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F - Fee Waiver, A - Attending, W - Withdrawn, D - Deferred
Please Wait...........
9 University of Pittsburgh Accepted W $36,000 11/03/07 11/05/07 -- 12/10/07 11 years
Status Application Type Program Fee Waiver
Intend to Apply Accepted Rejected Waitlisted WL, Accepted WL, Rejected Pending Regular Application Early Application Early Decision Special Application Full Time Part Time No Fee Waiver Merit Based Fee Waiver Need Based Fee Waiver LSAC Fee Waiver Special Fee Waiver Unspecified Fee Waiver
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8 Indiana University Bloomington F Accepted W $42,000 11/06/07 11/13/07 -- 03/13/08 11 years
Indiana University Bloomington F
7 University of Wisconsin Madison Accepted W 10/24/07 10/25/07 11/06/07 12/21/07 11 years
University of Wisconsin Madison
6 University of Minnesota Twin Cities Accepted W $15,000 10/25/07 10/29/07 11/12/07 11/28/07 11 years
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
5 Vanderbilt University Waitlisted W 12/02/07 12/03/07 12/10/07 01/15/08 11 years
4 Boston University Accepted W 10/27/07 -- 11/16/07 01/24/08 11 years
3 Cornell University Rejected D 10/30/07 -- 11/12/07 04/21/07 11 years
1 University of Michigan Ann Arbor WL, Rejected ED 11/01/07 11/07/07 11/16/07 08/27/08 11 years
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
2 Boston College Accepted D A 10/21/07 10/24/07 11/05/07 02/21/08 11 years
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4 years Army Officer 4 years business experience - defense Extensive overseas living/travel experience A bunch of stuff from undergrad but that was so long ago
4 years Army Officer
4 years business experience - defense
Extensive overseas living/travel experience
A bunch of stuff from undergrad but that was so long ago
ADDITIONAL INFO & UPDATES
11/28 - In at Minnesota! woohoo!!! 12/10 - Small packet from Pitt - 2 for 2!! 12/14 - ED Deferred at UMich. Saw that one coming... 12/15 - On \"hold\" at BC. Crap. 12/17 - \"Deferred\" at Cornell. What a bad 3 days... 12/21 - In at Wisconsin, nice way to turn around the deferred streak! 01/15 - WL at Vandy... 01/24 - In at BU Woohoo! 04/03 - substantial financial aid offers from BC/BU - looking a lot like boston! 04/22 - officially rejected at Cornell. i am in shock. ok, not really. Decided on BC in late April. Received large financial aid grant packages from both BC and BU. Both schools were the most generous with aid with the slight nod going to BC. Loved my visit to Wisconsin. Never made it out to Minnesota although the admissions folks were incredibly nice and I think it would have been an enjoyable experience. Was one of the last people dropped off of the Michigan waitlist...so there\'s hope there for you low numbers (relatively speaking) types. Only a couple weeks into BC, but so far have been pleasantly surprised by the professors and collegiality of the students. Good Luck!
11/28 - In at Minnesota! woohoo!!!
12/10 - Small packet from Pitt - 2 for 2!!
12/14 - ED Deferred at UMich. Saw that one coming...
12/15 - On "hold" at BC. Crap.
12/17 - "Deferred" at Cornell. What a bad 3 days...
12/21 - In at Wisconsin, nice way to turn around the deferred streak!
01/15 - WL at Vandy...
01/24 - In at BU Woohoo!
04/03 - substantial financial aid offers from BC/BU - looking a lot like boston!
04/22 - officially rejected at Cornell. i am in shock. ok, not really.
Decided on BC in late April. Received large financial aid grant packages from both BC and BU. Both schools were the most generous with aid with the slight nod going to BC. Loved my visit to Wisconsin. Never made it out to Minnesota although the admissions folks were incredibly nice and I think it would have been an enjoyable experience. Was one of the last people dropped off of the Michigan waitlist...so there's hope there for you low numbers (relatively speaking) types. Only a couple weeks into BC, but so far have been pleasantly surprised by the professors and collegiality of the students. Good Luck!
Sunday, October 28 2007 at 06:39 PM
Hey good luck man! We have similar numbers and are applying to similar schools. Hope you get in where you want!
- gclemen1
Complete at Pitt?
Friday, November 16 2007 at 11:19 PM
Hey, we applied to Pitt at about the same time. Have you gotten a notice from them saying your file is complete yet?
- XxWaitlistedxX
How'd You Find Out?
Wednesday, November 28 2007 at 10:52 AM
How did Minny let you know? Call, mail, email? Congrats!
- Crapplication
Wednesday, November 28 2007 at 12:06 PM
Congratulations on your first acceptance - a great school!!
- littlebit
Friday, November 30 2007 at 07:40 AM
another Army officer applicant - who did you serve with? Good luck and keep me informed!!!
- Drew82ABNDIV
Saturday, December 01 2007 at 02:34 PM
Congratulations for the Minnesota Acceptance! Maybe I will see you there.
- stinson327
Friday, January 11 2008 at 04:59 AM
Congrats on UW! Good luck the rest of the cycle!
- kmhenry42
Thursday, January 24 2008 at 06:05 PM
on Boston U. #s twin. You give me hope.
- cellardoor
How did you find out you were complete at BU? By postcard or from calling them?
Saturday, January 26 2008 at 12:19 PM
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Lab Meat: Big hype, bad investment
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:44 UTC
© Daily Mail
Lab-grown burgers from bovine stem cells will be on the menu by 2020
Laboratory-produced meat or lab meat-sometimes called "cultured meat" or even "clean meat"-is in the news these days, with gushing articles in the Washington Post, the New York Times and many magazines. The publicity machines are whirring at high speed, and all the chic arguments are on display. "Save the planet bite by bite," is one of the slogans. If we eat lab meat instead of real meat, we'll save the land from the desecration by cattle, cut down on water use, protect the air from cow farts containing methane and forestall global warming. Lab meat would be kinder also, because no animals would be killed.
As one commentator put it:
"Livestock farming is a known contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, and deforestation, and a huge consumer of water, energy, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The production of meat through tissue culture could have immense effects in reducing the environmental impact of our agriculture system, minimizing threats to public health, addressing issues of animal welfare, and providing food security. Cultured meat represents the crucial first step in finding a sustainable alternative to meat production."
Proponents claim even more benefits: lab meat could be made on demand in poor countries that can't afford refrigeration, making "unmeat an enormous boon for energy-poor developing regions." And lab meat could provide "very soft and tender meat for elderly people." Lab meat would be healthier too, because it could be engineered to contain less saturated fat and heme iron, and more omega-3 fatty acids.
According to Australian Julian Savulescu, described as a "bioethnecist,"
"Artificial meat stops cruelty to animals, is better for the environment, could be safer and more efficient, and even healthier. We have a moral obligation to support this kind of research. It gets the ethical two thumbs up."
These efforts to sell a processed product remind me of the push to sell poisonous, bitter, yucky soy foods just a few decades ago "as a sustainable alternative to meat production." For example, 1982 booklet described soy foods as
". . . uniformly high in protein but low in calories, carbohydrates and fats, entirely devoid of cholesterol, high in vitamins, easy to digest, tasty and wonderfully versatile in the kitchen, [which] positions them as irresistible new food staples for the evolving American diet. . . . with each mouth-watering soy food dish," said the author, "comes a balanced, adequate and sustainable nutritional package."
"Just imagine you could grow the perfect food. This food not only would provide affordable nutrition, but also would be delicious and easy to prepare in a variety of ways. It would be a healthful food, with no saturated fat. In fact, you would be growing a virtual fountain of youth on your back forty." The author is Dean Houghton, writing in the year 2000 for The Furrow, a magazine published in twelve languages by the John Deere tractor company. "This ideal food would help prevent, and perhaps reverse, some of the world's most dreaded diseases. You could grow this miracle crop in a variety of soils and climates. Its cultivation would build up, not deplete, the land. . . this miracle food already exists. . . It's called soy."
I think the parallels with lab meat are obvious. Let's zero in on some of the arguments used to promote this new miracle food:
Arguments for lab meat capitalize on the fact that factory production of beef (and other animal foods, from pigs to fish) is an abomination; basically modern agriculture has turned the sacred cow into a receptacle for corn-which suits the USDA just fine because its mandate is to sell grain, not to promote any kind of rational agricultural policy. The result is millions of monocropped acres poisoned with RoundUp and other noxious chemicals and requiring huge amounts of water, and animals crowded together in feed lots creating a festering environmental nightmare.
The answer to this crazy system is to put our animals back on pasture eating the food they were designed to eat, using moveable electric fencing to move them daily to new pasture, a system that maximizes soil fertility and the creation of topsoil. There are literally billions of acres available to raise livestock this way, most of which cannot support the production of grains or produce. Properly raised, beef is the most environmentally friendly meat, because unlike poultry, fish or pigs, beef animals will grow well without any grain whatsoever. The only water they need is the water they drink-which is much less per pound of beef than what's needed to produce a loaf of bread. But why mention such a sensible solution when you've got grant money to develop lab meat?
One dirty little secret about lab meat is that the cells need a nutrient-rich "serum" to grow in. For animal cells, the serum is comprised of sugars (probably derived from corn), amino acids (probably made in China, and usually out of corn) and animal blood. The blood that all lab-grown meat so far requires is a product called fetal bovine serum or FBS. FBS is byproduct made from the blood of cow fetuses. If a cow coming for slaughter happens to be pregnant (often the case with dairy cows), the cow is killed and bled, and then the fetus is removed from the womb and brought into a blood collection room. There the live fetus gets a needle inserted into its heart. Its blood is then drained until the fetus dies, a death that usually takes about five minutes. This blood is then refined, and the resulting extract is FBS. Since the demand for FBS is high (it's used for more things than culturing lab meat, such as making vaccines), millions of fetuses are slaughtered in this cruel way.
Recognizing this problem, a company called Meatable says it has figured out how to make a serum from stem cells taken from umbilical cords, called pluripotent stem cells. But other lab meat start-up companies have avoided using pluripotent stem cells because they are hard to control in a lab environment. Meatable has raised more than three million dollars so far to prove that they can live up to their claims.
Of course, all this begs the question, why not just eat meat from animals humanely slaughtered rather than a processed product tied to so much suffering?
Will lab meat require less energy to produce than real meat, so that it "could be made on demand in poor countries that can't afford refrigeration?" One skeptic, Margaret Mellon of the Union of Concerned Scientists, speculates that the energy and fossil fuel requirements of large-scale cultured meat production may be more environmentally destructive than producing food off the land. The bioreactor needed to produce lab meat requires a lot of energy, as does the production of sugars and amino acids for the growth serum. Sorry, but I don't think that lab meat is a priority for "countries that can't afford refrigeration." These countries need live animals on small farms, so that they can collect eggs, milk and meat from the land and eat them immediately.
By the way, a good question to ask is whether lab meat will require more corn than feedlot beef? My guess is that the amount would be similar. All that corn will be sprayed with Roundup and other chemicals. No one is making the claim that lab meat will be organic.
It would be a mistake to assume that lab meat is a clean product, free of antibiotics and other harmful chemicals. In addition to FBS, the serum in which the cells are grown often contains antibiotics.
And according to one report, because cultured meats are sterile, they would require "much less nitrate" to stay safe to eat. Wait a minute! If I eat a steak or hamburger from a grass-fed steer, it will contain neither antibiotics nor nitrates. Cultured meat production also requires a preservative, such as sodium benzoate, to protect the growing meat from yeast and fungus. Collagen powder, xanthan gum, mannitol and cochineal may be used in different ways during the process
And will this product contain vitamins B12 or B6, or serve as a rich source of zinc as real beef does? No information on this question is forthcoming.
Proponents of lab meat claim that lab meat could be healthier than beef if they engineer the product to remove the heme iron or to contain more omega-3 fatty acids. However, without heme iron, the product would be yellow, not red, and would require food coloring. Too much omega-3 would give the meat a fishy flavor. Lab meat fabricators do add fat to make the product tender and juicy, but what kind of fat? It's not grass-fed beef tallow, for sure! The added fat most likely is some kind of hardened industrial seed oil.
And that brings us to the subject of flavor. In spite of glowing reviews, the stuff just doesn't taste very good-"metallic" is one description for it. According to Marie Gibbons, a researcher from North Carolina State University working on cultured meat production, there is "no limit" to what scientists could do with flavor. "There's no doubt that [cultured products] can be manipulated to achieve good flavor - it's just a case of what chemicals react with your taste buds," she says. She thinks cultured meats could eventually be "tastier" than traditional meat, but those tastes will likely be added after production in the form of MSG and other artificial flavors.
Big investment
One thing for sure, lab meat ain't cheap. The first cultured beef burger patty, created by Dr. Mark Post at Maastricht University and eaten with Steve Jobs-like flourish at a demonstration in August 2013 cost over three hundred thousand dollars to make. One company claims that it has gotten the cost down to just over eleven dollars per pound, still too expensive to compete with real meat. But that hasn't deterred investment in more university research and dozens of start-ups. Many university laboratories from around the world are working on cultured meat research, and there are over thirty start-up companies in the field, all flush with investor money and enthusiasm.
For example, a company called JUST (founded in 2012 as Hampton Creek, which produced such failed vegan products as Just Mayo) has about one hundred thirty employees and a research department of fifty-five scientists developing lab-produced poultry, pork and beef. They have received funding from Chinese billionaire Li Ka-shing, Yahoo! cofounder Jerry Yang and Heineken International amongst others.
Seems like investors are just lining up to throw their dollars at technology's latest thing. But I have a prediction for them. Lab meat will be no more successful than soy burgers or Just Mayo. People today want real food, and vegans are mostly too poor to afford highly processed food like "cultured" meat. But meanwhile, lab meat is good way to separate a lot of dot-com millionaire fools from their money.
Comment: The Health & Wellness Show: Meet the Meat You'd Never Eat!

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Q: Codingbat challenge: sumNumbers Stream API Solution Given the task sumNumbers from CodingBat:

Given a string, return the sum of the numbers appearing in the string,
ignoring all other characters. A number is a series of 1 or more digit
chars in a row.
(Note: Character.isDigit(char) tests if a char is one
of the chars 0, 1, ..., 9. Integer.parseInt(string) converts a
string to an int.)

sumNumbers("abc123xyz")  →   123
sumNumbers("aa11b33")    →   44
sumNumbers("7 11")       →   18

My solution to this problem is the following:
public int sumNumbers(String str) {
  int sum = 0;

  java.util.regex.Matcher matcher = java.util.regex.Pattern.compile("[0-9]+").matcher(str);
    while (matcher.find()) {
        sum += Integer.parseInt(matcher.group());
    }

  return sum;
}

Is it possible to solve this problem using Stream API ?

A: You maniacs. Just to me snarky you can convert any function to a stream. Map/Reduce is a common pattern:
int s = Stream.of("abc123xyz").mapToInt(str->{
    int sum = 0;

    java.util.regex.Matcher matcher = java.util.regex.Pattern.compile("[0-9]+").matcher(str);
    while (matcher.find()) {
        sum += Integer.parseInt(matcher.group());
    }

    return sum;
}).sum();
System.out.println(s);

A:
Is it possible to solve this problem using Stream API?

Split the given string by substring that are not comprised of digits using .split("\\D+"). Regex "\\D+" matches a string which consists of one or more non-digit character. The result will be an array of numeric strings.
Create a stream over the array and filter out strings that are not empty. Then parse the string into int with mapToInt() and apply sum() as a terminal operation.
This solution passes all tests on CodingBat:
public int sumNumbers(String str) {
    return Arrays.stream(str.split("\\D+"))
        .filter(s -> !s.isEmpty())
        .mapToInt(Integer::parseInt)
        .sum();
}

Since there could be only a single empty string at the very beginning of the array produced by .split("\\D+"), in order to reduce the number of actions performed in the stream-pipeline filter() can be replaced with dropWhile().
It will skip the first string if it's empty, and after the first non-empty element has been encountered this check would not be applied. I.e. predicate dropWhile() passed to the dropWhile() would be executed at most 2 times. In case of lengthy string (otherwise all optimizations don't matter) it would be cheaper than generating a new string with replaceAll().
public static int sumNumbers(String str) {
    return Arrays.stream(str.split("\\D+"))
        .dropWhile(String::isEmpty)
        .mapToInt(Integer::parseInt)
        .sum();
}

Caveat: dropWhile() is available with Java 9 onwards. CodingBat is still on Java 8, therefore it's unaware of that feature. Nevertheless, it's a valid and also performant solution.
You can test it in your IDE and play around with Online Demo

Tests (the first solution):

A: Yes.
String[] data = { "abc123xyz", "aa11b33", "7 11" };

*

*\\D - Split on any but string of non digits

*filter empty strings from the split

*convert to an int and sum the values.

*return an entry to show both string and sum (not needed but shows the association)

Arrays.stream(data).map(
        str -> new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<String, Integer>(
                str,
                Arrays.stream(str.split("\\D+"))
                        .filter(s -> !s.isBlank())
                        .mapToInt(Integer::parseInt).sum()))
        .forEach(e -> System.out.printf("%-10s -> %d%n",
                e.getKey(), e.getValue()));

Prints
abc123xyz  -> 123
aa11b33    -> 44
7 11       -> 18

If you just want the sum you can do the following:
public static int getSum(String str) {
    return Arrays.stream(str.split("\\D+"))
                .filter(s -> !s.isBlank())
                .mapToInt(Integer::parseInt)
                .sum();
}

A: To keep the stream implementation closer to your original solution you could still employ a Pattern and Matcher and then stream the Matcher's results.
public int sumNumbers(String s) {
    return Pattern.compile("\\d+").matcher(s).results()
        .collect(Collectors.summingInt(m -> Integer.valueOf(m.group())));
}

Output
123
44
18

Here is a link to test the code with the expected output:
https://www.jdoodle.com/iembed/v0/rRS

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By Ari Juels
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Cooking meets crafting in this delightful recipe in which the classic caprese salad is served skewered on a wooden spear. Kids will have fun picking their favorite arrangement of cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and basil. Once you get the hang of assembling these tomato pops, try dunking them in dips like pesto, hummus or your favorite salad dressing. This recipe comes to us from Jennifer Tyler Lee of Crunch-A-Color.
Kid: Remove the green tops from the cherry tomatoes, wash them in a colander and transfer to a medium mixing bowl.
Kid: Pick about 30 basil leaves off the bunch of fresh basil and add them to the bowl as well.
Kid: Drain the mozzarella balls from their packing oil and transfer them to the same mixing bowl.
Together: Slowly pour the oil onto the tomato-mozzarella mixture while mixing with large wooden spoons to ensure the oil is evenly distributed. Season with the kosher salt, stirring to ensure ingredients are evenly seasoned.
Together: Spear the veggies and cheese onto the skewers, alternating between tomatoes, mozzarella and basil several times per spear. Arrange the tomato pops artfully in a vase and enjoy!


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mein fuhrer, i can walk again!
the oscar winning documentary studies the career of robert strange mcnamara, savior of ford motor company, architect of the viet nam war, patron saint of the golbalization economy, self-justifier par excellence, and (imho) one of the greatest villains of the 20th century. (ok, hes not on a level with stalin or hitler or walter o'malley, but hes close). the film manages to remain even handed about its subject, something i would never be able to do, and on that level it should be appreciated. i think his fans will come away seeing him as a tragically flawed hero, and his detractors (like me) will come away seeing him as the vile [...] he is. the movie demands that you think, and for that alone it should be seen by any person interested in americas role in the world.
A Little Foggy
Fog of War
An interesting insight into a highly intelligent, articulate and fallible man. Mr. McNamara discusses eleven crucial lessons that he has learned about the waging of war. Present leaders would do well to take these lessons to heart. Hindsight has enabled him to understand and articulate the mistakes that he and Johnson made with regard to Vietnam. Many of these mistakes are eerily similar to the mistakes that the Bush administration has made and is making with regard to Iraq.
I don't know anything about Mr. McNamara except from what I learned in this video. Therefore, I suppose I had a fairly unbiased opinion of him before watching this. After watching this, however, I come away with a feeling that he is a good man who got lost in the fog of war. It is interesting to note that some of the first advice that he offered to Johnson was to get out of Vietnam before it spiraled out of control. This is confirmed by an excerpt of a phone conversation that he had with President Johnson.
I think that this video is slightly marred by the quirky editing. I would have been much more pleased with a more extended and in depth discussion with Mr. McNamara instead of quick sound bites that are obviously cut and edited, I guess for "artistic effect," but to me they detract from the seriousness of the subjects that McNamara is discussing. It's almost as if the producers of this video didn't trust the attention span of the viewing public to simply listen to and learn from an in depth conversation and exploration of important events.
The subject matter itself deserves five stars, but the handling of it in this video deserves only three in my humble opinion. It's worth watching, but don't expect to be wowed by it or to gain a significantly deeper understanding of the events that it touches.
Great documentary JFK and LBJ's SECDEF McNamara WWII Vietnam War
This BBC / PBS -like political biographical documentary film shows how US Presidential cabinets are formed and the impact of decisions on foreign affairs at the highest level. Director Errol Morris portrays 85-yr old Robert McNamara, then Secretary of Defense for 7 years during partial JFK and LBJ terms (61-68, fired just after the Tet Offensive). Dialog and supporting screenplay maintains a sensitive, dramatic, and interesting talking head portrait for 1 1/2 hrs on DVD. The brilliantly crafted retrospective McNamara's involvement in the WWII (41-45), Korean and Cold (47-91) and Vietnam War (59-75) 35-yrs ago against the communist arch-nemeses PRChina and USSR within the context of the SE Asian Domino theory.
The Errol Morris film won the 2004 Oscar for best documentary. Box office gross was $5M. Having also read the book with same title by Blight and Lang, this Reviewer strongly recommends the DVD over the book, as the book contains less than half of McNamara's theses.
To date, over 14 Sec'ty of Defense have shaped world conflicts within 9 administrations; JBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, GHW Bush, Clinton, GW Bush and Obama; covering troops in Somalia (92-95), Yugoslavia (93-96), Afganistan (01-pres), and Iraq (03-pres), among scores of other conflict involving less than a thousand troops or 25 aircraft. The CIA has covert actions that are on-going in the PLO, Iran and Venezuela. (Ref: Wiki List_of_United_States_military_history_events and also CIA_sponsored_regime_change)
Clearly the hot seat has been on successive SECDEFs Melvin Laird and Jim Schlesinger during the defeat of the Vietnam War; Dick Cheney and Bill Perry during Somalia and Yugoslavia; and Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates during Afghanistan and Iraq.
As the US / Obama is currently trying to recover from a major global recession, viewing this retrospective would give insights on the dilemma that faces the current cabinet and policy towards Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea. After witnessing Obama's first 100 days, his tour in E Euro and Latin America and Sec'ty of State Clinton in Mexico, the Middle and Far East shows that this is a major policy shift from the 8-yr former G.W. Bush administration, including SECDEF Donald Rumsfeld and SECSTATE Condoleezza Rice.
So far SECDEF Robert Gates is going along with the draw down of Iraq with a simultaneous increase in Afghanistan. Advanced technology with use of remotely controlled drone surveillance and combat aircraft will reduce the number of troops in harms way.
What was especially poignant in the film is the admission that Army Air Corp General LeMay and SECDEF McNamara could have been charged as War Criminals if the US had lost the war. Both sanctioned fire-bombing of more than 60 of Japan's entire cities taking military targets and factories, as well as civilian commercial and residential districts in-toto, totaling over a quarter million civilians deaths. The two atomic bomb deaths include an additional quarter million civilians.
Below are McNamara's on truths and lessons. If you have a fast internet connection, you can view the following video clips of movie using the YouTube URL address.
#1 Empathize with Your Enemy (Scene 4, 0:06, wOoOcIFhaoA) Nuclear missiles in Cuba
#2 Rationality Will Not Save Us (Scene 6, 0:16)
#3 There's something beyond one's self (Scene 9 0:25) b1916, end of WWI, flu epidemic, went to college during Depression, Cal BA, Economics; Harvard, Grad Sch Biz. Joined Prof Harvard.
#4 Maximize efficiency (Scene 11, 0:30)
Attended OCS at Harvard. In USArmy Air Corps for 3yrs. Prepared WWII R&D in Pacific. Abort Mission report, pilot fear. WWII B-29 bombing over Japan, with 58th bomb wing from India, Burma. LeMay moves airfield to Mariana Islands, Guam, Saipan, Tinian. Target Destruction efficiency. Fire bombing of Tokyo 100K civilians, looses one Wingman.
#5 Proportionality shouldn't be a guideline in War (Scene 13, 0:39, PzUStZaTGAQ).
Incendiary bombs of Tokyo, Yokohama, Toyama, Nagoya, and 60 other cities. The nuclear bomb under LeMay command and Truman. McNamara contracted polio on VJ Day.
#6 Get the Data (Scene 16, 0:48)
Ford no college grads (Life Magazine) created Ford Mktg Research Dept, devel budget cars against Volkwagen and GM /Cadillac. Start crash protecting cars with Cornell Aeronautical Labs, packaging, intro seatbelts.
Robert F Kennedy, (contract, no DC Society scene commitment, Sec'ty Defense $25K/yr), personal sacrifice leaving Ford.
Return from S Vietnam review 1963 with 16K Advisors, military coup Diem and Kennedy assassination. Ironically Kennedy was escorted by DC's National Cemetery Groundkeeper couple weeks before; McNamara picked same spot (tears). Newly elevated Pres L.B. Johnson, with lack of VN understanding, continued under the SE Asia Domino theory by China in 1964.
#7 Belief and Seeing are Both Often Wrong (Scene 18, 1:05, pbJLwk-bJaA, W5j0r4QyZeo)
NVN Gun boats vs Destroyer Maddox DD731 suspect torpedo attacks near Haiphong in Aug 1964. Analysis of sonar recordings eventually show wrong conclusion; this was just a pretext to engage. Retaliation from NVN aggression results in 64 bombing missions against NVN. We see what we want to believe. Tonkin Gulf Resolution, Congress approval to engage Sept 64. Johnson authorizes "Rolling Thunder" bombing B-57s. Marine deployment 10Jun1965, 45K men, 10 battalions.
#8 Be Prepared to Re-examine Your Reasoning (Scene 21, 1:20, PnfI-lW_asw)
In a 1995 retrospective, McNamara asked NVN Generals what were goals for 1968 Tet Offensive; independence from CN, FR, and Amer colonialists. VN was in a Civil War to unify the country under Ho Chi Minh.
#9 In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil (Scene 23, 1:25, LxntnXjfG4I) Moral good is a tough decision.
#10 Never say never (Scene 25, 1:30). Never answer the question that was asked of you. Answer the question that you would have wished had been asked of you. Start Operation Birmingham Nov 67, Lexington, etc; with 500K troops, 25K KIA
#11 You can't change human nature. (Scene 27, 1:39) One makes errors in judgment. ...more info
The strange account of Robert McNamara
This is a decent film about a highly important figure from decades ago. It's somewhat flawed, however, in that it's just McNamara's own account. He's the only one giving the last word about himself. And while much of the time he seems sympathetic and highly contrite about the tragedies of the world, there are some moments where his highly educated and knowledgeable facade betrays a certain evil underneath. This is where again, and again, he seems like a perfectly moral man under normal circumstances, but when talking about war he says that things done in war are done wrong because there are no moral rules. What? Where did he get such a blindspot? The history of world is full of "rules" for war and they always include not murdering and terrorizing civilians to get what you want. His personal "fog of war" is an utterly despicable excuse. He's part of the rationalizing warmongers who think it's fine to not have morals in the moment. Nonsense. Pure nonsense. By the end I felt like I'd been roped into watching an old man's last ditch attempt to make himself appear decent....more info
Missing vital information
Morris left out the whole part of history on Israel's deliberate bombing of the USS Liberty in 1967; McNamara was behind that cover up too. Of course, no one was supposed to survive that tragedy but they have and they live to tell you that that was no mistake. And so did one honest investigator, among many, "[retired Navy Captain Boston] broke decades of silence and declared that the Navy admiral who investigated the incident had been ordered by President Lyndon Johnson and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to conclude it was a case of mistaken identity, despite evidence to the contrary" as was reported in the San Diego Union Tribune in 2004. But to humor those of you out there who insist on parroting the rhetoric "that was a mistake," despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, still, why leave it out entirely? That's because Morris (as do others like him) has an agenda. If you watch his other films (in particular, Mr. Death), you will begin to connect the dots as to that agenda....more info
You feel like you're speaking with McNamara directly
This movie is absolutely incredible. You feel like you're in the room, directly communicating with McNamara. Its really amazing to observe him relate his experiences; even in his 80s, his incredible intelligence, arrogance and colored memory of past events shines through brilliantly. I especially enjoyed the way the movie wove through history chronologically. ...more info
This is the most entertaining, inexpensive and painless history lesson you'll ever get on the 20th Century. It's also Errol Morris's best documentary, in my opinion. True, the Thin Blue Line is terrific but I think this is his best. If you wish you were smarter you might want to wish again. This is the story of Robert McNamara: the brightest and the best of his or any age who found himself villified beyond what was reasonable or deserving. Still, he calmly made no excuses while talking candidly about doing what needed to be done. "We killed fifty-thousand men, women and children in one night over Tokyo," he said with a straight face. This is a great film and as close a look at one of the men who lived in the midst of the greatest focal points of the century you'll ever see....more info
Morris's best documentary
From the soundtrack by Philip Glass to the editing to the archival footage to the recent interviews, Errol Morris does his finest work with this film. Watch it along with Why We Fight, and you will have an eye-opening experience. You don't have to feel sorry for MacNamara, but you owe yourself the chance to listen to him articulate what he has learned and how much he regrets. Not to get too specific, but I think you will see a frightening parallel between the war in Vietnam and more current wars.
This is not propaganda. There is no bias or agenda set down by the filmmaker. You are not asked to sympathize with MacNamara. It's straight talk.
Robert S. McNamara is the consumate 20th century man. He is truly representative of his time. The interesting little homilies that he claims he has gleaned from his expereinces are universal and true. McNamara displays all the qualities that made him the most effective Secretary of Defense in the 20th century: articulate, thoughtful, a natural debater and very, very smart. Despite all the issues, McNamara says only what he want to, even stating that he never, never answers a question asked of him. Overall, this is an excellent documentary, it should be standard viewing for any American History course covering this period....more info
M-16?
This is an interesting, enlightening video. However, I was disappointed to learn that neither Mr. McNamara nor his "whiz kids" took any responsibility for the initial failure of the early version of the M-16 assault rifle. In earlier versions, this rifle fouled easily in the tropical climate of Viet Nam. Stories of American soldiers dying with cleaning rods in their hands,trying to clean their weapons because they would no longer fire were very distressing. Suggestions were made by soldiers to have the chamber chrome-plated fell on deaf ears; McNamara and the "whiz kids" thought if the manufacturer felt it needed a chrome-plated chamber, they would have made the rifle that way. This attitude is nothing short of arrogant. It is reminicent of the early failures of the Mark 14 torpedo during WWII.
In a responsible position such as Secretary of Defense, one would think that such a person could realize that improvements can be made to military hardware, especially when the suggestions come from the soldiers who have to rely on the weapon they are required to carry to defend their lives. ...more info
UNCLOUDED FOG
Director Errol Morris is noted for the numerous documentaries he has made over the years. Well researched and made with an objective viewpoint, he does what a true documentary film maker does. He assembles previous footage, shoots his own footage, conducts interviews and assembles it all to tell a story. Sometimes, as in the case of THE THIN BLUE LINE, he tries to make the viewer see the truth in what his film is about. But more to the point, he does this without setting someone up or trying to make someone look bad, without ridiculing someone in an attempt to make a point. Because of this, Morris deserved the recognition he received this past year as FOG OF WAR went home with the best documentary prize at the Oscars.
The film is a look back at Robert McNamara, past Secretary of Defense under both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Some background about his life is offered, his family, his schooling and such, but for the most part, Morris wants to focus on his time under these two presidents and their involvement in the Vietnam War. Morris never attacks McNamara nor presents him as the cause of the way and our involvement in it. Instead, he presents a man who sincerely wanted out and whose advice was ignored.
The film is told in chapters, its title letting you know that at the beginning since the full title is FOG OF WAR: ELEVEN LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF ROBERT S. McNAMARA. Each chapter moves in a progression as McNamara tells of the events in his life that formed him, from his time in the military during WW II through his recent past. The lessons that he has learned and tries to somewhat impart here are ones that everyone should follow, especially those in power.
McNamara was there during the missiles of October event, when we stared straight into the eye of the Russians and Cubans and said we were ready to go to war if need be. But his insight into this situation here is fascinating, helping the viewer to realize just exactly how close we came to all out nuclear war. And in his manner of presenting this fact, McNamara lets us know that he felt we would never have completely recovered from such a devastating event.
A majority of the film focuses on Vietnam. Recently released White House tapes made by both presidents are included here as we get a behind the scene glimpse of how the office works. While Kennedy values his advice and counsel, Johnson seemed to have taken him on only due to his being there when he took office. The fact that both men respected McNamara is evident as is McNamara's regret of having not removed America from Vietnam sooner.
Morris is a fantastic film maker, always letting the subject of his films speak out rather than forcing them to do so. His combination of archival footage with current interviews, his use of music and editing techniques have always made him a force to be reckoned with in the field. But it is his choice to give the viewer a glimpse into those subjects unfiltered that makes his films more real than those of any documentary film maker today.
While this film may not seem entertaining to most it is enlightening and informative. You walk away having a newfound respect for McNamara. And if you don't recall or remember the name, you find yourself wanting to discover more about him. And isn't that the objective of a documentary film maker? To draw the viewer into wanting to know more? Morris does that with ease. Let's hope he continues to do so.
Mac The Knife ; a pathetic human being..
I thought McNamara came across in the this film basically the way I had always thought him to be; a pathetic person with no moral back bone at all. If he indeed had opposed the war in Vietnam I don't understand why he didn't resign, and the answer is that he didn't oppose the war.
Everyone claims McNamara was so bright, but even when he went to Vietnam in 1995 he had to have it explained to him that the Vietnamese were fighting for their independence. Why didn't he know that? I was 25 years old in 1966 and I knew that.
Ho Chi Minh was a young student in Paris at the end of WWI. When President Wilson came to Paris, Minh sent letter to Wilson asking him to help free his country from the French. They wanted their independence. Wilson never replied. Why didn't McNamara know that.
As for McNamara's eleven lessons from his life; no brainers each one. Stuff that one learns the first week in a business education class in high school.
The film added nothing to our knowledge of World War II or the Vietnam War that hasn't been discussed before.
So I came away from the film feeling the McNamara still doesn't know who he is or what he is about....still trapped in the fog of his wars....more info
...... THE ADVENT TO AMERICA'S ....." NEW MILITARY+INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"........
This is no movie...this is no documentary; however, you go face to face with one of the bloodiest butcher's in our history concerning 'the welfare' of our Armed Forces...it's the closet thing to a McNamara autobiography as he revels in introducing himself to the ordinary hard working American and the valiant troops who languished in Vietnam; truly, he now appears in a light colored trench/coat out of the fog and mist of the war years [WW2 thru Vietnam]...he is very amicable, cozy and almost human, while revealing momentous times that shine light on a 'different' Robert McNamara who was Secretary of Defense under Presidents: Kennedy-Johnson...precisely, he had the lives of every member in our fighting Armed Forces tightly in the grip of his blood/soaked hands...he was dicitorial/authoritive and only held accountable to 'his' President[s]...he relished his role of Sec of Defense and the custodian/ship of a new concept of how America will go to WAR from Vietnam right up into the Iraq war...full knowing what this 'US Military-Industrial Complex' is all encompassing...just prior to President Dwight Eisenhower's retirement, he warned the American people to be most wary of this exclusive 'Military-Industrial Complex'.....after a comprehensive education at University of California and later Harvard University, the top men of power seeked and desired McNamara's counsel; henceforth, he was with the elite that makes America march to their collective drums...I don't buy his tear-filled mea-culpa on film at all...not at all...I say every mud combatant/soldier, who suffered severely in the WAR in Vietnam [1962-1967] should be his judge, and you'll learn from their deprivations, and no chance to win the war...just how he was truly HATED [talk about another Martin Borman]...Bob, I suggest, you take your quest for an elite life, which you attained, now go, with hat in hand and pander your wares somewhere else...I'm never buying your revised/snake oil...good riddance!!.....SSGT CHRIS SARNO-USMC FMF...more info
Great View of McNamara
This award-winning documentary is a must for anyone looking to delve into the personality of actors in the Vietnam era. Be sure to check it out...more info
The ability to see two sides of an arguement.......
I watched this document for the first time last night, it drew me in from the 30 minute mark and I could not leave my seat until it was over. Befroe I wrote this review I read others. I wanted to read others who felt differently than I did.
I saw that some were upset at Mr. Mc Namara; for those of you that are upset at his culpability and duplicity in the Viet Nam Action, I ask you to re-examine two points. 1. the president offered him two cabinet spots to which Robert said he was not qualified (for either) but like most men he seized upon an opportunity. 2. Robert told President -elect Kennedy that he should get out of Viet Nam as soon as possible, then Kennedy was killed (and not by Lee Oswald).
For those of you who do not regognize a man feeling his mortality and wanting in some way to explain his folly, keep living. For those of you who believe if you were in the same posistion you would have done something different than follow the instructions of you boss(who knows even less than you) then I laugh at you. The reason America was in Viet Nam is the same reason we are have gone to Iraq. Policy set by a few men and a citizenry too complacent to say enough is enough. Do you see a similarity between our time and theirs. Thank you Mr. Mc Namara, I doubt any of our current leaders in the future will have the courage to document anything. ...more info
In order to do good...
One of the "lessons" that Robert McNamara imparts in this documentary is that "in order to do good, you may have to engage in evil." This lesson essentially sums up the life of not only McNamara but the history of the United States in the later half of the 20th century. However, the question that the film really presents is just how much evil must one do to accomplish good. In the final estimation, did McNamara do more good then evil? Morris does not answer this, but makes it clear that this ultimate question cannot be answered by simply plugging in numbers to an IBM machine. One could be tempted to think that for every Japanese life lost in the fire bombings in 1945, maybe 10 American lives were sparred from a land invasion of the home islands. Was that worth it? For the 68,000 lives lost in Vietnam, did McNamara make this up in his leadership of the World Bank? There is not an answer to this question, and even the subject of this documentary cannot attempt to answer it without contradicting himself. At one point in the interview McNamara believes that he was acting as part of a machine, but later on adds that he was acting as a war criminal during the bombing of Japan. Does mankind abdicate his free will when the fog of war rolls in? This is what makes this documentary so compelling is that it shows a 83 year old coming to grips with the reality of what he has done, and what he has not done.
One could think that a viewer would have come away from this documentary with an understandable loathing for Robert McNamara. After all, he would be the prototypical target of such protest songs as Dylan's "Masters of War" or the poster-child of the military-industrial complex. Yet, each time I watch the movie, I do not feel anger towards him, but I feel rather a partial remoteness that is hard to explain. Part of the explanation is that if placed in the same situation, I know that I would have acted the same way. I too would have followed orders from Curtis LeMay concerning the bombing of Japan. I also would have probably ran Vietnam with the same attitude that McNamara did. Now that we have seen that the lessons from Vietnam were not read when it came to Iraq, one could only think of what George Bernard Shaw once wrote:"We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." "The Fog of War" is not a dry historical documentary, but rather a primer on philosophy, rationality and ultimately death.
This is DVD gives honest and rare insight into the mind of a person with great influence....more info
The Fog of War -- We're In It Again
Last night, I watched the documentary, Fog of War, about former Secretary of Defense, Robert S. MacNamara, the Harvard-educated whiz kid who many call the architect of the Vietnam War. It is the portrait of a brilliant, but profoundly troubled old man who weeps about selecting a plot of ground in Arlington in which to bury JFK, but is steel-eyed as he recounts bombing sorties that destroy hundreds of thousands. While fighting hard to stay composed, it is evident that MacNamara is haunted by his own dark deeds and the human condition but remains stubbornly out of touch with the part of himself that orchestrated them.
The experiences he recounts - most notably, in WWII, devising ways for U.S. bomb to destroy most of Japan, killing over 100,000 civilians a day to presiding over the Dept of Defense for eight years of the U.S. in Vietnam - are stunning in his application of sophisticated management techniques and statistics to destroy lives and nations. Were he not on the side of good, he observes at one point, he would surely be tried as a war criminal, to which I would add, on a scale equal to Hitler.
MacNamara is a very bright man and the film is well done, even if the interviewer couldn't quite decide whether to be in it or not, and therefore doesn't use a microphone for his own questions. It's also a very valuable instructive tool - recounting in chilling detail how close we came to nuclear war in the Cuban Missile Crises, the Cold War, World War II and finally Vietnam. It is also heavily edited, I would imagine so that MacNamara could be firmly in charge, pulling back and stepping forward as suits him. It is therefore filled with omissions and lies - the willingness of the U.S. to go to war to protect its economic interests and the fabrication at Johnson's insistence of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, a perfect analog to the trumped up intelligence Bush used to justify invading Iraq.
Although it is about history and the role of a man who dedicated much of his professional life to efficiently killing people (in the name of ideals and for our leaders, he would hasten to add, sounding very similar to generals in the Third Reich), the film is especially chilling as it lays out Eleven Lessons for our nation, several of which we are flagrantly violating today in Iraq; namely, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 & 11. In fact, the parallels between the folly of believing we could win the war in Indochina and our present situation in what was formerly Persia are so profound, it's a wonder there aren't more documentaries, novels, essays and intelligent discourse on the subject. (Read Graham Greene's The Quiet American, written in the late 50s, and the folly of our efforts in Vietnam is plain enough for an 8th grader to get).
1. Empathize with your enemy.
2. Rationality will not save us.
3. There's something beyond one's self.
4. Maximize efficiency.
5. Proportionality should be a guideline in war.
6. Get the data.
7. Belief and seeing are both often wrong.
8. Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning.
9. In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil.
10. Never say never.
11. You can't change human nature.
What's even sadder is that as many mistakes and as much damage as MacNamara committed, he is head and shoulders above Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld and the rest of the Bush administration. That George W. Bush is out of the class of statesman is so obvious, I won't waste time describing how poorly he fares next to JFK, Kruschev and even fellow Texas cowboy, Lyndon B. Johnson.
Fog of War is an excellent film. In MacNamara, Shakespeare would feel vindicated for creating some of his darkest characters. Pure evil does exist. It is, in its most extreme, as Hannah Arendt alleged after WWII, banal. ...more info
The Fog of Morris: Eleven Lessons Learned from Watching Errol Morris Documentaries.
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (Errol Morris, 2003)
What stuns me about The Fog of War is that Robert S. McNamara, unlike so many of Errol Morris' subjects, does not come off a moron. Rather the contrary.
When you go into an Errol Morris film, you can be sure of what you're getting. Morris' directorial style is one of transparency (and, as Billy Wilder said, the best director is the one you don't notice); he sits back, lets the subject talk, and things take their course. Almost every time, the subject finds a way to make himself out to be a complete idiot. Whether it's coincidence that Morris often films some of the most hated people on the planet, or people in the most hated professions on the planet (in the case of the short-lived and highly underrated series First Person), I don't know. After all, most of us are morons.
McNamara, on the other hand, is very composed throughout. If he's not entirely honest the whole time (and for all we know, he might not be), he at least comes off as someone who's earnest and unapologetic-- someone who stood up for the things in which he believed in the face of a government who were committed to stupidity. (Unlike many reviewers, I didn't see the "I am not responsible, but will accept responsibility" bit as evasion; I saw it as a grand "up yours" to society. "This ain't my mess, but you're going to blame me anyway. Why should I care?".) We're all well aware that Robert McNamara made mistakes during the Vietnam War. We're all well aware that he made decisions based on incomplete, or erroneous, data. (Those are far different from mistakes.) That it was too late to do him any good when he learned of, and from, those mistakes, is irrelevant. It seems to me that the point being made by McNamara-- and, by extension, by Morris-- is that the real tragedy here is that no one else, especially no one in the current administration, has learned from Robert McNamara's mistakes, either. ****...more info
Exceptional and Insightful- Must See
This documentary blew my mind so much that my husband and I watched it more than once- something we NEVER do. I liked it so myuch I sent it to my father and mother who had definate opinions of McNamara and the war and this completely changed the way they saw everything. My father is a war veteran and a buff of this kind of thing and even he learned a lot from it. Fantastic movie. Must see....more info
One of my favorite docs!
The number of rarities that needed to come together for this film to work as well as it does is as mind-boggling as the content. As citizens of a country, we always wish we could enter the mind of those in power or those working with those in power, but we know we never can, because we know that all those in power are secretive and hide their true opinions, most of the time for security reasons or to cover their guilt. So that McNamara opened up like this is the first incredible offering of the film. That he revealed not just the facts but his emotions towards them is the second. This is a man that either has not let his guilt blind him or at least is using this film opportunity to transcend his guilt. Combine this with the music and visual hypnotic craftsmanship of Philip Glass and Erol Morris, and this is a must see political film. Perhaps the best of the genre. ...more info
Good Transaction
Vendor delivered the DVD on time and as ordered. I would order from them again....more info
Interesting documentary: In order to do Good, You may have to Engage in Evil....
Well, the CIA would probably agree with Lesson #9: "In order to do Good, You may have to Engage in Evil".... Seriously, this film makes people evaluate or re-evaluate thoughts about War.
This is an interesting documentary, for many reasons. Other people have thoroughly reviewed this, so I am only adding my "two cents." Some folks hate documentaries, but this is worth seeing and purchasing....more info
Left out SOMETHING HUGE
What is so dishonest, disingenuous and in every way 'the wave of the big brother American Marxist future' is ONE SIMPLE FACT left out of this otherwise notable documentary:
3,000,000 Laotians, Cambodians and Vietnamese (through Pol Pot, etc) died at the hands of Communist regimes after we pulled out.
Somehow the sanctimonious second-guessers from the Left ALWAYS LEAVE THAT OUT!...more info
This is just the right item for anyone interested in learning what McNamara's intentions and personal drives were as he counseled Presidents Kennedy and Johnson regarding the Viet Nam war. He comes a hairs breadth from actually apologizing. Perhaps he will apologize before he passes away from us entirely, but we get the sense that to do so would destroy him. Clearly his acts have eaten away at the man....more info


A day is incomplete without a little music and this beautiful speaker looks at home in the wilderness.
We are going on a road trip around Australia later this year, and looking to take our love of vinyl on the road. We have obtained a portable record player (Audio Technica AT727 Sound Burger) and now looking for a pair of speakers that can be used wired and wirelessly as a left and right channel pair.
A strong contender for our choice of travel speakers – the Bang and Olufsen Beoplay A1 – is as much beautiful piece of design as a practical solution for quality sound reproduction on the road.
For many years we have been fans of the robust and stylish Jambox bluetooth speaker, it has traveled with us around the world, serving up Spotified tunes on nearly every location shoot for the last 7 years, perfect for listening indoors at a close range, we have been pleased with it's sound and it's diminutive size.
For the Australian road trip however we are looking for something that packs a little more punch – we will be playing vinyl on a portable Audio Technica AT727 Sound Burger, and looking for two speakers to use wired, and hang a pair of speakers to hang from trees around 4 meters apart outside the caravan – so most interested in sound quality, volume and battery life. We will also be listening to a lot of music in the caravan in the evening, and require two speakers that can be set up as left and right channels for a more immersive sound. Most use beyond the road trip with be via bluetooth, so it need to fit in a camera bag and not be too heavy.
…like a pistachio macaroon made from exotic martian materials.
Design, build quality and durability.
Weather proofing is key when assembling a kit for the road – as is durability. Splash and dust resistant, the Beoplay A1 is designed to take some beating, and love the fact that the official marketing shows an A1 with dents and scratches, with the tagline 'Every scratch tells a story.' Guessing the speaker will age nicely, perhaps the speaker grill could be a little more robust – time will tell. Weighing in at 600 grams it is little on the larger size for carrying up a mountain – but if you do, the sound reproduction will be worth it.
We tested the Bang and Olufsen Beoplay A1 connected via cables to the Audio Technica AT727 Sound Burger and also streaming over bluetooth – listening to various LPs ranging from the Rolling Stones raw balls-out rock to the beautifully produced Juicy Fruit by Kraak and Smaak.
The A1 performed well indoors, filling the room with crisp and bright sound, connected via cables to the AT727 it sounded rich and via bluetooth clear and bright, bass was not overpowering.
We took a unit outside for a test in the woods, and walked around the speaker to try and understand the 360 sound mentioned in the marketing. Hung up using the lovely little leather strap the sound was decidedly directional. In my mind this is a good thing as we dont need to fill the whole forest with sound – just the area we are camping in.
On the road battery life is critical in all of the kit we are testing, after the road trip we will be using the speaker on our restaurant photoshoots. Built-in, rechargeable, 7,2V, 2200mAh, Li-Ion – not a huge battery, but it does keeps the sound flowing for hours on end. According to the marketing the battery lasts 24 hours at moderate listening level – so we tested this by streaming music at a volume similar to that of conversation, in the studio overnight – after 18 hours the speaker was still going.
We expect that these speakers will outlast the Jambox – Jawbones support for their speakers seems to be waning as they focus on their range of fitness trackers. Considering we have had the Jambox for 7 years and it is still performing, we are guessing a lifetime of over 10 years on the superior Bang and Olufsen Beoplay A1s is a safe estimate. Using this yard-stick, the A1 would cost around £18 per year, good value for something that we will use and enjoy on most days of the week.


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RUSSIA: Are the Russians really preparing for war? – The Washington Post doesn't think much of all the war talk in the rest of the press. Thus, this article.
However, It does not debunk any of the talk so much as confirm it.
Zhiiinovksy, who has vowed to annex Alaska, flatten Poland and the Baltics, and enslave Georgia, made headlines. But his ridiculously misnamed Liberal Democratic Party of Russia controls 39 of the 450 seats in the Russian parliament, and he always votes with the Kremlin. He is a fan of Donald Trump but he's very far from the nuclear button.
RUSSIA: Russia's different reality
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ESTONIA/GREAT BRITAIN: Britain sends tanks, drones and 800 troops to Estonia as part of the biggest military build-up on Russia's borders since the Cold War
AFGHANISTAN: Thirty Afghan civilians killed
AFGHANISTAN: The US isn't getting out of Afghanistan anytime soon
PHILIPPINES: Philippine leader Duterte now wants U.S. troops out 'in two years'
NORTH KOREA: Did North Korea just test missiles capable of hitting the U.S.? Maybe.
SYRIA: Airstrikes in Syria Kill 17, Including 14 Children
IRAQ: Mosul: Islamic State sends 'suicide squads' to Iraqi stronghold
IRAQ/TURKEY: Turkey Threatens to Launch Ground Operation in Iraq, Citing Kurdish Terror Threat
World War 3 Watch: October 24, 2016
11 days until Election Day 2016
84 days until Inauguration Day 2017
2016: THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM
HOW The Electoral College Can Save Us From Trump And Hillary
Hillary says allegations that the Clinton Foundation misallocated Haitian relief funds are 'false rumors'
'I was at Little Haiti in Florida, and I tell you they hate the Clintons because of what's happened in Haiti with the Clinton Foundation, it is a disgrace.'
Hillary Clinton the new neocon itching for war
Apparently she sees herself as an expert on the region. "I have to admit that a good deal of what my husband and I have learned has come from my daughter who took a class last year in Islamic history." Chelsea Clinton was 14 at the time.
TRUMP: Clinton would start World War 3 in Syria
"You're going to end up in World War Three over Syria if we listen to Hillary Clinton," Mr Trump said.
Trump, Clinton Warn of Doom in Dueling Speeches
The Sunshine State was treated to twin apocalyptic visions on Tuesday, when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both warned Florida voters in dark terms that the other candidate threatens the fabric of the nation.
Political Map shifts on Trump
Trump's poll performance has been especially resilient in Ohio and Iowa, two states that President Obama won in both 2008 and 2012. Trump has a narrow advantage in Ohio and a lead of almost 4 points in Iowa, according to the RealClearPolitics (RCP) polling averages.
Early voting boosts Clinton
Of course, this information tells us nothing about how those not affiliated to the major parties are voting – or how many Americans may be crossing party lines in this most unconventional election.
Early voting bodes well for Trump in key states
Democratic strategist Rick Ridder told U.S. News & World Report that while Democrats appear to be getting voters out to the polls in early voting, it does not mean that Republicans won't erase that advantage.
Trump on whether the election will be stolen: 'Ask Obama' – It's a testament to how bad the two major party candidates' roles are that they make Barack Obama look fair, reasonable and presidential.
"It's come out that Donald Trump has spent a large portion of his campaign donations buying copies of his own book, "The Art of the Deal." Trump supporters are angry that he misused their money, and even angrier that he bought a book."
Live from Trump Tower, it's Trump TV – So-called "Trump TV"–IF it becomes reality–couldn't possibly contain MORE propaganda than the other networks.
A different, more virulent strain perhaps.
But not more.
"Many news outlets are saying Donald Trump will almost certainly pivot to media and launch his own TV network after the election. Which means as early as next year we could see Trump TV filing for bankruptcy."
"The Trump campaign launched what they say will be a nightly show on Facebook Live called "Trump Tower Live." Some people believe he's starting to build a new channel called Trump TV, which is great news — finally we get a chance to see Donald Trump on TV."
"There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause."
Rapid Response Teams: Part of the Apostate Church of the Tares
NEWER BIBLE TRANSLATIONS: Corrupting God's Word
Hannity to Obama: Go Back to Africa
"You want to go to Kenya? I'll pay for you to go to Kenya….I have one stipulation, you can't come back."
Like most stuff of this nature, it's claimed to be a "joke."
Hannity is later quoted as saying "Journalism is dead in America."
No joke.
Google Fiber: Internet service to cut jobs and halt expansion
Google's parent company is halting operations and laying off staff in a number of cities where it once hoped to bring high-speed internet access by installing new fiber-optic networks.
Cops shoot knife-wielding man in Brooklyn
EXPERT: Europe on the eve of banking Armageddon which could dwarf 2008 crash
In haunted Salem, a Jewish church founder preaches the art of 'Satanic' social change
'I see it like Buddhism. Satanism is something that can co-exist with being a Jew'
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(VIDEO) College costs drive US students abroad
This Day in the Secret History: October 27
TRUE CONSPIRACY THEORY: OPERATION PAPERCLIP
The history of the USA is a history littered with conspiracies.
And that's just the ones admitted to by the conspirators and recorded by history.
One of the most devious occurred after World War II. The USA brought thousands of Nazis into the USA, gave them new identities and put them to work at well-paid jobs, mostly (but not always) at taxpayers' expense.
The name of this "conspiracy theory" which was real: Operation Paperclip.
During Cold War, US spy agencies used 1000 Nazis – And for the most part, those Nazis were extremely well taken care of by USA taxpayers. "A moral lapse" as one person in the article put it.
Still, 1000 is an extremely low number. The article admits there were at least 1000 Nazis employed but maintains other deceptions too numerous to mention. For example, that only morally-upright Nazis were used–not Nazi war criminals.
The CIA and other spy agencies "as recently as the 1990s, concealed the government's ties to some still living in America, newly disclosed records and interviews show."
One of the ways they "concealed the government's ties" was by labeling anyone who reported on the CIA-Nazi links as "conspiracy theorists." In fact, most places in the media still to this day label any mention of the CIA (or the USA in general) employing Nazis (beyond a few here and there) as "conspiracy theory."
The article didn't say whether any apologies will be forthcoming from the intelligence community and/or the Corporate Media.
The number of Nazis keeps rising. 1000 is admitted in this article. 1500 in another, 1600 in yet another.
Some later estimates put the number at "thousands."
How Thousands Of Nazis Were 'Rewarded' With Life In The U.S.
But there were many, many thousands of Nazi collaborators who got visas to the United States while the survivors did not — even though they had been, for instance, the head of a Nazi concentration camp, the warden at a camp, or the secret police chief in Lithuania who signed the death warrants for people. …
At first the US admitted to letting in some Nazi scientists (no war criminals!). Both of these claims later changed.
WILLKOMMEN: Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen – This is what is known as a limited hangout.
"…spy jargon for a favorite and frequently used gimmick of the clandestine professionals. When their veil of secrecy is shredded and they can no longer rely on a phony cover story to misinform the public, they resort to admitting—sometimes even volunteering—some of the truth while still managing to withhold the key and damaging facts in the case. The public, however, is usually so intrigued by the new information that it never thinks to pursue the matter further."
Conspiracy Theories are a Media Staple
Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda in the End Times
CONSPIRACY THEORIES: 10 Observations
CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Conspiracy in the Bible
CONSPIRACY THEORIES: 10 More Observations
TRUE CONSPIRACIES: End Times Conspiracies are a Reality
Mockingbird: True Conspiracy Theories
Under the Big Top: America's Three Rings of Evil Clowns – (h/t:K)
For over the better part of Barack Obama's presidency we've witnessed the most respected nation transformed, step-by-step, into one of the most dreaded empires the world has ever known.
Actually, the nation was not so much "transformed" under Barack Obama as it was "revealed publicly to be what it had been for some time" under most of the 20th century's US presidents.
Else what is one to say about the decades the U.S. Marines and intelligence services spent in various Central American countries policing United Fruit's lucrative holdings, keeping the native laborers in line and ensuring that Americans received cheap bananas?
You Asked: Which Foods Are Treated With Antibiotics?
NO ESCAPE: Surrounded by Tribulation in the End Times
Orange juice is being called a massive scam — and now the American breakfast staple is disappearing – It would more accurate to simply write "Orange juice is being priced out of reach for millions of ordinary Americans."
The linked piece is simply a dishonest attempt to convince them that they didn't want orange juice anyway.
WHY You Need to Stop Eating Egg Whites
"Last Friday, Amazon, CNN, and Twitter were all down all over the United States. It's a chilling day that will one day be known in history as "Productive Friday."
HAVE YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT DNA?
This Man Failed A Paternity Test Due To His Vanished Twin's DNA – Supposedly, the man's genes in his saliva are different than the ones in his sperm.
So, DNA is not the foolproof crimebuster tool we were told?
Gee, maybe OJ was innocent?!?
Science is a collection of stories and fables, told to explain why things are the way things are.
Often, the stories change.
This is one of those times.
The Atheist in AA Fighting to Get 'God' Taken Out of the 12 Steps – The atheist knows that the god in AA is not the same God of Christianity.
There's a reason occult AA and other similar organizations refer to "god" and not Jesus Christ.
UFOs, ET and Alien Civilizations and Invasions: A Long-Running End Times Deception
The World is Your Playground
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."
–1John 2:15-16
MORE: Separating from the World: END TIMES SURVIVAL
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
THE SPLENDIFEROUS SAGA OF THE MAN OF SIN
MAN OF SIN: 'Fixing' the many serious problems his minions have spent years creating.
"I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive."
The man of sin is coming.
"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition"
–2Thessalonians 2:3
Yes, the man of sin will be extremely evil. After all, the Bible DOES call him "the man of sin."
BUT he will be bright and shiny and extremely attractive to the world's worldly men.
There will be a number of reason the world will clamor and applaud the man of sin when he makes his entrance.
The man of sin will come bearing answers–and his answers will seem to "solve" (at least temporarily) a great many of the world's problem his adherents have spent decades creating. Out of a job? Jobs will suddenly become plentiful. No food? Food (for awhile) will be available to those with the man of sin's mark. No water? Drinking water will be abundant–for a season.
The man of sin will come wielding demonic power in a variety of forms for a variety of functions. He will not call it "demonic power;" he will have another no doubt impressive name for it.
The man of sin will come bearing gifts: long-hidden, suddenly-revealed technologies; supernatural signs, lying wonders and apparent miracles. This will especially beguile those who gather in the buildings called churches and who crave to see miracles, signs and wonders.
The man of sin will make many "feel good about themselves" because the man of sin will place a heavy emphasis on "self." At least at first.
The man of sin will speak great things and words of great promise: peace, love, brotherhood, tolerance. However, as the world's masses will find out, it will be the man of sin who defines what these words mean.
The man of sin will promise a "new age" emphasizing the potential, will and abilities of man. Because the man of sin will set himself up as a god, he will blaspheme and attack God Almighty of the Bible and His Son, Jesus Christ. The man of sin will tolerate NO rivals.
The man of sin will be thought of as a great spiritual leader. Because the world has been long deceived, many will mistake "spiritual" for "holy." Because the world does not love the truth and loves to be lied to, it will be deluded into worshiping the man of sin's other beast and the dragon [Satan]. God Almighty Himself will assist in furthering men's delusion .
Lastly, the man of sin will be associated with overwhelming worldly power, especially the power to make war.
But particularly, the world will be dazzled by the "power, signs and lying wonders" of the man of sin.
"And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved."
–2Thessalonians 2:8-10
"For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles"
–Revelation 13:11, 13-14
One of the reasons the man of sin deceives the whole world is to gather its armies to fight against Jesus Christ when He returns to begin His reign.
"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon."
–Revelation 16:13-14, 16
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army."
–Revelation 19:11,14,19
After the centuries of work, preparation and deception: in the end, the man of sin's earthly kingdom–which will encompass the entire earth–will last but 42 months.
"And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations."
–Revelation 13:5,7
The man of sin, his schemes and all those who pinned their hopes on his antichrist ambitions and plans will go into perdition.
"And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh."
Do not be deceived into giving allegiance to the losing side.
The consequences are eternal in nature.
FIVE REASONS YOU WILL LIKELY FOLLOW THE MAN OF SIN AND STAND IN LINE FOR THE MARK OF THE BEAST
Fashionably 666: Americans will Line Up to Receive the Mark of the Beast
MAN OF SIN: The Man of Sin is Coming
MAN OF SIN: Satan is Raising Up an End Times Army
MAN OF SIN: Arising from the Midst of the Apostate Church
MAN OF SIN: Self-Worship in America
Yitzhak Kaduri, the Kabbalah and Antichrist: MAN OF SIN
MAN OF SIN Misrepresented: The Antichrist and False Prophet
Apostate American Church: Waiting for the MAN OF SIN
Pre-Flood Civilization, Man of Sin: The Second Golden Age of Man is a Nightmare for the Workers of Iniquity
OBAMACare woes to linger long after Obama is gone – OF COURSE: that was a built-in feature of the system.
If Parents Won't Limit Kids' Screen Use, Schools Should – Isn't the reader glad the government/media is looking out for your well-being?
Living A Normal, American Life
The Religious Right: A Eulogy -The author is much too pessimistic.
Actually, the author performs the same tired media trick: trying to confuse the "religious" with "Christianity."
Prior to the return of Jesus Christ, there will NEVER be a shortage of Americans anxious to establish a kingdom here on earth. For many of these Americans, religion–ANY religion–is fine, as long as it works and they retain their comfort.
MORE: The End Times Church of the Tares
LOSS OF THE ELECTRIC POWER GRID?
The loss of the "electric power grid" has been a long-running government/media campaign
HOW exactly will the power grid die?
The government/media have tried out a variety of culprits: sun spots, climate change, solar flares, nukes, foreign/terrorist hackers, solar storms, electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) weapons/attacks, solar winds, Obama's War on Coal, cyber warfare.
The list is long and creative.
This writer first noticed this propaganda campaign in 2011.
'Solar Winds' Spur Geomagnetic Storm That May Affect Power
A massive 'coronal hole' on the sun is blasting Earth with solar storms that could CRIPPLE power grids
Protecting the electric grid from increasingly severe weather due to climate change
Lights Out: The Top 7 Threats to America's Power Grid
American Blackout: 4 Major Real-Life Threats to the Electric Grid
Lawmakers want to safeguard Texas against an EMP
US power grid still fragile in the face of an EMP attack
IS America completely unprepared for a power grid cyberattack?
Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism
Solar Storm buffets earth: HOW protected is the U.S. power grid?
Solar Flares: Tuesday's solar storm highlights power grid vulnerabilities
Huge solar storm hits earth: power grid and GPS could be disrupted but auroras might be seen
Climate change may put power grid at risk in the West
TOMORROW NEVER COMES
What's the endgame?
Might there possibly be no electric power?
Like the many promises and grandiose announcements of NASA, "green power" is always about what will supposedly take place 10-20 years in the future.
The systematic dismantling of American coal-fired electric plants and their replacement with windmills, solar cells and non-existent or non-functional "green energy" makes one certain there will be a shortage of electric power at some point in the near future.
When the power stops flowing, it looks like there will be a convenient list of villains to blame.
The government/media will NEVER run out of villains to blame for what's coming to pass.
One does have a suspicion that when the man of sin arrives, a NEW source of power–both clean, abundant and cheap–to replace electricity will be unveiled.
MORE: MAN OF SIN: The Man of Sin is Coming
The Pentagon's 'Terminator Conundrum': Robots That Could Kill on Their Own
Almost unnoticed outside defense circles, the Pentagon has put artificial intelligence at the center of its strategy to maintain the United States' position as the world's dominant military power. It is spending billions of dollars to develop what it calls autonomous and semiautonomous weapons and to build an arsenal stocked with the kind of weaponry that until now has existed only in Hollywood movies and science fiction, raising alarm among scientists and activists concerned by the implications of a robot arms race.
MORE: Killer Robots in the End Times?
4 ways Tim Cook made lemonade out of Apple's Q4 2016 earnings – Some have accused Apple of being a cult.
And by meeting many of the conditions for what defines a cult ("enjoyed by a small, loyal group;" "A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.;" and "A group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members. "), Apple IS a cult.
A cult whose members are represented by a picture of an apple with a bite out it.
Wonder what that's all about?
We all need to calm down about the clowns – The media is GREAT at dispensing advice; Lousy at following its own advice.
CREEPY CLOWN CRAZE: A Truly Impressive Corporate Media Campaign
Creepy Killer Clown Craze: Another End Times Deception
Creepy Clown Craze: Another Propaganda Campaign
Is An American Company's Technology Helping Turkey Spy On Its Citizens?
MORE: ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE: That's Only Part of It
First elk sighting in South Carolina since 1700s
In response to social media posts showing people feeding the animal, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission biologist Justin McVey warned the public that the animal can cause serious injuries.
MORE: JUDGMENT: The Increase of Wild Beasts and Attacks in the End Times
Hurricane Seymour rapidly strengthening in Pacific
Louisville hit by 2.7 magnitude earhquake
CENTRAL ITALY hit by 5.8 magnitude quake – Tremors felt 80 miles away in Rome
Wichita schools begin practicing earthquake procedures
CDC: We will see Zika virus become epidemic
Scientists are bewildered by Zika's path across Latin America – IF one only had a dollar for each time the Corporate Media wrote "Scientists are bewildered…" OR "Scientists are baffled…" OR "Scientists are puzzled…"
HOW fossil fuel use threatens kids' health
CO2 Levels Reach Historic High, Mark 'New Era' of Climate Change
The Silicon Valley Of Water: How Dryness Drives Innovation In Las Vegas
New Research Could Help Predict 'Flash Droughts'
Christmas tree farm feels effects of drought
HOW We're Endangering our Kids' Imaginations
"…and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done."
"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ"
–2Corinthians 10:5
Homophobia in sport: Most fans 'would welcome gay players' – Sure! Everybody is doing it!
Same POLL probably "proves" most fans would welcome their own children turning gay.
Computers that can read your MIND and convert your thoughts into text are on their way – God alone knows a man's thoughts.
"And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?"
"Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)"
–1Kings 8:39
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: The Echoes of Woodrow Wilson in Barack Obama's Foreign Policy – That grand narrative we call "history" is actually the institutionalization of many lesser narratives into a cohesive whole that can be taught, drilled and remembered by later generations.
Satan's Mouthpiece (the Corporate Media) will then refer to these manufactured fables AS IF THEY WERE THE TRUTH to construct and support even more tales later down the road–as the linked piece does here.
Proxima b COULD be habitable, researchers say: Planet could harbor a massive ocean and gassy atmosphere
The banana as we know it is in imminent danger – Sounds like a BIG price hike is coming.
ONE YEAR AGO: End Times Prophecy Headlines: October 27, 2015
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THREE YEARS AGO: End Times Prophecy Headlines: October 26-27, 2013
End Times Prophecy Headlines: October 15-16, 2016
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: End Times Prophecy Headlines: October 26, 2016
Apostate End Times Church: Satan Playing Both Sides Against the Middle
Gospel of Jesus Christ: Power of Eternal Life
Preach the Gospel: Undermining the Great Commission
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Raising the Dead: The End Times Lie of the Dragon
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Demons and the Unexplained: Demonic Mysteries
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Q: Running Selenium geckodriver without generating geckodriver log files I have some Robot Framework test suites that use the SeleniumLibrary. I run these tests with Firefox and geckodriver. Whenever I run my tests suites, a geckodriver-*.log file is created.
For example, before I run my test suite, I have only my .robot file:
$ ls
example.robot

I then run robot, and the geckodriver log file is generated:
$ robot --output NONE --log NONE --report NONE example.robot
<output of running test suite>
$ ls
example.robot  geckodriver-1.log

If I rerun the test suite, a geckodriver-2.log file is created, and running the suite a third time generates a geckodriver-3.log file, and so on.
How can I run my test suites without any geckodriver log files being created?
I know this must be possible, since it can be done in regular python (without Robot) by setting the service_log_path to /dev/null, as below:
from selenium import webdriver
import shutil

driver = webdriver.Firefox(
    executable_path=shutil.which('geckodriver'),
    service_log_path='/dev/null'
)
driver.get('https://stackoverflow.com/')
driver.quit()

My *.robot file for a minimal reproducible example
*** Settings ***
Library     SeleniumLibrary    run_on_failure=None

*** Test Cases ***
Example Test Case
    Open Browser    https://stackoverflow.com/    Firefox
    Close Browser

Version and OS information

*

*Operating system: Linux

*Firefox: 79.0

*geckodriver: 0.26.0

*Python: 3.6.9

*Robot Framework: 3.2.2

*robotframework-seleniumlibrary: 4.4.0

A: The solution is to set the service_log_path argument for the Open Browser keyword to os.path.devnull, as below:
*** Settings ***
Library     SeleniumLibrary    run_on_failure=None

*** Test Cases ***
Example Test Case
    Open Browser    https://stackoverflow.com/    Firefox    service_log_path=${{os.path.devnull}}
    Close Browser

Then geckodriver will log to os.path.devnull instead of to a file in the current working directory.
Note: This example uses inline python evaluation, a new feature in Robot Framework 3.2.