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Skipper Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Team USA won the America's Cup on Wednesday with one of the greatest comebacks in sports history.
Spithill steered Oracle's space-age, 72-foot (21.9m) catamaran to its eighth straight victory, speeding past Dean Barker and Emirates Team New Zealand in the winner-take-all race 19 on San Francisco Bay to keep the oldest trophy in international sports in the US.
All but defeated a week ago, the 34-year-old Australian and his international crew twice rallied from seven-point deficits to win 9-8. Owned by software billionaire Larry Ellison, Oracle Team USA were docked two points for illegally modifying boats in warmup regattas and had to win 11 races to keep the trophy.
"It really is about the team, man," Spithill said. "On your own you're nothing, but when you've got a team like this around you, they can make you look great. They did all of that today and the whole series. I'm so proud of the boys ... They didn't flinch."
It could have been over shortly after the start just inside the Golden Gate Bridge.
Oracle's hulking black catamaran — with a giant No. 17 on each hull — buried its twin bows in a wave approaching the first mark and Barker turned his red-and-black cat around the buoy with a 7 second lead.
The New Zealanders were game despite being stranded on match point for a week. Spithill and crew still had to sail their best to keep from becoming the third US loser in 30 years.
Oracle narrowed Team New Zealand's lead to 3 seconds turning onto the third leg, the only time the boats sail into the wind.
New Zealand had the lead the first time the boats crossed on opposite tacks. By the time they crossed again, the American boat — with only one American on its 11-man crew — had the lead.
As Oracle worked to stay ahead, tactician Ben Ainslie, a four-time Olympic gold medalist from Britain, implored his mates by saying: "This is it. This is it. Working your [rears] off."
It had to be a gut-wrenching moment in New Zealand — coming so close to winning the oldest trophy in international sports a week ago, only to see Oracle suddenly improve its speed.
"We knew we had a fight on our hands," Barker said. "It's really frustrating. The gains that they made were just phenomenal. They did just an amazing job of sorting out their boat. It's a good thing for us they didn't do it earlier. I am incredibly proud of our team and what we achieved. But we didn't get that last one we needed to take the cup back to New Zealand. It's just very hard to swallow."
Oracle's shore team had made changes to the black cat every night in its big boatshed on Pier 80 to make its cat a speed freak.
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LINAK presents new options for leisure beds(February 01, 2013)
Silkeborg, Denmark (PRWEB) February 01, 2013
This year, visitors at Stockholm Furniture Fair will be introduced to a leisure bed filled with new products from LINAK. The bed is for instance fitted with the new dual actuator TWINDRIVE TD1 280 SMPS. The advantage of the new dual actuator is the external power supply, which is based on Switch Mode Power Supply technology. The motor is fitted with ZERO technology, which gives it a standby power consumption of only 0.1W. The integrated light under the bed is also a new feature in the TWINDRIVE, which gives discrete, practical lighting if the user needs to get up during the night. Furthermore the SMPS technology means an improved speed level, and it also ensures a more pleasant noise level.
- We are displaying a line of unique products at this years Stockholm Furniture Fair, and LINAK is without doubt setting a precedent with the external power supply. It is important for LINAK that the environment is considered in everything we do. ZERO technology in the dual actuator ensures a low stand by power consumption, which gives the product a great, green touch, says Flemming Niebuhr, segment responsible for HOMELINE at LINAK Danmark A/S.
New hand control with focus on design
Besides the greener motor, LINAK also brings a new hand control, where design has been a top priority. LINAK focused on ensuring that the hand control has an aesthetic design, without compromising the functionality. According to one of LINAKs customers it is a wise move of the Danish manufacturer to consider design in their hand controls.
- It is unique and fantastic that LINAK includes design in their hand control, and it puts them in a strong position compared to their competitors. Furthermore, ZERO standby consumption is a unique selling point for us, and it is fantastic that we can achieve a green profile with the motor. In general, LINAK is a strong brand, which reflects quality. The use of LINAKs logo on our products has a high value for us, says Kim Rasmussen, MD at European House of Beds, Denmark.
At the Stockholm Furniture Fair LINAK will also present an App for comfort beds called Bed Control. The app is compatible with Apple devices, and makes it possible to use e.g. your iPad as a hand control for the complete bed. LINAK sees great potential for customers to develop their own customised apps, which are tailored for their brands and beds.
The new products will be displayed on LINAKs stand, A33:36, at Stockholm Furniture Fair from February 5th-9th.
Advantages of the TWINDRIVE SMPS version:
- Low standby power consumption as standard (ZERO technology = 0.1W in standby)
- Integrated under bed light (LED)
- Improved speed level
- Pleasant noise level
Flemming Niebuhr, Segment responsible HOMELINE, LINAK Danmark A/S
Mail: dkfln(at)linak.dk
Mobile: +0045 2019 4767
LINAK provides innovative actuation solutions that improve peoples quality of life and working environment. We are globally recognised for high quality, technically advanced and innovative products. LINAK has approx. 1,600 dedicated employees and LINAK is represented in countries all over the world through distributors and subsidiaries. We have production sites in Denmark, the USA, China and Slovakia - and we are continuously expanding our markets.
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As winter approaches and the airplanes are changed over from floats to skis, I'd like to pass on a lesson learned last winter while flying over the Kenai. Will Rogers said, "Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." Last winter I got a lot of experience.
Lakes on the Kenai Peninsula had record levels of snow last winter, attracting ski-plane pilots like hydrants attract dogs. As a pilot for the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, I sometimes land in areas restricted to other pilots to assist biologists, conduct law enforcement investigations, or for search and rescue operations. Each landing away from the airport environment carries new risks.
One project in particular reminded me of Roger's wisdom. The mission was to fly Tim Mullet, a Refuge biologist, to several lakes to set up environmental monitoring equipment. With so much snow, this seemed like a dream mission for any pilot on skis. After considering mission needs, we opted for the Cessna 185 on wheel-skis rather than the smaller and lighter Super Cub. The Cessna 185 is a very capable aircraft with a powerful engine, but it can be a bear in deep snow, especially with wheel-skis that don't float well in deep powder snow. Landing is not the biggest challenge; it's getting airborne again after we stop.
We got an early start to take advantage of the cooler morning air. Circling over the lake, I evaluated wind direction to plan my landing. Tim wanted to land close to the outlet stream, where there was open water. I studied the snow, searching for hidden logs or snow drifts. "Spider holes" in a shallow bay, formed by escaping methane gas, indicated thin ice. I told Tim we would "lay tracks" to be safe. Laying tracks, while carrying enough airspeed to still fly, allows me to feel the snow's surface. I suspected overflow here.
GAS, UNDERCARRIAGE, MIXTURE, PROP — I recited the mnemonic as I touched down. I took off and came around for a second low pass. I touched down sooner than before to lengthen my track, but this time slowed the airplane to put more weight on the skis and pack the track harder. The tracks did not get dark centers, indicating no water overflow (or so I thought). With the risk evaluation complete, I decided to actually land. Since the skis generate heat as they travel across the snow's surface, I came to a complete stop, paused for a moment, and then bumped the throttle again to unstick the bottoms from the snow.
This is when I really started to gain experience. The backs of the wheel skis immediately sank and the entire airplane dropped in the snow. I knew immediately we were in overflow. The snow was so deep that it took much longer than usual to absorb the water pressed above the surface of the ice by the aircraft's weight. I added full power and tried to get the airplane moving. It didn't budge. Adding elevator and rudder movements, I tried to break the skis from the snow but to no avail. "Well, we're stuck," I said to Tim.
I shut down the airplane and jumped out, immediately sinking into snow with water to my knees. I wear wool and NOMEX fleece in the winter months so no worries about hypothermia yet. The older, retired Refuge pilots had tried to convince me that a C-185 on wheel-skis required a large scoop shovel, ropes, and a come-along. I only had a shovel. I dug out the snow in front of the tail and made a packed snow ramp for the tail wheel to glide up if we got the airplane moving again. I also dug out the snow in front of the ski tips, trying to get the skis level again. Applying full power, the C-185 didn't budge.
Tim laced on his snowshoes as I laid out Plan B. Tim packed the ski tracks while I scraped the frozen snow from the skis and tail wheel. With an empty passenger seat, the C-185 started to move when I applied full power. I was determined not to let the skis fall out of the hard-packed tracks as I used the rudder pedals to steer. I taxied past Tim but didn't stop. He was supposed to snowshoe toward the lake center where it should be free of overflow, but it was also further away from where the biologist had wanted to install his equipment. I had allowed my passenger to convince me to land at a location which I thought was marginally safe. Now we were both in trouble — I was in the airplane and he was outside on snowshoes.
Approaching the end of the packed ski tracks, the trees loomed larger as the C-185 gained speed. Holding the wings level, I kept from pulling back on the yoke, an action which would create more drag if the aircraft wasn't ready to fly. As I reached the go-no-go point, the gauges indicated the airplane should be capable of flight but I continued to hold it level to gain more speed.
Reaching for the Johnson bar, I used the flaps to break the skis free of the snow. The airplane was in the air but not ready to climb yet. I held the airplane in ground effect until I saw 70 knots indicated airspeed. The Cessna should be very capable of climbing at this airspeed but, easing back the yoke, it felt like it was going to fall back to earth. I pushed the elevator forward again anticipating flying into the tree tops. A controlled flight into trees is often a survivable crash, unlike a low-altitude stall, statistics proven to be true every year in Alaska.
The three-blade prop turning at high RPM and the engine at maximum manifold pressure, the STOL-equipped C-185 barely cleared the tree tops. I continued straight ahead knowing that any bank might cause a stall. The airplane was tremendously heavy from the slush frozen on the skis.
Meanwhile back at the lake, Tim watched the Cessna fly out of sight. Figuring I had abandoned him, Tim abandoned our original plan and walked back to the bay with thin ice and overflow. I hadn't forgotten him — I just needed a few minutes to "fly the airplane." Life can get busy in the cockpit quickly and pilots need to remember that flight basics are the most immediate life threats. The Cessna was heavy and I suspected it was forward of the center-of-gravity range limits because of the heavily-iced skis. Using a shallow bank and slight control inputs, I turned the airplane back toward the lake.
Flying low, I laid and re-laid ski tracks in the area where I wanted to pick up Tim. With each pass I lengthened the tracks and packed them more firmly. I landed and taxied past Tim. Pulling the throttle back to idle, I leaned across the cockpit and threw open the passenger door. "Get in," I shouted. Tim knew the drill — stay behind the strut, seat belts on, lock the door, and don't touch the controls, but he paused at the door to clean off his snowshoes. "Just throw them in," I told him. "Let's go."
I could feel the airplane settling into the snow again. The weight of the airplane compressing the insulating snow will draw moisture to the surface were it will freeze.
Pilots will often block their skis up on sticks of firewood if they leave their airplane parked for very long. I could hardly wait to go while Tim's cold hands fumbled with his seat harness. I reached across the cabin to make sure the door was locked and then added full throttle. Having burned off fuel while laying tracks, I knew the lighter airplane was offset by Tim's added weight. This time, though, we were starting the takeoff with the skis still on top of the snow.
As we returned to the Soldotna airport, Tim reminded me that I was landing with wheels this time. I tell my passengers to remind me as part of crew resource management. They have a shared interest in a safe flight. Nevertheless, as pilot-in-command, I learned that if my gut is telling me that something is a bad idea, I need to trust that instinct. That gut instinct is experience telling you to use good judgment. Be safe out there!
Shay Hurd is a law enforcement officer and pilot at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. You can find more information about the Refuge at http://kenai.fws.gov or http://www.facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.


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We're closing in on two weeks remaining on our countdown to the 83rd Academy Awards where Christopher Nolan's Inception has managed eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Original Screenplay. The Inception team at Warner Brothers Pictures posted a video on their YouTube channel earlier this week to pump up our excitement of the film and, more importantly, the Academy's. The voting polls close on February 22nd.
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This is the home of Swedish-American Joanna Swanson and her family in Stockholm. Joanna has worked as art director for a dozen design publications, creative director for Lexington Company's bedding collection, interior stylist and travel writer. Her globetrotter past can also be seen in her home, where exotic wares are mixing with Scandinavian minimalism.
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In the parking lot of the Korean Presbyterian Church of Washington, a temporary basketball hoop sits on the ground and another waits in the parking lot between the church and the auxiliary building. The church is now interested in building a gym on that space, so Supervisor Sharon Bulova (D-Braddock) has planned a "test the waters" meeting to clear up any concerns that may arise from the addition.
Bulova said that a meeting beforehand will enable residents to avoid surprises. She tries to have one of these meetings at all land use and zoning proposals in the Braddock District.
"We encourage the developer, church or school to host a 'test the waters' meeting. This gives the community a chance to ask questions," Bulova said.
The church is located on Braddock Road right across from the Twinbrook Shopping Center in a space previously occupied by Fairfax Baptist Temple. A church building sits on the land adjacent to Braddock Road, with a side parking lot, an auxiliary building and a large parking lot in the rear. Entrances from the back parking lot lead into the surrounding neighborhood.
Mary McKeough lives in the first house on one of the back entrance roads and received the meeting notice from Bulova's office. She lives closest to the church and plans to attend Bulova's meeting. Her concerns include unsupervised children, loitering and traffic, but she doesn't think a gym will cause much problems. When Fairfax Baptist was there, problems did arise with parents speeding into the lot and dropping off children.
"There used to be a school there and the parents dropping off the kids was a problem," McKeough said. "I don't really think it [gym] will be a problem. I'm not going with any preconceived notions."
Fred Burgess is on the neighborhood watch committee. He hadn't received anything official on the proposal.
"If it's a gym to use for their own school, I don't see much impact," he said.
Although the previous tenants, Fairfax Baptist, did operate a school there, the Korean Presbyterian does not have any activity there during the weekdays. Bulova noted that if they're planning to start a school, they need to apply for different permits.
"It is definitely not a school, that would be a bigger deal," Bulova said.
Bulova's chief of staff Florence Naeve was in contact with the church officials. Although a gym could be used for church dinners and other gatherings, Naeve said the church had no other plans for the gym.
"It's not an intensification of use," Naeve said.
Church elder James Choi said no school plans were envisioned and the gym would only be used on the weekends, mostly by the church youth groups.
"No, we don't have that plan [school] at all," Choi said.
Going through all the expense to build a gym that will only be used on evenings and weekends surprised McKeough.
"That was sort of a surprise since they don't have a school there," she said.


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February 27, 2013
The interfaces are coming! Over the next six months or so, we're going to see an explosion of new ways of interacting with computers, televisions, and mobile devices. Many of them are radical departures from the way things have been done, which is exciting. I'll run several down in this post that are slated to come out this year.
Almost all of them will fail quickly and be forgotten forever. But there's a chance that one of these new technologies will hit a consumer sweetspot and become enshrined in our lives like the remote control or the keyboard.
For decades after the creation of the graphical-user interface and the widespread adoption of the mouse, the computing interaction paradigm was largely static. You had a keyboard and a pointer on the screen that you controlled in some way, usually a mouse, but sometimes a touchpad or pointing stick (aka "red nubby thing on old Thinkpads").
Try as people might, and people like Microsoft's Bill Buxton have archived the evidence that they did, people liked the basic computing setup. It was fast and accurate, familiar and decently intuitive.
But the iPhone -- and the brilliant iOS software and declining multi-touch display prices -- cracked that computing paradigm wide open. And for the last half a decade, touchscreens have more or less taken over for mobile computing. At the same time, gesture interfaces from Nintendo and Microsoft in the gaming space exploded, marking a serious move away from the traditional controller for non-hardcore gamers.
Read more at The Atlantic.
February 27, 2013


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Amaro, 13 luglio 2007
Its name is JANUS and it is the result of an Italian-Spanish partnership that began in the second half of 2005 and involved prestigious research centers such as: the physics departments of Universit� degli Studi di Ferrara and Rome "La Sapienza" ; the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI) and and the collaboration of resarchers of the Departamento de F�sica Te�rica and Departamento of Ingenier�a Electr�nica y Telecomunicaciones of Universidad de Zaragoza.
In "road tests", i.e. running the specific calculations for which it was designed, JANUS has proven to be the smallest, fastest, and most energy-efficient supercomputer currently available. Each system, which is made up of 16 independent circuit boards working at the same time, provides 8 POps (i.e. 8.000 trillion operations per second) while consuming just 10KW of power. An equivalent system comprised of 2,000 CELL processors (the ones used in the Sony PlayStation 3) consumes 300KW. To carry out the operations that JANUS does in just one second, three billion people, or nearly half the planet, would take 60 days.
JANUS is the world's first computer to pack so much into such a small space. The entire system fits in a cabinet measuring 1 meter wide by 1 meter deep and by 2 meters tall, so it can be used in any office.
JANUS is science's new microscope. It was designed together with the researchers of the Italian-Spanish partnership and built by Eurotech in its Ethlab research center in Trento by taking advantage of its longstanding experience in the design and construction of supercomputers created specifically for scientific calculations.
It can study even smaller objects and can see and simulate structures that modern science would otherwise be unable to. The use of this innovative supercomputer should accelerate research and simulations in medical and scientific applications in the nanotechnology and life sciences field. The first prototype of the full system will be housed in the BIFI in Spain as early as this November, where it will be used to simulate fundamental properties of matter.
The JANUS supercomputer contract had a total value for Eurotech of some one million euros.


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As explained last week, gua sha is a form of AOM treatment that
primarily creates bleeding subcutaneously to aid in the moving and
release of many types of pathogens. This week, I'm blogging about
another blood related therapy, bloodletting, which purposefully
causes the patient to bleed to release pathogens. This may seem a
bit horrific, but it rarely hurts and offers significant healing
Bloodletting is an ancient form of AOM treatment. It produces
one or many punctures to the skin allowing blood to be released.
The discharge of blood releases pathogens such as trauma, heat,
cold, stagnation, and deficiency (under certain conditions).
Bloodletting improves circulation and qi flow in addition to many
other benefits.
There are many forms of bloodletting. One form of bloodletting
includes using either an acupuncture needle or a lancet to puncture
the skin. Upon extraction of the needle, bleeding occurs (as
pictured on the finger). At times, bleeding occurs naturally after
needle extraction. If bloodletting is indicated, but does not occur
naturally, the practitioner may apply pressure to aid in the
discharge of blood. This form of bloodletting is indicated for many
conditions. Some conditions include heat rash, common cold,
respiratory illness, GI pathology, mental or emotional disorder,
and more.
Another form of bloodletting occurs from using a plum blossom
(pictured) or seven start tool. The patient's skin is quickly
pricked repeatedly using the tool. While the tool looks like
something out of a medieval movie, this procedure is often
painless. Most patients have reported feeling a tapping or tickling
sensation. After the repeated pricks, a small amount of bleeding
often occurs. This therapy is useful for many conditions. I have
seen it used most for trauma and reducing hypertension.
The last form of bloodletting I'm going to discuss is
bloodletting through cupping. As discussed in previous blogs,
traditionally cupping uses glass cups that are heated momentarily
with fire to create suction on the patient's body. The fire is
placed momentarily into the cup using a hemostat and cotton ball.
The fire is removed quickly and the cup is placed on the body. The
temporary heating of the cup creates a vacuum on the body.
Cupping can be transitioned into bloodletting in several ways.
One way is to apply acupuncture to the patient, often on the
patient's back. After needle extraction, cups are applied. A
second option is to plum blossom the area first, instead of using
acupuncture needles. The vacuum from the cups draws blood to the
Clinically, I have found areas of the body that contain
acupuncture points most related to the patient's diagnosis manifest
with the most productive bloodletting. For example, if a patient is
diagnosed with excess stomach heat, the fire point on the stomach
channel typically discharges the most blood. By releasing the
blood, the body is clearing the excess heat.
Above is a picture of a patient's back showing the result of
bloodletting through cupping. The patient had acupuncture needles
extracted in all areas where cups had been placed. The red circles
indicate where the cups had been placed. The cups create sha, much
like gua sha. The patient bled in the region of the point that
mostly pertained to the patient's diagnosis. The patient reported
feeling much better post treatment.
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Although his commitment to "limited government" is unsurpassed, establishment Republicans in both politics and the so-called "conservative media" labor incessantly to discredit Texan Congressman and GOP presidential contender,
Ron Paul. On its face, who couldn't judge this phenomenon, the phenomenon of the most vocal champions of liberty ridiculing and trivializing the most vocal champion of liberty, as anything other than bizarre?
Any remotely curious observer couldn't resist the impulse to inquire into the roots of this enigma.
We needn't dig too deeply to discover that the establishment Republican's apparently irrational conduct toward Paul stems from his angst regarding Paul's foreign policy vision. Paul, you see, rejects in no uncertain terms the notion that Big Government is not only permissible, but desirable, as long as it is non-American citizens abroad upon whom our government's designs would be brought to bear.
Loudly and unapologetically, he rejects the idea that "social engineering" is a good thing as long as it is other societies that our government seeks to "engineer." Paul makes no secret of his utter contempt, a contempt born of his passion for liberty and individuality, for the belief that policies rooted in utopian fantasy are worthy of pursuit as long as it is not America, but the world, that our government seeks to perfect.
Ron Paul is persona non grata as far as "the leadership" as well as much of the rank and file of the Republican Party is concerned. How could he not be?
After all, this shameless defender of the U.S. Constitution is relentless in his quest to expose the assumptions underlying their foreign policy prescriptions as members of the same species of folly as those informing the left's vision of domestic policy…..
via The Real Reasons Republicans Dislike Ron Paul.


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Sam Little proved he truly is the European Challenge Tour's man of the moment with victory in the Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse in south west France, his second victory in consecutive weeks.
Seven days ago, the 36 year old Londoner showed his credentials with a stunning win in the M2M Russian Challenge Cup in Moscow and he was on the title trail once again at Golf de Toulouse-Seilh, a closing 68 giving him a 16 under par total of 268 and a one shot victory over Ireland's Simon Thornton who carded a 69 for 269.
Having been 43rd in the Rankings two weeks ago and well outside the top 20 who automatically win a card for The 2012 European Tour, the back-to-back triumphs have propelled Little to second place, now only a mere €12,732 behind leader, fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood.
"This year has been hard for me, not being on The European Tour where I played for six years between 2005 and 2010," said Little, who picked up a cheque for €25,600 for his latest triumph.
"Winning my card back was always the goal and now I have that secured, I really want to try and win the Rankings outright. I will take a week off next week to spend some time with the family but then it will be back in action and a big push over the final three tournaments of the year.
"But this is really great. I was tired after Moscow and I did give some consideration to pulling out of the tournament but I had good feelings after the win in Russia and I thought it was best to come here to France and try to feed off them.
"I didn't have the best start to the final round but I chipped in for birdie at the fourth and that got me going and it needless to say I am totally delighted to be standing here with the trophy again."
While a handful of players were in contention at the start of the final round, it quickly became a two horse race between Little and Thornton, the 34 year old Irishman looking for his first Challenge Tour triumph.
Into the back nine, it looked like that eventuality might be about to become true until the 13th hole turned the contest on its head.
One shot clear, Thornton found the greenside bunker from where he could do no better than bogey five at the same time as Little found the centre of the green with a six iron and drained the resulting 20 footer for a birdie three.
From one behind to one in front, Little seized the advantage and when he holed from 12 feet at the 15th for a birdie two, he was two clear with three to play. He allowed Thornton a chink of light with a bogey six at the 17th, but a par three at the last was good enough for victory.
For Thornton, who like Little will take next week's tournament in the Canary Islands off, the consolation was the €17,600 he picked up for second place moved him from 25th place to 12th on the Rankings and in with an excellent chance of now finishing in the top 20 at the end of the season.
"It would have been nice to go one better and get the win today but it just wasn't to be but I'm pleased with the move I've made in the rankings," said the Irishman. "I played okay today and I thought I might have a chance but I just didn't putt as well as I had done earlier in the week."
Third place was shared between Englishman Matthew Baldwin and Frenchman Julien Quesne who closed with 69 and 68 respectively for a 14 under par total of 270.
Just as with Little and Thornton, they also made significant strides up the Rankings; Baldwin moving from 29th to 22nd place while Quesne moved from 35th to 26th.
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|LITTLE, Sam
|THORNTON, Simon
|BALDWIN, Matthew
|QUESNE, Julien
|DAVID, Olivier
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MSOs have an opportunity to seize another market from telcos.
Cable operators may have a golden opportunity in the business services market.
Old-style private branch exchanges (PBXs) in the enterprise equipment market are gradually being updated to IP PBXs, the dominant type of PBX being sold today. On the one hand, some new IP-based services are possible with these new systems. On the other hand, however, time-division multiplexing (TDM) trunking of those IP PBXs is still the predominant method of interconnection, limiting the advantages business customers can realize from IP voice in both capabilities and cost.
The solution is end-to-end VoIP, which frees IP PBXs and IP-enabled PBXs from the constraints of TDM trunking by peering between business customers and service providers. Cable companies are in a great position to exploit this opportunity.
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is the standard that IP PBX manufacturers and service providers have settled on to realize end-to-end VoIP. SIP was designed to be a flexible and extensible protocol, resulting in many ways to achieve the same interconnection tasks.
Flexibility and extensibility are desirable characteristics, but with SIP, they come with a cost. Different vendors not only interpret the specifications for the protocol differently, they implement features that are specific to only their product, complicating interoperability.
Issues such as security, quality of service (QoS), call admission control and monitoring that go beyond common signaling and signaling normalization must also be resolved to fully define a predictable interface model.
Defining SIP trunking
Throughout the last century, phone calls have been made using TDM technology through public switched telephone networks (PSTNs). Over time, these PSTNs have evolved to be made up of digital switches, but they are often 15 to 30 years old, with a lot of copper wire connecting these switches to residential and business customers.
A trunk line is a circuit connecting telephone switching equipment, as distinguished from a local loop circuit, which extends from telephone switching equipment to individual telephones or information origination/termination equipment.
PBX trunk lines are the phone lines coming into the PBX from the telephony service provider. These lines differ from extension lines that usually connect the PBX to individual phone sets.
So a TDM PBX trunk line is defined as the physical line, call signaling and media that connect the PBX to a provider of telephony service. TDM PBX trunks use either analog or digital signaling carried over a single TDM connection or a bundle of TDM connections. A bundle of TDM connections with digital signaling is known as a "T1 PRI" in North America.
SIP trunking is a TDM PBX trunk replacement service delivered over an IP network using SIP signaling. This implies that a SIP trunk must meet all regulatory and other expectations associated with a TDM PBX trunk. One significant difference between a SIP trunk and a TDM PBX trunk is that SIP signaling is completely independent of the underlying transport technology and media.
Telephony services delivered over an IP infrastructure are substantially different from voice applications such as Skype that are delivered over an IP infrastructure. To reduce confusion from here on, we use the term telephony over IP (ToIP) for TDM replacement services to distinguish from services such as Skype, which are typically described as voice over IP.
Market opportunity
The growth of IP-based customer premises equipment has helped businesses upgrade and converge network infrastructures and deploy new IP-based features and capabilities.
ToIP-based services (including hosted IP telephony and SIP trunking) and equipment offer a range of new features that are not available on TDM systems, including desktop integration for presence-based features.
ToIP also allows service providers the capability to offer new services, such as wireless/wireline integration, click-to-dial, telework/remote office applications and soft clients support. To extend these offerings most efficiently, service providers need to be able to connect directly to PBXs at customer sites.
IP PBXs are the predominant CPE call control device being sold on the market today. In a typical business network, the IP PBX is a server that is connected to the corporate LAN and provides call control to the IP phones, PCs, conferencing devices, wireless equipment and other communication endpoints. At the same time, it also usually interfaces with the public network through the PSTN. An IP telephony gateway establishes the PSTN connection, and this gateway can be integrated into the IP PBX or can be adjunct to the IP PBX. This gateway enables the conversion of the IP packets to TDM analog or digital signals – and the reverse.
However, this packet conversion to TDM introduces latency and the potential for echo that often degrades voice quality. In addition, advanced IP-based signaling information and features are often stripped from the transmission by the conversion, eroding the ability to deliver IP-based features. TDM routing of ToIP traffic is clearly inferior.
IP peering enables IP PBXs to connect directly with ToIP service providers, eliminating the need for gateways and TDM routing. Peering of ToIP services is a far better approach, enabling the full capabilities of packet-based communications.
While IP PBXs are the predominant new PBX systems in the market, roughly 75 percent of deployed PBX systems are legacy IP-enabled TDM systems that are still connected to the PSTN for public access. These systems can be connected to a ToIP service provider using a TDM gateway and for multi-location enterprises with a mixed network of TDM and IP PBXs.
TDM service providers in the United States are required to report various statistics to the FCC. The latest "Statistics of Communications Common Carriers" published in 2008 by the FCC contain the following data:
- 4,521,928 PRI PBX trunk lines deployed
- 41,630,524 multi-line business-switched access lines
- 3,078,355 single-line business-switched access lines
- Generate $31.7 billion in annual revenue for the reporting TDM service providers.
The FCC also collects data from service providers that are competitive with the TDM operators. In 2010, the Wireline Competition Bureau's Industry Analysis and Technology Division at the FCC reported that 91.9 percent of residential ToIP was delivered by cable operators, and that only 2 percent of business-switched access lines were ToIP.
The explosion in data traffic from smartphones and tablets has brought these legacy networks to their knees. The existing TDM wireline service providers are focused on maintaining and adding capacity to their wireless networks. Cannibalizing their TDM-switched access line "cash cow" by delivering ToIP services is not high on their priority list.
Clearly, the cable operators have the core network infrastructure built to deliver not only ToIP as a service, but to deliver the underlying IP network connectivity, as well. As most cable operators do not deliver legacy TDM trunking services or TDM Centrex services, cannibalization is not an issue. Business voice services represent a greenfield opportunity for cable operators. By some calculations, as much as $31.7 billion in annual switched access revenue is available to operators that deploy SIP trunking or Hosted IP Telephony (HIPT).
Technical issues, resolutions
The SIP standard was written to ensure interoperability when integrating SIP equipment from different sources. However, inconsistencies continuously arise as different vendors interpret the SIP specifications differently.
To remedy this, the signaling normalization function is assigned to an enterprise edge device called an Enterprise SIP Gateway (ESG). The details and different methods of handling authentication for the SIP trunks are also performed by the ESG device. The ESG device performs SIP registration on behalf of each individual phone without any changes to the other elements.
SIP security has not been a large public issue to date, due to its small number of deployments. On the other hand, the PSTN presents many opportunities for an attacker to gain access to ToIP subsystems and alter or deteriorate their operation. The attacker can discover appropriate parameters (if an underlying security mechanism is not utilized) needed to launch an active or passive attack.
To mitigate these attacks, an ESG device should implement the following security measures:
- Authentication
- Encryption
- Signaling messages parser that acts as a firewall to reject malformed, invalid or unwanted messaging and to rate limit valid messaging that is used for various continuity checks
- A SIP and media firewall that only opens ports to authorized SIP signaling, and corresponding media is implemented on the ESG.
Another main concern about ToIP and SIP trunking is with regard to the QoS and reliability. The bottleneck on the Internet is nearly always the connection to the customer premises.
There are primary methods that service providers use to deliver adequate QoS for real-time communication. One method is for the service provider to control the link from their point of presence (PoP) to a piece of equipment on the customer premises. The other method is for the service provider to over-provision the link. Both methods will be able to offer excellent quality.
In order to ensure call quality, prioritization must be available for both outbound and inbound traffic, and it needs to be dynamic so that bandwidth can be reallocated, depending on call volume. At maximum call volume, data traffic can be delayed, but not starved to the point that TCP retransmission becomes a factor.
Operationally, to monitor the health of the network, to troubleshoot any voice quality problems and to monitor security, several things need to be done. To monitor security, the SIP firewall must produce several firewall logs, including all permitted inbound access requests, all permitted outbound access requests, all dropped or denied access requests from private and public networks, etc.
This monitoring capability not only gives the operator the same monitoring capabilities as a TDM circuit, but it also gives the ability to play test recordings that originate from the customer premises and can be used to troubleshoot network impairments that negatively affect call quality.
Cable operators are in the unique position of having deployed core networks that support and provide 91 percent of fixed-line residential ToIP service in the United States. Replacing TDM business-switched access lines with ToIP business lines that use either SIP trunking or HIPT represents tens of billions of dollars in new revenue for the cable operators with minimal investment.
Because IP PBXs are dominant PBX technology deployed in the enterprise equipment market, and because almost all PBXs are IP-enabled – and because a large number of TDM trunks are still in service – this represents an opportunity for the cable operator to enter a new market and for the enterprise customer to realize the true advantages of an IP PBX.
An ESG is a specification for a CPE device that connects an existing voice core to an IP PBX or a TDM PBX with an IP gateway that enables the operator to deliver SIP trunking, as well as HIPT.
The ESG provides the demarcation point between the operator's network and the enterprise customer's network and delivers the following functions:
- Connects – Session border controller (SBC) function in the ESG performs SIP trunking normalization between the core and the customer's PBX using a defined rule set, as well as provides IPv4-to-IPv6 interworking and vice versa.
- Protects – The SBC acts as a SIP NAT, SIP firewall, media firewall and media relay.
- Optimizes – The SBC performs traffic shaping, call admission control and packet marking to provide prioritization for real-time traffic.
- Manages – Through the telemetry and SETA functions, the ESG manages and monitors networking and call statistics.
By deploying ESGs, cable operators can increase the utilization of their packet voice cores through delivery of SIP trunking and HIPT services.
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Cable operators may have a golden opportunity in the business services market. Old-style PBXs in the enterprise equipment market are gradually being updated to IP PBXs. On the one hand, some new IP-based services are possible with these new systems. On the other hand, however, TDM trunking of those IP PBXs is still the predominant method of interconnection.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures settled higher Tuesday, rebounding from a three-session drop amid some signs of strong demand in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. February gold gcg3 settled at $1,662.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, up $15.90, or 1%. Prices had tallied a three-session loss of 2.5%.
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AIRLINE Regional Express (Rex) is ready to pack up its bat and ball and go home, deputy chairman John Sharp says.
Mr Sharp said he had hoped the city's elected leaders would not pass a resolution on Monday night to impose airport security screening charges on Rex.
"It is unreasonable, not fair and they've made a very serious mistake," he said.
"The council doesn't understand what it is doing because they are misinformed."
The deputy chairman said the company would defy the council and vowed to stick to his guns refusing to pay a single cent.
"They can do what they like, but we will do what the law requires - not to pay the security screening charges," he said.
"No-one is going to force us to pay."
As a result of the council's resolution, Mr Sharp said all options were on the table to force the council to change its mind, including pulling out of Dubbo.
Mr Sharp said there was no clear reason why the airline would be forced to pay those charges even though the federal government's policy exempted them.
"I'm extremely disappointed, annoyed and I just can't understand why they're doing it," he said.
"We've been kicked in the teeth by council. We don't deserve to be treated like this, we're an excellent country service."
Mr Sharp slammed the mayor, Cr Mathew Dickerson, for "misleading the public and cheating on the public debate".
Cr Dickerson had misrepresented the facts on safety, security, the requirements of the law and the airline's share of the security screening charges, he said.
He highlighted the "ridiculous arguments" of the mayor in an article published in the Daily Liberal in which he said it was common sense to wear a seatbelt on private property even though the law did not require it.
"I can extend that argument and say you have to wear a helmet when riding a bike but why not wear one while walking because you can trip and fall over, it's safety," he said.
Mr Sharp promised there would be no rest until the council backs down.
"We will do everything we can to stop the Dubbo City Council charging us," he said.
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Met-Ed Power Restoration Complete
Service Restored To Nearly All Customers Affected by Hurricane Sandy
By: PR Newswire
Nov. 6, 2012 04:01 PM
READING, Pa., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 2,000 workers from Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed), other FirstEnergy utilities, mutual assistance utilities and contractors are completing restoration work following Hurricane Sandy, which tore through the company's 15-county Pennsylvania service area early last week. Met-Ed has restored service to nearly all of its more than 270,000 customers affected by the storm.
Significant damage from high winds, downed trees and branches was the major cause of outages for Met-Ed customers. Met-Ed used three staging sites in Nazareth, Nockamixon State Park and at the Oley Fairgrounds to help coordinate and speed restoration.
"Our crews worked as quickly and safely as possible through our restoration plan to return service to our customers," said Mike Doran, Met-Ed regional president. "Most importantly, we completed that work safely. I can't thank our customers enough for their patience as we worked to recover from this historic storm; we are well aware of the inconvenience a power outage causes.
"In many respects, Sandy was a much more damaging storm than Irene or the 2011 October snowstorm. As an example, during this past week our crews replaced more than twice as many poles, cross arms, and transformers as we did following Irene. Sandy was a historic storm for Met-Ed and its customers," Doran added.
As restoration work winds down, Met-Ed urges any customer who has not yet reported their outage to do so. FirstEnergy customer call centers are fully staffed. To report an outage or a downed line, Met-Ed customers should call 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877).
Met-Ed serves approximately 550,000 customers in 15 Pennsylvania counties.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- With kickoff of the Tennessee Tech football season quickly approaching, fans are invited to meet the team at the annual late-summer tradition, the Gathering of Eagles.
Head coach Watson Brown and the Golden Eagles will be available for autographs and photos Saturday following the team's final scrimmage of fall camp.
Fans are invited to come early to take part in a variety of other activities added to the Gathering of Eagles, including a Surplus Sale, a Kids' Zone and Women's Clinic. The sale and Kids' Zone are from 10 a.m. until noon, and the women's clinic, featuring a Q&A session with Watson Brown, runs from 10:30 until 11:30 a.m.
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Alachua, FL (PRWEB) July 29, 2013
AxoGen, Inc. (OTCQB: AXGN), a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the development and commercialization of products and technologies for peripheral nerve reconstruction and regeneration, today announced that Navy Corpsman Edward Bonfiglio, a patient who received limb sparing surgery utilizing AxoGen's Avance® Nerve Graft, has been selected by the American Association of Tissue Bank's (AATB) to represent tissue recipients on the "Donate Life" float in the 2014 Rose Parade.
During a routine foot patrol in Afghanistan, Mr. Bonfiglio's unit was ambushed and he was shot in his left leg. Due to injury to his sciatic nerve, he lost all function and feeling below his knee. Upon returning to the U.S., surgeons at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C. presented Bonfiglio with surgical repair options that included amputation of his left leg or, as he and his family elected, repair of the severed peripheral nerve with Avance® Nerve Graft, a processed nerve allograft, with the goal of restoring function. Lt. Commander Patrick Basile, Director of Microsurgery at Walter Reed, performed the surgery that saved Bonfiglio's leg. Today, using his own leg, Bonfiglio can walk and jog, and is currently training for the Paralympics.
Karen Zaderej, Chief Executive Officer of AxoGen, commented, "Edward is an exceptional human being who served our country bravely and we are privileged to have provided a nerve repair solution that contributed to saving his leg. He provides great inspiration and hope to patients, in particular those with nerve injuries who can benefit from our processed nerve allograft. We support his efforts to expand awareness of treatment options and the recovery process for patients with nerve injuries."
Since 2005, the AATB has sponsored the Donate Life Rose Parade Float. The theme of the 2014 Donate Life Float, "Light Up The World," supports the organization's mission of saving and enhancing lives through the gift of organ and tissue donation.
About the Rose Parade
The 125th Rose Parade presented by Honda themed "Dreams Come True" will take place on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. (PST). It will be broadcast on ABC, Hallmark Channel, HGTV, KTLA (Tribune), NBC, RFD-TV and Univision. The Parade is also seen in more than 220 international territories and countries.
About AxoGen, Inc.
AxoGen (AXGN) is a leading regenerative medicine company dedicated to advancing the science and commercialization of peripheral nerve repair solutions. The Company's innovative approach to regenerative medicine has resulted in first-in-class products that we believe will define their product categories. AxoGen's products offer a full suite of surgical nerve repair solutions including Avance® Nerve Graft, the only off-the-shelf commercially available processed nerve allograft for bridging severed nerves without the comorbidities associated with a second surgical site, AxoGuard® Nerve Connector, a porcine submucosa ExtraCellular Matrix ("ECM") coaptation aid for tensionless repair of severed nerves, and AxoGuard® Nerve Protector, a porcine submucosa ECM product used to wrap and protect injured peripheral nerves and reinforce the nerve reconstruction while preventing soft tissue attachments.
AxoGuard® Nerve Connector and AxoGuard® Nerve Protector are manufactured in the United States by Cook Biotech Incorporated, West Lafayette, Indiana, and are distributed exclusively by AxoGen. AxoGen is the parent of its wholly owned operating subsidiary, AxoGen Corporation. AxoGen's principal executive office and operations are located in Alachua, FL.
Experience from thousands of uses of AxoGen's Avance® Nerve Graft processed nerve allograft demonstrate a range of recovered sensory and motor function from none to near complete restoration. Each patient outcome is dependent upon the nature and extent of nerve loss or damage, the timing between nerve loss and repair, and the natural course of the patient's recovery. The patient story provided reflects the experience of the particular individual and may not represent typical results.
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Kaneland senior right tackle Joe Komel lamented a lack of motivation early in his football career.
The events leading up to Saturday's verbal commitment to Central Michigan illustrate his newfound assertiveness.
Acting upon last week's visit to Kaneland that snapped a lengthy lull in communication, the Chippewas called Komel at 9 a.m. Saturday. He accepted their scholarship offer some four hours later.
"I got the call, they offered a scholarship and not long after that, I knew it was something I couldn't pass up," Komel said.
The past few days have prompted plenty of reflection from Komel, a 6-foot-3, 290-pounder who projects as a guard with the Chippewas.
Of course, he recalls the good times with the Knights, who lost just one regular season game during his two varsity seasons. But Komel quickly asserts none of it would have been possible without teammates such as Alex Snyder – a four-year starter on the offensive line – and his coaches.
Assistants Mike Thorgesen and Pat Ryan were especially helpful in shaping Komel's emergence on the Knights' front five.
"Oh, boy. Freshman and sophomore year, I was big but I didn't have much fire under my butt, I guess you could say," Komel said. "I was scared for a starting spot on varsity because I always started because I was big, but I wasn't sure if that would happen. … I worked my tail off going into junior year, and the rest is history."
Chippewas coaches consulted defensive end Blake Serpa, a former Kaneland standout, about Komel. Much of what Serpa's insight came from conversations with Komel's older brother, Sam, a close friend who now plays baseball at NCAA Division II Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla.
"He's got a good family and I got closer with his family my senior year because of Sam, so it's pretty exciting to know his family is going to be there," Serpa said.
Komel said he was "very close" to committing to South Dakota before Central Michigan showed interest. Komel had visited the Mount Pleasant, Mich., campus for a one-day camp last summer but there was "not much contact" after that.
Northern Illinois offered Komel a walk-on spot, which he also was considering.
North girls on early roll: St. Charles North girls bowlers entered Saturday's Strikefest Invitational at Joliet's Town & Country Lanes with several unknown variables.
Chief among them: what to expect in a 44-team event.
The North Stars left for home with a much better idea of how they can expect to fare for the rest of the season.
"Going in there not knowing anything and coming out of there with 11th place is really good," North senior Bobbi Jo Buhlman said.
Much like their counterparts on the boys side, North touts plenty of depth this season, led by Buhlman and fellow seniors Ashley England and Ashley Montgomery.
The Strikefest effort capped a solid week for the program that began with a fourth-place finish at the Rockford Jefferson Tournament on Dec. 7, North's best showing at the event. On Thursday, Buhlman rolled a career-best 298 in the first game of a dual against East Aurora at Aurora's Parkside Lanes.
Naturally, quite a crowd piled up as word of Buhlman's gem spread. She hit strikes on her first 11 rolls before finishing with an 8-count.
"I wasn't really paying attention to everyone else in the bowling alley," Buhlman said. "I only found out afterward that there were so many people watching."
'Vogy' a year older: Cubs prospect Dan Vogelbach, who manned first base for the Cougars for much of the 2013 season, turns 21 today.
Vogelbach batted .284 with 17 home runs and 71 RBIs in 114 games for the Cougars before an August promotion to Advanced-A Daytona, where he helped the Cubs win the Florida State League title.
• Kevin Druley is a sportswriter for the Kane County Chronicle. He can be reached at 630-845-5347 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @kevindruley.


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Elena Gilbert
Played by Nina Dobrev
17-year-old Elena Gilbert and her parents were in a car crash, roughly four months before the series begins. Elena was the only survivor. Because of this, she is portrayed as melancholic and slightly withdrawn from the social scene, of which she was previously active in. In the beginning of the series, she also has to deal with her brother Jeremy's drug addictions. After their parents' death, their aunt Jenna moves in to take care of them.
Elena has a habit of writing in her diary. It is revealed that before the series begins, she and Matt Donovan were a couple and broke up, but the two remain good friends. On her first day in a new school year, she meets Stefan Salvatore, with whom she falls in love, despite him being a vampire. They go through a rough patch when Elena discovers that she is the splitting image of Katherine, whom Stefan and his brother Damon were previously in love with, but Stefan and Elena manage to work things out.
is revealed in the show that Elena is not, in fact, the Gilberts'
biological daughter. She was in fact adopted, and her biological parents
are shockingly revealed in the final two episodes. She is also unsure
if she loves either Stefan or Damon and who she really wants to be with.
In an episode in season 3, Elena dies in the car after it drives off of the Wickery Bridge. As requested by Elena, Stefan saves Matt first but it is too late for Elena so she ends up as a vampire due to blood taken from Damon that night.
Played by Paul Wesley
Stefan Salvatore, Damon's younger brother, was turned into a vampire by Katherine in 1864. Unlike other vampires (including his brother), he drinks animal blood instead of human blood. Stefan is often mysterious and sad, except for when he is around Lexi or when he consumes human blood.
It is revealed that before he was turned, he and Damon got along very well, but both were in love with Katherine. When Stefan tried to reason with his father to spare the vampires because not all were evil, his actions indirectly led their father to discover that Katherine was a vampire, and she was consequently entombed in Fell's Church, or so everyone was led to believe. Since then, Stefan has been haunted by Damon, who refuses to forgive him for what he did. Stefan tries his hardest to protect the people he loves from Damon, going as far as to poison Damon with vervain and imprison him to prevent him from killing.
Damon Salvatore
Played by Ian Somerhalder
Damon Salvatore is Stefan's older brother. While Stefan was Compelled by Katherine to drink her blood, Damon was not, and did it willingly. Damon blames Stefan for Katherine's supposed entombment, and has never forgiven him for it. He is obsessed with Katherine, even after Anna tells him that she didn't care about him. He is ruthless and a little psychotic, hunting mercilessly. After he escapes from being imprisoned by Stefan, he turns Vicki into a vampire. He also infiltrates the Founders Council, gaining their trust to protect himself and Stefan.
Damon is completely uncaring and unfeeling, as the series progresses,
his actions reflect an increasing concern for others (and for Elena in
particular), even if Damon will not admit it. For instance, he alters
Jeremy's memory of Vicki upon Elena's request. Damon and Elena's
friendship gets stronger throughout the series, and Isobel reveals to
Elena that Damon loves her and would do anything for her. His humanity
is shown in the finale when he tells Jeremy about Anna's death, because
he wants to "do the right thing". He is in love with Elena and wants her to choose either Stefan or him.
Katherine Pierce
Played by Nina Dobrev
vampire that both Damon and Stefan were in love with, whom Elena
closely resembles. Both brothers thought she was entombed in Fell's
Church with the rest of the vampires, but a church guard let her go, so
she was never in the tomb. Despite being free, never once did she try to
contact Damon, who has always been in love with her. It
is revealed that she gave birth to a baby girl through wedlock which
resulted in her baby being taken away from her. She also stole the
moonstone from Klaus which is why she's been running away from him. Her
family was killed by Klaus as revenge. Elijah and Klaus both liked
Katherine at one point.
Bonnie Bennett
Played by Katerina Graham
Bennett, Elena and Caroline's best friend. She is descended from the
Salem witches, and her ancestress Emily Bennett was Katherine's
Jeremy Gilbert
Played by Steven R. McQueen
Gilbert is Elena's younger brother. He has the ability to connect to ghosts ever since he came back alive after dying. It has been revealed in the recent episodes that the Gilbert blood is of vampire hunters hence, Jeremy has the ability to become a vampire hunter. In order for a cure to make Elena human again, Jeremy needs to become a vampire hunter.
Caroline Forbes
Played by Candice Accola
Forbes is Elena and Bonnie's best friend. A vampire. Currently [was? is?] Tyler's girlfriend.
Matt Donovan
Played by Zach Roerig
Donovan is Tyler Lockwood's best friend, Elena's ex-boyfriend and
Vicki's older brother. He also dated Caroline.
Tyler Lockwood
Played by Michael TrevinoBeing the Mayor's son is hard, though Tyler Lockwood doesn't admit it. Instead, he presents a tough, indifferent exterior. Tyler dated Vicki Donovan, who broke up with him after realizing that he was embarrassed to introduce her to his parents. Tyler was then changed into a hybrid by Klaus but he managed to break the sire bond between them. He and Caroline are currently dating.
Played by Joseph Morgan
is the vengeful vampire who wants Elena since her blood is what enables
him to make hybrids. Now he has entered Tyler's body after his body was
Played by Claire Holt
Rebekah is Klaus's sister. An Orginal vampire whom once loved Stefan. A broken lonely soul who tries to come off as tough. She hates Klaus because he killed their mother. For a while, she was interested in Tyler.
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He is portrayed as very handsome; pale, with wavy, dark, brown hair, fine features, and deep oak green eyes. He is not imposingly tall, but he is taller than his brother Damon. However, Stefan is the weaker brother due to the fact that he chooses not to drink human blood. He lives off animal blood, which lessens his Powers. His powers include being able to read at increased speed. He is in love with Elena and is willing to do anything he can to protect her, even if it means killing his own brother.
One of Elena's best friends, she is a small girl with deep brown eyes, a heart-shaped face, curly red hair and pinkish, peachy skin. Bonnie is a witch who is overwhelmed by her powers, and attempts to repress the true extent of them without much success. She begins to develop feelings for Damon, though she also feels an attraction to Matt Honeycutt. (Matt is still in love with Elena.) Bonnie is often said to resemble a kitten'cute, small, and relatively harmless, though she has strong psychic powers. Damon thinks of her as 'his little bird' often. Bonnie can be expansive and visionary but can be damsel-in-distress like.
Judith Gilbert
She is Elena's aunt. She moved in with Elena and her baby sister Margaret right after the death of the girls' parents. She is the sort of woman who always looked vaguely flustered; she had a thin, mild face and flyaway red hair pushed back untidily. She is engaged to, and later married to, Robert, though she briefly broke the engagement after Elena's death, thinking it was the best for Margaret. She is caring and one of the last people Elena talks to before dying the first time.
She is small with light brown hair and dark brown eyes. She was attacked early in the series and that caused her to go insane. She is left under the protection of Damon by his brother Stefan, but is later violently murdered by Klaus
She is Elena's much younger sister, who is 4 years old. Elena considers her to be very innocent, and even secretly talks to her as a vampire after her death, saying that it is not yet her time to rejoin her deceased parents. She has platinum blond hair, pink, peachy skin and light blue eyes
She is the owner of the boarding house where Stefan lives. They once thought her to just be a crazy old woman, but she is revealed to be a witch like Bonnie and helps the friends search for Elena in the woods.
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It didn't take long, in fact just over 6 months for South London to catch on. Couple of days ago around 10 people met up in a South London car park to play, I think they were moved on by police but found somewhere else floodlit to get a few games in. This is great news for hard court polo and everyone should get down there to check it out next time they play, which is I don't know when yet.
On Saturday night expect some action packed roller racing around Waterloo courtesy of Rollapaluza, this is the big xmas party and I'm guessing the last one of the year? Its in association with the LondonFGSS forum and lots of forum goers will be there as well as other, perhaps non-internet people. Sponsorship comes from all corners including Smeear. All the juicy details can be found here but what you need to know is: Saturday 15th December – Waterloo Action Centr, 14 Baylis Road SE1 7AA, 7pm – 2am – £5 in and 2 to race. There'll be beer, food and music so come down and check it out.
Last thing is about Ryan and his favourite Mercedes. MT has more details, and its pretty outrageous if you read it through, not only does R have to pay for the guy's windscreen but the driver is not being held responsible for hitting his bike and R has to foot the guy's bill for his bumper as well. The fund to help him out is nearing its target and t-shirts can now be bought online.
Results from last Friday's race and report.