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PEX-AL-PEX pipe is a five-layer composite pipe that combines the advantages of a metal and plastic pipe and eliminates the disadvantages of both materials at the same time. The aluminum core is absolutely diffusion tight; it reliably prevents oxygen/gases from permeating into pipe. It compensates and reduces snap-back forces and heat expansion with changes of temperature. PEX multilayer composite pipe consists of an overlapped or butt welded aluminum core with an inner and outer layer or high temperature-resistant polyethylene. All layers are permanently bonded together by intermediate adhesive layers. The aluminum thickness for PEX-AL-PEX pipe has been selected to meet compressive and flexural strength requirements. Overlapped welded PEX pipe is co-extruded with one step with perfect adhesive between inner layer and aluminum, high and stable pressure resistance, of which welding style is ultrasonic.
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PEX 's flexibility and strength at temperatures ranging from below freezing up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit makes it an ideal piping material for hot and cold water plumbing systems, service lines, hydronic radiant heating systems, snow melting applications, ice rinks and refrigeration warehouses.
The flexibility of PEX allows it to be supplied in coils meaning installations under the slab can be made in a single, continuous length without the need for fittings. PEX is not affected by concrete.
PEX saves money in many ways. For the installer, PEX tubing is competitively priced. Installation of flexible systems is fast because of the easy handling of the tubing and PEX installation requires fewer directional fittings. Since most plumbing problems occur at joints, fewer fittings also reduce the chances for leaks and callbacks, saving the installer even more time. The homeowner saves in the cost of the installed system, and can reduce utility costs in some layouts .
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AmphetaDesk is a solid aggregator of RSS feeds and displays them in a highly customizable web page. AmphetaDesk is less helpful when it comes to organizing, archiving and using news, though.
- AmphetaDesk is highly customizable
- Adding new RSS feeds is easy
- Works across platforms, open source
- AmphetaDesk can't organize or search feeds
- No news filtering, archiving or flagging
- One update schedule has to fit all
- AmphetaDesk aggregates RSS feeds and displays them via a web interface.
- The AmphetaDesk display can be customized through HTML templates and Perl text processing.
- AmphetaDesk makes it easy to add new channels, comes with many to select from.
- Can work with Radio UserLand subscription icons and with OPML files.
- AmphetaDesk supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux/BSD/Unix.
Guide Review - AmphetaDesk 0.93.1 - RSS News Feed Reader
Do you remember the early days of the web, when you would build your own newspaper from multiple feeds and have it displayed as a concise site? AmphetaDesk does this on your desktop, and it does it a little better.
AmphetaDesk aggregates news from RSS feeds and lets you read them on a page that can be customized flexibly and also quite easily using a combination of HTML and Perl.
Unfortunately, AmphetaDesk suffers from what I think killed those early custom newspapers, too: email is the better interface to reading news.
In AmphetaDesk, it's easy to read news, but there's no way to organize, search, archive, remember — use — the news.


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Advertiser ADPC Product KIZAD Entrant THE BRAND UNION Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Type of Entry: Design Category: Corporate Identity Schemes Title: KIZAD — THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE OF TOMORROW Advertiser/Client: ADPC Product/Service: KIZAD Entrant Company: THE BRAND UNION Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Design/Advertising Agency: THE BRAND UNION Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Creative Credits Name Company Position Matthew Laubscher The Brand Union Executive Creative Director Simon Parkinson The Brand Union Design Director Iain Young The Brand Union Senior Designer Francine Bentley The Brand Union Senior Interior Designer Iain Webster The Brand Union Executive Client Director Sameera Wasti The Brand Union Senior Client Manager Nicki Percival The Brand Union Senior Client Manager Jennifer Watson The Brand Union Client Manager Ambrish Chaudhry The Brand Union Senior Strategist Brief Explanation: The brand seeks to transform perceptions of industrial zones while the project strives to create the industrial zone of tomorrow. The project's scale and responsibilities required the development of a compelling and robust world-class brand, capable of engaging with multiple stakeholders (including nine diverse industrial sectors). The brand had to be relevant for heavyweight multinational industrialists, smaller downstream enterprises, utility and service partners and the international business media. The brand also needed to connect with strategic partners who contribute towards Abu Dhabi's economic vision 2030. It was also key for the industrial zone to inspire future generations of Abu Dhabi and provide careers in industry. Describe the brief from the client: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) briefed The Brand Union in May 2010 to develop a brand for its flagship Industrial Zone at Taweelah, located between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The zone's area will be 417 square kilometres, making it 2/3rds the size of Singapore and its objective is to develop the industrial sector, supporting the diversification of the economy. It is a cornerstone in delivering Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 and is targeted to contribute 15% of non-oil GDP. Description of how you arrived at the final design: The zone was named Kizad (Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi) and an identity was created with a dynamic, purposeful, yet sophisticated logomark and an understated, approachable typeface. The clean and powerful design language makes use of elements from the logomark and features heavyweight black (integrity), industrial silver (expertise) and a distinctive rubine red (inspiration) as an accent colour. Photography reflects both the scale and the human aspect of the brand and brings warmth and personality into the traditionally sober realm of industrial branding. Indication of how successful the outcome was in the market: While the true success of the Kizad brand will be measured in future years, strong progress engaging audiences has been achieved, with several multi-million dollar agreements having been signed: Demonstration that the Kizad brand has succeeded in giving confidence to investors in a challenging investment climate and is on track to deliver a lasting legacy for the UAE's people and economy.
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You may not have heard the unmanned vehicles coming, but they're here. The market for humanless planes, boats and ground vehicles has exploded, creating a whole new tech sector for the Pacific Northwest. The business at the core of the cluster is Insitu, which has logged 245,000 flight hours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over five years Insitu has grown from a promising 30-employee startup in tiny Bingen, Wash., to a thriving 720-employee Boeing subsidiary spilling across the state line into Oregon and seeding a whole new crop of spinoffs and suppliers. Insitu is moving about 150 employees across the river into Hood River and considering building a large campus somewhere in the Columbia River Gorge. Its remotely operated, nearly undetectable airplanes have performed well overseas and could one day assist with wildlife monitoring, oil exploration and forest fire prevention. Insitu has joined key regional players in the industry in the newly formed Cascade Chapter of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. The group met at the Allison Inn in Newberg in November and heard a presentation about the latest in robotic vehicle research from Oregon State University professor Belinda Batten, an expert in dynamics and control. The market for these businesses is huge and growing rapidly. The Obama Administration is requesting $3.5 billion for unmanned planes in fiscal 2010, a good chunk of which is expected to go to Insitu and its local suppliers. Also well positioned to cash in are:
• Evergreen International Aviation, the McMinnville defense contractor that is billing itself online as "the first and only unmanned aerial service provider." • Wilsonville-based FLIR Systems, which builds cameras for high-altitude surveillance and a laser targeting system that's promoted in an online video featuring a series of impressive remote explosions. • Clackamas-based Oregon Iron Works, which has developed an unmanned seaplane called the Sea Scout. • Cloud Cap Technologies of Hood River, which sells autopilot systems and small cameras to Insitu and other manufacturers. • Northwest UAV Propulsion Systems, which imports parts from Germany and builds super-light and efficient engines in McMinnville. FLIR, Cloud Cap and Insitu have registered for a Jan. 31 conference in Singapore sure to be an over-the-top geek fest for robotics nuts and a great place to land contracts. Business Oregon, the state's economic development arm, is also encouraging smaller players in the industry to attend by offering a grant to cover expenses. "Everybody's rushing to show off what they've got," says Mark Zanzmill, who manages business development for Cloud Cap. "It's like what I imagine the auto industry was like when cars first came out." BEN JACKLET |
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dave delivered 52 newspapers in all on saturday and sunday. he delivered 8 more newspapers on sunday than on saturday.how many newspapers did dave delive on sunday? explain how you solved. 52newspapers in all saturday:? | sunday:? | 8 more than saturday my son wrote- so 22+22=...
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So, the PSP2 was announced today but with a new code name, NGP (Next Generation Portable), even though it clearly says PlayStation on the front of it. I do have to admit, it's so beautiful, also, it's more than I could've ever hoped it would be. Now it's just up to Sony to keep the price down and the features true.
Sony claims that the graphics of the NGP rival that of PS3. That's amazing. And I was blown away by Infinity Blade on the iPhone, this can only make my head explode. The power of PS3 in my hands and more!
Before I go any further, I will warn everyone that this will involve a lot of fanboyism and excitement. So if you hate the NGP already, stop reading.
First off, what I like the most about this is that it's not a phone. It's a dedicated platform. However, Sony has said that through PlayStation Suite for Android 2.3 (hopefully some iPhone porting in the future?) you can access PlayStation games to play through it. Thankfully, they're doing something similar to Microsoft and their Windows Phone 7 platform in that it has to meet specific requirements and be certified by Sony to be able to run it. This way their name's not being tainted.
The more I read about this this morning, the more I loved. The NGP will feature full 3G connectivity (hopefully no subscriber service) that will deliver information to the LiveArea (picture above). As IGN put it:
"Think about how fast you can open and close apps on an iPhone; same speed here when launching games," – Ryan Clements, IGN
That's amazing. The LiveArea, if delivered as promised, features a lot of community based features. Such as a Live Message Board, friends list, trophy area, and above all, if your friend is playing a game near by, you can join them seamlessly through the 3G connection, and apparently without having to purchase it either. I really hope this is all true because the original PSP was really horrible for anything online related. The only game (that I owned) that anyone seemed to play or was even simple to get into online play was Rainbow Six: Vegas, which was so bad. Well, not so, but let's not get side tracked here. But to sum it up, LiveArea is XMB on crack. With multi-touch.
The back of the NGP features a gigantic touch area for multi-touch based actions, so push and pull with finger swipes and multi-fingers for better in-game interaction. Not to mention the screen is also multi-touch, so imagine a lot of iPhone game like gestures incorporated into the game play, with actual physical buttons on the side.
As you can see from the images all over the web, the long demanded second analog nub has been added.
A front and rear facing camera as well as bluetooth connectivity, undoubtedly for both in game and out of game chat. If only they could bring something like that to PS3.
I think that about covers everything I wanted to say, other than the aforementioned I'm so very excited for this. I hope the price isn't too high or as twitter has mentioned NGP = Not Gonna Purchase. And with the 3DS being launched at $249.99USD, they'll have to keep it below the $299.99 mark. So please, Sony, as a faithful purchaser of your products, don't fuck this up. As you've been known to do with ridiculous launch pricing in the past *cough* PS2, PS3, PSP *cough*


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When Bigfork Elementary School students come home excitedly talking about lions, heroes and downward-facing dogs, parents may think they are talking about characters from books.
However, what the kids are actually referring to are yoga poses they are learning this year as a way to keep them moving and teach them how to be still.
reprinted from The Fine Art of Teaching Yoga to Children by Pamela Hollander, M.A.
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On July 22, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister And Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Hanoi. The Secretary said:
"The Obama Administration is prepared to take the U.S.-Vietnam relationship to the next level on these issues and in new areas of cooperation. We see this relationship not only as important on its own merits, but as part of a strategy aimed at enhancing American engagement in the Asia Pacific and in particular Southeast Asia. We spoke about a range of challenges affecting regional security, including Burma, North Korea, territorial disputes in the South China Sea, and we welcome Vietnam's constructive leadership and its excellent contributions to ASEAN, including its very important role as ASEAN chair. We also discussed our growing cooperation on civil nuclear power and counter-proliferation efforts. Vietnam is an active partner in both areas."
The Secretary continued, "The United States is committed to working with nations everywhere to help strengthen civil society as a fundamental ingredient of political, economic, and social progress. And Vietnam, with its extraordinary dynamic population, is on the path to becoming a great nation with an unlimited potential. And that is among the reasons we express concern about arrest and conviction of people for peaceful dissent, attacks on religious groups, and curbs on internet freedom.
"We look to work in a spirit of cooperation and friendship to support efforts to pursue reforms and protect basic rights and freedoms. And we are particularly seeking to promote economic progress in Vietnam through broad-based growth built on Vietnam's integration into the regional and global economy. We discussed our shared interest in expanding trade to create jobs in both countries. And I am very much supportive of Vietnam's participation as a full member in the Trans-Pacific partnership. As Vietnam embarks on labor and other reforms, the American businesses that are investing in Vietnam can provide expertise that will aid Vietnam's economic and infrastructure development."
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Get Up! Get, Get, Get Down! (pt. 1/2)
Teacher composed another impressive miniature mock building, and invited some fellow street artists to come over and get down on it.
Once again, amazing craftsmanship from Teacher, and very cool to see the community coming together on these projects. Its something like a mini-Art Show 2011.
Joined with art from LA_blue, Cali Love, Idle, and Pork.
Dig it. Stay up~
Cali Love,
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- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2012 at 12:08 AM
and the homie TRiX who made the side of the mini building incredible with that hand made sticker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! handlin my dude!
LA_blue - AnonymousJanuary 29, 2012 at 9:04 AM
big thanks also to Sprout and Trix. its kinda hard to see, but in the second pic, Trix is standing up bent over freehand drawing practically upside down! this guy has got amazing talent! thanks again guys for all your efforts and great company! this piece is almost done now - few more pieces to come.
~teacher - AnonymousJanuary 30, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Sprouts taught me how to get up, now I get down and side ways and thanx to LAblue and Teach I'm gunna stay up.
TRiX - AnonymousJanuary 31, 2012 at 10:10 PM
I'll tell you who they are, a bunch of sexy ass mo fuckers! haha
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Thread: Alternatives to Margaret?
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Alternatives to Margaret?
We are expecting our second child and I'm dreading the girl name discussion with my husband. He loves the name Margaret Elizabeth and cannot let any other girl names into his heart. I love Elizabeth but simply do not like Margaret as a first name. I'm looking for names with a similar sound/style as Margaret (harder consonants is what he likes). Similar meanings (like Pearl) are less appealing to him than finding a similar sound, but worth considering.
Thanks for your ideas!Mom to Luke Russell
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City bus simulator serial number software: Transport passengers around a realistic city!, DOS Serial Communication under Windows, Disk Serial Number Changer helps you to modif and more.
Bus Driver 1.0
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Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.scssoft.com/ | ||
Type: Demo | Releases: Mar 22, 2007 | ||||
Cost: $29.99US | Developer: SCS Software | ||||
In Bus Driver PC driving game, your job is to transport passengers around an attractive and realistic city. You must drive to a timetable on a planned route, whilst obeying traffic rules, and taking care not to upset or injure your passengers. This makes Bus Driver unlike any other driving game - the experience of driving a bus is very different from blazing through a racing circuit. |
file size: 61497k | Keywords: network, bus simulation, serial, bus game, driving |
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COMM Extender 1.8
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Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.adontec.com | ||
Type: Commercial | Releases: Dec 21, 2010 | ||||
Cost: $265.00US | Developer: ADONTEC COMPUTER SYSTEMS | ||||
With COMM Extender it's now easy to run old and new DOS serial communication software in modern Windows environment. With ease you connect to standard onboard serial ports like COM1 and COM2, serial ports on a multiport card (PCI-Bus, PCIe-Bus etc.), serial ports on USB adapter or Ethernet Port Server (COMM Server). Nearly every serial port visible in Windows is accessible. COMM Extender runs completely in background. No visual user interface. |
file size: 733k | Keywords: Serial, modem, serial, protect, Windows |
Get System Info ActiveX 220.127.116.11
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Platforms: | Homepage: visit | ||
Type: Shareware | Releases: Mar 25, 2012 | ||||
Cost: $24.95US | Developer: IncreaseCore Tech | ||||
Get System Info ActiveX is an ActiveX component(ActiveX control) for developer that can gain the system information. You can use it to read the serial number of hard disk or CPUID easily. Each Hard Disks have Unique Serial Number, some time it is necessary to get the hard disk serial number. So Get System Info ActiveX helps us to get the Hard disk serial number easily and efficiently, you can use this serial number to create an machine id. |
file size: 627k | Keywords: Vb disk serial, c hard di, get disk serial, get disk serial number, get hard disk serial number |
2Tware Volume Serial Number Changer 1.8.4
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Platforms: | Homepage: visit | ||
Type: Shareware | Releases: Oct 07, 2011 | ||||
Cost: $14.95US | Developer: 2Tware Tech Co., Ltd | ||||
Volume Serial Number Changer helps you to modify your disk drive's Volume Serial Number (not hard disk's physical serial which you can find at back of your hard disk), the format of Volume Serial Number is: (X - 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F). Volume Serial Number is a serial number assigned by the Operating System to a disk volume. This disk serial number is automatically generated and assigned when you format a disk partition a |
file size: 1758k | Keywords: 2Tware, serial, Volume Serial Number changer, Disk Serial Number, 2Tware Volume Serial Number Changer |
Visual Protocol Simulator VPS 1.24
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Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.microsant.com | ||
Type: Shareware | Releases: Jul 02, 2011 | ||||
Cost: $9.95US | Developer: Microsant Technology Inc | ||||
Visual protocol Simulator software is a complete integrated development environment (IDE) for proprietary protocol design, file transfer protocol FTP design, integration testing, text messaging, project management, packet simulation, analyzing, monitoring and data logging. VPS is simple and easy to use, no scripting is required. You could simply open the simulator dialog box type in your bytes and click RUN to send, click SAVE when you done. |
file size: 875k | Keywords: net, analyzer, network monitor, log, print screen |
HDD Firmware Serial Number Source Code 1.01
5/5 (8 votes)
Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.browsedatabase.com | ||
Type: Shareware | Releases: May 27, 2004 | ||||
Cost: $45.00US | Developer: BrowseDatabase.com | ||||
We provide the source code which: Works on Win-NT, Win-2000, Win-XP, Do not require Administrative logins (so can be coded in ASP / ASP.NET), Do not require WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation), Utilizes the Windows API to arrive at HDD Firmware Serial Number. Is a lightweight code of few lines only. Retrieves HDD Firmware Serial Number, HDD Model Number, Drive Controller Revision Number and other details. |
file size: 1416k | Keywords: Command, GUI, slot, license, disk |
GetDiskSerial.DLL 3.0.0
5/5 (2 votes)
Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.devlib.net | ||
Type: Shareware | Releases: Aug 06, 2006 | ||||
Cost: $19.95US | Developer: Devlib,Inc. | ||||
The GetDiskSerial.DLL is a standard 32-bit DLL file.You can use it to read the serial number of hard disk easily. As we all know, this serial number is unique in the world. So this DLL is of great use, for example, you can use this serial number to creat an encrypt number. |
file size: 50k | Keywords: disk, Disk No, GetDiskSerial, activex, cd |
Eltima Virtual Serial Port Driver 6.0
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Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.virtualserialport.com/ | ||
Type: Shareware | Releases: May 22, 2007 | ||||
Cost: $99.95US | Developer: Virtual Serial Port Software | ||||
Eltima Virtual Serial Port Driver 6.0 enables you to create any number of pure virtual serial ports in your system connected into pairs via virtual null-modem cable without using any real serial ports. Virtual Serial Ports appear to operating system or any Windows application as "standard" hardware serial ports. This is helpful for serial software and GPS software developers, telecommunication and data transmission specialists. |
file size: 2831k | Keywords: ports, serial port driver, ports, virtual serial port driver, serial |
Eltima Serial Port Terminal 5.0
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Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.eltima.com | ||
Type: Shareware | Releases: Mar 24, 2006 | ||||
Cost: $39.95US | Developer: ELTIMA Software GmbH | ||||
Eltima Serial Port Terminal is an ideal tool for testing, debugging and troubleshooting serial port devices. It lets you work with numerous number of ports simultaneously, both serial and virtual ones. You can easily alter baudrate, databits, parity, stop bits, flow control parameters and dynamically apply these changes to serial port settings on the go. You can always check for history of typed commands. |
file size: 2447k | Keywords: Serial port terminal, serial, com port terminal, RS232 |
DTgrafic Bus Stop 3 1.1.0
4.67/5 (3 votes)
Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.dtgrafic.com | ||
Type: Shareware | Releases: May 19, 2005 | ||||
Cost: $18.90US | Developer: DTgrafic GmbH | ||||
This interactive screensaver portrays life at a bus stop, which changes according to the time of day and the season of the year. Adjustable day/dusk/night and summer/winter. The designs of the bus, suburban railway and the lorry can be customised as required. With integral MP3 player. Includes message function. Temperature and weather display. |
file size: 12321k | Keywords: Entertainment, download, comic, burn, dtgrafic |
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Target has been a better stock than larger rival Wal-Mart Stores over the past few years.
Heck, shares of Dr Pepper Snapple have outperformed both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo by a wide margin this year.
But in the world of technology, particularly consumer gadgets, it seems that only first place will do. It reminds me of the scene from "Glengarry Glen Ross." "Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired."
That brings us to Research in Motion (RIMM). Shares of the BlackBerry smartphone maker have been crushed in the past few weeks, due largely to concerns that its hotly anticipated new Torch phone is not selling as well as hoped.
Research in Motion shares have plunged more than 15% just this month and are barely above their 52-week low.
Investors are worried that tech consumers only have eyes for Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) and its iPhone, and to a lesser extent, some of the many smartphones that run on Google's (GOOG, Fortune 500) Android operating system, such as the HTC Evo and Motorola's (MOT, Fortune 500) various Droid phones.
Possible bans of BlackBerry services by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and India over security concerns may also be weighing on the stock.
But is this BlackBerry puree overdone? Research in Motion, after all, is now trading at less than 9 times earnings estimates for the fiscal year that ends in February 2011 -- even though analysts expect profits to increase 27%.
Mike Ambrasky, an analyst with RBC Securities in Toronto, wrote in a report last week that it was unfair to look solely at Torch sales as an indicator of how Research in Motion will do going forward.
"Torch is not a 'Hail Mary'. Torch is the first of many new mobile devices of RIM's portfolio of devices, all of which are expected to have BlackBerry 6 and more," he wrote, referring to the company's newest mobile operating system.
Ambrasky also pointed out that estimated sales of about 150,000 Torch phones in its opening weekend is roughly in line with the debuts of some of the recent Android phones.
That's true. But the problem is that those numbers pale in comparison to the juggernaut that is Apple, which sold more than 1.7 million iPhone 4 models in its first three days.
Pablo Perez-Fernandez, an analyst with MKM Partners in Corte Madera, Calif., said that it's unfair to compare BlackBerrys to Apples so to speak because the iPhone is "special." Fernandez said he thinks shares of Research in Motion have been unfairly punished and that it's a good bargain now.
Not everyone agrees. The fact that the Torch is not generating as much attention as the iPhone is not surprising, but it is still troubling.
Scott Sutherland, an analyst with Wedbush Securities in San Francisco, said that according to his research, Torch sales at partner AT&T (T, Fortune 500) have slowed even further since the initial launch.
It's also hard to imagine if other new RIM offerings that will be compatible with BlackBerry 6, such as an updated Curve, could capture the imagination of consumers either.
"Apple and Android have all the buzz for consumers. If you want to get consumers excited, you have to make something that's a step above them, not just catch up with them," said Sutherland, who downgraded the stock to a "neutral" last week. "BlackBerry may be able to retain some of their corporate users but not attract new ones on the consumer side."
With that in mind, some worry that there are eerie similarities between Research in Motion and Palm, the once-hot smartphone maker that failed to keep up with Apple, Research in Motion and others.
After Palm's Pre phone flopped, the company's stock took a nasty dive and some feared that it may not have enough cash to make it for the long-term. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ, Fortune 500) finally stepped in and agreed to buy the company earlier this year, however.
Chris Bulkey, an analyst with Technology Research Group in Narberth, Pa., said Research in Motion could suffer the same fate. For now, the company's sales and profits are still growing, but the pace is slowing.
And without a hot product on the horizon, Bulkey, who has a "sell" rating on the stock, said it's hard to envision a bright future for Research in Motion.
"Research in Motion sells a commoditized product. There is margin pressure and the revenue growth is weak," Bulkey said. "Over the long-term, they may need someone to bail them out like HP did with Palm if they see value in the technology."
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I don't like the quality of the video review. It was very blurry when you had it in fullscreen, even when it was on 720p.
What other game allows for so many uses, and is so open-ended? Take, for example, the following:
this game is realy awsome.
you can add mods to the game (new resources, mobs, ways of games)
Does anyone know if they will do an updated review of minecraft as it progresses? As a lot of the unfinished aspects of the game have been fleshed out and improved since this review was posted.
They should create a special tool in the game that allows users to set up non-lan servers easily with special in game controls to manage it all.
minecraft is amazing and if you watch the yogscast, thesyndicateproject...ect....
you'll know what an amazing game it is, i mean you can create anything you can imagine!
warcraft, starcraft...minecraft? Cut the crap minecraft...8.5 rating? Total BS!!! The game feels like crap. I couldn't believe a friend of mine wasted money on this game. I really don't like the idea of playing in a world I create (where's the fun in that?) and the graphics totally sucks and it hurts in the eyes just playing it in at least half an hour. I remember playing a pc game with a better graphics than this 6 years ago.
I think the reviewer is lying in front of everyone watching this review. No offense to the fans of this game, but it really feels like "crap" and boring as hell. "Brutal challenge..?" BORING! The review is a big lie. Probably the reviewer is just a long time fan.
i agree with his review completely, only that the crafting system is quite enjoyable because learning in games can be quite fun, as instead of gaining "XP" youre actually learning and gaining more and more experiances in the game that allow you to quickly know what to do. and thats very exciting believe it or not. its exciting in the sense that instead of it telling you what or how to do something, you get to find out yourself, whether that be looking it up on the internet or legitmately figuring it out on the spot, either way finding out how it works in the game is very very fun. its like finding another king tuts tomb. its just this feeling of joy and overall excitment. definitly the multiplayer is the best part as well. if youre interested in a server that would work best i highly recommend LOSTCRAFT. they have PVP, FreeBuild, Survival, and soon to be Hungar Games Server, really good server listings! and no im not a paid advertiser either i legitmately (after looking everywhere for a good server) founf LOSTCRAFT and found it to be the very best of the best! check it out!
Oh.... I played the free demo and it sucked horribly. Now looking at this I can see why poeple even play this game lol. Looks amazing! F(U&*(&^ck graphics..... Looks like fun!
where do you get it from is it on a disc or is it better to download it from the website?
@ErdeiMarius The game isn't about good graphics, it's all about gameplay, which is actually quite addictive.
good review, your the best reviewer. @erdeimarius i had the same mind set as you. but its a good game. think of it as this. people like to make model airplanes or build puzzles. this game alows you make anything that you can think of with no limits and you can show it off to your friends.
After further consideration I relize that this game is quite possibly the worst game in the world so never play this game ever good gye
@The_Great_Purge that's just your opinion, and the graphics are supposed to be like that, it is all 8-bit and old school, I'm no fan of minecraft either but you don't need to go on this crazy rage cuz some people actually like stuff like this
@The_Great_Purge You obviously have't played this game, the whole,"My Friend plays it so I know exactly what the game is about" is what's BS. This game is addicting. Very Addicting.
minecraft is, at the moment, only dig. distributed. Im under the impression that mojang stated they don't see it coming out on a physical disk. i'd like to note that terraria, which was based on minecraft, was released on physical disk when the dev team decided they are stopping work on new features for the game.
No. It isn't a joke. This game is utterly fantastic. Maybe you should try it?
Really? How is it the worst game in the world? Or is this a poor attempt at trolling?


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Crenshaw Subway Coalition v. LA County MTA (LA Superior Court Case No. BS 134507)
Last Friday, our coalition of residents, merchants, property owners and stakeholders concerned about the future of Crenshaw Blvd and Leimert Park Village took the historic step of filing a lawsuit against the Antonio Villaraigosa-led MTA for violating environmental and civil rights laws when the MTA board approved the Crenshaw-LAX project on September 22nd.
Donate today to help fund the lawsuit.
The current MTA/Villaraigosa plan with no station at Leimert Park Village and a business killing street-level segment on Crenshaw Blvd from 48th to 59th Street is disruptive, destructive, dangerous, disrespectful and discriminatory. MTA broke the law when approving the project.
The unacceptable and illegal plan, which is an attack on Crenshaw businesses, a threat to the school children of View Park Prep and Crenshaw H.S., and will kill our community's dreams of a Crenshaw Blvd revitalization exists ONLY because at the May 26th MTA board meeting, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa decided he would ignore the chorus of over 600 South L.A. politicians, clergy, business and community leaders and lead the charge against a motion to appropriate the funding to put the rail line underground the entirety of Crenshaw Blvd and return the Leimert Park Village station to the project.
So it is clear, we are in court today against MTA, because Villaraigosa refuses to return our own tax dollars to South L.A. so the Crenshaw-LAX project can be a good, safe and productive neighbor to the Crenshaw community.
To quote Danny Bakewell, Sr. after the meeting: "We've tried friendly negotiations, trying to use our influence and at this point, we've come up short with nothing."
About Our Attorneys & The Lawsuit
Our attorneys are environmental law specialist Johnson & Sedlack. They've successfully represented clients as esteemed as the Sierra Club, Audubon Society and Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice. They are perhaps best known for repeatedly taking on corporate retail giant Wal-Mart for violating environmental laws in their expansion plans.
When we went searching for the best possible representation we knew we needed accomplished warriors who regularly face Goaliaths bigger than MTA and beat them! Johnson & Sedlack is that firm.
In the lawsuit, our attorneys identified a dozen major legal violations with the project's environmental document, including the state's civil rights act and 11 specific violations of the California Environmental Quality Act. Each of our claims are strong, and yet it only takes a judge validating one for our case to be successful. Click here to read the lawsuit.
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In this epic battle there will be some costs. The largest cost in the near term is the compilation of what is known as the administrative record – all the studies, correspondence, memos, etc. MTA has in their records regarding the project. It is a legal requirement that we pay this cost and based on other lawsuits for similar projects it is projected to cost at least $25,000.
We have established the deadline of November 30 to raise $25,000 and we can do it, but only with your help. Please donate today.
If you care about the future of Leimert Park Village and Crenshaw Blvd – if you care about the safety of motorists, elders, pedestrians and children – if you care about environmental laws being adhered to – if you simply care about the South L.A. community being respected and the protection of civil rights for all people, please click on the button below to donate today with your debit or credit card. Alternatively, you can send a check made out and addressed to Crenshaw Subway Coalition, P.O. Box 432181, Los Angeles, CA 90043.
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Episode Preview: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland 1-7: Bad Blood
After having Thanksgiving off, we're back to Wonderland Thursday night. Alice is gong to be in for a shock when she learns that her father has made it to Wonderland. I can't wait to see how that will play out … Continue reading
Once Upon a Time Preview: 3-9 – Save Henry
It's been two long weeks since the last episode of Once Upon a Time aired. Can't wait to see what happens next when it finally returns this Sunday night. As the last episode ended, Henry voluntarily plunged his heart into … Continue reading
TV Preview: Castle 6-10 – The Good, the Bad, and the Baby
Wait a minute. Is this week's episode of Castle set in the future? Are we witnessing the christening of Castle and Beckett's first kid? I didn't even know she was pregnant. Actually, no, although I'm sure we'll get to see … Continue reading
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland 1-6 Preview – Who's Alice?
Our characters are branching out all over Wonderland, and it is going to give them lots of storytelling possibilities as they attempt to cover everyone. We'll get our first glimpse of that this coming week. Let's get the run down, … Continue reading
Castle Episode Preview 6-9 – Disciple
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: stock Android is the way to go. I hate it when manufacturers add custom UIs, bloatware, and unnecessary lag to our beloved Android operating system, so, naturally, I was overjoyed to hear that the T-Mobile G2 would ship with a stock build of Android. Early reviewers seem to agree with this, and overall, they seem to think highly of the device. Let's take a look at some of those reviews that have been posted so far.
The old myTouch 3G may not have been the most powerful Android device out there, so thinking of a phone that goes by the same name while promising to be T-Mobile's next flagship device may take some getting used to, but if this leaked spec sheet proves to be true, it might just be worth it.
Most of what we see above has already been announced, including the new myTouch's WiFi calling capabilities, but the sheet does pack one big surprise: T-Mobile TV.
- Rooting Explained + Top 5 Benefits Of Rooting
- 8 Great Apps Every Rooted Android User Should Know About
- Custom ROMs Explained And Why You Want Them
- How To Fully Back Up And Restore Your Android Phone Using Nandroid Backup
- How To Flash A Custom ROM To Your Android Phone With ROM Manager + Full Backup & Restore
Android hackers have definitely come a long way since first rooting the T-Mobile G1 - it is no longer a surprise to see a device rooted on or even before launch day.
At CTIA, Motorola recently demonstrated a new feature for Motorola Android phones called MotoPrint. The feature allows users to print documents from their phones to a supposedly "wide range" of printers.
MotoPrint, while still in beta, is able to print PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, and certain graphics via your local network printer. Currently, MotoPrint does not come with the phone, unlike the ability to copy and paste; instead, MotoPrint is an app that must be downloaded separately, presumably from the Market.
As we previously reported, Oracle America has filed suit against Google for (primarily) patent infringement. If you're not familiar with the case, I'll quickly summarize.
Oracle claims Google is in violation of seven U.S. patents previously filed by Sun Microsystems as part of the Java platform. Oracle now owns Sun. The alleged infringer, more specifically, is Android. If you want a more detailed explanation, read the next paragraph. If not, look at the pretty picture and continue.
The lucky folks over at French tech blog JournalDuGeek got themselves some on-wrist time with Sony Ericsson's OLED Bluetooth watch/remote/alert terminal. If you're not familiar with the device, check out our coverage of its official announcement in September: Sony Ericsson Outs The LiveView Remote For Android Devices...
JDG posted some rather blurry pics of the device, whilst also disclosing a price and rough release date: €59 in November. Considering Sony are known for "aspirational" pricing, this is very pleasing if true.
Seems like the HTC phones are really taking up the lions share of Android news lately, doesn't it? First the G2 was rooted, and shortly after we learned that HTC did its best to prevent perma-rooting. And just this morning, we heard word that the Desire HD and Z are both being delayed. Quite a mouthful, we know - but now that you're up to speed: an enterprising individual by the name of kholk over at XDA-Devs has come up with a root method for the HTC Desire Z.
In case you have been living under a rock, you might not have heard that T-Mobiles HTC G2 was rooted - but only temporarily. After root was gained, it was discovered that HTC included a fail safe measure into the phone that removes root access upon reboot. This blatant attempt to stop users from rooting their phones is being called a "security measure" by HTC. T-Mobile sent the following response to Androinica after they posted an article about the inability to permanently root the G2.
Bad news for our European friends: word from retailers is that the releases of the HTC Desire HD and Desire Z have been delayed until the end of the month. Why? The phones seem to be caught up in Google's testing process:
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One of BGR's sources at Sprint just dropped them a note saying the Samsung Galaxy Tab will be launching on November 14... for $399 with a 2-year contract. They also say that full retail price of the Tab will be $600.
Seems pretty stupidly-expensive to me. I suppose that comes from the current plethora of crappy, low-end, low price Android tablets on the market. Sure, this is the first high-end Android tablet to hit the market, but come on, now: the retail price is $30 lower than the equivalent iPad, which is 3" bigger and has the Apple markup.


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Canadians addede to Calgary UFC card this July
TORONTO - Light-heavyweight Thiago Silva and welterweight Thiago (Pitbull) Alves are off the UFC 149 card July 21 in Calgary due to injury.
Silva was due to meet former 205-pound champion Mauricio (Shogun) Rua while Alves was slated to face Siyar Bahadurzada, who was an injury replacement for Yoshihiro Akiyama.
Chris Clements of London, Ont., will step in for Alves at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Clements (11-4) won a split decision in his UFC debut at UFC 145 over Keith Wisniewski.
A new opponent for Rua will be announced at a later date.
In other UFC 149 news, Winnipeg bantamweight Roland Delorme (8-1) will meet Bibiano Fernandes (11-3) and welterweight Claude (The Prince) Patrick (14-2) of Mississauga, Ont., will fight James Head (8-2).
The previously announced Calgary main event pits featherweight champion Jose Aldo of Brazil against Erik Koch.
The UFC has fleshed out its UFC 150 card in Denver on Aug. 11. In featherweight action, Nik Lentz takes on Japan's Eiji Mitsuoka while "Ultimate Fighter" alumnus Dennis Bermudez meets Tom Hayden. Middleweight Michael Kuiper will face Jared (The Messenger) Hamman.
The previously announced main event is a rematch between lightweight champion Benson (Smooth) Henderson and Frankie (The Answer) Edgar.
Notes — Martin (The Hitman) Kampmann made US$124,000 for his win Friday over Jake Ellenberger in the main event of "The Ultimate Fighter Live" finale in Las Vegas. That included a $42,000 win bonus and $40,000 for fight of the night. Ellenberger collected $82,000. Lightweight Michael Chiesa, who won the TUF title, earned $56,000 including a submission of the night bonus while loser Al Iaquinta made $8,000. Chiesa also won a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The basic purse amounts provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission do not tell the whole financial story since the UFC does not detail all its bonuses.


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Patient-controlled epidural technique improves analgesia for labor but increases cesarean delivery rate compared with the intermittent bolus technique
Authors: Halonen, P.1; Sarvela, J.1; Saisto, T.2; Soikkeli, A.1; Halmesmäki, E.2; Korttila, K.1
Source: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Volume 48, Number 6, July 2004 , pp. 732-737(6)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Background:We tested the hypothesis that patient-controlled epidural analgesia for labor (PCEA) provides better analgesia and satisfaction than the intermittent bolus technique (bolus) without affecting the mode of delivery. Methods:
We randomized 187 parturients to receive labor analgesia using either the PCEA or bolus technique. The PCEA group received a starting bolus of 14 mg of bupivacaine and 60 µg of fentanyl in a 15-ml volume, followed by a background infusion (bupivacaine 0.08% and fentanyl 2 µg ml−1) 5 ml h−1 with a 5-ml bolus and 15-min lock-out interval. The bolus group received boluses of 20 mg of bupivacaine and 75 µg of fentanyl in a 15-ml volume. Results:
Parturients in the PCEA group had significantly (P < 0.05–0.01) less pain during the first and second stages of labor. There was no difference in the spontaneous delivery rate between the groups, but the cesarean delivery rate was significantly (P < 0.05) higher (16.3% vs. 6.7%) in the PCEA group than in the bolus group. Bupivacaine consumption was significantly (P < 0.01) higher (11.2 mg h−1 vs. 9.6 mg h−1) and the second stage of labor was significantly (P < 0.01) longer (70 min vs. 54 min) in the PCEA group than in the bolus group. Patient satisfaction was equally good in both groups. Conclusion:
The PCEA technique provided better pain relief. This was associated with higher bupivacaine consumption, prolongation of the second stage of labor, and an increased rate of cesarean section.
Keywords: Bupivacaine; fentanyl; mode of delivery; patient-controlled epidural analgesia
Document Type: Research Article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00413.x
Affiliations: 1: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care and 2: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Publication date: July 2004
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Oh dear, Mr Justice Singer no less was today ordered by the Court of Appeal to step down from a case for making what Lord Justice Ward called "thoroughly bad jokes". The case, El Farargy v El Farargy and Others, concerns financial proceedings on divorce and involves a Saudi sheik, Khalid Ben Abdullah Rashid Al Fawaz, who claims to own the former matrimonial home. Singer had apparently made a number of remarks to which the Sheik took exception, including that he could choose "to depart on his flying carpet" to escape paying costs, and that his evidence was "a bit gelatinous ... a bit like Turkish Delight". Lord Justice Ward described the case as "a singularly unsatisfactory, unfortunate and embarrassing matter".
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- Rob Morgan (Australia)19 November 2007 13:56
Hello, isn't it the judge's function to make thoroughly bad jokes in court, in order to provoke obsequy and braying laughter by Counsel?
Or have I been away from England for too long?
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Philosophy Weekend: Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk
by Levi Asher on Saturday, December 7, 2013 07:48 pmI wonder if all the glory that's been heaped upon Nelson Mandela since his death on Thursday is hurting his feelings. This level of adulation has got to be hard for anyone to endure, living or dead.
Well, the glory is well-deserved, but just for the sake of originality I'd like to celebrate two South Africans today: Nelson Mandela and his political opponent and partner F. W. de Klerk, the last white President of South Africa, who had the courage to take the steps to negotiate an end to apartheid. De Klerk's courage was very different from Nelson Mandela's, but it's no less worthy of praise.
Unlike Nelson Mandela, Frederik Willem de Klerk didn't really look like a hero. He was 18 years younger than Nelson Mandela, but his body shape and physical presence made him look 18 years older. Mandela spent 27 years in jail; de Klerk spent nearly his entire life as a politician in the government that kept Mandela there. Mandela was the son of a Xhosa chief; de Klerk's last name means "the clerk".
The Editor's Story: Andre Schiffrin and Daniel Menaker
by Levi Asher on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 06:08 pmLegendary book editor and publisher Andre Schiffrin died last weekend at the age of 78. Years ago, I read his memoir/broadside The Business of Books. Here's Schiffrin describing the scene at Random House in the early 1960s, after Random House acquired Pantheon Books, a literary publisher his father had helped to build:
Some Yucky Blucky News About Barbara Park and Junie B. Jones
by Levi Asher on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 09:16 amI would have never known about Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones books if my younger daughter hadn't been just the right age to catch on and bring the books home. I enjoyed reading them with her very much, and immediately recognized the character as a delightful 1990s version of Ramona G. Quimby, the inquisitive kindergarten scamp of my own generation.
What made Junie B. Jones different was the first-person voice created for her by Barbara Park -- a voice that dared to capture the real word patterns and thought processes of a little kid. Junie's sentences are blunt, stubby and hilariously self-centered.
Nine Concerts In Search of Lou Reed (Part 3)
by Levi Asher on Sunday, November 3, 2013 08:25 am(This blog post about my lifetime of Lou Reed concerts from 1979 to 2011 is the second of three parts. Here are part one and part two.)
It's Sunday morning, exactly one week since Lou Reed died. I've been touched by many tributes since then, and as I publish the final part in my three-part reminiscence of my 32 years of Lou Reed concerts, it occurs to me that my first two installments have been soundly negative about Lou Reed's musical career from 1979 to 1989 (roughly, his Chuck Hammer period and his Robert Quine period). I suppose I'm wallowing in the disappointment of his mediocre 1980s as a literary device, to set up the happy surprise of his return to form in that decade's last year. His work improved suddenly, almost magically, in 1989, and stayed good (even occasionally great) from that point on.
Lou Reed's career began with a 12-year run of amazing, anarchic, uneven, impossibly brilliant and beautiful work -- from the first Velvet Underground album in 1967 to Take No Prisoners in 1978. This 12-year run forms the core of Lou Reed's classic body of work. In 1979 he radically changed his style, suddenly establishing a mood of sobriety and rigid control in concert and in the recording studio. He seemed intent on subverting the anarchy and spontaneity of his earlier works. Some people love his tightly controlled, emotionally searing 1980s albums, from The Blue Mask to Mistrial. I find them suffocating and depressing, but that doesn't mean I begrudge Lou Reed the right to have created the work he wanted to create at this time.
In fact, he was probably saving his own life, because his ten-year period of artistic sobriety corresponded to a more personal form of sobriety. Several of his songs from the 1980s tell a stark tale of recovery from alcoholism ("Underneath the Bottle", "The Power of Positive Drinking", "Bottoming Out"). Though I critique the music Lou Reed produced during the 1980s, I would never critique his personal sobriety, and I'm simply thankful that Lou Reed did what was necessary to get his act together during these years. His successful and apparently permanent recovery from various substance addictions must be inspiring to many others who suffer through the same bleak trials.
Nine Concerts In Search of Lou Reed
by Levi Asher on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 11:33 pmIn the past 34 years I've seen Lou Reed in concert nine times. The last show was in 2011. The first was on July 10, 1979 at a nightclub called My Father's Place in Roslyn, Long Island. I was 17 years old.
Why did I spend 34 years of my life going to Lou Reed concerts? I suppose I was searching for Lou -- not as a father figure (who would want Lou Reed as a father?) nor as a guru (he really didn't seem to have his shit together at times). I was searching for him as a magus, a creator of Dionysian musical experiences, a demonic master of ceremonies. His concerts were legendarily wild and unpredictable, and his reputation for onstage insanity was at a peak by the late 1970s.
Supposedly a crazed drug addict in real life, Lou was known to act out intense psychodramas on stage. Sometimes he wore kabuki makeup. Sometimes his hair was bright blond and he pretended to shoot up on stage. Sometimes he harangued his audience with hilarious monologues (one of these nights was immortalized in the great 1978 live album Take No Prisoners). Sometimes he didn't say a word and just played.
Bardo for Lou Reed: Beginning to See the Light
by Levi Asher on Sunday, October 27, 2013 07:55 pmThree Books About the Rise and Fall of Spiro Agnew
by Levi Asher on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 04:40 pmThis week marks the 40th anniversary of Vice President Spiro Agnew's resignation on October 10, 1973. Strangely, I just checked Twitter and #agnew is not trending.
The morality tale of Spiro Agnew is an incredible story that deserves more attention than it currently gets. I'm honoring the anniversary here by reviewing the three major books that lay out all the facts in fascinating detail, even though all three books are currently out of print. The world may have forgotten Spiro Agnew, though the messy milieu of federal politics that enabled the Agnew affair is still very much with us today.
Carolyn Cassady, 1923 - 2013
by Brian Hassett on Friday, September 20, 2013 07:12 pm(Carolyn Cassady, a major figure from the earliest days of the Beat Generation and a valuable spokesperson for the feminine side of Beat culture, has died at the age of 90. Carolyn was married to Neal Cassady and was also beloved by Jack Kerouac, who wrote her into both 'On The Road' and 'Big Sur'. She published her memoir twice, first as 'Heartbeat' (which was made into a movie starring Sissy Spacek) and then (with greater perspective) as 'Off the Road'. I was privileged to have hung out with the delightful and brilliant Carolyn Cassady a few times, but I did not know her as well as her dear friend Brian Hassett, who wrote the tribute below for his website and took the photos on this page. -- Levi)
Another giant has fallen — another angel taken flight.
Carolyn Cassady has just left us to join Neal and Jack on that great road trip in the sky.
Her son John, the light of her life, was there by her side till the end.
Philosophy Weekend: Humbled at Gettysburg
by Levi Asher on Sunday, July 7, 2013 05:31 pmThis is the last of five blog posts inspired by the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. As I struggle to write this one today, I'm forced to admit two things that you'll very rarely ever hear me say.
First, I feel humbled. Second, I am at a loss for words.
Ray Manzarek
by Levi Asher on Monday, May 20, 2013 08:33 pmI saw Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist for the Doors who died today, at a poetry show with Michael McClure at the Bottom Line nightclub in New York City a few years ago. I was awestruck by both legends on that stage: McClure for being a Beat Generation poet and Ray Manzarek for being the most exciting keyboard player in the history of rock, the architect of the "Light My Fire" sound, a key literary/avant-garde scenester of the hippie and post-hippie era, and the enabler of Jim Morrison.


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Jon Fogarty (near left, with teammate Alex Gurney) stopped Ricky Taylor's six-race pole winning streak to preserve his own place in the Grand-Am Rolex Series record book while continuing to dominate qualifying at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Fogarty ran a lap of 1:32.999 (104.865mph) in the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Riley-Chevrolet to capture the pole position for Saturday's Montreal 200, Round 11 of the Rolex Series season. It was his fourth pole in five attempts at the 15-turn, 2.709-mile circuit.
The two-hour race takes the green flag at 11:15 a.m. ET Saturday. The race will be telecast on SPEED that evening at 7 p.m.
"The record is nice and everything, but it's not what we come here to do," Fogarty said after winning his 18th career pole and second of the season. "I won't disregard the fact that maybe I did feel a little bit of extra pressure. Ricky has been doing an awesome job all season, and they've been really tough to beat in qualifying."
Taylor began his pole streak at Lime Rock Park on Memorial Day in the No. 10 SunTrust Dallara-Chevy. He and co-driver Max Angelelli converted half of those poles into victories, winning both races at Watkins Glen International in addition to Lime Rock.
While Taylor has been quick to credit his team for his qualifying success, he took the share of blame for coming up short.
"I don't think I got quite as much out of the tries when they were at their best early in the session," admitted the 22-year-old college student. "Jon did a real good job today. Winning one pole is really satisfying for me. I'm just really happy I had that run of six."
David Donohue qualified a season-best third in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Riley-Porsche, with Paul Edwards and Ryan Dalziel rounding out the top five qualifiers. DP points leader Memo Rojas qualified seventh in the No. 01 TELMEX Riley-BMW he co-drives with Scott Pruett. The pair has won five of 10 races this season.
Boris Said and Andrew Davis went head to head in GT qualifying, trading the top spot four times before Said prevailed to win his second consecutive Montreal pole. Said ran a lap of 1:42.271 (95.408mph) in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Corvette. It was the same car that he raced at Montreal last year, replacing Marsh Racing's new primary car that was badly damaged at Watkins Glen last weekend in an incident involving NASCAR driver Joey Logano. Australian Owen Kelly will be co-driving this weekend.
"We have a long way to go to win the race, but it's nice to have a small victory today," commented Said, who will also be driving in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Montreal. "This track requires so much commitment and trust that you're not going to take the wall down."
Davis held on for second with a lap of 1:42.530 in the No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup co-driven by Leh Keen. Ronnie Bremer, James Gue and Wayne Nonnamaker rounded out the top five GT qualifiers.
"I put down the best lap I could do, and I was pretty happy with it," Davis said. "I thought I had them covered. Then the team came on the radio and told me I needed another three-tenths to catch Boris."


text: The Romanovs were both a family and a political dynasty. They ruled Russia for over three centuries, from 1613, when Czar Michael rose to power, to 1917, when Nicholas II was killed during the Russian revolution. This documentary looks at the family's long and colorful history, with special emphasis on the rule of Nicholas II, the discovery of the bodies of the Romanovs executed during the revolution, a rare interview with Grand Duchess Leonida (one of the last links in the family's line), and footage of the funeral of the last of the Romanovs, held in 1998. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi