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As tensions between the US and Iran heat up, author Michael T. Winter
believes the main reason behind America's harsh stance is Tehran's move
to seek an alternative to the dollar as an oil currency.
Economic sanctions, spearheaded by the US and, less willingly, the
EU could have a disastrous effect on both of their respective
economies. If Iran cannot sell their oil to Europe, there are plenty of
customers waiting in the wings, and if they come bearing not
petrodollars, but gold and sovereign currencies, then all the better for
Iran. These sanctions, if enforced, will in effect place a serious
dent in the power of the petrodollar.Any rhetoric regarding
Iran's nuclear program and the insistence on crippling it is nothing
more than a US attempt to force regime change for one more receptive to
maintaining the hegemony of the petrodollar.The world now knows
the truth about the US and how they conduct their affairs. US
hostilities toward Iran have nothing to do with nuclear weapons
development. If that were the case, then North Korea and Pakistan would
be facing similar sanctions and threats, but they aren't. The
difference of course is in what lies beneath the ground – oil. Iran has
it and the other guys don't.At the heart of the issue is not
Iran's dubious attempt to build nuclear weapons, or even oil, but how
that oil is paid for. In 1973, Richard Nixon promised King Faisal of
Saudi Arabia that the US would protect Saudi Arabian oilfields from any
and all interested parties seeking to forcefully wrest them from the
House of Saud. It's important to remember that in 1973, Saudi Arabia
didn't have a fraction of the military and ground forces it possesses
today (almost exclusively US manufactured weapons) and the USSR was very
much a threat.In return Saudi Arabia, and by extension OPEC,
agreed to sell their oil in US dollars only. As if that weren't sweet
enough, as part of the deal, they were required to invest their profits
in US treasuries, bonds and bills. The real zinger is that all countries
purchasing oil from OPEC had to do so in US dollars, or 'petrodollars'.
This strengthened the US dollar, resulting in a steady US
economic growth cycle throughout the 80's and 90's. Countries purchasing
OPEC oil started buying US treasury bills, bonds and securities to
ensure they could continue purchasing OPEC oil. This worked fine for
the US until 2001.No plan, however well formulated, functions smoothly indefinitely.
enter Saddam Hussein. He floated a plan to sell oil for European
currencies in lieu of petrodollars. Shortly after Iraq was 'suddenly'
found to be seeking and stockpiling weapons of mass destruction –
allegations spearheaded by the US. The world knows what happened,
suffice it to say that Saddam is dead and Iraq is 'back on track',
selling its oil for petrodollars once again. Muammar Gaddafi
harbored the Lockerbie Bombers and allowed various terrorist
organizations establish training camps in Libya. He tried to buy a nuke
from China in 1972. In 1977, he approached Pakistan, then India. He
sought nerve gas from Thailand. In spite of well over fifty failed
assassination attempts on Gaddafi by Israel, the US and the UK, Libya
was left to its own devices for the most part. Seeking nukes and
harboring terrorists is one thing, but threatening the petrodollar is
quite another. Gaddafi made a fatal error when he decided to move away
from the petrodollar in favor of other currencies. This simply was not
tolerated by the US. Having already played the WMD card in Iraq,
something new was pulled from the US 'regime change' grab bag. Within a
year, 'internal' elements rose up in rebellion against Gaddafi and now
he is dead. Long live the petrodollar.Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), suggested last
year that the Euro would be a more suitable oil reserve currency than
the US Dollar. Within three months of that statement, allegations of
rape ruined his career, derailing his bid for the French Presidency in
the process. Soon thereafter, all charges were dropped, but of course,
le dommage était fait – the damage was done. Christine Lagarde, DSK's
replacement as head of the IMF sees no reason to change the current
arrangement, naturellement.The Iran situation is a little
trickier. The US has sought to dismantle Iran's regime ever since the
1979 Iranian Revolution, so this round of hostilities, while not new,
reflects a new level of intensity. Why, after thirty years of
hostility, has the US ratcheted up its rhetoric? As Obama stated in his
recent State of the Union address, when it comes to Iran and the
insistence they dismantle their nuclear program, "no options are off the table". By stating 'no options' this would include nuclear deployment as a deterrent.The
answer of course is that Iran is now seeking to disengage itself from
the petrodollar dynamic. In 2005, Iran sought to create an Iranian Oil
Exchange, thus bypassing the US controlled petrodollar. Fear that
western powers would freeze accounts in European and London banks put an
end to that plan. But that was not the end of their attempts,
and Iran sought other ways to get around the petrodollar noose. There
are rumors that India, which imports 12% of their oil from Iran, has
agreed to purchase oil for gold. Energy trade with China, importing 15%
of its oil and natural gas from Iran may be settled in gold, yuan, and
rial. South Korea plans to buy 10% of their oil from Iran in 2012, and
unless Seoul sides with American and European sanctions, it is likely to
use gold or their sovereign currency to pay for it. Also, Iran is
already dumping the dollar in its trade with Russia in favor of rials
and rubles.Iran is breaking the back of the petrodollar. Others
have tried, but Iran is succeeding. To understand how disastrous this
is for the US, one must have a basic understanding of how critical a
role the petrodollar plays in the economic health of the US.Through
King Faisal, Nixon elevated the US to supreme economic ascendency, not
unlike Damocles in his desire to rule. Sitting on the (economic) throne
of the world is great, but Nixon was either unaware of the sword
dangling over the US economic system, or chose to ignore it in favor of
reaping the rewards of the moment. By creating the petrodollar
paradigm, the US economy soared, as all countries of the world were
required to amass US currency to purchase oil from OPEC nations. Sales
of T-bills, securities and US bonds soared. US coffers fattened. With
the US dollar as the world's oil currency reserve, economic fortune
favored the US. But with great reward comes great risk. While other
countries exchanged their currency for the dollar, (forfeiting value in
the process) the US simply printed more money to match their needs and
purchase their oil – essentially for free. The best example is that
while gasoline in the US cost $3.00 per gallon, in Europe that same
gallon costs $6.00 or more.Herein lies the danger. If Iran is
successful in its bid to set up their own bourse, or oil exchange, then
what need does the world have for all those US dollars? The answer is
none at all. As Iran creating gold and sovereign currency partnerships
with India, China, South Korea and Russia, the hegemony of the
petrodollar will be destroyed.The resulting sell-off of US
dollars, T-bills, securities, bonds and assets will flood the already
swollen world economy with even more useless dollars, ultimately
devaluing it into a position where hyper-inflation becomes a risk. So,
while the US government sabre-rattles and prattles on and on about
nuclear weapons and the threat Iran poses to the Middle East, the thin
veneer of lies spouted by the elite controlled media is being stripped
away, revealing the truth of their warmongering rhetoric.The US,
by their foolish insistence on enforcing embargoes and sanctions against
Iran, is hastening the end of the petrodollar and ushering in the age
of US dollar hyper-inflation. A practical example: One loaf of bread in
a healthy economy is $1.00. In an inflationary economy it's $1.75. In a
hyper-inflationary economy, $500.00.Bullies may be large and dangerous, but rarely are they intelligent.
wisely vacated the throne of Dionysius before the sword fell upon his
head, but the US is foolishly refusing to step down from their economic
dais in spite of the catastrophic effect current policy direction will
mean for US citizens and the world economy.Michael T. Winter
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"But but mommy, they told me it was because of Iran's non-existant Nuclear weapons"
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Iran talked about this some time ago,,,,,seems things just may heat up after all....Liked the article, thanks.
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"2001, enter Saddam Hussein. He floated a plan to sell oil for European
currencies in lieu of petrodollars."
He also earned a fortune for Iraq by converting to Euro's. But, he got cured of that in a hurry.
I'm sure we can all remember the countless pallets of US currency that was shipped to Iraq immediately after the invasion. 363 tons of cash was sent over at the start. Who knows what the final total might have been. The Iraqi's were back on the dollar in no time.
24 hours in a da More..
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the tensions are between EU and Iran dunno why the liberal media is so quiet on this "adventure"
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The US will not attack Iran because there are too many reasons not to. Too destabilizing internationally and too unpopular domestically. This is a distraction intended to keep your eyes off of BO's dismal record of egregious failure.
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@BadMosh_Satinder id like to see how occupying iran would turn out. will we be greated as liberators like in iraq.
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@BadMosh_Satinder i hope democracy come to India. In Iraq, soldiers didnt want to fight for Sadam!
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Paragraphs are your friend!
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if this is true , which i think is very likely , then dollars become worthless soon , mayb end of this year , or iran will b in a war ...
america is going broke as we speak , they just raise the debtceiling ...very smart...
just look at detroit, what a shame , i honestly feel sorry for americans since they have been fucked over so hard by there government in the past 10 years or more ?
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@chuck norris FTW many americans see the collapse coming and don't judge the people by the actions of the politicians. The whole world will feel the dollar collapse. The americans who have not been outside the wall don't believe what's about to happen... it's disturbing to watch
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What a pile of garbage........just another anti American diatribe.
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well hell, since you put it that way. What are we waiting for, lets bomb the hell out of them
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I too love this theory. Not only because it sounds the most plausible of all the conspiracies but because if that's how America has sustained this great life style of mine and my familiy, then damn any one who wont play along. The fact is the world needs several currencies, but certain assets need to rely on the strongest one. The dollar.
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Marshmallows with Crushed Peppermint Candy
adapted from Gourmet magazine
• about 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 3 1/2 envelopes (2 tablespoons plus 2 1/2 teaspoons) unflavored gelatin
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup hot water ( about 115˚F.)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup finely crushed peppermint candy canes
1. Oil bottom and sides of a 9-inch-by 9-inch metal baking pan and dust bottom and sides with some confectioners' sugar.
2. In bowl of a standing electric mixer or in a large bowl sprinkle gelatin over cold water and let stand to soften.
3. In a 3-quart heavy saucepan cook granulated sugar corn syrup, hot water, and salt over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until sugar is dissolved. Increase heat to moderate and boil mixture, without stirring, until a candy or digital thermometer registers 240˚F., about 12 minutes. Remove pan from heat and pour sugar mixture over gelatin mixture, stirring until gelatin is dissolved.
4. With standing or a hand-held mixer beat mixture on high speed until white, thick, and nearly tripled in volume, about 6 minutes if using standing mixer or about 10 minutes if using hand-held mixer. In a large bowl with cleaned beaters beat whites until they just hold stiff peaks. Beat whites and vanilla into sugar mixture until just combined; add crushed peppermint and mix briefly, until combined. Pour mixture into baking pan and sift confectioners' sugar evenly over the top. Chill marshmallow, uncovered, until firm, at least 3 hours, and up to 1 day.
5. Run a thin knife around edges of pan and invert pan onto a large cutting board. Lifting up 1 corner of inverted pan, with fingers loosen marshmallow and let drop onto the cutting board. With a large knife cut marshmallows into cubes. I cut mine so I end up with 36 BIG marshmallows. Sift remaining confectioners' sugar into a large bowl and add marshmallows, tossing evenly to coat.
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Definición de commiserate en inglés:
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1Express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize: she went over to commiserate with Rose on her unfortunate circumstances
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- They congratulate you on the streets after a victory and commiserate with you, or ask you what happened when you lose.
- She was to go up to the house when she came home to commiserate with them.
- He was the 'unhappiest man in the land ', a singer you didn't so much listen to as commiserate with.
offer sympathy to, be sympathetic to, express sympathy for, send condolences to, offer condolences to, condole with, sympathize with, empathize with, feel pity for, feel sorry for, feel for, be moved by, mourn for, sorrow for, grieve for;
comfort, console, solace, give solace to;
archaic compassion, compassionate
1.1 [with object] archaic Feel or express pity for (someone): she did not exult in her rival's fall, but, on the contrary, commiserated her
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- Just as I had all the bar-room politicians agreeing wholeheartedly and commiserating me with a dram or two, a fellow angler appeared and, with great flourish, slapped four 10-pounders on the bar.
- If I stay out too late at the pub, I can always tell my future wife I was at your house commiserating you and your marital statue.
- Neighbours commiserated her descent and her miserable sentence, but she saw it otherwise.
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- A few other letters to Mary and Elizabeth are commiserative on the deaths of Eleanor Gates Boyd and on Henry Queen.
- My lack of comprehension, and the fact that I wasn't wearing a wedding ring - something she acknowledged with a pointed finger and commiserative sigh - seemed to confirm her suspicions.
- And yet this sad figure is held up as a beacon of commiserative hope for women?
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SAN ANDREAS -- A Calaveras County grand jury has indicted defrocked priest Michael Kelly on several child molestation counts.
The District Attorney's office, in a statement issued Monday, said it would seek to work with authorities to extradite Kelly from his native Ireland to face the charges.
The criminal grand jury indicted Kelly on three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct on a child and one count of oral copulation with a child.
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In this Dec. 6, 2011 file photo, a Yemeni protestor holds a dagger and chants slogans during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen. The case is often made that Washington was caught flatfooted by the Arab Spring and now must adapt to diminished influence in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)


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Automatically collect important context data to quickly respond to security threats.
Real-time automated confirmation of infections using our built-in IOC Verification Agent.
Integrate with existing security infrastructure to block, quarantine and protect against verified threats.
Customize automation of critical workflows get the appropriate level of response for your needs.
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Far too often security teams spend their time manually researching a detected security threat using a variety of disconnected tools. Threat Response provides a single pane of glass designed from the ground up for the incident response process. By bringing all the relevant threat information together in one place and helping analysts identify important relationships Threat Response streamlines the workflow required to rapidly respond after threat detection. The system includes a number of key components:
- Dashboard – see all your critical threats, open incidents and more all at a glance
- Incident Scoring – scores are automatically adjusted as new details are discovered
- Incident Workflow – assign incidents to analysts and collaborate in an incident
- Incident Details – view all the collected data about an incident in one place
- List Management – add and remove identities and hosts to/from quarantine and containment lists
- Event Sources – view threat detection systems that will be generating alerts
- Device Updates – view devices and update schedules for your existing infrastructure
- Reporting – view real-time trends about malware, infected users, CNC IPs and much more
All of these components are seamlessly integrated to ensure that security teams are able to quickly analyze the collected data so that they can prioritize and respond to security threats as soon as they are detected.
Situational Awareness
Many security alerts lack critical information required to determine the context of a threat and appropriate next steps. Threat Response automatically collects important context data to help security teams quickly understand and respond to detected security threats.
Full situational awareness requires that security teams be able to quickly determine the answers to questions such as:
- Who is the user, or users, that are under attack?
- What department or group do these users belong to?
- Do any of the user's systems contain indicators of a successful attack?
- Has this attack been seen before either in our environment or elsewhere?
- Where is the attack coming from and where are the CNC nodes located?
Through our integration with both internal and external sources of data, Threat Response provides the necessary information to answer these questions, and more, quickly and comprehensively.
Standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are used to pull data from internal sources like Active Directory to provide rich details about the user(s) involved in an attack. External data sources like VirusTotal and Webroot provide threats details and reputation data for specific malware and resources used in an attack.
By having all the necessary information at their fingertips, and through the intelligent data linking in Threat Response, security teams report reductions in investigation times of at least 50%.
One of the most time consuming parts of investigating a new threat report is determining whether or not the user was actually infected (aka "false positives"). Threat Response automatically confirms infections using its built-in IOC Verification Agent.
No matter how elusive the malware, infections often leave behind telltale signs known as Indicators of Compromise (IOC). These IOCs can include things like:
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- File system changes
- Registry changes
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If a user's system is suspected of being infected with malware, Threat Response automatically deploys a lightweight IOC Verification Agent to collect digital forensics from the user's system. The collected data is then compared to a database of known IOCs to help security teams quickly confirm whether a system is infected.
The result of Infection Verification is a significant reduction in the number of false positives that security teams have to chase in their environment. And, best of all, there is no need to pre-install an agent on all your users systems, with Threat Response the agent only gets installed on systems that are suspected of being infected.
Threat Containment
The speed at which malware can damage an organization has continued to get progressively faster, so organizations need a way to instantly contain threats once they have been confirmed. Threat Response integrates with existing security infrastructure to block verified threats, quarantine infected users and protect additional users from being infected.
Organizations have made significant investments in their security infrastructure, such as firewalls and web proxies. These devices already inspect user traffic, but Threat Response helps make them more effective by updating the devices with information from detected threats.
Once a threat has been researched in Threat Response, the objects in that threat (MD5, CNC IP addresses, malicious URLs, etc.) can be "pushed" to existing security devices for use in their security policies.For example, a list of known CNC IP addresses can be pushed to perimeter firewall device where connections to those IP addresses can be blocked. Another example would be pushing a set of malicious URLs to a web proxy to ensure no other users are able to visit an infected website.
Our device update approach has been developed in conjunction with hundreds of security teams out in the "real world", so you can be sure that your network will continue running smoothly with the added benefit of real-time threat information.
Organizations using Threat Response have reported up to 20X improvements in containment times.
Sometimes organizations want to review detailed information prior to responding a detected security threat and other times they need to contain threats instantly the moment they are detected. Threat Response provides the ability to customize the automation of critical workflows so that organizations get the appropriate level of response for their needs.
The Incident Response process can be time consuming and often involves multiple members of the security team researching and confirming detected threats. Threat Response provides a workflow that was designed from the start for the incident response process.
Containment and other response activities in Threat Response can be automated through the configuration of business logic in the system. This automation logic can effect actions based-on threat information that includes:
- Type of threat
- Source of threat
- Criticality
- IP address ranges (inclusion & exclusion)
- Reputation status
- And more…
Once an automation rule has been configured Threat Response will automatically take the identified response action when the criteria in the rule have been met. All response actions taken as the result of an automation rule are captured for full audits and future review if needed.
By custom tailoring automation rules for their environments organizations can ensure that the most critical threats are dealt with in seconds or minutes instead of hours or days.


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Wild Beasts: Boy King
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Wild Beasts' Boy King is a woefully uncensored portrait of masculine libido woven through their aesthetically tightest record to date.
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Wild Beasts pushes its sound further away from the high-wire theatrics of its early records to create another indispensable album in a catalog quickly becoming one of rock's most distinctive.
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Definition of councillor in English:
(US also councilor)
A member of a council: [as title]: Councillor Ralph Lewis
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- Municipal councilors, government employees and the general public then paraded around town to welcome in the Thai New Year.
- The allegation later turned out to be manufactured by members of the city councilor's staff.
- Tenants will sit side by side with councillors and independent members on the boards.
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- The three amendments were included in the bill presented by the regional councillorship to the Council.
- It has 12 candidates running for six councillorships, and two squaring off for the mayor's seat.
- If a councilorship is allocated to a particular ward that ward may comprise about ten, fifteen or twenty villages.
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Congregation Church of God on 10th Avenue is the scene of the crime.
'This is where the air conditioner was in the window and this is where they took it out,' says one church member.'
It was around 1:20 Sunday morning when church members were alerted by the alarm system that there was a disturbance at the church. Once there it was discovered that one of the facility's three bolted down window air units had been stolen.
'This is about the fifth time that we've had a burglary here,' says Pastor Willie Price. He says all of those burglaries occurred within the last two to three years. Prior to Sunday's burglary, the most recent burglary attempt occurred less than a month ago.
It was just three weeks ago that someone tried to steal the air conditioner in the church's fellowship hall. Once the church's alarm went off, the burglars were apparently startled and then dropped the air conditioner. That caused it to break and the burglars fled.
'It hurts me more than anything,' says church member Lessie Moore. I'm angry because people do not give the Lord's house any respect and they've got to know that they can't just keep taking.'
In years past, Moore says someone even stole the church's meter box outside. With this most recent theft, church leaders say the costs are adding up and they cannot afford them.
"No, because we're a small congregation and we're trying to build our finances to get to where we can better support our ministry,' says Pastor Price.
"We can't afford it. We can't afford it and they need to know if we find out who got it, whoever got that air conditioner is going to go to jail," says Moore.


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Cruise line operator Seven Seas has postponed the issuance of $200 million senior secured second-lien notes due 2017. We are withdrawing our ratings on the second-lien notes. Also, we are assigning the company's second-lien term loan, which will not be refinanced and will remain in the company's capital structure, our issue-level rating of 'CCC+' with a recovery rating of '6'. Our negative rating outlook reflects our concern that Seven Seas' affiliate, Oceania Cruises Inc., may be challenged to maintain an adequate cushion under a credit facility covenant starting in early 2011. NEW YORK (Standard & Poor's) Feb. 3, 2010--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today withdrew its issue-level and recovery ratings on Seven Seas Cruises S. DE R.L.'s proposed $200 million...
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Welcome to the ongoing epic story we've got unfolding here at Android Community with the Samsung Galaxy Tab series, having reviewed just about every version of the original tab, then seeing this newest series before its software was even connected to its hardware, moving on then to the official announcements and pre-release hands-on of the 8.9 and the 10.1 and yes, the most popular review of the Google I/O Limited Edition Galaxy Tab 10.1 on the internet. Now we've got the official Wi-Fi edition of the 10.1 tab on our desk and it's time to cross check and review this iteration - yes indeed!
Upon opening the box that this device comes in, you're presented with the display covered with a sticker that further explains the hardware you should, by all means, know about already because you've had a full reading of the Android Community in-depth review. After that you've got a wall plug capable of working with any number of world plugs, a USB to Samsung specific plug wire, earbuds, and some instructions manuals. Have a peek at the unboxing and hands-on video first, then head down to the rest of the review for a full blast look at Samsung's latest and greatest effort in tableting.
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is Samsung's latest and greatest effort in the line of Android devices it's so faithfully produced over the past few years, they being the minds behind the most successful Android device line of all time, the Galaxy S, and the most powerful and thin Android device in the world currently, the Galaxy S II. What have they come up with this time? A masterpiece of a tablet whose only drawbacks are in its software and in its inability to expand memory. Has Samsung banked on the cloud a bit too much here? They've certainly banked, but perhaps just enough.
This tablet contains 16 GB built-in memory, 1GB DDR2 RAM, and no microSD slot for expanded memory though we DID see the possibility at one point in the ideation process back in early 2011. The display is a 10.1" WXGA 1280×800 pixel resolution TFT LCD with a nicely sized black rim so you'll easily be able to hold the device without accidentally tapping the screen. You've got a 3.5 mm headphone jack a the top, a 3.0-megapixel camera on the back, a 2.0-megapixel camera on the front, Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Digital Compass, and Ambient Light sensor.
This device is extremely thin and light, sizing in at 10.09 x 6.81 x 0.34 (256.2 x 172.9 x 8.6 mm) and weighing in at 20.99 oz (595 g). It's thin enough that you'll be pleasantly surprised but not in a way that would make you think you're holding something fragile. It's got a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor inside and it's ready and willing to play every and any game you can toss at it with flying colors. We'll be using this tablet to review every Honeycomb-centric app in the near future so look for it to pop up many times over the next quarter of 2011 - NVIDIA Tegra Zone ahoy!
What this iteration of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 consists of is Android Honeycomb 3.1 with a dash of Samsung TouchWiz. What I mean by that is that it's not running the full TouchWiz UX 4.0, instead Samsung has decided to get the hardware out there in the open and offer the custom user interface to owners of the device at a later date as an optional upgrade. Let's have a quick look at what we're not yet able to access here in a demo we grabbed back earlier this year at CTIA 2011 - this is what TouchWiz UX 4.0 will look like, basically:
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Beyond that, you've got Honeycomb in its Android 3.1 form as first introduced on the Motorola XOOM a few weeks ago. For a rundown of what Android 3.1 Honeycomb is all about, check out our review of said system and come back with full knowledge. This device is running what's almost vanilla Honeycomb 3.1, that being the OS in its purest, unaltered form. What we've got here instead is a few elements that are wholly Samsung and, as Samsung and I say we see it, they're actually (either slightly by a whole heck of a lot) nicer than what Google had originally presented in stock Honeycomb.
For a full guide to Android 3.0 Honeycomb, (as opposed to the 3.1 version you see here on the Galaxy Tab 10.1,) check out our original full guide as posted at the beginning of this tablet wave! Next have a look at some of the specific differences between the user interface presented Honeycomb (be it 3.0 or 3.1) and this Samsung altered version on the Tab 10.1:
You'll remember these images from our Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Google I/O Limited Edition review as indeed there appear to be no changes in either interface between the limited edition and this standard Wi-fi edition. One thing that HAS changed is the amount and variety of apps you'll be getting. While they're basically the same basic set as you got with the Google I/O edition, there's no Amazon Kindle, no Amazon MP3, no WeatherBug, and a modified Music Hub.
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One of the oddest apps we've got here is Samsung Apps. This app, when opened on the Google I/O edition of this device, showed a giant list of utter oddities, bear face icons and random collections of letters for titles. Back in the review of that device I estimated that this was just a temporary oddity, and it turns out that this is the truth - now the Samsung Apps app has only a few items in it, including Angry Birds, apps that can be downloaded and a few options that might lead you to adding your own app here in the future. Still a very small situation going on here, perhaps one day it'll be stocked with all the greatest apps in the world ready to run on Samsung specific devices. On the other hand, its a bit disheartening to see every single brand attempting to have their own app store when less than 4 should, by all means, do the job fine.
Next there's Music Hub. This app is one that opens up to a music store run by 7Digital, a place where you can purchase tracks for right around $1.50 apiece and have a relatively wide variety of music to choose from. Is this Google's temporary music situation while they ramp up a reputable music store of their own? We shall see.
The stock Music app is giving us slightly different results than the one loaded on the Google I/O edition of this tablet in that it's not immediately apparent where we can activate our Music Beta account connection. That said, updating the app via the Android Market does bring us back our familiar set of lovely covers.
Even you, Lady Gaga with the bone face.
Next, QuickOffice is your portal to organizing Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations. Plus there's a rather convenient Cloud button that connects to everything including Google Docs, Dropbox, box, and mobileme. Look at that gigantic list!
An additional app not present in the Google I/O edition that IS present here is Books, your link to Google's version of the world of ebooks. Quite sophisticated, entertaining to use, but unlike the best selling ereader in the world, you've got no e-ink display here. On the other hand, you've got access to books through your Google account which is convenient if you're already purchasing apps.
Surprisingly, both the front and back-facing cameras seem to have improved from the time they existed on the Google I/O Limited Edition of this device and this Wi-Fi edition. With a 3.2-megapixel camera on the back and a 2.0-megapixel camera on the front, one wouldn't expect more than a generally decent ability to collect media on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, but as you'll see below, a pretty good set of pics can be gotten. As for video, the result is slightly less impressive, but decent nonetheless. MUCH better video and photos than the iPad 2 can produce on all counts, of that you can certainly be sure.
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This device appears by all means to be moving faster than you'd ever really need a device such as this to move, having seemingly no loading time for any operation anywhere save for some larger games which require upwards of a few seconds to boot up. What you're dealing with here again is a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor for sweet speed and exclusive gameplay allowances through the Tegra Zone portal which you can get a full review of right along back here. What we find here is that the benchmarks we'd gotten for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Google I/O Limited Edition were basically identical save for Quadrant Advanced which gave the Limited edition slightly more in total and some rather odd differences in each category.
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Check out the rest of the results for the Wi-Fi edition here:
This device has a monstrous 7000 mAh battery in it, that being one so gigantic it'd do fine in a high-end laptop. You'll basically never have to power up this tablet - we've not needed to charge it at all for the several days we've had it out of the box now. Really quite amazing. You'll be getting AT LEAST 24 hours of heavy action out of this monster, no problem. No worries on the battery front at all.
While this device might instantly seem to you to be the greatest Android tablet on the market today, and you might very well be right, there are a few things to consider when thinking about what you've got here. First, this is, for now, just a Wi-Fi tablet. Where for example the XOOM already has some rather well-connected 3G action going on, this device remains in the Wi-Fi hole, relying on connections around you to grab some internet. But wait, you're part of this bigtime mobile revolution with us all, right? Take out your mobile handset and use the internet hotspot. It all seems so very Simple!
This device is indeed the thinnest and the lightest tablet on the market, thinner than the XOOM by a mile, lighter than the Asus Eee Pad Transformer by about half, and looking like it was designed by some smooth operators. But is it too simple? There's a fairly gigantic cross-section of Android owners who like to modify their devices to fit their own needs, and that very often includes popping in a microSD card and sometimes, though not often, fooling around with the physical guts of the device. With the Galaxy Tab 10.1, neither of these things is really all that possible. Does this make it a device to be looked over by hardcore developers?
I should think not. Especially developers looking to make apps that millions of people are going to be playing or working on during this next season when the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 are going to be selling like hotcakes. But WILL this device sell? It really all depends on how well Samsung MARKETS the device. A tablet can be as magnificent as you want, but if you do like Acer and Motorola are doing at Target and Best Buy, your sales are going to be abysmal. You can take that to the bank.
That said, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has a lot going for it, and without a doubt this is the closest any OEM has gotten to competing with the iPad yet. Once TouchWiz UX 4.0 comes out, we may feel another surge in sales, but unless, again, Samsung promotes the update as an earth-shattering change for tablets, again, it'll fail. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the greatest Android tablet yet, and one so simple and powerful at the same time that I'm currently using it as my primary non-handset device for web and email browsing as well as the occasional media in internet radio, movies, and television shows. Well played Samsung, can't wait for the 8.9.
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The Stranger
by Albert Camus
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I couldn't understand why they had taken [the cigarettes] away when they didn't hurt anybody. Later on I realized that that too was part of the punishment. But by then I had gotten used to not smoking and it wasn't a punishment anymore. (2.2.12)
It seems that it's difficult or impossible to punish a man like Meursault. Since he can be happy anywhere, prison isn't an issue. Since he can get used to anything, no circumstance is trouble for him. Finally, since he approaches his death in exaltation, execution isn't exactly a drag for him either.
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Then I remembered what the nurse at Maman's funeral said. No, there was no way out, and no one can imagine what nights in prisons are like. (2.2.17)
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Hidden in a maze of woods, hollows and landscaped parkland, Secret Garden Party (SGP) is what many festivals want to be: a self-contained, escapist Utopia. There's a pleasing lawlessness about the place: everywhere "gardeners" — as guests are rather sweetly called — climbed trees, swam in lakes and generally behaved in ways that would be forbidden by health and safety jobsworths. The fancy-dress theme was superstition, which added to the mood of friendly surreality: the site was swarming with broken mirrors, black cats and walking ladders.
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Released back in June 2012, Sony's Xperia ion looked to have everything going for it, save for one tiny, but very important detail – it came with Android 2.3 Gingerbread in tow. 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was all the rage back then, but to make matters worse for the 4.5-incher, 4.1 Jelly Bean was launched soon enough.
And while Sony rolled out the ICS update for the Xperia ion last fall, the phone was still one step behind its times. And then again two, as 4.2 Jelly Bean was introduced. Thankfully, the ion owners' nightmare seems to be nearing an end, with JB now buttering up the device.
The new software pack is not 4.2 Jelly Bean, but 4.1.2, which is technically still not the cream of the crop in terms of Android versions. But it's close enough, plus we all know the differences between 4.1 and 4.2 are minor.
If you're one of the Xperia ion adopters brought to the verge of desperation by Sony's sluggish updating process, you should know that 4.1 is not rolling out OTA (over-the-air). Instead, you'll have to pull the update manually via the PC companion software. Yet another inconvenience, but who cares anymore? The Xperia ion is officially a Jelly Beaner and that's all that counts.
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Books on gamma-ray bursts and (other) wonders of the universe, reviewed by Margaret Harris and James Dacey
The 'onion questions' in physics
Most questions in physics and astronomy are like onions. They may seem smooth and uncomplicated on the surface, but inside, many layers of subsidiary questions await anyone with the patience and talent to strip them away. "What are gamma-ray bursts?" is definitely an onion-type question, and Joshua Bloom's book of the same title does a thorough job of unpeeling it. As Bloom writes in the preface, at one level the answer is simple: gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are "unannounced flashes of high-energy light detected from seemingly random places on the sky". But this bald explanation does not even begin to address the origins of these events, nor what Bloom, an astronomer at the University of California, Berkeley, calls the "engine" behind their creation. What astrophysical processes could possibly compress so much energy – as much, in fact, as the Sun will release in its entire lifetime – into just a few seconds? And then there is the most intriguing question of all, which Bloom addresses in the book's final chapter: what can GRBs tell us about the universe as a whole? These are still very active topics of research, and it is a pleasant surprise to find them discussed in a book aimed at a semi-popular audience. What are Gamma-ray Bursts? is, in fact, the second in a promising new series from Princeton University Press on the "frontiers of physics". Like its 2010 predecessor, Abraham Loeb's How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form?, it seems best suited for readers who want a "big picture" of a field before embarking on in-depth study. Although the book contains numerous equations, as well as graphs taken from research papers on GRBs, it is written in an accessible style. Moreover, unlike a journal article, it is possible for a newcomer to read it without constantly referring to earlier work for basic definitions and background. There are a few niggles, including a proliferation of acronyms, but on the whole, Bloom (and Princeton) deserves kudos for filling this gap.
- 2011 Princeton University Press £19.95/$27.95pb 280pp
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The BBC's two critically acclaimed Wonders series saw millions tuning in each week to watch physicist Brian Cox deliver mountain-top lectures on the magnificence of the cosmos. But for some, particularly sticklers for traditional media, these programmes placed so much focus on the spectacle of nature that the wonder of scientific facts too often came second place to the special effects (and to Cox's radiant haircut). If you are among them, then Seven Wonders of the Universe (That You Probably Took for Granted) by C Renée James offers a pleasant alternative to Cox and his crew. The book's fly-by tour of the cosmos, with its seven stop-offs that include "gravity", "stuff" and "time", does not contain a single photograph. Instead, James, an astronomer at Texas' Sam Houston State University who regularly contributes essays to popular-science magazines, opts for old-fashioned prose, interspersed with the occasional sketchy cartoon. James defends this concept in her preface, pointing out that with so many stunning pictures of the heavens freely available from websites such as NASA's, it feels a bit arbitrary to pick a crop for a published book. It is an excellent point, and James' witty, lucid writing style brings humanness and a sense of perspective to a subject where technicolour blockbusters can leave viewers numbed. In James' cosmic journey, everything in nature is assigned a personality, from antiparticles being the evil twins of matter to the hailing of Jupiter as the solar system's king. Particularly enjoyable is the chapter on light, in which the Sun is painted in varying portraits, including "happy visible" and "creepy ultraviolet", to convey the idea that astronomers study different types of light to learn about different processes in the universe. At times, James overcooks the jokes, and the frequent references to American culture can sometimes leave foreign readers feeling on the outside of the joke. But on the whole, this geeky comedy is an effective strategy for taking the wonder of astrophysics and grounding it firmly in everyday life.
- 2010 Johns Hopkins University Press £13.00/$25.00pb 256pp
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I just made some threads for a friend and his dominator. I noticed the timing marks were not aligned before putting the new ones on, but didn't go further into it as to why since new ones were going on. Now that they're on, they still won't align with the stops hitting at the same time. Cables were made to specs, but the buss required several more twist to get close. Down a few pounds on peak weight too. Why won't the marks align when the stops hit at the same time?


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By sferraro7
I live out on Long island and am thinking about purchasing a kayak to get to a few spots and also to hunt from. Anyone have any advice or can share some experiences? Ive been looking and i think Im going to go with a Hobie Mirage drive. Either the pro angler or outback. Any input would be great. Thanks
By Munkmaster
a friend of mine hunts from his kayak and it works good for him. he is just trying to figure out how to hook a trolling motor up to it
By Trout&Duck
I just got a Native kayak for fishing and hunting, it seems to be pretty stable, but haven't gotten to shoot out of it yet. What do you want to know about, I don't know much but maybe I can help
By SpongeRob
Kayaks seem to be okay during early season, when the weather and water are warmer. Remember, if you use it into November you will be wearing more clothes and probably waders and a coat. You will also be way closer to colder water. They are not conducive to a quick exit either. I don't know where you live, but if it's up North like me, you might want to think twice about when and where to use it. I looked at one that I have, I was ready to trick it out with camo and a rack for the gun (was going to use those Y brackets for ATVs), but then realized that it was tough enough for me to get out of with shorts on - I'm not the most flexible fellow around - I couldn't imagine trying it with neoprene waders with 1200 gram thinsulate AKA Moon Boots. Just be safe.
By Trout&Duck
Rob, that's why I got a sit on top. It's easy to get in and out of and If it does flip it's self draining, where if you flip a Sit in Kayak It fills with water.
By robkelley
I hunt from an old town 14' pathfinder canoe. I sit in the bow seat facing the stern using a kayak paddle. leave me enough from for a couple dozen dekes. a gun bag, shell bag, blind bag. once i set my dekes I then use my canoe as a layout blind if I'm hunting a really wet marsh. works great and I don't need a boat ramp thus shortening my trips to the areas I like to hunt. if I'm taking a buddy along he can sit on the bow seat and keep control of his dog while we're moving to our setup.
By sferraro7
Very good points SpongeRob. Ive looked around for a while now and you're definitely right ,Trout&Duck , the sit on top is the way to go. I've seen a few videos online and it just looks like a good time on the back rivers and waterways on the island. The Hobie Mirage drive kayaks have quite a price tag but its tough to beat a kayak you can operate hands free. Thank you guys for your inputs. I guess i dont have any real specific questions as of yet. I am just looking for any pointers trying to limit the growing pains of a brand new hunting method.
By arkansashogs18
My buddy and I started going the kayak route a few years ago and haven't looked back. You can get further than both the walk-in hunter and boat hunter. We have found it less of a hassle to load up a couple of kayaks in the back of the truck than back in a boat that ends up getting hung up on logs and in shallow water, etc. I got the cheap Pelican from Academy. My buddy spent the money for a quality brand and is twenty years older than me but takes about half as many paddles to get twice as far! We take them both on the lake or into the timber...what's funny about this picture is the boat and trailer in the background.
Edit-We have never actually hunted from them, but use them to get to the remote areas and then throw camo canvas over them.
By Honker-Konker
I've shot a bunch of ducks from a kayak. Probably not the smartest thing to hunt out of in cold weather but I'm guilty of it. The bigger the cock pit opening the better off you will be. Get the widest one you can find for obvious stability reasons. Of course with a kayak you will have to go really minimalist unless you have a floating sled to pull behind you. If money isn't an issue look at some of the small boats made for duck hunting such as 4 Rivers, Mo Marsh, etc. They WILL NOT track as good as a kayak can but they are still manageable over a short distance even though most people will say they aren't. For longer trips a trolling motor is key.
Hope this Helps give you an idea for some option of what to do.
By JFR598
I hunted out of an 11' poke boat (28#) for about 10 years (even with a dog) and usually with a buddy to haul all the other stuff in another poke boat. max paddle was 1.5 miles. Average paddle about 3/4 mile. I do hunt where it rarely freezes, usually do not shoot from the kayak, rather use it to get to a good spot of small water across the big water. No motors are allowed where I hunt and rowing and hiding a jon boat was no fun on a ducky day. Started hunting by myself (with the dog), so I bought an old town predator with a large open cockpit (about 40#). After the first season I outfitted it with a rowing unit from springcreek outfitters, much better to move it and all the gear the boat will hold in any kind of wind. Used that setup for about 10 more years. 5 years ago bought a 4 rivers layout boat (110#), outfitted it with oarlocks and now use it most often. It has a popup blind and you can shoot from it, can carry more gear than I need and works better as I get older. I plan to do more kayak hunting this year tho, as I miss the minimalist days. The biggest drawback to the layout boat is the need for a launch ramp. If the water is not readily truck accessible I can pack or roll the kayak to it on most occasions.Good luck with your hunting.
By sferraro7
Awesome feedback guys, i really appreciate the help. Think I am going to hold off on the expensive hobie for this season and use my old Sports Authority yak untill i figure out if its going to work out well and untill i get some experience based knowledge. Ill be sure to post all my failures and triumphs for those of you interested
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Gainesville, FL - The University of Florida track and field teams,
coming off of four NCAA top-four finishes in 2010 including the NCAA
Indoor Men's Championship, have announced Thursday their dynamic 2011 schedule, featuring two home meets, including the annual Pepsi Florida Relays.
The Florida men are coming off the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championship and their first Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championship since 1987, while the Gator women posted a pair of top-four national finishes last season and won the 2010 SEC Indoor Championship.
Florida begins the 2011 indoor season on Jan. 15 in State College, Pa.,
at the Nittany Lion Challenge before traveling to College Station,
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America. The prestigious two-day meet at Texas A&M, scheduled for Jan. 28-29, features Big 12 teams Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Texas Tech, as well as SEC foes Georgia, Ole Miss and South Carolina.
The Gators will then travel to the Virginia Tech Elite Meet on Feb.
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throwers going to the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa, and distance
runners traveling to the Husky Classic in Seattle.
The 2011 SEC Indoor Championships are in Fayetteville, Ark., at the
Randal Tyson Track Center for the third time in the last four years when
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pair of last-chance meets at Notre Dame and Virginia Tech. The NCAA
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"We are very excited about our indoor schedule," Florida head coach
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Florida will open its 2011 outdoor season with a pair of meets hosted
by the University of Central Florida in Orlando before playing host to
two consecutive home meets. The Gators welcome teams across the country to Gainesville for the 67th-Annual Pepsi Florida Relays on April 1-2 before playing host to the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational on April 16.
Florida heads to Philadelphia, Pa., and Des Moines, Iowa, April 28-30
for competition at two storied meets – the Penn Relays Carnival and
the Drake Relays.
The 2011 SEC Outdoor Championships will take place May 12-15 in Athens, Ga., before the Gators head to Bloomington, Ind., May 26-28 for the NCAA Preliminary Rounds.
The NCAA Outdoor Championships are scheduled for June 8-11 in Des
Moines, Iowa, as Drake University plays host to the NCAA Outdoor
Championships for the first time since 2008.
"Our outdoor schedule will give our fans a good opportunity to see
our teams compete as we spend the first two months of the outdoor season in the state of Florida," Holloway said. "The Pepsi Florida Relays
is quickly becoming one of the best relay meets in the country and the
Tom Jones meet will be excellent this year as well, featuring top-tier
national programs Texas A&M, TCU, Kentucky and Nebraska.
"We are looking forward to another outstanding year," Holloway
said. "As always, we want to make the Gator Nation proud of the track
and field programs."
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the team's Twitter account @GZTrackField.
Jan. 15 – Nittany Lion Challenge (State College, Pa.)
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February 4-5 – New Balance Invitational (New York, N.Y.)
February 11-12 – Tyson Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.)
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March 4-5 – Alex Wilson Invitational (South Bend, Ind.)
March 4-5 – Virginia Tech Qualifier (Blacksburg, Va.)
March 11-12 – NCAA Indoor Championships (College Station, Texas)
March 19 – UCF Invitational (Orlando, Fla.)
March 26 – UCF Black and Gold Challenge (Orlando, Fla.)
April 1-2 – Pepsi Florida Relays (Gainesville, Fla.)
April 16 – Tom Jones Memorial Classic (Gainesville, Fla.)
April 28-30 – Penn Relays Carnival (Philadelphia, Pa.)
April 28-30 – Drake Relays (Des Moines, Iowa)
May 12-15 – SEC Outdoor Championships (Athens, Ga.)
May 26-28 – NCAA Preliminary Rounds (Bloomington, Ind.)
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The result is nothing short of a triumph for all concerned with this extraordinary new work.
F. Kathleen Foley – LA Times
Cloudlands does not elevate the storyline. It sinks it. The whole piece feels like a travelogue; the characters comment on their feelings, endlessly describing their unpleasant emotional experiences, yammering on and on about what they feel without ever making us feel anything.
Samuel Bernstein – Stage and Cinema
It's a tall order, and they don't entirely succeed.
Paul Hodgins – Backstage
But "Cloudlands" aspires to near-Greek tragic dimensions, a bad fit with librettist Octavio Solis' superficial, illogical storytelling and helmer Amanda Dehnert's terminally tame South Coast Rep premiere production.
Bob Verini – Variety
Still, with Gwon's songs propelling the plotline alongside five marvelous performances and the kind of stunning design that South Coast Rep ticketholders have come to expect, Cloudlands is well worth checking out, particularly if like this reviewer you are an Adam Gwon fan. If only there were an Original Cast CD take home!
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For a play with maps as a central metaphor, Cloudlands, a 95-minute musical by Octavio Solis (book and lyrics) and Adam Gwon (music and lyrics), feels lost.
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Pop ballad scores; jukebox musicals: more than anything, I think the American musical theater needs a new musical language and Cloudlands, while struggling to find it, hasn't quite arrived there yet.
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I was caught up in Cloudlands from beginning to end. The story in Octavio Solis' book is compelling, and his lyrics generally maintain a delicate balance between lucidity and lyricism.
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POLICE OFFICERS GUARD THE ENTRANCE to Franklin Street in Watertown, Mass., Friday where there is an active crime scene search for the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. MATT ROURKE/AP
PLYMOUTH — As one of the largest manhunts in U.S. history wound down Friday, two women with past and current ties to Plymouth State University offered thoughts on living through the ordeal and also on what may come next.
Kristine M. Levan, assistant professor of criminal justice at PSU, and PSU alumna Kate Axtman spoke with The Citizen,yesterday, about the ramifications of Monday's bombing of the Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured more than 180 as well as on the subsequent search for two suspects that ended Friday night in Watertown, Mass.
Levan said she was struck by the tremendous amount of law-enforcement resources put into funding the suspects, noting that it was on a par with the response to the Sept. 11. 2001 terrorist attacks. While saying it was too early to speculate why the suspects, identified as brothers, would have wanted to kill innocent people at the marathon, Levan said their actions typified the disconnectedness with society that sometimes leads otherwise normal men and women to do something horrible.
"We see the process of anomie, we build distance from society and sometimes we do things that are deviant acts," said Levan, and immediately following such acts, "everybody goes through the process of 'why?'"
Levan praised the preparedness of police to be ready for a terrorist act like that at the Boston Marathon, even if police weren't specifically ready for dealing with pressure cookers used as terror-deliv- ery systems. She said the public has come to expect immediate action and resolution of major crimes, even though that may be unrealistic.
When the legal prosecution of the surviving marathon-bombing suspect gets under way, Levan fully believes he will get a fair trial based on the presumption of his innocence. She hopes and does not envision, however, that citizens will have to give up their civil rights and freedoms due to "kneejerk" legislation crafted in the direct aftermath of the current situation.
The Boston Marathon bombings have their villains and also "we see our heroes emerging," said Levan, who counseled patience as the story of what happened and why unfolds.
Axtman, who now resides in Littleton, Mass. and works at Children's Hospital in Boston, was in "lockdown" most of the day Friday, less than three miles from where the alleged marathon bombers lived. She said she was scared and that people were becoming panicky.
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GREELEY, Colo. – Vice President Joe Biden sought to shore up the ticket's standing with women voters, warning that Republican challenger Mitt Romney favors policies that would diminish women's pay, health benefits and job opportunities.
At a rally here Wednesday, Mr. Biden mocked a statement from Mr. Romney during the debate that is fast becoming an internet sensation. Mr. Romney said that when he was governor of Massachusetts he pushed to hire more women for his administration, a recruitment effort that yielded "binders full of women."
Mr. Biden told a crowd of about 1,100: "You heard the debate last night. When Gov. Romney was asked a direct question about equal pay he started talking about binders."
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The vice president added that to find qualified women for government jobs, "You don't need a binder."
Mr. Biden questioned Mr. Romney's commitment to equal pay for women. If Mr. Romney were to enact his own healthcare plan, insurance companies would raise rates for women and treat pregnancies as a "pre-existing condition," he said.
Mr. Romney, he said, is in a "1950s time warp in terms of women."
For most of the campaign, polls have shown Mr. Obama with a solid lead among women voters. But after the first presidential debate on Oct. 3 in Denver, some polls revealed that Mr. Romney was narrowing the gender gap. A USA Today/Gallup poll this week showed Mr. Romney only a point behind the president among likely female voters in a dozen battleground states.
In his appearance, Mr. Biden painted the GOP ticket as out of touch. On immigration, he mocked Mr. Romney's call for policies that would encourage undocumented immigrants to "self-deport."
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In an incredulous tone, he questioned what that would mean for children of illegal immigrants. "Every 13-year-old, get up and move, man!" he said.
Invoking Mr. Romney's comments at a private fundraising event last May, Mr. Biden said the Republican nominee was wrong to describe the 47% of the people voting for Mr. Obama as dependent. He said the 47% included his own parents, elderly people receiving Social Security benefits, soldiers and working class people who are paying a higher effective tax rate than that of Mr. Romney.
"The 47% should worry about Mr. Romney," he said.
"I don't recognize the country they're talking about," Mr. Biden continued. "I don't know where they are; where they've been. I really mean this. I don't recognize it."
In a statement, the Republican National Committee said: "Absent a vision or plan for the next four years, President Obama's campaign has little to talk about beyond senseless political attacks, such as criticizing Gov. Mitt Romney for increasing the number of women in Massachusetts state government. Women across the country are supporting Governor Romney because he will turn our economy around, strengthen the middle class and create 12 million new jobs."
As the president's running mate, Mr. Biden wouldn't be expected to give an unbiased appraisal of Mr. Obama's performance at the debate Tuesday night on Long Island. True to form, he heaped praise on the president. As for Mr. Romney's performance, he was, "how can I say it – sketchy," said Mr. Biden.