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If you're feeling overwhelmed by all the video game news spilling out of E3, perhaps you need to take a break and actually play a video game. Say, a demo for the PC edition of Obsidian's dungeon-crawling action-RPG Dungeon Siege III.
As Dungeon Siege III is a Steamworks game on PC, you'll need to hit up Steam to download the demo. It's a 1.5GB download.
The Xbox 360 demo hit last week, but who can possibly grumble about a demo arriving before the game actually launches? What a novelty in this day and age. And for PC too, no less!
There's no word on the PlayStation 3 demo yet, which has doubtless been thrown off by the kerfuffle with the PlayStation Network. With PSN now back up and running, hopefully we can expect it soon.
Dungeon Siege III launches for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on June 21, published by Square Enix.


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Class of 2010 Alumna Janowski Receives Vermont Educational Opportunity Programs Achiever Award
- 11-16-2012
- By Jennifer Nachbur
University of Vermont College of Medicine Class of 2010 alumna Jessie Janowski, M.D., recently received the 2012 Vermont Educational Opportunity Programs VEOP Achiever Award at a ceremony held October 9, 2012 at Vermont Technical College in Randolph, Vt. This award recognizes one outstanding former student of a U.S. Department of Education-funded TRIO program.
Janowski, a native of Glover, Vt., was an Upward Bound student at Lyndon State College for three years before going on to Tufts University, where she graduated with a degree in quantitative economics with a pre-medical minor. She received her M.D. from the UVM College of Medicine in 2010 and is now a third-year resident in orthopedic surgery at Fletcher Allen Health Care.
According to the U.S. Department of Education website, the Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO includes eight programs, including Upward Bound, that are targeted to serve and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post baccalaureate programs. TRIO also includes a training program for directors and staff of TRIO projects.
In addition to Janowski, the Upward Bound program at Lyndon State College has had two other Northeast Kingdom alumni graduate from the UVM College of Medicine – Patricia Waterhouse Rissacher, M.D.'05, a native of Craftsbury who now works in a family medicine practice affiliated with Canton-Potsdam Hospital in New York, and Casey Johnson, M.D.'11, a native of Groton who is currently a second-year family medicine resident at Susquehanna Health/Williamsport Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania.
(This article was adapted from a news release produced by Rick Williams, director, Lyndon State College Upward Bound.)

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Aaron Gornstein, undersecretary of the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, started his job a year ago, charged with expanding affordable housing and reducing homelessness. Globe reporter Jenifer B. McKim spoke with him about his first year on the job and his forecast for 2013.
Last month, you announced plans to phase out, by June, 2014, the costly and controversial program that houses homeless families in motels at a hefty cost to taxpayers. Is that really possible?
I'm optimistic we will be able to do this. We are intensely focused on reducing the number of families having to stay in motels and hotels. This has served as our overflow shelter system. We are going to be working with families on housing plans as well as with our providers to free up affordable housing units and using resources the Legislature provided to us.
Why have the numbers of needy families increased so much over the past several years? There were 771 families living in motels in December 2010, and almost 1,700 at the end of the December 2012.
The recession. There's a lot of families having difficulty finding employment. The numbers have gone up, but in the past several months they have leveled off and now we are starting to see a decline. We are going to build on that. It takes everyone working together.
After 22 years working as an advocate and leader of the private nonprofit Citizens' Housing and Planning Association that pushes for affordable housing, what has been the biggest difference for you in transitioning into government leadership?
Working inside state government I am coming at it from a different vantage point and I have to be mindful of all of the stakeholder groups that are involved in any decision. I have to be mindful of the budget and how much funding we have.
What have you learned over the last year that you didn't know a year ago?
It is a great challenge to work with such a diverse set of interests and stakeholders represented by the department and all of its partners. They include the emergency shelter system, municipal officials, private developers, nonprofit organizations, and community services agencies that run fuel assistance.
What worries you the most in your new post? What keeps you up at night?
I can't point to any single issue. There is just a tremendous need for affordable housing in the Commonwealth and I think about that every day and how we can help people get back on their feet, lead a better quality of life in a more permanent setting in the community. It's a tremendous challenge. We don't have all the resources we need to solve the problem because we have to rely on the federal government as well. States can't do it alone.
In November, Governor Deval Patrick detailed a plan to produce 10,000 multifamily housing units a year through 2020 in an effort to keep young professionals from leaving Massachusetts. This, of course, depends on cooperation from local communities. Do you think you will get it?
I believe there is strong support to increase housing production. People are increasingly recognizing that our state's economic competitiveness is directly linked to expanding housing options for middle-class families and for low- and moderate-income households.
Housing sales picked up in 2012 after a very slow year in 2011. What do you foresee will happen this year in the state's housing market?
I am not an economist. But I think there is going to continue to be a strong market. There is pent-up demand. There are younger families who want to take advantage of relatively stable prices and low interest rates.
There are seniors or baby boomers who are in the process of downsizing and are going to buy a condo or a townhouse. I'm hopeful that the trends are going to continue. The housing market is fundamental for the overall economic success of our state.Jenifer B. McKim can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on twitter @jbmckim.


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The New York Post begins its provocatively illustrated cover story about Brooklyn Law School "steaming over sexy undie ads" with these words:
"There oughta be a law — against being this naughty."
The Post might take its own advice.
Same shame for the rival Daily News, whose "WHAT BOOBS!" cover story refers to "clubs where women shake their stuff to men's delight."
Both the News' Friday lead and the Post's Saturday wood promoted legitimate stories (the Post reported how Diesel shot provocative ads in a law school library, skewering the school's already low reputation and angering students and alumni; the News piece, by Juan Gonzalez, exposed tax breaks lavished on strip clubs).
But the titillating, risqué play may be too damn much, and the News allowed a reader to bite back in the next day's print edition (the comment could not be found online):
My seven-year-old son has recently taken to reading the Daily News every day. On Nov. 12, after perusing your front page, he asked me what a strip club was. Care to lend a hand, Mr. Editor in Chief? By the way, I had no problem explaining the word "boob." I just showed him your picture. John O'Hare
Predictably, the News used publication of John O'Hare's complaint as cover to rerun its Boobs cover.
Both tabloids increasingly demonstrate on their covers — and in racy spreads inside — that they have a base assessment of their readers' tolerance for home-delivered sewer spill. While the pages reproduced here don't represent an every-day pattern, neither are they aberrations.
And the trend toward extreme front pages is not restricted to sex — the cover of Saturday's Daily News ghoulishly features morgue workers dragging a body down a stairwell.
Double entendres, long the meat and potatoes of winning headlines, have become a quaint relic, supplanted by sledgehammer-wielding head writers.
New York is not London (a city proud of its racy tabs and the source of so much of New York's tabloid talent), and newspaper readers are increasingly older, conservative folk, women and well as men.
Some New Yorkers, like John O'Hare, are concerned with leaving trash in plain view of their children ("Billy's home from kindergarten, dear — quick, hide the newspaper!").
The marginal newsstand sales gained by running soft-porn covers can be lost on the home front, where the money circulation lives. Ultimately, they devalue their newspaper's brand, turning a serious civic and business enterprise into the butt of snarky jokes.
It's enough to consider whether there might be a broad secular market for a newspaper like Hamodia — a sex-and-scandal-free daily published for Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community that boasts it's a newspaper you're not ashamed to bring home.
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2012 INFINITI M35h Values
Select a 2012 INFINITI M35h trim level
2012 model year changes
For 2012, the Infiniti M gains a hybrid model--the very first gas/electric hybrid from Infiniti. It features a 3.5L V6 mated to an electric motor that makes a combined 360 horsepower. It needs no plug-in charging for its battery packs and can run on either powerplant separately, or both together. Not other changes have been made to the M line for 2012.
Competitive comparison
Mix of traditional luxury and sport-sedan attitude; plush interior upholsteries and trims; acceleration and performance; all-new hybrid model; available accident avoidance technology
Special features for 2012
The M strikes an unusual mix of luxury, economy, and sportiness that's unmatched in this class, with strong powertrains, nimble handling and a quiet, refined interior. Its new styling looks at once traditional yet flamboyant, and some will prefer the straightforward interior design to the screen-based systems in other luxury vehicles. The all-new M35h hybrid model provides gobs of power and torque all while delivering the fuel economy of a 1.8L economy car. The M lineup features a wide range of tech gadgetry, including Blind Spot Intervention, setting the M sedan apart from its class.
Debuting for the 2012 model year, the Infiniti M35h is the latest addition to a growing segment of luxury sedans incorporating electric-assist drivetrains. Featuring the conventional power of a 3.5 liter V-6 engine, the all-aluminum powerplant of the 2012 Infiniti M35h works in concert with a 50-kilowatt electric motor. Electric power is stored onboard the 2012 M35h in a lithium-ion battery compact enough to still allow 11.3 cubic feet of cargo room. The 2012 Infiniti M35h combined power from electric motor and gasoline engine produces 360 horsepower while netting 29 miles per gallon in average fuel economy on premium gasoline. A premium luxury sedan, the 2012 Infiniti M35h is found loaded with an array of convenience items including leather, front heated seats with 10-way power seats, XM satellite radio, Bluetooth connectivity, dual-zone climate control and Active Noise Control. Optional equipment for the 2012 Infiniti M35h includes Intelligent Cruise Control, Bose Surround Sound stereo and a Forest Air system designed to purify the sedan's cabin area.


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TRENTON — A suspected gangster charged with ambushing two city police officers last month along Stuyvesant Avenue had his bail in that case cut in half Monday morning, but he still needs $350,000 to get out of the Mercer County jail.
Mercer Superior Court Judge Robert Billmeier cut the bail in the May 14 shooting case to $250,000, but told 23-year-old suspect James Ellis Grant he was keeping the bail at $100,000 for the aggravated assault and weapons charges filed against him in a separate case May 10.
Officers Gene Palumbo and Mike Runyon were driving on Stuyvesant Avenue on May 14, in a marked SUV, when they heard gunshots. They opened their windows to investigate when they were targeted by at least six bullets. Grant and a teenage accomplice from the Sex-Money-Murder wing of the Bloods have been charged in the case.
After the ambush of the officers, Lt. Ed Gonzalez said a squad of detectives found out the shots came from an abandoned house at "643 Stuyvesant Ave. That is where we located six .30-carbine shells that were used for the ambush."
The incident came days after Grant was jailed on assault and weapons charges and officers raided his mother's home on Rutherford Avenue.
Trenton Police Director Ralph Rivera Jr., thanked the state police and other departments that helped with the investigation of the ambush.
"When an attack is made on a police officer, it is an attack on society," said Rivera. "This is why Col. (Rick) Fuentes, of the New Jersey State Police, and the other agencies provided their support and understand this is one police family."
A budget crunch forced the city to lay off more than 100 police officers last year, and Rivera said violent crime investigations such as the ambush will include the manpower of other law enforcement personnel.
"If another event was to happen, the same effort that you see here would get together again to tackle the situation that came before us," he said.


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The MLS is an underdog of modern contemporary football but Is it finally showing signs of evolving?
The answer is vague and intangible in some issues. For now, it is not the most competitive league in the world. In recent times some of the most renowned faces of football have been aiding the American soccer competition to take a few steps upwards, as has happened with David Beckham, Thierry Henry and Obafemi Martins.
A first glimpse on American soccer will most certainly perceived the MLS as an El Dorado for the old men of football, looking for a way to top their pockets with some easily-accessible 'gold'. At the end of the day it really is like this, but not on all levels.
These players are actually the best there is when expressing opinions regarding malfunctions, flawed managements and even to teach fellow companions better ways to play the game.
Barring this in mind, a glittering horizon draws in the distance. If these relationships are well established in the long run, the MLS might just find good foundations to step-up and deliver.
In the meantime, American fans have an entertaining and rejuvenated sport to watch. LA Galaxy, Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders, among others, provide unstable displays, namely defensive-wise, but one that is most definitely interesting.
The competition for audience is fierce with NBA, NFL and NASCAR on the top of the list, relegating soccer to the side-lines. These three kings are of almost sacred proportions, but the MLS can still rise to become a relevant league inside the USA.
With room for big improvements and recreation, only time will tell if the Americans have another great competitions to support and cheer for.
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Offer lands two of you bowls and all the gear, three alcoholic drinks EACH, plus a beef burger, onion, salad and condiments! All at 62% off!
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- Grab some mates and get bowling – barefoot – at Camp Hill Community Bowls Club!
- Today you and a buddy pay just $29 for two hours of awesome barefoot bowling fun
- Offer includes all the bowls and equipment
- Plus, both of you will each receive three alcoholic drinks each too
- And Camp Hill will even throw in a beef burger, onion, salad and condiments
- Buy as many as you like and get a group of friends together for some shoeless fun this weekend!
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Overdo it on sweet cream sherry, make slightly inappropriate jokes or drive extremely badly and you'll hardly be befriending anyone from the PC brigade anytime soon. That said, do it as an old-aged pensioner, and few will blink an eyelid. And much like sporting blue hair and not having your own teeth, another plus of one's 'twilight years' is the soothing game of lawn bowls, particularly when coupled with a fully stocked bar.
And today Cudo's not letting those oldies have all the fun with an offer that gets you and a buddy barefoot bowling at the ever-friendly Camp Hill Community Bowls Club at, you guessed it, Camp Hill in East Brisbane all for just $29 for two!
Grab your voucher; in fact grab a stack of 'em for mates and buddies, as there's no limit on how many you can buy; then get along to Camp Hill, get the shoes off and chuck a jacks high! You're scoring $77 of value for only $29, including all this lawn bowls action…
- The cut and thrust of barefoot bowling for two hours for you and a pal including all the equipment and the bowls
- Down a coldie or two on the greens! The offer also gets you three drinks from the bar each, including a pot of beer, wine or soft drinks
- And to finish off a spectacular afternoon of awesome naked-foot fun, the hospitable folk at Camp Hill Community Bowls Club wil provide your tummy with a beef burger, onion, salad and condiments
- Buy as many as you like! As group bowls is far better done in a group!
So if you like to go shoeless, like to trounce friends at rather gentle ball games or simply fancy saving yourself 62%, then it's all here today thanks to Camp Hill Community Bowls Club! And there's no need to dye your hair blue or drink sherry either!
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CLEVELAND — Kyle Shanahan has been hired as offensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns.
The Browns made the announcement Monday. New coach Mike Pettine was hired Jan. 23 to replace Rob Chudzinski, who was fired Dec. 29 after one season.
The 34-year-old Shanahan held the same job the past four seasons with the Washington Redskins, serving under his father, coach Mike Shanahan. The pair was fired Dec. 30. Kyle Shanahan was offensive coordinator of the Houston Texans for two seasons before that.
Shanahan interviewed with the Browns on Wednesday. He had interviewed for coordinator jobs with the Dolphins and Ravens.
The Browns also interviewed Raiders quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo on Thursday.
Pettine hired Jim O'Neil as his defensive coordinator last week.


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Disobedient pedestrians cause problems in HWT
OFFICIALS yesterday expressed disappointment at how pedestrians responded to the traffic changes in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew,
and have vowed to maintain a presence in the busy square to ensure that the new rules are obeyed.
On Sunday, the National Works Agency -- in collaboration with the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, the Ministry of Transport and Works and its Road Safety Unit, and the National Road Safety Council -- implemented the changes, which included audible pedestrian signals in the Half-Way-Tree square.
But yesterday, despite the brightened pedestrian crossings and improved signals, many were seen crossing the busy roadway wherever and whenever they wished.
"We are happy with the way some pedestrians responded to the changes, but there are others who have displayed a level of indiscipline," said Kanute Hare, director of the Road Safety Unit at the Ministry of Transport and Works.
Hare made the comment as staff from the unit assessed how well the system worked from strategic points in the busy square.
"Some of the glitches we have seen so far [are caused by] pedestrians [who] want to cross anywhere they feel like; but this cannot be allowed to continue," said Hare, who warned that offenders would be dealth with.
According to Hare, four pedestrians have died in traffic accidents since the start of the year. More than 80 were killed in 2012.
"Over 80 per cent of the pedestrians killed on our road network last year were using the road improperly. Therefore, we will have to deploy the relevant strategies to ensure that our pedestrians and motorists adhere to rules and regulations," he emphasised.
Hare's views on the indiscipline among pedestrians were shared by the police on hand. One senior officer stressed that he believes stiffer penalties would keep the pedestrians in line.
Meanwhile, yesterday motorists and pedestrians expressed mixed views about the changes.
"I am still not sure how the system operates," said a woman who gave her name only as Marcia, as she stood at the traffic light at the intersection of Constant Spring and Suthermere roads.
"I don't think it will work," motorist Barrington Teters commented.
However, Joel Smith said he welcomed the changes and believes it will improve traffic movement as people become familiar with the process.
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Welcome centers, rest areas and weigh stations have been ranked as the least important programs for Georgia Department of Transportation. This means these roadside stops will receive less funding due to state budget cuts.
Last year, over 16 million people stopped at Georgia's 11 visitor centers, and 71 percent of them stayed overnight in hotels. It's something that the tourism industry is very pleased about.
"The visitor center are number on their priority list, we are the main point as visitors came in the state of Georgia and our key is to provide Georgia to the tourists," says Hilda Seymore, Visitor Operations Manager.
But due to state budget cuts, the Georgia Department of Transportation has ranked the roadside stops as the least important program. It plans on spending only a little over $5 million of its $688.5 million budget on the help stations.
Motorists say it's important to keep up the rest areas because they rely heavily on these spots while traveling.
"We like to eat at the picnic tables, we love the weather, that's why we are down here and we don't go to fast food restaurants to use their bathrooms. We would rather eat our sandwich here and use the facilities," says James Oehlberg, a traveler from Michigan.
Higher priorities for DOT include resurfacing roads, bridges and sending state aid to local highway departments, but people with the Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism say the rest areas remain number one on their list.
DOT's ranking was decided after Gov. Perdue ordered state agencies to help with the state budget by calling for a 2.5 percent cut this year, and another 5 percent next year.


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The Global Legal Studies Center announces its next Legal Pluralism Speaker Series event:
"Sex, Legal Pluralism and the Codex Iuris Canonici"
featuring Patrick J. Wall, senior consultant, Manly & Stewart
About the Speaker
Patrick J. Wall, a canon lawyer and world-renowned expert on the Catholic clergy abuse crisis, has been a senior consultant at Manly & Stewart since 2002. A former Roman Catholic priest and Benedictine monk, Wall has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master of divinity degree from Saint John's University in Minnesota. In 2007, he received an LL.M in canon law from the Cardiff University School of Law in Wales. While a practicing priest in Minnesota, Wall served as a faculty resident, member of the seminary sexual abuse response team, associate pastor, parochial administrator, defender of the bond, advocate, tribunal judge, high school instructor, member of the archdiocesan finance council, and member of the Canon Law Society of America. After working as a "fixer" in the church, dealing with the aftermath of sexually abusive priests in parishes and schools, Wall left the priesthood, finding that the only way that abuse survivors would get the help and healing they needed was outside of the church hierarchy. Wall has consulted on more than 200 cases of clergy abuse in the United States. He is the author of "Sex, Priests and Secret Codes," a leading book on the 2000-year history of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, and is co-author of the forthcoming "New Book of Gomorrah."
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New website on reducing marine turtle bycatch in the Eastern Pacific
In the Pacific Coast of Latin America, fisheries provide livelihood for more than one million people. With coastal fishery resources over-fished in many places, fishermen are forced to switch to oceanic longline fishing, a gear commonly used to catch highly migratory species such as tuna, swordfish, billfishes, mahi-mahi and sharks.
In the tropical seas, the main fishing grounds are shared with marine turtle's habitats and migration routes. As a result, while fishing species of commercial value with long-lines, other species are unintentionally caught as well. This is known as bycatch.
The bycatch problem is directly linked to the use of J hooks in long-line fishing operations. Marine turtles are attracted by baits hanging from the line, by biting the hooks turtles usually suffer fatal injuries. When fishermen find hooked turtles in the line, they can decide to unhook turtles, but lack of knowledge on how to do this properly can cause further damage, thus reducing the chance of survival of hooked turtles.
In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, marine turtle bycatch mitigation in longline fisheries is being accomplished through a collaborative project with the fishing industry and artisanal fishermen. The website shows how WWF is working with fishermen and other stakeholders to engage them in efforts to protect marine turtles, while still maintaining their essential fishing activities.
Of the different approaches to mitigate the bycatch impact of longline fishing, the replacement of the traditional J hooks by circle hooks along with better handling of marine turtles is the most promising. Fishermen are trained in the correct use of circle hooks, and on best fishing practices to correctly recover and release unharmed hooked turtles.
The collaborative engagement approach of WWF's Latin America and Caribbean Sustainable Fisheries Programme is leading to a profound transformation in longline fishing in the waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Click here to visit the website and find out more.


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Georgia Tech athletic director Dan Radakovich has been hired as Clemson's AD.
While Dan Radakovich was steadily building the athletic department at Georgia Tech the past six years, he kept noticing the progress made two hours up the road by Atlantic Coast Conference rival Clemson.
Now, it's Radakovich in charge of Tiger athletics after he was hired to take over Clemson for retiring athletic director Terry Don Phillips.
"I watched from down I-85 as Clemson has assembled a great collection of coaches," Radakovich said. "I look forward to working with them."
He spent six years with the Yellow Jackets. He has also been an athletic administrator at South Carolina and LSU. Radakovich says he's grateful he was picked to administer the growing program, led by the defending ACC football champions.
"I always said it would take a special opportunity for me to leave Georgia Tech," said Radakovich, 54.
Clemson University President James F. Barker said the school looked at about 30 candidates, ranging from athletic administrators from BCS-level schools to private sector leaders.
"We set this bar very high," Barker said. "We wanted an individual who knew how to lead, who knew how to win, who knew how to raise revenue."
Barker said that person was Radakovich.
While at Georgia Tech, he oversaw 51 teams who advanced to either NCAA team tournament play or bowl games. That includes six sports — football, baseball, women's basketball, softball, women's tennis and golf — that have made the postseason every year he has been in Atlanta.
There are been 11 sports that have finished in the final top 25 of at least one major poll 27 times in those six years. That includes a national championship women's tennis program in 2007, just the second NCAA team title in Georgia Tech history. There have been 13 ACC championships celebrated in addition to nine regular season conference or division titles.
Georgia Tech President G.P. "Bud" Peterson said Radakovich also oversaw a significant expansion in athletic facilities.
"Under his leadership, our student-athletes have continued to excel, winning both conference and national championships. It has been a pleasure to work with him," Peterson said.
Georgia Tech said that senior associate AD Paul Griffin will head the department until the school finds a replacement.
Not everything went smoothly under Radakovich's watch. Georgia Tech was hit with NCAA sanctions in 2011 that cost the football team its 2009 ACC title, which the Yellow Jackets captured with a 39-34 victory against Clemson. Georgia Tech was also fined $100,000 and placed on four years probation.
NCAA investigators believed that Radakovich broke rules when he informed Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson of pending NCAA interviews with Yellow Jacket players. The NCAA said it was obvious the players were told how to answer the upcoming questions.
Barker said if he and Clemson's search committee weren't completely satisfied with Radakovich's actions, he would not have been hired. Radakovich called the NCAA inquiry a life-altering experience he'll never forget — nor repeat.
"Mistakes were made that I guarantee will not be made again," Radakovich said. "It's a life lesson that I have and I bring to the table having been in the trenches and never wanting to return."
Johnson, Georgia Tech's football coach, wished Radakovich well in the new position.
"Dan did a lot of good things for Georgia Tech athletics over the past six-and-a-half years," Johnson said. "I appreciate everything he has done for me and my family."
Radakovich is friends with Phillips, who spent the past 10 years leading the Tigers. When Radakovich learned of Phillips' retirement, he reached out to him about the position.
Radakovich plans to spend the next two weeks or so closing Georgia Tech duties before taking over at Clemson full-time by the end of November. He said he expected to attend all three November football home games at Memorial Stadium, against Maryland (Nov. 10), North Carolina State (Nov. 17) and against rival South Carolina — Radakovich's former employer — on Nov. 24.
Radakovich promised transparency for Clemson ticket buyers and boosters and suggested he'll use some sort of report card to let both groups know how they're money's being spent by the athletics department. He also planned to meet with all Tigers coaches about their programs as soon as he could.
"When you're in this seat," Radakovich said, "you want to make sure the student-athletes have the best chance to be successful."


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Has anyone out there successfully booted up one or more of the many Linux live CDs on Intel Macs and had them work well? I am thinking of Knoppix, SuSE Linux and the like. Your experiences, positive or negative, would be most appreciated. Thanks.My Macs: iMac 27" 3.4 GHz, Mac Pro 3.2 GHz, PowerMac G5 Quad 2.5 GHz, G4 Cube with 1.2 GHz Upgrade
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I had Ubuntu running off a Live CD in Parallels if that helps.Windows on the Mac - Forums and free support for Boot Camp, Parallels, and VMWare.
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I've run Knoppix on my iMac without any problems. The only weird thing was when I rebooted into OS X and I opened up Terminal instead of "Welcome to Darwin!" it said something about Knoppix. I thought it was odd, but when I remembered it a few days later it was back to normal.
I was runing ubuntu off a live CD it was ok but you can't add any more programs to the distro once the cd is burned, or save anything. At least I never figured out how to get it to look to my hard drive to save anything. So basically it wasnt to useful for me. Works better for me to run a dual boot setup with parallels then I had access to add stuff.
liveCD's on Intel Macs [Puppy Linux variants]
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I've booted a couple of recent Puppy Linux variants (Puppy 4.3.1, Lucid Puppy 5.0, & Quirky Puppy 1.1) on an old core duo macbook pro. Unfortunately, these variants don't recognize Apple's touchpad or mouse bar, so I needed to use an external USB mouse to run. Everything else worked without issue, including automatically setting the display resolution. I did need to manually configure the wireless via a couple of dialog boxes, since I was on a WPA/PSK router, but this was quite straightforward.
Note: I did have a dual boot setup originally (mac OS & Windows partitions, HFS & FAT respectively), so I could save a "usersave" file with personal settings & such to the FAT partition to speed bootup on subsequent boots from the liveCD. I have yet to test the DVD playback capability, but plan to do so in a few days or so. [Puppy Lunux loads the OS into ram, so you can eject the liveCD disk & insert something else, like an audio or video disk.]
I'll report back with further experiences.
I've also run the ISO images of these variants as virtual machines in VMware Fusion 3.0 (under OS X), but there are no compatibility issues & everything ran properly without any hiccups.
update on Puppy Linux liveCD on core duo MBP
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I tried playing both DVD's (a couple of Disney movies my kids have) & audio CD's (an audio book from the public library) this evening. [While running a liveCD direct boot of Lucid Puppy 5.0 with an external USB mouse on a core duo MBP.] Since Puppy Linux loads into completely into ram, I was able to eject the liveCD & use the CD drive to play the various media.
No problems either with the audio book or with the Disney DVD's. They both worked flawlessly. I'll try the same disks with Quirky Puppy 1.1 & Puppy Linux 4.3.1, but anticipate no difference, since they essentially use the same programs.
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Lady Ricebirds drop two straight, Birds fall to Lonoke Tuesday
The Stuttgart Ricebirds split their decisions last week, while the Lady Ricebirds dropped two as 2-4A conference play nears its end.
The Ricebirds fell to Lonoke 66-32 Tuesday, while the Lady Ricebirds dropped a 34-26 decision.
On Friday, the Ricebirds picked up a 30-27 win over Heber Springs, while the Lady Birds lost 63-31.
The Lady Ricebirds and the Lonoke Jackrabbits started off slow Tuesday as both teams scored just three points in the first quarter. Lonoke outscored the Lady Ricebirds 13-8 in the second quarter to take a slim 16-11 lead at the half.
Stuttgart kept it close in the third quarter, scoring six points to Lonoke's seven to make it a 23-17 ballgame heading into the final period. The Lady Birds battled but couldn't keep up as Lonoke scored 11 points to Stuttgart's nine to claim the 34-26 win.
Haley Johnson and Tiffany Gipson led the Lady Ricebirds with six points each.
Kassandra Hogan added four points, while Mariah Allen, Deysia Mitchell, Jayda Williams, Aalia Williams and Reagan Raper all scored two points each.
The Lady Ricebirds hits four of seven (57 percent) free-throw attempts, while the Jackrabbits connected on 10 of 17 (59 percent) attempts.
The Ricebirds fell behind quick against Lonoke and never recovered.
The Jackrabbits held a 13-8 lead after the first quarter and put up 22 points to Stuttgart's 10 in the second period to take a 35-18 lead into the locker room.
Lonoke outscored the Ricebirds 19-12 in the third quarter, then added 12 points to its total while holding the Ricebirds to just two points to earn the 66-32 win.
Kenneth Avery led the Ricebirds with 12 points, followed by Chris Hooks with nine.
Miqual Hoyt scored seven points, while Alante Stewart and Je'Nell Horner added two points each.
The Ricebirds hit three of their five (60 percent) free-throw attempts, while Lonoke netted 14 of 24 (58 percent).
The Lady Ricebirds struggled against a dominating Heber Springs squad Friday.
Stuttgart scored just four points in the opening quarter, while Heber Springs put up 18. The Panthers outscored the Lady Birds 20-12 in the second period to take a 38-16 lead into the locker room at the half.
Heber Springs came out swinging again in the third quarter, doubling the Lady Ricebirds' effort, 18-9, and taking a 56-25 lead into the final period of play.
Stuttgart kept it close in the fourth quarter, scoring six points, while holding Heber Springs to just seven, but the Panthers came away with the 63-31 win.
Aalia Williams led the Lady Ricebirds with 12 points, followed by Jayda Williams with six and Johnson and Mitchell with four points each. Allen and Tasharra Dawkins scored two points apiece, while Jenneka Horner added one point.
The Lady Ricebirds hit three of their nine (33 percent) free-throw attempts, while Heber Springs connected on four of eight (50 percent).
The Ricebirds ended the week with a 30-27 win over Heber Springs.
Stuttgart took an early 6-4 lead after the first quarter and outscored the Panthers 8-6 to take a 14-10 lead at the half.
Both teams scored nine points in the third quarter, but Stuttgart held a 23-19 lead into the final stanza. Heber Springs scored eight points to Stuttgart's seven, but the Ricebirds held on for the 30-27 win.
Stewart led the Birds with 12 points. Avery chipped in seven, while Herman Hampton and Hooks added four each. Jake Baden scored three points for Stuttgart on the night.
The Ricebirds hit just one of eight (12 percent) free-throw attempts, while Heber Springs connected on four of six (67 percent) from the charity stripe.
Stuttgart will wrap up 2-4A conference play over the next week before heading to the conference tournament beginning Feb. 11 in Newport.


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According to the latest annual study on the Central European Industrial market released by Cushman & Wakefield, the industrial real estate market in Central Europe has reached equilibrium. Availability of space has maintained a healthy 10.5 per cent for two years and the volume of new construction amounted to 740,000 square metres last year, with new construction taking place in Poland in particular.
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Well, I don't have the money for nice down stuff right now so I've been using poncho liners. They make wonderful top and bottom quilts especially since we car camp. However I didn't think they'd cut it for next weekend up in Iron Mountain, MI. Fortunately I was thinking ahead since it's now forecast to be lows in the upper 20's.
Anyway, down to the important stuff. I decide to beef up our top quilts with some fleece. Found some stuff that I believe is 400 wt and made another top quilt to go inside the PLTQ. I've been told that they don't always like to stay together so we're fixing that problem by putting a couple of buttons on the fleece and holes in the PL to keep them together.
Now the million dollar question is if this modification will be enough to stay nice and toasty. Also have some Insul-Bright coming to slide into the PLUQ, not sure if I'll actually have it by next weekend though.
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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City developer Slant Six Games has been hit with more layoffs, the third such staff reduction in two years. The studio cut an undisclosed number of staff last June, and also laid off team members in April 2010. A company representative said this move is "temporary"--as the others were--as it tries to line up more work.
"This necessary measure has been taken to reduce the size of our team and to decrease interim operating costs while we continue to negotiate new business," The company said in a statement to GamesIndustry International. "Temporary layoffs provide us with a time period to keep everyone's employment position open with full benefits. The intention is to reinstate all of the people affected when new projects or funding has been secured."
Even though the move is supposedly temporary, the company is considerably smaller than in it was in 2010 after it released SOCOM: US Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 3 for PSP. At the time of the first round of layoffs, the studio had 96 employees, compared to around 60 prior to this current round. The company said it has made a successful transition to mobile games, creating such titles as Bowling Dead and Galactic Reign, but it remains to be seen just how soon staff will be hired back, if at all.


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For much of rural Malawi, 2012 and 2013 saw prolonged dry spells and meagre harvests. Yet some of the poorest communities in some of the worst-affected areas have thrived.
In late 2012, aid organizations in Malawi estimated that close to 2 million people – 13 per cent of the population – faced food insecurity. The central and southern regions, areas that are often plagued by unpredictable rains and poor harvests, were hit the hardest.
Edward Zambia is a 29-year-old farmer and fisherman from Msewa village in the badly affected southern district of Thyolo. He said that soaring maize prices meant the country's staple food had become unaffordable. "I had food problems in my house. The little money I made selling fish was not enough to feed the family, let alone buy clothes for the children," he said.
A timely CERF allocation
With a serious food crisis looming, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) released US$3.2 million in January 2013 to support emergency relief efforts. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) received almost $1.4 million of that allocation to help 124,000 people like Edward with seeds, small-scale irrigation equipment, and training on sustainable agricultural practices.
Edward's farm and family flourished. With his newly acquired farming techniques and a 1kg bag of bean seeds, Edward produced and sold 25kgs of beans. He invested the proceeds in a simple but effective irrigation scheme for his maize field and he now expects to harvest eight 50kg bags of maize worth about 52,000 Malawi Kwacha ($140).
Edward also bought three iron sheets for the roof of his house, and he now has enough income to feed and clothe his family. "I have been able to do all that now … because of the extra money I made from selling the beans," he said.
Lasting benefits
The support from FAO and its partners has had a remarkable long-term impact on the lives of Edward and others in his community.
Farmers who received inputs were taught sustainable farming practices and encouraged to give back to the community. Every bag of seed or fertilizer was paid back twofold — in cash or in kind — so that others might benefit. Farmers were also encouraged to pass on their new skills to other farmers who did not directly benefit from the intervention.
According to FAO, the targeted communities saw significant increases in production, improved crop and nutrition diversity, and enhanced household income. Another result was that more children were enrolled in schools because their parents were able to provide meals for them.
A notable measure of success
But the most notable measure of success came in late 2013. By November, Malawians once again faced widespread food shortages, with 1.8 million people at risk of hunger. However, few of the communities who benefited from the CERF-funded project required food assistance.
CERF has since allocated another $8 million to help humanitarian partners provide life-saving relief. FAO has received more than $2 million to help another 165,000 vulnerable people.
"These funds are critical in supporting the humanitarian community's response to food insecurity in Malawi, particularly in sectors that received minimal funding," said Ms. Mia Seppo, the UN Resident Coordinator in Malawi.
"The resources so far received have been used to alleviate malnutrition in children, ensure the protection of the most vulnerable and help farmers mitigate the risks of further food insecurity."
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posted July 11, 2011 at 02:01 amFinally the promised spoilery Dark of the Moon strip! ĀAnd I've warned you twice and I put little spoilery warning space at the top of the comic, so don't come crawling to me with regrets! ĀI will merely sit aloft my silvery tower and laugh.
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*He is currently the oldest character the the Grand Theft Auto series, being born in 1923.
*He is currently the oldest character the the Grand Theft Auto series, being born in 1923.
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[[Appearance::Grand Theft Auto IVThe Ballad of Gay Tony (Mentioned Online)]]
|Full Name
|Jon Gravelli
|Date of Birth
|Place of Birth
|Meadow Hills, Liberty City
|Date of Death
|[[Error: Invalid time.|2008 (age 85)]]
|Age at Death
|[[Italian American|Italian American]]
|Liberty City
Jon Gravelli, Jr. (Son)
Sonny Cangelosi (Uncle, deceased)
|Main Affiliations
Gambetti Family
The Commission
Jon Gravelli, Jr.
U.L. Paper
Niko Bellic
|Voiced by
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Jon Gravelli (1923 - 2008) is an old school and well connected Mafia boss in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Gravelli took charge of the Gambetti Family in 1978 after the death of Sonny Cangelosi. The Gambetti Family became one of the most powerful of Liberty City's Mafia families under Gravelli's leadership. He had a son, Jon Gravelli, Jr., who was a former associate of the Gambetti's but was disowned after he developed a cocaine addiction.
Since 2005, he was a patient in Schottler Medical Center. He was charged with racketeering in 2006 and was awaiting trial. In 2008, Gravelli was introduced to Niko Bellic via cellphone through his contact at U.L. Paper who is referred to as a "mutual friend". It was through his and U.L Paper's assistance that Niko is able to have Darko Brevic delivered to him. After Niko has taken his revenge on Dimitri Rascalov or Jimmy Pegorino, Gravelli passes away peacefully in his sleep, prior to standing trial.
LCPD Database record
- Surname: Gravelli
- First Name: Jon
- Age: 85
- Place of Birth: Meadow Hills, Liberty City
- Affiliations: Gambetti Crime Syndicate
- Criminal Record:
- 1940 - Possession Gambling Records
- 1942 - Promoting Gambling
- 1942 - Assault
- 1944 - Grand theft Auto
- 1946 - Attempted Murder
- 1949 - Bribery
- 1990 - Racketeering and Murder
- 1992 - Obstruction of Justice
- 2006 - Racketeering
- Notes:
- Head of the Gambetti Crime Syndicate since the death of Sonny Cangelosi in 1978.
- Indicted several times but never convicted of a serious crime.
- Resident of the Schottler Medical Center for the last 3 years due to an allegedly serious illness.
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Artwork of Jon Gravelli
Mission Appearances
- Entourage (Boss)
- Dining Out (Boss)
- Liquidize the Assets (Boss)
- He is currently the oldest character the the Grand Theft Auto series, being born in 1923.
- He is probably based on John Gotti, former boss of the New York City based Gambino Family, on which the Gambettis are based, or John Gambino, current Caporegime of the family.


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Radiating leg pain is a common symptom presenting in manual therapy practices. Although this symptom has been reported as a complication of endometriosis, its prevalence and characteristics have not been studied.
We surveyed members of a national endometriosis support group with endometriosis using a self-administered, mailed questionnaire. The main outcome measures were the prevalence and characteristics of leg pain.
Of 94 respondents, leg pain was reported by 48 women (51%), and was bilateral [both legs] in 59% of these symptomatic women.
The likelihood of experiencing leg pain was related to weight gain since age 18, age, and height. The most common treatments tried included exercise, over-the-counter medications, and massage therapy, all with variable results.
These data support leg pain as a prevalent complication of endometriosis, and that the disease may affect multiple peripheral nerves. Manual therapists should remain aware to this possible etiology for radiating pain.
Source: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, Jul 2011. PMID:21665106, by Missmer SA, Bove GM. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.


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MokaFive Looking To Bring Desktop Virtualization To Channel
Desktop virtualization in the channel has so far been a glittering jewel that not everyone has been able to grasp, but vendor MokaFive is trying to change that perception. In the three months after launching its VDI channel program this summer, MokaFive saw its pipeline grow by some $300 million. For a company that was previously focused on direct sales, this spike was a surprising and welcome development.
"We were primarily direct," Bill Thompson, vice president of worldwide channels and sales at MokaFive told CRN earlier this fall. "But we needed breadth, and through the channel you get the widest breadth. Now, the organization is 100-percent channel-focused. We want partners who want to invest."


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Is this the season everything changes in the Lightning minor league system?
Riku Helenius allowed just 1 goal on 21 shots for the win. It speaks highly on the Admirals' goaltending situation that Helenius is essentially the backup even though through three starts he has a mind-biggling 1.35 GAA and .938 save percentage.
First Period
NOR Szczechura, (5) (Tyrell), 0:58
NOR Lundin, (1) (Szczechura, Mihalik), 9:31 (PP)
Second Period
NOR Simek, (2) (Bochenski), 2:18
NOR Bochenski, (8) (Mihalik, Jones), 5:38
NOR Jones, (2) (Bochenski, Graham), 9:58
NOR Hall, (2) (Syroczynski, Jones), 16:49
SYR Fritsche, (2) (Mayorov, Picard), 17:51
Third Period
Blair Jones, Brandon Bochenski, and Paul Szczechura were named the game's three stars.
Jones' re-emergence highlights what makes this version of the Admirals different: an unprecedented amount of forward depth. The win moves Norfolk into fourth place in the AHL East Division, and they are now just four points out of first place with a game in hand on the front-running Hershey Bears.
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The rest of the planet uses AAC and MP3, insensitive clod!
Seriously, Vorbis and Theora are not supported by default on either Windows or Mac OS X, so it's really a PITA to use those formats for 99.999% of the users.
Seriously, Vorbis and Theora are not supported by default on either Windows or Mac OS X, so it's really a PITA to use those formats for 99.999% of the users.
Yes, but Slashdot tends to represent the
It's linked from Wikipedia and they only accept Vorbis/Theora.
And if you use Winamp you will be able to play OGG files, so it's a minor problem.
And there are plugins for OGG format for Windows Media Player if you really feel the urge to use it.
More a fault of the article submitter; they should've linked to the Wikimedia Commons page [wikimedia.org], which can play it in the browser most OS/browser combinations.
The rest of the planet uses AAC and MP3, insensitive clod!
Seriously, Vorbis and Theora are not supported by default on either Windows or Mac OS X, so it's really a PITA to use those formats for 99.999% of the users.
Notice that the threat is real - the Finnish air force did get engine damage on their F18:s when they were flying through the cloud. Just take a look here: Finnish F-18 engine check reveals effects of volcanic dust [flightglobal.com]
And we must blame Top Gear [autoblog.com] for the eruption too.
Yeah, totally. Sand particles are a lot bigger (the volcanic ash particles are around one micron in diameter), so they tend not to occur very far above ground level and are less prone to melting in the engine.
Yes, the volcanic ash is finer and more abrasive. The former makes it tend to melt and form a glass coating on jet engine parts, the latter puts more wear on anything that moves.
I'm not sure but I think the ash also hangs around at higher altitudes and so affects the engines for the entire flight.
Maybe we can't do better because the design of a jet engine is to suck in as much air as possible with tiny blades, compress it, then spit it out at an extremely high temperature that happens to remelt ash?
Is it safe to assume that prop planes are not affected by aerial concentrations of volcanic ash? If so, how difficult would it be for the airliner to rent/lease a fleet of prop planes for the duration of this problem? I realize that no prop plane is going to have the passenger capacity of a jumbo jet and that this is a far less than ideal solution. Still, in the face of losing "millions a day" or in terms of "it's either this option or you're stranded here", does it become better than nothing?
Even if prop planes were unaffected, no-one makes a prop plane with more than a hand-full of seats, all larger prop planes are actually turboprops which would likely have the same problems as jets.
Alas, most prop planes are turboprops these days, so they have the same problems. The size of plane that has actual piston engines would need 50 flights just to get one jetliner worth of people home.
They also require a different fuel that probably isn't available at the large airports that are prepared for large numbers of passengers milling around.
You mean piston-engined planes, as there are planes (and helicopters) powered by "jet-like" engines.
However, piston-engined planes went out of fashion sometime around 1960, as they are much more maintenance-intensive. And the world's air fleet is having maybe a 10% excess, and most of it is in old jet-powered planes (some of those might be forbidden to fly in passenger service in Europe and USA). And unlike words (which you can utter at a moment's notice), planes take a while to build.
If so, how difficult would it be for the airliner to rent/lease a fleet of prop planes for the duration of this problem?
Very difficult.
There is no-one in this world with dozens of aircraft available for rent. Let alone the hundreds that would be needed to cover existing jet services. And they are no drop-in replacement: slower, less range, less passenger capacity.
After a week of losing millions every day, airlines are starting to ask why we can't do better.
Airlines: We want open airspace.
ICAO: Sure, you guys fund the study.
Airlines: ????
ICAO: *Profit*
Sounds pretty open and shut to me on a serious note. Red Tape at it's best.
Oh, so now ICAO is going to profit from a study being done?
No, according to GP, ICAO is going to profit from whatever the Airlines did in "????". What happens at that step is anyone's guess (as it always has been).
I was hoping this was about a new market in futures contracts opening up.
Oh good, something else for Goldman Sachs to get sued over: volcano-backed securities!
Don't say that out loud, you fool - someone might actually think it's a good idea.
Our economy is incomprehensible enough as it is.
You geeks should probably have a clear concept of how volcanoes work. It's like a gigantic pool of molten sebum seething and swelling just under the surface of the earth. When this sebum reaches a vent or finds a weakness in the skin, it erupts pus and bacteria all over. In some areas, these "pimples" are very common. Many can be found on or near the so-called Ring of Fire.
After erupting, the area is still tender and prone to subsequent eruption, but a treatment of peroxide and salicylic acid can help clear it up and prevent infection.
As I was saying, just because one volcano calms down on one side of the Earth, another volcano may be getting closer to eruption on the other side (Yellowstone). If you think pimples on your face are bad, wait until you get one on your ass.
Not a completely bad analogy, but can Slashdot please give us a "Gross, -1" moderation for such cases?
Not a completely bad analogy, but can Slashdot please give us a "Gross, -1" moderation for such cases?
First we need a "-1, Factually Incorrect" moderation.
I prefer a Gross,+1 moderation
Offtopic like a fox, maybe!
Anyone else hit Eyjafjallajökull [wikimedia.org] about 15 times?
Then I wondered how they have so many letters for 3 syllables.
Then I wondered how they have so many letters for 3 syllables.
Maybe they were influenced by the French.
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_in_English_with_counterintuitive_pronunciations [wikipedia.org]
Examples: Cholmondeley, Featherstonehaugh, Marjoribanks
I suppose Enroughty doesn't count
That said, I've heard another alleged Icelander pronounce the volcano name differently- she (Becca) pronounces the fjall part.
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2257 [upenn.edu]
To this day, I still think the Icelandic language is an elaborate, centuries-long joke on the rest of us - especially those of us who try to learn it.
Every time people ask why we fund the space agencies, here is your answer. The majority of the data we DO have in this situation is from downlooking satellites from ESA and NASA.
Were the US satellites NASA or NOAA? (Or somebody else?)
At least in the US, cutting funding for NASA will have less impact than you might think because they aren't sole [non military/intelligence] satellite operator the government has.
The Deep Space Climate Observatory was mothballed for almost a decade and yet it h
Had they permitted a plane to fly, and it crashed, the outcry of permitting a plane to fly when we knew about the risks posed by volcanic ash...
But this wasn't even volcanic ash, it was volcanic glass, the effect would be sandblasting the engine while in operation. The safe option was to keep planes on the ground.
Fly or stay grounded - either way, whiners will whine.
Is this testable by putting an engine in a wind tunnel, and then testing for damage at various concentrations of ash?
$10M is nothing when they're losing something like $200M per day.
At $10M per and a significant fraction of that just to do a teardown and evaluation I'm not sure that anyone wants to fund that kind of research.
Until now. The airlines likely won't do it (and don't have the expertise anyway), but to Airbus or Boeing, the limits of flying through an ash cloud might just be a major selling point.
to Airbus or Boeing, the limits of flying through an ash cloud might just be a major selling point.
Actually, it'd be far more relevant to Rolls Royce, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney and the like.
Euhm... I don't think it's a good idea to actually run a full-sized jet engine inside a wind tunnel. Because that's what you will have to do, after all the problem is not as much the sandblasting but the melting of ash inside a hot engine. And you would have to do that for many hours on end, without melting the wind tunnel in the process.
Maybe overclockers have an idea on how to get rid of all that excess heat.
After a week of losing millions every day, airlines are starting to ask why we can't do better.
Tell you what. Let all the bean counters volunteer to get into a jet and fly back and forth through an ash plume until the engines fail and the jet crashes, killing everyone.
THEN ask that stupid fucking question again.
The reason nobody can say is there's no metrics for uptake by a jet and no guarantee that the ash plume is going to be consistent with whatever testbed is set up.
Honestly, losing millions a day? Do they want to invest a couple billion a year (if not a month) into testing every plausible (and some implausible) ash-to-air-to-engine-intake ratio for every commercial jetliner extant?
With various air carriers already cutting finances close to the bone, I don't think they really have the money to spend on this kind of research or on remediation methods and practices for overhauling engines on planes after scenarios like this.
The reason nobody can say is there's no metrics for uptake by a jet and no guarantee that the ash plume is going to be consistent with whatever testbed is set up.
No. The reason nobody can say is there's been essentially zero reason to DO the controlled tests until possibly now. How often do ash clouds interrupt busy air traffic corridors? Never?
I guarantee you that if ash clouds were an every day occurrence, the limits of the technology to fly through them would be well known. Since it's rare, they aren
Honestly, losing millions a day? Do they want to invest a couple billion a year (if not a month) into testing every plausible (and some implausible) ash-to-air-to-engine-intake ratio for every commercial jetliner extant?
I think you're confused about who "they" are.
The airlines have never been in the business of testing anything.
In this case "they" are the engine mfgs &/or the government.
Since the MFGs are saying "don't use our engines under these conditions,"
even if airports weren't shut down, no airline's insurance carrier would cover damage anyways.
You can't live a life without risk. Nor is the avoidance of risk worth any price (otherwise we'd drive a tank at 5km/hr while wearing a helmet and a flak jacket to go to the corner store for milk.) (And then not drink the milk for fear it was contaminated.) Ask all those people stuck in the wrong part of the world whether they'd take a flight if the chance of dying was 1 in 100,000 rather than the normal 1 in 9,000,000 [planecrashinfo.com]. I think you'd find most of them would accept it as a worthwhile risk.
Also, not flying is
It's not just the airline bean counters who are worried about this. I'm being directly affected. I was in Europe for work, and was supposed to fly back to the US last Sun. I've been stuck here since. I'm quite desperate to get back home and back to my life.
It may seem cool to be stuck in Europe, but in actuality it's not. It feels semi-prison like in that I'm stuck in a place (albeit a very nice, historical and cultural one) and unable to get home. Things are going on at work, with friends, family and
Do they want to invest a couple billion a year (if not a month) into testing every plausible (and some implausible) ash-to-air-to-engine-intake ratio for every commercial jetliner extant?
That's an interesting number, I'd like to see how you come up with that number for doing research.
Personally I'd be interested in getting more detailed information about how volcano ash hurts a jet engine. We know that enough of it can cause engine failure, and at some point the ash concentration gets so small it has no effect. How small is too small? Do different kinds of ash have different effects? These are interesting questions, and if someone wants to research them, I'd like to hear the answers.
As many people in the United States with immigrant ancestors know, the government is going to have to naturalise the volcano's name if the ashes pass Ellis Island.
Get ready for Mt. Ekull.
Just curious, would piston engined planes not have a problem with this?
Fire up an old DC-3. I don't suppose they had air-filters though? and ash is probably hard on the prop?
You'd suspect that engine technology would develop very fast if that were to be the case...
we have avoided something like the 1783 eruption that lasted for two years
Who said it was over? Earlier today, it was beginning to ramp up on the ash spewing again.
If European airspace was closed for 2 years we might see a return of the era of the luxury cruise liner or even better, of the zepellin (imagine if London to Berlin took 8h but in an airship with the room and conforts of a small cruise ship).
Some scientist in the Netherlands has stated that the whole problem is overhyped. Yes of course it is dangerous to fly through an ash-cloud within 100 miles from the vulcano, but after some days (and that is what we are talking about) most of the big particles in the cloud have fallen to the earth, and the rest has been deluted to such an extend that there is no acute danger. Planes also regularly fly through other dust clouds (from deserts) and that too is not a reason for planes to be grounded.
It looks li
From what I can tell via google,
- Ash melts at 1100 degrees, below operating temperature of jet engines, and fuses into the engine
- Windshields can be abraded so badly you cannot see out of them
- Ash is dry and doesn't show up on radar, so new sensors are needed so pilots can discover it
- There are no standards for how much ash is allowed or how to test aircraft against it.
- Possibility that propellor planes and helicopters are safer
So my conclusions for now are:
- Need better rules, and government should pay for the experimentation
- Need better intelligence, so we can be sure a route is safe
- Need to examine flying propellor planes slowly at very low altitudes below the ash
- Nobody has thought about ash bothering ground transportation. Does it?
- Need alternative transportation
o Trains, buses, boats
o Slower aircraft.. hovercraft or balloons? (they still have engines though)
o Need a closed engine design. (chemical or hydrogen powered electric closed engine?)
o This is a common problem, more needs to be done for global transportation security. I even found a volcanic explosion in Japan yesterday at the ash advisory center, though it is not in the news at all.
http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vaac/data/TextData/20100420_SAKU_0403_Text.html [jma.go.jp]
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/412103-ash-clouds-threaten-air-traffic.html [pprune.org]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/apr/15/volcanic-ash-bad-for-planes [guardian.co.uk]
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055888944 [boards.ie]
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/vaac.html [noaa.gov]
They resume flights. Things appear perfectly normal. In a few weeks time, small numbers of engine failures and instrument and control failures start happening, apparently randomly. It is said to have no relation to the dust. It is very hard to track down the cause, or tell if its unusual for some reason, or just statistical noise, because the planes have been flying all over the world, not just in the affected areas. A few weeks after that, we have three or four total engine failures at once over buil
That seems unlikely. Maybe I'm just naive but I'm pretty sure they will have thorough inspections of the engines after flying through the ash clouds. Not doing so could be catastrophic and I doubt any airline would risk it (not to mention they are supposed to do a lot of inspections before flights anyway).
After a week of losing millions every day, airlines are starting to ask why we can't do better."
We can. It's called not putting your eggs in one basket and developing high speed rail.
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In these seven monologues, recorded before live audiences at New York's Performance Space 122, Daisey tells true stories from his life that range from the terrible beauty of his rural Maine hometown, to shipping weapons to the Middle East, to the unintentionally hilarious dangers of defending free speech.
Family is at the forefront in this monologue: aunts, uncles, grandparents, and drawing boundaries on what you can take from your family and what, ultimately, has to be given away. Aunt Linda has taste, but that doesn't mean it's good; the game of Furry Cockroach and its capricious rules are revealed; and we learn the terrible truth of Lucinda Moore and what happened at the 8th grade dance.
"Comic delivery so sharp it draws blood." (San Jose Mercury News)
"Irresistible storytelling...elevating and hilarious." (San Francisco Weekly)
"Daisey is a brainy, manic hoot, a blond, owl-shaped cross between cultural critic Noam Chomsky and rambunctious actor-rocker Jack Black." (The Seattle Times)
"Relentlessly interesting...brilliantly spun narrative...Daisey has the kind of timing and dramatic instinct that would make the most mundane story interesting." (The New York Times)


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Yale is sending seven gymnasts to compete at this weekend's USAG Collegiate National Championships. The meet is hosted by Brown University in Providence, R.I.
Junior Morgan Traina, who finished first in the all-around competition against George Washington and Towson in March, will compete in the all-around, as will fellow junior Joyce Li. Sophomore Camilla Opperman will compete on both the floor excercise and the vault. Junior Brianna Chrisman, senior Ashley O'Connor and senior Nicole Tay all qualified to compete on the uneven parallel bars and sophomore Brittney Sooksengdao qualified on the balance beam.
The team competition at USAG Collegiate nationals takes place on Friday and Saturday, with the team champion being crowned on Saturday evening. The individual event finals, which the Yale gymnasts will compete in, start on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
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April 17, 2013
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Seniors - Check-Out Card Pick Up: Center Hall Business Office, 1st floor
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Each senior must return his completed forms and checkout card to the Deans' Office no later than Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Students need to be aware of the policy regarding fulfillment of senior requirements: Visit http://www.wabash.edu/bulletin/home.cfm?site_code_id=962
Candidates for the degree who fail to complete all of these requirements in a timely fashion will not be allowed to participate in Commencement, nor will their transcripts be released.
Wednesday Religious Chapel: Center Hall Tuttle Chapel, 10:00AM
Each Wednesday that classes are in session, a brief Christian service is held in Tuttle Chapel, second floor of Center Hall. It runs from 10:00 am. until 10:10 am. All are welcome.
Wabash Wellness Biggest Loser: Allen Athletics and Recreation Center Servies Wrestling Room, 11:00AM - 12:45PM
Weigh-ins will be held in the wrestling room in the Allen Center on every Wednesday from 11:00 A.M. until 12:45 P.M. from January 30 to April 24.
Women on Campus Luncheon: Detchon Center International Hall, 12:00PM
"Great Read" organized by Beth Swift
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Theater Production: Jitney: Fine Arts Center Ball Theater, 8:00PM
Jitney by August Wilson; directed by Professor Dwight Watson.
Penned by late Pulitzer prize-winning playwright August Wilson, Jitney dramatizes the lives of several African-American men hustling to make a living as jitneys--unofficial, unlicensed taxi cab drivers living in Pittsburgh during the 1970s. As urban renewal threatens to board up the jitney station, men share stories and gossip, two young lovers fight for their future, and the station owner confronts his long-estranged son. Wilson illuminates the human condition with an exquisite sense of the poetry of ordinary life. ''Jitney holds its audience in charmed captivity." --The New York Times.
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Information in Police Reports is obtained from the Glen Ellyn Police Department. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.
Domestic battery
Juan C. Jimenez-Ortega, 27, 421 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn, was charged with domestic battery and interfering with reporting domestic violence at 10:26 p.m. May 28 in the 400 block of Main Street.
Unlawful possession
of marijuana
Monet L. Reed, 24, 1235 S. 15th Ave., Maywood, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at 11:58 p.m. May 31 in the 600 block of Roosevelt Road.
Theft reported
• Someone reportedly stole a Samsung cellphone from a men's bathroom at 6:30 a.m. May 27 at First Congregational Church, 535 Forest Ave.
• Someone reportedly stole a bush from a front yard at 3:31 p.m. June 1 in the 400 block of Ridgeway Avenue.
Criminal damage
to property
• Someone reportedly removed a "Yield" sign at 11:12 a.m. June 1 from Phillips and Hillside avenues.
• Someone reportedly removed several road signs at 11:50 p.m. June 1 from Park Boulevard and Anthony Street.
Criminal defacement
to property
Someone reportedly spray-painted graffiti on the fencing of the ComEd Station at 12:39 p.m. June 2 in the 800 block of Walnut Street.
Public indecency
Javier Salmeron Serafin, 23, 17 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn, was charged with public indecency at 1:45 a.m. May 30 in the 0-100 block of North Main Street.
Illegal consumption
of alcohol by minor
• Michael O. Rigitono, 18, 41 Armitage Ave., Glendale Heights, Robert J. Minniti, 19, 318 Hillcrest Lane, Lombard and Walter G. Ortiz, 20, 587 Park Plaza, Glen Ellyn, were each charged with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor at 1:03 a.m. May 26 in the 500 block of Park Plaza. Luis F. Ortiz, 38, 587 Park Plaza, was charged with liquor law – occupant responsibility at the same time and location.
• Daniel J. Beck, 18, 427 N. West St., Wheaton, was charged with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor at 12:33 a.m. June 2 at Main Street and Hillside Avenue.
Possession of
drug paraphernalia
Hunter M. Ferguson, 19, 514 Carleton Ave., Glen Ellyn, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of drug equipment at 4:54 p.m. May 28 at Taylor Avenue and Walnut Street.


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By Patrick May
San Jose Mercury News
Instagram may have put its controversial plan to share user content with advertisers on the back burner for now. But many members are still hot under the collar about a proposal they fear would allow the photo-sharing service to profit from their creative grist.
After co-founder Kevin Systrom posted a second mea-culpa blog post about the proposed changes to its terms of service agreement, saying "Instagram has no intention of selling your photos," many users seemed doubtful on Friday of the service's true intentions.
"I just read the blog!" wrote a user named "zuzublue." "I think they're not changing anything."
And "kevinshea_nyc" commented: "I really don't see the difference here. Your photos can still be sold by this platform to marketeers."
Systrom's latest statement, which first appeared on Instagram's blog Thursday, seemed to muddy the waters even more. And Instagram spokeswoman Meredith Chin seemed to validate the premise presented by the San Jose Mercury News in an email that Instagram was simply putting the advertising plan on hold in the hopes of repackaging it in a more digestible form.
"Yes," Chin replied, "you are correct."
Later, she added, "I can't comment on speculation of exactly how advertising will work in the future. What I can tell you is we currently don't have any specific plans around advertising on Instagram, which is why we reinstated the original terms for that section. If and when we do, we'll come back to our users and start the conversation again."
The brouhaha first broke out earlier this week as word spread of the service's new controversial policy.
Many users put up black screens instead of photos in a show of protest. And some of the site's more professional and well-known users threatened to leave Instagram for alternative sites.
In his blog post on Thursday, titled "Updated Terms of Service Based on Your Feedback," Systrom began with an apology.
"Earlier this week," he wrote, "we introduced a set of updates to our privacy policy and terms of service "� In the days since, it became clear that we failed to fulfill what I consider one of our most important responsibilities — to communicate our intentions clearly. I am sorry for that, and I am focused on making it right."
But later in the post, Systrom seemed to leave the door open to some version of content sharing with advertisers.
Kevin Davis, co-founder of photosocial site Rawporter, said "it seems like Instagram will still try and sell photos to ad agencies and the users won't be getting compensation — Instagram will.
"Once everyone gets distracted by the holidays," he said, "Instagram will come back and do this again, but much more subtly. Either they didn't think it through the first time, or they figured users wouldn't care. Now they realize people feel these photos belong to them and don't want anyone else to profit from them."


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About $340 million worth of work, much of it to restore barrier islands off the Terrebonne and Lafourche coasts, is included in the latest round of projects aimed at restoring the coast after 2010's Gulf oil spill.
About $340 million worth of work, much of it to restore barrier islands off the Terrebonne and Lafourche coasts, is included in the latest round of projects aimed at restoring the coast after 2010's Gulf oil spill.
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewel announced the projects during a news conference Friday at Jean Lafitte National Park in Jefferson Parish.
Money for 44 projects is coming from a $1 billion fund BP created after oil from its Deepwater Horizon rig fouled 1,110 miles of beaches and marsh along Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
"The Gulf of Mexico watershed is a large and diverse landscape that is critical to our nation's culture, economy and environment," Jewell said in prepared remarks. "Today's announcement is an important step as we work to not only restore the natural resources that were impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but to also build back the resiliency of the region."
If all 44 projects win final approval, about $300 million would remain in the fund set up as a down payment to help the Gulf.
A draft plan detailing the projects' environmental impact was released Friday.
About $318 million will restore four barrier islands: Whiskey Island off Terrebonne Parish, Cheniere Ronquille just east of Lafourche Parish, Shell Island off Plaquemines Parish and North Breton Island off Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes.
By restoring the eroding islands, officials hope to stem the loss of inland wetlands and protect communities from storm surges.
Another $22 million will pay for a fish hatchery near Lake Charles.
"With this $340 million, we will make important progress in restoring our coast and bringing justice to the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon disaster," U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said in a news release. "By investing in barrier island restoration and fish hatcheries, we are helping to protect our communities, while restoring and preserving our fisheries that are so important to our local economies."
The projects were first announced earlier this year but are detailed further in the draft plan with money now committed.
The environmental impact statement can be found online at www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
A 60-day public comment period runs through Feb. 4. A board of state and federal trustees overseeing the process will hold 10 public meetings across the Gulf states, including one scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Thibodaux Civic Center, 310 N. Canal Blvd.
"The Deepwater Horizon oil spill contributed to the loss of valuable natural resources all along the Gulf Coast," said Mark Schaefer, deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, among agencies involved in the process. "We want to engage the public in defining the path forward."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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Submission + - Hacker Bypasses Windows 7/8 Address Space Layout Randomization (paritynews.com)
hypnosec writes: Microsoft upped its security ante with Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) in Windows 7 and Windows 8 but, it seems that this mechanism to preventing hackers from jumping to a known memory location can be bypassed as a hacker has released a brilliant yet simple trick to circumvent the protection. Going by the name KingCope, the hacker who released a dozen exploits targeting MySQL, SSH last December, has detailed a mechanism through which ASLR of Windows 7, Windows 8 and probably other operating systems can be bypassed to load a DLL file with malicious instructions to a known address space. KingCope has explained the method in a blog post along with a PoC.


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Saw an update on Buckeye Commentary regarding Ohio State receiver Tyson Gentry, who broke his neck spring practice. Right after the injury, Gentry was unable to move his arms and legs. But, he has regained movement in his arms and has feeling now in much of his body. He's working toward his ultimate goal of walking again.
While we give our rivals in Ohio a lot of grief, this is one time we're 100% in agreement in hoping Gentry continues to recover, reaching his goal and more.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Tyson Gentry Doing Better
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Nice comment. Thanks from a Buckeye.
- July 31, 2006 2:32 PM
Though I am huge collee football fan and yes I am a Buckeye. When
something like this hits the NCAA football world its nice to see that we as
nation and as fans can put aside our Rival differences in a time when a
player really needs our support and prayers.
- August 03, 2006 3:10 PM
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English Teacher
I'm preparing a unit on holidays for a beginners' class of ESL(they'll just have finished their first year by then). The pupils will have to work in a learning circle, so I'm looking for all kinds of short texts concerning holidays, where to spend them, what to do, how to prepare them etc. The texts will be used for working on tenses (past tense), dialogues, creative writing etc. - So if anybody of you shoud happen to have some such texts, please let me know!
Thank you for your help.
It is a pleasant surprise that I had such a unit in my book. Here you are but please make some editings because there might be some mistakes: (Click the link below)
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Hi everyone!
i was wondering if there are people who love having sex with men with hydrocele.
My ex boyfriend had one regular size ball and one bigger than my fist.
it was a big turn on for me.
is there someone else turned on by this thing ?
i can't find pics or vids on the net about it. So why don't u post them here?


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Talking to BusinessWeek, Schiller defended the company's App Store policies, claiming they're still learning as they go along. "We've built a store for the most part that people can trust," he told BusinessWeek, "You and your family and friends can download applications from the store, and for the most part they do what you'd expect, and they get onto your phone, and you get billed appropriately, and it all just works."
Schiller likens Apple's role to that of a retailer who also needs to check if the products he sells are of good enough quality. "Whatever your favorite retailer is, of course they care about the quality of products they offer," he says, "We review the applications to make sure they work as the customers expect them to work when they download them."
Schiller also dove into the specifics of App Store rejections, claiming that 90% of the rejections revolve around technical fixes developers are often eager to fix. He further states that the remaining 10% cover "inappropriate" content. "There have been applications submitted for approval that will steal personal data, or which are intended to help the user break the law, or which contain inappropriate content," Schiller says.
This is one of the main problem areas, I think. Are Apple's ideas about what is inappropriate really the norm for the rest of the world? No offence to my lovely American friends, but you guys on the other side of the pond have taken puritanism and made it an art form, and at least we Dutch often point and laugh about things like an exposed nipple causing the entire country to come crashing down.
Apple's App Store policies should be about making sure applications work and respect the UI guidelines of the iPhone. Apple shouldn't be the company deciding about morals and values, because the end result is that the morals and values of a few random employees are stamped upon the App Store.
In the end, normal computers don't need over-active gatekeepers either, and seem to chug along just fine. It would be trivial for Apple to allow applications distribution outside of the App Store, and then include a parental control to disable this feature as to maintain the curent status quo.


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The School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin presents the Mary Alice Davis Distinguished Lecture in Journalism featuring Michele Norris of National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Norris will speak on "Listening to America in an Election Year: Did the Press Get It Right?" on Thursday, November 20, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. in the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center Ballroom (3rd Floor), 1900 University Avenue.
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The Office of Marketing and Communications is located on the second floor of Francis Hall on the East End of campus. During the academic year, our office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Summer hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
In recognition of October as Crime Prevention Month, students can take their laptops, cellphones, eReaders or any object of value to the Safety & Security office and have them marked with an ultraviolet (UV) pen.
Officers will also register each item, entering information into a database to have for future reference.
Though the pen's ink is invisible to the naked eye, simply shining an ultraviolet "blue" light over an object reveals the marking. With this low-cost initiative, Security officers can check for markings on objects that may have been stolen.
"We sent a couple of our officers to a crime prevention course over the summer," said Vito Czyz, director of Safety & Security. "This is just one of many ideas."
In recent years, the theft rate on St. Bonaventure's campus has fallen between 20 and 30 instances each year, but with a recovery rate of less than 20 percent. Czyz would like to see the theft number fall to zero, creating no need for recovery.
"Hopefully this will serve as a crime deterrent," Czyz said.
To further prevent on-campus crimes, Security will continue its initiative to increase camera coverage on campus, pending additional funding.
"Students just need to pay attention to where they're leaving their valuable items," Czyz said. "It only takes seconds for someone to take something."
Students can have their valuables marked by crime prevention officers Jason Geise or Bill Hilliard year-round on any weekday from 3 to 11 p.m. in the Safety & Security office, Robinson 122.
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