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And it's good to read Temporary Perfections by Gianrico Carofiglio.
How can you not like a book that references fictional detectives; gives a list of movies that make you cry; quotes Umberto Eco on Charlie Brown; and comes out supporting the intelligent and lazy and warning of the dangers of the stupid and enterprising?


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The story is much the same on the inside: synthetic stone-toned tiles and natural wooden flooring, walls and ceiling slats make it feel like a clean, compact and modern cabin. Minimalist fixtures and the copious use of room-warming wood are reminiscent of North European architecture built for cold climates – saunas and sweat lodges normally constructed to heat you up but not for nomadic living.


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Strides still needed in girls' education, says women's rights expert
By Lorna O'Hanlon
NEW YORK, 8 September 2010 Education is a key component of United Nations Millennium Development Goal 3: to promote gender equality and empowerment of women. According to UNICEFs flagship Progress for Children report 2010 subtitled Achieving the MDGs with Equity most countries have reached or are close to reaching the MDG target for gender parity in primary education.
onetheless, however, disparities continue to persist at both primary and secondary school levels. While girls primary school enrolment is now over 82 per cent worldwide, it is not yet on par with boys enrolment, which stands at about 85 per cent.
Investing in girls education
According to Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, former president of the International Centre for Research and Women, the education target has made an important difference in the lives of girls and women.
But despite these strides, analysis of the latest available data in Progress for Children: Achieving the MDGs with Equity shows that progress has not benefited all girls equally.
The girls who are left behind are the ones who are most in need and these are poor girls, those who belong to minority populations within their countries and those who live in rural areas, Dr. Rao Gupta added. Unfortunately, they are the ones who still have not received the benefits of the various investments made in most countries around the world.
Interventions that work
At secondary school level, girls enrolment continues to lag behind that of boys in four out of six regions globally. It is lowest in South Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr. Rao Gupta said that in order to achieve any of the MDGs, special focus must be put on girls and women to ensure they have equal access to resources and their rights are realized.
The elimination of school fees in Kenya in 2003, for example, has led to increasing numbers of girls and boys attending school.
And in Malawi, a cash transfer programme has reduced the dropout rate among adolescent girls by more than 40 per cent and substantially increased their regular school attendance, according to a 2010 World Bank study.
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Dr. Rao Gupta believes that these kinds of success stories prove that the return value on investing in girls education is high.
Over the last five years, I would say that the focus on adolescent girls and the possibilities that they hold in their hands has certainly been more evocatively and compellingly established than ever before, she said.
If we continue to invest in adolescent girls, we will transform the future for all, she added.


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(A few words of explanation: Because of NBC's production arrangement with DirecTV, I wrote about this season of Friday Night Lights back in the fall. I'm now reposting last fall's pieces each week as the episodes air on NBC. So now, you know. No spoilers, please, if you've already seen the season. Enjoy.)
The East Dillon Lions end tonight with a 3-0 record. Vince, already a star, has the game of his life, one that should silence any remaining doubters. He gets the honor of placing the winning game ball in the shrine reserved for such artifacts at Buddy's, a new bar and grill owned by the smiling Buddy Garrity. Look at it from a distance, and all seems well. Better than well, even. But there's more going on. As good as this show is with dialogue, the best shot of this episode has no words. It's the one where Vince, flanked by his teammates and looking sharp in his suit, walks to the game. Crowds cheer them on, singling Vince out for praise. He ought to be elated, but his face can't hide his troubles. He's a winner who's discovered winning isn't enough.
Vince is the MVP of the game, and Michael B. Jordan would surely earn that title for this episode. Both Coach and Jess note how much he's changed, but part of what makes Jordan's work so strong is that he makes Vince seem like he's fundamentally still the same kid we first encountered at the beginning of last season. He was a good guy struggling to find direction amidst the limited choices he'd been given. He still is. The choices have gotten better, but they've gotten more complicated too.
The return of his father (Cress Williams) hasn't simplified things either. He's been out of the picture, in prison, for five years, time enough for Vince to grow from a boy into a man, one who's none-too-happy to have his dad back in the picture. And why should he be? He blames him—and rightly, it would seem—for his mother's addiction. Without him, she's staying straight and having a happy, productive life. With him? Who knows? And while Vince's hostility might seem a little premature—he did change, as Jess points out—it makes all the sense in the world. He may have been a boy when his father was last in the picture and up to no good, but that doesn't mean he's forgotten what it was like. Challenging him at every opportunity just makes sense.
It doesn't, however, reveal his true character, which both Williams and the show play close to the vest. Is this a man truly interested in reengaging with his son? Is the pride he talks about genuine? Or is he on the verge of backsliding into his old life and taking his family with him? Whatever the case, it's clear that Vince has found someone else to fill in for his absent father. For all his reluctance to remain outside the grocery store or to sign on to Coach's tightened notion of standards, by the end of the episode, he seems to get it. After his confrontation with Coach, he has a deeper understanding of how Coach's help took him from nowhere to where he is today. That hug at the end isn't just a manly celebration of victory. It's summoned up from somewhere deeper.
Vince's father isn't his only source of unease. After befriending Tami, Jess lands a job as the team's equipment manager, a position she seems to have summoned out of the ether in as an outlet for Jess's football enthusiasm. This makes Vince uncomfortable, and not without reason. It takes a special kind of couple—a Coach and Tami, say—to be able to work together that closely. And who wants his girlfriend hanging around a locker room anyway? What he fails to notice, is how much pleasure it gives her. She's positively giddy at being able to make a contribution to the team. Anyone who can still feel that way after receiving instructions on the best way to prevent staph infections is a true football fan. Maybe more than a fan. Maybe someone who should try to make a life out of it.
She's the opposite, in other words, of a rally girl. After a victorious opening, the episode kicks off with the controversy created by "Drunk Puppet Girl!!!!!," a video taken at the party seen in last week's episode, one that left Marah insensible and getting passed around like, well, some kind of drunk puppet girl. I thought Marah was going to be a one-episode foil for Jess, but it looks like she's got a bigger part to play, especially now that Tami has taken an interest in her. (Woe be to those who want to underachieve now that Tami's the guidance counselor.) I like that this episode didn't lay all the blame for what happened on the team or on Marah. She was a willing participant who probably expected to get about that drunk when she went to the party, even if she didn't expect her drunkenness to be immortalized. But Tami's determined to make her consider the consequences, especially those that extend beyond a few seconds of Internet infamy.
Elsewhere, another character stands to face some consequences of a different sort. Adrift, Julie has latched on to the one person who's shown an interest in her, even though it's a creepy, inappropriate interest. Tipsy after a salon at a professor's house—who apparently doesn't have a problem serving minors—she sleeps with a married TA who feeds her a line about marital troubles and how in "in a different world and a different time" they might have had something. It's a mistake, one she seems to recognize as soon as she wakes up next to him. The saddest, and creepiest part of the whole affair? That Julie justifies it by echoing the TA's advice about taking chances back to him and he lets her. Sometimes, Aimee Teegarden plays Julie as being wise beyond her years and makes her look the same. This week, she looked very young.
Finally, there's Buddy, who learns of trouble with Buddy Jr. and decides to take him in. (Presumably Santiago has long since vacated the Garrity residence.) It's an echo of Vince's relationship with his father, though which will turn out better remains an open question. On the outside, however, everything looks great.
Stray observations:
- "We didn't do any of this crap when we were kids." Silence.
- So, did Buddy sell the car dealership?
- I'm not sure hanging around outside a grocery store en masse harassing customers is really the best sort of community outreach. It's more like something a cult would do. Wouldn't charity work be better?


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He might never post the flash that he did last year, but I think he can replicate the baseline numbers behind the counting stats. He's already on pace to walk more this year than he did last year. That's a Good Thing.
Moving him to a more appropriate position in the lineup (5th/6th) would also help.
Cincinnati Here We Go.
29 Years and Counting...
"...You just have a wider lens than one game."
--Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.
"...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
--Roy Tucker, on why you need to lawyer up when you find yourself swimming with sharks.
Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun
As I said, I'm going on recollection here.
I don't disagree that Phillips is a good second baseman defensively. He is. Being top ten in MLB at a position means you are good. I just don't think his extension was warranted. Which is a perfectly defensible position.
Krivsky didn't see change coming
When Reds president and CEO Bob Castellini asked Wayne Krivsky on Tuesday night what time hed be in the office the following morning, Krivsky didnt think much about it.
Eight-thirty, he said.
Good, Castellini said. Well have a meeting.
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At that meeting, Krivsky learned that Reds ownership brought him in to be fired.
Less than three years after taking over the clubs general manager position, Krivsky was replaced on Wednesday by former St. Louis general manager Walt Jocketty.
Krivsky was said he spent an hour trying to save his job. Castellini didnt budge.
I did not see this coming all, Krivsky said.
Having said that, I told Bob I was real appreciative of the opportunity. I worked 29 years to get an opportunity like this in the city of Cincinnati, starving for a winner, (with a) great sports town and great tradition, and I still think its a gold mine. I really do. Thats what hurts so much not to see the job through to the end and bring that winner to Cincinnati.
Until Wednesday, he said he dreamed of celebrating in the clubhouse someday with champagne. In his 15-plus minute farewell speech, he mourned his abbreviated stay and gave thanks to many people at Great American Ball Park.
When asked if he had had enough time to do what he wanted to accomplish in Cincinnati, the New York native became emotional.
I can only say good things. I love it here. And he started before stopping to compose himself.
One of Krivskys biggest regrets is not working with manager Dusty Baker. He recommended Baker for the job, and still believes the skipper is the right guy to take this team forward and win.
When Baker talked to Krivsky Wednesday, he said the former general manager was upset, bewildered and emotional.
Baker was also surprised, although hes convinced Krivsky will land with another team.
Krivsky, 53, isnt ruling out another run at general management. But to be frank, he said, the only place he wants to be is here.
He said one of his Reds highlights was bringing up pitcher Tom Shearn from Triple-A Louisville last season. Krivsky said Shearn recently returned the sentiment.
When Tom Shearn goes to a booster club at the Louisville ball park and says Wayne Krivsky is the only GM Ive ever seen that comes down to the field and interacts with the players and knows their names thats really neat, Krivsky said.
In the end, the Reds losing records were the impetus for change.
Wayne Krivsky did a whale of a job in so many areas, Castellini said. It just comes to the point where were just not going to lose anymore.
Krivsky said there was nothing he would have done differently.
Im going to walk out of here with my head held high and feeling good, and Im going to sleep good tonight, I hope, Krivsky said. You know, maybe not tonight. Maybe the next night.
I just saw the interview with Krivsky saying "I really love it here" and started crying :O
I really don't think this was a good move
Go Reds!
Im a normal guy blessed with the ability to hit a baseball. - Sean Casey
I think Wayne did some great things....some very poor things.....and perhaps will learn from his mistakes and often poor media skills.
He was better than DanO, and hopefully WJ can keep moving forward....because it is a wildly improved all-around organization from 3-4 short years ago.
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
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Vermont Poetry Newsletter
Your Poetry & Spoken Word Gateway in the Green Mountain State
May 12, 2010 (Previous issue: 04/20) – In This Issue:
- About VPN/How To Print
- Newsletter Editor's Note
- Writing Assignment/Suggestion/Exercise/Prompt
- One in 8,700: Leonard Gibbs
- Hunter, Fargnoli & Mayo reading: RSVP!
- Burlington Poetry Journal: Mud Season Issue Available
- Angela Patten's Writing Memoir Course
- Joni Cole's Workshops
- April Ossmann's Workshop
- Poetry Advice Column: How can you be a poet every day?
- Haijinx: The Quarterly is back!
- Haijinx: Do Metrics Matter? Notes on Renku.
- Haijinx: About John Carley
- Robert Hass: On Whitman's 'Song of Myself'
- Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
- In a Small Town, the Giants of Poetry for 20 Years
- Poetic Connections: Art as Aphrodisiac
- Metapoetry
- It's Only Rhyming Quatrains, But I Like It
- Did You Know? Bread Loaf Poet Jennifer Grotz
- Ponderings: Greetings from Robert Frost
- Poetry Quote – Margaret Atwood
- Failbetter Poem
- Linebreak Poem
- Copper Canyon Press Poem
- American Life in Poetry Poems
- US Poets Laureate List
- Vermont Poet Laureates
- US Poet Laureates From Vermont
- New Hampshire Poet Laureates
- US Poet Laureates From New Hampshire
- Contact Info for Publisher of VPN: Ron Lewis
- Vermont Literary Journals
- Vermont Literary Groups' Anthologies
- Vermont Poetry Blogs
- State Poetry Society (PSOV)
- Year-Round Poetry Workshops in Vermont
- Other Poetry Workshops in Vermont
- Year-Round Poetry Writing Centers in Vermont
- Other Writing Groups in Vermont
- Poetry Event Calendar
1.) About the Vermont Poetry Newsletter Network
The Vermont Poetry Newsletter Network is made up of people of all backgrounds, ages and skills who appreciate the craft of poetry and want to promote it in the beautiful state of Vermont. The network consists of a free e-mail list, an eventual web site, workshops, open mics, poetry performances and other literary events. The network provides opportunities to meet local poets, talk about and enjoy poetry, and motivate and inspire yourself in whatever writing projects you are involved.
The mission of the Vermont Poetry Newsletter is to foster the poetry arts community in the Green Mountain State. Its goals are to serve as a resource for and about VT poets; to support the development of individual poets; and to encourage an audience for poetry in Vermont.
2.) Dear Friends of Poetry:
Many of you are now receiving my email that alerts you to when a new Vermont Poetry Newsletter is ready for viewing, along with a fully updated Poetz.com calendar of events. This procedure seems to be working beautifully, and seems to have had an invigorating effect on Vermont's poetry "scene" as well as for Patrick Gillespie's poetry blog: https://poemshape.wordpress.com/.
Well, that was one great National Poetry Month! I did not go to nearly the number of readings that I had planned on, but I did go to some memorable ones, nonetheless. The greatest gift of poetry that I gave to myself over this month of madness was a go hear Donald Hall in the small setting of Arlington High School's Mack Performance Arts Center. For those of you who still don't believe that big things can happen in small venues, then this would have been an eye-opener for you. This tiny high school, with the leadership of Hank Barthel, an English teacher with foresight and determination, coupled with the school's supportive Principal, Kerry Csizmesia, bringing the talents of big-name poets has become reality. From the first invitee, Robert Creeley, who read before a dozen people in the cafeteria, to Donald Hall, who packed a new performance center, Hank has brought 13 renowned poets to this setting in rural Vermont. Unfortunately, Hank is retiring in June, after 28 devoted years to the teaching of English literature. He will be sorely missed, but not forgotten, as Kerry made sure of that – he had a huge framed display erected in the hallway, just outside the doors of the performance center, that had photos of each of the 13 poets, plus that of Hank's, along with brass plaques of their bio's. From all of us who love poetry here in Vermont, thank you, Hank!
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The back and forward-weighted variations are elsewhere in the Fiore material, besides the examples you quote - they are quite numerous taken as a whole. For example, from Pisani-Dossi below, which also shows these positions front-weighted elsewhere, but here appear back-weighted. This example below is not for power generation, but rather for nimbleness.
I would argue that the back-weighted stance is taken for the same reason as in later rapier/smallsword/backsword sources - to enable a quicker movement of the lead foot, a deeper lunge-step, and easier/quicker movement offline. The back-weighted stance is essentially defensive, but can also be inviting an attack and deceptive in hiding how close you actually are to the opponent (it means that your feet at the same distance away from them, but you look further away because your body is further away).


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A review of how the government's intelligence agencies handled information they had before the Boston Marathon bombings last year concluded that it was impossible to know whether anything could have been done differently to prevent the attack.
Whether information withheld by Russia until after the bombings could have made a difference was not addressed in the unclassified version of the report. Even if the FBI had received details from the Russian wiretaps involving one of the bombing suspects, it's not clear that the U.S. government could have stopped him.
Three people died and more than 200 others were injured in two explosions during the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Two ethnic Chechen brothers are accused of carrying out the attacks. The oldest, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died in a police chase and his brother, Dzhokhar, has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges, including using a weapon of mass destruction.
The Obama administration briefed Congress on Thursday on the intelligence community inspectors general's investigation into whether there were any missed opportunities to share information.
"We will always ask ourselves what more we could have done to prevent this or another tragedy. What we may never understand is why the Russians didn't share more with us to aid in the FBI's investigation," said Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
Highlighting Russia's role in potential intelligence failures comes as relations between the two countries are the worst they've been since the Cold War, the deterioration coming over the past year. Russia's reluctance to share information with the U.S. government that might have helped prevent a terror attack on American soil was one of the first major cracks in the relationship.
Also in the last year, Russia gave asylum to former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden, who leaked millions of documents to journalists. President Barack Obama canceled a planned security summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Most recently, Russia ignored warnings from the U.S. and its allies and annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine.
Members of Congress have grown increasingly skeptical about the effectiveness of U.S.-Russian cooperation on law enforcement or other matters.
In 2011, Russian authorities told the FBI they were worried that one of the suspected bombers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and his mother were religious extremists. The Russians were unresponsive when pressed by the FBI for more details. It was only after the 2013 attack that the U.S. intelligence community learned that the Russians withheld some details that might have led to a more thorough FBI investigation.
The Russians told U.S. officials that they secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which Tsarnaev vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, which The Associated Press first reported weeks after the attack. In another conversation, the mother was recorded talking to someone in southern Russia who is under FBI investigation in an unrelated case, officials have said.
Rep. William Keating, a Massachusetts Democrat and member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said what the Russian government did or did not do is less critical to analyze than any missed opportunities by U.S. law enforcement.
"The U.S. should not be reliant on Russia to provide domestic security," Keating said. "We should not depend on Russia for the information to make the U.S. safe."
The inspectors general focused on Tsarnaev's travel to Russia in 2012 and whether U.S. agencies shared all the appropriate information about his comings and goings. They believe had this information about his travels been shared more widely among U.S. intelligence agencies, it might have prompted further investigation into Tsarnaev.
"Based on all the information gathered during our coordinated review, we believe that the FBI, CIA, (Department of Homeland Security) and the (National Counterterrorism Center) generally shared information and followed procedures appropriately," the inspectors general said. They recommended areas where coordination and information sharing could be improved, but they said they "found no basis to make broad recommendations for changes in information handling or sharing."
Russia has been inconsistent in how much information it shares with the U.S. on counterterrorism issues, said David Rubincam, the FBI's legal attache in Moscow from May 2011 through October 2012. Rubincam has since retired from the bureau. He was interviewed by the intelligence community's inspectors general over the past year.
"There were things that they would be more forthcoming on and things that they would just not respond to," Rubincam said of Russian intelligence officials.
Tsarnaev was one of many leads the FBI was pursing based on Russian intelligence, he said. When the Russians asked the FBI in March 2011 to look into Tsarnaev, the FBI did. The bureau also asked the Russians whether they had any more information on Tsarnaev that they could share with the U.S., but Russia was unresponsive.
Associated Press writers Bradley Klapper, Eric Tucker and Darlene Superville contributed to this report.
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The next San Antonio Symphony Classics concert on May 4 & 5 is called Mozart in Old Style. This title refers to the fact that Barry Douglas will be featured as both the guest conductor and piano soloist–just like Mozart did when he premiered his own piano concertos. Barry Douglas has performed with every major international orchestra including the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, I Pommerigi Musicali – Milan, Italy, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Novosibirsk Chamber Orchestra., RTE National Symhony Orchestra in Dublin, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra.
Barry Douglas was born in Belfast where he studied the piano, clarinet, cello and organ. He also conducted choirs and chamber ensembles. He won the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow – the only non-Russian since Van Cliburn to have won this prestigious award outright. He had previously won the Bronze Medal at the Van Cliburn Competition in Texas in 1985 and the top prize in the Santander Paloma O'Shea competition in Spain.
Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing talks about the May 4 & 5 performance in this video:
Mozart in Old Style
May 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. in the Majestic Theatre
Barry Douglas, conductor and piano
Rossini Overture to La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466
Górecki Three Pieces in Old Style
Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D major, "London"
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Boerne: Friday, April 27@ 7:30pm at Boerne First United Methodist – 250 E. James
San Antonio: Sunday, April 29 @ 3:00pm at Christ Episcopal Church – 510 Belknap
May 4 & 5: San Antonio Symphony performs "Mozart in Old Style"
May 6: Youth Orchestras of San Antonio perform a concert called Music for Great Cities at the Majestic Theatre at 4 p.m.
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10 pieces drumsticks (chop into 2 pieces each)
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1:Wash and cut drumsticks into 2 small pieces each,then drain and set aside.
2:Heat medium large non-stick pot or wok at high heat with cooking oil,star aniseed's,cinnamon and homemade sambal belacan paste ,then add in cut chicken,coconut milk,seasoning and tomato puree.
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Unhackable telecom networks, a step towards perfect security.
London: Researchers have come up with a way of protecting telecoms networks using quantum cryptography without the need for expensive dedicated optical fibre links. The technique, developed by Toshiba's European research laboratory in Britain and Cambridge University engineers, is a step towards perfect security for everything from credit card transactions to private health records. Quantum cryptography relies on the rules of quantum theory to generate uncrackable codes that encrypt data in a way that reveals if it has been eavesdropped or tampered with. Governments and the military are thought to be using the technology already, based on systems available from firms like ID Quantique in Switzerland and United States rival MagiQ. But until now, the quantum keys to encode and decode the information had to be sent on single photons, or particles of light, across a dedicated optical fibre separate from the line carrying the data itself. "The requirement of separate fibres has greatly restricted the applications of quantum cryptography in the past, as unused fibres are not always available for sending the single photons, and even when they are, can be prohibitively expensive," said Andrew Shields of Toshiba Research in Cambridge. "Now we have shown that the single photon and data signals can be sent using different wavelengths on the same fibre." The Toshiba system, outlined in research published in the journal Physical Review X, still requires an advanced detector that picks up the encryption key in a time window of just 100 millionths of a micro-second, at the expected arrival time of the single photons. But the detector, which is able to filter out the 'noise' in the fibre caused by the data itself, avoids the cost of laying down dedicated optical fibre lines. Previous work has managed to use quantum cryptography on shared optical fibres but only over very short distances, with low capacity rates, or with data moving only in one direction. The researchers say their system can do it over 50km with data moving back and forth and an encryption capacity 50,000 times the record over the same distance. Zhiliang Yuan, who worked on the research, said the team plan to carry out field tests on the system but he predicted it could be rolled out commercially within a few years.
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Unfortunately, strange things are afoot there. Dragos (Sid Haig) has shown an interest in the mission, and worse, Heidi's toy doll, Mimi seems to be alive.
Even as Dragos dispatches Queen Medusa (Francine York) to the planet, Jason learns that Heidi's father is a renowned scientist, Eric Van Demon.
But where is he, and what's become of him? What was he working on before he disappeared, and what does Dragos want with him?
But where is he, and what's become of him? What was he working on before he disappeared, and what does Dragos want with him?
"Little Girl Lost" is actually a fairly interesting episode of Jason of Star Command, one that plays its cards close to the vest, presumably for a lot of reveals in the next episode, "Mimi."
The special effects are again incredibly good for a 1970s Saturday morning adventure, and this week we get to see Jason and his friends go toe-to-toe with a giant, ape-like monster. It's a man-in-a-suit, not a stop-motion creation (Think the 1976 King Kong), and yet it still looks pretty good. Mimi – the living, and apparently malevolent doll – is created through stop-motion animation, however, and she's very creepy, even though at this point we don't know her motives.
Throughout the remainder of the episode, the miniature is seen landed on the surface without that pod, which accurately reflects the story. This was something that a contemporary, prime time series, Buck Rogers, didn't always get right. If you watch Buck episodes closely, there are constant special effects mismatches with the miniatures, particularly with the Directorate starfighters (two seaters vs. single seaters). The Jason special effects are emblematic of a lot of love, and a tremendous attention to detail.
If only the stories here were a little deeper, a little less bad guy vs. good guy. But of course, as I have written before, the show was aimed at children, so thematic complexity just wasn't in the cards. Which is too bad, because the production looks so good.
Next week, Heidi's mysterious story continues with "Mimi."


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Although mostly undeveloped and with a low population density, the recent evolution of the Colombian coastal regions has been strongly influenced by human activities both along the shore and in the watersheds. Channel excavation and river diversions dating back to the 18th century altered the sediment budgets of all the major deltas of the country and induced extensive morphological and biological changes in the littoral zone. Shoreline retreat has been the predominant historical trend along most of the beaches and soft-rock segments. In the past few decades, the use of hard engineering structures became extensive in order to stabilize the main recreational beaches and the inhabited areas of practically all major coastal cities and villages.
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Pat Woodard to be on "Jeopardy!"
The category: former Denver TV reporters for $200.
The clue: This longtime Channel 7 personality went on to create a documentary called "Veterans Day 11-11-11" and is now a Denver radio voice.
The answer: Who is Pat Woodard?
Correct! Woodard, formerly of KMGH, now heard on KOA and KHOW Radio, will be on "Jeopardy!" on Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. on KDVR-Channel 31.


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Fabricius Cunctator
Fabricius Cunctator (vulgarly known as "Sunny Sam") was the local blacksmith for the village of Ham. He had gotten his nickname for his slow, gloomy disposition and his propensity of foretelling disasters on a daily basis. Despite his reluctance he was persuaded by the villagers to collect all the metal rings he could find in his smithy for them to sew onto Farmer Giles' old leather jerkin and breeches. The smith even supplied an old iron frame of a helmet that the cobbler covered with leather.
Whenever trouble appeared in the tale Sunny Sam became more cheerful, but when things appeared to be going well the blacksmith turned dour. Eventually, when Farmer Giles became king, he outlawed unpleasant prophecy and Fabricius Cunctator changed his profession to the perhaps more suitable one of undertaker.[1]


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Senior Design Team Competes in Shell Eco-marathon
A Mechanical Engineering Stevens Senior Design team placed 15th in the Prototype, Battery Electric category of the 2012 Shell Eco-marathon America, which challenges teams from high schools and colleges teams from North and South America to design, build and test energy efficient vehicles.
At the annual competition at Shell's headquarters in Houston, Texas from March 28 to April 1, Dave Bairamian, Nick Catania, Chris Coppola, Nick Gadaleta, Steve Rawson and Isaac Spingarn entered their car, Sweet Adeline, in the Prototype, Battery Electric category, which focuses on aerodynamics lightweight for extreme efficiency. On two separate runs, drivers Bairamian and Spingarn lapped an urban track in downtown Houston, competing against other teams to see whose plug-in electric and battery powered car could complete ten laps using the least amount of energy. Their car was on display at today's Stevens Innovation Expo.
The team, who was advised by Mechanical Engineering Industry Professor Jan Nazalewicz and who benefited from generous funding from donor and Stevens alumnus Lawrence Carter '63, finished in 15th place out of a field of 21 vehicles in the category. Its best result was 2,325 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (MPGe) or 110 kilometers per kilowatt-hour (km/kWh).
"The competition was great," Catania said. "We loved seeing the innovative designs teams from all over the country came up with."
The seniors – who had little experience with metal work or welding – designed their 66 kilo car with an internal frame made of 17 pounds of bamboo and a carbon fiber shell which the team molded by hand. They chose bamboo because it is quite strong and capable of holding up under stress, despite its light weight. They also increased the bamboo's strength by heating it to 200 degrees, drawing out its moisture.
"Most of the efficiency comes from the aerodynamic body shape and lightweight frame," said Bairamian.
The students thought they could have performed better, but struggled with time constraints.
"Completing the project on time was a challenge, due to the early competition date," said Coppola. "There was a huge learning curve. Actually fabricating the car was more difficult than simply designing it on paper. We struggled to learn the many new manufacturing processes that we encountered, while finding a suitable place to construct our vehicle."
They also thought inexperience with regards to the competition, compared to the other teams, was a setback that effected their ultimate performance and placement. For example, they felt they underestimated the full level competition, which caused them to over-engineer their car.
"During Technical Inspection in Houston we realized our vehicle could withstand a lot more force than Shell was testing for," said Spingarn. "We focused on making it strong, but that didn't prove to be as important as we thought. So while our car performed pretty much as we expected it to, as first year participants we were behind the teams who had competed in previous years and had a better understanding of the particularities of the competition guidelines."
The team hopes to inspire upcoming Senior Design students to enter the competition and improve on their performance, and even expressed interest in mentoring future Stevens Eco-marathon teams.
"We hope we can pass on the knowledge we learned, so future teams can build even better cars," said Gadaleta.
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Preload by axial displacement
For machining centres, milling machines, lathes, and drills, rigidity and precise axial guidance are critical parameters, especially when alternating axial loads occur. For these applications, the preload in the bearings is usually obtained by adjusting the bearing rings relative to each other in the axial direction.
This preload method offers significant advantages in terms of system rigidity. However, depending on the bearing internal design and ball material, preload increases considerably with rotational speed as a result of centrifugal forces.
Universally matchable bearings or matched bearing sets are manufactured so that when mounted properly, they attain their predetermined axial displacement and proper preload values (fig. 1).
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Ieishah brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 41 Designs von 16 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
update: okay. contest extended. prize, increased. the question is how would my 3-5 star choices look on a header with my name (ieishah)?
what comes to mind when you hear fat juicy oyster? lots of people think 'sex'. luxury and richness definitely spring to mind. it carries a feeling of playfulness.
but also there's the line from shakespeare's merry wives of windsor, about the world being your oyster. that's the thread that links everything i do in life, really. but especially my blog. i travel and have intense intercultural experiences in every aspect--work, love, art and music, nature, sport, and politics. i write about it to inspire others to live richly, too.
the logo must have an oyster in it. maybe some pearls. maybe the words 'live rich' should be there somewhere. most of all, i need to feel a sense of playfulness when i look at it.
yeah, i'm not a fan of capital letters, obviously. and i'm not a cutesy cute girly girl. when i wear pink, i pair it with black. i like roses with thorns. this logo should be more on the edgy side.
having said this, i don't want any designers to feel limited. so let's throw some sh...errr... stuff up against the wall and see what sticks.
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Cate Blanchett: Oscars Most Invigorating Acceptance
I know that's saying a lot, especially given Lupita Nyong'o's acceptance and how oft-repeated that phrase is going to be. But the speech was fresh and original from the second sentence: "You're too old to be standing" and proceeds from there. She says the honour is exacerbated given that it comes from Daniel Day Lewis, then humbly admits that the award is subjective.
It shouldn't matter, really. The fact that she uses such bright language shouldn't be such a banner piece of information. But it is, and she does. I love listening to her speak. I know that every word is carefully considered, that she knows what to say to make her husband feel heard.
I actually have to extract a portion here to highlight. Cate said:
"…those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences..they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people."
This is carefully considered. This is making the most of what you want to say, knowing that if you are a public person and you're granted a microphone (literally or otherwise) you owe it to yourself and to people who care about you not to squander it. I have a lot of respect for that.
The dress, however, Cate's done better. This seemed like a harmless choice, not a joyful one. A "yes, that'll do". Her dress at the Independent Spirit Awards is more the casual, Santa Monica Saturday version of what I thought she would wear – colours and off-centre designs and just a willingness to play. I'm not sure why, in the year they're most likely to win, the women step away from the showstoppers – but it need not be the case. Bring on the weird, please.
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According to a recent driving study, as many as 1 in 5 teen drivers say they drove under the influence of marijuana. More than one-third of them did not believe that marijuana affected their driving, whereas less than one-fifth of teens who drove after drinking alcohol said their driving wasn't impaired.
These numbers show that some teen drivers aren't getting the message that both alcohol and drugs—including marijuana—are dangerous risks behind the wheel. Not only that, but drivers under the influence of these substances endanger other users of the road as well.
Reducing drunk driving has been a focus of public health campaigns in the United States for a long time. After all, SADD, which now stands for Students Against Destructive Decisions, started out as Students Against Drunk Driving. Only recently have people started talking about how driving high or buzzed is just as risky as driving drunk.
Your Brain in the Driver's Seat
Because driving is such a common activity, it's easy to forget how you really must stay alert to stay safe. While it may seem like your body goes on automatic when accelerating or changing lanes, really your brain is in high gear.
Drugs and alcohol interfere with the brain's ability to function properly. THC, the main active ingredient in marijuana, affects areas of the brain that control the body's movements, balance, coordination, memory, and judgment, so it's no surprise that marijuana and driving don't mix.
Speak Up
The driving study mentioned above also found that 90 percent of teen drivers would stop driving under the influence of marijuana if asked by their passengers. If you see someone who's about to drive after using marijuana, tell them it's not a good idea.
Note: Drugs and alcohol aren't the only things that may mess with your driving skills—check out Distraction.gov to find out about how eating, using a GPS, texting, or talking to passengers can also lead to an accident.
Update: Researchers now have a "driving simulator" that shows exactly how using marijuana can affect driving ability. Read about what they discovered here.
Agreed. And this is the main reason it is illegal. Its like alcohol or anything else and no one should be driving when the mind is altered.
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Why don't you write about the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol since it has caused more deaths than marijuana. Specifically Alcohol gives you euphoria and makes you take more risks and drive faster. BTW the facts about marijuana in this site are very twisted, why didn't this site release the recent reports showed by Yahoo about how marijuana doesn't cause long cancer and even prevents it and how it doesn't produced long term cognitive effects by the use
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Or maybe you want to tell how now one has died from using it and how the prohibition has produced thousand of cartels who currently and illegally sends marijuana to the US across the border
@Joel You are right, it is extremely dangerous to drive drunk. This and several other blog posts mention that. Alcohol, marijuana, other illicit drugs, and even certain prescription and over the counter drugs can all impair your reaction time and judgment, which affect driving, of course. Drunk, drugged, and distracted drivers are a danger to themselves, their passengers, and others on the road.
Check out these related posts on drunk driving and distracted driving on Sara Bellum:
- Assert Your Independence: Say No to Alcohol this July 4th https://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/assert-independence-alcohol-july-4th/
- St. Patrick's Day: Leprechauns, Shamrocks, and…Binge Drinking? https://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/st-patricks-day-binge-drinking/
- Four Tips to Avoid Drinking, Drugs and Driving
- Stop Distracted Driving: Stay Alert to Stay Safe https://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/stop-distracted-driving-stay-alert-to-st...
This reference is from TIMES magazine and not from government source like the ones on this site. Its says that marijuana is far less addictive than tobacco. Tobacco is hooks about 20% to 30% of smokers, marijuana is much less addictive, coming in at 9% to 10%. In contrast, 23% to 25% of heroin users get addicted, along with 15% of alcohol users and 15% to 20% of those who use cocaine.
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@Joel True, the drugs you mentioned are all extremely addictive. Still, 9%-10% for marijuana users is not an insignificant number. Teens and young adults are especially vulnerable to becoming addicted to any of these substances.
I'm really disappointed that websites such as this have to lie and then ironically says it has the facts when it contradicts it's information with recent and legitimate reports from the internet. Why do we really have to take this prohibition approach instead of telling the truth, and how Netherlands and Switzerland witch have a more different approach both enjoy lower rates of adolescent marijuana use than the U.S. This website is contributing to the failed DRUG WAR witch has cost the country billions of dollars in incarceration and propaganda that have not result in fewer drug use, instead more people are using marijuana, and how is that? One thing is educating our children about the responsibilities of it's use and how they need to be adults if they want to use it, since they are not mature and responsible enough to try it and another thing is lying to them and then making them more curious about it, and if they end up knowing that all of it was a lie it's gonna backfire big time on parents. Shame on this website!!!
@Joel First, we should point out that NIDA does not set policy; we support and conduct research on drugs of abuse. We do our best to provide accurate and unbiased information based on current scientific research. Hopefully, this information will help children and adolescents make responsible decisions regarding drug use. Adults, too.
I strongly agree that taking marijuana + driving is a big no no.. We just met an accident when my friend fell asleep while driving under the influence of the herb..
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Yes this dangerous.
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Smoking Marijuana Can Make Driving Dangerous
Yes it is - BECAUSE
The cerebellum is the section of our brain that controls balance and coordination. When THC affects the cerebellum's function, it makes scoring a goal in soccer or hitting a home run pretty tough. THC also affects the basal ganglia, another part of the brain that's involved in movement control.
These THC effects can cause disaster on the road. Research shows that drivers on marijuana have slower reaction times, impaired judgment, and problems responding to signals and sounds. Studies conducted in a number of localities have found that approximately 4 to 14 percent of drivers who sustained injury or death in traffic accidents tested positive for THC.
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Purdue Pharma recently announced it is conducting clinical trials on OxyContin in children. Immediately some have criticized, suggesting that the exposure to opioids at an early age will inevitably lead to addiction later in life. The larger issue that was missed is that there are times opioids are necessary for children. Children in intensive care units, emergency rooms, post operatively or in rehab often require strong analgesics. These are children with cancer, with severe burns, with sickle cell anemia or other conditions. It would be cruel and inhumane to leave children untreated who experience extraordinary amounts of pain. Of course opioids should not be the first line of therapy if an alternative is available, but they may be the only way to provide relief. So the question is not whether opioids should be used in children but rather how to use them safely when they are necessary. The only way we can know how to safely use medications in children is if they are studied in children. Science should inform patient safety. [link removed, per guidelines]
I believe the only way driver can drive safely is not to drive any vehicle within at minimum of twenty four hours of ingesting any legal (illegal products is not tolerated and acceptable in a civilized society), beverage or drugs - alcohol, drugs etc. The evidence proves without any doubt that driving with alcohol and drugs within the body while driving or in control of a vehicle is a lethal combination and this analogy is from working within the emergency medics arena.
im going to have to disagree. i dont think driving under ther influence of marijuana is the same as driving drunk. Yeah it might impair your judgement but not as much as alcohol. You hear all these stories about people getting into accidents because they were drunk but i have never heard of someone crashing while under the influence of marijuana.
I will need to disagree and I will give my reasons, as any substance which can adversely affect the necessary concentration to driving of a vehicle on the highway, whether alcohol or drugs - legal or illegal, must be forceably outlawed in legislation. Driving a vehicle safely on the public highway is an absolute priority and being in full control of the vehicle at all times is extremely important and unfortunately any loss of concentration from whatever reasons, potentially turns that vehicle and driver into a multiple killing machine, and I say this as a person formerly employed within the medical ambulance response arena, where every road traffic accident (rta) is one road traffic accident that will have an adverse affect on many people related and unrelated to the driver.
@Jeremy "Thy blasphemy, I curse, not thee." That is the main reason it is illegal?! Hypocrite among us! If Cannabis is illegal because of the danger it poses to the highways, why is alcohol legal? Are you really truly suggesting that alcohol is not only less dangerous than Cannabis, but is exempt from criminalization, despite the many thousands of deaths it causes each year, because its less dangerous? If you truly believe, and I respect your right to believe what you will, that Cannabis is illegal because of its dangers, would you not support similar, if not more intense, criminalization for alcohol abuse? With regard to Cannabis, the time has come for true prohibition, or no prohibition. Half hearted "fence sitting" prohibition will soon meet its end. [Deleted, per guidelines]
No one is suggesting alcohol is less dangerous. Driving under the influence of alcohol is very dangerous. So don't drink and drive. And don't drive after using other drugs either.
That is truly very dangerous it cause accident.
A person can get hooked on various kinds of drugs, foods as well as certain fluids, however the level of addiction during these contexts differ. There are certain addictions, which may be detrimental in the long run and something of them is drug abuse. There are numerous facts about drug abuse that individuals are not aware of and these are essential for the health and general wellness of the body.
marijuana aka weed can take over your body and affect the way you are ..if you are to addicted it can affect in anger SO DONT USE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you can hurt ur family and friend
@newport, the same amount of people die each year for buzzed driveing as drunk
Very good article. I'm facing some of these issues as well..
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Hi Hunter,
You are right that marijuana can have different emotional effects for different people--for instance relaxing some people while making others anxious. But it does impair motor coordination for everyone. Also, like alcohol, marijuana can artificially boost a person's confidence in their skills at tasks such as driving--or homework--making them think they're better than they are. No one drives drunk expecting they'll kill someone, but they do.
And though it's hard to compare the risks of driving drunk versus driving after smoking marijuana, statistics show you more than double your odds of causing an accident if you drive while high.


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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Pro Musica will conclude its 28th performance season with Leonard Bernstein's choral masterwork "Chichester Psalms" and Benjamin Britten's witty and sublime cantata "Rejoice in the Lamb."
Also on the program are Randall Thompson's beloved "Road Not Taken" and a raucous version of the American folk song "Cindy" for double chorus! Artistic Director Priscilla Stevens French will conduct the 56-voiced SATB chorus accompanied by organist Robert Littlefield.
Concerts are set for Saturday, April 20, 8 p.m. at First Baptist Church on 2 Spring St. in Exeter and Sunday April 21st, 3 p.m. at South Church, 292 State Street, in Portsmouth.
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A 3-year-old girl was killed and at least a dozen people were injured Tuesday when a water line burst in western Rio de Janeiro, sending a powerful jet of water up into the air and flooding an entire neighborhood.
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The Americans have dealt the cards once again in the latest version of Afghanistan's Great Game. President Obama has set a course for the drawdown of US forces that is not likely to be reversed.
Afghanistan's near neighbors – Pakistan, India, China, Russia, and Iran – must now decide whether to play on or fold. By most accounts, there has been US military progress in several Afghan provinces, but no one bets it's permanent. For almost a decade, Afghans have demonstrated they cannot fix their country, even with American blood and treasure.
Now the stakes become potentially huge for these regional players. American public support for prosecuting the Afghan war is evaporating. Osama bin Laden has been killed and Al Qaeda's leadership has been hammered. Restive NATO allies want out as well.
What will develop in the vaccum left by the withdrawal of US and NATO forces? Afghanistan's near neighbors need to decide whether they really want that Islamist incubator hatching more terrorism while spilling thousands more refugees across their borders.
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There could not be a more opportune time for these regional superpowers to join together in a conference on Afghanistan. Based on common concerns and shared interests, its agenda should be obvious: combating Islamist terrorism spawned in Afghanistan and Pakistan, curbing drug production and trafficking, and opening regional borders to commerce and energy pipelines that could greatly enrich all parties.
The difficulty, however, is that not all the parties are likely to agree on what constitutes a good settlement.
Differing interests, shared discomfort
Shuja Nawaz of the Atlantic Council notes "China wants a stable Afghanistan. It wants stable neighbors and markets for its goods in central Asia. It wants access to Afghanistan's copper and rare earth minerals. And it does not want a spillover of Islamic fundamentalism spawned in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
One would think China an ideal partner for Washington as US interest in Afghanistan ebbs. But Beijing's pique over US arms sales to Taiwan remains a wrench in the works. Additionally, the Chinese tend to focus exclusively on their own unilateral interests and don't wish to be seen cooperating too closely with the US lest they expose themselves to the wrath of Islamist terrorism.
Russia remains unhappy with US bases so close to its southern border, but Moscow also does not want Afghanistan to lapse back into its traditional chaos and "old night," according to Rick Inderfurth of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He believes the Russians would prefer a slower withdrawal of US troops from the Afghan theater.
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If Obama's reduction of the US presence in Afghanistan pleases US voters, it's causing some discomfort among Afghanistan's near neighbors. India, which has been battling Islamist terrorism much longer than the US, is also understood to prefer a slower drawdown of US forces during ongoing efforts to stabilize the region.
ANOTHER VIEW: Obama's Afghanistan withdrawal: another sign of America's decline?
And despite its current abysmal relationship with Washington, Pakistan is also anxious about any downsizing of US forces in Afghanistan. Wracked by a Taliban insurgency within its borders, Islamabad is ever haunted by the US abandonment of the region after Soviet forces retreated from Afghanistan in 1989. Mr. Inderfurth believes that "Islamabad is hoping for the best and seeing the worst."
The wild card, however, is Iran. The Obama administration has yet to signal what role, if any, it foresees for Iran in a future Afghanistan. Foreign policy realists like former US Secretaries of State James Baker and Henry Kissinger have argued Iran must be brought into the process. That, however, would probably trigger a Saudi demand that they also be included if Iran is involved in any conference on Afghanistan.
Yet Tehran has a demonstrable record of mischief, and one can but wonder whether the current Iranian regime would have anything beneficial to bring to the table and what its demands would be in return for playing a constructive role.
Cooperation is preferable to chaos
Admittedly, the obstacles are formidable. No one appears especially eager to help Obama out of the Afghan tangle. Pakistan, for example, could take a short-term view and fall back on a strategy of fomenting trouble in Afghanistan in the name of tribal fraternalism with Pashtu tribes.
Still, there is modest reason for hope. A regional agreement on Afghanistan is hugely preferable to living with a failed narco-terror state as one's neighbor – and regional powers must sense the urgency of the situation as US and NATO forces prepare to withdraw.
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Furthermore, the upcoming meeting in July between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India could yet show that even traditional enemies can appreciate the value of an agreement that is clearly in the interest of everyone in the region.
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1)I am dealing with a dealer who is not advanced on these issues as you guys. However slowly, particuarly as i hang around this forum, i am becoming more of an expert. which means among other things: they have no specific diagonistic tools for hard drive throughput measuring..
Yes we are playing the 110 tracks inside logic 7.1.
The dealer and I are unfortunately in different cities 6 hours apart so i am not sure of everything. But his report i am sure was using the Logic activity meters. As far as i know he does not have a way of measuring disk i/o, outside of loading tracks and seeing when the system is starting to hic-cup.
2)you guys know so much: what is black magic decklink HD pro card....etc etc all this information, it makes my day job of mixing 400 musical parts seem easy.
As far as i know there is nothing else on the PCI bus except the Tempo card....In another PCI slot i bought and they have installed the M-audio Revolution 5.1 PCI card for doing 5.1 monitoring.
But the Tempo card and this card are on separate buses and should not be slowing each other down. Right? (remember i am not a hardware guy). the audio is coming out of the 8 hard drives....going straight into the tempo card and straight into the computer bus...right?
3)Wow you actually read my bio. thank you for the compliments. However I am not "famous" in any way. I write contemporary classical music that pushes the emotional and intellectual envelopes in every way-which i am sure you gathered if you went on and read the reviews.(go to www.electrocd.com and select Paul Dolden . lots of reviews etc. ) However perhaps i gave the wrong signal when i said "I have money"...For a serious artist like this it means i can afford to buy a new system and i have money for the next few years without picking up another commission. Remember this is modern music no-one is paying big bucks for me to write avant garde music. the commissions come and go but none are the big bucks of a hollywood film composer.
Bottom line: I have earmarked $15,000 Canadian on new gear. (exhange rate is about 20 percent)The $15,000 includes ....$2,500 for a new mic preamp (separate purchase later this summer),,,and $2,200 is for the new Apogee Rosetta 200....$2500 in software and sampling libraries,,,$500 to make my Les Paul into a midi controller....and therefore we have about $7500 to $8000 for computer , hard drives, including uping the Ram to 2,5 gig etc(other small details)..........sorry but when i said have money,,,i only meant i am not a starving artist right now...in my earl years I was very poor though so i know what it means to suffer for your art and all those other cliches...the type of stuff that is suppose to make your art authentic for my bourgoise patrons and audience of musical dillantes.......now $8000 what does that get me in pro tools? When you say they can do 400 tracks that is amazing but because i am curious what would it cost me for a ready to go 400 track pro tools system (just off the top of your head-i am just curious-i am not trying to be argumentative...i just see no other way than the way i am going.


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Outsider to Insider Tip #2: Collect Data Like a Crazed Squirrel
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I've been writing a series of tips on how you can go from being an outsider to an insider. Because being one of the cool kids is a sure-fire way to increase your chances of getting funding. Being part of the "in" crowd means people are more likely to listen to you attentively — not yawn, not slam doors in your face, not back away slowly while reaching for their can of mace. So you need to use every tactic available to build the biggest personal network you can. In other words, Collect data like a crazed squirrel.
Imagine that you are a rabid squirrel on an insane personal mission to collect every nut from every tree. You need to start squirreling away the contact information of as many people as you can, starting right now. Because you are going to ask them to support your film with a contribution.
How many people do you personally know? Take a wild guess. Chances are that you will be wrong, and that your answer will be too low, rather than too high. The average person knows about 1,500 other human beings — unless, of course, you're Lois Weisberg, then people write books about you. Think about it. How many people did you go to school with from kindergarten through college? How many people have you met through clubs, parties, volunteering, family connections, work connections, social media, blah blah? And how old are you? How many years have you been alive on this planet to network with your fellow mortals? The longer you have been here, the more people you have met.
Now, do you keep in touch with all of these people? Do you even know where half of them live? Undoubtedly not. You probably don't keep in touch with all the people who are your "friends" on Facebook, even if there are one or two obnoxious ones who post a bit too frequently (for that I apologize). That's true of most people. But it's not going to be true of you. You will invite every person you have ever met to be your Facebook friend, your Twitter follower, your buddy.
Do you have an email list? Oh, good. Because that is going to be so unbelievably helpful to you in the fundraising work ahead. Collect every goddamn email of every person you have met and put that into a database of some sort, whether it's Filemaker Pro, Vertical Response, or just a plain vanilla Excel spreadsheet. Religiously add new emails to that list, along with the person's name and any other useful information like phone numbers, each and every time you have a new contact crop up.
Put a widget on your film website's home page where people can give you their emails so they can receive updates on your film. Yes, people still do that. You can set this up so the data automatically goes to Vertical Response or whatever email management site you are using and is entered into your database. Considering that Facebook changes its algorithms for displaying posts more frequently than Mark Zuckerberg changes his hoodie, you don't want to rely on Facebook to get the word out about your film project. You want the ability to deliver "push notifications." These are more direct and more cost-effective than Facebook ads. Oh, and don't forget Twitter. Twitter still works. So build up your Twitter following. Only problem with Facebook and Twitter is they don't give you emails for your followers. But LinkedIn does. Gold! Jackpot! I love you LinkedIn! Download the emails and add them to your film outreach list. Sure, you can take off anybody who might get bent out of shape if you start sending them film updates. But I personally err on the side of asking for forgiveness and not permission. I have over 14,000 people on my personal email list. How about you? Not quite? Keep going.
All right? Ready to hit the ground running, you crazed squirrel, you? That foam collecting around your mouth tells me yes! Just start collecting contacts. Trust me. It will make you a superior human being — when it comes to fundraising.
In fundraising solidarity,
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Have a project you want someone to manage? Have a job that needs to be done professionally, on time, and under budget? That is what I do. I am "The Super Producer." I take ideas and make them real. My services support fundraising, films, events, publications, and organizations. I assess the situation, prepare the plan, design the fundraising, hire the team, administer the budget, manage the timeline, and guide the project to successful completion. Put me in charge of your project. – See more at: http://hollymillion.com