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Our friends at the Tech Report have a somewhat alarming article posted that you all should check out. By now, we suspect you've all heard about the 'TLB bug' affecting all current quad-core AMD Opteron (Barcelona) and Phenom (Agena) processors. If you haven't heard of the bug, to put it simply, there is a problem with the translation lookaside buffer (TLB) and L3 cache that causes system instability under certain conditions. The conditions that cause a problem are rare, but the issue has prompted AMD to release a workaround patch that motherboard makers will incorporate into the system BIOS of their motherboards to alleviate the issue. The problem with the TLB workaround patch is that it adversely affects performance. To see just how much performance is affected, the Tech Report acquired the necessary BIOS files and re-tested a Phenom 9600 CPU purchased at retail.
In the article Scott Wasson says, "Across every test we ran, the difference between the Phenom 9600 with and without the TLB patch averages out to 19.8%. However, if we rule out the synthetic memory tests and consider only the application tests that difference drops to 13.9%.
The most troubling results here are the applications where we see large performance drops with the TLB erratum workaround active, including the Firefox web browser and the picCOLOR image analysis tool. If one happens to spend a lot of time running an application whose memory access patterns don't mix well with the TLB patch, the result could prove frustrating. The BIOS-based workaround for the TLB erratum may achieve its intended result—system stability—but it comes at a pretty steep price in terms of performance."
What this all means is that all Phenom evaluations that included benchmark results, including ours, are somewhat misleading. Once all of the motherboard manufacturers update their BIOS files with the necessary workaround, performance will drop for all current Phenom processors. The good news (or bad news if you've already bought a Phenom) is that revised quad-core processors from AMD are on the way that will fix the TLB bug, in mid- to late-Q1 2008. Let's hope for competition's and AMD's sake that happens sooner rather than later.
As an aside, we've contacted a number of motherboard manufactures requesting BIOS updates infused with the TLB bug workaround and will update the benchmarks in our Phenom evaluation as soon as possible.
Interesting that AMD has a fix for 64 bit Linux that changes how the kernel handles the lookup tables and it produces only a 1% performance hit. Makes me kinda wonder if AMD couldnt get microsoft to do a simlar patch to their kernel for AMD chips. I remember back when the P4 had some offical MS patches released to fix processor problems.
I think because the next rev. of the chips are so close and MS is busy with SP3 for XP and SP1 for Vista, that MS doesn't have any plans for a fix at the moment. Who knows what'll happen in the coming weeks though.
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A President Named Barack?
I can't get this out of my head – ever since the debate last night when Joe Biden kept referring to Obama as "Barack." Barack this, Barack that… I had never heard his first name being used so much as I did last night. It sounded really weird for some reason as Biden kept repeating it.
I just don't think I want a President named Barack. Does that make me racist? No. If I was, what race would I be against anyway?
President Barack. BA-rock. It just sounds weird, I don't know. Like I said, I just can't get this out of my head. Weird. Anyone else?
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When the verdict came down in 1995, Jim MacDonald was elated. Three years after 22 Southern California service station dealers sued Chevron, and three months after the trial began, a jury ruled that the company had defrauded the dealers and owed them a total of $3.4 million. For MacDonald (ironically he'd won Chevron's coveted Platinum Award while the trial was in progress) the judgment proved the battle had been worth all the time and effort. "We felt vindicated," he says. "We felt great."
But Chevron appealed. A three-judge panel overturned the verdict. The company asked for attorney fees; this past March a judge awarded Chevron $6.8 million. The dealers are challenging that award, but if the decision stands, MacDonald and most of the other dealers will have to file for bankruptcy. He's personally on the hook for $687,000 and will have to liquidate his last service station and auto repair business, leaving him with nothing. "I cannot pay even a portion of what they've been awarded against me," says MacDonald.
MacDonald, who has 44 years with Chevron as both an employee and a dealer, says the reversal has taken a heavy emotional and financial toll on all the dealers, only ten of whom still are in business. He doesn't understand the apparent vindictiveness behind Chevron's pursuit of the cash. Company spokesman Fred Gorell has said Chevron owes a duty to its shareholders to recoup the fees. But MacDonald doubts they'd care much about the extra penny per share the amount represents, even if they could collect it. "They know none of us can pay," he notes. "There's been no human element in this."
Dennis DeCota, who heads California's largest dealer trade organization, says Chevron has a broader objective. "They want to send a message on behalf of the industry," DeCota points out. "The message is, "You can't afford to take us on.'"
As service station dealers across the nation have been forced out of business or squeezed to the brink, they reluctantly have turned to the courts in a last-ditch effort to save their livelihoods. Shell and Texaco, which formed a joint marketing venture in 1998, are facing a flood of antitrust and price-manipulation suits from Connecticut to California. "If there were ever a contest for the most-sued major," industry newsletter Oil Express recently observed, "Texaco-Shell alliance companies Motiva and Equilon would surely win."
Dealers are going after other companies as well. A federal court case against ExxonMobil in Corpus Christi, Texas, was in trial at press time; ExxonMobil faces other dealer suits in Florida and New York. Alabama attorney Jim Gunther has suits pending against BP Amoco in Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with more to follow. And in a case with huge implications for both the industry and consumers, Chevron, Shell, Texaco, Unocal and other refiners face a two-billion-dollar price-fixing suit filed by the State of Hawaii.
Escalating gas prices combined with the steady demise of service station dealers have brought heat on the companies from other states as well as the feds. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has been investigating high prices on the West Coast since mid-1999. This past August Maryland Gov. Paris Glendening created a task force to study zone pricing, the practice of breaking up metro areas into segments and charging dealers different wholesale prices depending on the zone. Dealers have long complained that zone pricing is used to gouge consumers (and punish uncooperative station owners), and Glendening's executive order underscores the point: "There is indication that zone pricing may be a significant factor in the rising price of gasoline."
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer of California and Ron Wyden of Oregon have called for federal intervention to help dealers cope with strong-arm tactics. "Some big oil companies appear to have embarked on an all-out campaign to drive their own franchisees out of business in an effort to tighten their stranglehold over California's gasoline industry," Boxer wrote to the Federal Trade Commission in December 1999.
The FTC has been conducting its own look at the West Coast as well as last spring's price spike in the Midwest. FTC official Richard Parker recently wrote that the investigation has revealed "detailed information on practices in the industry that raise competitive concerns."
Whether the feds have the resources or political will to go after the oil companies remains to be seen. But the companies have survived other federal inquiries in the past and are confident that the latest round will yield nothing new. "It's important to note that these investigations time after time conclude that it's the marketplace at work setting gasoline prices," Chevron spokesman Gorell told the Los Angeles Times last December.
Several states have attempted over the years to pass legislation to protect the dealers. While a few have succeeded, most of those efforts have been beaten back by intense industry lobbying. In California, for example, the major oil companies and their trade groups have spent more than $4.7 million on lobbying alone since the beginning of 1999; during that period several state and local pro-dealer laws ultimately were defeated or placed in limbo. Millions more in campaign contributions to key legislators ensure that other initiatives never get a hearing or die in committee.


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This is the first in a series of shots from the holiday i have just returned from, near Thetford Forest.
A great week away, and even though it was raining for most of it, it was still fun.
I managed to get 7 shots i have never taken before this week too!!
Heron flying,
Heron with fish in its beak, (after a 1 hour wait hiding behind a bush, hoping i didnt put it off, lol )
and two types of dear (of which i need to find out the types yet, lol), with the aid of my Advantage Realtree Camo suit,
AND a crow with an egg in its beak that i watched as it hopped around with it in its beak, and then dug a hole and burried it!!
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This location is in the Venice neighborhood in Los Angeles. Nearby parks include Venice Canal Historic District, Kinney Plaza and Venice Recreation Center.
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The new Serato DJ software (which is basically the new replacement software for Serato Itch) now provides a true upgrade path for people who are using the low-level Serato DJ Intro software with their Digital DJ Controllers. Serato DJ Intro software has a limited number of DJ functions, but DJ that own the Numark Mixtrack, Denon MC2000, or the Pioneer DDJ-ERGO now have the option to upgrade to the full Serato DJ version with much more control over the playback options and lots more features at your fingertips.
[Review] Denon DJ MC2000 DJ Controller
The Denon MC2000 is the new compact DJ controller which is full of MIDI controls for your favorite software, a solid-metal build quality, all in an affordable package that DJ's are sure to love. Check out our full HD-Video and written review after the jump to see if the unit is good enough to take the cash out of your wallet.
[Video] Denon DJ MC2000 Unboxing & First Impressions
The new entry-level DJ controller from Denon DJ division called the MC2000 is now available in the US for purchase from authorized DJ equipment resellers across the country. The new MC2000 has all the essential features that DJ's need plus a solid metal chassis and the same high-quality faders and jog wheels found on the professional MC6000 4-deck controller. The MC2000 is in the Lab for a full HD-Video and written review shortly, but check out our unboxing & first impressions video after the jump.
[Video] BOOM & Denon DJ Battle 2012
Check out the HD-Video results of the 2nd annual Denon DJ/ Boom Entertainment DJ Battle. Held once again at this year's B96 Summer Bash in Chicago, IL, this year's battle (and the nation's only 14-21 age-group DJ battle) was bigger and better than ever. Follow Celebrity Judges including DJ Flipside and DJ Mark E as they crown the champion in the finals of the 17-21 class in the video after the jump.
[Video] Denon DJ MC2000 Entry-Level DJ Controller
Denon DJ has now filled a small gap in their DJ equipment lineup by announcing the new Denon DJ MC2000 as an entry-level all-in-one Digital DJ Controller which is set to be released sometime in October in the US. This controller was already released yesterday in the UK, but we'll have to wait for our time to come on this side of the pond just as with the SC2900. The Denon DJ MC2000 is a two channel/two Deck Serato Intro DJ controller with the same faders and jog wheels from the MC6000/3000 series units. Check out the video, press release, and more breakdown inside.
[Video] 2012 DJ Expo - Denon DJ SC2900 Rundown
The Denon DJ SC2900 was recently announced and was on-hand at the 2012 Atlantic City DJ Expo for all DJ's to get busy on. They had a pair located right front and center and Denon was happy to give me a quick rundown video to show us what it's all about. The Denon DJ SC2900 was recently released in the UK, but we won't see this baby in the United States for another two months or so. The scheduled release date is sometime in October, so we'll be sure to get one in for a video review. Check out the rundown feature video inside.
[Video] 2012 DJ Expo - Denon DJ Booth
The Denon DJ Booth had a GREAT showing at this year's 2012 Atlantic City DJ Expo at the Trump Taj Mahal hotel and casino. They had all of their controllers like the MC6000 and MC3000 on display with all flavors of software for DJ's to try them on. Also on hand was the SC3900 and SC2900 for DJ's to get the feel of. The SC2900 will not be released in the United States until October when I'll be sure to get a full review. Check out the booth coverage in the meantime to see how it looks in person!
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The new all-metal, professional, and compact Digital DJ controller from Denon DJ now has a really nice price to go with it. The Denon DJ MC3000 MIDI DJ controller has a new price-drop down to $499 at your retail stores. The Denon DJ MC3000 has two decks of full control but can also be used as a four deck controller with the added layer buttons when needed. This price drop now makes this a serious competitor to the Traktor Kontrol S2 and other professional two-deck controllers. Check out the MC3000 Demo video by DJ Cable inside.
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(KCEN) – The leaves are changing colors, the temperatures are dropping and families are gearing up for a festive fall.
Local stores are busy with Fall and Halloween shoppers buying decorations and costumes.
According to the National Retailers Federation, Americans will spend close to $7 billion on Halloween this year. On average, families spend about $75 on decorations, costumes and candy. That's down a few dollars from last year, but prices aren't scaring many customers.
"It gets us all together as a family and we get to decorate the house. It's kind of a tradition," Lynn Darden said. "I'm 20 and I still decorate pumpkins each year, so it's fun and it gets everyone together."
On Sunday Lynn and her mom hit the isles on a Halloween hunt, picking up skeletons, spider webs and treats to fill their home this Fall. And as soon as the Central Christian Church Pumpkin Patch opens on Monday, Lynn's family plans to browse the patch of thousands to find the perfect pumpkin match.
The NRF estimates that Lynn is part of the 44% of Americans that carve pumpkins for Halloween.
Central Christian Church is got their first truck load of pumpkins Sunday for their 8th Annual Pumpkin Patch. Starting on Monday the patch will be open from 10a.m. until dark every day through October 31st.
"We are definitely the longest running pumpkin patch in Waco, and we're the definitely the biggest," CCC pumpkin patch coordinator Kristin Jack said.
Jack says the patch will have about 10,000 pumpkins ranging from all sizes and colors.
"People can buy their pumpkins anywhere, but only in a place like this can you come and have a memory, take photos, and go through thousands of pumpkins to pick out the one you want," Jack said. "We love being able to provide those memories for the Waco community."
Jack says it's free to browse and take pictures at the patch, and pumpkin prices range from 50-cents to $40. All the money goes to the churches children and youth programs including mission trips and outreach programs. Part of the money is also donated to the Caritas food bank and Waco's mission toy store.
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Comment: Re:Microsoft is in deep shit now! (Score 1) 295
I had something similar to your experience at an airport. I saw 5 computing devices (not counting phones): a Macbook, two iPads, and what looked like an Android tablet, plus my own Linux laptop. Not a machine in sight running Windows. That would have been unimaginable as recently as a year ago.
According to the stats I have seen, this is the year that the number of Linux systems in use (in the form of Android) will exceed Windows systems. In current sales Android is already blowing out Windows and, for that matter, everything else on Earth. The year of desktop Linux has arrived, but not in the way everyone was expecting. High fives, for now at least.
Comment: Re:Good ports ? (Score 1) 349
Comment: N9 = Amiga + 20 yrs. (Score 2) 176
The existence of things like the Nitdroid project and Jolla/Sailfish, plus the fact that N9 matched or possibly outsold the Lumia crud despite the massive disparity in corporate support, shows how good the technology was. The last time I saw this was...ooh it hurts to type this name...the Amiga. Commodore went under, not due to poor demand for the Amiga, which was profitable to the very end, but due to massive losses in PC clones that led them to credit default with their suppliers. They couldn't get parts to build Amigas anymore.
I hope that the prevalence of open source these days gives the keepers of the Meego flame more success then the Amigans had.
Comment: Re:The math is simple (Score 1) 270
Comment: Re:Eliminate districts (Score 3, Interesting) 102
Comment: Re:What he took away is more precious than given (Score 1) 1613
I would make a stronger point about the removal of the floppy: Apple has an indifferent attitude toward removable media generally. The iPod, as hardware, would make a perfectly serviceable external hard drive, but software support for this was thin, and we also have the absence of SD slots. The organizing principle seems to be to have iTunes managing data instead of a file manager. iTunes knows more about the (meta-)data and can handle it with more aplomb than a general purpose file manager. That comes at the cost of limiting its scope (taking things out again) to AV media and rinky-dink apps, and keeping removable media at arm's length (copy and import rather than open up and look inside); using iTunes to manage CAD files or source code would be ridiculous.
On Gnome, I don't have much complaint. With Ubuntu and a fast connection, it is very easy to add in stuff as you need it, "Golly, I need XYZ...sudo apt-get install XYZ". My bigger beef is with KDE, which seems to be built by people who have spent too much time looking at Macs in the Apple store and not enough time trying to use Macs to do actual work. More broadly, I find that everyone in the industry apes Apple too much; Apple has their niche, and serves it well, and profitably, but it can never be more than a minority of the market. Workhorse products serving the bulk of the market will be made by others.
Comment: Re:What he took away is more precious than given (Score 2) 1613
That is sort of the crux though. Steve Jobs takes things out: the SD slot, the keyboard, the command prompt, the floppy drive. Taking stuff out makes it possible to simplfy the user interface. If anyone else did this, the product would fail in the market for being feature-poor, but he could get away with it because he was trusted (by some, not all) to do it well. Granted, some of the stuff Jobs took out should have been left in, the lack of fan on the early Macs comes to mind. That is the charisma, the RDF, or maybe just street cred for having introduced the Mac. Whatever it is, it accrued to him personally, not to Apple as an organization which went adrift whae he was gone.
That also explains the stupid holy wars that surround Apple:
- Look at Apple's new product! It is so innovative and easy to use! (Because he took stuff out and simplified)
- It is not innovative! Everything there was already done by others. (True, but that is not what makes it easy to use)
- Apple's stuff is merely a toy! (It is lacking certain features, but that is the price of simplicity. You are not the intended market.)
- Apple is an industry leader! Everyone copies them! (Now everyone else can take those things out without being accused of being feature-poor.)
Comment: Re:What he took away is more precious than given (Score 1) 1613
I would say the walled garden metaphor misses the point, or at least it gets taken too far. A better way to think about it is delegation and trust. With Linux, you can, in principle, trust no one and collect all the cource code yourself and compile it. The next step is to delegate the job of compiling code to a distro, trusting them (or for Slackware, Pat) to use only open source software in keeping with the distro's community values. Various other relationships can go from there: you presumably trust your employer-provided laptop not to spy on you, and they trust you not to improperly divulge company information on it.
I would say that Steve Job's real innovation was to be cognizant of this delegation of trust, and he was good at getting people to buy in: Call it Charisma or the RDF. Apple products are offered as a package deal, take it or leave it. If you want the nice ease of use and aesthetic package, you have to play by Apple's rules. No modding, no tinkering, no exceptions, no whining. I never cared for the deal and always walked away, but I would admit that it is appropriate for some (most notably the very old and very young).
Comment: Yahoo Mail (Score 2) 283
Yahoo, well, can't say I have an opinion of what it is like now, haven't used it since 2004. Does it still exist?
A few months ago, I did an analysis of the list of parents' email addresses from the school drama club. Yahoo was the most common provider with about a third of them. After that was the local DSL or cable ISP. Third place was people using work email addresses. GMail was fourth at about 15%. Then Hotmail/Live. Only about 1%, myself and one other person, were using a paid 3rd party service. For the record, I use usermail.com and am very happy with them, and seldom use my Gmail account.
What conclusions can be drawn from that? I would say Yahoo-email's first-mover advantage is much more durable than Friendster's or Myspace's was. Or perhaps Facebook's is. I would think that a survey of younger people would have fewer yahoosiers and more GMailers
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Comment: Re:Prior Art? (Score 4, Insightful) 325
Comment: Re:a philosophical primer on money for bitcoin mor (Score 1) 642
But what does it mean to be "backed by something real"? Very few currencies are redeemable for specie anymore. And being backed by a commodity isn't enough: Confederate bonds backed by cotton circulated in Europe until WW1, but their value tracked the prospect of redemption more than the value of cotton. Government currencies are backed by courts, who pronounce judgments and settle debt in terms of fiat currency: For a stark example, US account holders on e-gold.com quite emphatically cannot claim their gold, but only a court's judgment of its dollar value. And having courts enforce the value of a currency is not always enough either. The Zimbabwean dollar lost its status as money despite draconian efforts of the government to enforce it and ban alternatives.
But government courts are not the only institutions that can enforce the value of a currency. Rai stone coins on the island of Yap don't have much intrinsic value, and the one that sank to the bottom of the ocean has none but circulates as money just like the rest of them. They are not backed by anything other than tradition and social norms. If social norms are enough to turn a hunk of limestone into money, it could happen to bitcoins, too.
Comment: Re:a philosophical primer on money for bitcoin mor (Score 1) 642
Your larger point that money is a social phenomenon is valid. I like to describe money as "a claim on the labor of others", so money doesn't make sense in isolation.
Even so, that leaves unanswered how we keep score. A physical token of a well known luxury material? A book entry in a government-chartered bank? Or a cryptographically-verified transaction history of proof-of-work hash values? When confidence in banks rose, fiat money replaced gold coinage. The real bitcoin experiment is whether confidence in crypto systems is enough to sustain the bitcoin economy without the help of government courts. If the bitcoin economy matures from the mostly speculative transactions we have seen so far to a more stable role as an abstract claim on others' labor in a diversified economy, then it has as much claim to the title of "money" as anything else. I am not ready to place better then 50-50 odds that will happen, but it could.
Comment: Dial-up to bypass (Score 1) 232
That concurs with my experience when I have to dial-up around the Great Firewall (which is blocking news from Egypt these days...don't want to give the natives any restless ideas...). I typically have to fall back to 9600 or 2400 bps, which is good enough to make an independent check on SSH key MD5 sums, at least. Modems signals are pretty standard down to 2400 bps, but the slower 1200 and 300bps standards are different between Europe and North America. Russia used North American standards, because the Soviets of the 80's were more accustomed to stealing American technology.
And I wish dial-up were more obvious to the Ubuntu packagers. Recent versions of Network Manager won't recognize Gnome PPP as a network connection and Evolution refuses to fetch mail, thinking it is offline. Arrrgh!


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This was well worth the money!!! Only 10 of us which included the guide and the guard. We could see every thing and talk about what we were seeing. I have already recommended this tour to 2 other people. The halls were empty except for us. Thank you for this option.
This was without a doubt the most highly rated tour during our entire trip. Our guide, Laura, was absolutely the GREATEST. I can not express our joy at having her as our guide. Please give her kudos on our behalf.
Laura, our guide, was absolutely fantastic. Very knowledgeable and made our experience all that better. I thoroughly would recommend this tour to anyone with a love of Michelangelo as the tme spent in the Sistine Chapel was priceless. It was nice to be ushered into areas that the general public do not see and to know that you are somewhat "special". Five stars plus!
This tour was the hi-lite of our Italian vacation! To have the guided tour of the Sistine Chapel, the guide allowed to speak to us and us to ask questions of her description of the chapel and of the history and anecdotes of Michelangelo's work was simply awesome and well worth the expense.
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Worth every penny! Had a great guide who was from Indiana and has lived in Rome for several years. She new her history. To be able to be in the Sistine Chapel after hours for 30 minutes was amazing! Only 10 ppl in the group. Take this tour!!!
This tour is worth every penny. Tiffany our tour guide was great, showed us a good mix of classical and renaissance works, for me the Niccoline chapel and Bramante's staircase were the highlights. Three hours which went very quickly.
This is an expensive tour so expectations were high. No disappointment though, well worth it. Our tour guide, Tiffany, was very knowledgable, very clear and encouraged questions from the group of nine people which she answered readily throughout. The Caravaggio painting, which I was keen to see, was not part of the tour due to time constraints, but as we got started quickly, Tiffany included it in the tour, giving an excellent overview of the painting and artist as well. An great bonus. The areas covered in this tour are not normally accessible and it was a pleasure and privilege to be able to see these artistic treasures and hear about them. Bramante's staircase and the views from it across the city of Rome - fantastic. The obvious highlight was the Sistine Chapel after the crowds had left. Tiffany provided an overview of the progress of Michelangelo's masterpiece, including interesting anecdotes, over the four and a half years he spent completing it. Wonderful. A once-in-a-lifetime treat.
This was a wonderful tour, definitely not cheap but worth every penny! Our guide Shannon was terrific. She clearly has a deep understanding and passion for art history and that enthusiasm was contagious. She was engaging and informative, providing great insight into not just the artwork and rooms we were seeing but also history and insight into the artists themselves. The secret rooms we got to see were also a real treat and having the Sistine Chapel literally all to ourselves (just the ten of us in the group and Shannon) for over half an hour was an amazing way to finish the tour!
Very good, couldn't have been better. The guide was full of information and you knew she enjoyed what she did. First I thought the cost was a little high for the tour, but once you take this tour it's worth every dollar it cost.
Great guide!
The tour was the most amazing part of our whole trip. It was beyond my expectations and this was in part to our tour guide Laura who spoke very good English and being a historian gave us an incredible amount of information. The meeting location was easy to find and being a small group easy to stay with. The tour was expensive but I will and have recommended it to friends that have plans to visit Rome because it was worth every penny. I had not even heard of Viator prior to our trip and was a little sceptical at first as to actually having a private viewing and the cost of it but it was the best decision I made about our trip. I will certainly book again with Viator for my next trip.
One star for the tour in general. One star for all the secret rooms. One star for our guide Rachel, who was fabulous and two stars for having the private experience of the Sistine Chapel. Of all the tours I booked this was the best and most value for the money. A must regardless of your religious affiliation.
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Expensive, but worth every penny. The guide was very informative and gave us stories that we'll never forget. After the tour we went through the Vatican museum again, to view whatever we missed on the other tour. We were pleased to find out that the private tour covered it almost completely. We cannot think of anything they can do to improve.
This tour was one of the highlights of my recent trip to Rome. Our tour guide, Shannon, was a personable and knowledgeable art historian, whose knowledge of renaissance art and also the history of the Vatican itself greatly enhanced the tour content. We were able to see many parts of the Vatican Museums normally off limits to tourists, like a significant Borromini staircase and a chapel with important Fra Angelico frescoes. We also viewed the Raphael rooms alone. But the highlight for me was a full half hour in the Sistine Chapel with our small group of ten people. Overall, I was impressed with the quality of the tour guide - and the VIP access was most definitely worth the price tag. I would highly recommend this tour.


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FILE - In this May 25, 2010 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is placed in handcuffs a judge sentenced him to prison for violating the terms of his probation on an obstruction of justice conviction. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday, May 9, 2012, Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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The Securities and Exchange Commission says Kilpatrick and ex-city treasurer Jeffrey Beasley received $125,000 in private jet travel and other perks from an investment firm. The SEC says that was in exchange for getting the city's pension fund to make an investment favouring the firm.
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The Exploratorium's Cinema Arts Department and Artist Television Access Other Cinema are pleased to co-present a film by Portland, Oregon-based radical documentary filmmaker Vanessa Renwick. This screening of Renwick's Charismatic Megafauna, Saturday, May 19 at 8:30 pm, takes place at Artist Television Access (ATA), 922 Valencia Street in San Francisco. Admission is $7.00.
Charismatic Megafauna interweaves Super8 and 16mm film footage from Renwick's own teenage life in inner city Chicago, living and hitchhiking with a wolf dog. The film also includes stunning video documentation shot by biologists reintroducing wolves into the western United States in the late 1990's. Her film allows us to contemplate humans' place in the concrete landscape: Waiting for buses, bustling to work while the wolf dog scavenges in the gutter, and performing the act known as "wildlife management" on wolves. This screening includes live musical accompaniment by Seattle composer/cellist Lori Goldston, who performs an original score accompanied by three other musicians, an ensemble of formidable iconoclasts. The group includes Goldston on cello, vocalist Jessika Kenney, electric guitarist Dylan Carlson and percussion/horn player Greg Campbell.
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I am a musician, photographer and writer, based in Tokyo, though I've lived in a few other places as well (Santiago de Chile, Sydney, London, Delhi, Hong Kong and Singapore).
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The most important thing to remember is: Relax. Like most everything else in life, carving a turkey will be much easier if you relax.
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Check out "Nature's Clock," "Waltzing Matilda," and six other new pieces of public art on display in neighborhood parks throughout Chicago this year.
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Documentary Screening: Women in Shroud
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Documentary directed by Farid Haerinejad and Mohammed Reza Kazemi. Women in Shroud provides an in-depth look into the efforts of women's rights lawyers and activists to stop the stoning of women in Iran.
This event is part of the Stop Stoning Women – Global Campaign.
Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Shadi Sadr, who features in the film, will be part of the panel discussion after the screening.
When: 6:30 pm, Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013.
Where: Brockway Room, Conway Hall,
London WC1R 4RL
Relevant Resources
- Violence against Women in the context of Political Transformations and Economic Crisis in the Euro-Mediterranean Region:
- Too Young to Wed
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo*
- Stoning: Legal or Practised in 16 Countries and Showing No Signs of Abating
- 35 Years of Forced Hijab: The Widespread and Systematic Violation of Women's Rights in Iran


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Defending the phases from crosses – Issue 34 (May 2013)
Also in Issue 34 – Alan Pardew, David Flitcroft, Nigel Worthington, Gregg Broughton, Neil Dewsnip
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The Kids From Yesterday (Music and Words)
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I sat in my den, looking carefully through the leather bounded photo albums I had made through the years of being in the band. Each picture told a different story, each smile brought a new smile to my own face remembering my so called glory days. Jamia had helped put these together over the years, at first she said it kept her company when the band first started and we were always the road, it kept her from feeling so lonely. But as the years went on it became a fun family activity that her, Cherry, and Lily did when I was away. When the band ended I was able to help out, which I was so excited about. I loved looking at each picture almost reliving the great moments that were made. Whether it was a picture of me shredding on the guitar, and rolling all over the ground. Or an old picture of Bob banging on the drums like no tomorrow. I still had the feeling of accomplishment, like what we did really was important. I always was a huge fan of our message that was strongly against suicide. Especially since my best friend Gerard had been through a roller coaster ride with that sort of thing, but in the end he came out so strong. We had a good run, 20 years. I wish it could've lasted for the rest of my life, but due to certain incidents it wasn't able to be that way….
"Frank hun, dinner is almost ready." I heard Jamia call from the other room.
"Okay babe, I just need a minute or two." I called back.
It was great to able and sit down and eat dinner with my family consistently now. The past ten years I had resorted to gas stations, cold pizza, and frozen foods to be my dinner. Now every night I had a hot meal waiting for me. Cherry and Lily were 13 now and were growing into such beautiful girls, I couldn't have been more pleased with how well they are turning out, considering that I wasn't around as much as I would have liked to been. I don't know what would have happened if Jamia wasn't here. Well one I probably wouldn't have kids, but she has been a more than perfect mother and wife. Lynz and Bandit came around a lot to have play dates, and we got to catch up with Lynz on how she was doing which was really great.
I turned to the next page in the photo album; the first picture was a picture of me and Gerard. It had to be during the Revenge era because he had his long black hair but there were weird hints of green in it. I never knew what he was gonna do next to his head. But he looked relatively normal compared to me. I had e the sides of my head dyed and shaven. Then I had these X's over my eyes that had looked sweated off. From what the picture showed we had just finished a show, and Gerard and I had our eyes shut and smiled widely at the camera. I laughed at our ridiculous hair and cheesy expressions. I felt tears welling up in my eyes missing these happy times. Missing Gerard.
I always tried to avoid thinking about Gerard, and what happened between us. After we had finished touring with Danger Days and everything had died down a bit we all got back into the studio. But it seemed we had changed our thinking of where we wanted our next album to go and we just couldn't seem to agree on anything anymore. Gerard and I were constantly butting heads with ideas, and eventually are creative differences turned into to animosity towards each other. But despite everything the band still stayed together, and we pushed out another awesome album that our fans loved. But it wasn't the same. The unity that used to be there was gone. We were all straying into different directions, we all had families. We were tired, exhausted, but we kept pushing through the trenches. Each day we had a new fight, they were all stupid. One time Gerard and I fought over who was gonna eat the last apple. We got through what we didn't know would be our final tour. We separated again and went back to our families. I thought this time and space would smooth things out with Gerard and I, but that wasn't the case. Gerard and I didn't speak. He wouldn't answer my calls, and if Bandit came over he wouldn't stay. I didn't know what was up, but I figured it was best to just let everything run its course. I missed my best friend though. I missed doing stupid things with him, having talks about our futures, and just laughing. I didn't know what was going on, but I wasn't going to push anything.
"Frank! Are you gonna come eat?" Jamia asked again.
"Actually, I'm not all that hungry." I sighed. I just wanted to sit here and reminisce now.
I looked back down at the book and saw another picture of Gerard and I, this time he had bright red hair and was wearing ridiculously tight leather pants. I was wearing my white t-shirt that I had written the word Dracula on, and there was a cape around my neck. We were smiling and were just about ready to go on stage for the Honda-Civic Tour in Charlotte.
I jumped back to the train of thought I was in before. Months had passed and Gerard and I just weren't talking. He would drop Bandit off and he seemed out of it to me. His once bright hazel eyes looked dull and lifeless. He barely spoke and he never smiled. I was starting to become concerned that his depression had crept back up again. I wanted to ask him about it but I figured he won't speak to me. Then one day he showed up smiling and playful with Bandit. I smiled glad that he was happy, and he looked up to me and spoke. I remember our entire conversation
"Hey Frank." He smiled slightly.
"Hey Gerard, how've you been?" I replied happily that he was speaking to me again.
"Okay, I'm sorry I have been so distant. I've missed you." He admitted.
"I've missed you too Gerard, it's been crazy us not being friends. I don't know how it happened, but I wanna get back to where we were."
"Yeah me too, I'm really sorry Frank." He said, as he came and roped me into a hug.
"Don't worry about it, it's the past now." I said, I could have sworn I heard him cry a bit. But when we released from the hug he seemed fine.
"Well I gotta go. There is something I need to take care of. I'll see you Frank. I am glad we talked."
I remember Gerard sounding so genuine, and I guess I remember that conversation, because that was the last conversation I ever had with Gerard Way. Gerard committed suicide that day. Lynz walked in and found him lifeless in the bed. He overdosed on his medication.
Thinking about made me ball uncontrollably, which is why I never wanted to think about it. I
remember Lynz coming over to get Bandit, and she pulled Jamia and I into the kitchen and told us. The three of us were in a stage of shock. I just couldn't believe that after the battle he had fought, after so many lives he saved that he couldn't escape from his own black hole. I blamed myself for months, thinking that if I would've reached out to him, he would still be here. But Lynz assured me there was nothing I could have done; Gerard fought so hard for so long he just became burnt out and tired.
"Frank what's wrong? You never sit in here alone this long." I heard Jamia come into the den.
"Nothing, just looking at pictures." I sniffled and wiped the tears away from my face, but they were quickly replaced by more.
"Oh Frankie" She immediately knew what was wrong. Jamia came over and sat on the edge of the desk and took the photo album and placed it next to her. She then took my hands in hers, and looked at my lovingly.
"I know you miss him, we all do. But nothing could've changed it, and he did such amazing things while he was here. You have to remember the great times, not this one moment of impulsivity that changed everything. He will always be with you Frank, I know you'll never forget him, and that's a good thing." She wiped the tears away again, and kissed me gently on my forehead.
"I know it just gets so hard. But thanks, I love you so much." I pulled her onto my lap and hugged her tightly, letting her comfort me.
"I love you too. But I'll let you have your time, just come sit with me in the living room when you're ready." She kissed me on the lips and left.
I looked through the book one more time, carefully examining Gerard's face, wondering why when he looked so happy on the outside he was hurting so much on the inside. But I was happy he was at peace now and was truly happy. I closed the album and put it on the shelf.
"A year has passed but I still feel the way I did the day you left Gee, I miss you and will never forget." I whispered into the air as I left the room, knowing that Gerard would always be with me, and I was beyond grateful for that.


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I'm sure I could heal ICC quite competently without any add-ons at all, but I think it would be silly to do so. I certainly don't think I could lead a raid as effectively or alert others to important information about the fight.
The metaphor of a crutch is extremely inappropriate. People walking with a crutch usually walk more slowly than people who don't need crutches. This is not at all the case for healing with addons. If you feel addons are somehow unfair then compare them to performance enhancing drugs if you must, but the people in the best guilds in the world use addons. People who heal with addons heal better than people who refuse to use them.
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The Producers (band)
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|The Producers
|Atlanta, Georgia
|Rock, rock and roll, power pop, new wave
|Years active
|Portrait, Marathon, One Way
|Wayne Famous
Kyle Henderson
Bryan Holmes
Van Temple
|Past members
|Tim Smith
The Producers is a new wave and power pop band from Atlanta, Georgia. The original line up included Van Temple on guitar and vocals, former Whiteface member Kyle Henderson on bass and vocals, former Billy Joe Royal sideman Wayne Famous (Wayne McNatt) on keyboards, and Bryan Holmes on drums.
Originally formed as a Beatles cover band named Cartoon, they changed musical directions and began performing their own material in nightclubs around the Atlanta area. The response to their music was so good that they were quickly signed to CBS subsidiary Portrait Records by producer Tom Werman, who had worked with Cheap Trick, REO Speedwagon and Mother's Finest, among others. They released two albums for the Portrait label, The Producers (1981) and You Make the Heat (1982). The Producers became a regional favorite in the southeastern United States, propelling "What She Does To Me" onto the national Billboard Magazine singles charts. "What's He Got", "Certain Kinda Girl", and "Who Do You Think You Are" had some popularity as music videos but did not chart. They toured extensively opening for Cheap Trick, and The Motels. "She Sheila" from their second album was a popular MTV video. They headlined MTV's New Year's Rockin Eve in 1982.
|Billboard 200
|Record Label
|The Producers
|Portrait Records
|Single "What She Does To Me"
reached number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.
|You Make The Heat
|Portrait Records
|Single "She Sheila" reached number 48 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
|Run For Your Life
|Marathon Records
|The Producers/You Make The Heat
|One Way Records
|First two LP's, The Producers and You Make The Heat remastered and released on one CD.
|One Way Records
|Originally recorded for MCA Records in 1988/89 but never released by the label.
Despite this success, Portrait Records dropped the band after only two albums. Kyle Henderson became a born-again Christian and left the band shortly after they were dropped to record a solo album for Kerry Livgren's Christian rock label, Kerygma Records and was replaced by future Jellyfish, Umajets and Sheryl Crow bassist Tim Smith (not to be confused with another musician named Tim Smith—born 1961—of the Progressive Art Punk outfit Cardiacs). The next Producers album, Run For Your Life, was released in 1985 on a small Atlanta-based independent label. That album featured a collaboration between The Producers and Kansas, "Can't Cry Anymore," a song which appeared on both Run For Your Life and the 1986 Kansas album Power. The Producers regained a major label contract in the late 1980s with MCA Records and recorded what was to be their fourth album, Coelacanth, but the band was one of several dropped in a 1989 label purge at MCA before the album could be released. Coelacanth was finally released in 2001. The band "retired" in 1991 but still plays shows from time to time around the Southeast.
Original bass player and vocalist Kyle Henderson now fronts a new band called Kyle Henderson's Blue Eyed Soul which is a Madison, Wisconsin area based four piece that covers songs by Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Otis Redding, plus modern purveyors of that tradition. http://www.kylehendersonmusic.com
Van Temple now plays in a Classic Rock band called Reason Y in Atlanta. http://reasonyband.com
Wayne Famous is currently a taxi driver in the Atlanta area and occasionally doing session work and occasional composer and sound effects jobs.[1] In addition to their various solo projects, The Producers continue to perform live shows, primarily in the southeastern and midwestern United States.
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- Unofficial Website for The Producers
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On Oct. 16, the man pleaded guilty to child abuse, a third-degree felony. The attempted murder charge was dismissed.
Second District Judge Brent West suspended a prison sentence of up to five years in favor of 36 months probation and credit for the 618 days Flores has already served at the Weber County jail. Because Flores is in the country illegally, he was released to ICE officials, according to court documents.
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