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Peter Orlovsky, Poet and Partner of Allen Ginsberg, Has Died
Peter Orlovsky, longtime partner of Allen Ginsberg and a poet in his own right, died May 30 in Vermont of lung cancer. He was 76. Orlovsky met Ginsberg in San Francisco in 1954, before Ginsberg wrote his seminal poem, “Howl." Published in 1956, “Howl" was the subject of a 1957 obscenity trial that became a landmark ...
Cognitive Surplus: The Great Spare-Time Revolution
People don't just do things for money, says Pink. 'We do things because they are interesting.' Clay Shirky and Daniel Pink have led eerily parallel lives. Both grew up in Midwest university towns in the 1970s, where they spent their formative years watching television after school and at night. Both later went to Yale (a BA ...
Google's Departure from the Mainland Spurs 'Wall-Climbing'
Google's departure from China after refusing to cooperate with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)s Internet blockade has not only earned Google international support and praise but has also stimulated far-reaching discussions in China. Some human rights activists and media professionals are saying that the more the CCP tries to block the Internet, the more people ...
Taps
TAPS is a high musical moan, part love song, part hymn. Composed in battle by a Civil War general to order lights-out, it also signaled that all was well: the day is over, you are safe, now rest. So it goes at military funerals: a last bugle call, a life is over, you are safe, now ...
Tech Innovator in Japan Sets It's Sights on China
A Japanese technology giant little known outside Asia is racing to capture the booming Chinese Internet market. And in the process, it hopes to become a global player straddling what is fast becoming the worlds most wired region. We want to be No. 1 in Asia on the Internet, said Masayoshi Son, the chief of Softbank, ...
Pakistani Court Orders Access to Facebook Restored
A Pakistani court on Monday ordered the government to restore access to Facebook, nearly two weeks after it blocked the social networking Web site amid anger over a Facebook page that solicited images of the Prophet Muhammad. Images or drawings of the prophet are considered blasphemous by most Muslims. We cannot block access to information, said ...
Chinese Edge Toward Supercomputing Record
A Chinese supercomputer has ranked as the worlds second fastest machine, surpassing European and Japanese systems and underscoring China's aggressive commitment to science and technology. The Dawning Nebulae, based at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, China, has achieved a sustained computing speed of 1.27 petaflops the equivalent of one thousand trillion mathematical operations per second ...
Sidekick No More: Eubanks Starts Post-Leno Life
Kevin Eubanks ended his 15-year tenure as musical director of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Friday with a song, alone on acoustic guitar. It was Adoration, an original ballad flecked with classical filigree, and he gave it a warmly dignified calm. He seemed unhurried and introspective, already pulling away from the frenetic clamor of ...
Israeli Filmmaker Adopts Camel Race Dream
Ezry Keydar and Nadav Ben Israel, two Israeli filmmakers, began making a documentary last year about a Bedouin man's dream of restoring camel races and cultural pride. But even before the film has been finished, his dream has become theirs. Camel racing in Israel may sound outlandish, but there's a serious point. Keydar says Israel is ...
Announcing the Winners of the Abstract Logix "Autographed 4-CD" Giveaway
David Kelber, Orlando Mays, Zachary Zeidner, Chad Callihan and Don Mitchell Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Abstract Logix “Autographed 4-CD" giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest, and please visit Abstract Logix for more releases. Enjoy the music! Your Friends ...
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