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Rooney Mara, Rachel McAdams, Andrea Riseborough, Olivia Wilde & Possibly Jennifer Lawrence All In The Mix
So what happens when your last film earns seven Oscar nominations and two wins for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress? You get your pick of the lot when it comes to rounding up the cast for your next film.
That's the enviable position David O. Russell now finds himself in as he looks to finding the leading lady for his "The Fighter" follow up "The Silver Linings Playbook," which already has Mark Wahlberg notched for the lead role. The plot involves Pat Peoples (Wahlberg), a former high school teacher who, after being released from a four-year stint in a mental institution, moves back in with his mother; he then seeks to remake himself, finding the silver linings in his life. Risky Business reveals that the big role up for grabs is that of a depressed woman, who after the death of her husband, goes on wild sexual spree, loses her job and eventually becomes friends with and a love interest for Pat. So who is looking to land the gig? Pretty much every sought after actress in Hollywood including Elizabeth Banks, Kirsten Dunst, Blake Lively, Rooney Mara, Rachel McAdams, Andrea Riseborough, Olivia Wilde and Jennifer Lawrence (though scheduling is probably a major issue).
We're not going to go down the pros/cons/what ifs of each choice because, well, that would take far too long. But a couple of things to note: Elizabeth Banks was cast in Russell's "The H-Man Cometh" way back in the day before it fell apart, so he's already well aware of her talent. And for whatever it's worth, Russell has been talking up Blake Lively and her "magic" lately. So if we had to pick two "front-runners" those would be it, followed closely by Rooney Mara, who is obviously one of the big young names these days (though maybe too young) and Kirsten Dunst who has been earning rave reviews for her turn in Lars Von Trier's "Melancholia."
Testing will apparently take place the rest of this week and over the weekend and if all the pieces come together, shooting will start in August, by which time Russell will have attached himself to another half dozen projects.


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The Beano. It's something of a British institution. And when you take a look at its history, it's not hard to see why. Published by DC Thomson & Co, it began life on the 30th July 1938. During this brief pre-war period, The Beano, along with its sidekick, The Dandy, was a weekly publication lapped up by mischievous boys across the country. Accompanied by the first Beano annual in 1939, progress was sadly halted that same year when Hitler got his knickers in a twist. The resulting paper rationing meant the comic's weekly cycle was forced to become bi-weekly. At this point, The Dandy and The Beano began alternating weeks.
Despite the obstacles, the comic's early success was no fluke. Traditionally, comics like Illustrated Chips, Funny Wonder and Jester used a picture-and-narrative approach that characterised the Victorians' efforts to reduce illiteracy. DC Thomson recognised that with improvements in educational standards, this rather staid approach was now defunct. As such, The Beano eventually did away with regimented lines of text underneath a corresponding picture. After all, why bother with that when a few speech bubbles would do the trick?
Mind you, it's worth noting this 'revolutionary' approach did take time. In 1938, for example, a 28-page issue included seven full-text stories and six more in the style of Jester and the rest. It was only in the remaining pages that the speech-bubble approach was used. Nevertheless, the foundation for change had been laid. The Beano was laying down the gauntlet.
With paper and ink supplies up and running again by 1949, The Beano returned to its weekly slot. Big Eggo, an ostrich who had appeared on the first ever cover, had been ousted one year earlier in favour of Biffo the Bear, who was now accompanied by Lord Snooty and his pals, Scrapper, Rosie, Snitch & Snatch, Pongo the Dog, Polly and Mary the Mule. They were then joined by Big Fat Joe, Swanky Lanky Liz and Doubting Thomas, all of whom kicked off their Beano careers at the very end of 1950.
But they wouldn't have the limelight for long. On the 17th March 1951, one Dennis the Menace debuted in his half-page strip. Billed as 'The World's Wildest Boy', he would soon become the face of The Beano – a face that's still recognised the world over, some 60 years on. Two months later, on May 5th, Dennis appeared in his customary stripy jumper for the first time. Sadly for Dennis, he'd still have to wait 17 years to team up with his trusty companion, Gnasher.
In the meantime, Roger the Dodger made his entrance in April 1953. Later that same year, both Little Plum and Minnie the Minx also took a bow – in October and December, respectively. And in February 1954, it was the turn of The Bash Street Kids. From here on in, these Beano characters continued to trailblaze their way through the psyche of young British lads. They carry on to this day.
As you'd expect, though, there have been various revamps over the years. The first came in the 50th birthday issue in 1988, when the decision was made to increase the number of pages, the amount of colour and the pages' width. Five years later, the comic was printed in full colour for the first time. And five years after that, in 1998, we were introduced to a new logo, eight extra pages and, most notably of all, computer-generated speech bubbles and Dennis' baby sister, Bea. Since 2007, there have been another five 'revamps', which have typically involved tweaking the logo's design. The return of Billy the Cat, coupled with the introduction of the new Super School strip, were perhaps more noticeable changes to the everyday fan.
And last but not least, what of the people who've made The Beano happen? Well, given the comic is now over 70 years old, you may be surprised to learn there have only been five editors. The first was George Moonie who oversaw production from 1938 to 1959. He then handed over the reins to Harold Cramond, who was in charge until 1984. Euan Kerr then took the helm, before handing over to Alan Digby in 2006. Digby retired in 2013, leaving Michael Stirling to captain the ship.
So there we have it. It's been around for more than 70 years. We've seen characters come and go. Editors come and go. We've seen tweaks, changes, books, annuals and gifts. The introduction of computers. And Dennis and Gnasher appearing on their own TV show… twice. Yet ask any Beano buff what they make of it all, and they'll all tell you the same: "Long may it all continue!"

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Here's my hunch. I think Wyc has said enough is enough...clean up the messy PR.
I believe that if Ainge and Doc have had a real heart to heart talk about Rivers leaving then I think Rondo is moved. Ainge and Doc may not have a choice and Wyc said work it out, Doc may have said I will come back and coach BUT Rondo MUST go. I wouldn;t be surprised if Doc and Ainge say he's returning on Monday and on Thursday's draft...Rondo is moved or a PG is drafted.
Doce comes back, KG comes back, PP comes back and Rondo is moved at some point before the season in a S&T for a FA.
And me and the other "Rondo Haters" get acknowledged for being the smart ones now? HA!


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RX1's flash tiltable for bounce flash?
I have not been able to find anywhere that states whether the RX1 flash can be tilted up (e.g., with your finger) for an impromptu bounce flash like can be with the NEX-7. The flash design looks similar to that of the RX100 (which apparently can be tilted up). Anyone know for sure?
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For use in dogs and cats over 12 weeks of age. Provides a source of natural antioxidants to support a normal immune system and assists in combating environmental pollutants. Contains Omega-3, DHA and EPA to help maintain proper skin moisture and respiratory health.
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Suggested Daily Use: Weight Amount Up to 20 lbs. 1 tablet 21 to 40 lbs. 2 tablets 41 to 60 lbs. 3 tablets 61 lbs. and over 4 tablets
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We have developed a custom webpart with multiple controls and deployed on sharepoint 2010 site which accepts inputs from the user and once the user clicks on the submit button all the values are stored in the sharepoint list with one of the columns being a hyperlink. When the user clicks on this hyperlink , through the query string he will redirected to the same form again.
I would like to know if the user has clicked on this hyperlink to make editions to this form, can we avoid another user from making changes to this form?
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Nooo! Eevee again? xD
Well,i must say i always loved your hacks. I was impressed by your skills,editing most of things by hex. Your hacking is more like art,not just editing things with tools.
The "Intelligence" and "spirit" stats are ones of Sp.Atk and Sp.Def respectively,just renamed,right? If so,why have you changed them?
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Unearthing a Piece of History—Daylighting Staunton's Peyton Creek
In Amy's recent post, she does a great job of describing what stream daylighting is and how benefits to river health translate to community benefits. Staunton, Virginia is an example of one such community that recognizes the severe impact stormwater runoff is having on the water quality of Peyton Creek and has elected to do something about it.
Peyton Creek serves as part of a corridor connecting Gypsy Hill Park, one of Staunton's large urban parks, with the Staunton Public Library. Together, the water, trees, and walkways form a civic promenade between two important public destinations, ultimately connecting to Staunton's downtown district. However, Peyton Creek suffers from storm-related flooding, which is exacerbated by the large amount of impervious paved surfaces within the watershed. This contributes to increased runoff and downstream pollution.
By 2009, the city committed to increasing their green infrastructure portfolio as a way to address these problems and partnered with the University of Virginia School of Architecture to develop a report highlighting key strategies the city could undertake. Included in this report is the daylighting of 900-linear feet of Peyton Creek and restoration of approximately 3,500-linear feet of riparian buffer, both of which are the backbone of current improvement efforts.
The primary focus of the daylighting effort is planned at the site of the former Robert E. Lee High School. When the high school was built in 1926, the decision was made to bury Peyton Creek and create an athletic field for the school. Now, 86 years later, the building has been converted into a mixed-use development and communities have a much better understanding of the value of free-flowing rivers. Once historic Peyton Creek is unearthed, we anticipate water quality will improve for benthic macroinvertebrate communities (think aquatic bugs — which are good for fish as food) and localized flooding will be reduced.
This work, which is funded in part by an American Rivers-EPA Potomac Highlands Implementation Grant builds on the efforts of a private property owner and city staff. In 2010, Dr. David Morgan demolished two blighted buildings, removing all concrete from 280/274 North Central Avenue and daylighting 200 feet of Peyton Creek.
To learn more about stream daylighting and how your community can get involved, read and share our new report, Daylighting Streams: Breathing Life into Urban Streams and Communities.


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Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Caravalho Jr. (left) speaks with Col. Jeff Hutchinson, (right) chief of Adolescent Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and his wife Deneitra. Col. Hutchinson received the Medical Leadership Award at the Emerald Honors Dinner, Feb. 16, 2012 in Philadelphia.
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I have a Surly Long Haul Trucker with Surly Nice racks. I'd like to put a couple of water bottle cages on the racks. Problem is that all of the cage mounts I can find are made for tubes that are much bigger diameter than those of the bike rack.
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Sea Rescue
Meet the Animals
SeaWorld Kids
Are You a Quiz Whiz?
The Wildlife Docs
The Shamu Store
The Busch Gardens Store
The Sesame Place Shop
Animal Information
Behind-the-scenes tours
Spring Break and Summer Camps
Educational video resources
Animal interactions
SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
Caring for our Killer Whales
Animal Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Return
Michael Tucker
Manager of Water Quality
SeaWorld of California
What was your first job?
It was nothing like what I'm doing now. I bought and sold aluminum of an industrial metal company.
What's your most unforgettable moment on the job?
Moving the killer whales from the old Shamu Stadium to the new one. I was, and still am, amazed and impressed at the high level of team spirit everyone had, and what an impressive thing we accomplished.
What are some of the things you learned in high school that you use now?
Definitely math. I remember thinking, "I'll never use this stuff." Boy, was I wrong! Calculators help, but you have to understand what you want to know and which numbers to use to find the answers.


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Speaker Liuba Shrira
Affiliation Brandeis University
Host Chris Gould-Sandhu
Duration 01:50:27
Date recorded 5 June 2012
ACID transactions are a classical tool that makes it easier to develop applications that operate correctly in the presence of failures and concurrency. Implementing a high-performance data store that supports ACID transactions is challenging. A complex internal data store component, the storage manager, consisting of interacting recovery and concurrency subsystems has to be implemented and tuned to achieve good performance.
A known limitation of high-performance transaction systems has been the lack of flexibility. For example, there was no way to add a new concurrency control scheme to exploit the semantics of a new application, or to add useful storage manager functionality such as consistent snapshots, without invasive, potentially destabilizing modifications of the data store internals.
These lectures present techniques for extending high-performance transactional systems in a modular way, without invasive modifications to data store internals. After reviewing the basic recovery and concurrency schemes for implementing high-performance ACID transactions, we focus on two extension frameworks, 1) adding type-specific concurrency control, without modification to the storage manager, using a two-level transaction system, and 2) a generic method for implementing a snapshot system in a modular way by deriving the snapshot system protocols from the native concurrency control and recovery protocols.
For each extension framework, we explain the key performance challenge, describe the algorithms addressing the problem, present the correctness arguments, and the implementation and experimental evaluation, and discuss the remaining open problems in the area.
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The Bachelorette
Paige Vigil and Boyfriend Split – Chris Bukowski to Blame? Exclusive!
While she didn't receive a rose on The Bachelor Season 17 or Bachelor Pad 3, Paige Vigil confirmed to us this past January that she had, indeed, found love with Lance DeGroot, a marketing analyst who, like Paige, lived in Minneapolis. Sadly, however, Lance reached out to Wetpaint Entertainment this weekend to let us know he and Paige had just called it quits. What's more, he told us that Chris Bukowski – Paige's Bachelor Pad co-star and one-time object of her affection – had played a role in the break up!
We then called Paige who gave us the low-down. "There was so much working against us," Paige says of the split with Lance. "We had different communication styles, different values, different senses of humor, different religious beliefs. Plus we were fighting so much. We fought about everything."
One blow up, she admits, did involve Chris.
One blow up, she admits, did involve Chris.
"In the spring, Lance and I went to Vegas," says Paige. "And I knew Chris used to live there so reached out to him via text and asked where we should go. He hooked us up at a club and gave us some restaurant recommendations, which I thought was really nice of him.
"But when Lance saw Chris' name pop up on my phone, he got really upset. I felt awful for making him uncomfortable and apologized. I assured him that, now, Chris and I are just platonic friends. That happened in April, though. I don't know why Lance is bringing it up now. I'm hurt and betrayed he would reach out to the media about it behind my back."
Now that they're no longer a couple, "I'm glad I ripped the Band Aid off," says Paige. "It was a relationship that just wasn't going to end in marriage. Now I feel ready to date again. I'm excited to meet someone new."
Lance, for his part, has nothing but praise for his ex. "Paige is a very sweet girl with a kind heart and a gentle soul," he tells Wetpaint Entertainment. "It's a shame our story ended the way it did. I wish her the best in life and I hope she is able to find genuine, lasting happiness."


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IT Role Changes as Employees Take Control of Their Own Tech
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The role of the IT department in many businesses is changing as employees increasingly feel comfortable making their own technology-related decisions without the guidance of an expert, a new study shows.
The research, carried out by the Accenture Institute for High Performance, found that more-than-40 percent of surveyedemployees feel comfortable with and capable of making their own technology decisions at work, indicating a "technological empowerment movement" sweeping across users worldwide.
The study also revealed there is an increasing trend of employee-driven technological innovation, as nearly a quarter of employees admitted to coming up with their own consumer-technology solution to help solve a business problem.
The "technological empowerment movement" coincides with an increase in employees wanting to use their personal computer devices and applications for work-related issues.
Almost half of the surveyed employees said personal consumer devices and software applications are more useful than the tools and applications provided by their IT department.
According to the study, employees claim that such technologies enhance innovation, productivity and job satisfaction, and more than a quarter said they are prepared to pay for their own devices and applications to use at work.
The research is consistent with a study released by software provider Intuit this week that found that 50 percent of information workers now turn to online databases and Web-based productivity apps, instant messaging platforms, video chat services and social networks to solve their own business problems themselves, without involving IT support.
"Employees feel increasingly empowered to make their own technology decisions and say that corporate IT is just not as flexible and convenient as the personal consumer devices and software applications they use in their personal lives," said Jeanne Harris, executive research fellow and senior executive at the Accenture Institute for High Performance. "Employees are surprisingly willing to pay in order to use the technologies they love at work, and as a result, they are going to use them – with or without their company's approval."
The research highlights the fact that many organizations are struggling to decide how to address the challenges and opportunities presented by their employees making their own technology decisions.
While some have simply prohibited the use of outside technologies, others have chosen to ignore the issue altogether, with less-than-30 percent of those surveyed having begun addressing the issue in a structured way.
According to Accenture, companies should take a managed adoption approach by applying at least one of the following four tactics:
- Broadening the scope of allowable devices and applications, while simultaneously tailoring and updating policies to the needs of the workforce.
- Promoting technology choice. An example is providing stipends to purchase consumer tech as a job benefit.
- Proactively advocating consumer technologies by actively pushing smartphone applicationsor technology sandboxes into the workplace and allowing for safe experimentation.
- Segmenting consumer IT needs by role, by developing a usage profile for each job description.
Harris said employees' use of their own devices and applications, which she refers to as IT consumerization, will be one of the biggest tests for organizations in the next five years.
A good first step at overcoming it is to learn the extent to which consumer IT has embedded itself into a business's workforce, according to Harris.
"Consider how to manage the risks and opportunities, and experiment with ways to channel employees' enthusiasm for consumer technology," she said. "The goal is to develop pragmatic strategies regarding consumer IT that will attract the best employees and make the company more competitive in the marketplace, while protecting enterprise information."
The "Consumerization of Enterprise IT" research surveyed more than 4,000 employees in 16 countries across five continents, as well as more than 300 business and IT executives.


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Charisse Jones, USATODAY
Southwest, which grew to carry more domestic passengers than any U.S. airline, began selling tickets for international flights on Monday, the start of a significant shift for the low-cost domestic carrier.
Starting July 1, travelers will for the first time be able to fly Southwest overseas, to Aruba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.
The announcement, complete with steel drums playing at a news conference in Dallas, was hailed as historic by Southwest officials who noted that the 43-year-old carrier was created to focus on domestic service.
"To make that shift in strategy has taken a huge effort,'' said Gary Kelly, Southwest's president and CEO. But, he added, as a leading domestic carrier, it was time "that we think about stepping out.''
The international service will also mark a significant milestone in Southwest's merger with one-time rival, AirTran, as Southwest integrates that carrier's overseas routes.
Come July, AirTran will continue flying internationally, operating flights between Chicago and Montego Bay, Jamaica for instance, but by the end of the year all international service by AirTran will shift over to Southwest.


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top song obsessions for 2011
The Tree Ring @ San Diego Women's Club by Natalie Kardos. The Tree Ring top my list of top song obsessions for 2011. Frontman Joel P West also appears on the list.
Song obsessions are those songs that your brain picks for you, those ear worms that get stuck in your head and have you singing them to yourself or going back to hit repeat on your ipod. I like the idea of reporting what my brain got stuck on each year. Here's the list of the songs that were stuck in my head the most in 2011.
If you want to read through past years' lists, here are my top song obsessions from 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007.
- The Tree Ring – Wore It Deep (mp3) (buy)
Wore It Deep (The Tree Ring) from Destin Daniel Cretton on Vimeo.
From the first time I saw this video, I was in love with this song. It's beautiful and calm, yearning and plaintive. Lovely, somewhat abstract lyrics. "The morning sang slowly to a different tune// With the sky tired in a blustery blue// We woke up tired and blustery too." The video is something to talk about as well, with the light coordination and confetti snowfall all timed to perfection.
Adele – Someone Like You (mp3) (buy)
In some ways this seems like an attempt to capture the magic of her previous album closer, "Hometown Glory", but in some ways it's a completely different song, with much more pain in it. Here she captures something universal about lost love without seeming trite or chiche. (Be sure to watch her performing a knock-out rendition on the VMAs.)
Bon Iver – Holocene (mp3) (buy)
One of my most anticipated albums of the year was Bon Iver. While it was almost guaranteed to not be the transformative album that For Emma, Forever Ago was, it is a great album. This song is clearly the strongest on the album with all the qualities that make Bon Iver great. I've spent many hours sitting on my couch while this song spins around on the turntable.
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – Parallel or Together (mp3) (buy)
Ted Leo is a gifted man, creating unique songs that fuse the melodies of indie rock with the energy and overall aesthetic of punk. I'm a big fan, but somehow I'd never heard this song until this year. When a friend introduced me to this song, I literally listened to it eleven times in a row. I couldn't get enough of it on that day; and every time I've heard it since, it's put a smile on my face.
Bombadil – I Will Wait (mp3) (buy)
There's something about old hymns like "Be Thou My Vision" and "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" that have a draw for me: traditional folk melodies pared with straight-forward but beautifully composed lyrics. The first time I heard this Bombadil track, I thought it sounded old and actually searched around on this point only to find it is a Bombadil original. Just a little haunting and with a beautiful melody, this song had me pressing repeat many times this year.
Archers of Loaf – Harnessed in Slums (mp3) (buy)
Seeing the reunited Archers, a love of mine from my high school and college days, burn through this song on Jimmy Fallon back in June really got me into this song again (and it made me want to be in a rock band again). Both in the studio version and the Fallon version, Eric Bachmann and company weave distorted guitar guitars together in a soundbed under Bachmann's choked vocals. Classic indie rock!
Pickwick – The Round (mp3) (buy)
Perhaps my favorite find of this year is Pickwick. I saw them years ago when they were a mediocre folk band, but they've really discovered something interesting in the intervening time with a great soul-pop sound. This is my favorite song of the lot.
The National – Think You Can Wait (mp3) (buy)
Win Win is an enjoyable film about a lost wrestling coach and a lost kid finding each other and making each other's lives better. I'm not sure what the National has to do with it, but when I heard this song as the credits rolled, I knew I had to get it.
Hoodie Allen – Joy & Misery (mp3) (download mixtape)
I liked this Hoodie Allen mixtape and listened to all of it quite a bit, but this song really stuck out. The sampling of both the Cold War Kids' and Florence and the Machine's versions of "Hospital Beds" along with Hoodie Allen's youthful, self-consciously clever rhymes over it had me listening to it over and over.
Ben Franklin Cult – Dirt off Your Locks (mp3) (not for sale, no known artist website)
I'm not sure what the story with this song is, but its apparently off of a mash-up album pairing Josh Ritter with Jay Z. I didn't know the original Jay Z song very well, but it fits great over an aggressive sample from Ritter's "Rattling Locks". And remember, "Ladies is pimps, too."
Matt & Kim – Block After Block (mp3) (buy)
John Statz – Old Old Fashioned (demo) (mp3) (studio version available soon here)
John Statz caught my ear this year, but this Frightened Rabbit cover (in demo form, the studio version will be on his forthcoming album Old Fashioned) really cemented it for me. It seems so fast and loose, perhaps recorded for fun, but as the voice at the end says "That's some sweet shit!" It's a lovely and new rendering of an already familiar song.
Matt Pond PA – Bring on the Ending (mp3) (buy)
I listened to Matt Pond PA on and off for most of the first part of the last decade, but somewhere along the way, they slipped off of my heavy-rotation band list and got to the point where I rarely listened to them. Then my friend Shawn toured as their cello player in March–I went to their show to see the band but mostly to hang out with Shawn. During the show I realized there were all these great songs of theirs that I wasn't listening to. Since then they've been back in my rotation, no song moreso than this one.
Lykke Li – Get Some (mp3) (buy)
The very beginning of this year was dominated by this song. Driving and barely restrained in its urgency, this song was the soundtrack to many solitary walks, workouts at the gym and subway rides to job interviews. Can you do anything after listening to this song? Probably not but try to tell the song that. (Trivia: the song was inspired by Murakami's Wind Up Bird Chronicle.)
Joel P West – Ocotillo (mp3) (buy)
Joel P West, who also leads the Tree Ring (and who I have featured before) came out with a nice EP at the end of the year. Once again, beautiful melodies are paired with nice turns of phrase. "The cactus survives just by the dew// And in truth I am mostly water too." So am I, Joel.
Two Sheds – Let Her Dance (mp3) (unreleased, get it here)
How great are Two Sheds? I've spent a lot of time with their previous album and EP. This year I discovered that they've been posting demos and covers. I didn't know the original oldies song (which is worth checking out), but this is a fun version that had me going back to it over and over again.


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By now, most people of the geek persuasion have heard of the Raspberry Pi, but just in case you haven't, here's the nickel tour.
Raspberry Pi got its start in 2006, when a bunch of people in the University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory in the United Kingdom were looking at the declining computer skills they were seeing in A Level students coming into their program. What they were seeing was not good, and it was a trend they could see being repeated in other nations besides the UK.
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February 17, 2014
Daily Round-Up For February 17, 2014
Hello, one and all, and welcome to the Daily Round-Up, redOrbit's best offering of all the latest, greatest, most interesting, and most awesome music news of the day. There's a lot to catch up on after this busy weekend, so let's get to business!
Before we get swamped with another wave of new music this Tuesday, NPR is making a couple of upcoming albums available to preview in full over at their website. If you're interested, you can check out the new release from Beck, Morning Phase, and the new record from Death Vessel, Island Intervals, back at NPR Music.
On top of that, NPR have also put up a new edition of their popular World Café series, this time featuring alternative group Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, who are promoting their new record Wig Out At Jagbags. You can listen to them chat with NPR and play a few tunes back at NPR Music.
Beyonce's popular new track Drunk In Love benefitted from a couple of high profile remixes this weekend, from superstar producer Diplo and R&B singer The Weeknd. You can listen to both new remixes and see which one you prefer back at Consequence of Sound and Oh So Fresh Music respectively.
Lil Wayne has announced that his next (and potentially final) new album, Tha Carter V, will be released soon, fittingly on May 5th. Wayne made the official announcement on Friday night at a NBA All-Star Party. You can hear that announcement, as well as find more information back at Consequence of Sound.
Surprise surprise, Kanye West went on another extended rant this weekend. This particular one, which went down at his show in Newark, New Jersey, lasted more than 20 minutes and hit on topics such as the latest controversy with Drake and Rolling Stone, his recently released new shoes the Yeezy 2s, and his opinion on all the latest news from the Grammys. If you'd like to hear Kanye's side of things (and you know you do), just head back to the full video back at 2dopeboyz.
And finally, no weekend is complete without Dancing Astronaut and their Sunday Morning Medicine series. Each week Dancing Astronaut puts together a collection of tunes intended to soothe, relax, and chill out any listener after a busy weekend of fun. And the songs always hit their mark. You can check out this week's playlist back at Dancing Astronaut.
And that is all the news we have for today folks! Hope you have a great day! You can check out my other articles here. Have questions, comments, suggestions, or love? Or do you have an opinion on any of the music featured in today's Round-Up? I'm dying to hear from you! As always, you can contact me through my email, or through Twitter @RobinCopple1. If you would like, I can include your message in a future edition of the Round-Up!
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German Soldiers Under Fire: New Testimony May Back Kurnaz Torture Claims
German-born Turk Murat Kurnaz has long claimed that he was beaten by German special forces troops in Afghanistan after being arrested as a terror suspect by the US. New testimony may prove him right.
Murat Kurnaz says he was beaten by German soldiers in Kandahar.
May Have Committed a Crime
Standard war zone memories, perhaps. But the recollections of Major Donald, who now teaches military history at the University of Ohio, could soon play a central role in one of the most sensitive cases in the German judicial system. Since last fall, the prosecutor's office in the southern German town of Tübingen has been attempting to determine whether elite fighters with the Special Forces Command (KSK) mistreated Murat Kurnaz, a prisoner in Kandahar at the time, before he was flown to the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay. A parliamentary investigative committee is examining whether Germany soldiers may have committed a crime in the politically controversial fight against terrorism.
Donald's statements, which were confirmed by a number of witnesses SPIEGEL has interviewed, have reinforced prosecutors' suspicions that the KSK troops deployed in Kandahar in 2002 aren't telling the truth -- and may even have coordinated their responses before questioning. According to Walter Vollmer, the senior prosecutor assigned to the case, the "central issue" of the investigation is whether the trucks, behind which Kurnaz claims he was mistreated, did in fact exist in the camp. The KSK members claimed, almost unanimously, that they had not seen any trucks in the camp. If it turns out that they lied, the possible perpetrators could face charges of inflicting severe bodily injury while in uniform, as well as an investigation into suspected obstruction of justice.
When Kurnaz described his ordeal to members of the German parliament, the Bundestag, in January, after being incarcerated for more than four years in Guantanamo, some were clearly moved. Kurnaz was picked up in October 2001 in Pakistan on suspicion of being involved in terrorist activity and taken initially to a prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Eventually, though, Kurnaz was released in August 2006 for lack of evidence, and an investigation into his case soon began in Berlin. Speaking in a broken voice, Kurnaz, a shipbuilder by trade, told the members of parliament about Guantanamo and about his alleged mistreatment at the hands of German soldiers.
Kurnaz described in detail how the Americans called him to a fence one evening, where two German soldiers were waiting. One of the soldiers, he claims, called out to him: "It looks like you picked the wrong side." He was then taken behind a truck and ordered to lie on the ground, he says. The two Germans were prepared -- and "were wearing camouflage uniforms." One of them, Kurnaz claims, grabbed him by the hair and shouted at him: "Do you know who we are? We're the German force, the KSK." According to Kurnaz, the German soldier then pushed his face onto the dry desert floor and kicked him in the side before leaving. The soldiers laughed, says Kurnaz. "They thought it was funny."
The investigators believe that Kurnaz's description is credible. According to Michael Pfohl, a senior prosecutor, the former prisoner's testimony was sober and he displayed "no particular eagerness to incriminate anyone." Various details -- about the uniforms, for example -- are true, as is Kurnaz's account of the American GIs' interest in the Germans' G-36 rifles. A few members of the KSK have also confirmed the encounter at the fence and the German soldier's statement: "It looks like you picked the wrong side." Doubts remain, says Pfohl, when it comes to the key question of the case: the existence of the truck, which, according to Kurnaz, had a tank for "emptying the toilets" and behind which the beating supposedly took place.
KSK soldiers are suspected of having lied to cover up their treatment of Murat Kurnaz in Afghanistan.
Another German sergeant remembers "oil barrels with the fecal matter," but says that the Americans rolled them to a spot outside the prison camp, where the contents were incinerated. According to the sergeant, a latrine vehicle would have made no sense. A number of the elite soldiers have taken the story further, saying that it was not even possible to drive a truck through the main gate. Kurnaz's testimony, says one KSK member, is simply pulled out of a hat.
New Witness Statements
The prosecutors in Tübingen have expressed their concerns about the contradictions presented collectively by the German soldiers. On the other hand, their statements seemed so clear and consistent that the frustrated prosecutors had to terminate their investigation for a time. If there was no truck, they argued, there was no mistreatment. Prosecutors have since resumed their investigation, because a number of new witness statements consistently support Kurnaz's description. The prosecutors have been in contact with three former prisoners in Kandahar since early August, British citizens Asif Iqbal and Ruhal Ahmed, as well as Bahraini citizen Abdullah al-Noami. According to Noami, he personally carried "barrels full of fecal matter to a truck in the camp." The two Britons also confirm the existence of fecal matter trucks in the camp.
Far more serious are the statements made by a number of American soldiers who were stationed in Kandahar, men like Major Donald and Lieutenant Colonel Keith Warman, who arrived at the camp "on Jan. 9 or 10" and commanded the 519th Military Police Battalion. "The fecal matter was taken out of the camp and incinerated," Warman told SPIEGEL, "using a two-and-a-half-ton military truck." According to Warman, the truck was driven through the camp's main gate. Warman remembers the situation in detail, because he was in charge of running the camp in early 2002. "Men from my battalion drove the truck," he says.
Questions about Kurnaz
The new witnesses confirmed the "impression that the statements made by the special forces soldiers were not credible," says Paul Schäfer, a member of Germany's Left Party and a defense expert. According to Schäfer, "there was a general intent by the soldiers to conceal the truth." German Green Party member Winfried Nachtwei, also a defense expert, calls the witnesses' statements "truly new information."
The KSK master sergeant who Kurnaz identified as the alleged perpetrator on a file photo may soon be called to testify once again. When he was questioned the first time about a German prisoner, prosecutors noted that the 32-year-old man became "increasingly nervous." According to prosecutors, the man blushed when they asked him further questions about Kurnaz.
Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan
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This was probably the easiest part of the write up. I had a need to not travel across town, arrive at the space and find it locked and closed. And Jigsaw had a need for general members and the public to know when the space is being held open by a keyed member. A perfect chance to expand my limited electronics knowledge and make a useful thing!
Sometimes an example is the best way to understand. See Twitch on twitter.
How to use the Twitch
- The left hand switch is the one to use. Flipping it up will indicate send an "#open" post to the twitter account. Whilst flipping it down will send a "#closed" post. The right hand switch does not serve a function at the moment.
- Once the left hand switch has been flipped, there is a 2 second delay before the post is sent to Twitter. This is so allow you to turn the switch back to it's previous position if you hit it on accident, without posting to Twitter.
Materials & Origins
- Arduino Diecimila (Atmel ATmega328 version)
- Purchased from http://metrixcreatespace.com
- Arduino Ethernet Shield
- Purchased on sale from http://store.fungizmos.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=360
- Cat5 Cable
- Already in the space (free)
- 120 VAC -> 12 VDC Power Supply
- Purchased in local thrift store for less than $3.
- Standard White Toggle Light Switch 2x
- White PVC Double-Wide Junction Box
- Also from Pacific Supply.
- White Double Switch Junction Box Faceplate
- Also from Pacific Supply.
- Misc. Resistor
Oh so many. I'll try to list here, some of the major hang ups I had and how I worked around them.
Not being a programmer by trade and not having worked on any physical computing projects before, I was unfamiliar with the concept of Debounce. It is the act of rectifying erratic user input from physical switches/buttons/etc. either digitally (using software) or manually (at the component level). This problem arises anytime the state of a spring loaded switch/button/etc. is read and it cropped up in this project as erratic feedback from the spring loaded light switch. A beginning introduction to Debounce and a more advanced discussion on it.
Twitter Proxy
Ya know that thing Facebook implemented where every other site that uses your Facebook ID requires you to open up a mini-FB frame and authorize through that? That is called OAuth and it's a pain in the but for projects like this where a web browser cannot be used to authenticate the Arduino. Suffice it to say that OAuth is a bit much for the Arduino to handle. Back in the day, you could simply sign in to Twitter via their API. But as of August 31st 2010, Twitter.com has moved away from that old style, and admittedly less secure, basic authentication and now uses OAuth
- Thankfully, enough people still have a need for basica authentication that many sites/services exist to bridge the gap between basic auth and OAuth for simpler devices.
For instance, here's a Twitter proxy, providing basic auth -> OAuth
A TCP Packet for Every Character
This was the most annoying pitfall about the project and its (partial) solution was so outside my realm of knowledge that I had to have help from Dug in figuring this one out. The standard Arduino Ethernet library was generating a separate packet for each character when Client.print was being called. This resulted in 140 packets for a 140 character message and some other wacky stack overflow shenanigans with the Arduino restarting and what not. Dug was very helpful in telling me about the C++ function (accessible in the Arduino IDE) called sprintf; which stands for String PRINT Formatted. A hand way to concatenate all of the text you'd like into a single string to pass along to Client.print in order to mitigate the number of packets generated by the crummy Arduino IP stack.
After thinking everything was squared away with the Twitch, I noticed that it was sometimes simply turned off or the Arduino base board would remain on while the shield would shut down. I already knew that combining power and ethernet on an ethernet cable might be running the risk of creating interference or extending the used wallwart's abilities. But I ended up going for it any for its ease and convenience. Well, that came back to bite me in the ass. So I've replaced the homemade power-over-ethernet with a different wallwart plugged in correctly. If I had the extra money, I would spring for the new Arduino + Ethernet Shield w/ PoE!
Buffer OverKJHF)JHOIAJOIJSJJDJDJJDJD)FE)))It's crucial to remember that the Arduino platform/IDE is built on C which harkens back to a golden age of computer in which life was simpler and strings that were concatenated character arrays didn't exist. While debugging the Twitch code, I found that I was prone to crutching on converting character arrays to strings in order to easily output them for deug purpose. This is a mistake and can often lead to overtaxing your poor development board's puny memory. Never do this:
sBuffer = (String)nameOfCharBuffer
Since the Twitch has been live, I've found many people have attempted to mention it with messages they expected to be retweeted. A perfectly reasonable assumption on their part given that the main Jigsaw twitter does this retweeting. But now, thanks to Kav, it does! Retweeting is accomplished via a service he cooked up called Lyrebd
Source Code
#if defined(ARDUINO) && ARDUINO > 18 // Arduino 0019 or later #include <SPI.h> #endif #include <Ethernet.h> #include <EthernetDHCP.h> #include <avr/pgmspace.h> byte mac[] = { 0x4A, 0x69, 0x67, 0x73, 0x61, 0x77 }; // Jigsaw in Hex const char* ipToString(const uint8_t*); byte alixsysIP[] = { 92, 243, 14, 243 }; //twitter.alixsys.com/ 22.214.171.124 //byte server[] = { 72, 2, 118, 214 }; //api.supertweet.net 184.108.40.206 //byte freenodeIP[] = { 130, 237, 188, 200 }; //freenode.net //byte jigbotIP[] = { 205, 201, 45, 29 }; //http://irc.jigren.org 126.96.36.199 const int switch0Pin = 8; //const int switch1Pin = 2; int switch0State = 0; int reading = 0; long lastDebounceTime = 0; long debounceDelay = 2500; long loopCount = 0; boolean firstLoop = true; Client twitter(alixsysIP, 80); const int tweetCount = 6; int randomNumber = 42; char buffer[200]; //char* debugTweet = " \\&_~!@#$%^&*()+QWERTYUIOP{}|[]-=`;:?/Well you made it this far.."; char* alixsysToken = "4d03053671de7"; //4e49c13d5a99d:debugTwitch //4d03053671de7:JigTwitch prog_char *tweetStrings[2][tweetCount] = { //{"#closed","Not Open. #closed","Door's locked. #closed","Nope. #closed","Cerrado. #closed","Time to go home for dinner. #closed","Nobody's here!. #closed","I'm sorry, I can't do that Dave. #closed","Portal Closed. #closed","Shut. #closed","Worm Hole collapsed. #closed","Le Clos-ed. #closed", } , {"Coffee's on. #open","#open","Come on over! #open","Yes, We're open. #open","Someone is here #open","Door is unlocked. #open","Abierto. #open","Come in and play! #open","Openinsky. #open","Portal Open. #open","Worm hole detected. #open","Ooooooooooooopen. #open"} //{"%23closed","Not%20Open.%20%23closed","Door%27s%20locked.%20%23closed","Nope.%20%23closed","Cerrado.%20%23closed","Time%20to%20go%20home%20for%20dinner.%20%23closed","Nobody%27s%20here%21.%20%23closed","I%27m%20sorry%2C%20I%20can%27t%20do%20that%20Dave.%20%23closed","Portal%20Closed.%20%23closed","Shut.%20%23closed","Worm%20Hole%20collapsed.%20%23closed","Le%20Clos-ed.%20%23closed"}}; { "%23closed", "Not%20Open.%20%23closed", "Door%27s%20locked.%20%23closed", "Nope.%20%23closed", "Cerrado.%20%23closed", "Time%20to%20go%20home%20for%20dinner.%20%23closed"} , { "Coffee%27s%20on.%20%23open", "%23open", "Come%20on%20over%21%20%23open", "Yes%2C%20We%27re%20open.%20%23open", "Someone%20is%20here%20%23open", "Door%20is%20unlocked.%20%23open"} }; void setup() { delay(1000); //Serial.begin(9600); randomSeed(analogRead(0)); pinMode(switch0Pin, INPUT); EthernetDHCP.begin(mac); //Serial.println("[DHCP] Ethernet started."); const byte* ipAddr = EthernetDHCP.ipAddress(); const byte* gatewayAddr = EthernetDHCP.gatewayIpAddress(); const byte* dnsAddr = EthernetDHCP.dnsIpAddress(); //Serial.print("[DHCP] My IP address is "); //Serial.println(ipToString(ipAddr)); ////Serial.print("[DHCP] Gateway IP address is "); ////Serial.println(ipToString(gatewayAddr)); ////Serial.print("[DHCP] DNS IP address is "); ////Serial.println(ipToString(dnsAddr)); ////Serial.println(urlEscape(debugTweet)); randomNumber = random(0, (tweetCount-1)); //Serial.print("[RAND] New random number: "); //Serial.println(randomNumber); } void loop() { if (lastDebounceTime == 0) { reading = digitalRead(switch0Pin); if (reading != switch0State) { lastDebounceTime = millis(); }; } else if (((millis() - lastDebounceTime) >= debounceDelay) || (millis() < lastDebounceTime)) { reading = digitalRead(switch0Pin); if (reading != switch0State) { randomNumber = random(0, (tweetCount-1)); //Serial.print("[RAND] New random number: "); //Serial.println(randomNumber); switch (reading) { case HIGH: //Serial.println("[SWCH] Left: On"); postToTwitter(tweetStrings[reading][randomNumber]); // checkAvail(); break; case LOW: //Serial.println("[SWCH] Left: Off"); postToTwitter(tweetStrings[reading][randomNumber]); // checkAvail(); break; } } switch0State = reading; lastDebounceTime = 0; } EthernetDHCP.maintain(); } const char* ipToString(const uint8_t* ipAddr) { static char buf[16]; sprintf(buf, "%d.%d.%d.%d\0", ipAddr[0], ipAddr[1], ipAddr[2], ipAddr[3]); return buf; } /* char* urlEscape(char* src) { static char bufferPickle[200]; String buffer = src; //Serial.print("[URLE] src: "); //Serial.println(src); //Serial.print("[URLE] buffer: "); //Serial.println(buffer); buffer = buffer.replace(" ", "%20"); buffer = buffer.replace("&", "%26"); buffer = buffer.replace("\\", "%5C"); buffer = buffer.replace("#", "%23"); buffer = buffer.replace("!", "%21"); buffe r = buffer.replace("'", "%27"); buffer = buffer.replace(",", "%2C"); buffer.toCharArray(bufferPickle, 200); //Serial.print("[URLE] bufferPickle- "); //Serial.println(sizeof(bufferPickle)); return bufferPickle; } */ void postToTwitter(char* tweet) { //Serial.print("[TWIT] "); //Serial.println((String)tweet); //tweet = urlEscape(tweet); ////Serial.println("[TWIT] Got past urlEscape(tweet)"); sprintf(buffer,"GET /update/?axk=%s&status=%s HTTP/1.1\nHost: twitter.alixsys.com\n\n",alixsysToken,tweet); //Serial.print("[TWIT] buffer: "); //Serial.println(buffer); ////Serial.println("[TWIT] Got past sprintf"); if (twitter.connect()) { //Serial.println("[TWIT] Twitter connected, sending GET request."); twitter.print(buffer); //Serial.println("[TWIT] GET method sent."); if (twitter.available()) { char c = twitter.read(); //Serial.print(c); //twitter.flush(); } twitter.stop(); } else if (!twitter.connect()) { //Serial.println("[TWIT] Twitter failed to connect."); twitter.stop(); } }
Changes to make
- MAC address (should be on the Arduino itself)
- Authenticate with http://twitter.alixsys.com/ using the Twitter account that you want to tweet from; use the code in the GET request
sprintf(buffer,"GET /update/?axk=4d1082d7e1a71&status=%s HTTP/1.1\nHost: twitter.alixsys.com\n\n",urlEscape(tweet));
- Change the IRC channel hostname
- if you want to change the number of tweets for #open and #close, change tweetCount to match.
External Links
Other Twittering Hackerspace Objects
- Hacklab.to twittering toilet by Shardy
- The "Welcome Switch" of Maker/Hackerspace, i3Detroit. The current iteration of the i3Detroit version is tethered to a computer (which is always on), but has the added function of snapping a picture of the switch flipper and uploading it to [1]
- switch that works by interrupting an ethernet cable, in the Dutch hackerspace Hack42, picture
- Cincinnati's Hive13 hackerspace has a similar setup
Process log
7.24.11 - Put some time into the Twitch tonight. (Re) Found a power supply that will work for it and set about making a crossover cable to get it tethered when I decided to step back and access the situation a bit more. It's been inactive in the "new" Inscape space since we moved in because it requires an ethernet cable and the building is not wired for ethernet. There is wifi, the rub is in procuring a bridge between the building's wifi and the Twitch's ethernet. There is of course, more than one way around this problem. It may seem like a no brainer to just swap out a WiShield for the Ethernet Shield, but that would just be too easy. AsyncLabs, the people who sold the wifi enabling WiShield, are kaput. In addition, the thing itself is 55$, an unacceptable price. Another option is to tether the Twitch to a computer in the space that is always on. Dug has several computers around that could fulfill this role, but it completely negates the aim of the project for it to standalone and I view it as one of my last options, especially considering said computer would only be serving as a gateway to the Twitch and would be wasting energy and computing power in the interim. Worth noting here is the fact that Arduino Twitter Library has been updated to play nice with the updated Ethernet Library and various IDEs (that was a pitfall before wasn't it?)
7.26.11 - A note here that I'm also noticing that the DHCP libraries have also been updated to play nicely with the Arduino IDE 0019 and above. The current version of the Arduino IDE is 00228.18.11 - Sank some time into the Twitch recently. FINALLY found the source code, pulled down the updated DHCP libraries and got it compiles with them. A word to the wise: beware of typecasting to string variables for debug output. for it is the source of much frustration and buffer overflow. In fact I think I'll add it to the Pitfalls section. Spent most of the work session battling a defunkt url escaping function, similar to javascript's escape() for use with the Alixsys api, since the twitter update submitted through it is identical to just an HTTP GET. I also spent a little bit of time toying with the idea of implementing the twitter library, but I think that te control the Arduino standard Client() affords you outweighs te fact that you don't get an error code from using the Alixsys api. The next steps, apart from making the urlEscape() function.. function, will be to implement storage of the update strings (or character buffers) in the ATMega328P's 32KByte flash memory instead of trying to cram it into the 2048 byte SRAM with the rest of the binary. This is where the Arduino IDE starts to stretch thin and show it's C underbelly a little bit more. More on the subject of what memory is available where on the Arduino can be found here and it's specific applications using the keyword PROGMEM. Also of note, but not particularly useful for this project, is an oler Arduino emulator projet I happened on called Emulino. It's not useful here because it doesn't handle the functions of the Ethernet Shield. And in trying to use randomSeed(), I found out that it chokes on analogRead(). I know that Parallax offers a very well documented and useful emulator for their propeller microcontrollers, I wish Arduino could d the same. :( Also of note, if you happen to be on a mac, there just so happens to be a Textmate bundle, which includes syntax highlighting and binary upload. I'm already too used to the Arduino IDE, but poking around in the bundle I found a nice bit of unix/command line voodoo:
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script "screen /dev/tty.usbserial* 9600"'
9.3.11 - Popping the strings into PROGMEM is proving difficult due to the fact that the 2 dimensional array they are in is in fact a 3 dimensional array because C does not natively support strings as datatypes, except as arrays of characters. Thankfully, lots of information on program space is available.
9.4.11 - Dropped off and set up the Twitch at Jigsaw! Hopefully no one will mess with the mac-min which feeds it internet. I have a slight fear that it will go to sleep and cut off the Twitch. If that happens, I'll have to look into how exactly to keep it awake and forwarding the internet to the Twitch. In the mean time (if I have time for it), I can continue to make changes to the software at home using an alternate Arduino + Ethernet Shield I've got. My debug version of the firmware uses the second switch to toggle output to either the [twitter.com/jigtwitch JigTwitch] account or the debugTwitch accounts. The debug firmware also has a function for polling the switches instead of it being the main body of logic. But for now, IT'S BACK!!
9.5.11 - Looks like there are still several options for adding wifi to the Arduino platform in the 55-80$ range. Today, I was poking around and found some options at Cutedigi, like this black widow-ish clone with wifi built in. They also still seem to have some WiShields which go for 35$ cheaper than Sparkfun's WiFly.
11.26.11 - Toyed around with the new github repo for the twitch code and updated it so that the Twitch's current firmware, this wiki page and the github repro have the same code. Also toyed with a Fritzing file to try and make a decent schematic of the internal workings of the Twitch, but got hung up on making a vector light switch Fritzing part (as none exist). Having an accurate schematic might make future contributors less inclined to tear it apart without re-assembling it. But rendering complex, reflective brass screws doesn't seem feasible tonight.. I have obtained some double-pull light switches, which would be used in an entirely different circuit. Maybe it's time for Twitch 2.0.
11.26.11 - Went with a partial re-write tonight. Eliminated the DHCP library & set the code up to use the Twitter library, but no dice. Not only did it not work when compiling via the new Arduino IDE 1.0, but also when attempting with the Arduino 0022 IDE. After several successful updates/connections, it simply refuses to connect. Not sure it is Twitter refusing the tweets or what. The error handling is too poor to be sure of exactly what the problem is. The Twitter.twitter function doesn't even provide the same available() and read() functions that the client library does. I think the next step is to try the "simpler" method or handing over all the complicated twitter interaction to a computer. Too bad I know no scripting - .-'
09.19.11 (By Danny Dunn and Michael Park) Many moons have passed since the coming of a tweet from the JigTwitch. We have been doing some research and getting the ball rolling on a new version using PushingBox.
4.6.14 - It has been a while.. The original intent of the jigtwitch was a to have a way to tell if the old, first hill space was open or not. A purpose it has aptly served. But there was a secondary goal: true participating in the internet of things. An object who physical and digital representations matched and influenced each other. I never got around to this secondary purpose. In practice, this would look like some kind of mechanical actuation applied to the switch portion of twitch such that, tweeting "closed" or "open" to its twitter account would alter the physical state of the switch; versus the other way round (as it functions now). Just making some notes so I don't lose the thought.


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Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley to Duet at GRAMMY Awards
After taking the stage to present an award together at last year's GRAMMY Awards, superstars Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley are set to perform at duet during Music's Biggest Night next month. The 'Locked & Reloaded' tour mates teased the news on Twitter earlier this week.
"Having a cold beer and scheming about how to perform on @TheGRAMMYs #TheWorldIsListening, Bentley wrote. "What if I asked @mirandalambert to duet with me?! #crazy #neverhappen #haveanotherbeer."
Lambert was quick to reply with, "What I asked you? :)"
Bentley replied with a simple "hell yeah… lets do it!!!"
After their Twitter chat, the GRAMMYs made the official announcement, also revealing that The Lumineers, Jack White, Elton John and Ed Sheeran would take the stage.
Country music is being well represented at "The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards." Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift will also perform.
"The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards" will be held on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).


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4J Studios will celebrate the theatrical debut of Guardians of the Galaxy with a special DLC Pack. The Guardians of the Galaxy Skin Pack is loaded with 24 different characters from the movie and comic book series.
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition is celebrating its second birthday on Friday. 4J Studios is marking the occasion by releasing another free DLC pack.
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition owners can purchase a new skin pack today. The Marvel Spider-Man Skin Pack introduces a slew of comic book characters for the building game.
This morning 4J Studios sent out the latest update for Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition. The PS3 version of the building game should get a similar update very soon.
Building urban environments in Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition is about to get a lot easier. 4J Studios plans to release the City Texture Pack for the game later in the week.
4J Studios, the company responsible for the Xbox 360 and PS3 editions of Minecraft, provided an update on both versions today. Console gamers can expect a new patch as well as DLC in the near future.
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition will be receiving some Marvel Comics-themed content in the near future. The Avengers Skin Pack will provide several character skins based on famous heroes and villains from Marvel lore.
The sales for open-ended building game Minecraft continue to climb. Today both the Xbox 360 version and the original PC/Mac edition both hit impressive new milestones.
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition developer 4J Studios has revealed a new skin pack for the open-world building game. Battle and Beasts Skin Pack 2, sequel to the DLC released this spring, will provide a new set of characters for players to become.
Two of the most popular franchises on Xbox 360 are joining forces soon. Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition will soon be receiving a Mass Effect Mash-Up DLC pack loaded with assets from BioWare's sci-fi role-playing game series.
The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft will soon be receiving Title Update 12, a long-awaited patch for the building game. Today they explained exactly what players can expect out of this update.
Microsoft announced Minecraft: Xbox One Edition during their E3 press conference. Owners of the Xbox 360 version of the game are wondering whether or not they'll be able to transfer saves. The answer, as it turns out, depends on who you ask.
4J Studios is gearing up to release another title update for the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft. They've released a new screenshot demonstrating some of the features that Title Update 12 will contain.
Minecraft players on the Xbox 360 will have additional skins to play with this week. 4J Studios plans to release a Battle And Beasts Skin Pack on Wednesday and a 1st Birthday Skin Pack on Thursday.
The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft won't be arriving this month as planned. Microsoft's Major Nelson announced this weekend that the release has been pushed into the early summer.
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on the hung jury that convicted him on one count of lying to federal agents. Federal jurors deadlocked Aug. 17 on 23 other charges, including that he tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat, sparking a mistrial. Blagojevich, 53, who could be retried starting in January, said he wants "full vindication" and won't accept plea deals.
"Patience and faith. God is great and the help of my God is going to make it possible to leave this mine alive."
Trapped Chilean miner Mario Gomez, in a letter to his wife. Gomez, 63, is one of 33 workers trapped in a gold and copper mine and not likely to be rescued before Christmas. Authorities worked to pass supplies to the miners, including games and music, but did not tell them how long they might wait in the 2,300-foot shaft. "Get us out of this hell," their foreman told Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, who spoke to the group Aug. 24.
"New buildings are nice, but when they're run by the same people who've given us a 50 percent dropout rate, they're a big waste of taxpayer money."
Ben Austin, executive director of Parent Revolution and a member of the California Board of Education, on the new $578 million K-12 complex named after Robert F. Kennedy and built on the site of the Ambassador Hotel where he was shot in Los Angeles in 1968.
"Hell, only 15? I've struck out more batters than that in one game."
Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, after a grand jury on Aug. 19 charged him with 15 counts of lying about the use of banned substances. The seven-time Cy Young winner became the third celebrity athlete in three years to receive such charges, and could face up to 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine.


text: I saw this on-going converstaion and thought that I would join in... As an "ex-newbie" and now merely an "ignorant Linux hacker", I would suggest, David, that you try to set up TWO Linux systems, One that you can trust and love, and another that you can experiment and play with - IF you have the disk space that is! It is a real luxury to have a WORKING Linux system (I have Mandrake 8.0) and an experimental (nearly working) system (Mandraake 8.1) on a totally different disk. NB. if you log in as a user, then SU then run ANY X program, many of your user oriented X files (in /home/user) will be changed to owner root:root. It is dangerous to run X when in su mode. If you are trying to run VNC as somebody else other than your normal username, create a normal user account (eg vnc) and run vnc from there. You can then get Linux to start vnc (under user vnc) via the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local) I have put the following lines at the end of my rc.local and it works fine... # turn vncserver on su -l vnc -c "vncserver -cc 3 :1 -alwaysshared" But BE SURE that you have run vnc from the vnc account first to kick the password off. Good luck Ceri Hankey ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Colliver" <david.colliver "at" revilloc.com> To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:01 PM Subject: Re: VNC on RH Linux stops local programs > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Breland" <gregory "at" netdoor.com> > To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:28 PM > Subject: Re: VNC on RH Linux stops local programs > > > > Well, since you are a self aknowledged "newbie", I will take say this > > first. DON'T run as root. Really, I promise it is not that hard to run > > as another user and just use the "su" command when you need to install > > or configure something. > > > I know that much. I am in as root as I am trying to play with other stuff, > like mySQL. > > If I login as me (not root), then su, then start vncserver with the KDE, > will I still get the same problem? or will the vnc session be root, which > shouldn't affect me. > > > > > > Ok, now that that is out of the way. Edit the "xstartup" file in the > > "~/.vnc/" directory. Sounds like you already have a line like "startkde > > &". Comment this line out by putting a "#" in front of it. Now below > > the startkde line, add a new line with "exec gnome-session & ". Kill > > you existing vncserver with "vncserver -kill :1" assuming the existing > > server is running on port 5901. Start up a new server and you should be > > running gnome. > > OK, Kill didn't give me back my control. :-( Going for a reboot. > > I will try that for gnome. (I can't get gnome working on my Linux box > though. Hopefully it should work through VNC). > .... > Just tried that. Didn't work. :-( > Probably a corrupt gnome. I just got what looks like TWM. At least it didn't > take my control away. > > Any ideas how I can make it so that VNC will autostart with linux, so that > when I connect, I get the login box rather than the current user? This > should get me around the problem I am having. > > Also, how can I make my remote screen bigger? My linux machine display is > 1280, though what is coming through is about 1024. > > > > > I highly recommend moving to RH 7.2 if possible as this will not only > > fix your KDE problem per another post on this problem, but VNC is > > installed by default. 6 months is a long time in the Linux world and 6.2 > > was about 18 months ago. RH 7.2 is amazing. > > > > > Let me get my head around 6.2 first. Once I understand more of the way linux > works, then I will start to really customise it. > > Thanks for your help so far. > > Regards > Dave. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To download your own free RevilloC mailserver, visit http://www.revilloc.com/mailserver > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo "at" uk.research.att.com with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail majordomo "at" uk.research.att.com with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------


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By Tracy Evans
Like it or not networking is a part of business. It's a skill some have and some don't. Before I had my daughter schmoozing was easy but now that I'm a tired mother of a toddler I've grown lazy and just don't feel like kissing up to people. Thanks to LinkedIn [1] I don't have to anymore, at least not in person. I can network in the privacy of my home office no matter what time of day or what I look like. I've landed several major business contacts in my ratty old pajamas. Whoever thought of this clever networking site deserves a big bank account and an even bigger box of chocolates. LinkedIn is for business types who want to keep in touch with those they know, catch-up with others they've lost touch with, seek out new contacts, and more. Best of all, it's simple, free and there for you 24/7.
Here's how it works. It all starts with an invite to join the worldwide networking party. And what a party it is: 20 million users in 150 industries and counting. I got my first e-mail invite two years ago but ignored it. I thought, "It's probably a fad". Well, after several months, an unexpected pregnancy and a case of mommy-to-be paranoia, "Oh, my gosh, I'm never going to work again," I happily joined LinkedIn. [2]
I created my profile (bio, resume) and then waited for invites to arrive in my e-mail box. I got a few but quickly realized that I needed to make some effort and network myself. Armed with the e-mail addresses of past and present business contacts I sent out invites. Then I took a chance and extended invites to people I wanted to know, but didn't. Because LinkedIn [3] lets you see your contacts list of connections (unless they've chosen not to) you can meet new people that way. Each time someone accepted an invite I got a little thrill as if I just nabbed a great pair of shoes off the clearance rack. In just a few months I racked up one hundred business contacts. Talk about a shopper's high!
Don't worry, if you're web leery, a loner or just plain lazy LinkedIn [4] can help. If you want to meet someone new just ask a mutual contact to introduce you to that person. New business acquaintances can seek you out as well as long as the two of you know someone in common. You can accept or decline introductions. And get this, the site also drops names right in your lap. Check out "People You May Know" or "Just Joined LinkedIn" to find former co-workers, people who have similar interests or alumni from your alma mater. The names may or may not be familiar to you. Now some users invite everyone on the planet to join their contact list. I think it's best to stick to who you know or who you want to know.
Of course most of us network hoping to land the ultimate fringe benefit: a job or a better job than the one we have. LinkedIn [5] has an extensive job list and some of the positions are strictly for LinkedIn [6] members. Pull up a job ad and the site even tells you if one of your contacts can help land the job. "Jane Smith is a 3rd degree contact". That means she is a contact of a contact of a contact of a contact of yours. Don't ask me how the site knows this, but it does! Genius. Ask your contact to introduce you to her. She just might help get you the job.
Your connections are an endless source of help. One of my L.A. contacts just e-mailed an inside scoop to the television producers in his network: a Discovery show in Boston needed producers. Being in Miami I wasn't interested but if I were my contact would've introduced me to his hiring buddy. Your contacts can also recommend you for a job well done and you can return the favor. Those recommendations can come in handy if a hiring manager is checking out your profile. Some jobs openings specifically request LinkedIn [7] recommendations.
I spend most of my time on the home page just checking out who's doing what. "Network Updates" tells you who's added a contact, joined a group, or posted a headshot. You can even post what you are doing right now "Tracy Evans is writing a piece for the fabulous site mommytrackd.com [8]" or "Tracy Evans is looking for work". Update your information and within seconds everyone in your network will see what your up to and anyone just checking out your profile will too. The site also keeps track of who has looked at your profile and how many times your name has come up in searches.
Now this global networking circuit isn't for everyone. Some in the younger crowd might prefer Facebook [9] or My Space [10]. And anyone who gets addicted easily to anything should stay away. Online networking can be habit forming. LinkedIn [11] is also no place for anyone who plans to pester, scam or hit on his or her connections. But for someone like me LinkedIn [12] is ideal. Networking kept my spirits up when I was pregnant, kept me in the loop when I was at home my daughter, and keeps me motivated now that I'm back at work. Try it out, you just might like it.
Tracy Evans is a long-time television producer whose work has appeared on the Travel Channel, FOX, Court TV, Lifetime to name a few. She is currently editing a television script but wishes she were sipping a margarita out by the pool. When she isn't producing television shows, writing for magazines, or dreaming her life away she is busy chasing 19-month-old Natalia around the house, negotiating parenting chores with her husband (okay, telling him what to do) and trying to stay cool down in steamy Miami.


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Market Timing Works… Just Not For You
Posted By Jim On 06/23/2010 @ 7:09 am In Investing | 18 Comments
Market timing works.
The basic idea behind market timing is that you want to pick your spots, buy low and sell high. There are software programs that will automatically trade for you and there are firms, like Tradebot, who have not had a single losing day in four years [3]. Tradebot typically holds a stock for 11 seconds and hasn't lost a penny on a single day in four years. Four years.
Don't give me the usual crap about market timing not working. It works.
The problem is that it won't work for you because you don't have a big pile of money to trade with, you don't have nearly as much knowledge, and you don't have a magic money machine software package. Without all three of those pieces, market timing doesn't work and you should follow fish like me to the index fund promised land.
One critical idea you need to understand about market timing, and day trading, is that it's essentially gambling. You want to be able to identify situations where your investment has the highest probability of generating a profit and then put it in play as often as you can. Whether you win or lose a particular bet is irrelevant, it's the system and the frequency of your bets that matter. That's why high frequency traders, those who hold stocks for 11 seconds, can win. They have a pile of money, they know the odds, and they play them over and over and over again.
In Bringing Down the House [4], the story of the MIT Blackjack team, it's obvious that the system was the crucial element. When you want to time the market, you need to know when to do it and then do it frequently.
Hewitt put out a report [5], based on the 401(k) plans they managed, that said:
Hewitt's annual study of the 401(k) saving and investing behaviors of nearly 3 million employees across 120 large-sized companies reveals that despite the market volatility, only 16.2 percent of employees made any sort of fund transfer in 2009, down more than 3 percentage points from 19.6 percent in 2008. In addition, participation rates and contribution rates remained virtually unchanged from 2008, at about 74 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively.
In other words, people go out of the market in 2008 and many never went back in. They tried to time the market by pulling out funds or reducing and eliminating their contributions, but they didn't get back into the market in time for the rally in 2009.
You need to time it on the way out and you need to time it on the way back in. Miss one or the other and you lose.
Burton Malkiel gave a talk at Google that's worth watching, he discusses day trading:
The takeaway is this – Market timing works, it just doesn't work for regular folks like you or me.
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It all began with a television producer's phone call asking KraftMaid to help a deserving family in need of a fresh start. Seasons later, we are proud to remain the exclusive cabinetry provider of ABC's award-winning program, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Episode 13The Riggins Family
Linda Riggins grew up poor and in the projects. She was never encouraged to make anything of herself and was not expected to even graduate high school. She went on to graduate college with honors and degrees in Childhood Education, Social Work, and Women's Studies.
Because of Linda's lack of encouragement growing up, she has dedicated her life to helping parents and children get the best education available. Linda and her visually impaired husband William have dedicated over 15 years of service to the Building Together Ministries, a non-profit center designed to help disadvantaged parents and children by encouraging them through after school programs and resources.
Recently, Linda has had several surgeries that have prevented her from continuing her work in the community. Their medical bills have become overwhelming and their house is in danger of being condemned by the city. In this episode of EMHE the design team heads out to North Carolina to lend a helping hand to a woman whose hand has helped hundreds of people in her community on a daily basis.
The Riggins' new kitchen was constructed with KraftMaid cherry wood cabinetry in the deep brown Kaffe stain accented by Linen style glass inserts and Satin Nickel Tapered Bow pulls. This same decorative hardware was used in the laundry area where maple cabinets were installed for additional storage in a caramel colored Toffee finish.
Moving to the family's new bathrooms, the master bath was designed with maple KraftMaid cabinets in the unstained Natural finish with the added touch of layered glass door inserts in the Orient style. The children's bathrooms were both styled in crisp White Thermofoil cabinetry with Satin Nickel knobs completing the clean look of these rooms.


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Diocese settles cemetery lawsuit
WILKES-BARRE - The Diocese of Scranton has settled a lawsuit filed by the parents of a Tunkhannock boy whose leg was fractured when a tombstone fell on him at St. Ann's Cemetery in Freeland in July 2010.
Luzerne County Judge Michael Vough on Thursday approved a $225,000 settlement the diocese reached with Patrick and Linda Frame, parents of the boy, who was 6 at the time of the injury.
The family's lawsuit, filed in June 2011 by attorney Brian Corcoran, claims the family was visiting a relative's grave site when the boy touched a nearby tombstone, causing it to topple onto him and break his leg.
Mr. Corcoran's suit said the diocese had a responsibility to identify and fix loose and unstable tombstones.
Bill Genello, a spokesman for the Diocese, said he wasn't immediately able to comment about the settlement.
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At this point in his career, we imagine that Jay-Z is just casually checking off his list of accomplishments on an uber luxe notepad, probably gifted to him by Kanye West. On Saturday he crossed off a successful opening night at his Made in America Festival in Philadelphia
The timing couldn't have been better. It was about an hour into Jay-Z's headlining set at the Budweiser-sponsored Made in America Festival on Saturday night (September 1) when the Brooklyn rapper took a short breather, the lights dimmed, and the chants for Beyonce started to rise. Hov's wife was rumored to perform, but when the screen lit up again, it was Pusha T's face the crowd saw as the beat for"I Don't Like (remix)" dropped. Kanye West and Big Sean weren't far behind him.
The day's lineup had included everyone from Rick Ross and his MMG crew to Passion Pit, Janelle Monáe and Skrillex, but at 9:30pm it was showtime for Jay-Z. The main stage was set in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which Sylvester Stallone made infamous as the site of his "Rocky Steps." To begin the show Hov spliced dialog from his Made in America commercial (which even aired during the London Olympics) and emerged from the darkness over the beat of Watch the Throne's"Made in America." Nothing lilke Frank Ocean's soaring vocals to open up a show.
Jay would follow that up with his "Public Service Announcement," maybe just to hint at what was coming next: an actual PSA from President Obama, who was broadcast on the big screens on Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway as he broke down the real meaning of "Made in America" and urged the young audience to vote. Jay-Z, he explained, had not come from power or perfection, and therefore was a shining example of the possibilities that hard work can open up to people from all walks of life.
Hov didn't add to Obama's announcement, simply continuing on throughout hits like "Izzo" and "Big Pimpin" before turning things up a bit by summoning State Property to the stage. Beanie Sigel was noticeably absent (due to legal troubles) especially later when Jay and Memphis Bleek performed "Murda Murda" but Freeway, Young Chris and Neef were a welcome sight for the cheering Philly crowd.
Getting back to his set, Jay-Z proceeded with hits like "99 Problems" and even teased the crowd with "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" (playing off those rumors that Bey would join him onstage) before getting into "Empire State of Mind," bringing out Swizz Beatz for "On to the Next One" and rolling into "Where I'm From." After that, there was a brief pause, in which Jay thanked Philly for being good to him, and offered a reward in return.
That reward was G.O.O.D Music. Pusha T's appearance seemed to catch the audience off guard, sending energy levels off the charts, and he was followed by Kanye and Big Sean, all three decked out in black. "Can't Tell Me Nothing," was 'Ye's solo hit of choice, followed by another Pusha assist on "New God Flow," "Cold" and then Big Sean delivering his smash hit "Dance (A$$)."
Common might've been the most surprising guest of the night, however, appearing to perform "The Light," before–finally–it was time for "Mercy." With Kanye West, Pusha T and Big Sean already in tow, the last missing piece of the puzzle was 2 Chainz, and he wouldn't have missed this for the world. Perhaps a little disappointing though, was the fact that West entirely skipped his verse on the track, passing off to 2 Chainz who entered to his own bars, but seemed to have a bit of microphone trouble. Despite the slight confusion, it was enough just knowing that Jay had anticipated the effect "Mercy" would have on the crowd.
At this point, what was left to do but close out the show with one song, and one song only? "Paris" ended things with a bang, or maybe that was just the sound of fireworks being launched from the stage as the lights turned off one final time.


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Cannes 2013: Why Would Someone Want To Blow Up Christoph Waltz?
A live broadcast of Canal Plus show Le Grand Journal - broadcasting from the Martinez beach during Cannes - was interrupted today when two blanks were fired into the air by a man holding what appeared to be a grenade in his hand. A pair of Cannes jurors - Daniel Auteuil and Christoph Waltz - were being interviewed at the time and were rushed off stage. There were no injuries but between this and yesterday's jewel theft that netted roughly a million dollars worth of jewelry meant to be lent to stars walking the red carpet this year's festival is proving to be rather eventful. Oh, right, there's the whole Ghadafi prostitution ring thing, too. Welcome to France.
Check out video of the incident below.
Check out video of the incident below.
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