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That includes silent updates with the release of Firefox 13, the company revealed.
Entire article here: http://www.ecoustics.com/pcmag/news/2401630
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by James » Fri 16 Mar, 2012 11:55 am
by Fulvio » Fri 16 Mar, 2012 12:51 pm
by Antony » Fri 16 Mar, 2012 6:48 pm
by Anonymosity » Sat 17 Mar, 2012 1:38 am
by DJGM » Sat 17 Mar, 2012 7:02 pm
Antony wrote:It should be called 'stealth' update, rather. Forcing everybody to use the latest they deem fit is clearly unethical.
So, instead of constantly popping up a message window to tell users
hey, another new version is out, you should RUSH for the latest,
Mozilla will change the tactic to
we just rushed out another version, probably nothing much but it's newer,
like it or not, you must use the latest of whatsoever we made.
Let's face it, many open-source extremists were darn concerned about their rights (particularly
those American rights), which translates to if such action was another company (say from Apple),
there would be a huge complaint from people like Asa, perhaps even protests... Except this one
is from many open-source extremists' beloved Mozilla. Their attitude towards this?
I expect the majority will be different.
by Antony » Sun 18 Mar, 2012 7:26 pm
I never said that.DJGM wrote:You believe it's wrong for Firefox users to get the latest version, even if it's an important update.
by Fulvio » Sun 18 Mar, 2012 10:16 pm
by Fulvio » Mon 19 Mar, 2012 1:57 pm
by James » Mon 19 Mar, 2012 8:40 pm
by Antony » Tue 20 Mar, 2012 3:56 am
by Fulvio » Tue 20 Mar, 2012 12:22 pm
.So, currently (and in the past), users were forced to update their browsers to whatsoever versions upon next relaunch by default setting.
. If I were pushed, I would abandon Mozilla.In the future, it is quite likely that users would be pushed to whatsoever new version at Mozilla's wish at any time,
by Antony » Wed 21 Mar, 2012 8:30 pm
DJGM wrote:You think that it's wrong and unneeded for Mozilla to get users to keep their installations of Firefox up to date, even if there are known security bugs in the previous version. You believe it's wrong for Firefox users to get the latest version, even if it's an important update.
DJGM wrote:If it's a web browser, or any other app that connects to the internet, and can have occasional security issues, getting the latest version is needed.
Mozilla (Release Notes) wrote:Firefox 3.6.19 fixes the following issues found in previous versions of Firefox 3.6:
* Turned off downloadable font support for users running Mac OS X 10.7 due to an underlying platform bug. We hope to enable them again in the future
by Antony » Wed 21 Mar, 2012 8:31 pm
Fulvio wrote:.So, currently (and in the past), users were forced to update their browsers to whatsoever versions upon next relaunch by default setting.
This is where we disagree. I was, never, forced to update my browser. For the longest time, I stuck with the v.3.6.x series. How come you are using 3.6.28, if the newest version is 11?
by Fulvio » Thu 22 Mar, 2012 12:11 pm
Exactly!I don't want to be bothered
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I have to point out that in canada we play the same video games, watching the same movies, and listen to same crappy rap music. The difference to me is the gun laws, and its not just the simple logistics of allowing assault riffles and hand guns, but the phycological effect of them being being around and so normal.
Allowing a hand gun for serious backcountry people who may bump into a bear is such a minimal amount of society that for the sake of this debate its sort of irrelevant. If its really needed (and we could debate that) then make the hoops you need jump through enough that the general public wouldnt consider it, or see a need for it because its simply not feasible.
You mention you can only put 6 six shots in a revolver, but whats stopping someone from carrying 2 or 3 of them fully loaded? Couldnt they have one on each side of their belt and one under each arm, with one in each hand? Thats 6. 6x6 is 36. After each one is empty the shooter simply drops it and reaches for another.
If the people in power end up making this debate about something as trivial as clip size rather then focusing on making the next generation not feel the need to buy these type of guns all together unless they are hunters then IMO the debate is a waste of time.
My brother is a avid hunter and gun collector but he is using it to shoot us a goose for christmas dinner. The thought of myself owning a gun has never crossed my mind in my 35 times around the sun. Not once. Now that I think of it its has to be for two reasons.
1.) They arent easy to get or keep
2.) They are built for specific a specific reason. I dont own a gun like I dont own a crab trap because I dont hunt or catch crabs.
My point is a society without strict gun laws breeds people who feel they need guns, or feel that they are simply normal.
Last week a guy in my city snapped took his cloths off and beat 3 woman nearly to death. Had guns been around and easy to get as a drivers license then those woman would be dead and many others.
One interesting point. Someone earlier posted the Swiss gun laws with the argument that "hey almost everyone has an assault rifle given to them by the government". I thought the argument was interesting, but being convinced there had to me more too it I dug further and found what I believe to be the difference, and what separates the Swiss from the American culture about guns.
1.) the guns are issued with a specific purpose that comes with training. These are trained military personal.
2.) getting a permit to actually carry a gun around with you isnt feasible for the average person. Basically, you need to be in the military or a profession that requires you to have one. (even the people who had them issued cant carry them)
3.) Laws around transportation are very strict i.e. too and from gun ranges, gun shows only etc
The end result is society doesnt see a need for guns. To prove that these laws have an effect of how people view guns in 2011 the Swiss government decided that all the people who had these guns needed to return the ammo for them to the government and 99% was returned and accounted for. 99%!!! Imagine what % of the ammo would be returned if the US government required it?
The fact is the swiss returned the ammo because they saw no need for it? Of course, what possible use could they have for it? Who the hell is going to invade Switzerland?
I dont mean to make this about Americans vs anyone else, because I stated before i like your country and people. Its about the effect of easy gun access has created on humans. Canadians would be the same if we had generations of the same gun laws.
Unless you are shooting a goose for christmas dinner, what possible use does the public have for guns? They serve no purpose.
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At approximately 11:30 this morning (8/9/13) at the Stonestown Nordstrom in San Francisco, I attempted to purchase a Shiseido bronzer. At the counter was a Smashbox clerk assisting two customers. At another cosmetic counter two clerks chatted away, ignoring me while I waited for assistance. After the Smashbox clerk completed the two transactions, she ignored my presence to flirt and chat with her awaiting boyfriend. I then approached the chatting clerks for help. One walked me back to the Shiseido counter, pointed to the bronzer, handed me a brush to try the product. She did not offer to help with color selection, application, etc and appeared to be rather annoyed. I then decided to go to Macy's where I received excellent customer service - she helped me with color selection and where to best apply the bronzer. I purchased the bronzer and an additional $273 in Shiseido cosmetics. Today's poor treatment at Nordstrom Stonestown was my third in the past few months. In one particular incident it became apparent that Nordstrom no longer values customers over the age of 40. Three strikes you're out. Good-by Nordstrom. Our 25 year relationship has ended. I'm now seeing Niemen Marcus and Bloomingdales and Macy's too.
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Innocent, talkative Danny (Jamie Samuel) is himself an aspiring coach and takes a shine to newcomer Luke, a delightfully awkward librarian played with great charm by Philip Duguid-McQuillan. More rueful notes are struck by Matt Sutton's mournfully middle-aged Joe (the team's token straight member), while a lot of Wells's comedy is channelled through the luxuriantly bearded Geoff. A busker nursing lofty dreams, he's lent an air of furtive daftness by the excellent Andy Rush.
The play is unfashionably gentle. There's no violence or emphatic topicality. The one potentially disturbing strand — to do with the bereavement that unites Viv and Joe — is scarcely developed.
The results may strike some as predictable and even a little wet. But Jumpers for Goalposts is generous, warm-hearted and packed with telling, often very funny detail. Just don't go expecting an evening of misty-eyed affection for the beautiful game.
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Noah, God's last hope for humanity is commanded to build an ark in which to carry his family and two of every animal on earth. Forty days of rain ensue, with Noah and crew safely on board. Noah later sends a raven and then a dove to find signs of the reappearance of land. Once they are back on the earth, God displays a rainbow as a sign of the covenant, promising that the world will not be destroyed by flooding again. God then reveals several basic rules for all of humanity to follow.
In later years, Noah plants a vineyard; one day he becomes intoxicated and strips out of his clothing. His son Ham discovers this and tells his brothers Shem and Yafet; the latter two cover up their father. When Noah awakens and finds out what happened, he curses Ham and his descendants and blesses his other sons and their families.
As the parasha ends, a group of people attempt to build a tower to reach the sky, in an effort to stay together. God foils this attempt by giving each person a different language to speak, thus confounding the project. Ten more generations come and go, culminating in our introduction to Abram.
This is the line of Noah.—Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with God. These are the generations of Noah; Noah was a just man and perfect in his generation, and Noah walked with God. (Genesis 6:9)
Noah is described by that Torah as "blameless in his age." The question of what this says about him, whether he was good compared to the evil people around him or good according to any standard, is endlessly debatable, given the above phrase and the mixed evidence found in the rest of the portion.
The original decree of annihilation included Noah as well; however, he found hen [sweetness] in God's eyes, for we may read [Genesis 6:7, 8] as, "God said, I will obliterate mankind … I am sorry I ever made them and Noah -- [but he nonetheless] found favor in the eyes of God." (BT Sanhedrin 108a)
"Noah walked with God" (Genesis 6:9). Rabbi Yehudah said: The phrasing may be understood from the parable of a king who had two sons, one grown up and the other a child. To the child he said, "Walk with me;" but to the adult, "Walk before me." Likewise to Abraham, whose [spiritual] strength was great, he said, "Because you are wholehearted, walk before me" (Genesis 17:1). But to Noah, whose [spiritual] strength was feeble, Scripture says, "Noah walked with God." (Genesis Rabbah 30:10)
Noah was surrounded by the wicked people of the generation of the flood. Nevertheless, he conducted himself in the service of God in the way of "For my sake was the world created," as our text reads, "a righteous one, blameless in his age." That is to say that he considered himself blameless and righteous. This behavior was necessary for him in a generation of such wickedness so that he would not succumb to their ways. But if he were to live in Abraham's generation, among great righteous ones, Noah, certainly would consider himself "dust and ashes," seeing himself in his own eyes as if he were nothing at all. (Yechiel of Alexander)
The Talmud reinterprets the verse in which God expresses regret for creating humanity, and indicates that God saves Noah only reluctantly. Why did the rabbis give Noah such a backhanded compliment? Does the fact that God makes a covenant with Noah after the conclusion of the flood signal God's reluctance, or acceptance that Noah, while flawed, is good enough? If God truly regrets making every person, Noah included, what motivates God to continue the experiment of humanity at all?
Noah is compared unfavorably to Abraham, with whom God makes a covenant far wider in scope. Genesis Rabbah claims that the image of Noah walking with God indicates someone who would not have thought to follow God if left to his own devices. Are the rabbis denigrating the importance of blind loyalty? Or are they emphasizing the greatness of Abraham, who is independent enough to follow God while walking on his own? When considering loyalty from other people, which is preferable: someone who is stays hand-in-hand, or someone who provides support both near and far? Is this an important distinction?
Yechiel of Alexander claims that Noah's self-image is determined greatly by those around him. To what extent do we do the same? To what extent is this advisable?
The earth became corrupt before God; the earth was filled with lawlessness.When God saw how corrupt the earth was, for all flesh had corrupted its ways on earth, God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with lawlessness because of them: I am about to destroy them with the earth. (Genesis 6:11-13)
The text doesn't give us many examples illustrating the evils of humanity leading up to the flood. We are left to suspect the meaning of the word "hamas", of which the world is filled.
Hamas is a technical legal term which should not be automatically reproduced as violence … the same force is reflected in the Akkadian verb habalum, "to deprive someone of his legal rights." (E.A. Speiser, Anchor Bible Genesis)
Hamas refers to robbery and fraud. [God] gave Noah the reason as injustice, and did not mention the "corrupting of ways," because injustice is a known and public sin. [Sanhedrin 108a, however], said that it was over [injustice] that their decree was sealed. The reason is because it is a law that is intuitively understood, and [the people] had no need for a prophet to warn about it. Furthermore, [injustice] is an evil toward God and toward men. Thus, [God] informed Noah of the sin for which "the end had come, the dawn of destruction had arrived." (Nahmanides on Genesis 6:13)
Rashi notes that [the] sin [of the generation of the flood] consisted of indecency and immorality. Why, then, does he state that their death was decreed only on account of the robbery of which they were guilty? To indicate that if they would have possessed wealth acquired by legitimate means, God might have taken their wealth rather than their lives to punish them for their immorality. … Had the generation of the flood been guilty only of indecency and immorality, God would not have destroyed them immediately but would first have punished them by stripping them of their possessions. But since they had gained all their wealth through robbery, it was not their own and could not be accepted as atonement. Therefore the Lord decreed the death penalty for them immediately, declaring that God would blot out all men from the face of the earth. (Melo HaOmer)
Speiser dismisses the idea that hamas is a reference to violence in the text. Describe the state of the world right before the flood: what is there? If hamas is indeed not a word describing violence, does this indicate that the evils in Noah's time are subtle? Many modern works of art (i.e., Dostoyevky's The Brothers Karamazov, the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil") portray evil as something deceptively common; is that what Noah's generation looked like? Is subtle evil more dangerous than blatant evil?
Nahmanides' contention stated the injustice of the generation of the flood is so self-evident that the people do not merit the warnings of a prophet to change their ways. Is that a reasonable explanation? Does this explanation put a different spin on the idea that Noah is "blameless in his age"? (Perhaps Noah himself is blameless of sin, but he does not attempt to be a prophet to try and stop his neighbors' ways, thus making him less of a person than, say, Abraham.) Is injustice is "a known and public sin"? To what extent are today's injustices known or unknown?
To Rashi, the ultimate reason for destroying the world was widespread robbery. How is robbery a metaphor for many kinds of wrongdoing? How is it possible to steal something other than physical possessions? What is the worst thing for someone to steal? Was Rashi's assessment that robbery is a drastic enough sin to warrant widespread punishment correct?


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Gallup offers some new polling data on U.S. views of Afghanistan and of General Petraeus:
Frank Newport offers his analysis:
Gallup finds both good news and bad news for Gen. Petraeus in this July 8-11 poll. He takes his new job as commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan with a remarkably positive image among Americans who know who he is. At the same time, Petraeus now faces the additional challenge of commanding a mission that the majority of Americans say is going badly. Americans' views of the situation in Iraq improved during and after Petraeus' tenure as commander in that country. The degree to which Petraeus will be able to shift Americans' perceptions of the war in Afghanistan in similar fashion will have important consequences in many arenas, including the politics of the war in the U.S.
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Let me start off by saying that everyone likes a bargain. Who wouldn't?? Cutting corners where you can always helps. One of the best places to cut corners when purchasing just about anything is good 'ole Walmart. Walmart has dedicated shoppers, casual shoppers and closet shoppers (you know who you are), but it's also having issues with a scam that comes to you, the shopper, via text message! One Western New Yorker received a text message reading "Dear Walmart Shopper, congratulations you have just won…. a $1,000 gift card!" Sounds great doesn't it? Sure does, but you can't trust anything nowadays unless its happening here and now. This one Western New Yorker called the text number back and found out that the mailbox was not set up. He then took the text message into a local Walmart and found out that it was a complete scam. Sorry, no gift card! Keep an eye out for these and other scams. They could cause you a lot of grief!


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And once she was hooked, she was hooked!
"Its funny, a lot of my golf friends are really mad at me now, because it don't play as much golf. Well it's like I have different shots that I take now, I get my birdies and eagles in other ways, you know?"
"So how has living on the lake changed you?"
"You know what, I think it's given me a chance to take pause and really enjoy nature every single second because every day it's a different day here! Some days, you just appreciate the light! Because every day the light is just a little bit different. So I think that it's really let me stop and really take more pause in life. And I just love it."
"When I first moved here, all I had was my iPhone! So I'd see some great blue heron and I'd be like 'oh yeah!' And I tried to get that picture and you can't get that picture with an iPhone. So, I got a little bit nicer than a point and shoot. But then you say you know the birds are moving too fast. So then I upgraded to the next camera. And then that wasn't really good enough, so then, I upgraded again, and got a better lens and so I think I am where I am, although I'm always wishing for the next best thing."
"I only started this maybe, a year and a half ago."
"How are you getting such good pictures then?"
"You know what? Some days it's just being in the right place at the right time, and sometimes I have just mere seconds to get that shot, because I"ll see that eagle coming across the bay and I'll come skidding across my house in my socks and jump out here and I'll keep my camera on a really fast setting so I can kind of just get it and kind is work from there because I don't have a lot of time to figure out ..."
"Nature doesn't wait for anybody."
"No, nature doesn't wait!"
It's a skill she's developed, and an art form that has become a part of her. As long as something amazing keeps happening outside her window, she'll keep grabbing her camera.
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T-Mobile getting in on the netbook game with the Dell Mini 10?
This article contains unofficial information.
There's no arguing the popularity of netbooks – which is why some carriers have been so eager in offering them in their lineups. Not only does it provide a great solution for customers looking for a mobile computer that constantly has connection to the internet just about anywhere, but wireless carriers are making huge profits thanks to the data plan that's required with them. Now T-Mobile may finally be joining the fun with the Dell Mini 10 ready to hit stores flaunting the AWS band; according to one of TmoNew's sources. Previously it was heard that some kind of Dell product was headed over to T-Mobile – then it was rumored that it would be the Android powered Dell Mini 5. In actuality, it now appears to be none other than the new Dell Mini 10 netbook unveiled during CES. T-Mobile will probably start rolling out this netbook sometime towards the end of March – unfortunately pricing for this netbook is still in the dark.
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10inches for older people isnt gonna work that well..12" or more will see better light
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I was going through our archive of historical photos and looking for one to quiz the Geek Club on. I figured they'd know the Migrant Mother, the V-J Day photo, all of the photos from the Vietnam War. However, I figured I'd be able to stump them with something that happened when they were all kids. Instead, I wound up losing that bet when History Geek not only recognized it but remembered when it (and the video of the event) was on the news. Of course, he immediately got sentimental and started sounding like someone in his 70s instead of his 30s. I think the phrase "Get off my lawn" may have been mentioned.
Regardless as to whether or not you remember this event, it was one that did do much to change the course of history at the close of the Cold War era. So, here's the photo and the story behind it!
The 1980s were a turbulent time in history. The US President, Ronald Reagan, had ramped up military spending and weapons programs in a bid to force the Soviet Union to back down. Revolutions were taking place behind the Iron Curtain as countries such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Hungary began clamoring for reform. Pope John-Paul II, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Reagan stood together against the Soviets at a time when most of the world thought they were crazy for doing so. "Cowboy," "warmonger," "idiot," were descriptions often given to one or all of these three. Movies such as The Day After and Wargames showed us how dangerously close to nuclear war we were, how pointless it was, and how devastating it would be for anyone who managed to survive the initial blast and fallout.
And then, at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, the Cold War ended even though everyone had known it would last forever. History Geek remembers being surprised at the Berlin Wall coming down, the Iron Curtain being torn apart, and the nations behind it rushing to join the West as quickly as they could. And though most of the world was focused on the USSR and the USA, Red China was still a place of concern for many.
China in the late 1980s was undergoing the same inner turmoil as the USSR. With the ending of collectivized farming and the slow introduction of more Western free-markets, China was torn between those who wanted further Westernization and the hard-liners who wanted to keep China "pure" of such things. Hu Yaobang was one of the Chinese leaders who favored a more moderate line that allowed for some loosening of the Communist grip while keeping the Party in power. His laxness and soft approach to the student protesters who gathered around China calling for greater reform was cited by the Party as being part of the reason for the later bloodshed.
Hu Yaobang died in April 1989 and his death created something of a flashpoint for the protesters. Now that they had a legitimate reason to gather, they began banding together to mourn Hu Yaobang and to demand still greater reforms. The most well-known place where student protesters gathered was Tienanmen Square in the Forbidden City in Beijing. From here students launched a hunger strike in hopes of getting the Communist Party to reform itself, reduce the corruption in the Party elite, and to introduce more modern democratic government into China. When the crowds had not been cleared out by June, the Party leadership ordered the army to move in and clear the Square. On June 4, the tanks began rolling.
As the tanks made their way through the streets to Tienanmen Square on June 4 and 5, many tried to stop them. The individual seen in this photograph is just one of many who did what they could do to impede the tanks and keep them from reaching the square. No one knows who the "tank man" is — China's leaders say he was not arrested or killed following the Tienanmen Square massacre. However, no one has come forward to claim the mantle of being Tank Man. In the days just after June 4, some news services reported that the man in the photo was named Wang Weilin but no solid confirmation has been made. Time Magazine calls him the "Unknown Rebel."
Whoever he was, though, he had a lot of nerve to stare down those tanks.
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Heating attached garage?
I have an attached garage that I would like to use to work on a project car i have, I'm located in northern Ohio and would like to heat it, my house is all electric and not sure what would be a good heat source to use and be somewhat efficient the garage is fully insulated, just looking for opitions and/or suggestions thanks for your help.
Wood stove, I use it when needed, heats up quick, my garage is also insulated and the heat lingers for a few days. If Ive got a project going it's easy to keep lit.
Pellet stove might be alittle more easier of an install.Bags would be more conveient to store, venting be easier to run.If you can hold off to around Feb , the big box stores mark them down in $ .Picked mine up for 500.00 new.
Heating garage
There are a variety of options that you can use to heat your garage sufficiently. However, a couple of factors will determine what exactly you need to install. How often are you planning on being in there? How quickly do you need it to be at a given temperature? And, are you willing to do prep work (wood stove) prior to the garage heating? Advertising or linking to your site in a thread is not permitted.
Shame on you.
I have 85 dead ash trees, I'm biased
The past 2 winters electric heat has been by far my most efficient heat source compared to propane gas. Now with the propane price being down I'll need to possibly adjust for this winter.
Something I would not recommend is an un-vented gas space heater of any kind although some swear by them.
Personally, I wouldn't want any fire source for heat in a garage. Working on cars usually has vapors involved and can be quite dangerous. I have heat in my garage, it's electric. I still won't run it if I am playing with fuel or paint.
Where would I use my cutting torches?
IMO if you, if you have enough vapors of paint and whatever, you need to open a door. BTW, why does using for heat pose more of a risk than other open flame use.
It is pretty adequate for here. However, I have a brick outside, R30 in the ceiling, new E coated windows and R18 garage doors. The doors seal well now so this keeps up and even can overheat the space so far. It hasn't gotten brutally cold.
Before I put in the new doors, air intrusion sapped the heat right out of the garage. I had to run this plus two 1500 watt floor heaters just to keep from freezing.
When I lived at home some 35 yrs ago we had a gas heater installed in our garage. The fire marshall made us pull it due to fire hazard. It was nice and toasty in there until he showed up.
What kind of electrical heater would you guys recommend ( space heaters, baseboard, ect) Just trying to weigh out my options, or a ventless heater using propain?
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Friday, October 15, is packed with recreation, music, and reunions. With registration at 10 a.m. and a shotgun start at 11 a.m., the annual Colonel Franke Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on the acclaimed course at The Manor Resort just a few miles from campus. The event includes medal play competition and four-person scramble. The $145 entry fee ($110 for alumni from 2005 to 2010) includes box lunch, awards, and cocktails and hors d'œuvre buffet after golf. The tournament is open to all alumni, parents, and friends. Proceeds benefit the Hampden-Sydney golf team.
Also on Friday is the 32nd annual Graves Thompson Tennis Challenge. Beginning at 1 p.m. at the Varsity Courts, alumni, parents, and friends are invited to join the undefeated 2010 regular-season championship team for this round-robin event. There is no charge for tennis and all skills levels are welcome.
Those needing a break from tennis and golf before the evening festivities should visit the Alumni Public Service Forum at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon. The forum, sponsored by the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest, in recent years has discussed local government, health care in America, and homeland security. This year's topic will likely spark lively discussion as Hampden-Sydney professors such as David Marion and Jim Simms probe the minds of our distinguished panel of alumni.
The Classes of 1965, 1970, and 1985 will gather Friday evening for cocktails with President and Mrs. Howard at Middlecourt before joining the Classes of 1975, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005 at Snyder Hall (the former Gammon Gym) for a reunion dinner, jazz music, and dancing. More music and dancing are available at the CAC Homecoming Concert with the funk-jazz band Medeski Martin and Wood.
Come Saturday morning, October 16, the activities continue with the annual Lacrosse Alumni Game when lacrosse stars past and present face-off on Hellmuth-Pritzlaff Field for bragging rights.
This year's reunion classes will gather again at 11 a.m. at tents on Hampden House lawn. There will be children's activities, refreshments, and photographs of times gone by.
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After lunch, the Tiger football team takes the field in Everett Stadium against Emory & Henry College. The game is always a highlight of Homecoming and a great opportunity to show our pride in Hampden-Sydney.
The cheering does not stop after the football game. At 3 p.m., the rugby team will face Mary Washington on the rugby field behind Venable Hall and the soccer team will take Miller Field against Eastern Mennonite. All of these teams had outstanding seasons in 2009 and are certain to entertain fans in 2010.
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On December 18, 2012, senior Hamas commander Zaher Jabarin gave an interview to Hamas' Al-Quds TV. In the interview, Jabarin said Hamas labors "day and night" educating Palestinian children in Gaza to become suicide bombers.
Becoming a suicide bomber is a sought-after career move, Jabarin claimed. "The Palestinian youngsters, the resistance and Jihad warriors, fight and quarrel over performing a courageous suicide operation," he said.
Because suicide bombers are ready to die, said Jabarin, Israel has no way of preventing them from carrying out their attacks.
Jabarin added that the time for resistance is over: Hamas is now preparing for the battle of liberation. He predicted the interviewer would soon "interview me — if Allah wished that we stay alive — from the courts of Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem."
Here is the full video of Jabarin interview on Al-Quds TV:


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We see and hear them all the time, and we always cringe. I'm talking about horrible stadium names.
It used to be that stadiums were named after people, cities or the teams that played in them. Lambeau Field, Notre Dame Stadium, and Yankee Stadium fall into that category and continue to do so. Others are named for our service men and women — those with words like "Memorial" or "Soldier" fall into that category.
Those days are almost gone, as the almighty dollar has won out over history and tradition yet again. We now have an American sports landscape littered with stadiums named after oil, financial and communications companies with little or no relationship to that city other than maybe a corporate office. It's not like Busch or Wrigley, where those named are woven into the historical fabric of their cities. Many of these new names just don't have any sentimental connection with the people who fill the stadiums.
Enter San Francisco. Outside of Rice-A-Roni, the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and Trolleys, the city by the bay is also know as the home of an American staple — blue jeans. Not just any blue jeans. Levi's blue jeans. The Levi's logo with the two horses struggling to rip apart a pair of jeans is arguably one of the most recognizable on the planet. Millions of people see it every day. On the logo, right below the words "Levi Strauss & Co." is the name of the city where the company was founded: San Francisco, CA.
The San Francisco 49ers and Levi Strauss & Co. are inching ever closer to a naming rights deal for the 49ers' new Santa Clara-based stadium. The only thing standing in the way is the approval of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority. If it happens — and it looks like it will — I would argue that no current stadium outside of Busch in St. Louis would be more appropriately named after a local company.
I would have to think that the name would make the move an easier transition for fans who have a sentimental attachment to the current stadium, Candlestick Park. Candlestick, since it opened its doors in 1960, has become one of the most famous venues in America. It was the first new home for baseball's Giants after their move from New York. The Beatles played their last live commercial concert there in 1966 and it has housed the 49ers since 1971.
Having lived in a city that tore down an iconic stadium to build a more modern and hip venue in the name of the almighty dollar, I can tell you for certain that the new building had better mesh with the local area, both in appearance and in name.
I truly believe that the San Francisco 49ers, the city of Santa Clara and the Levis Strauss & Co. company are doing exactly that with the best interests of the Bay Area and the 49er fans in their thoughts.
Perhaps some other teams and cities around the country should be taking notes.


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Dusted off an old project. Morel
Been about 10 years since I started this project. Never finished. This is a Morel MDT33 + MW164(4ohm). The cabinet (if I remember) is about 9liters sealed and stuffed, constructed of braced 1" MDF with a 2" thick front baffle.
Might be overkill, but I didn't want any vibrations from the cabinet. It doesn't seem to. This is a bass deficient design as planned. The xmax of the MW164 is 4mm, which leaves a window of opportunity for damage if your like me and enjoy some spl. So eventually... they will hopefully be part of a larger 3 way system.
Originally I was using CALSOD and Speaker Workshop, fun but without a good microphone I was done for. First and last crossover was a total fail.
As I did back then, after trashing the xover, I started tooling around today doing some "subjective" listening.
I first started with no crossover at all checking the phase of the drivers, having only a 4 conductor pig tail sticking out the back and not being sure what was what. Then I added a 5.6uf cap to each tweeter, which would cross it over somewhere around 3k. (obviously hard to tell until I can measure for sure). Turned out to create a huge hole in the frequency response between the 2 drivers, which was easy to tell, especially with pink noise. Reversing the phase of the tweeter brought them back together, with a dramatic upward tilt (which would be ok I guess if I flipped the speaker upside down...). I ended up reversing the phase of the system, keeping the tweeter connected in phase but reversing the woofer for a downward tilt.
After that I set them up atop the old Snells, messed with the long unused tone controls and had a listen...
For all the possible faults here, they really are kind of amazing to listen to. Deep bass performance aside, they are hitting alot of good points. Female vocals sound, in a word, real. Where my 2 Snell speakers fault {JIV=listenable but lack in pinpoint details- CIV=have a more solid point image, but can get fatiguing} These seem to show signs of the best of both. With the exception of kick drums, Percussion has a limitless feel to it. I was throwing everything my amp had at these(PS Audio 200c), but had to back off for deep bass transients. I also listen to some horns that sounded better then I want to carry on describing.
Piano was eh.. not especially great. There's got to be alot of hash that I cannot see at the upper end of the woofer running full range and at this crosspoint.
Discs used:
Fiona Apple: Tidal
Diana Krall: Quiet Nights
Sheffield Drive: Various/Drum Improv/Harry James etc
Steely Dan: Aja
Dave Brubeck: Time Out
Ray Lamontagne: Trouble
Bill Evans Trio: Explorations
Jamshied Sharifi: A Prayer for the Soul of Layla
McCoy Tyner: Solo (live)
Stereophile Test CD: stph-002-02
Ok well I know this has gotten to be a useless subjective review at this point but wasn't it fun?
So next thing I need to do is bust out the HiVi 10" woofers I bought back then, still in boxes. I went for these since Morels drivers at the time looked like the midrange I already had with the same xmax.. just bigger cones. Dynaudio was a non option, and I couldn't rap my head around using a mid with a 3" voice coil and a woofer with a smaller voice coil...does that make sense? Well, at the time it made sense to me so I bought em, 4" voice coils n all lol.
I see that HiVi can be a pain when it comes to reliable specifications. When I bought them the recommended alignment was waaaay off from what they should be, as tested. I was hoping for the 1.5ft3 vented but under test it was more like 3ft3 vented.... A lot bigger then I hoped for. I'm going to retest them again anyway and possibly shoot for a sealed enclosure. I don't know the model off hand but I'm sure they are long discontinued.
Suggestions please and thank you!
|2nd June 2010, 08:34 AM
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seems you like the sound, a good xover should improve that hash prob;
post the specs of the HiVi when you measure, or if you have the part code maybe someone here's already done it???
Are you thinking of bi-amping? it's a good way to for 3-ways, you can solve baffle step very easily that way & get a step up in sound quality to boot...
Impedance varies with frequency, use impedance plots of your drivers and make crossover calculations using the actual impedance of the driver at the crossover frequency
|2nd June 2010, 10:32 AM
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Hi Pure Brew, sounds like you have had a similar experience to me with the morel drivers I also started off with just a cap (currently a 4.3uF) on the tweeter, same deal had to invert the tweeter to get rid of a BIG suck out in the freq response.
My MW-144's have a peak at around 4Khz and whilst I initially ran them full range I found that a notch filter at 4K definitely improved the sound. I've had a brief look at the response curves of the MW-164 (morel isreal and morel us) and they also seem to have a response peak around the 5 - 6 Khz mark. You will probably need to do measurements to determine where it is but you might find that at notch filter at the appropriate freq cleans up your hash.
For me running with the 4K notch only on the woofer (MW144's in MTM format) and a 4.3uf Cap and series 2.2 ohms on the tweeter (DMS37) I get a 2nd order bessel acoustic rolloff centered at 3Khz, which so far is measuring and sounding pretty good I am contemplating a more complex crossover giving a third order butterworth or perhaps 4th order LR which will (if sim is accurate) be flatter in freq response, but I'm not 100% sure it will be worth the trouble.
I already have some 10" vifa's waiting to be mated to the MTM's just have to get my active crossover done!
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|2nd June 2010, 11:05 AM
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I built something along those lines years ago and was quite pleased with it. IMO, the MDT-33 is a great tweet, but I paired it with the (now rare and expensive) 3" VC Dyneaudio midbass alone. The only downside was efficiency- lousy, but the combo had few flaws for a small speaker. somewhere I still have the crossover diagram if you're interested.
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|2nd June 2010, 02:00 PM
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Thanks for the replies
PeteMcK- I'll probably won't be bi-amping at least initially. If anything I at least need to get those HiVi woofers out of storage, re-test them and build a test enclosure.I'll might hold off from playing with the T/M crossover until then, since there will most likely be changes when I add the woofer. I'll be sure to post specs and info.
wintermute- Your on point about the peaks. I remember the Morel drivers are known to have this. I'll be addressing this at some point. Fundamentally, a 4" is often better in a 3 way design, but I think the MDT33 will help alot in this role. I bet your MTM setup is truly rewarding tho! What Vifa drivers are you going to use?
Conrad Hoffman-I did find an interesting 2way design utilizing these 2 drivers with cabinet/crossover plans. I actually have the english copy but here it is in Dutch - note the PDF: Strassacker: Speaker, Do-it-yourself (but my MW164 is 4ohm...) However, it strays from power handling at low frequencies for sure. I'd be curious as to what you used as a crossover.
Low efficiency is only going to be a concern for me if the 10" efficiency is low. That will make going active more attractive, I'll just have to wait and see.
What are people using for test setups these days? I used Speaker Workshop/Wallin jig + CALSOD awhile back, but not for freq-response tests.
Can I get any advise on something free or affordable + microphone?
take care
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|2nd June 2010, 11:10 PM
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ARTA ARTA Download, with this simple jig: ARTA Jig - AudioBlog: A simple loudspeaker measurement jig for ARTA
Impedance varies with frequency, use impedance plots of your drivers and make crossover calculations using the actual impedance of the driver at the crossover frequency
|3rd June 2010, 03:42 AM
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Hi Pure Brew, yes I'm very happy with the clarity of voices on the MTM's had the same feeling about female vocals as you, they are magic
The vifa's are M26WR-09-08's they are actually already in 70L BR enclosures (my old 3 ways) First step will be actively crossing to just the woofers in the existing enclosures, but down the track I will make some new (superior) cabinets. I originally was going to use the MDT-33, it is a really nice tweeter, the change to the DMS37 was partially because of price but also because it was designed to mate well with the MW-144's. Getting them time aligned is as simple as flush mounting the tweeter and surface mounting the woofers.
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|3rd June 2010, 03:14 PM
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Well, I got the woofers out of storage yesterday. They are HiVi-W10, which are still showing on the website. Overview W10 Hi-end Woofer_HiVi, Inc.
These are the things that attracted me to this driver, based on the specs provided, as I recall.
1) Similar motor structure. Other then simply style, It seemed logical to have a voicecoil that wasn't actually smaller then the mid in a 3 way design, and also that It had higher XMAX then the MID (naturally). The Morel woofers tended to just be bigger versions of the midrange, with the same shallow xmax. I'm not talking about the "ultimate" drivers.
2) Efficiency. The MW164 is 86db posted (my 4ohm version will affect this). The HiVi-W10 is 90db. I'm hoping this will help keep to overall efficiency up, with less resistor loading
3) Modest enclosure size. 45liters is pretty manageable. Well that was the thinking then, but under test the VAS was ALOT different, I'll have to retest. If the proper alignment ends up in the 3cu.ft. range, which I suspect, I may have to discard these.
4) Price. Parts Express closeout, about $100US for the pair.
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CCAR Responsa: On Homosexual Marriage
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), 1996
The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), the rabbinic arm of the Reform movement, weighs in on the following questions: May a Reform rabbi officiate at a wedding or "commitment" ceremony between two homosexuals? Does such a union qualify as kiddushin from a Reform perspective?
Topic: Halakha, Jewish Law, Homosexuality, LGBT Issues, Marriage, GLBT Issues, Religious Denominations
Genre: Other
Coverage: United States
Language: English
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CCAR Responsa: On Homosexual Marriage. Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). 1996: http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=3507


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The Social CEO Q&A
Posted by George Colony on July 9, 2010
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I presented on The Social CEO at Forrester's Marketing Forum. During Q&A I got a number of good questions from the audience that I didn't have time to answer -- here are my (late) responses.
Q: "Are customers really interested in what the CEO thinks? Aren't they more interested in the message from the company?"
A: They're interested in both, as long as the CEO has something enlightening and valuable to say. Hey, why buy products from a company run by a schmuck?
Question: "Is there any data that shows the ROI of having a social CEO -- or do they not want to be measured?"
Answer: The CEOs that I hang out with are measurement-crazed, and that's part of the problem. They may use the squishy measurement of social return as an excuse not to do it -- and that keeps them from gaining the "soft" returns -- fortifying the brand, attracting new customers, retaining customers, and winning new employees.
Q: "How much do you need to monitor your CEO's blog? And how is that done? It can't be easy."
A: The Social CEO should have a strong support team -- that monitors and reviews Twitter and blog traffic at least every 24 hours.
Q: "What are the ways to build followers, especially for B2B companies?"
A: The Social CEO should not be chasing followers. He should be Social Light -- blogging six to eight times per year and posting on Twitter 12-24 times per year. This level of presence will reveal the broad thinking of the CEO, while matching up with the time demands of running a company.
Q: "What about CEOs using social to 'humanize' themselves? The Zappos.com CEO does a great job of this on Twitter -- his tweets are hilarious!"
A: If revealing himself comes naturally to the CEO, then putting a human face on the company is a plus. But the CEO shouldn't get too personal -- she can risk coming off as self-absorbed and self-centered. On the flip side, a naturally private CEO should never force folksiness.
Q: "Is there value in a 'CEO Blog' even if it's not the CEO him/herself blogging? Should you use a ghost blogger?"
A: No. It would be better to do nothing than to launch a phony blog.
Q: "What are your thoughts on using social networking to manage a crisis -- i.e., the CEO making a statement or speaking to customers directly via Twitter or a blog?"
A: Good idea, but be careful. Crises are a time to show that the CEO is in control, has a plan, and cares -- and social is a good outlet for these thoughts. But crises also trigger lawsuits, regulatory oversight, investor scrutiny, and other fiduciary restrictions that merit careful messaging. In crises I would keep the social stream concise, simple, direct, and as personal as the moment permits. Oh, and you should probably check with the lawyers, at least until the crisis subsides.
Q: "George -- who tweets your tweets?"
A: Me.
Thanks for the questions -- if you have more, post them and I'll answer them here. Or add your own answers to the questions above -- I'd love to get your thoughts.
Another perspective on the Social CEO
Comment from Max Pucher on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 06:54
Thanks George, interesting topic. But this whole social thing is getting out of hand and quite irrational. I am for social but for different reasons than the usual.
The quality of a business is easily measured by how many IN-PERSON contacts executives and management have with customers and customer service personnel. Twitter is not a replacement for that at all. Blogging is good, but only if it comes natural. If CEO's got something to say, they should say it in person to the people that matter - employees and customers. Forrester's Augie Ray recently blogged that the value of a Facebook fan is ZERO and I am in absolute agreement. It is the ACTION and QUALITY of communicating that counts and not the technical means or the numbers of followers. The 'marketing reach' of social becomes the same number game as in old paper media. You never know if the ad will actually reach the desired target. Only one-on-one can change that. People believe in any case more in a product review from people like them than in a CEO tweet.
'Social' is not a solution for everything and as much I believe myself that social networking is equivalent to people empowerment, it is for those that have it in them and not for everyone. Even if the demographics show a rise in social use, I propose that a lot of it is a statistical number game that lacks in-depth information about the causal relationships how social effects business. Adding 'social' to CRM or to BPM does not improve it per-se if at the same time it does not improve the quality. If you improve the quality of communication then it does not matter what medium or means you use. If you do not empower people per-se, giving them social media as in E2.0 does nothing. Empowerment is not hoping that someone will use social means. It is assigning authority and means to employees to service customers at the best affordable quality. The first question the typcial CEO will ask is: 'How can I use social to reduce cost.' But each cost reduction carries a hidden reduction in quality one way or the other. Using 'social' this way will damage the business in the long run.
Yes, I am conservative in my belief that business is about affordable quality and not about producing rubbish cheaper than the competition. If I would be able to talk to Steve Jobs in-person, I would tell him that the iPhone4 is crap (I am on my third unit and it still doesn't work). If I could talk to a T-Mobile executive, they would maybe learn how inept their product managers and service staff actually are.
So I tell you why CEOs don't blog and tweet: Executives are hiding in their boardrooms, because they are afraid that customers could use social media to actually tell them how it really is. And that frightens the hell out of them.
You and I post and tweet because we do our best to service our customers and we can stand up and face the crowd. In that respect I see it as a sign of courage, transparency and faith if executives go social. Nothing else. Who doesn't, is hiding!
Sorry for being blunt (as usual), but that's how I am and I can stand for it. Thanks for taking the time to communicate directly and openly with one of your customers!
Regards, Max J. Pucher
Chief Architect ISIS Papyrus Software
Good thoughts Max...
Comment from George Colony on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 15:09
As always Max, your thoughts enlighten the discussion...
As time has passed, I have come to see fear as the greatest barrier to overcome -- whether it's in my decision-making, communication, tennis game, or in the setting of strategic direction. To fear feedback from customers (why you believe that most CEOs are not social) is to ignore the most relevant raw material for improving your products and services. Sure, it's not nice to get negative reviews -- but CEOs are paid to seek out and understand the brutal truths (see Jim Collins "Good to Great"). These truths are the bricks upon which progress is built...
Social is one way to get your hands on those bricks...
External communications is internal
Comment from Stephane Rousseau on Sat, 07/10/2010 - 12:37
In my opinion, when a CEO seeks external exposure, it is also to communicate internally. Employees take seriously the way they boss stands outside the company, it's more credible.
PS : I'm glad you've confirmed you twit your tweets but I had not doubts !
External = internal
Comment from George Colony on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 14:36
Regardless of where a CEO speaks, he or she is heard by all: investors, employees, customers, and partners. A credible external voice for the CEO only increases his stature internally. Why? Because it takes guts to converse in a marketplace of ideas that you don't necessarily control.
Influence vs. networking
Comment from Griff Wigley on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 08:45
Hi George,
As a leadership blogging coach, your series of posts on the Social CEO has been of great interest to me. Hardly anyone writes about this and so I was delighted that you tackled it. And while I agree with most of your assertions, there are two areas that I disagree:
* I don't think erudition is required. Strategic, near real-time, short storytelling is often enough.
* Social networking tools can be used effectively without the 'social' and without the 'networking,' both of which tend to freak out many busy executives.
I detail my arguments in this blog post:
Social media in the executive suite: For influence, yes. For networking? Not so much
but I'd be happy to continue the discussion here on your blog, as I'm very interested in your reaction.
Why Executives HATE Social Media
Comment from Griff Wigley on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 08:12
From DemingHill:
Why Executives HATE Social Media
Social Boss
Comment from Charles Maxwell (not verified) on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 09:19
I believe it is important for bosses to be on the net and have facebook pages. A recent poll my company did illustrated that more than ever people are using social networking websites and blog website. It is important to stay state of the art and and stay in the present. I have been reading a book that talks about staying in the present. Its called 27 Powers of Persuasion and it offers other insights into the world of being an effective CEO and message strategist. The author Chris St. Hilaire is CEO of a jury research group as well as a political strategist and his book offers great tips on how to seduce audiences and win allies. Many other mover-shakers in the business world have reviewed the book and agreed it is an important tool if your goal is to be a more effective communicator. To see more check out www.27PowersofPersuasion.com.
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