One of the bigger denier asshats is a guy named Friedrich Paul Berg. He's written a few lengthy pieces stuffed with hard-to-read prose. I think he's trying to sound smart.
But he's got some problems with math. And science. And stuff.
At these three death camps, victims were killed with carbon monoxide. The Nazis used diesel engines, pumping exhaust into the gas chambers, killing the occupants.
Guys like Friedrich say that diesel engines are too clean-burning and wouldn't have produced the volume of carbon monoxide to kill people in a gas chamber.
Note how often I say "guys". I can't find may women deniers. Hats off to your entire gender, ladies.
I say hogwash. Epic hogwash. Hogwash on a Joseph Goebbels scale. Which makes sense, since Holocaust deniers appear to be the 21st-Century equivalent of big-lie Nazis.
The upper limit for people packed into a space, if you're trying to be safe, is about 5 people/square meter Static Crowd Density, Dr. G. Keith Still. That, by the way, would send me into a spiral of anxiety and probably make me pass out on the spot.
That's if you're trying to be safe. The Nazis were trying to be unsafe. So they packed people into the chambers. Each chamber was 2100 cubic feet. Your average, somewhat-overfed 21st Century American occupies 3.5 cubic feet. Half-starved European Jews were quite a bit smaller. I'll be very charitable and say the Nazis only fit 500 people into a single chamber (they could have fit 650, minimum, and accounts say 700+).
This is one of those times when I may sound dispassionate. I'm not.
The gas chambers, as near as my research could find, killed occupants in about 30 minutes. That's 2% of one day. A normal person needs 19 cubic feet of oxygen per day. .02 X 19 = .4 cubic feet to survive 30 minutes and remain conscious. So each person in the chamber needed .4 cubic feet of pure oxygen, the rest of the air being the other ingredients of our atmosphere. Total, the people in the chamber needed .4 cubic feet of oxygen X 500 people, or a total of 200 cubic feet of oxygen.
Assuming 500 people in that little space, they occupied 500 X 3.5 cubic feet/person, or 1750 cubic feet. That left them 250 cubic feet of air. 20% of that would be oxygen, or 50 cubic feet of oxygen. Total.
To review: To survive and remain conscious for 30 minutes, the victims needed 200 cubic feet of oxygen. They had 50 cubic feet of oxygen.
Ignore elevated respiration because you are surrounded by the worst human beings the 20th Century could produce. Pump in even a little carbon monoxide, never mind other fumes, and you have a lethal mix.
Also, I kind of doubt the Nazis used perfectly-tuned diesels. They were a creative bunch of completely evil human beings. So they undoubtedly tuned the diesels to produce the most noxious-possible exhaust.
The lesson here: Stupid math doesn't make you right. The Holocaust was real. Suggesting otherwise requires stupid math.


You have to feel sorry for Medusa. She may be a hideous snake woman who can turn people to stone, but originally she was an innocent maiden who was raped by the God Poseidon in the temple of Poseidon's wife Athena. Athena responded, not by filing for a divorce or reporting her hubby to the police, but by putting a curse on the poor woman, ensuring that no man could look at her without dying. This story isn't uncommon in the wierd and wonderful world of Greek mythology, where the Gods and Goddesses behaved just as badly as humans. Medusa has been depicted several times in films but for me it's Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion marvel in the [far superior to the remake] 1981 version of Clash Of The Titans that is the best film representation of the character, and the whole scene is great too. It's extremely suspenseful, superbly lit in red and black tones, very atmospherically scored, and boy does Medusa have a great death scene! Harryhausen's creatures often died well, some pathos usually creeping in where you see the monster's death throes and for a few seconds are on its side [the creatures are, after all, the true stars of his films]. There's no pathos with Medusa's death, but it's very very memorable and certainly made a huge impression on me at the cinema!
Perseus and his companions have been journeying widely. First of all they have visited the Stygian Witches to find out what can kill the Kraken, a huge sea beast to which Perseus's beloved Andromeda is to be sacrificed in fourty days. Now they have arrived at the Isle Of The Dead, the reason being that the only weapon which is more powerful than the Kraken is the head of Medusa, because it can turn any living thing that looks into her face to stone. First they have to fight a two-headed dog and lose two men to it. Then they enter Medusa's temple and are faced with having to try and kill her. Instead of a fast-paced action scene, we have a slow, tense game of cat and mouse around the pillars with the humans trying to avoid Medusa's gaze while getting ever closer to her. Both of the surviving companions of Perseus are slaughtered, one by one of Medusa's arrows, one by her gaze. Eventually Perseus hits upon the idea of watching Medusa in the reflection of his shield while hiding. When she gets lose enough, WHAM!…his sword removes her head and we get some startlingly graphic images. We see the head being cut off, Medusa's headless body writhing, the head partially decomposing, and finally some very thick and gooey blood streaming from the neck stump. Perseus stumbles outside and holds the head up victoriously.
The highlight of a great fantasy adventure and probably the scariest sequence in Harryhausen's filmography, it shows intriguing hints of darker and more horrific pathways that the great man and his producer Charles H. Schneer could have gone down if they hadn't been so intent on making family features.


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The area was settled in the late 1700's in an area referred to as Black Gum Hollow- which became Jug Tavern- and today is known as Winder. Unlike much of the region, the railroad didn't make it to this area until after the Civil War, protecting the region from the devastation seen in other parts of the state. In 1887, the Gainesville, Jefferson, and Southern Railway added stops in Bethlehem, Jug Tavern, and Mulberry. The county was officially created in 1914, carved from portions of Jackson, Gwinnett, and Walton Counties. It was named for the chancellor of the University of Georgia at that time- David Barrow, Jr. In 1931, Richard B. Russell, a local resident, was inaugurated as governor of Georgia.
The apparel company, Duckhead, established a production facility here that employed many locals and clothed the southern work force for decades � as well as our soldiers for WWII. Today, that same facility is a distribution point for Chico's- a women's clothing retailer. Other businesses include Yokohama Tires, Johns-Manville, and Harrison Poultry. The county has also developed a micro tourism industry with the opening of Chateau Elan in Braselton. This four star resort has a winery, and an award winning golf course and equestrian facilities.
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Volume 6, Issue 642: Monday, May 10, 2004
Researchers Develop Computer Techniques to Bring Blacked-Out Words to Light
Intel's Next Challenge: Mastering Physical World
E-Postmark May Thwart Cyber Crooks
Aging in Place With Technology
The Next Battlefields for Advanced Technology
DARPA's Grand Challenge: Looking to Next Year
Will Your Next Display Be 3D?
Search Engine Tackles Tricky Lists
Wake Up to Ethics Question
For Technology, No Small World After All
Computing, Complexity and the Human Factor
Chaos Seems to Aid Learning
SMTP Authentication Hits Standards Track
Research Points Computer Users Toward Fewer Aches and Pains
The Secret Life of Birds
Position Via Internet
"Researchers Develop Computer Techniques to Bring Blacked-Out Words to Light"
New York Times (05/10/04) P. C4; Markoff, John
Gemplus information security lab director David Naccache and Dublin City University computer science graduate student Claire Whelan developed a software program that identified words that were blacked-out in several confidential documents using computer-based techniques. The Eurocrypt software analyzed an April Defense Department memorandum to the White House and determined that the blacked-out word in the sentence "An Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) operative told an xxxxxxxx service at the same time that Bin Ladin was planning to exploit the operative's access to the US to mount a terrorist strike" was most likely "Egyptian." One program repositioned the document to correct a slight misalignment due to its placement on a copying machine, and a second program extrapolated that it was written in the Arial font; Naccache and Whelan estimated the number of blacked-out pixels and then employed a computer to determine the pixel length of words in the dictionary when rendered in Arial. The program disregarded all words that were not within three pixels of the assumed length of the blacked-out word, and applied semantic rules to whittle down the number of possible words from 1,530 to seven. "Egyptian" was selected as the most likely candidate, based on the context of the document. After demonstrating Eurocrypt at a security conference in Switzerland last week, Naccache said the deciphering of blacked-out words could be complicated with the employment of optical character recognition technology to rescan documents and change fonts. Freedom of Information Act experts expressed concern that the government might censor documents to an even greater degree, using Naccache and Whelan's technique as an excuse.
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"Intel's Next Challenge: Mastering Physical World"
CNet (05/05/04); Kanellos, Michael
Intel is researching proactive computing, in which technology is employed to solve common societal problems by collecting, filtering, and transmitting data with a minimum of human intervention. An example of Intel's proactive computing effort is IrisNet, a joint Intel/Carnegie Mellon University sensor network that supplies up-to-date information on the outside world; one IrisNet application involves cameras that monitor the Oregon coast for unusual things, such as unexpected fishing fleets and whales, and relay these sightings to remote PCs. IrisNet researcher Phillip Gibbons says the sensors could be positioned in parking lots to monitor available spaces, so that drivers with cell phones or Internet-enabled vehicles could find them via a Web site. He says that researchers are devising ways for the sensor cameras to integrate their specific images into a panorama of the parking lot as well. "We are doing for live data what Google does for content," declares Gibbons. Another Intel proactive computing project is PlanetLab, a global network for trying out distributed applications that encompasses more than 350 servers. Intel researcher Paul Brett notes that one PlanetLab application, Netbait, detects sudden surges of unusual Internet traffic on a worldwide scale, which could be useful in spotting worm outbreaks earlier. Other Intel initiatives include the GrooveBox, in which a cell phone or camera can interact with PCs or public kiosks calibrated to particular Web sites by homing in on optical symbols embedded in Web pages; the Personal Server, a device that can be used, for example, to play music on a car's speakers, or beam PowerPoint slides onto a flat-panel display in a conference room; and Computational Nanovision, an application that employs probability theory to ascertain how semiconductor testing procedures can be streamlined without reducing output quality.
"E-Postmark May Thwart Cyber Crooks"
NewsFactor Network (05/07/04); Martin, Mike
Penn State University researchers George Kesidis and Ihab Hamadeh have created an "e-postmark" that could be tagged to all Web-delivered packets, adding an extra layer of security against hackers, spammers, and digital pirates. Spoofed email and data packet addresses, though outlawed in the United States, are still an effective measure for masking cybercrimes, and Kesidis and Hamadeh are calling for border routers to affix an ID number to each message or data packet. "Since every packet is forwarded onto the Internet and marked by only one trustworthy border router, wrongdoers would not be able to insert false marks on their packets to undermine trace-back," Hamadeh notes. Barbara Hale of PSU says the virtual postmarks are created from the border router's 32-bit IP addresses and reside in antiquated fields in the IP packet headers; once the criminal packets are properly identified, offended parties can advise ISPs to halt further mailings if they wish to avoid criminal or civil liability. The researchers suggest that IP addresses less than 32 bits long can be broken up into overlapping segments that can be pieced together by cybersecurity monitors. Kesidis, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, says the e-postmark scheme's slow implementation is due to ISPs and router vendors waiting to see if Microsoft fulfills its promise to resolve the spam problem by 2006. "I think it's the height of arrogance for Bill Gates to get up there and tell the world, 'Wait until 2006 when we come up with the solution,'" Kesidis maintains. Hale says the e-postmark scheme generated less than one false positive for every 1,000 attacking addresses in simulated denial of service attacks, and notes that loss of privacy is negligible.
"Aging in Place With Technology"
Georgia Institute of Technology (05/06/04)
Preliminary findings of a Georgia Institute of Technology study presented at the Association of Computing Machinery's CHI 2004 conference indicate that older adults are willing to accept monitoring to a certain degree in order to extend their independence rather than move into assisted-living quarters. The study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, is part of the Aware Home initiative at Georgia Tech's Broadband Institute Residential Laboratory. The research involved 44 adults between the ages of 65 and 75 touring the lab, viewing assistive technologies developed at the Georgia Tech College of Computing, and relaying the technologies' good points and bad points. Technologies featured at the lab included Cook's Collage, a setup in which unobtrusive cameras monitor meal preparation and display the cook's six most recent actions on a flat-panel screen so chefs can remember their past actions; FaceBot, an camera/microphone/speaker combination that allows residents to vocally command other home technologies; and Digital Family Portrait, a display monitor in the caregiver's home that shows static images of the elderly relative and a frame that tracks activity levels and other information via a set of icons. "Understanding how older adults evaluate technology provides insights into their judgments and decision-making processes, which will help us design tools they will actually use," notes Georgia Tech psychology professor Wendy Rogers. Study participants were primarily interested in technologies they perceived as being beneficial to them, and necessary to their lives rather than luxury items. Participants were alternately comforted or unsettled by FaceBot, which is designed to resemble a human face; one individual thought the device could be useful as a tool for greeting visitors. Digital Family Portrait may be criticized as an infringement of privacy, but Rogers reports that some older participants felt more secure with the idea of being monitored.
"The Next Battlefields for Advanced Technology"
CNet (05/07/04); Ricciuti, Mike; Frauenheim, Ed; Yamamoto, Mike
Many American corporate and political leaders contend that focusing more resources and policy into research and development is essential if the United States is to remain at the forefront of technological innovation, especially in the face of offshore outsourcing and increased competition from Asian and European technology efforts. A recent report from the American Electronics Association calls for an increase in university-based physical sciences R&D, noting that revolutionary technologies such as PCs, supercomputers, the Internet, and integrated circuits owe much of their existence to federal R&D. Meanwhile, the United States is experiencing a declining growth rate in its tech workforce, which could translate into higher wage increases. Both supporters and critics of outsourcing concur that continued U.S. tech innovation cannot be sustained without devoting more attention to the American educational system. James Foley of the Georgia Institute of Technology stresses the need for U.S.-based graduate students to gain international experience so they can become adept at managing cultural differences. Anticipating next-generation disruptive technologies is no easy task, but several areas hold promise and are attracting academic and industrial interest. Federal funding for R&D in nanotechnology has risen by a factor of six over the past seven years, and President Bush has authorized a four-year, $3.7 billion federal nanotech R&D budget. Biotechnology is another hot field: Frost & Sullivan estimates that the 20 leading pharmaceutical companies' collective biotech R&D budget will increase from $57 billion in 2002 to over $73 billion by 2006. Both government and industry are pursuing R&D into "smart" materials that are rugged and can serve as lightweight power sources, and whose future applications could include robotics, building materials, and medical treatments.
"DARPA's Grand Challenge: Looking to Next Year"
TechNewsWorld (05/08/04); Halperin, David
To help realize its vision of battlefield operations carried out by autonomous vehicles, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsored the Grand Challenge, an offroad race between unmanned vehicles developed by various teams, with the winning team receiving $1 million if their vehicle was the first to traverse over 225 miles in 10 hours. None of the 15 vehicles that raced on March 13 completed the course (the must successful entrant traveled 7.4 miles), but DARPA will support a second race in 2005, this time for a $2 million prize. The chief causes of the failures in the first Grand Challenge included the difficulty of traveling at an average speed of 25 mph over rough terrain, and problems with navigation and detecting and circumventing obstacles. Many teams came to the conclusion that the best solution to the first problem is using a rugged truck or all-terrain vehicle, while solving the second problem will be a tougher challenge, as the causes of the navigation and obstacle avoidance problems were as varied as the sensing and navigation systems the vehicles employed. "The Grand Challenge is a cerebral race that requires as much subtlety and planning about speed as it requires deliberation about route," notes William Whittaker, whose Carnegie-Mellon team's entry traveled the furthest on March 13. SciAutonics II's Paul Gunthner reports that his team will enter two vehicles in the next Grand Challenge, each of which will be developed at a cost of $3.6 million; the vehicles should be able to travel at a maximum speed of 60 mph with improvements in their laser and pinhole cameras, as well as their 3D stereoscopic vision systems. Team Caltech's David van Gogh explains that his team's vehicle failed because it lacked a road-following algorithm, which will be incorporated into their 2005 entry along with a better speed control algorithm.
"Will Your Next Display Be 3D?"
IDG News Service (05/07/04); Williams, Martyn; Krazit, Tom
The 3D Consortium (3DC), whose members include Sharp, Sanyo Electric, Samsung Electronics, Sony, and Toshiba, was created to promote next-generation 3D display technologies. Sharp has developed a liquid-crystal display (LCD) that can be switched between 2D and 3D: The 3D display employs a set of vertical parallel lines, called a parallax barrier, that are positioned in a way that each eye only sees 50 percent of the pixels, which obviates the need for special glasses. Two NTT DoCoMo cell phones incorporate Sharp's dual-mode display, as do Sharp's PC-RD3D and NEC's Lavie S LS900/8E. ARS analyst Ashley Domis says the technology's consumer applications will be limited until it can support stable images on large screens that can be used in households. NTT Data is working on the conversion of a large amount of mapping data of Japan into 3D imagery, while NEC is attempting to draw consumers with a 3D version of the Final Fantasy video game. Progress is being made to disseminate 3D entertainment content in Japan: Mobile Broadcasting (MBCO) plans to launch a satellite broadcasting service that will transmit video to handheld devices, and the company reports that Sharp is mulling over the creation of a 3D display terminal as well as 3D programming. Researchers such as MIT Media Laboratory's Steven Smith are devising 3D displays that support full image resolution. Full resolution autostereoscopic displays, for instance, would employ a fast processor to refresh the LCD about two times as fast as current screens, according to Smith; this would allow users to change their physical position yet still perceive the image in three dimensions without any loss of resolution. Smith says the processing power already exists to bring about this breakthrough.
"Search Engine Tackles Tricky Lists"
New Scientist (05/05/04); Biever, Celeste
A researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle is developing new search engine technology that could, for example, produce a list of the 50 best-selling blues guitarists, even though the information does not exist on a single Web page. Oren Etzioni is developing the KnowItAll search engine that trawls the Web for data then collates it to produce a list at a single click of a mouse. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Google are sold on the search engine technology, and have decided to fund Etzioni's work. Etzioni wants KnowItAll to eventually answer a query such as "list all British Scientists born before 1900," but says a module for understanding "natural language" questions still needs to be developed. At this stage, KnowItAll can respond to a phrase such as "list scientists" by searching Web sites for sentences with the noun "scientist," followed by certain words and phrases such as "including" and "such as," then feeding the data into its 12 search engines and extracting the words that are not the scientists' names. KnowItAll also produces a percentage of probability that each entry in its list is actually the name of a scientist based on how often it found the names on Web sites.
"Wake Up to Ethics Question"
News Observer (NC) (05/05/04); Gilster, Paul
The computer scientist community continues to struggle with the nature of intelligence and the consequences of current technology becoming exponentially smarter. Retired computer scientist and science fiction writer Vernor Vinge presented the concept of Singularity at a NASA gathering back in 1993, and Steven Spielberg addressed the subject with the movie "AI," in which humans finally realized that intelligent machines were becoming too powerful and set out to destroy the androids. Isaac Asimov envisioned laws for smart machines that would prevent them from harming humans, make them obey all orders except a command to harm humans, and allow them to protect themselves in situations that would not compromise the other laws. Vinge describes Singularity as the point when ultraintelligent machines are able to build even smarter machines, which would jump start an explosion in intelligence. He writes: "Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man ever need make." However, some theorists believe the human brain might be too complex for Singularity to occur before 2030, as Vinge believes, which might even result in computer performance reaching its peak. A plateau in computer power would put a halt to exponential growth in automated design. Humans might even come to the realization that it is best to use human ethics when making tough decisions, and that they were presumptuous in believing machines would one day make their moral choices for them.
"For Technology, No Small World After All"
New York Times (05/06/04) P. E7; Erard, Michael
Intel's product design cycle starts with a forecast of potential markets, followed by in-depth analysis of the people who make up those markets; the resulting information is translated into individual user "personas" whose projected needs form the basis of the concept device's configuration and function. Intel Research anthropologist Genevieve Bell's two-year study of households in the Asia-Pacific region has uncovered some interesting revelations that challenge Intel's philosophy of designing products for secular users. An analysis of consumers in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore led her to the conclusion that "it's harder for some forms of technology to get over the threshold of the home," and the reasons for this can be religious, not just economic. For instance, technology can be a difficult sell in Muslim and Hindu households, where humility and simplicity are emphasized. Bell also notes that the appeal of text-messaging over cellular phones to Japan's youth may stem from the fact that Japanese dwellings have little room for privacy. From Bell's studies have emerged personas such as "Sally Lu," a 25-year old Shanghai resident who prefers inexpensive, utilitarian high-tech products that are easy to use and do not come with a lot of bells and whistles. This analysis has inspired Intel concept products such as an integrated PC-entertainment center for people with limited living space, and a PC-like device geared toward Chinese users who lack the income to buy a full-sized machine. Meanwhile, LGE in Korea has created a mobile phone incorporating a compass that uses Global Positioning System technology to point Muslims in the direction of Mecca.
"Computing, Complexity and the Human Factor"
The Ring--University of Victoria (05/04) Vol. 30, No. 5; Doyle, Melissa
University of Victoria computer science professor Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey is directing the efforts of an interdisciplinary research team in the computer-human interaction and software engineering lab (CHISEL) to develop software that can help people manipulate large bodies of data to carry out complex operations. "We're trying to understand the interplay of technology, human behavior, cognitive ability, and social structure," Storey explains. "This enables us to design and improve technologies that will increase the efficiency with which people can access, process, and manipulate information." One CHISEL project concentrates on the development of Groupware-enabled Integrated Learning and Development (GILD), a tool designed to help people learn and teach the Java programming language. Storey notes that one of the key challenges is the fact that various resources--lectures, textbooks, Web-based tools, Java programming techniques, etc.--are not integrated. GILD supports interaction between two parties and their course material, assignments, and support material without having to flip-flop between resources. Meanwhile, Ph.D. student Ian Bull is focusing on the development of tools that furnish programmers with visual representations of a program's structure connected to textual code representations. Mechthild Maczewski, another Ph.D. student, is studying the culture of technological connectedness' psychological and social effects on young people.
"Chaos Seems to Aid Learning"
Technology Research News (05/12/04); Patch, Kimberly
Scientists at Japan's Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) say that their research into the theory of chaotic resonance could accelerate electronic communications and lead to improvements in robotic learning technology and artificial intelligence. The researchers postulated that a certain kind of chaotic signal would manifest itself if neurons were linked electrically, and this led to a computer simulation of the inferior olive, a section of the human brain that likely relays errors in movement to the cerebellum. The model demonstrates that moderate electric linkage between neurons in this area of the brain could generate chaotic signals that recode the higher-frequency information into slower signals by conveying data within the rhythm of the neural firing rather than just the frequency. The CREST scientists modeled two network architectures composed of a small group of simulated inferior olive cells: Chain networks in which each nerve cell is electrically connected to one or two neighboring neurons according to its chain position; and 2-by-2-cell, 3-by-3-cell, and 9-by-3-cell grid networks where neurons are coupled to two, three, or four neighboring cells according to their positions within the grid. Plain periodic spikes were produced by each cell when their connections were severed, while a lower spike rate and chaotic firing patterns were generated when neurons were linked into a network using an intermediate coupling strength. A strong coupling strength resulted in orderly, synchronized spikes with a higher-than-average firing rate. The conclusion arrived at by CREST researcher Nicholas Schweighofer is that moderate electrical coupling can accelerate the transfer of data, which implies that chaos in the inferior olive may augment information transmission and play an important role in the learning process.
"SMTP Authentication Hits Standards Track"
eWeek (05/03/04); Seltzer, Larry
Experts believe that SMTP authentication will help battle spam by allowing Internet mail servers to confirm that messages come from the domains they say they come from. Major recent SMTP initiatives include Microsoft's Caller ID for E-mail, the Sender Policy Framework (SPF), and Yahoo's Domain Keys, and a formal IETF working group was created in February to concentrate on MTA authorization and DNS-based mechanisms. The group, called MTA Authorization Records in DNS (MARID), is part of the Internet Research Task Force's Anti-Spam Research Group, and is due to submit a document in August, choosing among three major proposals. The specification of the SMTP protocol is RFC2821, while RFC2822 is the standard for the format of the message transmitted by SMTP, and SMTP authentication proposals usually focus on one or the other. MARID Chairmen Andrew Newton and Marshall T. Rose say the working group intends to concentrate on RFC2821 identities so that it can meet its deadlines, leaving RFC2822 identities for later. 2821 solutions are not infallible, but they can allow the rejection of messages without having to read them first. Sendmail director Rand Wacker points out that one site could support multiple standards, and that multiple standards are a good idea. More experimentation would be a good idea before implementing standards. SPF chief architect Meng Wang Wong says SMTP authentication should include cryptography, although others are concerned that old mail servers won't be able to handle it.
"Research Points Computer Users Toward Fewer Aches and Pains"
Newswise (05/04/04)
Two mechanical engineering researchers at the Iowa State University have developed a hand held mouse for computers and video games that doesn't generate strain on a user's arm, wrist, shoulder, neck or back. The ergonomically friendly pointing device is spongy and fits in the palm of your hand and is shaped like a joystick; a pressure sensor at the top is used by the thumb to control cursor movement, while right and left click buttons are on the side. The two researchers, Iowa State professors Abir Qamhiyah and Don Flugrad, say a wireless version is being developed for use in presentations while the design is being modified to include a strap that frees the hand for typing and makes the device more convenient to use.
"Breach of Trust"
InformationWeek (05/03/04) No. 987, P. 58; Hulme, George V.; Kontzer, Tony
Companies are in danger of losing customer trust because of the constant threat of data breaches, which are far more common than the public is aware of. Sensitive customer data can be compromised by hackers who penetrate corporate networks, insiders who steal information, and identity thieves, and they are only the tip of the iceberg. InformationWeek Research's 2003 U.S. Information Security Survey of 815 companies determined that over 80 percent employ antivirus and network-firewall software, but only 23 percent use vulnerability-scanning tools to find exploitable security holes; furthermore, just 43 percent use intrusion-detection systems, while only 40 percent claimed to have evaluated and gauged the effectiveness of their information-security policies. Symantec reports that over seven new software holes cropped up each day last year on average, while software vulnerabilities are becoming easier to exploit, and are being exploited faster as well. To curb data breaches, firms must deploy firewalls, application-security solutions, and intrusion-detection systems; patch newly discovered security flaws before they can be exploited; and institute frequently updated security policies that are rigorously enforced. Data encryption is another security measure companies can employ, but the baggage it brings varies: For instance, encryption key management can complicate security, while encrypting data may slow down system performance. Legislators expect that ID theft and network hacking will be deterred with the passage of tougher laws and stiffer prison sentences. Some companies employ technology to spot fraudulent activity early on and halt it before it inflicts too much damage, a philosophy that accepts ID and customer-data theft as a permanent fact of life; as one anonymous financial-services executive puts it, "The problem is like a water balloon: When you squeeze hard in one spot it gets ready to burst somewhere else."
"The Secret Life of Birds"
IEEE Spectrum (04/04) Vol. 41, No. 4, P. 42; Kumagai, Jean
Great Duck Island off the coast of Maine serves as a testbed for "mote" technology--wireless networked sensors that in this case are employed to monitor the nesting behavior of Leach's storm petrels. Each mote is made from off-the-shelf parts, and includes environmental sensors, a battery, and a low-power radio transceiver; each unit gathers data from its immediate surroundings and relays it to other motes through the distributed network. Mote signals are routed to a gateway mote's antenna and then to a computer base station at the lightkeeper's cottage, and from there over the Internet via satellite to the Intel Research Laboratory in California. The devices can be deployed in three microclimates because the network software's current iteration supports multihop routing, allowing each mote to transmit signals as well as pick up and forward signals from neighboring motes. The motes are designed to withstand the harsh environment, stay dry, and conserve power: The devices are inactive 99 percent of the time, and are only activated to send messages and scan for other mote signals. When motes malfunction, the signal is routed around to the nearest healthy mote, and motes confronted with several healthy neighbors are programmed to forward the signal through the most reliable unit. Intel aims to develop a generic sensor network toolkit that can be set up in practically any habitat or environmental monitoring situation. There may be nothing ethically wrong with sensor networks monitoring wildlife, but as the technology grows smaller and more sophisticated, it will inevitably be applied to people, and its implications for personal privacy will undoubtedly breed controversy.
"Math Lab"
Science News (04/24/04) Vol. 165, No. 17, P. 266; Klarreich, Erica
The computer has emerged as the definitive laboratory tool for the field of mathematics, and mathematicians such as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's David Bailey and Dalhousie University's Jonathan Borwein contend that math is being revolutionized by computer experimentation. "Instead of just being a number-crunching tool, the computer is becoming more like a garden shovel that turns over rocks, and you find things underneath," notes Reed College mathematician Richard Crandall. Mathematical breakthroughs that owe a great deal to computers include new revelations about hyperbolic geometry, specifically the discovery of a family of knots with completely flat surfaces. This finding was reached through experimentation with the Snappea computer program created by freelance mathematician Jeffrey Weeks. In another milestone, a research team lead by Bailey worked out a shortcut formula for pi by employing a computer program to search for numerical relationships between pi and constants with known shortcut formulas. Bailey and Borwein posit in their book "Mathematics by Experiment" that math research should follow a more empirical path that does not accept formal proof as the only vehicle for establishing mathematical knowledge. University of California, Berkeley mathematician Bernd Sturmfels does not agree with this notion. He argues, "Our understanding can be significantly advanced by experiments, but I think there will always be a clear borderline as to what constitutes an acceptable result in pure mathematics."
"Position Via Internet"
GPS World (04/04) Vol. 15, No. 4, P. 28; Toran, Felix; Ventura, Javier; Gonzalez, Emilio
A team of researchers with the European Space Agency, GMV Sistema, and Telespazio SpA evaluated a prototype receiver designed to boost the positioning accuracy and availability of satellite-based augmentation systems by integrating European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) correction messages picked up via a wireless Internet link with pseudorange measurements from its internal Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The results were encouraging, particularly in the hopes of overcoming visibility constraints in urban environments. The Signal in Space through the Internet high-Performance Internet-Dependent EGNOS Receiver (ShPIDER) could allow scientific, engineering, and educational communities to gather and process EGNOS signals without buying an EGNOS receiver. ShPIDER is bundled into a ruggedized case that comes with a liquid crystal display, user and power interface connectors, and antenna inputs; the basis of its architecture is a complete CPU board combining a 12 parallel-channel GPS receiver, a GPRS/GSM dual-band modem, and a 1 GB hard drive. Several disadvantages are observed as EGNOS messages pass through the Internet--namely, message delays and loss. Actions recommended by the team to increase EGNOS signal availability while keeping accuracy in mind include faster EGNOS message acquisition, the employment of slow connections that are less likely to degrade, the use of non-EGNOS-monitored satellites, a reduction in degradation factors for fast connections, the utilization of ionospheric corrections whenever possible, and longer timeout intervals. The team deployed ShPIDER in a bus in Valladolid, Spain, and the computed navigation solution was relayed to the Control Center responsible for managing the city bus fleet; the demonstration showed an increase in EGNOS signal availability in metropolitan areas. GMV is developing Pocket-ShPIDER as a handheld solution that allows users to select beginning and end waypoints, compute routes between them, and receive guidance along these routes.
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Why is Smile Makeover Treatment so famous?
An imperfect smile has quite a few negative repercussions. Every time when you take a Selfie or click your own picture and when you look at it, you may end up hating your own snap due to ugly smile. It also happens you may get conscious while speaking or laughing in public due to your uneven, misaligned, chipped, or missing teeth.
Your very first social impression comes from nowhere else but your prominent facial feature, smile!
Did you know a happy and healthy smile not only improves your appearance but also boosts your confidence?
According to "Local account Intelligence Report: Dentists", 78% of American's believe a good smile is the most important factor when it comes to a person's beauty and success.
An attractive and confident appearance always plants a positive impact in your life. A smile makeover is a popular treatment of cosmetic dentistry. Ages back people used to shy away from cosmetic treatments. However, the scenario has changed radically. Smile makeover treatments are becoming popular day by day. At a global level, much has been reported about the rapid growth of the cosmetic dental industry. The growth of cosmetic dentistry has been mainly fueled by millennial and boomers.
How important it is for anyone to protect and nurture their social assets! Smile, being a prominent facial feature, is a momentous element of your overall appearance. If you have yellowish, stained or damaged teeth, cracked or chipped teeth, misaligned or disproportionate teeth, uneven gums, or suffer from an excessive display of gum tissues or any other dental flaws, your smile will not make you look the way you want.
How no two smiles are identical, the same way, no two smile reconstructions are identical! Unlike other medical treatments, cosmetic dentistry, especially smile makeover, is a unique and customized treatment. It differs from person to person based on their facial features and dental conditions.
The essence of the story is such cosmetic makeover will not make you look odd, but, being a unique treatment, it will suit well to your overall appearance.
You must be surprised but it's true that most stunning results are possible without a pinch of pain. Most of the cosmetic dentists opt for advanced dental care treatments and employ their skills and expertise to identify the most conventional and least invasive procedures, which in amalgamation, yield the simplified, painless, yet most beautiful smile.
If you are worried about the pain of the treatment, dental fear, or anxiety, you can think about sedation dentistry options as a part of your treatment plan.
Sedation dentistry, often regarded as sleep dentistry, successfully takes away some of the anxiety and pain resulting from the treatment. Levels of sedations vary based on the type of treatment and anxiety of a patient.
Sedation can be used for almost all dental treatments, ranging from invasive procedures to a simple tooth cleaning.
With a reconstructed smile, you can be blessed with twin advantages of good looks as well as hygienic oral health.
When you get repaired your misaligned, yellowish, stained, damaged, chipped, or broken teeth, you will surely get a perfect smile. Over and above, there is an assurance of lesser risks of possible infections. Not only you can correct your bite with aligned teeth, but also you can advance your smile aesthetics.
Moreover, when you opt for a whiter smile, professional teeth whitening gels have the ability to kill the bacteria that can cause gum disease. Of course, teeth whitening will reward you with a shinier, whiter, and brighter teeth which ultimately rebuild your self-confidence. However, it also provides health benefits of clean teeth and clear gums.
Most of the people pursue a common phenomenon that dental treatments are always costly and they might are not covered under insurance plans. However, it is not true. There are many dental treatments covered under third party insurance services.
A smile makeover being a cosmetic treatment is not fully covered under medical cover. But, if you are suffering from any dental health issue which on correcting results in a smile reconstruction are eligible under medical insurances to a certain extent. A dental insurance provider is usually able to cover some of the costs related to restorative dental procedures. One should always consult with their insurance providers prior to opting for any such treatment.
Furthermore, this treatment is a short-term treatment where you no need to long for results over months or years. A beautiful smile can be crafted just in a one or two weeks.
Considering the potential benefits, required time, and associated costs, it is wise to say that rebuilding a smile is a part of an affordable cosmetic dentistry.
Since now you are confident that a smile makeover is no more a cosmetic treatment, it is a must needed thing to boost your self-confidence, health, and happiness. If you have a better oral health, you can talk, laugh, eat, and drink better. Your smile represents your confidence as well as your overall health. It is never too late to look and feel better. Anytime is the right time to get checked your oral health and assess the options of smile makeover for you.
Clear Choice Dental (CCD) is a leading name in quality restorative, surgical and aesthetic dental services in Perth Western Australia; Yokine and Maddington.


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4. BUYER'S PREMIUM A Buyer's premium of 18% is payable on the hammer price of each lot, with a minimum premium of £1.00. VAT is payable on the buyer's premium at the prevailing rate. For live internet bidding in an Antiques and Decorative Sale, an additional premium will apply to buyers bidding through www.the-saleroom.com or www.invaluable.co.uk or through any provider of live internet bidding, and the buyer agrees to be bound by the terms of the provider.
9.2 The catalogue descriptions (or any statements in advertisements and brochures) will not necessarily reveal damage, repairs or imperfections, therefore it is strongly recommended that the buyer should inspect the lot in person prior to bidding. The absence of any reference to condition in the lot description does not imply that the lot is in good condition or free from damage or in working order. The buyer is reminded that this is an auction, not a shop. In the vast majority of instances, the items sold are secondhand. Mechanical objects, in particular, may not be in original working order. All lots are sold as found whether or not they are described 'as found' or 'A/F' in the catalogue description. Please ask a member of Potburys' staff if you would like help in moving a lot to examine it, or if you would like to examine a lot in daylight, or to plug an electrical item into a socket to inspect it.
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13.1 The bidding increments will be regulated at the sole discretion of the Auctioneer. All bids shall be offers made upon the Terms for Buyers and Conditions of Sale. Only bids in whole pounds shall be accepted.
13.2	The auctioneer reserves the right to divide, consolidate, alter or withdraw any lot.
13.4	Once made, no bid may be withdrawn.
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16.3 Potburys accepts payment by Debit Card, Credit Card, BACS, Cheque or Cash. Goods will not be released and title shall not pass to the buyer until the payment has cleared. Please note we do not accept "card holder not present" payments over £300 - please contact us to arrange an alternative method of payment.
16.4	To comply with current Money Laundering regulations, we will only accept payments in cash up to the equivalent of 15,000 Euros.
21. FIREARMS A Lot which is a firearm as defined by the relevant legislation will not be released to the Buyer and title shall not pass to the Buyer until the Buyer produces the relevant Firearms Certificate.
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CD Review – Tony Kaye – End Of Innocence
by Viewed From The Peaks
on Aug 24, 2021 Aug 24, 2021
Millions of people around the world were appalled by the atrocity that was 9/11, some twenty years ago now. Many, many people sat bewildered and watched the events unfold on television. It seemed the world could not take its eyes off the terrible news they were witnessing. Ex-Yes keyboard player Tony Kaye was one of the viewers. He'd retired from music in 1996 but what he witnessed and felt affected him tremendously. As Tony explains, "The next day I unpacked my keyboards for the first time in a long time, I didn't know what I was going to do. It was one of those things that happened, inspiration on a musical level." Responding to events with such emotion may not be so unusual for an artist. You'd think that music, or any other art, had been a fundamental emotional outlet for them. Tony channelled his thoughts and feelings into creating a heartfelt personal interpretation of the events.
Tony's End Of Innocence is essentially a requiem for those who lost their lives and all those touched by the horrific events of 9/11. It is a powerful and emotional suite that is both sadly beautiful and broodingly sinister, reflecting the perceived dark forces at work that day. It is centred on the events of the day but also touches on the response to them, to achieve a hope that peace and calm may prevail.
Keyboard player Tony Kaye had been a founder member of Yes, performing on the band's first three albums before moving on to play with Badger, David Bowie, Detective, Badfinger and others, but returned to the Yes fold again from 1982 to 1994. He retired from music in 1996, but popped up now and again to play as a member of Circa, Yoso, to make appearances as a guest with Yes, also working on various projects with Yes's Billy Sherwood. In 2017, Kaye was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.
All of Tony's experience has noticeably fed into the music on this CD, actually his first solo album. The suite commences with a rather sinister air, set the night before the events, with Tony's wife Dani Torchia singing the seemingly innocent lullaby Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, but menacing storms are gathering. The next track, the beautiful 9/11 Overture was the first piece Tony composed for the work, the following day. "I had no recording equipment, just an 8-track cassette recorder and some of those recordings became what you hear now."
Tony uses his music and keyboard sounds to create a series of vivid images of New York City life and a vibrancy around The World Trade Centre (285 Fulton Street) before the terror begins and captures the fears of those on the planes, Flight 11 depicting the conversations stewardesses had with the tower. The track includes a powerful drum solo by Kaye's friend Jay Schellen, a colleague from Circa and Yes, reflecting the struggles onboard.
We then proceed through the collapse of the towers, with Dani Torchia singing her lament Sweetest Dreams with the music then taking a look at the Aftermath and the Heroes before focusing on the response. "I wanted it, musically, to be about that day," Kaye says, "but I felt compelled to extend it to deal with the repercussions of what happened. Musically, it was quite challenging to do the battle scene and then the Hope And Triumph, a patriotic anthem and the consequences of war. Ground Zero is the hope for the future, the rebuilding."
The suite is essentially orchestral in character, played on Tony's keyboards, though he is joined by his wife, Dani Torchia, who sings on a couple of tracks, while Jay Schellen's drumming brings in some momentum and drama when necessary. Tony wrote all of the pieces other than the original Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Sweetest Dreams, which is by Dani Torchia. Although it is essentially orchestral, the music does also encompass a lot of music genres. NYC Blues is a jazzier piece than others on the album, whilst there are sections that lean on rock and occasional New Age-isms. The concluding piece, Ground Zero, is a mellow, keyboard-choral tune with a more positive vibe than the gravity of the others.
Musically, Tony's keys, of course, dominate this release. The different aspects of his keyboard work are blended into the flow of the music. His idiosyncratic Hammond organ sound is present but kept low key, as are his piano tinklings, and the synth string washes that were a feature of his later years with Yes. But the music itself is the essential element and nothing takes away from that. There is no solo noodling, no helter-skelter rock sections. In that sense it is a contained and tasteful album, an emotive and personal observation of the events of that fateful day and its aftermath. (As I type this I am aware of the terrible scenes at Kabul airport following the withdrawal of western military from Afghanistan – the story never finishes!). The album also includes vocal snippets from the broadcasts of the day, used quite sensitively.
Artist Roger Dean has produced perhaps one of his most sombre covers for this release. The booklet itself combines powerful images along with a narrative that allows for a better depiction of the events as they unfolded.
It doesn't seem right somehow to describe the music herein, given the subject matter, as being beautiful. It is tempered with intense melancholy and it is hard to disengage yourself from the gloom of that, and the subsequent days, all described in the music. But for all it's pessimistic feel, it ends on optimistic tones. Tony has, perhaps sensibly, not been overtly bombastic and Hollywood-epic about things. These are his unfeigned emotions and feelings, in sound, of a tragic situation.
Tony Kaye, Spirit of Unicorn Music and the distributor Cherry Red Records are donating 10% of all profits from End Of Innocence to https://www.garysinisefoundation.org/ The charity supports veterans, defenders and first responders in times of hardship.
1. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/Twilight Time
2. 911 Overture
3. NYC Blues
4. Battle Cry
5. 285 Fulton Street
6. Let's Roll
7. Tug of War
8. Flight 11
9. Towers Fall
10. Sweetest Dreams
11. Aftermath
12. Heroes
13. The Battle
14. Hope and Triumph
15. Homecoming
16. Ground Zero
Tony Kate – keyboards
Dani Torchia – vocals
Jay Schellen – drums
Release date: 10th September 2021
Label: Spirit Of The Unicorn
A static video for Flight 11 is available to view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWFP4U46NkU
Pre-order here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/tony-kaye-end-of-innocence/
Bernard Law here,
I've been listening to progressive rock since the early/middle Seventies. I also listen to jazz and a fair bit of classical.
I was one of the directors of the Classic Rock Society for a few years until illness intervened. I've enjoyed scribbling once again!
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Vinyl Connection says:
Thanks for the review. Despite the good intentions, this is one I think I'd want to hear before shelling out for!


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1896 ATHENS, GREECE
Written By: (written April 30, 1992)
The first U.S. Olympic team were this foursome from Princeton: Francis Lane, Herbert Jamison, Robert Garrett (discus champ) and Albert Tyler.
Robert Garrett, from the Princeton field & track team, won the Discus Throw in the first modern Olympic Games.
There are only two places today where people from all parts of the world gather: the United Nations and the Olympics. The Olympic athletes represent an almost complete economic cross section of the world's population. Lawyers, businessmen and even royalty have taken part in the Olympic Games. The games are truly universal [global].
The Olympic Games were begun before the Golden Age of Greece and ran uninterrupted for more than a thousand years. The ancient Olympic Games began in the 13th century B.C. and ended in 394 A.D. Their origin is obscure but several stories abound.
The early games became part of religious rites of the early Greeks. The athletes were treated as demi-gods. Both kings and common people competed. Sprigs of olive branches were awarded to the winners.
The first record of the Ancient Olympics was the Coroebus victory in a 200-yard foot race recorded in 776 B.C. This is when the Greeks began reckoning time by Olympiads (the 4-year intervals between the games).
In the beginning, all athletes competed in the nude. Women were barred from competition; at least until the 128th Olympiad when a girl was recorded as the winner of a chariot race.
The entire religious significance of the games was lost with the rise of the Roman Empire.
Corruption set in and the games were banned in 394 A.D. by Roman Emperor Theodosius. The modern Olympic Games are the heirs of the ancient games. For over a half century of their renewed existence, they have survived the life and death of nations, spanned devasting depressions, and lived through two world wars.
This brings us to the 1st Olympiad in Athens, Greece, 1896.
"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, the important thing in life is not to win but to take part, the important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well. To spread these precepts is to build up a stronger more scrupulous and more generous humanity.'
– De Cubertin
Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France conceived the modern Olympic Games. He proposed the idea in 1892 and spent the next three and a half years drumming up support. Greece had the strongest interest so the first Olympic Games were held in Athens.
The 1896 Athens games were funded by a gift of one million drachmas from the wealthy architect Georgios Averoff, and by selling souvenir stamps and medals.
Competitors came from England, France, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, Greece and the United States. The U.S. won 9 of the 12 track and field events. The discus throw was not practiced in the United States at the time but Bob Garrett, Capt. of the Princeton track and field team, had been practicing with a homemade discus on the Princeton campus. When he arrived in Athens, he discovered the regulation discus was much lighter than the one he had practiced with; so he entered the event and beat the Greek champion by more than 7 inches for the Gold medal.
The Greeks had by far the most athletes in competition. Greece and the United States tied, each collecting 10 Gold medals.


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People think that "the truth" is something we talk about, something we discover in books or in lectures or the Bible. But it isn't. It is something we experience, something we meet, someone we meet. That is the truth.
My mother met the truth. She knew without reading a book, without hearing a lecture, without learning any dogma or theology that we are all just human beings. And she knew when we classify human beings, label some gay, some lesbian, and other straight; that when we label some black and some white; that when we label some Christians and others Jews or Muslims or atheists; that when we label some smart and others not smart; that when we label some Europeans and others Asians; that when we do that, we are being untruthful. She knew this and this she passed on to me, my brothers, and her grandchildren. And she knew that no word, no book, no law, no speech could ever make untrue that which is true.
I am lucky. I met the truth through my mother. May you meet the truth and may it set you free, free of your fears, free of your prejudices, free of your guilt, free to be a human being in the company of other human beings.
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Trump Mythologized
"Donald Trump is a bad casino act, yes. He is a classic demagogue with a mean streak. He is also the catalyst of yeoman America's ongoing political pushback to globalism, diversity, and progressive dogma. How could this happen, the nation's elites are wondering. They still have no idea how their arrogance spawned Trumpism or why someone with so many defects has kept against all odds trending up."
This is a quote from the first paragraph of an article entitled, "Donald Trump and the Ghost of Christopher Lasch," a link to which can be found below. Basically, the article is arguing that the "Trump phenomenon" is a reflection of "blowback" against the "revolt of the elites" that Lasch described in a book published after his death, by that title, in 1995. And, as with other such articles, usually written from "the right," this one includes the assertion that our elites are worried about this phenomenon and how it could upset the stability – and allegedly the decency – of the current regime or political establishment. So, Trump is dangerous and must be stopped, preferably by those who will look after the middle class and its allegedly racist, fundamentalist, homophobic, and nationalistic values.
Now, while in part persuasive, the problem with this argument is that it fails to see that Trump is hardly a danger to the reigning elites and, in fact, is a gift to them in that his presence, his alleged dangerousness, helps to renew their legitimacy even after they have led the nation into the jackpot it is in. The ruling elites are not afraid of Trump – or even Cruz for that matter - because they know these politicians, when they lose, as the elites will ensure they do, will also help to destroy the insurgency of populism that is feeding Trump's – and by the way, Sanders' – popularity. This is the same game plan used by LBJ and Richard Nixon in the late 60s when another popular insurgency was abroad in the land, and also used during Carter's presidency when the Democrats savaged his presidency and his re-election before coalescing around Reagan, who was said to have a "mandate." And it is the same game plan that has been used in the face of other popular insurgencies as well.
Hence, articles like the one cited here also serve the same purpose of reinforcing the ruling elites while pretending to do otherwise. To quote another article along the same lines:
"To the establishment, this breakdown looks like chaos. It looks like savagery. It looks like a man with a flamethrowing guitar playing death metal going a hundred miles an hour down Fury Road. But to the American people, it looks like democracy. Something new will replace the old order, and there are a host of smart, young leaders on all sides who must prove they have the capability to figure out how to create or retrofit institutions that can represent and channel this new energy."
Note that this is not an argument against "an establishment," but just the reverse. The "new establishment" will be controlled by "a host of smart, young leaders on all sides who . . . create or retrofit institutions that can represent and channel this new energy." So, apparently, the American people think of "democracy" as changing one establishment for another and not as undermining establishments in general, which is exactly what those in Washington mean when they say that our government if "broken."
But the people aren't concerned about the government as "broken;" they are concerned about a government, a regime, that is oligarchic, controlled by a few for the benefit of the few. Hence, changing those in charge of the oligarchy will not address the people's concerns, their anger, whether those in charge are "smart, young leaders" or not. And this is another reason, the Trump phenomenon does not scare the established regime: Because this phenomenon merely serves to reinforce the all-too-common idea that a change of "leadership" will rectify our situation, an idea that the Obama presidency ought to have laid to rest. Hence, unlike the myth the media and mainstream politicians are pushing, the establishment knows that Trump, so far from creating chaos, is merely preparing the way for the reinforcement and extension of the prevailing regime.
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Elections US Style: 1968 and 2016
From the perspective of citizens, elections are seen as determining who will be "in" and who will be "out." That is, the focus is how parties and candidates try to win elections, the supposition being that losing an election is never an option for a political party. From the perspective of the parties and their members, however, elections have to be managed carefully to ensure that they, the members who control the party, don't lose their power. To do this, they must protect the prevailing political order or the regime because it is the regime that has elevated them to prominence, has empowered them. And sometimes, in order to preserve their power and the status quo, it makes sense to "lose" an election. This is something like losing a battle but winning the war.
Consider the presidential election of 1968. This election occurred at a time of considerable civil unrest. In fact, it is generally assumed that LBJ, the incumbent president, was driven from office because of this unrest, leading him to announce that he would not seek and he would accept the Democratic Party's nomination for president. It is generally assumed that Johnson had become such a divisive figure that it was assumed that he could not have been re-elected in any case. Therefore, Johnson stepped aside so the Democrats would have a chance to win the upcoming election.
But there was obviously more at stake than winning that election insofar as many of those engaged in civil disobedience and others who were angry over the Vietnam War wanted more than withdrawal from Vietnam. Many saw themselves as harbingers of a "new" or different kind of political order, a political order where the likes of LBJ, Richard Nixon, or Hubert Humphrey would be outsiders. In other words, these "activists," as is often the case with activists, were interested in "regime change," to use a contemporary expression.
Hence, mainstream politicians, those invested in the status quo, needed to find a way to control or disarm these activists, these insurgents. Because the threat came primarily from the Democratic Party, it was necessary and would be beneficial for the Democrats to lose the election. And Johnson shrewdly accomplished both of these objectives, disarming the insurgents in his party and losing the election, when he withdraw for the race and claimed that he was doing so in order to be able to work for peace in Vietnam full time. In this way, Johnson stole the fire of the peace movement and claimed for mainstream, status quo politicians the cause of peace. The proof is in the pudding and here the proof is that Richard Nixon, as mainstream a candidate as can be imagined, built his campaign around his assertion that he had a "secret plan" to achieve "peace with honor" in Vietnam. Against all odds then, Nixon ran as a "peace candidate, thereby co-opting the most powerful appeal of the insurgents. And as a peace-seeking president, Nixon could continue persecuting the war, even expanding it, because he was, allegedly, working for "peace with honor."
In this way, LBJ and Nixon, almost as if they were working together, managed the election in a way that preserved the status quo in the face of significant popular dissatisfaction and even civil unrest. And they did this without actually responding by means of change to the popular dissatisfaction abroad in the land. The degree to which they were successful was illustrated by the fact that Nixon was not hamstrung in his conduct of the war, which he kept going for four years, and by the fact that the goal of US policy in Vietnam became withdrawal, a withdrawal disguised as "peace" and as "honorable." That is, the main issue was no longer the character of the American political order; rather, the main issue was bringing the troops and the POWs home. Or, put differently, the issue was reframed as rectifying "the mistake" of Vietnam, and "mistakes" are quite common, require correction, but don't require fundamental or regime changes. Those who had sought such changes had been co-opted and rendered inert.
Not to lose sight of the argument here, let me reiterate that Johnson and Nixon treated the 1968 election, not as a means of seeking the kinds of changes that the popular unrest seemed to warrant, but rather as a means to avoid such changes in order to preserve the prevailing regime; that is, to preserve the regime which took the nation into Vietnam in the first place. Johnson was perfectly willing to withdraw from the race for the sake of peace and even willing to have the Democrats lose the election insofar as those eventualities would help to preserve the status quo and the power of mainstream politicians, even if these politicians were Republicans. In fact, insofar as the insurgency's home was in the Democratic Party, mainstream Republicans would be preferable to mainstream Democrats. And Johnson knew that Nixon would make a far stronger president than Humphrey and, therefore, would be far less likely to cater to the insurgency.
As far as 2016 is concerned, the question is how are the two parties, that is, the establishment members of the two parties, dealing with, managing the pervasive popular discontent abroad in the land? I believe the establishment Republicans are as content as Johnson was in 1968 to lose this presidential election, especially as the nominee of that party will be from the insurgency. And if the candidate loses in a landslide, all the better for the establishment members of the Republican Party. In this way, Donald Trump or Ted Cruz "works" for the mainstream Republicans as both have been painted as extremists unfit for the White House. And as in 1968, there is an establishment candidate waiting in the other party, the Democratic Party, and one that establishment Republicans need not fear insofar as Hillary Clinton's policy preferences are, for the most part, in sync with the Republicans. So, it would appear that the Republicans have little to lose by losing this election and, in fact, they seem to have much to gain by doing so. It is not the establishment members of the Republican and Democratic parties that will lose in 2016. Rather, it is the American people who will lose, as another chance for significant change passes by. And while this may be less than horrible, it cannot be said to be characteristic of a genuinely popular government.


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Trevor Horn on the Two Current Versions of Yes
Martin Kielty Published: March 26, 2018
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Former Yes singer Trevor Horn admitted it's "a bit" weird that there are two versions of the band currently touring.
The lineup featuring Steve Howe, Alan White and Geoff Downes is marking the band's 50th anniversary this year, while another group that includes Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman are also on the road.
Horn, who fronted Yes from 1980-81 and appeared on their 1980 album Drama, was asked by TeamRock about the two competing bands. "This is what happens between people," he said. "Fifty years – still going, still arguing! It'd be very hard though to have even Steve and Trevor, two big star guitar players, in the same band because they'd cancel each other out. ... Look, at least there's two Yeses you can go and see! Go see them while they're still playing."
Howe's band featured a recent appearance by Horn in London to help celebrate the anniversary. The event also included a launch party for a new version of the 2011 album Fly From Here, which now features Horn's vocals in place of singer Benoit David, who's on the original LP. "The band suggested it," Horn said. "Because Benoit is French-Canadian, English wasn't his native language. And Yes lyrics are difficult enough to understand if you're English in the first place. So it was kind of tricky for him to understand the nuances of what he was singing.
Horn noted that when he was asked to revisit the record with the band, "Alan pointed out that if I did, then the album would be the same lineup as Drama. An opportunity we'll never get again now that Chris [Squire] has passed away. So I thought why not? Because I have to live with the album for the rest of my life, so I might as well redo it. And as I was doing it, I changed a couple of solos on it, as one always does. Which is fine, because Geoff and I wrote it in the first place, so I didn't have to answer to anybody."
He also said he doesn't know how David feels about the changes."I haven't asked him," Horn said. "I don't know if the rest of the band have spoken to him about it, because he left quite rapidly, mid-tour. I don't know, I wasn't around. And I haven't seen the guys for a while as they've been out on tour. Last time I spoke to them they were in the middle of re-learning Topographic again. ... That's a lot to learn!"
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HomeAdministrationButtigieg Details `Douglass Plan` for Black Americans, Aims to `Dismantle Racist Structures`
Buttigieg Details `Douglass Plan` for Black Americans, Aims to `Dismantle Racist Structures`
July 12, 2019 Focus Washington Administration
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Thursday rolled out an ambitious policy plan to "dismantle racist structures and systems" in the United States, proposing changes to the country's health, education and criminal justice systems that he hoped would amount to "a comprehensive investment in the empowerment of black America," Washington Post reported.
Dubbed the Douglass Plan, after the abolitionist and activist Frederick Douglass, the plan is similar to what Buttigieg first outlined a month ago in an op-ed for the Charleston Chronicle in South Carolina. The fuller announcement comes as the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate continues to try to make inroads with African American voters.
"We have lived in the shadow of systemic racism for too long," Buttigieg said in a statement, citing a rise in white nationalism, a growing economic gap between black and white workers, and worse health outcomes for African Americans in the United States. Those disparities, he added, "should make us all wonder how the richest country on Earth can allow this to happen under our noses."
The 18-page plan includes proposals to establish health equity programs; to award a quarter of all government contracts to minority business owners; to reduce the incarceration rate by half at both the federal and state levels; and to "massively increase federal resources" for Title I schools.
Some of his proposals, such as increasing federal resources by $25 billion for historically black colleges and universities and other minority institutions, issuing new regulations to diversify the teaching profession, and setting a goal to triple the number of black entrepreneurs within a decade, are targeted specifically at minority communities.
Other aspects of the plan, such as doing away with the electoral college and replacing it with a national popular vote, are ideas Buttigieg already had been touting to general audiences on the campaign trail. Buttigieg likened the Douglass Plan in scope and ambition to "the Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II."
The plan rollout is Buttigieg's latest effort to make his case to African American voters, a demographic he has acknowledged he must win over after some dismal early poll numbers in South Carolina, the Post adds.
Those efforts were hampered last month after a white South Bend police officer fatally shot a black man, leading to protests and renewed scrutiny over Buttigieg's mayoral record in the midsize Indiana city. The fallout from the shooting, just days before the first Democratic debate in Miami, led to Buttigieg being asked onstage why he hadn't succeeded in increasing black representation on the South Bend police force over his two terms, the Post noted.
"Because I couldn't get it done," Buttigieg told the debate moderators soberly. "My community is in anguish… and I'm not allowed to take sides until the investigation comes back. The officer didn't have his body camera on. It's a mess. We are hurting."
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Christoph Dohmen (* 8. Januar 1957 in Geilenkirchen) ist ein deutscher römisch-katholischer Theologe und Alttestamentler.

Leben
Von 1976 bis 1982 studierte Christoph Dohmen Katholische Theologie, Philosophie, Semitistik und Altorientalistik an den Universitäten Bonn und Köln. Für seine Dissertation zum Dr. theol. 1985 (Das Bilderverbot. Seine Entstehung und seine Entwicklung im Alten Testament) erhielt er den Bonner Universitätspreis. 1988 folgte die Habilitation im Fach Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, ebenfalls in Bonn. Im gleichen Jahr war er zunächst Lehrstuhlvertreter für Exegese des Alten Testaments an der Universität Osnabrück, seit 1990 dann Professor. Seit 2000 ist er Universitätsprofessor für Exegese und Hermeneutik des Alten Testaments an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Regensburg.

Schwerpunkte
Christoph Dohmen ist dem Theologischen Studienjahr Jerusalem besonders verbunden; er nimmt als Fachprüfer am Auswahlverfahren teil und unterrichtet als Gastdozent in Jerusalem. Er ist auf verschiedene Weise im jüdisch-christlichen Dialog engagiert, so war er von 1997 bis 2003 Mitglied des Gesprächskreises "Juden und Christen" beim Zentralkomitee der Katholiken und Mitbegründer und Sprecher (1997–2000) der Forschungsstelle für christlich-jüdische Studien an der Universität Osnabrück. Seit 2005 ist er Berater in der Unterkommission für die Beziehungen zum Judentum der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz.

Von 2001 bis 2013 war Dohmen Mitglied der Päpstlichen Bibelkommission in Rom. Er war Mitarbeiter bei der Revision der Einheitsübersetzung.

Werke (Auswahl)
 (mit Manfred Oeming) Biblischer Kanon – warum und wozu? Eine Kanontheologie (Quaestiones Disputatae 137), Freiburg 1992
 (mit Franz Mußner) Nur die halbe Wahrheit? Für die Einheit der ganzen Bibel, Freiburg 1993
 (mit Günter Stemberger) Hermeneutik der Jüdischen Bibel und des Alten Testaments, Stuttgart 1996
 Die Bibel und ihre Auslegung (Beck'sche Reihe Band 2099), München 1998
 Exodus 1–18 (Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament), Freiburg 2015 ISBN 978-3-451-26804-5
 Exodus 19–40 (Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament), Freiburg 2004 ISBN 978-3-451-26805-2
 (mit Thomas Hieke) Das Buch der Bücher. Die Bibel – Eine Einführung, Regensburg 2005
 Ein Wieder-Sehen mit der Bibel. Die Revision der Einheitsübersetzung kann Text und Leser zusammenführen, in: Bibel und Kirche 2/2017, S. 84–92.

Weblinks
 Universität Regensburg: Prof. Dr. Christoph Dohmen
 Podcast: Das jüdische Volk und seine Heilige Schrift in der christlichen Bibel

Römisch-katholischer Theologe (20. Jahrhundert)
Römisch-katholischer Theologe (21. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Universität Osnabrück)
Hochschullehrer (Universität Regensburg)
Alttestamentler
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Q: When char array is passed to a method, the array looses its value I have method which accepts "constant char*" as a parameter. But when I pass the below array to the method "*SendUartMessage(int uartFd, const char dataToSend)**" only first two hexadecimal values are showing inside the method in the parameter. To be precise as the third value is zero 0x00, it blocks the other values pass inside the method. Can any one provide solution to pass all the array value inside the method.
const char updateAllChannelData[] = { 0x01, 0x06, 0x00, 0x19, 0x00, 0x01, 0x99, 0xCD };
            SendUartMessage(uartFd, updateAllChannelData);

This is the method
static void SendUartMessage(int uartFd, const char* dataToSend)
{
    size_t totalBytesSent = 0;
    size_t totalBytesToSend = strlen(dataToSend);
    int sendIterations = 0;
    close(r1PinFd);
    r1PinFd = GPIO_OpenAsOutput(MIKROE_PWM, GPIO_OutputMode_PushPull, GPIO_Value_High);
    while (totalBytesSent < totalBytesToSend) {
        sendIterations++;

        // Send as much of the remaining data as possible
        size_t bytesLeftToSend = totalBytesToSend - totalBytesSent;
        const char* remainingMessageToSend = dataToSend + totalBytesSent;
        ssize_t bytesSent = write(uartFd, remainingMessageToSend, bytesLeftToSend);
        if (bytesSent == -1) {
            Log_Debug("ERROR: Could not write to UART: %s (%d).\n", strerror(errno), errno);
            exitCode = ExitCode_SendMessage_Write;
            return;
        }

        totalBytesSent += (size_t)bytesSent;
    }
    int c, d;

    sleep(5);
    close(r1PinFd);
    r1PinFd = GPIO_OpenAsOutput(MIKROE_PWM, GPIO_OutputMode_PushPull, GPIO_Value_Low);

    Log_Debug("Sent %zu bytes over UART in %d calls.\n", totalBytesSent, sendIterations);
}

A: The array has a 0 byte at index 2. strlen calculates the length of a C-string, that is, a null terminated (0 byte terminated) array. Treating your array as a string, the length is 2. If you want to know the real length of the array you have to pass it as a parameter:
const char updateAllChannelData[] = { 0x01, 0x06, 0x00, 0x19, 0x00, 0x01, 0x99, 0xCD };
SendUartMessage(uartFd, updateAllChannelData, sizeof(updateAllChannelData));

static void SendUartMessage(int uartFd, const char* dataToSend, size_t totalBytesToSend)
{
   ...
}

A: You're using strlen on a character array that is not a string.
Strings in C are null terminated, meaning a byte with value 0 ends the string.  You don't have a string but an array of bytes whose valid values include 0.
You need to pass the size of the array to the function as a separate parameter.

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Can any one provide solution to pass all the array value inside the method.

In C, when an array is passed to a function, the arrray is first converted to the type and address of the first element.
const char updateAllChannelData[] = {
    0x01, 0x06, 0x00, 0x19, 0x00, 0x01, 0x99, 0xCD };
SendUartMessage(uartFd, updateAllChannelData);

SendUartMessage() receives a pointer to updateAllChannelData[0], not the array.

For SendUartMessage() to know how much of the array to use, also pass the array element count and re-write SendUartMessage() to accept the count.
static void SendUartMessage(int uartFd, size_t count, const char* dataToSend);

const char updateAllChannelData[] = {
    0x01, 0x06, 0x00, 0x19, 0x00, 0x01, 0x99, 0xCD };
size_t count = sizeof updateAllChannelData / sizeof updateAllChannelData[0];
SendUartMessage(uartFd, count, updateAllChannelData);

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The "humiliation of Christ" is one of the most mind-boggling things in the entire world. It is no wonder that those who are wise in worldly things don't generally understand it (1 Corinthians 1:26). The thought of God becoming man is just foolishness to the natural mind (1 Corinthians 2:14). Nevertheless, it is one of the foundations of all truth. Jesus is the Creator (John 1:1-2). And yet, he was fully man when He came to this Earth as our text tells us. He was all God and all man – the God man, Jesus Christ.
Jesus willingly became a man. Philippians 2:7-8 tells us that Jesus "made of Himself no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross." What amazing love that Christ must have for His own that He willingly set aside the glory He had with the Father before the foundation of the world to suffer for us (John 17:5). He wasn't forced to do this. His will was in harmony with the Father's will so He willingly laid down His life for His sheep (John 10:11).
Paul said, "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory" (1 Timothy 3:16). Certainly, it's a great mystery for our minds to consider. Jesus is 100% God. Yet, He came to this Earth as 100% man. He didn't cease to be God at that time. Yet, He was fully man. One may say, "That is impossible". Well, had it been anybody else, it certainly would have been impossible. But it happened nonetheless. It is absolute truth. Our ability to understand it doesn't validate it. God's Word is the foundation of all truth and it informs us of both Christ's deity and humanity. So, we must believe it.
So, what's the point? Why study this? Why consider this? Does it even really matter? Well, first of all it's in the Bible. So, it's worthy of consideration on that basis alone. But that certainly isn't the only reason. In God's plan, a man had to die for the sins of another man. We, as fallen men, needed a sinless Kinsman Redeemer to die for our sins. But no man is sinless. We all fell in Adam. We are all sinners (Romans 3:23). God certainly is not a sinner. Yet, God cannot die! So, there is a huge divide there in our minds. In fact, there is no human remedy here. Yet God, in His wisdom, made a way. His Son would become a man – albeit a sinless man – and suffer the penalty for the sins of His people (Matthew 1:21). Our sins cannot now be imputed to us because Christ willingly became our Mediator and paid for them (1 Timothy 2:5).
Do you trust this One today? Our prayer is that God has effectually drawn you to Christ as your personal Savior!


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