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This was originally recorded by Los Angeles band The Leaves in 1965. Their lead singer was bassist Jim Pons who joined the Turtles just before they recorded their
Happy Together
album. (thanks, Rick - Lafayette, NJ)
It is unclear who wrote this song. Many people believe it was written by Chester Powers (aka Dino Valenti of Quicksilver Messenger Service), but Hendrix himself - and also The Leaves - attribute it to William (Bobby) Roberts. No one has been able to copyright it, so the song is considered "traditional," meaning anyone can record it without paying royalties. (thanks, Gary - Thetford, England)
The version that inspired Hendrix to record this came from a folk singer named Tim Rose, who played it in a slow arrangement on his 1967 debut album. Rose was a popular singer/songwriter for a short time in the Greenwich Village scene, but quickly faded into obscurity before a small comeback in the '90s. He died in 2002 at age 62.
In an early demo version, Hendrix is caught off guard by the sound of his voice in the headphones, and can be heard on the recording saying, "Oh, Goddamn!" Then telling Chas Chandler in the booth, "Hey, make the voice a little lower and the band a little louder." Hendrix was always insecure about his vocal talents, but thought if Dylan could swing it, so could he.
This was the first single for Jimi's newly formed group, The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Jimi played this for the first time at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. It was the first time the group performed in America.
This was released in Britain with the flip side "Stone Free," which was the first song Hendrix wrote for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Dick Rowe of Decca Records turned down Hendrix for a record deal, unimpressed with both this and "Stone Free." Rowe also turned away the Beatles 4 years earlier.
Hendrix, performing under the name Jimmy James in the group Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, was seen playing this in a New York cafe by former Animals bass player Chas Chandler, who knew instantly that Hendrix was the man to record it. Chandler became a producer and manager for Hendrix.
A popular female trio, the Breakaways (Jean Hawker, Margot Newman, and Vicki Brown) were brought in by producer Chas Chandler for backup vocals.
This was one of 5 bonus tracks added to the album
Are You Experienced?
when it was re-released in 1997. The only song on the album not written by Hendrix, it is credited to Billy Roberts.
This was the last song performed at Woodstock in 1969. The festival was scheduled to end at midnight on Sunday, August 17 (the third day), but it ran long and Hendrix didn't go on until Monday around 9am. There weren't many attendees left, but Hendrix delivered a legendary performance.
While Jimi's version is the most famous, this has been recorded by over 400 artists. Before Hendrix cut his version in 1966, it was recorded by Love, The Byrds, Tim Rose, Leaves, Shadows of Knight and Music Machine. Since then it has been done by Mothers Of Invention (1967), Cher (1967), Deep Purple (1967), King Curtis (1968), Wilson Pickett (1969), Roy Buchanan (1973), Patti Smith (1974), Walter Trout (2000), Popa Chubby (2001), Robert Plant (2002). (thanks, Gary - Thetford, England)
The liner notes for
Are You Experienced?
say this song is "A blues arrangement of an old cowboy song that's about 100 years old." (thanks, tony - hackensack, NJ)
The phrase "Hey Joe" is something men in the Philippines often shout when they see an American. Ted Lerner wrote a book about his experiences there called
Hey, Joe: A Slice Of The City-An American In Manilla
There have been countless versions of this song, but the first is thought to have been performed by California-based folk singer, guitarist and harmonica player Billy Roberts in an Edinburgh folk club in around 1956.
6,346 guitarists played "Hey Joe" simultaneously in the town of Wroclaw, Poland on May 1, 2009, breaking a world record for most guitarists playing a single song.
The BBC apologized after "Hey Joe" was played following a report on the Oscar Pistorius trial, following the disabled athlete's shooting of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (The song includes the lines: "Hey Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand? I'm going out to shoot my old lady, you know I caught her messing around with another man.")
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On January 18th 1967, Jimi Hendrix was very busy; during the day he recorded an appearance on the BBC-TV program 'Top of the Pops'* and in the evening he appeared at the Seven and a Half Club in london, England...
He performed a live version of "Hey Joe!" on the 'Top of the Pops', and at the time it was at #9 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart...
The #1 record at the time was 'I'm A Believer" by the Monkees; six months later Jimi would be the quartet's opening tour act, he lasted for only eight days then was let go, because his music wasn't considered suitable for the Monkees' 'bubble gum' audience...
* Twenty days earlier on December 29th, 1966 he also was guest 'Top of the Pops' {See next post below}.
Barry - Sauquoit, Ny
On December 29th 1966, the Jimi Hendrix Experience made their television debut when they appeared on the BBC-TV program 'Top of the Pops'...
The trio performed "Hey! Joe"; and at the time the song was at #38 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart; exactly one month later on January 29th, 1967 it would peak at #6 {for 2 weeks}...
On March 19th, 1967 their second UK release, "Purple Haze", entered the UK Top 40 at #39...
Sadly, less than four years after the "Top of the Pops' appearance, Jimi would pass away at the young age of 27 {September 18th, 1970}…
May he R.I.P.
Barry - Sauquoit, Ny
On June 25th 1966, the Leaves performed at the "Beach Boys Summer Spectacular" concert* at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles...
At the time the California quintet's version of "Hey Joe!" was at #34 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eight days later on July 3rd it would peak at #31 for 1 week {See next post below}...
* Must have been a great concert; besides the Beach Boys other acts were the Byrds, the Lovin' Spoonful, Percy Sledge, Chad & Jeremy, Love, the Outsiders, and Capt. Beefheart.
Barry - Sauquoit, Ny
On May 15th 1966, "Hey Joe" by the Leaves entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #84; seven weeks later on July 3rd it would peak at #31 {for 1 week}, the following week it fell to position #54 and that was its ninth and final week on the Top 100...
It was the groups' only Top 100 record.
Barry - Sauquoit, Ny
On July 9th 1966, the Leaves performed "Hey Joe!" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
It was the quintet's only Top 100 record.
Barry - Sauquoit, Ny
On December 29th 1966, the Jimi Hendrix Experience performed "Hey Joe" on the BBC-TV program 'Top Of The Pops'...
And in that year it peaked at #6 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart...
In the U.S.A. it was released as the B-side of "Foxey Lady" ("Foxey Lady" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart on December 17th, 1967 for a four week stay, peaking at #67)...
The first charted version was by the Leaves; their version entered the Top 100 on May 15th, 1966 and on July 3rd it peaked at #31...
Later in the 1960s two other covered versions charted; Cher (#94 in 1967) and Wilson Pickett (#59 in 1969)...
R.I.P. Mr. Hendrix, born Johnny Allen Hendrix, (1942 - 1970).
Barry - Sauquoit, Ny
Daniel, Genoa, OH, that's really creepy.
Willy DeVille's insane Mariachi version of this blows my mind! Of course that's taking Hendrix as the canonical version and reference point. As soon as I realized what he was doing I decided DeVille is a genius.
Kirsten - New York, Ny
In my opinion, The Leaves did it first and did it the best. You could hear the song being played by every garage band back in the late 60's!
Richard Buck - Crystal Lake, Il
According to Keith Richards, in his autobiography 'Life' (which is excellent, btw), Keith introduced Jimi to this song.
Rich - San Jose, Ca
I really hate to break it to some of you guys but guitar players do not play with their teeth. It is hammers and pulloffs. Look up tabulature, for details. Playing with your teeth is something a ten year old would believe. This is a great song and I think it was done by love as some here have said before me.
Obe - Koln, Germany
during many live versions jimmi played the solo with his teeth
Ben - Rohnert Park, Ca
Josh from NV: the Deep Durple version is on their first LP, "Shades of Deep Purple".
Kevin - Los Angeles, Ca
Try and check out Roy Buchanan's cover of this song. Also try to catch Roy's version of Green Onions. But for some true guitar playing pleasure, listen to Roy's 'You're Not Alone' album. A guitar feast.
Lester - New York City, Ny
Plenty of violence here, belied by Jimi's dark, angry guitar.
Who else could have pulled it off so well?
Oldpink - New Castle, In
Johnny Rivers recorded this song on his 1968 album "Realization". At the time, he was in his "hippie" phase. He rewrote the lyrics to set the theme of the album which was the search for realization of who we really are. River's version begins and ends with the sound of a circus calliope in the background.
Bob - Southfield, Mi
although many people did cover this song, and there is some speculation to who wrote it. It's a jimi classic and will be until the end of time.The song is so great thousands of people have become jimi fans just by hearing this song.
Blake - Tahlequah, Ok
Never mind who wrote it, "Hey Joe", is a good song. I was never a huge Hendrix fan but do like several of his songs.
Lance - Malibu, Ca
This song's about a guy who sees another guy named joe with a gun, and he's like "What you doin' with that gun?"
and the guy tells him he's gonna shoot his wife cos he caught her with another guy. Then he shhots her. Yah.........Its a good song
Bianca Sanchez - Alburquerque, Nm
hey joe is a good song about a man on the run
Andrew - Bartlett, Tn
Whoever wrote this song, and whoever else covered it, I always think of it as a Jimi Hendrix song. His guitar work gave the song conveyed the angry or depressed person's alienation from reality, which heightened both the bluesiness and tripiness (I can't think of better words)that makes this song so powerful. Picking a favorite Hendrix song is as difficult picking a favorite Beatles song (In both cases, there are so many great ones), but this is certainly up there.
Musicmama - New York, Ny
walter trout and body count have coverd this the later is just awesome and a young fella from tasmania pete cornelius and the devilles cuts a pretty mean version also
Brutus - Wynyard, Australia
When I saw Tim Rose on stage, not long before he died, he claimed to have written it . He sang it "The way the writer intended" - whatever , it is a great song
Daniel - Brighton , England
Another cool over the top Hendrix song . What a classic !
Mike - Hueytown , Al
Hey Jimi! (haha! my name is Joe... i'm a loser)
Joe - Bellingham, Wa
Yea lot of people played it, Its a Jimi song, and he played it with his teeth!
Cowticket - Indiana, In
I love Jimi, however Roy Buchanon's version is the best there is. No doubt.
Mike - Torrington, Ct
I think it might be the Winterland recording where he adds a peice of a Beatles song into the main riff. This song was also recorded by Cryan Shames and also by the Human Beinz; a band who was majorly influenced by Hendrix and covered foxy lady as well. They had a #1 with Nobody but Me.
Tin Ear - Fullerton, Ca
What I meant to say, was that there is a story that David Crosby taught it to some of the artists mentioned in the songfacts, including the other members of the Byrds, of which he was a member at the time.
Stefanie - Rock Hill, Sc
Regarding the popularization of "Hey Joe" is that it was taught to David Crosby who taught it to some of the artists mentioned in the second songfact. The following passage from www.answers.com has this to say: "The song Hey Joe is widely credited as being popularized by David Crosby after he picked it up from Dino Valente. He taught the song to Bryan MacLean and Arthur Lee of Love, who then taught it to members of The Leaves. Since he felt responsible for having popularized the song, Crosby convinced the other members of The Byrds to cover it on Fifth Dimension." Has anyone else read this story. This same story also appears in an entry on David Crosby onthe wicapedia website.
Stefanie - Rock Hill, Sc
I always found this song incredibly compelling, but I also have a fond humorous memory of it. I was one of that generation who loved sixties rock music while my parents, fans of Bing and Glenn Miller, hated it. Well they put up with me playing Beatles records, and they could cope with Simon and Garfunkel, the Moody Blues or CSN, but when I put on my disc of Jimi's Greatest Hits, during this song my usually very sweet mother told me to turn it off or she'd break the record into a million pieces. Had to listen to this one while they weren't home.
Dennis - Anchorage, Ak
I agree with Linus and Juney. Before I looked at the credits and did some internet research, I didn't know that it was written by someone else.
Stefanie - Rock Hill, Sc
Back in 1992, I suspected my wife was having an affair. One day, while home alone, someone called and played this song over the phone to me. I listened until it was over...then they hung up. Every time I hear it, I am reminded of it. To this day I have no idea who called me.
Daniel - Genoa, Oh
I agree with Linus, Ask anyone who sang 'Hey Joe' and it was Jimi hendrix of course
Juney - Chattanooga, Tn
Though 400 artists have covered it, I believe this song really belongs to Jimi.
Linus - Hamilton, On, Canada
the 1967 pop festival was not the first time this was performed. hendrix toured before his first album was released, all over europe and hey joe was one of the first songs the band put together. an old cowboy tune from about 100 years ago. simple repitive rythim but its just one of those songs you know? i love it
Kyle - Redding, Ca
A couple of other distinctive versions are by Spirit (on "Spirit of '76) and Black Uhuru (on "Now"). Body Count does a version on the 1993 Hendrix Tribute, "Stone Free". And the page http://www.heyjoe.org/perf.html shows about 1000 of them.
Steve - Hamilton, Canada
hell i want to hear deep purple and zeppelin do this
Josh - Las Vegas, Nv
actually, I have a copy of Zeppelin playing this. If anybody wants it email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Nick - Richmond, Va
Hey Joe was the final song Jimi played at Woodstock. By the way, Max Yasgur's farm and alfalfa field where the song was played is located at the intersection of Hurd Road and West Shore Road in Bethel New York. You have to take Route 17b which is the Montecello exit on Route 17 in New York. Pass the race track, go down about 10-12 miles. Hurd Road will be on your right, make the right, then make the left onto West Shore Road, and then you'll see the amazing bowl where 30,000 plus people camped out and waited 3 days to see Jimi do "Star Spangled Banner" and "Purple Haze."
Barry - New York, Nc
Life changing moment in the UK when the Experience perform 'Hey Joe' on music show 'Ready , Steady , Go'(December '66).
Choice of name for a band could not have been more apt.....nuthin' prepared us for Jimi.
Saw him twice before he died , once in Aylesbury(?!?) , once in Glasgow.
Rawk gawd pre-eminent!
Pete - Aberdeen, Scotland
Actually Jordan the song is about a guy who's talking to the guy who caught hiw girlfriend cheating. jimi is singing it from that perspective.
Stefanie Magura - Rock Hill, Sc
this song is about a guy who caught his girl cheating on him so he goes to shoot her. He says "where you goin with that gun in your hand. I'm goin down to shoot my old lady, i caught her messin around with another man."
Jordan - Renton, Wa
Deep Purple also covered this. I kind of like it better, but Jimi's version is still awesome.
Allen - Bethel, Ak
An initeresting version was done by Willy deVille.
Martijn - Helmond, Netherlands
The band Type O Negative covered a slow, dark version of this song, but coined it "Hey Peter" after the band's singer, Peter Steele. It appears on their greatest hits compilation, "The Least Worst Of"
Marc - Alameda, Ca
"Hey Joe" was performed the first time by The Leaves. It's also the title of their debut album released in 1966.
Doc - Amherst, Ny
Sorry David, Zeppelin never did this song. It was The Band Of Joy. It was Robert Plant's band prior to Zeppelin and the amazing John Bonham was the drummer.
Peter - Montrose, Dc
It was also done by Seal on the "Set it Off" soundtrack in 1996.
Rico - Kingston, Other
did some research, it was 1974
David - Greensboro, Nc
Led Zeppelin also covered this song, not sure what year, but Plant sounds very young in it so I guess it was "The Early Years."
David - Greensboro, Nc
This song, Hey Joe, was also covered by The Offspring in a gig in Baghdad a few years ago.
Luke - Worthing, England
A great old ballad that only jimi could make famous...what a remarkable piece of work.
Evan - Acworh, Ga
Frank Zappa and the Mothers recorded a song called "Flower Punk" for the album We're Only In It For The Money, it has the same tune as Hey Joe, and almost the same lyrics, but this song is a dig at hippies.
Kris - Toronto, Canada
For a different approach to "Hey Joe" by Jimi, check out "Live at Winterland." A must have and a real treat for Hendrix fans. It was actually the first time I had heard the tune and I immediately went on a quest for any and all of Jimi's material. Needless to say, I've been a Hendrix fanatic since. Paul.
Paul - Chicago, Il
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Reiling, J H; Doepfner, K T; Hafen, E; Stocker, H (2005). Diet-dependent effects of the Drosophila Mnk1/Mnk2 homolog Lk6 on growth via eIF4E. Current Biology, 15(1):24-30.
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The control of cellular growth is tightly linked to the regulation of protein synthesis. A key function in translation initiation is fulfilled by the 5' cap binding eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E), and dysregulation of eIF4E is associated with malignant transformation and tumorigenesis . In mammals, the activity of eIF4E is modulated by phosphorylation at Ser209 by mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK)-interacting kinases 1 and 2 (Mnk1 and Mnk2) , which themselves are activated by ERK and p38 MAPK in response to mitogens, cytokines or cellular stress . Whether phosphorylation of eIF4E at Ser209 exerts a positive or inhibitory effect on translation efficiency has remained controversial. Here we provide a genetic characterization of the Drosophila homolog of Mnk1/2, Lk6. Lk6 function is dispensable under a high protein diet, consistent with the recent finding that mice lacking both Mnk1 and Mnk2 are not growth-impaired . Interestingly, loss of Lk6 function causes a significant growth reduction when the amino acid content in the diet is reduced. Overexpression of Lk6 also results in growth inhibition in an eIF4E-dependent manner. We propose a model of eIF4E regulation that may reconcile the contradictory findings with regard to the role of phosphorylation by Mnk1/2.
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In this Episode: What's on our play-list, Competitive gaming vs relaxtion, and Gaming Merchandise. What are you fanatical about?
In this episode:
What's been on our playlist?
Gaming Merchandise: Are you a fanatical collector?
Competitive Gaming - do you like to play hard with the team, or is it all about relaxation?
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As a fairly new member of TOG I have been listening to your podcasts from the beginning about the sametime as i joined.
I have been enjoying your chats about the state of games and what new etc.
When I first started listening I was hoping you would talk about whats going on in the TOG forums maybe an interesting thread from each division, because theres just too much going on in all the forums for a casual player like myself to keep up with, maybe even get some of the DC's on to talk about what happening, and tempt some of us into their games.
I joined mainly for the Fallen Earth Beta and thought maybe the pre-launch may have made it onto your radar, as Father seems obsessed with Fallout at the moment, perhaps he could ween himself of it by trying this very good MMO which would probably appeal to his fallout FPS RPG fixation.
Anyway keep up the good work it is definately a podcast I will be keeping up with.
Fallen earth sounds interesting on paper yes, I believe it's been delayed again though? Too early to tell at this stage but I'm certainly keeping an eye on it.
Not talking about TOG's internal was really a conscious decision, we wanted this podcast to be one that all people interested in gaming could listen too which by definition should cover TOG members.
Thanks for the feedback.
Yup Fallen Earth official release was put back again recently to 22nd but we already are up and running with all the pre-order crowd and TOG has got a good membership representation already at least 77 last I looked at the clan list though some of these are alternates.
There are still a few bugs being worked on but the devs seem to be working non-stop at the moment polishing this product.
I am amazed really how much interest this game has got with almost no publicity.
Anyway try it out if you get the chance it weened me off of fallout 3, but i still get the need every so often to pull out my rockit launcher and hurl various debris at critters in the wasteland.
Keep up the excellent work
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Hello Ashlann & Father,
Having just listened to episode 6 and almost having caught up to the present day.
About the only collector items i could claim are from my Mmorpg days. When i was massively (pun intended) stoked about SWG, EQ2, & Vanguard. When they initially launched i would splurge and buy the $90 US collectors box. Both SWG & EQ2 i believe had pewter miniatures, poster, concept art sketch book, etc... (mostly knick knacks) But after having felt burned from the Vanguard game launch. I decided to never buy another Mmorpg collectors edition for a game title i was in beta for previously.
Regarding competitive game play it can be said i'm somewhat into that at another gamer community. (TGW) That holds BF 2142 campaign tournaments every 2 months. I've been with them for nearly a year. Where one of their main attractions for the BF 2142 tourney are the 60+ Custom Maps they utilize. Via a on site map designer that converts maps from the Mod community for BF 2142. He's even taken BF2 structures, vehicles, game objects, and past BF2 stock & custom maps and converted them to BF 2142.
So its a blast currently for us for this aging DICE game released back in 2006 originally.
Stef at the beginning of the Podcast you mentioned the updated forum and the new icons.. well done to your engineering and graphics teams, the forum looks great!
Stef mentioned having to use of 'Alt + F4' when a game locked up (one of the Fallout 3 expansions). I'd never heard of this function but found its use here..
HowStuffWorks "What does Alt+F4 do?"
I find it VERY annoying having to do a manual restart on my system due to a lockup so I'll be testing this out next lockup I get. Thanks for the info!
I tried the Trine demo - http://trine-thegame.com - that Stef mentioned.. an ol'-school platform style game with a twist where you play three characters with differing abilties. You get to switch between these characters to progress through the game. This is a great game for kids in my opinion! For me Trine looked and sounded good with fluid motion and gameplay. Even though I found the second level a bit 'samey', the only real negative for me was the character voices - ouch.. yet the narrator's voice was excellent! Although I feel Trine is more geared towards kids, anyone who enjoys platform games should like this one a lot. I agree with Stef, yes the game is cliché and yes it's fun and works well. Check out this gameplay trailer..
I also played the mentioned ArmA II demo and also found it difficult to like. For me it was the movement controls. The rest of the key binding would have been just a matter of getting used to them and adjusting as you progressed with the game but having to use multiple keys for different movements is just 'painful' especially when other games don't force this on the player.
Stef, you mentioned Slient Hunter 3 & 4 and how you were disappointed how you weren't able to 'walk' through the sub between the varying aspects of the game... well, looks like you're in luck with the up-coming Silent Hunter 5.
Now, to the topic of Collectors Editions for games and Merchandise. I don't have any gaming merchandise but do have a few collectors edition versions of some games.
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
-Far Cry 2
-Call of Duty: World at War
-Unreal Tournamnet 3
-Enemy Territory QUAKE Wars
Ashlann you mentioned the COD:WAW collectors edition and how you get a Canteen, well.. on the packaging for this there's a note:
Regarding competitive gaming vs relaxation, I like both forms. I enjoy singleplayer, social and competive multiplay. I've always had a liking to anything co-op which is currently great for me as it's becomming a popular trend with game developers :)
For me to enjoy competive play this depends on the game, rules and team I'm playing with. There are varying degrees of competive play. I prefer the higher-end more serious style. Even though great fun games can played in comps (win or lose) it's mostly all about winning for me (ie. regarding comps).
Thanks again for another Podcast!
Good on you Ned! Thanks so much for such a thoughtful response.
Love the feedback Ned, always great to see something on all our topics discussed.
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Two screenprints [P05552-P05553] printed at Kelpra Studio and published by Asselijn-Amsterdam, each 28 3/4×31 3/4 (72.9×80.8)
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Landsaat takes his working sketches and photographs through a process of refinement, simplification and spatial reduction to a flat configuration which he then draws in pen and ink, with separate colour notes in preparation for making a screenprint. He first worked with Chris Prater at Kelpra in 1977 and has worked there each year until 1980: these two [P05552-P05553] were the last prints he made there.
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The stars of "Sister Wives" reacted to a polygamy ruling in Utah, saying that they felt humbled by the judge's decision to strike down key parts of the state's polygamy laws according to Yahoo! Finance. On Jan. 13 it was reported that Kody Brown and his four wives feel a sense of ease knowing that they and other polygamous families can live their lives as they see fit -- that is, if they ever wanted to move back to Utah.
"Kody Brown and his four wives said they felt humbled and cried when they heard in mid-December the judge ruled in their favor in a lawsuit they brought against Utah in July 2011 after they fled the state for Las Vegas under the threat of prosecution," Yahoo! Finance reports.
The "Sister Wives'" polygamy stance wouldn't have changed based on the judge's ruling but they are all happy to know that they can live in harmony and not worry about being prosecuted for their religious beliefs. While the family no longer lives in Utah, they are happy that the laws have changed so that other families can live as they choose without feeling like they are going to get in trouble.
"Though we support the choices of other people organizing their families however they choose, our argument has always been very different. What we've been looking for is simply to live free and to be able to live our religion without the threat of prosecution," said Brown.
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Structural Gain in Network Communication Problems
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Bobak Anthony Nazer and Michael Gastpar
Random coding arguments are at the core of most channel capacity achievability proofs. The basic idea is as follows. First, choose several random variables with an appropriate joint distribution. Then, generate high-dimensional codebooks with entries drawn i.i.d. according to this joint distribution. Finally, analyze the error performance of this strategy in expectation and use this to show the existence of at least one good set of codebooks.
Amazingly, this proof technique takes us quite far in network information theory. It has been used to find the capacity region of the multiple-access channel, stochastically degraded broadcast channel, and physically degraded relay channel to name a few. However, an elegant multiterminal problem developed by Korner and Marton showed that random code constructions are not always sufficient; structured random codes, such as linear or lattice codes, may be required [1]. The essential feature of linear (and lattice) codes is that the sum of two codewords is always a codeword itself. This allows one to perform linear operations on codewords themselves and get a meaningful result.
In previous work, we showed that structured codes can be extremely useful for computing functions over multiple-access channels [2]. If the multiple-access channel is a noisy linear function of its inputs, then using the same linear (or lattice) code at each encoder can convert the channel into a reliable computation unit. The computation rate of the system is increased proportionally to the number of users regardless of the correlations between observations. We call this improvement structural gain as it comes from taking advantage of the algebraic structure of the problem rather than choosing an appropriate probability distribution. Similar gains can be shown in non-linear problems as well.
We have also shown that structured codes can result in improved performance when we are only interested in communicating bits across a network [2-4]. For instance, in a network coding scenario, we may only be interested in sending a function of messages down certain paths in the network. Our tools allow us to directly compute these functions "on-the-air" rather than have to collect individual messages and then compute [4]. We are currently working on generalizing our coding scheme beyond network coding and distributed computation. In essence, our scheme allows one to harness interference in networks to do distributed linear processing in a reliable fashion. Usually, interference is perceived as an obstacle to communication but with structured codes it can become a boon.
Figure 1: In a random codebook, the sum of two codewords is not a codeword. However, in a lattice code book the sum of two codewords is always a codeword.
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- J. Korner and K. Marton, "How to Encode the Modulo-Two Sum of Binary Sources," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 25, No. 2, March 1979, pp. 219-221.
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- B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, "Computation over Multiple-Access Channels," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Special Issue on Models, Theory, and Codes for Relaying and Cooperation in Communication Networks, Vol. 53, No. 10, October 2007, pp. 3498-3516.
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- B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, "The Case for Structured Random Codes in Network Communication Theorems," Information Theory Workshop (ITW 2007), Lake Tahoe, CA, September 2007.
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- B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, "Lattice Coding Increases Multicast Rates for Gaussian Multiple-Access Networks," Proceedings of 45th Annual Allerton Conference on Commununication, Control and Computation, Monticello, IL, September 2007.


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When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to Myself. – Jn 12:32
Reflection: Jesus fulfills this promise in the Eucharist, which builds up the Church. All those receiving Communion today receive the very same Jesus.
God, enthroned in heaven, is drawing all these people to Himself and also to one another. We become one body and are responsible to foster the unity of the entire human family.
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College Hockey:Deutsch added to Minnesota athletic communications staff
Brian Deutsch, a former Robert Morris athletics communications staffer, has been hired by Minnesota as the assistant director of athletic communications. Deutsch will be the primary men's hockey contact.
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I am extremely irritated with the state of Texas. My Texas CHL was set to expire at the end of August '09 so I applied on-line to the Texas DPS for the renewal paperwork in May. FYI, one of our recent changes to the CHL laws here in Texas states that active military and veterans receive a discount on the price of a CHL. Also, no place on the application does it say I need to provide any substantiating paperwork to the state. All there was is a section indicating any special exemptions (like renewal, over age 60, military exemption, etc) I was eligible for and you check those that apply to you. I received the paperwork in the mail several weeks later, finished the class in July and mailed the forms to the proper authorities. In September I received a letter from the state saying I needed a form DD-214 showing I'd been discharged from the military since I'd claimed the 50% military price deduction allowed by the state. I sent in a copy of the form and thought that I'd receive my new CHL in a few weeks. :blink:
SURPRISE!!! I received another letter from the Texas DPS a few days ago saying the DD-214 didn't indicate whether my release from active duty was under honorable conditions. FWIW, I was never actually "discharged" from the military. Instead, with over 20 years active duty in the Navy, I was transferred to the inactive reserves in 1994. The form simply stated I'd been transferred to the Fleet Reserve in November of '94 until I "officially" retired from the Navy in May 2004. I called the DPS and explained my situation to the rep I had on the phone. However, she seemed to have no clue as to what I was talking about. Finally, I said I have a certificate from the Dept. of the Navy saying I had retired under honorable conditions and would that work for the state. The rep said yes (though she didn't sound too confident when she said it) so I mailed in a copy of my certificate of retirement to the Texas DPS. :ticking:
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Posted 13 April 2011 - 06:33 AM
with the Monsoon and Air Arms 410E, both .22cal. Heading back to Tejon Ranch this AM for another five or six days of ground squirrel shootin. Damn I luv that place.
Posted 13 April 2011 - 06:45 AM
Those are gorgeous rifles. Have a great trip. Wish I could go but work is keeping me too busy.
Posted 13 April 2011 - 06:52 AM
Thanks man, will do.
Posted 13 April 2011 - 08:01 AM
That looks like fun Rich. Having both of those same rifles I have a hard time deceiding which to grab while out squirrel popping. The Monsoon is great when there are lots of squirrels because all you need do is re-sight and shoot. That way they don't see you cocking the rifle and run for cover. But they are both extremely accurate rifles.
Posted 13 April 2011 - 08:07 AM
I'm jealous as heck...
Posted 13 April 2011 - 08:31 AM
Thanks John! I know what you mean about deciding on which to use also. Seems like our tastes in airguns are about the same. That Monsoon is sooooooo quiet and accurate to.Brant, retirement is great man!Well, gotta go finish loading up the trailer so me and my son can get outta here. See ya in a week.
Posted 13 April 2011 - 08:44 AM
Have fun!
Posted 13 April 2011 - 08:46 AM
Thanks John.
Posted 13 April 2011 - 09:39 AM
You have a great time. I can look out my front door and almost see where you are. I am about 40 miles from you now. I have been going to a Dairy and culling out them cridders. I just ordered a camo blind to help me. I have been shooting from the hood of my truck and things have slowed down because I think they are getting wise to my truck. The dumb ones I shoot.... the wise ones I may have to leave for next years seed. You and your Son enjoy each other. How can you not, huh?
Posted 13 April 2011 - 12:20 PM
I bet it isSigned, Two kids in college....
Posted 23 April 2011 - 08:50 PM
Well, made it back home from Tejon last week. Had a great time. No pics, cell battery died and I forgot the charger at home. Shot lots of squirrels with airguns and rimfires. Ran into our own VarmintAir on the ranch shooting his Marauder pistol, really great guy. Can't wait to get back out there.
Posted 26 April 2011 - 05:47 AM
Hey Rich, it was great talking with you guys too. I just got home yesterday. Got a chance to hunt the Marauder Pistol for four days, and got some good video footage of her doing her thing. As soon as I get the stuff uploaded and edited, I'll put a post together and share the fun.
Posted 26 April 2011 - 08:45 AM
Can't wait to see it Cliff. As always, should be a good one.
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College Hockey:Sioux End Spartan Comeback, Streak Of GLI Titles
Bochenski Nets OT Winner To Give UND Championship
DETROIT — In a matchup that harkened back to a crisp afternoon in Albany last April 4, North Dakota beat Michigan State, 5-4, in overtime to snap the Spartans' four-year streak of Great Lakes Invitational titles.
The title game of the tournament proved to be a thrilling rematch of the semifinals of the 2001 Frozen Four. As was the case in the previous game, and a total of 11 straight games since 1980, the Fighting Sioux denied the Spartans of a victory.
The game's outcome held equal importance to the two programs, whose paths have diverged widely since last season.
If anything could jump-start North Dakota (9-9-1) from a seemingly dismal first half, it was the sight of winger Brandon Bochenski slapping a failed wraparound attempt off the stick of Andy Schneider through Ryan Miller's legs at 7:09 of the overtime period. The goal gave the Fighting Sioux their second overtime victory in as many nights and the 2001 GLI championship.
Some on the Fighting Sioux saw the game, and the tournament, as a building block, at least. "We needed to start the second half of the season with some confidence and some chemistry on this team," senior defenseman Aaron Schneekloth said.
Michigan State (13-4-2) didn't see it as a single loss — the end of the GLI streak and the extension of consecutive losses to North Dakota were viewed with due consideration.
"We're learning as we go, we can't mope, whine and complain," Miller said. "We need to use this as an incentive."
After first-period goals by North Dakota's James Massen and Michigan State's Brock Radunske, North Dakota unleashed a scoring flurry that was reminiscent of last year's dominance.
At the 10:16 mark, left winger Ryan Bayda skated in on Miller — though Miller thwarted his backhand attempt, the junior's momentum knocked Miller out of position. With Miller flattened and halfway out of the crease, Skarperud lunged at the loose puck with a backhand and tapped it off Miller and in for his sixth goal, his second of three points in the game and the 2-1 advantage.
Less than two minutes later, the Fighting Sioux struck again. Rory McMahon streaked down the right side and fed the puck to a cutting Ryan Hale. Hale reached out and gently directed the puck past Miller's left foot for his fifth goal and the 3-1 lead.
Finally, with the Spartans' down two men, the Fighting Sioux seemed to put Michigan State away. Defenseman Aaron Schneekloth took a feed from Skarperud and beat Miller with a point blast for the three-goal lead.
The Fighting Sioux rekindled the dying embers of a memorable 2000-2001 campaign with its three-goal explosion in the first period, but couldn't quell Michigan State's tenacity in the second and third periods, when the Spartans struck back with three straight goals of their own.
Liles stepped up first for Michigan State at the 4:23 mark of the second. The junior tapped the puck past Siembida's right skate for the power-play goal and a two-goal deficit.
Then, in the third period, Liles struck again. All alone between the circles, the defenseman took a feed from left winger Kevin Estrada and beat Siembida on the glove side at the period's 12:09 mark.
With the Fighting Sioux reeling, the object for Michigan State consisted of beating the clock. Fast concluded the comeback with a little over a minute and a half left, taking a Duncan Keith pass and wristing the puck through Siembida's five-hole for the 4-4 tie. Keith and Fast accounted for points six and seven by the Michigan State defense on the night.
But in the end, a streak ended and a streak continued.
"We're getting better," North Dakota coach Dean Blais said. "We're thrilled."
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A Brief History of the California Economy
The Gold Rush Plants the Seed
On January 24, 1848, California was changed forever. Following James Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, thousands of people rushed into California. For the most part, only those miners who arrived in 1848 found the success they were seeking. After 1848, merchants such as Sam Brannan—California's first millionaire—were the main beneficiaries of the boom.
people arrived in California with the bonanza mentality—intending to get
rich quick and go back home with their money. These people had no desire to put down roots.
In fact, only about 10 percent of the people who came to California
during the Gold Rush chose to settle in the state.
Among the fortune seekers who stayed were several well-known
Californians, such as Leland Stanford and James Lick who were to make
significant contributions to the state.
commerce expanded, transportation became an increasingly important issue
throughout the Gold Rush era. The
state's dirt roads were often so muddy that they were unusable.
Steamships and riverboats ferried miners and freight between the
port of San Francisco, Sacramento, and the mining camps.
There were three ways to travel and transport goods from the
Midwest and eastern parts of the U.S. to California.
The first was the six-month voyage around the horn of South
America. Another was to cross
the Isthmus of Panama. The third route was the long overland journey from Missouri.
The dramatic growth of commerce and farming prompted Californians to demand a better connection with the rest of the United States. Throughout the 1850s the State asked Congress for a transcontinental railroad to provide passenger service and to ship goods to and from the Midwest and the East Coast. The growing split between northern and southern states in the 1850s prevented Congress from choosing which route the railroad would take. Southerners such as Jefferson Davis wanted a southern route through Arizona and New Mexico. Northerners such as Abraham Lincoln wanted a northern route through the Midwest.
Californians made several attempts to build a transcontinental line themselves. The most successful was the Sacramento Valley Railroad. Completed in 1854, its builders had planned to go from
Sacramento to Folsom then Marysville then over Beckworth Pass in present day Plumas County. They wanted to build the railroad across the country, but lacking Federal support, only got as far as Folsom.
needed Federal backing came in 1862 with the passage of the Pacific
Railroad Act. This act authorized two companies to build the first
transcontinental railroad: the Central Pacific would start building in
Sacramento, and the Union Pacific would start from Omaha.
This northern route was adopted because nearly all Southern
Congressmen were absent from Washington D.C. during the Civil War.
The Central Pacific—which became the Southern Pacific in
1884—was run by four notable Californians.
Leland Stanford served as the railroad's president. As governor
of California from 1861-1863 he maintained strong state support for the
railroad. Collis P.
Huntington served as vice-president, spending most of his time in the east
procuring supplies. Mark
Hopkins served as bookkeeper. Charles
Crocker was in charge of construction.
At the height of their success, the "Big Four" lived atop San
Francisco's Nob Hill—their home sites are now the Stanford Court,
Huntington and Mark Hopkins hotels, with Grace Cathedral occupying the
original Crocker parcel.
The Central Pacific received $16,000 per mile over flat terrain, $32,000 for foothill areas and $48,000 for mountainous terrain. It was also granted 10 sections of land per mile (this was increased to 20 in 1864). The transcontinental railroad was completed in May of 1869 linking California with the rest of the nation and giving Californians a practical way to ship goods to eastern population centers.
enabling California's farmers to feed the United States and much of the
rest of the world, the railroad helped agriculture to become the state's
leading industry in the late 19th and throughout much of the 20th
centuries. Before the railroad link was established, California agriculture had been
stimulated by exploding demand for food from the Gold Rush population
boom. The state's
remoteness from the nation's main food-producing regions led to a rapid
expansion of cultivated acreage. Initially,
the focus was on basic feed crops and cattle.
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agriculture was dominated by wheat.
In 1870, a bushel of wheat sold for $1.82 and California was the
nation's second largest wheat producer.
By 1894, however, a glut drove the market price of a bushel down to
$0.64. Many wheat growers
sold their land to farmers who wanted to grow specialty crops such as
oranges and lemons. By the
end of the 1890s, California was dominated by specialty crops.
Wheat would not be prominent in California again until exports to
Northern China began in the 1970s.
The last half of the 19th Century completely transformed
California. The Gold Rush
sparked a population boom, which led to rapid commercial and agricultural
development. These changes
then prompted dramatic transportation improvements—most dramatically in
the railroad field. When the
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Inclusion or Illusion? An Analysis of the FCC's Public Hearings on Media Ownership 2006-2007
Jonathan A. Obar
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March 4, 2008
In 2006-2007 the Federal Communications Commission held six public hearings across the country in an attempt to fully involve the public in a re-evaluation of the rules governing media ownership in the United States. The hearings took place in: Los Angeles/El Segundo, CA; Nashville, TN; Harrisburg, PA; Tampa, FL; Chicago, IL; and Seattle, WA. This study addresses whether the FCC did indeed fully involve the public in their deliberations, what the public said at the hearings, and whether the public's input contributed to the design of the policy. All 44 plus hours of the hearings were assessed, all 732 public comments were content analyzed and the FCC's Report and Order was reviewed. The results reveal that the FCC consistently hindered public participation; hearing notice was often provided last-minute, the hearings were held at inconvenient times for working people to attend and the structure of the hearings subordinated public comment by providing preferential treatment to experts, stakeholders and dignitaries. Two hearings actually devoted more time to non-public comment than to public testimony. In addition, a quarter of the members of the public registered to speak left before testifying likely due to the structure and length of the hearings. Of the 732 that did speak, 52.6 percent were against media consolidation and/or deregulation, while only 1.4 percent were in support. The final Report & Order reflects the same subordination as hardly any reference is made to public comment from the hearings, even though the hearings themselves are highlighted in the report as a groundbreaking element in the rulemaking process.
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Watch Dogs may have been delayed, but Assassin's Creed IV is close to being released, and now Sony has come out to announce that both of the Ubisoft-developed games will see exclusive downloadable content, for 6 months.
This 6-month time limit is in the video advertisement above, with the ad touting "60 minutes of exclusive gameplay" only in the PS4 version of Assassin's Creed IV. This exclusivity only lasts for six months, with a similar offer for Watch Dogs being pushed, too.


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Genre: Comedy,
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Gippi is a 14-year-old girl who lives in Simla with her mother and little brother. She is overweight and awkward and doesn't know how to handle the physical, emotional and social changes happening in her life. In school, she is a backbencher and is constantly bullied by the popular queen-bee Shamira. At home, she's trying to figure out how to deal with living in a broken home. In the middle of all this chaos, she falls madly in love with an older, brooding heartbreaker. When her love story comes to a humiliating end, and she is publicly scorned, she decides to take her life in her hands and accepts Shamira's challenge to stand against her in the school elections. Whatever the final outcome might be, Gippi makes sure she has a great time in the journey, filling it with delicious desserts, funny teachers, school crushes, and Shammi Kapoor dances.
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Italy- Come on honey, he's not Italian, he's Japanese, just like everyone else!
Germany- Your grandpa when he was younger.
Japan- Aww, what a cute little Chinese girl! (I thought "every character was Japanese")
America- Your future boyfriend. (Damn right!)
England- Look at his eyebrows! What's up with that? (That was me when I first started watching Hetalia)
France- That James guy from Pokemon. (SO FREAKIN TRUE)
Russia- Uncle Danny when he was younger.
China- That's Erin. (Yes and no)
Canada- Aww she's so cute with the panda/koala bear thingy that she's holding and stuff...
Romano- She's a waitress.
Spain- Your dad before he started smoking.
Prussia- An albino. Come on, he's an albino!
Austria- He looks like that what's his name Cheren guy from Pokemon! (True)
Hungary- She looks like your sister.
Switzerland- A Mean looking lesbian girl.
Liechtenstein- The straight version of the lesbian.
Ukraine- Okay. Are you SURE that what you're watching is appropriate? Me: Yes. (I lied!!! >)
Belarus- That's Grace when she gets older.
Lithuania- She's late for something.
Estonia- A big nerd. Kinda reminds me of that Parker guy you had to go to speech with.
Latvia- She looks like she's about to burst into tears any moment.
Poland- Your sister's friend.
Finland- He's definitely gay. Wait he's not? No... you're kidding me, he's totally gay.
Sweden- In a relationship with the gay guy. (A SuFin shipper, already?)
Norway- I'd stay away from her.
Denmark- A crazy rock and roll guy.
Iceland- A hipster without the glasses.
Belgium- I wish you were more like her.
Netherlands- We already did him!
Greece- A Christian.
Turkey- He works at the circus since he has a mask.
Egypt- ...Really? (Yes)
T.R.N.C.- The last guy but with a different hat.
Taiwan- You when you were younger.
S. Korea- A Japanese man, just like everyone else only more Japanese looking. (But isn't Japan "Chinese"?)
Hong Kong- You as a boy.
Vietnam- She looks like a boy.
Thailand- Didn't we already do him?
Seychelles- I like her. She's pretty.
Sealand- Justin Bieber.
Monaco- A secretary.
Romania- We did her also, didn't we?
Cuba- That guy who annoyed you in the 5th grade.
Ausralia- A zookeeper.
Wy- She's not from Hetalia, she's Misty from Pokemon! (I can relate to that)
Seborga- The pizza guy. I'm getting tired, let's finish this.
Bulgaria- That's the first guy, isn't it?
Rome- Your dad. (I thought Spain was my dad)
Germania- Your grandpa as a hippie. (LOL)
Chibi Romano- That's you. (Oh boy, look at all these f##ks I give.)
Chibitalia- Member when you checked out all those comics at the library a few years back? She looks like one of characters from that book or something. (She's talking about Suu from Shugo Chara)
HRE- A pirate baby thing.
Mom: So what's it about?
Me: Oh, it's like Spongebob. Except each character is a country. (Whenever anyone that is mainly an adult asks me what a show I like is about, I always tell them it's like Spongebob.)
Mom: Is it appropriate.
Me: Yes.
Mom: How did you find this?
Me: Oh, my friends watch it.
Mom: Is there a Philippines? (She was born in the Philippines)
Me: No. There is a character like that in the fandom, though.
Mom: How is there not a Philippines?
Me: It's about World Wars 1 and 2.
Mom: Oh.
(Extra note: I look like a mix between Belarus, with the hair style and Russian heritage and Seychelles, with the hair color and eye color. Also, when my mom puts her hair in a ponytail, her hair looks almost exactly like China's. No joke.)
Erin and Grace (both mentioned) are the friends that I had back in elementary school, just so you know.
If you saw how I compared Hetalia to Spongebob, then you know I have serious issues.
If you saw how I compared Hetalia to Spongebob, then you know I have serious issues.


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Meet the Artist: DJ Naehritz
Thursday, May 6th, 7-9pm
Cafe Izmir
3711 Greenville Ave / Dallas
Meet the Artist DJ Naehritz during an evening reception, where DJ's original abstract paintings will be featured. Art will remain on display through the month of May. A complimentary champagne toast will be offered at end of the artist reception.
Artist Bio:
From fashioner to painter, DJ Naehritz, has been an artist most of her life. Although a native Texan, she spent many of her formative years on the west coast. Having lived in a liberating atmosphere influences her work today. Her bold, impasto abstractions are highly atypical and pull the viewer into the work to consider the interplay of form and texture. Her use of color and the way her palate intermingles is at times warming and sensual, other times bold and engaging. Her compelling compositions are rich with complex texture and depth. Each piece slowly unlocks itself to the viewer who invests the time, presenting itself on many levels both conscious and subconscious. Her style is unconventional, but that is expected considering she has never played by the rules, however, there is always an exception and hers is to make each day count


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I try to find the size of my disk, so i runned the below command
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It shows like above. I think the size(
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Model, Communications Satellite, Syncom
The Syncom communication satellites (Syncom 1, 2, and 3), developed by the Hughes Aircraft Company and launched from 1963 to 1964, were instrumental in demonstrating the feasibility of space-based communications from geostationary orbit. This orbit, more than 22,000 miles (35, 405 km) above the Earth's equator, allows a satellite to "sit" constantly over a specific region of the Earth, providing a consistent, reliable pathway for communications.
Syncom 3 helped provide television coverage to the United States of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, demonstrating the ability of satellites to facilitate long-distance communications.
Hughes Aircraft donated this 1/24 scale model to the Museum in 1975.
Gift of Hughes Aircraft Co.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Aircraft Co.
- Type
- MODELS-Unmanned Spacecraft & Parts
- Materials
- Plastic, brass, aluminum
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Pittsburgh 8/5/68
(Ted Kennedy, 2013, 2.5 min)
IMAGE: Raid at Erectors Club (Pittsburgh 8/5/68).
SOUND: "Turn Around, Look At Me" by The Vogues (Pittsburgh 6/15/1968).
Pittsburgh 8/5/68 is part of a series of films based on the original 16mm camera rolls from a Pittsburgh TV news station during 1968/69.
Directed by Ted Kennedy
Wednesday, March 20 7:15pm
Films in Competition 1
Memorial Land, the most recent documentary by Bill Brown included with other experimental, documentary and animated films.


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College Hockey:Badgers' Power Play Stops Michigan Tech, 4-2
Winchester, Doman Help Wisconsin Down Huskies
HOUGHTON, Mich. — Brad Winchester and Matt Doman scored power-play goals in the third period as Wisconsin broke open a close game and defeated Michigan Tech 4-2 on Saturday night.
While on his knees in front of the net, Winchester flipped the puck over the shoulder of Tech goaltender Brian Rogers for the game-winner at 9:58. Doman then added another power-play tally at 13:18 to secure the weekend sweep for the Badgers (4-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA).
"Our power play came through when we needed it to," Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer said. "They scored those last two goals and put it away for us and Graham Melanson played great."
Said Winchester: "Tech is a lot better than they were last year. We're real happy to come in here and get two wins."
Dany Heatley opened the scoring at the 9:15 mark of the opening period. Just after he stepped out of the penalty box, Heatley took a pass from Andy Wheeler, raced in and beat Rogers.
Less than four minutes later, Paul Cabana evened it up for the Huskies when he scored a power-play goal from Matt Ulwelling and Brad Patterson.
The first period was physical and penalty-filled. In addition to the 15 minor penalties called, Michigan Tech's Jon Pittis received a five-minute major and a game disqualification for kicking. While being pinned in the corner by Alex Brooks, Pittis appeared to kick the Badger defenseman in the neck.
Wisconsin's David Hukalo scored the only goal of the second period with assists from Rob Vega and Winchester.
The Huskies' Mat Snesrud made it a 2-2 tie when he slipped the puck past Badgers' goaltender Melanson at 1:58 of the final period.
But Melanson came up big after that and held Tech off until the Wisconsin power play could go to work later in the period. The senior workhorse made 45 saves, including 18 in the third to seal the victory.
Brian Rogers made 39 saves for Michigan Tech (0-2-1, 0-2-0).
"I thought that for the most part the team played real well," said Huskies' coach Tim Watters. "They did what we asked of them and they stuck to the game plan. We're shooting the puck more and we're skating to open ice a little better than we've done in the past."
Wisconsin was 2-for-6 on the power play. The Huskies finished 1-for-11.
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Any degree-seeking student with fewer than 60 completed credit hours is required to contact an advisor before registering for classes. Remember that many times your advisor has connections that could lead to your future career. It is a good idea to work with your advisor for your entire college career.
BHSU - Rapid City - Katie Pavel is the general academic advisor at BHSU-Rapid City and will be listed as the secondary advisor for all students who are designated as BHSU-RC students. She can assist with registration and can answer general education questions. As students complete coursework within their required major, they should contact their primary advisor for information regarding their program, internship opportunities, and career development. Undeclared majors can meet with Katie; once they declare a major, they will have a faculty advisor assigned to them.


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Spanish Major - Bachelor of Arts:Honors in Major
Students who may or may not be in the University Honors Program, but who meet the requirements for honors work in major, are entitled to graduate with Honors in Selected Major on their diploma and academic record. If you pursue this option, you must take at least 16 credits of Honors work in your major.
Spanish majors who have entered the University in the fall of 2008 and in subsequent years and have achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.4 may elect to graduate with honors. Students enrolled prior to the fall of 2008 need a minimum GPA of 3.2. This can be accomplished by doing honors work in any combination of three courses listed below, plus a Senior Honors thesis (Spanish 799). Honors students are expected to do extra readings, attend tutorial meetings and complete at least one additional paper or project in the courses designated as "Honors." Honors students must maintain an overall minimum GPA of 3.4 and 3.4 in the course work for the major.
Courses for Honors in the Spanish Major (16 credits)
Students will complete a total of three Spanish courses using any combination listed below:
- Any two 600 level courses* and one 700 level course*
- One 600 level course* and two 700 level courses*
- Three 700 level courses*
- an Honors Thesis
*These courses must be designated as Honors courses, using the Honors Designation Form, during the first three weeks of registration*
Note: Courses in the 600 level category may be taken in Spain in the UNH Study Abroad Program in Granada with prior approval and supervision by a member of the UNH Spanish faculty. All arrangements must be made with the supervising professor before departure for Granada.
Spanish 799: Seniors Honors (4 cr.)
In addition to the three 700 courses required to complete the major, Honors students must write a Senior Thesis (Spanish 799). In this course, which is the last taken among the Honors courses, the student will undertake a research project supervised by a Professor in the Spanish Program. The topic of the Senior Honors Thesis will be chosen by the student under the guidance of a Professor familiar with the subject. The work includes the following phases: proposal development, bibliographical search preparation, critique of drafts, and submission of a written thesis. The student will finally make an oral presentation of the project to faculty and students in the department.
- Eligible students who are interested in doing Honors in Spanish should talk to their advisor to receive information about the program and complete the application form.
- During pre-registration time, the student should meet with the professor with whom he/she will take the Honors course to fill out the "Honors in Spanish Proposal Form." A copy of the completed form must be given to the coordinator of Honors in the Major, who will keep it in the student's folder. The student will register for SPAN 799 with a signature from their Honors advisor.
- The proposal for Spanish 799 must be completed and submitted to the coordinator of the Spanish Honors Program before the end of the semester prior to that in which the work will be done. It is the student's responsibility to make all arrangements with the professor who will supervise the project. The initial contact with the supervising professor to discuss the project and obtain approval should be made well before pre-registration.


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On March 1st Brooklyn based female singer-songwriter Christina Rubino released her full-length debut album, Alive from the Scrapheap. The candid nature of the album plays more like an audio journal than a neatly packaged playlist of songs. Christina Rubino has a resounding message that is as solemn as it is true. With lyrics like: 'you can open up your chest / and hope your heart sings / jump from the rooftops / and hope to sprout wings / cry on the shoulders of gypsies and Kings / believe me that won't do anything,' it's no wonder she's garnered such critical acclaim.
The aforementioned lyrics are pulled from, 'Get Away,' an opener about redemption and rebirth. A kick drum launches the song: it's round, warm, and not in your face, yet the perpetual four on the floor pattern seems to drive the song like an unyielding locomotive. A billowing harmonica motif seems to play call and response with her lyric heavy melodies. And her vocals perch splendidly over the shimmering twangs of acoustic steel stings. There's no better way to start things off.
'Pending the Last Soul' has weighty gospel influences not unlike Dylan's 'I shall be Released.' With biblical references drawn from the New Testament and quotes like: 'man cannot live on bread alone,' the song is laden with undertones of consumption and corruption, and the soulful wail of a guitar slide reinforces the idea. Although a cautionary tale, 'Pending the Last Soul' is a graceful tune with a sincere message.
'Waiting to Break' is a sullen slow-tempo number with a strong use of imagery and a keen sense of musical aesthetic. The incorporation of text painting is used when the song—in an uncanny manner—ambles to a snare hit that emulates the ticking of a clock. Eventually Christina utters: 'my mind is a prison / my behavior is a prison / I am a prison / locked in my own cell,' a sense of anxiety and anticipation begin to set in. She goes on, 'every time I flip a coin it lands on tails / so I'll just keep on these short, dark dirty trails / smoke some cigarettes and bite off all my nails.' Her dark imagery swirls with a certain beauty that leaves much to the imagination.
Christina's music and words mellifluously pour out of her with a candid intimacy that could only come from someone that's been there. Some people go their whole lives with a Dylanesque old-soul wisdom, and never find it in themselves to express their flaws and frailties with such fortitude. The album is truly a landmark for Ms. Rubino not only as an artist but also as an individual with the integrity and perseverance to rise above personal struggle. The self-actualizing record can be found here: Alive from the Scrapheap.


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We recently observed the 40th anniversary of the first landing of human beings on the moon. That event expands the imagination as it considers the possibilities of what human beings can achieve. Building on this theme, the Catholic Vote organization created a pro-life ad which shows the baby in the womb developing toward taking his first step, and then shows the first steps of the Apollo 11 crew on the moon. The ad invites people to imagine the possibilities that are open to every human life.
We have no idea of how much our world has lost in the tens of millions of lives that are ended each year by abortion. What goals would have been achieved, what progress made, what Divine plans fulfilled, had these individuals been allowed to live?


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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has scuttled plans to launch 50 new super stores in Germany by 2003, the latest sign that shoppers in Europe's biggest market are still cool on its all-American approach.
With little fanfare, the humbled store operator said Friday it plans to open doors at only two locations this year, leaving it far off the goal set last July by Wal-Mart's then-top European executive Allan Leighton, who has since resigned.
"We will concentrate on our existing operations, but we are also interested in continuing our expansion," said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Andrea Hahn, who called last year's plans "optimistic."
Hahn declined to forecast how many stores would be opened by 2003 but said it would be fewer than the 50 once touted by Leighton.
When Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart broke into the European market by buying 21 German stores in 1998, it was hailed as a healthy injection of American consumerism. Bulk buying, deep discounts and service with a smile seemed just the antidote for the country's downtrodden shoppers.
But three years later, Wal-Mart is still trying to find its feet.
"I think Wal-Mart was expecting one or two years of start-up losses. But it's taking more time and money than expected," said Thilo Kleibauer, a retail analyst with M.M. Warburg in Hamburg.
Wal-Mart does not release earnings figures for its German operations, but various estimates say they chalked up losses of 400 million to 500 million marks ($184 million to $230 million) last year, according to Kleibauer.
Part of the problem is that Wal-Mart is still a small player in Germany, with only 94 stores compared to the 200 outlets of No. 1 rival Real, a division of Metro AG, the continent's second largest retailer. Wal-Mart's fledgling empire was diminished further when its Cologne store burned down in a suspected arson.
Wal-Mart's yearly sales in Germany are estimated at around 6 billion marks ($2.8 billion), less than half Real's 14 billion mark ($6.4 billion) intake.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Susanne Mueller declined to say whether her company was in the red, but said it was still meeting its own internal earnings expectations.
But without more stores, Wal-Mart finds it is difficult to build up the bulk purchasing chains that make it affordable to sell at a discount.
Wal-Mart is also being stung by the fact that it's tried-and-true recipe of friendly service and unbeatable discounts works well in the United States, but not in Germany.
"For example, Wal-Mart tries to focus on price, but German households tend to place more emphasis on trusted brands," Kleibauer said.
Palatial shopping outlets with parking lots the size of soccer fields are sometimes daunting to Germans accustomed to buying groceries at the corner mom-and-pop.
So are Wal-Mart's trademark greeters, who welcome customers in a blue frock emblazoned with "How may I help YOU?" in bright yellow lettering - a stark contrast to the gruff indifference meted out by many German shop owners.
Even wooing picky customers with low prices has been a challenge for Wal-Mart. In fact, Wal-Mart was ordered last summer by the Federal Cartel Office to raise prices that were found too low to be legal.
The ruling, which also affected two German competitors, cited a German law that prohibits selling below cost - and put a chill on the spiraling price wars that Wal-Mart triggered when it moved to town.
Still, analysts say it's too soon to rule Wal-Mart out.
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Actor Eric Stonestreet Discusses Playing Gay Character On 'Modern Family'Actor and Comedian Eric Stonestreet discusses playing a gay character on the hit television show, 'Modern Family.'
SugarHouse Cuts Ribbon On Just Completed $164M ExpansionSugarHouse Casino believes its $164-million expansion over the last two years will entice a broader segment of visitors to the property on the Philadelphia waterfront.
Many Festivities Planned For New Year's Eve In PhiladelphiaDo you have plans for New Year's Eve yet?
Philadelphia May Condemn Property For Delaware Riverfront TrailThe city of Philadelphia may try to condemn a piece of property along the Delaware River for part of a planned 3.3 mile bicycle and walking trail.
Philadelphia Casino Gives $1 Million For Local NeighborhoodsThe SugarHouse Casino wrote a $1 million check Tuesday to benefit members of the neighborhoods near the casino.
Business Offers Monetary Incentive To Employees For Papal WeekendThe Sugarhouse casino along Delaware Avenue near Spring Garden Street is just outside the traffic box security zone and it's hoping business will be brisk.
Steakhouse To Open At SugarHouse Casino As Part Of Expansion ProjectA Chicago steakhouse will open at the end of the year as part of the casino's $164 million expansion project.
Topping Off Ceremony Marks Expansion For SugarHouse CasinoSugarHouse fought a second casino license for Philadelphia, arguing the market was saturated, but it's adding hundreds of new slots and dozens of new table games.
Pa. Casino Regulators Hear Sugarhouse Request For 3-Year License RenewalManagement spoke about how the gambling hall has been a responsible neighbor in Fishtown while keeping more than 1,200 jobs in the city.
Police: SugarHouse Casino Patron Robbed At GunpointPolice say the victim reported being robbed at gunpoint around 5 a.m. Saturday after leaving the casino with $12,000 in cash.
Pa. Lawmakers Hear From Casino Execs About How to Protect the Gambling Industry HereA Pennsylvania House committee charged with overseeing casino gambling within the commonwealth held a pair of hearings in our region, looking into ways to keep the industry more competitive.
SugarHouse Casino's Gourmet Jazz BrunchGeneral Manager Wendy Hamilton talks about the delicious SugarHouse Casino Gourmet Jazz Brunch, while Executive Chef Eric Goldberg prepares the prefect omelet.