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Aug. 12, 2012
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By Stephen Trembley
FRESNO, Calif. --- Fresno State head baseball coach Mike Batesole announced today that he has tabbed Shaun Larkin as one of the Bulldogs' assistant coaches.
"Shaun brings both youth and experience to our program," Batesole said of Larkin. "He is advanced beyond his years as a coach, just as he was as a player."
Larkin was the Cal State Northridge starting second baseman for Batesole's 2002 Big West Championship team and the Cleveland Indians selected him in the ninth round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. He returned as an assistant coach for the Matadors for the past two seasons.
"His recent experience as a recruiter will open up many doors for us in Southern California, especially in Orange County," Batesole said. "We can't wait to get to work with him!"
Larkin began his collegiate playing career at Cypress College and later at Texas Tech, which advanced to a NCAA Regional in 2000, before joining Batesole's program at Northridge for the 2002 campaign.
During that 2002 season, Larkin helped the Matadors to a NCAA Regional as a first-team All- Big West and All-Region honoree, a national ranking as high as No. 15. He also received a National Player of the Week award and set a NCAA record for reaching base safely 18 straight times.
Professionally, he was an integral part of six playoff teams and two championship teams during his six years and ultimately advanced to the Triple-A level as a player before the Indians presented Larkin with an opportunity to become an assistant coach.
Once assigned to the Indians' Double-A affiliate, Larkin assisted both management and his coaching staff with player development and was the team's first base coach for two seasons.
In addition to his time as an assistant, Larkin also served as both the hitting and third base coach for the Leones de Leon, a professional winter ball team located in Leon, Nicaragua in 2007.
In 2009, Larkin returned to Southern California as an assistant varsity baseball coach at Newport Harbor High School. As the primary hitting instructor and infield coordinator he introduced a program-wide paradigm shift that not only focused on development of his player's physical skills, talents, and mental acuities.
Larkin held weekly classroom sessions that focused on the evolution and expansion of his team's leadership skills for use both on and off the diamond. Due to these unique character-building opportunities, the Newport Harbor baseball team reached the playoffs for the first time in 20 years.
An assistant coach at Orange Coast College during the 2010 season, Larkin primarily worked with the infielders and hitters and aided head coach John Altobelli with recruiting in and around Orange County.
Larkin returned to Cal State Northridge in 2011 for the first of two seasons on Matt Curtis' staff. Larkin also specialized in his work with the infielders and hitters, assisted with the team's strength and conditioning program, and monitored the academic eligibility of his student-athletes.
The CSUN defense set the school record for fielding percentage in 2011 and was among the Big West Conference leaders in both of his seasons back at Northridge.
The addition of Larkin fills the vacancy created when Pat Waer decided to return to his alma mater, Washington State, during the offseason.
Fresno State, who will host the 2013 Mountain West Baseball Championships next May, begins its first season as a member the MW after winning seven straight WAC titles.
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Great white shark blamed for NSW attack
The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries says a great white shark was responsible for an attack on a woman at Port Stephens, north of Newcastle, yesterday.
Lisa Mondy was grabbed by the shark yesterday afternoon while wakeboarding at Jimmy's Beach.
The 24-year-old was bitten on the head, neck and arm during the attack.
Fisheries department spokesman Brett Fifield says a shark biologist has examined photographs take of Ms Mondy's wounds, and also examined the life vest she was wearing.
"Then we've also looked at the pattern of the attack, that is that this shark came from beneath the woman up through the water column," Mr Fifield said.
"That indicates to us that it most likely is a great white shark for this incident."
Ms Mondy works for Port Stephens tour operator Frank Future, who says she was operated on last night.
"After six or seven hours of operation that have basically re-attached quite a number of bits and pieces of her left arm, which is the one that the shoulder apparently took most of the attack," Mr Future said.
"They hadn't even began patching up her neck or her face. So they're hoping that suppose today they'll work on other bits of her. But yeah it was a very savage attack."
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Yesterday I rushed to my local GameStop store and purchased the latest offering from Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V. Like many gamers I have been playing it non-stop, having become fully immersed in the gigantic world that is Los Santos, exploring everything from tennis, shooting ranges, missions, blimp flying, etc. There's so much to do and explore, and it seems Rockstar North has once again delivered the biggest sandbox game to date. Sandbox hardly defines the genre of the game, for it is packed with so much content and diversity. It's not just a sandbox game, it's also a 3rd-person shooter. It's just a shooter, it's an excellent driving game. Add in engaging characters that tell a compelling story, and you have one amazing game that does what a game should do: it engages, it entertains, and it satisfies.
With that said, along with everything else that GTA V has improved and added, it has also increased the vulgarity, the violence, and the sexually-explicit content. N-words and F-bombs explode throughout much of the game, as does a certain person's head. Strip Clubs now come with topless dancers, and don't forget the prostitutes that can be picked up for a price. So what does that do for a gamer such as myself? What does this do for Rockstar's image, which had once before received negative publicity because of its Grand Theft Auto series? What about parents? What about the media, and those looking to blame video games for the moral depravity, namely the violence, in our schools and in our world? With each disposition there comes an opinion, and as a 27-year-old gamer who has played a wide variety of games I suggest that the amped up moral depravity does little to alter a player's perspective, and the content in a video game serves similar purpose to the content on television and in movies.
Granted, the problem is audience. Video games, unfortunately, are targeted more so toward children and young adults than they are adults. Now that's not to say, at all, that Grand Theft Auto V has been targeted toward children: It hasn't been. Slapped on every case is the M rating, which provides a warning for adult content. Another unfortunate reality is that we have all become oblivious to such warnings: Does anyone notice these anymore? Not really, and I presume that a very small percentage takes the ESRB rating into consideration. However, there is also another problem to consider, and that is that a multitude of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games have received the M rating, including many of the most popular games such as Call of Duty, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Skyrim, etc. Really the list goes on here. Perhaps an argument could be made that it's time for the ESRB to re-evaluate it's rating system and develop a new, more accurate system, but that's not the point I am trying to address.
At any rate, what I am addressing is Grand Theft Auto's use of morally-depraving material. GTAV certainly earns its M rating, and it probably could have easily earned much more. Perhaps the gratuitous amounts of curse words and coarse material are unnecessary; In fact, I could certainly do without some of it. However, Grand Theft Auto V—aside from the vulgarity and violence—is a fantastic game. I don't condone or condemn the moral depravity: I understand its purpose in the game. I understand Rockstar Games' satirical vision when it comes to the GTA series, and as a gamer I get it when I play it. As an adult who plays the game, it does not encourage me to kill, steal, or engage in morally-conflicting situations. If anything it persuades me not to. Consciously and subconsciously I know that what I do on the screen has nothing to do with who I am as a person. I enjoy the game for giving me the freedom to explore a fictitious world full of life-like reality that I'll never really, truly, explore. That's the purpose of a sandbox—of a game—and Grand Theft Auto V does it marvelously, moral depravity included or not included.
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A friend's co-worker is the rider in this video. Really close call, watch to the end. Pretty good example of target fixation subconsciously, no time to react.
A friend's co-worker is the rider in this video. Really close call, watch to the end. Pretty good example of target fixation subconsciously, no time to react.
Been riding for over 25 years...
Never seen a close call like that..
within INCHES..
vtec is no joke
What a complete moron! It was a double yellow and he's overtaking.. Where in Ontario was this?
This kind of stuff is what keeps me off of a motorcycle... If that shoulder hadn't have been there, he'd be dead.
I am SO f*cking glad your friend's coworker and that rider behind him made it through this with no harm. This sort of sh*t is what made me so paranoid when riding. I had something like this happen to me while up in the mountains around a blind corner. Like this rider, I had luck/skill on my side. Doesn't stop you from being scared for a long while afterwards though.
realistcallly 0 response time. if you watch it real time and think about how long it would take you to realize what was actually happening that a super close call.
That's a problem for anyone on the road, bike or car. Passing on a double yellow ON A HILL no less. I will give the guy a modicum of credit for diving off the road completely to avoid the hit.
Wouldn't that be a near hit?
I mean, they did miss. But it was nearly a hit..
Just as bad as "could care less"
Just a side note that I found interesting in the video.
Regarding where this was (from what I gather) it was on Airport road on their way to or from Wasaga Beach is all
I heard. As for a locale I have no idea to be honest.
I would have turned around and went after the guy, at least get a plate number to report him
I still have no idea how that happened
Worst on I had was when I was riding on a 4 lane road 2 in each direction, I was coasting to red light, light turns green I accelerate and next thing I know I hear a air horn and tires screaching. Look right just in time to see the grill of a semi (peterbuilt). I had to stop check my pants and chain smoke about 10 cigarettes!
I still get chills thinking about it...
If he had enough torkz, this wouldn't happen.
For the video given here ... that was a close call. The problem here is that it's a crapshoot whether to go towards the center of the road and hope the wrong-way vehicle goes past on the wrong side, or go towards the side of the road and hope the wrong-way vehicle goes back into their own lane. I have heard of head-on collisions that happened in the ditch because both drivers made the call to swerve off the road. Doesn't matter bike or car, head-on at highway speed is ALL bad.
I don't like riding on busy two-lane roads for much this reason.
If they were riding Can-Am Spyders, they probably would've been creamed since the bike is so much wider.
this is why i can't ride. Too many idiots on the road.
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Passing on the left while coming over a hill Idiots.
That could of been A LOT worse.
Am I the only one that is glad that the car crashed?
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50 Cent is over his artist relationship with Interscope records. The conflict built up when the label would not allow him to promote his own SMS Audio headphones, specifically in his "My Life" video.
Forbes reached out to a representative of the label and they did not confirm that there was a rule "prohibiting rival headphones" in music video. If you didn't know, Interscope has a tight relationship with the Beats By Dre headphone company.
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One more vote here for the Savage Mark II. I have the BV and it is a wonderful, accurate and dependable rifle.
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Go to rimfirecentral.com to read up 22lr. Great site.
I had not had a 22 rifle in my hands since college rifle team many decades ago. Then, a couple of months ago, I saw an the AR-7 that Henry makes called the Survivor. Now it goes everywhere with me, especially hiking.
IMO there are certain 22's you must have.
A Cowboy Revolver (Ruger Single six)
A (Henry) lever action
A good Bolt action (CZ-452)
and any old 10/22
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Look into an old Mossberg bolt. Cheap and most of them can shoot rings around most "new" .22's.
Or, consider a Thompson Center R-55. More expensive but probably the most accurate auto-loader out of the box.
I've had real good luck with my Marlin Model 80C (circa 1960)...chambered in 22 short, long, and long rifle. Iron sighted bolt action 7 round detachable magazine.
Here's a good story...bought it at a Shamokin, PA flea market on a Sunday, waiting for the rifle range to open after breakfast...it was sitting in a rack with a couple of Daisy air rifles and a toy rifle. Looked at it, looked at the guy, asked him how much, he says $125...I tell him I got $100 even...he says sold. We never even discussed that it was a real rifle.
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I have a few .22 rifles, not sure how many. I have Marlin 60, Iver Johnson M1 carbine, some model of winchester, an old mossberg, and some others. I don't have a Savage or a 10/22 or a Kimber, but the most accurate one I have is the Marlin 880 SQ. It's far more accurate than I am. My dad refers to it as "the tack driver." I'd recommend it to anyone. I just wish it was stainless. This isn't my picture, but they all look the same.
The suggestion itschuck made. About to vuisiting rimfirecentral.com, is good. You will find alot more info their.
I bought a Savage Mark II GL, lastyear. I average 1" grps (give or take) at 50y. Thats with bulk High Velocity ammo. I haven't even tried good ammo, yet.
Ive used it more as a garden helper, than at the range.


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Peter Sirmon became Tennessee's newest assistant coach last month when he was promoted from defensive graduate assistant to the position in charge of linebackers. Sirmon played linebacker first at Oregon, where he was an All-Pac-10 performer, and then for the Tennessee Titans during a seven-year NFL career that included four years as a starter. Three of his four children were born in Tennessee and Sirmon feels right at home working alongside his old college roommate, UT defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox.
The Washington state native took time Friday to discuss a number of topics, including the linebacker position for 2011 and how he fits into head coach Derek Dooley's coaching staff. Here is a sampling of those comments:
Having played and having played so recently, what advantage does that give you in coaching these young guys?
"I think anytime you have kind of walked in the same shoes as the players, there's a level of communication and understanding. You're asking them to do things you know can be done and if things are difficult, you understand the problems they're having. It's easier to relate to them."
Talk about the chemistry this staff has and working with Justin (Wilcox).
"With Justin, we have a long history together so that's been good working with him. Terry (Joseph) was great last year, letting me help out a little bit there. Lance (Thompson) does a great job. The four of us are going to continue to work, push each other and try to improve."
Do you feel like you're a better coach now having worked with the secondary with your experience with linebackers?
"I do. I think anytime you see things from a different point of view, it improves your overall understanding of the concepts and schemes. Something that helped me a lot last year was starting to understand more of the passing game, different kinds of alignments and how they change the passing game for the offense."
What's been the biggest adjustment going from a graduate assistant position to full-time?
"Really, just the recruiting responsibilities are the difference. I have a pretty large area so just getting through the initial evaluations of so many players and making those contacts with the high school coaches is some of the work that's involved in recruiting."
Going back to fall camp a lot of guys in the secondary talked about how well you related with them. Do you feel like that's something that's going to be a strength for you in recruiting?
"I think you always have to relate to people. Sometimes you have a great rapport with people and sometimes maybe your personalities just don't mesh. The safeties last year had good personalities that came together. I loved working with them. It was nice that they thought I related well with them. The more comfort they have in what you're saying and how you're trying to help them improve, the more they're going to use those techniques."
How would you describe your coaching style?
"I think I probably have two separate styles. In the meeting room, I try to be very teacher-friendly and make it an easy environment to learn. I try to have no anxiety for the players in the room so they can be wrong, talk and not worry about being wrong on the field. On the field, it's going to be different where you demand and expect them to do what you're asking them to do and do it with great effort."
Did you think you would find yourself in a full-time position here?
"I didn't have that expectation here at all. I came out here for the opportunity. I had been with Oregon, obviously, the year before. It was a great opportunity to get back in the state of Tennessee and get in the SEC, but I had no plans on being full-time here."
What was your reaction when it was presented to you?
"It was obviously a huge step for me, my first full-time job here. The University of Tennessee is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get your first start here."
Did you always know that coaching would be something you wanted to do when you were done playing?
"No. Right after I retired, there was a time where I thought I wanted to get away from football. You get away from football and into that business environment and some of the personalities I was working with weren't meshing with what I thought of. You prepare for something, you have a test, good or bad, then you correct the problem and you move on. It was the sense of urgency that I didn't feel. In football, you have that sense of urgency all the time. You're always preparing and always trying to get better. There's always some kind of measuring stick. You go back and you fix things that didn't work well or you expand on things that worked for you."
How would you describe your relationship with Justin?
"Justin and I have a really strong relationship. We've known each other for a long time and we were roommates in college. We have a good relationship at work. We have a good working relationship and I think we can both talk frankly with each other and understand that it's work. He's done a great job with leading the defense. The players love him and the players will really play hard for him."


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Keira Knightley in Marie Claire March 2013: Not the Big-Wedding Type
She's never been one to shy away from the spotlight, and now Keira Knightley is gracing the cover of Marie Claire's March 2013 issue.
As usual, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actress looked absolutely breathtaking in a red Valentino dress for the Nathaniel Goldberg shot front page while opening up to the publication about everything from Kate Middleton's unborn baby to her wedding.
"I'm over the moon about the royal baby," Keira exclaimed. "But I really can't mount an argument in favor of the monarchy. Is that treason? Do I have to turn in my passport?"
In addition to royal baby news, the 27-year-old actress shared praise towards fellow star Sienna Miller, saying, "I think of her as glamorous in that kind of timeless movie star way, but she can be grungy in this very cool '90s way. You say this about people who have style, but it's true: She genuinely doesn't think about the way she looks or how she puts herself together. She could throw on a bin bag and look beautiful."
Miss Knightley also chatted about her fiance James Righton and their upcoming wedding. "I could have six fake weddings. God, that would be expensive. We're not really big-wedding types. I don't need to have all that."
In addition, Keira explained the importance of staying grounded in the spotlight, and said, "I'm not sure I can define success. I think if I get to the end of my life having hurt as few people as possible, I will be happy, making sure that the people who mean the most to me know they've been loved. Success in work, whatever work, will come and go."
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The details of how any US attack on Iraq might unfold are still far from certain.
In such a campaign Turkish air bases would play a vital role both because of their strategic location and because Turkey, as a Nato member, has compatible military infrastructure from which US aircraft could operate.
The base at Incirlik is the only established US Air Force forward-operating base in the region.
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It is located in south-eastern Turkey near the city of Adana and is roughly 500 nautical miles from Baghdad and out of range of any Iraqi ground-to-ground missiles.
It is the base from where the current Northern Watch operation is being run - the operation to maintain an air exclusion or no fly zone over northern Iraq.
During the first Gulf War the US mounted round-the-clock combat operations from Incirlik against targets in northern and central Iraq.
If clearance to fly through Syrian air-space was not available then US aircraft would have to fly eastwards inside Turkey before turning south to head for targets in Iraq.
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The regional commercial airport in Erzurum in north-eastern Turkey is another potential fighter base.
There are between 20 and 40 Turkish air bases in all that could be used to support US operations though many have only rudimentary facilities.
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The launch of TV channel London Live will be celebrated at the capital's most prestigious advertising industry festival of the year, Advertising Week Europe.
The Evening Standard's sister channel begins broadcasting on March 31 on the first day of the four-day summit when media industry leaders will gather to toast the live launch.
Sports stars Freddie Flintoff and Victoria Pendelton will be among the speakers at the event, which is returning to the capital for a second year in a boost to London's status as Europe's creative capital.
Advertising Week executive director Matt Scheckner hailed the arrival of London Live, which will be the first dedicated channel for the capital and is widely seen as the most significant TV launch in Britain since Channel 5 in 1997.
"From an economic, image and quality of life vantage point, London Live is a natural evolution and a great opportunity for viewers and for advertisers," said Mr Scheckner. "London is without question the epicentre of creative industries in Europe."
Close to 20,000 delegates are expected to attend. Global media bosses including Havas chief executive Yannick Bolloré, Interpublic chief executive Michael Roth and Robert Thomson, chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, are billed to speak.
Bafta on Piccadilly will be the main venue, with an opening gala at St James's Palace and events at Kensington Palace, the House of Lords and Ronnie Scott's. London Live, Google, Amazon and ITV are among the sponsors. Mr Scheckner founded Advertising Week in his native New York in 2003 and chose London for the European version which launched last year.
"I love the fact London is inspirational and aspirational," he said. "London and the UK punch way above their weight globally in creative industries."
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Miley...seriously GIRL; have you NOT embarrased yourself enough? For once, can't you think of your family first???? They are involved by proxy. IE; I'm sure they were great parents, soooo, WHAT HAPPENED?
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is known for having some of the most polarizing figures in the entertainment business accompany him to the ring before fights. Whether you love her or despise her, there is really no arguing that Miley Cyrus has perfected the art of creating a buzz. That's why she makes perfect sense for The […]
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Miley has good handlers and I'm doubtful she will merge her brand to the brand of a convicted person.
Cyndi Lauper was a person with 10 times the talent and she linked herself to Capt. Lou Albano in pro wrestling.....her career nosedived. The good news is her talent ruled and MANY years later she showed the world she had immense talent
Miley has no talent...this could be a career killer
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In its latest Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec notes a 6 percent decline in the number of weekly cyberattacks on corporate networks between the first half and second half of 2002, as well as a decrease in the number of severe events. However, the security vendor also records over 2,500 new software vulnerabilities disclosed last year, an 81 percent increase over 2001 estimates; meanwhile, the increase of moderate- and high-severity security holes was almost 85 percent over 2001. Symantec says that these flaws could be especially vulnerable to blended attacks that exploit multiple security holes. The report finds that power and energy companies suffered more attacks with greater severity than companies in other industries, while telecommunications providers, financial services companies, and major nonprofits were also frequently targeted. Furthermore, 78 percent of all attacks recorded by Symantec in the last six months of 2002 were launched from Microsoft operating systems. Most cyberattacks originated in the United States and South Korea, while Poland and South Korea were the nations that suffered the most attacks per Internet user. Symantec suggests that companies and organizations could better protect their networks by honing their security configuration and patch management strategies, and by carefully examining vulnerable instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications that run on corporate networks. They should also be cognizant of internal threats and the security risks of Web-based applications that can be accessed remotely.
The final version of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace will be issued in the next couple of weeks, and one of its priorities is a national cyberspace security response system that will have a heavy reliance on information contributed by the private sector. Key to its success will be an expansive information-sharing initiative both inside and outside the federal government, while a separate office within the Homeland Security Department will be tasked with managing the exchange of information between government and industry. The plan also suggests that industry build a centralized network operations center that runs round-the-clock to evaluate the health of the Internet and integrates with the cyberspace security response system as well as the Homeland Security Department's centralized capability. This facility should also direct the storage of information concerned with critical infrastructure protection that is volunteered by non-government agencies. Civil libertarians and privacy proponents are likely to notice a recommendation authorizing that the Justice Department and the Census Bureau collaborate on improving data about victims of cybercrime, while another controversial point is the lack of suggested remedies for flaws in software products and critical protocols and systems. "As we move to wireless everywhere and universal Web-control of appliances, if the government doesn't act quickly, millions of unprotected systems will by made available to any attackers who choose to use them," warns SANS Institute research director Alan Paller. Whereas an earlier version of the strategy condoned bringing market forces to bear on software vendors in order to boost their products' security, the latest draft merely recommends that the industry should promote more secure products and deployments.
Representatives of entertainment and technology concerns agreed at a Precursor Group investor conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday that there is little chance of Congress enacting any significant copyright legislation this year. Both sides have repeatedly locked horns over the issues of piracy and copyright, and have lobbied Congress to pass mandates that have spurred the controversy. However, such measures will probably remain in limbo while the government deals with more critical issues, such as the economic slowdown and the increasing likelihood of war with Iraq. General counsel for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Fritz Attaway declared that no bills will be passed as long as the various industries fail to reach some kind of accord. Although the Commerce Department's Bruce Mehlman anticipates "a lot of congressional sound and fury," he said the chances of Congress passing major legislation this year are 10 percent. Bills that became a rallying point for both sides last year included a proposal from Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.) that would require tech companies to make copyright protection a standard feature, while Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.) introduced a measure that would give record companies the legal right to block file-sharing of copyrighted works. Meanwhile, Rep. W.J. Tauzin (R-La.) is drafting a proposal to accelerate the deployment of digital TV by settling major copyright issues. One bill that Mehlman thought had better odds of passage this year calls for the adoption of broadcast flags that block the transmission of TV programs over the Internet.
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Programmer Michael Phipps and his team of 20 other volunteers are attempting to create OpenBeOS, an open-source version of the BeOS operating system, which was the flagship product of now-bankrupt Be Inc. Palm stopped development on BeOS after it purchased Be's intellectual property, leaving it in its fifth version in 2001. Phipps is pursuing OpenBeOS because he says he appreciates the artistic simplicity of the design, and wants to create a nimble and robust operating system for PCs, even though that market is dominated by Microsoft and Apple. Phipps says other operating systems have accumulated unnecessary legacy baggage, which he calls "cruft" and compares to barnacles growing on the side of a ship. BeOS was built primarily for Be's BeBox computers, and rarely causes system crashes, unlike many previous versions of Microsoft Windows. Open-source leader Eric Raymond says this aesthetic aspiration is key to well-built code, just as it is for well-built bridges. "Bridges should look beautiful," Raymond opines. "If they don't, there's a kind of ungracefulness that's likely to reflect structural problems in the design." Raymond says that because of the popularity of Linux, instead of actually using OpenBeOS, programmers are likely to incorporate the software's best features into Linux. Still, Phipps expects to release a test version of OpenBeOS by August, two years after the project started, and give it a new name in order to avoid branding conflicts with Palm.
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure believes scientific and engineering research will be able to gain significantly from upcoming progress and confluences in computing technology. In a report released today, "Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure," the NSF committee argues that computing infrastructure connected to the Internet is crucial to scientific and engineering research needs. This cyberinfrastructure--which includes distributed computing and information sharing technologies--may develop to the point that the medium will become a fundamental component of how research is conducted and who gets to collaborate. University of Michigan professor and committee member Dan Atkins foresees cyberinfrastructure connecting research and science "on a global scale." However, more funding for research is needed to develop the necessary technologies for this scientific information super-highway, concludes the report. Technology projects such as the NSF-supported NVO, GriPhyN, and NEES, and NSF-participant projects Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (PACI), TeraGrid, and the Digital Libraries Initiative all received laurels from the report. The report envisions a cyberinfrastructure program that brings together cyberinfrastructure research with research on science and engineering applications, market-grade software, and operations and equipment. The study argues that acting now with this research will help prevent the seclusion of data in non-interoperable applications and protocols.
Although inquiries into the disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia during reentry are currently focused on its heat-resistant tiles, investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the computerized onboard flight controls could have made a catastrophic error that caused or contributed to the tragedy. Still, NASA shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore notes that there were no recorded malfunctions with the shuttle's computers before communications with the spacecraft ceased. The Columbia was equipped with four computers and one backup designed to maintain the ship's safety and course using data collected from the orbiter's sensors and satellites. The onboard systems registered a temperature surge on the left side of the shuttle and increased drag on the right wing, and compensated by igniting two of the four right-side jets; investigators are using software to simulate the shuttle's final moments in an effort to see whether the computers may have over- or undercompensated. Navy Postgraduate School professor John Arquilla is doubtful that a software failure is primarily responsible for the crash, given the current evidence as well as the fact that more than 110 "programmed control flights" have been completed without a major software bug cropping up. Still, a 2002 report from the National Academy of Sciences recommended that off-the-shelf software products be eliminated from the shuttle program, given that they are more likely to develop glitches than customized programs. IBM contractors built the shuttle's core software, while the United Space Alliance maintains and upgrades it. Flight control software such as that used on the shuttle is also used in commercial aircraft.
A team of Washington University researchers led by experimental physics professor Stuart Solin report that they have created a prototype disk drive with at least 40 times the storage capacity of conventional models, a breakthrough that could pave the way for drives with enough space to store a million novels or a thousand films, according to William Sweet of the IEEE. In typical magnetic storage devices, plastic disks coated with several layers of thin metallic films store information by converting electrical signals into magnetized "bits" on the film; increasing storage capacity means shrinking the bits, which weakens their magnetic field. The solution is to apply a magnetic field to the disk films to boost their electrical resistance and prevent electron leakage. Solin's team inserts a "cylindrical inhomogeneity" in the matrix of a homogeneous semiconductor, which acts as a short circuit when current flows in. The current is altered with the application of a high magnetic field, and is deflected around the inhomogeneity, consequently opening the circuit. "The transition of the inhomogeneity from short circuit at low magnetic field to open circuit at high magnetic field results in an enhancement of the measured magnetoresistance of the composite structure," Solin explains. "We call this extraordinary magnetoresistance, or EMR." He says the ultimate goal of his team is to make a disk with terabit capacity.
The rapidity with which the Sapphire or Slammer worm proliferated over the Internet 11 days ago beat all previous speed records, according to report from a team of California-based network security experts. "The...worm represents a major new threat in computer worm technology, demonstrating that lightning-fast computer worms are not just a theoretical threat, but a reality," warns Silicon Defense President Stuart Staniford. The team notes that the number of Sapphire worms doubled every 8.5 seconds in the first minute of the attack, and contaminated over 75,000 computers within 10 minutes of the worm's Jan. 25 release. The worm spread much faster than Code Red because its software instructions were minuscule in comparison and able to fit inside a network "packet" that was sent one-way to prospective targets. The capacity of individual network connections determines the speed of Sapphire's propagation; Staniford estimates that an infected computer with a 1 Mbps connection could send out 300 copies of Sapphire per second, while a machine with a 100 Mbps connection would generate 30,000 copies per second. Most of the havoc wreaked by Sapphire was "collateral damage" in which online services were shut down or blocked because of network overload, explains Colleen Shannon of the San Diego Supercomputer Center's Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA). Sapphire exploited a security hole in Microsoft SQL servers for which a patch was already available, but which many companies failed to install. Using Internet "telescopes" to collect data about the attack, the team discovered that almost 43 percent of the machines infected by Sapphire are in the United States, nearly 12 percent are in South Korea, and over 6 percent are located in China."
Ireland-based software engineer and Turtleneck Software founder John Carroll argues that the H-1B visa program's current cap of 195,000 workers should be maintained in 2003 and perhaps extended beyond that. He writes that the fear of foreign IT workers from lower-income countries accepting below-market salaries in the United States is exaggerated. Carroll also cites a 2001 Labor Department study that pegs the number of U.S. computer professionals at about 2.8 million, while a 2000 INS study of H-1B candidates estimates the maximum number of H-1B IT professionals entering the market to be 105,300--a mere 3.7 percent increase in the number of workers available. Furthermore, most American companies are more likely to favor an American programmer over a non-American because most software development requires a close interchange with predominantly American customers. Carroll adds that, from the point of view of purchasing power, foreign IT workers expect to get a salary commensurate with what they would receive in their native countries, and it is a requirement of the H-1B program for hiring companies to pay salaries in accordance with market conditions. Carroll contends that cutting back on the number of IT workers allowed in America will encourage more U.S. companies to outsource IT work to low-cost, offshore regions. He writes that there are economic benefits to bringing in proficient, well-educated computer professionals, whose attraction to the U.S. sector reflects the buoyancy of the American economy. Finally, Carroll argues that the H-1B program can bridge the geographic and cultural gap between Americans and foreigners.
Cities such as Athens, Ga., and Long Beach, Calif., are among a growing number of communities that expect to boost revenues by offering Wi-Fi networking and related services--a considerable challenge, given that Wi-Fi is still largely a protean technology. Some cities are taking a direct route--Ashland, Ore., for instance, charges a monthly fee to wireless networks for the use of its fiber-optic communication lines; others are hoping that Wi-Fi services will pay off in indirect ways, such as through business taxes, property licenses, and other kinds of government revenue. Although Wi-Fi networks are for now mostly free community access points established by nonprofits, enthusiasts, and municipalities, there is a chance that they will switch to paid service once telecoms and local governments see a way to profit from them. "People might be giving away free access today because it is easy and cheap to put the equipment in place, but we believe that to have a consistent, quality service, it is important to form a partnership with a national provider and to charge a fair subscription fee," comments Paul Mozak, Borders Books' director of business development. Major technology developers are trying to promote Wi-Fi, while smaller players expect Wi-Fi networking to become a basic utility, subject to utility-like regulations. This possibility does not sit well with certain businesses that already pay taxes and other government fees for water, power, and phone service. Some Wi-Fi advocates are concerned that the FCC might try to regulate the unlicensed spectrum, but the diverse array of products and technologies that use the spectrum, not to mention the protest from manufacturing industries that proposed regulations are likely to engender, makes this a remote possibility. However, the tradeoff is overcrowding of the spectrum.
A team of University of Illinois graduate students led by electrical and computer engineering professor Milton Feng has developed the world's fastest transistor, which can achieve transmission speeds of 382 GHz. Feng expects this breakthrough will pave the way for 38 GHz microprocessors that will be over 10 times faster than today's computer processors, and predicts that circuits with high-speed transistors will be available to government security agencies in two to three years, and for consumer products in four to five years. The key ingredient in Feng's transistor is Indium Phosphide (InP), whose speed in carrying electrons is unsurpassed. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has poured $2.1 million into Feng's research in the hopes that it will lead to circuits capable of digitizing analog data in real time that can be incorporated into "electronic combat systems," according to Feng's research assistant Walid Hafez. DARPA had set a target speed of 500 GHz by spring 2004, but Feng expects to reach 700 GHz by then. The University of Illinois' Jose Schutt-Aine says Feng's research could lay the groundwork for the development of analog-free "soft radio" devices that can tune directly to preferred radio frequencies via software. "You could use your cell phone as your TV" with such a breakthrough, he notes. Feng believes basic circuits that use his transistor will be available by this summer, and explains that faster transistors mean more secure signals.
The open-source, object-oriented programming language Python is ideal for companies that need flexible code for use on a variety of platforms, but do not have a lot of programming resources. Python was created in 1991, the same year as Linux, and named after Monty Python's Flying Circus, says creator Guido van Rossum. He says Python is supported by nearly every computing platform, even the Palm operating system, and its applications port very easily from one platform to another. Python also allows programmers to finish their work faster, with short edit-and-test cycles and little code, making them more productive. Van Rossum points out, however, that Python is not suitable for performance-critical duties, such as device drivers and operating systems, but is ideal for rapid development projects, or for creating sparsely coded programs when mixed with other languages. Jython, a combination of Python and Java, allows Java applications to be developed quickly, for example. Other famous examples of Python code are the Apache Toolbox and the Oak DNS server. While fast development and simple coding are a boon to programmers, those aspects are even more important to people who are not full-time programmers. ActiveState senior developer David Ascher says scientists favor Python because it reduces their dependency on professional programmers and gives them more control over their own projects.
Security experts face a difficult moral choice when they discover new software flaws--whether to disclose them and risk their being used for malicious ends, or hold back. Such was the dilemma British software engineers Mark and David Litchfield faced when they stumbled across a vulnerability in Microsoft's SQL Server database software. They notified Microsoft about the security hole, and waited until the company had released a patch before publicly announcing and detailing the flaw at a convention in Las Vegas. Security experts test potential bugs by writing an exploit program, and such programs are often distributed to other experts who wish to test their own systems or use them for research. The Litchfields' work came back to haunt them last weekend with the outbreak of the Slammer worm, which used exploit code that David Litchfield published as a template, according to an email from Litchfield himself. The Microsoft patch did little to halt the spread of Slammer because many companies failed to deploy it. Hackers rely on such negligence to launch effective attacks, and use the availability of exploit programs to make such attacks easy to carry out. However, many computer security experts say the public disclosure of security vulnerabilities encourage rapid and complete fixes. But the Slammer experience has made the Litchfields more cautious: "The next big worm could take out enough critical machines that people are killed...I don't want to feel that I've contributed to that," David Litchfield wrote in his email.
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VG Wort, a German reprography rights society, wants German PC maker Fujitsu Siemens Computers to pay copyright owners a fee for every new item it sells as compensation for the private digital copying of their works. A mediator from the German Patent Office suggested a levy of 12 euros per computer, compared to 30 euros per computer that VG Wort originally sought. Fujitsu Siemens attorney Thomas Vinje says that his client, along with the rest of the PC industry, will likely reject the recommendation and challenge the levy in court. A Bitkom official claims the recommendation would cost German consumers an additional 70 million euros annually. Germany is the first European country where a collecting society has tried to foist a copyright tax on new PCs. However, there has been a long tradition in Europe to impose copyright fees on the sale of blank audio and videocassettes, and collecting societies are attempting to place such levies on the sale of other devices that could be used to make digital copies. European consumer organizations are fighting the PC copyright levies, claiming that they cause price increases and are founded on the mere conjecture that people are copying protected content with their computers. The United States, England, Ireland, and Luxembourg lack such a fee system.
Last week's "Women in IT: Engaging and retaining for success" conference highlighted the problem of employee retention, which was raised by keynote speaker Patricia Hewitt, Australia's secretary of state for trade and industry. "[Women are] coming in but they're not staying," she lamented, and attributed this trend to several factors, notably the decision to start families and discouragement upon hitting the glass ceiling. Jane Lodge of Midlands Deloitte and Touche cited a lack of ambition as the reason many talented women are leaving IT. Solutions Hewitt suggested included the reorganization of work time, such as shortening the work week to four days. She pointed to the European initiative of instituting such practices, adding that there has been no loss in productivity or staff turnover as a result. In April, British employees will be able to propose an amended work schedule to their employers, who can only reject it for business reasons. Also speaking at the conference was Elaine Clark, group manager for Chelsea FC, who recommended that prospective female IT workers should have a clear idea of what they want to do, and then work out a plan to achieve their goals. Meanwhile, conference attendee Jane Oliver writes that the key to recruiting and retaining more female IT workers should involve the elimination of certain industry practices she terms misogynistic.
For more information about ACM's Committee on Women in Computing, visit http://www.acm.org/women
Two court challenges to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which is supposed to curb digital piracy by prohibiting certain efforts to bypass copyright protections, alleged that it violated the Constitution on a number of counts, all of which the courts rejected. The defendants of Universal City Studios Inc. v. Corley and U.S. v. Elcom Ltd. raised First Amendment issues, claiming the DMCA unconstitutionally restricts free speech--in their case, their computer programs--and attempts to ban protected third-party rights. Although both courts ceded that the programs constituted free speech, they dismissed claims that the DMCA took aim at that speech, and was therefore content-neutral; as a result, the DMCA was evaluated under "intermediate scrutiny" in which both courts determined that that there was substantial government interest in upholding the law to prevent unauthorized copying, and that the DMCA balanced that interest with the burden on speech. In Elcom, the court dismissed the defendant's argument that the DMCA violates third parties' right to access public-domain materials, counter-arguing that the law protects the use of a specific publisher's copy of the work in the public domain; it did, however, agree with the defense's allegation that the law diluted third parties' right to make backup copies, but concluded that it was of no constitutional significance. In Universal City, the court found the defendant's position that that the DMCA injured fair-use rights to be "extravagant," and observed that the defendant was arguing for fair-use rights for end users of the program, not for himself. As for the Elcom defense's claim that the DMCA's restrictions on copyright circumvention tools stifled fair use and represented an overbroad limitation on free speech, the court ruled that overbreadth was not applicable because the law was not regulating spoken words or expressive conduct. In Elcom, the defendant also raised the Fifth Amendment, contending that the DMCA violated due process guarantees by being too vague in its restrictions on circumvention tools, but the court rejected this also. Despite the court's overwhelming support for the plaintiff, the jury in U.S. v. Elcom Ltd. acquitted the defendant.
The belief that girls are more inclined to social interaction and that to have an interest in computers makes one a geek is curbing girls' interest in technology, says Eileen Ellsworth, co-chairwoman of Girls in Technology (GIT). "These are stereotypes we need to disabuse girls of by making computers social and interesting to them," says Ellsworth, an attorney who also provides legal counsel to a software company. National studies about the societal and academic pressures girls face when they enter middle school support Ellsworth's belief that elementary school is the time to cultivate an interest in technology among girls. In addition to her involvement with the outreach committee GIT, which tries to get more girls interested in technology by providing speakers, mentors, and scholarships, Ellsworth is also executive director of Empower Girls, an organization designed to serve as a safe-haven for girls as they explore computers and technology. Empower Girls gives girls an opportunity to take computers apart, and learn how to use software programs. Girls will need to become more comfortable using computers and technology if they plan on having rewarding careers in the future, adds Women in Technology board member Paula Jagemann. Technology impacts every facet of contemporary life, and will continue to create exciting career opportunities in the years to come, she says.
For information on ACM's Committee on Women and Computing visit http://www.acm.org/women
The year 2003 will be marked by advanced storage-management software that allows business-technology managers to better control data in order to make critical decisions while lowering IT department costs. More companies are upgrading their storage management infrastructures so that they can back up their data in real time. The coming year will see the emergence of enhanced storage products that boast greater ease-of-use and efficiency, less operational costs, faster disaster recovery, better provision of real-time data, and improved assurance of business continuity. Thanks to virtualization and visualization features bundled into software, administrators are able to map, monitor, and manage storage systems as if they were a single resource. "We see the need for more and more of a mix between consolidated and distributed data," observes EMC CTO Mark Lewis. Veritas CEO Gary Bloom recommends that companies should hire storage architects to optimize their storage resources and choose the most suitable storage and transport technology. Notable products from storage management technology vendors to be introduced or enhanced this year include policy-based management software from Hitachi and IBM; Active Management from Hewlett-Packard; and a new version of EMC's Symmetrix system that boosts performance speed and capacity. Factors that could influence the future of storage technologies include emerging standards such as iSCSI, the still indeterminate role of storage services, and the advent of new vendors and technologies.
Software companies feeling the pinch from the collapse of the dot-com bubble could achieve significant growth from businesses seeking to squeeze the most efficiency out of existing enterprise software; to aid them is an industry-wide push to make software more interoperable. Incompatibility has long been a staple of the software industry, given rival vendors' penchant to enhance basic products with special features for competitive advantage, to the point that they can no longer interoperate. However, by the late 1990s, many companies realized that homogenizing systems to one platform was impractical, and the advent of XML was a great leap forward to compatibility. In addition to being platform independent, XML schemas supply some minimal certified information about the data contained, and there is an XML schema database for developers to use if they get confused. The latest effort is to establish interoperability between software applications that use other applications, and this has resulted in plans to develop Web services. Leading software makers are moving to set interoperability standards by collaborating in consortia such as the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I). However, Scott Valcourt of the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab cautions that conforming to a standard does not guarantee compatibility without detailed review of the standard's written specification; otherwise, ambiguities that go unnoticed may cause different vendors to deploy the standard in different ways. The formal standards process has also drawn fire for its requirement that a consensus be reached between rival vendors with a long history of distrust.
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I am a happy owner (for the most part) of a 2006 STS (V-8). There is a lot to like about the STS. I love the heads up display and the adaptive cruise control. The stereo is wonderful and the navigation system is the best I've seen (why isn't this navigation used in all Cadillacs?). The keyless entry and remote start are great. The magnetic ride control is a good balance of sportiness and a smooth ride. I love the heated and cooled seats. I would like to make some suggestions for improvements. I offer these as suggestions to make a great car even better.
(1) There must be a better way to put in the radar for the adaptive cruise control than a big, round plastic Cadillac crest (i.e. the XLR). I also dislike the big plastic grill, which I have changed to a wire mesh grill similar to the STS-V. I understand the grill is changing for 2008.
(2) What happened to the cornering lights? Every Cadillac I've owned since 1976 models has had this and I've always liked this feature.
(3) The rear seat needs more leg room.
(4) The glove compartment is too small.
(5) The bluetooth does not interface well with my cell phone. I have tried several others, but problems (different with each phone) seem to still exist. I have worked with the dealership and with the 800 number on this several times, but to no avail.
(6) Some voice commands should be simplified, such as not having to say "navigation" prior to every command for the navigation system.
(7) What happened to the automatic parking brake release? Every Cadillac I've owned prior to 2005 had this feature.
(8) What happened to the automatic trunk pull-down? My 1976 Eldorado has this. Mercedes now has a pull-down that will close the trunk quickly from a fully open position.
Keep up the good work, and please make the DTS a rear wheel drive again.
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The work of the classical American pragmatists and their circle is a rich philosophical resource for our own age. Charles S. Peirce, William James, Josiah Royce, John Dewey, Jane Addams, Alain Locke, George Santayana, and Alfred North Whitehead are among this distinctive group of late 19th and early 20th century philosophers. They emphasize process, historical context, purposiveness, and evolution in our understanding of the world.
Environmentalists need philosophical guidance; philosophy needs environmental guidance. Environmental pragmatism offers an emphasis on civic philosophical engagement, offers ways to re-think our responsibilities to future generations and the non-human world, and suggests that a much greater awareness of historical and physical embodiment is needed in philosophy more generally.
In order to understand the way forward to living sustainably on the planet, we need to draw on all pertinent knowledge about humans' relations to their environments. Science, economics and politics, and the arts and humanities are all relevant to figuring things out. My approach to environmental studies puts the knowledge and skills of liberal education, and especially philosophy, at the center of these efforts.
Royce: article in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Ousiology: blogging Aristotle's Metaphysics (Summer 2009).
Thargelion: a slideshow of my scanned reading notes on Plato's Gorgias (Summer 2007). 42 pages. Once in the slideshow, click on the page image to enlarge.
noemata: a slideshow of my scanned reading notes on Husserl and Merleau-Ponty (Winter 2006). 44 pages. Click on the page image to enlarge.
New Diagram of Semeiotic Process An animated illustration of signs in action!
Sources in American Philosophy: A Rough and Ready Research Bibliography for PHI 230
The Spirit of Two Communities: Charles S. Peirce and Josiah Royce on Scientific and Religious Community. American Academy of Religion (2001).
Notes on Open Source in Education, from Kalamazoo Linux Users Group Presentation (May 2001).
Open Sources and the Open Society: An Essay in Politics and Technology. Computer Scientists for Social Responsibility (May-June 2000).
Notes on Environmental Pragmatism. SAAP Summer Institute on Pragmatism, Burlington, VT (July 1999).
Charles S. Peirce on Esthetics and Ethics: A Bibliography. Online publication (1999).
The Ascent of Soul to Nous: Charles S. Peirce as Neoplatonist. International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (1995).
Joseph Brent's Peirce: The Question of Ethics. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (1994).
Public Hearings / Hearing Publics: A Pragmatic Approach to Applying Ethics. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (1993).
Dissertation Abstract: The Principle of Continuity in Charles S. Peirce's Phenomenology and Semeiotic. Vanderbilt University. (1992)
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