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Documents show the Digital Economy Act was a done deal all along
Public opinion was irrelevant to Lord Mandelson
A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION RESPONSE has revealed that Lord Mandelson had decided to approve the Digital Economy Act before public consultations had concluded, showing that there was absolutely no interest in seeing what the public had to say.
The shocking revelations show that Lord Mandelson, who was voted as the Internet Villian of the Year for 2010, made the decision to forge ahead with the Digital Economy Act as much as two months before the end of public consultations, effectively negating any contributions, for or against the proposals, that anyone else could make.
The letters from Mandelson's office reveal that he was in talks with Lucian Grainge, CEO of Universal Music Group, on 2 July 2009. The following day Mandelson advised Lord Carter about the "possibility of [the Secretary of State] having a power to direct Ofcom to go directly to introduction of technical measures."
This means that Mandelson had decided to push the Digital Economy Act into action well before formally announcing this decision on 7 August 2009, over two months later.
Mandelson was criticised at the time for making his decision shortly after visiting a villa in Corfu with David Geffen, the founder of Dreamworks. He denied that this meeting had any impact on his decision, which seems likely to be true, but as Torrentfreak points out, it appears that he had given the Act the green light after discussions with Grainge, which paints an even bigger question mark over the entire process, given Grainge's position in the music industry.
The problem is not the fact that Mandelson had made a decision, but that he feigned that public opinion would be taken into consideration, when in fact it appears that is was just a ruse to keep people quiet while the details of the Act were planned out behind closed doors.
Loz Kaye, leader of the UK Pirate Party, was highly critical of the revelations. He told The INQUIRER, "These documents show how outrageously complicit everyone from the entertainment industry, politicians and unions were in framing the Digital Economy Act. Its most controversial aspect - suspending people from the Internet - was already sorted out in July 2009, and was always the main intention. It appears that the consultation was just for show, and the lobbyists got all they asked for. There are now serious questions to be asked of successive governements' relations with groups like Universal Music and the BPI."
We also spoke with James Firth, CEO of the Open Digital Policy Organisation, who was also critical of the news. He said he hopes "the current [government] will not fall into the trap of paying lip service to public consultations as appears to have happened here." µ
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Tim Burton, a born and bred Southern Californian from Burbank, is responsible for some of the best eccentric classic films of our time such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman, Batman Returns, and Alice in Wonderland, just to name a few. The list goes on and on. All his films are dramatic, inventive, artistic, and entirely satisfying to the senses, which makes this artist/director/writer and his works easily admired.
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For the many Los Angeles fans of Mr. Burton, there is an event you won't want to miss. This Saturday, May 28th Tim Burton will be making a book signing appearance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on Wilshire Boulevard in the Pavilion for Japanese Art. There are no fees or reservations to be made. Just get in line and get there early. He will be signing exhibition catalogues and Art of Tim Burton, which can be purchased at any LACMA store or online here along with many Tim Burton inspired items. There will be a 2 book per person limit on signing and a receipt from the LACMA store is required as proof of purchase.

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Was browsing through youtube and I found a couple of very interesting viewpoints and recordings of RFID usage in supply chain, fulfillment and logistics.
The first one is a presentation from Patrick Dixon, here is that video.
this excellent video on how RFID is used in the warehouse. Since the video is recorded in a warehouse, it's a great visual learning video, here is the video
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I've been pumping for 15 months and within the last few weeks have been in a lot of pain. Have cracked nipples and they bleed. I use the freestyle pump and have changed the parts and bought bigger shields. I'm using nipple butter as well. Nothing is working! Any suggestion or insight would be greatly appreciated!!
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Try coconut oil to lubricate the flanges when pumping, apply neosporin sparingly on the cracks after pumping once or twice a day, then the nipple butter or lanolin on top of that. Turn the pump suction as low as you can to still pump effectively. I have also heard of people making a saltwater soak for cracked nipples.
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Thank you! Haven't had this problem until recently so just strange. Appreciate the suggestions.
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Could it be time for your period? Or could you be pregnant again. I know when I got my period when still pumping it was very painful.
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Haven't had my period since having the baby and not pregnant. I'm thinking it is an infection....Urgh!!!


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A wildy entering looking flick coming from XLrator Media is the new film from Dan Fogler and Michael Canzoniero Don Peyote. In what looks to be this generations Big Lebowski Fogler provides a great narrative about a man on a drug induced thrill ride that Hunter S. Thompson would be proud. Set up to become an instant cult classic look for Don Peyote to be released on vod and iTunes May 9th followed up by a theatrical release date May 16th.
A midlife crisis over his upcoming wedding sends 32-year-old unemployed stoner Warren Allman on the drug trip of a lifetime in this off-the-wall comedy starring Dan Fogler, Josh Duhamel, Jay Baruchel and a host of celebrity cameos. Fueled by vivid apocalyptic dreams, Warren becomes obsessed with Doomsday theories and decides to make a documentary on the subject while his fiancé is busy planning their wedding.
Check out the trailer and images from this insane dark comedy and it's nice to see him team up with Scenic Route co star Josh Duhamel once again. There are tons of celebs making cameos even in the trailer so look for this film to be iconic in the stoner sub genre of films. Hopefully we can get our hands on this film to review for you but for now enjoy the goodies from Don Peyote!
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I don't think there really is a "standard" for paternity leave, other than if you work at a company large enough to be subject to FMLA and then that doesn't have to be paid. With DS, DH had only been working for that company for a couple of weeks, but they were nice enough to let him have a few days off, which were all spent in the hospital. This time around, he works for a large company but he won't have been there a year yet so he can't use FMLA (and we couldn't afford for him to go unpaid anyway), so he'll only get whatever vacation time he's accrued by then.
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Depends on your state. DH can take up to 6 weeks of paid family leave. Its not at full pay but it is paid. We shall see what happens.
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With our second, he took a week off. It was supposed to be paid, but his boss somehow found a loophole.
This time we are thinking he will take another week off. But hopefully we have my Mama here to help out. :)
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m_k: thanks for your warnings. i've tried it now though and it does work perfectly. after having read dozens of internet testemonies about using different chargers with success and having asked a technician ("just mind the voltage") i decided to go for it. i guess empirical evidence beats theoretical speculations on this
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Well, you're welcome, I guess, but I fear I've done you a disservice by posting something that seems to have been unclear to you, so bear with me as I try to clarify things.
Single data points are often interesting, but generally less than useful -- and this, when VALUE of the single data point is known. In this case, the single data point (which I will summarize as "I hooked up my Sansa to a power supply of unknown characteristics, circuit type, or actual voltage, with a label claiming a nominal voltage of a level acceptable to a Sansa, at a current level that is either not stated on the label, or, not shared in my post") -- is devoid of any salient data, other than the fact that the Sansa has not failed in the timeframe beginning with the first use of the power supply and the time that the post was submitted to the forum.
Quite prudent advice your friend gave, to "mind the voltage" -- and quite prudent phrasing, which hopefully was taken to heart. That is to say, he did NOT suggest that you pay attention to the LABEL (which, in an unregulated supply, is a meaningless number UNLESS it is accompanied by a milliamp rating AND the device being driven by the supply DRAWS the SAME level current, AND, the TOLERANCE the manufacturer is using is also known -- a "nominal" five volts, with 20% tolerance, may easily overdrive a voltage-sensitive device even if it DOES draw the "right" number of milliamps).
So, I trust that you have either opened the "wart" box, or, sliced into the cable (to enable you to connect your volt meter to the two power lines), or, located a USB breakout-box and installed it between the power supply's output connector and the player's USB jack, so that you can easily monitor the voltage without having to commit any gross insult to the physical integrity of the power supply.
Otherwise, you really don't know what the voltage is, unless you DO know that it's supply with known-good REGULATION (i.e., one of the known-good switching supply devices sold for use with Sansas).
In any case, since MOS and other LSI electronics are notoriously sensitive to even mild overvoltage conditions, AND will often NOT manifest the effects of a failure mode until some time AFTER the event (i.e., a small area of microscopically-thin insulation may suffer a breakdown -- but not a COMPLETE breakdown at the immediate time of the overvoltage event -- and then, the damaged area will CONTINUE breaking down, even when NOT connected to an overvoltage -- until some time later -- days, weeks, etc. -- it breaks through, creating a short circuit, which MAY cascade into a complete failure of the device.)
My main concern is that others will read what you've posted and conclude on the basis of a single data point SANS VALUE that "gee, it *is* OK to hook up any ol' '5VDC' supply to a Sansa!"
I response to those huge posts about data points and whatnot:
If it's USB, it's USB, it WILL WORK, end of the story.
All usb cables / chargers / computer ports comply with very strict specifications and will work with your other USB device, end of story.
This does not apply to some devices which attempt to draw more than what the regulations assume (apple ipad for example)
You will have 0 troubles hooking up your clip to any ol' usb compliant source.
(Then again, this usb compliant source should be trustworthy... any charger from another device of a reputable brand won't give you trouble)
The actual issue can be the quality of the charger. I have had some poor luck with some no-name chargers (and USB cables).
On the other hand, there's this slight problem I have with "voices of authority" on the Internet that waft in with "don't worry, just DO it" messages.
Funny how they seem allergic to stuff like "common sense" and "caution" (generally cast to the wind).
So, "All usb cables / chargers / computer ports comply with very strict specifications and will work with your other USB device, end of story"?
I guess you haven't heard of this thing called "China" -- or discovered that "what's on the label" ain't always a close match for what's INSIDE THE CASE.
I've seen "USB" stuff (generic wall-warts with a USB connector) that definitely do NOT deliver a REAL five volt regulated output.
If people want to accept the assurances of an anonymous voice that promises them that it's impossible for anything with a USB plug to do ANY harm, then that's their right.
But, for those who CARE about their equipment, well, common sense never went COMPLETELY out of style for SOME folks.
Both sides of this "argument" are anonymous.
The question the OP posed was a simple one:
No more bloated uselessness.
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I take issue however with the "any 5V USB charging device" advice, since I've seen various no-name "China, Inc." wall-warts with a USB connector and a "5VDC" label on them -- warts that are obviously nothing more than a transformer, a diode rectifier, and an electrolytic filter capacitor, and voltage that's all over the place, NOT safe for operating devices that do NOT have their OWN regulation, UNLESS they have sufficient current draw to load down the wart to 5V or below.
I don't think some people are understanding exactly what an unregulated power supply is, or what the voltage printed on the label of an unregulated supply means.
A few minutes with a volt meter will be a real eye-opener for these folks. A "five volt" supply may provide eight, ten, maybe even twelve volts into an open circuit (no load). As the load increases, the voltage drops.
At some point, the load will be precisely the right number of milliamps necessary to bring the supply down to exactly five volts.
Voila, etc.
Of course, if you adjust the volume control, or the battery's charge state changes, the LOAD on the power supply will change -- as will the VOLTAGE it feeds into the device.
And, if the device pulls MORE than the "right" amount of current, the voltage will drop BELOW five volts. This may only result in poor operation, or failure to charge the battery, or slow charge of battery. Or, it may cause damage. (More household appliances are likely damaged by "brownout" (undervoltage) events than overvoltage (spikes, lightning strikes, etc) in the household mains.)
As to both parties being anonymous, this is true. However, one is advising caution, and the other is advising "trust me, go ahead, it'll be fine."
If you can't see the difference in that... then I'm afraid you'll have to find someone else to explain it to you. Sorry 'bout that.
Finally, regarding the "No more bloated uselessness" swipe, I will simply say that if it's descended to "last word, enforced by personal attacks," then I guess you win, buddy. I'm too old for that kinda crap, I'm outta here.
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Some one gave me one of these AC->usb plugs with the back information printed that it supplies 5v +-5%. I grabbed a multimeter and the voltage reading is always topped on 5.15 with oscillations that make the V drop to 4.90, 5, 5.05, and so on. But the reading always go back to that 5.15 V.
Is this device safe? (I have no clue of electronics or electricity, I had to read on the internet how to use the multimeter).
A well built switching supply/charger will handle this scenario by going into shutdown mode (rather than dropping its voltage below the specified output). This would mean that if your player tried to pull more current than the supply could safely provide, it would simply shut off -- and inconvenience, but LESS inconvenient than possibly damaging anything via lower voltage or overheating.
BTW, if it seems like I am selectively replying to posts, bingo. I have decided to avoid responding to personal attacks and those who would try to bait me with smarmy insinuations. Life is too short for crap like that. I have a real life. Granted, not much of one remaining to me, but I don't intend to waste any of it involved in that which has metaphorically been summed up in a punchline saying something like "because they enjoy it, and you only get muddy."
Thanks for your reply!
In the meantime, I'll stick to charging it on the computer's ports. The charger/plug has a too cheapish look for me to assume that it's well built and regulated. If this was a more simple matter of knowing if the voltage remains the same, I'll probably would feel a bit more at ease with it, but since it's not, I won't take chances.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but a cheap unregulated wall-wart will often seem to be better-built due to it weighing more and seeming to be heavier, higher quality.
This is due to the unregulated supply being made with a step-down transformer which consists of lots of copper wire and a stack of heavy (iron) laminations forming the transformer core. Apart from the transformer, which steps-down the house mains to a lower voltage, there is a diode rectifier (sometimes a full wave bridge), and a small electrolytic filter capacitor to smooth out the 50 Hz hum.
The transformer is fairly heavy due to all that metal used in its construction.
A switching supply, on the other hand, takes the mains voltage, rectifies it, and then feeds it to an oscillator that converts the 60 Hz to a fairly high frequency (I think generally in the 40 KHz range). This high frequency AC is then fed to a transformer to reduce it to the lower voltage. The regulation is built into the circuit, so that it will always feed the necessary current to the oscillator to ensure the right voltage regardless of load (within the supply's specified range).
The main thing to consider though, in this context, is that the step-down transformer used in the switching supply will be very small, very light, because of the very high frequency AC it's using. Transformers are more efficient at higher frequencies. The lower the frequency, the larger and heavier the transformer must be. So, the truly cheap wall-wart must be much heavier than the actually higher-quality switching supply.
Generally, when you are accustomed to the typical weight of most common (unregulated) wall-wart type supplies, the first time you pick up a regulated switching supply, it will feel like an empty plastic housing with nothing inside!
Thanks again for your thorough explanation. And that comes as a surprise, because the weight of this unit is almost none. Had I buy it, I would know more about some technical specifications of the unit, but since it was given, I have no clue whatsoever to what's inside or its quality.
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- Have an agreement with JMU which details your duties and responsibilities and those of JMU;
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Some J-1 visitors are subject to a two year foreign residency requirement following their stay in the J-1 status. If you are subject to this rule, you will be required to return home for two years prior to re-entering the U.S or changing your status to an H, L or K visa, or obtaining permanent residence. The rule will apply to you if you are in a program in one of these categories:
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The location of Mae Yom National Park has its high mountain ranges on both east and west part, which slope down to Yom River which flows through the middle of the area. The high mountain range is the source of water of many streams flowing to Yom River such as Huay Mae Pung, Huay Ded, Huay Pung, Huay Lerm, Huay Mae Tent, Huay Mae Sakin, and Huay Mae Pu.
There are three seasons in Mae Yom National Park.
Rainy season � from June to September
Winter � from October to January
Summer � from February to May
There are separate kinds of plants; in the valley and near streams and river are mixed trees such as Yang, Krabak (a kind of Dipteroceae), Moulmein cedar, Tabag (a kind of Lagerstroemia), etc; up from the valley and streams are montane trees such as pine, evergreen chinkapin, saramolla grass, etc; in the mixed forest which semi-evergreen trees such as Makhaa mong, ironwood, Burmese ebony, and natural teak growing densely; and deciduous trees and shrub are normal found on the foot of the hills such as Siamese sal, ingyin, Heang (a kind of Dipterocarpus obtusifolius) and eng.
Because there is the forbidden forest, which not allow lumber mill to locate in this area, so that makes it be the habitat of big animals such as elephant, barking deer, mountain goat, Asiatic black beer and wild boar, and small animals such as hare, jungle fowl, loris and many kinds of bird.


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Sisters Jennifer and Jessie Clavin hail from the San Fernando Valley and form the band Bleached. Crunchy guitars and a driving beat hearken back to grittier days in the 818... lollipops and hints of darkness and fun. Their debut album Ride Your Heart drops on April 2.
They were both in Mika Miko until the band broke up in 2009 then Jennifer sang in Cold Cave for a year. She told Nardwuar that the singer for Vivian Girls stole her jeans.
Don't miss the gals - they're playing twice - at Red 7 Patio on Thursday, March 15 and again at the Hotel Vegas Patio on Friday, March 15.
And don't miss Jennifer's...
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Name: Jennifer Clavin
Do you have any nicknames? JClay. Also Victor, it's the name I gave myself when I wanted to be a Mexican hardcore boy.
1. Pretend you're 15. Name three songs you'd put on a mix tape for your girlfriend/boyfriend. It's 1999 and I would put "When You Find Out" by The Nerves, "Bastard In Love" by Black Flag, and "Love In A Void" by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
2. Which evil villain would make the best President? Frankenstein.
3. What was your favorite cartoon as a child? Doug. I had a crush on Roger.
4. What superpower do you wish you had? Teleportation.
5. What would the title of your autobiography be? Why Are You Sitting in the Dark?
Thanks for stopping by, for reading, for being. You can check out more LPQisms right here.
Then there's always the internets, which we are a part of at Flickr, Pinterest (which my most excellent scabies-free intern Elizabeth Bender has been updating with loads of goodies), Twitter and Twitter Me .
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|Who's no longer looking like a toddler? My baby...:sigh:
We have a cow figurine that which is passed around to the person who has committed the most recent manners foul. The person left with the cow at the end of the meal is in charge of clearing the table. It's a good thing Ellie is to young to participate because otherwise she'd have to clear the table every Monday. ;o)
I have planned to get out the china and silver (possibly the silver...we'll see) on the last Monday of each month to celebrate our last "Manners Monday" that month and to put our skills to the test. Because we are using our best dishes, the adults will be in charge of clearing the table, and we won't be using the cow. ;o)
With all of that said, I'd like to invite you to pull out your finest (and so frequently unused but only once or twice a year) dishes and join us once a month in using them. I'm not saying you have to use them on the last Monday of the month as we are, more that I'd like to have you share in the joy of using those beautiful items we often set aside to use "for special occasions" and then never deem an occasion "special" enough.
I'm quite guilty of hoarding beautiful papers and not using them because then I won't have them. Um...really? Isn't the point of the beautiful papers to USE them?? Oy. I've been better about using my "for special occasion" items since we lost Hannah because I know we're not promised tomorrow. Why not use the nice things we have and enjoy them, even if it's just to slap a corn dog on your best china?
Yes, it's more work to use the finer dishes, but for just one use a month, I can take the time to hand wash as needed.
So, next Monday is our day to use our china. I'll be posting about it on Thursday the 31st, and I would sincerely love to hear from you--did you use your china? If so, what did you have? What is your china pattern? Is it heirloom? Passed down from family members? No? What drew you to your pattern? Do you still love it? (I'm SO nosy! I LOVE to learn about others!)
Let's take the time to celebrate we're alive and break out the "good stuff", whatever that good stuff may be! :o)
1. I found this this afternoon:
2. Pop came over and spent hours soldering on a couple of items for us. Thank you, Pop, for sharing your time with us, and thank you Nana for delaying your lunch for a LOOOOONG time so he could help us.
3. I talked with Lissie this morning. She had a marvelous time in St. Pete at a blues festival and they're on their way home.
4. My walk this morning. There are times when I'm dragging and don't want to get out there, and then I do and I'm so happy I did. :o)
5. Red beans and rice for dinner. Yum!!
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- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeNew York may have the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but a tiny town in the Netherlands has an even more striking seasonal celebration called the Bloemencorso. The spectacular march features giant floats made from thousands of flowers, and it couldeasily rival the world's most beautiful celebrations. The small city of Zundert (population under 20,000) is overrun with larger-than-life animatronic animals and puppets and gorgeously crafted floats that stand taller than houses. Zundert's Bloemencorso has become so popular that over 50,000 people attend each year, making it the largest flower parade in the world!1
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeThe Bloemncorso in Zundert takes place the first Sunday of every September.2
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeHundreds of volunteer from all ages help construct the floats.3
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeThe community's older residents traditionally plant the flowers.4
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeThe younger members assemble the structures by hands in special temporary tents.5
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeZundert's celebration is extra unique, as the town only uses dahlias to decorate their objects.6
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeBuilding the floats is a major social event.7
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeCity residents work together for over three months to perfect their float.8
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeWhile the tents go up during the summer, the dahlias must be fresh for the parade so they cannot be attached until the very last few days.9
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeVolunteers spend hours, day and night, pinning the small flowers to each float.10
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeOver 50,000 people attend the parade each year.11
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeMany floats are not only beautiful to look at, but also move and make sounds to look as life-like as possible.12
- Zundert Bloemncorso Flower ParadeFrom tigers and chickens to swirling cityscapes and pirate ships, each year is bursting with new and exciting designs!13


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I have the word from Doug Hawley at the American Hydrogen Association (AHA) that their monthly meeting is this Thursday Jan 09 2013 at Denny's (650 N Scottsdale Rd. Tempe). On the agenda is the last call to build the MicrDwell house. The house has been designed to fit on a trailer. There are five weeks left until the exposition and everyone can assist. Donate your time to cut boards, paint, hall lumber or answer questions at the 6 week exposition.
The Phoenix Chapter of the AHA is planning to the Earth Day Expo in Dallas Texas on April 26 -27 2014 too. Join AHA this month and represent the Chapter at the Earth Day Expo.
AHA is attempting to provide Goto Meeting remote access to their meeting this month. The site address is: http://globalgotomeeting.com/meeting/join/527113543 or call into the meeting at: 213-493-0603. Access Code is: 527-113-453. Audio PIN provide after logging in. Meeting ID: 527-113-543


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When I got to the gym tonight to meet up with my coach, I noticed the training room was booked for a Zumba class. Uh-oh. While I held out a little hope that we might be doing an extended walk around the parking lot, I had a feeling I was about to rendezvous with my old friend, the octane. (a version of an elliptical). And I was right.
Did the first bit in 20 minutes (non-stop) and then had a break off the machine to do 10 more minutes. I had the option of going halfway to 15, then breaking, but Captain Mindgames talked me into pushing along to 20. I know there's a lot of science behind how my workouts go and how they are planned, but there's also more than meets the eye. When it comes to messing with my head, getting every last ounce of energy out of me, pushing me as far as I can go, this guy isn't just going on science. He has made it into an art form, including how he can needle me like nobody's business. Maybe this is why I have such a fondness for him. His take no prisoners, lay it all out there style pushes me, and pushes me hard.
Tonight for instance, I was sweating up a storm. I don't usually sweat this much in a session. My hair was dripping, my glasses were slipping off, it was hard to coordinate getting a sip of water (although, I really can't blame that part on the sweat.) I was huffing and puffing but as I was closing in on the 30 minute mark, I started to get that whooshy happy head. It's been some time since I felt the whoosh so strongly. It made me feel HAPPY. It made me feel empowered. It made me think, yeah, I got this. Plan the work and work the plan. No matter what is happening in my life, I owe it to myself to show up and to keep doing what I am doing.
My blog last night was a note to remind myself - the road is going to feel a lot tougher very soon - making a point of getting to the gym and doing my workouts is not always going to be easy - so I have to set myself up for success in any way I can. I am not going it alone, I have tons of support from every corner of my life, and I am accepting it from all comers. (This is a big change in attitude from a person who was always too afraid to ask for help.)
I'd promised hubby earlier if coach did not kill me tonight, I would stop and pick up cookies for him at the supermarket. Yeah, I did that. But I also spent about an hour wandering the aisles looking for things that I can eat (low sodium, low potassium) and are healthy for me. I did great! I got some greek yogurt, chicken, multigrain bread and other things that I can make for lunches and have for dinner. I am setting this part of the pan in motion by making breakfast at home, bringing food for lunch and having a pre-gym snack around 4pm.
This is one of those moments that I can stand up and be proud of myself. I know what I need to do, and little by little, I will get there. I am following through, because I am absolutely worth it. In all honesty, when I left the gym tonight, I felt outrageously good. I got this! #allsystemsgo
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One of rock's greatest photographers, Baron Wolman, will appear Saturday, April 19 at Markham Vineyards to celebrate the 45th anniversary of one of rock's greatest concerts, Woodstock. But, says Wolman, the photographs on display at the St. Helena winery will show a side of the music festival that most people have never seen.
"This show doesn't have the Woodstock photographs you'd expect," he said. "There were 300,000 people at Woodstock, and these pictures document what it was like to walk among all those people and be with them."
Entitled "On Assignment: Woodstock," the exhibit consists of some 50 black and white images in which Wolman turned his camera away from the stars on the stage to capture the festival-goers. They show scenes of the teenaged hippies who got naked, rolled around in the mud, danced and smoked pot—an activity that the 75-year-old Santa Fe resident, still true to his counterculture roots, confesses to partaking in. That is, he adds, "if it's legal at the time and place, of course."
Best known for his work for Rolling Stone, Wolman does not shoot professionally as much anymore. "I enjoy taking pictures for myself, for pleasure," he says, and these include the travel shots he takes when he goes on the road to promote his various books and exhibits. (A new Wolman Woodstock picture book, published by Reel Art Press, will be released in June.)
Asked what camera he'd recommend for amateur shooters, he said there are several "high end point-and-shoots" for about $500 that take excellent pictures. He also marveled at the iPhone's abilities to shoot digital stills and video. But, he stressed, equipment alone does not a good photographer make. "The point is, the camera is just a tool," he said. "It's still the eye."
The current show represents a return engagement for Wolman at Markham, which hosted the U.S. premiere last year of his photo exhibit on groupies in addition to its continuing display in its galleries of his famous portraits of Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, The Who, Jerry Garcia and other rock icons from the 1960s. Arriving in Napa Valley this Thursday, Wolman, if he has time, may try to get out and shoot scenes both big and small. "I like to do close-ups of old vines, but there are also places in Yountville and Calistoga and all over where you can go down these roads and get up high and look down across the valley and get these amazing shots.
"There are so many photo-ops," he added, saying how you can "take these unbelievably beautiful pictures of this great food you're having. The graphic power of these images is amazing."
Some 45 years later, the graphic power of Wolman's pictures remains potent as well. He will attend Saturday's reception from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Admission is free. One of the tastings offered by Markham Vineyards, at 2812 St. Helena Highway, is a "rock 'n' roll tasting," featuring a 2012 Sauvignon Blanc and four other wines for $15.
"On Assignment: Woodstock" is part of Napa's month-long celebration of the arts, Napa Valley Arts in April. It will be shown at the winery through August 2014.
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Not to Be Outdone By Kanye, Diddy Releases Sex Tape With Deceased Biggie Smalls
HARLEM – With rumors swirling concerning Kanye West's sex tape with paramour Kim Kardashian, Sean "Diddy" Combs has leaked controversial footage of himself engaging in intercourse with deceased rapper Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace.
Set to a score of unreleased Biggie tracks, the footage features Combs subjecting the beloved rapper's body to 24 hours of tantric sex, punctuated by Ciroc advertisements.
Throughout the video, Combs opens the marathon orgy to any and all comers. Shyne, Rick Ross, and Jay Z each take turns having their way with Biggie's corpse as Lil Kim sucks the deceased rapper dry.
At one point, rapper-turned-pastor-turned-rapper Mase enters the frame, shouting, "Haven't you raped Biggie enough already?" Combs turns to the camera and deadpans: "Can't stop, won't stop."
The video comes at the tail-end of an uncharacteristically quiet year for the flamboyant Combs, though his upcoming "Ciroc the Vote" campaign promises to put him front and center in this year's election, and at Barack Obama's Playboy sponsored after party.
While rumors swirled that Combs made use of a Biggie hologram for the video, the entrepreneur assured The Rap Insider, "I woulda done that if I had thought of it–would've been cheaper."


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We report comprehensive data for the magnetic field (B < 14.5 T), temperature (4.2 K les T > les 14 K) and uniaxial applied strain dependence (-1% < epsivA < 0.35%) of the critical current density (JC) of an advanced internal-tin Nb3Sn strand developed as part of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) program manufactured by Luvata PORI. A very short heat-treatment was used so that JC of the PORI Nb3Sn strand was ~ 40% lower than optimized values. Despite the low JC, we find that the normalized strain sensitivity of the critical current at 14 T and 4.2 K is similar to other advanced internal-tin Nb3Sn strands. By assuming that the strain dependence of the normalized effective upper critical field is similar to that specified for other advanced strands, the JC(B,T,epsiv) data of the PORI strand can be accurately parameterized using a scaling law with just 6 free parameters. Hence the results presented here on a low JC strand provide evidence that the 6 free parameter scaling law can be expected to accurately characterize a wide range of advanced internal-tin Nb3Sn strands. The index of transition or n value is described by a modified power law of the form n = 1 + rIC s, where r and s are approximately constant with values 3.15 and 0.36 respectively.
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The Magical Christmas Cat
Nalini Singh, Erin McCarthy, Linda Winstead Jones and Lora Leigh
2008, Paranormal Romance
Berkley, $15.00, 372 pages, Amazon ASIN 0425223558
I own more than one cat nightshirt. I am not above putting outfits on my own kitty and forcing him to pose. Put these facts together and its obvious that my tolerance for cat sap is, as you can tell, incredibly high. Still, even starting from my extreme level of Cat Lady-dom, I found the Hallmark-y illustration on the cover of this anthology to be nausea-inducing, not to even mention inexplicably off-target. Why the latter? Because anybody picking it up expecting cute kitties will instead be confronted with two shape shifters, one demon cat, and one sort of normal kitty. I liked the book, but a celebration of cute kitties its not. Get a clue, art department.
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Wait a minute, if you pay for an xbox one does it force adverts on you as well as spy?
Yet another reason to skip commercials: Microsoft ad TURNS ON your Xbox One
Xbox One users are complaining that Microsoft's newest ad for the console is randomly activating their systems. The advertisement in question features television star Aaron Paul navigating the console via voice commands. The Breaking Bad star speaks praise of the console while enjoying a game of Titanfall and a bit of television …
Saving to pay for a series of radio and TV commercials
All it says is..
"XBox, Post to Twitter, I wish I had bought a PS4 instead, it's a better system with better exclusives"
"Xbox, Post to Facebook, I am fed up living a lie, I am having a coming out party, all invited"
Xbox , Format Hard Drive"
It seems you didn't get it. When a commercial featuring somebody saying "Xbox on" or something else plays on TV and Xbox "hears" it, it follows the voice command.
Re: Saving to pay for a series of radio and TV commercials
Oh and of course..
"Xbox buy 14 copies of kinect x-factor dance off"
These corporations won't be happy...
...until they have electrodes implanted in your brain at birth so you can control their tech. Are you a Microsoft of Sony baby?
Re: These corporations won't be happy...
Neither. A TCP baby. See 'The President's Analyst' from 1967. Way ahead of the curve.
Like the old classic:
"Voice recognition, eh? Whatever you do, don't say "Delete all files", yes?"
Don't get the point of, nor the need for, voice recognition. Especially not when it has to listen 24 hours a day just for that 2 second gap when you want it to turn on, and not all the other times you might say something similar.
I disagree
There are lots of devices, that if I were a competent programmer, I'd have voice activated. TV, lights, radio, oven, garage door, etc. I'm lazy. I do know that the trigger phrase would not be as common as ecks bocks won.
When did you last misplace your vocal cords?
The value of voice commands is you're unlikely to lose the remote or deal with multiple remotes. For most people, their voice is always available and doesn't need new batteries at inconvenient moments.
Android is just as bad
The kitkat device on my desk lights up 2 or 3 times a day in our busy open-plan office, presumably because it thought it heard someone say "OK, Google".
Re: I disagree
They could take lessons from Google. My Moto X responds to voice commands. It also recognizes if I'm giving them and ignores them if it's my wife speaking.
Re: When did you last misplace your vocal cords?
For most people, their voice is always available and doesn't need new batteries at inconvenient moments.
I'm Marcel Marceau and I find this post discriminatory and offensive.
Re: I disagree @r 11
Ignoring voice commands from the wife?
That's a proper man's phone!
Re: Android is just as bad
This isn't going to end well.
We have web pages that you have to snake around to avoid the popups jumping up over the text you need to read. We have Windows 8 that constantly jumps off the desktop screen (and application you're using) because of some hotspot inadvertantly touched.
Soon we'll have to avoid a growing list of key words that might be misconstrued by lurking devices if they're heard together. Laughably, this will REDUCE the number of times we use the words Google, Xbox, and other hard-won brand names.
These ideas sound great taken on their own. When everyone plays, they're awful. For another demonstration, look at the destruction wreaked on the useful Oyster cards in London by having bank cards that trigger the same readers.
Re: I disagree
Just make sure it's not a programmer that thinks of everything:
Re: I disagree
I never got the appeal of machines commanded by voice. If you've got to speak to it why don't you just tell another person what you want done.
People are way easier to program than voice recognition systems. People also have a far more robust interpretative engine and contextual analysis capabilities. Assuming a voice system could get through my outrageous accent (none so far have succeeded), a computer might not realize my order to activate the siege pumps and deploy the Dome of Silence is bourbon fueled bluster, not an actual order. My wife, house staff and
minions office staff have learned to tell the difference and it's simply too risky to hope a computer can do the same.
Maybe one day it'll be like Star Trek and voice command will 'just work', but even after they get AI sorted, they've still got to figure out how to cause pain and remorse in the AI. Without pain and fear of more pain the programming will be far less effective and reliable so right now Humans are far superior to voice controlled tech.
Re: When did you last misplace your vocal cords?
We will perfect brain pattern recognition (possibly simpler) before we perfect voice recognition it seems.
On a technical stand point... the voice varies a lot for each command, however our brain pattern might be more similar, even when we have a cough from a cold (but not when we have a fever! :O ).
Re: I disagree
"I never got the appeal of machines commanded by voice. If you've got to speak to it why don't you just tell another person what you want done."
Me: "Wife - Xbox on!"
Wife: "Husband - bugger off!"
Me: "Wife - open Titanfall, and snap the football"
*wife throws xbox at husband*
Not sure you've got a solid plan there. These things are always solutions looking for a problem - until you get used to them, then it's just an expected feature.
Re: I disagree
It also recognizes if I'm giving them and ignores them if it's my wife speaking.
Very smart device.
Re: When did you last misplace your vocal cords?
I'd be careful about practising your routines in the same room as your Kinect then, as you mght find that you've just purchased £15000 worth of tedious first person shooters
@Lee D and Don Jefe
Don't get the need for voice recognition?
Cool, then don't use it.
Simple :)
Me? I'm writing this entire post, and submitting it (having read the article and comments), all via voice control / voice recognition. Did I NEED to? No. Then again, I don't NEED to read or reply either. That I did, is made easier using voice control / voice recognition. Easier, more convenient, and as you can wee with this uncorrected post, it seems to pretty much work.
Re: @Lee D and Don Jefe
@Keith 21
The downside of speech recognition is that it's harder to fool the boss/wife that you're actually doing work rather than posting on The Reg.
Seriously though, there is a difference between activating voice-recognition for a specific task and a pervasive 'listening' style recognition, which is what the X-Box and some other devices use. This style of voice-recognition is more problematic because by its very nature it needs to be able to pickup voices from a wide range and so is more susceptible to 'interference'
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our mondeo has voice control and it works quite well. You press a button on the stalk and it activates the "listener". Top level controls such as "climate", "radio", "cd", "bluetooth", "phone", "playlist" etc then sub commands. It doesnt have false positives very often, even the "phone" bit.
I think ive used it half a dozen times in the years ive had the car. It is easier to twiddle the air con temp control or press the down arrow on the wheel.
Tinfoil hat time
OK, I know this sounds nuts, but couldn't the NSA/CIA use this as a brilliantly obtuse way to spy on folks here in the US? Don't the XBone's phone home when they start up and connect to XBoxLive? And say the NSA already has served a warrant (with gag order) to MS to log all traffic from certain consoles, maybe even send covert commands to the consoles to, oh, I don't know, discretely turn on the mic and/or camera. So all they need is a way to make sure the Xbones are on when they want them to be. And then MS comes out with an ad campaign where the actor's voice is actually tuning on people's XBones.
Yeah, that's nuts. They'd never do that. That's way to clever...
Re: Tinfoil hat time
I think they did it on purpose, but not for the purpose that you state above.
It'd be like naming your dog 'stay' or 'sit'.
Re: Tinfoil hat time
The Xbox was already on. How do you think it noticed the words 'xbox on' ? What else was it doing with the other words it heard ? 'Xbox on' just means 'turn on the lights and grab the TV'.
Re: Tinfoil hat time
"It'd be like naming your dog 'stay' or 'sit'."
True. I once named a dog 'Goaway'. Poor thing had a breakdown when I tried to call it. :(
Re: Tinfoil hat time
we had a dog named "dog" once so having an xbox respond to "xbox" isnt too far fetched.
Something for the next firmware update
IIRC, the Kinect mic can pick up stuff that is outside normal human range. I'd suggest they need a 'magic' tone, to be inserted at the beginning of an ad like this, that tells the Kinect to not process possible voice commands for, say, 30 seconds. Then that tone could be used for new forms of abuse, such as ads that don't let you switch away to a game.
Build a more foolproof device and they'll soon produce better fools.
Re: Something for the next firmware update
Very nearly what I came here to post, but I'd got a more user friendly solution of an ultrasound "tune" that could be broadcast at some point during the faux command. Inaudible to the human ear, but the machine takes it as a cartoon angel on its shoulder shaking it's head to ignore that one.
Of course this in turn leads to people identifying the sound and using it for nefarious purposes...
Re: Something for the next firmware update
Won't work, because ultrasound isn't broadcastable and even if it were, TV speakers can't make it.
TV broadcasting standards limit the range of colours and sound frequencies to a rather small range, considerably smaller than a young human can see and hear.
They could do a piercing whistle, except they'd then be thrown off the networks for breaching other rules.
There's a reason why the signals to indicate advert insertion times used to be visual - ever notice black and white flashing dots before an ad break?
Re: Something for the next firmware update
Kinect mic can pick up stuff that is outside normal human range.
That's below 16Hz and above 20KHz (mybe 22K for some people). Your standard TV set won't be able to play them. Also could make dogs annoyed as they actually hear ultra sound and that's one of the ways to have the dogs perform at the circus.
Then you may have young kids hear the ultra sound and have very unpleasant effect even causing headache (still clearly remember the high pitch 15625Hz of horizontal flyback transformer)
Using infrasound (sub 20Hz) is quite as dangerous. "Low frequency sound can cause people to have unusual experiences even though they cannot consciously detect infrasound"[0]
Basically putting sound waves outside the hearing spectrum (and being able to reproduce them in the physical world) can result in class lawsuits.
Re: Something for the next firmware update
infrasound is only an issue at high power. Obviously if a powerful sound wave at 5HZ is projected to you then obviously the air is going to be pushed and pulled out of you. "brown notes" are a myth though.
At the power TV speakers are it would make no difference (assuming they could play so low which they cant). Even domestic subs wouldnt do much either. Mythbusters used some pretty impressive kit when they tested it (as did NASA)
Re: Something for the next firmware update ( @Danny 14)
I mentioned no standard speakers can deliver infra sounds (even subs). Infra sound would require huge speakers as well to be able to play so low frequency - assuming plugged into some external 5+1 the extra power might be good enough.
I recall reading like 25 years ago about the effects of infra sound and there is info (like the linked one) with experiments on real people. Of course it could be just a myth but that one is hard to (dis)proof as it may not effect everyone.
Xbox sucks
Hey! Its vacuuming the floor!
Why do the fools leave the Xbox turned on? Or doesn't it have that marvelous invention made famous by the Assyrians - an On-Off switch?
"Why do the fools leave the Xbox turned on? Or doesn't it have that marvelous invention made famous by the Assyrians - an On-Off switch?"
I turn of my TV with the remote - but the pretty red LED stays on. It is in "standby", not "off". I could get up, and turn it REALLY off - with the mechanical button on its front.
But I'm lazy, and this way I don't have to remember to turn it on before use. Truth be told, my TV doesn't have mics or cameras - so it is not a concern.
Most people do the same with the Xbox - don't they?
"Why do the fools leave the Xbox turned on? Or doesn't it have that marvelous invention made famous by the Assyrians - an On-Off switch?"
Microsoft hid it. You have to know that the on/off switch is the Xbox logo on the front of the box.
On-Off switch
Maybe it's because the typical North American wall socket, for some reason, lacks an on-off switch?
Re: On-Off switch
simple solution in our house, double wall socket. One has a 4 way with TV, amp, xbmc and xbox. Other socket has 4 way with router and cable modem (and a free standing light). Leave one switched on (router and modem), other gets switched off when not in use. If you were that lazy you could get one of those remote control switches (that would consumer power....)
Somewhat deceitful if not downright false advertising
Advert is all about voice commands and ends with "XBoxOne- Now £349" ...which would be the kinectless version ...and you need Kinect for voice commands.
No, I didn't pay enough attention to the advert to notice if there was small print to point out that fact.
Re: Somewhat deceitful if not downright false advertising
"Advert is all about voice commands and ends with "XBoxOne- Now £349" ...which would be the kinectless version ...and you need Kinect for voice commands."
I blame marketing. If you want to gauge audience participation, what better way than to make sure your analytics collector is enabled and capable of sending audio/video at the start of an ad. Or finding out which channels Xbone owners prefer. As MS put it when they flogged Atlas to Facepalm-
"Perhaps more important than anything, five-plus years ago we did not have the stable of mature owned & operated media/screen assets with global reach that we now have, including: Xbox/Kinect, Skype, Bing, Windows Phone, a new and improved MSN that delivers premium ad experiences, and last but certainly not least, Windows 8 applications.
Our vision has evolved. We want to stay laser focused on building devices and services that we believe will represent the advertising platforms of the future."
I still can't see the advert without hearing Aaron Paul saying, "xbox on, bitch".
"xbox on, xbox compose tweet ... xbox tweet"
Twitter is brought to it's knees by millions of xbox telezombies.
The one story I read about was someone who was playing Watch Dogs and the advert played - presumably on another TV - it's not mentioned, but the XBox of course ignored the first command, because it was already on - it however dutifully followed the second command.... and went to Titanfall.
I'd like to know how many people left the room while the commercials were on, and came back to find their XBox on, (possibly in the Titanfall game), and the TV snapped? There are probably a lot of people who live on their own who would find that just a little bit scary - if they didn't know about the existence of the advert.
What I take away from the advert though..... is that I was unaware that it was possible to do this, and I now wonder why we don't hear stories about (for example) little brothers who wait until big brother is in a pretty crucial part of a game - and then shout commands at the XBox...... because if they had been around when I was a kid - I'd totally have done that....
But then.... I'm the evil git with the TV-b-Gone in my pocket, and it's A LOT of fun......
Only command you'll ever need
"Xbox, list yourself on ebay."
This is HILARIOUS! (/Sparta)
Seriously, I understand there's a certain amount of trolling going on with switched gamer handles... :)
I can only understand about half of what the guy is mumbling in the advert
affects new xbones too?
If it doesn't affect the new xbones then its one more reason why it was smart to wait until Microsoft came to their senses and quit making gamers pay $100+ extra for device that exists so you can flail around like a retard.


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The Railway Museum in Madrid presents an exploration of the works of contemporary artists interested in the aesthetics of trains.
Here, 111 works focusing on railways allow visitors to take a close look at etchings and paintings from the 19th century through to the present day. Artists such as Daniel Gil Martín, Arnau Alemany and Mayoral use realist and hyperrealist styles to show their vision of the train, symbol of speed and modernity. This is a unique exhibition, ideal to get to know different artistic styles, which is to become part of the museum's permanent collection.
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Brown's life has been about football – as the son of a coach, a player and eventually a coach himself. He used his expertise to work with the Vandal linebacking corps where Marc Millan turned in the top tackle effort with 91 stops in 12 games and tied for the 27th best in solo stops nationally.
It was Brown's life in football that caught the attention of head coach Paul Petrino. Brown, like Petrino, grew up with football. The son of the late Dan Brown, a long-time coach at Fresno State, Eric Brown comes to Idaho from Indiana State University where he worked with Vandal defensive coordinator Ronnie Lee.
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That inherent knowledge of the game is something Petrino prizes.
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At Indiana State, Brown was the outside linebackers coach. Among the players under his guidance were two players ranked in the top three in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and top 25 in the Football Championship Subdivision in tackles per game, as well as the league's No. 5 player in quarterback sacks. The Sycamores were ranked third nationally in total defense in 2012. He also coached Connor Underwood to a Freshman All-American season.


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Jay-Z and Kanye West are richer than you. If it took you until Watch the Throne to realize this, you've either been paying zero attention to your bank account or you've suffered a Bernie Madoff-like betrayal of fortune that should have you pitching all the world's editors with your sad story. This is probably not the case. But how else to explain the sudden surge of criticism directed at the Throne rappers for releasing their opulent collaboration amid, as Sean T. Collins wrote, "the debt deal and the London riots or something"?
Or something. Never mind that the U.K. riots exist in a totally different social and musical sphere and that the musicians speaking out are names the U.S. has barely heard of like Lethal Bizzle and Professor Green. Never mind that if Jay and Kanye were to wait out the recession to drop Watch the Throne, we might have gotten a posthumous release. The album's strenuous anti-leak regimen, as if Roc Nation was fending off Julian Assange instead of disgruntled assistants and fanboys, was both cause and effect–cause, because critics and commenters couldn't hear Watch the Throne in advance and thus snatched up easy angles like brand names; effect, because the subtext of all this leak talk was how much it cost. There's about as much interest in Watch the Throne's price tag as in its music. Nobody's been able to come up with an actual price, of course; the faint whiff of spending is outrage enough.
When people criticize Watch the Throne's cost, they're usually conflating two things: how much Watch the Throne cost, and Jay-Z and Kanye West's gilt-greased, unrelatable verses. Let's look at the first. No one is disputing that Watch the Throne was expensive. It's no accident that the album's release coincided with Forbes setting out their latest chunk of linkbait: their Cash Kings list of hip hop's top earners, crowned with a few grafs about the Throne rappers' list-topping wealth. People who make millions tend to spend millions.
With Watch the Throne, though, the focus shifted to the spending process, as if you could hear the album with no names attached and immediately price it. People talked about its "expensive sound," as if a sound could be inherently expensive. They gasped about how much it must've cost to sample Otis Redding when they'd never even questioned the price of samples before. Some people pored over production credits for what must've been the first time in their lives. The album cover, the leak patrol, the pop-up store–all were dredged up as proof of Jay and Kanye's wild expenditures.
But how wild are they, really? We'll stay out of Hollywood–although the average major studio spends throneloads of cash on even filler and flops–and stick to music. Just a few months ago, NPR wrote about how a song as uneventful as Rihanna's "Man Down" costs a million dollars or so. Extrapolate based on chart position, and that's a lot of millions per pop star. Moving up the event echelons, Britney Spears' Circus tour had a $10 million stage and cost $6 million a week in upkeep. Lady Gaga's costumes put her millions of dollars in debt. Album sales, tour sales and advertising deals make artists even more millions; according to Forbes again, U2, Bon Jovi and even Michael Buble's earnings in the past year far outstrip both Jay and Kanye combined.
On the surface, the second argument seems to hold more weight. Before Watch the Throne's release, the most-quoted lyric was from release single "Otis": "Luxury rap / the Hermes of verses." Watch the Throne has plenty of similar product-name drops to give those looking hours of indignation; they'll find isolated words about watches, cars, couture and fine art. This is wrong, the thinking goes, because people can't relate to having an "other other Benz" or sheepskin coats. But the realistic and the confessional are only two ways to approach music. Aspirational art's been around as long as art itself, as a glance through any lifestyle section of any magazine or newspaper can tell you.
And if people restricted their listening to songs they could relate to, they'd lose a lot. The No. 1 song in the United States contains the lyric "be the first girl to make me throw this cash / we get money, don't be mad," and if you thought that was a fluke, LMFAO's follow-up is about spraying women with expensive champagne. Right behind it is a song about teenage debauchery that's so glossy and consequence-free that it bears no resemblance to the real world's messier benders. More than one hit single involves the apocalypse; just as many involve VIP rooms and bottle service and sex lives beyond the reach of the average clubgoer. Nobody is complaining about any of this.
So why the complaints about Watch the Throne? Partly it's timing, but Watch the Throne itself holds further insight. On one track, Jay-Z laments: "only spot a few blacks the higher I go." Another track finds Jay and Kanye, as Brandon Soderberg writes, "painfully aware of how whites see their partying": "This shit weird / We ain't supposed to be here." Now extend this to the entire album. Subconscious or not, there's a sense that Jay-Z and Kanye West are only allowed a certain level of spending power as black hip-hop musicians; for Watch the Throne to find them talking, even boasting, about exceeding it is seen as an affront. Many people are nothing but well-intentioned pointing out the Throne's opulence, but the greater the critical mass, the more room for uglier sentiments to build up underneath. The sad thing is how directly Watch the Throne addresses all this. But as in life, it's much easier to gawk at the label.


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On Wednesday, video game publisher Activision announced over four million players participated in the "Destiny" beta via the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
In a press release issued by Activision, it was stated 4,638,937 unique players tested out the anticipated online multiplayer first-person shooter. The beta trial began on July 17th on the PS3 and PS4, expanded to Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners on July 23rd, and closed on July 27th. The beta was originally available to those who pre-ordered Destiny, but became open to anyone with a Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus account on July 24th.
"This is the biggest beta of this console generation by a wide margin and the largest console beta ever for a new video game IP to date," said Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg. "Hosting a beta at this scale is an incredible feat, so we're thrilled to see the phenomenal response. But the beta is just a taste of what's to come. We're counting down the days to our launch day, September 9th." Bungie, the famed "Halo" series developer behind "Destiny," were also pleased with the overwhelming response to the beta. "We were totally blown away by the number of people who played the beta," said Bungie COO Pete Parsons. "We surpassed even our own goals and the feedback was invaluable. We cannot thank the community enough, the response was humbling and in the weeks ahead we'll be working hard to ensure that Destiny lives up to the expectations at launch."
PlayStation players were the first to experience the world of "Destiny" in alpha form back in June. It was estimated almost 6.5 million games were played during the "Destiny" alpha on PS3 and PS4. Since then, "Destiny" has undergone numerous changes based on player feedback. The biggest change being the vocal performance of Peter Dinklage, who now sounds more robotic and now longer says the infamous "That Wizard came from the Moon" line from the alpha.
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The NHL announced today, one day after the NFL's Super Bowl, Joe Pavelski of the San Jose Sharks was awarded one of the "Three Stars" for the month of January.
"Little Joe" Pavelski scored a league-leading 12 goals in 15 games with four assists for the Pacific division, second-place San Jose Sharks recording his first career NHL hat trick against Tampa Bay on January 18th.
In 56 games this season, Pavelski's 54 points total is second behind Joe Thornton's team-leading 55.
Pavelski, a member of the 2014 United States Olympic team, is currently tied for third place in goals scored in the NHL with 29 just two shy of his single-season career high 31.
The first Star-of-the-Month went to Carolina Hurricanes' goalie Anton Khudobin with Toronto Maple Leaf forward Phil Kessel earning the second Star-of-the-Month honor.
Kessel will be a teammate of Pavelski on the 2014 United States Olympic Team that leaves for Sochi later this month.
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Courtney Stodden "Floor Flashes," Joins Forces with Chris Crocker
Fame monster Courtney Stodden is off to a fast start in 2012, thanks to some characteristically (ahem) demure behavior.
Doug Hutchison's bride tweeted a photo of herself, sprawled across the floor and wearing almost nothing, and encouraged her followers to do the same.
"Come get down & dirty w/me while we floor flash together!" declared Stodden. "I showed you mine… now show me yours. I'll RT the hottest!"
It's the most scandalous thing we've seen this side of a pumpkin patch!
But the biggest development might be that Stodden seems to have caught the eye of one Chris Crocker.
You might remember Crocker as the attention magnet whose tear-soaked "Leave Britney Alone" 2007 viral video became a sensation (SEE BELOW).
"@CourtneyStodden Courtney, I just feel like we're kindred spirits," tweeted Crocker. "Shall I make a #LeaveCourtneyAlone video?"
Shockingly, Stodden seems onboard with a collaboration.
She responded, "Our souls are timelessly connected Chris – That video would be such a divine creation! Love you… muah!"
Then the two privately exchanged contact info, setting the stage for what could be the most explosive creative teaming since John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time.
Check out PHOTOS of Courtney posing with Santa Claus in a red bikini!
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