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The very best in video games received honors Wednesday night 3/19/2014 at the Independent Games Festival Awards Ceremony in San Francisco. The 16th annual event honored outstanding development of the most influential games in the industry.
Close to 375 judges evaluated candidates for the 2014 IGF Awards. Those judges then chose the finalists from more than 650 entrants. Some of the finalists were up for multiple awards, including Device 6, Simogo's visual, textual, hybrid audio mobile game.
There were eight major categories with prizes awarded, Wednesday, in the IGF competition. The Seumas McNally Grand Prize, worth $30,000, went to Papers, Please. From Lucas Pope, this game is about work as a border crossing guard. Papers, Please also picked up two additional awards at the ceremony. It was awarded a $3,000 prize for Excellence in Design, and an additional $3,000 prize for Excellence in Narrative.
In other awards categories, Excellence in Audio, with a $3,000 prize, went to Device 6.
Excellence in Visual Art, with a $3,000 prize, went to Gorogoa. The Nuovo Award, with a $5,000 prize, went to Luxuria Superbia. Best Student Game was awarded to Risk of Rain. The coveted Audience Award for 2014 went to The Stanley Parable.
The awards ceremony at IGF was introduced by Chairman of the IGF, Bradon Boyer. It was hosted by Nathan Vella of Capy Games. Following the IGF Awards, Wednesday night, were the Game Developers Choice Awards, recognizing the best games of the year.
Both the IGF Awards and Game Developers Choice Awards are part of the larger 2014 Game Developers Conference going on through Friday of this week at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. The event is in its 28th year. All of the IGF finalist games are available this week for play at the IGF Pavilion of the conference.


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Here are some important events in TV history for today:
On this date in 1968, "The Monkees" ended.
On this date in 1972, "Bewitched" went off the air.
"Sanford and Son" ended on this date in 1977.
Here are some important birthdays for today:
Marcia Cross from "Desperate Housewives" was born today.
Sarah Jessica Parker from "Sex in the City" was born on this date.
Paul Michael Glaser from "Starsky and Hutch" observes a birthday today.
Sports caster Howard Cosell was born today.
Lee pace from "Pushing Daisies" was born on this date.
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I've compiled Tracker from sources as described here. But when running 'tracker-control' it says something about not being able to load libtracker-miner-0.12.so.0 (see error message below). Where can I get this library? (I am not interested in using the pre-packaged .debs as I want to use it for development.)
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I mean, they just prop up Labour, don't they?
Well, they did get an extra £55m into Scottish education.
OK, But apart from that
And if your kids go to university, they won't be faced with a £1,000 bill before they're even allowed through the door.
Well obviously, we all know about that. But what about the rest? They've just abandoned their principles to get power.
Well....... Scotland now has the most powerful Freedom of Information Act in the UK. A pretty basic Liberal Democrat principle, put in place by a Liberal Democrat Justice Minister.
It's easy to find one example…
Actually over 70% of their manifesto promises are in place or being delivered.
Oh well, that can't be many.
185 to be precise.
Well, that's just paper promises. What about real life?
Free personal care for the elderly has been delivered, unlike in England.
Look, you're missing the point here. Everyone knows they're a useless bunch that can't win.
That's why they've got more MPs than the SNP?
That's not...
And more Scottish councillors than the Tories?
So what was your point again?
What? Oh, right, er, so apart from putting extra money in education, scrapping tuition fees, a fair deal for teachers, free personal care for the elderly, freedom of information and all the rest……..WHAT HAVE THE LIB DEMS EVER DONE FOR US?
Look, how does this sound? We give them a say in Government, and they give us what we want from it.
Er.... I suppose when you put it that way, it actually sounds quite good.
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Photographic proof of why Galway City Ireland is the best port of call for Ocean Racers,the craic was mighty! Day time off-shore events, evening top Irish cuisine ,later music from Sharon Shannon & friends,The Stunning,Hot House Flowers,ASLAN.No wonder the Volvo Ocean Race teams wished to stay..160 pages tell the tale
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Just a couple of questions, if the friend is in a instance, you cant normaly teleport to them unless your in there group. Will it still charge you after failing to get in?
Also can the other player stop the person appearing at there location if it's anoying them?
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Kate Middleton Hospital Pranksters Suspended After Nurse's Suicide
The two Australian DJs who pranked Kate Middleton's hospital have suspended themselves from their radio show in the wake of the apparent suicide of the nurse they duped. The company that owns the station released a statement saying, "Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) and 2Day FM are deeply saddened by the tragic news of the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha from King Edward VII's Hospital and we extend our deepest sympathies to her family and all that have been affected by this situation around the world."
SCA says hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who pretended to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles inquiring on Middleton's condition, are "deeply shocked" by the situation. The company adds, "SCA and the hosts have decided that they will not return to their radio show until further notice out of respect for what can only be described as a tragedy."
Saldanha was found dead in London on Friday morning, just a few days after she mistakenly put another nurse on the phone with the radio hosts.


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New Giant Step contributor Lily Kane ruminates on the worldwide pop star Uffie. Expect more from Lily in the future…
A new guilty pleasure in my life is Uffie, the American-born, Hong-Kong raised, cute-as-a-button electro chick. But the more I learn about her (she's been working with Steve Aoki and Ed Banger Records' crew for a minute now), the less guilty I feel. Hell, I'm proud of it. I'd wear a hot neon Uffie T-shirt. Wanna fight about it?
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The first time I heard Uffie, it was a while ago in some iPod DJ mix (I wanna say Girl Talk. Either that, or my cousin's mix, it doesn't matter.) The mix contained a bit of Uffie's song "Hot Chick" with these fuck-off lyrics: 'I'm like, hot chick that you can't even touch / I'm like this cold-ass bitch and I ain't ready to suck'. So obviously I loved this girl immediately. They're questionable lyrics and I soon found out, as you will, that Uffie is just bursting with questionable lyrics. I would say this is a Level 1 on her personal Offensiveness Scale of 1-10. The lyrics, while always entertaining to me, are mostly idiotic, but the songs are perfect party anthems.


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Here's how Priyanka Chopra was CHOSEN OVER Kangana Ranaut for the Padma Shri award!2 months ago 0
The Tanu Weds Manu Returns actress was also recommended for the prestigious award... Kangana Ranaut and Priyanka Chopra are the finest actresses of… Read Article ▶
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The actor received the award from the President of India... Ajay Devgn, who has been busy shooting for his upcoming film Shivaay in Bulgaria, made… Read Article ▶
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Look what we just saw... Abhishek Bachchan is set to suit up for a very special event today. The actor will be attending the investiture ceremony of… Read Article ▶
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Here's what the megastar had to say about the honour Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was named for one of the highest civilian awards of the country… Read Article ▶
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The famous lyricist, poet, author and filmmaker will also receive the highest cinema award this year Gulzar has been selected to get the 2013… Read Article ▶
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Q&A: When Do I Need Flooring Underlay?
From Margaret Everton on April 17, 2008 in Flooring
It seems there's hardly a situation where an underlayment beneath could be considered a bad idea. An underlay really can only help your flooring by reducing sound transmission, prolonging its life, and keeping the floor level. The more apt question might be: Which type of underlay do I need? In general, flooring underlay is added on top of the subfloor to provide a nice, even surface for the finish flooring. But there are several other benefits to using an underlay. Underlay reduces floor-to-ceiling sound transmission. It literally acts as a sound barrier against that clickety-clack of shoes tramping up and down the hallway or in and out of the kitchen. Underlayment is also available with a damp proof membrane (DPM) which rests between your floor and the subfloor below. This membrane prevents moisture from attacking your floor from beneath. NOTE: If you are installing a new floor, of any type, onto a concrete slab you MUST use a damp proof membrane. Not only will this vastly improve the durability of your floor, but failure to do so may void any warranty on your flooring. There are different types of underlayment for different types of flooring. Sometimes they are interchangeable, sometimes not. For a tile floor you want a very rigid, very level underlay. That is why cement board is necessary. Wood expands and contracts far too much for tile and will result in cracking or corners protruding at uneven angles. Obviously with carpet you want foam padding, but not only for a softer feel, it also protects the carpet from premature wear by acting as a shock absorber. For laminate flooring you will want a foam, floatation padding. These are only very general tips. For any particular type of flooring there are a slew of options for underlayment. You need to choose the underlay that works best with the location of your floor, your specific flooring, and your lifestyle. Your local retail outlet or your flooring contractor should be able to guide you and answer any questions or concerns.


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End of Butter Rationing
Butter Rationing ended in May 1954. This sort of window display in one of the 40 or so of Peark's Dairies Ltd stores would have been a almost a distant memory for the people of Birmingham. When rationing ended shop keepers were once again able to make attractive displays of their wares. and customers eager to taste previously rationed goods would empty the shop windows.
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Catering to those wanting to build up a swish looking HTPC for their loungeroom enjoyment, Sharkoon have just issued out an announcement which details their new standalone Home Digital HD-3 case.
Sharkoon is presenting its new Home Digital HD-3 home theatre case, whose design and features make it the perfect living room PC. The user can assemble his own individual entertainment center using whichever components and operating system he likes, and the integrated vacuum-fluorescent display, remote control, and included iMON software offer diverse options for displaying information and operating the system. Measuring 435 x 148 x 460 mm (w x h x d), the HD-3 is compatible with pre-existing HiFi equipment, and the solid front plate of brushed aluminum gives the case an attractive look as well.
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How do I find information about atomic charges used in MacroModel calculations?
Usually, the partial atomic charges used in a computation are obtained from information stored with the force-field. However, MacroModel uses the charges that appear in the structure input file if the CHGF command appears in the command file. After a computation is complete, the charges (as determined by the force field in use) appear in the output structure file.
When the force-field file is used as the charge source, there are three types of information that affect the partial charges: bond dipoles, formal charges, and explicit substructure charges.
Bond Dipoles
Bond dipoles are stored in the stretch part of the force field. The following example is from the AMBER* force field:
The highlighted number is the bond dipole (D, in debye) that is applied between types CT and H1. Partial charges Q and -Q (in units of e) would be assigned to the atoms CT and H1 respectively based upon the relation:
Q = 0.2082 * Dipole/ L0
where L0 is the "natural" bond length in angstroms.
The charge for atoms which have more than one bonded attachment is the sum of all the contributions from the bond dipoles. This method of charge accounting has the significant advantage that it is guaranteed to maintain charge neutrality.
Formal Charges
Some atom types (like OM: O-) have a "formal" charge which is added to the partial atomic charge calculated by the bond dipole method.
Substructure Charges
Charge distribution information for substructures may be stored either as atomic charge or bond dipoles. There are a few cases where atomic charges are stored directly in the substructure part of the force field. In general, however, we have attempted to avoid this and most charges come from bond dipoles.
See the appendix entitled "The BMFF Protocol" in the MacroModel Reference Manual for further details.
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Although every single person should bake their own bread and gut their own fish at least once in their lifetime, most of this book's recipes are quick and do not rely heavily on meat for their flavor.
Part heritage cooking, part light California cuisine, this book blends Eastern European, Asian and Mexican influences and it's not about chasing dinner or laboring over it. It is about shooting from the hip when arriving home starving and craving something delicious, simple, and if at all possible, not guilt-inducing.
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It's telling how different Gruff Grimecleaver is from Mariel Twinspar. With Gruff, I know immediately who he is and what he does. With Mariel...well, I guess there are two...spars involved? Mariel stands around looking pretty, but she looks more like a model dressed in pirate clothes than an actual pirate.
Mariel does have one part of her attire that definitely makes her unique. She's missing an eye. This immediately makes her a little cooler; with a scimitar resting on her hip she has an Elle Driver-vibe from "Kill Bill" thing going on. Not my favorite sculpt for a female pirate (Finaela is much better). You can purchase this miniature at Amazon.
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Cocos Fire female arson suspect in court
SAN DIEGO - A girl accused of setting a San Marcos-area wildfire in May that blackened nearly 2,000 acres and destroyed at least 36 homes appeared before a judge in Juvenile Court Wednesday morning.
The juvenile suspect is accused of igniting the Cocos Fire on the afternoon of May 14. A judge ruled today that she must not be outside without her parents between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. She will have a curfew. She will also undergo a mental competency evaluation at the request of her attorney.
Deputy District Attorney Shawnalyse Ochoa would not reveal the exact charges.
The blaze was one of a spate of more than a dozen wildfires that erupted in the San Diego area in critically hot, dry and windy conditions and raged for days, burning down 65 structures, including 46 single-family homes. Several apartments and commercial structures also were destroyed.
The fires scorched tens of thousands of acres, forced hundreds of evacuations and temporarily closed numerous schools and businesses. Damage to private property was estimated at a total of $29.8 million. Officials set the costs of extinguishing the wildfires at $27.9 million.
The other major blazes included the Bernardo and Poinsettia fires. The Bernardo Fire was determined to have been accidentally sparked by a backhoe. The cause of the Poinsettia Fire is still under investigation.
Investigators have found no evidence linking the suspect in the Cocos Fire to any of the other fires, sheriff's officials said.
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Amanda's View: Photographing Women: Taking the plunge Part 2
By Amanda Knox
In my limited modeling experience, the most difficult thing has always been the face. So much can be conveyed through a facial expression. It's not as simple as deciding to smile. Minute muscles may compose all kinds of smiles—ecstatic, ironic, indulgent, concerned, condescending, embarrassed, communicative—the difference between them so subtle and yet so legible. Usually I don't think about what my face looks like while I'm emotionally responding to a context which might make me smile. When modeling, suddenly I am made aware of not just one, but two simultaneous expressions: 1) my face in context, self-conscious about the act of playing pretend in front of a camera; and 2) my intended face, conveying the character of the composed image. If I'm not careful, the self-consciousness of the first will eek its way into the second, compromising my expression entirely.
Amanda's View: The Stanford rape case: redirecting focus
By Amanda Knox
There has been a lot of discussion and shaming surrounding the Stanford rape case—of the defendant Brock Allen Turner, presiding Judge Persky, and the criminal justice system as a whole. It's the digital world equivalent of a lot of loud yelling, fist shaking, and rotten fruit throwing. There has, however, been fewer discussions—or lesser, quieter sentiments perhaps—about reparations for the victim. It's like we consider punishment and shaming as society's first responsibility, greatest strength, and ultimately effective means of seeking justice. As important as the prosecution and sentencing process is in the defense of sexual assault victims, we shouldn't rely so heavily on the perpetrator's punishment to right their wrong, especially when many, if not most, cases of sexual assault can't lead to prosecution, a guilty verdict, and sentencing at all.More ›
Amanda's View: Photographing Women: Breaking the Ice
By Amanda Knox
Dawndra Budd's photography is like a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. She captures dark, whimsical scenes that are rich with symbolism, and within those scenes, ethereal protagonists: Ophelia drowned in a bird's nest brimming with milk; Pandora curled up sleeping in a suitcase; a pensive debutante looking out over the sea; the White Lady obliterated by smoke, haunting a farmhouse.
What will Dawndra make of me?
I felt a twinge of nervousness at the prospect of entrusting my physical form to the vision of a stranger. But I also felt a twinge of nostalgia. My friend Madison often used to use me as a model in her photography projects. She also tended to have something elaborate in mind, involving costumes, props and, occasionally, some yoga prowess. Madison photographed me playing musical instruments on the roof of her apartment building, contorted into the crannies of a neighboring apartment undergoing renovation, asleep over a game of Scrabble in a deserted intersection in the middle of the night, to name just a few.More ›


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PARENTS of children who are being groomed for sexual exploitation are receiving specialist help from the first parent officer in the country.
Lindsay Dalton, from the Coalition for the Removal of Pimping, or CROP, works within the Engage team to specifically target parents.
She said one of the challenges was often getting parents to recognise signs and direct their anger at the groomer rather than their child which causes family breakdowns.
Lindsay, in her parent officer role has worked on 90 cases and currently has 25 active cases where she is offering low to high level support to families.
She revealed she had dealt with one case where parents of a 10-year-old girl were being for exploitation.
Lindsay said: "Just as the children who are being groomed get a distorted perspective the parents do too because they don't fully understand.
"Their child will say they want to be with the groomer and want to go with them.
"In my role I help parents understand that this turmoil can occur from the child as this that can lead to a family breakdown.
"A lot of parents believe and feel they are to blame for what has happened and we have to prevent this."
Engage is a multi-agency initiative to safeguard vulnerable youngsters in East Lancashire. It was launched around the time the Lancashire Telegraph's Keep Them Safe campaign uncovered the problem of gangs of older men grooming girls for sex in 2005.
Voluntary organisation CROP teamed up with Operation Engage team as it works to end the sexual exploitation of children and young people by pimps and traffickers.
Vulnerable parents are helped by the group once a referral has been made to the Engage team.
Lindsay said: "There are a lot of issues in Blackburn around children being exploited but there was nothing in place for parents in the safeguarding process.
"Sexual exploitation crosses all economic boundaries but a lot of children come from disadvantage backgrounds.
"The group sessions show other parents that sexual exploitation affects all spectrums of classes."


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If you have ever wanted to know more about the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association you will have an opportunity tomorrow night in Bridgeport. WIAA Executive Director Mike Colbreeze has accepted an invitation to participate in a public forum at the BridgeportHigh School scheduled for 5:30 PM.
The WIAA is the governing body of athletics and activities for secondary education schools in the state of Washington. They create and govern rules to establish uniformity of standards in sports and activities to protect the safety and health of students.
WIAA Director Colbreeze will provide a "WIAA 101" lesson of sorts, but if truth be told, it is the question and answer period he is looking forward to most.
All members of the public are welcome to join in the forum regardless of which school district you live in. The forum is scheduled for 5:30 PM tomorrow night at BridgeportHigh School.


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In an EPL Talk Special we speak with the creator of the Talk Network – Christopher Harris, a.k.a. The Gaffer.
We discuss the season so far and who he thinks deserve a special commendation in 2011. We also look at the highlights of the season so far and what The Gaffer expects in 2012.
There is also a look back at how EPL Talk has changed and how Chris sees the format of the site evolving as blogging continues to permeate the sporting hierarchy.
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How can I create a Usenet newsgroup?
I would like to create a Usenet discussion group in the Big Eight hierarchy. I am not interested in hosting a chat room or internet forum, or creating a newsgroup in alt.*.
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I'm not so sure I'm using the right terms in this question, but I will try to explain: Say I have a 3d surface, x axis and y are positives, z goes from 0-1. That surface has many "basins"(??), i.e. areas where all points go to a minima, and "mountains" i.e areas where all points go to a maxima. My questions are:
If I understand correctly, the minima of such a "pit" is the attractor, and the area around it where all points are starting to "move" toward this minima is the basin of attraction.
A. Is that correct ?
B. I want to find the radius of these basins, and their depth, How can I do that ?
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Apple Might Be the Bigger Loser in the Apple-Samsung Breakup
Sterling Wong
By turning to other chip manufacturers, Apple might have to pay more than the ultra cost-competitive Samsung.
It's widely considered to be one of the biggest head-scratchers in the tech industry:
(NASDAQ:AAPL), despite its bitter rivalry with
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But Apple appears to have finally made the decision to break up with Samsung. According to the
Korea Times
, the Cupertino, California-based company is leaving Samsung out of its project to develop its next-generation A7 application processors for future iPhones, iPads, and other mobile devices.
Previously, Apple had already reduced Samsung's role in supplying displays for its mobile devices, turning to the likes of
LG Display
(NYSE:LPL) and
(PINK:SHCAY) instead.
An Apple A6 processor. Source: MacWorld Australia
''Apple is cutting the use of Samsung displays for its products. Now the deterioration of ties has expanded to chips. You should remember that the application business is one of Samsung's new growth engines in which the firm is heavily investing,'' an official at a leading parts supplier to Samsung told the
Korea Times
Given the fact the Apple has filed several lawsuits alleging that Samsung has ripped off some of its ideas for use in its Galaxy devices, it is unsurprising that Apple has finally decided to stop relying on Samsung as a chip supplier.
"Rightly or wrongly -- and one can have a debate about that -- Apple seems to believe that by using Samsung as their foundry partner, they are somehow being disadvantaged with Samsung having better visibility of its roadmap, what features it's going to implement, etc.," Dr. Richard Windsor, founder of the mobile-focused blog
Radio Free Mobile
and a former tech analyst at Nomura, tells Minyanville. He also notes that he believes Samsung does not actually take advantage of any knowledge it gains from the Apple relationship.
"In order for Samsung's semiconductor division to make Apple's chips, it's got to have access to Apple's roadmap, but I believe that info is not shared with the handset business. My conclusions from looking at Samsung is that there is an effective Chinese wall in the operations of its different divisions," says Windsor.
(See also:
Samsung's Galaxy S4 Will Be the World's Fastest Smartphone, but Does That Really Matter?
"Samsung has been a major memory chip supplier to mobile phone companies for many, many years. If any of these guys even got a hint that they were unfairly treated by Samsung in the same regard that people are worrying about with Apple, I think those customers would've disappeared a long time ago," Windsor continues.
"Memory is a commodity they can buy elsewhere. There are plenty of other options like
SK Hynix
(KRX:000660) and
(PINK:TOSBF). The fact that they go back to Samsung, of course, is because Samsung is a big gorilla in memory and can sell it cheaper than anyone else. But at the same time, they can take comfort in knowing that Samsung is operating as a proper company." Whether or not Samsung has copied Apple's ideas or technology, Apple appears to have made up its mind and is turning toward
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
(NYSE:TSM) to develop its processors.
Windsor, however, says that Apple might be hurt in its pivot away from Samsung because TSMC parts are more expensive.
"It's worth bearing in mind that Samsung has accepted lower margins [for its chips] than TSMC has to date. And this makes it a little more difficult for Apple to go to TSMC, because if TSMC gives Apple a special deal in terms of price, then everyone else is going to want it," says Windsor, adding that TSMC might thus end up having to cut its prices for all its clients, which is not likely a situation it desires.
And if Apple is unable to use its bargaining power to lower prices, then it will have to accept a higher cost of goods sold as a result of going to TSMC.
(See also:
Apple's Stock Price Is Still Dropping (So Why Are You Still Interested?
"TSMC might have to cut its price a bit, but it's still not going to be as cheap as Samsung, But it would all depend on how negotiations work out," opines Windsor.
As for Samsung, Windsor believes that the company will not be greatly affected if it loses Apple as a client since it can fill the gap Apple leaves with burgeoning in-house demand. For example, Samsung's semiconductor division manufactures its Exynos-branded processors, which will power future Galaxy devices. Samsung's Galaxy smartphone has grown dramatically in recent years to become the leading challenger to the iPhone in the global smartphone market
Windsor also points out that Samsung could also grow external demand for its chips, given the problems TSMC has had with its 28-nanometer chip-production process, which has caused
(NASDAQ:QCOM) to explicitly state that it wants to look for an alternative chipmaker.
"Because of TSMC's problems, many other semiconductor companies that have been fairly reliant on TSMC to date have been looking to perhaps find a second source for their foundry partner just to spread the risk a bit," shares Windsor, highlighting that
(NASDAQ:NVDA) is another company that could potentially be looking to diversify away from TSMC, which would be when Samsung steps in.
(See also:
A Budget iPhone Is a Bad Idea.
However, the aforementioned official at a leading parts supplier to Samsung told the
Korea Times
that Samsung does not want to lose Apple's business.
''If Samsung fails to win Apple orders for A7 chips, then some of Samsung's system chip-manufacturing lines will be stopped. That's a scenario Samsung really doesn't want to see.''
To Windsor, Apple does not have a good business or strategic reason to completely cut itself off from Samsung, given his "view that Samsung does operate professionally with Apple."
"I would say that people go to Samsung because it has high-quality manufacturing and because it offers very good pricing given their scale. Thus, if Apple sources their material somewhere else, they'd have to suffer higher cost of goods sold as a result of it," asserts Windsor.
"Samsung would suffer somewhat from a lack of scale. But because they've been growing a lot recently, if they can fill in the loss of Apple with other companies looking to outsource, or in-house business, then they'd be less affected."
(See also:
My Apple iMac Is Starting to Look Like a Toaster
Was It Necessary for Apple to Kowtow to China?
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This is Deepak from Bahadurgarh, Haryana and an alumnus of NIT Durgapur - ECE.....class of 2007......
I ll be answering all queries related to admissions for this yr for NIT Durgapur
The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India (formerly the Regional Engineering College, Durgapur), was established under an Act of the Parliament of India in 1960 as one of the eight RECs. It is a fully funded technological institution of the government of India and is administered by an autonomous Board of Governors.
In 2010, NIT-Durgapur celebrated its Golden Jubilee (completing 50 years). The institute is one of the 14 RECs established between 1959 and 1965. In August 2007 NIT Durgapur was declared an Institute of National Importance under the NIT Act(before 2005 it was controlled by Burdwan University), and thus enabling it and other NITs to become centres of excellence like IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology).
Rs. 21500/- for CSE, ECE, ITy, BOT.
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Hostel Rs. 2100/-
Branches Offered
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2 Chemical Engg (CHE) 46
3 Civil Engg (CIV) 46
4 Computer Sc.& Engg (CSE) 68
5 Electrical Engg (EE) 68
6 Electronics & Communication Engg (ECE) 68
7 Information Technology (IT) 68
8 Mechanical Engg (ME) 102
9 Metallurgical & Materials Engg (MME) 56
There are seven hostels for boys and two hostels for girls to accommodate all the admitted students.
Halls of Residence
Netaji Subhash Hall (Hall # 1)
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Vivekananda Hall (Hall # 5)
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Whenever a Puri Jagannath movie is being shot, more than anything else, the schedules in Bangkok take the center stage. There are several dark stories behind what actually goes on there. Recently, at the audio function of Devudu Chesina Manushulu, Puri had introduced a Tour coordinator in Bangkok, He said, 'Eeyane maaku Bangkoklo em kavalante adhi arrange chestharu Bangkoklo'. For which the tour coordinator said 'Saar, please em kavalante adhi anakandi vere meaning vasthundhi'.
This fetish for Bangkok started with Puri himself. He always go there for story sittings, music sittings and shoot major portion of his movies there. But now, he did not shoot a single day for Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu there. It is said that Pawan strictly urged him to stay away from the abroad schedules so that movie does not stay in bad air for wrong reasons.


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Everywhere you go on the internet today, people are expressing their sorrow over the death of Robin Williams. When I heard the news, I too was devastated. Yet when we discovered it was suicide, the grief deepened. Why? That answer is probably different for the many ways we perceived him. Some miss him for his funny movies, his quirky lines from Mork and Mindy, his amazing diverse roles as Mrs. Doubtfire, Dead Poets Society, Jumanji, and a plethora more. My children grew up with him, the voice of Alladin and character in Happy Feet. Robin Williams became part of the collective American conscience.
So we grieve for the tragic loss of an American icon, a beloved actor. My distress is of another sort with spiritual implications. He died of his own doing, depressed and with no hope. My heart breaks for him. Could not one person penetrate this glamorous, incredibly successful actor? Was there no one in Hollywood that could break through his successful armor and extend the love of Jesus? Perhaps someone had tried. I know the Christian radio station in our area, The Sound of Life prays weekly for the rich and famous.
Perhaps he was closed to the gospel because of his liberal leaning. But Jesus was the most liberal, giving person to ever walk the face of the earth. Why do Christians have to be labeled as narrow minded, right wing fanatics? That is only a small percentage of us. Could not a true representative of Christ show who Jesus really is? A lover of the downtrodden, the depressed, the rich and the poor, the healer of the emotionally and physically sick, wonderful counselor, the hope of nations. Somehow Robin Williams missed that message.
The Bible does state that it is "easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle, then to enter the kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:24). Perhaps that was his problem. His riches and fame insulated him from needing Jesus. Yet the Bible says its difficult, but not impossible. Then why didn't his depression cause him to seek the love of God? Perhaps Mr. Williams was never directed that way. With the professionals attending him, probably the best in the field, did not one of them direct Robin to the Savior of the World? Did not one, "carpe diem" seize the day? While each man and woman has to make their own choice about what to do with Jesus, it is also the responsibility of the church to truly represent the life of Christ.
We, the church have many tools at our disposal. We can first pray, reach out to the lost and hurting, support Christian ministries, be creative in our witness, produce movies with a dynamic Christian theme, write articles, books, devotions etc., volunteer, become counselors, pastors, teachers and a plethora of other ways to reach our communities. In essence, we can show a hurting, lost world the love of God and the hope of all mankind, Jesus.
The hour is getting late. More people are becoming depressed and hopeless. Carpe diem. Seize the day.


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The Toby Keith Foundation announced the opening of the Ok Kids Korral later this month as reported by A Taste of Country on November 9, 2013.
The Ok Kids Korral will open on Thursday, November 21, 2013. The Ok Kids Korral will be located on the Oklahoma Health Center Campus in Oklahoma City, Ok. The center was established for pediatric cancer patients and their families.
The Toby Keith Foundation has been working on this project for ten years. The goal of the Ok Kids Korral is to "provide lodging and peace of mind to children battling cancer. To keep them together, focused on healing and not spending hours commuting or going out of state for treatment," as explained by Juliet Nees-Bright, the Executive Director of the facility.
The facility covers 25,000 sq. ft. of state of the art accommodations, 16 rooms, 12 overnight suites with sleeping capacities of five people and four daytime suites. A neutropenic wing is available for children with comprised immune systems, a gourmet kitchen, indoor playroom, outdoor playground, gameroom, theater room, laundry room, resource room and a reflection room.
The facility will allow families to stay together when a child is undergoing cancer treatments. There is no charge to the families for use of the facility.
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At Last, a Way to Smash Bernie's Balls
A new toy for those scammed by the Ponz.
If paying $99 for a Smash-Me Bernie doll is out of reach of your post-Ponzi budget, Sleazeballs has come up with a more price-appropriate — more appropriate in general, considering Bern's demographic — toy on which to take out your rage: Bernie Madoff golf balls. They'll be a hit at the Palm Beach Country Club! For those who can still afford dues, anyway. [Sleazeballs]


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Senior Project Manager
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- Canary Wharf
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- Negotiable - depending on experience
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- 28 Feb 2014
- Closes
- 28 Mar 2014
- Sector
- Advertising, Business Magazines, Consumer Magazines, Creative Agency, Customer Publishing, Digital / Online
- Function
- Project Management
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Role: Senior Project Manager
Department: Contract Publishing
Location: Main offices – Canary Wharf, London
Our client is seeking a driven and dynamic individual to join its rapidly growing media services division. Reporting directly to the Head of Projects, the applicant will be part of one of the most vibrant and profitable aspects of the business.
The successful applicant will demonstrate strong business acumen and awareness to help promote sustained growth and increased profitability. This role is about maintaining and developing relationships with key high profile clients and ensuring all work is delivered to the highest standards of quality, on time and in budget.
Highly organised, personable and commercially minded, the successful candidate will be an outstanding communicator and motivator on all levels, working in a small but expandingteam on a range of projects with a broad spectrum of clients. You will be encouraged and supported in exploring new opportunities in other sectors or specialisms, developingthe currentclient base and achieving professional development working in a varied and challenging role.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 5 years media experience working in a relevant Account Manager role
- Previous project management experience in managing multiple projects from start to finish – pitch, planning, budgets, strategy, execution
- Background in managing high level corporate clients
- Educated to A-level standard (degree preferred)
- Highly proficient across MS Office (Adobe suite advantageous)
Required Skills
- Strong business acumen with innovative approach to commercial development
- Excellent problem solving and relationship management skills
- Personable, consultative approach
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
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Photo: The Living Cafe
For hearty, North Indian and Nepalese fare
This establishment may not seem like a head-turner from the outside, but Himalaya Kitchen is capable of fusing the right blend of ambrosial ingredients to produce North Indian and Nepalese dishes. Standout vegetarian orders include the paneer butter masala (cottage cheese cubes cooked Indian style, $10) as well as the palak paneer (homemade cottage cheese with tomato, onion, green chilli and capsicum, $10). Not a fan of cottage cheese? Try the aloo gobi (potato cooked with cauliflower and tempered with cumin seeds, $7).
Address: 518 MacPherson Road | Opening hours: Daily 11.15am-10.15pm
For a greater appreciation of culinary arts
Onaka, which is an acronym for Optimum Nutrition And Kitchen Arts, takes pride in its holistic vision for diners, that they notice the unique aroma, flavour and texture of the food placed before them. With a menu that is 50-per-cent vegetarian, the ingredients are choice organic materials, used to create fusion dishes that tap on Asian culinary techniques. Items we fancy include the signature watermelon sashimi ($10++) – a real maguro (tuna) doppelganger – complete with daikon-tamari (radish soy sauce) dressing, as well as the nutty, earthy roasted mushroom soba ($18++).
Address: 460 Alexandra Road, #01-32 ARC | Opening hours: Mon-Fri 11am-10pm; Sat & Sun 10.30am-10pm
For traditional Indian vegetarian creations
This Indian restaurant has been a popular mainstay in the Bukit Timah enclave. Its menu serves as a gentle reminder of the Indian culture – vast yet inclusive – comprising vegan and non-vegan favourites. Of the former, the navratan korma ($14) stands out with its nine types of vegetables cooked in a creamy sauce with cashew nuts, while the aloo methi (cube potatoes with fenugreek leaves, $12.90) provides a balanced dose of carbs and healthy herbs.
Address: 805 Bukit Timah Road, #01-02 Sixth Avenue Centre | Opening hours: Daily 11.30am-2.30pm, 6pm-10.30pm
For vegetarian sushi, sashimi and mock meats
We appreciate the exquisite skills at Teng that go into preparing dishes such as the mock smoked duck with king oyster mushroom ($10), as well as the avocado maki ($13) – both worthy meatless renditions, better than the originals. If you prefer a set meal, and the restaurant also serves a variety of them, opt for the kaki udon set ($18) that consists of vegetable tempura and springy udon.Address: 91 Bencoolen Street, #01-50 Sunshine Plaza | Opening hours: Daily 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30pm-10pm
For "raw" vegetarian and vegan organic eats
The Living Cafe is on a mission to provide raw food – that means no heating above 47°C (or 118ºF) and no chemical processes. The food's original nutritional value remains intact, and this seems to be the case when one bites into the vegan tofu sandwich (made with sesame crusted tofu bun, eggplant, mushroom and raw Dijon mustard dressing, $15). For a fuller portion, go for the chicken pizza ($25) – topped with chicken, onions, goats cheese and nut cheese – for a wholesome, guilt-free meal.
Address: 779 Bukit Timah Road | Opening hours: Mon 11am-7pm; Tue-Fri 11am-10pm; Sat 9am-10pm; Sun 9am-7pm


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A rather startling and sad announcement has spread across the news over the last few days; the automotive press has been rocked by the cancellation of a dozen nationally known magazines and many writers, photographers and editors are now out of work.
This announcement by Source Interlink, the company that produces a huge number of automotive magazine titles, hits very close to home as my first real publishing job was at one of the cancelled titles and one of my favorites too. It was a dream job for me to land a job at High Performance Pontiac magazine back in the early '90s. As I have written many times before, I've been a Pontiac guy all my life. Additionally, I have been known to tell a story or two as well. Being able to combine those two things AND get paid for it? I was living the dream.
Life takes us in different directions and after an all too brief time, I was out of the publishing game. But I continued to be a voracious reader of automotive magazines even when the Internet and the advent of the "digital subscription" scheme came into being. There is something about holding those printed pages in my hand that I just like…the feel, the smell, something. And the irony of me waxing poetic about the printed page on my Internet page is not lost on me. The web is an amazing thing. The vast stores of knowledge on it and the immediacy of sharing it could not be touched by the printed page. But there will always be something about those blotches of ink on those slivers of wood pulp.
Anyway, along with High Performance Pontiac magazine, Source Interlink is also discontinuing Popular Hot Rodding, Rod & Custom, Custom Classic Trucks, 4 Wheel Drive & SUV, Mud Life, 5.0 Mustang, Modified Mustangs & Fords, Camaro Performers, GM Hi-Tech, Import Tuner and Honda Tuning. These titles are being rolled into other magazines that the company feels can deliver similar content.
Now, as much of a bummer as it is to lose these magazines is, being a former employee myself, I think about all the wonderfully creative people behind these titles. Writers, photographers, editors, managing editors, art directors and all the other people on the masthead are now out of jobs too. My heart goes out to those folks because along with losing their livelihood, they have lost something they are passionate about too.
Media is a crazy business. As it rushes to embrace new technologies that will make delivering its product cheaper and faster, something gets lost. I'll dare to call it a miracle, a really small one, sure, but never the less a miracle. From a creative spark in the synapses of a writer's brain, to the capturing and corralling of light into an image, to the creative process that arranges the words and pictures, to the depth of knowledge that makes the words right, to the presses that print it and the network that delivers it to your mailbox, there is a little miracle there.
And what was once an occasion, that reaching into the mailbox and pulling out the latest issue of your favorite magazine, that minor celebration as you absorbed the cover and reveled at the promises it made, will be no more. "My" magazine is gone…very depressing.


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The fifth race of the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule is one of the most unique events in motorsports: the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, held at the "Bellagio of drag strips," zMAX Dragway in Concord, North Carolina, Friday through Sunday, April 11th through 13th. All four Mello Yello Series categories – Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle – will be in action at the strip this weekend.
Spencer Massey (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and Hector Arana Jr. (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were the winners of last year's event; all but Edwards returns to defend their titles.
One race everyone will be watching is the race to 100 – 100 female victories, that is. 14 women have combined for 98 wins since Shirley Muldowney broke the barrier in 1976, and eight women are entered in this weekend's Four-Wide Nationals: Brittany Force and Leah Pritchett in Top Fuel; Courtney Force and Alexis DeJoria in Funny Car; Erica Enders-Stevens in Pro Stock; and Angie Smith, Katie Sullivan and Elvira Karlsson in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
"I'm friends with Courtney, Alexis and Brittany. We're all working towards the same goal," said Enders-Stevens. "It was awesome to share the first double women's winner's circle with Courtney in Seattle in 2012 and then again last week with Alexis in Vegas. So I think we're all rooting for each other, but of course we all secretly want to get that hundredth win for ourselves and our team. We'll see how it goes. I'm excited about it."
Massey will be looking for here in a row at the Four-Wide Nationals, but will have to get through the usual tough competition in the Top Fuel class, including points leader Doug Kalitta, Don Schumacher Racing teammates Antron Brown and Tony Schumacher and Al-Anabi Racing teammates Khalid alBalooshi and 2013 Top Fuel champ Shawn Langdon.
"It's an honor to have so much success at a track that has much so prestige," said Massey of his first two wins. "It's something that's hard to do and being able to experience it is awesome. It's definitely cool to have it on the resume."
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, 2013 champ Matt Smith won the first-ever PSM Wally from the Four-Wide Nationals in 2010, and frequently tests at zMAX Dragway, making the track and the Four-Wide Nationals favorites of his. He'll be fielding a four-bike team this weekend, with his wife Angie, John Hall and Scotty Pollacheck all attempting to make the field.
"Since this track has been built I've probably made the most passes on it than anybody out there," said Smith said. "I feel confident we're going to run well. It's a really big race for us and we're going to hit it hard and go for that No. 1 spot right away in qualifying. We've got a target on our back this year but the best thing we can do is throw our best shot out there."
"I love the Four-Wide race," Smith continued. "It's just one of those races where I felt comfortable right off the bat. The key to being successful is running your own lane. If you focus on lane and do your job, it can be just like any other track. Once you start overthinking at a track like this that's when you're going to be in trouble. We have a great team that doesn't make a lot of mistakes. We've been consistent at going down the race track and that's huge in a race like this."
On-track action for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals kicks off Friday, April 11th with pro qualifying sessions at 1:15 and 4:15 p.m. ET, continuing Saturday, April 12th with two more pro qualifying sessions at 1:15 and 4:15 p.m. ET. Eliminations begin Sunday, April 13th at noon ET. Keep up with the action at www.nhra.com.
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Let $V$ be the vector space of real polynomials $\mathbb{R}[x]$ endowed with the inner product
$$ (f,g)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{-|x|}f(x)g(x)dx $$
By considering the series of subspaces $\{V_n\}$ where $V_n=\{f(x) \in \mathbb{R}[X]: \deg(f) \leq n\}$ or otherwise, show that there exist unique monic polynomials $\varphi_n(x)$ for $n \geq 0$ such that
$$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{-|x|}\varphi_n(x)g(x)dx=0$$ whenever deg $g<n$, and find $\varphi_n(x)$ for $n=0,1,2$.
We look to identify $(V_n)^{\perp}$ for each $n$, i.e.
$$(V_n)^{\perp}=\{f(x) \in \mathbb{R}[X]: \langle f,g \rangle=0 \text{ for all } g \in V_n\}$$
If we can show this has dimension $1$, then we can show the existence of a unique monic polynomial. Any thoughts on how this is done (or an alternative method for the problem) would be greatly appreciated. Regards.


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I was first introduced to
Avatar at an evening workshop at a metaphysical
bookstore in Bangor, Maine in the summer of 1997.
Avatar, founded in 1986, is Harry Palmer's New
Age spiritual, philosophical, and psychological
organization. There were only three people
(including myself) attending this event, and one
of the people described what he heard as the "new
est," Werner Erhard's popular New Age,
large-group experiential organization prominent
in the 1970s that merged Western psychology with
Eastern spirituality.[1]
Harry Palmer—known to all
Avatar students as simply Harry—is a
psychologist, ex-hippie, and ex-Scientologist. He
professes to not be a guru, but I'm afraid that I
do not entirely agree with him on this point, for
Palmer's impact upon his followers is quite
similar to that which Erhard had upon his
followers in est.
And Palmer is an exceptional
businessman who has made a fortune with Avatar.
The costs of doing Avatar are quite high: The
cost of my tuition for the 1997 course was
$2,300, not including costs for traveling
approximately 1,000 miles in my car over the nine
days. The workshop leaders are called Avatar
Masters, who all spend an additional $3,000 (not
including the extra travel, motel costs, etc.)
for an advanced Masters' workshop. The Avatar
Professional course is $2,500 plus extras. And
for the supreme experience to be with the "most
enlightened beings on the planet," the Avatar
Wizards' course costs $7,500 plus extras.
Approximately 100,000 people have taken the
Avatar training, and it is being offered in more
than 60 countries all over the world. So, as you
can see, Harry Palmer is quite the businessman.
Palmer has not written very
much, and his writing style is quite terse—but it
is also quite high impact. His books have been
translated into a number of different languages.
His primary book is Living Deliberately,
and his follow-up book is Resurfacing,
which describes the first section of the
three-section Avatar nine-day training course.
A few years ago he wrote The Masters'
which is presently available only to Avatar
graduates (I am considered to be one of these
enlightened beings). The Masters' Handbook
is chock full of excellent business advice on
successfully selling and becoming a professional
Avatar Master.
Palmer's marketing and
salesmanship abilities remind me of L. Ron
Hubbard, founder of Scientology (in my opinion a
cultish organization, which I experienced for two
years in the 1970s
Hubbard and Palmer share many philosophical,
spiritual, and psychological similarities, as
In July 1999, two years
after I had done the nine-day Avatar training
(without quite completing it) in the summer of
1997, I did a review and completion of the Avatar
course. Avatar graduates commonly do a review of
the training, and the review costs are
reasonable—in the neighborhood of $200.
Both my original Avatar
course and my review course were quite meaningful
to me. In particular, I like the way the Avatar
masters encourage, support, and train you to not
give up on your dreams. They call these your
"primaries," and if the course goes well, you end
up feeling as if you are capable of attaining
your life's deepest goals, dreams, and desires.
The emphasis in these courses is very much upon
going into your deepest spiritual self, referred
to in Avatar as going into "source." This concept
is not very different from the notion of empty
mind, or Buddha consciousness, achieved thru
meditation. The Avatar techniques to achieve this
state of mind are actually quite simple and
pleasant, having to do with feeling and noticing
what is in your environment through a series of
exercises called "feel its." Once you achieve
this state of calm and relaxation, it is time to
learn how to put total intention into overcoming
the barriers to attaining your cherished goals.
These barriers are called "secondaries." So the
Avatar process can be described as going into
source to eliminate your secondaries, in order to
attain your primaries.
The bottom line of Avatar is
that you decide how you feel and what you
experience. In other words, you have the
capability to control what you experience in life
by coming from a place of source and visualizing
what you want. This basic Avatar technique has
remarkable philosophical similarities to the
essential beliefs in both Neale Donald Walsch's
Conversations with God philosophy (see my
essay "On Conversations with God" in ICSA's
E-Newsletter) and Helen Schuman's Course in
But the nine-day training ground of Avatar is
tremendously powerful and high impact, and
extremely intensive.
I must also give credit to
Avatar for not interfering in what a person
decides his or her "primary" to be. As for me, at
the time of my training, I was in the midst of
wanting to believe that the new relationship I
was involved in was going to be the beautiful
life-long relationship I so much wanted to
experience. The Avatar masters at first tried
gently to convey to me that the lack of
communication in this relationship was a very
poor sign for attaining my primary—in this
particular relationship. But I was so stubborn
and persistent that I refused to be open to what
they were seeing, obviously more clearly than I
was. However, true to Avatar form, they let me
continue to work on making this goal my dominant
primary and finding ways to attain it, though
they did convince me to leave a little room for
openness, in case this relationship turned out
not to be the one for which I had been praying
for such a long time. When the relationship did
finally end—about six months later—for many of
the reasons my Avatar masters saw in advance, I
felt a strong appreciation for Avatar for
allowing me to experience the relationship—i.e.,
"choose" to experience it, in Avatar language—in
the way I apparently wanted to.
But what happens after the
nine-day Avatar training ends? Well, there are
the regular mailings of the Avatar journal every
two months or so; the journal is full of
inspirational writings by Harry Palmer and
various Avatar graduates, Masters, and Wizards.
And there are new books and tapes put out by
Harry Palmer. But the real emphasis is on the
Avatar graduate taking the next step: to do the
Avatar Masters' course and become an Avatar
Master himself/herself.
Aside from the extreme
expense involved in the Masters' course, my basic
feeling after having completed the Avatar review
course was that I already had what I wanted to
get out of Avatar. There are some valuable tools
in the Avatar training—make no mistake about
this. But the follow-up courses in Avatar are
financially exorbitant, and I could see the
dangers of becoming addicted to Avatar if I were
to succumb to these temptations. However, it was
also true that I had gotten a jolt from Avatar
that I had not experienced from anywhere else in
quite the same way. This high-impact jolt,
coupled with a smooth sales pitch from one of the
Stars' Edge trainers (the elite of Avatar) at a
vulnerable time in my life, persuaded me to go to
California in May 2001 to do the Avatar Masters'
The Avatar Masters' course
was held in a luxurious hotel in the plush
surroundings of the island of Coronado, outside
of San Diego. I spent approximately $5,000,
including hotel and transportation, and maxed out
my credit cards to take this training. Why did I
do it? I suppose I was ready to take a plunge
into something uplifting and self-supporting
after having gone through an extremely upsetting
personal experience in a romantic relationship
that involved losing important aspects of my
self. And it was most certainly a plunge: 200
people, many of these Avatar masters reviewing
the course, from all over the world. Six Stars'
Edge trainers and three assistant Stars' Edge
trainers—the elite of Avatar—were running the
course. And we even got a surprise visit from
none other than Harry Palmer himself and his
quite-intense wife, Avra.
I ended up completing the
course with only an Assistant Avatar
Masters' license, however, which meant that I
could not teach Avatar to others. I would have
had to do a review of the Masters' course to
upgrade my status, which would have meant a few
thousand more dollars for hotel and
transportation, even though the review course
itself would be free.
What actually happened on
this course? Well, I got myself into a great deal
of trouble with the Stars' Edge trainer who
appeared to have the most power and influence
over who was given the privileged status of
becoming an Avatar Master and allowed to teach
Avatar. I was quite outspoken in my concern over
the expense of Avatar and the emphasis on selling
Avatar to find my own students, and I freely
questioned the Stars' Edge trainers about how
much money they were making for delivering the
Masters' course. The particular Stars' Edge
trainer with whom I had my difficulties took
offense at my brazenness and became suspicious
that I was taking the course for fraudulent
purposes. He even asked me if I was a reporter
for The New York Times. He gave me various
"self-repair" processes to work on, but I have no
doubt that, in the end, he was not willing to
trust me to deliver Avatar to others.
In fact, I was being open to
becoming a truthful and bona fide Avatar Master,
and I had even formulated a plan to co-deliver
Avatar with a woman who was a professional
sales/marketing director from Cincinnati. She was
going to do the sales/marketing part and I was
going to lead the actual teaching. We had planned
to do the Section 1/Resurfacing part of the
course in Cincinnati on a weekend in August 2001.
But all of this fell by the
wayside once the course trainers gave me my
Assistant Master status. It is true, as they
tried to explain to me, that my status could have
been lower: Some students got no license at all.
The only benefit of my status compared to having
no license was that I was allowed to "assist" a
Qualified Master (official status with many
Avatar requirements) on an Avatar course, which I
would need to pay for unless I brought my own
students. I was one of the first ones to finish
the actual course (which, in terms of content,
was little more than the original Avatar training
course). I received many compliments on how I was
working with other Avatar students and masters,
and many people who were not completing the
course as quickly as I were given the higher licensing status
of Intern Master, which enabled them to teach the
Section 1/Resurfacing weekend.
I felt extremely hurt,
embarrassed, and dejected when the leaders told
me my status, and my efforts to persuade them to
reconsider fell upon deaf ears. But deep down I
knew that there was a good, higher reason for
this, and it was a signal to me that I was not
supposed to be taking the easy way out and become
a bona-fide Avatar Master, feeling the comforts
and camaraderie of being part of a New Age
spiritual organization, learning how to be a
successful New Age businessman, selling Avatar to
the world, and so on. I had chosen to be myself
at the Avatar Masters' course, and I got what I
got. I had chosen to not sell the ideas of Harry
Palmer to the world because I had so many
problems with the financial ethics, and I also
felt uncomfortable with some of the philosophical
beliefs and practices.
I think back to my essays on
Scientology, described in my book Modern
Religions: An Experiential Analysis And Exposé,
in which I discuss the problems with the 100%
mentality—that is, in the case of Scientology,
following 100% the ideas and techniques of the
person in charge, L. Ron Hubbard. And I realize
that Avatar is essentially no different from
Scientology in this regard. Harry Palmer has come
up with some significant and effective ideas and
techniques to help people actualize their dreams.
But the procedures are to be repeated verbatim
according to Palmer's instructions, from Source
List, to the Creative Handling Procedure, to the
Initiation Session. This verbatim repetition most
certainly reminds me of the Dianetics Auditing
sessions of Scientology, and I have no doubt that
it is far more than a mere coincidence that these
similarities of procedure exist between
Scientology and Avatar, given that Palmer himself
is an ex-Scientologist.
So the viewpoint I choose to
adopt (in Avatar language) is that my low status
of Assistant Avatar Master enabled me to make a
narrow escape from yet another New Age spiritual
organization. I had spent roughly $8,000 on
Avatar, and there was an intensive sales pitch at
the Avatar Masters' course to sign up for the
next Avatar Wizard's course, the 13-day training
in Florida that costs $7,500 plus all the extras.
But I have learned so
much—both about Avatar and about the dangers of
New Age spirituality in the 2000s. To paraphrase
the first statement on the Avatar Source List: I
am happy to be who I am. And this "I" has been
telling me that it is time to go back into
action—not do any more course work on Avatar, and
not teach Avatar officially to others. Instead,
it is time to offer to others what I have learned
about Avatar and all my other New Age
spirituality studies, and to facilitate heartfelt
dialogue and discussion concerning the search for
authentic spiritual truth.
See For
example Adelaide Bry, "Est: 60 Hours That
Transform Your Life" (New York: Avon Books,
1976), Steven Pressman, "Outrageous Betrayal:
The Real Story Of Werner Erhard, From est To
Exile" (Emeryville, CA: St. Martins Press,
1993), and my est essays in Elliot Benjamin,
"Modern Religions: An Experiential Analysis
And Exposé" (Swanville, Maine: Natural
Dimension Publications, 2005).
See Harry
Palmer, "Living Deliberately" (Altamonte
Springs, Florida: Stars' Edge International,
1994) and Harry Palmer, "Resurfacing"
(Altamonte Springs, Florida: Stars' Edge
International, 1994).
See Harry
Palmer, "The Avatar Masters' Handbook"
(Altamonte Springs, Florida: Stars' Edge
International, 1997).
See for
example L. Ron Hubbard, "The Modern Science
Of Mental Health" (Los Angeles: The American
Saint Hill Organization, 1950, 1975), Joe
Atack, "A Piece Of Blue Sky: Scientology,
Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed" (New
York: Lyle Stuart, 1990), and my Scientology
essays in "Modern Religions" (book
information in endnote 1).
For more
personal information about my experiences
with Avatar see my Avatar essays in "Modern
Religions" – endnote 1.
See Foundation
For Inner Peace, "A Course In Miracles" (New
York: Penguin Books, 1975, 1996), Neale
Donald Walsch, "Conversations With God: An
Uncommon Dialogue: Book 1" (New York: G. P.
Putnam & Sons, 1993), "Conversations With
God: An Uncommon Dialogue: Book 2"
(Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads
Publishing Co, 1997, and Book 3, 1998),
Elliot Benjamin, "On Conversations With God"
(ICSA E-Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2004 at
and my Course In Miracles and Conversations
With God essays in "Modern Religions" – see
endnote 1.
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