text:
How do you read that state back without applying any voltage to it?
I look at the wikipedia page and its all greek to me.
The state is read by applying voltage to it, this voltage is less than the threshold required to change the state.
You can read it by applying AC to it, the state changes cancel each other out.
I'm just replying AC so I can read your comment.
This is nothing like the cognitive human brain. This is only a variable memory device.
Variable memory, eh? Perhaps we can use it to replace politicians.
Worth a try. At least it couldn't get any worse.
Worth a try. At least it couldn't get any worse.
Flipping a coin to decide issues would be about as useful and is much cheaper...
This is nothing like the cognitive human brain. This is only a variable memory device.
My hope is that these artificial brains come with an easy way to back up their memory. Since no one does computer backups, I can imagine it would be the same with their brains...
I can imagine it now...in 2025...
Kid: What's wrong with dad?
Mom: He crashed last night.
Kid: Did you do a full restore?
Mom: Yes, but we haven't done a backup since 2012. So he thinks he's 25, doesn't remember you, and he keeps talking about President Palin.
Hell, you don't even need to go that high tech.
Replacing her brain with a Roomba would likely triple her IQ.
As a robot designed to post on slashdot, my owner probably disagrees. True laziness is when you have robots do your thinking for you.
Ever notice that anytime some cool sounding new development is announced the people behind it say 'we see this having applications in/within/in about five years?
Call me when you actually have something to show us.
Ever notice that anytime an interesting piece of science or technology is talked about, someone complains about how people say "we see this having applications in about five years", even when it's not really relevant?
It's perfectly relevant to point out that more times than not they are just pulling that number out of their ass but of course you're free to disagree.
Ever notice that every time someone complains that people complain about how people say "we see this having applications in about five years", people are making exactly the same complaint five years later?
Cybernetic Lifeform Node!
Even if the rest of the things explained in the article happen many years away, the last couple of paragraphs explain the trend:
Neuromorphic chips won't just power niche AI applications. The architectural lessons we learn here will revolutionize all future CPUs. The fact is, conventional computers will just not get significantly more powerful unless they move to a more parallel and locality-driven architecture. While neuromorphic chips will first supplement today's CPUs, soon their sheer power will overwhelm that of today's computer architectures.
The semiconductor industry's relentless push to focus on smaller and smaller transistors will soon mean transistors have higher failure rates. This year, the state of the art is 22-nanometer feature sizes. By 2018, that number will have shrunk to 12 nm, at which point atomic processes will interfere with transistor function; in other words, they will become increasingly unreliable. Companies like Intel, Hynix, and of course HP are putting a lot of resources into finding ways to rely on these unreliable future devices. Neuromorphic computation will allow that to happen on both memristors and transistors.
It won't be long until all multicore chips integrate a dense, low-power memory with their CMOS cores. It's just common sense.
Our prediction? Neuromorphic chips will eventually come in as many flavors as there are brain designs in nature: fruit fly, earthworm, rat, and human. All our chips will have brains.
Hopefully, this is the solution to 2018's problem of reaching atomic levels of miniaturization. We have a breaktrought to continue with Moore's law beyond current technology.
I think Moore's law is becoming increasingly pointless to most of the world. It talks about speed, yet at this point few manufacturers are trying to win speed competitions. It's all about form factor and efficiency. To use a car analogy, the past number of years were the horsepower wars of the late 60s & early 70s. Now we have seen a switch to fuel (energy) economy as the main driver of development.
That being said, I think it's cool this is a possible future - it's not that be need more power, we need a
I think Moore's law is becoming increasingly pointless...It talks about speed...
Actually I think it talks about transistor density, not CPU frequency (speed). And transistor density keeps going up, year after year. In 2007 we had the CPU that beat Kasparov in 1997 and weighted 1.5 tons. This info is in the article, btw.
While processing speeds are certainly linked to Moore's law, it is really only about the bi-yearly doubling of the transistor count while keeping prices roughly the same. Increasing the amount of cores and adding more on-die memory are easy ways to keep Moore's law going.
By the way, Moore's law applies to memory density and CCD properties as well, neither of which appear to be close to their limits.
I think Moore's law is becoming increasingly pointless to most of the world. It talks about speed
It doesn't actually talk about speed at all; it talks about the cost of manufacturing chips of 2^n density where n increments every 18-24 months cost remains constant. It is, in fact, exactly what you go on to say is relevant despite the fact that what you're describing IS Moore's Law exactly.
...to implement highly integrated, powerful artificial brains on cheap and widely available hardware within five years.
*snicker* Is it April 1st already Soulskill?
Don't get me wrong, this is cool research, but cheap, available, artificial brains in five years? In 2015? Color me skeptical. I say give it 25 at least.
By the middle of next year, our researchers will be working with thousands of candidate animats at once, all with slight variations in their brain architectures. Playing intelligent designers, we'll cull the best ones from the bunch and keep tweaking them until they unquestionably master tasks like the water maze and other, progressively harder experiments. We'll watch each of these simulated animats interacting with its environment and evolving like a natural organism. We expect to eventually find the "cocktail" of brain areas and connections that achieves autonomous intelligent behavior. We will then incorporate those elements into a memristor-based neural-processing chip. Once that chip is manufactured, we will build it into robotic platforms that venture into the real world.
Then, once they become self-aware, we can turn Arnold Schwarzenegger loose on them.
There is no reason to suppose that people would not ally themselves with an artificial brain. People have already aligned themselves with Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Adolf Hitler, and Josef Stalin--allegiances with undisputedly bad people who ultimately served them very poorly. There is every reason to expect that people will form an allegiance to an artificial brain if that artificial brain causes those people to receive adequate food, shelter, and medical care.
That will be seriously weird. I can envision electio
It can and is being designed for that use but I believe there have been problems with reliability of individual memristor units.. However in a neuromorphic design (non-Von Neumann architecture) you only need a certain percentage of the units to be reliable as the information is highly distributed and fault tolerant. Think of the massive cell death that occurs in Alzheimer's disease, yet patients are still fairly normal well into that process.
The other main advantage is that you can represent a single syn
Why do we think we are so much smarter than those scientists on Caprica. They were much further advanced than us. Shouldn't we be learning from their mistakes instead of trying to recreate them?
This technology fundamentally mistakes what is the hard part about building brains as adaptable as biological ones. The physical instantiation is not important, if the Church-Turing thesis is true. (And if you're saying Church-Turing is false, that's an enormous claim and you'd better have very compelling evidence to back you up.)
The hard part about building a brain is figuring out the patterns of connectivity between neurons. Biology solves this in some brilliant way, starting from a seed with almost no information (the genome) and implementing some process to incorporate environmental data, self-organizing into a very robust and complex structure with orders of magnitude more information. The great unknown is the process whereby this growth and self-organization occurs. Figure that out, and you'll be able to make any kind of computer you like function as a brain.
The process of figuring this out isn't going to occur magically. You need to test out your models at the systems level, with all the components working together. The more powerful the hardware we have to do this the more we can test and refine our models of how the brain achieves the same thing. This is both true if you're trying to model existing neuro architectures (like BU is) or if you're modeling evolutionary approaches like you describe above.
These memristive neuromorphic architectures hold the promise to get us orders of magnitude more processing speed while also keeping power levels low.
Now, I have some sympathy for the pragmatic argument that getting good tools into enough hands is the best way to raise the odds of cracking hard problems. Some people will point out (for example) that a modern 3d game like Crysis might have been emulated (at a fraction of real-time speed) 20 years ago, but nobody figured out how, or bothered to do so, (and no, Castle Wolfenstein doesn't count) because hardware limitations made it too cumbersome and only a few parties had the resources to even try.
Even so, claiming it "can't be done" is going too far. People are building conventional computers that simulate neurons on the order of a cat brain [forbes.com], but programming them is the problem.
Yeah, that was the same passage that made me double-take. A surprising thing to read on the IEEE site.
I agree that performance can matter. Especially so for brains, which interact with the physical world and have to respond on physical timescales (e.g., within hundreds of milliseconds in order to coordinate walking). If the technology were a lot faster than conventional machines for simulating neurons then that would be a meaningful advance, but this was not demonstrated in the article. The central argu
I've got a bad feeling about this.


text:
Terrier Invitational Men's Results
Terrier Invitational Women's Results
BOSTON, MA (January 26, 2013) - The Sacred Heart men's and women's track & field teams wrapped up their weekend competing at the Boston University Terrier Invitational at the BU Track and Tennis Center.
The Pioneers had a solid weekend in the field events with junior Brandon Hutchinson on the men's side taking sixth in the triple jump and 17th in the long jump. Hutchinson had a leap of 46'4.00" in the triple and a jumpr of 20'7.25" in the long jump.
In the weight throw, three Pioneers finished in the top-15 led by senior Matthew Wagner who took eighth overall with a toss of 55'1.50". It was an all-time best throw for Wagner who bested all Northeast Conference competition in the event.
R-Junior Marc Troiani finished 11th with a heave of 52'7.50" and John Wlasuk was 15th with a throw of 49'7.75". Troiani took home a 12th place finish in the shot put with a throw of 49'5.50".
In the women's shot put, junior Lindsay Aponte took home a third place finish in a deep field with a throw of 46'4.75".
On the track, junior Brianna Castrogivanni placed ninth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:45.48. Senior Alyssa Selmquist ran 14th in the 5,000 meters, clocking in at 17:21.07. In the 500 meters, Katelyn Racanelli finished 10th overall with a time of1:16.55.
In the men's mile, Patrick Peterson finished 20th in a field that saw six runner clock in under four minutes. Peterson ran a season best time of 4:08.95. The highlight of the day was the men's elite mile, as U.S. Olympian Galen Rupp wowed the capacity crowd with a time of 3:50.92 in his bid to break the American indoor record of 3:49.89. Rupp's mark is now the second fastest American indoor time.
Both Pioneer teams will be in action next weekend at the 9th Annual Yale Giegengack Invitational at the Coxe Cage.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Anyone here have pet health insurance? I had never really thought much about it until my brother brought it up. He just took Max to the vet yesterday because Max was not eating. The vet's office gave him a pamphlet on pet health insurance. It is only around $10 a month.
Just curious what your thoughts are on this.


text:
News Posts
Museum Program Pairs Teens with Scientist Mentors
by AMNH on
Ailan Hurley-Echevarria removed a pebble-sized piece of dark amber from the variable speed grinder-polisher and looked at the now-smooth and clear surface under the dissecting microscope.
"I think there's something here in the corner," he said.
Hurley-Echevarria had uncovered an ancient biting midge (Ceratopogonidae) which had been trapped in amber about 52 million years ago, perhaps after feeding on an Eocene mole or other small mammal in the prehistoric tropical jungles of India.
Battling Bugs Organically Earns Student Young Naturalist Award
by AMNH on
As she helped her family grow produce each year, Kalia learned how to protect her home garden from weeds, rabbits, and deer. But no amount of weed-whacking or fence-building could keep the insects away.
To try to solve this problem, 13-year-old Kalia embarked on a project to find out whether it was possible to avoid synthetic insecticides—and associated environmental and health risks—without compromising the harvest. For her investigation into green gardening, Kalia received a 2011 Young Naturalist Award.
Museum Will Be Open on Monday, August 29
by AMNH on
Update: The Museum will be open at 10 am on Monday, August 29. The Summer Science Institute will resume as scheduled on Tuesday, August 30th.
Click here for updates from New York City.
Click here for updates about subway and bus services from the MTA.
Curious Collections: True Blue Fossils
by AMNH on
Nestled deep within the Museum's vertebrate paleontology collection are several gloriously blue bones.
They are vertebrae of the long-extinct Champsosaurus, a crocodile-like creature that lived between about 60 and 45 million years ago, straddling the non-avian dinosaur extinction. They were found in 1882 in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico.
Young Naturalist Award Winner Investigates How Dirty Dogs' Mouths Really Are
by AMNH on
Thirteen-year-old Abby and her mother always disagreed on one point: should Abby let their dog lick her when she returned from school? "Abby! Don't let the dog lick you," her mother would scold. "Her tongue is full of bacteria!"
Determined to learn the truth about the level of bacteria in her dog's mouth, Abby applied for a research grant at the State Hygienic Lab at the University of Iowa. When the lab accepted her proposal and paired her with researcher Gabriella Gerken, Abby began collecting dog and human saliva samples for her investigation. Her findings, detailed in the essay Are Dogs' Tongues Really Cleaner Than Humans'?, received a 2011 Young Naturalist Award.


text:
Copyright 2013, CABS for Reflections From the Fence
March 18, 2013
Yes indeedy, I was hard up for color and yes indeedy, I found ANOTHER Red Rock Canyon. Must visit if only BECAUSE of the name!
This one is on 14 north of Mojave California, just a few miles north of 58. We stopped for 2 nights just to take in the canyon, of course, we found a bit more, but, the canyon was the reason for the stop.
Not many words this post, just glorious land forms, enough red to make me happy.
Yep, all white, but, the structure, the art work of Mother Nature and her rain machine - -
Yes, we took a hike, about a mile or so, in Hagen Canyon. The canyon is named for a German immigrant, Rudolph Hagen, he mined in the area. He eventually opened a diner with a bar, primitive lodging and a post office, his own private park. He named many of the rock formations himself.
The contrasts ALWAYS leave me breathless.
The park is quite large, and we did not take Jolly off road, where they say there are some terrific things to see. Between you and I, the forms you can see from 14 just driving through right by the Ricardo Campground and Hagen Canyon are so spectacular that I could have stood there for hours, never moved an inch and been totally delighted. I guarantee these photos do not come close to portraying the beauty here. Well worth the time to stop and see and experience. If you happen along that way, even if you cannot spend a couple of nights, just drive north on 14 from 58, a few minutes of your time, worth it, so worth it!
More Special Pages From Reflections
- Home
- Heritage Flag & The Family Names
- Friend of Friends
- THE Trip, The Maps
- Disclaim THAT! Beholden to - -
- THE Trip, THE Encore' :: The Maps
- THE Trip, THE Encore' :: The Maps, Part Two
- THE Trip, THE Encore' :: The Maps, Part Three
- 2013 Thankful November
- Families Past :: Pedigree Charts
- Edna May Fenton Stevens Time Line Experiments
- Winter Sojourn 2014/15 :: The Maps
- Reflection's Contibutions to the Worldwide Genealo...
- Reflections Visits Nova Scotia
Thursday, May 2, 2013
THE Trip, THE Encore' :: Red Rock Canyon State Park, Near Mojave California
1 comment:
- irisheyes jennifer said...
Extraordinary! The contrast in colour is amazing, as is the sheer scale of the formations. Carol, thank you for sharing these images.
- May 2, 2013 at 6:11 AM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
While I understand that Tablets are going to be the next big thing (according to tech journalists, anyway), is it necessary to have 3 separate categories for the RIM tablet, Honeycomb Tablets, and tablets in general?
Yes. My list goes to 11.
Yes. Otherwise the list of things to anticipate in 2011 would be much shorter.
That was my answer and I will add, if there are no flying cars on that list I am not looking.
The list is mostly tablets and smartphones.
Even if any one of those products manages to trump the Apple counterpart in features or specs, it won't matter. The brand recognition and loyalty that Apple carries negates any competitor superiority.
I agree with you. I'd rather see something that offers something I've never seen before over the "better, faster, stronger" wannabe of a device I've been using for a year now.
my iphone is my camcorder
history has proved many times that cheap and mobile wins over single use and cool gee whiz tech
my iphone is my camcorder
history has proved many times that cheap and mobile wins over single use and cool gee whiz tech
Ahh the irony.
WebOS is a great design concept waiting for a sane and reasonable manufacturer.
I can only hope the post-Carly, post-Hurd HP is that place.
I think Touchstone is a fantastic thing to have baked into your platform strategy, *particularly* with the exposition feature opened up to third-party stuff.
It's the only platform I see that is feasible to build a blind-dock automotive application. Bluetooth pairs with stereo system, and GPS/Internet radio app auto-start when user just slaps the phone in the vicinity of a car-mounted touchstone. iPhone comes closest, but their docking is generally clumsy in cars (most of the time a cable coming out clumsi
WebOS? Yawn. See my sig.
Well that's nice, and I see you can now run native Linux apps on WebOS (as long as they don't need an X desktop environment), but WebOS is mostly closed source, while Maemo is mostly open-source and its successor, MeeGo, is 100% FOSS.
It was actually 12 items on 13 pages, the first page was there to tell you that you had 12 pages more to go.
Don't forget about DNF. It's supposed to come out in 2011. This year for sure!
What... not this [wikipedia.org]?
Anticipating Linux on the Desktop is so 2001. Ubiquitous Android tablets are the new mobile equivalent of LotD.
How long are we going to beat that horse? Does that many people really care? Granted, an iPhone on a non-ATT network is automatically a better iphone, but the bloom is kind of off the iphone rose these days anyway.
Yeah, sadly, a Verizon-based iPhone will be a BFD. The bloom is so NOT off that rose for non-techies, which is the vast majority of people. And a lot of techies are into the iPhone as well. Wishing it weren't so doesn't make it not so. *sigh*
I'm more interested in a dual-core LTE-based phone with
I am interested in when the hell are they going to put up 4g service nationwide so I can take advantage of the $10 mandatory extra data fee on my Epic on a regular basis instead of the rare occasions I visit New Orleans or Atlanta.
I am interested in when the hell are they going to put up 4g service nationwide so I can take advantage of the $10 mandatory extra data fee on my Epic on a regular basis instead of the rare occasions I visit New Orleans or Atlanta.
Well, it's in most metro areas at this point, I think. The real problem I have here in the Seattle area is that WiMax signals SUCK indoors. It's mostly pointless for the way and where I use my phone. Honestly, the EVO is a great 3G phone, aside from the battery life.
I'm definitely
Am I the only one immune to Steve's RDS and the only not-gay person immune to this girl's sweet, impossibly-blood-boiling begging and flirting? (I have a friend that can basically get any guy to do anything, she has her own reality distortion field... oh it gets my blood moving alright, but it doesn't distort my judgment
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Are you telling us you're not gay? (Thanks, I suppose, kept me up all night wondering about it). That you manage to not turn into a testosterone fueled blob of manliness at the sight of a pretty girl? (Ditto.)That Steve Jobs 'isn't your type'? (Really, some things should just be left as secrets.)
Oh, you don't want a white iPhone! Ahh... There's the rub!
Well, I don't want one either.
So there....
Am I the only one immune to Steve's RDS and the only not-gay person immune to this girl's sweet, impossibly-blood-boiling begging and flirting?
Probably. I'm immune to Steve's field, but there are a couple of women who can get me to do damned near anything.
I agree with you. If it was an advance in phones, I'd like to see more storage space, or even SDXC support so when 64 and 128 GB MicroSD cards come out (there are SD cards out with this capacity, but not MicroSD), the device can easily handle that.
Some things I would like to see in 2011, instead of more tablets:
1: A hard disk controller that can autotier. This way, it can have 4-5 standard hard disks in RAID6 configuration, as well as a SSD, and blocks of data that are often used get dropped on the SSD.
I too read the list and thought, "So there will be mobile devices and multimedia applications in 2011? I could never have guessed!"
I'm hoping for a few more game-changing developments, though I have no idea how many might arrive in a useful form within the next 12 months. For example:
Really why would that be an anticipated product. To the end user it should mean nothing. The only time multiple cores is better is when the power use / price / performance ration of a single core system has reached a maximum for the current capabilities of a single core. In the case of phones usually you are optimizing for performance / power use. I think we can still get more umph out of building a better core than adding more cores at this stage. Unless you scheduling is teh 5ux0r its still just as good a user experience if apps are otherwise properly threaded as N cores for smallish values of N and if apps are not properly threaded its a better experience.
If the cores are different, it may be useful. Say a phone has two low power/low speed cores, one core dedicated to the radio, and two cores that have high speed/power. This would make the phone useful. When playing games, it could have one or both high speed cores running, but when just idle and sitting there, it could just be using one low-speed core for the OS and background apps.
The advantage about cores is that for devices which run a number of separate discrete tasks, it provides smoother performance. To boot, cores can be turned on and off for further power savings.
This isn't to say a fast, single core CPU is a bad thing, especially if it had the ability to power off or throttle back clock speed for battery savings. However, it might be easier for engineers to design a dual core system where one core is optimized solely for power savings and the other for performance as opposed to try to make one core do the whole show.
I had not thought of that. I agree if the cores have different functions / feature sets that are not always needed at the same time, that could be a useful approach, it would be innovative in terms of cellular handsets and probably worthy of anticipiation.
If the cores are different, it may be useful. Say a phone has two low power/low speed cores, one core dedicated to the radio, and two cores that have high speed/power. This would make the phone useful. When playing games, it could have one or both high speed cores running, but when just idle and sitting there, it could just be using one low-speed core for the OS and background apps.
Isn't this pretty much the way cell phones already work? One extremely low power standby mode, and one active mode. I seem to remember that was talked about when the Atom was introduced and they said it was way too power hungry in idle mode, that cell phones already had idle power in the <<1 W domain and had specialized on this for years. I'm guessing more cores would only matter between the "simple" active mode and entertainment mode. The limiting capacity will still be the battery, the dual core wil
faster battery use is not something to strive for. Its a pain in the ass to keep charging my Epic. It lasts about 3 hours of heavy use, about 6 of light use or less than 30 hours of nothing but standby.
Besides that, the biggest power sinks on a smartphone are the screen and radio (especially 4g), not the processor.
Agree. Some phones are underclocked already, running at 800MHz while the processors are spec'd at 1 or 1.2GHz, to save battery life. Unless you want more gaming there isn't much use for additional CPU power in phones.
Huh. They forgot to mention it.
Diablo III
Seriously - I've only really liked a handful of games over the past decade+: StarCraft1, Diablo2, Civ III, UT2004. But I'm really looking forward to Diablo III. I think it will definitely enter my small personal Pantheon of beloved, replayable games.
Hand warmer
lock deicer
car battery charger/jump starter
Hair drier
snow blower
fish finder
microwave oven
coffee maker
and built in toilet
I'd settle for bluetooth that actually works on my iPhone. C'mon, Apple, would it really hurt to just have OBEX? Please?
I mean, I can live without FM radio but it sure would be nice to be able to receive videos from people who are even more apathetic about mobile email as I am.
There's already a handwarming app [tuaw.com].
With dual cores it will just have to add that many more digits to the pi computation I guess.
I'm anticipating a new technology where a PC Magazine slideshow will finally be able to include captions with its images.
In that bright future, we won't have to speculate regarding what we're looking at.
They were on the top right side.
Isn't "hulu for magazines" commonly called 'the world wide web'?
That's what RSS is for. It queues up web pages for you.
So turning a software free market into another Apple walled garden is an advantage? Maybe they should call it "Apple Genuine Advantage."
While I've rarely been so unexcited about an Apple release, it isn't supplanting the ability to put anything I want on a Mac. Heck, Apple supplies free dev tools with each Mac; I can make sure mine always has non-Apple-approved software on it (with my own bugs, too!).
Verizon iPhone, not my thing, but I get it.
Blackberry Playbook, most interesting aspect is blackberry ripped off WebOS gestures/display for multitasking. However, I am generally skeptical that Blackberry can get out of their niche of mostly business only, they spent way too long with a behind-the-curve platform.
Honeycomb, will see, but I don't see how people get excited over a "we'll get it right *this* time" promise.
If they were going to say 'tablets', they could've skipped Blackberry and Honeycomb. I personally still don't get the tablet fuss and wonder if it is destined to be a dead fad. I would be more excited over phones with glasses display and 'Kinect' like controls, though I really like tactile feedback. Done right that gives 'bigger' personal experience with increased convenience and privacy.
ChromeOS, I view as a dead-end. They should have focused more on enriched Android as a common platform. I don't think Google's name will salvage a concept even more limited than the Linux-only netbook attempts that did not do so well in the market.
Dual-core phones, I wouldn't mind *but* I don't know the power draw difference expected. Memory has hurt my experience more than processor.
Mac app store, please don't be *eager* for that. Why seek more and more ongoing draconian control over the product you purchase?
Google TV falls under the Honeycomb category, "this time it will be better" with no substantive evidence is not the makings of interesting news. Generically saying improved internet enabled TV, maybe. I personally treat my display as a dumb display and prefer the 'smarts' to be small, relatively inexpensive changeable parts.
Hulu for magazines. I think a magazine company might dream of a day where the magazine model dominates, but I just don't see that happening. A web presence in which articles are published as they are ready (not waiting for the next publish date) and adaptive formatting is well-established means e-magazines don't make a whole lot of sense.
Sure, Intel and AMD tech refreshes belong there.
I suspect the playstation phone will be more n-gage than DS. Nintendo 3DS is probably a more 'sure thing' for this sort of slot.
Will see if the net neutrality stuff has any impact. Most commentary I saw was that it was enough to give some annoyance to carriers, but not enough teeth to actually do anything.
I would be willing to be wowed by a second-chance WebOS set of devices. I loved so much about the Pre (WebOS, plug-free 'dock' that can be detected by software, remarkably malleable to consumer manipulation with blessing of vendor). If they did have a portrait slider & keyboardless phone to flesh out their portfolio, that could be exciting. Too bad I don't have hopes of more than just Android and iPhone long term in the mobile market.
Blackberry Playbook, most interesting aspect is blackberry ripped off WebOS gestures/display for multitasking. However, I am generally skeptical that Blackberry can get out of their niche of mostly business only, they spent way too long with a behind-the-curve platform.
One of the more interesting things about it is that you develop on it using Adobe Air, instead of the traditional Blackberry SDK.
It'll be interesting to see if they manage a wave of developer support.
Mac app store, please don't be *eager* for
One of the more interesting things about it is that you develop on it using Adobe Air, instead of the traditional Blackberry SDK.
I suppose that could be interesting for them. I wonder if Adobe has their game together on mobile devices yet, the time from initial promise of flash first appearing on devices to first time it actually appeared was a long time. The company can't even consistently deliver a 64-bit build alongside their 32-bit build. It gives me some doubts about their ability to maintain a lot of architectures and OSes (QNX, Linux w/ X, Android, WebOS Windows, OSX, x86, arm)
But that's not what it's about. It's about a curated set of software that is all updated more automatically than current software. What's wrong with that?
If it were like apt or yum where any organizati
One thing we can be sure of is that a Verizon iPhone won't look like the one in their picture. What were they thinking putting a Verizon label on the phone itself?
This list be used by posting it in December 2011 by just changing anticipated with overhyped.
"Some are new, like the technology to bridge Wi-Fi, PowerLine, and Ethernet"
Yea, sorry, we've had that for quite some time in software (tomato, DD-WRT, etc.) so a hardware version isn't unexpected, new, or really that anticipated.
Anything that makes you look like a dork will never take off.
3D glasses are a pain in the ass if you have real glasses, and you look like a dork.
Haven't we have enough "next big things" (that often weren't so hot after all... with tiny screens to squint at, etc.), already?
Let's focus a moment on UK's freezing weather, AU's flooding in Queensland, & USA's Eastern Seaboard - to name a few spots with "Climate Change" screaming at us...
Let's push for & (and, when we get the happy chance to...)
Bumper-Sticker Idea: " Next year in an All Electric car! "
Looks like you totally missed the Hadley CRU mail scandal.
Loose bits sink chips.


text:
First things first: REggie Bush is not commiting to playing against the Arizona Cardinals Sunday but he's giving hints that if he has a say in the issue, he's in the game.
"It's up to the coach because if it's up to me, I'd be playing no matter what," he said this afternoon. "But it's up to the coaches and the trainers if I'm able to tell them everything I need to do to be in there. We'll find out. We got a long week."
Bush almost went back into the game Sunday after he left with a left knee strain. Eventually, the decision was made to keep him out the entire second half.
"I felt like I was pretty close," Bush said of coming back in the game. "I felt pretty good. Somethings I was going on the sideline I thought I could get back in and work through it. Last minute they decided to rest me and not risk anything. We were straddling the fence on what they thought it was and just didn't know."
I believe Bush will play barring a setback such as swelling or if he retweaks in practice late this week.
On another matter, Karlos Dansby, former Arizona Cardinals and current Dolphins linebacker, was the guest on the conference call with Arizona reporters today.
And on that conference call Dansby told reporters the current Dolphins have more talent than the 2008 Cardinals team. The 2008 Cardinals went to the Super Bowl and were one amazing Santonio Holmes catch in the final seconds from winning the championship.
Look, I love Dansby. Have the highest regard for him as a player and person. But he's flat wrong here.
Tell me, what receivers can the Dolphins compare with the group of Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin and Steve Breaston? Is Ryan Tannehill playing like Kurt Warner the year he passed for 4,500 yards with 30 touchdowns and 14 interceptions?
Those Cardinals averaged 26.7 points per game -- tied for third best in the NFL that year.The defense was poor which suggests Miami's front seven might be better than what those Cardinals had. But overall?
Only way Dansby has a point is if the Dolphins somehow manage to get into the playoffs. Otherwise, either Dansby is wrong or somebody with a lot of talent is underperforming for the Dolphins this year.


text:
A REGISTER of foreign-owned farms in Australia will be established, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard telling farmers it would provide ''a more comprehensive picture'' of the scope of foreign-owned farms than now available.
With the emotive issue of foreign-owned farms and agribusinesses causing considerable anxiety in country areas, Ms Gillard announced the new register during a speech in Canberra at the national congress of the National Farmers' Federation.
Ms Gillard said the government understood ''the need for more information'' on foreign ownership levels, to help ''foster an informed public debate'' on the topic.
''Foreign investment is not a new thing. It has helped build Australian agriculture over the last 200 years and it is important for the future as we seek to boost food production and food security,'' she said.
''Foreign direct investment in agriculture, forestry and fishing accounts for just 0.1 per cent of total foreign investment. And 89 per cent of our agricultural land is entirely Australian owned, with a further 6 per cent majority-owned by Australians, roughly similar levels to what they were 30 years ago,'' she said.
But in her speech Ms Gillard did not release details of how the register would operate, raising questions about whether all foreign-owned farms would be included regardless of their value and whether the list would include agribusinesses that do not own ''agricultural land''.
Ms Gillard said the government would soon release a ''paper'' to commence discussions with the agricultural industry, states and territories ''about the design and content of the register''.
The NFF welcomed the register. ''This is a win for the NFF, for our members and most importantly, for Australian farmers,'' NFF president Jock Laurie said.
''Having a full understanding of foreign investment is crucial to getting the policy decision right. It's essential that we're very clear on the facts of foreign investment, and we will continue to focus our efforts on building transparency,'' he said.
Victorian Farmers Federation president Peter Tuohey also welcomed the register, saying it would ''deliver greater transparency to the debate on foreign ownership''. But he urged the government to go further than the ''agricultural land'' referred to in Ms Gillard's speech. ''Our members want the register to be extended to water assets as well,'' he said.
But Nationals leader Warren Truss described the register as ''half-baked'' and a ''token gesture'' in the absence of other reforms. ''This is Labor's third attempt to catch up on a land register and looks like a desperate bid to be seen to be doing something for the Prime Minister's audience today at the National Farmers' Federation national congress,'' he said.
''A national register of all foreign acquisitions - both land and agribusinesses - needs to be established so Australians have access to accurate information on what land and agribusiness is owned by foreign interests.''


text:
Karen Marie Moning's Highlander Series 7-Book Bundle
Sign Up Now!
Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title. Learn about membership options, or view our freely available titles.
- Synopsis
- With her signature blend of sensual fantasy, thrilling adventure, and breathtaking magic, Karen Marie Moning--the #1 New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Shadowfever and Dreamfever--is the reigning queen of paranormal romance. Now in a convenient eBook bundle, here are the seven novels in her spellbinding Highlander series, featuring passionate love stories with a time-travel twist: Beyond the Highland Mist, To Tame a Highland Warrior, The Highlander's Touch, Kiss of the Highlander, The Dark Highlander, The Immortal Highlander, and Spell of the Highlander. "Highly original . . . sensual, hard-to-put-down romance. Karen Marie Moning is destined to make her mark on the genre."--Romantic Times, on Beyond the Highland Mist Beyond the Highland Mist He is known throughout medieval Scotland as Hawk. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart--until Adrienne de Simone tumbles out of modern-day Seattle and into Hawk's legendary bed. To Tame a Highland Warrior He was born to a clan of Highland warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name to escape the dark fate of his ancestors. Yet even from afar, he watches over Jillian St. Clair. She is the only woman who can tame the beast within him--even as deadly enemies plot to destroy them both. The Highlander's Touch A trick of fate has sent Lisa seven hundred years back in time and into Scottish warrior Circenn Brodie's chamber to tempt him with an all-consuming desire. For this woman he burns to possess is also the woman he has foresworn to destroy. Kiss of the Highlander Enchanted by a powerful spell, Highland laird Drustan MacKeltar has slumbered for nearly five centuries, until an unlikely savior, Gwen Cassidy, awakens him. Bound to Drustan, Gwen is swept back to sixteenth-century Scotland where a warrior with the power to change history will defy time itself for the woman he loves. The Dark Highlander Dageus MacKeltar is a sixteenth-century Scot trapped between worlds, battling with the thirteen Druids who possess his soul. When Chloe Zanders is drawn into his world, she will face the challenge of a lifetime: fighting thirteen evil spirits for the heart of one irresistible man. The Immortal Highlander Adam Black is free to roam across time in pursuit of his insatiable desires, until a curse strips him of his immortality and makes him invisible. The only woman who can see him is Gabrielle O'Callaghan. It is the beginning of a long, dangerous seduction, the price of which could be their very lives. Spell of the Highlander Jessi St. James first sees the gorgeous man staring out at her from the glass of an ancient mirror. Heir to the arcane magic of his Druid ancestors, Cian MacKeltar was trapped centuries ago inside the Dark Glass, and now an enemy will stop at nothing to reclaim it. And Cian will stop at nothing to protect Jessi from a deadly fate. "[Moning's] storytelling skills are impressive, her voice and pacing dynamic, and her plot as tight as a cask of good Scotch whisky."--Contra Costa Times, on Kiss of the Highlander Includes a tantalizing excerpt from Karen Marie Moning's beloved novella Into the Dreaming.
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- 9780345538260
- Publisher:
- Random House Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 11/01/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Karen Marie Moning
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- History, Romance, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
Other Books
- by Karen Marie Moning
- in History
- in Romance
- in Literature and Fiction


text:
Heather Maloney
Heather Maloney
(Signature Sounds)
It's hard to imagine 2013 will bring a better album than Heather Maloney's Signature Sounds debut, a work of maturity, deep emotion, and knock-you-to-your-knees beauty. Unlike a lot of young singers, Maloney lets the song flow through her rather than trying to prove her chops. (It helps if those chops are already well done.) The album's songs fall loosely into the folk/country category, with undertones of jazz and pop. She rocks us with bouncy hooks ("Flutter"), impresses with a hand-jive/jazz mash up ("Hey Broken"), and stops us dead with poignant sweetness, as in "Dirt and Stardust," a reflection on life's ephemerality. She has good values, too. Witness "Grace," a postmodern musing on the old gospel tune, and "John Ball," in which honky-tonk meets progressive politics. The finale, "Flying on Helium," is a showstopper that's simultaneously fragile and strong. Let's dump the "emerging artist" label in favor of "the real deal." —Rob Weir
Jimi Hendrix
People, Hell and Angels
For years, bootleg recordings containing many bits and pieces of late Hendrix work have floated around. People, Hell and Angels is not a bootleg, but an official, authorized release. It contains 12 previously unreleased tracks Hendrix recorded after his last album. It's often said that Hendrix' aesthetic was turning jazzward in his last years, and there are jazzy additions on some tracks here, with saxophone, other horns and organ appearing, as well as occasional second guitar tracks. Still, Hendrix' guitar playing is every bit as mind-bending and psychedelic as on his earlier releases, far more bluesy than jazzy. The recording sometimes sounds low-tech, if not lo-fi. You can often hear the reverb of the room, as if Hendrix and his fellow musicians (not the Experience) merely hit "record" during jam sessions. Songs meander, though not in a distracting way. Some mellow, beautiful tracks are wedged in between funky or bluesy songs. Hendrix' all-lead, all the time playing lends a casual sense of narrative, and much sounds like experimentation. But even Hendrix' casual experimentation is as absorbing and revelatory as ever. It's great to finally hear these sounds, four decades after Hendrix' death, and wonder what might have been. —James Heflin
The Ambiguities
Everything Rhymes With The End Times
On the latest release by his alternative music side project, Greenfield songwriter Daniel Hales stares down the apocalypse with five songs that are tailor-made to greet Armageddon with a full dance-floor. In fact, the record's title cut is a nearly nine-minute soundtrack that's perfect for staring into the void and features slide guitar, electronic flourishes, and a trance-inducing groove. "If songs could be monuments, this one is a shrine / to the beginning of the ending of the end times," Hales sings. And as the verses begin to pile up, one gets the impression that the part-time poet isn't boasting. Even when he's taking a short breather on "El Saguaro," whose entirely Hebrew-sung vocals are covered by the mysterious singer Du Mashmai, Hales keeps the beat light, perfect for listeners who want to let their feet dissect the meaning behind that tune and others like the hypnotic "One Hand Clapping." —Michael Cimaomo


text:
University of Missouri
Home | People | Locations | Program index | Calendar | News | Publications
Continuing education Seminars Courses
MU Extension > calendar
Professional development events
MoHoCoLA/ ExCEL Community Meeting
Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Alton R-IV School District Multi- Purpose BuildingAlton MO
We will hold a community informational meeting to allow members of Oregon County to gain insight into the ExCeL program as well as the Missouri Homegrown Community Leadership Action Grant project (MoHoCoLA). There will be an overview of the grant project with basic information supplied and then we will go into the ExCEL program (Experience in Community Enterprise and Leadership). The youth that participated in the inaugeral ExCEL program in 2013 will give an overview of what was done during the program as well as how it has impacted their lives and the lives of others in their communities.There will be plenty of time given to the attendees to ask questions and receive clear understanding of the project and its intended impacts.
Session topic:
Public information meeting- community development
Please RSVP by November 15, 2013. Call the Oregon County Extension Office @ (417)778-7490
Add event to your compatible iCalendar such as Microsoft Outlook or Apple iCal.
About | Jobs | Extension councils |
For faculty and staff | For researchers | Giving | Ask an expert | Contact
© 1993
to 2015 Curators of the University
of Missouri, all rights reserved, DMCA
and other copyright information
University of Missouri Extension is an equal opportunity/ADA institution.
University of Missouri Extension
© 1993
to 2015 Curators of the University of Missouri, all rights reserved


text:
Edit: ***do not watch this video if you haven't seen the latest episode, or if you've been living under a rock.
Edit: ***do not watch this video if you haven't seen the latest episode, or if you've been living under a rock.
Last edited by wolfboy; 06-06-2013 at 04:35 PM.
How do we know he's not Mel Torme?
At least one of those people is just mostly dead.
wolfboy (06-06-2013)
VH1C 337 Thu, Jun 6, 7:00 PM The Princess Bride
VH1C 337 Fri, Jun 7, 3:00 PM The Princess Bride
TVGN 273 Fri, Jun 7, 7:00 PM The Princess Bride
OVTV 274 Sun, Jun 9, 7:00 PM The Princess Bride
OVTV 274 Sun, Jun 9, 10:30 PM The Princess Bride
REELZ 238 Mon, Jun 10, 4:30 PM The Princess Bride
AXSTV 340 HDTV Thu, Jun 13, 7:00 PM The Princess Bride
AXSTV 340 HDTV Thu, Jun 13, 10:30 PM The Princess Bride
TVGN 273 Sat, Jun 15, 5:00 PM The Princess Bride
VH1C 337 Sat, Jun 15, 7:30 PM The Princess Bride
VH1C 337 Sun, Jun 16, 4:00 PM The Princess Bride
REELZ 238 Mon, Jun 17, 9:30 PM The Princess Bride
VH1C 337 Wed, Jun 19, 7:00 PM The Princess Bride
Warning: I've been purposefully vague so to not spoil future seasons. But if you want to be REALLY careful, you may not want to read it.
First: I'm glad they didn't go into detail with guest right. It would have made it a bit too obvious, especially after the Mutiny at Craster's.
Second: For those saying let's really hope they don't veer too far from the books. I agree to a certain extent. But come on, AFFC and ADWD aren't exactly great books swarming with great moments, although there are a few. This is where I think D&D will earn their money. Making interesting storylines from the great characters who doze off after ASOS.
And lastly, on that note, I REALLY don't hope they water down Dorne or the Iron Islands too much. Those are some of my favorite parts of AFFC and ADWD. They can condense a lot of the adventures of people travelling through Westeros from AFFC (one woman in particular who's journey so far has been fun, but once she's off on her own, puts me to sleep every chapter in AFFC) and people travelling on ships in ADWD.
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say."
--Bronson Arroyo
Other observations about the finale:
-Is anyone else tired of the Theon torture scenes? Was it necessary to go through those in such excruciating detail?
-Same with any scene involving Stannis. They've become almost painful to watch. I know Stannis is probably played to a tee (dull, unemotional), but his scenes just bore the hell out of me.
-I feel more than a little wrong that I find myself loving Tywin Lannister at times. The way he handled Joffrey in last night's episode was awesome. The dude is absolutely ruthless, but I find myself admiring just how damn good he's been at ruthlessness. We'll see where that goes. If there's anything I've learned about GoT, it's that a good run never lasts too long. You're up Tywin.
-I'm running out of Starks to root for, but the few that are left are pretty badass. Arya is turning into a smooth assassin; Jon Snow takes three arrows with barely a flinch; Bran continues north; and, I'm even starting to admire Sansa's resilience. (side note: Joffrey is the King SOB of SOBs).
-Daenerys seems like one of the few well intentioned characters in this whole mess, but I still can't seem to rally behind her. I'm just not sure what it is.
How do we know he's not Mel Torme?
Not a fan of Stannis or the Red Witch, but *loving" Davos! He's finding his voice.
Have you read the books? I won't say anything about Tywin. Except agree on the Joffrey handling! Sending little temper tantrum baby off to beddie bye? Yes!
I've said from season 1 and before I read the books, Arya is the one to watch out for. And there's more to Jon Snow than we're allowed to know yet, I just "feel" it. He's more than just a bastard son.... I'm starting to question if he's even Ned's.....
Daenerys. Not sure how I feel about her yet. There's been a lot of her in the books, but other than wanting Westeros back, we dont really know a lot about her motivation.
I liked the interplay between Sansa and Tyrion better in the series than in the books. Sansa is acting less like a pouting child in the series than she does in the books--I mean, she could do far, far worse than Tyrion, should she ever decide to look past the dwarfism. At least he won't beat her to death like Joffrey would.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." - H. L. Mencken
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say."
--Bronson Arroyo
Its still hard to believe that Jon Snow is supposed to be 14 years old...
But has anyone been following the Gay of Thrones on funny or die? Now that is some funny stuff
Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please.


text:
Week 54 - Thursday
by, October 10th, 2013 at 12:30 PM (803 Views)
My wife's 92 year old grandmother is visiting for the next couple of weeks from Lakeland Florida. I stayed up later than normal talking with my wife and her grandmother so was a little sluggish this morning. I found today's workout incredibly hard and I will be feeling it for a few days.
Warm up
8x125 swum as 100 free 25 back with snorkel on 1.50
Main set
6x150 on 1.50 descend 1-3 and 4-6
4x200 on 2.10
2x300 with fins on 3mins
400 IM swum drill swim by 25 on 6mins
12x50 on 35
warm down
head in gutter trying not to be sick!!!
Total 4300scy
I held 1min-1.02 pace throughout the main sets. After the 200s I thought the 300s with fins were going to be much easier but they weren't. My lungs were burning, my arms and legs were fried. Overall I found today a really hard workout day. I forgot to say that I swam this workout solo and I know how James must feel; it's hard on your own. It was just me and the life guard at the pool until the high schoolers showed up at end of my workout and saw this old man with his head in the gutter.


text:
aphid (af'-id) The plant louse, of which there are a great many kinds.
Let the pupils see an aphid sucking the juice of a plant; this may be done by bringing in a twig infested by aphids.
He laughed in my face, and brought forward certain well-known facts in the reproduction of the aphid or cabbage-louse.
I once observed a young spider approaching an aphid, which was facing its enemy.
The reproduction of the aphid constitutes one of the most interesting chapters in the history of the animal kingdom.
The heterogamy of the allied Coccid is practically the same as that of the aphid.
1884, anglicized from Modern Latin aphides, plural of aphis, coined by Linnaeus (1758), though where he got it and why he applied it to the plant louse are mysteries. The theory favored by OED as "least improbable" is that it derives from the plural of Greek apheides "unsparing, lavishly bestowed," in reference either to the "prodigious rate of production" of the insects or their voracity. They also are known as ant-cows.


text:
DALLAS (AP) - A judge has sentenced to 35 years in federal prison a man who admitted to being the "Handsome Guy Bandit" responsible for 11 North Texas bank holdups.
Steven Ray Milam pleaded guilty in Dallas last May to 11 federal counts of bank robbery. U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay sentenced the 45-year-old Richardson, Texas, man on Monday.
The "Handsome Guy Bandit" got his name from tellers at the banks he robbed, who described the mask he wore. Milam was arrested Jan. 3 in Mississippi after a chase on Interstate 10 in which a sheriff shot out a tire on the vehicle Milam was driving.
Prosecutors had said Milam could have received from 32 years to life in prison.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


text:
I have a site (Server 2008, IIS 7) where we only allow certain IP's to access the admin of the site. One of the clients who need to get into the admin has a dynamic IP and is causing us to have to add them every other day so that they can do their job.
I did some research and found some information about creating a certificate and having the user install it into their browser.
My question is, if we already have an SSL on our server, and do this client certification for the users, is it going to interfere with anything, or cause any problems? Also, I'm still learning how to create a certificate for this company so that this could be accomplished, so if anyone has a good tutorial or anything, that would be most appreciated as well.


text:
Quorum Court to discuss funding salary for northern district court security officer
Arkansas County officials will consider two separate ordinances Tuesday morning that would amend the general fund budget to include a court security officer's salary for the Arkansas County District Court in the northern district as well as a vehicle accident reimbursement.
The ordinances are among nine new business items to be discussed at the monthly meeting of the Arkansas County Quorum Court.
The meeting is set for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Arkansas County Courthouse in DeWitt.
The first ordinance would change the northern district's district court budget to include $1,130 in pro-rated court security officer salary. Overall, the $3,600 court security officer salary would be evenly split between the county and the City of Stuttgart.
If approved, Arkansas County Judge Glenn "Sonny" Cox said the county's portion of the salary would have $900 taken out of both the sheriff's communications fund and the general fund. Stuttgart Mayor Marianne Maynard said, once county officials take action, city officials would then consider the city's $1,800 portion of the salary.
Cox said Arkansas County District Judge Jeremy Bueker would hire the court security officer, who would then need to undergo court security training. Bueker had no comment over the ordinance.
The county previously approved a similar request from Arkansas County District Court Judge B. Park Eldridge of the southern district after he reassessed how safe his courtroom was and asked county officials for help.
His request was approved May 11, 2012, with the county voting to pay a $3,600 salary that would be evenly split with the City of DeWitt.
The second ordinance would amend the budget to include a $3,753.96 insurance reimbursement check after OEM Coordinator Shanda Harris was involved in a wreck last week.
Cox said Harris was stopped at a city intersection heading east when a southbound vehicle ran a stop sign and hit a westbound vehicle, forcing the vehicle into Harris' truck.
"She's fine, but the other two were hurt," he said, adding that it was raining and no citations were issued.
The remaining eight items include a resolution to re-appoint Duane Long and appoint Trey Daniel to the quorum court's equalization board.
The rest are updates from Treasurer Charles Horton, Sheriff Allen Cheek, Harris, 9-1-1 Director Nan Davenport, Road Foremen Mark Orman and Randall Kidd, and Recycling Coordinator Ruby Allen.
The budget and finance committee as well as the road and sanitation committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. in the quorum court conference room while the records preservation and restoration committee will meet immediately following quorum court in the circuit clerk's vault.


text:
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) -- With the economic downturn, people are looking at all sorts of new, creative ways to make some extra cash, but how about turning your home into a billboard?
The idea is to help homeowners on the cusp of foreclosure. A marketing company called Brainiacs from Mars comes to your home, paints on their logos and, in turn, pays your mortgage.
"As I was taking a corner, there was a two-story home, two windows, one door, completely blank slate, and then a light bulb just went off: If we could pay for this guy's mortgage, would he let us put an ad on his house?" CEO Romeo Mendoza said.
By painting their homes with bright orange and green, and plastering ads all over the outside, the company will pay your mortgage while the ads stay up.
"That can be anywhere from a month all the way up to a year," Mendoza said.
So far, Brainiacs from Mars has more than 44,000 applications nationwide, including 144 right here in Grand Junction.
Mendoza said he thinks Grand Junction could start seeing the ads the first part of the new year because the company is still processing applications, and said it wants to figure out a way to help as many people as possible.
You must own your home to be eligible; it can't be rented or leased. The company doesn't paint in HOA neighborhoods either.


text:
Chancellor's Report
September 2010
University leaders and students from around the Arctic gathered at UAF in August for the fourth University of the Arctic Rectors' Forum. Representatives from eight circumpolar nations discussed postsecondary education's role in serving northern communities. The forum was preceded by a student workshop with a similar focus.
The UAF Bookstore is now managed by the bookstore division of Follett Corp., an expansion of the previous contract with Follett. Students can buy e-books and new and used books on site and will be able, in some cases, to rent texts instead of buying them. Customers will also see an enhanced online store and a bigger selection of UAF logo merchandise.
The Journalism Department claimed the Alaska Press Club's prestigious Public Service Award for the second year in a row. The statewide journalism organization awarded the 2009 honor to coverage of the Alaska Stryker Brigade stationed in Iraq, written by department students and a professor, and to stories in the Skagway News about the high cost of medevac flights, written by journalism student and 2010 graduate Molly Dischner.
The Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer celebrated agriculture in Alaska and the 75th anniversary of the Matanuska Colony with a day of activities in August. Visitors learned about milking and precision agriculture, went on a GPS scavenger hunt, and toured the research labs. The event was co-sponsored by the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, the Cooperative Extension Service and the Alaska Division of Agriculture.
UAF was designated a military-friendly school by G.I. Jobs magazine. G.I. Jobs' college matchmaker website helps veterans find the colleges that best meet their educational needs.
The UA Museum of the North received a four-star rating from travel website uptake.com as one of the best things to do in Alaska. The review also featured enthusiastic visitor comments from Yahoo! Travel, Fodor's, Frommer's and Trip Advisor.
Chancellor Rogers took "Learning from the past, preparing for the future" as his theme for the fall convocation address Sept. 9. A webcast provided for the rural campuses and those who couldn't be there in person is available on the chancellor's website.
In Progress
Scientists from the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences will spend two years studying Western Alaska king salmon runs thanks to grants from the Pollock Conservation Cooperative Research Center and the Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund. The $615,000 project will be led by UAF fisheries faculty members from Fairbanks and Juneau.
The revised 2010 Fairbanks Campus Master Plan is now online. It builds on the foundation that was established with the 2002 Campus Master Plan and subsequent five-year update of that plan.
Michele Hébert has been named UAF's sustainability coordinator. The position is funded through a partnership among the ASUAF Review of Infrastructure, Sustainability and Energy (RISE) board, Student Services and the Cooperative Extension Service. The program will facilitate dialogue and campuswide programs that build upon UAF's commitment to sustainability.
Every Wednesday morning, listeners to Clear Channel stations KIAK FM 102.5 and KCBF AM 970 get to hear a UAF researcher, student, or faculty or staff member discuss events, news or research on campus. This partnership is in its third year. Interviews in coming weeks will include the nutritional value of Native foods, pre-college biomedical outreach programs offered through Alaska BioPREP, the Alaska Native Stroke Registry, and the health benefits of wild food. Past interviews are available as podcasts on the KFBX website.
What's Next
The third annual Nanook Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place Sept. 25. This year's inductees are former athletic director John C. Gilmore, former vice chancellor of student affairs Harris Shelton, and former student-athletes Sigrid Aas (skiing), Mallory (Bergstrom) Larranaga (volleyball), and Melissa Mulloy-Mecozzi and Stuart Watkins (both rifle).
Through the Lens: Recent Images
Hundreds of people gather in the Nenana parking lot to recycle and reuse thousands of items in this summer's second Really Free Market, sponsored by Summer Sessions. The planning team included staff from Auxillary Services, the Chancellor's Office, the College of Rural and Community Development, Cooperative Extension Service, Facilities Services, Financial Aid, Marketing and Communications, Parking Services, the Provost's Office, Summer Sessions, the Women's Center and Wood Center.
Photos, clockwise from top left:
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences students and faculty collect fish samples from the Yukon River near the village of Eagle. The study is part of a grant from the Denali Commission to determine the potential impact of placement of a hydrokinetic generator in the river.
UAF biology professor Rich Boone meets with graduate students and K – 12 teachers in a section of boreal forest on the Fairbanks campus during a summer Changing Alaska Science Education work session.
Students in a graduate anthropology course search for ancient artifacts during a six-week field school at an archaeological site near the Gerstle River in Alaska's Interior.


text:
Office of Student Affairs & Wellness
Awards & Recognition Program
What is the Awards & Recognition Program?
The Office of Student Affairs & Wellness strives to award and recognize students, staff, administrators, and members of the CCSF community who have made outstanding achievments and/or contributions to the college community this academic year. The Excellence Awards were founded in Spring of 2011 by Rita Tuialu'ulu'u with the support of Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt.
CCSF is a long standing organization in the community of San Francisco. Our achievements as a college could not have been reached without the service and dedication of the employees. Our reputation for producing excellent students would not be possible without the students themselves and their hard work. Finally, our relationship with the community would not have grown to be what it is today, without the contributions and support of community members.
The individuals that make up the college community are just as important as the college itself. Our wish in the Office of Student Affairs & Wellness is to recognize and thank these amazing individuals for their contributions by hosting awards and recognition ceremonies.
Student Learning Outcome (SLO)
To find out more about the outcome for this or any other one of our programs, please click here.
Our Ceremonies...


text:
A wise man once said that "Life is not about what's at the end of the road, it's about the journey that takes you there". Truer words were never spoken. In this case, the Journey is Pechanga Resort & Casinos beautiful 7,219 yard, 72-par championship golf course. And the road is the 7-mile cart path that takes you there. Journey is a beautifully landscaped work-of-art designed by world-renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills and his partner Steve Forrest. The course winds its way across the Pechanga River, over rustic bridges and awe inspiring terrain which rises and falls a breathtaking 300 feet, often with majestic panoramic views of Temecula Valley and the surrounding countryside. This impressive world-class course, winds along a spectacular boulder strewn mountain complete with cascading creeks and a serene lake. In addition to its natural beauty, Journey actually helps to preserve the historic tribal land that it is built upon.
But don't be fooled by Journey's alluring beauty, its no walk in the park. Although the holes aren't incredibly long, they are tricky, with quite a few blind doglegs. The course is in exceptional shape and the greens play pretty fast. My recommendation is to spend a little time on the putting green and driving range beforehand. There is no rhyme or reason for the breaks on the greens. They don't run down from the mountain to the valley, but they are true. Every green is different, and must be read accordingly. What you see is what you get. However, what you will get is a pristine, stunning, and handsomely groomed world-class golf course with challenging terrain. If you keep the ball in the fairway, you'll be in good shape. The roughs are manicured but thick, and from about 2:00 in the afternoon until about 6:00 in the evening, a stiff breeze comes through the valley and definitely comes into play. I suggest an early morning start, especially when the weather heats up in the summer.
Am I getting too technical? Then just go out and enjoy yourself. You'll start by climbing into one of Journeys high-tech Yamaha golf carts equipped with state-of-the-art GPS systems. Each on-board computer (which actually talks to you), and helps with course tips and computer graphics to guide you from a choice of five tee boxes, to the hole. There is even a video introduction to the course by PGA Touring Pro and current U.S Ryder Cup Captain, Corey Pavin. Journeys own PGA staff Pro is Scott B. Mallory who has been playing the game since age 7 and will be happy to answer any course questions. If you need a warm-up, Journey has a 30-station grass driving range, 2 large short game chipping greens and bunkers and 2 large putting greens. PGA professional instruction is available on an individual basis or in a clinic from a selection of seasoned instructors. Custom club fitting is available and if you don't have your clubs with you, Taylor Made sets are available from the Pro Shop.
The impressive Clubhouse boasts 62,000 square-feet and is as elegant and upscale as any top-of-the-line private country club around the country. Patrons enter the dramatic 4,000 square-foot foyer, which leads to the Pro Shop and restaurant. The Clubhouse Restaurant Journey's End serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and includes a large outdoor patio, which is also available for tournaments, private functions, weddings and corporate events. The 28,000 square-foot Pro Shop is the focal point of the Clubhouse. It carries the latest (top end) equipment and apparel, along with an oversized humidor stocked with with an impressive selection of premium cigars. All this is set in a comfortable atmosphere with overstuffed chairs, five plasma screen TV's and a spectacular view of the course through floor-to-ceiling plate-glass windows. The luxurious full-service Mens and Women's Locker Rooms are equipped with towels, lotions, soaps, hairspray and on-site shoe and club repair.
Pechanga (pe-CHONG-ah) literally means "place where the water drips". It is the name of the spring at the foot of the mountain where the Temeeku ancestors have lived since the late 1800's. Luiseno, is the native language, and from that point on became known as the people who live at Pechaa'ang - or The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians. Pechanga is proud of its rich heritage and culture that can still be seen on various holes of the course where Piveesatal Kiicha Huts (tule houses) can be found. At one time, these dwellings were used as shelter and homes for the Luiseno Indian tribe. Hand-made rock sculptures also adorn different holes on various parts of the course. All eighteen holes have been given traditional Indian names starting with the first hole which is called Chuxi' vonga, which means "The beginning place". Based upon its rich heritage, Journey at Pechanga was literally 10,000 years in the making.
In the evening after golf, Pechanga offers up some exciting nightlife as well. SILK, is the amazing ultra-modern Nightclub that will be opening this summer. This two story high-tech dance club with its double winding staircase to the second level looks like something out of a James Bond film. The huge dance floor has ample room for plenty of gyrating bodies. Pechanga also has two smaller venues, The Cabaret Lounge and The Eagles Nest. The Cabaret is on the main floor of the Casino, which is easily accessible from any of the restaurants or gaming rooms, and The Eagles Nest has an amazing view from the very top of the casino. Need a good laugh? Pechanga has it's very own Comedy Club with top name comedians from The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central and HBO to name a few. The Resort also has a large 1200 seat Pechanga Theater which plays host to major celebrity performers, bands and musical acts.
For more information on Pechanga Casino & Resort, visit their website at www.Pechanga.com


text:
Submission + - XBMC Gets Ported to Wayland (paritynews.com)
hypnosec writes: The XBMC media player now supports the Wayland Compositor Infrastructure, the proof-of-concept for which has been released just a few days back. Sam Spilsbury stated that he had been working on the port since a few days and that the PoC code of XBMC port on Wayland is ready. Getting the port to work Spilsbury went about making changes to the XBMC code as well as the SDL library but, there are a few bugs that need to be resolved. For those who want to get their hands dirty you may find the necessary code here and here.


text:
Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis believes his team deserve more credit for their attacking talents after the Eagles guaranteed Barclays Premier League survival with a 1-0 win at West Ham.
Mile Jedinak sealed the victory at Upton Park with a 59th-minute penalty after Cameron Jerome was fouled in the area by Pablo Armero.
Five consecutive league victories and four clean sheets in that period mean Palace are now 13 points clear of the relegation zone and mathematically safe.
Defensive resilience has been at the heart of the club's revival since Pulis took over in November, but the Eagles boss insists his players are exciting to watch too.
"The defence has been fantastic, but I also think we've played some really, really good football," Pulis said.
"Today again we could have scored three or four goals, so don't take anything away from we've got here.
"This is a different team to the one I had at Stoke - it's got different strengths.
"We sat down and worked out the strengths of the team and worked out a system we thought would suit them.
"You have to be strong and you have to be resilient, but we've got great pace on the break and the two wide players were absolutely outstanding today."
Pulis hailed Yannick Bolasie as the "best player on the pitch" at Upton Park, while fellow wide man Jason Puncheon has scored four goals in his last five matches.
Palace could have made the score more convincing had they converted one of a handful of chances in the second half as West Ham struggled to put their opponents under any sustained pressure.
The Hammers did, however, have reason to feel aggrieved in the first period when they were denied a penalty after Andy Carroll was pushed over by Jedinak.
"Sam said they could have had a couple of penalties, but I think we could have had a couple more as well," Pulis said.
"I think the ball hit (Kevin) Nolan on the hand in the first half and we could have had a penalty with Puncheon as well, so both sides are probably screaming they could have had penalties."
He added: "We had to deal with Andy Carroll. Carroll is a handful and he was again today, so you have to deal with that and Mile Jedinak helped the two centre-halves.
"That little pivot in the heart of our defence has been very important."
West Ham have conceded three penalties in their last two home matches and Allardyce lamented Martin Atkinson's decision not to award his side a spot-kick.
"We think Andy was fouled in the box in the first half," Allardyce said.
"I had a look when the game finished and of course looking at that it certainly looked like a blatant penalty to me.
"Quite why Martin didn't give it - because he seemed to be in a very good position - I don't know."
The home crowd grew increasingly hostile in the second half, jeering Allardyce's substitutions and booing at the final whistle.
The Hammers boss admits he has sympathy with the fans' frustrations, but believes his team could have taken something from the game had it not been for some "miserable" finishing.
"In the end it's about one thing," Allardyce said. "When you get the opportunity to score you've got to score and that's what we didn't do today.
"We were pretty miserable in our finishing. Not making the keeper make more saves than he did was my big disappointment apart from the penalty given away.
"Our quality of finishing wasn't good enough when we created the chances we did and you don't create many chances against Crystal Palace."
Source: PA


text:
Constipation is a common problem in which a child may have fewer bowel movements (BMs or poops) than usual. It usually isn't a cause for too much concern.
Constipation can often be remedied and prevented with the three Fs: fluids, fiber, and fitness.
Skip fatty, sugary, or starchy foods, which can slow the bowels down. Choose fiber-rich foods instead and make sure they're washed thoroughly. Also, making sure kids are active every day will help keep their bowels moving, too.
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
© 1995-
Images provided by The Nemours Foundation, iStock, Getty Images, Veer, Shutterstock, and Clipart.com.
Copyright ©


text:
Leverhulme Early Career FellowshipsClaire L HWarwick21 October 2010
I've been thinking about the plight of PhD students, after Claire Ross' excellent blog entry. I thought it might be useful to consider what might happen at the other end of the PhD. At UCLDH we are part of the UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities who have agreed to contribute to the costs of a Leverhulme Early Career fellowship for a department in the faculty. So if you are a PhD student who is about to finish or has just finsihed your thesis, you might want to think about applying for one of these.
Once again these fellowships are highly competitive, but we would like to encourage applicants to think about working on research topics in Digital Humanities at UCLDH. The Leverhulme deadline is in March, but if you are interested you need to start the process soon. Departments have to prioritise applicants for the internal selection process and completed proposals have to be submitted to the Faculty by 1 Febrary at the latest. So it makes sense to contact us as soon as possible to discuss ideas for your research and how to write the best possible proposal. We at UCLDH know quite a lot about research proposals: we write and read lots of them, so are happy to advise on this, if you can contact us in good time. As usual, please email with informal enquiries: further information will also be posted on the Leverhulme website


text:
Farmers to Share Stories at Bailey/Howe Library Aug. 8
- 08-05-2013
- By Nancy Stearns Bercaw
On Thursday, Aug. 8, in the McCrorey Gallery of Bailey/Howe Library at noon, a panel of Vermont farmers will discuss their work and the paths that led them to their current career trajectories. Panelists include Amanda Andrews of Tamarack Hollow Farm and Nancy Hayden of The Farm Between. Susie Walsh Daloz, program director of UVM's Farmer Training Program, will moderate the panel.
Participants will be treated to salad (provided by the Farmer Training Program), additional refreshments, and a raffle of books provided by permaculture publishers Chelsea Green Publishing. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
Amanda Andrews began farming in 2007, working on a variety of farms in New York and selling farm products at the New York City Greenmarket. She attended the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. where she studied fiber arts, blacksmithing and woodworking. She has experience working with a variety of livestock, including horse draft power. In 2010 she relocated to Vermont to add her skills to Tamarack Hollow Farm.
Nancy Hayden is an artist, writer, and environmental engineer, in addition to being a farmer. Hayden is the co-owner of The Farm Between, specializing in organic fruit and related products.She recently retired from her teaching job at the University of Vermont to be full time on the farm and in the studio. She has degrees in ecology, environmental engineering, English, creative writing and studio.
The panel accompanies summer exhibits on food and farming at the Bailey/Howe and Dana Medical Libraries.


text:
Right after Zarena got word of the fiesta she had to enjoy it for herself. Dressing in a sexy costume, she came to the entrance and showed off her boobs to get inside. Right away, Zarena stripped down and displayed her awesome bumm.
Watch The AmazingMs. Zarena Summers And More Bigtitsboss Girls
She had fun with her delicious snatch previous to offering to pull dick. Most certainly it was an incredible blow job, and she wished for even more. Zarena Summers got fucked from all angles on the bed. This girl also got a blast of toasty cum on her pretty face. Be sure you check out the free on-line video directly below for a better idea.


text:
Kirupa Pushparaj
Head IP Counsel at Square
Area of Practice: Intellectual Property
Year Graduated: 2007
My Email
Before he became an attorney, Kirupa Pushparaj was an engineer. Rather than let his background in science fall to the wayside in his pursuit of the law, Mr. Pushparaj has found a legal career in which his engineering expertise is a valuable, and in fact necessary, component of his practice. As an associate at Perkins Coie LLP in Palo Alto, California, Mr. Pushparaj uses his background in engineering to expertly prosecute and litigate patents for his clients. "When my clients come to me, I feel I add a lot more value to what they bring in by using my graduate and undergraduate education in engineering and relating it to what they mention ...," Mr. Pushparaj says. "It's the best of both worlds for me, the engineering world and the legal world. I get to see cool technologies and work with a really state-of-the-art, or ahead-of-the-art, world."
Mr. Pushparaj completed his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering in India and then spent a year working in Bangalore as a software engineer for Siemens Information Systems. He came to the United States in 2001 to earn his Masters Degree in electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. From there, he was hired by Intel as a circuit design engineer. Mr. Pushparaj notes, "I finished my Masters never thinking I'd go to law school." In fact, until he met a patent attorney during his work at Intel, Mr. Pushparaj had no idea that patent law was even an option for him. Inspired by the patent attorney's zeal for his work, Mr. Pushparaj made the decision to give the law a try. "Intel was appreciative of the idea that I wanted to go to law school," Mr. Pushparaj explains, and he completed his law degree as an evening student at McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific while continuing to work there full time.
Mr. Pushparaj received his J.D. in 2007. He secured his current job at Perkins Coie right out of law school through an interview at a job fair. "Once I went to these job fairs [in Chicago and San Francisco], I had about ten offers. The fact that I had so many offers had to do with having a good education in law school, relevant technical experience, and an advanced degree in engineering," he notes.
As an intellectual property associate at Perkins Coie, Mr. Pushparaj handles patent prosecution (applications for patents) and patent litigation (in which one party alleges infringement of its patent against another party), "with an emphasis in computer, communications, semiconductor, electrical signal processing, clean energy technology, fuel cells, social media, internet, and consumer electronic technologies." "My practice heavily emphasizes both patent prosecution and litigation," Mr. Pushparaj explains. "I feel that the two practices go hand-in-hand. Understanding how patents work in the USPTO [United States Patent and Trademark Office] is important to understanding how to litigate a patent case, and patent litigation experience is tremendously helpful in drafting strong patent applications ... [But] the industry doesn't necessarily have a lot of attorneys who do both." His practice also includes advising clients (some of them Fortune 500 corporations) on patent strategy and management.
Mr. Pushparaj's job encompasses many different activities. "As a patent attorney, there's no regular thing you do," he says. "First, there are several types of people I meet with. One, I meet with inventors to understand inventions. I also have regular communication with patent examiners at the USPTO to be able to successfully prosecute patent applications. I also work with my clients, and by clients, I mean either in-house counsel [for the company to which the patents are eventually assigned] or individual inventors who are effectively the only employees of start-up companies. I present a strategy for how I would approach the case, how I would defend or prosecute the case." On the litigation side, Mr. Pushparaj focusses on the analysis of patents to establish infringement or non-infringement based on a technical study of the relevant technology. Mr. Pushparaj also specializes in efforts to invalidate patents asserted against his clients.
Since 2011, Mr. Pushparaj has also served as an adjunct faculty member at McGeorge, teaching a course on patent prosecution which he designed himself. The idea for the course originated when Mr. Pushparaj discovered that some law firms expressed concern about interviewing students for patent law positions at McGeorge because it did not offer a class on patent prosecution. "[Amy] Landers is a wonderful professor, and she's made sure that McGeorge offers an excellent and well-rounded IP program, and for people interested in patent prosecution, most law firms find it an asset that you've done a patent prosecution course in law school. Most law schools don't have it," he explains. Not wanting students at his alma mater to miss out on opportunities to work with patent law, Mr. Pushparaj offered to develop and teach a course on patent prosecution. It's something that he enjoys a great deal. "It's really a lot of fun because everyone in the class is committed to patent law. We spend a substantial portion of the class drafting and analyzing claims, which is what you do in real life as a patent attorney. We even have an inventor come to class to discuss a concept that the inventor wishes to patent. The students interview the inventor and draft a complete patent application as part of their final exam," he says.
Additionally, Mr. Pushparaj is a board member of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association, a board member for the Global Music Therapy Project, and a member of the Perkins Coie Pro Bono Committee. He has received the California Bar Association's Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services on two separate occasions in recognition of his contributions to legal aid—once in 2009 for his representation of low-income entrepreneurs on patent-related issues and again in 2011 for his work with victims of abuse through Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto. For two consecutive years (2011 and 2012), Mr. Pushparaj was also designated a "Northern California Rising Star" in Super Lawyers Magazine.
Mr. Pushparaj has found that patent law offers him a high level of intellectual satisfaction. "With engineering, you tend to focus on the same type of work or a very unique engineering field for the bulk of your career, but as a patent attorney, I get to see a wide variety of exciting and interesting technologies every day," he remarks, pointing out that he works with companies that offer a wide range of products. As such, his job has required him, for example, to play video games, to study wireless network protocols and the circuitry for aircraft technology, and to work with new ways to present social media. "The variety of inventions I work with keeps my engineering appetite really satiated," he explains. "You're also able to do what engineers don't do: apply your legal background to compare your client's invention to what else is out there to get a patent right."
Furthermore, Mr. Pushparaj likes the social nature of the practice of law and the ample resources available to him at a large international firm like Perkins Coie. His practice is most rewarding when he is able to help a start-up company grow into something much larger. "The thing about working in Silicon Valley is you see a lot of high-profile clients and also these start-up companies, students walking out of Stanford or Berkeley. They come here and we can get their intellectual property secured, which is key for getting investors interested," he says. "I personally have seen at least two companies grow from two people to hundreds of people and then get acquired by large companies."
Although it was a challenge for him to efficiently divide his time between his work at Intel and his coursework for McGeorge, Mr. Pushparaj encourages students who are interested in patent law to work in a technical field during law school. "Employers appreciate the fact that you were able to balance work and school and also continue to build your engineering profile ... There is a lot of street credit given, especially by clients, to the fact that you have actually worked in an engineering field," he explains. Most large law firms, Mr. Pushparaj points out, specifically look for applicants with work experience when selecting attorneys to fill open positions. Thus, Mr. Pushparaj recommends that students and attorneys tailor their resumes and cover letters for patent law jobs to emphasize technical experience and training. "Resumes in the patent law context are unique. The process is unique, and being in constant touch with the CDO [McGeorge Career Development Office] is very helpful. Take advantage of [the CDO]. Use them to at least get your resume reviewed. It makes such a big difference," he says.
Mr. Pushparaj also advises students to attend the Loyola Patent Law Interview Program in Chicago and, closer to home, the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association job fair. It was through one of these fairs that Mr. Pushparaj came to interview with Perkins Coie. He notes that it is important to exhibit professionalism and courtesy when interacting with attorneys and students at these events, since "[t]he patent law world is a very small world. You keep meeting the same people over and over again." He also comments, "Make sure you explore the firms. Choose the patent path or the intellectual property path that you feel you will be most comfortable with. At the end of the day, you need to have fun."
Finally, Mr. Pushparaj reminds students who are interested in patent law to persevere, even when they feel intimidated by the subject matter. "It is really natural for any engineer coming into patent prosecution to first be overwhelmed by the fact that there is so much different technology that they may not be immediately familiar with," he says. "It's normal."
NOTE: In March 2012, Mr. Pushparaj began a new job as Patent Counsel at Lab126, an Amazon.com company in Cupertino, Calif. He no longer practices at Perkins Coie LLP.


text:
HILTON HEAD, S.C., The Panthers dropped a 5-4 heartbreaker on Thursday in Hilton Head Island as Heidelberg slid past GC by the narrowest of margins.
The Black & Orange went 2-1 in doubles play, with both the No. 2 and 3 pairings picking up wins.
In singles it was freshmen Jordan Tingle and Alex Dowley picking up the victories in No. 2 and No. 4 action. Tingle recorded a 6-2, 6-1 win, while Dowley posted a tough 1-6, 6-2, 10-8 effort and equalized the margin into a 4-4 deadlock heading into the decisive final in No. 1 singles.
In No. 1 singles, Wolf battled hard against Heidelberg's Bobby Lochotzki in a 7-6, 7-4, 1-6, 10-5 super tiebreaker. Neither man budged an inch in the epic match, but Wolf was outpaced in the end and surrendered the No. 1 singles win to Lochotzki.
GC finishes their 2012 Spring Break road trip with a 2-1 record and now stands at 3-4 on the season. The Panthers will return to the courts on Wednesday, March 21 as they host Eureka College.


text:
The Reds' 1999 OF also had Michael Tucker and Jeff Hammonds ON THE BENCH. Reggie Taylor and Ruben Mateo are poor substitutes.
What's so difficult about it? Once upon a time JimBo got great returns for guys like John Smiley, Dave Burba, Jeff Brantley and Jeff Shaw - all of whom were overrated or washed up.I guess I struggle with the concept that he had a brilliant run (your word, not mine) from '97-'00, but now suddenly he is middle of the road.
JimBo used to have the knack for plucking players who were ready to step in and play immediately. He didn't really deal for prospects so much as he went out and collected young talent. That's what a GM on a small-to-medium market team needs to do to keep his team afloat - cashier your second-tier vets for definites and turn your nose up at anyone offering you a maybe. JimBo doesn't make those deals anymore. He's spent two-plus years collecting maybes.
I give credit to the guy for the days when he was "on" and putting together what became the '99-'00 club. Yet I find when I give him proper credit for those successes it underscores what he hasn't been able to do in recent years. He's no longer a trade svengali. He's never been a development guy (a decade of failure in developing so much as one quality starting pitcher speaks for itself). That leaves you with a GM whose chief skill is rummaging through the bulk bins and finding something of modest value.
Quite frankly JimBo only had limited skills when it came to his job in the first place. He couldn't afford to backslide on the few things he did well. Well now he's done exactly that. People obsess about Jr. and Larkin, but IMO JimBo's future rests on the backs of Ryan Dempster, Jimmy Haynes, Sean Casey, Aaron Boone, Jason LaRue and Felipe Lopez - because ultimately it's the performance of the water carriers which makes or breaks a team.


text:
Swiss watchmakers are warily eyeing Apple's reported progress toward creating a "smartwatch," but say they are not too worried about the tech goliath's likely incursion into their traditional turf.
The California-based company has so far been tight-lipped about its suspected plans to wrap some of its popular iPhone and iPad capabilities into a wearable device that can be viewed at the flip of a wrist.
Industry observers have warned that the entry by Apple and other technology giants into the traditionally narrow watch-making field could revolutionize the market.
"I think this will lead to a changing of the guard," said Jerome Bloch, who heads the men's fashion unit at Parisian style agency Nelly Rodi.
Smartwatches are expected to entice the so-called Generation Y, born into an increasingly tech-savvy world between 1980 and 2000.
And luxury goods lovers of all ages, who tend to be big tech consumers, will also likely be seduced, Rodi said, adding: "This will happen very fast."
Apple has already proven its ability to steamroll new markets, having first redefined music-buying, before upending the mobile telephony market.
However, in the confines of the Swiss Alps, Apple's suspected ambitions have so far caused no panic.
"It would be pretentious to think that this kind of watch would fail to compete with Swiss watches," said Jean-Claude Biver, the head of the luxury Swiss brand Hublot that belongs to French LVMH.
"But they will in any case clearly not be competing with the high-end Swiss watches, which account for most of the exports," he said.
According to Vontobel analyst Rene Weber, a full 87 percent of Swiss watch exports carry price tags of more than 1,000 Swiss francs (US$1,050).
The real threat could be to the lower end of the scale, such as entry-level brands owned by the Swatch Group, the world leader in the field, analysts said.
According to Kepler analyst Jon Cox, brands in the US and Asian would suffer most once the wristbands hit the market.
"I suspect that the possible market impact on Swatch Group would be below 5 percent of its operational profit," he said.
In an interview with L'Hebdo magazine earlier this year, Swiss Group chief Nick Hayek said he was "serene" in the face of Apple's likely entry into the market.
He said he had even allowed Apple engineers to visit his company.
While Swatch's low-end plastic watches are perhaps its most recognizable, the Swiss company operates in every price range, from the Flik Flak kid's watches to prestigious timepieces under the Breguet or Omega brands, which can cost more than SF1 million a piece.
In the 1970s, Swiss watchmakers suffered a serious crisis when they missed the boat on the quartz revolution, but they have since bounced back with a vengeance thanks to Swatch and especially the high-end segment.
"Swiss watches are among the very rare luxury accessories for men and differentiate themselves clearly from low-end watches made in China," Citigroup analyst Thomas Chauvet said.
While smartwatches could cause a bump or two, the industry is not expecting to stall again.
"This is not going to be an innovation breakthrough the same way the rise of quartz was in the 1970s," Chauvet said of the pending smartwatch invasion.
And Swiss watchmakers have no intention of passively waiting for the Apple onslaught.
Tag Heuer, also owned by LVMH, has already made headway into the emerging smartwatch segment by partnering with US tech group Oracle.


text:
The Glenwood girls basketball team opened its season strong with a 20-6 first quarter run in a 66-22 rout of Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson last Tuesday.
The Rams (1-0) trailed 3-2 to open the game before scoring 18 of the next 22 points for an early 14-point lead after a quarter. It was more of the same in the second quarter with Glenwood outscoring the Yellowjackets 21-6 in the frame.
"It turned out pretty good for us," said Glenwood coach Barry Loeffelbein. "We were hoping for a quick start and to not struggle early like we did up there (at TJ) last year and we did that."
The Yellowjackets, which had just one regular over 5-feet-9, had no answer for the Rams' size inside. Morgan Lucy, the Rams' 6-foot-2 starting center, had 10 of her 12 points in the first half and 6-foot-2 junior Kierney Motz scored 15 of her career-high 19 points after halftime.
"Our size gave them a lot of trouble," said Loeffelbein. "They didn't have an answer for that and we took advantage."
Glenwood's defense kicked it up a notch in the second half, holding Thomas Jefferson scoreless for over nine minutes between the third and fourth quarters.
Lexi Fisher added 10 points for Glenwood. Grace Newman pitched in with nine and Rachel DeYoung seven.
Amanda Coffeldt and Mandy Ethen led Thomas Jefferson with eight points each.
Add new comment
Read and share your thoughts on this story