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There were 70 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,367 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Attempted robbery: A 20-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint while sitting at Sherwood Park in the 100 block of West Robinhood Drive about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The man told police he grabbed the robber's gun and pulled him over a bench. The robber then bit the victim, picked up his gun and ran away. The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment. The robber wore a puffy black and red jacket.
Arrest: Police arrested Pamela Whaley, 36, on suspicion of robbery and resisting arrest after she reportedly stole items from a store in the 1400 block of South Airport Way. Store clerks tried to detain Whaley, but she attempted to stab them with a screwdriver. The clerks let her go but watched her until police arrived. Officers captured Whaley after a brief foot pursuit.
The California Highway Patrol did not submit an incident report for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 110 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday, including eight vehicle accidents, 76 medical calls and five structure fires.
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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis teams will host the first-ever collegiate competition at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center starting on Friday when the Third-Annual Islanders Open begins play at 5 p.m. The tournament is an officially-sanctioned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) event.
The Islanders will host men's and women's players from Houston, Lamar, UTSA, Abilene Christian and Tyler Junior College. The tourney will feature a full 32-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw for both the men and women. There will also be a consolation round for those who don't advance past the opening match so each player gets at least two matches.
Matches will run from 5 p.m. until the first round is completed on Friday night, and then start back up at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. The finals of both singles and doubles for both sides will be played beginning at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Updates will be available on the Islanders Tennis Twitter account (@IslandersTennis) and complete wrap-ups of the day will be available on www.GoIslanders.com.
In the video, Associate Head Men's Tennis Coach Goncalo Figueiredo talks about what the event means to the program, and what the coaches are looking to get out of the weekend on competition.


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New York Times bestselling author Jocelynn Drake brings her remarkable Dark Days series to a stunning and dramatic conclusion with Burn the Night—a thrilling, page-turning masterwork of urban fantasy that brings the powerful Nightwalker Mira and her cohort, the conflicted vampire slayer Danaus, face to face with their most feared demons as the dreaded Great Awakening approaches. Burn the Night offers superior supernatural thrills and adventure in the bestselling tradition of Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughn, and Kelley Armstrong.
The Great Awakening approaches . . .
After eons in exile, the naturi have broken their chains and now roam the Earth bent on revenge. It is the sworn duty of Mira, the Fire Starter, to protect the nightwalker race—though even she may be powerless to withstand the horrific onslaught. As Mira and her brave lover, the vampire slayer Danaus, stand ready to do battle, thousands of winged shapeshifters darken the skies. The war of ultimate extermination has begun, and thebattleground is Mira's home turf.
The humans don't yet recognize the doom descending upon them. And the nightwalkers will surely perish unless they unite with outcast naturi who claim to want peace. But these unexpected "allies" are the same demons who have long worked for Mira's destruction—and in these darkest of days the lines between friend and foe will blur treacherously before the bloody endof all things.
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Say goodbye to those first day jitters
by Guest Blogger Kelsey Bradshaw
The first day of school is one of the best days of the entire school year. You get to catch up with friends, and most of the actual school part is just going over the syllabus.
However, this day carries a lot of responsibility along with its festivities. It's the day for you to make a great first impression on potential new friends and even teachers. So how do you prepare for this day of total and complete judgment from everyone you meet? No pressure…
Between enjoying the last of summer and getting your beauty sleep, check online to see if any of your professors have posted a syllabus yet. It's always a good idea to read over them ahead of time to get a general idea of what the class is going to be like, or to see if you have any assignments or need special materials on the first day of class. Once you have your reading list, get shopping! The week classes start, the bookstores will be overflowing with stressed-out students scrambling to get their book shopping done at the last minute. Don't be one of them – shop and rent your textbooks ASAP!
Now that you've read your syllabus and rented your books, it's time to buy the basic school supplies like pencils, pens, and notebooks. Pack these in your bag the night before to avoid them being forgotten in the morning. One time, I was so worried about what I was going to wear that I completely spaced bringing any form of writing utensil to class–which wouldn't have been so bad, except it was to a writing class. Oops.
Once you actually make it to class, sit by people that look friendly and strike up a conversation before class begins (because you're early like a good student, right?!). Even if you're not nearly caffeinated enough to deal with being back at school again, just fake your confidence until it's real. Smile lots, act like you're everybody's best friend, and be a model student who totallllly didn't forget to do the summer reading. And don't forget to raise your hand at least once, especially in huge lecture hall classes, so you'll be more memorable and stick out a little from the masses.
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The British Take and Lose Control, 1763-1814
When the British government attempted to consolidate its vast North American holdings after the French withdrawal in 1763, it found itself confronted by what turned out to be insoluble problems about how to control and pay for its new empire. The government immediately established a Proclamation Line along the ridge of the Appalachian Mountains, beyond which white settlement was to be prohibited. A decade later it placed what would later become the Northwest Territory under the governance of the French-speaking province of Quebec, in defiance of the preferences of English settlers moving toward and into that area. English and particularly Scottish fur-trading companies moved in aggressively to replace the French control of that trade and reap its benefits. Such imperial politics had little appeal or relevance to many American colonists. In terms of its numbers, British America was overwhelmingly a settlers' frontier, moving west and overland from the Atlantic coast. In 1760 there had been only 80,000 inhabitants in all of French North America. By contrast, a decade later, there were 1,500,000 inhabitants in the British colonies, and the growth in numbers was explosive. Migration to the west was a habit, and, for many Americans (as they were coming to be called), it had become a right.
The Upper Midwest was beyond the reach of most of the Revolutionary War, but the treaty of peace in 1783 practically created it as an American province. The boundary established at that treaty made that region, and almost everything east of the Mississippi, nominally part of the United States. In fact, despite the treaty, the British remained in control of the area for another decade, and the situation remained unstable until a new war had been fought and a new treaty concluded in 1814.
The British lost political control through such wars and treaties, but English cultural influence in the new nation was pervasive. English speech and a host of English institutions were taken for granted in the new nation and in what became the Northwest Territory.
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Two test devices, two different results.
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Nexus 7, Android 4.1 with BubbleUPnP (DLNA) Server and MXPlayer for playback
With precisely the same settings on PMS, the PS3 will (correctly) play back an MKV container with dual audio (where 'eng' is flagged for default, along with a supplementary 'jpn') with 'jpn', with 'eng' subtitles as that is how I've set it. This works flawlessly.
When doing the same with BubbleUPnP and MXPlayer on Android with the same running instance of PMS, 'eng' audio plays back with 'eng' subtitles.
Due to a lack of understanding of the mechanics of DLNA and PMS' transcoding mechanism, I'm unable to efficiently debug further by myself and need some informed assistance.
When the PMS server determines the request and the resulting audio/subtitles, does it solely throw the selected streams into the transcode, or does it throw all streams into the transcode, but change the defaults?
If it's the former, then why would PMS be incorrectly selecting the wrong stream when a different device requests that exact same file in the exact same server instance with the exact same config?
If it's the latter, then is there a way for it to do the former so my player does not use the 'eng' stream?
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Today: Personal-computer maker Dell pays billions to become a private company again, and a report says that HP is considering a different move, breaking the company into pieces. Also: Zynga turns a surprising profit, Apple (AAPL) and Wall Street rebound.
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As the personal-computer market continues to struggle, the No. 2 U.S. PC maker announced a drastic move Tuesday: Founder and CEO Michael Dell teamed with Microsoft and Menlo Park-based Silver Lake to purchase Dell back from investors and take it private for more than $24 billion. The only PC company larger than Dell, Palo Alto's Hewlett-Packard (


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First of all, excuse my English i'm french !
Since update from 1.2x (can't remember) to 1.52 than 1.54. All my video files appears on my renderer (Freebox V6) as TS file. for instance south park s06e01.ts whereas it's a simple avi file. This trouble causes the impossibility to forward or backward any video file.
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Throughout his career in the United States Senate, Senator Kennedy has authored more than 2500 bills.
Of those bills, several hundred have become Public Law, and have made a significant difference in the quality of life for the American people.
Senator Kennedy has championed the cause of quality healthcare for all Americans throughout his career in the Senate. Among the many landmark laws enacted under his leadership and sponsorship are the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990, the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, the creation of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 1997 ("HIPAA"), the Children's Health Act of 2000, the Project BioShield Act of 2003, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2005, the FDA Amendments Act of 2007, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.
Creating a Federal Funding Stream to Feed the Elderly, Support Women and Children
In 1971, Kennedy introduced legislation to create a federal initiative patterned on volunteer programs in several states to feed the elderly, either with meals delivered to their homes or in group settings. Kennedy's bill established permanent federal subsidies for these programs (the first was $250 million over two years), and he fought the Nixon Administration's attempts to completely eliminate funding. In 2007, 141 million meals were delivered to 916,000 individuals and 95 million meals were provided to 1.6 million seniors in community locations. It is estimated that over 6 billion meals have been served since Kennedy's bill was signed into law.
In 1972 Kennedy was also a prominent figure in establishing the Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC). The program offers food, nutrition counseling, and access to health services for low-income women, infants, and children. The first year WIC was authorized, 88,000 women and children participated. In 2008 alone, that number had grown to 8.7 million.
Enhancing Bioterrorism Preparedness
As the threat for bio-terrorism increased during the last 10 years of Kennedy's Senate service, he worked aggressively to establish the governmental infrastructure necessary to protect the American public. In 2000, Senator Kennedy was the chief sponsor of bipartisan legislation, the Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act, which – by strengthening the nation's public health infrastructure and required planning for public health emergencies – laid the groundwork for essential improvements to our public health preparedness against bio-terrorism. His planning proved invaluable when the nation faced anthrax attacks the following year.
Enhancing Food Safety
Protecting consumers was a major priority of Senator Kennedy and in 2003, Congress passed his bill to require clear labeling of the major food allergens on packaged foods, as well as better labeling of foods that are gluten free.
Under Senator Kennedy's Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, seven million Americans with food allergies can now readily identify a product's ingredients more easily and avoid foods that may harm them.
His legislation also required the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor deaths related to food allergies and directs the National Institutes of Health to develop a plan for research on food allergies.
Advocating for Civil Rights and Voting Rights
On April, 9, 1964, barely four months after the passing of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Kennedy took to the Senate floor and gave his maiden speech. He chose as his topic the paramount domestic issue of the day, civil rights, and urged support of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in employment, education and public accommodations.
African Americans in the South were demanding equal opportunity and treatment, and their movement, anchored in non-violence, captured the attention of a nation. As America and the world watched the sit-ins and marches, the participants being attacked by police dogs and water hoses; their churches bombed - Ted Kennedy, then a young, freshman senator, was moved to action.
Barely two years into his first term, 33 year-old Kennedy, went to work on the one major legislative initiative leading civil rights organizations wanted but the Johnson Administration did not embrace, eliminating the poll tax.
On March 24, 1966, the Supreme Court vindicated Kennedy by declaring the poll tax unconstitutional, which paved the way for many more voting rights' victories.
Reforming the Immigration System
Senator Kennedy's first major legislative initiative was the Immigration Act of 1965. The Act was a turning point in American immigration policy because it reformed the way immigrants were selected for admission to the U.S. It ended the selection of immigrants on the basis of their national origin that began in 1924 – a system that discriminated on the basis of race or ancestry.
The Act gradually phased out the national origin quotas system and replaced it with a preference system that gave priority to immigrants based on their skills and family relationships. The circumstances, which led to the repeal of the quota system were a combination of changing public perceptions, politics, and legislative compromise. Public support for the repeal reflected changing public attitudes towards race and national origin. The Act was a product of the mid-sixties, and a heavily Democratic 89th Congress, which produced major civil rights legislation.
Promoting Gender Equity
Senator Kennedy was a champion of the Equal Rights Amendment for over 30 years, which would enshrine in the Constitution the principle of equality for men and women. He was in the forefront of Senate leadership that won its passage in Congress in 1972 and reintroduced the legislation again in the 110th Congress.
He was a key supporter of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, which protects women from discrimination in educational institutions and has increased athletic opportunities for young women attending colleges and universities around the country.
Higher Education and Job Training
Senator Kennedy has been a driving force throughout his years in the Senate to see that every student who desires to enroll in college can afford to do so. Since the original Higher Education Act of 1965, Senator Kennedy worked to open the doors of opportunity for all Americans.
In the first re-authorization of the Higher Education Act in 1968, Senator Kennedy supported the creation of the Student Support Services program. This program, along with Upward Bound and Talent Search, which were created in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and the Higher Education Act of 1965, respectively, provided tutoring, mentoring and other assistance, to low-income, first generation college students to increase their retention and graduation rates. These three programs are currently known as the TRIO programs. Notable TRIO participants include TV personality Oprah Winfrey, actress Angela Bassett and Franklin Chang-Diaz, the first Hispanic
Raising the Minimum Wage
Senator Kennedy was the leading Congressional proponent of a fair minimum wage, which was increased 16 times during his nearly half century of Senate service. While serving as Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Senator Kennedy's most recent efforts culminated in 2007 with the first increase in the federal minimum wage in a decade. Thirteen million American workers, including the parents of more than six million children, benefited from the raise, which increased the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour in three phases.
Holding Oil Companies Accountable
During consideration of a 1975 tax cut proposal, Kennedy introduced a provision targeting the oil depletion allowance, which since 1926 had enabled oil producers to exclude 22 percent of their revenues from any taxes. Kennedy's initiative passed overwhelmingly, trimming the allowance for independent producers and ending it for the major oil companies.
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Students from the Colorado Mountain College winter digital photography workshop spent the past weekend capturing moments in ice and snow in Breckenridge.
The fledgling photographers got up close and personal with entries in the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships, as well as the Ice Castles, both of which are still on display in the Riverwalk Center parking lot.
Local photographer Katie Girtman, of Studio Kiva Photography, led the workshop, which was a partnership with GoBreck and attended by a handful of both local and visiting photography students. The students ranged in ability from those who had barely picked up a camera to basic-level photography enthusiasts.
"We did workshop-type situations, where I would give them information about different tools in their cameras and then they would go out and use those different tools," Girtman said.
Girtman taught her pupils about the various features of their cameras, from aperture settings to color adjusting for night shooting. Students also learned how to best position themselves in a crowded environment to get the shots and angles they wanted. Girtman said despite the various ability levels, everyone who attended the workshop said they came away with new skills.
"Everybody learned something from it and got a lot out of it," she said. "It was hard to teach someone who's never picked up a camera before versus someone who's more advanced, but we went through a lot of information, so I feel like we covered both."
Rachel Zerowin, who handles media relations for GoBreck, said the resort chamber thought the photo workshops would be a great enhancement to the event.
"We reached out to CMC, who we knew could execute the quality we were looking for," she said. "Experiential learning is a huge part of what today's travelers are looking for when choosing a destination. With CMC already offering so many great hands-on opportunities, and the event organically drawing photographers of all levels, the workshops seemed a natural fit."
In the bigger picture of Breckenridge as a destination, the workshop added to the already diverse lineup of activities that locals, second-home owners and visitors love about Breckenridge, Zerowin said. GoBreck plans to partner with CMC again in the future to put on the workshop, which Girtman said could only get better.
"It was a fun class. Everybody had a really good time, and I had a good time myself," Girtman said. "We're going to make it bigger and better; we'll probably get to hang on a crane and take pictures of the snow sculptures next year."
"Experiential learning is a huge part of what today's travelers are looking for when choosing a destination."
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In a bizarre dispatch from one of Silicon Valley's most fabled and outspoken characters, venture-capital legend Tom Perkins wrote a letter to the editor of The Wall Street Journal comparing recent activism against the Bay Area's tech elite to the early anti-Semitic actions of the Nazis.
In the letter published Saturday in the Journal's weekend edition, Perkins suggests that the "outraged public reaction to the Google (GOOG) buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them" could be a precursor to the sort of violent attacks the Nazi's waged against Jews on "Kristallnacht'' in November 1938.
The co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers drew shocked reactions throughout the blogosphere for his sharp attack on what he called the Bay Area's "progressive radicalism."
In the letter, Perkins said:
"Writing from the epicenter of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on its 'one percent,' namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the 'rich.'"
Kristallnacht, also called the Night of Broken Glass, was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Nazi-controlled parts of Austria and Czechoslovakia in which paramilitary forces and civilians attacked stores owned by Jews, killed dozens of Jews and rounded up more than 30,000 others.
Perkins went on to trash the Occupy movement, along with the San Francisco Chronicle, which he accused of stoking the "demonization of the rich."
Referring to recent protests in the Bay Area against the Google buses that ferry commuters up and down Highway 101, Perkins said that same anger that some people feel toward Google employees has also carried over to "outrage over the rising real-estate prices which these 'techno geeks' can pay."
Then, in another strange twist, he comes to the defense of his ex-wife, author Danielle Steel, whom he refers to as "our number-one celebrity," who he says has suffered "libelous and cruel attacks in the Chronicle," alleging that "she is a 'snob' despite the millions she has spent on our city's homeless and mentally ill over the past decades."
In closing, Perkins brings up the Nazi metaphor.
"This is a very dangerous drift in our American thinking," he writes. "Kristallnacht was unthinkable in 1930; is its descendent 'progressive' radicalism unthinkable now?"
Reaction against Perkins' letter has been swift and mostly negative, particularly for his suggestion that Nazi fascism and anti-tech protests are somehow synonymous.
Neither Perkins nor representatives with the company he co-founded could be reached for comment. But on Twitter on Saturday, Kleiner Perkins said: "Tom Perkins has not been involved in KPCB in years. We were shocked by his views expressed today in the WSJ and do not agree."
And on The Verge blog, "ruddyD" wrote: "No matter how you feel, Perkins' comparison is way, way, way out of proportion. With comparisons like that you diminish the actual horrors that came with and after the Kristallnacht."
Contact Patrick May at 408-920-5689. Follow him at Twitter.com/patmaymerc.
Regarding your editorial "Censors on Campus" (Jan. 18): Writing from the epicenter of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on its "one percent," namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the "rich."
From the Occupy movement to the demonization of the rich embedded in virtually every word of our local newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, I perceive a rising tide of hatred of the successful one percent. There is outraged public reaction to the Google buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them. We have outrage over the rising real-estate prices which these "techno geeks" can pay. We have, for example, libelous and cruel attacks in the Chronicle on our number-one celebrity, the author Danielle Steel, alleging that she is a "snob" despite the millions she has spent on our city's homeless and mentally ill over the past decades.
This is a very dangerous drift in our American thinking. Kristallnacht was unthinkable in 1930; is its descendent "progressive" radicalism unthinkable now?
Tom Perkins
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation and State Representative Jay McNamar invite the public to attend a roundtable on transportation issues on Thursday, Sept. 5.
The roundtable is scheduled for 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Old Number 1, 412 Atlantic Avenue, Morris, Minn.
MnDOT Commissioner Charlie Zelle and Rep. McNamar will discuss issues surrounding transportation including its link to Minnesota's economy and the value of investing in this state asset. MnDOT officials will be available to discuss local projects in the Morris area.
Zelle and McNamar will also take feedback and answer questions about Minnesota's transportation system.
Additional information is available at www.mndot.gov/minnesotago/.
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Sen. Nelson joins python hunt in Fla Everglades
Published: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 7:02 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 7:02 a.m.
MIAMI - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is joining the hunt for Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.
Nelson and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner Ron Bergeron planned to stalk the exotic snake Thursday as part of the monthlong "Python Challenge."
Wildlife officials say more than 1,000 people signed up for the competition that began Saturday and ends Feb. 10. The state hopes the hunters will help researchers collect more information about the pythons.
The large snakes are an invasive species and are considered a menace to Florida's swamplands. Nelson championed a federal law banning the importation and interstate sale of the species.
The Florida Democrat joined Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in the Everglades last year to announce the ban. On Wednesday, Nelson called the departing secretary "a friend to the Everglades."
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Costco Fulfills F1 Racing Dreams… For a Price
May 20th, 2013
Costco: the land where dreams come true.
Assuming, of course, your dreams include 50-pound bags of sugar, gallons of mayonnaise and full access to all the toilet paper you'll ever need.
Bulk discounts on household staples are enough to keep some people coming back every Saturday. Every once in a while, though, Costco surprises by offering something so over-the-top extravagant or absurd that it blows our little minds. That includes million-dollar diamonds, caskets stacked near the TVs, and now, F1 cars.
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Yes, that's the best (aka, only) strategy when it comes to predicting who will win the big trophies at the 56th annual Grammy Awards, which are set to take place Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
In this edition of Today's Music Picks, I'm ready to tackle the Record of the Year category.
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The nominees:
"Get Lucky," Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams
"Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
"Royals," Lorde
"Locked Out Of Heaven," Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. and Pharrell
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The skinny: It was a great year for singles, so it's only fitting that this field is absolutely loaded. Indeed, I won't be surprised if anyone of the five nominees ends up scoring Grammy gold. I'm wholeheartedly rooting for "Royals," which was my pick for the best song of 2013. Yet, I'm concerned that voters might not think quite so highly of Lorde -- given that they made the ridiculous decision to snub the young star in the album of the year and new artist categories.
I have to think the two favorites are "Blurred Lines" and "Get Lucky," so Pharrell (who is featured on both cuts) should start clearing off space on his mantel. Although Mars, a man who drops hits like a middle linebacker, might have something to say about that. Then there's "Radioactive," the rare rocker that could top the pop offerings.
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And the winner will be ... "Get Lucky." (Although, fingers crossed for "Royals.")
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That's my best guess. What's yours? Listen to my playlist of the 2014 record of the year nominees and then cast your vote.
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From the recent UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper retail study, we learned more online shoppers are using social media to shop for deals. Not surprisingly 84% of online shoppers use at least one social media site with Facebook being the most popular. There are more than a billion Facebook users out there so we've made it even easier to sign up for the service that gives consumers the ability to decide when and where their packages will arrive.
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Accelerating and Transforming Product Design
Creating new products. Accelerating time to market. Expanding and evolving a world-wide design organization. Supporting these efforts is hard enough. Driving them forward is even harder.
Some 20 years ago, the product design team at Intel consisted of about 40 people, focused solely on processors. Today, there are dozens of product development teams and thousands of design engineers around the world, developing everything from silicon to software to services.
As these groups grow and evolve, the Intel Product Development IT team is tasked with helping them. We provide the technology resources that facilitate the creation of world-class products and services.
Availability and uptime—our previous measures of success—are no longer enough.
Our goals have shifted over the past year from running a compute environment to partnering more closely with design groups. From providing systems and support to delivering IT best practices, new ideas, and higher-value consultation. Two main directives guide our path: acceleration and transformation. Because time is of the essence in all Intel programs, we must support—and ultimately drive—the pace of change and the rate of progress at every stage of every project.
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Eldrick Tont Woods, better known as
Tiger Woods, is one of the most successful golfers of all time. He started playing golf at a young age,
where he
learned the game of golf from his father Earl Woods. At 15 years of age
became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur Champion ever. He would end up
three U.S. junior Amateurs in a row. In 1994 Woods became the youngest
winner of
the U.S Amatuer. He would also win three U.S Amateurs in a row. Also,
enrolled at Stanford, Tiger was voted Pac-10 Player of the Year, NCAA
First Team
All American, and Stanford's Male Athlete of the Year. In 1996 Tiger
became the
only golfer to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur Titles. In that year
also won the NCAA individual golf championship. Tiger joined the PGA
Tour in
August 1996. He immediately signed endorsement deals with Nike and
worth $60 million combined. Tiger has won 14 Major Championships and 65
events on the PGA Tour. He is first in both categories among active
Tiger had surgery on his left knee after winning the 2008 U.S. Open
On February 25, 2009, Woods returned to the green in the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Arizona. Although Woods' comeback had not been as auspicious as he'd hoped, he remained No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, and continued to be the leader in top 10 finishes overall. But after losing the PGA title to Yang Yong-eun, Woods finished the year without a single major win—the first time he had done so since 2004.
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On November 27, as the story gained traction, media outlets announced that Woods had collided into a fire hydrant outside his home at 2:30 in the morning. Reports said that Woods' wife had broken the back window of the golfer's SUV with a golf club in order to get him out of the locked car. The golfer's injuries were not serious, and he was quickly released.
The accident aroused suspicions with fans and the media, who instantly pushed for a statement from Woods. But the golfer remained silent on the matter, and mysteriously dropped out of his charity golf tournament, the Chevron World Challenge. He then announced that he would not be attending any other tournaments in 2009.
As the silence grew, so did reports of other Woods mistresses. On December 2, 2009, Woods offered an apology to his fans and family, expressing regret for unnamed "transgressions." But as the mistress count rose to more than a dozen women, with phone evidence to back many claims, Woods was unable to suppress media inquiries into his life. Woods was said to have offered his wife a renegotiation of their prenuptial agreement in order to compel her to stick by him, but reports soon surfaced that Nordgren had purchased a home in Sweden with her sister. Photographers then spotted the former model without her wedding ring.
On December 11, 2009, Woods apologized again to fans—this time, admitting to infidelity. He then announced that he would be taking a hiatus from golf in order to tend to his family. Several days later, he lost his endorsement deal with management company, Accenture, and was suspended from his Gilette endorsement. Other companies, including Nike, Tag Heuer and EA Sports, continue to stand by Woods.
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Tiger became the youngest ever to win
the U.S.
Amateur Championship in 1994. That record stood for 14 years, but was
broken by Danny Lee. Tiger was a member of the American team at the
Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships and the 1995
Walker Cup.
He went to college at Stanford University, where he majored in
Economics. As a
freshman he was voted Pac-10 Player of the Year, NCAA First Team All
and Stanford's Male Freshman of the Year. He also participated in the
his freshman year in college where he finished 41st and was the only
amateur to
make the cut. A year later he became the only golfer to win the U.S.
three times. He also won the NCAA Individual Golf Championship. After
two years
at Stanford Tiger left school to join the PGA Tour.
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It seemed that the swing changes Tiger was talking about were about to come full circle. He enjoyed his greatest success on the PGA Tour from 1999-2002. He won the last four tournaments he entered in 1999, including the PGA Championship.. He finished that season with 8 wins, something that had not happened on the PGA Tour in 25 years. He was again named PGA Tour Player of the Year. Woods began 2000 with his fifth consecutive victory. At the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Tiger earned his sixth consecutive victory in dramatic fashion. He was trailing by seven with seven holes to play. He finished with a 64 for his final round, securing a two shot victory. Tiger won the 2000 U.S. Open by a record 15 strokes. He led by 10 strokes going into the last round and that tournament was named "the greatest performance in golf history" by Sports Illustrated. In the Open Championship at St. Andrews, Tiger set the record for lowest score to par in any major tournament. With that win at the Open Championship Tiger became the youngest golfer ever to win all four major tournaments. At the PGA Championship that year, Tiger beat Bob May in a playoff to capture his 3rd major trophy of the year. Tiger and Ben Hogan remain the only two golfers to win at least three majors in a single year. Tiger entered 20 tournaments in 2000, and of those 20 events, he finished in the top three 14 times. He continued his dominance into the 2001 season. His win at the Masters in April signified the only time in modern golf that any player has held all four major trophies at once. It was not a true Grand Slam, since it was not completed in the same calendar year, it became known as the Tiger Slam. Tiger did not win any major trophies the rest of 2001, but finished with the most wins on tour that year. In 2002 Tiger joined Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo as the only golfers to win the Masters two years in a row. He won the U.S. Open tournament two months later and everyone thought this could be the year Tiger completed the Grand Slam. However Tiger did not win the Open Championship or the PGA Championship in 2002. For the fourth consecutive year he was named Player of the Year. In the 2003-2004 seasons Tiger competed, but did not show the dominance he had in years past. Tiger once again let everyone know that he was working on swing changes to put less stress on his surgically repaired left knee.
Tiger quickly returned to his winning ways in 2005. He won the Buick Invitational in January and the Ford Championship at Doral in March. He regained his spot at number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings when he won his fourth Masters in April. Vijay Singh and Tiger would swap spots at the top of the rankings, but Tiger reclaimed the top spot for good in July. By winning the 2005 Open Championship, his 10th career major, Tiger cemented his hold on the number 1 spot. Tiger would win 6 events in the 2005 season, and top the money list for the 6th time in hs career. In 2006 Tiger started off strong by winning the first two events he entered. In April he was gunning for his fifth Masters win, but came up short to Phil Mickelson. A month later on May 3 Tiger's father Earl died after a long battle with prostate cancer. Woods took nine weeks off to spend time with his family. After the hiatus Tiger returned for the 2006 U.S Open where for the first time in his career missed the cut of a major. Just three weeks later Tiger shook off the rust as he finished tied for second at the Western Open. Woods put on a display at the 2006 Open Championship and his score of -18 was just one off the major championship record he set in 2000 at St. Andrews. With this win being the first major win after the passing of his father, Tiger was very emotional and stood on the green embracing caddie Steve Williams after making the putt to win the tournament. Only four weeks later at the 2006 PGA Championship, Tiger once again dominated the field as he won his 3rd PGA Championship. He won his 50th professional tournament at the Buick Open where he became the youngest ever to reach 50 professional wins. He ended 2006 by winning 6 consecutive tournaments. To begin the 2007 season Tiger won the Buick Invitational for the third straight year. This also marked his 7th consecutive victory overall. In the 2007 masters, Tiger was in the final group but could not make a charge and was defeated by Zach Johnson. He tied for second at the 2007 U.S. Open where he trailed by two going into the final round. In the 2007 Open Championship Tiger was going for his third straight victory at this event. It was not meant to be as Tiger finished five strokes back and in 12th place. However Tiger did win his second consecutive PGA Championship, where he defeated Woody Austin by 2 strokes. Wooods finished the 2007 season with a victory at the Tour Championship and winner of the inaugural FedEx Cup.
Woods started off strong in 2008 with
an 8
stroke victory at the Buick Invitational. With this win he tied Arnold
with 62 career victories. Tiger would again finish second at the
Masters, this
time to Trevor Immelman. He underwent his third arthroscopic knee
surgery on
April 15, and missed two months on the PGA Tour to rehab. Tiger would
return to
the PGA Tour for the 2008 U.S. Open. Throughout the week, Tiger could
be seen
grimacing in pain after many shots. It was very evident that his knee
was not
yet 100%. On the final hole Sunday Tiger needed to make a 12 foot
birdie putt to
force a playoff with Rocco Mediate. In very dramatic fashion the putt
caught the
right lip and fell into the hole to force the playoff. The next day
Tiger faced
Mediate in an 18 hole playoff. After 18 holes the two were still tied
would force sudden death. Tiger would par the first hole of sudden
death as
Mediate eyed his par putt. Mediate missed his par putt, giving Tiger an
incredible win. Two days after winning the U.S. Open Tiger announced
that he would need to undergo reconstructive ACL surgery on his left
knee. He would also miss the rest of the 2008 season. Woods called the
U.S. Open victory "my greatest ever championship- the best of the 14
because of all the things that have gone on over the past week."
On February 25, 2009, Woods returned to the green in the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Arizona. Woods played against South African golfer Tim Clark, losing 4 to 2 in his first tournament since his injury. In June of 2009, Woods competed again in the U.S. Open. After putting a four-over-par in the first round, Woods quickly fell out of contention for the win.
Although Woods' comeback had not been as auspicious as he'd hoped, he remained No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, and continued to be the leader in top 10 finishes overall. But after losing the PGA title to Yang Yong-eun, Woods finished the year without a single major win—the first time he had done so since 2004.
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It's the Muppets!: More Muppets, Please!
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It's the Muppets!: More Muppets, Please! is a compilation video of some of the best clips from The Muppet Show, released by Jim Henson Video in 1993. A similar video, Meet the Muppets!, was also released simultaneously.
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Siddharth Chowdhury
Apr 17, 2012
I like it!Well this newest addition to the naruto series is interesting. It has a lot of better feature than Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 like a lot more options in online battels, online tournaments, Beginner tournaments for new players only.and a lot more! in single player you get to experience the stories of awesome characters like Minato, Itachi, etc. In stories section, the killer bee thing is epic.. youll never forget the rap ever! There are a lot of options in Free Battle like Survival, Tournaments, etc. 70 playable characters are great! Also there are additonal support only characters.
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Best enjoyable fighting game ever !This is the best fighting game that anyone can enjoy & have a good time , learn it quickly while still having the room for pro. players to have an edge over others with tactics & strategies
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The most immersive fighting game!!Its really awesome. The way that they have distributed the stories of the most prominent shinobis is fantastic. The fights too have been made really fast and difficult. Although I wish there were jutsu clashes and interactive cutscenes, but still Cyberconnect 2 pulled it off!! :D To get the most out of it, I recommend to play it in super hard mode. XD
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May 21, 2012
A GOOD GAME INDEED!Naruto is very good 9 stories and 70+ playable characters. fun to play online and with friends but it missed with the boss battles which was in NUNS2 with the boss battles it would have been an excellent game but it is slightly better than nuns2 and the best fighting game and it is recommended to all naruto fans close your and buy it.
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THE GAME DEPENDS ON THE WAY U PLAYThis game is good but it depends on u
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Apr 5, 2012
one of the best fighting gamesi saw the videos on ign and it looks sensational and the characters you are able to pick are amazing , brilliant stuff bringing back old gen chars and great to see zabuza and haku , naruto has one of the best stories ever, waiting for it to be delivered , pre oredered a long time ago , cant wait any longer.
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very good game but a short a gameIt has 9 stories and has 70 playable characters.but there is no free roam so the game stories are short but if you are fan of naruto buy this game online features is good and contunined story of naruto shippuden storm 2
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A mandatory course focused on sexual violence and intervention by bystanders is being developed for all first-year students on campus. The online educational program is an outgrowth of a three-year, $270,000 grant awarded to UMass Amherst by the U.S. Department of Justice's office on Violence Against Women.
Enku Gelaye, interim vice chancellor for students and campus life and dean of students, said in a statement that the money will help UMass promote a healthy, safe and respectful campus community. "This grant reflects our broad-based approach to addressing important issues that affect the lives and academic success of students at UMass Amherst," Gelaye says.
The Center for Women & Community is the lead department and will coordinate activities that include hiring two new staff responsible for meeting the goals of the grant and organizing others to attend technical assistance conferences. The grant will also be used to develop online tools so UMass police can follow best practices in responding to sexual and relationship violence and stalking and to improve training for campus judicial hearing boards and staff in the Dean of Students office. In addition, the money will support creation of a Title IX subcommittee that will review best practices, evaluate campus policies and protocols and recommend any needed changes to the Title IX Coordination Team at UMass.
UMass was one of 28 organizations selected for funding out of 127 applicants seeking $35 million. This latest grant supplements a three-year, $300,000 grant shared by the Amherst, Northampton and UMass police departments to pay for civilian advocates who assist victims of domestic and sexual assaults. Their jobs include calling survivors directly, meeting with them at the police stations and in courts, and referring them to programs such as Safe Passage, the community-based domestic violence program.


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iNet Guardian
iNet Guardian protects your network by notifying you about the workstations that are connecting or disconnecting from the internet gateway.
Even you use a password protected wireless network, don't think that you are protected. WEP, WPA or WPA2 wireless security protocols can easily be hacked by third parties and your confidential information such e-mail password, online bank account password or credit card details can be hijacked.
After you will install iNet Guardian and click Start button, the application will display your private ip, gateway ip, public ip, broadcast ip and the workstations that are connected to the internet gateway. A soon as a change will occur the application will display a notification.
You can also tick the "Minimize to menu bar" checkbox and the application will minimize automatically to menu bar.
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Heh...I suspect this tool simple listens for ARP requests coming from new MAC addresses and alerts you to it. This won't work if you're in a segregated network. I doubt it actually queries your gateway for new devices.
I purchased this app from AppStore and test it on my wifi network. It is pop-ing up when new stations are connected or disconnecting from my router. It is a great app.
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NAPA -- In the early days of Raiders training camp, the "wow" factor belongs to wide receiver Greg Little, based on raucous reviews from season-ticket holders attending practice.
Although Little didn't make as many plays Sunday in the Raiders' first padded practice as he did in the previous two sessions, he was still singled out by coach Dennis Allen for a contested catch in traffic on a pass from Matt Schaub.
A waiver claim from the Cleveland Browns last May, Little has made some headway in jump-starting a career that began as a second-round draft pick out of North Carolina in 2011.
Now all he has to do is hold on.
Therein lies the problem with Little, who saw one pass get away from him after he outfought Neiko Thorpe on a sideline throw with Raiders fans groaning as the ball hit the ground.
Although he was the Browns' leading receiver in each of his first two seasons and had 155 receptions for 1,821 yards and eight touchdowns over three years, Little knows why he's not in Cleveland anymore.
"My numbers were good but not what they could have been had I maximized every opportunity that I had a chance to catch the ball," Little said.
Dropped passes are not an official stat in the NFL, but Pro Football Focus had Little dropping eight passes while catching 41 a year ago, and one estimate had him with 14 drops in 2012, including one game against Cincinnati where he dropped between four and six passes depending on who was counting.
Wide receiver Rod Streater said Little "has been making some great plays, some incredible catches" and said of the dropped passes in Cleveland, "He's put it behind him, so we'll put it behind him with him. He's out there making plays, and he feels like he belongs here."
Little, 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, is part of a large group of Raiders looking for a fresh start, the difference being that he's not in the 29- to 32-year age group of some others. Little is still only 25.
Feeling rejuvenated by a clean slate, a demanding but supportive coaching staff and more camaraderie with his teammates than he ever felt in Cleveland, Little said being waived was a blessing.
"At a certain point in Cleveland I was stamped a certain way after so many mistakes," Little said. "You hear people in the back of your head saying, 'He can't do it,' or, 'He won't do it,' or, 'He's not able to do it,' and that's just fuel to my fire. I'll let that propel me to new heights."
Little also realizes that catches and drops mean only so much in practice.
"I'm just looking for it to carry over on Sundays," Little said. "That's where it counts, man."
In contrast to former drop-prone Raiders receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, Little is capable of looking smooth and natural and can win a fight for the ball with a defender.
Allen likes what he sees so far.
"I'm not going to let any one play deter me on how I feel about Greg Little," Allen said. "He's an outstanding talent, and since he's been here he's done everything we've asked him to do and been a real pro about doing his job."
For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on Twitter at twitter.com/Jerrymcd.


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A recent attack piece against Richard Stallman was written by Linus Torvalds on the eve of Obama's election.
Black and white by Linus Torvalds
Linus begins with this:
So I'm pretty well-known for not exactly being a huge fan of the FSF and Richard Stallman, despite the fact that I obviously love the GPLv2 and use it as the license for all my projects that I care about.
How unfortunate to write negatively of Stallman in the very first sentence. Linus Torvalds appears excessively ambitious and uncouth almost every time he talks about Richard Stallman.
Linus Torvalds continues:
I love seeing people who are really passionate about what they do, and many people have something they really care about. It's just that when that becomes something exclusionary, it often gets ugly. It's not passion for something, it becomes passion against something else.
Linus Torvalds appears excessively ambitious and uncouth almost every time he talks about Richard Stallman.
That point of view is debatable. I'm of the opinion that you do have to take a stand on some issues on occasion. It's actually not uncommon that situations arise which require opposition.
But Linus Torvalds doesn't really seem to have a problem being passionate against something. He has had a passion against Richard Stallman's leadership for many years. It has been ugly more than once and this attack piece was no exception.
Linus Torvalds continues:
This is, just to take an example, one of the reasons I try to avoid talking much about Microsoft - I'm very passionate about Linux (obviously), but quite frankly, I really find the whole notion of Linux as being "against Microsoft" to be silly and wrong-headed.
It seems like Torvalds is referring to the "Bad Vista" campaign here. I'm glad Richard has the guts to oppose proprietary software. Microsoft supports software patents and seeks to deprive us of our user freedom. It's really not so complicated. I do not agree that RMS is doing a bad thing by directly an vocally opposing Microsoft.
Linus Torvalds continues:
Yeah, I might make an occasional tongue-in-cheek joke or two, but does anybody really seriously think that you can put 17+ years of your life and make good decisions based on hate and fear?
Hate and fear? Richard Stallman is not a hater and he's not fearful. RMS is motivated by his passion for freedom and his principles.
Linus Torvalds continues:
That was also why I didn't (and don't) like GPLv3 - I think many of the changes weren't due to being "pro free software", but more a mindless reaction against things like TiVO, and the whole black-and-white, "good vs evil" mindset.
In spite of Torvalds' opposition, the developer community has embraced GPLv3. Soon there will be more than 3,000 projects licensed under GPLv3.
The action against TiVo was neither mindless nor even reactionary. That modification of the GPL is in line with the original intent of the license which is to prevent computer users from being denied essential freedom to use their computers and programs as they wish.
In spite of Torvalds' opposition, the developer community has embraced GPLv3.
Many seem to forget that a track record of success had already been established by the GNU GPL even before the Linux Kernel project was launched. The GNU GPL is the gold standard among licenses as it gains the full confidence of volunteers.
The reason the GNU GPL is so successful is because it's the first (though often imitated) "copyleft" which was specifically designed for the purpose of protecting the freedom of computer users.
Sadly many people were misled by the false historical narrative Eric Raymond wrote in The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
The way Torvalds criticizes Stallman's work on the GPL, you could almost get the idea Torvalds was the original author of the GPL, not Stallman.
Finally, Linus Torvalds delivers the payload:
The reason I bring this up is that while I can't vote, I did want to say publicly anyway that I really really hope that Obama will be the US president elect after Tuesday night.
Through four paragraphs, Linus Torvalds criticizes Richard Stallman, he criticizes GPLv3 in the next paragraph, then Torvalds finishes by endorsing Barack Obama.
I think those two unrelated messages should have been posted separately. It seems that Torvalds was trying to use the wave of Obama enthusiasm to bolster his attacks on Richard Stallman. How sad.
For the Record, Richard Stallman supported Dennis Kucinich, then Stallman supported Ralph Nader after Kucinich dropped out.
Torvalds was trying to use the wave of Obama enthusiasm to bolster his attacks on Richard Stallman.
I find it necessary to point out that Obama didn't ride a unicorn across a rainbow to the White House. There was a lot of confrontation which was necessary to achieve this victory.
It was Kucinich who read 35 articles of impeachment against Bush and Cheney on the floor of congress. Kucinich's role was that of an offensive lineman who helped make Obama's touch-down possible.
I've pointed out before that Linus Torvalds was a child while Richard Stallman worked for years to bring us the GNU operating system. Stallman did this specifically for the purpose of protecting computer users' freedom.
It was 13 years after the release of GPLv2 that GPLv3 was released. During those long years, a lot of effort spent in trying marginalize Richard Stallman. It seems that Linus Torvalds may be anxious now because there is new wind under Stallman's wings ever since the release of GPLv3.
I suspect this attack piece on Richard Stallman by Linus Torvalds may have been a tit-for-tat retaliation. Stallman recently asked members of a LUG (Linux User's Group) to rename their organization to GLUG (GNU/Linux User's Group) as a pre-condition of speaking there.
It's not a good idea to disrespect the GNU-Father.
Maybe Torvalds promote an opposition to the FSF and Stallman position to gain more donation and sponsors.
Torvalds is right
Okay, I'm going to take stand: Torvalds was 100% on target in the referenced article.
Torvalds criticism is (as it has always been) mild and qualified. The message is essentially that Stallman has done some great and good things, but he's imperfect, and following his every footstep is not a good idea. That Torvalds favors GPLv2 and dislikes GPLv3 is not news, and the truth is that GPLv3 remains fairly controversial among developers.
So, what part of this is "unjustified" criticism?
There's no question that Stallman spends a lot of effort on negative campaigning against proprietary software, and less on promoting the benefits of software freedom. Indeed, when a group of people including Raymond and Perens did form the "open source" marketing campaign to promote free software to a much broader community (thereby securing the successful distribution of free software that is responsible for most of Stallman's present day prominence), he attacked them for it on trivial issues like the semantics of the name!
The same treatment has been given to Torvalds, who Stallman should owe an enormous debt to for the existence of Linux, without which, Stallman and his GNU project would probably still be anonymously puttering away on an incomplete operating system.
So, personally, I think Torvalds is being pretty fair here. Not that there isn't another side to it, but it's all valid criticism, and labeling it "unfair" is going pretty far.
Wow Terry, thanks for the very detailed and passionate response.
GPLv3 is not controversial among those who understand it.
Regardless of the controversy among those who don't get it, version 3 of the GNU GPL is propagating at a brisk pace.
Nobody I know thinks Richard Stallman is perfect, and neither does Richard Stallman.
Stallman does not owe an "enormous debt" to ______ [not sure who you had in mind here], for the existence of the Linux kernel.
What you fail to realize is that Stallman's commitment to software freedom is an achievement regardless of how many people understand the importance of it.
Luckily, lots of people understand the importance of this commitment to freedom. Apparently, Linus Torvalds is not one of them.
BTW, Terry, you might want to trim that beard if you don't want to be mistaken for someone who might be sympathetic to a "fanatic" like Richard Stallman.
Torvalds is sort of right, but...
Although I disagree with Torvalds, I don't think his criticism was so much unfair as uncalled for.
He could have easily made his point - with no loss of effectiveness - without bringing up Stallman and GPLv3. That's the thing that bothers me, and makes it look like a cheap shot - there's no need to shoehorn Stallman/FSF/GPL politics into a discussion on US Presidential politics.
The piece wasn't about Stallman (but Linus is right there, too)
This commentary is amusingly exactly what Linus would probably have predicted. The piece wasn't about Stallman, he was just mentioned as an example of a political style that Linus rejects, but it was completely predictable that a story in FSM would focus on the minor mention of Stallman, rather than the message of the piece, which is about the spirit of collaboration and openness that he sees in Obama and hopes leads to a healthier image and reality in American politics.
This is contrasted to Stallman's exclusionary views - if you don't value software freedom above all else, you're the enemy. I think there is continuing danger that Stallman will have the same negative effect on potential uptake of the issues he supports that Nader has. They both have a level of monomania that makes you root for the white whale...
You seem very attuned to Linus Torvald's mind.
So much so that you can laugh about what he probably would have predicted.
Meanwhile, you're so alienated from Richard Stallman that you don't understand him at all.
Apparently you think Stallman isn't fit to lead the movement he started.
Let me ask you then, who else is keeping their eyes on the horizon? Please consider this: Linus Torvalds is willing to embrace DRM and Richard Stallman is not. Linus Torvalds doesn't like direct confrontation against Microsoft and Richard Stallman never tires of direct confrontation.
So who will say these things which Richard Stallman says if he were to retire and mind his own business? I'd be willing to give it my best shot, but it wouldn't be the same. I know that I'd suffer all the same character attacks from the usual suspects.
RMS is the GNU-Father. Long may he reign.
Not an attack, an example.
As others have said the article wasn't about Stallman, Torvalds highlighted Stallman's methods and stance as an example of what he didn't like: of what he sees Obama as the opposite of and what he likes about him.
I don't see this as either "unjustifiable" or an "attack" on Stallman himself. It's saying "I don't like this kind of behaviour or attitude and *that's* why I like Obama." and when you are describing something it's often helpful to give examples. It's true that he does concentrate on one example and proponent of something he doesn't like (RMS) but it is one that does the job very well and thus more would be distracting.
You also said:
> Through four paragraphs, Linus Torvalds criticizes Richard Stallman, he criticizes GPLv3 in the next paragraph, then Torvalds finishes by endorsing Barack Obama.
Are you implying there's an imbalance here? He describes behaviours and attitudes he dislikes in the first *five* paragraphs and then speaks of Obama not having those in the next *seven* paragraphs. Sorry, but that sounds like a typical way to introduce your subject in the first half and then move onto your point in the second.
To me, it seems that it was about Stallman and not about Obama.
That may be the only time Torvalds ever writes publicly on the subject of Obama. Even so, he didn't waste it - he used it for ammunition in his campaign against RMS.
This makes Linus Torvalds look very different from Barack Obama, the man he seeks to identify himself with.
Linus Torvalds seeks consolidate power through a relentless, negative campaign against the most influential man in the free software community, the most successful man in license propagation of open source projects - Richard Matthew Stallman.
Regardless of the corporate-sponsored propaganda against RMS, peddled by Torvalds and others, some people can still see the obvious - the "disruptive technology" of GNU/Linux is GNU not Linux.
Linux - a disruptive technology? (ITPro.co.uk)
"Linux itself does not represent any great departures from previous technologies...
The disruptive technology is the license and its distinctive inversion of copyright law. "
That article outlines why Linus Torvalds does not have the stature to be regularly criticizing Richard Stallman. Torvalds ought to stop being such a nuisance and just quietly enjoy riding Richard Stallman's coat tails to fame and fortune.
RMS vs. Linus
I think what Linus does not like about RMS is his radical attitude.
Linus has a right to dislike radical behavior. I disagree with RMS too, but at the same time I support him strongly, because I think free software must be promoted radically. This is a very controversial issue.
Nevertheless, RMS cannot derive an ownership of all software written with the GNU tools. RMS likes Linux to be named GNU/Linux, which is bull. As if the kernel was based on any GNU code (written by the FSF). What you consider the "system" is only a point of view, never more. I tend to consider the kernel the system. But if RMS says the kernel without the system is nothing, he has his point, too.
Sometimes, things have to be done radically. George W. Bush defended America in a radical way, and I have a limited sympathy for all those critisizing him for that. The same goes for radically promoting free software. Yes, I compare RMS with GWB (must be an insult for both of them)!
So the whole issue is a bit of kindergarten talk. Both sides reveal some immaturity when they go too much into attack mode.
Please hurry
"Linus begins with this:
So I'm pretty well-known for not exactly being a huge fan of the FSF and Richard Stallman, despite the fact that I obviously love the GPLv2 and use it as the license for all my projects that I care about."
Well I am not exactly a huge fan of Linus Thorvalds, despite the fact that I obviously love Gnu/Linux and use it for all my projects that I care about.
The day I will divorce Linux, will be the day when Hurd is finished, so please hurry!
Linus Torvalds is right. I could speak all day about how stupid, yes, I said stupid, Stallman is. He's, without going into detail (since I could argument why, but you won't listen), a pseudo-philosopher which doesn't know anything about philosophy :)
Not to mention, by the way, that Linus wasn't speaking of Stallman, it was just the editor vein which exploded because of a little critic, that any person with some truly self thinking can deduce.
Ho hum
So Torvalds doesn't like Stallman.
Freedom to express one self is fundamental.
It's been awhile since I've read the kernel devel list, but when I did read the list frequently (2.4 kernel days) Stallman would frequently spam the list with his rants about how it should be called GNU/Linux - really completely unsuitable material for the list.
I actually like Stallman, I don't agree with all of his philosophies, but I like the guy. I don't however think it is that big of a deal if Linus doesn't like him, nor do I think it is that big of a deal if Linux expresses it, even in the first sentence.
Richard is a grown man, he can handle it.
I mean, I know Linus isnt a
I mean, I know Linus isnt a great programmer - he states that himself. Though his organizational accomplishment so far, in fathering Linux, has been amazing. And, I know Linus didnt actually write Linux - it was written by thousands of other people. But, he was the person who got the whole mini-Unix on a PC ball rolling, and kept it on a good track for so long. So, why is Linus Torvalds, apparently, trying so desperately to destroy Linux now?
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Just to be contrary
Dennis Lin gave five reasons the Padres will win their home opener. Here are five reasons they won't.
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Padres hitters grow overconfident after blitzing shrunken Petco Park in batting practice.
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Magical factor
Magic Johnson wants revenge for World B. Free raining jumpers on him, circa 1980. In those days, San Diego was home to the Clippers, and refs dared to whistle Magic for traveling.
It IS the Dodgers
Firing up Dodgers players, Tommy Lasorda declares, "Once a Dodger, always a Dodger" and brands the O'Malley-Padres ownership "traitors."
Beckett wants snacks
Josh Beckett, the entitled ex-Red Socker, angrily shuts out popgun Padres after learning that clubhouse manager David Bacharach won't provide chicken and beer during the game.
Adrian comes home
Adrian Gonzalez breaks a late tie by homering off Padres reliever Brad Brach. Ball carries over drawn-in fence in right field. "Reminds me of Eastlake High," Gonzalez says.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Ran cross country and track and field at Carroll High School ... claimed two first-place finishes and one third-place finish during the 2012 track and field season ... won the 800m and the 1600m at the District 28-5A Meet ... placed third in the 1600m at the Region 4-5A Meet ... clocked a personal-best time of 12:32.90 in the two mile at the Region IV Championships in 2010 ... Fernandez will team up with current Islanders, Jacob Abrego, Justin Adame and Cecilia Jones from Carroll High School.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team has announced the addition of four student-athletes for the 2013-14 class, Head Coach Royce Chadwick announced today. Alexcia Harris (Houston/Angelina CC), Alissa Campanero (La Jolla, Calif./Odessa College), Adeshola Adebayo (Oklahoma City, Okla./Eastern Oklahoma State CC) and Shaynece Weaver (Arlington, Texas/Marshall University) are part of Coach Chadwick's and his coaching staff's first recruiting class to be added to the Island University.
"This is one of the finest spring classes in the Southland Conference," Chadwick said. "Couple this with our fall class and we have an extremely talented yet, young team. When they come together and mature, we will have a team to reckon with."
Harris, a 6-foot-2 forward averaged 12.8 points per game at Angelina Community College while recording 10.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. Harris originally signed with Arkansas State and will come to the Island University after earning Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Honorable All America honors.
"Lexi is a tremendous competitor," Chadwick said. "She is physical, strong and averaged a double-double last year. She was one of the best Junior College post players in the state. Her coach Byron Coleman did a great job in helping her reach her full potential and she will be a force in the Southland Conference."
Campanero is a 5-foot-4 point guard from San Diego, Calif. and led the Wranglers to a 20-8 season as a sophomore while playing in 27 of the 28 games. She shot 72 percent from the line and dished out 4.9 assists per game to earn all WJCAC conference honors. Prior to her sophomore season at Odessa CC, Campanero spent her freshman season with the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. She started in all 30 games and entered the record books in four different single season records while earning All Freshman WAC accolades. Campanero attended The Bishops School in La Jolla, Calif.
"AC is the epitome of a college basketball quarterback," Chadwick said. "She can run the show, shoot when left open and her strength is her creativity. She is also a tenacious defender and her experience at the control of the offense will be indispensable to our young team. I look forward to great things from her this fall."
Adebayo, a 5-foot-8 point guard from Oklahoma City, Okla. made starts in 28 of the 29 games at Eastern Oklahoma State Community College while averaging right at 16 points and seven rebounds per game. She tallied 38 minutes a game and collected 12 double-doubles en route to leading the Lady Mountaineers to the best turn-around season with a 23-7 record and a 16-2 record in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference. Adebayo earned First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Region honors while being tabbed Third Team NJCAA All-American. She highlighted her sophomore season with a game-high 37 points against No.11 Collin County and set a game-high 13 steals vs. Seminole State along with a game-high 13 rebounds vs. Connors State.
"Junior College All American," Chadwick said. "What else do you need to say? She can play any position on the perimeter. Her strength is in her scoring ability, but she can also handle the ball, distribute like a newspaper delivery girl, and she can run a team. Shola has a chance to set some records in our league and she is worth the price of admission to see her play."
Weaver is a 5-foot-8 transfer guard from Marshall University. After playing her freshman year under Chadwick, she led the team in scoring with over nine points per game while snaring 2.7 rebounds during her sophomore year. She also shot 34 percent from behind the arc to set the Thundering Herd all-time mark for three's made in a season with 69. Weaver will redshirt the 2013-14 season due to transfer rules.
"Shay played for us at Marshall during her freshman year and was one of the best freshmen in Conference USA," Chadwick said. "Her sophomore year she set single season records there, ones that may not be broken for some time. Due to transfer rules she will be redshirting this year, so we will polish her game and look out in 2014, because she has big time potential."
The four will join Camesha Davis (Desoto, Texas/Desoto HS), Rau Jua' Terry (Louisville, Ky./Fern Creek HS), Dorceive Davis (Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial HS), Brittany Mbamalu (Missouri City, Texas/Dulles HS), Kassie Jones (Lufkin, Texas/Lufkin HS) and Ginnesica Lawler (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./San Jacinto CC) who all signed in November to join the Islanders program for the 2013-14 season. Davis has recently been selected to play in the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) All-Star game in Austin, Texas.
"I can't say enough about the incredible job our assistant coaches did in recruiting these prospects," Chadwick said. "The hours, the miles, the hard work it takes to sign a class of this magnitude is phenomenal. Roxanne White, our recruiting coordinator, did a tremendous job and Darren Brunson and Geoff Grawn were awesome.
"The entire athletic staff made every recruit feel at home on their campus visit," Chadwick added. "I have heard, 'it takes a village to raise a child,' well it takes an entire athletic department to build a program. Thanks to their hard work, we are poised for a great future."
For the latest on Islanders Women's Basketball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Womens Basketball), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersWBB) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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Tim and Lennie Gottman of Monroe City, Mo., will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a week in Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas, visiting relatives and attending the Commodity Classic.
Tim Gottman of Monroe City and Lenora Ball of Farber, Mo., were married on March 11, 1989, at the First Christian Church in Vandalia, Mo. Brother Tim Embree of Farber Christian Church officiated.
Toria Schlemmer, cousin of the bride, was maid of honor. Trent Gottman, brother of the groom, was best man.
Tim is the son of Raymond and Marjorie Gottman of Monroe City.
Lennie is the daughter of Bobbie and Gladys Ball of Farber, Mo.
The Gottmans' children are Ashley and Abbie, both of Columbia, Mo., and Toby and Taylor of the home.
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