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Dorothy Crenshaw January 21, 2013 | 05:15:38
Armstrong Interview Is A Winner for Oprah
Lance Armstrong's much-touted one-on-one confessional with Oprah, broadcast last Thursday and Friday on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), was a winning performance. Not for Armstrong; for him, the road ahead seems very rocky.
But for Oprah and her namesake network, the sitdown was a breakout accomplishment. You could practically hear the sound of millions of U.S. television remotes searching the upper tiers for the OWN channel. The network reports that tune-in reached 3.2 million viewers for the first night's interview, followed by an additional million for the repeated airing immediately afterward. Those ratings were topped only by the network's interview with Whitney Houston's family following her death last spring.
At last, OWN seems to be gaining momentum.
Oprah's coup wasn't just in the "get," – though it was huge – or even in the ratings. She was widely credited with a skillful interview that stripped away the nonessentials and exposed the ugly lie of Lance Armstrong's public image. We viewers simply had to sit back and watch it happen, train-wreck style.
Many within the journalist chattering class had set low expectations for Oprah's session. Some predicted a soft approach like her empathetic on-air treatment of disgraced sprinter Marion Jones; others thought she couldn't master the political intricacies of the doping investigation.
But Oprah brought it. She led off with a series of yes-or-no questions that established the scope of Armstrong's doping with quiet drama. Even better, she kept the pressure on, gently, but with a welcome focus not just on Armstrong's drug use, but on his repeated denials, and his combative moves to litigate against anyone who spoke the truth. My favorite part was her response to his weak attempt at humor.
When Armstrong shared that, yes, he'd tried to ruin Betsy Andreu, calling her "crazy," and "a bitch," but "never called her fat," Oprah leveled him with a flinty gaze. Silence. The joke fell flat.
It's hard to know what's next for Lance Armstrong and his brand, but brand Oprah was definitely juiced by the moment. Here's hoping it can pick up speed in the months ahead.


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Contributing editor at Vanity Fair David Margolick shares his new book, "Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling and a World on the Brink," about one of the most important boxing matches in history. Political strategist and founder of The Washington Monthly Charles Peters presents "Five Days in Philadelphia: Wendell Willkie, Franklin Roosevelt, and the 1940 Convention that Saved the Western World." Writer Steven Johnson introduces his new book about the culture of videogames and other pop culture phenomenons, "Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making us Smarter."
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Allium Prison Server was built by players who have run, played, and managed prison servers for years. This is a prison built by the prisoners, for the prisoners, and run by the prisoners. Whether youre someone looking to risk opening shop in a bustling economy, rule the underground with flashy PvP skills, or help manage the prison, Allium Prison is prepared to answer everyones experience in a fair and fun way. Successor to the popular Mumaus Prison, Allium Prison aims to provide a prison server where people can become truly involved in the community, and work their way up through a prison with only more to see the higher you go. Prisoners start sentenced to life in Allium Prison. There, they work for resources, constantly in danger from each other. Gang-ridden passageways, crooked shopkeepers, and hidden corridors keep players on alert. Once settled in, players can explore economic markets, managing prison gangs, complete quests, or apply for a staff position and help keep prisoners safe. [A-Block] This is your first rank in the prison. You are brand new prisoners who mine in an iron and coal mine, and chop trees to make your money. You can explore player markets, but have very few tools to defend yourself from violent prisoners. Keep working Leave A-Block and grow your reputation [B-Block] These prisoners have survived A-Block, and have proven themselves as hard and tough inmates. B prisoners mine for gold, clay, and lapis. B-Block is populated with smarter and more cunning prisoners, giving reputation as the bull dog block. This is where you meet your loyal friends, and potentially start to make a few enemies as well... [C-Block] Diamonds These prisoners get to witness the first chance on getting diamonds from their mine. C-Prisoners are the middle rank of the prison and are known to be the shopkeepers. These prisoners have emerged from the PvP contaminated ranks below, and are best suited to dabble in the markets as owners and workers. [D-Block] These prisoners are some of the prisons elite, and are only one rank away from reaching parole and are commonly working for that goal as fast as possible. These prisoners can be seen rarely, usually darting in and out of prisoners. Word to the wise, these prisoners are usually running gangs and getting on their bad side isnt a smart thing to do. [Parole] Prisoners you have achieved parole are the true masters of the prison. They are now free to truly pursue every aspect of the prison, whether it be building the best plot, or creating a gang which the guards fear [VIP] Access to VIP Block is restricted to prisoners who have given a donation to the server. This block is free from PvP and has many fun and exciting aspects to it. Wanna know more about this block Donate Or ask a VIP prisoner.


ASUS definitely had a good run last year, shipping over 8.4 million smartphones and obtaining 8.3 percent market share in Southeast Asia (SEA) alone; thanks to its Zenfone series smartphones lead by the flagship Zefone 2, heralded by many as one of the best flagship smartphones of 2015.
This year, ASUS attempts to trump its 2015 accomplishments with the introduction of a more premium and feature-packed iteration of the Zenfone series. Today we'll take a quick look at the gorgeous 5.5-inch, Qualcomm Snapdragon 625-powered variant of the latest Zenfone collection, the ASUS Zenfone 3 (ZE552KL).
Right off the bat, the Zenfone 3 dazzles with its looks. ASUS abandoned the plastic and back button placements of its forerunner and reverted to a more traditional design, with the power and volume buttons on its side. Protecting the smartphone's internals is an aluminum alloy frame and symmetrical front and rear Corning Gorilla Glass 3 panels.
For additional security and convenience, the ASUS Zenfone 3 now comes with a Fingerprint sensor which, aside from unlocking the smartphone, can also be used to answer calls, launch the camera and take photos.
Other improvements include a USB Type-C port for fast charging and a hybrid micro-SIM and nano-SIM/micro-SD combo slot, features which are now slowly becoming a standard among flagship and high-end smartphones.
Compared to its predecessor, the Zenfone 3 now sports a non-removable back cover. The speakers are also now located at the bottom of the smartphone. Quite noticeable is how the Zenfone 3's camera is slightly extended compared to that of the Zenfone 2.
Overall, even with a size that falls under the phablet category, the Zenfone 3 sits comfortably and feels light in the hand, owing to its compact design and narrow bezel – the Zenfone 3 has a 77.3% screen-to-body-ratio.
Speaking of size, the ASUS Zenfone 3 has a superb 5.5-inch Full HD Super IPS+ display which offers up to 600 nits brightness – higher than most flagship smartphones.
Now powering the Zenfone 3 is a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, Zenfone 3 is the first smartphone to implement such SOC. In case you're wondering why ASUS used a different SOC this time, Intel earlier canceled its production of SOCs for smartphones and tablets.
Additionally, the Zenfone 3 is only being offered in 4GB (RAM) / 64 GB (ROM) configuration. You can now however expand the storage up to 2TB via microSD. The Zenfone 3 is also now loaded with the new ASUS ZenUI 3.0 on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
With the above configuration, the Zenfone 3 is expected to run your favorite apps and games, from the basic to the resource-heavy ones with ease. We installed Pokemon Go and NBA 2K16 and encountered minimal (if not, zero) frame drops when playing.
Aside from the refreshed ZenUI, the Zenfone 3 also packs the latest PixelMaster 3.0, combining the 16MP Sony Exmor RS IMX298 camera with ASUS "TriTech" (three focus) technology to lock focus on subjects in just 0.03 seconds. The Zenfone 3's camera boasts of a 4-axis photo OIS and 3-axis electronic image stabilizer (EIS) to minimize shakes and blurs when taking photos and videos. Moreover, it is now capable of recording 4K videos. We noticed a significant improvement on the shutter speed and quality of the photos (especially in low light) during our initial tests with the Zenfone 3's camera.
For those who are particular with benchmarks, Antutu gave us a benchmark score of 61,790. Take note however (as always) that benchmarks do not reflect real-world performance.
The ASUS Zenfone 3 is now available in the Philippines for Php 18,995. Do tune in for our full review of the Zenfone 3 in the coming days. Cheers!


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Steve Hauschildt - Where All is Fled
by Joseph Majsterski Rating:7 Release Date:2015-10-01 Label: Kranky
The album artwork for Steve Hauschildt's Where All is Fled looks like it could have been painted by surrealist Yves Tanguy, with its vast expanse of nothing and strange blocky device in the foreground. It's a case of an album's cover closely matching its audio content.
The album starts out incredibly strongly with 'Eyelids Gently Dreaming', which sounds like what untethering from an umbilical cord in deep space might feel like. There's a depth, a huge void created, with great swaths of layered pads floating past each other. It's massive, airy yet heavy, gorgeous yet melancholy. It's perhaps the best ambient song I've heard this year. I honestly can't say enough positive about it.
That drifts into the second song, the more upbeat 'Arpreggiare', filled with pattering, vintage synths from English 90s electronica or even Ray Lynch's Deep Breakfast. This is another song with great emotional depth. You'd listen to it while cruising in an airship across the wasteland depicted on the album's cover and staring out the window.
It's a shame, then, that the rest of the album can't quite match the phenomenal first two tracks. 'A Reflecting Pond' is decent, containing most of the same elements as 'Arpreggiare', but it somehow lacks personality and feels rather generic. 'Anesthesia' follows, another slow drifter loaded with big pads, but it's cooler, reminiscent of the sterility of much of Dilate's Octagon, not quite reaching your heart, though just as with that album, it makes for pleasant listening. It adds some interesting rippling and burbling as it progresses, sounds which follow through into the next song, 'Vicinities'. This one, a definite highlight of the set, gives a relaxing sensation of travelling across a celestial ocean, or perhaps into it, with a gently unfolding melody that seems to grow in complexity and intensity as you move through it.
But then the album hits its worst slump. 'Edgewater Prelude' is relatively boring, with an utterly predictable melody. Thankfully, it's incredibly brief. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for 'In Spite of Time's Disguise', which might be the album's blandest track, with monotonous pads and sparse hits that annoy more than intrigue. Some of the melodic work is decent, but overall this drags down the experience, as does the quite similar 'Where All Is Fled', which oddly sounds like a stripped down piano interpretation of the previous song. 'The World Is Too Much with Us' perks things up a bit, with rolling melodies that wash in and out of awareness, but just doesn't feel as creative as some of the earlier songs. It definitely has a KLF vibe to it though, like something off Chill Out.
Things improve again with 'Aequus' and its watery manipulations and tinkling effects, sounding much like an Orb track circa Orbus Terrarum. It flows into 'Caduceus', which initially recaptures some of the zero-G magic of the opener and then provides another strong experience of moving across great distances with vamping bass and overlapping synths. 'Sundialed' is more of a vertical experience, once again giving an aquatic feel but as if one were sinking through membranous layers down into some mystical underworld.
'Lifelike' sounds like Spacetime Continuum at its most soothing and sleepy, with some peculiar sound effects that I've not heard before outside of Jonah Sharp's work under that name. The album closes with 'Centrifuge', another relatively simple song lacking in personality. It's fine for what it is, but is mostly unremarkable, and ends the set on a flat note.
On balance, Where All Is Fled is very good, but it's too inconsistent to be a true masterpiece. Anyone looking for solid ambient music will be satisfied, and the best songs on here are really excellent, but this can't quite measure up to the best work in the genre. Still, I am definitely interested to see what else Hauschildt can come up with in the future.
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The Reveal Of New Global Electro-mobility Volvo Buses
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Volvo Buses is expanding its electromobility offer worldwide.
With the launch of the new Volvo BZL Electric chassis, Volvo Buses provides a solid platform for sustainable and efficient public transport in cities around the world, along with reliable and profitable operations for customers.
"We are committed to leading the transformation of our industry towards a more sustainable future. With the launch of the new Volvo BZL Electric, our ambition is to offer the world's most responsible electric bus systems. We do it by focusing on sustainability, safety and reliability," says Anna Westerberg, President of Volvo Buses.
The global demand for electromobility solutions in the public transport sector is rising and Volvo Buses expects a rapid increase in the coming years.
"With the new Volvo BZL Electric we offer a global platform for clean, silent, and energy-efficient public transport to meet the rising demand on important markets that are ready for the shift to electromobility," says Anna Westerberg.
Circularity is important
Environmental care is at the heart of Volvo and sustainability, less noise, lower emissions, and reduced CO2 is essential. Volvo Buses has a wider scope than just that.
"We have a lifecycle perspective and take responsibility for the environmental impact of our products, from the cradle to the grave. This means we ensure that materials, manufacturing, operation and recycling meet the highest environmental standards," says Anna Westerberg.
At Volvo Buses, circularity is important, and the new Volvo BZL Electric has been developed to be over 90 percent recyclable.
Volvo reliability, efficiency and safety
Volvo Buses has years of experience of electromobility solutions from working closely together with operators all over the world. The new Volvo BZL Electric is designed for both single and double decker applications with multiple options for bodybuilders.
"The new Volvo BZL Electric is based on proven and successful technologies already implemented in Europe. All the chassis and driveline components have been developed and manufactured by Volvo. To safeguard the premium qualities of our buses we partner up with selected bodybuilders around the world," says Dan Pettersson, Head of International at Volvo Buses.
An electric bus is always part of a system. Route length, frequency, capacity, charging and local regulations all translate into different solutions.
"Through experience, we know that we need to work closely together with our customers and partners to be able to tailor electromobility solutions to each individual city. And through our worldwide service network and dedicated service teams, we can ensure the reliability and efficiency of our products and services even in the long-term perspective. It's all about delivering zero unplanned downtime," says Dan Pettersson.
Safety is a guiding star at Volvo, and the new Volvo BZL Electric meets the highest European standards for superior drivability and safe operation. It includes Volvo Buses' latest connected technology offer, Volvo Connect. With features such as Volvo's Zone Management, the operator can create safety zones where the maximum speed is limited, for example outside a school or in a bus depot.
A first-class driving experience and charging flexibility
The Volvo BZL Electric features a driveline developed entirely by Volvo. The 200 kW electric motor is coupled to a two-stage automated gearbox. This increases wheel torque at low speed and evens out current peaks, thus reducing energy consumption and sustaining motor and battery health. The driveline can be configured as a single or dual motor unit with a power output of no less than 540 hp. This makes the Volvo BZL Electric an untiring hill climber and allows for swift and smooth operation.
The Volvo BZL Electric is designed for charging flexibility using hardware interfaces for both OppCharge high-power charging on route as well as CCS charging in the depot. Volvo Buses also offers a usable energy commitment, which means that Volvo Buses guarantees capacity for an agreed amount of energy for the operation – thus eliminating any customer worries about batteries.
Facts Volvo BZL Electric
Length (mm): 11,815 (single decker), 10,585 (double decker).
Driveline: Electric motor, max output one/two motors: 200/400 kW (single decker), 200 kW (double decker).
Gearbox: 2-speed automated manual transmission.
Charging: OppCharge, max charge power: 300 kW. Combo2/CCS, max charge power 150 kW.
Energy storage capacity: up to 470 kWh
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A series of low chimes burst forth from the tokens in the possession of Luo Chen, Song Tingyu, Du Xiangyang, and the others. It jolted everyone from their meditative process of using spirit stones to recover their energy, promptly making everyone tense up.
As of that moment, all of them were hundreds of meters away from Qin Lie.
Cold energy in the form of dense white mist swirled around his location.
A thick layer of ice encased his body, and on top of that, heaps of snow covered him.
At a glance, he resembled the white and scarlet barbarians that had frozen to death. There weren't any clear indications that he was alive.
But none of his companions dared to go near him.
''I hope it isn't the eastern barbarians,'' Xue Moyan said, her expression grave.
''I'll go investigate.'' Song Tingyu got to her feet, walked to the edge of the mountain peak, and peered down at the surrounding area.
The tokens of the nine great Silver rank powers had a certain range. Since their tokens had sounded off, it meant that other people with tokens were currently within fifty kilometers of them.
If a person looked down at an area from a high vantage point, it would be very easy to see even the smallest of movements. However, whoever was out there had deliberately concealed their approach. They moved through the forest below, obscured by the icy foliage and thick snow, preventing Song Tingyu from locking on to them.
''How can you be so sure?'' Luo Chen asked, shocked but skeptical.
''That does seem to be the case,'' Du Xiangyang said, checking his own tokens and realizing she was right.
Du Xiangyang and Luo Chen's faces twisted in surprise.
Xue Moyan and Pan Qianqian only frowned at the suggestion.
''Black Voodoo Cult, the three great families, Celestial Artifact Sect, and Ten Thousand Beast Mountain together form a powerful force. I'm afraid they might not be willing to work with us.'' Song Tingyu's beautiful eyes flashed.
''Shall we wait for them to arrive and see what they have to say?'' Du Xiangyang suggested.
''We aren't pushovers either!'' Luo Chen snorted.
Everyone inadvertently looked at Qin Lie.
Qin Lie was the only reason they had a clear advantage when fighting others in the Forbidden Land of Thunder.
Qin Lie was in no condition to fight properly, and they had lost contact with Chu Li. As they were now, they were clearly weaker than the combined group of the three forces.
If both sides actually fought, there was a good chance that Qin Lie's group would end up being the weaker side and even dying.
''Now isn't a good time to face them!'' Du Xiangyang exclaimed, quickly regaining his wits.
''What about Qin Lie?'' Xie Jingxuan interrupted.
Qin Lie was still covered in a thick layer of ice and heaps of snow.
His location still radiated a white mist of bone-chilling cold that all of them stayed away from.
If they wanted to go and hide, how would they bring Qin Lie with them?
''In spite of our desire to avoid Black Voodoo Cult and the other forces... considering Qin Lie's condition, I don't think we have a choice.'' Du Xiangyang grimaced.
The rest of the group went quiet, then nodded in helpless understanding. It was clear that the other three forces were approaching them, but they couldn't do anything but silently wait.
This wait lasted two hours.
The sound of feet plodding through dense snow eventually rang out in the distance, gradually growing nearer. Everyone in Qin Lie's group felt their nerves stand on end as they focused their attention in the direction of the sound.
Soon enough, Huang Zhuli and Ye Yihao appeared leading Black Voodoo Cult martial practitioners. And, as expected, the familiar faces of Feng Yiyou and Yu Men were there as well.
''We've known you were coming here for quite some time now!'' Song Tingyu retorted.
The distance between both sides rapidly decreased until Huang Zhuli, Ye Yihao, and the rest of their group were standing right in front of Qin Lie's group.
Behind Song Tingyu, Du Xiangyang, and the others, Qin Lie sat on the floor, encased in ice and shrouded in cold white mist.
His looked exactly the same as the scarlet and white barbarians that had frozen to death.
''Hahaahahahaha!'' Yu Men laughed madly. ''Qin Lie was a fierce dragon in the Forbidden Land of Thunder. I never would have expected him to become a frozen worm upon entering the Forbidden Land of Ice!
''And he dreamed of returning Blood Fiend Sect to its former glory? I hadn't thought that he'd freeze to death right after leaving the Forbidden Land of Thunder!'' Xiahou Yuan said with a cold smirk.
Upon seeing Qin Lie encased in ice and covered in heaps of snow, the martial practitioners of Black Voodoo Cult, the three great families, Celestial Artifact Sect, and Ten Thousand Beast Mountain heaved a collective sigh of relief.
All of these people were extremely wary of Qin Lie for some reason. This boy of unknown origins had too many secrets that they couldn't uncover.
On the way over here, everyone came to the consensus that they needed to attack Qin Lie first and prevent him from doing anything.
They considered him their number one enemy!
However, they hadn't expected Qin Lie, the person they had placed so much importance on, to be encased in ice like a frozen corpse.
Although this discovery disappointed them, it also made them rejoice.
Neither Yu Men nor Feng Yiyou spoke, but their vicious gazes showed that they had clearly reached an agreement with Black Voodoo Cult.
As soon as Song Tingyu mentioned the eastern barbarians, ugly expressions appeared on the faces of Ye Yihao, Feng Yiyou, and Yu Men. They lowered their heads in silence.
Their expressions became even uglier.
Many people of the three forces were silent. Their eyes clearly showed that Song Tingyu's words had moved them.
Huang Zhuli, however, smiled coldly and said, ''We might be able to work together against the eastern barbarians, but... before any of that, we want three of the Pure Soul Springs! Just half of the haul! That's not such an outrageous demand, right?
The moment they heard the Pure Soul Springs come up in the negotiations, greedy light shone from the eyes of every person that Song Tingyu had almost managed to convince. All of them started to shout.
The moment Ye Yihao finished speaking, a voice rang out. Qin Lie, who they thought had already been frozen to death, suddenly spoke up from within the ice and snow.
As Qin Lie spoke, the thick layer of ice encasing his body suddenly burst. Pieces of shattered ice fell to the ground.
In that instant, a bone-chilling essence spread from Qin Lie. It mingled with the cold white mist and gradually spread into the surroundings.
The expressions of Ye Yihao and the others twisted in shock.


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'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' is Now Streaming on Starz
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In 1969 Los Angeles, a former Western star and his longtime stunt double struggle to find success in a Hollywood that they don't recognize anymore. Winner of two Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt).
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Lync Server 2013 Preview: New Video Features – NextHop…Your resource for Skype for Business!
Lync Server 2013 Preview introduces new video capabilities that represent the next step in the evolution of the platform's collaboration experience. These features include multiparty video, standards based codecs, and face detection with smart framing. These new Lync Server 2013 Preview features enhance the video experience in both Lync peer-to-peer video calls and multi-party video conferences.
In a general sense, Microsoft focused on improving the user experience of the voice platform with the launch of Lync Server 2010. Now, with the launch of Lync Server 2013 Preview, a corresponding level of investment is being made in video. This article provides an overview of the most anticipated video features in Lync Server 2013 Preview.
*Note: The VDI plug-in preview is available as a separate download from the Microsoft Download Center. See Microsoft Lync 2013 Preview in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for more information on VDI.
Lync Server 2013 Preview now supports 720p HD video—without the requirement of a quad core processor on the client side. Lync Server 2013 Preview also supports up to 1080p video using hardware acceleration on some dual core PCs.
Lync Server 2013 Preview leverages H.264 SVC/AVC as its new default video codec. H.264 brings new capabilities to Lync Server video including improved packet loss resiliency and improved video support on multiple hardware platforms—including mobile and slate devices. The move to H.264 provides easier integration between Lync Server 2013 Preview and third-party room systems. Fellow MVP, Jeff Schertz has written a stellar article, Video Interoperability in Lync 2013, that describes how H.264 works and what it means for video interoperability in Lync Server 2013 Preview.
At this point you're probably thinking "What about interoperability with Lync Server 2010?" Remember, the default video codec for Lync Server 2010 is RTVideo. In scenarios that include both Lync 2013 Preview and Lync 2010 clients, Lync Server 2013 Preview uses A/V MCU to send RTVideo to legacy Lync 2010 clients.
Have you ever joined a video call and after turning on your video feed realized that you should have taken a minute to consider you onscreen presence, before you joined the call? Maybe you had your video camera at the wrong angle or the room lighting was poor. Whatever the case, it's all too easy to make a bad first impression over video.
Lync 2013 Preview allows you to preview what call participants will see before you enable your video feed see Figure 1. In other words, you can now make sure you're camera ready before broadcasting your video into a live conference.
When in a video call, have you ever noticed when someone seems off center in the video frame? We've all experienced what happens when a person shifts slightly in their chair or changes perspective. Sometimes, even the slightest movement places you off-center in your video frame. This distraction has a negative impact on the overall experience of the video call. Lync Server 2013 Preview includes Face Detection and Smart Framing features that help to ensure you're always centered in your video frame see Figure 2. If you move slightly to the left during a video call, Lync 2013 Preview leverages the new built-in capabilities, to detect you are no longer centered in the frame. It then adjusts the camera lens to center you based your new location.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is growing in popularity. VDI enables users to leverage virtual machines running in a datacenter. Remote Desktop enables users to connect to virtual machines from other PCs or thin-clients. All of the user's applications run on a virtual machine located in the datacenter. The end user experience is provided by Remote Desktop. Think of a traditional Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Server, except that each user gets a dedicated virtual machine with extended capabilities. Many organizations are adopting VDI to leverage the security and operational efficiency benefits gained by managing end user desktops within their datacenters.
VDI technology poses multiple challenges for applications that require real-time audio/video. Sending real-time audio/video over a Remote Desktop connection almost always results in a degraded or poor user experience. Lync Server 2013 Preview includes support for Lync audio/video calls when clients are deployed in a VDI. This is accomplished by installing a small plug-in on the local PC or thin-client. This plug-in allows the Lync 2013 Preview client to run on the virtual machine sitting in the datacenter, while audio and video are sent directly to the local client. This ensures users can leverage the VDI desktop, and still maintain the best possible audio/video experience when making Lync 2013 Preview calls. For an in-depth look at the new VDI capabilities in Lync 2013 Preview read Tarek Radi's NextHop article: Microsoft Lync 2013 Preview in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
Note: The VID Plug-In Preview is located in the Microsoft Download Center as a separate download from Lync Server 2013 Preview.
In addition to the already mentioned video enhancements in Lync Server 2013 Preview, there are additional new conferencing scenario features. Note: all previously mentioned features apply to both peer-to-peer and conferencing scenarios.
Prior to Lync Server 2013 Preview, Lync Server provided active speaker switching for video conferences. Active speaker displayed the video feed of the current or last active person speaking. Lync Server 2013 Preview introduces a new Gallery View feature allowing for up to five active video streams (plus your own) to be displayed at one time. In Figure 3 there are five streams which include David, Jim, Diane, Ken Kwok, and Ken Circeo.
By default, the new Gallery View leverages the traditional active speaker technology. This means that during the conference you see video of the last five active speakers (Figure 3). Thumbnails of all other participants are displayed when available. When a new person speaks, his video is promoted to the gallery and the person who hasn't spoken for the longest period of time is demoted to the thumbnail picture gallery.
For example, let's assume Ken and Alan are in a video conference with 20 other attendees. Alan's video is being displayed, however of all the displayed video streams, Alan has gone the longest without speaking. Ken on the other hand hasn't spoken during the conference thus only his thumbnail picture is displayed. Someone asks Ken a question and he begins to speak. As Ken becomes the "active speaker" Alan's video stream is removed from the gallery and Ken's video stream is added. This process continues throughout the conference unless Video Pinning or Spotlight features are used.
Video Pinning and Video Spotlight allow further customization of the video conferencing experience. Video Pinning allows individual meeting participants to pin select video feeds to make them visible at all times, even if they are not the most active speakers in the conference.
Video Spotlight allows meeting presenters to change the video layout from Gallery View to a single video feed of a single participant selected by a presenter. Everyone in the meeting then sees only the feed of that participant.
Another highly anticipated feature, introduced in Lync Server 2013 Preview, is the new Lync Web App experience. Lync Server 2013 Preview allows users to leverage the Lync Web App for a full Lync meeting experience including video conferencing. This provides a great way for users outside of your organization, who may not be using Lync Server 2013 Preview, to have the full collaboration experience when joining meetings hosted by your organization.
Video, like other media types, should have adequate options to manage usage and ensure an optimal user experience. It's important to understand and properly manage HD and multi-party video from a network perspective. Lync Server 2013 Preview includes new conferencing policy parameters that allow for management of multi-party and HD video. These parameters are set using the New-CsConferencingPolicy or Set-CsConferencingPolicy Windows PowerShell cmdlets. These new parameters and descriptions are shown in Table 1.
By defining this parameter as part of a conferencing policy, an administrator can control which users can organize Gallery View capable video conferences—which support receiving multiple video streams. For example, an administrator may want to allow a select group of meeting organizers to schedule video meetings that support Gallery View. This could be accomplished by setting the conferencing policies parameter to True, to enable organizers to setup Gallery View capable video conferences. The administrator could set this parameter to False for users who are not allowed to setup Gallery View capable video conferences.
The EnableMultiViewJoin parameter applies to meeting participants. If a user's conferencing policy parameter is set to False, the user can participate in Gallery View conferences but will receive a single video stream. The same user experience as Lync Server 2010.
The VideoBitRateKB parameter sets the maximum allowable bit rate (in kilobits per second) that Lync Server 2013 Preview can use from the video stream sent by a user. Valid values for this parameter are 0 – 50000. It should be noted that this parameter applies separately to main video and panoramic video.
The TotalReceiveVideoBitRateKB sets a total maximum bit rate (in kilobits per second) that can be received by a Lync 2013 Preview client. This parameter limits the bit rate on the combined video streams received by the client.
The MaxVideoConferencingResolution parameter controls the maximum video resolution on legacy clients and does not apply to Lync 2013 Preview clients. The setting remains to ensure administrators can continue to control bandwidth usage of user running clients prior to Lync 2013 Preview.
Note: The Call Admission Control (CAC) features introduced in Lync Server 2010 are still available in Lync Server 2013 Preview. If bandwidth policies are set, they will be applied to the new video scenarios including conferences that utilize Gallery View.
Lync Server 2013 Preview includes new video features that enhance the user collaboration experience. These features include High Definition video conferences that provide support for multiple video streams. Lync Server 2013 Preview also includes new management capabilities that enable administrators to control the network bandwidth consumption of these new video features. As with any audio/video solution, advanced network planning and testing should be performed prior to wide scale implementation.
Will Lync 2013 do HD directly to the Cisco VCS without the need for a Advanced Media Gateway (AMG)?
I'm also intersted in an answer !
Even I am looking for an answer. It will be great to see Lync 2013 connecting to Cisco VCS without AMG .
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Tuesday, July 19, 1994 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS D-3 Invest rnenr will steer Ford plant into the future By CHRIS O'MALLEY Th Indianapolis News A $550 million investment announced Monday by Ford Motor Co. at its Indianapolis steering components plant will create just 75 jobs compared with 6.300 jobs promised at United Airlines' $800 million Indianapolis repair base. - But Ford plant officials on Monday welcomed the investment as a ' vote of confidence in the plant, which produces 97 percent of Ford's steering systems. "What this means, to Indianapolis is the growth of our business, job security," said plant manager Stan Knight. Knight said other operations could have taken the business. He didn't name the competition, but a Michigan plant makes steering components for some of Ford's vans. , "We're able to stay competitive because of the quality of our work force here," Knight said. Much of the $555 million being poured Into refitting the 37-year-old plant is spurred by changes in vehicle designs and technology. Such a large investment, without yielding many jobs, is not uncommon in the auto industry, said Jim Cox, president of United i Autoworkers 1111. He said the plant's 3,200 workers will likely continue to work overtime to meet robust demand by Ford. The modest need for more workers in Indianapolis is largely because of a new joint venture with Ford's Wuelfrath, Germany, plant that makes power setting gears for small cars. Indianapolis workers will provide control valves for the European vehicles. Demand Is particularly strong In Europe, where Knight would like to boost exports of power steering pumps. Now, only about 15 percent to 20 percent of some car lines there have power steering. Knight estimated that European sales from Indianapolis could double to $200 million in 1997-1998. In 1992. the Indianapolis plant became Ford's first in years to make major exports to Europe. During that expansion. Ford hired more than 160 workers In Indianapolis and invested $150 million to renovate 200,000 square feet of manufacturing space. That renovation was largely to supply power steering parts to Ford's Mondeo "world car," which has since been a hot seller. Indianapolis now is gearing up "".- r2 f - J,.3 i L ' i .. ' J," -A r - - - - - - . -. -- - I L! Patty EspichThe Indianapolis News Bianca Donselaar puts tie rods on steering gears at Ford's Indianapolis plant. The factory at Shadeland and English avenues will be upgraded in a project set for completion in 1997. to provide components for the Mondeo's North American cousins the Ford Contour and the Mercury Mystique. The Indianapolis plant annually plans to supply about 700,000 steering components to Ford's Kansas City plant, where the Contour and Mystique are assembled. The Indianapolis plant has not been actively pursuing non-Ford business, unlike some Indiana operations of competitor General Motors. Irlook-SupeRx closing some local offices The Indianapolis News The new owner of Hook-SupeRx plans to sell 272 of the drug chain's stores and close administrative offices. Including some In Indianapolis. Revco D.C. Inc. completed Its acquisition of Hook-SupeRx and Is in the process of moving the Cincinnati-based Hook's to its new headquarters in Twinsburg, Ohio. Hook's once was based in Indianapolis and had maintained a regional office here. In combining the two operations, some of the Indianapolis regional offices will be closed, Revco spokesman Jim Mastrin said. However, the chain will maintain a small office here plus its massive distribution center. Jobs will be lost In the consolidation, but Mastrin said he is not sure how many. Employees were Informed that they would be out of work once the transition was completed. "It's unfortunate, but those offices have to be closed and the functions moved here," said Revco President D. Dwayne Hoven . On Monday, Hoven also said the company . would sell the Brooks Pharmancy chain of 219 stores in New England, 31 Hook-SupeRx stores in Michigan, 16 Hook-SupeRx stores in the Chicago area'and six deep-discount stores in the South. The stores were acquired Friday. "We think those stores should be picked up fairly rapidly." he said. Hoven also said Revco would close some of its remaining 2,130 stores during the next two years. W 1 1 :J I Scott SadyThe Indianapolis News Arthur Bryant (left), chairman of State Life Insurance, and Jerry Semler, chairman of American United Life Insurance, said Monday that the two insurers will combine some operations. AUL, State Life agree to merge operations By WILL HIGGINS The Indianapolis News Two Indianapolis insurance companies said Monday that they will form a "strategic alliance," combining some functions. American United Life Insurance Co. and State Life Insurance Co. will continue to operate separately, but AUL's directors will call the shots at State Life. AUL, with assets of $5.5 billion, is much larger than State Life, with assets of $280 million. Last year AUL earned $29.7 million on revenues of $1.1 billion. State Life earned $340,000 on revenues of $60 million. Claims processing and other administrative functions of the two companies will be combined at AUL's offices, a consolidation that will cut' operating costs at both concerns. The combination could lead to "a few Job losses short term" among State Life workers, said that insurer's chairman, Arthur Bryant. He and AUL Chairman Jerry Semler said the move would K i GM's Kokomo-based Delco Electronics, for example, supplies components to automakers such as Toyota. Its share of non-GM business has increased to more than 15 percent, from about 10 percent a year ago. Knight said Indianapolis plant officials have "visions" of non-Ford sales, "but at this point, we are not structured to do that," he said. During Ford's 1992 plant upgrade, the automaker received a five-year. $20 million tax abatement. Also, the Indiana Department of Commerce provided a $400,000 grant for Job training. Knight said that only some job training funds were being provided for this expansion. Biomet buys a medical supply firm The Associated Press TIMONIUM, Md. Biomet Inc. of Warsaw. Ind.. has reached agreement to purchase Kirschner Medical Corp. in a deal valued at about $40 million. Under the agreement, Biomet will buy all the outstanding shares of Kirschner common stock for $10.75 per share in cash or an equivalent value in Biomet com-. mon stock. The deal, signed Saturday, is subject to shareholder and government approval. The merger will make Kirschner a more competitive orthopedics products manufacturer, said Dr. Scott Harrison, chairman, president and chief executive of Kirschner. Kirschner. with about $72 million a year in sales, will remain an independent subsidiary within Biomet. Current management is expected to remain the same, Harrison said. The deal will allow Biomet, which posted sales of $335.2 million and profits of $64 million last year, to strengthen Its soft goods and orthopedic support products division. STEVEN AIR TRANSPORT has opened a terminal In Indianapolis. URINETTE INC. has named COMMUNICO as its marketing consultant and advertising agency. Urlnette is a manufacturer of female urinal plumbing fixtures and urinals for the handicapped. The company is in Pensacola, Fla. HOOTERS has opened a third restaurant In Indianapolis at 5314 W. 38th St. INLAND CONTAINER CORP. recently bought all the stock of Rand-Whitney Packaging Group of Boston for $57.5 million. 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Salesforce Will Acquire Buddy Media for $689 Million
by Nick Kolakowski June 4, 2012 3 min read
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Can Salesforce translate its Buddy Media acquisition into profit?
In a move that should surprise exactly nobody who followed the rumors from last week, Salesforce has agreed to acquire Buddy Media for approximately $689 million in cash and stock. The transaction will be completed during Salesforce's fiscal third quarter, scheduled to end October 31.
Buddy Media's platform allows companies to create and manage customized content on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Its tools also include analytics for monitoring user engagement across social networks. The acquisition marks Salesforce's second big Facebook-related buy in little over a year: in March 2011 it purchased Radian6, which built tools for monitoring activity on Facebook and other social networks, for $276 million in cash and $50 million in stock.
"Salesforce.com now has the number one players in social listening and marketing—Radian6 and Buddy Media," Marc Benioff, Salesforce's chairman and CEO, wrote in a June 4 statement. "With CMOs surpassing CIOs in spend on technology within the next five years, our Marketing Cloud leadership will allow us to capitalize on this massive opportunity."
Presumably, that means that Salesforce will integrate Buddy Media's products into its cloud-based offerings, most notably its customer-relationship management (CRM) platform.
But in reality, Salesforce doesn't exactly have an open field when it comes to social marketing platforms. In May, Oracle entered in an agreement to acquire Vitrue, described as a "cloud-based social marketing and engagement platform." Terms of that deal went officially undisclosed, although TechCrunch pegged the sale price at around $300 million.
"Social media has caused the biggest transformation in marketing since the Mad Men era, causing CMOs to completely re-think their strategies," Marcel LeBrun, senior vice president of Salesforce Radian6, wrote in a June 4 statement paired with the Salesforce announcement.
However, it's a big question whether Facebook and other social networks can boost product sales. For example, General Motors recently decided that Facebook ads were an ineffective way to sell cars, and pulled its advertising on the network (although it continues to maintain an "official GM fan page" on Facebook, along with other content). Coming a few days before Facebook's IPO, GM's announcement drove analysts into a flurry of questioning whether Facebook was overhyped as an advertising platform.
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In light of that, it seems a little more debatable whether social marketing will pay off in a blockbuster way for Oracle, Salesforce, and other companies leaping into that game.
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Wu Guanzhong (; 29 August 1919 – 25 June 2010) was a contemporary Chinese painter widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting. He is considered to be one of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters. Wu's artworks display both Western and Eastern influences, such as the Western style of Fauvism and the Eastern style of Chinese calligraphy. Wu painted various aspects of China, including its architecture, plants, animals, people, as well as many of its landscapes and waterscapes, in a style reminiscent of the impressionist painters of the early 1900s. He was also a writer on contemporary Chinese art.

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Wu was born in a village in Yixing, Jiangsu province, in 1919. His family wanted him to become a teacher, as his father had been. In 1935, Wu passed the entrance exam and studied electrical engineering at Zhejiang Industrial School (浙江公立工业专门学校, a technical school of Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou. While in engineering school, Wu met an art student named Zhu Dequn who was studying at the National Hangzhou Academy of Art.  During a trip to Zhu's school, Wu got his first look at art and fell "madly in love" with it.  Against his father's wishes, in 1936 he transferred to the art academy, studying both Chinese and Western painting under Pan Tianshou (1897–1971), Fang Ganmin (1906–1984), Wu Dayu (1903–1988), and Lin Fengmian (1900–1991).

Wu went through many trials and challenges during his years in college before he could master his craft. In 1937 the Sino-Japanese War began and the campus had to pick up and relocate in order to get out of the way of the invading Japanese army. During the constant movement during the war, Wu was able to see many different locations. He considered the adventures as a necessary journey to becoming a man and building his character. Wu benefitted greatly from the many teachers who taught him to paint and the rough journey to becoming a man.
In 1942 he graduated from Hangzhou National Academy of Art and tried to find a job. During the war jobs were hard to find and Wu took a part-time job as a substitute teacher. He later found a job as a watercolor and drawing teacher in the Architecture Department of Chongqing University.

After Wu graduated he continued to hone his craft and studied with some of his old colleagues from school, like Zhu Dequn, Li Lincan and Zheng Wei. Each of these friends continued their art careers and left their mark on the art scene.
In 1946 Wu applied for one of the two art study abroad spots and was the best applicant who applied; this was in part to his French language studies. 1947 traveled to Paris to study at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts on the government scholarship. Even though France was still recovering from World War II, Wu was completely enthralled with the art he saw there. He visited all of the city's major museums within the first few days of his arrival. Wu was always a tremendous fan of French and European art. While in Europe, Wu realized that the many cultural and religious differences between Europe and China made it difficult for him to understand and appreciate some of the art. He took great interest in the modern art of France, especailly Post-Impressionists like van Gogh, Gauguin and Cézanne.  Wu loved van Gogh the most because of van Gogh's passion for art and the internal torment he endured. He also identified with the hardships that Gauguin felt when he left Paris for a South Pacific island in order to find his own personal ideal. Wu's trip to France helped him grasp the idea of form and the basic meaning of art. The study abroad trip also led to formalism becoming the basic underlying element of his art and studying in France helped him better understand formalism.

Wu returned to China in the summer of 1950 to the excitement that was brought by the new People's Republic of China government.  The government assigned jobs to all of the returning students who came back after the new government took control.  Everyone felt anxious and excited to contribute to the building of a new nation.  Wu introduced aspects of Western art to his students at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, where he taught from 1950 to 1953.  He was excited to be the first Chinese artist to return from France with knowledge and theoretical framework for French modernism.  While teaching, many peers criticized him because of jealousy over his job and because he was the only painter practicing formalism. The Academy was known to have been dominated by social realism, and Wu was called "a fortress of bourgeois formalism". The issues became so bad he could no longer stay at the Central Academy and transferred.  Between 1953 and 1964 he taught at Tsinghua University, and then Beijing Fine Arts Normal College. As a professor Wu was able to take many trips around the country and discover the expanse that was the new China.  Wu was full of ambition and energy and travelled to many locations where his peers wouldn't go. He enjoyed the freedom of travel, which allowed him to paint or sketch wherever and whenever he wanted. This is when Wu made a transition to landscape since he travelled all over the country. He was later appointed a Professor at the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts, Beijing in 1964.

In August 1966, at the outset of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, Wu was prohibited from painting and writing about art, and many of his early works were destroyed. In 1970, at the age of 51, he and his wife were separated and assigned to almost 3 years of hard labor in the countryside as part of the Communist Party's vast re-education program.  Wu stated, "Life was only planting rice, carrying coal, criticizing one another, and fighting one another…The only thing that no one was allowed to do was paint."
Following that period, he was only allowed to paint on Sundays (his day off from the fields) or on holidays.  He heard of artists being persecuted and even killed, so he burned his nude paintings since they would be severely criticized and frowned upon. Wu didn't suffer too much physical harm, because he had destroyed many of his own paintings, but this caused him much emotional harm. Finally in 1972, he was allowed to return to Beijing to paint hotel murals and decorations.

During the 1970s, Wu changed his style based on what others were doing at the time. He started painting with oil and watercolor in a Western style until he returned to Beijing and saw other artists using watercolor in the traditional Chinese style. In 1975 a Chinese art association in Japan wanted some traditional Chinese ink paintings to exhibit. Once again Wu changed his style to match the specifications, and his work became a great hit. From here Wu moved on to another phase where he painted with oil and concentrated on the human body and the beauty of form. Wu also realized he could achieve the same beauty and form through landscape while using Chinese ink and color on paper.

It was not until after Mao's death in 1976 that Wu, like many of his peers, was able to return to his art-making. This opened up the door for artists to branch out international.  Unfortunately for most of the artists, there was an immense gap in artistic ideas between China and the rest of the world.  The only one who seemed able to bridge this artistic gap was Wu.  With the newfound freedom, Wu was able to break away from the old constraints and get back to the formalism style he originally loved.  Along with being able to paint again, he was able to be more of a public figure in the art scene without fear of retribution.  He wrote an essay for a May 1979 issue of Meishu titled "The Beauty of Form in Painting".  He discussed his theory of formalism in the article as
"A vast number of workers in art now hope for the opening of European modern painting to them, to discuss the scientific nature of the beauty of form.  It is the microscope and surgical knife of formal art as a means to enrich and develop heritage.  Oil painting must be nationalized; Chinese painting must be modernized.  It seems that only after we have seen the Japanese painter Higashiyama Kai's explorations have we come to have a clear understanding about the problems of uniting the East and West."

Wu has written many other articles based on his version of form and how it applies to modernism.  He considered himself primarily a painter and not a theorist. He had the approach of going out and looking at nature to find something that piqued his interest.  Then he would start with a preliminary sketch of what it was that he saw.  Next he spent a great deal of time in the studio trying to figure out the best way to show the power of the form of the object.  He would then paint quickly and impulsively with whatever European of Chinese brush felt right.  Wu would go on painting for hours until he was too emotionally drained to continue.
He had his first professional solo exhibition in 1979, and his career took off in the 1980s.  He has been the solo exhibitionist in over 10 and been part of a joint exhibition in over 10 others.

In 1991 Wu was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

Early in his career Guanzhong adopted the pen name Tu, which he used to sign his work.

Wu died at the age of 90, during the night of June 25, 2010, in Beijing Hospital.

Paintings

Twin Swallows
Among many of Wu Guanzhong's paintings, Twin Swallows was the most outstanding and representative of his search for a synthesis of Western elements into traditional Chinese painting. It is a painting that captures both the static form of traditional Jiangnan architecture and the motion of two swallows as they fly toward a tree. Geometric shapes, especially rectangles, dominate half of the painting. For example, the front walls of the houses are horizontally placed white rectangles with simple black and gray lines to depict the edges and rooftop of each building. Doorways were painted in the same minimalistic manner, yet the contrast between the darkness inside the building with the lighter door frame is prominent enough to create a sense of depth. Wu's attention to perspective and depth in Twin Swallow is a factor that distinguishes himself from many other traditional guohua painters. Although the white walls in Twin Swallows may seem like the dominating elements in this painting, it is in fact the pair of swallows that reveals Wu's intention behind this painting. In the 1950s, Wu returned from France to his homeland. It was also a time when Chinese art entered the phase of socialist realism. This artistic movement had encouraged many artists to create artwork in order to contribute to the Chinese society. Similarly, Wu felt obligated to pass on the knowledge that he had gained in France to the younger generations in China in order to promote the idea of a synthesis among Western and traditional Chinese art.

Lion Grove Garden

Lion Grove Garden was painted in 1983. The subject of this painting, Lion Grove, is the largest rockery in Suzhou. Wu Guanzhong had successfully incorporated the use of lines, planes, and dots in this painting. The lines were used to express a sense of freedom, which was also what Chinese artists enjoyed after the Cultural Revolution. Unlike traditional guohua artists, Wu's ink outlines no longer suggest the physical form of the rocks, but instead seem to suggest how Wu perceive this landscape. The forms of the rocks are shaped in diverse ways, some being round, uneven, and hollow. He paid careful attention to the ups and downs, concave and convex, caverns and peaks, and sizes of the rocks. Although the structure of the rockery is hardly identifiable in this painting, this sense of ambiguity further encourages viewers to use their imagination and look beyond what is presented in front of their eyes. About two-thirds of the paintings consist of sinuous lines and splashes of ink and colored dots, of green, yellow, purple and red, that reinforces the spontaneity and fluidity of the painting as each dot sparkles across the painting. Artistic element of planes, such as the rooftop of Suzhou-style pavilion, the bridge, and the cloister add a hint of realistic element. The foreground of this painting is a lightly shaded pale grey water where the fish reside. Although the foreground isn't as eye-catching as the rockery, it grounds the complex elements in a stable dimension.

Exhibitions
Most of Wu's early works were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.  It is difficult to track down works from his early days.  Wu had an exhibit in 1942 when he was in school and it was hosted by the Sha Ping Youth Palace.

Wu Guanzhong has had solo exhibitions in major art galleries and museums around the world, including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Taipei, Korea, France, England and the USA. His paintings were exhibited at the British Museum in 1992; Wu was the first living Chinese artist to have an exhibition there. One of his paintings, Seascape at Beidaihe (1977), was shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of an exhibition of paintings from the collection of art dealer Robert H. Ellsworth .   His work may also be seen in the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

In 2008, Wu donated 113 works to the Singapore Art Museum (SAM). This donation is the largest Wu Guanzhong donation to a public museum.  In 2010, Wu donated works to the Hong Kong Art Museum.

Quotes by Wu Guanzhong

"Through painting landscapes I have grown to love my motherland even more and wish to be forever intoxicated in her embrace."

This particular quote gives us deeper insight to the deep appreciation for China and the land that Wu Guanzhong had.

"For people's hearts to communicate, there must be genuine emotion to strike a chord. Whether the feelings and perceptions of modern Chinese can find resonance in the West depends on the emotions, if they are true or false. Intelligent viewers can discern what is real and what is false."

Here, Wu Guanzhong explains that in order for people (such as those of the East and the West) to communicate there must be real emotions that can strike a chord with the other's audience.

"Abstract beauty is the heart of the beauty of figurative art. It is a natural thing to which we all respond. As a child loves to play with a kaleidoscope, so everyone likes pure form and color."

Wu Guanzhong explains abstract beauty, which shows his appreciation for abstract art along with his traditional Chinese training.

"So often there is conflict between them, and this is my greatest sorrow....Whatever I have written is to try to help our own people to understand and to get rid of their fear and suspicion of abstraction in Western art. So I can only start talking from a point of semi-abstract art, which is easier to understand. But even when I talked this away, recently there were lots of argument and objections."

This specific quote shows how difficult it was in China to integrate abstract Western art as a result of their fears and how this impedes Wu Guanzhong's ability to freely discuss it.

"'Image' exists in the objective world. Not all images are beautiful. The discerning power of the artists eye lies in its ability to recognize the beauty in images, to grasp the elements that constitute this beauty, and to bring this beauty out in his expression, thus creating a sense of sympathy in the audience!"

This quote explains Wu Guanzhong's belief that the audience should feel a sense of sympathy with the painting.

"In searching for all the marvelous peaks to make sketches, for thirty years during winter, summer, spring, and autumn, I carried on my back the heavy painting equipment and set foot in the river towns, mountain villages, thick forests, and snowy peaks – from the farthest corner of the Eastern Sea to the border towns of Tibet, from the ruins of ancient Greek Gaochang (in Xinjiang) to the isles of seagulls, I stayed in truck stops, courtyards of fishermen's homes, factory buildings, and broken temples....In all of these I trained myself to develop endurance."

We see through this quote Wu Guanzhong's struggles on his journey of becoming a landscape painter and how this resulted in him becoming stronger.

All of the above quotes are from the same source

References

External links

 Wu Guanzhong and his paintings at China Online Museum
 David Barbosa, Once denounced, painter has China's eye, The New York Times, 6 October 2005.

1919 births
2010 deaths
Republic of China painters
Chinese Impressionist painters
Zhejiang University alumni
Academic staff of Tsinghua University
People from Yixing
China Academy of Art alumni
Members of the Académie des beaux-arts
Educators from Wuxi
Academic staff of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
Painters from Wuxi
Chinese art educators

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Billy Cunningham, who coached Cheeks for eight seasons in Philadelphia, cited Cheeks' unselfishness as a driving force behind the team's success in the 1980's.
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Cunningham wasn't lying — Cheeks' teams had a career 633-377 record during his 15 years in the league, and he only missed the playoffs once as a starting point guard.
While his exploits in Philadelphia have always been appreciated locally, Cheeks combination of talent and class also endeared him to members of the media outside of the city. Bob Ryan, the legendary Boston Globe writer who covered the NBA for a span of 40+ years, gave an impassioned case for Cheeks during a segment on ESPN's Around the Horn in March.
"The Basketball Hall of Fame is incomplete and it will remain incomplete because they have not seen it fit to nominate the perfect point guard," said Ryan. "The best man not in the Hall of Fame is Maurice Cheeks."
It's only fitting, then, for Cheeks to be honored alongside a class of top-notch guards. Cheeks will join Jason Kidd and Steve Nash in the 2018 class, two guards whose distinct styles helped define and change the game over the last couple decades. Former Duke and Detriot Pistons star Grant Hill will also be a part of the class, according to Wojnarowski.
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You are required to purchase your E-Visa prior to your travel to Turkey for your sailing holiday. It is no longer possible to purchase at the airport. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are in possession of a passport valid for at least 6 months at the time of travel.
'The currency is Turkish Lira, TL.
Many places will accept GBP, Euros & US$, although you should be aware of exchange rates to ensure you are getting value for money.
Visa and MasterCard are accepted widely. If you are visiting restaurants in remote bays they will not be able to take payment in this form. We will advise you what to expect in the area brief. There is plenty of opportunity to exchange money in all the large towns, where you will also find banks and cash machines.
Do not change currency at the airport as the rate given is extremely poor. Travellers Cheques are not accepted.
Sail in Turkey do not accept travellers cheques for any payments.
Most of the restaurants in the bays serve simple traditional Turkish food often cooked in a clay oven. Many will have fish caught that day and offer a selection of mezes (vegetarian starters).
Turkish breakfast is plates of tomatoes, cucumber, olives, cheeses, fruit, toast and jam/honey. Some restaurants do offer English breakfast and you will find pancakes are another of their specialties.
During the day you will be able to stop for breakfast, brunch or lunch and can always expect a warm welcome.
You can expect to pay around 25 to 35 TL per person for breakfast and anything from 35 TL for dinner per person excluding drinks. You can expect to pay more for fish.
Turkey does produce some good wines and there is a wide choice available. You can buy a good bottle at the supermarket for approx 40 to 60 TL but will find the same bottle priced at 120 TL in most restaurants.
The local beer is EFES and found everywhere, sometimes on draft. Larger restaurants will have a choice of bottled beers.
The traditional alcoholic drink in Turkey is Raki, an aniseed based drink with a strong alcohol content. Turkish people drink this with water & ice and never drink without eating at the same time, usually mezes.
Imported drinks are expensive in Turkey due to the tax. It is advisable to buy your favourite drinks Duty Free at the airport. Always ask the price when ordering drinks so that there are no unpleasant shocks at the end of a delicious meal.
For those who prefer something softer a popular drink is tea Cay served in a small glass with/without sugar and without milk. Apple Tea Elma Cay is a refreshing drink that can be served hot or cold.
Most restaurants do not charge you for mooring on their jetties during your charter. Others will charge a small fee to cover community costs. These are usually around 30 to 80TL per night. As a matter of etiquette restaurant owners will expect you to dine in their restaurant when moored on their jetty.
The large marinas: Netsel Marina, Marmaris, Marti Marina, Orhaniye, Ece Marina, Fethiye mooring fees will range between 60 – 120 euro's per night. This will be dependent on the size of your yacht.
Mooring fees for Sail in Turkey fleet are FOC whilst you are in Adakoy Marina during your charter.
The larger towns Marmaris, Fethiye, Bodrum are a shoppers paradise with colourful shops in the bazaar selling souvenirs, jewellery, carpets, T-shirts, etc.
In the small villages you will find local markets selling fresh produce, spices, vegetables and fruit all grown locally.