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Broken (also known as Halo 5) is an EP released on September 22nd 1992. Although not technically so, Broken is usually considered Nine Inch Nails' second major release after Pretty Hate Machine since it consists entirely of new material. The EP was recorded in secret, in order to avoid interference from TVT Records.
It was followed later that year by Fixed, a companion EP of remixes of the songs on Broken. The typeface used on Broken (and Fixed) is Akzidenz-Grotesk Black, which was also used to create the Nothing Records logo.
Track listing
12" Vinyl
A1 "Pinion" - 1:02
Bonus 7"
A "Physical" - 5:29
Bonus Tracks
Broken Movie
For more information, see Broken Movie
Music videos were shot for each song with the exception of "Last," "Physical" and "Suck." These videos were included on the second part of the Closure VHS set. Peter Christopherson also compiled these videos along with an alternate version of "Gave Up" into a very violent and extreme long-form video known as the Broken Movie.
The release of Broken followed on from a major disagreement between Trent Reznor and his record label at the time, TVT Records, and the influence of the conflict is evident in multiple aspects of the record. After the credits in the packaging, a line reads "no thanks: you know who you fucking are" followed by "the slave thinks he is released from bondage only to find a stronger set of chains." This is most likely directed towards TVT Records' Steve Gottlieb, who refused to allow Reznor out of his contract, resulting in a legal battle between the two parties. A direct reference to Gottlieb appears in one of the music videos for "Gave Up", where the words "FUCK YOU STEVE" can be spotted on a computer screen.
Reznor has also stated that during the Pretty Hate Machine Tour the songs grew more aggressive when played by a live band compared to their studio counterparts. Violence on-stage also became a common feature at their shows as a result of the band venting pent-up frustration and anger on their instruments. Consequently, Broken sounds much more abrasive and harsher with the increased prominence of distorted guitars, amongst other things.
Audio Texture
On this EP, there are louder mixes and more distortion on every instrument, including a classic Mellotron MKIV (originally owned by John Lennon), which can be heard most noticeably on the track "Gave Up". Reznor said he wanted the album to be "an abrasive, hard-to-listen-to thing...I wanted to make a record that the first time you hear it you don't like it, but you might want to hear it again, but by the third time it's pretty cool. By the fifth time, you really like it and possibly by the tenth time you're not sick of it and now it all makes sense."
In an interview with Keyboard Magazine in 1994[3], Reznor elaborated on the EP's unique guitar textures:
"Broken, for example, had a lot of that super-thick chunk sound. Almost every guitar sound on that record was me playing through an old Zoom pedal, direct, and then going into Turbosynth. Then I used a couple of key ingredients to make it sound unlike any real sound in the world, and layered about four of them together. By then, it wasn't a guitar anymore. It's an awesome sound."
In an interview with Alternative Press in 1993[4], Reznor discussed the writing and instrumentation:
"I tried doing an album that I actually just wrote on guitar rather than my tried-and-true method of a drum machine and keyboards. So with the exception of 'Happiness in Slavery' all songs were written on guitar. I was gonna make it totally stripped down to guitar, bass and drums but as I started it I realized I could easily fall into another trap. What might sound interesting to me - because I'm not used to it - may sound like a garage band to the world. So we just took the three instruments and sampled 'em, fucked with 'em, processed them. It's kind of overboard, we did go crazy. It's kind of dense, too dense. It's over analyzed - every song has 20 different melodies that you won't hear the first five or ten times you listen, or maybe never."
Album Credits
All of these songs have been played live over the years. Some tracks were played as early as 1991 on the Lollapalooza Tour, though "Last" wasn't played until Performance 2007 tour. The EP was played live and sequentially in full (including "Physical" and "Suck") on the first date of the Cold And Black And Infinite Tour.
"Caution: Not for use with mono devices"
A warning about mono devices appears in the liner notes. Trent Reznor gave the following explanation for this warning:
"Regarding the warning for 'mono' devices... Without getting too far in detail, a scientific property of sound is its 'phase'. When recording music in stereo, you're supposed to be aware of its phase. If not, certain parts of the sound will disappear when it's played in mono. So, we discovered that by messing around with the phase, we could make elements of the music stand out rather oddly. (remember Q-sound? -it's based on the same type of principle) So...certain songs on 'broken' we mixed out of phase (because we felt like it) BUT... The songs don't sound right on mono devices (like some radios or TVs). Has anyone heard 'happiness in slavery' on the radio? I heard it on KROQ in LA and the snare drum was gone through most of the song. (and yes, it kind of destroys the groove!) So, basically, that's what that means."[5]
Press Sheet
An A4-sized press sheet included with the 12" vinyl promo includes the following passage from Reznor:
Broken was secretly recorded from march to august 1992 in a variety of locations
The re-release of The Downward Spiral (along with Trent's own words, shown below) started rumors that Broken/Fixed could eventually be re-released in high definition stereo and surround sound.
Definitive 2017 Edition Vinyl
A vinyl reissue was announced in December 2016 and began shipping in August 2017, with further vinyl reissues of the other major NIN releases to follow.[6]
"Trent Reznor and NIN art director John Crawford set out to make the "definitive editions" of all the main NIN releases on vinyl. Reznor: 'We want to present the catalog as it was intended to be, with no compromises. That means a careful remastering of the audio from the original sources, a careful and painstaking recreation of the artwork, pristine materials, some surprises and an insane attention to detail that you probably won't notice… but it matters to us. No extra bullshit and gimmicks – the "real" records in their truest form available at a reasonable price.'"
The B side of the vinyl is an etching with a cryptic message circling around the surface in a spiral fashion, reducing in size as it goes. It begins with lines from "Last" ("this isn't meant to last this is for right now") before descending into a rant, with some lines deliberately scratched out. This edition of the vinyl comes with a booklet containing photos and an essay about the album. It also retains the original vinyl's format of having the two bonus tracks on a separate 7" record.
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Mr. Pile: "Hi, Doc. Pleased to meet you. Hey, sorry about what I did to your lobby bathroom. It was like, a major league crap. You know what I mean?"
Friday, December 17, 2010
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Mr. Pile: "Hi, Doc. Pleased to meet you. Hey, sorry about what I did to your lobby bathroom. It was like, a major league crap. You know what I mean?"
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- December 17, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- Pam said...
- December 17, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- SeaSideRobin said...
Hmmm... did you point out the location of the plunger?
- December 17, 2010 at 4:56 PM
Yep, that's "K"lassy...
I get so embarassed reading some of your entries sometimes. It scares me to know how many people have "filters" that aren't working, in their head.
Then again, they are going to a neurologist.
- December 17, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- December 17, 2010 at 7:32 PM
OMFG! I hope he left the fan running. We had a lawyer who notoriously fouled the bathroom at the office complex after lunch. Posting polite requests to leave the fan going fell on deaf ears (or clouded eyes). He parked his Mercedes outside our window and finally, in the spirit of "good clean payback" we put a recently deceased catfish behind his right front hubcap. Took him a week to figure out the source of the aromatic revenge.lol
- December 17, 2010 at 8:03 PM
- watercolordaisy said...
I think I dated him once....
- December 17, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- NPO said...
Better in the lobby bathroom than a bunch of other places I can think of.
- December 17, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Did this major league crap actually go in the toilet, or do I not want to know that?
- December 17, 2010 at 11:12 PM
- terri c said...
"No. I don't know what you mean. And I DON'T WANT TO."
- December 18, 2010 at 3:15 AM
- ERP said...
Maybe he thought you were his GI doc and might be interested?
- December 18, 2010 at 3:39 AM
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Once after having a barium enema they escorted me to the restroom where I farted the air out for 20 minutes. Loudly and proudly. When done, I opened the door they instructed me to exit through and it led directly to the waiting room...first seats butted (no pun intended) directly up to the bathroom door! I had to walk down the middle of people on either side of the path who had heard me farting for 20 minutes wondering what sadist designed this waiting area. Bathroom stories are the best.
- December 19, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Do you encourage your patients to discuss their big toilet secrets? Does it help them to open up about their more complex inner thoughts, you know, mad ax man fantasies, and such like?
If not, why do you put up with this cr*p?
Perhaps this type of encounter might encourage your own mad ax man fantasies?
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Nut rolls start with a sweet yeast bread dough from an old Slovak cookbook.
It's been a mission every Christmas. Ted Bauer of North Canton has been trying to find a nut roll as good as the ones he used to buy at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church on Clark Avenue SW.
"There were Slovak women there who baked the most amazing nut rolls," Bauer said. "I have searched all over Canton, Akron, even Cleveland to find the same tasting nut roll."
The church closed eight years ago, but Bauer hoped some of the women were still baking, and reached out to The Repository for help in tracking them down.
A call to St. Anthony's All Saints Parish, where some Sacred Heart families now worship, led us to Mary Ebner in East Sparta, who coincidentally was going through old clippings and documents in preparation for a Slovak reunion.
"We started in 1954 making those nut rolls and really got going in 1961. We made them for 50 years before we closed down," said Ebner, 83. "When we first started, we'd bring our own pans, our own rolling pins. We gradually built up till we were making 1,400 nut rolls at Christmas time when we closed in 2005."
It was a labor of love, making the nut rolls, poppyseed rolls and apricot pockets for Christmas, Easter and their annual Slovak Day Festival.
"We worked so hard to keep our church alive. That was our main fundraiser," Ebner said. "We had to work 8 to 10 hours a day to get ready. We took our kids, had playpens and baby beds down there at the church."
The nut rolls start with a sweet yeast bread dough from an old Slovak cookbook, but Ebner said she now uses a similar dough that can be made ahead.
"It's called Gossipy Sweet Rolls, from a Fleischmann's yeast baking pamphlet. It's convenient because you can make it and refrigerate it. It's so close to what we used at the church," she said. "These days, I have to make the dough one day, grind the nuts another day. Can't work the long days like we used to."
Ebner prefers ground rather than chopped nuts. She grinds the nuts herself with a hand cranked grinder because food processors "turn the nuts into mush."
On Bauer's behalf, we asked if she knew of anyone baking the nut rolls to sell.
"Most of the bakers I worked with have gone on to heaven," she said, but volunteered to share the original Slovak recipe and the Gossipy version.
"It's not that hard to make," she assured us.
Despite her claims that she can't work long days like she used to, this youthful octogenarian exudes high energy and maintains a full schedule. She is a familiar face at Mercy Hospital, where she has been a volunteer for more than a dozen years, pushing wheelchairs and staffing the registration desk.
In addition to baking, Ebner is an accomplished dancer. She's a regular at the Polish Club's Wednesday Jam Session, serving as hostess and teaching newcomers a few dance steps. She also enjoys the country dancing at Mayfield Senior Center in Canton.
This is not the first time Ebner has graced the food pages of The Repository.
"I was Cook of the Week back when they had that, in '92," she admitted. The recipes she shared for the June, 1992, article were for Slovak dishes, including halusky (dumplings) with onions and cabbage.
"It was a Sunday paper. My husband was on his death bed in the hospital then, and he put that picture on his hospital wall next to his bed," Ebner said, blinking back tears. "He was so proud — wanted all the nurses to see that I was Cook of the Week."
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1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup of margarine or butter, softened
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
7 to 8 cups of flour, divided
Sprinkle yeast over 1 cup of the warm milk, stir until dissolved. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 cup of the flour, stirring until blended. Set aside.
Cream butter and rest of sugar, then add eggs. Beat well. With mixer, dough mixer or by hand, add flour and salt alternately with remaining cup of milk and the yeast mixture.
Knead till smooth and elastic on a floured board. Put in large greased bowl, covered with plastic wrap and set in warm place to rise till doubled in size.
On floured board, divide dough in 5 equal parts. Roll each part out and spread with nut filling (recipe follows). Put in greased nut roll pans or on cookie sheets. Let rise again till doubled and bake at 350 degrees for at least 30 minutes.
Nut roll filling: Mix 2 pounds of ground walnuts with 2 cups of sugar and enough milk to make mixture have a spreading consistency. Yields 5 large loaves.
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1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup warm water (105-115 degrees)
2 packages of yeast
2 beaten eggs
4 1/2 to 5 cups flour
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Yields 2 nut rolls or 30 individual buns. For nut rolls, bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. For buns, at 275 degrees for 15 minutes.
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1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon melted margarine or butter, cooled
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About 2 cups flour
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Stir eggs in bowl. Add salt, melted butter and milk. Mix in enough flour to make a sticky, heavy dough. If you don't have a halusky or spaetzle maker, you can drop by 1/2-teaspoonful into boiling water. When the dumplings surgace, continue cooking another 8 to 10 minutes until tender. Drain in colander and rinse with cold water to remove starch. Toss with onion and cabbage that has been sauteed until lightly browned.
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Early Thursday, I walked with Horn from a parking lot at Cal State San Marcos into the lecture hall where the council, a group Horn virtually founded, was holding its meeting.
Billed to bloviate were Shepard, the region's best-known political consultant, and a columnist who's covered North County politics since Reagan ruled.
"I'm running," Horn told me after a quick exchange of hellos in the drizzle.
Like he wanted to get that detail out of the way.
Horn went on to say that he'd tried retiring in his late 30s after running a construction company but didn't like being part of the leisure class.
"I enjoy it," he said, meaning that, after 18 years on the Board of Supervisors, he still gets a kick out of governing and, one assumes, crushing all comers.
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If he wins a sixth term — term limits passed two years ago preclude a seventh — he'll be nearly 76 when he quits.
As we approached the door, I slipped in one last question: Will Shepard, who's worked for Horn in the past, be on board?
Yes, Horn said. He will.
I knew Horn could read my thoughts.
But what about the local GOP's fatwa against the Judas who ran Nathan Fletcher's edgy indie mayoral campaign and then signed on with — horrors! — Democrat Bob Filner in the general election against GOP darling Carl DeMaio?
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In other words, no one tells BBB whom to hire.
We parted in the lobby.
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My instincts tell me that Horn's last supervisorial campaign will be among his most difficult. The bench of prospects is deeper than I've ever seen.
San Marcos Mayor Jim Desmond, a Republican with a good pro-growth civic story to tell, has been sending signals that he might run. Desmond could poach developer dollars from Horn, for 18 years a spigot right into Horn's war chest. Desmond's got the tools to move up in a conservative district.
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Righty allows infield single in ninth in victory over Nationals
ST. LOUIS -- Manager Mike Matheny cut his postgame press conference short, summoned the kid up to the podium and then snuck behind the cameras to join the spectators.
This was a moment too special not to savor.
Michael Wacha took his place under the bright lights, minutes after nearly taking his place in history. On a Tuesday night when the Cardinals simply sought a start strong enough to help push the organization closer to a division title, they watched a 22-year-old rookie carve up a Nationals lineup for 8 2/3 hitless innings.
Ryan Zimmerman's infield single precluded Wacha from becoming the 10th-youngest player in Major League history to throw a no-hitter, but the overall performance was plenty dominant to send the Cardinals to a 2-0 win. With it, the club's magic number to win the National League Central dropped to three.
"This last week of baseball, every win is crucial," Wacha said. "That's the mindset coming into this game -- let's win this game and stay in first place. … The night ended up being pretty special."
In what was likely his final regular-season performance, Wacha capped his rookie season by treating a Busch Stadium crowd of 38,940 to the most dominant start of his budding Major League career. Efficient with his pitch count, nasty with his fastball-changeup mix, and quick with his pace, Wacha was every bit composed as he pitched the Cardinals closer to their division-title goal.
"We understand that we control our own destiny, but I think tonight was Michael Wacha's night," said third baseman David Freese. "To play good defense behind him and to get some big hits, it was huge. It was fun to see a guy, especially that young, come up here and do something like that in this situation, this late in the year, to help us get that W."
Wacha retired the first 14 Washington batters he faced, striking out half of them. Matt Carpenter's error with two out in the fifth ended the pursuit of a perfect game, though Wacha would also walk two later in his night.
Amid a standing ovation, he took the mound in the ninth with a pitch count of 99. Pinch-hitter Steve Lombardozzi was retired on a routine groundout. Wacha recorded his 26th out on a beauty of a changeup that froze Denard Span. It was Wacha's ninth strikeout of the evening.
"That pitch he threw to Span there, 3-2, that changeup, pretty much exemplifies his thought process at the time," Matheny said. "He was able to tune everything out. For a kid to do that against a lineup like this during this time of the season, hard to really get your head around it. Man, that was some kind of fun to watch."
Eyeing the 11th no-hitter in franchise history, Wacha then started Ryan Zimmerman with a 97-mph fastball. Zimmerman chopped it high, just out of the reach of the 6-foot-6 Wacha. The ball nicked off Wacha's glove before being barehanded by shortstop Pete Kozma.
Kozma threw to first, pulling first baseman Matt Adams off the bag. Adams swiped at Zimmerman, but not in time.
"He doesn't run that well," Kozma said. "I thought it'd give me a chance."
"Pete made a great play," Matheny said, "and once I saw it get into his bare hand, I thought we had a pretty good chance that we were going to see an unbelievable finish to an unbelievable game."
Prior to Tuesday night, there had been two no-hitters in the books this season in the Majors -- by Cincinnati's Homer Bailey and San Francisco's Tim Lincecum. Wacha's effort marked the third time this season that a no-hit bit had been broken up with two outs in the ninth, joining Texas' Yu Darvish and San Francisco's Yusmeiro Petit -- both of whom were one out away from perfect games.
The Cardinals had last had a no-hitter in 2001, that one spun by another rookie wearing No. 52, Bud Smith.
"Well, you play the game to win games and try to win championships, but at the same time, when you see that on the line, you're hoping to get it," said Yadier Molina, who has never caught a no-hitter. "But at the same time, you're just trying to win the game."
"Luckily, we got a hit in the end, kind of ruined it," Zimmerman said. "But you can't take away how he pitched the whole game. I'm using my blazing speed to try to get there as fast as I can. Baseball is weird. We hit balls on the screws all night. That's the swing, the hit that breaks it up."
Having already set a career high in innings and pitches (112), Wacha's night ended there. He tipped his cap as he exited to a roaring ovation, leaving fellow rookie Trevor Rosenthal to protect the two-run lead long ago provided with RBI hits from Shane Robinson and Molina.
Rosenthal notched his second career save in as many nights by getting Jayson Werth to ground out to first.
"I had a feeling he was going to finish it. I think we all did. He got so close there," Rosenthal said. "It was unfortunate to come into that situation, but at the same time, I just wanted to be sure to get the shutout for him."
An ice bath -- one that Wacha described as "cold, but a good cold" -- awaited the right-hander after the string of on-field congratulations.
How Wacha fits into the Cardinals' postseason picture remains unclear, but his stock as a key piece in the organization's long-term plans continues to climb. The former first-round Draft pick was the biggest surprise in Spring Training and made his Major League debut less than a year removed from pitching collegiately. When the Cardinals moved him back into the rotation in September, he did not allow a run in his first 17 innings.
"When I got called up here, I didn't really know what my role was going to be -- whether it was in the bullpen or starting," Wacha said. "I just accepted whatever they needed me to do. Hopefully, I can just keep getting better after this one."
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Presented to the NEA local affiliate with the most improved human rights program.
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In 1976, the Jefferson County Teachers Association (JCTA) merged with the Louisville Teachers Association to represent certified school personnel in all of Jefferson County, Kentucky. This merger was prompted by the court-ordered merging of the city and county school systems in an effort to desegregate Jefferson County schools.
The court-ordered desegregation of the Jefferson County schools began a long and legally contentious fight over forced busing that continues to this day. The county still struggles to desegregate, and everyone, especially the children, feel it.
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CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are under fire after the networks aired the name of the underage victim in the Steubenville rape trial while reporting on the case.
The mishap occurred Sunday as the networks were covering the trial in which Ohio teens Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl in Steubenville. After the sentences were delivered, Mays, 17 stood up and apologized to the victim by name in the courtroom:
"I would truly like to apologize to [victim's first name], her family, my family and the community," he said to the court, his back turned to the camera. "No picture should have been sent around, let alone even taken."
The Huffington Post points out all three news networks aired the teen's statement without censoring it with cuts, or bleeps, thus broadcasting the name of the underage victim.
According to Raw Story, The National Alliance to End Sexual Violence encourages news outlets not to publish the names of minors alleging sexual abuse or rape, or to report information that will make the minors identifiable.
Hours after the two teens were found guilty and convicted, two girls aged 15 and 16 made online death threats against the 16-year-old victim. It's not clear if the teens learned the victim's name when it was aired by the networks.
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1970 Mercury Cougar XR7 Convertible - Cat Fancy
Charles Popenoe had a burning desire for a flashy drop-top Cougar
He may have been but a 2-year-old toddler, but Charles Popenoe of Darnestown, Maryland, remembers the day in 1967 when his father pulled into the family's driveway with a brand-new '67 Cougar XR7. "I was hooked on Cougars from then on," Charles stated. The sleek lines of Mercury's new entry into the Pony Car market always caught his eye, be it riding shotgun with his dad or just riding his bicycle with his pals.
Charles' father drove the Cougar daily, including Maryland's sometimes bitter winters. Charles became the steward of the '67 XR7 when it was passed on to him as his first car upon graduating high school. However, the tired Cat didn't stay with him for long.
"When I got the Cougar, it had 175,000 miles on it and it was pretty beat. Being the typical teenager, I beat on it some more and rust finally took its toll when the shock towers collapsed. I then sold it for parts," Charles explained.
His father's Cougar had been sold off part by part, with Charles only having a bin full of bolts, clips, and brackets left over. Somehow, he knew he'd have another Cougar again. Perhaps this bucket of spare parts might come in handy? As luck would have it, Charles and a pal of his made a pretty decent profit off of reselling some Bruce Springsteen tickets (this was in 1985, well before the big companies selling tickets now). Charles and his friend would camp out overnight and buy as many good seats as they could afford when the ticket window opened the next morning. Most concerts were a break even deal or earned them a little gas money, but with the Boss coming to town, they were easily selling $15 seats (remember those ticket prices?) for $70-$80 each! When the dust settled, Charles and his business partner both had enough money to buy their dream convertibles. His pal picked up a '72 Olds Cutlass, while Charles rekindled the Cougar dream with a '70 XR7 convertible he found in Arlington, Virginia, for $1,700 via a Washington Post newspaper ad.
The drop-top Cat became Charles' college transportation. A little rough around the edges, the XR7 only got worse on the lean budget and attention span of your typical college youth. The Cougar ended up with oil pan damage and was even run dry of oil a couple of times, resulting in an internal engine knock. After five years of service, Charles decided it was time to put some money into the Cougar and pulled the engine for a full rebuild that he decided to perform himself. This was 1990 and Charles had trouble finding some of the parts he needed to rebuild the engine. Growing his new family, and helping grow his father's business as well (a unique product called Smart Bolts that have a built-in indicator to show proper tension), meant little time for the Cougar's engine rebuild and eventually the whole project got pushed aside for life's other projects, including moving into a new house.
In 1999, Charles found the Delmarva Cougar Club (www.dcconline.org) and became a member. It was through the DCC that Charles learned so much about Cougars and what it really took to build a car right. A "Marti Report" from Kevin Marti even showed Charles' XR7 convertible to be one of only 35 with a 351C/four-speed drivetrain. The club reignited Charles' flame and he got right to work tearing the convertible completely apart for a full restoration. However, the rust had taken quite a toll on the car and Charles came to the decision that he'd rather not learn to weld and perform bodywork on his own Cougar. He shelved the project once again and purchased another '70 convertible from a fellow club member to enjoy while he determined his path with the XR7 of his youth.
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It wasn't until 2005, when Charles was attending a DCC club event/track day, where he discussed his project with a fellow club member. That club member recommended that Charles seek out Tom Lawrance and his son Kurt of KTL Restorations, located in Danville, Virginia. Tom was also a member of the DCC and Charles discussed his XR7 convertible and his desire to bring the pile of parts back together as a flashy, bright-red drop-top dream ride.
"Tom came down to my house and picked up my now 'basket case' along with a '69 convertible donor shell I was going to use as a donor car," Charles says. KTL dragged everything back to its shop, but due to other restorations, didn't slot Charles' car for another two years.
"I didn't mind much, it was out of my garage and the storage was free," said Charles when we asked about the delay in starting. Finally, once work got underway at KTL, the first bit of news Charles received was that the '69 was a complete loss and unusable. Charles found another donor in Texas, this one a '70 convertible with power windows, and KTL went and picked it up. Once the donor car was back at KTL, the project finally hit the ground running.
Charles' list of required updates included finishing the engine rebuild (with a 393 Probe stroker kit no less!), paint- and bodywork, swapping in the power windows and tilt column from the donor car, and adding a nice handling suspension with an iconic five-spoke wheel design at the corners. KTL also refurbished the interior in a two-tone red and white to go with the House of Kolor Candy Apple Red exterior—a big change from the original Green exterior/Ginger interior combination. KTL even built Charles a trick air cleaner housing to fit under the stock hood that utilizes two K&N square panel filters.
The stock four-speed Top Loader remained in the tunnel, but a Gear Vendors overdrive unit was added so Charles could enjoy top-down cruising with some measure of fuel economy. Oh, and that bucket of parts left over from parting out his father's '67 Cougar; well several of those parts made their way into the restoration of Charles' '70 XR7 convertible.
It would be another two years before KTL would finish the car, but the results speak for themselves. The House of Kolor paint gave the KTL crew some teething problems, but in the end, the color was exactly what Charles wanted. The red/white interior and white top are certainly "flashy," just like Charles wanted, too. Though the project would never have been finished without the long hours invested by Tom and Kurt at KTL Restorations, besides thanking the father/son duo for their fantastic restoration work, Charles also tells us his family's support and encouragement through the whole build was paramount.
"I could not have completed this project without the continuous support from my ever-loving spouse, Smriti, who encouraged me to keep pushing through thick and thin to get this car completed. I am fortunate that she loves fine-looking, fast cars almost as much as I do," Charles stated. Of course, the DCC gets credit for their help and teaching Charles all about Cougars too.
The Details
Charles Popenoe's '70 Cougar XR7 convertible
351C block (393ci stroker)
Internally coated with Glyptal
4.030-inch bore
3.850-inch stroke
Probe cast steel crankshaft
Probe H-beam forged steel 5.956-inch rods
Probe forged aluminum pistons
Edelbrock Performer RPM aluminum heads, 190cc intake runner
2.050-inch intake, 1.600-inch exhaust valves
Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam, 0.578-inch lift, 230 degrees duration at 0.050-inch lift
Harland Sharp 1.73:1 roller rockers
Edelbrock roller timing chain set
Edelbrock Performer RPM Air-Gap aluminum intake
Edelbrock Performer 750-cfm carburetor
Edelbrock aluminum fuel filter
Milodon 8-quart oil pan
MSD 6AL ignition, 8580 distributor, 8.5mm Super Conductor plug wires, and Blaster 2 coil
March Performance serpentine drive conversion
Griffin aluminum radiator and electric fan
Custom fabricated air filter housing with K&N air filters by KTL Restorations
Top Loader four-speed manual
Gear Vendors overdrive tailhousing
Centerforce clutch
Hurst shifter
9-inch Ford housing
Detroit Truetrac locking differential
28-spline axles
3.91 gears
Hooker ceramic coated long-tube headers, 17⁄8-inch primaries, 3½-inch collectors
Flowmaster 50-Series mufflers
2½-inch dual exhaust fabricated by KTL Restorations
Front: Stock style with Open Tracker Racing Products roller spring perches, 560-lb/in 1-inch drop springs, 1-inch Shelby/Arning style drop, KYB Gas-a-just shocks, 11⁄8-inch antisway bar
Rear: Stock leaf springs with Mustangs Plus Grab-a-Trak shocks, ½-inch antisway bar, TCP weld-in subframe connectors
Front: Stock disc
Rear: Stock drum
Front: Vintage Wheel Works V45 one-piece cast, gray center, 16x8
Rear: Vintage Wheel Works V45 one-piece cast, gray center, 16x8
Front: Yokahama AVID V4S, P225/55R16
Rear: Yokohama AVID V4S, P235/60R16
Restored by KTL Restorations in Danville, Virginia; white leather XR7 trim seats/door panels; red Auto Custom Carpets carpet; restored Rim-Blow steering wheel; Custom Autosound radio with iPod interface; stock power windows; 8,000 rpm Eliminator tach; tilt steering column
Stock Cougar XR7 body refinished in House of Kolor Candy Apple Red Metallic urethane over a silver base with three coats of clear by KTL Restorations in Danville, Virginia; white convertible top
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Superfluous Curly Braces as Semantic Guides?
Working today I noticed that I tend to use use curly-braces to rank different levels of semantic operations. Never before having consciously thought about the rules applied, I thought it fit to discuss it with you, gentle readers, and see whether I'm not alone.I'm currently writing/modifying several C-family source-code analysis tools, to support my current commercial activities. (I'm acting as an expert witness on a software intellectual property dispute case. It's very interesting stuff, and has peculiar logical and physical limitations that bring to light many programming issues one tends to forget in the practically unconstrained resource environment of much desktop software development, so you can expect a steady stream of posts covering a wide range of topics in the coming months.)
Anyway, in making some modifications yesterday I noticed that I'd chosen one bracing style over another, and I wondered why I'd done so?
Here's one possible layout of the code:
{ for(string_set_t::const_iterator i = exemptions.begin(); i != exemptions.end(); ++i) { string_t s = *i; stlsoft::trim_all(s); if(s.empty()) { continue; // Skip empty } else if('#' == s[0]) { continue; // Skip comment } else if(NULL != ::strpbrk(s.c_str(), "?*")) { Pattern_ptr_t pattern(new shwild::Pattern(s.c_str(), shwildPatternFlags)); exemptionsPatterns.push_back(pattern); } else { exemptionNames.insert(s); } }}
Yet I didn't do it that way. Without pause I wrote the following instead:
{ for(string_set_t::const_iterator i = exemptions.begin(); i != exemptions.end(); ++i) { string_t s = *i; stlsoft::trim_all(s); if(s.empty()) { continue; // Skip empty } else if('#' == s[0]) { continue; // Skip comment } else { if(NULL != ::strpbrk(s.c_str(), "?*")) { Pattern_ptr_t pattern(new shwild::Pattern(s.c_str(), shwildPatternFlags)); exemptionsPatterns.push_back(pattern); } else { exemptionNames.insert(s); } } }}
The issue that intrigues me is why I've gone to the trouble of creating an extra level of block indentation (and consumed an extra line of source into the bargain)?
As far as I can determine there are two reasons: one worthy, one prosaic.
Dealing with the less glamorous first, I should observe that this is a heavily file-system and input dependent program, so I've eschewed unit-testing for the application (though not for the constituent libraries!) in favour of the debugger. By selecting the second layout I can apply a single breakpoint (on the
if +
strpbrk statement), rather than two on the latter two blocks.
This, in turn, is a hint to the more worthy reason. The first two conditional blocks are both dealing with "lines outside our interest". The program in question performs analysis of
#include statements in C/C++ source, and the code sample shows some of the logic to the filtering out from the results set those includes designated by the user as being not-of-interest. As is clearly shown, it filters by name (the
exemptionNames set) or by pattern (the
exemptionsPatterns sequence of shwild pattern instances). So, by using the extra block, I've highlighted/separated the "important" logic from the mundane.
Granted, nothing about this is rocket surgery. But I've been writing code for more than two decades and have never noticed before that I do this. (As you'd expect, I've now looked back at lots of other code, and I've been doing it for a long time.)
I'd be interested to hear from other readers what they think of this, and what other ways in which they do (semantically unnecessary) things that aid in code transparency. I'm especially interested to hear about such things in other languages, even those outside the C-family.
Before I go, I'd like to comment on a couple of other issues that might have the ardent C++ programmers amongst you scratching your heads. First, the use of
continue. I've met plenty of chap(ette)s who've suggested that
continue is a design smell. In this case, due to the use of
else the two
continues are actually superfluous. The reason I use them is (i) a
continue; statement is clearer than an empty block, a
;, or combining the two
if conditional expressions, and (ii) I believe it's more resistant to accidental damage during maintenance: one would only have to leave off an
else and things would go rather badly.
Second, my use of the enclosing braces around the
for statement. As explained in Imperfect C++, I use this technique to avoid any clash between old and new
for-statement initialiser semantics. Putting it in a block unambiguously defines its scope, and makes it compatible with any (version of any) C++ compiler.
Finally, my use of
strpbrk(). This one's arguably less defensible. The fact is, I just don't like the
std::basic_string class interface, and think it has way too many methods. No doubt I could have used
find_first_of(), but then I'd have to be testing against
std::string::npos, which doesn't make the code clearer to me. (Or, it could be that I'm really an old C programmer at heart, and am just an inconsistent hypocrit!)


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NEW YORK (AP) -- Producers of a musical based on the life of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy are seeking an exceptionally talented young actor -- one who can play a preteen Gordy, a young Michael Jackson and a precocious Stevie Wonder.
Gordy launched an audition website on Tuesday to help find the young man between the ages of 8 and 11 who can sing, dance and act like the King of Pop in his Jackson 5 days and Wonder at about age 11.
"Motown" will open on Broadway next spring.
Gordy says he's not looking for imitators, but someone who "can be themselves in the role" and give him "the same chills" he experienced when he first saw Jackson at age 10 in 1968.


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People who come together periodically to mend bridges, fill potholes and put out fires are individuals on collective emergency life support.
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Patricia Kiernan Johnson;
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OPERA America
, the national service organization for opera, is proud to announce the 2009 recipients of the National Opera Trustee Recognition Award. In its second year, this award honors trustees of U.S. opera companies for exemplary leadership, generosity and audience building efforts on behalf of their respective opera companies.
The 2009 National Opera Trustee Recognition honorees are Mr. John T. Cody, Jr. of The Dallas Opera, Mr. Richard Holland of Opera Omaha, Mrs. Beth Ingram of Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Mr. C. Guy Rudisill, III of Piedmont Opera.
OPERA America is committed to recognizing strong trustee leaders, understanding the pivotal role they play in the success of opera companies and the vitality of the communities they serve. In acknowledging and celebrating the dedication of board members at the national level, the National Opera Trustee Recognition Program seeks to strengthen the relationships between opera companies and their trustees and to inspire exemplary service to opera companies across the United States.
"Presenting consistently high-quality opera requires a dedicated staff guided and supported by a strong board," stated Marc A. Scorca, president & CEO of OPERA America. "The value of dedicated board members who provide passion, vision and generous support cannot be overstated. We are pleased to be joined by Bank of America in recognizing the achievements of these trustees."
"Bank of America is a leading supporter of the arts and believes that these institutions are critical to ensuring the cultural and economic vitality of our communities,'" said Keith Banks, head of Bank of America Global Private Client, Institutional and Investment Management. "We are pleased to sponsor this noble initiative as the trustees play an important role in developing their local opera company as cultural pillars in their community."
Each year, OPERA America member companies are invited to nominate one of their trustees for this award. A single honoree from each of the four OPERA America budget levels is chosen by an adjudication committee through a competitive selection process. The adjudication committee included Dr. Ruth Orth, board president of Pensacola Opera; Fred Good, officer of Cincinnati Opera; and Fillmore Wood, former trustee of Opera Pacific. Dr. Frayda B. Lindemann was the chairman of the 2009 National Opera Trustee Recognition program.
The honorees represent a significant range of accomplishments, generosity and a deep commitment to promoting opera in their communities. The following profiles illustrate just a few examples of the dedication of these trustees.
John T. Cody, Jr., The Dallas Opera
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Richard Holland, Opera Omaha
Beth Ingram, Lyric Opera of Kansas City
C. Guy Rudisill, III, Piedmont Opera
After 14 seasons with The Dallas Opera,
John Cody
held the top administrative position for a year while the company searched for its new general director. He has resumed the position in the wake of the brief tenure of George Steel. Mr. Cody is the retired President and COO of J.C. Penney with more than 35 years of executive experience. He joined the Board of Directors of The Dallas Opera in 1993 and has served on the Development, Finance and Marketing committees, as well as on the Board of The Dallas Opera Foundation. Mr. Cody became President of the company in June 2004 and guided a two-year project to develop a strategic positioning statement and roadmap designed to take The Dallas Opera through its historic move into the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2006-2008 and as Interim General Director from June through September 2008. He resumed the position of Interim General Director as of January, 2009.
Native Omahan and retired advertising executive
Richard Holland
has been a tireless advocate of Opera Omaha. Shortly after its 1958 founding, Mr. Holland joined other community leaders in helping them grow from a community enterprise to a budding professional regional company. He served as Board President from 1966 to 1970 and, over the past 40 years, has remained a constant supporter, both in a governance capacity and as a donor. In his forward for the book Opera Omaha: The First Fifty Years, Mr. Holland wrote "…we believe we have helped make Omaha a better place to live and work." While maintaining and expanding his leadership giving to Opera Omaha, Mr. Holland is a major supporter of many social service organizations. He called on the Peter Kiewit Foundation to co-commission a study on the economic impact of performing arts in Omaha, which clearly proved the high value these groups bring to the region.
Beth Ingram
is an enthusiastic promoter and generous patron of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. As a 42-year member of the Board of Directors, she has held the officer positions of secretary, treasurer, vice-president, president, vice-chairman and chairman. She was the first woman president on the Lyric Opera Board and continued in her leading role by serving on the Executive Committee for the majority of those years. Mrs. Ingram was the lead donor and honorary chairman for the Company's 2003 Endowment Campaign that raised $11.5 million to establish a fund to enhance the artistic quality of productions and twice has served as honorary chairman for the Company's major fund raising event, the Lyric Opera Ball. The Golden Anniversary Ball held last season raised a record-breaking $1.4 million for the Company and ensured adequate funding for their ambitious 50th Anniversary Season.
C. Guy Rudisill, III
has been involved with Piedmont Opera for more than ten years, serving as President of the Board from 2000 to 2002. A member of Piedmont Opera's Major Gifts Committee, Mr. Rudisill is highly involved with fundraising for the company and last year helped raise $200,000 over and above the company's budget. For a period of time during his tenure as Board President, Piedmont Opera was without a General Manager. Until a successor could be identified, Mr. Rudisill assumed many of the General Manager's duties. Mr. Rudisill also serves on the Advocacy Committee of the local Arts Council and takes an active role in reminding the local, state and national elected officials of the importance of the arts to the community, state and nation.
OPERA America and Bank of America will pay tribute to the 2009 honorees and celebrate their remarkable achievements at a dinner and reception on Saturday, February 21, 2009, in New York City.
OPERA America's commitment to recognizing excellence in governance is shared by its sister organization Opera.ca, the Canadian national association for opera. Opera.ca honors Mr. J. Rob Collins of the Canadian Opera Company as the first recipient of its National Opera Directors Recognition Program.
OPERA America leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
Artistic services help opera companies and creative and performing artists to improve the quality of productions and increase the creation and presentation of North American works.
Information, technical, and administrative services to opera companies reflect the need for strengthened leadership among staff, trustees and volunteers.
Education, audience development and community services are designed to enhance all forms of opera appreciation.
Founded in 1970, OPERA America's worldwide membership network includes nearly 200 Company Members, 300 Associate and Business Members, 2,000 Individual Members and more than 16,000 subscribers to the association's electronic news service. In 2005, OPERA America relocated from Washington, D.C. to New York as the first step in creating the first-ever National Opera Center. With a wide range of artistic and administrative services in a purpose-built facility, the Opera Center is dedicated to increasing the level of excellence, creativity and effectiveness across the field.
OPERA America's long tradition of supporting and nurturing the creation and development of new works led to the formation of
The Opera Fund
, a growing endowment which allows OPERA America to make a direct impact on the ongoing creation and presentation of new opera and music-theater works. Since its inception, OPERA America has made grants of nearly $11 million to assist companies with the expenses associated with the creation and development of new works.


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Several great Simon & Schuster small-sized paperback books were offered this year in the Cheerios boxes. The selection featured six picture book titles, written in both English and Spanish and appropriate for ages three to eight:
● Noodle & Lou by Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Arthur Howard
● Hello Baby! by Mem Fox and illustrated by Steve Jenkins
● If I Were a Jungle Animal by Amanda Ellery and illustrated by Tom Ellery
● Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni and Slade Morrison and illustrated by Joe Cepeda
● Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer and illustrated by Scott Magoon
● Can I Just Take a Nap? by Ron Rauss and illustrated by Rob Shepperson
In addition to providing books in the cereal boxes, Cheerios made a $300,000 donation to First Book, a literacy focused non-profit, and also gave 5000 children's books to 10 First Book local volunteer chapters nationwide.
I applaud Cheerios for promoting literacy through this wonderful book distribution program. If only they could continue the program year round, and work together with other publishers to get more free books in the hands of children!
One of the best things about the books is that they are bilingual! (And, due to the small paperback size (7" x 5-1/4"), they are also very portable and easy to stash inside a bag for trips.) My kids and I have been reading a few of the Spoonful of Stories titles this week to brush up on our Spanish just in time for Cinco de Mayo.
Bernadette, the contradictory sweet yet still monster-ish character, provides for quite a few laughs. Magoon does such a splendid job in capturing both of Bernadette's qualities in his illustrations. Bernadette wears skullbone accessories and has sharp, pointing teeth and ears, but somehow she's not really scary at all but perfectly adorable! In fact, all the monsters in the book seem to have a likeable, familiar cuteness about them. There's one spread in the book with the monsters hanging from trees that reminds me of Where the Wild Things Are. This is one of those stories that could get a little preachy if written the wrong way, but Sauer manages to get the "it's OK to be yourself" message across in a sneaky, subtle way, while also showing that sometimes it's best to work out difficult situations through compromise.
Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Scott Magoon. Simon & Schuster (August 2010); ISBN 978141696110; 40 pages
Mostly Monsterly Self-Portrait Monster Art ActivitySauer's book, with the "be yourself" message and monster theme, provides a fun tie-in opportunity for kids show off their own individual artistic skills and create individual, personalized monsters. To jump-start the project, I took a picture of both of the kids, cut out their faces and attached the photos to paper. Armed with markers, they took over from there and created little, mostly monsterly and very silly versions of themselves.
I've noticed lately that my preschool age son is hesitant to create self-portrait drawings or drawings of people because the little perfectionist in him is never satisfied with the result. His drawings never turn out the way he thinks they should look and he gives up. It's a bit of a challenge to get him to draw anything, but this monster project was a huge hit and he's wanted to make several more pictures. Because we start with an established face and work in an imaginary world, it's easier for him to concentrate on the creative aspects of drawing and worry less about it looking realistic.
Add your kids craft post to the Kid's Get Crafty linky at Red Ted Art's Blog. Wrote a post about play? Join the It's Playtime party! Find more great book tie-ins at JDaniel4's Mom Read, Explore, Learn link-up.
I have an extra copy of the Cheerios Spoonful of Stories paperback version of Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer and illustrated by Scott Magoon to give away to a lucky Brimful Curiosities reader.
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Do We Need Media-Free Zones?
Christine Lohmeier examines media-free zones within the context of ontological security. Christine is an Assistant Professor at the University of Munich and former CGCS visiting scholar. Her research interests relate to inter/transnational communication, media and collective memory and identity and belonging.
The recent New York Times article Step Away from the Phone! describes the growing trend of device-free-zones, a movement where people make a conscious effort to not use their mobile phone during designated times. The omnipresence of media has long been established among communication scholars. Many will not have missed the irony of letting a mobile phone, and perhaps in past decades a camcorder or camera, get in the way of 'real-life' face-to-face interaction.
There are many studies, theories and approaches to drawn on when trying to assess the value of media or device-free zones. Think of Sherry Turkle's warning inquiry of whether we expect too much of technology and too little of each other. Or the insightful research by Melissa Gregg in Work's Intimacy where she demonstrates how constant connectivity seems to make people feel obliged to work on a constant basis. One of the underlying questions, of course, is why is it so difficult to step away from the computer, the mobile phone, or the TV? One explanation for our media-saturated life might be the need for a sense of security and belonging, of community.
The paradox of the mediatization of everyday life is that it gives us both a sense of security as well as an immense sense of insecurity. The safety and danger of being constantly connected and reachable can be seen as a vantage point for revisiting the concept of ontological security. Giddens (1990) defines ontological security as, "the confidence that most human beings have in the continuity of their self-identity and in the constancy of the surrounding social and material environments of action."
Giddens also states that this sense of security is an emotional and unconscious state of being. Ontological security is central to trusting the people and things around us.
The complexities of mediated life are reflected in our fluctuating sense of ontological security. While Roger Silverstone (1993) makes a persuasive case for television adding to our sense of ontological security, the permanent mediatization of everyday life has – to a certain degree – turned this argument on its head.
Silverstone has pointed out television's eternal presence and embedded nature in everyday life. When accessed through an old-fashioned television set, television is a cyclical medium, both in terms of its consumption (in the house at certain periods of the day) and in its programming strategy. This does not hold true for digital media, especially when media is consumed through mobile devices. Silverstone considers television as an object, television as a medium and television as an entertainer and informer. All these functions and descriptors equally apply to mobile gadgets. We use these gadgets, however, not only for entertainment, but also for relaxation, socializing, and work.
Referring Christmas television programming, wedding videos and the broadcasting of crises and catastrophes, Silverstone suggests that, "[a]ll these events are expressions of the medium's capacity to mobilize the sacred and to create what anthropologists have called 'communitas': the shared experience, however fragile, momentary and synthetic, of community."
The collaborations between mobile users during the London riots, as well as the political activism during the Arab Spring, demonstrate digital media's capacity to facilitate collective action—the creation of a communitas. However, there is a definite sense of individualism in digital media's use. Mobile phones, for example, are hardly the hearths for social spaces that the television used to be. What we see are new communities forming and deconstructing at a much faster pace. Drawing on the work of James Carey, this means that the values, beliefs and collective agreements underlying our communication are much harder to decipher. What are they and which community exactly do they belong to? The currents between ontological security and insecurity demand much greater skill to keep afloat. Perhaps here lies part of the answer why people seek to create media-free zones, if only for a limited amount of time.
//Christine Lohmeier
Carey, James (1989). Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society. Boston: Unwin Hyman.
Giddens, Anthony (1990). The Consequences of Modernity. Oxford: Polity Press.
Silverstone, Roger (1993). "Television, ontological security and the transition object". Media, Culture & Society 15:4, 573-598.
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WELCOME TO: simplesampling.com
I am Manolo Munez and I will be your guide through these pages. First let me explain that "simplesampling" is just the name of the site and what you won't find here is a gang of toughs ranting about their rights to rob the empties from Dean Martins grave, nor will you find any girly-boys wetting themselves over Sainsbury's deli counter free nibbles policy.
Not at all, for this site is dedicated almost entirely to the teachings of Dr B.V. Asswani and most of all to the works done under his guidance by HOT AIR and various other half enlightened pupils such as Stock, Hausen & Walkman, Dummy Run and Stahlgren & Ferguson. And in case you are curious, our stand on "sampling" IS "simple": The powers that be made the samplers, The powers that be sold us the samplers, The powers that be will have to live with the consequences ( see U.S. gun laws for a further example )
Its early days yet, and we hope you will stick with us as we attempt to grapple with the already obsolete technology that is the Unternet and bring to you the information you have sought for so long. Information, until now, drip fed to you by the various well-meaning but only half informed sites that have been your signposts along the way. Let us raise our hats to those that were bankrupted and possibly seriously injured keeping a very dim flame burning all over the WWWorld. snif!
The bulk of this site can be accessed by clicking on the nav-bar above , if you click and nothing happens, don't worry, there's probably nothing there yet, if you are the patient sort, please return in a few days, if not, we understand, the world today has many other pleasures and only a small percentage of them involve pressing things with the index finger.
well first lets catch up, whats new? and what has come spurting out of the HOT AIR vents in recent months??
a new online shop using PAYPAL. where you can buy direct from HOT AIR at the best prices available to plastic card carrying man or woman.
Last release by Hot Air was Carbondating by Small Rocks, a full length lava flow currently gaining some recognition for its leveling of all stylistic dwellings in its path:
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Dadi Perlmutter, Intel senior vice president and general manager for Mobility Group, gave details on the next generation of notebooks with built-in WiMAX connectivity. Finally after years of getting the specifications of WiMAX together, Intel will be rolling out notebook PCs with such capabilities.
However, before Montevina first makes it appearance, Intel will be refreshing its current Santa Rosa line-up with their new 45nm Penryn processor. Notebooks with the new Penryn cores are expected to perform better with all the minor architectural enhancements found in the new processor. Besides raw performance, Penryn will also offer instant power savings since the new die shrink is expected to slightly reduce the processor's power consumption. However, the biggest enhancement to the processor's power management capabilities would be its new deep power-down state which enables the processor to totally shut off its entire cache while significantly lowering the voltage on its core. Expect to see refreshed Santa Rosa notebooks with the new Penryn processors some time in the first quarter of 2008.
Fast forward to the middle of 2008 and you will come face to face with yet another new platform known as Montevina. As mentioned earlier, Montevina will be the first notebook PC with built-in WiMAX capabilities. Offering users with two different wireless options known as Echo Peak (which comes with both WiMAX and Wi-Fi) and Shirley Peak (that offers only Wi-Fi), Montevina will also feature a new chipset (known as Cantiga) that is designed specifically for improved graphics performance especially with HD content. Montevina is also to come integrated with HD-DVD or Blu-ray support for consumers.
Although WiMAX offers greater speed and wider range as compared to most other wireless broadband alternatives, WiMAX availability is still sorely lacking, especially in certain less technologically advanced countries. However, Intel is confident of the momentum generated by WiMAX, as witnessed by the increasing number of trials and partners committing to the new technology. It may not reach mainstream acceptance as quickly as Wi-Fi but Intel believes in first providing clients with the capabilities so that there will be a ready pool of users who will subscribe to such services when providers make them available. Think of it as eliminating that "chicken and egg" situation.
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