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Book burning is old hat for Kindle
by Eric Verlo - December 3, 2009 May 27, 2015 5
Awww, the "Gift of Reading." Wasn't that something we gave ourselves for free in public school? And look at the e-book with which Amazon expects to separate readers from viewers –the latest movie.
Holy Schnikies Amazon picked a whopper of a name for its e-book reader! Is the "Kindle" supposed to inflame our gone-digital hearts to the warm fuzzies of reading? Because kindle wood and books have always been combustible dance partners. Firelight was something man used to have to read by, but kindling was also indispensable for book burnings. Which role most likely foreshadows this Kindle's potential?
I think the answer lies not too far from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo's celebrated promise to never again remotely tamper with their readers' Kindle libraries. Earlier this year, online customers bought digital books to which Amazon then discovered its merchant partner didn't have the intellectual rights. Amazon refunded the purchases and erased the already downloaded files, revealing what technology experts already suspected, that the Kindle's software permitted more than a hands-on eavesdropping capability.
In response to the outcry, Bezos promised never to do it again. Fine. His assurance is good enough for me. The truth is, Amazon won't have to.
The burning of e-books will not be about destroying your and my electronic files. It will happen at the file's creation or un-creation. And I suspect the censorship will be a lot more clever than a publisher conspicuously sitting on its exclusive rights to release or not release a title. All that need happen to disenfranchise a public from a familiar inflammatory tome is to buy the publishing right and excise the offensive material. Why not– it will be their right. And Jeff Bezos will probably be able to justify amending already sold copies under the guise of issuing corrections, or redistributing free updates to the original editions.
Can you imagine a world void of its disturbing literature? That's the vision which has guided book burners. The only thing standing between mankind and the more equitable distribution of knowledge are the revolutionary armadas launched by Gutenberg. At which the Kindle is aiming its broadsides.
Tags: Alphaville, Amazon, Book Burning, Books, Censorship, History, Kindle
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5 thoughts on "Book burning is old hat for Kindle"
Brother Jonah says:
Yeah, those pictures of Clowns and Puppies are too sad and scary. They must be BURNED!
The clowns and puppies, that is, merely burning the pictures would be too Liberal.
What would be really horrifying is if the rights to the book Fahrenheit 451 were done in like that. The movie sucked. But the book was excellent. Present Tense: Is excellent. I watched the movie before reading the book and almost didn't read the book. Ok, that's not entirely true, if I see a really bad movie I try to find the book simply from experience. Sometimes I wonder what percentage of the people in the world have the same reaction?
It seems like a minority, just judging from the way they normally act.
Ah well. Education is the ONLY cure for Ignorance. Keep on plugging it, eventually it makes a noticeable difference. A lot of the killings done by the Klan were of schoolteachers, teaching people to read. There's still a spark.
BillyKzov says:
I don't think that's quite what the kindle is about…
the road isn't the latest movie, it's the latest book made into a movie… an extremely excellent book that people should read in whatever form they can find it in… blah blah…
as for publishers controlling literature, check this out. i'd imagine that getting books out, be they illegal or whatever, is going to be way easier through a digital medium than through a physical one… like illegal downloads… easy easy easy…
On the other hand to that, the software used to blank out the Kindle book from the machines of every user who had bought it, can be used to track down "illegal downloaders" and, is being used for exactly that purpose. It was also used recently to persecute people who "illegally" modified their own hardware with the XBox gaming network.
Disney's production company has been prosecuting people for almost a decade with a version of that software. It's software which can trace not only the SOURCE of an electronic transfer, but also the destination.
There's other implications to it… Remember when "some unknown person" on the White House LAN emailed Scooter Libby and blew the cover off a CIA operation? Not only outed Valerie-Plame Wilson but, more importantly, every informant who had been supplying her operation with data. People who lived among and broke bread with al Qa'eda on a daily basis.
Scooter Libby and his Trash-ass Coward Crew, including George Bush and Richard Cheney, all got smooth away with it.
Homeland Security under the direction of the Guilty Parties made a sham investigation into the incident. And reported that they couldn't trace where on the Very Limited White House network the email originated. They lied. As usual. And as usual with their murderous crew, people DIED.
The Bu'ush Regime did it in a fit of pique because Ms Plames husband stood up and defied their LIES about WMDs.
Even though this same software was available to the Homeland Gestapo Administration, it wasn't used. Instead, it gets used to suppress the rights of The People to read what they want.
There's a pattern here. A Dictator who said he's above all laws (Richard Cheney) and wants to regain power, and whose Demented Disciples are trying to restore him to Power even BEFORE the next Election, condones and even commands the use of such software to harass and even KILL citizens.
It goes beyond "mere" censorship. Eric didn't go too far with that train of thought, he stopped short.
What else can it be used for…? Erasing evidence of Governmental Wrongdoing, been there, done that.
Fox News using it to erase any traces of their Proven Lies? They've just gotten a concession from Google.
My suggestion, grab every cached transcript of Fox and Clear Channel's propaganda, the ones they change daily on their own website in order to make themselves look good… Google has the ORIGINALS cached. But not for long now. Snarf them and burn them onto DVDs. They've got close to the power to make History disappear.
Their Regime has shown that they're not above lying, they're not above murder and they think of themselves as being above all human law. Damn right they're going to use that technology against Americans and anybody else in the world.
Back to Eric's main theme, remember the OTHER Orwellian story?
Where the "10 points of Animalism" were painted on the barn wall…
And those animals who could read, noticed that the precepts kept changing. But couldn't prove it, because the Pigs controlled the writing. Comrade Snowball is wounded in a battle with the Humans from the two neighboring farms, then as soon as Comrade Napoleon declared Snowball to be a traitor, the history was re-written. The "common people" didn't have access to any evidence that the story had changed.
The Kindle has only a limited scope in making history disappear. It can be used in conjunction with other technologies available to The Dictatorship. Like their mastery of LYING. Declaring George Bush's Discharge Papers to be "forgeries" leaps to mind. Which experts declared them to be forged? Why, the ones who Worked For The Regime.
What else would they declare to be Forgeries when the time comes for them to do so, if there's a truth they can make into a lie just by publishing a revised version of it?
In other news, Oceania has ALWAYS been at war with Eastasia.
Kind of ominous that particular book was chosen as the test case for Dropping Information into the Memory Hole.
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Monday Night Football Review
The Patriots moved to the top of the AFC playoff standings with a vital 14-10 victory in Buffalo last night. With horrible weather and 30mph winds, quarterback Mac Jones only threw the ball 3 times going 2-3 for 19 yards, but that was enough behind 222 yards on 46 carries to grind out the win and catapult the New England Patriots atop the AFC.
After beating Buffalo the Patriots are now 9-4 with a 7-win streak and a NFL leading +150 point differential. As things stand FiveThirtyEight.com have the Patriots favourites over the Bills to win the AFC East by 76% to 24% and gives them a league best 44% to earn the AFC top seed, which would mean home field advantage throughout the playoffs and a first round bye.
The Patriots get a bye in week 14 before traveling to face the Indianapolis Colts, who also have a week 14 bye. The game in week 15 on Saturday 19th will be a critical AFC matchup between two well rested sides with playoff implications.
When it gets cold, this team gets hot
Bill Belichick is as good as anyone when it comes to preparing a team in adverse conditions. With strong winds amplifying any mistakes, it was no surprise that Belichick's Patriots would turn to their running game and strong defense to see them through.
"We played the way we felt we needed to play to win", Belichick said. "In the end, we scored enough points. It was a lot of situational football that I thought we, for the most part, handled fairly well. I just have to give the players a lot of credit for being tough, being disciplined, being resilient and dealing with a really good football team and conditions that were somewhat challenging."
What was a surprise were the three passing attempts, the fewest in Patriots history and the second fewest by any team since the 1970 merger. The Patriots put six offensive linemen on the field for 61% of their snaps, highest in the NFL for five years. The Patriots took the pressure out from the hands of rookie QB Mac Jones and did enough on defense to smother the Bills.
New England Patriots Remaining schedule: BYE, at IND, vs. BUF, vs. JAX, at MIA
Tough road ahead
It definitely could have swung the other way. The Bills had the opportunities to win this game. A little bit more composure from Stefon Diggs, Dawson Knox and Josh Allen and the game would have a different narrative. As it is, the Bills have gone 3-4 since beating the Chiefs and are having their toughness brought into question, while the Patriots are on a seven-game winning streak.
Next up for the Buffalo Bills looms Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Raymond James Stadium before a repeat against New England in Foxborough in gameweek 16. It's not every week that Josh Allen will have to throw into 30mph winds but the all too familiar sight of the New England Patriots sitting atop the AFC will take leadership, discipline and toughness to bounce back from. The Bills are supposed to be Super Bowl contenders and now need to go out and prove it.
Buffalo Bills Remaining schedule: at TB, vs. CAR, at NE, vs. ATL, vs. NYJ

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Jason Gray
Love Will Have the Final Word
Genre(s): Pop / Contemporary / Acoustic Pop
Street Date: March 4, 2014
Despite its victorious sounding title, Jason Gray's Love Will Have The Final Word is a refreshingly honest journey through the struggles a believer faces on the way to finding hope. Comparisons to its acclaimed predecessor, 2011's A Way to See in the Dark are inevitable, considering this is the first album of new, non-seasonal material in three years. In some ways, it's a natural progression, but while A Way to See was carefully balanced between radio-friendly pop and thoughtful singer-songwriter, Love Will Have the Final Word feels like a record for the sake of the art, telling an unresolved story. These aren't songs penned to satisfy a contract, but rather hard-won tokens wrestled to the ground from a difficult place. And for that, it's a difficult album to describe, but probably the most profound twist in Gray's musical journey so far.
When the opener "Laugh Out Loud" kicks the record off, it's with possibly the most quirky, unashamedly playful hook of Jason's career: "Ha ha / Don't it make you wanna laugh out loud?" In some ways, it's almost too lighthearted to believe it came from this normally heady songwriter, but it doesn't take long to get stuck in your head. Then comes "With Every Act of Love," the sort of thoughtful radio pop song those familiar with his music would expect, reminiscent of "Remind Me Who I Am." The ability to boil big theological concepts down to a three and a half minute pop ditty that's shot up the CCM radio chart is an impressive skill indeed, one Gray has proven over and over in recent years.
A strange thing happens beyond the catchy opening tracks and colorful cover art though. By the time "Not Right Now" begins, the radio gloss has flaked off to reveal a somewhat melancholy, raw, and vulnerable record. We've all heard it said that a person in grief needs love more than answers, but this song's poignant lyrics put skin on that truth: "Maybe one day we'll talk about the dreams that had to die / For new ones to come alive / But not right now." Gray sings this unresolved story with a knowing sadness, and here is where the tone of the record is formed. Pain, grief, and hope intertwine, but these songs come from the middle of the story, in the deepest need for the kingdom come.
While the more popular "sad" Christian songs have a hopeful twist at the end, these songs don't always resolve so easily. "Begin Again" is a counterpoint or expansion on the cliche answer that trusting Jesus is the answer to pain, "when everything sad isn't coming untrue," but "I Don't Know How" is nearly despairing in a confession of helplessness: "I know you can fix it, but I don't know how." It's the cry from the depths, not a sigh of relief from the other side. But lest it seem this is all despair, there is plenty of hope to be found. "Even This Will Be Made Beautiful" breaks out in a grand declaration of trust that all will be well, before reflecting on "The Best Days" and celebrating a God who will seek his own in "As I Am." So the cycle returns to the joy of "Laugh Out Loud," but it takes time in the dark to get there.
It's also worth noting the two producers at the helm of this record, hit-crafter Jason Ingram and indie-acclaimed Cason Cooley. With the songs split almost evenly between them, the disparate styles weave back and forth - Ingram's clean and hooky open spaces against Cooley's dense and lush soundscapes - but it takes a keen ear to notice the differences. While the Ingram produced "Begin Again" takes a spacious modern pop approach, Cooley's response "I Don't Know How" has a musical depth and verve that can hold its own against the hippest alternative pop. The result is surprisingly cohesive, pushing Gray's music into more artistic territory, while keeping things interesting and accessible.
Sometimes music is hard to describe, and by the final notes of "As I Am," it's certain this is the sort of album that needs to be experienced and felt more than merely heard, and it wouldn't be Jason Gray's style to offer a batch of trite pop songs to satisfy a contract. Perhaps it's a grower sort of record, one that touches the souls of those who need it most. Gray has always been one for honesty in his songwriting, but emotion sears each track with compassion and vulnerability, an extension of hope and companionship in the dark. To that end, this is an important record, a reminder that all things will be made beautiful in time, even in a world where that doesn't seem to be happening.
- Review date: 3/3/14, written by Jen Rose of Jesusfreakhideout.com
JFH Staff's Second Opinion
A Way To See In The Dark was covered in enough poppy sheen to gain significant radio airplay, but it maintained enough lyrical and musical integrity to earn well-deserved praise as a pure work of art. With Love Will Have The Final Word, Gray has upped the ante even more with eleven contemplations on the topic of love. Opening with the irresistibly joyful "Laugh Out Loud," including contributions of a hammered dulcimer that would have made Rich Mullins proud, Gray does the remarkable and takes seemingly trite lyrics and, through sheer musicianship, turns them into poignant reflections on the Atonement. From there, Gray continues offering his trademark lyrical quality, offering highlight after highlight in the form of the prayerful title track, the honest "I Don't Know How," the autobiographical "The Best Days" and more. In particular, "Not Right Now" is a major highlight, with Gray providing a needed reminder that coping is an integral part of recovery, and well-meaning friends often do a disservice by trying to rush it through encouragement and optimism rather than simply sitting in the ashes with them. But while no track lacks quality or serves as filler, perhaps a couple walk the line of the accessible and the musically generic a bit too close ("Love's Not Done With You," "Begin Again," and "Even This Will Be Made Beautiful" come to mind). If there is one thing Gray does well (amongst all the things he does, in fact, do well), it is to craft music that appeals to nearly all musical audiences, be it the fervent enthusiast, the cynical critic, the casual consumer, or even the simply disinterested. Few faults can be found in ...The Final Word from any audience, and whatever faults do turn up are ultimately downplayed by Gray's sincerity and musical integrity. - Review date: 3/1/14, Mark Rice
Record Label: Centricity Music
Laugh Out Loud (3:36)
With Every Act of Love (3:37)
Not Right Now (4:22)
Love Will Have The Final Word (3:42)
Love's Not Done With You (3:22)
Begin Again (3:46)
I Don't Know How (4:01)
If You Want to Love Someone (4:00)
Even This Will Be Made Beautiful (3:51)
The Best Days of My Life (3:48)
As I Am (3:30)


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Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8)
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Gender Equality (SDG 5)
Quality Education (SDG 4)
Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3)
Impact Creation:
The Ilu Women's Empowerment Fund acts as a partner and steward for its portfolio companies, each of which has been carefully selected for its contribution to one of five impact goals. Portfolio companies are also offered customized business advice and technology transfer designed to foster sustainable and durable business growth. By helping to grow this group of impactful businesses, the Fund drives increased business activity such as lending to micro and small enterprise, installation of new renewable energy capacity or greater outreach of health care services for low income women.
Deetken Impact supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, investment opportunities and portfolio companies are evaluated based on their contribution to the following 5 SDGs: Good Health, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Clean Energy, and Decent Work & Economic Growth.
Traction on Impact Goals
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[http://www.cccp-project.net/ CCCP Homepage] ;[http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm K-Lite Mega Codec Pack]: * Plays almost every video available, even rare (for playback of anime you don't need most of them). * Comes bundled with Media Player Classic. [http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm K-Lite Mega Codec Pack on Free-Codecs.com]. ;[http://www.xpcodecpack.com/ XP Codec Pack]: * Plays many different formats, it's like a little heavier pack than [[CCCP]]. * Gets regular updates (this means it may not be stable all times). 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The project documentation gives an insight into rehearsals for the restaging of LULU at Oper Halle.
OPER HALLE / BALLETT ROSSA:
LULU BY JOCHEN ULRICH
The choreographer and dancer Jochen Ulrich, who died in 2012, founded the Tanzforum (Dance Forum) at the Cologne Opera with Helmut Baumann, Gray Verreden and Jörg Burth in 1971. The company dedicated itself to modern dance under the first collective directorship at a municipal theatre
In 1979, Ulrich became sole director and had a decisive impact on the Tanzforum's style, which became the only company in Europe whose training was based on US modern dance pioneer Martha Graham's technique.
Ulrich had a major influence on the development of modern dance, thanks to his extensive choreographic oeuvre, and during his time as ballet director Cologne enjoyed a reputation of being an international dance city.
Ulrich's choreography LULU, which is based on Frank Wedekind's 'Lulu plays', was premiered at the Cologne Opera in February 1990. The lead role was danced by Darie Cardyn, who was in charge of restaging the piece with Ballett Rossa at Oper Halle.
The programme for the reconstruction of LULU by Ballett Rossa with Oper Halle.
Musical director – Hilary Griffiths
Musical director – Robbert van Steijn
Staging and choreography – Jochen Ulrich
Staging and choreography – Darie Cardyn
Stage – Kathrin Kegler-Fritsch
Costume – Marie-Therese Cramer
Dramatic advisor – Manfred Weber
With –
Michal Sedláček (Dr. Schön)
Johan Plaitano (Eduard Schwarz)
Paloma Figueroa (Lulu – premiere)
Yuliya Gerbyna (Lulu – second cast)
Martin Zanotti (Dr. Goll)
Dalier Burchanow (Schigolch)
The trailer is an Oper Halle/Ballett Rossa production.
Interview with Darie Cardyn
In this interview, Darie Cardyn talks about her work with Jochen Ulrich, about the Cologne Tanzforum, and about dealing with Ulrich's artistic heritage.
Darie Cardyn
Born in Brussels, Darie trained in dance, singing and acting at Maurice Béjart's Mudra School in her home city. She began her dance career at the Cologne Tanzforum dance company in 1979, during Jochen Ulrich's directorship, and became a first soloist five years later. She toured the world with the company and danced the lead roles in Coppelia, LULU, Carmen and other works, and in Salome at the Gran Teatro del Liceu alongside Montserrat Caballé. She also worked with numerous guest choreographers including Hans van Manen, Christopher Bruce, Luis Falco, Joe Alegado, Richard Wherlock and Jenifer Muller.
In 1990, she received North Rhine-Westphalia's promotional prize for young artists.
From 1995 to 2000, she was artistic director of the TOC – TanzOffensiveKöln dance school where she also taught.
In addition to her many years as a guest teacher, ballet mistress and assistant at Bern Theatre in Switzerland, Darie has worked as a choreographer and director at various venues including the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Cologne Opera, the Basel Opera and Zurich Opera House, and with directors such as Katharina Thalbach, David Mouchtar-Samorai, Giancarlo del Monaco, Ingo Kerkhof, Adriana Altaras and Olivier Tambosi. Her most recent performances were as Brunelda in Kafka's America, as The Clown in The Four Seasons and as La Contessa in Ship of Fools (all three being Ulrich choreographies) at Linz State Theatre where, from 2010 onwards, she was Ulrich's choreographic and artistic assistant during his time as ballet director there. She taught Ulrich's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King in Chemnitz. After Ulrich's death in November 2012, she became acting ballet director at Linz State Theatre until the end of the 2012/2013 season, during which time she adapted and restaged Ulrich's Romeo and Juliet with Leszek Kuligowski.
Darie has been running the Jochen Ulrich Foundation since July 2013 in order to keep his ballets alive.
She has been co-director of Ballet Pforzheim with Guido Markowitz since the 2014/2015 season.
In the autumn of 2015, she was guest choreographer for Katharina Thalbach's staging of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva.
She was also guest choreographer for Ballett Rossa's restaging of Ulrich's choreographies LULU and Anna Karenina.
22 October 2015 | Oper Halle – Sample of LULU
24 November 2015 | Oper Halle – Introductory soirée
4 December 2015 | Oper Halle – premiere
30 December 2015| Oper Halle
15 January 2016 | Oper Halle
16 January 2016 | Halle Music Library – Operngeflüster (Opera Whispers)
26 February 2016 | Oper Halle
4 March 2016| Oper Halle
25 June 2016| Oper Halle
3 February 2017, 7:30 p.m. | Oper Halle
18 February 2017, 7:30 p.m. | Oper Halle
17 March 2017, 7:30 p.m. | Oper Halle
14 April 2017, 7:30 p.m. | Oper Halle
Transforming Acts
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Ballett Rossa / Oper Halle – Cardyn, Darie – LULU – Programme – Project documentation – Reunited Germany (since 1990) – Ulrich, Jochen


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Another tsunami could hit Indonesia, experts warn
Laurence Coustal
Paris, France / Mon, December 24, 2018 / 07:41 am
This handout from Indonesia's Social Affairs Ministry taken and released on Dec. 23, 2018 shows damaged buildings and vehicles in Carita, after the area was hit by a tsunami on December 22 following an eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano. A tsunami following a volcanic eruption killed 62 people and injured hundreds more as it slammed without warning into tourist beaches and coastal areas around Indonesia's Sunda Strait on the night of Dec. 22, sending panicked holidaymakers and residents fleeing. (AFP/Handout / Indonesia Social Affairs Ministry)
Another tsunami could strike Indonesia, experts warned on Sunday, a day after more than 200 people were killed by a wave triggered by a volcanic eruption.
What caused the tsunami?
The tsunami "appears to have been caused by an underwater collapse" of part of the Anak (or "child of") Krakatau volcano, said David Rothery of The Open University in Britain.
Anak Krakatau is a new island that emerged around 1928 in the crater left by Krakatau, whose massive 1883 eruption killed at least 36,000 people.
The volcano has been particularly active since June, noted Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff at the University of Paris-South.
The tsunami that struck on Saturday was the second to hit Indonesia in six months.
Indonesia has 127 active volcanoes and lies on the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire" where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are frequent.
Why was it so deadly?
Anak Krakatau, located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra islands, is close to densely populated zones.
And while the tsunami was relatively small, Richard Teeuw of the University of Portsmouth in England said: "Such waves -- laden with debris -- can be deadly for coastal communities, especially if there is no warning."
Simon Boxall of Southampton University added that the region was also in spring tide, "and it would appear that the wave hit some of the coastal areas at the highest point of this high tide, exacerbating the damage done."
It also struck at night, further catching people by surprise.
Why were people not warned?
"We were helpless given how sudden" the event took place, Bardintzeff said. "The time between cause and effect was a few dozen minutes, which was too short to warn the population".
"Tsunami warning buoys are positioned to warn of tsunamis originated by earthquakes at underwater tectonic plate boundaries," Rothry said.
"Even if there had been such a buoy right next to Anak Krakatau, this is so close to the affected shorelines that warning time would have been minimal given the high speeds at which tsunami waves travel."
Could more tsunamis be coming?
"The likelihood of further tsunamis in the Sunda Strait will remain high while Anak Krakatau volcano is going through its current active phase because that might trigger further submarine landslides," Teeuw said.
Bardintzeff also warned that "we must be wary now that the volcano has been destabilized".
Teeuw said that sonar surveys would now be needed to map the seafloor around the volcano, but "unfortunately submarine surveys typically take many months to organise and carry out," he added.
But "devastating tsunami caused by volcanic eruptions are rare; one of the most famous (and deadly) was caused by the eruption of Krakatau in 1883."
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eighth-generation and fourth home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment
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PlayStation 4 (also known by the abbreviated name PS4)[6][7] is the fourth home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and is compatible with the PlayStation 3. It was officially announced at a press conference on February 20, 2013 and launched on November 15, 2013. The PS4 console features many games including Minecraft, Just Cause 3 and Call of Duty etc.It doesn't support any audio streaming Bluetooth profile or Advance Audio Distribution Profile, that's why there are many Bluetooth devices which you can't connect to the PS4. It was first discontinued in Brazil on January 9, 2016.
PlayStation 4 console with DualShock 4 controller and PlayStation Camera
NA: November 15, 2013[1]
EU|AU|BR: November 29, 2013[1]
UAE|SA: December 13, 2013[2]
KR|HK|TW: December 2013[3]
SG|MY|SEA: December 2013[3]
IN: Q4 2013[4]
Introductory price
US$399/€399/£349/¥38,980
BR: January 9, 2016 (From Xbox One)
30.2 million (as of November 23 2015)
Units shipped
29.3 million (as of September 30 2015)
Blu-ray Disc, DVD, USB Storage
PlayStation 4 System Software
8 GB GDDR5 (unified)
Hard drive, 500GB , 1TB (user upgradeable)
Video output formats
HDMI (1080p and 4K)
Semi-custom AMD Radeon GPU (integrated into APU)
Controller input
DualShock 4, PlayStation Move, PlayStation Vita
802.11 b/g/n Wireless, Bluetooth 2.1, USB 3.0, Ethernet 10/100/1000
No native support
Cloud support planned
PlayStation 2 emulating
1.1 Presentation
PresentationEdit
Sony has invited press to a New York City event on 20 February 2013.[8] The company announced the event on Thursday 31 January, inviting us to "see the future".[9]
Related pagesEdit
PlayStation Portable also known as PSP.
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The Imitation Game (2014)
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This American historical drama thriller was loosely based on Alan Turing's life. Turing was a British cryptanalyst during World War II. He worked for the Government Code & Cypher School, Britain's codebreaking centre. He led Hut 8, the section responsible for German naval cryptanalysis for a while. He devised many techniques for breaking German ciphers, which cracked intercepted coded transmission messages that helped the Allies defeat the Nazis in key events. Turing found the settings for the famed German Enigma machine. He also created (duh) the Turing machine. He was later prosecuted for homosexual acts, and said to have died by suicide.
As can be expected, The Imitation Game is not exactly an accurate portrayal of history. Instead, it plays a lot on emotions. It made it very easy to sympathise with Turing. Rather than simply feeling pity or awe for him, I could put myself into his shoes without trying.
The pace of the film was very consistent. One might argue too consistent. There wasn't much variation between life-changing events and day-to-day activities. This took a bit away from the meaning of such scenes.
Additionally, as with quite a number of characters portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch, Turing was socially awkward and emotionally detached. I understand that it's part of Turing's personality but it made important revelations, such as his sexuality, too abrupt. It raised questions, albeit ones that could be rationalised away.
However, an element that pleasantly surprised me was definitely the interactions between Turing and his sole female assistant, Joan Clarke. They complemented each other very nicely, and the humour that arose lightened the film. In general, Clarke seemed to symbolise positivity.
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Kinsler: Public health-Marion contract negotiations complete
Marion Star
MARION — Officials with Marion Public Health believe negotiations regarding the contract between the agency, the City of Marion, and the District Advisory Council (DAC) are complete.
"I feel that we have met our obligation in the contract that says that it needs to be reviewed every five years," Health Commissioner Traci Kinsler said following a meeting with officials from the city and the DAC held Thursday.
"That's my perspective," she added. "I feel like the contract is still valid. It will carry us through and we'll review it again in another five years. There was really nothing to negotiate in the contract. The contract states this is the proportion, how we're going to pay for (public health), and this is the makeup of the board."
In November 2019, the City of Marion sent a letter to Marion Public Health and the DAC stating the city's intent to terminate the contract with the agency, citing cost as a reason.
The two sides met in December with no resolution, but agreed to meet again in the new year. Following the December meeting, legal counsel for Marion Public Health sent a letter to the city demanding it rescind the termination notice. The city then stated it would honor the agreement with Marion Public Health and requested the meeting that was held Thursday.
Marion Mayor Scott Schertzer said maintaining an open dialogue with Marion Public Health and the DAC "is a good thing."
"The good thing is that we're dealing with fact-based, data-based, information to make decisions in our discussions," he said. "The nice thing is that there are two of us who have been here since the beginning of the merger and the vote by the people to merge the two health departments. Obviously, I'm speaking of (DAC Chairperson Phillip) 'Butch' Winslow and myself.
"Butch and I may not always agree, but we have the ability to pick up the phone and talk to one another, and we do that when we need to," Schertzer added. "I don't have any illusions that when I pick up the phone that Butch and I could sit down and talk about it, even if we don't see eye to eye. Butch has always been good to work with in that regard."
Kinsler said Thursday's meeting did not include much discussion about the contract between Marion Public Health, the District Advisory Council, and the City of Marion.
"We mostly talked about solid waste; our process for how we handle complaints, how we derive our budget numbers and things like that," she said. "We went over our budget. I think they were interested in how we come up with our numbers; what the city pays and what the county (DAC) pays. By the end of the meeting, they asked if we could keep meeting to talk about solid waste and that process, but not really about the contract."
Kinsler said any nuisance complaints about any exterior issues are classified as solid waste complaints by Marion Public Health.
"If they have sewage in their yard, trash in their yard, old refrigerators and mattresses, anything like that outside a house, that's what we consider solid waste," she said. "We have a contract with the Delaware, Knox, Marion, Morrow (DKMM) Solid Waste District to do our solid waste nuisance complaints."
Kinsler said the amount of funding DKMM provides varies annually. She said this year's contract is providing Marion Public Health $45,000 to help address solid waste complaints.
"We use those funds to pay for (Registered Sanitarian Van Creasap's) time to go out and do the investigations," she said. Kinsler noted that the DKMM funds pay for Creasap's time spent investigating complaints countywide.
Kinsler said Marion Public Health will keep attorney Joseph R. Durham, of the law firm Eastman & Smith Ltd., on retainer to help the agency address some other matters.
"With environmental health, I'm learning a lot from (Durham) and I'd like to keep working with him to make sure that our procedures are correct," Kinsler said. "He's got a lot of public health experience, particularly in environmental health. I feel like he will be able to help us shore up some of what we're doing."
Specifically, Kinsler wants Durham to review the sanitary code, which she says hasn't been reviewed since it was created in 1979.
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Appeals court affirms that Hamilton County Schools violated federal special education laws
August 20th, 2018 by Meghan Mangrum	in Local Regional News
Deborah Rausch talks about special education beside her son, Luka Hyde, at the home in Chattanooga.
Photo by Tim Barber /Times Free Press.
For the last five years, Luka Hyde's family has argued in multiple federal courts that their 15-year-old son should have been allowed to stay in a public school classroom, despite his intellectual disability.
On Monday, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals handed them a major victory that will have a broad effect on student disabilities rights in Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky and Ohio.
Deborah Rausch talks about special education beside her...
"Throughout history, the stain of unnecessary segregation has been overcome through the law. I am tremendously proud of this contribution, and a little boy — now young man — named LH," said the family's attorney, Justin Gilbert. "The law of Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky and Ohio will bear his name, reminding us all that kids with intellectual disabilities belong. They are to be included. And we are all the better for it."
Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alice Batchelder ruled Monday that Hamilton County Schools violated a federal guideline that protects students with disabilities when it sent then-second-grader Hyde to a Red Bank Elementary comprehensive development classroom in 2013, where he would spend half his days separated from general education students. Hyde has Down syndrome.
Batchelder's 25-page opinion dealt primarily with mainstreaming, which calls for students with disabilities to spend as much time as possible in regular classroom settings. She said the case, which came to her from Chattanooga's U.S. District Court, "is really an argument against 'mainstreaming' as a concept, because HCDE believes it is impossible, impractical or counterproductive."
She also noted if that "is truly HCDE's view, then it is worrisome, and inadvertently supports L.H.'s parents' experts' opinions that HCDE teachers and staff reject mainstreaming because they do not understand it, do not believe in it, and need extensive training on why it is valuable and how to do it."
Last July, in Chattanooga, U.S. District Judge Judge Curtis Collier ruled the school district violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a federal civil rights law prohibiting discrimination against individuals with disabilities, when it removed Hyde from Normal Park Elementary School in 2013. Hyde is now 15 years old and attends The Montessori School.
Batchelder and her colleagues upheld Collier's ruling, but reversed his decision that Luka Hyde's parents should not be reimbursed for the alternative education they have sought for him. Instead, it ordered there should be a local hearing to determine how much the family should be reimbursed for his education. Hyde's family says it has spent nearly $17,000 a year for the past five years.
Luka Hyde reacts with joy as his mother, Deborah Rausch, talks about special education and the school he now attends from the couch in their sitting room at home in Chattanooga.
Luka Hyde reacts with joy as his mother,...
When the federal circuit court heard arguments last month in Cincinnati, school district attorneys said officials were acting in Luka's best interest by placing him in an appropriate environment.
"On the placement issue, the Court deferred heavily to Judge Collier's findings. While we respectfully believe that both courts misunderstood the teachers' concerns about how best to educate this child, HCDE will of course work to carry out this decision for the good of this child and all children in Hamilton County," school district attorney Scott Bennett said in a statement. "We would note that the Board of Education and Dr. [Bryan] Johnson's administration have already taken steps to make the special education program more inclusive."
Recently, the district and partner organizations have developed a plan that calls for the end of comprehensive development classrooms, allowing students to attend their zoned schools or schools of choice, as well as improving communication among the district, families and caregivers of students with disabilities.
When that plan was presented to the Hamilton County school board in July, Deborah Rausch, Hyde's mother, said it was ironic the district was still fighting the case. Rausch said all along as a parent and a taxpayer she asked herself why the district was continuing to spend money fighting the case.
"Why is our school system doing this? We weren't asking for any other service that isn't already provided to every other student. We didn't change case law. We weren't asking for anything unusual," she said. "I'm so pleased to see how much the school system has changed."
The district has 14 days to file for a rehearing if it decides to do so. A rehearing could be based on the need for further clarification or understanding of certain parts of a ruling.


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How To Get People To Agree With You
Fear of change and new ideas are the nemesis of persuasion, so skip the hard sell and try these six ways to convince anyone.
[Photo: Flickr user William Murphy]
By Stephanie Vozza 3 minute Read
You know your idea is good. You've done your homework, and your arguments are well researched and founded. So why isn't your client or coworker agreeing?
Fear of change is the gorilla in the room, says Rob Jolles, author of How to Change Minds: The Art of Influence Without Manipulation. "It's the ultimate nemesis to persuasion," he says. "If it's a small problem in another person's eyes, fear of change will shoot down any solution. If it's a big problem, you have to help others move past their fear of change."
Few of us respond well to a hard sell, especially when we're unsure or hesitant about the new idea, experts say. Instead of slick sales tricks, here are six ways to get someone to agree with you:
1. Be Clear
Before you try to get someone to agree with you, make sure you know exactly what you want from yourself and from the other person, with no reservations or qualms. Take a few minutes to write down what you want and what you're willing to compromise, suggests Margo McClimans, founder of the international coaching firm Coaches Without Borders.
"If you know what you want, you can remain grounded," she says. "If you don't feel 100% clear and proud about what you want, then when the temperature rises while trying to persuade, it will be much harder to stand the heat."
2. Ask Questions And Listen
Few people ask enough questions or demonstrate good listening habits, says Jolles. "If you tell someone they have a problem to fix, they'll resist," he says. "If you lead through your questions, and let them articulate problems and solutions, they'll own it."
People are less resistant to those who show curiosity toward them.
McClimans agrees and says being genuinely curious about the other person can help you win them over: "Find out what drives her and what she believes about the situation," she says. "The more you understand about her, the better equipped you will be to also know what will make her say yes. People are less resistant to those who show curiosity toward them."
3. Establish The Foundation For An Agreement
"Social tension" causes people to act, and It's best to employ this tactic by creating or removing it, says Stephen Denny, author of Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath In Your Industry.
"Create social tension through reciprocity," he says. "Give a gift–tangible or intangible–that the other feels like they should reciprocate in some way."
Remove social tension by laying out a "strategic retreat." "State a position or an expectation and let them off the hook by retreating from it," says Denny, who offers Patagonia's "Don't Buy This Jacket" ad campaign as an effective illustration of strategic retreat. Customers were encouraged not to buy the company's products unless they're looking to buy fewer things and understand that paying more for something of great value means it will last longer, perform at a higher level, and inspire similar-minded people to do the same.
"'Don't Buy This Jacket' says you can trust us because we're not out to hustle you into buying something you don't need," he says. "It hits a clever decision trigger, particularly for [its target market]."
4. Use Inclusive Words
Establish a "we are in this together" mentality, says Elizabeth Lombardo, psychologist and author of Better Than Perfect: 7 Steps to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love.
Being willing to change your mind when new information comes to light is a strength, not a weakness.
"Using words like 'we' can help establish that you are on the same team, which makes it more likely for the other party to agree with you," she says.
5. Pay Attention To Your Timing
Approach others when their guard is down, and they're relaxed and not feeling defensive, says Lombardo.
"When people are experiencing high levels of stress, they are more likely to disagree with someone else," she says. "Choose your interaction time wisely."
6. Be Open To Changing Your Own Mind
The more likely you are to change your mind, the more likely they will be to change theirs, says McClimans.
"People can feel your stubbornness, and if there is no hope to change your mind, they might not even bother having the conversation," she says. "I know it is difficult to let go, especially if you are clear about what you want, but you never know; they might just actually have a genuinely better idea or solution than yours.
"It's not about changing your mind, it is about being willing to change your mind. Being willing to change your mind when new information comes to light is a strength, not a weakness."
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Buzz Break: 2017 Topps WWE Legends wrestling cards
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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down the results here. Like this and want to see more — or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.
The box: 2017 Topps WWE Legends
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 12 (via two mini-boxes)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Base set completion: 37 of 100 (37 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Big John Studd, Sensational Sherri, Michael "P.S." Hayes, Ken Shamrock, Terri Runnels, Andre The Giant, Edge, Dusty Rhodes, Bam Bam Bigelow, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Sgt. Slaughter, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Larry Zbyszko, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Miss Elizabeth, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Harley Race, Irwin R. Schyster
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First Buzz: 2017 Leaf Buyback Wrestling trading cards
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What: 2017 Leaf Buyback Wrestling trading cards
Arrives: December
Box basics: 11 on-card autograph cards per box (five boxes per case)
What's buzz-worthy: Leaf focuses on wrestling stars of the past with nothing but previously issued cards with ink added for this new product — one that the company says is "easily the most value-driven Leaf wrestling item we have ever released."
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First Buzz: 2016 Leaf Signature Series wrestling cards
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What: 2016 Leaf Signature Series wrestling cards
Arrives: Late April
Box basics: Eight autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
What's buzz-worthy: Some of the biggest names in professional wrestling history will be found on autographs in the third Leaf wrestling release and perhaps the biggest names of them all will be included in Andre The Giant and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon as cut autographs.
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