different Zuckerberg than the one we see in the "sweatapalooza" interview with AllThingsD's Kara Swisher earlier this year, in which the veteran tech journalist Swisher famously needles the CEO to the point of his extreme perspiration.
One of the interview's highlights comes when Stahl gets to an area that would seem to be the most sensitive – Mark's own feelings on The Social Network. But he handled the questions with a well-measured blend of humor and genuineness; "It's interesting to see what parts they got right and what parts they got wrong," Zuckerberg said. "I think they got every single t-shirt that they had the Mark Zuckerberg character wearing, right. I think I actually own those t-shirts," he commented, laughing with Stahl. "They got the sandals right," he added later.
"But there are hugely basic things they got wrong, like my whole motivation for creating Facebook was to get girls," Zuckerberg followed with, in a tone that sounded serious, but without anger. "They completely left out the fact of my girlfriend, who I've been dating since before I even started Facebook," he said.
Stahl's segment included another variable not seen juxtaposed against a Zuckerberg interview before; a sit-down with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins who have been involved in ongoing litigation with Zuckerberg and Facebook since they claimed Zuckerberg stole the idea for the social network site from them, long back when they all went to school together at Harvard.
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The Chronicle confirmed Monday that the rumored Kings of Tobacco Road game between basketball alumni of Duke and North Carolina will take place Nov. 17 at 8:30 p.m. Rob Blair, founder and CEO of Bleid Sports, one of the event's presenting sponsors, told The Chronicle that an agreement is in place to host the game at McDougald Gym at N.C. Central, but no official contract has been signed by the two parties.
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DES MOINES – Steve King would be warmly welcomed onto any of the campaign buses crisscrossing Iowa in the homestretch before Tuesday's caucuses, but he spent Thursday at his home in the state's conservative northwest.
The influential congressman's position on the sidelines epitomizes the failure of Iowa's abundant social conservatives to unite behind one candidate who could overtake Mitt Romney, widely distrusted because of his Mormonism and previous support for abortion and gay rights. King expected to settle on a candidate in September or October. He didn't.
"I've got to have my head and my heart come together so I can jump in with both feet,'' King said in a telephone interview from his home in Kiron, about 140 miles northwest of the state capital. "It's got to be a conviction."
It's not clear that an endorsement from King would seal the deal in Iowa. His favored candidate, Fred Thompson, came in third place in the caucuses four years ago. But the way candidates have clamored to go pheasant hunting with King this year suggests they think Thompson would have done a lot worse without him.
"He's the one person who could move the numbers a little bit,'' said Steve Scheffler, president of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, who is also neutral in the race. "If there was a clear alternative to Romney and I thought an endorsement would do some good, I would do it too.''
King is slated to meet with Rick Perry when he addresses a Republican group in Mason City on Friday, and he plans to spend the rest of his time before Tuesday's caucuses in Des Moines. "I don't know," he said, when asked if he will offer a last-minute endorsement.
Efforts by evangelical leaders to persuade Perry, Michele Bachmann, or Rick Santorum to endorse one another and consolidate their followings have petered out, King noted. "To accomplish a merger is going to be a very difficult maneuver at this point, and I expect the social conservative vote will be split," he said.
Won't that open the door to Romney winning Iowa and coasting toward the nomination? "Nothing is certain in politics, but that's what I expect could happen," said King, who is perhaps best known for a hard-line position against illegal immigration that Romney has mostly adopted.
A new CNN/Time/ORC poll that shows Romney leading in Iowa lays bare how he benefits from a splintered social conservative vote. Among caucus-goers who describe themselves as born-again Christians, 22 percent favor Santorum, with 18 percent for Ron Paul, 16 percent for Romney, 14 percent for Gingrich, 13 percent for Perry, and 12 percent for Bachmann.
Erick Erickson, the popular conservative blogger for RedState, mocked Santorum's rise to third place in the poll, noting the former Pennsylvania senator's threadbare campaign outside of Iowa. That's was Mike Huckabee's problem after Iowa's social conservatives put him over the top in the 2008 caucuses. "No Surprise, Iowa Social Conservatives Are About to Shoot Us All in the Foot Again," read the headline on Erickson's post about the new poll. A Santorum surge, Erickson wrote, means Romney is likely to win the nomination.
That prospect doesn't bother King, who pointed to Romney's "exemplary family life" with his wife of 42 years and five sons. "He has more children and fewer vices than I have, so how can I criticize him?" King said, in what could be viewed as an appeal to social conservatives to come to terms with Romney's likely success. "I could do business with Mitt Romney. I could do business with any of these candidates."
Actually, there is one candidate whose foreign policy position troubles King far more than Romney's waffling on abortion. Ron Paul advocates pulling all American troops out of foreign countries as part of a massive military disengagement. "That would be a calamity," King said. He also worries that a Paul victory in the Iowa caucuses would diminish the state's status because the quirky libertarian is so unlikely to win the nomination.
The indecision plaguing conservative Christian voters was highlighted recently when the statewide Family Leader group announced it would stay neutral in the race, though its leader Bob Vander Plaats personally backed Santorum. About a half-dozen supporters of Herman Cain in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska, including Pottawattamie Republican Party Chairman Jeff Jorgensen, tried to agree on another candidate after Cain dropped out, but couldn't. In a further sign of confusion, Jorgensen announced on Thursday that he is supporting Gingrich but added, "I am hoping both Bachmann and Santorum do well this coming Tuesday."
One thing that's clear is that Romney will have to do some fence-mending with Iowa social conservatives should he win the nomination. He's passed up several opportunities to participate in candidate forums hosted by the groups headed by Vander Plaats and Scheffler. Two out of three caucus-goers in 2008 described themselves as evangelical. "It's in his court to get those people on board in the fall after he's repeatedly poked his finger in their eye," Scheffler said.


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Hans C. Ericksen, age 58, of 1273 Magnolia Road N.W., Magnolia, died Wednesday morning, Dec. 22, 2010, in Aultman Hospital at Canton after suffering an apparent heart attack in his home.
Born March 31, 1952, in Canton, he was the son of Charles E. and Jean F. Krug Ericksen of Sherrodsville.
He is a retired Teamster, and a former driver for Preston 151 Trucking, for whom he worked for 23 years. He was also formerly a driver for Consolidated Freightways, and finally Roadway Express, from which he retired. Hans was a very enthusiastic participant and fan of both drag racing and circle track racing. He was a proud Teamster, who had affiliations with both Teamsters Local #92 in Canton and Local #24 in Akron. He was a passionate fan of NASCAR and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He restored classic cars, and was the proud owner of a 1962 Chevrolet Bellaire and a 1938 Plymouth Coupe. He liked to relax by hanging out with his buddies and his grandson the "Meister". He was a member of the Magnolia Eagles Club.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Paula Spilker Ericksen, whom he married July 7, 1977; two sons and a daughter, Daniel E. Ericksen and his companion Heather Howard of Santa Maria, CA, Andrew Christian Ericksen of Magnolia, and Tiffany Nicole Ericksen of Canton; a grandson, Gage Riley Ericksen of Canton; two step-grandchildren, Spencer and Haley Howard both of Santa Maria, CA; two brothers, Charles G. "Smoke" (Kathy) Ericksen of Bamberg, SC and Lou (Susan) Ericksen of Sherrodsville; a sister, Mrs. Jim (Karen) Greenleaf of Sherrodsville; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Danny Ericksen and two nieces, Rhonda M. Ericksen and Jennifer Marie Jones.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 11 a.m. in Baxter-Gardner Funeral Home at Sherrodsville with Rev. Carol McCartney officiating. Interment will follow in the Zion Cemetery near Sherrodsville. Calling hours will be held Monday from 6 - 8 p.m. in the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 4682 Douglas Circle N.W., Canton, O. 44718 or the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box #2680, North Canton, O. 44720. To leave an online condolence message, visit www.baxtergardner.com.
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This version does not have a live preview option. This means you need to make sure you not only have the angle set right, but the brightness and contrast settings correct as well. I have several videos that were washed out and useless since it was supposed to be cloudy (and I set the settings for cloudy) then the sun came out. The preview is not necessary, but very nice to have. If you are wanting a POV for a good price, its hard to beat the HD though.
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An insider in investing is someone who officer, director, or more than 10% owner for the company being discussed.
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The term "insider" comes up in finance most often in discussions of insider ownership or insider trading.
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The flip side of this is that companies where the insiders own less than 10% of the common stock are liable to be poor long-term investments, though profitable short term trades are not impossible.
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About Terry Wedmore
"Our family really enjoys organizing this event," said Masha Wedmore. "It's a way for friends and family to remember Terry and honor him while raising funds for the fight against cancer." Proceeds from the event will support Mercy Cancer Center services, cancer research and education. Terry died from complications of cancer on August 3, 2003.
Terry was a former Mercy – North Iowa associate, served as mayor of Rockwell for eight years and served on the Rockwell City Council for four years. He was co-founder of the Rockwell-Swaledale EMT's with his father-in-law, Vincent Adams. M.D. Terry served on numerous city, county, and state committees including: E-911 Advisory Board, Rockwell-Swaledale School Booster and Music Booster Committees, EMS Advisory Board, and State Disaster Committee. He was president of Mercy City Family Credit Union and a member of the American Legion Gallagher Post and Rockwell Economic Development Committee.


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According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, nearly 40 million licensed anglers generate over $46 billion in retail sales with a $115 billion impact on the nation's economy creating employment for more than 828,000 people. The political clout is even greater when you consider at least 60 million anglers fished at some point over the past five-year years and consider themselves to be anglers.
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Turn your Mac or PC into an AirPlay device with AirServer
AirServer is a very simple Mac and PC app with a very useful purpose -- sharing your iPhone or iPad's screen to your computer with AirPlay mirroring. Once you install AirServer, your computer will appear in the list of devices available for AirPlay on your iPhone or iPad and when you select your computer, your iPhone or iPad's screen will pop up on your computer screen, just like it would on your television with Apple TV.
I am very impressed with how good AirServer works. There is virtually no lag time and I haven't run into any issues. It does what it claims to do and does it well. You can even adjust settings for audio, which display to use (if you use multiple displays) and optimize for a specific device.
There a 4 different licenses available for AirServer: a 7 day free trial, a standard license for 5 machines, a student license for 3 machines, and one for up to 15 computers. The Mac version includes audio support, but the PC version does not (yet).
If you download the free trial, AirServer will send you a referral link to share with your friends. When someone installs AirServer via your unique link, your free trial will extend by 3 days. (The download link below is my referral link.)
If you pick up AirServer, we'd love to hear what you think. AirServer can be helpful for sharing photos and videos stored on your iPhone or iPad with friends, playing AirPlay compatible games like Real Racing 2, a teacher giving a presentation to his/her class, and much more.
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I think that the note at the bottom of the pic tries to explain the reason for the price difference.
AirPlay will only appear on the 4S (and other iOS devices) if there is an AirPlay device or server on the same network. You wont see the icon at all until the AirServer is running.
I am not too happy with the PC version due to the lack of audio support. Music and podcast apps just stop playing as soon as they attempt to start, and videos wont play at all. The Mirroring aspect works great though, as long as there is no audio involved. Hopefully they will get that feature in there soon.
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Reflection App offers similar functionality at a bit higher price. does anyone have a suggestion for a fast (lag free) way to share the desktop over the internet. for example: training or sales demos of an app. I tried GoToMeeting and found it lagged screen refreshes by 15 seconds which is just way too slow when trying to demonstrate smoothly.
It doesn't work on my windows 7. It connects for several moments & then disconnects. During the few seconds it does connect, it does not work correctly. I've been waiting a long time for something like this. Too bad it doesn't work.
Great app. Functions great with my iPhone 4S. Very little lag/delay. I run this off my Mac in a robotics class where students connect to the AirServer using the iPhone. They then mount the phone to their robot and have to navigate a room with obstacles to rescue survivors using only the image they get from the phone via AirServer. Challenging for the kids, but they love it. Thanks.


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Robert J. Samuelson, the Newsweek and Washington Post economics columnist, has a fascinating article out in The Wilson Quarterly about what he considers to be the biggest thing to learn from the Great Recession—basically that it was unavoidable. It was the fault of everyone and of no one in particular, and we cannot know how to prevent it from happening again.
He begins by describing how we've all gone about looking for villains to blame, saying that in our post mortems, "the story has been about crime and punishment when it should have been about boom and bust." The true story "is both more innocent and more disturbing than the standard explanations of blundering and wrongdoing." On the left, "the explanation is greed, deregulation, misaligned pay incentives, and a mindless devotion to 'free markets' and 'efficient markets' theory. . . . The Right's critique blames the crisis mainly on government." The left is wrong, Samuelson argues, because there was plenty of regulation. The regulators just weren't any smarter than the regulated. And "as for greed and dishonesty, their role in the crisis is exaggerated." However, "If anything, the Right's critique—Wall Street became incautious because government conditioned it to be incautious—is weaker. . . . The protections were not pervasive or predictable enough to inspire the sort of reckless risk taking that actually occurred."
So what's the real story? "The most obvious explanation of why so many people did not see what was coming is that they'd lived through several decades of good economic times that made them optimistic. . . . People of all walks were coming to take a basic stability and state of well-being for granted. Though business cycles endured, the expectation was that recessions would be infrequent and mild. . . . Over an entire quarter-century, the economy was in recession for a total of only 16 months." Millions of Americans became richer and felt less vulnerable, while government economic management seemed ever more skillful. "Well, if the real economy and financial markets were more stable and the government more adept, then once risky private behaviors would be perceived as less hazardous." Finally, with all that blinding encouragement, the system grew terribly fragile, without ever appearing so to almost anyone.
Where does this all leave us? "We still haven't forsaken the hope for perfect prosperity," Samuelson writes. "After the recent crisis, both liberals and conservatives offered therapeutic visions. Liberals promoted expanded regulation to curb Wall Street's excesses. Conservatives wanted a less activist government that would let markets perform their disciplining functions. Both may achieve some goals." However, we can't know where future threats to economic stability will come from—perhaps from globalization, with its unprecedented interrelationships and interdependencies; perhaps from overextended welfare states. "The underlying problem is that economic change seems to have outrun economic understanding and control. . . . What looms as the most significant legacy of the crisis is a loss of economic control."
Samuelson ends by writing that "the widespread faith—and the sense of security it imparted—that economic management would forever spare us devastating disruptions has been shattered. Just as there has never been a war to end all wars, there has yet to be an economic theory that can end all serious instability."
The left and the right both have it all wrong, Samuelson suggests. His vision is a dark one—or an exceptionally clear-eyed one, depending on how you look at it. The article is long, about 5,000 words, but it is sharp and concise and fast-moving. There's a lot in it. Read it here.


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HOPEWELL, Va (WTVR)—There's one way in and only one way out on Jackson Farm Road.
Most who live there know the speed limit is 25 miles an hour but the problem, many neighbors say, is that others don't—or at least they don't follow it.
"It's like a race track a lot of times, I mean, they just roll," Ruth Tate says, who has lived in the neighborhood since 1979.
And it's not just cars that concern those living here, many says motorcycles are just as dangerous.
"They'll do wheelies straight down the road like it's a theme park or something," John Daniel says, who also happens to have the most precarious driveway on the road; right where a curve dumps drivers on Jackson Farm Road.
"I would never dream of backing out of my driveway if I don't want to get in a car accident" Daniel says.
Carl Lowe says when his grandchildrenvisit, they are only allowed to play in the backyard, for their safety, he says.
Hopewell Police Chief John Keohane came out to see for himself why neighbors are so concerned, and it didn't take him long to realize there were several issues.
A few hours later, Chief Keohane had met with Public Works and Traffic Engineering, working out to have brush cleared from the area in the near future and to have extra speed limit signs added to the area.
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A jury was seated in secret this week for the internationally high-profile case of a York County couple accused of killing their 7-year-old adopted Russian son. The presiding judge said it was done primarily out of fear that coverage by the York Daily Record/Sunday News would taint potential jurors.
Case law indicates that jury selection is to be public unless the court meets certain requirements to close it.
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Karachi - Legendary paceman Wasim Akram on Tuesday hailed Bangladesh's decision to tour Pakistan next month, saying it was an important step on the road to reviving international cricket in the country.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday said it has agreed in principle to tour Pakistan to restore international cricket, which has been suspended since militant attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009.
BCB spokesperson Jalal Yunus told AFP in Dhaka that Pakistan had proposed a one-day international and a Twenty20 game to be played in Lahore on January 12 and 13.
"It's a welcome decision and I hope that the tour takes place as agreed because Pakistan badly needs international cricket and one series will convince other countries to tour," Wasim told reporters.
Bangladesh had accepted an invitation to tour Pakistan in April for a short limited-overs series but the Dhaka High Court blocked the tour on security grounds. Officials have said they see no judicial bar this time.
"Pakistan badly needs international cricket and I fear that if this suspension continues for another two (or) three years then it will affect the standard of Pakistan cricket," said Wasim, Pakistan's all-time top Test wicket-taker.
"I think the overall security situation in Pakistan is improving and if we put in place the best arrangements for the Bangladesh series then other teams will also follow suit," he said.
But the Pakistan Cricket Board has been cautious over the prospects of Bangladesh touring, with president Zaka Ashraf telling local media negotiations were under way, but if a series took place, it would be in January.
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2003 The United States is looking at changing the "footprint" of American forces around the world. But the Asia-Pacific region remains important and any changes the U.S. makes there does not herald disengagement, said DoD leaders during testimony before a House subcommittee June 26.
Peter Rodman, assistant defense secretary for international security affairs, and Adm. Thomas Fargo, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, told the representatives of the House Asia-Pacific subcommittee that the United States is capitalizing on the experiences of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom as they implement changes.
"The war on terrorism has introduced a new factor in our national security policy," Rodman said. "The technological change in the nature of war, which we've seen in Iraq, leads the administration to think about new ways of improving our effectiveness and capability as an ally and friend in the region."
Rodman contrasted situations in Europe and the Pacific, saying the European security model is more established and mature. "But in the Asia-Pacific region, we see some more delicate conditions, more fluid geopolitical conditions, changing geopolitical realities," he said.
"We see China emerging. We see Japan and the Republic of Korea looking at their defense needs in new ways. North Korea, of course, is still a problem. We see the rise of Islamist extremism in Southeast Asia."
These developments re-emphasize the importance of the American security involvement in Asia. He called the United States presence in the region "a crucial determinant of peace."
Fargo spoke about operations in the region. He said his command is "keenly focused on the Korean peninsula, where, although I believe the likelihood of war is low, the stakes would be very high if war occurred, and even higher if North Korea continues to pursue a nuclear capability."
North Korea is the biggest missile proliferator in the world, and the danger is that the country would have no qualms about selling nuclear technology along with its missiles. Fargo said such a prospect would destabilize the situation in Northeast Asia.
"Our greatest fear, of course, is the nexus between terrorists and weapons of mass destruction," he said. "Armed with these weapons, 'undeterrable,' unaccountable enemies could inflict enormous damage without warning. It is this sobering conclusion that demonstrates the need for regional unity on a nuclear-free Korean peninsula and requires multilateral cooperation irreversibly and verifiably in North Korea's nuclear weapons program."
Fargo said the global war on terror definitely has a Pacific theater of operations. "Besides our direct efforts against al Qaeda, we've been focused on threats like the Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines and the Jamal Islamia, a foreign terrorist organization infecting Southeast Asia," he said. "Both of these terror groups are linked to al Qaeda."
Jamal Islamia was implicated in the Bali bombings in Indonesia and uses portions of that country for bases. "We're focused on the JI and are pleased with the cooperation of our friends in the region, including investigations by the government of Indonesia to apprehend and bring these terrorists to justice," Fargo said. "Well over 100 JI members have been arrested or detained to date."
Last year, Pacific Command helped the Philippine government in their efforts against the Abu Sayyaf Group. "That six- month effort provided a template to help the Republic of the Philippines develop a lasting counter-terrorist capability," Fargo said.
The Balikatan '02 exercise was a success. He said Philippine army operations killed leaders of the terror group and separated the terrorists from the people. Normal activity has returned to Basilan Island, once a stronghold of the group.
With activities spread over the largest geographical combatant command, DoD is examining changing the footprint of U.S. forces in the region. In Korea, U.S. personnel will draw back from the demilitarized zone for the first time since the armistice in 1953. The number of troops in the country will remain about the same, officials said, but the basing and possibly the mixture might change.
The same thing will take place globally, as DoD officials continue examining the lessons of recent operations and the impact technology has made on warfighting. "But one conclusion is clear from this review, which is that a forward military presence still remains necessary, not only militarily necessary but politically necessary, because we have allies and friends who look to us for our commitment, and forward presence has that political function," Rodman said.
But U.S. forward presence will modernize, he told the legislators. "It needs to take the fullest advantage of new technologies, new possibilities," he said. "It needs to be flexible. One reason it needs to be flexible is that we look at the theaters globally. We don't look at each theater in isolation."
Rodman said DoD looks at the world "as a theater (of operations) in which we want the flexibility to operate maybe one place, maybe move forces from one place to another."
DoD will also examine changing the capabilities. "We're looking at ways to diversify our overseas presence," he said. "We know that political conditions change. Having a multiplicity of options is smart strategy, politically as well as militarily."
At its core, the review has the goal of enhancing, improving, upgrading and modernizing the U.S. military presence and its ability to fight wars. "The net result is meant to be a strong commitment to our allies, a more effective ability to fulfill our commitments," he said.


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The Glass & Glazing Project:
The project consists of writing Guidelines on use of Glass in Buildings with respect to Human Safety. A steering committee has been formed keeping in mind the integrity of the process and the acceptance of the recommendations of the committee by the industry.
Apart from the meetings of the Steering Committee the draft is being circulated and recommendations of the members of steering committee accepted by email, courier and post. The third Steering Committee meeting is to be held at Bangalore on 25th August 2007. to discuss the draft on Guidelines on use of Glass in Buildings – Part A Human Safety. The earlier two Steering Committee meetings were held at Delhi and Mumbai.
Stone Artifact Promotion Project:
On the Stone Artifacts Promotion Project, a total of 9 clusters had been identified for field survey. DRONAH-CCPS had completed field surveys of six stone clusters by July, 2007, and an additional two clusters were surveyed in August. One remaining cluster is currently being surveyed and will be completed by end-August. The data gathered for all the surveys includes detailed field notes mentioning names of quarries, suppliers (raw and finished), craftsmen, and exporters and describing the various processes and products which have emerged from each of the team's cluster visits; a databank of process and product photographs; sketches by master craftsmen and by surveyors; and lists of contact names and addresses.
The field notes and a presentation were submitted to IICD at the July monthly meeting, and DRONAH-CCPS will submit the resource directory at the Sept. 14 meeting with IICD.
LGF Sysmac (India) Pvt. Ltd joins CCPS as associate member
LGF Sysmac (India) Pvt. Ltd. is a consortium of European companies, providing high quality architectural hardware catering to the Indian building industry.
Their consortium partners consists of companies including ALUALPHA, Portugal & SECURISTYLE, U.K., manufacturing hardware for aluminum & upvc doors, windows, curtain walls and structural glazing facades.
Appreciating the objectives and initiatives of CCPS, LGF Sysmac (India) has chosen to take up associate membership with CCPS.
CCPS 4TH PUBLICATION "Construction Products in India":
As you all are aware, CCPS 4th publication- Construction products in India is now available. The Publication enlists new and existing construction products with their technical specifications, usages and manufacturers in India. There is a special offer for all the professionals in the construction industry and now they can get the power tool manual for Rs. 750/- free of cost as a complimentary copy with the purchase of CCPS IV publication, Construction Products in India. For further details, you can contact CCPS office.
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Clarksville, TN – The two weeks of trading this month took investors on a wild ride. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, for example, posted its biggest point gain and loss back to back for the first time since 1997, according to the Wall Street Journal
Last Tuesday's 273-point "Dow Dive" was reversed by Wednesday's 275-point "Dow Wow." But then the Dow slumped again, dropping 335 points on Thursday.
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Clarksville, TN – U.S. stocks had a great run in 2013 with major indices up 27% to 38%, but that momentum lost a bit of steam in January and the first hours of February trading.
The pullback toward the end of January seems to reflect investor concern about turmoil in emerging markets in general, and specifically, about a drop in Argentina's currency and a deceleration of Chinese manufacturing.
Clarksville, TN – Federal Reserve policymakers decided to trim something other than trees at their December meeting.
The central bank made the long-awaited decision to begin reducing its monthly pace of asset purchases from $85 billion to $75 billion, starting in January 2014. This is the first step towards unwinding the economic stimulus.
Clarksville, TN – The markets sent investors mixed messages in October, generally trending upwards despite signs of volatility around the government shutdown and subsequent reopening.
At the end of the month, stocks – which had enjoyed a days-long record run – began to show some weakness after Federal Reserve policymakers said the economy wasn't growing quickly enough to curtail its bond purchases and dial back on some of its economic stimulus.
Clarksville, TN – The third quarter of the year proved quite eventful.
The Federal Reserve opted to wait a little longer before beginning to dial back its bond purchases, and a budgetary showdown in D.C. resulted in a partial government shutdown on the same day the private healthcare exchanges mandated by the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) opened.
Political tensions arose over whether to defund or delay major provisions of the ACA.
Clarksville, TN – The first half of 2013 is in the books, and it was one of the best first halves on record. All three major indices enjoyed double-digit gains through June, but what does the return of volatility in the markets mean for the rest of the year?
This online resource revisits our professionals to get an update on their observations, insights and outlooks for the rest of 2013. «Read the rest of this article»
Clarksville, TN – At the end of February, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed just shy of its all-time high.
Less than a week later, the index fulfilled its promise, trading as high as 14,286.37 to break both its record close of 14,164.53, on October 9th, 2007, and its intraday high of 14,198.10, reached around the same time.
The index closed at a new high of 14,253.77. «Read the rest of this article»
Clarksville, TN – Even though the market indexes showed little change in November, the end of 2012 looks promising as the U.S. economy rebounded despite a highly contentious election cycle and the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy thanks to some encouraging numbers from key indicators.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced a post-election trough and ended the month north of 13,000, but still flat compared to the end of October. The NASDAQ mirrored the DJIA, bottoming at 2,837 on November 15th to close at a near month-high at 3,010. Likewise, the S&P 500 rallied from a low of 1,353 for November to end the month at 1,416. «Read the rest of this article»
Clarksville, TN – This has been an interesting month, to say the least. Not only did we mark the 83rd anniversary of the Black Tuesday stock market crash, but we also saw Hurricane Sandy shut down the New York Stock Exchange for two days during the final week of the month.
The last time a hurricane closed the NYSE was September 1985. We have to go back to 1888 for the last time markets closed on consecutive days due to weather. «Read the rest of this article»
The stock markets have rallied nicely from the start of summer, recently hitting levels not seen since December 2007. Unprecedented steps taken by central bankers in the U.S. and across the globe have sent investors to the equity markets, and the results have been impressive.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 4.3% to finish the quarter at 13,437. The S&P 500 surged 5.8% to close the quarter at 1,441. But the Nasdaq enjoyed the biggest climb, advancing 6.2% to end the third quarter at 3,116. The energy, consumer discretionary, technology and telecommunications, and finance sectors led the charge, while utilities was the only major sector to lose ground. «Read the rest of this article»


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"Lights, camera, action" are the words uttered by countless budding film directors to some of the greatest movie icons of all time. The history of film spans hundreds of years. Film editing has moved on tremendously from the early days of the invention of the motion and projector camera. The 1990s witnessed the special effects explosion, and with the reinvigoration of 3D movies, viewers' increased demands for special effects such as VR and with the backdrop of current economic constraints, production companies are under pressure to ensure they stay at the forefront of their industry.
These pressures can lead to inefficient work practices and mistakes. Most recently, ITV was caught offside when a transmission error cut short Nike's first airing of its World Cup ad'. In November last year, ITV also aired the wrong version of a "News of The World" ad during an episode of X-Factor. Mistakes are both financially punitive and can damage reputations beyond repair.
Today, media organizations constantly look for ways to increase competitive advantage, reduce costs, increase efficiencies, and win more business. Often, they rely upon the creative talent of their staff, but increasingly talent is being merged with an innovative IT infrastructure, and storage technology plays a critical role.
The nirvana of most postproduction houses is to achieve a multiple streams in a realtime, tapeless storage and workflow environment. That is, the ability for multiple teams of renderers, colorists, and animators to work on the same piece of media, within the same storage infrastructure (namespace) in realtimeand of course with assurance that the final media file produced is the correct file for multiple channel distributionthus avoiding the embarrassment experienced by ITV.
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Previously, one of the greatest pain points for postproduction companies has been waiting for just-shot film to be uploaded onto a film scanner before staff can work on it. Postproduction companies also had to wait for that data to be downloaded to local storage devices. Single teams could only work on single pieces of film and then re-save to their local device before a different team could commence their own editing. This resulted in delays and often the wrong film file being worked on.
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Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
So today I pulled out an old(ish) record of mine that I hadn't litened to in a while; Drop by Gavin Harrison and 05Ric.
now when i first picked it up i was still quite a metal head and had trouble listening to the album in its entirety due to the odd singing (he was actually singing and using notes, not screaming for Christ's sake!! jk) and never really got into it as i do for most albums. So a few years later, now that I'm not so partial to only one genre I decided to lisen through it a few times aaaannnd.......WOW I couldn't believe how good the album was!!! The second it was over i replayed it but this time something was different. For some reason listening thru it the second time I couldn't help but feel like Gavin (even though I absolutely love him) was over playing in a few sections. Now it could just be that I'm used to his more subtle approach in Porcupine Tree, but it just felt like it was super busy to me.
Now keep in mind I love bands that play complex music (Dream Theater, King Crimson, The Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Protest The Hero etc.) but Drop just felt a little bit over the top.
What are your guys' thoughts?
(I really hope Gavin doesn't read this, but if he does, please know that I absolutely love and respect you and that your are one of my favorite drummers of all time, and no disrespect was meant.)
Re: Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
Hi Jonathan,
I think Drop and Circles are great records. I've studied both records in great detail, and have had the great honor of transcribing them both for Gavin and I's upcoming Book/DVD project.
While there are a lot of notes flying by on these albums in comparison to Gavin's work in Porcupine tree, I wouldn't necessarily say that they are for the sake of showing off. This project is indeed a showcase for Gavin and Ric's rhythmic and harmonic prowess, however, as you said, they are great songs. One of the really cool things about this project is hearing Gavin unapologetically "go for" some serious stuff!
The drums certainly have an equal billing on these records, and it certainly is a "sound" that we may not be entirely used to hearing. This is music for the listener. and I think Gavin's playing is completely in context, and brilliant as always.
I may be biased, but that's my 2 cents anyways!
Re: Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
Jonathan don't be worried if Gavin reads this, everyone is entitled to their opinion :)
I must say when I got this when it came out I knew it wasn't going to be as laid back as Porcupine Tree but it took by suprise really how complex it is!
I guess you have to take it in the context of what this album was about, which was to show off Gavin and Ric's unique musical ideas so I don't think he necessarily overplayed but I do know what you mean...there are points where you want it to just simmer down and lay back into a nice groove but at the same time I think that's just down to being used to hearing Gav play a certain way.
Hope you're well mate,
Re: Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
I had to get used to the sound of Ric's voice. He has a wonderful voice and a very specific way of singing which is his own style. Took some time to understand it but I love it.
As the overplaying is concerned, I know what you mean. Because its more technically advanced, it sounds like that. And when it starts to sound advanced, there is always "overplaying" lurking around the corner.
Personally, the second one (Circles) is my favourite. For some reason I think that the arrangements and musical theme's work a bit better on that one. Plus though I find the music more complicated then on the first one, I don't think it's that obvious there somehow.
Gavin just stated in his own topic that they are very slowly working on a new album. Looking forward to it.
Now, hope they tour Europe with this great music. Love to see them at jazz festivals (or opening for porcupine tree)
Re: Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
The GH05 records definitely have more complex parts than I for one am used to hearing, but considering that it's just the two of them, I think it works. With a bigger group obviously that kind of playing would get out of hand - hence his more reserved work in PT. But as it is, the drums just act as a melody to accompany Ric's.
On the other hand, I still sympathize with the feeling that Drop can get a little too technical - it depends on my mood I think. Circles overall feels much more musical and enjoyable to me.
Re: Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
Thanks for all the responses everyone!
well its been a while since I first expressed how I felt about this album, and I must say after listening to it yet again (wow imagine that I've listened to it like 4 times. lol) I absolutely love this album!!! I feel that their might be a few sections where GH could of laid back a bit more, and some of the singing takes quite a while to get used to but other than that, I feel I've come full circle. And speaking of Circles, would you guys recommend it?
Re: Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
Admittedly I am partial to the album :)
Re: Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
For what it's worth, I thought it was great! Not the kind of music I can listen to on a daily basis but I can appreciate complex music and awesome drumming! I didn't think it was overplayed.
Re: Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
by the way, I've been listening to Drop non-stop for the last few days, and I can't get enough of it. Especially the track sailing, it evokes this wonderful emotional response in me. So thankyou so much for making this record!!
any chance i could get an autographed copy of Circles?
Re: Overplaying on Drop - Gavin Harrison/05 Ric?
You should contribute on DrummerWorld community more often, you're such a great artist & musician that we have a lot to learn from you :-)
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