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The most useful, entertaining, and educational source, IMHO, for all things optical and atmospheric is the Atmospheric Optics site [atoptics.co.uk] of Les Cowley. Originally built to support HaloSim [atoptics.co.uk] halo simulation software (developed in collaboration with Michael Schroeder), the site now includes photos and physical explanations of everything from green flashes and other refractive phenomena to glories, ice halos (including the types that may form on other planets [atoptics.co.uk]), and rainbows.
It's the kind of site that nearly everyone finds interesting and, if they're not careful, learns something from.
This is also where Wolf Vishniac [wikipedia.org] tested the "Wolf Trap" that was to go to Mars on the Viking I lander. The sad tale of it's removal from the flight and his untimely death was chronicled by Carl Sagan in Cosmos [wikipedia.org].
Life is incredibly durable, once it takes hold of a planet I find it hard to believe that anything short of a Venutian style "runaway greenhouse" will erase it.
You assume that a "runaway greenhouse" is enough.
That'd have to be a pretty fast change for life not to keep up.
Nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Nah, even a good old fashioned global thermonuclear saturation-bombing would only kill the surface life, and if Earth is any indication the vast bulk of the biosphere is actually bacterial chemovores living deep within the planet's crust, possibly even within the mantle. It seems like such life would be extraordinarily difficult to wipe out so long as the planet's core continued to give off heat, and would likely re-colonize the surface in short order unless it was completely inhospitable. Of course photo
because no one was there to hear it. *sad face*
Personally, I wouldn't try it, but if you like exposing your penis to pressures so low that the blood inside it boils, while also subjecting it to temperatures so low as to cause the urine to flash freeze before it can leave the urethra, be my guest.
Not exactly what I would call "fun" myself, but I guess everyone has their kink.
penis skin can handle the pressure
I thought they were designed to handle a lot of pressure before they blow....
yes... but this is low external pressures. I don't think women are capable of producing 14.5psi.
Yet they can still suck the life out of you......
According to Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] fluids inside the human body don't boil when depressurized from 1atm to 0atm, why would penis blood boil on Mars, which has a higher atmospheric pressure than a total vacuum? Granted, if one were to expose only his penis to the low pressure (strategically placed airlock and gasket I guess...) of the Martian atmosphere he would have the most insane erection of his life as all his blood would quickly pool there. Most likely it would freeze in a matter of a second or two, depending on season and time of sol, then rocket off as warm blood would still be trying to depressurize out of his body in an icy spray.
On second thought, that'd be an interesting, if horrific way to die.
if you like exposing your penis to pressures so low that the blood inside it boils, while also subjecting it to temperatures so low as to cause the urine to flash freeze before it can leave the urethra, be my guest.
Hey man, don't judge until you try it.
Actually, you would be able to pee on mars easily, without very much damage. If you only exposed that single part of your body somehow, and the rest of your body could breath and was at a somewhat normal pressure.
It would take some time to freeze. The pressure would cause some bruising and an erection (like a hardcore penis pump.)
Flash freezing requires extremely fast heat exchange. The low pressure and light atmosphere would not do this at all. Humans can survive total vacuum for 30 seconds to a minute eas
I was considering more the following, given the mental image:
AC unzips the space suit, and whips out his johnson.
Pressurized air from the space suit is forcibly blown out of the opening in the suit, whiping and swirling around said penis, and falling off in pressure as it does so. This is similar to venting compressed gas, such as a compressed air duster. It rapidly chills any surface that the venting gas cloud comes into contact with. Thermal exchange is with this "higher" pressure gas leaving the suit.
I love Slashdot.
From an article in Aviation Week: "The experiment of exposing an unpressurized hand to near vacuum for a significant time while the pilot went about his business occurred in real life on Aug. 16, 1960. Joe Kittinger, during his ascent to 102,800 ft (19.5 miles) in an open gondola, lost pressurization of his right hand. He decided to continue the mission, and the hand became painful and useless as you would expect. However, once back to lower altitudes following his record-breaking parachute jump, the hand returned to normal."
Note that pressure at 102,000 feet is comparable to that at the lowest places on Mars (i.e., the Hellas Basin).
And great entertainment for astronomers: http://io9.com/5358622/astronaut-urine-creates-a-surprisingly-attractive-light-show [io9.com]
That's ice skating you are thinking of. In skiing and snowboarding you actually push the snow to the side (or cut it if you are carving). Thats why you can ski on sand. To state the obvious, you can't ice skate on sand.
I want to snowboard on Mars! With 0.3g the jumps will be amazing! Also, they have higher mountains.
Well obviously - you can't ice skate on snow either. What you need to do is find yourself a nice smooth "frozen lake" of obsidian and some "glass-skates" with heated blades since pressure alone won't be enough to form the molten layer, but then you can knock yourself out with all the melted-and-refrozen sand-skating you want.
Not true, actually. While it is true that ice melts under pressure, it does so quite slowly. The mechanisms by which the surface layer of (frozen) water molecules break off and form an extremely slippery lubricating layer between skates and ice is quite fascinating. Not to mention just about impossible to simulate, last I heard.
So, you can't ski on CO2 because it does not, so far as I know, have any similar surface lubricating properties.
Coldest temperature ever recorded : -89.2 C, in Antarctica
Sublimation temperature of Dry ice (solid CO2) : -78.5 C (-109.3 F) at atmospheric pressure.
So, there are places on the Earth where occasionally the temperature gets low enough to precipitate out CO2. I have always wondered if anyone has ever thought to look for it.
We can't even stick around Antarctica all year but we want to colonize mars?
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NEW YORK – Oil prices jumped more than 3 per cent Monday after France and Germany agreed to strengthen Europe's ailing banks.
The move by the eurozone's two biggest nations helped ease concerns about the global economy. Analysts said they're increasingly confident that there won't be another recession, and that means world oil demand should continue to grow.
Benchmark crude rose $2.60, or 3.1 per cent, to $85.58 per barrel in New York, and Brent crude increased $2.89 at $108.77 in London.
Prices rose along with a broad rally on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average, the Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Nasdaq composite index each rose more than 2 per cent in midday trading. Oil prices have rebounded to the highest level in more than two weeks. Last week they hit a 12-month low.
"Everyone had priced in a recession, and now we're realizing that, while the economy won't be growing that fast, it's still growing," PFGBest analyst Phil Flynn said.
The encouraging news from Europe followed an unexpected increase in U.S. jobs last week, and a report showing that the manufacturing industry grew in September. Over the weekend, French and German leaders said they agreed on a "comprehensive response" to the debt crisis in Europe.
Rising oil prices could keep retail gasoline prices from sinking as low as some expected this year. Pump prices have been falling almost every day since the first week of September. They levelled off on Monday at a national average of $3.395 per gallon, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. A gallon of regular has dropped an average of 27 cents since Sept. 5. It's still about 59 cents higher than a year ago.
In other energy trading, heating oil rose 5 cents to $2.9113 per gallon and gasoline futures rose 6 cents to $2.7073 per gallon. Natural gas futures increased by 6 cents to $3.537 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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The 11th-ranked Creighton Bluejays seek quick turnaround, as the welcome the Saint Joseph's Hawks to Omaha for a non- conference clash at the CenturyLink Center.
Greg McDermott's Bluejays opened the season red hot, winning their first six games, all by double digits. The win streak came to a close on Wednesday however, with an 83-70 loss to Boise State.
Phil Martelli's Hawks have jumped out to a strong start as well, with wins in four of their first five games. The lone loss came against Florida State in Brooklyn as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. Saint Joseph's has bounced back with a pair of lopsided wins at home over Harvard (75-56) and most recently, American (74-55).
Saint Joseph's holds a 5-4 advantage in the all-time series, thanks to an 80-71 win last year in Philadelphia.
Langston Galloway led four Hawks in double figures with 18 points, reaching the 1,000-point plateau for his career. C.J. Aiken and Carl Jones both poured in 16 points, while Chris Wilson netted 15 points, while dishing out a career- high eight assists. Saint Joseph's shot a sterling .543 from the floor overall, bolstered by a hefty 14-of-28 showing from behind the arc.
The Hawks aren't putting up huge offensive numbers this season at a modest 71.0 ppg, but they are enjoying a +13.2 scoring margin. The scoring pool is deep, with six players currently averaging double figures. Jones leads the way with 17.7 ppg, shooting an even .500 from 3-point range (11-of-22). Galloway is second on the team at 13.4 ppg. Ronald Roberts (11.6 ppg) has been a force inside with a team-high 10.8 rpg. Aiken (11.6 ppg), Halil Kanacevic (10.3 ppg) and Wilson (10.0 ppg) provide more than enough support.
Creighton lost its first November home game since 1989, as the Bluejays had no answer for Boise's Derrick Marks, who netted 35 points, including 28 in the second half. All-American Doug McDermott led Creighton in the loss with 21 points. Grant Gibbs was the only other Bluejay to finish in double figures with 17 points.
Offensive proficiency has been a real strength for Creighton this season, with the team shooting an impressive .526 from the floor and .403 from 3-point range, en route to 83.0 ppg. McDermott, the top returning scorer in the nation, is at it again, shooting a healthy .533 from the field, putting up 21.0 ppg. Ethan Wragge is a distant second in the scoring column at 11.4 ppg, followed by Greg Echenique and Austin Chatman, who net 9.6 and 9.4 ppg, respectively.


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The overall objective of the XtreemOS project is the design, implementation, evaluation, and distribution of a grid operating system (called XtreemOS) with native support for virtual organizations (VO). XtreemOS is capable of running on a wide range of underlying platforms, from clusters to mobiles. It is based on Mandriva Linux, with support to come for other distributions later.
iPfaces is a framework for simple creation of native, form-oriented network applications for mobile devices. The aim of the solution is to screen the programmer completely out from the mobile platform itself, and transfer the entire application logic to the central application server level. Developers with experience with one of the supported Web technologies (ASP.Net, Java, and PHP) may start working with iPFaces virtually immediately.
gigacount is a smartphone app that simulates radiation measurement. The camera takes pictures of objects. It stores the pictures as files or transmits them to a service on the network. A user sees the preview of the camera and a number that represents the (estimated) value of radiation. She can set up the application to display random numbers and which format/unit. It also includes options to alter preview color or display a static meter background.
KDE Plasma Active is a user interface for all types of tablets, smartphones, and touch computing devices, such as settop boxes, smart TVs, home automation, and in-vehicle infotainment. It is a joint project by the KDE community, basysKom, and open-slx. Its goals are a fast embedded UX platform with minimal memory requirements, customizable and modular to support different form factors, and an interface which adapts as users change activities.
Darwin Wallet enables blind and visually impaired users to quickly recognize paper money. It uses the phone's camera to detect currency denominations for U.S., U.K., Canadian, European Union, and Australian bills. Simply hold the bill in front of the phone's camera, and the app will speak its value. The app uses the phone's camera and OpenCV (via Android NDK) to analyze and identify the currency image.
Quizzley is a simple site that allows you to create a quiz or a poll and distribute it to your audience. Once your audience pairs with the quiz/poll, their smartphone will automatically transform into the voting pad. It's a fast way to interact with your audience; no authentication or registration are needed.


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Lincoln probably would have loved drones, but may have held off using them to kill for strategic reasons
First off, Lincoln was obsessed with military technology and innovation, so there's little question that he would have been intrigued by drones, had they been invented in the 1860s. He often personally witnessed demonstrations of new inventions and pushed for their advancement and field testing through the War Department bureaucracy, in part by promoting officers who held a similar love of innovation. Under his tenure, the Union became one of the world's first militaries to use repeating rifles (a vast improvement over the single-shot muzzle-loaders it replaced), rifled artillery, machine guns, rockets, armored "ironclad" warships, and torpedoes, and he made advanced strategic use of railroads and especially the telegraph.
He would have loved to have had drones' surveillance power, as he championed the unprecedented use of balloons to spy on the enemy. When the aging head of the Army initially rejected the balloon idea, Lincoln personally marched inventor Thaddeus Lowe to the War Department and declared that he would be head of the new Aeronautics Corps for the Army. "I have pleasure in sending you this first dispatch ever telegraphed from an aerial station and in acknowledging indebtedness to your encouragement for the opportunity of demonstrating the availability of the science of aeronautics in the military service of the country," Lowe telegraphed to the president from a balloon over the National Mall.
But obviously drones did not exist in Lincoln's day. So what about some kind of analogous technology that could safely kill enemies without a battle. Would Lincoln have been morally and legally comfortable with that?


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|Spotted - a pair of straight cardinals.
My Way News - Cardinals begin pre-conclave meetings amid scandal:
Cardinals begin pre-conclave meetings amid scandal
Mar 4, 7:35 AM (ET)
By NICOLE WINFIELD
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals from around the world gathered Monday inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations of Benedict XVI's decision to retire.
The Vatican said 103 of the 115 electors had arrived, while the other dozen are en route. The dean of the College of Cardinals has said a date for the conclave won't be set until all cardinals have arrived.
Among the first orders of business was the oath of secrecy each cardinal made, pledging to maintain "rigorous secrecy with regard to all matters in any way related to the election of the Roman Pontiff."
The college of cardinals also agreed to send Benedict XVI a message on behalf of the group - the text was being worked on."
The first day of discussion was again rocked by revelations of scandal, with Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien admitting that he had engaged in sexual misconduct not befitting a priest, archbishop or cardinal.
O'Brien last week resigned as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh and said he wouldn't participate in the conclave after four men came forward with allegations that he had acted inappropriately with them - the first time a cardinal has stayed away from a conclave because of personal scandal.
Separately, the Vatican is still reeling from the fallout of the scandal over leaked papal documents, and the investigation by three cardinals into who was behind it.
Italian news reports have been rife with unsourced reports about the contents of the cardinals' dossier. Even if the reports are false, as the Vatican maintains, the leaks themselves confirmed a fairly high level of dysfunction within the Vatican bureaucracy, with intrigues, turf battles and allegations of corruption, nepotism and cronyism at the highest levels of the church hierarchy.
In one of his last audiences before resigning, Benedict met with the three cardinals who prepared the report and decided that their dossier would remain secret. But he gave them the go-ahead to answer cardinals' questions about its contents.
Another topic facing the cardinals is the reason they're here in the first place: Benedict's resignation and its implications. His decision to end 600 years of tradition and retire rather than stay on the job until death has completely altered the concept of the papacy, and cardinals haven't shied from weighing in about the implications for the next pope.
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Strong First Half Leads Rams Past NYU
Farmingdale State - 59, NYU - 50
New York, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's basketball team defeated non-conference opponent New York University, 59-50, last night handing the Violets their first loss of the season. The Rams improved to 3-2 overall, while NYU dropped to 4-1.
NYU held an early 6-4 lead before Farmingdale State went on a 17-0 run that spanned nearly nine minutes. The Rams held the Violets scoreless until freshman forward Kelly Loughney (Clinton, N.J./Hunterdon) scored on a layup, cutting Farmingdale's lead to 21-8 with 5:37 remaining in the first half. NYU cut the deficit to 25-19 with 2:30 to play, before sophomore guard Nikita Green (Roosevelt, N.Y./Roosevelt) hit a three-pointer and Juanita Chappel (Brooklyn, N.Y./Grand Street Campus) made a layup to close out the half and give Farmingdale State a 30-19 advantage at the break. The Rams held the Violets to a 28% field goal percentage.
Farmingdale State extended their lead to 17, the largest of the game, midway through the second half as Green converted three free-throws after being fouled on a three-point shot. The Rams maintained a double digit advantage until the final minutes of the contest as they defeated NYU 59-50.
Green scored a team-high 17 points and had five rebounds and four assists, while junior guard Shemique Hooks (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) pitched in scoring 10 for Farmingdale. Junior forward Natasha Smalls (Harlem, N.Y./St. Michael Academy) had a game-high 14 rebounds and four steals.
Sophomore guard Maggie Ely (Hillsdale, N.J./Pascack Valley) of NYU, led all scorers with 18 and senior guard Chelsea Blake (Hamden, Conn./Hamden) added 12 points, shooting 50% from the field.
The Rams next will face Skyline opponent NYU-Poly in Farmingdale State's home opener on Thursday, December 9th at 6:00 p.m.


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I can't be sure, but I think basically they want to be able to tell if you are you across your facebook AND your twitter to be sure to target your ads specifically to you. And then if you sign up for a LinkedIn you'll also already be profiled.
I think anyways. I've always imagined that some of this kind of stuff already goes down, but I suppose Goog's just wants the rights to be the only one allowed to do it? Like patenting their idea to track you everywhere?
I dunno. I'm rather apathetic today. Probably some
Don't they already know this using Flash cookies?
No one said it was a new method, just that they are patenting it.
I don't get that "targeted ads" thing at all.
Yes, if I search for flatscreen TV I'll quite probably click on ads offering flatscreen TVs*. Now, if I search for 555 datasheet, I probably won't click on any ad sayig things like "buy datasheets online". Google can know all that whithout looking what I do the rest of the time, so they must target for other kinds of ads.
So, there is, if I'm visiting a blog, it's quite useless to Google to know that I searched for flatscreen TVs last week**, I'm way more likely
Then you have not kept up with how "targeted ads" work at all.
The "Search" part of it is actually the most minimal part of it. Merely by mentioning "Video Games" in my Likes on Facebook, and using it at my home computer, I'd now opened myself up to Adservers to track my IP, and give me endless ads for World of Warcraft.
Basically, they want to know you better by using social networking to track who your friends are and what their interests are, because friends usually share similar interests.
Sure, I might no
So, they are going for my third alternative. As I said, I'd even pay for it, but even google seems unable to do that job.
if I search for 555 datasheet, I probably won't click on any ad sayig things like "buy datasheets online".
A friend of mine runs an industry trade show. One time he was doing a periodic google of the name of his show, when he noticed some of the paid ads off to the side were saying "Buy [name of his trade show] here!"
He found it pretty amusing, and idiotic.
I can't tell by reading it, but it sounds like they are patenting at least two things:
a). The ability to tie all information together (as you said), and tie it not just to some anonymous cookie, but also to your account (which is not so simple using cookies alone), but also to your friends list.
b). The ability to tailor ads to your friends based on what they gather from you. You like crazy goat porn? Your friends will start seeing ads for it. Not only that, but this will happen on twitter, Linkdin, and ever
You like crazy goat porn? Your friends will start seeing ads for it.
I'm removing any 4chan friends immediately.
Looks like they want to link and propagate ads. It's likely interesting for the advertisers - they'd be able to put together a string of ads based on what the user has seen across multiple sites and tailor them to specific 'likes'. For us, just more stuff to ad-block.
This is Slashdot. We have no friends!
I feel it's not often enough that WE point out the obvious oddity that WE all can Identify together and laugh at the jokes WE share, even put each other on a friend/foe list, But the underlying meme WE all keep coming back to is WE have no friends!
You can call it super lame and totally laugh at me, but there are a few people on here that I barely even interact with that I would consider myself a "Friend" with even if it isn't mutual.
For example, I would be thrilled to bump into Eldavojohn at a conference an
Google started focusing on the idea, No matter how loud you scream it or how much you force them to watch, a 21 year old single man isn
Prior Art:
"First post"
"frosty piss"
"Natalie Portman naked and petrified"
Thank you Slashdot trolls! You might have defeated this thing...
Now that they've patented it, all the other big players won't be able to do it and it'll be easier to adblock from one central origin.
Now that they've patented it, all the other big players won't be able to do it and it'll be easier to adblock from one central origin.
On Thursday, the USPTO published Google's patent application...
"creating and providing promotional information"
When I first discovered the internet (in autumn 1984), it had no "promotional information" on it. No spam, no astroturfing, no tracking of your every move. It isn't clear to me what, exactly, was broken with that model, or why since then everybody has become so keen on giving away all their personal information to for-profit companies so that they even *could* be bombarded with "promotional information". Why did we start to tolerate the spam and the trackin
OK, but that doesn't mean that we need services like Facebook to talk to our friends or interesting strangers. People were communicating just fine on the internet for decades before Facebook, Twitter, and so forth came along. There's no need to give up all your personal data and let yourself be logged and tracked just to communicate on the internet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September [wikipedia.org]
There once was a shampoo that somebody liked. And she told two friends, and they told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on, and so on, and so on [youtube.com].
There once was a shampoo that somebody liked. And she told two friends, and they told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on, and so on, and so on [youtube.com].
I think it's more like, "And she told two friends the first day, and they all told two friends the second day, and they all told two friends the third day
Okay. So Google can't patent word-of-mouth. Being as that is neither a website (which ALL of their examples are and which they explicitly claim), is not across multiple social networks even if it were, and doesn't meet the claims of the patent that are ACTUALLY patented and not the abstract describing in generic terms what it is about, I fail to see what value you think your post has.
If you don't know how patents work or what prior art is, that's fine. Don't post acting as if you do. The seemingly-con
Yes, that idea, but then "on a computer". That's a big difference there. (cough)
they wants their PhDs back.
Patenting something just means it's an idea someone came up with.
Unfortunately, that is now true. It didn't used to be that way, of course
But our rather well-paid and not particularly intelligent or honest Congress finished that.
Slashdotters, now is your chance to direct my investment portfolio.
I misjudged the iPod ("It's crap!" I said).
I misjudged Netbooks ("They are too small, Windows Home is crap and the Atom is rubbish!" I said).
I misjudged the iPad ("C'mon, it's not really Magical!" I said.
I missed my chance to buy Goldman Sachs stock ("C'mon, people are not *that* stupid!" I said.)
Well, it's the end of a decade and the numbers are in: I am an idiot. Years of my trying have proven that I am a failure at investing. Perhaps randomly selected, total strangers who have no reason to like me will do as well or better with my money.
So tell me, ye wiser creatures, how can I make big gains from the growing stupidity of Social Networking?
So tell me, ye wiser creatures, how can I make big gains from the growing stupidity of Social Networking?
Ponzi scams?
Number 6, you are probably right.
So tell me, ye wiser creatures, how can I make big gains from the growing stupidity of Social Networking?
Since you asked so nicely I'm going to tell you. Your problem is that you've been using rationale and logic - those things won't get you rich fast, that's just hard work - to make a killing you need to make unreasonable amounts of money from people's gullibility and greed. Don't make the mistake of looking for what the market needs - remember we want to make a killing, not get a job.
The more unlikely, improbable, and down-right impossible the properties of the product you're pitching - the greater the pote
Lavish spending can be disastrous. Don't buy any lavishes for a while.


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Getting in some sprinting
by, August 11th, 2010 at 11:10 AM (2242 Views)
This morning I went to the early AGUA practice. Heres what we did (mutatis mutandis for taper):
200 lcm warmup
300 FR + 200 IM drill (2nd warmup)
8 x 50, 2 of each stroke, IM order, @ :20ish rest
5x thru:
50 Stroke (IM order)
50 easy FR
[I took an on-deck stretching interlude during the first 200 IM, and thereafter did the rest of the set, substituting 200 stroke drills/easy swim with fast IM turns for the IM, and doing sprint BR or BK for the 50 stroke.]
300 warmdown + sculling + play
My sprint breaststroke timing was feeling good today for the first time in a whileI felt like I was able to turn over quickly without losing water. Im still working on getting my backstroke turnover right. After my 50 BK at the Wilton meet, Coach Craig told me that I was swimming too flat, and shouldnt sacrifice rotation for arm speed (or at least not to the extent that I was doing). My body and I still seem to be negotiating what rate of turnover still allows me to get enough body rotation when Im sprinting.
Yesterday afternoon I went over to the Y for a short on-my-own swim. I did
1000 warmup
8 x 25 FR, odds build quickly to sprint, evens easy
400 warmdown
I would usually do the sprint 25s to feet, but I realized one thing Im glad about for Zones is that I will not have to do any flipturns in any of my races! (I dont count backstroke turns as flipturns). For some reason, freestyle turns are my least favorite of all the swim turns. I will get to do all the other 5 possible turns (thats counting butterfly and breaststroke turns as the same) exactly once over the course of my 6 races.
(Math question of the day: How many possible combinations of events would the above info hold true for?)
10 more days til Zones!


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This past Saturday I woke up early and to my surprise Beyond the Glory of Jerome Bettis was on FSN. Luckily I had been watching FSN the night before so my Tivo had been recording the channel. So I rewound it to the beginning and got to see the entire show. This one included his trip to the Super Bowl in his home town!
It was an awesome story, and talked about how he really wanted to be a Sooner, until the team was put on probation. Then it covered his time at ND and with the Rams. I don't want to tell to much about the story in case some of you haven't seen it yet, but I wanted to let you all know it was on the past weekend so I would imagine it will be on again soon so you all can look out for it.
PS: I'm not sure if this was the correct forum to post this, but it didn't feel right putting the Bus in Other Football Talk


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The Cubs sounded as serious Saturday as they've ever sounded in trying to get their desired renovations to Wrigley Field.
It won't be easy and it won't be cheap, but the team rolled out a convincing and power-packed power-point presentation that won widespread approval from the fans who jammed a hotel ballroom at the annual fan convention in Chicago.
After chairman Tom Ricketts warmed up the crowd in the morning, president of business operations Crane Kenney rolled out an audiovisual program in the afternoon, showing what the nearly 100-year-old landmark would look like after a major facelift.
The plan would take five off-seasons to complete and would cost $300 million. On top of that, the Cubs say they would not have to play games at another park while the renovation is going on.
The kicker is money, but the Cubs made an assertive offer to the city of Chicago: Relax some of the restrictions that prevent revenue-generating items in and around the park -- such as signage -- and the Ricketts family will foot the bill.
"The fact is, if you look at all the limitations that we have, whether that's signage in the outfield, which we're not allowed to do, or whether that's what kind of stuff we do in the park or around the park, I think we'd just like to have a little more flexibility to have some options on that kind of stuff," Ricketts said. "Just give us some relief on some of these restrictions and then we'll take care of Wrigley Field."
The Cubs would like to begin work this coming fall, and Kenney said the Cubs and the city have had "good talks" over the past 10 months. If the Cubs get what they want, here's what fans can expect:
•The upper and lower seating areas would be completely rebuilt.
•The Cubs players would get a bigger clubhouse and have a batting-cage tunnel nearby. The dugouts also would be expanded.
•Another LED information board, similar to the new one in right field, would be added in left field to give fans more statistics and game-day information. Some fans have long opposed a Jumbotron-type info board.
The idea has been discussed by the Cubs, but they say if they were to install one, it would not include such features as a "Kiss Cam" or other gimmicks.
"Probably five or six conventions ago, I raised it as a topic, and clearly, the sentiment was opposed to it," Kenney said. "All of our focus groups have swung the other way on, 'If it's done right.' That's the key comment we hear from people: 'If you do it right and you give us a chance to celebrate a great play again, learn more about the player, understand the game at a higher level,' they're supportive."
•There would be a new fan deck in left field, similar to what the Cubs added last year in right field.
•A restaurant would take over the team's administrative offices on the third-base side of the building.
•The facade of the ballpark would be restored, and landmarked items such as the hand-operated scoreboard, the marquee and the ivy on the outfield walls would not be disturbed.
The Cubs and the city have had a somewhat contentious relationship over the years. Kenney and Ricketts said the Cubs have been in talks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and that they remain hopeful a deal can get done.
During the ownership session Saturday morning, Ricketts told fans the Cubs are a business and "not a museum." He said that because the Cubs own Wrigley Field, they ought to be able to do with it as they please.
"We'd like to have some freedom in the way we run the ballpark, top to bottom, no different from the other 29 clubs," Kenney said later in the day. "I don't think anyone's asking for something extraordinary here.
"It's really simple. If we're going to be a private enterprise and expected to pay for all of our renovations, we should be treated like one. If we're a public enterprise that's going to be restricted like a public asset, when it comes time for renovations, we'd like to be supported. And we're happy to do either one."
Members of several areas of the Cubs operation were on hand for the session. Kenney cited the jobs that would be created by the renovation as well as the ongoing economic benefit he said Wrigley Field brings to the city in tourism dollars.
General manager Jed Hoyer touted the upgraded facilities for the players. It's generally agreed in baseball that the Cubs have the worst and most cramped facilities in the major leagues for their players.
"The better you treat the players and the more amenities they have, they tend to reciprocate in kind," Hoyer said.


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Earth : North America : Central America : Nicaragua : Northern Highlands (Nicaragua) : Esteli
Estelí is a city in northern Nicaragua.
Get in
There are two bus stations both on the Pan American about 100m from each other. The southern is smaller and better organised but more buses come and go from the north. Most main destinations are served by both though so you will need to check both for times etc. Both stations are a little out of the main town (C$15-C$20 in collectivo to the Parque Central 2007). You could try a long dusty walk along the Pan American turning left at the only set of traffic lights on the road until you bump into the main south/north route to the plaza.
Get around
Local buses (C$3 to any destination) and share taxis (C$8 in the central area and no more C$20 within the city, agree on the price before you get in). You can easily walk around the city center.
Lots of beautiful murals in various places around town.
There is a public market in the south end of town. Easy to find or just ask. Just north of that market are lots of leather shops. Good stuff at good prices. For example, you can probably get a custom made pair of boots for around US$50.
Make reservations or be sure to be abundantly clear with your intended length of stay as they will not hestitate to give your bed away from under you if a larger group should require it.
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c.1200, "give order to, to arrange in order," from order (n.). Meaning "to give orders for or to" is from 1540s. Related: Ordered; ordering.
early 13c., "body of persons living under a religious discipline," from Old French ordre "position, estate; rule, regulation; religious order" (11c.), from earlier ordene, from Latin ordinem (nominative ordo) "row, rank, series, arrangement," originally "a row of threads in a loom," from Italic root *ord- "to arrange, arrangement" (cf. ordiri "to begin to weave," e.g. in primordial), of unknown origin.
Meaning "a rank in the (secular) community" is first recorded c.1300; meaning "command, directive" is first recorded 1540s, from the notion of "to keep in order." Military and honorary orders grew our of the fraternities of Crusader knights. Business and commerce sense is attested from 1837. In natural history, as a classification of living things, it is first recorded 1760. Meaning "condition of a community which is under the rule of law" is from late 15c.
Phrase in order to (1650s) preserves etymological notion of "sequence." The word reflects a medieval notion: "a system of parts subject to certain uniform, established ranks or proportions," and was used of everything from architecture to angels. Old English expressed many of the same ideas with endebyrdnes. In short order "without delay" is from 1834, American English; order of battle is from 1769.
order or·der (ôr'dər)
A taxonomic category of organisms ranking above a family and below a class.
A group of organisms ranking above a family and below a class. See Table at taxonomy.
In biology, the classification lower than a class and higher than a family. Dogs and cats belong to the order of carnivores; human beings, monkeys, and apes belong to the order of primates. Flies and mosquitoes belong to the same order; so do birch trees and oak trees. (See Linnean classification.)
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Well, I started on the bobblehead craze back when they first started handing them out as SGA's (Stadium Give Away's) at Riverfront back in what 2001 or so. I got each one of them each time they came out and the only exception was one time I got sick during the Tony Perez one, but I was able to pick that up at a Moeller Card Show. But this year was different. As many noticed I wasn't on the boards that much throughout the season and except for attended one game during the first month of the season, well I was gone for the majority of the baseball season taking care of some medical issues. But that is a whole other story. So of course, I missed the Bronson Arroyo, Aaron Harang, the duel Marty & Thom Brennaman, and Frank Robinson. But here recently, due to a new job, and my first couple of paychecks, I was able to obtain all four of them.
But now I ask this. I know that other ballclubs give them away as well and I know that Minor League affiliates do the same. Like I have from the Columbus Clippers two bobbleheads, one of Sparky Anderson in a Reds uniform and jacket, and then another of Tom Seaver in his Reds uniform pitching. I also have some from the Louisville Bats as well. From them I was able to get Adam Dunn, Deion Sanders, Austin Kearns, and Brandon Larson. I know that there is one of Dave Miley floating around out there I just haven't been able to locate one yet.
Well I was thinking that maybe some of you all could help me in this quest. Not only locating some of them, but also helping me obtain a list or at least point me in the right direction of one (ie a website ro something similar to one) of the bobbleheads given away at the stadiums for the Reds Minor League affiliates (Louisville, possibly even Indianapolis, Chattanooga, Dayton, Billings, and I guess even Columbus) and then any other ones, in the majors or minors that have given one away that was Reds related, whether it was something similar to the Columbus Clippers giving away a Tom Seaver one in his Reds uniform, or the Bats giving away an Adam Dunn one or I would even be looking for something like former Reds where the Marlins would give away one for Ryan Dempster or even the Cubs would give one away for him. Or any major or minor league club. Even a Frontier League. I think I forgot to mention that. I do have the Tom Browning one as well. Is that the only one they have given away. So basically, any list will be great. The only one that I do NOT want a list for is the ones that the Cincinnati Reds big league club has given away. Any others that even have the slightest Reds connection, well let's hear it, this will not only help me and one of my hobbies (I know, it may be a little compulsive, but hey that's me, take it or leave it) but it also may be a little fun and interesting to see all of these!!!
So let's go!!


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with the new silverado seen, the impressions are not good at all. it's ugly, and it gives trucks a bad name. what do you think will happen when the silverado goes on sale officially? will ford lose sales, or gain sales. with the current F-150 a sales leader, could it be replaced?
Ford could gain sales, but more likely than not they'll stay the same. Which is several hundred thousand ahead of Chevy.
Ford may gain a few with the people who buy for looks
Well, with those looks I wouldn't be surprised to see non-commercial Chevy customers going to Ford. Not so much Dodge. But as far as commercial, I think they will stay the same.As far as replacing the current F-150. Ford will do so when they need to and make it better then pretty much everything out there. Being a GM fan. I tip my hats to the Ford people :P
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BELVIDERE (WIFR) -- Belvidere Police Chief Jan Noble has announced enforcement results for the Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program St. Patrick's Day campaign.
The Belvidere Police department received funding from the Illinois Department of Transportation to hire off-duty officers from March 14- March 17, 2013. Officers conducted 43 traffic stops that resulted in 57 tickets or arrests:
12- Seat Belt
9- Uninsured
3- Equipment
4- Child Seat
9- Suspended/Revoked/Unlicensed
1- Other D.L.
5- Drugs
3- Moving
5- Registration
2- BAC Over .08
1- Minor Consumption of Alcohol
Belvidere officers will continue with targeted traffic enforcement in the coming months. Please buckle up and drive carefully.


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This patient summary on transitional care planning is adapted from a summary written for health professionals by cancer experts. This and other credible information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, supportive care, and ongoing clinical trials is available from the National Cancer Institute. This summary describes transitional care, assessment, and care options.
This summary is about planning for changes in level of care for adults with cancer.
Transitional care planning helps the patient's cancer care continue without interruption through different phases of the cancer experience.
Transition means passage from one phase to another. Transitional care planning is the bridge between two phases of care. As the cancer patient's treatment goals change or the place of care changes, the patient may encounter problems during the transition. Patients will need to make decisions that balance disease status and treatment options with family needs, finances, employment, spiritual or religious beliefs, and quality of life. There may be practical problems such as finding an appropriate rehabilitation center, obtaining special equipment, or paying for needed care. There may be mental health problems such as depression or anxiety. Transitional care planning helps identify and manage these problems so the transition can go smoothly, without interruption of care. This can reduce stress on the patient and family and improve the patient's health outcome.
See the following PDQ summaries for more information:
Transitional care planning may include support and education for the patient and family and referral to resources. Ideally, it involves a team approach by the patient's health care providers. It is important that there be close communication between members of the team and that this communication include the patient and family.
Goals of cancer care may change as the disease changes.
Each type of cancer requires different care and the goals of a patient's treatment may change as his or her disease gets better or worse. Cancer care may include any of the following:
Transitional care planning can help the patient and family with medical, practical, and emotional issues that arise as they adjust to these different levels and goals of care.
A patient may receive care in several different settings during the course of the illness.
Most of the care received by people with cancer is provided in places other than a hospital. The place where the patient receives treatment may change several times during the course of the illness. Patients may go from receiving care in a hospital or as an outpatient to receiving care at home, in a nursing home, at a rehabilitation center (a place for special training, such as help in regaining strength or movement), or from a hospice team for end-of-life care. When a patient moves from one place of care to another, the process of planning for the move is often called discharge planning. This may involve a case manager who acts on the patient's behalf when dealing with the hospital, visiting nurses, health care companies, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, and other groups that provide the care needed. The case manager is a link to resources and services in the community and can arrange for the provision of services, including patient and family education and referrals.
An assessment collects information that helps the health care team identify and manage problems a patient may have in adjusting to a change in care.
Having cancer affects more than the patient's physical condition. It also affects mental health, family life, ability to work, financial planning, social relationships, and faith. Many patients will encounter problems in one or more of these areas as they transfer from one level of care to another. For example, a patient's family may have problems obtaining special home equipment or learning to use special equipment. Another patient may have a difficult time accepting the change from anticancer care to symptom relief alone, such as that provided with some types of palliative or hospice care. Transitional care planning is unique to each patient and family. Assessments help identify patients who may have problems during the transition and help determine the kind of support they will need to make the change go smoothly. The assessments may include a complete medical history; a physical exam; a test of learning skills; tests to determine ability to perform activities of daily living; a mental health evaluation; a review of social support available to the patient; and referral to community resources as needed to assist with issues such as transportation, home care, healthy eating, and medication management.
Assessments are done many times during the patient's cancer experience, as a routine part of care.
Assessments are done when the patient moves from one facility to another, such as from hospital to home. They are also done at regular times during the course of the disease, usually at the time of diagnosis, after completing a course of treatment, when there is a relapse, when curative treatment stops, and when treatment is discontinued (end-of-life care begins). The patient may feel added emotional stress at these times. Regular assessments can identify these and other causes of distress in the patient, such as job loss or the death or illness of a patient's loved one or caretaker. (See the PDQ summary on Grief, Bereavement, and Coping With Loss for more information.)
Because no one knows what the patient's needs will be in the future, assessments are done many times during the cancer experience as a routine part of care. This is helps ensure the patient receives the right services at the right times.
All members of the patient's health care team are involved in the assessment process.
In planning for a change in cancer care, doctors, nurses, and other members of the patient's health care team will consider all the areas of a patient's life that may be affected. The following professionals may each conduct different parts of the transitional care planning assessment:
The following types of assessments will be done for transitional care planning:
Physical assessment
A physical assessment will look at the patient's general health, treatment plan, and changes in disease status, including the following factors:
See the following PDQ summaries for more information:
Family and home assessment
Factors such as the patient's age and living arrangements may affect how easily a change in level of care can be accomplished. The assessment will look at the following:
Mental health assessment
Change can be a stressful time for both the patient and family. The nature of the relationship between the patient and his or her family and others helps determine the kinds of services the family may need to cope with the transition. The following questions may be asked:
See the following PDQ summaries for more information:
Social assessment
Doctors and other health care professionals can provide referrals to supportive services available to the patient. A review of the kinds of social services already available to the patient will be done:
Spiritual assessment
Knowing the role that religion and spirituality play in the patient's life help the health care team understand how these beliefs may affect the patient's transition to a new level of care. A spiritual assessment may include the following questions:
Most hospitals, especially larger ones, employ hospital chaplains who are trained to work with medical patients and their families. Hospital chaplains are trained to be sensitive to a range of religious and spiritual beliefs and concerns.
(See the PDQ summary on Spirituality in Cancer Care for more information.)
Legal assessment
Advance directives and other legal documents can help doctors and family members make decisions about treatment should the patient become unable to communicate his or her wishes. The patient may be asked if he or she has prepared any of the following documents:
Different types of care are available for different types of needs. Transitional care may include management of the patient's medical condition and rehabilitation, plus supportive services to ensure basic needs such as comfort, hygiene, safety, and nutrition. It may also include supportive services for educational, social, spiritual, and financial needs. The following is a list of some of the care options that meet the assessed needs of patients during transition:
Place of care
Health care specialists and other caregivers work as a team, providing services to patients in their homes, clinics, and other settings. These may include the following:
Programs that provide care may include the following:
Medication support
Nutrition support
The patient may be able to eat normally or may need supplemental nutrition by mouth, by tubefeeding, or by delivery into a vein. (See the PDQ summary on Nutrition in Cancer Care for more information.)
Special equipment
The type of equipment needed, if any, will depend on the patient's condition. Some commonly needed devices include the following:
Caring for a patient at home can increase the physical and emotional burdens on the patient's caregivers.
The stress and responsibility of in-home care can be hard on family relationships and should be carefully considered. Day-to-day routines may change for everyone. Many families have trouble getting used to the role changes that result. Patients and families may be referred to counseling to help them with these issues.
Pain control is a key factor in successful home care. Pain medications are given to help patients feel better and are often a part of cancer care. Controlling the patient's symptoms, especially pain, can make things easier on both the patient and the caregivers. It is important that the family and caregivers understand the use of pain control medications and other treatments that keep the patient comfortable.
See the following PDQ summaries for more information:
If home care is to be considered, the following factors and others will be assessed:
This assessment will help determine if care at home is a workable option for the patient.
Transitional care planning will help the patient explore ways to pay for services and care needed.
Medical insurance, Medicare, veteran's benefits, and/or Medicaid may pay some of a patient's medical expenses. These have limits to their coverage, however, and patients may need to find other ways to pay for costs not covered. The costs of home care, for example, are usually covered only under certain conditions and for a limited time.
Transitional care planning will include referrals to community resources that can help the patient plan for treatment costs not met by insurance. Social service agencies may be available to help with certain care needs. Some organizations lend medical equipment (such as wheelchairs and hospital beds), provide short-term assistance with a nursing aid or housekeeper, or provide transportation to and from the doctor's office or clinic.
For more information about financial resources, contact the National Cancer Information Service (CIS) at 1-800-4-CANCER. The CIS offices have information about cancer-related services and resources that are available in different parts of the country.
Transitional care may include employment counseling for the patient.
People with cancer often want to get back to work. Their jobs give them not only an income but also a sense of routine. Some people feel well enough to work while they are having treatment. Others need to wait until their treatments are over. Patients who have disabilities or other special needs after treatment may not be able to return to their old jobs at all.
Referrals can be made to services that help the patient with job-related issues. These services may include employment counseling, education and skills training, and help in obtaining and using assistive technology and tools.
If a patient does return to work, coworkers may not know what to say or may not know if the patient wants to talk about the cancer. Education of the patient's coworkers about the cancer can help ease this transition.
Advance directives need to move with the patient.
During transitions in care, the patient's advance directives, health care proxy form, and durable power of attorney document need to be given to the appropriate caregivers. This step will ensure that the patient's wishes are known through all disease stages and places of care. (See the Legal Assessment section for information about these forms.)
Caring for a person with cancer starts after symptoms begin and the diagnosis is made and continues until the patient is in remission, is cured, or has died. (See the PDQ summaries on Last Days of Life and Grief, Bereavement, and Coping With Loss for more information.) End-of-life decisions should be made soon after the diagnosis, before there is a need for them. These issues are not pleasant or easy to think about, but planning for them can help relieve the burden on family members to make major decisions for the patient at a time when they are likely to be emotionally upset.
A patient's views may reflect his or her philosophical, moral, religious, or spiritual background. If a person has certain feelings about end-of-life issues, these feelings should be made known so that they can be carried out. Since these are sensitive issues, they are often not discussed by patients, families, or doctors. People often feel that there will be plenty of time to talk later about the issues. Many times, though, when the end-of-life decisions are necessary, they must be made by people who do not know the patient's wishes. A patient should talk with the doctor and other caregivers about resuscitation decisions as early as possible (for example, when being admitted to the hospital); he or she may not be able to make these decisions later. Advance directives can ensure the patient's wishes are known ahead of time. (See the Legal Assessment section for information about these forms.)
These issues are important to discuss whether a patient is being cared for at home; in a hospital, nursing home, or hospice; or elsewhere.
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Curse this Volvo!
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 07:27 PM
Common sense would've told me to use a standard socket.
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Edited by jessicaCB650, 26 January 2009 - 02:18 AM.
Posted 24 January 2009 - 10:02 PM
sockets could be mostly a generic item, like most any other car that uses that same bulb, might work. temp fix would be wire nutting a spliced socket robbed of a junkyard car, any car that uses same bulb.
good luck
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Posted 25 January 2009 - 01:28 AM
If its a standard bulb, like a 9004/5/6/7, you might try the help section of your local parts store like Autozone. They have replacement sockets available that you just hardwire/butt connector in..
Posted 26 January 2009 - 02:16 AM
:-\ I'm an idiot, I realized this today...that I can use a standard socket. I don't need a Volvo genuine parts piece of crap.
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GRINNELL, IA—Grinnell College has added two more Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings to its green campus commitments.
The Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, the campus center opened in 2006, and the Robert N. Noyce '49 Science Center's second phase construction completed in 2008, are the two latest additions to Grinnell's LEED building certifications. The science center received the LEED silver designation, and the student center received the base certification.
In 2006, the college's environmental education center at the Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA) became the first building in Iowa to receive the LEED gold designation, and a group of newly constructed residence halls received base certification. Designed by Chicago architects Holabird & Root, the CERA building was later awarded the Design Excellence Award for Sustainability by the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The CERA site also includes a wind turbine which supplies a majority of the education center's electricity.
The Noyce Science Center, also designed by Holabird & Root, received the silver certification for features in the second phase of a two-part construction project, which involved both addition and renovation. "Science buildings have very complex ventilation and technical systems," said Jim Swartz, director of the building project and the college's Center for Science in the Liberal Arts, "so to receive a silver certification is especially rewarding because it recognizes the efforts to gain greater efficiencies and still remain true to our core purpose of creating a flexible and welcoming space for teaching and research."
The science center's certification was based on features including heat recovery on laboratory exhaust systems, motion sensors on fume hoods and lighting, rainwater collection for use in the greenhouse, energy-efficient windows, dual-flush toilets and low-flow lavatory fixtures, use of local and regional materials, and recycling construction waste.
The Rosenfield Center, a hub for student activities and dining designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, was cited for the following energy-efficient features: Energy Star reflective roof, heat recovery system for coolers and freezers in dining operations, motion sensors and direct-digital control for indoor lighting, triple-glazed windows, variable air volume exhaust hoods, and variable speed fans and pumps.
In addition to the LEED certifications for buildings, Grinnell's ongoing energy-efficiency measures throughout campus include reflective roofing, digital controls for lighting and temperature, motion sensors for lighting and vending machines, energy-efficient windows, and lighting retrofits. The college also incorporated geothermal wells and heat pumps for heating and cooling the CERA education center and the natatorium currently under construction.
Other green campus initiatives include food waste composting, building material recycling, coordination of residence hall recycling and awareness programming, local foods purchasing, and a campus project house that serves as a demonstration point for sustainable efforts.
LEED certification is a four-level rating system by the U.S. Green Building Council for design and construction of energy-efficient, high-performance buildings in six categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and design.


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The clock is ticking on teams to have exclusive access to their own players, and it looks like the Lions are trying to take advantage.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Lions are flying safety Louis Delmas in today for a physical.
Given that Delmas has played for them for four years, and he's about to be a free agent, it doesn't take much dot-connecting to think something could be happening for him before the deadline.
Delmas makes a difference for the Lions when he's well, but he hasn't been lately, missing eight games last year and five in 2011 with knee problems.


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OHIO faculty, students, alumni attend ITERA's annual conference
By Darby Fledderjohn
ATHENS, Ohio (April 25, 2013)—The Information and Telecommunications Education and Research Association held their annual conference April 5-7 in Cincinnati. A number of McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems faculty, students and alumni were in attendance.
Dr. Joseph Berman received this year's annual service award. Dr. Berman served as the founding director of the McClure School of Communication Systems Management, which was the predecessor of today's ITS. Dr. Berman retired from OU in 2002 after almost 30 years of service. School Director Philip Campbell accepted the award on Dr. Berman's behalf.
Mike Hermann, a 1993 ITS graduate acted as a plenary speaker at the conference, speaking on "The Coming Evolution of Service Providers." Hermann, a member of the ITS Advisory Board, currently serves as the Vice President for Business Development for
Cincinnati Bell.
Current ITS student Zach Miller and Professor Julio Aráuz were also in attendance. Miller presented the findings of their research partnership, a study of broadband wireless devices and white spaces. Large urban centers often see a problem with limited available bandwidth. Miller looked into deploying wireless transmitters that operate in unused TV bands, also called white spaces, when bandwidth is limited. The paper was declared the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Paper of the conference.
Professor John Hoag presented "Broadband Usage in Ohio: Analysis of Survey Results," summarizing work with Connect Ohio in analyzing the status of broadband penetration.
Ohio University is one of 20 schools involved with ITERA, an organization that provides a forum for telecommunications professionals, researchers and educators to support further interest in telecommunications in universities and industries.


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Position: OL/DL
Height: 6-3
Weight: 235
Hometown: Alpine, New Jersey
High School/Previous School: Dwight-Englewood High School
Coach Mangurian on Mourkakos: Early decision. Came to Columbia football camp. Tough, great work ethic, mature and motivated. Has position flexibility. Dominated his level of competition in high school. Can play with his hand down and in space. Could play on either side of the ball. Has initial quickness and ball skills. Room to grow. Natural strength and power. First look will probably be as an inside player on the offensive line. Good for our team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Dwight-Englewood High School in Alpine, N.J. ... Played for head coach James Panepinto … Captain his senior year … 2012 all-league ... Also lettered in basketball.
INTENDED MAJOR: Pre-Med/Philosophy
PERSONAL: Parents are Kally and Othon Mourkakos ... Has three older siblings: Stacey, Paulina, and Christina.
FUN FACT: Other hobbies include playing basketball and reading.
WHY COLUMBIA? "Columbia University has always been my dream school. I love New York City and everything the University has to offer."


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal safety officials say a team of experts is en route to Asia to be ready to assist in the investigation of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner that disappeared with 239 people on board.
The team includes accident investigators from National Transportation Safety Board, as well as technical experts from the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing.
The Boeing 777-200 went missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.
The safety board said in a statement Saturday the team was sent now because of the travel time involved even though the plane hasn't yet been found.
The board said that once the plane is found, International Civil Aviation Organization protocols will determine which country will lead the investigation.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Navy says it has dispatched a warship to aid in the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner.
The USS Pinckney, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, is on its way from international waters in the South China Sea to the southern coast of Vietnam to assist in the search for flight MH370. The Boeing 777 with 239 people aboard was flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when it fell off radar screens early Saturday.
The Pinckney carries two helicopters that can be used for search and rescue. It is expected to reach the search area within 24 hours.
Additionally, the Navy is deploying an Orion patrol and surveillance plane based in Okinawa. It will bring long-range search, radar and communications capabilities to the search mission.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The most dangerous parts of a flight are takeoff and landing. Rarely do incidents happen when a plane is cruising seven miles above the earth.
So the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet well into its flight Saturday morning over the South China Sea has led aviation experts to assume that whatever happened was quick and left the pilots no time to place a distress call.
It could take investigators months, if not years, to determine what happened to the Boeing 777 flying from Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Some possibilities include structural failure, bad weather, engine failure or a criminal act.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Planes and ships from across Asia are continuing a massive search for a Malaysian jetliner that's been missing with 239 people on board for more than 24 hours.
There is still no confirmed sighting of wreckage from the Boeing 777 in the seas between Malaysia and Vietnam where it vanished from screens early Saturday morning en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The weather was fine, the plane was already cruising and the pilots had no time to send a distress signal -- unusual circumstances for a modern jetliner to crash.
The administrator of China's Civil Aviation Administration says some debris has been spotted, but it's unclear whether it came from the plane. Vietnamese authorities say they've seen nothing close to two large oil slicks they saw Saturday that might be from the missing plane.
Meanwhile, Malaysian aviation authorities are investigating how two passengers were apparently able to get on the aircraft using stolen passports.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- An Austin, Texas, technology company says 20 of its employees were aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing over the South China Sea.
Jacey Zuniga, a spokeswoman for Freescale Semiconductor, says 12 Malaysian and 8 Chinese employees are "confirmed passengers." She says no American citizen Freescale employees were on the flight.
"At present, we are solely focused on our employees and their families," Gregg Lowe, president and CEO of Freescale says in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this tragic event." The company, the statement reads, has assembled a team of counselors for those impacted by the tragedy.
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 airplane, was last seen on radar at 1:30 a.m. (1730 GMT Friday) above the waters where the South China sea.
KELLER, Texas (AP) -- The family of Philip Wood says the IBM employee was on board the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 that went missing over the sea while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China.
Les Williams, a family friend, says Wood was on board the plane but declined to elaborate, saying the family will issue a statement Monday.
Williams spoke Saturday from the Keller, Texas, home of Aubrey Wood, the passenger's father. A LinkedIn profile that Williams says belongs to Wood, says he is a Technical Storage Executive at IBM Malaysia.
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 airplane, was last seen on radar at 1:30 a.m. (1730 GMT Friday) above the waters where the South China Sea meets the Gulf of Thailand. Two other American citizens also were on board flight MH370.


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McKenzie has today named his side for the opening tour fixture against England at Twickenham, with the headline news surrounding Ben Mowen's promotion to skipper.
Mowen replaces second row James Horwill who has been in the job since August 2011 but has struggled with injury for much of that time.
Horwill missed the entire calendar year in 2012 and, although he returned to lead the Wallabies in their three-Test summer series with the Lions, hasn't quite hit top form following his comeback.
McKenzie now wants his former leader at the Reds to concentrate on getting back to his best and has therefore opted to hand Brumbies No8 Mowen the honour of leading his country in London.
Mowen captained his club side to the Super XV Final this season as the Brumbies came agonizingly close to a first title since 2004 and he has long been tipped as a future national captain despite only making his debut against Warren Gatland's Lions in June.
He led the Wallabies in their 14-13 win over Argentina in Perth in September and would appear to be the front runner to fill the role against Italy, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, although McKenzie insists no decision has been made past Saturday's trip to Twickenham.
"There's no doubting James is a world-class leader but it's important he is putting his own personal performance first and playing to the level we know he is capable of on a weekly basis," said McKenzie, who has made controversial playmaker Quade Cooper vice captain.
"By his own lofty standards, James would admit he hasn't been at peak form. So, we've made the decision to this week remove the added pressures and responsibilities of being a captain so that he can focus entirely on bringing his 'A' game.
"Decisions like these are never easy, but sometimes you need to make hard choices for the long-term benefit of the individual. A strong individual performance will be the best contribution he can make to this game.
"Ben now gets another opportunity to lead his country, while we're recognising Quade for the ongoing decision-making role he plays on the field and the positive involvements he continues to make in contributing to the culture of the team off the field.
"However, like we do every week, we'll re-assess all selection decisions for next week's game against Italy after we focus on taking care of business against England on Saturday night."
As well as the captaincy switch, McKenzie makes three personnel changes and one positional switch to the team that were narrowly beaten by the All Blacks a fortnight ago.
Sitaleki Timani partners Horwill at lock after Rob Simmons was ruled out having aggravated a knee injury in training; Mowen moves to No8 from the blindside flank as Scott Fardy returns in place of Ben McCalman; and Nick Cummins - a try scorer at Twickenham last time out - comes in for Peter Betham on the left wing.
Fardy comes back into the starting line-up after missing Australia's third Bledisloe Cup Test against New Zealand with an eye injury, while Cummins has recovered from a fractured hand.
Brumbies playmaker Matt Toomua retains his place in the starting line up despite Christian Leali'ifano's recovery from an ankle injury.
"We're in a better position this week that we've been able to make more selection decisions based on performance as opposed to those forced by injury," added McKenzie.
"The perfect example of that is Matt's inclusion in the centres ahead of another of our best performing players before his injury in Christian.
"I often say that players drive their own selection and Matt's performance against the All Blacks demanded he wear the number 12 jersey again."
Australia (v England, Saturday, 2.30pm)
15. Israel Folau (NSW Waratahs)
14. Adam Ashley-Cooper (NSW Waratahs)
13. Tevita Kuridrani (ACT Brumbies)
12. Matt Toomua (ACT Brumbies)
11. Nick Cummins (Western Force)
10. Quade Cooper (vc - Queensland Reds)
9. Will Genia (Queensland Reds)
1. James Slipper (Queensland Reds)
2. Stephen Moore (ACT Brumbies)
3. Ben Alexander (ACT Brumbies)
4. Sitaleki Timani (NSW Waratahs)
5. James Horwill (Queensland Reds)
6. Scott Fardy (ACT Brumbies)
7. Michael Hooper (NSW Waratahs)
8. Ben Mowen (c - ACT Brumbies)
16. Saia Fainga'a (Queensland Reds)
17. Benn Robinson (NSW Waratahs)
18. Sekope Kepu (NSW Waratahs)
19. Kane Douglas (NSW Waratahs)
20. Ben McCalman (Western Force)
21. Nic White (ACT Brumbies)
22. Christian Leali'ifano (ACT Brumbies)
23. Bernard Foley (NSW Waratahs)


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News Release 14-048
New Understanding the Brain website features funding opportunities, research areas
Visitors can find brain-related information from across the agency in one place
April 2, 2014
This material is available primarily for archival purposes. Telephone numbers or other contact information may be out of date; please see current contact information at media contacts.
On the first anniversary of President Obama's BRAIN Initiative announcement, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched a new portal at NSF.gov/brain dedicated to the agency's brain research-related funding opportunities and news.
"NSF-supported researchers explore the brain from all angles--from atoms to thoughts and behavior--resulting in some of the greatest neuroscience breakthroughs in our lifetime," said NSF Deputy Director Cora Marrett. "While NSF is committed to supporting brain research across disciplines and scales, we are equally committed to effective communication of these efforts and opportunities."
NSF funds potentially transformative, fundamental brain research across all areas of science and engineering. The Understanding the Brain portal allows visitors to find NSF brain-related information in one place.
The website also includes NSF's specific thematic research areas for the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, the latest funding and event announcements and a list of core programs that support neuroscience research, as well as public-facing articles and videos about new findings.
Also, visit the NSF BRAIN YouTube channel for more videos.
Media Contacts
Sarah Bates, NSF, (703) 292-7738, email: email@example.com
Lily Whiteman, NSF, (703) 292-8070, email: email@example.com
Related Websites
Understanding the Brain homepage: http://www.nsf.gov/brain
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2018, its budget is $7.8 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions. Each year, NSF receives more than 50,000 competitive proposals for funding and makes about 12,000 new funding awards.
Useful NSF Web Sites:
NSF Home Page: https://www.nsf.gov
NSF News: https://www.nsf.gov/news/
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Awards Searches: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/


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Evolution Hoax
Some Secrets of the Qur'an
Only in The Remembrance of God Do Hearts Find Satisfaction
All men living on earth seek ways to attain real happiness. Hopes are pinned on a goal of attaining happiness. Some seek happiness in an opulent life style, some in a prestigious career, a good marriage, plastic surgery, college admission. Once these goals are attained, however, whatever happiness results is usually transitory. Or often there is no joy or satisfaction at all in achieving the goal. However, there has been no one on earth who has ever attained true happiness through these methods. There are many issues that bother or disquiet even someone who believes the goal of complete happiness has been achieved.
True happiness, peace, pleasure and ease can only be found in the remembrance of God. God relates this fact in a verse as follows:
This is a very important secret that God reveals to mankind in the Qur'an. Unaware of this fact, many people spend their lives under the delusion that worldly gifts would bring satisfaction. As if they would never die and meet the day of reckoning, they greedily strive to possess the values pertaining to this world.
Yet this is a great delusion. Nothing possessed in this world can bring true peace and happiness. Only believers who are sincerely devoted to God and who are cognisant of God's mercy, compassion and protection over them can attain the peaceful state of the heart. God grants this relief on the heart of the person who sees the evidences of God's creation and remembers Him at all times. Therefore it is vain to seek for ease or peace and happiness by any other means.


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Rants on Cycling and on Life:
Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera
Is the person melting the hole back together?
cauterizing a tube without removing the wheel from the bicycle? sweet. I'm going to ride with a lighter so I'll be ready for my next flat.
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Surprise! There's going to be an Assassin's Creed game this year. But, will it feature pirates? Will it even feature naval combat at all?
One of the big challenges inherent to Ubisoft's time-spanning adventure series is that settings can change drastically. If the next game takes place in Egypt, for example, there won't be much opportunity to reintegrate the excellent naval combat of Assassin's Creed 3 and 4. However, Ubisoft isn't too bummed at the prospect of loving naval combat in future AC games, noting that the tech can be used to build entirely new things.
"We always build on technology, nothing ever gets set aside," Ubisoft's Darby McDevitt told Edge. "There's often ways to creatively use old technology for new things. One of the things that made AC3's naval combat possible--and then of course AC4--is that we were able to have characters climb and walk around on dynamically moving objects.
"With AC3 we started working on that technology and it fed into the naval combat because the boats are constantly moving as opposed to being fixed to the ground, so all of this technology, it might appear in future games--it might just not be on boats. It might appear in a completely different way."
Of course, DeVitt isn't giving any hints on what the next game will be, noting that there are clues and red herrings hidden in Black Flag. However, given that it's tax season, it probably won't be too long before Ubisoft shows us this year's game.


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Recently, I asked a large group of preachers how they would complete this sentence: "Every time I preach I _____." It was an attempt to let us all overhear what we're intentional about, as well as what else is going through our head, every time we deliver a sermon.
Following are two versions of how I completed the sentence. Obviously, the "long answer" version could be greatly expanded and also assumes the content, first and foremost, of the "short answer."
Every time I preach I …
Short answer:
- trust God will work through me.
- believe God will work in spite of me.
- have faith God is working on me.
Long answer:
- try to give to all: skeptics & believers, seekers & wanderers, friends & enemies, men and women, rich & the poor, young & old.
- can point to and reveal only the tip of the iceberg of what the sermon preparation has done for me and to me.
- feed on seeing people hunger for God and actively work with me in that before, during, and after the sermon.
- find fuel in recognizing those who are giving me clear encouragement to speak God's will as I grasp it.
- strive to do the best I can with what I've been able to contribute the preceding week to this moment.
- am sensitive to the fact that people can't hear a word of what I'm saying unless I'm living it myself.
- deeply grieve over those who have obviously mentally checked out of what's happening.
- pray God will use this moment to bless someone powerfully and all of us in some way.
- forget some of what I planned to say and insert things I hadn't planned on saying.
- want to magnify God in the name of Christ through the power of his Spirit.
- feel inadequate to the task, being simultaneously broken and built up.
- rejoice at the sound of crying babies, for it means youth are present.
- hope for no needless distractions or attention-breaking happenings.
- stay keenly aware of the quality of the content and the connection.
- thank God for this tremendous responsibility and privilege.
- regret having said something or having said it in some way.
- yearn for prayers to be offered up for myself and for all.
- will unintentionally leave some things unclear to some.
- intend to represent our Lord the best way I know how.
- wish I could do it without having to wear a necktie.
- don't know everywhere the sermon will go.
- endeavor to deliver "fresh bread."
- thank God it's not about me.
- know I will make mistakes.
- can't wait to do it again.
- sweat like a race horse.
- seek to just be myself.
- ain't got not spit.
- tremble.
- pray.


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The Other Brothers - Public Beta Demo
Hello friends of TOB and lovers of Pixel-Art!
As you may know we released a closed beta demo of TOB a little while ago. It was received with great joy and people from all over the world had a blast. Now you can take the beta for a spin yourself if you haven't been able to before! Please download the TOB Beta Demo from here:
LINK: http://www.tobgame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=23
A game controller (PS3 or xBOX) can be used to play the demo. The game can be played on Win and Mac computers. Enjoy and let us know what you think!
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Being Yourself Quotes and Sayings
I have reached a point in life where I feel it is no longer necessary to try & impress anyone. If they like me the way I am, good & if they don't, it's their loss.
Like me for who I am and not for who you want me to be. Take it or leave it. That simple.
What others think of me is none of my business.
The biggest challenge in life is being yourself… In a world trying to make you like everyone else.
Live your life the way that you want to live it, don't let other people live it for you…
I'm just human, I have weaknesses, I make mistakes and I experience sadness; But I learn from all these things to make me a better person.
This is who I am. Nobody said you had to like it.
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
– Lao Tzu
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to be accept yourself.
Say what you feel. It's not being rude, it's called being real.
Be bold enough to use your voice, brave enough to listen to your heart, and strong enough to live the life you've always imagined.
Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
– Helen Keller
Don't be embarrassed by who you are. They're going to judge you no matter what you do.
Don't forget to love yourself.
Don't chase people, Be yourself, do your work hard. The right people – the ones who really belong in your life – will come to you and stay.
– Will Smith


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I work in the library in a private college for international students and its been enrolment week. We've had new management and they have their own ideas of how I work thing and its not going well to say the least.But we've had to adapt, as we were so far in there was nothing to do but plough on and hope for the best.I'm only there casual three days a week, but I've Ben there for almost a year and I handle the new students getting ID cards. Normally I check their details on the student database where they have been enrolled. But due to the management, most of them aren't on there. So we assign their borrowers numbers without fully checking.[snip]So, I left her a note atop the papers explaining the duplication of work. I'll probably get a call about it Monday. It's not completely her fault, as admin should ave dine their job properly and had the database going, but I am annoyed that this sort of thing could have been prevented had she listened to me.Any suggestions own how to approach this if I do get asked? I probably will and the girl who is on Mondays and Tuesdays has her own strange way of working and doesn't tell people what she does.
The usual procedure is this: 1) Student is added to the school database.2) Student comes into library to get their ID done and they enter our details into our database, to be approved by us.3) The student is checked against the school database. They are then assigned a number by us for library purposes.4) The library then records the students borrowers number on the school database.Except, it's not working. Admin are either not entering students in to the school database or they aren't coming up when they come in. We aren't sure why.So, we assign the number for our system and wait for it to come up on the database.But, my boss has started assigning numbers to new students that are coming up on the library database not knowing that some of them have already been in to see us and have been given a number.Basically, it's a break in the chain that never happened before: students have not been appearing on the student database.Also, I'm fairly junior down the line and it's not my place to raise issues with anyone but her. She's just as pissed of about it as I am.
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