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New Revelations Tear Holes in Iran Nuclear Trigger Story
by Gareth Porter / January 6th, 2010
WASHINGTON (IPS) — New revelations about two documents leaked to The Times of London to show that Iran is working on a "nuclear trigger" mechanism have further undermined the credibility of the document the newspaper had presented as evidence of a continuing Iranian nuclear weapons programme.
A columnist for the Times has acknowledged that the two-page Persian language document published by the Times last month was not a photocopy of the original document but an expurgated and retyped version of the original.
A translation of a second Persian language document also published by the Times, moreover, contradicts the claim by the Times that it shows the "nuclear trigger" document was written within an organisation run by an Iranian military scientist.
Former Central Intelligence Agency official Philip Giraldi has said U.S. intelligence judges the "nuclear trigger" document to be a forgery, as IPS reported last week. The IPS story also pointed out that the document lacked both security markings and identification of either the issuing organisation or the recipient.
The new revelations point to additional reasons why intelligence analysts would have been suspicious of the "nuclear trigger" document.
On Dec. 14, the Times published what it explicitly represented as a photocopy of a complete Persian language document showing Iranian plans for testing a neutron initiator, a triggering device for a nuclear weapon, along with an English language translation.
But in response to a reader who noted the absence of crucial information from the document, including security markings, Oliver Kamm, an online columnist for the Times, admitted Jan. 3 that the Persian language document published by the Times was "a retyped version of the relevant parts of that original document".
Kamm wrote that the original document had "contained a lot of classified information" and was not published "because of the danger that it would alert Iranian authorities to the source of the leak".
In offering the explanation of the intelligence agency that leaked the document to the Times, Kamm was also damaging the credibility of the document. A document that had been both edited and retyped could obviously have been doctored by adding material on a neutron initiator.
The reason for such editing could not have been to excise "classified information", because, if the document were genuine, the Iranian government would already have the information.
Furthermore there would have been ways of avoiding disclosure of the source of the leak that would not have required the release of an expurgated version of the document. The number of the copy of the document could have been blacked out, for example.
The Times claimed in a separate story that the "nuclear trigger" document was written within the military technology development organisation run by Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
A second document, also published in Persian language by the Times, shows Fakhrizadeh's signature under the title, "Chief, Department of Development and Deployment of Advanced Technology", and includes a list of 12 "recipients" within that organisation, and is dated the Persian equivalent of Dec. 29, 2005 on the Western calendar, according to an English translation obtained by IPS.
The Times reporter, Catherine Philp, wrote that the neutron initiator document "was drawn up within the Centre for Preparedness at the Institute of Applied Physics", which she identifies as "one of the organization's 12 departments".
But the reference to a "Centre for Preparedness at the Institute of Applied Physics" is an obvious misreading of a chart given to the Times by the intelligence agency but not published by the Times.
The chart, which can be found on the website of the Institute for Science and International Security, shows what are clearly two separate organisations relating to neutronics – a "Center for Preparedness" and an "Institute of Applied Physics" – under what the intelligence agency translated as the "Field for Expansion of Advance Technologies' Deployment".
But George Maschke, a Persian language expert and former U.S. military intelligence officer, provided IPS with a translation of the list of the 12 recipients on the cover page document showing that it includes a "Centre for Preparedness and New Defense Technology" but not an "Institute of Applied Physics".
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports have referred to the Institute of Applied Physics as a stand-alone institution rather than part of Fakhrizadeh's organisation.
The English translation of the document shows that none of the other five Centres and groups on the list of recipients is a plausible candidate to run a neutron-related experimentation programme, either.
They include the chiefs of the Centre for Explosives and Impact Technology, the Centre for Manufacturing and Industrial Research, the Chemical and Metallurgical Groups of the Centre for Advanced Materials Research and Technology, and the Centre for New Aerospace Research and Design.
Contrary to the Times story, moreover, the other five recipients on the list of 12 are not heads of "departments" but deputies to the director for various cross-cutting themes: finance and budget, plans and programmes, science, administration and human resources and audits and legal affairs.
The absence of any organisation with an obvious expertise in atomic energy indicates Fakhrizadeh's Department of Development and Deployment of Advanced Technology is not the locus of a clandestine nuclear weapons programme.
The nuclear weapons programmes of Israel, India and Pakistan prior to testing of an atomic bomb were all located within their respective atomic energy commissions. That organisational pattern reflects the fact that scientific expertise in nuclear physics and the different stages through which uranium must pass before being converted into a weapon is located overwhelmingly in the national atomic commissions.
The Times story claimed a consensus among "Western intelligence agencies" that Fakhrizadeh's "Advanced Technology Development and Deployment Department" has inherited the same components as were present in the "Physics Research Centre" of the 1990s. It also asserts that the same components were present in the alleged nuclear weapons research programme that the mysterious cache of intelligence documents now called the "alleged studies" documents portrayed as being under Fakhrizadeh's control.
Those claims were taken from the chart given to the Times by the unidentified intelligence agency.
But the idea that Fakhrizadeh has been in charge of a covert nuclear weapons project can be traced directly to the fact that he helped procure or sought to procure dual-use items when he was head of the Physics Resource Center in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The items included vacuum equipment, magnets, a balancing machine, and a mass spectrometer, all of which might be used either in a nuclear programme or for non-nuclear and non-military purposes.
The IAEA suggested in reports beginning in 2004 that Fakhrizadeh's interest in these dual-use items indicated a possible role in Iran's nuclear programme.
That same year someone concocted a collection of documents – later dubbed "the alleged studies" documents – showing a purported Iranian nuclear weapons project, based on the premise that Fakhrizadeh was its chief.
Iran insisted, however, that Fakhrizadeh had procured the technologies in question for non-military uses by various components of the Imam Hussein University, where he was a lecturer.
And after reviewing documentation submitted by Iran and verifying some of its assertions by inspection on the spot, the IAEA concluded in its Feb. 22, 2008 report that Iran's explanation for Fakhrizadeh's role in obtaining the items had been truthful after all.
But instead of questioning the authenticity of the "alleged studies" documents, IAEA Deputy Director for Safeguards Olli Heinonen highlighted Fakhrizadeh's role in Iran's alleged nuclear weapons work in a briefing for member states just three days after the publication of that correction.
Gareth Porter is an independent investigative journalist and historian and winner of the 2012 Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. His latest book, with John Kiriakou, is The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis: From CIA Coup to the Brink of War. Read other articles by Gareth.
This article was posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 9:00am and is filed under Disinformation, Espionage/"Intelligence", Nukes.
2 comments on this article so far ...
Maryb said on January 7th, 2010 at 10:19am #
There has been much discussion on the Medialens message board on Kamm's version of the truth. One of the contributors, David Sketchley, has his own blog and this entry for January 7th and the previous one on January 4th make good reading.
http://dailysketcher.blogspot.com/2010/01/kamms-scamm-and-times-nuclear-trigger.html
Mulga Mumblebrain said on January 9th, 2010 at 11:51am #
Have you notice, Maryb, that the outpourings of blatant lies concerning Iran are reaching fever pitch? This story was re-hashed in The Australian by the bibulous Christopher Hitchens, whose maunderings,in my opinion, reached new lows of vulgar and contemptuous mendacity. The quick smart revelation of this 'nuclear trigger' story as an Israeli confection,makes no difference.The Rightwing style in propagandising these days, as exemplified by anthropogenic climate change denial, and the vilification of Iran, is increasingly the most bare-faced variation of the Big Lie technique recommended by Hitler. I suppose that when you believe that you are the Supreme Beings of the Universe,or are a loyal and insinuating employee of the Elect,the laws of mere goyish society, like the quaint conceit that truth is superior to religiously ordained revelation in arguments concerning life and death for millions, are seen as a mere impertinence. Roll on February 28th when I suspect that the Holy States may,finally,overstretch, and bite off more than they, and their lackeys, can chew. That it will cause many,many deaths amongst Iranians, and possibly Israeli civilians and other innocents too, makes it even more tragic, but the terror states must over-reach one day, given their intractable appetite for aggression and murder, and the sooner the better for everyone.


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Posts Tagged 'Two Door Cinema Club'
A whole bunch of concert announcements, featuring Glasser
Jonathan TurnerLots of concert announcements over the last few days, but nothing that demands to take the lead spot, so I shall go with news of Glasser – aka electronic-pop artist Cameron Mesirow – because it comes first chronologically and her promo photos are awesome. Yes folks, sometimes that's all it takes. In any case, the Mesirow will release Interiors – the second Glasser album and follow-up to 2010's Ring – on October 8. She's already released two songs from the album – one with official video – and has also just rolled out a handful of North American dates which include an October 13 date at The Drake Underground – tickets for that are $15 in advance. Pitchfork has an interview with Mesirow about out what to expect with the new album.
Video: Glasser – "Design"
Stream: Glasser – "Shape"
Typically when a band adds a second show to meet demand, they do it at the same room so as to avoid moving all their gear around town – but in the case of Two Door Cinema Club, they're satisfying overflow demand for their October 15 show at The Danforth Music Hall with a second show at the half-as-large Mod Club the night before, October 14, with both openers St. Lucia and Peace remaining as support. It's actually pretty canny, since at least some of the fans who've already got tickets for the main show will be willing to drop another $25 to see the band in much more intimate environs.
MP3: Peace – "California Daze"
Video: Two Door Cinema Club – "Sleep Alone"
Stream: St. Lucia – "Elevate"
With a new album in Weekend coming out October 23, Swedish glam-rockers The Sounds have assembled a small North American tour that includes a stop at The Mod Club on October 17, tickets $20. They've released a lyric video for the first single from the new record, though you probably could have figured out the chorus on your own.
Lyric Video: The Sounds – "Shake Shake Shake"
With their new album Nothing Is Real set for an October 15 release, Californian psych-rockers Crystal Antlers have announced a North American tour which brings them to The Silver Dollar on November 1, tickets $10.50 in advance.
Video: Crystal Antlers – "Rattlesnake"
Californian psychedelic-western outfit Spindrift have used their explorations of American ghost towns as source material for their next album Ghost Of The West, due out October 22, and a documentary film that will follow next year. They'll be touring behind it to some decidedly non-ghost town locales, including Lee's Palace on November 11, tickets $10.50 in advance. There's a trailer for the new record and film companion.
Trailer: Spindrift / Ghost Of The West
Evening Hymns will continue to bring life to last year's Spectral Dusk with a Fall tour that includes a stop at the Drake Underground in Toronto on November 14.
MP3: Evening Hymns – "Arrows"
With their new album Internal Sounds now out, The Sadies have announced a show at Lee's Palace on November 15, tickets $20 in advance.
Stream: The Sadies – "Another Tomorrow Again"
English electronic singer-songwriter Daniel Woodhouse, who operates as Deptford Goth, has put together a string of dates behind his debut album Life After Defo and will be in town at The Drake on November 15.
Video: Deptford Goth – "Union"
Once – and future, let's be honest – Broken Social Scenester Brendan Canning has announced some live dates behind his new solo record You Gots 2 Chill, coming out October 1. He'll be in familiar environs on November 16 when he plays Lee's Palace, tickets $15. You can stream a new track below as well as watch a video.
Stream: Brendan Canning – "Bullied Days"
Video: Brendan Canning – "Plugged In"
Taking advantage of the extra profile afforded by being a Mercury Prize shortlister for his album Immunity – okay, the tour was probably booked already regardless – English producer/electronic artist Jon Hopkins is going to be in town on November 21 for a show at The Hoxton. The Montreal Gazette and Red Bull have interviews.
Video: Jon Hopkins – "Open Eye Signal"
American singer-songwriter Cass McCombs has a new album in Big Wheel And Others coming out on October 15 and as such, has some Winter dates behind it including December 4 at The Great Hall, tickets $15.50. Stream a new song below.
Stream: Cass McCombs – "There Can Be Only One"
The inexplicably – to me, at least – popular MGMT have just released their new record – also called MGMT – and rolled out a new video starring Michael K. Williams of The Wire and Boardwalk Empire because when you're popular – inexplicably or otherwise – you can do things like that. Pitchfork also has tour dates for this Fall, but while they've only got "TBA" for the venues, Pollstar appears to have the missing info so Toronto fans can look forward to trekking down to the Sound Academy on December 7 and paying $35 for general admission and $45 for VIP while waiting for them to play "Time To Pretend". There's interviews with the band at Digital Spy, Rolling Stone, and Blare.
Video: MGMT – "Cool Song No. 2"
While there's been no word of a follow-up to 2012's Blood Pressures – which brought them to town last February, The Kills are coming back to town for a show at The Danforth Music Hall on December 11, tickets $24.50 to $29.50 in advance.
MP3: The Kills – "Future Starts Slow"
Another Mercury Prize shortlister following up their nomination with a tour announcement are electronic duo Disclosure, whose feted album Settle will bring them to the Danforth Music Hall on January 14 of next year. Pitchfork has full dates as well as a 360-degree video recorded at a show in Central Park earlier this year so you'll know what to expect from their tour, assuming you get up on stage with them.
Video: Disclosure – "When A Fire Starts To Burn"
Video: Disclosure – "Latch" (live in 360)
And because it can't all be gain, a couple of show cancellations also came through yesterday – those with tickets for either Foxygen at The Hoxton on October 1 or How To Dress Well at The Garrison on November 2 should seek refunds at the point of purchase. Perhaps as an apology, Foxygen also released a new video for the title track of We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic; How To Dress Well, on the other hand, offer nothing – not even advice on how to dress well.
Video: Foxygen – "We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic"
Tags: Brendan Canning, Cass McCombs, Crystal Antlers, Deptford Goth, Disclosure, Evening Hymns, Foxygen, Glasser, How To Dress Well, Jon Hopkins, Kills, MGMT, Peace, Sadies, Sounds, Spindrift, St. Lucia, Two Door Cinema Club
The Universe Expanded
While I was out… featuring Franz Ferdinand and things of a British nature
Andrew KnowlesThe biggest releases of last week both happened to be Scottish in nationality. There was Franz Ferdinand's fourth long-player Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, which was the topic of conversation with Alex Kaparnos at NPR, Billboard, Canada.com, and DIY, while Kapranos and Bob Hardy both chat with Stereogum and Paul Thomson answers the phone when CBC calls. Further, Pitchfork has video of that acoustic Grimes cover the band played for French radio that everyone was linking to last week. They play The Kool Haus come October 24.
Meanwhile, with their new b-sides comp The Third Eye Centre finally out, Belle & Sebastian have released a new video featuring Hannah Murray from Skins and Game Of Thrones. Under The Radar has compiled their multi-part interview with the band into a single piece, PopMatters has a chat with Richard Colburn, and over at The Quietus, Stuart Murdoch opts to talk about other peoples' records rather than his own.
Video: Belle & Sebastian – "Your Cover's Blown" (Miaoux Miaoux remix)
James Allan talks to The Quietus, MusicRadar, and Yahoo! about Glasvegas' new album Later… When The TV Turns To Static. It wasn't alluded to in the lede, despite being Scottish, because a) it came out this week and not last week, and b) not many people care anymore.
Arctic Monkeys are streaming a new b-side which doesn't appear on AM, due out September 10. And if you only care about the songs which do appear on the album, you're in luck – the whole thing is now streaming at iTunes. Arctic Monkeys are at The Kool Haus on September 15.
Stream: Arctic Monkeys – "Stop The World I Want To Get Off With You"
Stream: Arctic Monkeys / AM
Drowned In Sound talks to London Grammar, who are offering a full stream of their debut album If You Wait via their own website with just a few hoops to jump through. The record is out September 10 and they play The Great Hall on October 4.
Stream: London Grammar / If You Wait
In a video session for Gigwise, Frightened Rabbit offer up a cover of Jessie Ware's "Wildest Moments" and another track from the Late March, Death March EP, out September 10, is available to stream via Stereogum. They play The Kool Haus on October 17.
Stream: Frightened Rabbit – "Candlelit"
Savages have premiered a new performance video from Silence Yourself at Pitchfork; they play The Opera House on September 12.
Video: Savages – "I Am Here"
Gigwise and MusicRadar check in with CHVRCHES, whose debut The Bones Of What You Believe is almost finally out on September 24 but not before they headline the Danforth Music Hall on September 15.
James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers talks to Wales Online about their new album Rewind The Film, while Nicky Wire takes The Quietus through the new record track by track. And NME has posted the whole of their recent Wire-led Twitter Q&A. Rewind The Film is out September 16.
The Quietus looks at the many, many collaborations Elvis Costello has undertaken in his career, the latest of which is Wise Up Ghost with The Roots, due out September 17. Costello talks to The Brisbane Times about the new record.
Peter Hook talks about matters past, present, future, and legal with Billboard, Pitchfork, The Huffington Post, Exclaim, and The Dumbing Of America. He leads his new band The Light through old material at The Hoxton on September 18.
Daughter are streaming a new b-side; they play The Phoenix on September 29.
Stream: Daughter – "Smoke"
Yuck talks to Rolling Stone about carrying on without their original frontman, as documented on their new album Glow & Behold, out September 30.
Two Door Cinema Club have released a video for the title track of their new Changing Of The Seasons EP, due out September 30; NME has details. They play The Danforth Music Hall on October 15.
Video: Two Door Cinema Club – "Changing Of The Seasons"
Anna Calvi has released the first video from her forthcoming One Breath, out October 7.
Video: Anna Calvi – "Eliza"
Lanterns On The Lake have released a video for the title track of their new album Until The Colours Run, which is due out on October 7 in the UK and will get a North American release early next year on January 14.
Video: Lanterns On The Lake – "Until The Colours Run"
The Line Of Best Fit reports Suede will finally reissue their entire catalog on vinyl on October 21, but the catch is you have to buy them all in one super-expensive box set, it's only available in the UK, and you have to take A New Morning with the rest. And oh, they released a new video from Bloodsports.
Video: Suede – "For The Strangers"
Los Campesinos! have confirmed an October 29 release date for their new record No Blues, and have made the first track from it available to stream.
Stream: Los Campesinos! – "What Death Leaves Behind"
M.I.A. is streaming another new track from her forthcoming Matangi, out November 5.
Stream: M.I.A. – "Come Walk With Me"
The Charli XCX show originally scheduled for September 16 at The Hoxton has been rescheduled to Saturday, November 9, and will now take place at Wrongbar. All previous tickets will be honoured and all the new dates can be seen at Exclaim.
MP3: Charli XCX – "Valentine"
Drowned In Sound checks in with Josh Hayward of The Horrors on the status of their next album, due out in early 2014.
Drowned In Sound chats with David Gedge of The Wedding Present, who will be undertaking an exhaustive reissue series of their back catalog in the near future; FACT has details on that.
Tessa Murray talks to Vogue about the new Still Corners video from Strange Pleasures.
Video: Still Corners – "Fireflies"
Under The Radar and Pitchfork talk to Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream.
With the assistance of Hefner's Darren Hayman, Allo Darlin' frontwoman Elizabeth Morris has put together a solo EP entitled Optimism, available for digital purchase now.
eMusic has an interview with Billy Bragg.
Tags: Allo Darlin', Anna Calvi, Arctic Monkeys, Belle & Sebastian, Billy Bragg, Charli XCX, CHVRCHES, Daughter, Elizabeth Morris, Elvis Costello, Franz Ferdinand, frightened rabbit, Glasvegas, Horrors, Johnny Flynn, Lanterns On The Lake, London Grammar, Los Campesinos, M.I.A., Manic Street Preachers, Peter Hook, Primal Scream, Savages, Still Corners, Suede, Two Door Cinema Club, Wedding Present, Yuck
Yeah Yeah Yeahs set Toronto show; win a date with the night
Dan MartensenThe new Yeah Yeah Yeahs record Mosquito has proven to be somewhat divisive. Some are finding it a terrific fourth long-player in their discography, summing together all that's come before for a record quintessentially them, others finding it a disappointing water-treading exercise that captures neither the fiery anarchy of their early work or the gleaming excellence of their last effort, 2009's It's Blitz!. Personally, I fall more towards the latter camp, finding it just alright but decidedly forgettable, which may well be worse than being especially bad.
In any case, one thing most everyone with an interest in the topic can agree on – besides that the album art is atrocious – is that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs remain an incredible live act and that the four years since they last visited – two nights at The Kool Haus in August 2009m if you'll recall – is far too long. So I'm happy to announce that the band's somewhat erratic touring schedule – a consequence of being almost-headliner status during festival season, I guess – now has a Toronto date, with them coming to celebrate Canada Day – July 1 – at Echo Beach. And I'm even happier to announce that courtesy of LiveNation, I've got a pair of passes to give away before the $39.50 tickets go on sale this Friday morning at 10AM. To enter, email me at contests@chromewaves.net with "I I I want want want Yeah Yeah Yeahs" in the subject line and your full name in the body and have that to me by midnight, May 30. The winner will be notified before the on-sale goes live.
MP3: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Date With The Night"
Video: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Sacrilege"
If you'd have otherwise been keen on seeing next week's The xx and Grizzly Bear double-bill but didn't much fancy the trek out to Downsview Park to do it, congratulations – your laziness has been rewarded. The June 6 show has been moved from the former airbase to the much more urban Echo Beach; all previously sold tickets are still valid and all remaining – of which there are now considerably fewer – are still $59.50 general admission and $99 VIP. The Vancouver Sun, Vue Weekly, and Georgia Straight have profiles of The xx.
MP3: The xx – "Reconsider"
MP3: Grizzly Bear – "Yet Again"
Scottish folkster Alasdair Roberts will be at The Drake Underground on July 17 as part of a tour in support of his latest album A Wonder Working Stone, released earlier this year. For Folk's Sake has an interview with Mr. Roberts.
MP3: Alasdair Roberts – "The Merry Wake"
If you're looking for something to do Labour Day long weekend, you could do far worse than heading out Hamilton way for the Greenbelt Harvest Picnic, taking place at Christie Lake in Dundas, Ontario on August 31. It was conceived by Daniel Lanois, who will be performing, and features a couple huge names drawn from his producing CV – specifically, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and Emmylou Harris. Not bad, eh? Tickets are $139.50 in advance and go on sale June 1.
Video: Neil Young – "Love And War"
Video: Emmylou Harris – "Wrecking Ball" (live)
Not quite ready to return to being Bon Iver, Justin Vernon and his Wisconsin brethren have announced the September 3 release of a second Volcano Choir album – Repave – and a supporting Fall tour that brings them to The Phoenix on September 8, tickets $22.50 in advance. A trailer for the new record has been released, but rather than annoyingly tease, it actually almost acts as a complete video for one of the new songs.
MP3: Volcano Choir – "Island, Is"
Trailer: Volcano Choir / Repave
Portland electro-pop outfit STRFKR – whose name stands for what you think it does – have made a September 14 date at The Opera House in support of their third album Miracle Mile, released back in February. Tickets for the show are $15.
MP3: STRFKR – "Bury Us Alive"
Scout Niblett, who's just released a new record in It's Up To Emma, will be at The Silver Dollar on September 17.
MP3: Scout Niblett – "Dance Of Sulphur"
Video: Scout Niblett – "Gun"
English-born, Germany-based electronic act Gold Panda has a new album in Half Of Where You Live coming out on June 11 and has just announced a Fall tour behind it that brings him to Lee's Palace on October 8, tickets $15. A new song from the new record has also been made available to stream and Noisey has an interview.
Stream: Gold Panda – "We Work Nights"
There's still no follow-up to 2010's Passive Me, Aggressive You, but Australia's The Naked & Famous are coming back to North America for a Fall tour anyways; look for them at the Sound Academy on October 14, tickets $28.50 general admission and $38.50 VIP.
Video: The Naked & Famous – "Girls Like You"
Two Door Cinema Club are keeping last year's Beacon an active concern with another North American tour that brings them to the Danforth Music Hall on October 15.
Video: Two Door Cinema Club – "Next Year"
Stereogum talks to Matt Berninger of The National. They're headlining Yonge-Dundas Square for NXNE on June 14.
With their new record Nightingale Floors due out next week on June 4 and streaming now at Pitchfork, Rogue Wave frontman Zach Rogue chats about the new record with Billboard. They'll be at The Mod Club on June 25.
Stream: Rogue Wave / Nightingale Floors
Partygoing, the new album from Future Bible Heroes and one-quarter of the Memories of Love, Eternal Youth, and Partygoing. box set – both out next Tuesday, June 4 – is now streaming courtesy of Pitchfork. Chickfactor talks to Stephin Merritt, Christopher Ewen, and Claudia Gonson of the band about the new record; they'll be at Lee's Palace – well, Ewen and Gonson, anyways – on July 22.
Stream: Future Bible Heroes / Partygoing
Guitar World sits down with Redd Kross guitarist Jeff McDonald to talk about guitars.
The Line Of Best Fit, TNT, and The Herald Scotland have interviews with Bob Mould.
The Guardian and USA Today profile punk rock legend Patti Smith.
Tags: Alasdair Roberts, Bob Mould, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Future Bible Heroes, Gold Panda, Grizzly Bear, Naked & Famous, National, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Redd Kross, Rogue Wave, Scout Niblett, STRFKR, Two Door Cinema Club, Volcano Choir, XX, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Johnny Marr at The Phoenix in Toronto
Frank YangFor the better part of the past 20 years, I've kept with me a copy of the January, 1990 issue of Guitar Player, the cover of which features a too-cool black-and-white photo of Johnny Marr under the title of "Anti-Guitar Hero". It's the image and epithet that I think of first when I think of Marr, along with the phrase "consummate sideman", who in addition to being the true genius behind The Smiths, has lent his guitar and songwriting skills to The Pretenders, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, and The Cribs to name just his official affiliations – his list of guest appearances runs much longer and his overall CV is beyond reproach.
So The Messenger, this year's solo debut under his own name – despite the fact that no one bought 2003's Boomslang, credited to Marr and The Healers, because it was a new Zak Starkey record – really didn't have to prove anything, except maybe that it was better than Boomslang. And it is by a fair distance. Marr is a capable singer – not as distinctive a personality as his past collaborators, but strong enough to carry a tune, particularly when backed with his characteristically brilliant guitarwork, which has found an ideal balance between his jangly past and the heavier, riffier sounds of his more recent work. But the best thing about The Messenger is that it's given Marr an excuse to stage a full North American tour – not such the logistical feat since he's lived in Portland the last few years – and sell out The Phoenix on Saturday night. And while I'd technically seen Marr in 2008 as part of Modest Mouse and again in January 2011 circa his tenure in The Cribs, there was still a special feeling about this one, what with it being his first visit as Johnny Marr and doing explicitly Johnny Marr things.
Marr took the stage sharply-dressed and looking much younger than his 49 years – how is he so spry when barely-older Morrissey is literally falling apart? – as he led a new version of The Healers through Messenger opener "The Right Thing Right", but immediately followed it, as if to answer the unspoken question from those who'd not bothered to look at set lists from this tour, with "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before". Yes indeed, The Smiths songbook was open – and Electronic as well, as "Forbidden City" a few songs in would signal – and damned if Marr didn't sound great singing it.
His relatively anonymous vocals were a great advantage here as he didn't try to ape the Moz's (and Bernard Sumner's) delivery but was still able to sound like he'd been singing these songs all his life. And while I've never seen Morrissey live, I'm going to bet that his backing band can't close to playing Marr's guitar parts – as much a part of the Smiths magic as anything Morrissey contributed – as well as the man himself. Indeed, all of the Smiths songs in the set sounded better than anyone could have hoped, with Marr injecting each of "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", "Bigmouth Strikes Again", and "The Queen Is Dead" with a some serious rock adrenaline and making them feel more alive than they have in nigh on 30 years.
And for a man who is arguably one of the architects of modern guitar pop, Marr was all about the rock. Anti-guitar hero he might be, but he had some choice guitar hero moves, and while he was friendly and chatty from the stage, he still carried himself like a bona fide rock star. The pace of the set didn't slow one iota until almost an hour into the set with the relatively more moderately-paced "Say Demense". Of course, that went straight back into a ripping "Bigmouth" so it barely counted as a lull.
When he returned for the encore, Marr had traded his moddish tweed jacket and button-down shirt for a bright red "Johnny Fucking Marr" t-shirt, and though it's basically unwearable in public, I'm pretty sure he sold at least a couple dozen of them right then and there. He then called local boy Kevin Drew to the stage, citing Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People as one of his inspirations for re-engaging with popular music some years ago, and traded vocals with him on a cover of "I Fought The Law". It was then back into the archives for a reading of Electronic's "Getting Away With It" and, finally – brilliantly – "How Soon Is Now". For nigh on 90 minutes, Johnny Marr affirmed why he's a legend and while with all his projects, he's never really gone away, how amazing it is to have him back, simultaneously and fully embracing both his past and future.
The Toronto Sun and National Post also have reviews of the show. Vulture, Washington City Paper, The Oakland Press, The Detroit Free Press, and MTV Hive all have interviews with Johnny Marr.
Photos: Johnny Marr @ The Phoenix – April 27, 2013
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With their debut album finally out in North America this week, Rolling Stone has a stream of Daughter's If You Leave. And just because, you can stream their smouldering cover of the new Daft Punk single, recorded for BBC. Daughter are at The Great Hall on May 7.
Stream: Daughter – "Get Lucky"
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James Blake gripes about the music industry to Exclaim. He brings his gripes – er, music – to the Danforth Music Hall on May 4.
DIY and Female First interview Victoria Hesketh of Little Boots. Her new record Nocturnes is out May 7 and The Guardian have posted her new video from it.
Video: Little Boots – "Broken Record"
Drowned In Sound talks to Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, whose new album More Light is out May 6 in the UK and June 18 in North America.
The xx are streaming their contribution to the soundtrack of The Great Gatsby. The soundtrack album is out May 7, the film on May 10, and they play Downsview Park on June 6.
Stream: The xx – "Together"
The Guardian talks to Foals. They're at The Kool Haus on May 11.
The Guardian and Contact Music have interviews with Laura Marling about her forthcoming album Once I Was An Eagle, out May 28, while Noisey presents a short film/performance video by Marling entitled "When Brave Bird Saved".
Daytrotter welcomes CHVRCHES for a session. They're at The Hoxton on June 12 and their debut album is due in September.
HungerTV and Gold Flake Paint talk to Polly Scattergood about her new record Arrows, coming June 14.
Rolling Stone has premiered the gory new video from Two Door Cinema Club, taken from last year's Beacon.
Video: Two Door Cinema Club – "Handshake"
MySpace has an interview with Jessie Ware, who details her favourite things about London for The London Evening Standard and who has just put up a stream of a Martika cover – no, not of "Toy Soldiers" – just because.
Stream: Jessie Ware – "Love Thy Will Be Done"
Spinner finds out what former XTC frontman Andy Partridge has been up to of late, specifically his Gonwards collaboration with Peter Blegvad.
Atoms For Peace have made a new, non-album track available to stream.
Stream: Atoms For Peace – "Magic Beanz"
The Rumpus manages to be the first outlet to elicit an interview with David Bowie, in the form of a 42-word workflow diagram for The Next Day. Okay, then.
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Fed Shifts to 'Patient' Policy on Rate Hikes
The central bank indicated it will slow the pace of interest rate increases in response to changing economic conditions.
Matthew HellerJanuary 31, 2019
The U.S. Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday that it will slow the pace of interest-rate hikes, calling for a "patient" approach amid macroeconomic "cross-currents" and diminished inflation risks.
After a two-day meeting of its policy-making committee, the Fed decided, as expected, to keep the benchmark federal funds rate within the target range of 2.25% to 2.50% percent that it set in December.
Fed officials had predicted at least two rate increases in 2019 as the central bank continued on its course of "gradual" hikes. But the word "gradual" was omitted from Wednesday's post-meeting statement.
"In light of global economic and financial developments and muted inflation pressures, the [policy-making] committee will be patient as it determines what future adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate may be appropriate to support" the Fed's objectives, the statement said.
In comments to the media, Fed chairman Jerome Powell said such an approach was the appropriate response to changing economic conditions.
"Over the past few months we have seen some cross-currents and conflicting signals," he said, citing slowing growth in China and Europe, ongoing trade negotiations, the partial government shutdown in the U.S., and the tightening of financial conditions in late 2018.
Powell also noted that "Inflation readings have been muted, and the recent drop in oil prices is likely to push headline inflation lower still in coming months."
"In this environment, we believe we can best support the economy by being patient in evaluating the outlook before making any future adjustment to policy," he said.
Fed officials forecast in December that economic growth would decline to 2.3% this year from 3% in 2018.
"It does feel like the top of the [rate-hiking] cycle," Tim Duy, an economist at the University of Oregon, told The New York Times. "With the economy poised to slow over the next year, the Fed is not interested in risking turning that slowdown into a recession."
But Brian Coulton, chief economist at Fitch Ratings, said the Fed's statement "reads more like a pause than a strong signal that they believe that they are at the end of the hiking cycle."
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past roles might have gone to Reeves (Ant-Man? Doctor Strange? Thanos?), and whether Feige might be getting ahead of an upcoming announcement for a film like The Eternals or Shang-Chi (Keanu Reeves is partially of Chinese descent). In other Marvel news, Feige also revealed that Avengers: Endgame will return to theaters next week (6/28/2019) with new scenes as part of an effort to pass current box office record holder Avatar. As for Marvel s plans for 2020, British actor Ray Winstone (Noah, Sexy Beast) joined the cast of the Black Widow prequel this week in an unspecified role.4. LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA TO EXPLODE ON NETFLIX WITH TICK, TICK BOOM!(Photo by Lev Radin/Everett Collection)We may still have to wait for a while yet for the inevitable Hamilton movie, but 2020 is still going to be a big year for its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda. The long-in-development adaptation of his musical In the Heights will be released on June 26, 2020, and Sony Pictures Animation also has Vivo, featuring eleven new songs by Miranda, scheduled for release on November 6, 2020. A third project (which doesn t have a release date yet) is called Tick, Tick Boom!, and this week it was picked up by Netflix. Lin-Manuel Miranda will make his feature film directorial debut with Tick, Tick Boom!, which will be an adaptation of a stage musical by the late creator of Rent, Jonathan Larson. Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) is reportedly the choice to star in the musical as an aspiring theater composer and waiter living in New York City in 1990.5. DISCO ERA BIOPIC SPINNING GOLD ATTRACTS SAMUEL L. JACKSON AND OTHERS(Photo by Zade Rosenthal/Marvel Studios)Some movies manage to get developed, produced, and released in just a few years, but there are others that date back decades. One such example is Spinning Gold, the biopic of 1970s record company executive Neil Bogart, whose Casablanca Records was the home of acts like the Village People, Donna Summer, Parliament, the Isley Brothers, and KISS. Following the box office successes of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, Spinning Gold is finally going to start filming on July 16, and this week, the film s large ensemble cast was announced. Parliament will be represented by Samuel L. Jackson (as George Clinton) and D.L. Hughley (as Bootsy Collins), Jason Derulo will portray Ron Isley, Neil Patrick Harris will play KISS manager Bill Aucoin, and Kenan Thompson will portray Motown s Berry Gordy. Neil Bogart himself will be played by relative-unknown Jeremy Jordan, who s best known for stage musicals like Newsies, Bonnie Clyde, and Waitress.6. VIOLA DAVIS AND CHADWICK BOSEMAN TO LEAD MA RAINEY S BLACK BOTTOM FOR NETFLIX (Photo by Dee Cercone, Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection)Starting with Jitney in 1982, playwright August Wilson wrote a series of ten films set in Pittsburgh during each of the 20th Century s decades, including the 1950s-set Fences. Denzel Washington directed and starred in the film adaptation (Certified Fresh at 92%), which received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and a win for Viola Davis for Best Supporting Actress. Now, Davis has signed on with Netflix to star as the famous titular blues singer in their adaptation of the 1920s entry in Wilson s Pittsburgh Cycle, the jazz era drama Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, and she ll be joined by Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman. Ma Rainey s Black Bottom will be produced for Netflix by Denzel Washington, who has stated a commitment to eventually getting all ten plays in August Wilson s Pittsburgh Cycle adapted as feature films.7. CLASSIC GHOST STORY BLITHE SPIRIT GETTING REMADE (Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images)Although British director David Lean eventually became famous for epics like Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and The Bridge on the River Kwai, earlier in his career, he produced more intimate films like Brief Encounter and 1945 s Blithe Spirit. The latter was a comedy about a ghost based on a play by British actor and playwright Noël Coward, a new version of which started production this week in England. Dan Stevens (of TV s Downton Abbey and Legion) will star as a struggling writer who becomes haunted by the ghost of his first wife (Leslie Mann). Isla Fisher will play his second (still living) wife, and Dame Judi Dench will play the medium whose seance accidentally summons the ghost.8. 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Sony s trailer for the upcoming Morbius featured a few unexpected moments, with both indirect and seemingly direct ties to the Marvel Cinematic Universe or, at the very least, continuations of narrative hooks that both studios agreed to before their tumultuous short-term break-up last summer. Either way, it s clear the closing moments of Spider-Man: Far From Home matter in the world of Morbius and, at least to our eyes, that probably direct tie to the MCU late in the trailer means Sony will finally make good on its plan to do a film about the Sinister Six, an idea the studio postponed when The Amazing Spider-Man 2 underperformed.So let s take a look at this latest wrinkle in the Sony Spider-Verse and what these call-outs in the Morbius trailer mean for the studio s emerging superhero world.The Benefits of A Spider-Verse(Photo by Sony Pictures)If taken at face value, the post-credits stinger at the end of 2018 s Venom that introduced a preview scene from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ( Meanwhile, in another universe ) implied that the two films took place in the same multiverse. The latter film then introduced audiences to the notion of multiple realities where a panoply of Spider-people (many of them alternative versions of Peter Parker) take center stage to defend their world or corner of Queens from threats small and large.As a science-fiction concept, multiverses are a wonderful device. They allow you to keep all your work as true in a canonical sense while also allowing you ways to change up those ideas or revise key components. And considering the Spider-Man seen in Far From Home and the other Marvel Studios films (played by Tom Holland) is Sony s third attempt at Peter Parker, a multiverse is the best way to tell continuity-conscious viewers that all of the films are valid, even if they don t tell the same story.Of course, you could always do what the Bond films did for decades and ignore such concerns entirely. But that s beside the point.In terms of Sony s most recent attempt to launch its own cinematic universe and continue their relationship with Marvel Studios, the Spider-Verse allows them almost absolute freedom. Venom can exist as a standalone movie, or it can easily fit into a world where Peter and Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) crossed paths at one time there are those oblique references to Eddie s problems in New York, after all. Morbius, meanwhile, is equally free to name-check Eddie or ignore him in favor of clear ties to the MCU Spider-Man and his current troubles. At this point, what is true between the three films is open to conjecture. Morbius could be a secret MCU film or it could be the first look at a Sony s plans for Peter after he leaves the MCU in a couple of years.Granted, this all presumes Micheal Keaton is indeed playing Adrian Toomes (a.k.a. the Vulture from Spider-Man: Homecoming) in Morbius.Venom s Success and the Old Sinister Six Plan(Photo by Sony Pictures Entertainment)Thanks in part to its success, many have forgotten just how risky Venom was when it released. Launching a film centered on a prominent superhero antagonist had never been pulled off before. And let s face it, Venom s cheesy tone while highly entertaining at times still left some people feeling like the experiment didn t work. But for Sony, Venom s worldwide box-office take was all the proof it needed to say it could make Spider-Man movies as strong and as successful as Marvel.And, as it happens, the film s success also proved the studio s plan for films featuring the foes of Spider-Man a plan born in the wake of 2012 s The Amazing Spider-Man was also viable.As the story goes, from 2012 onward, Sony began toying with films based around the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, the Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, Sandman, and Mysterio. And just like Marvel s Avengers, the leads of the six films would join forces in Sinister Six a film based on the villains coalition in the Spider-Man comics. The group first joined forces in 1964 s The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 and would eventually see characters like Hobgoblin, Shocker, Lizard, Venom, Electro, and others subbing in for one or more of the original group. The Sinister Six also, on occasion, expanded to seven, 12, and even 66 members which is when Morbius finally became part of the team.(Photo by Sony Pictures)Sometime in 2014, The Cabin the Woods Drew Goddard submitted a Sinister Six script draft to Sony, with then-president Amy Pascal telling reporters she was waiting for Goddard who would later be attached to 20th Century Fox s planned X-Force film to direct the picture. Much of the characters iconic gear made its debut in a brief scene in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, although it was said Goddard s Sinister Six was meant to feature the classic line-up with Doc Ock as their leader. The script was also said to feature the characters redeeming themselves, but for some of them, fighting Spider-Man is part of their nature. By this point, the plan changed from making six individual films to spinning off Sinister Six s well-received characters into their own films.Then The Amazing Spider-Man 2 failed to meet expectations, unfortunately, and garnered a reputation as a dud. Sony s plan was put on hold, but one film in its foes of Spider-Man concept went forward: Venom. And even though Sony reached a point where it felt better off working with Marvel Studios, it never completely abandoned Sinister Six or its own series of films.Silver Black and Other Tales of the Spider-Verse(Photo by Sony Pictures Entertainment)Even as Spider-Man made his way to Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming, Sony let some of their Spider-Man film concepts simmer. One of these was Silver Black. Intended to feature sometimes friends of Spider-Man, namely Black Cat (a cat burglar) and Silver Sable (an amoral mercenary), the crew included Cloak Dagger pilot director Gina Prince-Bythewood and writers like Westworld s Lisa Joy, Marvel Comics Christopher Yost, and Captain Marvel s Geneva Robertson-Dworet (alongside writer Lindsey Beer). Reportedly, the film would have taken some cues from Homecoming, but a creative impasse led to it being cancelled in 2018, and the lead characters split into their own projects. Presumably, the individual Black Cat and Silver Sable films are still in development and may flesh out the emerging Spider-Verse with more allies for Peter to call upon when he inevitably faces the Sinister Six.But here s where things get interesting. As recently as 2018, Goddard said it was likely Sony would eventually use his script as a basis for Sinister Six, which means the studio has a sense of direction even as it substitutes Morbius (Jared Leto) for, say, Mysterio (who is presumably dead in both the MCU and the Spider-Verse). And from the Morbius trailer, it definitely feels like there is momentum toward an Avengers-style film focusing on the villains an idea strong enough that it s surprising Marvel or Warner Bros. didn t think of it first.Besides Sinister Six and the Black Cat and Silver Sable films, Sony is also developing a movie based on Madame Web. Created by Denny O'Neil and artist John Romita Jr., the character was introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #210 as a blind and paralyzed precognitive mutant who used a sophisticated web-themed mobility device to get around and offer Spider-Man a heads-up on various crimes and misdeeds. Writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless took on the task of writing the script in September of 2019, but little has been heard from the project since. The same is true for Silk, based on the Spider-Man character created by Dan Slott and Umberto Ramos. Featuring a Korean-American protagonist with Spider-powers and a love of gadgets, the project seemingly has not moved forward since 2018.As early as 2017, Sony was toying with the idea of a film centering on Kraven the Hunter. Born Sergei Kravinoff to Russian aristocrats, the big game hunter came to New York in The Amazing Spider-Man #15 to assist his half brother, the Chameleon, in taking down the webhead. It went poorly, but Kraven walked away from the encounter believing Spider-Man to be the most dangerous game. He would return time and again to hunt Peter. As of August 2018, the film was in some active development with writer Richard Wenk reportedly on board to write the script, but as with the other projects, it s unclear if it will be ready for production anytime soon.That said, intrepid internet sleuths noticed "Kraven" stamped onto signage on the Morbius set — both on a delivery truck and as the name of a ballet company.And not to be forgotten, Sony is working on a sequel to 2018 s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Presumably, the film will take place on the same Earth where Peter Parker is dead and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) has taken his place. But it s also possible the series established fun with different realities may allow a member of the live-action Sony world to meet Miles. That film is currently scheduled for release on April 8th 2022.The Shape Of The Spider-Verse(Photo by ©Columbia Pictures/©Marvel Studios)With all of this information, we begin to see a picture of a Spider-Verse with the MCU Peter Parker at the center of it. It all begins with Morbius, which establishes a live-action Spider-Verse world in which Peter is wanted for Mysterio s murder, as indicated by some graffiti art in the trailer. The title character goes on his journey of self-discovery and, at some point, gets recruited by Adrian Toomes who serves as an antagonist to Nick Fury. If the film is successful commercially and critically, it s easy to imagine Toomes returning at the end of Venom 2 to recruit Eddie or Carnage (Woody Harrelson).In this set-up, Sony acknowledges the events of the two MCU Spider-Man films while also establishing their own continuity. It creates a situation in which characters can talk about Peter without him being on camera, which, as seen in films like The Third Man, can build effective anticipation.Where Sony goes from there all depends on Morbius. If it s a smash hit, one could easily see Kraven the Hunter rushing into production. Perhaps Madame Web or Silk follows it while Spider-Man finishes his commitments in the MCU namely a third solo film and an appearance in an Avengers-style team-up movie. Presumably, the latter would act as a send-off to Peter and Tom Holland in the MCU, who would immediately resurface in the next convenient Spider-Verse film and then in Sinister Six, where he is, oddly enough, the antagonist. But one imagines Black Cat, Silver Sable, Madame Web, and Silk will help him establish a team of his own.And, amazingly, the whole thing would be viable. So far, only Disney has pulled off sustained cinematic universes with Star Wars and Marvel arguably, Warner Bros. may have done it as well, though the DC film universe keeps getting rebooted. By embracing all of its messy development, Sony may be in the best position to plan and execute a six-film meta-arc. The results could be quite exciting.Well, assuming Morbius works, of course.Like this? Subscribe to our newsletter and get more features, news, and guides in your inbox every week.
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Q: A question about a contractible manifold A couple of questions. $X$ is a compact manifold, $Z\subset Y$ is a closed submanifold, then
(i) If $Y$ is contractible (i.e. $id_Y$ is homotopic to a constant map), then any map $f: X\rightarrow Y$ is homotopic to the constant map. May I know why this is true?
$X\xrightarrow{f}Y\xrightarrow{id_Y}Y$ and $id_Y\sim \{y\}$, $\{y\}$ being a constant map.
(ii) No compact manifold is contractible. The reason given is let $Z$ be a single point and let $f:X\rightarrow X$ be an identity map. Then since $X$ is contractible, $f$ is homotopic to a constant map and hence $I_2(f,Z) = 0$. But $\#(f(X)\cap Z) = \#Z = 1$ and hence a contradiction.
I know that if $g:X\rightarrow Y$ is homotopic to a constant map, then $I_2(g,Z) = 0$. So, how does $f\sim \{y\}\implies g\sim \{y\}$?. Thanks!

A: For (i) this is actually a consequence of the following general result.

Result: If $X$ and $Y$ are topological spaces and $Y$ is contractible then every continuous map from $X$ to $Y$ is homotopic to a constant map.

For (ii) the result you're trying to prove is incorrect as there are plenty compact manifolds that are contractible. For example any convex subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ is contractible via a straight line homotopy. It's easy to see then that $[0,1]$ is a compact manifold that is contractible.

A: For (i), it follows from the result Perturbative mentions and noting that being homotopic is a transitive property. Perturbative is also right in saying that there are certainly compact manifolds that are contractible, [0,1] is clearly an example as given, but if we consider only manifolds without boundaries, then (ii) is very much true (in fact, it's exercise 2.4.6 in Guillemin & Pollack).
As the chapter would have you work out, you would start by proving 2.4.4:

If $f:X \longrightarrow Y$ is homotopic to a constant map, show that $I_{2}(f,Z) = 0$
for all complementary dimensional closed $Z$ in $Y$, except perhaps if $\dim X = 0$.

The idea is that we can always push a point on the manifold into the surrounding ambient space with an arbitrarily small deformation, which will allow its preimage to yield the empty set (zero intersection number). Since this arbitrarily small deformation can be made via a straight line homotopy (manifolds are locally path connected, at least in G&P), the result follows since $I_{2}(f,Z) = I_{2}(g,Z)$ for $f \sim g$.
Use this to prove 2.4.5:

If $Y$ is contractible and $\dim Y > 0$, then $I_{2}(f,Z) = 0$ for every
$f:X \longrightarrow Y$, $X$ compact and $Z$ closed, $\dim X + \dim Z = \dim Y$.

(Since all maps into a contractible space are homotopic, in particular, any map is homotopic to the constant map.)
Finally, we approach 2.4.6 by assuming, for a contradiction, the existence of a compact, contractible manifold $Y$ (without boundary) that isn't already the single point space. We then take $Z = \{y_{0}\}$ with $y_{0} \in Y$, and by 2.4.5, we have that $I_{2}(Id_{Y},Z) = 0$, but this is a contradiction since $|Id_{Y}^{-1}(Z)| = |Z| = 1$ by nature of the identity, as you've noted.

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The date on the calendar pin for aspiring teachers and teachers is September 17 , the day when – with about a month earlier than last year – will take place on admission test in Primary Education in 2013 . The announcement was made today the Ministry of Education, with the ministerial decrees that numbers 614 and 615 of 15 July 2013 has set the date of the test, the seats available for the academic year 2013-2014, the criteria for evaluation and training of the lists of those admitted, and the topics in the program. The test for admission to Primary Education in 2013 will start at 11.00 am , at the same time in all locations. Candidates will have two and half hours of time to respond to eighty questions with four possible answers, of which only one correct. The tests will be prepared independently by each university, but must necessarily contains forty questions of language proficiency and logical reasoning, winds of literary, historical, social and geographical and winds of mathematical and scientific culture. Each correct answer will be awarded 1,125 points, while no points will be awarded to those incorrect or dates. The maximum score is 90 and will need to be allowed to have scored at least 63/90 . The final ranking will take into account the results obtained in the test for admission to Primary Education, 2013, to which may be added up to a maximum of 10 points (the so-called 'bonus maturity' ), such as evaluation of previous schooling . In addition, for holders of a certificate of proficiency in the English language at least level B1 (according to the 'Common European Framework of Reference for Languages') issued by recognized, it will be possible to get more points from 3 to 10. As specified in Annex A to the dm 615 of 15 July 2013, applications for language proficiency and logical reasoning test for admission to Primary Education 2013 must be the measures to verify the ability to properly use the Italian language, to understand a written text and complete reasoning in a manner consistent with the premises. The selected texts can be fiction or non-fiction authors of classic or contemporary, topical (extracts from newspapers or magazines generalist or specialist), or may relate to cases or problems – even abstract in nature – solved through various forms of logical reasoning. The questions of literary, historical, social and geographical test for admission to Primary Education, 2013, however, will probe the candidates' ability to identify the characteristics of literary genres, historical and cultural orientation in the placement of a text and recognize works and relevant authors of the Italian tradition, to distinguish the type and relevance of sources in historical research, to be guided in the chronology of key events of national history and with particular reference to the European politico-cultural and socio-economic of the modern and contemporary art, distinguish and describe the basic elements of geography, astronomy, physics, human, social and economic. Finally, the applications of mathematical and scientific culture of the test for admission to Primary Education in 2013 will refer to the following topics: sets of numbers, arithmetic, algebra, Euclidean geometry, probability, analysis-presentation of information-processing, environment and ecosystem, atmosphere, climate, water, life and living organisms, biological evolution, elements and chemicals, bonds, and chemical reactions, energy production, photosynthesis, measurement of physical quantities, principles of dynamics, thermodynamics, optics, electricity, magnetism, astronomy, microscopic world.
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(with Sophie the resident doggie too).
We hiked to the waters of the Imnaha River with their friends, John,Andrea, Hill and Laura Jane. We had most of our meals outside on a wonderful long table and our little tent fit under a lovely tree guarded by the cows of Richland, Oregon.
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Our trips traveling by bicycle. Our trips in Central America, Europe and Across the USA.


Valetta Anderson is an award-winning playwright and a teaching artist with the Alliance, Fox and Horizon Theatres. She spent her time at Serenbe working on her play Hallelujah Street Blues, which was produced by Horizon Theatre.
Full productions include HALLELUJAH STREET BLUES by Atlanta's Horizon Theatre, LEAVING LIMBO by Atlanta's Essential Theatre, SHE'LL FIND HER WAY HOME and TODAY by Jomandi Productions. SHE'LL FIND… was produced by Fisk University Players in Nashville and Pittsburgh's Kuntu Repertory Theatre. MORAL OF THE STORY, a children's play, and SHE'LL FIND… are both available at HaveScripts.com.
Other productions include DR. LOVE & THE FABULOUS DIAMOND JUBILEES by Clark-Atlanta University Players, and SISTERS & OTHER CHRISTMAS TURKEYS, a ten minute play by 7Stages Theatre.
She is a Resident Teaching Artist with Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, Former Adjunct Drama Professor at Spelman College, Consultant with Atlanta's Fox Theatre Outreach Program, Arts in Education Consultant Member of the Georgia Council for the Arts' Arts in Education Consultant Bank, Playwright Instructor Member of the GCA's Teaching Artist Bank.


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This digital collection features selected visual representations of the periodic table of the elements, with an emphasis on alternative layouts including circular, cylindrical, pyramidal, spiral, and triangular forms. Ranging in date from the 1860s to the 1990s, the materials provide a panorama of the historic evolution of the periodic table following Dmitri Mendeleev's initial 1869 design. Illustrations depicting chemical elements and concepts in atomic theory are also included in this collection.
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Mazurs, Edward G.58
Bassett, Henry3
Béguyer de Chancourtois, A. E. (Alexandre Emile), 1820-18862
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Plane Curves
Illustration depicting different types of two-dimensional curves on a plane, including spiral, plane lemniscate, and concentric circles. These plane curves are top views (projections) of the three-dimensional space…
Creator Of Work Mazurs, Edward G.
Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements
Periodic table in style of helix and space lemniscate with two additional loops for rare earth elements
1905 (Original design)
Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Top and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a helix and space lemniscate with two additional loops for the rare earth elements. This table was…
Creator Of Work Walker, Claude Frederic, Mazurs, Edward G., Gooch, Frank Austin, 1852-1929
Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Gooch, Frank Austin, 1852-1929
Periodic table in style of concentric circles on a plane
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of concentric circles on a plane. This table was originated by L. Sibaiya in 1941 and classified by chemist Edward G. Mazurs as Type IIIB4-3…
Creator Of Work Sibaiya, L., Mazurs, Edward G.
Series table with rare earth elements placed in two series
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a series table with eight groups and three subgroups in which the rare earth elements are placed in two series. This table was originated by…
Creator Of Work Shemyakin, F.M. (Fedor Mikhaĭlovich), Mazurs, Edward G.
Unsymmetrical series table with elements of short periods placed in subgroup "a"
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as an unsymmetrical series table in which the elements of short periods are placed in subgroup "a." This table was originated by German chemists…
Creator Of Work Arnold, Karl, Mazurs, Edward G.
Periodic table in style of a zigzag (Eugenio Saz, 1922)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a zigzag. This table was originated by Eugenio Saz in 1922 and and classified by Mazurs as Type IIIC3-2 in his seminal work Types of…
Creator Of Work Saz, Eugenio, Mazurs, Edward G.
Left-step series table designed by Dmitri Mendeleev
1957 – circa (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements organized as a left-step series table with Group 0 positioned on the right side of the table and Group Ia (Li and Na) placed above the elements of Group…
Creator Of Work Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Mazurs, Edward G.
Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907
Periodic table in style of helix with three sizes of revolutions
1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Top and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a helix with three sizes of revolutions for eight representative, ten transitional, and fourteen rare…
Creator Of Work Vogel, Rudolf, Mazurs, Edward G.
Periodic table in the style of spiral with radii (Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer, 1870)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements depicted as a spiral with eight radii. This table was originated by German chemist Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848-1926) in 1870 and classified by…
Creator Of Work Baumhauer, Heinrich Adolph, Mazurs, Edward G.
Periodic table in style of helix and space lemniscate with additional loop for rare earth elements
Top and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a helix and space lemniscate with an additional loop for the rare earth elements. This table was…
Creator Of Work Schirmeisen, Karl, Mazurs, Edward G.
Series table organized into sixteen groups
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a series table with sixteen groups. This table was originated by G.M. Murashov in 1949 and and classified by Mazurs as Type IC3-2a in his…
Creator Of Work Murashov, G.M., Mazurs, Edward G.
Left-step table with Group 0 on right-hand side
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a left-step table with Group 0 positioned on the right-hand side of the table. This table was originated by Henry Bassett in 1892 and…
Creator Of Work Bassett, Henry, Mazurs, Edward G.
Periodic table in the style of Archimedes spiral
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements as an Archimedes spiral with a single revolution. This table was originated by Nicolas Opolonick in 1935 and classified by chemist Edward G. Mazurs as…
Creator Of Work Opolonick, Nicolas, Mazurs, Edward G.
Series table consisting of two mirror-images (Egon Wiberg, 1936)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a series table consisting of two parts that are arranged like mirror-images of one another. This table was originated by German chemist Egon…
Creator Of Work Wiberg, Egon, 1901-1976, Mazurs, Edward G.
Periodic table in the style of a right-side zigzag
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a right-side zigzag. This table was originated by C.H. Douglas Clark in 1931 and classified by chemist Edward G. Mazurs as Type IIIC4-2…
Creator Of Work Douglas Clark, C. H., Mazurs, Edward G.
Periodic table designed by Dmitri Mendeleev (1889)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed in the style of a so-called "periodic chain" with the numbers of valences for each element noted on the left-hand side. This table was…
Periodic table in the style of spiral with radii (Ernst Huth, 1884)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements depicted as a spiral with eight radii. This table was originated by German naturalist and botanist Ernst Huth (1845-1897) in 1884 and classified by…
Creator Of Work Huth, Ernst, Mazurs, Edward G.
Step table consisting of helix wound on two stepwise cylinders
Plan and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements as a helix wound on two stepwise cylinders. This table was originated by American geologist Benjamin Kendall Emerson…
Creator Of Work Emerson, Benjamin Kendall, 1843-1932, Mazurs, Edward G.
Subject Scientific illustration, Emerson, Benjamin Kendall, 1843-1932, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Periodic table of the elements
Series table in style of F.M. Shemi︠a︡kin
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed in the style F.M. Shemi︠a︡kin (Fedor Mikhaĭlovich), with additional groups and subgroups. This table was originated by A.I. Mashentsev in 1954…
Creator Of Work Mashentsev, A.I., Mazurs, Edward G.
Series table designed by Dmitri Mendeleev (1869)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a series table with Group 0 positioned in the middle of the table and with steps on both sides. This table was originated by Russian chemist…
Periodic table in style of helix drawn on one cylinder
Top and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements depicted as a helix drawn on a single cylinder. This table was originated by French geologist and mineralogist…
Creator Of Work Béguyer de Chancourtois, A. E. (Alexandre Emile), 1820-1886, Mazurs, Edward G.
Subject Béguyer de Chancourtois, A. E. (Alexandre Emile), 1820-1886, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration
Symmetrical series table by Dmitri Mendeleev
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements organized in symmetrical, chessboard-like pattern with seven periods going down the table and eight groups going across. This table was originated by…
Subject Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration
Top and perspective views of a graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a helix with three sizes of revolutions. This table was originated by Henry Bassett in 1892 and classified…
Periodic table in style of spiral with radii (O.I. Stewart, 1928)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements depicted as a spiral with eight radii. This table was originated by O.I. Stewart in 1928 and classified by chemist Edward G. Mazurs as Type IB2-2 in his…
Creator Of Work Stewart, O.I., Mazurs, Edward G.


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STS-103 was a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission by Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 19 December 1999 and returned on 27 December 1999. It was also the last Shuttle mission of the 1990s, and the only mission to span through Christmas.

Crew

Space walks
 Smith and Grunsfeld  – EVA 1
EVA 1 start: 22 December 1999 – 18:54 UTC
EVA 1 end: 23 December 1999 – 03:09 UTC
Duration: 8 hours, 15 minutes
 Foale and Nicollier  – EVA 2
EVA 2 start: 23 December 1999 – 19:06 UTC
EVA 2 end: 24 December 1999 – 03:16 UTC
Duration: 8 hours, 10 minutes
 Smith and Grunsfeld  – EVA 3
EVA 3 start: 24 December 1999 – 19:17 UTC
EVA 3 end: 25 December 1999 – 03:25 UTC
Duration: 8 hours, 08 minutes

Mission highlights

The primary objective of STS-103 was the Hubble Servicing Mission 3A. STS-103 had four scheduled Extravehicular Activity (EVA) days where four crew members worked in pairs on alternating days to renew and refurbish the telescope.

NASA officials decided to move up part of the servicing mission that had been scheduled for June 2000 after three of the telescope's six gyroscopes failed. Three gyroscopes must be working to meet the telescope's very precise pointing requirements, and the telescope's flight rules dictated that NASA consider a "call-up" mission before a fourth gyroscope failed. Four new gyros were installed during the first servicing mission (STS-61) in December 1993 and all six gyros were working during the second servicing mission (STS-82) in February 1997. Since then, a gyro failed in 1997, another in 1998 and a third in 1999. The Hubble team believed they understood the cause of the failures, although they could not be certain until the gyros were returned from space. Having fewer than three working gyroscopes would have precluded science observations, although the telescope would have remained safely in orbit until a servicing crew arrived.

Hubble's gyros spin at a constant rate of 19,200 rpm on gas bearings. This wheel is mounted in a sealed cylinder, which floats in a thick fluid. Electricity is carried to the motor by thin wires (approximately the size of a human hair). It is believed that oxygen in the pressurized air used during the assembly process caused the wires to corrode and break. The new gyros were assembled using nitrogen instead of oxygen. Each gyroscope is packaged in a Rate Sensor assembly. The Rate Sensors are packaged in pairs into an assembly called a Rate Sensor Unit (RSU). It is the RSUs that the STS-103's astronauts changed. The RSUs each weigh  and are 12.8 by 10.5 by 8.9 inches (325 by 267 by 226 mm) in size.

In addition to replacing all six gyroscopes on the December flight, the crew replaced a Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and the spacecraft's computer. The new computer reduced the burden of flight software maintenance and significantly lowered costs. The new computer was 20 times faster and had six times the memory of the DF-224 computer previously used on Hubble. It weighs  and is 18.8 by 18 by 13 inches (478 by 457 by 330 mm) in size. The FGS installed was a refurbished unit that was returned from Servicing Mission 2. It weighs  and is 5.5 by 4 by 2 feet (1.68 by 1.22 by 0.61 m) in size.

A voltage/temperature improvement kit (VIK) was also installed to protect spacecraft batteries from overcharging and overheating when the spacecraft goes into safe mode. The VIK modifies the charge cutoff voltage to a lower level to prevent battery overcharging and associated overheating. The VIK weighs about .

The repair mission also installed a new S-Band Single Access Transmitter (SSAT). Hubble has two identical SSATs onboard and can operate with only one. The SSATs send data from Hubble through NASA's Tracking Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) to the ground. The new transmitter replaced one that failed in 1998. The SSAT weighs  and is 14 by 8 by  inches (356 by 203 by 70 mm).

A spare solid state recorder was also installed to allow efficient handling of high-volume data. Prior to the second servicing mission, Hubble used three 1970s-style reel-to-reel tape recorders. During the second servicing mission, one of these mechanical recorders was replaced with a digital solid state recorder. During this mission a second mechanical recorder was replaced by a second solid state recorder. The new recorder could hold approximately 10 times as much data as the old unit (12 gigabytes instead of 1.2 gigabytes). The recorder weighs  and is 12 by 9 by 7 inches in size.

Finally, the EVA crew replaced the telescope's outer insulation that had degraded. The insulation is necessary to control the internal temperature on the Hubble. The New Outer Blanket Layer (NOBL) and Shell/Shield Replacement Fabric (SSRF) help protect Hubble from the harsh environment of space. It protects the telescope from the severe and rapid temperature changes it experiences during each 90 minute orbit as it moves from sunlight to darkness.

STS-103 also carried hundreds of thousands of student signatures as part of the Student Signatures in Space (S3) program. The unique project provided elementary schools (selected on a rotating basis) with special posters to be autographed by students, then scanned onto disks and carried aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission.

On STS-103, Discovery reached the highest orbit ever flown in the program's history, at the apogee of  above Earth. It was the Discovery's last solo spaceflight. All later missions by Discovery were International Space Station missions.

Astronaut John Grunsfeld, who was one of the mission specialists on this mission, brought a "Planet Mars Flag" aboard Discovery.

Wake-up calls
NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, which was first used to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15.
Each track is specially chosen, often by their families, and usually has a special meaning to an individual member of the crew, or is applicable to their daily activities.

See also

List of human spaceflights
List of Space Shuttle missions
Outline of space science

References

External links
 NASA mission summary
 STS-103 Video Highlights

Spacecraft launched in 1999
Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions
Space Shuttle missions
December 1999 events
1999 in Florida
Spacecraft which reentered in 2009

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After two nights in the walled medieval stronghold of Monemvasia, we walked along its roughhewn stone streets for the last time and exited the tiny town through the sole entryway: an opening just wide enough for a loaded donkey to fit through. After reclaiming our rental car, which went unused during our stay in pedestrian-only Monemvasia, we continued on our way through the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
We had our first glimpse of Mystras from a nearby village, where we stopped to fuel up on Greek salads and stuffed vine leaves before exploring the fortified Byzantine city. From this vantage point, the castle ruins crowning the top of the mountain seemed impossibly high and far away, challenging to reach. A few hours later, we were standing in the midst of them.
A zoom lens brings the ruins of Mystras' castle up close.
We hadn't done much research on Mystras, just enough to know that it was worth a stop and that it was along the way from Monemvasia to Nafplio, our next destination. We thought we would stretch our legs, have a quick look around at some interesting ruins, and then be on our way.
Once we entered the gate, we realized that Mystras was much more expansive than we had anticipated. Still, threshold crossed and tickets purchased, we were committed. Unlike traditional museums where visitors must maneuver carefully and not disturb the delicate pieces on display, Mystras is hardy, more interactive, inviting us to blend in with the place.
Mystras is divided into three sections spread across Mount Taygettus. The kastro, the castle at the summit, is the oldest section, built in 1249 by a Frankish ruler. A decade later he was defeated by the Byzantines, under whose auspices Mystras gradually grew and expanded down the hillside. After two centuries of rule by the Byzantines, the city changed hands among the Venetians, Turks, and Greeks before residents abandoned it in the early 1800s for more accessible places in the area.
A network of roads, alleys, stairs, and arched doorways leads through Mystras from the lower town, where we entered, to the upper town, the aristocrats' one-time neighborhood. Along the way there is plenty to ogle and explore, from a museum and a palace to monasteries and fresco-adorned churches.
Once we reached the upper town we had a decision to make. Call it quits or keep going to the castle that was still well off in the distance. Brian has the endurance of the Energizer bunny. I'm slow but stubborn. So we forged ahead, making way for the summit, where after a challenging hike the expansive views (and the sense of accomplishment) made it worth the effort. We then retraced our steps back to the lower town, where we had set out a couple of hours before—not knowing then that we would spend our afternoon scaling a mountain and conquering a castle.
Our last stop on our Peloponnese road trip was the coastal town of Nafplio. With azure waters, picturesque architecture reflecting Roman, Venetian, Turkish, and Byzantine rule, a looming fortress, and a medieval old town, it was a great grand finale to our time in Greece.
The focal point in Nafplio is the Palamidi Fortress, built under the Venetians' rule. Situated high above the town, it's not-so-easily reached via 857 steps. Once at the top, there are lovely views and a surprisingly large area to explore.
On an islet off the coast of Nafplio stands the Bourtzi, a small Venetian stronghold.


With Hurricane Irene still not finished doing its damage, feelings are mixed.
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Many who live through traumatic spiritual, mental, or physical experiences are able to take them in stride, recovering quickly. Some later suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and are diagnosed and given help through counseling and medication.
Others simply live in fear that the experience will be repeated. Often they will withdraw from life, entering into a sort of mental half-sleep that helps them avoid thinking about the traumatic event. Of course, sufferers become alienated from their Higher Selves.
Note that at times, a traumatic event can trigger a symptom that appears totally unrelated to the event. For instance, a person hearing bad news may lose their sense of hearing. Others, depending upon the source and the severity of the trauma, may develop problems with eating, speaking, walking, or other physical functions.
Whether the trauma is large or small (such as experiencing a close call), Star of Bethlehem can restore the energetic balance and allow the fear to dissipate.
Years ago I knew a woman who should have been treated with Star of Bethlehem. She had been injured in a car wreck when she was driving and refused to ever drive again. This was in spite of the fact that she had been stopped at a red light, so the accident not have been caused by her presence behind the wheel.
Most would call this an irrational fear, but for her it was real.
If you or someone you love suffers from the after-effects of a traumatic event, try Star of Bethlehem.
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Q: How can I measure VPS performance? I have a VPS server from LiquidWeb... it feels like sometimes during the day it's laggy. Since it's 100% virtual, I can't just check "top" to gauge the performance since that is measuring within the VPS. (In other words: if I am never running anything on the VPS, top will always show the same memory use and server load of zero, but because the VPS lives on a shared physical box, it may still fluctuate in speed.)
Is there a way to measure the "real" speed of how the VPS is performing? I was thinking about just hacking a little script that runs a loop (doing something-- file actions, or ??) and logs the time, so I could start to build history... but I'd prefer a more reliable/fundamental stat.

A: Hello I had a similar task and I've done the following(if the server is a windows VPS ) :

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*Define what is more important for your application/enviroment (for a DB Prod server you might expect a high read speed , CPU ) . You can get that from the aplications \ event log and see which seems to be the bottleneck.

*Perfmon counters for the things that you've decided to monitor at step 1 . Be sure to make them detailed enough to get some good data but not get them every minute (usually @30 minutes should give you an general idea )

*If you have an MSSQL instance there be sure to monitor it's performance and CPU \ RAM limits .

*If you have IIS be sure to check the logs and if any application has "fatal" errors

*Check IIS logs and get performance counters .

*Check Event logs for any errors , usually fixing them should give you an idea and will give a small boost to your VPS .

For Linux VPS :

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*top -s should give you an basic idea of the process and which one consumes most of the memory

*to test read/ write speed try to copy something and see the speed . For disk access time , you could run a MySQL query and see the execution time .(and most important which operation takes the most in your query )

*see dmesg for any error messages and try to fix them .

*if applicable you could try to add it to a Nagios monitoring server .(there you can also find scripts to help you monitor )

*see the logs of your applications and if they report any performance / issues .

A: Usually, is a good idea use iostat to take measures of the disk access times.
Vmstat to see your memory and htop to cpu.
If your running windows use performance monitor.
Usualy in VMs the bottleneck is the disk access latency.
I could give you some idea abut your performance issues.

A: Define what are the important measures to you, like: IO, CPU, Latecy, ...
Then find an appropriate testprogram, for example testing Disk IO bonnie++ is a good choise, but you can find many more standard test progras in Phoronix Test Suite.
Do more tests on different systems and compare the results.
And also check system statistics with top, iotop, iftop during the tests. As well, if the provider gives you graphs like Amazon does, check them during the tets.