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Four John Dominises-
Governor John Owen Dominis was the son of Captain John Dominis, the sea captain who brought his Boston born wife, Mary Lambert Jones, and son to Hawaii in 1837. They had left behind two young daughters to be educated in Schenectady, New York. J. O. Dominis never saw his sisters again. Both little girls died in New York at around age 12. Life in Hawaii would be very different from life in Boston for this branch of the family!
Little John arrived in Hawaii at age five, and died there in 1891. He attended a day school next door to the Royal School. There was a little girl next door who he used to watch through the fence. I don't know if he knew that little girl was a royal princess, and I'm sure he didn't know that someday he would marry her! He grew up and became secretary and chamberlain to King Kamehameha IV.
Upon his 1862 marriage to Princess Lydia Kamakaeha Paki (later known as Lili'uokalani) the couple lived in Washington Place. It must have been difficult living under the same roof as her mother-in-law, and in the Queen's autobiography she describes Mary Dominis in unfriendly terms. There seemed to be some racial prejudice on the side of the mother in law. Apparently this changed over time, and they lived together until Mary's death in 1889.
What is not commonly known is that Governor J. O. Dominis was a 33rd degree mason. When his wife, as Princess, went to London to visit Queen Victoria upon her Jubilee (50th anniversary of her reign as Queen of England), Prince Albert invited him to a large celebration at a Masonic temple in London. In the Queen's Autobiography she wrote "As Governor Dominis passed in front of the Grand Master, still ignorant of his own position, Masonic salutations were exchanged; and much to his surprise my husband found himself conducted up to the platform, where on the right of the Prince of Wales the third seat had been assigned to him. His astonishment was succeeded by emotions of pride. Governor Dominis was always a most unassuming man; not at all eager to put himself forward, never presuming in the least to encroach on the rights or privileges of others. But when he found himself thus placed in one of the highest and most honorable positions, it was undoubtedly enough to make his bosom glow. But he valued the honor as a Mason more than as a man; for it was the recognition of his place in an organization whose bond of union was that of brotherly love, and whose ancient and noble rites these high-born or royally connected persons from every part of the globe had assembled to celebrate" John Owen Dominis sat on the dais with Prince Albert. It was a very high honor. But they were the highest ranking Masons in attendance who were also royalty!
Lydia and John could never have children of their own. John also chose to socialize with his own American friends, even having an affair with one of her ladies in waiting. The child he fathered out of wedlock, John Aimoku Dominis, was born in 1883. His royal marriage brought him many honors, including being appointed as the Royal Governor of Oahu. In 1891 Lili'uokalani became Queen, and he became the Prince Consort. He died less than a year later.
After her husband's death, in 1910, Queen Lili'uokalani adopted her husband's son and named him her heir. By this time, the United States had annexed the Hawaiian Islands and she had lost her throne through some ugly circumstances. This story is a long saga worthy of another blog posting entirely. However, I'm only related to Governor John Owen Dominis, so I'll stick to his story.
In those days, the newspaper coverage of a state funeral reminded me of the blow by blow descriptions you hear on TV during a state funeral. I watched Ted Kennedy's funeral last year, and compared the TV coverage to the newspaper coverage in 1891. They both described who was attending, where they sat, the order of the activities, the flowers, the cortege, every detail. It told me the cemetery he was buried at, and the place where the funeral was held.
From The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu) 1865-1819, September 1, 1891, page 1: "It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of the Prince Consort, His Royal Highness John Owen Dominis, who breathed his last at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, at Washington Place, in this city. For the past two months he had been suffering from pneumonia and was confined to his room for the greater part of the time, suffering greatly at times from his disease, which baffled the skill of his physician, Dr. G. Trousseau."
A few days later, from The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu) 1865-1918, September 8, 1891, front page, was a large article, running several columns, describing the state funeral. There was a lot of name dropping in the story, listing all the heads of state and dignitaries. I was most impressed with the paragraph describing the coffin and coffin plate: "The coffin of the Prince Consort was place in the centre of the Throne Room upon a raised foundation covered below by a cloth of blue satin and above by a rich yellow robe. Upon the latter rested the coffin itself, and over it was thrown a heavy mantle with broad alternated bands of red and yellow feathers. The coffin itself is a magnificent piece of work from the shops of C. E. Williams, made entirely of kou and koa, the body being of the latter, and the trimmings of the former wood. It contains more than two hundred pieces in all and the sides and the ends were magnificent specimens of Hawaiian wood. The plate, a fine piece of artistic work, came from Hubash. It is a piece of solid silver, about ten inches long in the shape of a lyre. At the top was the Hawaiian coat of arms raised and done in colors, surmounted by a crown. At the bottom was placed a Masonic emblem also in colors, between these two decorations was engraved the inscription surmounted by a wreath of green gold."
At the end of the article, after the funeral, the procession to the Royal Mausoleum, the listing of the prayers offered and hymns sung, and the religious service at the Mausoleum, there was a short Masonic ceremony also described: "Then followed the imposing ceremonies of the Masonic Lodge Le Progres. The members of the Lodge, with members from Hawaiian Lodge and visiting brethren, marched in slow procession into the Mausoleum to the strains of soft music from the organ presided at by Mr. Wray Taylor, organist of St. Andrew's Cathedral, who also played at other portions of the ceremony. After the members had taken their positions around the coffin, Bro. John Phillips, in distinct tones, commenced the service by reading "Once more, my brethren, have we assembled to perform the last sad and solemn duties to the dead. The mournful notes which betoken the departure of a spirit from its earthly tabernacle have again alarmed our outer door, and another has been taken to swell the numbers in that unknown land whither our fathers have gone before us." Etc.
This was followed by the invocations rehearsed by Bro. J. T. Downey, the members responding "So mote it be." Bro. Downey laid the white upon on the coffin, after which the brethren moved three times around it in procession, each depositing a spring of evergreen as he passed the head. The public grand honors were given three times the brethren saying "The will of God is accomplished. So mote it be. Amen.""
This side of my family has always been very involved with the Masons. In all the obituaries I can find in this line, it lists their lodges and memberships in Massachusetts. All their gravestones are decorated with Masonic symbols. My great grandfather died in the Masonic home in Shrewsbury, he was the grandson of Mary's sister, Catherine Plummer Jones. I was not surprised to see that Governor Dominis was also a Mason. It was especially interesting to see how much in meant to him in life, and in death.
This is the story of four men named John Dominis. Their descendants call them Captain Dominis, Governor Dominis and Aimoku Dominis. The first was my great grand uncle, the second my first cousin many times removed, the third my second cousin many times removed. The last John Owen Dominis, son of Aimoku, died young. The Queen's biography, Hawaiian local histories and encyclopedias only told me part of my cousins' story. These Hawaiian newspapers are bringing more of their lives details to me.
Family Tree Information:
Gen. 1. Captain John Dominis, probably born in Trieste, (now Slovenia), died in 1846 on a voyage from Hawaii to China; married on 9 October 1824 in Boston to Mary Lambert Jones, daughter of Owen Jones and Elizabeth Lambert (my 5x great grandparents). Three children, two daughters died young and a son.
Gen. 2. Governor John Owen Dominis, born 10 March 1832 in Chittenango, New York; died 27 August 1891 at Washington Place, Honolulu, Hawaii; married on 16 September 1862 in Honolulu to Lydia Kamekeha Paki (Lili'uokalani), daughter of High Chief Caesar Kaluaiku Kapa'akea and Chiefess Analea Keohokalole. No issue. Governor Dominis also had a relationship with Mary Purdy Aimoku, and had a son.
Gen. 3. John Owen Aimoku Dominis, born 9 January 1883 in Honolulu, Hawaii, died 7 Jul 1917 in Honolulu, Hawaii; married on 27 June 1911 at Washington Place to Sybil Frances McInerny, daughter of Edward Aylett McInerney and Rose Kapuakomela Wond. Three children
For more information:
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Lili'uokalani, Queen of Hawaii (1838-1917). Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1898. This is Queen Lili'uokalani's Autobiography, published by her nephew, William Lee in Boston. It also can be read online at http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/liliuokalani/hawaii/hawaii.html
The Library of Congress Chronicling America Website http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Randy Seaver's Blog GeneaMusings at www.geneamusings.com was the inspiration for this week's research using the Chronicling America website. See his blog posting at Genea-Musings: Using the Library of Congress "Chronicling America" Site
Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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Welfare advocates warn new rules forcing young unemployed people to search for 40 jobs a month and work without taxpayer payments won't get them employed.
Anglicare Australia and the National Welfare Rights Network have welcomed parts of the government's three-year $5.1 billion job placement program, to be rolled out from July 2015.
They have applauded the provision of wage subsidies for mature-age workers, young job seekers and the long-term unemployed.
But they're concerned about punitive measures for people under 30, who will work for no dole for six months while applying for 40 jobs every month.
"It's a path to disillusionment and demoralisation," Anglicare's acting executive director Roland Manderson told AAP on Monday.
Mr Manderson believes it will force more people to seek emergency relief.
Labor accused the government of writing a recipe for social disaster among young people, warning about increasing rates of homelessness and anti-social behaviour.
For older workers, it was an insult to make them work for the dole given their ample work experience.
"This is cruel and counter-productive," opposition employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor told reporters in Melbourne.
The federal government argues here is proof that work for the dole works, which is why is it expanding it to cover all job seekers aged under 50.
Making those under 30 work 25 hours a week, and 30-49 work 15 hours a week, would impart important job and life skills and ease them into the workforce, it said.
It was the least taxpayers expected of those on welfare.
"It is absolutely obvious that if you are sitting at home not looking for work, you are unlikely to get a job," Assistant Employment Minister Luke Hartsuyker told reporters in Melbourne.
There are also concerns the measures will be rolled out without the need for legislation.
Mr Manderson said it will be hard to hold the government to account.
"The only say you get is through public debate," he said.

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'A blogger going by the name of "Major Nelson"' - I wonder if Mr Sherwood realises that Major Nelson is in fact the director of Programming for Xbox Live and not just some random blogger :p
Microsoft has once again poured cold water over the latest rumour that it'll launch a Blu-ray Disc drive add-on for the Xbox 360. A blogger going by the name of "Major Nelson" has posted an audio interview online with Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft's Group Product Manager for the Xbox 360. In the interview, which took place at the …
1) Your "blogger by the name of Major Nelson" is Larry Hryb, Microsoft's Xbox Live Director of Programming
2) Greenberg's reference to a "massive library of entertainment content" was most likely a reference to all the video and TV you can download over Xbox Live, not just the gaming side. Launching a Blu-Ray add-on might put a dent in their HD video download to buy or rent service.
sometimes its better to stick your pride where the sun dont shine, and make a wise bussiness decision.
Blue ray is going to be big, 1080p movies are the thing, with the general public now buying 1080p capable lcd tvs. (if the credit crunch isn't going to put us in ww3 that is).
Downloading a 1080p movie just takes too much bandwidth for the general public. So you will have a few geeks with enough bandwidth to stream 1080p, and billions who can buy a sub 200 euro/dollar blueray player, and walk to the store for a blueray movie. I know on which horse I would bet..
So just because sony invented the format and made it big with a competing game console doesn't mean you shouldn't admit your mistake. Just swallow that pride
I didn't buy a PS3 precisely because it *does* have Blu-Ray.
We all know that HD-DVD should have won the format wars, and I think that the buying public is a lot more savvy about proprietary formats these days (especially the early-adopters) which is why the sales aren't what they should be.
And when people can buy cheap dvd's all over the place and use a decent upscaler on their shiny new TV, why bother with Blu-Ray ?
The XBox 360 is a games console. How many people use it as anything else? Bugger all. OK, there might be some folks using it as a Media Extender in cahoots with Windows Media Centre but my understanding is that WMC doesn't currently support Blu-ray. Any sensible person would not want to lock themselves into WMC anyway.
And what type of display are most XBox 360s plumbed into? I don't know - which is why I ask the question. If they are bog-standard SD boxes - Blu-ray is pointless. If they are HD 720p, Blu-ray is pointless. If they are monitors - hope you've got a big one with the right resolution.
Some folks I know to have HD 1080p tellies and Blu-ray players (be they in PCs, dedicated players or PS3s). But I've not seen a HD 1080p telly that does a decent enough job of upscaling SD content to the point where I can stop shouting "Look at the artefacts! Look at the jaggies!".
Remember that the majority of XBox 360 games are rendered natively at 720p. If you bought a telly that supports that, well, you could watch HD-DVD with no probs. Although I might still shout "Look at the jaggies!" watching SD content. And isn't it the case that HDTV broadcasts that exist are 720p?
I watch more television that I watch bought films. There isn't enough HD content to bother with paying extra subscriptions from Sky/Virgin. Even if there was and it was free-to-view, what resolution would that content be in? 720p.
I don't want to get into a analogue vs digital type debate but it is the case that most TV content has been produced for viewing on a CRT rather than an LCD. And there are still plenty of them hanging around.
If DVD as a data format provides sufficient capacity for XBox 360 game purposes, why move to Blu-ray? Actually, I'm not sure that having an HD-DVD external drive was worth the effort - yes, fantastic for you early adopters of HD-DVD filum content but the rest of the world, no.
One of the things that works in the favour of consoles vs. PCs is the stability and longevity of the platform. Funking with the base platform spec ain't a good idea. Producing new add-ons with funking with the spec. Necessary new software is an issue. Oh sure, increase integration, reduce chip count, shrink the box and all of that, but don't funk with the spec.
Bring back b&w broadcast on 425 lines now!
Mines the one with the original Nintendo DS in the pocket.
"It's pretty clear it's not the next DVD"
Wow, maybe you should send a memo to the rest of the world!
Blu-Ray IS the preferred video format for high definition content, and will only continue to expand it's market share as more and more people purchase HD TVs.
Note to MSFT: Open wide, Blu-Ray is coming!
Yeah 1080p what ever and such, with lots of people getting OTA, and still renting DVDs I don't see a good future for the Blu-ray franchise.
1. Profiles, profiles, profiles, what people are not told when they're about to purchase that $199.99 player from some retailer.
2. Blockbuster rentals, well I don't know about the states, but up here in Canada there aren't many discs to rent.
3. Next DVD format I don't think so, the next DVD format is DVD and will remain DVD. Downloads are good but they won't overtake rentals simply because of the bandwith it takes, and lots of ISPs are begining to cap downloads.
4. LCDs 1080p/i 720 garbage, your average consumer doesn't know what those things mean, people that work at Best Buy don't even know what that means. People bought a newer digital tv after having an analog one for over 15years and they won't be jumping the boat for the same thing in 1080p they don't need it not to say the premiums you would have to pay to take full advantage of these sets, especially in these upcoming economic hard times.
We sell blu ray, or rather we dont, its very very slow uptake, most figures that go about regarding sold DVDs are actually figures that represent disks "sold" to retailers, of course, the problem of this is that most large retailers operate on a sale or return basis and i bet they wont take those figures in to account.
Also, at 5 or more meters from a TV set i dare anyone to see a signifcant different between 1080p and 720p, i also dare you at the same distance to show me major differences between upscaled DVDs to 720p.
The problem is, you have just brought a fancy new TV, which is significantly better then your old TV, that isnt debated, the problem is you have a preconceved idea that what your watching will be better. What do i notice watching a normal DVD on my old LCD, artifacts, even worse watching standard TV, that same film or TV broadcast on a new TV looks amazingly different. Another example, I watch a DVD on my old LCD TV, looks crap, i play a DVD via a laptops VGA port to that same TV now using 720p and it looks stunning.
So, anyhow, thats why blu ray wont make it big, because jo blogs gets a new TV and sticks his standard DVD in and bloodyhell, it looks great compared to what it used to.
that and also disks gets peoples backs up whe they get scratched, HD downloads dont, stream the media, its the future.
Learn to read: He was referring to the fact that Blu-Ray has not been adopted by the buying public anywhere as quickly or comprehensively as DVD was. DVD was a huge leap in quality over VHS, and it wasnt really the resolution that was the biggest noticeable improvement: it was the stability and reliability of the picture. Unless you have a 50"+ screen, 1080p is un-noticable by all but the most anal.
Hold on a sec...
Why is the biggest hard drive available only 120gb which turns out to be ~108gb once formatted. if i remember correctly the hd films are around 8gb each and then there is all the downloadable content available, demos, picture packs, game addons, themes... how long do they think this 108gb will last?
Anyone who thinks that DVD was an instant success obviously wasn't there at the early adoption stage. To get the format off the ground, it was actually launched *twice*, about a year apart, as the first launch was almsot completely missed.
The vast majority of people didn't buy into DVD's till 1999-2000 or later, some 3 years after the formats launch. BD as a format isn't 3 years old yet and has sold more *stand-alone* players than DVD had at this point in it's life-cycle.
As for picture quality, a 1080p is truly noticably better than 720p or SD, even when upscaled through a Faroudja upscaler (it's good, but it isn't as good as native 1080) rather than just using the TV's internal upscaler. Anyone who says they cant notice any difference should either get their eyes checked or actually spend time calibrating the TV for the signal (something that should be done on any TV, done properly takes around an hour).
The other element of the format is, of course, sound. The number of comments regarding 720p downloads always fail to mention that this entails reverting back to a stereo soundtrack, the likes of which we haven't seen since VHS died. Both DVD and BD use discrete multi-channel audio, both better than downloads, but playing back a True HD BD in comparison to a DD or DTS DVD is staggering, I didn't think there would be as much of a difference as there is.
Then you get to the biggest mis-conception, that the price of films on BD is astronomical compared to DVD. Really ? The Dark Knight, due for release before christmas, can be picked up, pre-order, for around £12. The same film on BD can be had for around £15. Comparing films that have been around on DVD for years with what amounts to a new release on BD is mis-guided at best and just plain stupid at worst. Besides which, i've heard all these arguments before : in 1986 I was told that CD's would never catch on as they were expensive, in 1997 I was told DVD's wouldn't catch on as they were expensive and now in 2008 BD wont catch on because it's expensive.
As for the 360 getting a BD add-on, I can quite believe that they wont be making one, but then I also fully expect them to announce the 360 replacement next year, probably for a christmas 2010 release (it would fit the replacement cycle MS has been quoted as wanting for it's consoles). So why go through the trouble of creating an add-on for a machine you only expect to be around for less than 2 years ??
@ Darren Tuffs - 5 or more meters from the screen ?? Around 16ft. Unless it's changed significantly in the last 5 years, the average distance from the screen (in the UK at least) was between 8 and 12ft. I would suggest that *most* people sit less than 5 meters away from the screen.
It's too late into the console's life for such an accessory to make a difference. The existing consumer base, as it is, is going to be unwilling to adopt an accessory that is going to add a little functionality to their existing hardware, when a new console will likely appear a few years down the line, resulting in them having to toss out/shelf a perfectly good accessory in the process. It makes more sense to just buy a standalone player that you don't plan on replacing until the next major format comes along, or just to wait until the next generation of consoles appears and buy one that supports Bluray, assuming that they're unwilling to purchase a PS3 on top of their current console.
"Unless you have a 50"+ screen, 1080p is un-noticable by all but the most anal."
Colour me anal, then. I can tell the difference between standard PAL/NTSC, 720, and 1080 on a 15" desktop monitor. and thas a CRT. on a low-response LCD or a good plasma, the difference is startling.
sportslunatics that I know are already signing up for their football packages [American and UK] in HD; why? the quality is a hell of a lot better, it sells better as a channel service and it comes bundled with a lot of "extras"; Upshot? Sky, TimeWarner, Comcast get to push a premium channel that makes people want to spend more money on TV and peripherals, and they do this for the trickledown effect, both above and below. someone recieving HD sports then gets HD films through cable, and the above model is even simpler ; would you rather push your expensive-recording HD film at a premium to cable customers and then wait 6 months before letting the same customers watch the standard PAL/NTSC formatted film on demand? of course you do. yu get rabid fans to pay the most you can squeezethem for. Its the same hardware-upgrade routine the public has been cajoled, herded, forced, and enticed into over the last 20 years.
Just like 15 years ago when people bleated CDs wouldnt catch on, and ten years ago when they bleated about DVDs, Blu Ray is here. Its better than the old format. So is 1080. Stop farting around holding a "who is the oldest codger" game and get with the program.
to be frank im doubtful Xbox will licence a bluray input. what the hell are they going to use it for? the 360 doesnt have the power to output a complex HD picture (Srsly, fanboys. a sidebyside of a 360 versus a PS3 is embarassing), so at best they'd be using it for additional storage space, something they can corrale their captive XBLA market into downloading through their service at a premium, or in dire needs, making people, I dunno, switch a disc for massive games.
Paris, Because... well, anal.
As much as I still don't give a shite about MS producing a BR add on, and as much as I hate commenting off the point of articles, I have to say you are talking out your backside about not seeing a difference unless the TV is 50"+ or you are a video whore.
If you can't see any difference with 1080p on all but the cheapest Asda special HD LCD TV, you need your eyes testing. Which is not me being sarcastic or bitchy. It is merely a fact. I have always, always been able to see a massive difference with 1080p and having changed my glasses the other day I was stunned by what I saw when I put my new bins on. Even with standard def pictures too. And my TV is only a pretty average HD TV.
So either get your eyes tested, or take your TV back to Asda and get a native 1080p TV not an old 1080i, but either way you are talking crap. And yes, I was been bitchy then.
For making one of the most informed comments about the history of DVD and how it relates directly to the current state/ price of Blu-Ray.
I've said similar plenty of times. Either people in here commenting have very short memories or they weren't buying DVD RIGHT from the very start.
I remember a new film released on DVD costing £27 for the first 18 months of the format! Well waddaya know, ain't that roughly what BR films were costing for the first 18 months.............?!
Yawn, you really should get your eyes and ears tested if you don't think 1080p and True HD make a difference compared to 720p and stereo forced into Pro Logic.
Funnily enough, you did think it made a difference when HD-DVD was being touted ...
Oh and what about all the stories of GTAIV and Burnout Paradise being truncated as their wasn't enough space on DVD for all the content the developers had originally hoped to included?
I have a 1080p tv. I have exactly zero BDs in my home. I noticed they are starting to look reasonable for old catalogue stuff, but I don't particularly see the value in the hardware just yet. The closest I have come to being tempted by BD is an external PC drive that supports BD and using it on an HTPC. I'd come even closer if the Mac Minis came with BD drives as they would be the perfect HTPC at that point. However, having watched BD at 1080, I can say that I can't see that much of a difference from my upscaled dvds. Soo... until players are sub $100 and discs are sub $20 (convert to currency of your choice) I'll enjoy my xbox games, downloaded content, and media center playing remote dvds off my server thanks. How many BDs sold last month? (discs not players). Did BD finally hit 20% of DVD sales? No? Hmm... Don't open too wide msft.
Mine's the one with orb streaming movies to my phone in the pocket.
I think BD is going to be a bit like SACD/DVD-Audio. While they duked it out to see who was the superior format, the rest of the world yawned. Speakers are better than ever, amps are better than ever, headphones are better than ever. And when it comes right down to it, most people will take an inferior recording off itunes over a SACD/DVD-A then listen to it on inferior ear buds. BD will be the same thing unless Sony gets the industry to quit selling DVDs.
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I'm still watching my VHS and upscaling it to HD - can't tell the difference.
Thumbs up Evilguy for pointing out the history. It'll take off to its full potential soon enough. Especially as the market wakes up to the difference - i.e. friends seeing other friends set-ups, watching Sky HD etc.
There will always be people content with DVD, just as my grandparents are happy enough with videos - does not mean BD is dead.
As for MS putting something out there, I'd doubt it - what do they gain other than a player? They can't put games out on that format, it'll ruin the franchise due to a gaming platform difference that actually matters (no BD? can't play Halo 4 etc)
@ Heff I'm pretty sure that the max resolution for a 15" monitor is way under 1080 and probably quite a bit under 720p, my 24" monitor runs at 1900x1200, 1080 is 1900x1080.
My old 19" is 1280x720 otherwise known as 720, to get either of these resolutions on a 15" monitor you'd have to have a ridiculous pixel density.
is that it addresses a problem that many people don't have. The real problem with most programs is that they are rubbish and no amount of increased picture quality will change that. Why would I pay hundreds of pounds more to watch Eastenders or the X-Files movie in HD when its still lame Eastenders and tired old X-Files? People buy a big new TV so they can see it across the living room and most don't even bother to connect a HD source to it let alone bother with 720 or 1080.
If BD players and films cost the same as DVDs and were as easily available they would sell but as they are limited releases at a premium price the vast majority of viewers aren't interested as sales show.
Microsoft's sales strategy recently has been to cut the price of the 360 - why would they suddenly start including new hardware that added a significant extra cost to the system? Sony never put a DVD drive in the PS1 even though it was still selling several years after DVD format became popular. The Wii doesn't even have the ability to play mpeg files, and its hardly been a slouch in the console wars!
I'd suggest MS will only put a Blu-Ray drive in the X-Box 3 if they need the disk capacity for their games. If they don't, then I think we'll see two X-Box 3 specs, one with Blu-Ray and one without.
I can just about watch a BD movie on my home set up with my PS3 whirring noisily in the background. The noise emitted by the Sony box is pretty abysmal really, for a device that is supposed to sit in your living room. But the other day I went round to a friend's house and they turned on their Xbox. I asked if the resulting hairdryer noise was normal and was told that it was. There is absolutely no way you could use that as a BD player unless you put it in the room next door and cabled the video through the wall.
Quote: Greenberg said: "We have no plans to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience."
Oh dear.
Does he (and the MS marketing flacks) realize how incredibly silly and stilted that sounds in the ears of Joe Average ElRegReader? I don't know about *you* or *you* and certainly not about dear Sarah Bee, but when I read a lame bit of marketing speak like that, I can't help but wonder what they're trying to hide now, what lie(s) they're trying to thrust down our innocent throats this time.
Important memo to marketers everywhere: stop using marketing speak. It doesn't work any more. Just like the Mormons who persist in clothing their young missionaries in suits and ties, all you're doing is arousing suspicion and fear.
I can get all the HD content from my HD cable receiver and my HD satellite receiver. Why would I want to spend hundreds of dollars on Blew-ray, and also have to reinvest in all of the DVD's I already own? Absolutely nonsense...
Only ass-kissing Sony lovers with small penises would insist that Blew-ray *IS* the future. That too is also absolute nonsense...
I'll stick to my awesome upconverting DVD player, HD cable and HD satellite receiver. Sony can kiss my blue-ass.
Microsoft is doine what it should be doing sticking to gaming, that's what the Xbox 360 does and according to sales and some game reviewers it's doing it well. I have both Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 and I prefer games on the 360, and I like watching movies on the PS3 as I find that it plays some DVDs that aren't available for rent on Blu-ray better than my DVD player or the 360. As for HD well I watch hockey on CBC HD over-the-air, and some other shows on the OTA stations I get: CBC, CTV, & Global.
My wife bought me a PS3 (having been a 'Microsoft mark' for as long as I can remember) purely as it was a cheap way into the Blu-Ray market. Players at the time were around £500 - £700 and this was far out of my reach. My son used to rave about his PS1+2 and I was more than happy with my Xbox V1.
Since the PS3 has invaded my home i've stopped buying games for my 360 and look for them on the PS3 instead. Admittedly it's a small catalogue at present but this will build and the movies in Blu-Ray on a 50" Plasma in 1080p are something to behold.
Once again this is a case of MS not inventing something so not giving it the recognition it deserves. Get on the bandwagon MS or this Christmas you'll lose out big time you muppets. As for digital downloads, adsl is by no means fast enough to handle all of the content people will be downloading. We have bandwidth shaping now, how does Billy Boy and co plan on copeing when every sod has a 360 and downloads their movies and TV shows?
What a tit!!!
How so many Xbox ex-HD DVD owners are here deluding themselves, and making statements that make them look like clueless (or blind) idiots.
If you can't see a difference between upscaled content, Downloaded HD content, and PROPER HD content (Blu-ray), then:
a) you need your eyes testing.
b) you work for Microsoft's paid shill army.
c) you are deluded.
d) you are on mind altering drugs.
e) you bought your nonname TV from Morissons/Adsa/Aldi
Which PS3 did you get?? my 40gb MKII is almost silent.... certainly not audiable over anything other than a perfectly silent room, with my head inches away from the unit... :) But yes, hy friends 360's can be head from down the street!!
BD IS the future! I havent experienced downloaded HD content, but in the past I have downloaded 4GB dvds... the quality on those has been ok... but they took an age on my 3mbit connection (the fastest I can have) - and to me... a PS3 and BD films work out cheaper than moving house to a location where I get faster internet speeds + upgrading my internet package to allow for HD downloads... BD has actuallt stopped me from buying DVD's and downloading films... everything i watch is bought now at usually 10% more than the DVD equvelent - to me for the improvement in picture and sound, a bargain.
I currently own 10 BD films with 2 more on preorder... going on the very rough calculation that they will be twice the size of your average DVD that makes 8gb per film (with extras, etc excluding extra discs) so thats 80gb of hard drive used up... and about 70 hours hours of downloading, whilst the rest of my internet access slows to a crawl! and what hapens then? do I buy another hard drive unit at extortionate rates? what happens if the drive fails? call me old fashioned, but if i pay for something, I like to actually own it!
You spoilt with BD - Batman begins had the first 6 minute of the Dark Night IMAX as a special... when i wnet to the cinema, I was actually disapointed at the picture quality compared to the trailer i had seen!!! True, the sound was WAY more than i could hope for at home! but... thats part of the cinema experience chipped away!
Downloads may be the future, but we live in the present... MS should launch a BD player, I own a PS3 and I always look with envy at the number and variety of games for the 360, but the lack of real HD puts me off and was the reason friends have junked their MS consoles....
People seem to be missing the point a bit. Yes you can see the difference between 720 and 1080 on a desktop monitor, but only because you are 50cm from the f*cking screen!! If the viewing angle subtended by my telly was the same as by my monitor, then my telly would be 6ft f*cking tall. Which it isn't. Obviously.
I've got a 32" 720p LCD, and I assure you that you'd need to be a sodding eagle to tell the difference between that and a similar-sized 1080p at 3-4m (where the sofa is).
Yes ok you've got a 72" plasma with home-cinema, well whoop-dee-f*cking-doo, you're in a small minority. And NO, the respondents on this page a NOT a representative sample of the telly-buying public. So there.
Has anyone seen my pills?
I have yet to see a TV shop showing the same picture in normal def beside hi-def. Maybe because they don't think the quality increase is good enough.
What does annoy me is the amount of compression used on some channels. I can see the lossy compression used on Sky compared to good old analogue.
Or maybe thats how they are trying to sell it by making normal broadcasts look poor.
'"MS: Xbox will not go Blu".
"MS: Xbox will go Blu".'
Or rather xbox will go blu after the Christmas rush.
Which Oxfam? I still love my LaserDisc player, even though it sits underneath a just-as-dead-format HD-DVD standalone.
Which was bought because the 360 is too noisy to watch films on for my liking. As is the PS3 - while older 360s sounded like jet engines, the current batch of fans is no louder than the ones in Sony's console. So I don't really care whether Microsoft put on in there or not; I'll be buying a Sony BDP-S350 when I get my Blu-ray fix, I suspect. That it's £100 cheaper than a PS3 and can be modded multi-region rather helps sway things, too.
My PS3 is totally silent, the problem I have, is I leave it on overnight, as I don't hear it being on.
I had a EU launch 60GB PS3, and it was pretty quiet, cashed in on the idiots paying over the odds for "PS2 compatability one upmanship", and bought a brand new UK 80GB (and £120 profit to boot) the latest ones I would call totally silent, as in no noise at all, unless you put your ear right up against it.
Every 360 I have ever heard is as loud as a plane taking off, as a comparison.
"e) you bought your nonname TV from Morissons/Adsa/Aldi"
That however is exactly the reason why Blu-Ray will never replace DVD. Contrary to what techno-geek readers of The Reg may buy, and even what is on sale in Currys etc, the vast vast majority of the UK public have basic TVs, many being noname cheapos, along with a £20 noname DVD player. And it does them fine.
It doesn't matter a flying fig whether the PS3 has a Blu-Ray player and the Xbox 360 does or doesn't. The audience for these two consoles is not 99% of the population. Probably not even 50% (the population does include women and OAPs after all!). However the vast majority of the population has a TV and a DVD player (and likely still a VHS machine), and it's good enough.
You could beat them over the head with a bat trying to tell them how spending £1k on a 50" TV and AV system will mean they can watch glorious Blu-Ray in high def, and even show them how amazing it is. "Oh, that's nice" they go, and return to their own world of mortgages, kids, pensions and other more important concerns and sit down to watch Celebrity Come Bloody Dancing on their 21" CRT.
The problem is here most people are blinkered to the real world.
The only real way DVDs will be replaced is if either the replacement is blindingly obviously of advantage to the consumer (e.g. like DVD was a smaller and more durable product than VHS, not that it was better quality), or if it is forced on them. You can't force Blu-Ray on people through PS3s and Xboxes.
Anyway, this is why the marketing bods at Microsoft, and it seems Toshiba (and maybe even Samsung), have realised the money isn't in distributing movies on optical discs any more. Neither may even bother much with movies in the long term anyway and concentrate on other more lucrative projects. The people who will make money in movie distribution are the likes of the satellite, cable companies and ISPs.
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The following is compiled from police reports. It is the Baltimore Messenger's policy to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Baltimore City Police Department's Northern District at 410-396-2455.
Art Museum Drive
Unit block, between 6 and 7:55 p.m. April 25. Bag, dictophone, headphones. medical record and papers stolen from vehicle.
West Belvedere Aveue
2400 block at 8 a.m. April 23. Unattended costume jewelry stolen during vendor event.
2400 block, between 1:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. April 21. Desk lamp, stapler two wall pictures stolen at Sinai Hspital. Ewntry gained through rear window.
Cator Avenue
700 block at 4:52 p.m. April 24. Suspect arrested after search warrant exected at his hme. Items seized included suspected marijjuana, digital scale, cash.
Cedarcroft Road
1100 block at 12:10 a.m. April 25. Purse, cards stolen from vehicle. No signs of forced entry.
North Charles Street
4500 block, between 5 and 5:43 p.m. April 23. MacBook iPad stolen from workplace.
2400 block at 2:18 p.m. April 22. Person trying to steal food fled and assaulted security guard, but dropped ID. Warrant issued.
Chestnut Avenue
3000 block, between 10:30 a.m. and noon April 24. iPhone, cell phone charger stolen from vehicle.
Falls Road
3900 block, between 8 p.m. April 24 and 6 p.m. April 25. iPod stolen from vehicle.
Hickory Avenue
3300 block, between 5 p.m. April 23 and 8 a.m. April 24. Clothing, military hat, black tuxedo stolen from vehicle.
North Howard Street
2800 block, between 11 p.m. April 24 and 9:30 a.m. April 25. Garmin GPS stolen from vehicle.
Morling Avenue
1400 block, between 7:30 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. April 24. Two guns, laptop, jewelry stolen from residence. Entry gained through side window.
Quarry Avenue
3800 block, between 2 and 8 a.m. April 25. Garmin GPS, keys stolen from vehicle.
Radnor Avenue
800 block, between 7 p.m. April 23 and 7 a.m. April 24. Radio stolen from vehicle.
Rockrose Avenue
2000 block, between 1 and 8:30 a.m. April 24. Garmin GPS, portable TV, purse stolen from vehicle.
Roland Avenue
3500 block at 8:20 a.m. April 22. Home owner confronted several people who entered residence through unlocked rear door. They fled.
Sulgrave Avenue
1800 block, between 3:15 and 4 p.m. April 23. Various unlisted items stolen from vehicle.
Union Avenue
1500 block, between 1 and 7:30 a.m. April 25. Tools stolen from garage. Entry gained by cutting lock from door.
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|Polymer materials find application in optical storage technology, namely in the development of high information density and fast access type memories. A new polymer blend of methylene blue sensitized polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyacrylic acid (PAA) in methanol is prepared and characterized and its comparison with methylene blue sensitized PVA in methanol and complexed methylene blue sensitized polyvinyl chloride (CMBPVC) is presented. The optical absorption spectra of the thin films of these polymers showed a strong and broad absorption region at 670-650 nm, matching the wavelength of the laser used. A very slow recovery of the dye on irradiation was observed when a 7:3 blend of polyvinyl alcohol/polyacrylic acid at a pHof 3.8 and a sensitizer concentration of 4.67 10 5 g/ml were used. A diffraction efficiency of up to 20% was observed for the MBPVA/alcohol system and an energetic sensitivity of 2000 mJ/cm2 was obtained in the photosensitive films with a spatial frequency of 588 lines/mm.
|MB doped polymers.pdf
|Photothermal deflection technique (PTD) is a non-destructive tool for measuring the temperature distribution in and around a sample, due to various non-radiative decay processes occurring within the material. This tool was used to measure the carrier transport properties of CuInS2 and CuInSe2 thin films. Films with thickness <1 μm were prepared with different Cu/In ratios to vary the electrical properties. The surface recombination velocity was least for Cu-rich films (5×105 cm/s for CuInS2, 1×103 cm/s for CuInSe2), while stoichiometric films exhibited high mobility (0.6 cm2/V s for CuInS2, 32 cm2/V s for CuInSe2) and high minority carrier lifetime (0.35 μs for CuInS2, 12 μs for CuInSe2
|Thin Solid Films 518 (2010) 1767–1773
|Non-destructive ... l deflection technique.pdf
|Effect of varying spray rate on the structure and optoelectronic properties of spray pyrolysed ZnO film is analysed. ZnO films were characterised using different techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence, electrical resistivity measurement, and optical absorption. The XRD analysis proved that, with the increase in spray rate, orientation of the grains changed from (1 0 1) plane to (0 0 2) plane. The films exhibited luminescence in two regions—one was the 'near band-edge' (NBE) (∼380 nm) emission and the other one was the 'blue-green emission' (∼503 nm). Intensity of the blue-green emission decreased after orientation of grains shifted to (0 0 2) plane. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis of the films asserts that spray rate has major role in improving the crystallographic properties of the films. Moreover resistivity of the films could be lowered to 2.4×10−2 cm without any doping or post-deposition annealing
|Applied Surface Science 256 (2010) 6025–6028
|On tuning the o ... rolysed ZnO thin films.pdf
|SnS thin films were prepared using automated chemical spray pyrolysis (CSP) technique. Single-phase, p-type, stoichiometric, SnS films with direct band gap of 1.33 eV and having very high absorption coefficient (N105/cm) were deposited at substrate temperature of 375 °C. The role of substrate temperature in determining the optoelectronic and structural properties of SnS films was established and concentration ratios of anionic and cationic precursor solutions were optimized. n-type SnS samples were also prepared using CSP technique at the same substrate temperature of 375 °C, which facilitates sequential deposition of SnS homojunction. A comprehensive analysis of both types of films was done using x-ray diffraction, energy dispersive x-ray analysis, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, optical absorption and electrical measurements. Deposition temperatures required for growth of other binary sulfide phases of tin such as SnS2, Sn2S3 were also determined
|Thin Solid Films 518 (2010) 4370–4374
|Optimization of ... d p-type layers of SnS.pdf
|Significant results of our experimental investigations on the dependence of pH on real time transmission characteristics on recording media fabricated by doping PVC with complexed methylene blue are presented. The optimum pH value for faster bleaching was found to be 4×5. In typical applications, the illumination from one side, normal to the surface of this material, initiates a chemical sequence that records the incident light pattern in the polymer. Thus direct imaging can be successfully done on this sample. The recorded letters were very legible with good contrast and no scattering centres. Diffraction efficiency measurements were also carried out on this material.
|optimization of pH in MBPVC.pdf
|Poly(methyl)methacrylate was made photoconducting by molecular doping and the photoconductivity was investigated using modulated photocurrent technique . Low-temperature current-voltage measurements showed that the transport mechanism was thermally activated hopping. An experimental investigation of the photoconductivity action spectrum along with theoretical calculation enabled an estimation of the diffusion coefficient of the material. The presence of states with a distribution of lifetimes could be understood from the frequency response of the photocurrent . The photocurrent was due to the field-assisted dissociation of these states.
|V C Kishore and ... onductivity...,Jan2007.PDF
|This work projects photoluminescence (PL) as an alternative technique to estimate the order of resistivity of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films. ZnO thin films, deposited using chemical spray pyrolysis (CSP) by varying the deposition parameters like solvent, spray rate, pH of precursor, and so forth, have been used for this study. Variation in the deposition conditions has tremendous impact on the luminescence properties as well as resistivity. Two emissions could be recorded for all samples—the near band edge emission (NBE) at 380 nm and the deep level emission (DLE) at ∼500 nm which are competing in nature. It is observed that the ratio of intensities of DLE to NBE (𝐼DLE/𝐼NBE) can be reduced by controlling oxygen incorporation in the sample. 𝐼-𝑉 measurements indicate that restricting oxygen incorporation reduces resistivity considerably. Variation of 𝐼DLE/𝐼NBE and resistivity for samples prepared under different deposition conditions is similar in nature. 𝐼DLE/𝐼NBE was always less than resistivity by an order for all samples.Thus from PL measurements alone, the order of resistivity of the samples can be estimated.
|International Journal of Photoenergy Volume 2013, Article ID 105796, 9 pages
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|A new photopolymerizable recording media is introduced based on poly (vinyl alcohol) and vinyl acetate sensitized with methylene blue. It is observed that this MBPVA/VAc system can be reused a number of times without significant decrease in diffraction efficiency. The PVA-VAc ratio was optimized at 2:1. Diffraction efcienc4y of 6.3% was obtained without any fixing at a dye concentration of 9.3 x 10- mol/l at an exposure of 750mJ/cm2. The material is attractive on account of its reusability.
|Beena Mary John ... recording...,march2005.PDF
|A new photopolymerizable recording media is introduced based on poly (vinyl alcohol) and vinyl acetate sensitized with methylene blue. It is observed that this MBPVA/VAc system can be reused a number of times without significant decrease in diffraction efficiency. The PVA-VAc ratio was optimized at 2:1. Diffraction efficiency of 6.3% was obtained without any fixing at a dye concentration of 9.3 10 4 mol/l at an exposure of 750 mJ/cm2. The material is attractive on account of its reusability.
|Reusable medium MBPVA Vinyl acetate.pdf
|Effect of chlorine doping on the opto-electronic properties of β-In2S3 thin film, deposited by spray pyrolysis technique is studied for the first time. Chlorine was incorporated in the spray solution, using HCl. Pristine sample prepared using In(NO3)3 and thiourea as the precursors showed very low photosensitivity. But upon adding optimum quantity of chlorine, the photosensitivity increased by 3 orders. X-ray analysis revealed that crystallinity was also increasing up to this optimum level of Cl concentration. It was also observed that samples with high photosensitivity were having higher band gap. The present study proved that doping with chlorine was beneficial as this could result in forming crystalline and photosensitive films of indium sulfide.
|Thin Solid Films 518 (2010) 1779–1783
|Role of chlorin ... of β-In2S3 thin films.pdf
|Incorporation of silver ions into a dye-sensitized poly(vinyl alcohol)/acrylamide photopolymer is observed to give better performance compared to other metal-ion-doped photopolymer holographic recording media. Plane-wave transmission gratings were recorded in the photopolymer films using a He–Ne laser, and various holographic parameters were optimized so as to explore maximum potential of the material for various holographic applications. Silver-doped films showed good energy sensitivity, and gratings recorded in optimized film exhibited a diffraction efficiency of more than 75%. The potential of the material for holographic data storage applications is also studied using peristrophic multiplexing
|20 April 2009 / Vol. 48, No. 12 / APPLIED OPTICS
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|In this paper, we report the results of investigations on the potential of spray pyrolysis technique in depositing electron selective layer over larger area for the fabrication of inverted bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells. The electron selective layer (In2S3) was deposited using spray pyrolysis technique and the linear heterojunction device thus fabricated exhibited good uniformity in photovoltaic properties throughout the area of the device. An MEH-PPV:PCBM inverted bulk-heterojunction device with In2S3 electron selective layer (active area of 3.25 3.25 cm2) was also fabricated and tested under indoor and outdoor conditions. Fromthe indoor measurements employing a tungsten halogen lamp (50mW/cm2 illumination), an opencircuit voltage of 0.41V and a short-circuit current of 5.6mA were obtained. On the other hand, the outdoor measurements under direct sunlight (74mW/cm2) yielded an open-circuit voltage of 0.46V and a short-circuit current of 9.37mA
|Phys. Status Solidi A 209, No. 1, 199–203 (2012)
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When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, it effectively destroyed the Iraqi government. Slowly learning from that mistake, the U.S. spent the next eight years in a costly round of state-building. As Dexter Filkins, who covered the war for The Times, wrote in a blog post this week for The New Yorker, "By 2011, by any reasonable measure, the Americans had made a lot of headway but were not finished with the job."
The Iraqi Army was performing more professionally. American diplomats rode herd on Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to restrain his sectarian impulses. American generals would threaten to physically block Iraq troop movements if Maliki ordered any action that seemed likely to polarize the nation.
We'll never know if all this effort and progress could have led to a self-sustaining, stable Iraq. Before the country was close to ready, the Obama administration took off the training wheels by not seriously negotiating the NATO status of forces agreement that would have maintained some smaller American presence.
The administration didn't begin negotiations on the treaty until a few months before American troops would have to start their withdrawal. The administration increased the demands. As Filkins writes, "The negotiations between Obama and Maliki fell apart, in no small measure because of lack of engagement by the White House."
American troops left in 2011. President Obama said the Iraq war was over. Administration officials foresaw nothing worse than a low-boil insurgency in the region.
Almost immediately things began to deteriorate. There were no advisers left to restrain Maliki's sectarian tendencies. The American efforts to professionalize the Iraqi Army came undone.
This slide toward civil war was predicted, not only by Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham and writers like Max Boot, but also within the military. The resurgent sectarian violence gave fuel to fears that the entire region might be engaged in one big war, a sprawling Sunni-Shiite conflict that would cross borders and engulf tens of millions.
This slide toward chaos was exacerbated by the civil war in Syria, which worsened at about the same time. Two nations, both sitting astride the Sunni-Shiite fault line, were growing consumed by sectarian violence, while the rest of the region looked on, hatreds rising.
The same voices that warned about the hasty Iraq withdrawal urged President Obama to strengthen the moderates in Syria. They were joined in this fight by a contingent in the State Department.
But little was done. The moderate opposition floundered. The death toll surged. The radical terror force ISIS, for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, enjoyed a safe haven from which to operate, organize and recruit.
President Obama adopted a cautious posture, arguing that the biggest harm to the nation comes when the U.S. overreaches. American power retrenched. The American people, on both left and right, decided they could hide from the world.
And now the fears of one really big war seem to be coming true. The ISIS serves as a de facto government in growing areas of Syria and Iraq. Extremist armies are routing the official Iraqi Army, even though they are outmanned by as many as 15 to 1. Iraq is in danger of becoming a non-nation.
Andrew White is a Christian aid worker in Iraq, working on reconciliation. On his blog, he reports that the nation "is now in its worst crisis since the 2003 war." ISIS, a group that does not even see Al Qaeda as extreme enough, has moved into Mosul, he says, adding, "It has totally taken control, destroyed all government departments. Allowed all prisoners out of prisons. Killed countless numbers of people. There are bodies over the streets."
Meanwhile, autocrats around the region are preparing to manipulate a wider conflagration. The Pakistani Taliban is lighting up their corner of the world. Yemen and Libya are anarchic. Radical jihadis have the momentum as thousands of potential recruits must recognize.
We now have two administrations in a row that committed their worst foreign policy blunders in Iraq. By withdrawing too quickly from Iraq, by failing to build on the surge, the Obama administration has made some similar mistakes made during the early administration of George W. Bush, except in reverse. The dangers of American underreach have been lavishly and horrifically displayed.
It is not too late to help Syrian moderates. In Iraq, the answer is not to send troops back in. It is to provide Maliki help in exchange for concrete measures to reduce sectarian tensions. The Iraqi government could empower regional governments, acknowledging the nation's diversity. Maliki could re-professionalize the Army. The Constitution could impose term limits on prime ministers.
But these provisions would require a more forward-leaning American posture around the world, an awareness that sometimes a U.S.-created vacuum can be ruinous. The president says his doctrine is don't do stupid stuff. Sometimes withdrawal is the stupidest thing of all.


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The private equity fund run by Lewis Ranieri, the "godfather of mortgage finance," agreed to pay $375,000 to settle SEC charges that it used an unregistered broker to raise more than $500 million.
According to the SEC, Ranieri Partners raised that capital with the help of William M. Stephens, a former chief investment officer with public and private pension funds who had not been registered as a licensed broker since 2002. Stephens was paid $2.4 million in fees for helping land new investments over a three-year period.
As part of the settlement, Stephens agreed to be barred from the securities industry for life. The SEC said it had first asked him to hand back the $2.4 million, but eventually waived that because of his inability to pay.
Ranieri managing director Donald Phillips, who resigned from the PE fund in December, was also charged by the SEC for his role in recruiting Stephens and overseeing his work. Phillips agreed to pay $75,000.
None of those charged admitted any wrongdoing, and Ranieri Partners declined to comment.
If the Ranieri name rings a bell, you might recall Lewis Ranieri from Michael Lewis book, Liar's Poker. He headed up the mortgage trading desk at Salomon Brothers and helped create the bank's lucrative practice of securitizing mortgages by bundling those bonds to sell to investors. Ranieri earned a fortune and notoriety for his work. Time Magazine recently cited him as one of the "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis."
Lewis Ranieri was not charged with any wrongdoing.
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Stephens joined forces with Ranieri Partners in 2008, six years after he was acquitted of attempting to steer union pension funds to organized crime families. At that time, the SEC forced Stephens to pay $25,000 and banned him from working as an investment adviser for two years. After that, he had the right to reapply to become a broker.
Stephens never did reapply, according to the SEC. Yet, Ranieri Partners hired him to "find" new funds from his network of connections in the pensions and endowment world.
With billions of dollars up for grabs and millions in fees, the SEC closely monitors how hedge funds and private equity funds find money to manage from public and private pensions and endowments. The SEC mandates that any outside adviser who gives specific financial information to possible investors must be registered as a broker-dealer.
The Federal Reserve is opening its wallet even wider with its latest round of quantitative easing. But this time around, the Fed is expanding its purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities as opposed to just buying more Treasury bonds.
So that begs the question: What the heck are agency mortgage-backed securities?
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The last few days have been busy for transactions. Drew Sutton has joined the team as expected and Doug Slaten has been optioned to AAA.
Now the tricky part. Rod Barajas bruised his knee bone in the first inning last night. He's not going on the DL, but apparently management doesn't want to have Michael McKenry as the only healthy catcher on the active roster even for one game. Eric Fryer has been called up and Matt Hague gets optioned to AAA to make space. Fryer was not on the 40 man roster so one more move will need to be made before tonight's game.
I'll update this post with that information later and add links.
Update: Daniel Moskos has been designated for assignment to open up a 40-man roster spot. If he clears waivers he'll stay at AAA.
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NOW THEREFORE I, M.J. "MIKE" FOSTER, JR., Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and the laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 3 of Executive Order No. MJF 2003-28, issued on December 8, 2003, is hereby amended to provide as follows:
The granted allocation shall be valid and in full force and effect through the end of 2003, provided that such bonds are delivered to the initial purchasers thereof on or before December 30, 2003.
SECTION 2: All other sections of Executive Order No. MJF 2003-28 shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3: The provisions of this Order are effective upon signature.
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What should I bring to a lecture
April 09, 2004, 11:34:41 pm »
I've read your great section on lecturing to others at
it was very thurough and it got me interested in brinking honeybee to my sons daycare and older daughters 4th grade class.
I have read you saying having live bees INSIDE isn't a good idea and that giving out HONEY SAMPLES isn't good incase of diabetes or allergies - just a question, what gadget and tools should I bring then, should I keep it so that it all fits in a box, and how about what to talk about.
I don't have many visual aids to share and I like your having the schoold copy the fliers that I know I can make, but I'm afraid I can't do a whole half an hour. I don't want to get them bored or spend more time packing and unpacking then I do displaying and talking.
please help me out - I can only wish I had your gift for writing and (like Seinfeld - no offense) being able to put on a show about nothing
thank you Jackie W, Roanoke Rapids, NC
[/b]Well Jackie thanks for writing, I have moved this question to my Beekeeping Forum so you can get more replies than just mine - just click on the tracking number below (bookmark it if you wish) and check it often, it allows you to come RIGHT to where everyone can see your question - I hope we can help.
First, I'm glad you read all my Lecturing Stuff - I'm sure you got most of the tools in mind. I do suggest a helper to carry all the stuff, it gets heavy and cumbersome to have all kind of stuff for props.
I think doing a full hour is VERY POSSIBLE not just a half hour (that is IF you get the kids involved) if you just want to stand there and lecture and point to props 30 minutes could be a long time.
Have stuff (safe tools the kids can get their hands on and pass around the class as you speak) smokers, frame grabblers, new frame and foundation, queen cages, a small sheet of burlap - stuff like that, safe stuff.
Then have bigger props that cover A to Z about your hobby. That included shipping cages - kids love finding out that the mailman brings bees to your house, a super with a drawn out frame with uncapped cells, a frame with plain foundation (just like you pased around) hoods and vails, hive tools and a single story high complet hive kit showing bottom board, excluder, inner and outer covers, anythig that the kids will both see as you show them to the, but also they will be waiting in line to touch them - kids are all about hands on.
Keep a chalkboard or ercable marker board (more common today in classroms) and draw a basic looking bee, show where the legs connect, show where the eyes are and point where the wax comes from.
Finally get the kids to wear the beesuits and hood and vail - have tyour assistant take lots of photos - but most of all, make sure that honeybee are bee, the rest are stinging bugs - make sure when you are done they are better eduated to what honeybees do, and enjoy yourself.
Having hi-res images are not needed, but they help. But having an organized even makes the time fly by and you won't believe an hour or MORE has gone by - and best of all, you have the complete attention of the class.
I would almost guarentee that the schools will invite you back to let other classes see your presentation. I agree, I have a gift for writing, I love to do it and it flows easily from me, but I enjoy lecturing and demonstrating beekeeping to all ages. The last tip is KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE, a show for the preschoolers and forth graders should not be the same show - you should giving the answers (almost sumliminally) to the preschoolers - I mentioned holding 5 fingers up a nd asking the class HOW MANY EYES does a honey be have - trust me, you will get all the hands raised and then they are hooked.
Last point, get all the sting questions out of the way first - even so much as ASK "who has ever been stung before?" and then quickly cover that many insects sting and that honeybee are raised to be gentle and RARELY sting anyone for the sake of stinging, tell that is because she will die if she stings you where other stinging insects don't.
OK GANG, HELP OUT HERE - I know I covered a lot, but what else would YOU bring to a show and tell AND have you ever done it AND do you plan to??? Let us now.
Follow along Jackie and right us back. Since you are a beekeeper, I hope you come into the forum as a guest and leave as a member, we sure would love having you here.
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April 10, 2004, 12:04:35 am »
Yeah John....you did cover it pretty well. If I were going to do a lecture (which I have thought about doing) I'd take as much of the tools as I could, and a hive set-up if possible. I'd definately take the suit (maybe have an assistant dressed up in it), and take an extra veil or two. I'd also take some burr comb...... as much as I could..... and if possible enough so the kids could take a piece home in a little paper bag. Kids love getting a souvenir. Even if doing it for a group of older kids or adults I'd still take little gifts of comb. I enjoy bees so much, I think it would be easy to tell them all the fantastic things about a bee. I know I'd want to prepare a general speech, but be open to having it changed according to questions that may pop up. If the kids were young, I'd do as much as I could to get the kids involved rather than just sitting and listening. I'm not sure how at the moment though...... maybe by having "parts" of a bee cut out in paper for them to assemble? The main thing I'd like them to come away with is a new interest and possibly love for little honeybees. I'd try to replace all the fear they have with curiosity and fasination.
Visual, touch and the gifts I think would be very important. Heck, I might even take a small friendly child in a bee suit with me if possible.
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April 10, 2004, 12:30:58 am »
Glad Beth reminded me - I mention it in lecturing - have work stations set up you can divide the class into many groups - so you reduce the waitin gtime as they touch and look at different stuff.
I always bring a bunch of cheapy Tyvec suits and have a dress up station available for the kids to get into. Then have them hold a full frame of honey ( a lighter one of possible) and get their photos taken.
Have the images (if you got digital camera equipment) available to the teachers by posting them somewhere SAFE (and away from sickos) so that they can print out pics of their students dressed up like a beekeeper.
Have them in a suit hat but not vail (you cant see their faces) and holding a frame with a HIVE BOX near by in the photo. This is i the ultimate lecture category and I promise you'll have a line awaiting.
also a bee brush is nice to show off EXPLAINING how soft the bristles are and why. An hour can fly by, and helpers make it the whole thing run smoth - one helper per work station set with get everyone in and out quickly and with great memories.
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What should I bring to a lecture
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April 13, 2004, 10:24:59 am »
Beeing a school teacher, maybe I can help. Anything that gets kids active will help, so all of the suggestions about getting kids in bee suits, letting them touch equipment, and anything they can get to eat is great. :idea: Also, if you can get drones out of the hive and clip their wings, that works too. Drones, because they don't sting, are great to handle. A bee friend of mine teaches first grade, and brings a drone for everyone in her class. With the wings clipped the kids can hold them, look at them through magnifying glasses, and use them as models to draw.
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April 29, 2004, 10:28:23 pm »
I did a presentation at a school a few weeks ago. This is what I bring:
I bring a full hive. Bottom board, slotted rack deep with 1/2 drawn comb and 1/2 not drawn. Inner cover and outer cover.
Smoker, Hive tool and bee suit. Definitly a bee suit. The kids love the suit. When I was pulling it out, I jokingl asked ' do you want me to put it on?' To which they loudly responded, 'Yeah!'
Gloves. Extra gloves, extra veils.
Be careful with sharp items. It's a crime to bring a knife into a school in Massacusetts. I usually have a knive in my bee bag, and I always have to remove it before going in the school.
For my next show, I have a package box with the can and queen cage.
I bought some honey stix and will bring those.
I just bought an observation hive for presentatoins in the fall.
An hour is about the limit that most teachers think their kids can stand. But I stretch it to about an hour and a half. I work with a lot of kids that have behavior problems and can't concentrate on anything longer than 5 minutes, the get fidgitty.... and this is one subject that fascinates every single one of them. They all sit quietly, and pay attention. Depends on the kids and the questions. Older kids ask good questions. Younger kids just like to talk, their questions are like this: "Once I was walking in the woods with my dad and little brother and we crossed over a small bridge and my brother was stung by a bee in his arm and it hurt a lot and we had to put ice on it and he cried."
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June 06, 2004, 05:16:44 pm »
i've been thinking about doing this myself, next year, and so i am saving up all different kinds of comb. i had a hive that didn't make it through the winter, and was mostly but not entirely destroyed by wax moth. from the not-destroyed frames i have taken worker bee size comb (dark), drone comb with the bigger cells (black) and i also have some stuff that i will melt down and make into a candle to take. In addition, until i ordered my own first package this year, i had NO IDEA that beeswax starts out WHITE, so i saved a big chunk which the bees had built in their shipping container (which i should have saved, but didn't, and will definitely save next year). the white chunk from the shipping container has sugar syrup in some cells, and i don't know what to do about that. I also want to bring comb with pollen of various colors in the cells. i don't know how i'll get that. i also saw in a catalog laying around here somewhere (might have been Betterbee), a HALF LIFE SIZE HIVE... which i just thought was really cool, and easier to transport by myself. i will keep checking this forum for more ideas from you all. thanks.
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