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The first three screenings of Tyler Perry's new film, Madea Goes to Jail, that I tried to go to last week were sold out. When I finally did get a ticket, I had one of the last single seats in the suburban theater where the 103-minute "dramedy" was playing on two screens simultaneously.
I love Perry's work. (I actually joined his fan club online a while back.) And I'm completely obsessed with Madea, his hallmark character. The Feb. 20 release date for the latest Madea tale had been on my calendar for months. If the crowd at the ticket counters was any indication, I was not alone.
The audience members in the packed house where I watched the film spanned the age range from children (there were at least two infants present) to the elderly. There were many families there together, and the vast majority of the audience was African-American.
I am not Perry's target audience. But he has hooked me anyway. I first saw one of his films -- Diary of a Mad Black Woman -- on cable a few years ago. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon and there was nothing else on, so I gave it a whirl.
Subtlety is not Perry's strong suit. The plot was predictable, the dialogue painfully hokey at times, and stereotypical "black folk" characters abounded. I almost turned it off, but something caught me by the heel.
Beneath layers of what could have been dismissed as offensively saccharine was a soulful and surprising heart.
At the time, I didn't know much about Perry, his plays or his movies. I didn't know his provenance starting out as a playwright in Atlanta, where he wrote faith-themed, down-homey plays for what is often described as the "chitterlings circuit." In 15 years, Perry, 39, has become an entertainment powerhouse, fueled in large part by the larger-than-life character he plays himself: Madea. This foul-mouthed, straight-talking, pistol-packing, chain-smoking, fiercely protective, family-first, church-averse grandmama from Atlanta's hood stole my heart. She even reminds me of a few women I've known over the years, in and out of church.
Perry's portrayal of the behemoth, 6-foot-5 gray-wigged Madea is hilarious, and her latest incarnation does not disappoint. The movie is terrifically funny -- the prison scenes are full of virtuoso physical comedy -- but it also has a more consistently serious edge than some of Perry's earlier films.
What keeps me attached to Madea is what she says and how she says it. One of my favorite quotes comes from the stage version of Madea Goes to Jail, where she talks about people in our lives being like trees; that some fall off like leaves in a season, while others are the roots that keep us grounded in a storm. "When you get you some roots, hold on to them," Madea says. "The rest of 'em? Just let them go. Let folks go."
Trite? Maybe. But true.
The Madea Goes to Jail film is about a lot of things, and its meandering plot may wear on some folks' nerves. Its central theme, though, is forgiveness -- a motif that runs through all of Perry's work.
"With everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's really important to me," Perry said in an interview with Beliefnet.com a few years ago. "The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on. And in finding that in my own life, I wanted to share it with other people."
His fixation with the three "F's" -- family, forgiveness and faith -- makes Perry unique. He has never been accused of making artistically beautiful films, and he's dogged by criticisms of offering "inferior quality" work to an undiscerning audience. Kurosawa he's not, but there's power in Perry's films, and it's not just as an opiate for the masses.
"Forgiveness is not for the other person, it's for you," Ellen, the prison chaplain played by Oscar nominee (for Doubt) Viola Davis, tells a room full of women prisoners in Madea Goes to Jail. "Everybody in here is holding on to something. You hold on to the pain, you hold on to the past, you hold on to the hurt and the longer you hold on to it the longer you hold yourself back from being free."
What I appreciate most about Perry is that he's unapologetic and upfront about his faith on screen as well as off. Perry doesn't try to sneak Jesus through the back door or insist on "helping God across the street like a little old lady," to borrow a line from U2's spiritually eloquent new album.
Perry doesn't hedge about his faith and neither do his characters. "I'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent real people on this Earth," the filmmaker said in the Beliefnet interview.
Yes, Madea, in or out of jail, is larger than life.
She's an imperfect (artistic) vessel, like the rest of us.
But she's real in the way that matters.
Cathleen Falsani is the author of the new book Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace.
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Citigroup is close to finalizing a deal to sell off major music company EMI Group for an astounding $4.1 billion dollars, according to a Wall Street Journal report that cites anonymous sources familiar with the matter.
The sale will be split into two separate parts. Citigroup is in talks with Universal Music Group to sell EMI's recorded-music division for $1.9 billion, while its publishing division will go to Sony Music for $2.2 billion, according to the report.
Citigroup first announced its plans to sell EMI in June after new forms of music distribution and online piracy took a considerable toll on the company's profitability. The sale would cut the number of giant music labels from four to three: Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music and Universal Music.
Although news of the sale was inevitable (Citigroup seized control of EMI from other owners in February after the company couldn't pay its debts), it's unfortunate that EMI will cease to exist just as the company began allowing tech companies and developers to use its music via APIs. In the past month, EMI forged partnerships with both Rumblefish and Echonest.
Rumor has it that Citigroup will announce the sale later today or this weekend. The sale is likely to face many regulatory hurdles and could take up to 20 months to get approval.
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AHA last week submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on its proposed rule for the calendar year 2015 physician fee schedule. In the letter, AHA expresses its support for CMS's proposal to add seven new codes to its list of approved Medicare telehealth services and encourages the agency to consider adding other services in future rulemaking. AHA also commends CMS for recognizing the need to pay for services related to chronic care management, but suggests the agency re-examine whether the rate of $41.92 adequately reimburses providers for the full scope of services. In addition, AHA urges the agency to carefully reconsider its proposed methodology of creating a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System modifier to track services furnished in off-campus, provider-based hospital outpatient departments. AHA also suggests several changes to CMS's physician quality measurement proposals. The letter also provides comment on CMS's proposals related to: clinical lab local coverage determination policies; proposed changes to the clinical lab fee schedule; and the electronic health record incentive program.
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Mystery solved: Kelp off Elwha River mouth a rare spring variety found in late summer
Steve Rubin, a fishery biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, prepares to place a layer of cheesecloth over a kelp sample from the Elwha River mouth area of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles last week. The kelp turned out to be a variety normally found in spring near the ocean entrance to the Strait. -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
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"Mystery solved," said Steve Rubin, a fisheries biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey.
The kelp, collected by a team of scientists studying the ecology of the floor of the Strait of Juan de Fuca off the mouth of the now-free flowing Elwha River, was initially thought to be one of two species — L. ephemera or L. yezoensis — neither of which had been recorded at the site before.
After examination under a microscope by Tom Mumford, a retired state Department of Natural Resources kelp specialist in Olympia, it was determined that the kelp was the ephemera variety.
The relatively small, short-lived spring kelp is native to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, but had been known only to grow at Neah Bay, Port Renfrew across the Strait from Neah Bay and in a few areas inside Puget Sound, according to Journal of the California Native Plant Society.
There is a chance L. ephemera is new to the area, with spores carried on the currents from Neah Bay or Vancouver Island into a changed and newly welcoming habitat for the species, he said.
However, Rubin said he thinks the rare kelp always might have grown in Freshwater Bay, into which the Elwha River empties, but was hidden by spring runoff and a lack of previous research.
It is possible the rare kelp normally has a very early spring growth cycle and is gone by the survey's first July visits, Rubin said.
The kelp beds near the Elwha mouth had not been studied before 2008, he said, and there is no spring survey, so there is little known about the area.
Large amounts of sediment has been released during the removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams that begun in September 2011 as part of the $325 million Elwha River restoration project.
The mouth of the Elwha River has undergone dramatic changes since then.
Elwha Dam was removed in March 2012, restoring some sediment flow, and the taller Glines Canyon Dam has been lowered, releasing much of the sediment that had been trapped behind the dams.
Much of that sediment already has moved downstream, clouding the water and covering some sea life that had moved to the mouth after fine sediments ceased flowing from the river by dam construction 100 years ago.
The cloudy water, Rubin theorize, could have blocked sunlight and delayed the development of the short-lived seasonal kelp, and when the water cleared during the summer, the spring kelp began its cycle late.
The multi-agency team has been studying the Elwha offshore sea floor between July and September since 2008 to document the changes in ecology as the river began its free flow.
Rubin said that even in the early July surveys, the team never found aged, mature examples of L. ephemera that might have remained from a spring growth.
This year, the July survey found little seaweed or kelp to be found of any type.
But in August, a large number of young kelp began emerging from the kelp beds, Rubin said.
He asked the team to collect samples during the September survey, when the team found the L. ephemera growing abundantly.
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McAfee just published an interesting report as they are taking a different approach on Spam. They were looking at the environmental impact of Spam. So, how much energy do we have to invest in order to fight spam?
These are the key findings from their report:
- An estimated worldwide total of 62 trillion spam emails were sent in 2008
- Globally, annual spam energy use totals 33 billion kilowatt-hours (KWh), or 33 terawatt hours (TWh). That's equivalent to the electricity used in 2.4 million homes in the United States, with the same GHG emissions as 3.1 million passenger cars using two billion United States gallons of gasoline.
- Spam filtering saves 135 TWh of electricity per year. That's like taking 13 million cars off the road
- If every inbox were protected by a state-of-the-art spam filter, organizations and individuals could reduce today's spam energy by approximately 75 percent or 25 TWh per year. That's equivalent to taking 2.3 million cars off the road
- The average GHG emission associated with a single spam message is 0.3 grams of CO2. That's like driving three feet (one meter) in equivalent emissions, but when multiplied by the annual volume of spam, it's like driving around the Earth 1.6 million times
- A year's email at a typical medium-size business uses 50,000 KWh; more than one fifth of that annual use can be associated with spam
- Filtering spam is beneficial, but fighting spam at the source is even better. When McColo, a major source of online spam, was taken offline in late 2008, the energy saved in the ensuing lull — before spammers rebuilt their sending capacity — equated to taking 2.2 million cars off the road
- Much of the energy consumption associated with spam (80 percent) comes from end-users deleting spam and searching for legitimate email (false positives). Spam filtering accounts for just 16 percent of spam-related energy use
And that's just by using Spam-Filters! The whole report can be found here: The Carbon Footprint of Email Spam.
Needless to say that – if you are using Exchange you already have a good Spam-protection out of the box. You even get better with Forefront for Exchange and even better with Stirling:
- For Exchange Server 2003 it is the Intelligent Message Filter
- In Exchange Server 2007, there are different technologies applied. You find the corresponding information here.
- And Forefront: Protecting Your Microsoft Exchange Organization with Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server
I deployed Stirling, the next version of Forefront, on my Exchange Server. I have five active mailboxes (really a huge load ) and a few operational ones. The figures of Sitlring are very interesting:
During the last month, I got 58'636 incoming messages. My Spam-Filter found 57'439 as being Spam, which means that I had a Spam-Rate of 97.96% (and I do not know of any mail I lost in the transit).
If you look at the overview statistics, it looks like this:
The details of the connection filter:
And last but definitely not least, the performance of the filter after the mails passed all the connection-level filters:
What I like with the last statistics is, that the SPAM Confidence Level is either very high or very low but nothing in between. So, the filter gives me a clear message on whether it is SPAM or not. There is close to nothing which is "maybe SPAM" – it is less than 1%!


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With the devices now uncovered, Vodafone UK has also taken the wraps off their sneak peek videos much like we've seen in the past with the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Torch 9860. The above video gives a pretty cool, albeit basic walkthrough of the device and shows off some of the features of course. Any Curve fans going to be keeping tradition and picking one fo these up?
Thanks for the review. Tough choice on which BB to purchase next. This is a good thing!


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The world's most telegraphed call comes and goes, however since it has been priced in about 7 times already, has absolutely no impact on the price of silver. And yes, we were off by about 8 hours. Also, for those who observed this is the third margin hike in as many months (previously here and here) with neither doing anything at all to halt the price surge, you are absolutely correct.
CME Hikes Silver Initial And Maintenance Margins By 9%
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Slowly but surely leaving the markets into the hands of the few, the proud, the greedy banksters.
Blood in the water. Listen to the CME squeal. A little tenderizin', and down it goes...
If I had doubts silver was going over 50, they are gone now.
If Turd is correct that this week silver hits $45, it will be shopping season!
Please let there be a juicy dip tomorrow, give me $45 baby!
Honestly, it is really starting to freak me out that there are less and less people like you hoping for dips. That really tells me that there are a lot of speculators in the paper game and the more predictable buying opportunities are fewer and farer in between.
As a buyer of physical, I honestly would love to see a major correction. I know what the end game is and it doesn't involve "being in the money" at contract expiration.
Your son is posting on his IPhone from inside a locker that he loves SLV, and soon as someone lets him out hes gonna buy some.
thank you for your concern but it is a fictional portfolio for business class. he doesn't make enough money mowing lawns in the summer to actually invest anything.
how much does he charge for yard work?
You should really make him wear a helmet when he rides his motorcycle at Lake Perris.
There's no good reason not to be in the paper game for now. It's easy pickins and clearly months before there is any danger of the paper silver game being up. The more resources the people that understand this thing can pull in now, the more we'll be able to make sure everyone understands why the USD is disappearing.
i think you will be lucky. at least right now. the pressure is on. the game is on.
Had a feeling this morning's price action was a test run. Lightened up positions mid-afternoon for tomorrow's silver sale. Thank you CME!
go all in and sell it short...that is if you believe it...
Nope. Don't know for sure what will happen. Just feel that the Bad Guys have lined up this margin move with another bear attack tommorrow for greatest effect. Would never short. Just want to get a better basis.
Market timing has worked about 60% of the time for me during the run from $20 an ounce on a dollar cost average basis. Slightly better than buy and hold during the period. Gives me something to fiddle with, and confident in the knowledge that the long term PM trend has my back.
We're gonna need a bigger boat.
let's accept that for the sake of argument.
1. They still need counterparties besides each other.
2. They still need someone, somewhere working on something productive. The day the workers threaten a general strike it's over.
It's remarkable how many vampire analogies one could use here.
Gold margin hikes tomorrow. Platinum on Wednesday. Copper on Thursday.... Keep em coming, my friends at CME.
They can keep hiking the margin or padlocking the door, but eventually the only qualified buyer standing will be China, with $3 trillion cash in hand - standing for delivery.
To the moon.
In a fucking hurry.
What a surprise.
Ron Paul 2012
is it ron or rand, or does it matter?
Ron (texas rep) is Rand's (ky senator) dad. Both good guys.
I'm sure the cabal will orchestrate a Polish plane accident.....
Jamie Dimon / Blythe Masters 2012. Will win by a landslide.
Is that a problem is you fabricate your own balances?
When do they begin confiscating all our Gold?
They will try to do so by raising the price--buying gold off of the open market with printed money.
This will be successful for a few minutes, then gold will never trade in dollars again.
they'll have to pry it from my kung fu grip to get my gold stash from me, there's no way. we all know their printed money is worthless.
1) They will have to come to Spain.
2) They will have to find it.
3) They will have t take it from me.
That's when.
very soon.
I will gladly hold on to it for you so the boogeymen won't get it.
I'm thinking of buying a few handfuls of those "Copy" coins selling on ebay. Then, when the confiscation order is issued, I can tell the authorities OMG! They guy I bought them from down the alley said they were real!
You better hide your gold/silver....hard!
foodsaver machine and a shovel works well. I heard it from a friend.
Plastic drain pipe, end caps, pipe cement, and a descant bag.
In the country, find a in use outhouse, lower it in. Let the mfers dig around in the corn to get it out. Pieces of shit for real lol.
Actually, I prefer to throw some coins on the lawn. Works like deer feed. Keeps my .308 eye sharp. :o
Why would they confiscate our gold? The US is not on the gold standard and therefore can inflate without the inconvience of having to redeem paper for gold. Is there rumor of going back onto it?
just don't use it as money like the guy in Florida. Get PERMISSION first. In short "today i will pay taxes with pennies" because "sometimes i cry, too."
wheres the dip?
Which dip? The CFTC has five of them.
You have to admit she got solidly spanked while trying to penetrate $50. Not even a challenge. Just an attempt to touch it and retreat. Real demand would have broke through with conviction. Or at least had multiple attempts.
Time to sell?
WGAS about margin? I thought all the ZHeeple were physical playas?
You are a tosser.
Just stating the obvious. But maybe that is what scares you.
Nah. It just shows you're clueless. Many like you have come and gone.. and others like Math Man keep showing ZHers that ignorance exponentially grows with time..
Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?
All you little shits think you're special because I single you out for beratement. You're not. You are just fucking stupid.
Christ, it's like you're seven, and have never heard of "even number resistance". Much less OpEx tomorrow.


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The lives of two women were saved in dramatic rescues yesterday after they were plucked from icy floodwaters after heavy rainfall left Britain sodden, causing misery and delays for Christmas travellers.
Vanessa Glover was plucked to safety after clinging for 50 minutes to a branch in icy waters that had spilt from the River Taw, in north Devon.
She had been in a car with her husband and young son when they were caught by flooding at 3am on Sunday. The family climbed on to the car roof as an inshore lifeboat came to their rescue. But before Mrs Glover could get into the boat she was swept away.
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I got my daughter winter jacket from zara and sleeve ripped in like a few weeks after purchase. Very bad quality of clothes for the price i paid… Read Full Review
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My husband shops at the Zara stores soo much however an online purchase i made did not fit. I gave it to him on Xmas (date on order form 12/09/15) went on vacation and came back and tried to return them but they could offer ZERO assistance. Please change your policy at least during the biggest holidays of the year to allow a a significant amount of extra time on returns. A few days extra is all you allow and then zero tolerance after that? come on now!! Thanks but no thanks! … Read Full Review
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By the time I got the coat home it was badly creased, I hung the coat up over night but the creases remained. I am sure if I sat in the coat it would have looked terrible. I took it back to the store… Read Full Review
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Written on: 26/11/2013
I've also just received an item purchased online. It looked great! but once I had it on for about 10 minutes of sitting on my bed, the thread at the bottom has started to fall apart! I've also noticed a stain on the other item ...I'm not too fussed about the stain since it's black..and hardly visible. but the other..I'm surprised at how quickly it's fallen apart (I've owned cheap clothing before from cheap retailers and I've never had a problem until a few washes). I can't find anything from… Read Full Review
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I was excited to purchase these loafers that were $100 on ebay but I was able to find on zara website. Since I work in the evenings i opted to have my item shipped to the zara store since it only a couple miles from my house. I placed the order on 9/6/13. Received an email on the Monday 9/9 that item was being processed. Online it said item takes 3-5 days for delivery. Here it is now 9/18/13 and my package has not arrived at the Zara store. I called and was told there is no tracking number… Read Full Review
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Update. I never received item. Received a call that they were unable to track package. Offered a refund (of course) and express shipping on my next purchase Are they freaking kidding me?! What an insult? Why would I want to go through another shipping nightmare. Oh they also told me the item is no longer in stock. Just awful. Never again
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I recently bought what was advertised as a SILK printed blouse for my partner. In a mid March issue of the Guardian Weekend there is a section called ALL AGES. One of the model's had this blouse on - it looked very good and was described as a SILK blouse; just like on the Zara website. The price was £39-99 which I admit is a reasonable price for a SILK blouse. When opened it was clear the blouse was not silk. The label stated primary material 100% polyester....secondary material 100% silk. Not… Read Full Review
Written on: 12/04/2013
I ended up buying 3 pairs of shoes on Zara.com and paid by paypal. I loved 2 out of the 3 and decided to take the other pair in for a refund. They were able to process it and gave me a receipt. I asked the store associate if the refund would be credited back to my paypal. He assured me it would within 7 days or so and I went home not thinking much of it. I go to check my paypal 3 weeks later and still have not had the refund. I call Zara and they offered no explanation or apologies. I… Read Full Review
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I purchased shoes with a debit card in store and returned them the next day on April 1, 2013. I still have not received a refund back to my debit and it has almost been 2 weeks. Should I keep waiting?
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No. Go back to that store and inquire. 2 weeks is too long.
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not a fair review... here you are supposed to to review zara.com ... not the paypal account.... we all know what paypal is like, just use an ordinary visa card next time.
Written on: 15/04/2013
You read my review right? Obviously, you didn't.
Zara never processed the Refund. Was Paypal responsible for a refund? No. It's a form of payment like a Credit Card. So if Zara never processed the refund, it doesn't matter if I used a credit card, debit card or Paypal. They still DIDN'T process my refund. So yes, I am reviewing Zara.com
Also, I've never had any issues with Paypal.
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I saw a pair of trousers in the store but did not have the size I need. The sales cosultant could not order this for me but I can order this online. I tried to order online but the website is not working. Fix the website and customer service need improvement… Read Full Review
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While I am happy with the design of the clothes I feel that the "customer service" that I received online and in shop are absolutely terrible, terrifying and basically non existent. While doing a Fashion Marketing course, one of the tasks was to go in store (westfields) and ask a few questions about the different lines zara is offering and the quality of the clothes etc... Oh boy.... The girl did not know a single thing! Not about the different lines that they are offering or anything else. We… Read Full Review
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I purchased some"distressed company manufactured" designed items from Zara. They didn't look like the item in the picture, after only taking it out of the box to try it on a few minutes, so I returned it on time. Two weeks later I got a call, with a representative, who questioned me if my item was in good condition when I received it, I thought since it was a distressed designed piece it looked pretty normal to me to see the sewn rips scuff conditioning , so I told her it was fine. She told me… Read Full Review
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Friday, May 6, 2011 8:00 pm - Ina and Jack Kay TheatreThe UM Gamelan Saraswati and the Gamelan Mitra Kusuma present an evening of Balinese Gamelan Music and Dance. The gamelan ensembles will perform Balinese and Javanese percussion music accompanied by traditional Balinese dance. These performances are an integral part of the Balinese Hindu ceremonies honoring deities such as Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and the arts, after which the UM gamelan ensemble is named. Learn more about this traditional Indonesian music through these library resources:
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Tex James ft. B.o.B & Stuey Rock - Smart Girl
Whereas some dudes will set aside questions of intelligence when presented with a sufficiently breathtaking posterior, Tex James is holding out for the full package. As the new Columbia Records signee puts it on his first Booth feature, "I want a Smart Girl with a dumb booty." Independently released earlier in 2012, this club-ready selection has received an extra helping of guest muscle for this re-release. Joining the Georgia spitter and original featuree Stuey Rock over the simmering synths and handclap-fortified percussion of Mr. Hanky, ATL neighbor B.o.B. grabs the mic to pay tribute to a girl who's "swole like Minaj," on an ass-centric middle 16. This body-moving paean to well-rounded women isn't attached to any forthcoming project, but fans can, of course, stay tuned to The DJBooth for all the latest on Tex' major-label hustle.


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CHANDLER, Ariz. The semiconductor industry can expect at best single-digit growth in the coming years because no industry can "outgrow the GDP," the chief executive of Freescale Semiconductor said Tuesday (March 15) at the Semico Summit here.
Michel Mayer's comments came in marked contrast to predictions Monday that industry growth will be in the mid-teens for the foreseeable future.
"The industry is maturing," Mayer said. "We could not continue 17 percent compound growth rates. No industry can outgrow the GDP forever."
"We may not like it. We may not feel good, but it happened to a lot of industries before—steel, railroads," Mayer added.
The CEO said convergence, a need for open standards and a shift away from an IT-driven industry to a consumer-driven industry would pressure prices and reduce industry growth to single digits.
"We might move from real men have fabs to real men make money," he said, referring to the famous fabs quotation attributed to either Cypress Semiconductor CEO T.J. Rodgers or AMD founder Jerry Sanders.
Monday, Semico President Jim Feldhan and LSI Logic chairman and chief Wilf Corrigan said the industry can expect average growth in the coming years of roughly 16 percent. The industry historically has grown 16 to 19 percent per year since the 1960s, but many have suggested that a maturing industry can expect average growth below 10 percent in the future.


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I just came from the docs today, good news the cancer is gone, and he said it looks permanetly gone...the bad side, he has it in his head I need to have a trach or somesort of airwave in my throat for extra oxygen, I have live wihout my trach for nearly a year, yes i get tired, and it's hard a night to sleep but i have water and a humidifier bymy bedside. This is not what I want to hear or even procede in, Cancer took enough of me and I trying to keep myself as normal as possible, I work a few days a week, and on dissability for the rest, is there someone out there that has a paralysis of the larynx, and if they have by pass any additional devices to help them breath.....I appreicate it, the Doc scared me by stating if i catch a cold or flu I would clog and quit breathing...Nice Hugh? Thanks for you help, I was having a great day. Dennis in Tn.
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I have one that I have had for almost 3 1/2 years. I could tell the next day after having it that it helped huge. It took some time to get used to but after several months it became part of the new normal. It sure helps my breathing beyond belief. I used to have a CPAP machine and now do not need it as a trach is as my doc calls it the "ultimate CPAP". It has also helped my dryness of mouth when i sleep as I keep my mouth shut alot more.
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Went to XIX to celebrate a birthday...it was an outstanding meal in terms of service, food, atmosphere and value!! The room is just gorgeous and has a beautiful view from the 19th floor of the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue, so it was perfect for celebrating a special occasion!
Some special features of this hotel include an extensive raw bar; they claimed to have the best variety of oysters in the city, I think there were 8-10 varieties listed. My husband ordered a half dozen ($15) and they were great!
Another great appetizer was the "american style" sashimi...I had the fluke (which substituted for the marlin on the menu) ($12) which came with chopped peanuts, thinly sliced radish, mango and yuzu cream sauce. It was so good I ordered seconds! A sashimi tasting sampler is also available and was priced at $18. Others in our party had the prawn cocktail ($16), and the calamari with sweet and sour sauce ($12).
Entrees are reasonably priced most in the $18-$25 range. A romantic aspect of this restaurant is their entrees for two (which are available also as half portions) including a seafood clay pot ($55/$34) and whole roasted chicken ($45/$25). The priciest item on the menu is a prime bone in ribeye for two at $75.
Our group enjoyed the pork chop, roast chicken, pierogies, mahi mahi and red snapper. I loved the snapper filet ($18) which was steamed and served with basmati rice and cilantro chutney, also came with a side of okra "masala". The only complaint on the entrees was the small portion size on the mahi mahi special. On the other hand, the portion on the chicken was huge!
Desserts ($9) included a chocolate souffle, pistachio parfait, a chocolate pate (kind of like a warm brownie) topped with a toasted marshmallow. Yum!!
I found the prices to be a very good value considering the quality... including tax and tip the bill was bout $80 per person which included: 2 cocktails ($12 each) , 3 glasses of pinot grigio ($9 each), a glass of sauvigon blanc ($12) sparkling water ($7), 6 appetizers, 3 salads , 5 entrees, 5 desserts and 3 coffees.
Another point to note: in the adjacent "cafe" they serve a 3 course prix fixe lunch ($19) and dinner ($30) that comes with a salad & dessert buffet, and a choice of 3 entrees. Looked like a great value! The cafe is a nicely decorated room as well although not as elegant as the restaurant.
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The BBC has confirmed that a new project from actress and writer Jessica Hynes will be the first ever studio sitcom on BBC Four.
Up The Women is a three-part comedy series set in 1910. Written by Hynes, who previously co-wrote the cult sitcom Spaced with Simon Pegg, it follows a group of women involved in the Suffragette movement. The plot has been described on Comedy.co.uk as: "It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle.
"Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle becomes the hilariously ineffectual Banbury Intricate Craft Circle politely request women's Suffrage."
Hynes will star alongside Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It), Judy Parfitt (The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff) and Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On), and Christine Gernon is reported to be directing the series. Gernon has previously worked on One Foot In The Grave and Gavin and Stacey.
Up The Women will be filmed in front of a live audience, in a similar model to Mrs Brown's Boys, the recent sitcom on BBC One about a widow who lives with her two grown sons. In January, six new episodes of Yes, Prime Minister were also recorded with a live audience. The sitcom is due to broadcast later this year.
An all-female comedy project called Psychobitches is being released by Sky Arts in March as part of their Playhouse Presents series. The six-part series shows some of history's most famous women psychoanalysed, and satrs Julia Davis and Kathy Burke.
Hynes appeared in BBC Four comedy Twenty Twelve in 2011, a satirical look at the London Olympics, which was later broadcast on BBC Two.


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Broughton and co plan pre-emptive legal action
The trio of controlling members of the Liverpool board have issued legal proceedings against Tom Hicks and George Gillett and are heading to the High Court on Friday to push through the £300 million sale of the club, ESPNsoccernet can reveal.
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Chairman Martin Broughton, managing director Christian Purslow and commercial director Ian Ayre have pre-empted any legal action by current co-owners Hicks and Gillett to stop the planned takeover, issuing a 'declaratory judgment' which their solicitors, Slaughter and May, have prepared for a hearing on Friday.
Hicks and Gillett, whose losses would be an estimated £140 million, are convinced that their legal arguments will halt the proposed sale to the owners of the Boston Red Sox, and an appeal appears certain no matter what the outcome of the initial courtroom battle on Friday.
The trio are anxious that the whole legal process, and indeed the sale that depends upon it, is completed by the October 15 deadline, when the Royal Bank of Scotland calls in its £237 million loans from Hicks and Gillett and effectively owns the club. The bank would then have to sell the club on, or put Liverpool into administration.
"We need to go to the court to get a declaratory judgement, which is for the court to declare that we did act validly in completing the sale agreement, and then the buyers can complete the sale," Broughton said.
Broughton has not ruled out administration, and the club would then plead with the Premier League not to deduct the nine-point penalty.
"This is not a case of financial doping, by overspending on players, wages or transfers," a source said. "It is not the case that the club is insolvent and still trading. It is the borrowings by the two Americans when they bought the club.
"But clearly Liverpool does not wish to risk having nine points deducted, so it's imperative that the sale goes through before October 15, but it is signed conditional on the legal issues being resolved."
The Premier League is planning to rubber stamp the sale on Friday, according to Liverpool sources.
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Zhang Qi still had $50 in his wallet when he died. Besides that, not much is known about him. His body lies under a sheet on a sidewalk in Dujiangyan, a city of 600,000 that was badly damaged by the May 12 earthquake that devastated parts of Sichuan province and reverberated across China. Residents of the town step around Zhang's corpse, watching idly as a backhoe moves rubble from a collapsed apartment building across the street. At the other corner of the block paramilitary soldiers in green uniforms climb over another flattened building, removing debris and searching for survivors inside. Beside Zhang's body lies another. This one is claimed. Family members dressed in white, the color of mourning in China, burn offerings and load the body into a van.
But Zhang's family is nowhere to be found. Zhao Hongpin, a volunteer from the nearby provincial capital of Chengdu, is desperately trying to locate anyone who knew the dead man. He walks through the crowd gathered on the sidewalk, flashing identification cards from the deceased's wallet to anyone who will look at them. But none will claim him. "If I leave his wallet here, what do you think will happen?" says Zhao. "There are people from the local government around, but they're somewhere else right now. Everyone is overwhelmed."
Monday's catastrophic earthquake has produced a massive official response. But even the 100,000 soldiers and paramilitary troops who were in the region by Thursday or the legions of volunteers whose cars jam the roads to the disaster zone are not enough to cope with the scale of the destruction. The official death toll for Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake reached 19,509 Thursday, and the State Council said that it could reach 50,000, according to the state-run Xinhua News Service. Now several dams in the area are reported to have severe cracks, raising the threat that towns trying to dig out could be hit by floodwaters.
While authorities were able to respond quickly to Dujiangyan, damage to roads kept rescuers out of some towns in the mountains for days. Soldiers finally reached the epicenter of Wenchuan county Wednesday. The initial reports from Wenchuan county were that the damage was severe. In the town of Yingxiu, only 2,300 out of a population of 10,000 survived, the state-run Xinhua said. Helicopters that had been prevented from flying to the area because of heavy rains were finally able to deliver supplies. Premier Wen Jiabao, who flew in with the troops, told residents, "The central government has not forgotten about this place."
For some people in mountain villages cut off by the quake, waiting wasn't an option. Some hiked out on their own. The roads to Bu Xiaoyan's village of Gaochuan were blocked, so she left her husband, the principal of the local school, and set off across the mountains. "It took me seven hours to walk out," the 29-year-old mother said. Now she is hitchhiking through the disaster zone to find her daughter, who was attending school in another town.
For the thousands of people still missing, time is becoming a serious threat. Three days after the quake, the odds of buried victims emerging alive have declined vastly. A three-year-old girl named Song Xinyi was pulled safely from beneath the bodies of her parents in a collapsed house Wednesday in Beichuan, Xinhua reported.
But more frequently the recovery efforts end up like the search for Shu Zehong, a female worker at the Dongfang Turbine Works in the mountainside town of Hanwang. The mining and manufacturing center, which sits beneath mountains covered in pine and bamboo, was ravaged by the quake. At a public square an outdoor clock is frozen at 2:28 p.m., the minute the tremor struck. Nearby a 20-foot tall statue of a rider on a horse was decapitated during the quake, and the rider's head now sits upturned at its base. Many buildings on its main street were toppled, and the Dongqi Middle School collapsed with an estimated 200 students inside.
Shu's son, 18-year-old Deng Zhuyuan, sits on a railing and talks in a quiet, steady voice. He believes his mother took some time off after lunch to visit the Zuzhile foot massage parlor across from the factory on Monday. The small shop suffered severe damage in the quake. Deng has less than a month before his college placement exams, and would normally be at school studying. Instead he watches People's Liberation Army troops in green use a crane to move away the debris from the shop. "They're trying to rescue my mom," Deng says. "I'm certain my mom was in there."
An hour later, almost exactly three days after the quake struck, the soldiers pull out two bodies from the massage parlor. A crowd gathers on the street to watch, and more soldiers come to prevent the emotional scene from overflowing. Deng learns that his father has identified his mother's body. He sits on a railing with his grandmother, a cotton mask over his mouth and a camouflage hat on his head. "It's a tragedy," he says, his voice finally cracking. "You must cherish life. You must cherish every moment you are alive." With reporting by Lin Yang


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No Jamie Boreham, not much of a problem.
With the five-year CFL veteran on the shelf with a herniated disc in his neck, the Argonauts rookie kickers didnt blink on Sunday.
Grant Shaw and Robbie Dehaze supplied all of the scoring in a 13-10 victory against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, with Shaw booting field goals from 41 and 39 yards and Dehaze providing the edge with a 13-yard field goal in the final minute.
Dehaze also had a 17-yarder and had a 50-yard single in the first quarter.
Boreham, who would handle the punting duties, is scheduled to visit a doctor on Monday for another look at the injury that he suffered in Week 13 last season when he was with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. It still is unclear when the Argos expect him on the field.
As the Boatmen inch closer to their opener on July 1, Shaw and Dehaze quietly have gone about their business.
Grant has been a bit inconsistent, but you get into a game and some players just turn it on, head coach Jim Barker said. He punted the ball well and his field goals were very good. And Robbie came in and made that (13-yarder). For an American, he has not had that kind of angle before. It is not as easy as it looks.
(Shaw) has a tremendous leg with great lift on the ball, so if he can continue to progress, we will be happy with that.
Shaw, the Argos second-round pick in May out of the University of Saskatchewan, averaged 39 yards on seven punts; Dehaze, signed as a free agent in April, averaged 43 yards on five punts.
It was a good start, Shaw said. Hitting the first field goal helped with my confidence. But Im not going to lie. I was nervous at first.
Dehaze hadnt played in a game since 2008 when he was at Northern Arizona.
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Temporarily, on vacation or permanently? Is there a court order in place that allows it? Does the mother have legal custody? If so, what kind? I can't answer your question. I don't have enough facts.
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ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the selection of nearly $143 million in water and environmental projects that are being funded immediately through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The projects are designed to help provide safe drinking water and improved wastewater treatment systems for rural towns and communities in 21 states.
In Mississippi, stimulus funds are coming to Green Acres Water Association ($402,000), North Covington Water Association (approximately $2.5 million), Harmony Ridge Water Association ($560,000), the City of Rolling Fork (approximately $1.29 million) and Swiftwater Development Association ($183,705).
Vilsack has also selected 289 applications for the first national sign-up for floodplain easements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The easements will cover more the 36,000 acres of land in 36 states.
During this ARRA floodplain easement sign-up, USDA received more than 4,200 applications, totaling over $1.4 billion and representing 479,000 acres of flood-prone land in 47 states and territories.
In Mississippi, six applications covering 1,390 acres will receive approximately $2.6 million in ARRA funding.<p>
Finally, Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide nearly $42.3 million in additional funding to 14 states to improve water quality, increase water supply, decrease soil erosion and improve fish and wildlife habitat while creating jobs in rural communities as part of the ARRA.
Mississippi projects receiving ARRA funds are Ellison Creek ($1.875 million), Little and Upper Tallahatchie ($2.2 million), Town Creek ($930,000), Yazoo-Arkabutla Creek ($1 million), Yazoo-Upper Piney Creek ($875,000) and Yazoo-Upper Skuna River ($750,000).


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i bet they are doing nothing just fooling around and trying to hide from their superiors
Humor? Edit
I don't see the point of having a screenshot with 5 lines of text, three being an irelevent tell, and the last being a claim that GMs do have a sense of humor. Oh, and no context to the first line, so it's hard to find a humor. Also, the mis-matched names is more then a litle confused.--Stfrn 01:30, 5 November 2006 (EST)
- I removed the humor section, I thought it was unneccessary.--Acidic 00:23, 7 November 2006 (EST)
- GMs have the power to port you to locations...
- GMs cannot retrieve lost items, teleport players to different locations...
Is this a contradiction? If not it could likely benefit from some clarification. --DanielCD 17:11, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
They likely CAN, but are not allowed to. Upon reading the page, I think they can port you away from closed zones, but will not be a human hearthstone for you.--SWM2448 17:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
The Uniform Edit
- Recently because of this, Game Masters can not wear their Gamemaster clothing set, and now wear level 30-60 cloth armor.
At least on the European WoW-servers this is entirely faulty and asking several GMs during tickets as well as looking at screenshots posted on forums I have yet to see one without the trademark robes. Can anyone clarify where this information that they are free to pick random 30-60 armour originated?--Arin18 23:30, 5 May 2008 (GMT)
I doubt that's true, seen as how a GM turned up to the Odds and Ends Exchange (it was on the wow-europe main page for a bit) in full Gamemaster Robes, he then gave everyone free grey items and blew himself up as an exit. Glenin (talk) 18:56, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
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I still dont savy how they fit into the World of Warcraft lore! I mean, RP servers have GMs too, right?--Pimmeh (talk) 00:50, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
One turned up at an RP event my guild was holding outside Ironforge once on Argent Dawn server, when he was talking to us he still used the term "Game Master", though my character at least claims he was from the Ironforge Secret Police. Every world has to have conspiracy theories, why can't the GM's be the Azerothian equivelent of the Men in Black and the like? Glenin (talk) 18:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Ooh, I like that :) But then eventually there should be sightings of strange things happening, rumors and the like. Oh wait ^_^ Bugs! (MIB pun as well, I just realized) --Pimmeh (talk) 15:26, September 20, 2009 (UTC)
- Mysterious blue robed people arrive? I'd love it if that happened. BobNamataki (talk) 11:35, November 27, 2009 (UTC)
Truth about GM powers! Edit
I'm not sure how to edit this, but seems like it should be added to the page.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16006200481&pageNo=1&sid=1#10 Seriau (talk) 08:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Article overhaul Edit
I have made substantial overhaul to this article to make it more readable, organize the facts by category, and added some information I felt was relevant. Some specific claims are dubious enough that they could probably use sources. If anyone has sources (screenshots, reports, blue posts, etc) for certain statements please provide them. If you think a statement needs a source though, please point it out and allow some time to find one before outright removing it. --Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 11:51, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Number Edit
How many are there? BobNamataki (talk) 11:38, November 27, 2009 (UTC)
- Given how many servers there are, a lot. Add that to the fact that it's an entry-level position that probably has a high turnover rate and the number's probably going to be fluctuating considerably. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 18:24, November 27, 2009 (UTC)
- Likely thousands, but sooner or later they will all combat one another to the death until only one remains, and the winner will take in all the strength and wisdom of the losers. The winner will also receive the Prize which, depending on the nature of the universe in which we live will take the form of a death by old age, a child, an ability to read minds, or absolutely nothing. --Super Bhaal (talk) 19:58, November 27, 2009 (UTC)
I do not agree Edit
Game Masters have a special mode called GM Mode. When it is enabled all monsters become neutral to them, however they cannot deal damage to any monster even if they engage in combat. They can also see normally invisible things, such as Spirit Healers.
I have fought a game master on a official server once (I can paste the screenshots if anybody wants so, just say so) and they can deal damage. Not much but they can. --Gregoryk (talk) 20:11, November 25, 2010 (UTC)


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There's an inflation of budget-friendly prepaid smartphones being unveiled in the US, with HTC One SV and ZTE Force following the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE. But while the Victory is Virgin Mobile-bound, the other two are headed to Boost, one of Sprint's subsidiaries.
The One SV is not an entirely new device, being available on various carriers in North America and Europe ever since last fall. On Boost, the 4.3-incher is landing on March 7 for a starting price of $299.99 off-contract.
While definitely not a top-tier smartphone, the SV excels in the bang for the buck department, packing an 800 x 480 pix res display, a dual-core 1.2 GHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of on-board storage and a 5 MP camera. Unfortunately, the on-board OS is the slightly dated Android 4.0 ICS, while the battery is measly, at just 1,800 mAh.
As for the ZTE Force, that is an absolute newcomer and will cost just $200 with prepaid plans starting on March 7 while sporting similar specs to the SV. You get a 4-inch 800 x 480 panel with the Force, a 1.5 GHz dual-core chip, Android 4.0, a 5 MP rear-facing snapper and a 1 MP secondary cam.
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Joseph Stalin was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. During that time he
established the regime now known as Stalinism. As one of several Central
Committee Secretariats, Stalin's formal position was originally limited in
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and dictator of the Soviet Union.
Stalin launched a command economy in the Soviet Union, forced rapid industrialization of the largely rural country and collectivization of its agriculture. While the Soviet Union transformed from an agrarian economy to a major industrial powerhouse in a short span of time, millions of people died from hardships and famine that occurred as a result of the severe economic upheaval and party policies. At the end of 1930s, Stalin launched the Great Purge, a major campaign of political repression. During the continued repressions in the country under Stalin millions of people who were a threat to the Soviet politics or suspected of being such a threat were executed or exiled to Gulag labor camps in remote areas of Siberia or Central Asia. A number of ethnic groups in Russia were forcibly resettled for political reasons. QuotesDaddy
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"One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic."
"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
"Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas?
"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."
"Death solves all problems - no man, no problem."
"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do."
"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope"
"The Pope? How many divisions has he got?"
"In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance."
"Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs."


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The broadband era has been a period of major innovation, including the first steps of a potentially vast new e-book market. But is the Internet as we know it—the platform that has fueled such innovation—at risk?
Yes, says "net neutrality" defender Tim Wu, who argues in his timely new book, The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, that we now stand at the edge of a historical slippery slope, a step away from a slide into another period of major corporate dominance, with potentially far-reaching consequences.
Already, 2011 is setting up to be a make or break year for the Internet. On December 21, the FCC will vote on whether to extend net neutrality principles, a measure cable companies oppose.
But what makes the potential erosion of net neutrality even more troubling, Wu observes, is a corresponding wave of "vertical" mergers and partnerships in media. For example, cable provider Comcast recently acquired the NBC Universal network. And this summer, Google offered a "proposal" with Verizon that, if adopted, would have allowed for a two-tiered Internet—public and premium. "The recent Google/Verizon proposal and the Comcast/NBC Universal deal suggest a return to an age of vertical integration of content and transportation," Wu tells PW. "But when the people who control access to the gateway begin to discriminate, there are serious risks," he says, "both in terms of an open market and free speech."
What does this mean in practice? It means that Comcast, which owns its own on-demand movie service, can now charge Netflix a fee for speedy delivery of movies over its network, a development that could hinder Internet innovation, Wu says, by favoring entrenched corporate giants over cash-strapped but forward-thinking startups. Had there been a "two-tier Internet" in 1995, he explains, Barnes & Noble would have destroyed Amazon, Microsoft would have crushed Google, and Skype would never have been launched. "We'd all be the losers."
Widely praised—including a PW Best Book of 2010 designation—The Master Switch is a fascinating look at the cycle of technology and media development over the past century, and implications for the future. "Markets are born free," Wu writes, but soon enough a "would-be emperor is forging chains."
Historically, the greatest would-be emperor, Wu notes, was AT&T, a company so powerful it was able to delay the answering machine for decades to protect revenues from public phone use. Is another AT&T set to emerge in the Internet era? "It's definitely possible," Wu tells PW. "I don't know if it's Apple, Google, Facebook, or Comcast, Verizon or AT&T, or a mixture of these companies, but the conditions are definitely there for the rise of a monopoly—and one with the kind of power we have not seen in decades."
With e-books and digital publishing just getting started, PW caught up with Wu to talk about the market forces shaping the digital landscape.
In the Master Switch, you write about the effects of mergers and large conglomerates over the past century. Should we be more wary of the giants now emerging in the digital content business?
It isn't that I am necessarily down on conglomerates—I actually think conglomerates are very interesting creatures. In the '70s, one of the things that helped Hollywood films be so creative was that conglomerates bought studios. GE owning Universal Studios looks like an attractive model because GE makes $187 billion a year, so, in theory, it can support all kinds of films, and can even risk losing a couple hundred million dollars. That is nothing for GE; in film terms, however, that money could support hundreds of independent producers.
What I'm concerned with is vertical integration. For example, when a cable provider like Comcast owns a network like NBC, it is in position to directly influence what TV shows people can watch. There's a real danger when the people who move information are too closely linked with the people who sell information. One of the conclusions of my book is that we're probably going to have monopolies again. There is almost an inevitable cycle. But we have to be careful they're not discriminatory monopolies—that we don't let anyone be in position to decide in any sort of absolute terms what content the public can get to.
With so many new devices, services, and offerings, it can be hard to see the downside of such consolidation initially. How is this bad?
The problems come over the longer term. As the information world becomes more monopolized, particularly in the Internet age, there are benefits. Anyone who uses Facebook will agree that it's convenient to have one social network where everyone is. And Google is the best search engine. But eventually every monopolist begins to direct more attention to defending its monopoly than to creating better products. In the book, this is what I call "the Kronos effect," for the god Kronos, who spent his time eating his own children after an oracle said one of them would dethrone him someday. There's a critical turning point when monopolists stop making better products and start trying to destroy better products in order to preserve their power.


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Kernel Korner - Dynamic Interrupt Request Allocation for Device Drivers
Any kernel module includes a device driver that can be loaded with the existing kernel, even when the system is running. I explain the basic dynamic IRQ allocation procedure in a simple module shown in Listing 1. The following simple character device driver code describes the dynamic allocation of an IRQ line for a device named OurDevice. When you insert the module, the init_module function is executed. If it is allocated successfully, an unused major number and register for the given IRQ number for the device and the corresponding printk message then is printed. From here, we could check the IRQ allocation in the /proc directory. The given IRQ is released at the time the module is removed. The best place to register an IRQ number is an open entry point of a driver code, which subsequently frees the IRQ in a release function.
Listing 1. my_module.c
#include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/interrupt.h> static struct file_operations fops; static int Major, irq = 7; static void OurISR (int irq, void *device, struct pt_regs *regs) { /* important and immediate time critical tasks */ } static int __init my_init_module(void) { int status; Major = register_chrdev(0, "OurDevice", &fops); if (Major == -1) { printk (" Dynamic Major number " "allocation failed\n"); return Major; } status = request_irq(irq, (void *)OurISR, SA_INTERRUPT, "OurDevice", &fops); if (status == -EBUSY) { printk ("IRQ number allocation failed\n"); unregister_chrdev(Major, "OurDevice"); return status; } printk ("The module is successfully loaded\n"); printk ("Major number for OurDevice: %d\n", Major); printk ("IRQ number for OurDevice: %d\n", irq); return 0; } static void __exit my_cleanup_module (void) { printk("Major number %d IRQ number %d " "are released\n", Major, irq); free_irq(irq, &fops); unregister_chrdev(Major, "OurDevice"); printk("The Module is successfully unloaded\n"); } module_init (my_init_module); module_exit (my_cleanup_module); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
The my_module.c file is compiled with the 2.6.0-0.test2.1.29 kernel. The kernel-2.6.0-0.test2.1.30.i586.rpm was downloaded along with all the dependent RPMs and installed. The RPM was downloaded from people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel, and the device driver program was compiled as follows:
gcc -Wall -O3 -finline-functions \ -Wstrict-prototypes -falign-functions=4 \ -I/lib/modules/2.6.0-0.test2.1.29/build/include \ -I/lib/modules/2.6.0-0.test2.1.29/build/include/ ↪asm/mach-default -I./include -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB \ -DKBUILD_MODNAME=my_module -c my_module.c -o \ my_module.o
After inserting my_module.o, if the major number and the IRQ allocation for the device are successful, the corresponding printk statement output can be seen. If the IRQ number already is in use by another device, the kernel unregisters the device and releases the major number. The $cat /proc/interrupt command displays the following output:
CPU0 0: 82887219 XT-PIC timer 1: 122 XT-PIC i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 7: 0 XT-PIC OurDevice 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 10: 154769 XT-PIC eth0 12: 100 XT-PIC i8042 14: 21636 XT-PIC ide0 15: 18 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 ERR: 0
An entry of OurDevice along with the IRQ line can be seen in the output. When we remove the module, the kernel frees the IRQ number, unregisters the device and releases the major number.
Hopefully, this article makes clear the fundamental concepts of interrupts and the interrupt handling routine. The discussion of the request_irq and free_irq function is useful when we use these concepts in device drivers. The dynamic IRQ allocation procedure has been explained with the simple character device driver code.
C. Surest is acknowledged for his help during the preparation of this article.
Resources for this article: /article/8064.
Dr B. Thangaraju received a PhD in Physics and worked as a research associate for five years at the Indian Institute of Science, India. He is presently working as a tech lead in the Embedded Systems Focus Group at Talent Transformation, Wipro Technologies, India. He works in the areas of Linux internals, the Linux kernel, Linux device drivers and embedded and real-time Linux. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
interrupt requests
can i just ask what are the different interrupt requests used in programming assembly language?
understanding IRQs
My output:
~> cat /proc/interrupts
0: 8731569 XT-PIC timer
1: 267 XT-PIC i8042
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 52894 XT-PIC serial
8: 2 XT-PIC rtc
9: 0 XT-PIC acpi
10: 32009 XT-PIC eth1, ohci_hcd, ohci_hcd, eth0, SiS SI7012
11: 0 XT-PIC ehci_hcd
12: 100465 XT-PIC i8042
14: 40665 XT-PIC ide0
15: 74294 XT-PIC ide1
poses me some questions:
1) what does LOC and MIS mean?
2) why so many devices for the some IRQ?
3) is it possible to redefine a better allocation of IRQs? or is that irrelevant?
4) why the same device in different IRQs?
Do this questions have simple answers?
Thanks for your help.
Thank you very much for your detail information about computer. Kepp it up.Please can give the detail answers of these questions?
1) what does LOC and MIS mean?
2) why so many devices for the some IRQ?
3) is it possible to redefine a better allocation of IRQs? or is that irrelevant?
4) why the same device in different IRQs?
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Photographer's Note
Brighton beach houses, or bathing boxes, give life & colour to the otherwise uninteresting Brighton Beach in Victoria. They are known to be one of the more famous landmarks of Melbourne, they attract International visitors every day of the year. For many years in the late nineteenth century, Brighton was Melbourne's favourite seaside destination. Brighton is located in the City of Bayside, which has 17 km of foreshore to Port Phillip Bay. Nestled on Dendy Street Beach, the Brighton bathing boxes are a popular Bayside icon and cultural asset.Bathing boxes and boatsheds are intrinsic to Port Phillip Bay and Western Port. Much has been written about Victorian morality and its impact on how people went about bathing and enjoying the seashore. As a result of this morality bathing boxes had their origins not only in Australia but concurrently on the beaches of England, France and Italy. European bathing boxes exist to this day.
The 82 Brighton bathing boxes are unique because of their uniform scale and proportion, building materials, sentry order alignment and a Planning Scheme Heritage Overlay on a beach owned by Bayside City Council. As simple structures, all retain classic Victorian architectural features with timber framing, weatherboards and corrugated iron roofs. They remain as they did over one hundred years ago, as licensed bathing boxes. No service amenities such as electricity or water are connected. Although approximately 1,860 bathing boxes, boatsheds and similar structures are located around Port Phillip Bay and Western Port, the Brighton bathing boxes are the only remaining structures of their kind close to the Melbourne central business district.
As a functional remnant of a bygone era, they provide a cultural and historical resource that is constantly being photographed, painted or drawn. Licensees choose to differentiate their bathing boxes with minor structural, artistic and colour variations. When viewed together they turn the beachscape into a collective work of art that can change by the hour according to season, light and colours.
Taken in the company of Alfred (alftrek).
In WS have posted a wider view, taken December 2008.
burraburra, ktanska, siamesa, pauloog, paololg, Clementi, holmertz, pablominto, jhm, shevchenko, PaulVDV, Kielia has marked this note useful
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Morac (27723) 2009-07-28 16:02
J'aime beaucoup : c'est colorié, c'est graphique et la présence de ces oiseaux noirs est sublime.
daddo (28618) 2009-07-28 16:09
Ciao Santo. Bloody hell, you have trained the ravens well, stone the crows! Most unusual shot of these oft photographed bathing boxes. Excellent perspective and splendid colours. Gives the film The Birds a different setting.Imaginative work. Regards. Klaudio.
SteveH (6415) 2009-07-28 18:27
Hi Santo, You can't fool me. I know that these are seagulls that you've painted black in PS :-). good shot of these iconic Melbourne buildings and the birds nicely differentiate this image from the many others. (I've been expecting to see something from Larundel from you - very different to this cheerful image). cheers, Steve
nivaldo (15417) 2009-07-28 18:29
Hi Santo
It looks colorful and very nice!
A good flagrante, well captured.
Kind regards,
burraburra (1219) 2009-07-28 20:26
Hello Santo,
Mint Slice - Very Nice.
Colours on theses bathing boxes are fabulous.
Three boxes, three crows, three gulls.
Nicely composed. Cheers,
aadilj (18102) 2009-07-28 21:28
I like the bright and vibrant hues and the fresh looking mood in this nice and energetic composition
PixelTerror (0) 2009-07-28 23:41
HI Santo
The beach cabins are very nice with their bright colors and the view is luminous, getting the 3 crows on top of them is a bonus
Have a nice day jY
mkgoyal2004 (837) 2009-07-29 0:07
Hi Santo Girotto,
You have beautifully captured the houses. Crow sitting on each house is looking interesting. Vibrant colors are enhancing the beauty of the photo. Congrats.
ktanska (30935) 2009-07-29 0:50
Hi Santo,
Intensity of those colors is wonderful. It's great that such vibrancy can still be found there. Tight framing works well and those birds are good extra details.
wolf38 (30) 2009-07-29 1:09
Hello santo. The multicolored timber buildings including the crows are a eyecatcher of first class. Outstanding. Informative Text. Best regards, Wolfgang.
siamesa (28129) 2009-07-29 1:10
Hi Santo
These bathing boxes are lovelies with this attractive colours.Very interesting your note about this place and these type of beach houses. Congratulations.
pauloog (11751) 2009-07-29 1:19
Hello Santo,
A pleasant view in fine bright summer colours and well composed.
The birds bring the scene to life...
Well seen and well executed.
alftrek (3270) 2009-07-29 1:31
Hello Santo,
A nice composition with just 3 of the bathing boxes and the ravens. I took a similar view with 2 ravens only. The tight crop here manage to eliminate most of the shadows cast by that lamp post. Ideally I would like to see the box with the strong colours of the Union Jack but its colours are somewhat dull due to the shadow. May be we should have waited longer fot the shadow to go away..:))) Not sure whether you feel the same way. In any case, I think you made the most out of that situation to produce this fine shot with the distinctive ravens on the boxes. The light was good though.
I enjoyed your company and the Carlton beer.
paololg (31448) 2009-07-29 4:42
Ciao caro Santo,
le nostre cabine in spiaggia sono decisamente più piccole e anonime, forse perchè servono solo per cambiare il costume da bagno. La tua fotografia è molto bella, piena di colori e bene animata dagli uccelli sul tetto. Una bella immagine estiva!
Ciao, spero voi stiate tutti bene!
lousat (103153) 2009-07-29 11:38
Hi Santo..what a very nice and humorous beach pic! You was lucky whit the crows..ehehe..they seem copy the seagulls paints in the cabin! Very top quality sharpness and beautifuls colors too! My best compliments,ciao,LUCIANO
Clementi (52514) 2009-07-29 12:24
Ciao Santo,
bellissimi i colori, i tre uccelli sui tetti sono fantastici, ma quanto hai aspettato per vederli così.
jafadabret (56501) 2009-07-29 23:53
Bonjour Santo
La composition est magistrale, les couleurs sublimes et le graphisme excellent mais l'originalité et le charme de cette prise ce sont les trois oiseaux qui semblent avoir choisi chacun une demeure.
Disabled_A (0) 2009-07-30 4:46
Ha ha! :))
Hello Santo,
excellent capture! three houses with three birdies on top of each house's roof! LOL And I like the different colours which make the image very picturesque... and a bit unusual - thanks to the little birdies ;)
Best regards,
holmertz (64630) 2009-07-30 13:21
Hello Santo,
This would NOT have done equally well in b&w, and it would NOT have been the same without the ravens.
A superbly amusing and colourful picture. Yummy for the eyes.
Kind regards,
Hi Santo
Bright colours and cherry on the cake, the 3 crows on their tops
***** picture
Thank you for sharing
pablominto (53746) 2009-08-01 22:24
Hello Santo,
Ahhh, those were the days, when beach houses were in demand for changing clothes hahaha!
Today they make up colourful photo subject, and a nice place for the crows to rest... In fact I'm surprised to see crows and not gull as painted on the door...
Colourful indeed, well framed and good details!
Pablo -
rodgerg (55767) 2009-08-03 0:27
Hello Santo,
Excellent shot. The desicive moment well collectyed with the three birds on the coloured little houses. Nice colours, beautiful contrasts and POV well selecetd.
Have a good week,
jhm (167810) 2009-08-03 4:14
Hello Santo,
Every one his own house, this certainly for the crows.
Nice colourfully picture with the different small beach houses. Quiet, soft and pleasant for look at.
Excellent compositon lovely presentation.
Very well done, TFS.
Best regards,
Silvio1953 (162314) 2009-08-03 11:05
Ciao Santo, fantastica, belle le tre casupole in legno coloratissime, ciascuna sormonyttata dal suo uccellone nero, composizione da sballo, bravissimo, ciao Silvio
shevchenko (20560) 2009-08-04 1:38
Hi Santo,
What a humorous view with every house owned by a bird, lovely colorful houses, good pov to show it, blue sky and sunlight make the view more attractive, distinct color, good shoot.
saxo042 (37974) 2009-08-04 12:14
Hi Santo,
A very good observation, you were really here at the right time to makes this picture of all birds. Very personal colours of these beachhouses!
Kind regards
PaulVDV (36768) 2009-08-06 2:30
Hello Santo,
Very beautiful colours. Instead of with seagulls (like painted on the doors of the first beach house) the place is visited by crows. The tree birds on top of the houses are a very important detail of this beautiful picture.
Your note about the beach houses is absolutely interesting.
Best regards, Paul
Kielia (24077) 2009-08-13 11:38
Hi Santo,
a wonderful composition accompanied by an excellent note. I have already seen here many impressions of these famous boxes but this one is a highlight! And of course I also enjoyed reading the many humorous critiques you have caused so nicely! Bravo!
Warm regards
Photo Information
- Copyright: santo girotto (skippy007) (12510)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2009-07-08
- Categories: Architecture, Decisive Moment
- Camera: Nikon D200, 18-200 f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S DX VR Zoom, 72 mm Circular Polariser HOYA
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Theme(s): Aaah! [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2009-07-28 15:57
- To SteveH: Next one (1)
by skippy007, last updated 2009-07-28 07:52
- To alftrek: it's the crows (1)
by skippy007, last updated 2009-07-29 04:32
- To burraburra: the only one (2)
by skippy007, last updated 2009-07-29 10:56


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