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Today the new call for proposals for student experiments to be flown on two REXUS sounding rockets and two BEXUS stratospheric balloons opens. Selected student teams will have the opportunity to design and build an experiment suitable for a flight on the BEXUS 10 and 11 balloons or the REXUS 9 and 10 sounding rockets.
The BEXUS (Balloon-borne Experiments for University Students) 10 and 11 balloons will be launched in September 2010 and the REXUS (Rocket-borne Experiments for University Students) 9 and 10 sounding rockets will be launched in March 2011. All flights will take place from Kiruna in Northern Sweden.
The REXUS/BEXUS programme is realised under a bilateral Agency Agreement between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB). The Swedish share of the payload has been made available to students from other European countries through a collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).
EuroLaunch, a cooperation between the Esrange Space Center of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) of DLR, is responsible for the campaign execution and operations of the launch vehicles. Experts from ESA, SSC and DLR provide technical support to the student teams throughout the project.
The deadline for applications is 16 November 2009. The flight opportunity is open to students aged between 18 and 28 at the time of the application deadline. Applicants must hold the nationality of an ESA Member State or Cooperating State* and must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate or PhD student in a university located in an ESA Member State or Cooperating State. Students from Cooperating States are eligible, subject to confirmation of support for their proposal from their delegation.
Applicants must also be studying or researching a subject in a relevant field of science or engineering. N.B. German students should apply to the parallel DLR call for proposals.
The best 12-15 team proposals will be shortlisted for consideration by a selection panel and announced on 18 December 2009.
For more information on the programme and how to apply, please visit www.rexusbexus.net. Here you will also find a detailed campaign overview.
* The 18 ESA Member States are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Canada, Hungary, Poland and Romania participate in some ESA projects under cooperation agreements.


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This is an extremely important matter to attend to before shoveling a single pound of snow. It sounds simple enough, yet many contractors have managed to get themselves in trouble by thinking that they didn't need it. Experts in the field cannot stress this enough: make sure that you are properly insured for the business of snow removal, or else you are putting your entire business, and perhaps even your personal assets, on the line.
You may be fully insured in your landscaping business, but that does not mean that you're covered for the snow removal business.
"Contractors must be properly insured and yes, it is the number one expense," says Tammy Higham, executive director for the Snow and Ice Management Association (SIMA), Erie, Pennsylvania. "Unfortunately, it is getting harder and harder to get insurance for this line of business, and many contractors find that the premiums are doubling and tripling. Some insurance companies are even dropping clients completely."
"The smaller you are, the harder it is to get insurance," says Jerry Schill, owner of Schill Landscaping and Lawn Care Services, Sheffield, Ohio. "Premiums are through the roof right now; it is absolutely absurd what I'm paying. But I sure as heck wouldn't work without it."
The insurance companies know the hard truth about snow removal--accidents and injuries are likely. Icy and wet conditions make it easy for workers to slip and fall, and in the era of sue-happy people, the slightest mistake made while moving snow can result in devastating lawsuits.
Sam Rolph, an agent with American Family Insurance in Oak Forest, Illinois, helps many contractors get insurance for the snow removal business, and he knows first-hand the consequences of trying to sidestep the premiums.
"When you can least afford the insurance is when you need it the most," Rolph says. "If you are sued in a civil suit as a result of a work-related occurrence, filing bankruptcy will not protect you from the final settlement. If you can't afford the insurance, don't go into the business. You won't have a means to protect yourself from frivolous lawsuits, and you won't have the resources to protect yourself."
According to Rolph, insurance laws vary from region to region, and the only way to know the particulars is to have a heart-to-heart talk with your insurance agent. Outline what you plan to do with the business; don't expect to be able to come to the agent after an incident to get the insurance you should have had to begin with. There is a simple word for that: fraud.
"If you want to get coverage and backdate the coverage to cover assets that might be endangered because of a claim that was omitted, it isn't going to happen," warns Rolph. "That is fraud in every sense of the word. If I allowed it, I would be out of a job and we would be going to court. This is the way it is across the board in the U.S."
Sometimes, it's the nightmares that best illustrate the point. As mentioned before, this is the era of litigiousity, and the most innocent of mistakes can prove to be the most devastating of lawsuits.
"I had this one contractor who swore up and down that he didn't need the general liability coverage. During one job his company did for a warehouse, the snow was accidentally pushed too much along the curb, covering up a fire hydrant. Later that day, an accident occurred at the warehouse, and when the firemen showed up, they couldn't locate the hydrant," says Rolph. "The facility burned down; their insurance company sued, and won. If the contractor had the general liability, he would have been protected."
Sounds freakishly unreal, doesn't it? But what about something even more innocent, like pushing snow into a mound for kids to play on? Rolph continues, "A couple of kids were playing on a hill that was created by the contractor. A kid fell off the mound and ended up dislocating his shoulder. You can guess the rest: his parents sued the contractor and won, making him pay the child's medical bills, rehabilitation, and suffering. It was another instance where general liability coverage would have successfully protected the contractor."
So how much should you insure? Rolph recommends that contractors make sure that the minimum coverage is $1 million/$2 million--which equates to $1 million per occurrence, and $2 million per policy year. But, having an umbrella policy helps many contractors sleep better at night.
"A senior citizen went to church, and got out of her car in the parking lot that a contractor had plowed and salted that morning. She lost her balance, slipped and fell in the lot and hit her head. The concussion was so severe it caused hemorrhaging. She survived, and the claim has yet to be settled," said Rolph. "The insured has a $500 million umbrella, and it has allowed him to sleep better at night. You can expect to pay $50 to $150 thousand in attorney fees alone, not including the final settlement. The $500 million umbrella policy starts to look really good."
Even with insurance, it's important to take steps to protect your company. Contractors recommend that you be diligent in the details you keep for each job. "Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. It has saved us repeatedly," says Schill. "Slip fall accidents are at an all-time high; people are just looking to get rich. We document everything: any call backs, how much we salted, how much snow was moved, where it was moved, how cold it was, what time the work started, what time the work was completed. Write down and document anything and everything involving your job."
The point of all this is to have written, documented proof that you did the job you were hired to do. If you plow and salt the parking lot of a movie theatre, and someone slips and falls, you can prove that you did all you could to prevent that fall, precluding you from being held responsible. "If something happens, it won't be enough to just go out and say, 'Yeah, we plowed and salted.' The courts want written proof," advises Schill. "By documenting everything you do, you are able to prove you made a reasonable attempt to keep things safe. This is a high-risk business, and you are exposed."
Be safe, be smart, be covered.

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According to a new report from perezhilton.com, Grammy nominee John Mayer has reached an agreement with CBS to host a music and comedy show.
You may be seeing him as the host of his own TV variety show.
"I was with him – there was a thing that he did . . . last week for just kind of trying out some new music. He's very (into his) new album, (and his) new music, so once he has time – I mean this is like the busiest man in music, so once he has time, we'll hopefully get back in," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler told perezhilton.com.
Mayer is also in the studio working on the follow-up to his 2009 release Battle Studies, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and moved 286,000 copies in its first week. Plus it has been nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the upcoming Grammy Awards.
On top of that, Mayer is also nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his single "Half of My Heart" and Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for "Crossroads."


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IST camp sparks middle school girls' interest in STEM careers
While the information technology field is growing rapidly, the female representation in those professions is still relatively small. Many girls, while growing up, do not feel inspired to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
For the past eight years, the College of Information Sciences and Technology has been sharing its resources with middle school girls in an effort to spark interest in STEM careers. This year's Tech Savvy Camp for Girls, a free camp that is designed to build foundation skills in computing as well as supporting other curricula, was held June 13-17 in the IST Building on Penn State's University Park campus. Seventy-five girls in grades six to eight took classes in animation and game design, and created their own avatars and video games. The camp also featured presentations by female professionals working in the technology field.


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Cell Phone Rant: Is It OK to Talk in a Taxi?
OK, Cell Phone Rant group members, I've got a sticky subject on cell phone etiquette. It's pretty cut and dry where not to be on your cell phone, lest you're judged as rude or worse, icky — the drive-thru, ordering food, and yes, the bathroom — but are there places where you're receiving a service that it's OK?
I'm talking specifically about taxi cabs. Live in a city, and you're bound to take a few rides. The thought came to me the other night, when I got in a cab alone and had to let my boyfriend know that I was safely on my way home.
I kept it short because I wasn't alone inside the car, but besides being physically there to drive me, the driver didn't try to engage me in conversation. Our only exchanges were when I got in the car, to tell him where I needed to go, and at the end, to thank him when I paid.
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So I'm conflicted. While I would never want to discount anyone's importance by talking on my cell phone as if they weren't there, it's not as if I'm ignoring him or making him wait for my instructions or payment. But on the other hand, I'm still uncomfortable having longer than a quick, informative call.
However, I know many people who use the time in the back of a cab to use their phone to catch up on returning calls or pass the time.
So, tell me what you think . . . is talking on your phone in a taxi cab kosher, or just as rude as anywhere else?
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COLLEGE PARK, Md.-- No. 1 Maryland exploded to score a season-high 21 goals en route to a convincing 21-7 victory over No. 14 Navy this afternoon at Byrd Stadium. The victory makes this year's seniors the winningest class in school history as it earned its 41st win since coming to College Park in 1995.
The game was never in jeopardy as the Terps scored on their first three shots and led 6-0 at the end of the first quarter. Maryland led 10-6 at the half and 18-4 after three quarters as well.
The 14-goal margin of victory was the largest Maryland win in a series that began in 1912. The Terps received goals from 14 different players, including three from Matt Hahn and Marc Sullivan.
Hahn's three goals gave him 120 for his career and moved him into sole possession of fourth place on the school's all-time list. He also extended his consecutive point scoring streak to 53 games.
Junior All-America Scott Hochstadt led Maryland in scoring, netting a career-high tying six points on two goals and four assists. Hochstadt leads the team with 29 points via 12 goals and 17 assists.
Maryland extended its winning streak to eight, the longest in the nation. The Terps have won 13 of their last 14 games dating back to April 26, 1997.
Redshirt junior goalie Sean Keenan announced he will not return to the team next year. He is scheduled to graduate in December and will forego his final season of eligibility.
No. 1 Maryland improves to 8-0 (3-0 ACC), while Navy Falls to 5-4. The Terps travel to Baltimore next Saturday night to resume the greatest rivalry in lacrosse as they take on No. 4 Johns Hopkins at 7 p.m. The game will be televised live on WMAR TV as the second game of the first annual IKON Lacrosse Classic and will benefit the American Cancer Society.
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Tom Hoppe earned the Medal of Bravery and the affectionate nickname "Dances With Bullets" for his heroic August 1994 sprint into sniper fire to rescue three children pinned down in the civil war fury of Visoko, Bosnia.
That medal, along with others the former army sergeant earned, including the Meritorious Service Cross, will sit on a shelf this Remembrance Day in a quiet but symbolic protest against the Harper government.
The fact one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, and a respected voice in the peacekeeping community, chose to remove his medals, a decision some troops consider sacrilege, speaks volumes about the level of frustration and disillusionment among ex-soldiers and their families.
"It's a very, very hard choice for me to do this ... but I don't know what else to do," Hoppe said Thursday in an interview with The Canadian Press.
"As long as people understand there's no disrespect to veterans whatsoever. It's just a choice I've made because I can't sit on the sidelines and do nothing anymore. And I've tried everything I can. I've tried to work with Veterans Affairs and the government, but every time we go to Veterans Affairs with ideas and stuff it's a confrontational approach."
The protest is also a way to show support for ex-soldiers who have launched a court challenge against the government's marquee legislation, the New Veterans Charter, approved by all parties, enacted by the Conservatives in 2006 and defended by the government ever since.
Hoppe also said the government has failed to completely atone for a privacy scandal.
It has settled out of court with advocate Sean Bruyea, but others have yet to receive an apology, including Hoppe, whose privacy records show his medical information was sought by officials after he expressed concern about the veterans charter in 2006.
Another veteran, former warrant officer Harold Leduc, chose two weeks ago not to wear his medals in protest over his own privacy breaches.
The growing discontent, at times, mystifies and exasperates Conservatives who've introduced a series of changes and improvements meant to take the sting out of veterans complaints.
Both Hoppe and outspoken critic Mike Blais of Canadian Veterans Advocacy say the amendments don't address the central issue.


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Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts is hosting a "Dinosaur Dig" for Junior level Scouts on Thursday, Nov. 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Camp Rice Moody in Reading. Juliette Scouts in grades 4 & 5 are welcome also.
Get smart. Learn about what lies beneath the surface of the world. Make your own 'fossil', go on a scavenger hunt to put together the mysterious dinosaur, and dig in!
Registration is closing soon. The cost is $9 per Scout. Adult chaperones and leaders are free, but are expected to help.
To register, visit the Council's web site, and click on programs.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- A second complaint has been lodged against the men's basketball coach at Wisconsin-Green Bay, this one alleging verbal abuse and bullying.
The latest complaint was filed by Gina Cougill, the mother of senior Brennan Cougill. The Green Bay Press-Gazette says she wrote to the university chancellor last week, after the parents of another player filed an initial complaint.
Cougill accuses coach Brian Wardle of minimizing her son's clinical depression as a "distraction" to the team. She also says other players have been subjected to worse treatment.
The university has hired a lawyer to conduct an independent investigation.
The school and the parents who filed the first complaint have declined to reveal those allegations.
After the first complaint Wardle said he'll support the investigation process and won't comment further.


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Patrick Wall a world-renowned expert on the Catholic Clergy Abuse Crisis joins members of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, as he holds a redeacted memorandum during a news conference outside the US Attorney�s office in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. In this case, Cardinal Mahony resisted turning over a list of altar boys to police who were investigating claims against a visiting Mexican priest who was later determined to have molested 26 boys during a 10-month stint in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Wednesday, February 06, 2013 6:20 pm
Archdiocese adds LA clergy docs after complaints
By GILLIAN FLACCUSAssociated Press
The documents in question from the file of former priest Michael Baker span a 14 year-period - from 1986 to 2000 - and provide insight into how retired Cardinal Roger Mahony and other church leaders dealt with him.
The Associated Press reported from an unredacted copy of the Baker file last month that contained documents that were not included in the archdiocese's disclosure.
The archdiocese acknowledged it had erred in keeping those pages sealed after the AP inquired Wednesday about the documents.
"They will be posted shortly," archdiocese attorney Michael Hennigan said in an email. "It is our intention to do this completely and correctly."
He did not immediately respond to a follow-up email asking how the archdiocese failed to include the Baker memos in its Jan. 31 release.
The archdiocese posted more than 120 confidential priest files online less than an hour after a Los Angeles judge ordered it to release the papers without redacting the names of members of the church hierarchy who made key decisions about how to handle priests accused of molestation.
The files show Mahony and other top church leaders shielded pedophile priests to protect the church and repeatedly failed to report child abuse to law enforcement despite clear knowledge of the crimes clergy members had committed.
The archdiocese agreed to the release as part of a $660 million settlement with abuse victims in 2007. Attorneys for individual priests fought for five years to prevent the papers from being made public, and the archdiocese tried to blot out large sections, including the names of hierarchy involved in decision making.
The AP and Los Angeles Times fought successfully to have the names of Mahony and top church officials made public.
Alleged victims and their advocates applauded the archdiocese's decision to release more pages but said there are other problems with missing pages and blacked-out names and paragraphs.
"It's not unanticipated that as things are pointed out to the archdiocese, they will go back and correct it," said plaintiff attorney Anthony De Marco. "If it's not pointed out, they won't correct it."
The archdiocese has until Feb. 22 to comply with the order by the judge, who has the power to resolve disputes.
The documents initially omitted by the archdiocese include a December 1986 letter that Mahony wrote to Baker summarizing a private meeting in which the priest said he had molested two brothers for years.
Also left out were two internal memos describing Baker's ongoing contact with minors despite a psychiatrist's recommendation that he stay away from children or be defrocked, and an August 2000 memo in which a top Mahony aide suggests that the church contact police about Baker. The priest was performing baptisms without permission and had skipped a disciplinary meeting without explanation.
"Since it appears he continues to use his status as a cleric to gain access to families, I will be consulting with the families for whom Father Baker did the baptisms and depending on what is learned there, there may be other bases for ecclesiastical penalties," wrote Msgr. Richard Loomis, the vicar for clergy in charge of priestly discipline. "We may also be in the position of reporting Father Baker's activities to the police."
Baker, who is believed to have molested 20 children in his 26-year career, was sentenced to prison for child molestation in 2007.
"Obviously, these omissions matter. If the DA or any other reader reads only the (archdiocese) file, they won't appreciate that Baker violated his restrictions repeatedly and flagrantly for years before he was permanently removed," said Anne Barrett Doyle, co-founder of BishopAccountability.org, which tracks public releases of internal clergy abuse documents from dioceses nationwide.
Doyle believes there are 66 other documents missing from Baker's file alone and said her group is considering filing a brief with the court.
Several plaintiff attorneys are also considering filing a motion, but are still poring over the files, De Marco said.
The archdiocese will review disputed documents and redactions as they are brought to its attention, Hennigan said in his email.
One of Baker's victims, Matt Severson, said he had not planned to read the priest's confidential file until a friend called him and urged him to do so.
The missing documents upset Severson, he said, but not as much as reading references to his own abuse in Baker's words.
The priest told a therapist at a center where Mahony sent him for evaluation that his relationship with Severson was "very beautiful" and that the young boy was "the focus of his affection" although he had also molested other children. The priest molested Severson for a decade, beginning when Severson was about 10.
Seeing those descriptions brought back painful memories - but also a sense of relief, said Severson, now 45.
"In the mix of all these swirling emotions, there's also a sense of validation," he said. "I see myself in here and as painful as it is, it's helpful."


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Margaret Bauman, MD, a MassGeneral Hospital for Children neurologist and Lurie Family Autism Center/LADDERS founder, is the recipient of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Lifetime Achievement Award. The award acknowledges individuals who have made significant contributions to research on autism spectrum disorders. Bauman received the award during the INSAR annual meeting in San Diego held May 12 to 14.
The MGH, Partners HealthCare and all Partners affiliates have joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Partnership for Patients, a national patient safety initiative that brings together leaders of major hospitals, employers, physicians, nurses and patient advocates with state and federal governments in making health care safer, more reliable and less costly.
MGH Parking and Commuter Services was honored with a Pinnacle Award from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Excellence in Commuter Options (ECO) Awards Program. The award recognizes state employers' efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging employees to commute by public transport, carpools, vanpools, bicycling or walking. The MGH also was recognized as a "2011 ECO Spotlight" winner for leadership excellence. Bonnie Michelman, director of MGH Police, Security and Outside Services, and David Jackson and Michael Neville, both of Parking and Commuter Services, accepted the awards at the State House on April 1.
Kristian Olson, MD, MPH, and Aya Caldwell, of the MGH Center for Global Health and the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology Global Health Initiative, were members of a team recognized by the Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project. The team, which also included members from Innovations in International Health at MIT and the Global Health Committee, developed "CoolComply," a solar-powered system that monitors doses and temperatures of medication, relaying readings to local health care workers to track treatment and intervene when necessary.
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20 JULY 2013 - The National Health and Family Planning
Commission, China notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed
case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. This is the
first new confirmed case of human infection with Influenza A(H7N9) since
29 May 2013.
The patient is a 61 year-old woman from Langfang City in Hebei
Province who became ill on 10 July 2013. She was admitted to a local
hospital from 10-15 July and transferred to a hospital in Beijing on 18
July . She is in a critical condition. On 20 July 2013, Beijing
Municipal Center for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed H7N9 by nucleic
acid detection.
To date, WHO has been informed of a total of 134
laboratory-confirmed human cases with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus
including 43 deaths. Four cases are hospitalized and 87 have been
discharged. So far, there is no evidence of sustainable human to human
The Chinese government continues to take strict monitoring,
prevention and control measures, including: Strengthening of epidemic
surveillance and analysis; deployment of medical treatment; conducting
public risk communication and information dissemination; strengthening
international cooperation and exchanges; and is continuing to carry out
scientific research.
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I've known horse trainer Doug O'Neill for years, not so well that he tips me off before I'll Have Another wins the Kentucky Derby and then the Preakness.
But I know him, having to be tough at times, writing almost two years ago about accusations that he's a cheater, and Doug saying, "I swear on my kids' eyes I don't."
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George Atkinson III scored the go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and the fifth-ranked Fighting Irish escaped with a 17-14 win over upset-minded BYU at Notre Dame Stadium.
Notre Dame's stout defense again held an opponent under 300 total yards and pitched a shutout after trailing, 14-7, at halftime.
Theo Riddick and Cierre Wood spearheaded a dominating running attack with 143 and 114 yards, respectively, on the ground, as the Irish (7-0) continued their best start since the 2002 season.
"They were physical and we had a very difficult time making consistent tackles," said BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall. "I was really impressed with their running game today."
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly opted to sit quarterback Everett Golson after the first-year starter suffered a mild concussion against Stanford last week. Tommy Rees, seven days after finishing off an overtime win over the nationally-ranked Cardinal, completed just 7-of-16 passes for 118 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
Kelly said after the game that Golson will start next week against 10th-ranked Oklahoma.
Riley Nelson threw for 177 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for BYU (4-4), which has dropped its last two games to fall back to .500.
Midway through the third quarter, Riddick got Notre Dame's offense moving with a hard-fought 55-yard yard run down to the BYU 8-yard line. Three unsuccessful runs up the middle brought out the kicking unit, and Kyle Brindza kicked a 24- yard field goal to pull the Irish within 14-10.
After a quick BYU punt, Rees found T.J. Jones at the BYU 41-yard line for a 32-yard pickup for his only completion after the opening quarter. The Irish went to the ground the rest of the way, and on 3rd-and-goal from the two, Atkinson took an end around, shook a defender at the line of scrimmage and dove over the goal line for the deciding score with 12:52 to play.
A facemask penalty extended BYU's next drive, and the Cougars reached the opposing 31 before a sack by Stephon Tuitt and Carlo Calabrese pushed the ball back to the 40.
BYU eventually punted with 6:10 remaining, and Notre Dame ran off all but 22 seconds by gaining three first downs -- all via the run.
Danny Spond intercepted Nelson's desperation heave in the closing seconds to seal the tight victory.
"Really proud of my team and the way they competed, particularly the second half," Kelly said. "(We) came in here wanting to run the football. Thought we controlled that quite well."
Tyler Eifert led the Irish with 73 yards on four receptions, including a four- yard grab for the only score of the opening 15 minutes.
Notre Dame's defense had not allowed a touchdown in 17 quarters, then gave up two in a span of 2:18 midway through the second quarter.
The first came on 3rd-and-goal pass from the six, as Nelson hit a wide open Cody Hoffman in the back of the end zone to tie the game with 8:25 on the clock.
On the third play of the ensuing possession, Rees' pass went through DaVaris Daniels' hands, off his helmet and into the arms of linebacker Kyle Van Noy, who returned the interception nine yards to the Notre Dame 30 yard-line.
Nelson and Kaneakua Friel hooked up for a 2-yard score a little later, and the Cougars took a 14-7 lead into the locker room after Brindza missed his second field goal. Brindza was off the mark on a 40-yard attempt on the game's opening drive and pushed a 28-yard try wide right late in the half.
BYU's Justin Sorensen also missed wildly to the left on a 46-yard attempt in the third quarter.
Game Notes
BYU gained 243 total yards, the sixth straight opponent held to under 300 yards by Notre Dame ... The Irish have not allowed a rushing touchdown in nine straight games dating back to last season ... Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o recorded his fourth interception of the season ... BYU came in third in the nation in rush defense (67.9 ypg) and gave up 270 yards on the ground ... Hoffman led all players with eight catches for 86 yards ... BYU's Jamaal Williams gained 106 yards from scrimmage, including 64 on 14 carries.


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Wigan boss Roberto Martinez believes Callum McManaman has been unfairly criticised for his challenge on Newcastle's Massadio Haidara.
Referee Mark Halsey missed the knee-high tackle during Wigan's 2-1 victory at the DW Stadium a fortnight ago and McManaman was not punished retrospectively because one of the officials had seen the incident.
Martinez said: "I think we've been going on and on too much about it. I think it was a football incident. We lost Ryo Miyaichi a couple of weeks back and he had to go through surgery and he's out for the season. Those are incidents that happen in the game."
McManaman, 21, was confronted by an angry Newcastle assistant boss John Carver at half-time and figures within football have queued up to condemn the tackle.
It was initially feared Haidara had suffered a serious injury but Newcastle have since confirmed he sustained only bad bruising and soft tissue damage, although no date has yet been set for his return.
Martinez added: "I think we're taking things out of context here. I think the whole incident has been a bit of an argument about the refereeing in the game. It was a challenge with no real intent. It was an unfortunate incident that happens on a football pitch.
"I think we've been talking too much about it and it's a bit unfair on a young man to have to suffer that."
There has been no official apology from Wigan but the two medical departments were in touch until it became clear Haidara was not seriously hurt, while McManaman also contacted the Newcastle player.
The striker has started Wigan's last two games, scoring in the FA Cup quarter-final win over Everton, but may miss Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with Norwich because of an ankle problem.
The Wigan boss added: "I did have concerns straight away. Anyone would. He's had a very good development at the club. He's been out on loan and I think he's had enough experiences to know how to cope with anything the Premier League is going to throw at him."
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Well, then, the Ouya [wikipedia.org] is probably the kind of thing you are looking for. Straight-up gaming platform with standard controller. I'm sure it'll have video streaming apps and everything else as well (given it is OSS Android based), but it is really just a basic gaming system.
0.5GB: game code, character models and textures
8.5GB: hats
Easy Robin. I kid because I love.
There's no technical reason it can't handle 32 GB of flash -- it just couldn't do that at the $99 price point. Swapping flash is pretty trivial as user upgrades go, so I don't really see that holding it back. The capacity limit of SDHC being reached might pose an issue, if it's not made to accept SDXC. The hardware is the same, and the firmware can probably be hacked -- just like Rockbox did for the Sansa (mine is quite happy with a 16 GB micro-SDHC card when it was built to handle just a 2 GB micro-SD card), so I doubt THAT will be a significant issue either.
Naturally the Ouya will look to replace some settop-box functions, since even new TVs have a finite number of inputs. That doesn't mean it will be particularly optimized for them, or that it needs to be.
Last I heard, the Ouya project is already working along with XBMC (who has an Android app).
http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/08/07/xbmc-and-ouya-oh-yeah/ [xbmc.org]
Android being the magic word missing in the article and what it likely is really all about. Building custom Linux distributions like Android and achieving an open market, where more downstream producers and manufacturers can gain greater control. People might complain about those phones and various other Android devices, that manufacturers release with their own branding layer and marketing identity on top but that really is a major advantage of Linux. Even software distribution companies can get in on the act and create an environment where they are not having to pay extortion to another party in order to do business.
It is all about shaking out those billions from M$ and releasing it to a whole bunch of companies, manufacturers, software producers and net entities in order to improve their bottom line and give them greater control. So for Valve, it's not so much a game console but being able to distribute games across a 'ALL' available platforms, phone, tablet, smartbook, PC and Big Screen Display. For the end user buy one game and use it across all your platforms via Steam or the other game distributors will become very desirable and avoiding a pointless 30% M$ extortion fee for nothing, even after having to pay for their bloody software, will mean more money for actual hardware and software creators.
Am I the only one who wants LESS? I don't really want my game system to do 9 million things. I just want it to play games.
No, but you're in the smallest minority. The majority doesn't really care ("Netflix? That's cool, I guess."), and a slightly larger majority actually thinks not-quite-omniboxes are a good idea.
I don't get it myself. If I wanted a full-blown 'entertainment center', I'd use a PC. Much better at handling that job - games from the 80s to just-released-yesterday, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, CrunchyRoll and pretty much any streaming service, ability to easily play any video format from local sources, sane web br
It's not a circle, it's a spiral. A downward spiral. Todays consoles are as complex as desktop PCs, with all the downsides that brings. But they're not open like desktop PCs, so they don't get any of the benefits that brings.
"The Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii are nearing their end. As powerful as they have been in the living room, gamers want more."
Quoted from TFA. Am I the only one who wants LESS? I don't really want my game system to do 9 million things. I just want it to play games.
Then again, when was the last time we were actually listened to? Draconian DRM, the removal of OtherOS, etc...
That could just mean 'more' in the sense of 'more power'(especially coming right after "as powerful as they have been"). All present-gen consoles are starting to get rather long in the tooth at this point. They are fixed targets with a hell of a lot of units in the field, so developers make do; but even the 360 and the PS3 have only half a gig of RAM to speak of, and increasingly antique GPUs.
Now, of course, if you have a device with enough power to run a contemporary game well, and a network connection, yo
I read that as 'more powerful' (as in memory, cpu speed, gpu capacity etc.)...
The reason we are seeing more and more crap is simple....money. If given the choice of selling games or selling games AND shows AND music? Well its a no brainer for the company, although to be fair frankly I have a lot of customers that own consoles and the vast majority? Only play games on the things.
As for TFA...how many of us have been saying the SECOND it was first announced that Steam was coming to Linux that the whole reason for it was a Steambox console? Like it or not Linux as a desktop platform has
Nvidia doesn't seem to have much trouble releasing Linux blobs.
Technically, the blob is just another package distribution mechanism that happens to incorporate DRM. All of the APIs that Steam requires are pretty much stable. Nvidia and co. were likely brought on by Valve so they could tweak their drivers and correct any bugs that were discovered, not because there was some magic code inserted into anyone else's software just for Valve.
we already see the distros starting to balk at the license terms
No we aren't. That was a poor Slashdot article, making news of something that is already handled by the non-free repos all the high profile distros have.
like it or not Steam IS DRM which I have a feeling those core devs that work on the vital subsystems and treat the GPL like the ten commandments will probably go out of their way to make sure their updates "accidently" break Steam.
Sorry, but this is bald-faced bullshit. You can't selectively break a single action in an open source project without getting caught real damn fast.
Hey, at least you're consistent in your posts.
Okay, perfectly serious question, and one the game developers and studios are going to ask you: How are you going to protect against piracy if the platform is open? Explain how if it's made trivially-easy for people to download and pirate the games, how their revenue stream benefits from this... because open platforms encourage piracy. Or at least, that's the argument that's going to be made.
Please guys, serious answers only, not a giant flag of a penguin and patriotic music playing while you explain in great detail why open is better, etc. Pretend I'm a game developer and sell me on the concept. You can start by telling me how it'll be at least as profitable, if not more so, than the competitors. I don't care about linux, or the GPL, or open source: I want a business case made.
You are completely missing who is doing this.
Valve's major money maker is Steam, already the largest digital games publisher/marketplace. They already have DRM in place that many people on the PC platform find to be a fair compromise of ability and annoyance. The game developers you want Valve to sell to have already bought into Steam!
They already have DRM in place that many people on the PC platform find to be a fair compromise of ability and annoyance. The game developers you want Valve to sell to have already bought into Steam!
Umm, no. Most of the applications available for Steam were developed as stand-alone applications and only later added into their store. To say they "bought into" Steam is stupid; They bought into the PC platform. Steam is just another method of distribution. We aren't talking about developing games for the PC platform here, but a new console. Whatever is released on this new console may use commodity hardware, and may even be PC-like, but it won't be a PC, and you probably won't be able to just load up PC g
We aren't talking about developing games for the PC platform here, but a new console. Whatever is released on this new console may use commodity hardware, and may even be PC-like, but it won't be a PC, and you probably won't be able to just load up PC games under it, anymore than you can play a Mac game on a PC or vice versa. That's sorta the definition of a platform.
The point is, developers/distributors AND the customers seems quite happy with the DRM system currently being employed by Steam, and I think the same system may also be used on Steam on linux or whatever the new platform is, so DRM or openness should not be a problem.
Since an "open platform" is no difference from windows WRT piracy, where Valve has been happily selling games for years, I guess I don't see the point. They will use the same DRM they use on windows... duh?
Valve was asked about DRM at the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit earlier this month. Their answer was essentially "games can include their own DRM" just like on the Windows/Mac versions of Steam.
I could see the let-the-publisher-deal-with-it solution applying to the console as well.
Yeah, like that's worked out so well for us in the past. Publishers create the worst kinds of DRM. At least when I get and Xbox/Wii/PS game... I know that I can buy a game, take it home, and play it.
You mean, you can buy a game, bring it home, and then leave the console alone for half an hour as it installs updates. Or is that just the PS3?
At least when I get and Xbox/Wii/PS game I know it isn't going to install some boot loader or root kit or rogue driver on my system and screw it up
Are you kidding? Modern games come with software updates on the disk, software updates that can and do remove features [techdirt.com] from your console.
Steam is already on Windows and that can be considered 'open' too, since you are referencing console lockdown. It is not perfect but it seems to be working well enough.
The market is a lot bigger; The piracy rate is higher, but so is the purchase rate, so it evens out. But consoles are a small market -- almost everyone owns a computer. Not nearly as many own consoles. If the piracy rate on a console was the same as the PC, the market would collapse; it would be very difficult for all but the most successful titles to get a return on investment.
they can't shoot the goose that laid the golden egg. A lot of the reason PC gaming is seeing a resurgence is actually tablets. Most people don't LIKE working on laptops and have desks for them anyways. For the same price as a laptop you can go buy a gaming PC generally and bam, you're now a PC gamer. Whats happening is tablets are eating the convenience of notebooks alive and more and more people are turning to desktop PCs for gaming and work.
Look, Microsoft is pushing all software through their own store if they can beginning with Windows 8. Steam is a software store that would compete with that store, on Microsoft's Windows platform. Gabe Newell used to work at Microsoft. He knows this means they intend to eliminate the Steam software sales store in Windows, and they are as eminently able to do that as they have been to sabotage all other software that competes with their offerings on Windows. The Goose has fled and Valve needs a new goose. Hence the console plan. An own-brand console gives Valve a platform that cannot be made to sabotage their content.
A lot of casuals are just going tablet and phone, really.
It could be worse. Retail box software vendors are just out of luck. No more sales for you.
Okay, perfectly serious question, and one the game developers and studios are going to ask you: How are you going to protect against piracy if the platform is open? Explain how if it's made trivially-easy for people to download and pirate the games, how their revenue stream benefits from this... because open platforms encourage piracy. Or at least, that's the argument that's going to be made.
Well in case you missed the memo, Steam is pretty successful on open platforms like Windows and OS X. At least "open" as in "doesn't require code signing". Building a "Steambox" would be to lower cost (no MS license) and provide a standardized hardware platform compared to the PC. Compared to the other consoles it'd be an alternative to Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo who all have their terms and conditions to sell on their platform. And the Linux kernel is GPLv2 not GPLv3, so you actually can make a locked do
Why should game developers be complaining if their console runs Linux down below?
Because the console market is a lot smaller than the PC market; Almost everyone owns a computer. Not nearly as many own consoles. Bigger market means more piracy can be tolerated and still make an equivalent amount of profit. And cell phones and tablets compete in a very different market space. That's like saying smart phones compete with laptops and desktops. Yeah... right.
Because the console market is a lot smaller than the PC market; Almost everyone owns a computer. Not nearly as many own consoles. Bigger market means more piracy can be tolerated and still make an equivalent amount of profit. And cell phones and tablets compete in a very different market space. That's like saying smart phones compete with laptops and desktops. Yeah... right.
Huh? I never said they competed in the same markets, I said developers seem more than happy to be writing applications for Android which runs on Linux without crying about piracy. You're just talking nonsense saying nothing compares to consoles. And of course the PC market is much larger than the console market since lots and lots of people aren't playing games but you're again completely failing to make a sane point of PC gamers vs console gamers. Who cares about consoles and console-only games? The people
How is it trolling to ask a question that any developer who's going to give serious consideration to this platform is going to ask? The console market thrives mostly on store-bought purchases, many of which are recycled into the used-games market a year after their release, but 95% of the games aren't pirated. The PC gaming market, on the other hand, is almost the exact opposite: Most games, especially single-player games, sitting on PCs are pirated. So to get the same profit, you'd have to sell games for t
Steam is what caused me and as far as I can tell all of my friends to start buying games instead of pirating them.
Steam offer something piracy does not, hassle free installing. It also offers something buying games in stores does not, the ability to get the game right now and great deals.
Spotify did the same regarding music.
Will there be piracy, probably. Will it be rampant on the steambox? Probably not, just use your normal computer.
Will there be piracy, probably. Will it be rampant on the steambox? Probably not, just use your normal computer.
I'm not suggesting it would be rampant, just higher than on consoles. My point was -- if it's even slightly higher than other consoles, if their sales are the same, that means less profit. And my question was: Can the "steambox" be as profitable for a game developer as traditional DRM-enabled consoles? The factors to consider are development costs, distribution costs, per-unit sales, and aggregate sales. All of these contribute to the total net. My argument is because per-unit sales would be lower (due to p
Since people have been throwing around numbers of $20k just to release an update on XBLA then I would suggest even if there is more piracy, profit is probably going to be greater.
Of course, you're assuming an either/or situation when it's not. If this comes about it will be one more platform developers will need to port too, and if they don't then their profit from the platform is zero, if they do it'll be more than zero (assuming they sell in the first place.
How is it trolling to ask a question that any developer who's going to give serious consideration to this platform is going to ask?
Yeah. It looks like slashdot, but it isn't anymore. Malda moved on. It was sold off to the highest bidder that now quietly inserts sponsored links and is trying to monetize the site, and our editors are slowly being rotated out for people that are marketdroids instead of geeks. I mean, look at the logo? See how it no longer says "News for nerds. Stuff that matters." ? Now it's just an ever-shrinking green strip along the top with an ever-increasing number of drop-down menus. Soon they'll start adding "spons
If you wanted to play a game on the PS3, you either had to buy it, or go through convoluted steps or modify the hardware in ways that often left you unable to use that console online for multiplayer games. Every console marketed in the last decade has tried to follow the same business model.
Doesn't Valve/Steam essentially come with its form of account-based DRM and essentially focuses more on multiplayer games precisely because of this issue you've highlighted? Please someone correct me if I'm wrong. I don't actually have a Steam account.
Doesn't Valve/Steam essentially come with its form of account-based DRM and essentially focuses more on multiplayer games precisely because of this issue you've highlighted? Please someone correct me if I'm wrong. I don't actually have a Steam account.
The account itself is DRM, albeit a light version of it. Games are tied to your steam account currently, in the EU they're being forced to allow you to trade games I believe. I've heard a few things that there's a case doing the same here in Canada, but I couldn't actually find anything.
But nothing stops you from using multiplayer games at all, and really nothing stops you from modding your PC at all in any such form. Though there are a variety of different services to stop people from cheating such as v
Steam likely reduces the rate of piracy among PC gamers because it actually offers some really good benefits over piracy and buying in store. When you buy through steam you can always redownload the game, scratched your black ops 2 dvd? Fuck you buy another one. Your rig's harddisk failed? Redownload the game free of charge as many times as you like; I know that any game I buy on steam I will have until the service dies at which point the game will likely be freeware anyway. It offers a lot of stabilit
I was thinking the other day that the original Xbox was based off of PC tech, so the programmers had familiar ground for making the games (really not much different then windows games), but then they veered away from that with the Xbox 360. So, as i was thinking, I figured if someone had came in with a PC (intel/amd 64bit x86 procs), nvidia/amd GPU, a more then decent amount of memory, that they might have had a decent console during these lean years of outdated consoles.
Of course, the company would have to make it so you can run homebrew on it, ie. PS3 Other OS, but not locked down as much. Let peeps have access to the hardware.
Yes, software would probably get pirated, but software always gets pirated. That isn't going to change, unless they start streaming games to us, like Onlive or something.
Anyways, I hope Steam is smart enough to put in plenty of memory in the console. Since that has always been the problems with other consoles, and I hope they keep the system open enough for homebrew.
Going to be cool to see what happens here.
For years I dreamed about a Linux distro with all the fat out but the bare minimum to run games, so we can get all the power from the hardware. I really hope this can become real but I`m well aware of the hurdles they will face to get to that.
Why do you need a Windows box? Most Valve games seem to work fine with wine. At least the one I've tried and the once my friends play.
Steam is one thing that makes PC gaming so much better than console gaming. If you move the console that may just be it for PC gaming.
Didn't you get the memo? Microsoft is now hell bent on destroying PC as a platform, so consumer PC applications need another class of devices.
Agreed, it seems counter-intuitive to allow Microsoft to continue to dominate the PC Gaming OS when they already have vested interest in a completely different platform.
No, I didn't get the memo. MS is hell bent on bringing tablets under the Windows ecosystem. Maybe that will work out, maybe not. I don't really give a shit. Steam still works just fine on my PC and there's no indication that MS will do anything to keep it from working fine. Gabe is just worried about the MS Store. He shouldn't be; that's of free - $5 app type games. Steam is still where the real games are.
So we may never get a year of desktop linux.
But there's still a chance for a year of the living room linux.
Now is probably the best time that Valve could release a console: get first mover status in North America against MS & Sony and probably Europe as well. But valve is a software company. Their experience with manufacturing, shipping, retailers, etc is limited at best. The boxed copies of Valve games are published by one of the traditional large publishers. I love valve as much as the next fan boy but the massive operational organization that is needed to support a console launch is slightly outside of their reach. Valve could partner with a distribution/manufacturing partner but the people that have experience in the entertainment space and who would be able to accomplish the undertaking is a pretty short list. EA could probably swing it and would scare both MS & Sony as their consoles would lose EA's games but with origin vs steam on the PC side of things I see this as slightly unlikely. I'd love Sega to make a Steam box, but that's simply nostalgia talking. Sony is the most likely partner as steam is already on PS3 (for some definition of steam) and ps3 runs a version of unix, but it would probably be another wedge between Sony & retail stores.
More then likely this is probably valve's experimentation into console space. They'll probably stream line it so that it's trivial to get your home linux machine to output to hdmi at the push of a controller button. Once the home experience is as simple as it can get then they'll make a business case for releasing their own console or not based upon revenue. Look at what valve has done with micro-transactions, free to play games, crowd sourcing, and non-game software: they dip a toe into the water and then once they're confident they move into that space.
You can thank Microsoft [windowsstore.com] for that. Why would someone buy from a third party when you can buy games from the store built into the operating system? Valve is running scared because they see their biggest revenue stream drying up.
Why? Because the last thing like this (windows live games) was a complete pos.
Microsoft doesn't have to deliver a great solution, just something good enough that Windows users don't look for alternatives. That's the advantage you have when your solution is included with every install of the OS and your OS is a monopoly in its market.
The question will be if Steam and other stores have enough of a following to do what Netscape could not and ride out the anti-competitive maneuvers MSFT will make.
Joel Spolsky coined the term "Commoditize your complements" ten years ago. [joelonsoftware.com] Steam, who sells software, wants consoles (or PCs acting as consoles) to be as cheap as possible, so as many people as possible can afford to have hardware that will run their games.
Every product in the marketplace has substitutes and complements. A substitute is another product you might buy if the first product is too expensive. Chicken is a substitute for beef. If you're a chicken farmer and the price of beef goes up, the people will want more chicken, and you will sell more.
A complement is a product that you usually buy together with another product. Gas and cars are complements. Computer hardware is a classic complement of computer operating systems...
All else being equal, demand for a product increases when the prices of its complements decrease... why don't the video chip vendors of the world try to commoditize the games, somehow? That' s a lot harder. If the game Halo is selling like crazy, it doesn't really have any substitutes. You're not going to go to the movie theatre to see Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and decide instead that you would be satisfied with a Woody Allen movie. They may both be great movies, but they're not perfect substitutes. Now: who would you rather be, a game publisher or a video chip vendor?
Now that the cheapest hardware out there is ridiculously capable, of course Steam wants you to throw a free OS on there and turn it into a Steam appliance. Which can also browse the web, play videos, send emails, make Skype calls, etc etc etc.
I don't know what the Operating system of the future will look like, but it will be called Linux.
I'm sure this is common knowledge to many of us, but Linux platforms (including game platforms) are not really all that uncommon. Many posts I'm reading on here--the general tone of the discussion--seems to regard a Linux console as an unusual or extraordinary thing.
OK, we well all know that gaming existed in some form on Linux since the beginning. In fact, I'm a little bit impressed by the number of computer games that have been commercially released for Linux in the past two decades, not to mention games that have been cloned, ported, or otherwise created in open source fashion. We've had commercial video card support for ever, and decent APIs to work with... but what about platforms?
We've had platforms too. In fact, my first Linux console was the GP2X, which I purchased upon release in 2005 (7 years ago!). Granted, it wasn't that great of a platform, but it was something. I played Cave Story on it from start to finish, and it was the best gaming experience I had had since I was an adolescent.
However, if you really want to talk about Linux gaming platforms, look no further than Android. We have scores of Android devices in the wild (probably hundreds by now), and they come with all the hardware and software support you can ask for. In fact, I was a little bit surprised just how many games--most of them commercial--have been written natively for Android, and they're not even all casual. I would take issue with anyone who doesn't consider Android to be one of the main gaming platforms today.
So, a Linux gaming console is really not that crazy of an idea. As other people have pointed out, it really doesn't matter that much what OS your console runs... games are not particularly OS-oriented applications. I'm all for free software--I use the stuff all the time, but I still play games on my PS3. Sure, I can't tinker with my PS3 games much or the platform they run on, but if developing open source games were really my thing, Linux is right here on my PC ready and waiting.
The expensive high-tech toy has to hit retail shelves no later then mid-October.
You must make your Black Friday targets because sales will tank after New Year's Day. That means the Steam console is at least a year off, if it materializes at all.
Steam has been a great success in PC gaming --- but console gaming is a very different world. More couch-casual and couch-social. You are most likely to be playing cooperatively or competitively with friends and family in your own living room then engaging with anonymous online partners or opponents.
Making your mark in hardware sales can burn through mountains of cash in no time flat with very little to show for it.
It takes guts to stay the course,
Making your mark in hardware sales can burn through mountains of cash in no time flat with very little to show for it.
It takes guts to stay the course,
I really liked your post. Microsoft was able to break into the console market simply because it was one of the few companies that could afford to do this.
I have no idea what form the [mythical] hardware could take. but it could simply be a reference design , or simply s
Why do people care what the OS of a Valve game console is if it's going to be locked down with DRM like any other console? (and given they are the current leader in PC game DRM, that's a given).
Not sure if many people realize it, but almost every single networked BD player made in the last 5 years runs Linux. Same with almost all networked TVs and set-top boxes. And while that's great for Linux development and reducing manufacturer licensing costs, it really doesn't change anything for the end user.
The r
It's more of "this is how Valve could make a console" than "this is how a console will run Linux".
Valve doesn't really have the manpower or the expertise to develop their own operating system. And the licensing costs to put Windows (or god forbid OS X) on their console would double the price tag, if they could even get the licensing.
But if they port to Linux, it's a short leap software-wise to making their own console.
So you're misunderstanding the story. It's "Steam on Linux + Big Picture Mode = Steam Cons
Why do people care what the OS of a Valve game console
1) Microsoft - Because they hate gamers. Halo 4 on PC Nope, Backtracked on Over 18 Games.
2) Cross Platform - No more Direct X lock-in MAC; Linux; Android; iOS gamers rejoice, with more games
3) Linux [Android] Ecosystem benefits - Drivers; Developers; Optimised for Games...not servers...not phones.
4) Linux Development environment - Free; Massive Support; Massive software library.
why will major developers want to support it?
Why won't they want to support it? Seriously The constant stories of Microsoft treating developers like shit. Steam is a brand...a
In a perfect world Microsoft would not exist, or where a different company.
But the Microsoft that exist fight standards, and create propietery protocols or closed programs, and created huge dependencies for these, so people with one of his programs must buy the others. Microsoft fiery defend other companies, but not on quality, but on poisoning the well.
OpenGL was one of the key pieces to code a game once, and play it everywhere, and Microsoft succefully made it secondary with Direct3D. It has continued fighting all standards, to destroy them, and in games have a unmitigated success. Games are a world of Microsoft libraries, and game dev's don't know how to build games withouth these libraries, and the games created don't withouth these libraries (or libraries that emulated them).
At this point Microsoft is a cerebral parasite, and removing it would kill the host.
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A UNIQUE SERVICE: PAC staff
The MGH Psychology Assessment Center(PAC), part of the Department of Psychiatry, celebrates 15 years this month. PAC provides neuropsychological and psychological evaluations to patients with cognitive or emotional difficulties that can result from neurological, psychiatric, developmental or other medical disorders. The center is unique in the comprehensive services it provides, serving patients across the lifespan, says Janet Sherman, PhD, clinical director. "With the growth of MassGeneral Hospital for Children and the aging general population, PAC's services are in great demand both for pediatric and adult patients," says Sherman. "The evaluations we provide help clarify cognitive strengths and weaknesses and guide treatment for these patients." Over the last decade and half, the center has expanded significantly. It now includes eight full-time neuropsychologists who receive referrals from a wide range of specialties – including neurology, psychiatry, primary care, pediatrics and oncology. It also has two nationally recognized training programs and last year initiated an educational group dedicated to helping older adults cope with memory loss. Read more articles from the 10/26/12 Hotline issue.
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Think about it he is in Mexico, i was surprised that they actually arrested him.
If the breach can be characterized as fraud (i.e., you lied about your bravery to get the contract to fight the bull), then you can be arrested for it in America as well. But if not (you're brave enough, but you just decided to go fishing that day instead), then it is not fraud, it is merely a breach of the contract.
Mexican law may not have a strict principle of "innocent until proven guilty," so failing to fulfill a contract could be taken implicitly as evidence that you lied to get the contract, and it's
Looks like contract violation is a crime in Mexico whereas here in the US and Europe it is only a tort.
The one thing they have in common is that large sums of money will get you off the hook.
I blame him, although not for the act of fleeing the ring. He agreed to do something he couldn't do, a simple act of dishonesty.
So, how do you really know you can do it until you face the animal? I think I can do an emergency tracheotomy, would care to help me test that conclusion?
I agree you have a point that prior preparation is available for bull fighting, but I don't think it rises to a criminal offense. Then again, what the heck do I know about Mexican jurisprudence?
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Getting a preview of what to expect in the Section 3A meet and taking on some larger Minnesota and South Dakota schools, the Montevideo cross country teams competed in the Adrian Invitational Tues�day.
Getting a preview of what to expect in the Section 3A meet and taking on some larger Minnesota and South Dakota schools, the Montevideo cross country teams competed in the Adrian Invitational Tuesday.
The Montevideo boys finished sixth out of 17 teams, while the Thunder Hawks girls were eighth out of 16 complete teams.
Ryan Maroney led the way for the Montevideo boys with a 13th-place finish in the quality field of runners.
The Montevideo girls were led by Claire Sulflow, who finished 24th out of 110 runners.
"This was a great preview for the section meet," said Montevideo coach Jamie Harrington. "Redwood Valley, the favorite to win the (boys) section, was not there, but they were replaced by Worthington, Marshall and the two Sioux Falls schools (Washington and Roosevelt). We ran fairly well overall, but I think we have a little more in the tank to mount a challenge in two weeks.
"Our focus is now on getting ourselves mentally and physically ready for the conference meet next week."
Kurt TeBeest finished fourth in the JV boys race. Also placing in the top 10 were Adam Wheeler, ninth, and Adam DeZeeuw, 10th.
The Thunder Hawks will compete in the West Central Conference meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Paynesville. Teams entered are BOLD, Benson/KMS, Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd, Minnewaska, Montevideo, Morris/Chokio-Alberta, Paynesville, Sauk Centre and Yellow Medicine East.
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Boys Team Scoring (17 teams)
1. Worthington 58
2. Marshall 64
3. Sioux Falls Washington 76
5. Canby/Minneota/Linc. HI 123
6. Montevideo 149
Medalist: Nick Stoks, CMLH, 16:27.20
Montevideo runners: (13) Ryan Maroney, 17:35.50; (26) Joe Varpness, 18:12.10; (27) Zac Enevoldsen, 17:21; (40) Tristan Weber, 18:38.20; (43) Jared Benjamin, 18:39.00; (52) Mitch Moe, 19:00.40; (71) Casey Reeves, 19:41.90
Girls Team Scoring (16 teams)
1. Marshall 59
2. Sioux Falls Washington 81
3. Luverne 108
4. Canby 111
5. Adrian 116
6. Sioux Falls Roosevelt 170
7. LqP Valley/Dawson-Boyd 174
8. Montevideo 194
Medalist: Kelsi Kearney, SF Washington, 14:37.50
Montevideo runners: (24) Claire Sulflow, 16:14.10; (39) Addie Reinert, 16:43.00; (40) Trisha Jakobs, 16:43.70; (44) Jaden Wamstad, 16:50.10; (50) Taylor Root, 16:55.70; (58) Jamilah Carson, 17:17.70; (60) Mollie Varpness, 17:20.80;


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mpicpp (3454017) writes with news that Google is publishing all Street View imagery back to 2007. Quoting Ars: "The feature hasn't rolled out to many accounts yet, but it looks like a small, draggable window will be added to the Street View interface. Just move the time slider around and you'll be able to jump through past images. Granted, Street View has only been around for a few years, so the archives only go back to 2007. A few of the events Google suggests browsing through are the building of One World Trade Center and the destruction and rebuilding of Onagawa, Japan after the 2011 earthquake. Besides being really cool, the move will save Google from having to choose a canonical Street View image for every location. If the current image is blacked-out or wrong in some way, you can just click back to the previous one."


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After a few weeks without a home, StetTV is about to get nice and comfortable at Skeeter B's, 16520 S. Tamiami Trail, Saturday, May 30, for a full, all-day StetTV Music Festival, beginning at 3 p.m.
You'll enjoy live performances by Diane Russell, Funkbone, Elijah and 10,000 Views, and, of course, the StetTV Band.
For all you beach locals with no transportation, have no fear. Buses are going to be set up, transporting you to and from the gig.
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Other StetTV shows will take place downtown at The Spot June 11 and 12. Again, charter buses will be supplied for beach peeps wishing to attend.
"The following week (mid-June), I have some of the WASP guys coming into town to assemble an alternate version of WASP for summer festivals kind of like the two L.A. Guns, or the two Ratts," Stet said. "We are threatening to do our first show here like we did with Lita Ford. I'm excited about this we will be filming all of it!"
Stay tuned for full details on Stet's upcoming happenings. For more info in the meantime, visit Stet.TV.


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PLYMOUTH, N.H. - After two consecutive years of settling for an ECAC post-season bid, Plymouth State College's women's soccer team has returned to the NCAA national championship in 1997. The Panthers, who completed the regular season with eight straight wins and a 15-2 overall record, have received the No. 1 seed in the New England region, and will host the regional championship at Panther Field this weekend (Nov. 8-9).
Plymouth State participated in the first nine NCAA Tournaments from 1986-94, advancing to the Final Four five times ('86, '87, '89, '91, '93). This year's appearance marks the first NCAA bid for PSC under third-year coach Marti Kingsley.
PSC will play in the opening match Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Panther Field, hosting the winner of Wednesday's game between Bates and Colby. The #2 and #3 seeds, Bowdoin and Middlebury, will battle Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Panther Field, with Saturday's winners meeting Sunday at 12 noon for the regional title.
"We are profoundly happy at making the NCAAs, because that was our goal and anytime that you reach a goal, it fills a space inside," said Kingsley. "It reinforces the mindset that you can accomplish what you strive for, if you do the right things to prepare."
All four teams will bring outstanding records into the weekend. PSC is 15-2, Bowdoin is 10-3-1, Middlebury is 11-3, Bates is 9-5, and Colby is 8-5.
"I think being at home is an advantage, in that it's familiar surroundings," added Kingsley. "We'll certainly benefit from fan support, but the level of competitive spirit would be the same no matter where we play. I'm sure the teams coming in here won't care where they play, they're happy to be here. We're going to keep that in perspective as we have done all year. We're going to try to win playing with skill, passion and teamwork."
PSC has a 2-0 record this season against teams in the tournament. The Panthers defeated Colby 2-1 in Plymouth on Sept. 30th, and knocked off Bowdoin 3-0 in Brunswick, ME, on Oct. 15th.
The Panthers are led by senior co-captains Paula Dudley (Windham, NH) and Cece Glover (Hanover, NH), who along with sophomore back Jackie Blanchard (Plymouth, MA), anchor a PSC defense that allowed just 11 goals in 17 games.
The offense is led by freshman sensation Carrie Poulin (Westfield, MA), the Little East Conference scoring leader who has tied a school record with 20 goals this season. She scored at least two goals in a game six times this season, tying the mark of 20 goals set by Mary-Bridget Pawlik in 1992, when she was named National Player of the Year.
Other top players for PSC include sophomore forward Caitlin Cook (Cutchogue, NY), who has nine goals and four assists, and sophomore midfielders Tara Dickson (Vernon, NJ), Erin Pepe (Franklin, MA) and Melanie Jones (Bradford, NH).
Two other seniors who have contributed to the Panthers are midfielders Chrissy Hickey (Marlboro, MA) and Danielle Paradis (Londonderry, NH).
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Bastille Unix (formerly Bastille Linux) aims to be the most comprehensive, flexible, and educational Security Hardening Program for Red Hat (Fedora Core, Enterprise Linux, and original Red Hat), SuSE, Gentoo, Mandrake, and Debian Linux, as well as HP-UX and Mac OS X. Virtually every task it performs is optional, providing immense flexibility. It educates the installing admin regarding the topic at hand before asking any question. The interactive nature allows the program to be more thorough when securing, while the educational component produces an admin who is less likely to compromise the increased security.
Catdoc is a MS Word file decoding tool that doesn't attempt to analyze file formatting (it just extracts readable text), but is able to handle all versions of Word and convert character encodings. A Tcl/Tk graphical viewer is also included. It can also read RTF files and convert Excel and PowerPoint files.
Dr. Geo is an interactive geometry program that is distributed as a universal portable application. It allows one to create a geometric sketch and manipulate it according to its constraints. It is usable at home or at school, in primary or secondary education. It is simple and effective with extended features including scripting and programming.
Kpl is a KDE program for two- and three-dimensional graphical presentation of data sets and functions (plotter). Multidimensional nonlinear parameter fits of functions to data sets can be performed using the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm. General linear least square parameter fits are also possible. A D-BUS interface can be used to control Kpl by other applications and scripts.
Tenable Nessus is a world-leader in active vulnerability scanners. It features high-speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery, and vulnerability analysis of your security posture. Nessus scanners may be distributed throughout an entire enterprise, inside DMZs, and across physically separate networks. It is free of charge for personal use in a non-enterprise environment.
XNotesNG is the next generation of XNotesPlus, a full-featured personal information manager. It is plugin driven and includes a Todo Manager, Calendar Manager, Category Manager, and extensive notes system, including features such as text searching, printing, alarms, date and calendar inserts, and categorization by colored projects.
Monkey HTTP Daemon is a very fast and lightweight Web server for Linux. It uses a hybrid networking model based on asynchronous calls (event-driven) and fixed threads, which makes it scalable and capable of attending thousands of clients per second. It provides a powerful API for C and is ideal for embedded devices, thanks to its small core and plugin architecture.
Security service validation and verification.
A simple but relatively effective trojan scan tool.


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Release Notes: This is a performance release, adding the ability to tell how long the result can be cached in the specifications, to return "not modified" with "no data", and to received compressed data. Performance has improved over 3.0, and the JSON-RPC 2.0 calling convention has been added.
Release Notes: This release candidate fixes minor bugs and prepares for the final release.
Release Notes: This is a performance improvement and bugfix release.
Release Notes: This is a bugfix and documentation release.
Release Notes: This release add cacheable functions and adds the ability to return unmodified results to avoid unneeded data traffic. A JSON-RPC 2.0 calling convention has been added. When an error occurs, more details are now returned to the client.
Release Notes: This release makes XINS compatible with Java 1.5 again. The documentation about the integration with the Spring framework and about how to compress data on the server side has been improved. An example with jQuery has been added. The user can now set or get the HttpClient in the XINS configuration. A new HttpClient can be set which uses Netty instead of the Apache HttpClient. This version also has some bugfixes.
Release Notes: This release enables receiving compressed data by default. It has better support for SSL connections. Messages will appear in the logs if the server is outdated. A new performance chapter has been added to the documentation, which is now up-to-date on the website.
Release Notes: This is a bugfix release of 3.0. The main bug was that logdoc and znerd-util libraries were not added in the WAR file.
Release Notes: An upgrade was made to Java 5. Apache HTTPClient 4.2 is now supported. A backpack object is passed between methods and calling conventions. The use of standard Java objects for properties and XML was improved. On the server side, it is now possible to define load balancing, servlet filters, and interceptor. Running on Netty is supported. Client side mocks can now be generated.
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Pearl of Great Price
The Pearl of Great Price is a series of Mormon holy books which Joseph Smith claimed to have translated from Egyptian papyri.
At 60 pages, the Pearl of Great Price is the thinnest of Joseph Smith's works. The main section is the Book of Abraham. Smith bought Egyptian papyri from a travelling mummy exhibit and proclaimed to his followers that the papyri contained the Book of Abraham. He claimed it was written by Abraham, of the Old Testament, in his own hand. According to Smith, the papyri recounts the story of Abraham's early life as well as a vision he received concerning the creation of the world. The book is a source of some distinctive and controversial Latter-day Saint doctrines such as the exaltation of humanity, the plurality of gods, priesthood, pre-mortal existence, and other inhabited worlds in the cosmos.
For many years the original papyri were considered lost. In 1966 eleven fragments of the papyri were found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Modern Egyptologists have studied these and found them to be a funerary document for a man named Hor, dating to around the 2nd century B.C.
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The Pearl of Great Price includes several texts. Included are the Book of Moses, the Book of Abraham, Joseph Smith—Matthew (Smith's retranslation of Matthew in the New Testament), Joseph Smith History and the Articles of Faith.
Joseph Smith History
The Joseph Smith History was written in 1838 and is considered the offical account by the modern LDS church. However several other histories written or orated by Smith exist and have some contraditory accounts.


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"Canonical's Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is an excellent Linux-based operating system - so excellent, in fact, that it not only earned eWEEK Labs' Analyst's Choice designation but has also become our clear favorite among Linux desktop distributions. This latest Ubuntu release, which became available in June, has won our ardor with a tight focus on desktop usability; an extremely active, helpful and organized user community; and a software installation and management framework that's unsurpassed on any OS platform."
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That'll help with understanding how to navigate around the shell, and then use the tools available to accomplish some cool tricks.


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Bucs beat Guilford in regular-season finale
The Catawba Valley Community College men's basketball team ended its regular season Wednesday night with a 78-68 win over Guilford Technical Community College at the Tarlton Complex.
Guilford (10-19, 4-11) pressured CVCC (14-16, 8-8) into a number of early turnovers. The Titans took an 11-10 lead within the first 10 minutes on a lay-up by sophomore guard DeAndre Gandy.
That marked the Titan's only lead of the game.
Freshman guard Preston Earle helped to grow CVCC's lead to 30-16 on a three-pointer with 3:52 left in the first half. The Bucs carried a 37-29 lead into the locker room.
CVCC led by as many as 16 points in the second half before Guilford returned to the full-court press in the closing minutes to help get within 10.
Titans freshman guard Sean Deniton, fouled while shooting a three-pointer, missed all three free throws that would have cut the Buccaneers' lead to eight points with 55.4 seconds left.
Earle scored the first 10 points for the Buccaneers. He led all scorers with 27 points. Point guard Terrence Polk was the team's only other player in double figures with 17 points. Polk was also the team's leading rebounder (8).
Gandy paced Guilford with 22 points. Brendon Pennix added 14 points and seven rebounds.
CVCC hosts the Region X District 15 tournament on March 8-11. The Bucs' opponent, game date and time have yet to be determined.


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The Peninsula Art Guild's 12th annual Harvest Art Auction packed in a full house to celebrate local art at the Kenai Fine Arts Center in Old Towne Kenai. A scrumptious dinner by Kenai Caterers, exceptional music and song by Troubadour North, a lovely wine selection from Country Liquors, and a unique neighborhood beer from Kenai River Brewing Company plus an exceptional array of local original art, donated by community artists, were all part of the merriment.
Beyond the partying the art guild gleaned profits to help sustain it for another year. Auctioneer Mayor Peter Micciche stimulated the bidding with humor and acumen. The crowd responded with generosity and good will. Donations from Marathon Oil, Fred Meyers, FedEx Ground, Home Depot, and Printer's Ink contributed to the success of the fundraiser by underwriting some of the evening's expenses. The local Alaska Democratic Party, Clayton Hillhouse, and attorneys, Joe Kashi, Bob Malloy and Kristine Schmidt donated funds to the cause as well. The Harvest Auction Committee, headed by PAG board member, Cindy Finwall, out-did themselves with fresh ideas and loads of hard work.
The Peninsula Art Guild exists to support art, bringing local artists together at the Kenai Fine Arts Center to share their work with everyone who comes through the door. We truly appreciate the help coming from all facets of our community. Art underpins and enriches all of our lives ... right here in the central Peninsula. Thanks for your support.


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This is Hamilton AFB in Marin County, California in 1970 and the airplane is a visiting Convair F-102 "Delta Dagger" interceptor belonging to the Idaho Air National Guard. Note the air intakes have been papered-over to keep hot dog wrappers, pop cans and various other airshow debris from damaging the engine when the pilot cranks up to fly home. It's too bad my mother didn't have a better camera. Almost every photo she took with her Instamatic 110 was off-center to the right!
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