text: .Neo 1,834 Posted February 17, 2013 Back in October I decided to sell my then two-year-old 27-inch iMac (medio 2010) and switch to something more portable. I looked into getting a 15-inch MacBook Pro but after owning one for almost two weeks I decided against it and returned the computer to Apple. I didn't use the notebook as much on-the-go as I expected to at first and found it too bulky to carry around with me all the time. On top of that I really missed the large screen and extra performance, especially when working in Final Cut Pro. When the late 2012 27-inch iMac went on sale November 30th I immediately ordered one with the following BTO specifications: 3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB 1TB Fusion Drive NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2GB GDDR5 Magic Trackpad Apple Wireless Keyboard (English) & User's Guide I would later add an additional 8 GB of memory to get a total of 16 GB. Apple updated the packaging to take up even less space On January 3, 2013 I finally received my brand new 27-inch iMac. Unfortunately the screen wasn't installed properly, which meant I missed a strip of about three pixels wide on the right and it suffered from extensive backlight bleeding. I called Apple and without any issues the woman on the phone made arrangements for a new iMac. She also offered me ?100 for my troubles. Exactly one week later I received my second 27-inch iMac. I was glad to see it arrived in mint condition without any defects. Design The change between generations is most dramatic when seen from the side Seen from the front it's hard to tell the difference between the late 2012 iMac and my previous medio 2010 model. In fact the only visual change I could spot was the enlarged FaceTime HD (formerly iSight) camera. When looking at the new iMac from the side the change is quite dramatic. Gone is the fat pizza box-like bezel that held the SuperDrive and SDXC card slots. Instead there's an 5 millimeter thin rim which changes into the curved back. When laying flat on its LCD panel, the eight generation iMac resembles a droplet of water more than it does a full-fledged desktop computer. It's an astonishing feat of engineering really. Like all of Apple's products you can tell a lot of attention to detail went into every aspect of the casing. The bottom of the iMac serves as one big intake vent When Apple first introduced the new iMac a lot of people were concerned about heat and with good reason. During modest usage my medio 2010 27-inch iMac became so hot it was almost impossible to touch the aluminum back for more than a few seconds. I kinda worried about it because I can't imagine that much heat will have a positive impact on the screen and other hardware over the years. The upper left corner was especially bad. I was surprised to see during CPU intensive tasks the new iMac stays surprisingly cool. The entire back becomes lukewarm at best and there are no noticeable hotspots to be detected, suggesting more evenly distributed heat dissipation. This is something I really didn't expect at all from a Mac that has 40% less volume compared to the previous model. All that without loosing performance. Expandability In the middle you can see the heat dissipation vent with directly underneath it the backdoor for memory slot access To make the thin design possible Apple had to sacrifice the SuperDrive, which means you can't use optical media without an external drive. Of course it increases the amount of clutter on your desk, kinda defeating the purpose of having an all-in-one desktop computer. The thin case also doesn't leave much room for expendability. With the 27-inch model you get to add additional memory - four slots, hidden behind a small door on the back for up to 32 GB of RAM - but that's pretty much it. So when ordering an iMac be sure not to purely look at what you currently need, but think about the future as well. For me it meant maxing out both the CPU and GPU. Since there's no space on the sides Apple moved the SDXC card slot to the back of the machine. This can be a bit of a hassle at first when trying to change cards, but you'll definitely manage to swap them without crawling behind the screen pretty quickly. The adapter tends to run a little bit hot when transferring large amounts of files The new iMac comes with a SDXC card slot, four USB 3 ports, two Thunderbolt ports, 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet and a Kensington lock slot. Since Apple got rid of the FireWire 800 ports I had to buy a fairly expensive ?29 Thunderbolt-to-FireWire-adapter to connect my two external LaCie d2 Quadra drives. Having only four USB ports at your disposal can be a bit problematic at times. That said we entered an age where more and more devices and peripherals go wireless. Luckily the new iMac supports 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking and has Bluetooth 4.0 build-in. Performance Specifications When it comes down to overall performance my new iMac is an absolute beast. The Fusion Drive definitely works as advertised and is the perfect middle ground between speed and storage. The operating system and frequently used apps and files are dynamically moved to the 128 GB SSD, while less frequently accessed apps and files are moved to the slower but larger 1 TB HDD. Both drives are merged by OS X into one logical volume, so it's seamless and done completely behind the scenes. You as the end-user won't ever notice it's there. As time goes by the system learns more about your preferences and the Fusion Drive becomes more effective. Hard Drive and Flash Storage are merged into one logical volume My new iMac boots within 17 seconds straight to the desktop and all bundled apps, including iPhoto, launch instantly. On a day-to-day basis it's probably the biggest boost in performance compared to my medio 2010 iMac. If you have the money to spare I strongly advice coughing up the extra ?230 for the Fusion Drive. It will definitely be worth it. Geekbench score With all my previous Macs I noticed the GPU is the first thing to show its age, so like the last time I decided to get the best chip available. With the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB OS X Mountain Lion runs incredibly smooth. So far I haven't experienced a single lag anywhere, while my previous iMac struggled at times with Mission Control and large amounts of open windows. The 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 runs like a dream. Especially when editing videos in Final Cut Pro. Screen The iMac's screen received some hard needed improvements, but don't expect a change as dramatic as with the MacBook Pro with Retina display Though not "retina" the iMac's screen looks great. Apple definitely made good on their word: because of the new coating the glass front is noticeably less reflective compared to previous models. For a lot of people this was a huge issue ever since Apple introduced the first iMac with glossy screen back in 2007. The new iMac's screen almost seems matte, without sacrificing the vibrant color output. To me that's a major improvement. Due to the full-lamination process there's no longer a gap between the glass and LCD panel. Because of that your iMac won't be prone to getting dust stuck behind the glass plate and it almost seems like images are about to leap off the screen. Fully-laminated display instead of a glass plate held in place by magnets Wrap-up While the updated design isn't as big of a change as some would have liked, the new iMac's slim body is definitely a head turner. Overall the system is incredibly fast and runs all apps I threw at it without a hiccup. The downsides lie in the lack of expendability and ports, but that's a tradeoff you make with most all-in-one desktop computers. So far the lack of a SuperDrive hasn't bothered me at all. Having to purchase a ?29 Thunderbolt-to-FireWire-adapter just so I could hook up my external drive did annoy me a bit. On the flip side ?29 isn't likely to deprive you of much sleep if you're able to afford this machine. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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It has been observed throughout America that when eradicating or diminishing the population of the domestic vector ofChagas 'disease, the wild vectors adquires more epidemiological importance. For this reason the objective of this investigation was to determine if the wild vectors from the coast of Arica City are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. The study was made in 52 triatomines captured from the coast of Arica city, during a period of 3 months since October until December 2004. Then, it was applied PCR method on these triatomines to find T. cruzi. The investigation showed that Mepraia gajardoi was infected with T. cruzi with a Trypano/triatomine index of 19.2%, similar to the infection level found for Mepraia spinolai in other investigations.
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This is kind of awkward: Even though I'm an editor here at SELF, I get self-conscious in group classes and thus don't want to attend even though I desperately want to reap the benefits. Basically my life changed in 2011 when Nike relaunched their Nike Training Club app and I was able to do all these cool strengthening, lengthening and toning moves from the comfort of my (albeit cramped) living room -- or anywhere else in the world. And someone else agrees with me. Namely this really famous, epic tennis star.
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Designed to work the core and abdominal muscles, Serena showed us that Core Power uses a stability ball and resistance bands to increase overall core strength, which in turn helps to create a lean, strong body. And when I spoke to Serena about creating Core Power for Nike Training Club, she told me that "the drills featured in the Core Power workout are based on key exercises I do regularly to stay strong. Everything I do on court begins with strength from the core, so it's the perfect foundation for my training as a tennis player." Core Power is also great when tacked on to a great cardio workout -- even a run -- and also helps Serena target specific muscle groups she feels need extra work. (Although, look at her. Look at her abs. Watch her play! What needs extra work?) Serena let us peek behind the scenes at the filming of her Core Power routine and officially gives you her new Nike Training Club workout from start to finish. Warning: Your abs will be feelin' it later!
Start with the stability ball under your chest, hands and feet on the floor. Place your hands behind your head. Use your core to lift your head and shoulders until you feel the stretch. Lower your head back to start position. Repeat.
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Who's In It: Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Billy Zane, Alyson Michalka
The Basics: Most teens dream of the day that they accept their high school diploma with one hand, and use the other to cut the apron strings and toss back a shot of tequila illegally. COLLEGE! Just so things don't get too perfect away from home, most freshmen have to share their rooms--and such is the case for Sara (Mika Kelly) and Rebecca (Leighton Meester). Don't let their Biblical names fool you--these girls are about to embark on a wild underage ride full of boys, stylish clothes, and crazy eyes. Sara is just trying to get integrated into the fashion department of the school, while Rebecca is just trying to wear the skin of any pretty brunette that is nice to her. You already know this story.
What's the Deal: This movie doesn't tip the scale as the most bonkers "Crazy Girl Threatens Sane Girl" movie, nor is Meester the craziest of the Crazies. Everything about it is very middle of the road, but since these movies so often travel into So Bad It's Good territory, that's not a huge deal. All that matters in pictures like this is whether or not it makes you yell things out loud in the theater. This movie has several, which makes it a decent way to spend your time, especially if you are with friends or drunk. If you're looking for a well-acted, truly engaging spine tingler, stay at home and watch Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. If you are a hard core horror fan, there's nothing here for you at all, so go track down 2007's Inside.
A Little Perspective: Screenwriter Sonny Mallhi is the executive producer of several films that left me feeling similar to this one when the credits rolled. The Lake House is his only romantic drama, and the rest are spooky flicks that are great for rainy afternoons or nights where you want an excuse to jump in someone's lap. Some from the list are Shutter,The Strangers, and Possession. This one fits right in.
You Might As Well Stop Trying: to win the award for "Best Eye Roll Into The Back of the Head" for 2011. When you see this ocular move in the movie, just know that it's about to get NASTY. Meester is well-cast in this role because of her movie star looks--she doesn't immediately set off your alarm bells, so when she flashes that blank sociopath stare, you wonder if you really saw it. I will assure you that you did, because about 35 minutes later she's finishing somebody off in the bathroom like a Tub N' Tile Ninja. She is committed enough to make it work and make it fun.
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The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
In 1946 Hodder published arguably the most influential book of the twentieth century, "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care". From an initial print run of 10,000 the book went on to sell more than 50 million copies and was translated into 40 languages, making it approximately a quarter as successful as "The DaVinci Code".
Critics initially dismissed the work and later blamed its success for the excesses of the 1960's and 70's. However, the life of almost every child in the western hemisphere was influenced by this seminal tome and its teachings were adopted by the parents of a host of future stars of the political, sporting and entertainment worlds. The subsequent careers of Bill Clinton, O.J. Simpson, Sid Vicious, Britney Spears, Eminem, Tony Blair and Dennis Rodman give the lie to the Neo-Con claim that the book promoted permissiveness and was responsible for the lack of moral character in the current generation.
But just where did the ideas in this book come from and how did it come to be written?
The Author
The man who was to become Dr. Spock was born in 1903 to Sarek, Vulcan ambassador to the United Nations, and human Mildred Stoughton Spock. He was given a name generally considered to be unpronounceable by humans but adopted the name Benjamin to avoid being beaten up at school. As the oldest child, Spock was expected by his parents to help with the care of his five younger siblings and to protect them from Romulan slaving raids. It is thought that it was these early experiences which inspired his twin passions: child rearing and StarFleet.
From an early age Spock seemed an almost preternaturally mature child and chafed at the conventions imposed on him by attending a regular prep school. He learned from his father that Vulcan boys may take the test for adulthood (the "Kahs-wan") at any age by surviving alone in the wilderness for some days and wrestling the carnivorous and venomous Le-Mataya beast. At the age of seven, and stuck in New Haven, Spock took the cross town trolley bus to the zoological gardens and climbed into the petting zoo. Here he attempted to wrestle first a prairie dog and later a llama. When neither chose to fight back he slipped between the bars of the Polar Bear enclosure and was almost killed. Only the intervention of the pet rat he had brought with him saved him. Spock retrieved the rat (also called Ben) from the Polar Bear's throat where it had had lodged, choking the bear to death. Faced with the stark choice of a painfully extended life or a peaceful release for the rodent, Spock logically opted for the latter. That decision marked his choice to follow the philosophy of Surak (logic and emotional control), sparked an interest in healing and confirmed the need to buy larger pets with bigger teeth.
At nine, despite still being at school, Spock was bonded to T'Pring in a Vulcan ceremony described in human terms as "less than a marriage, but more than a betrothal. Kind of like getting your kids to shack up together at an inappropriate age." Sarek was later arrested for offering photographs of the wedding night for sale and only his diplomatic immunity saved him from imprisonment in a pedophile unit. Young Spock was now even more responsible for his younger siblings and it is not fanciful to believe that the genesis of his famous book lies in this sad episode.
Despite the harrowing nature of his upbringing, young Spock thrived at school, his logical bent lending itself to Mathematics, Science and Metalwork. Though he was subject to merciless bullying on account of his ears, Spock appears to have survived his early years better than many of his tormentors. In particular, a mysterious out-break of fatal illness (thought to be a variety of influenza first identified in France earlier that year) claimed several childhood friends. Spock appears to have survived unscathed from this terryifying incident but at least 8 of his class-mates perished of the mysterious "Death Grippe", often with no obvious symptom except small finger-shaped bruising on their shoulders.
Having graduated High School top of his year (many of his rivals having fallen prey to the mysterious Death Grippe) he received his undergraduate education at Yale where he became a member of Scroll and Key and the Swilly McBlowchunks Kegging Society. At university he was a keen rower, becoming a member of the U.S. Olympic team. At the 1924 Paris games Spock won a Gold medal and was hailed as a national hero despite suspicions that he may have used his psionic abilities to disrupt the concentration of the British and German eights.
Following graduation Spock attended medical school, graduating in 1929, and did his residency training in paediatrics, apparently having misunderstood his mother's explanation of Sarek's keen interest in children. Following graduation he spent some time in Europe absorbing the culture and apparently working in a German orphanage. In 1942 he attempted to become a conscientious objector, denying that he was a coward and insisting instead that "War is illogical". When this failed to convince the draft board, he made one final protestation that "Violence will solve nothing" before agreeing to found the US Army's small but influential child psychology unit. It was here that he began to write the book for which he became world famous.
The Book
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care was published immediately after the Second World War. In it Spock advocated ideas about parenting that were, at the time, considered out of the mainstream, though infant betrothal and fighting poisonous animals to graduate from adolescence were quietly dropped at the insistence of the publishers.
Over time, his books helped to bring about a major change in the opinions of parents. Previously, experts had insisted that babies needed to learn to sleep on a regular schedule. Consequently, since Victorian times parents had come to believe that picking up babies and holding them whenever they cried would only teach them to cry more and not to sleep through the night. They were told not to mollycoddle their children because that would not prepare them to be strong and independent individuals in a harsh world.
However, Spock encouraged parents to see their children as Tribbles; to think of them as small, fluffy creatures incapable of independent thought and likely to reproduce uncontrollably if not given constant attention. To wean children off constant attention as they grew older, Spock suggested investing in a Klingon Cloaking Device which would allow parents to enter the nursery, check on their child and leave without detection (unless the presence of a burglar forced them to de-cloak to fire phasers).
His book's famous first line, "You know more than you think you do, despite being an irrational species" reassured parents of their competence. He encouraged parents to trust themselves and decried rigidity in scheduling and ear shapes. Parents, he said, should be reasonable, friendly, and consistent with children; stern and uncompromising with Klingon aggressors.
The book was at times controversial. Spock was accused of advocating permissiveness and blamed for a perceived decline in moral standards. Others criticized the book's status as a bible for parents, bemoaning its influence on generations of children and complaining that not all parents had the ability to mind-meld with children refusing to eat cauliflower. On the other hand, many parents believe that the book increased their confidence. Women especially found Spock's assurance that a layer of aluminium foil at the bottom of a cot would block harmful Tachyon emissions from the then newly-invented television very reassuring. His assertion that it was acceptable to be irritated or impatient with nursery rhymes that defied logic was a breath of fresh air.
"Even though the Grand Old Duke of York was halfway up the hill," he told the world "He was both halfway up and halfway down."
Controversially, he urged parents to be active in politics in their communities and in the wider solar system, to make their children's universe a better place. He also advocated that babies should be placed face down to sleep, which many have blamed for thousands of unecessary cot-deaths but which Spock explained would better protect them from impact if there was a sudden need to jump to warp-speed.
Other Interests
Spock taught child development and alien psychology at Case Western University, Ohio until 1967 when he resigned in order to devote himself to the anti-war movement following US bombing of the DMZ (De-militarised Zone) between North and South Vietnam.
"I could no longer stand by and watch my native country violate the Neutral Zone with impunity," he claimed in his autobiography. "There was little if any evidence that Viet Cong forces had been assimilated by the Borg at this time."
In 1962 Spock had joined "The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy" which advocated unilateral nuclear disarmament for the United States in the long term and refusing to share nuclear secrets with other countries including the United States' European allies. Spock felt that nuclear proliferation in Europe would violate the Prime Directive by unnecessarily interfering with the development of primitive societies such as Britain and France.
"There's no intelligent life over there," he proclaimed to widespread agreement.
In 1968 he and four others from the anti-war movement were prosecuted on charges of conspiracy to aid and abet draft resistance. Their defense (that the five had never met in the same room) was dismissed when the CIA demonstrated to an amazed judge how it was possible to set up conference-calling using nothing more complicated than black and white televisions and a StarFleet Tricorder. Alone of the five Spock never served out his sentence as, despite solitary confinement in a Maximum Security Prison, his body continually pixilated out of existence and reappeared at home.
In 1967 Spock had been nominated as Martin Luther King's vice-presidential running mate. The campaign was not successful, not least due to King's assassination. Spock himself conducted an investigation of the events leading up to King's death, identifying fluctuations in the space time continuum that suggested a mini wormhole had been created opposite the Lorraine Motel, Memphis. Though police arrested Spock's suspect (an unidentified overweight Scotsman), he pleaded the Fifth Amendment. During questioning he is reported to have admitted to sending King several threatening letters denigarting the preacher's stance on racial integration. Asked why he had booked into a hotel across the road from King's with no luggage except a hunting rifle he would say nothing except "I could nae take it." Eventually, police charged another man, but although Spock was unhappy with the investigation, he proclaimed the process to be "Fascinating".
Despite this tragic disappointment, he became presidential candidate for the pacifist People's Party in 1972. Across 45 states he campaigned for increased old age pensions, universal medical insurance and free trade under the slogan "Live long and prosper". The campaign gathered momentum for several months until his candidature was suspended by the Supreme Court who ruled that when the founding fathers had prohibited the candidature of those with alien birth, Spock was exactly what they had in mind.
Denied an active role in the politics of his nation, Spock returned to work as a child psychologist, publishing several more books. Eventually, however, his public spirit and sense of duty prevailed and he became a celebrated Federation of Planets diplomat, following in his father's footsteps and helping to reunite the Romulan Empire with the Vulcans through a shared interest in innovative potty-training regimes.
Spock eventually retired in 1990 after a long and distinguished career, residing in various retirement homes in several dimensions. He has no acknowledged children of his own but is said to be very close to a silicon-based life-form he met on his travels.
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International Business School, Heller School programs praised, reaccredited
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, the major business school accrediting body in the United States, has granted the International Business School and the Heller School reaccreditation.
A team of three leading business school deans from AACSB International visited the university in November to assess whether programs at the International Business School and the Heller School should maintain their accreditation.
The accreditation exercise covered all the graduate programs at the business school and the Heller School's MBA, including for the first time the business major, which was established in 2010.
The visiting team recommended that accreditation be granted unconditionally for a further five years. In its report to AACSB, the team commented that "The commitment of faculty and staff to the students [is] extraordinary" and that "the school has very strong course management and student services that are a key aspect of their 'high touch' model." The team also noted that they encountered numerous examples of the continuous improvement of program offerings and services for students during their visit.


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I just installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 yesterday, and I'm happy with how it's working. I think I installed it as a dual system though, because Ubuntu and Vista shows up when the system boots up.
I installed Ubuntu using WUBI. I do not want Vista on my computer anymore. Is there a way to delete it without corrupting my laptop?


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Recent News
June 28, 2013
Dolphin Intertrade Corp. Recalling Weight Loss Supplements
Miami, Florida Dolphin Intertrade Corp. is voluntary recalling "JaDera" and "Xiyouji Qingzhi" Weight Loss Supplement. These product have been found to contain undeclared Sibutramine, Sibutramine was a previously approved controlled substance for the treatment of obesity that was removed from the U.S. market in October 2010 for safety reasons, making this product an unapproved new drug.
Products containing Sibutramine pose a threat to consumers because Sibutramine is known to substantially increase blood pressure and/or pulse rate in some patients and may present a significant risk for patients with a history of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias or stroke. These products may also interact in life threatening ways with other medications a consumer may be taking. The company has not received any reports of adverse events related to this recall. The recall was initiated after discovering that Sibutramine was included as an ingredient by the manufacturer.
JaDera Weight Loss Supplement is marketed as a dietary supplement used as a weight loss aid and is packaged in bottles of # 30 capsules. The affected JaDera Weight Loss Supplement, includes manufactured lot 10.06.2011 with Expiration Date: 09.06.2013. JaDera Weight Loss Supplement was distributed Nationwide to consumers and distributors. The products were distributed from May 2011 to May 2013.
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Fly direct to St Petersburg with British Airways, there are no hidden charges.
While Moscow is quintessentially Russian, St. Petersburg has always looked westwards to Europe. Founded by Peter the Great in 1703, the city's bonbon-coloured palaces were largely built by Italians, while central Nevsky Prospekt and Palace Square and waterways such as the Moyka River variously recall Paris, Vienna, Rome and Venice.
Demoted from capital status after the Russian Revolution, St. Petersburg remains a Russian intellectual stronghold, a cultural centre rivalling Moscow and one of Europe's most beautiful cities. St. Petersburg is also top-heavy with sites. One of the world's grandest residences, the Baroque Winter Palace also houses the Hermitage's great art collection, while St Isaac's Cathedral's malachite columns and the Kazan Cathedral's huge colonnade make them among Russia's most striking churches. For more offbeat sites, the Aurora battleship – which fired the October Revolution's first shot, is moored on Petersburg's Neva quaysides. Where you can also find the Kunstkammer's ghoulish cabinet of curiosities. Beyond these sights, St. Petersburg is simply a pleasant place to spend time, containing some of Russia's oldest cafés and theatres and a social scene that runs until morning during the June White Nights, when the city's northern position means the sun never really sets.
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Business models and applications for micro and desktop production systems
Nurmi, Anssi Tapani
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Liiketoimintamallit ja sovellukset mikro- ja desktoptehtaille
The terms microfactory and desktop factory originates from Japan in the 1990's. Small machines were developed to produce small parts and save resources. In the late 1990's, the research spread around the world, and multiple miniaturized concepts were introduced. However, the level of commercialization remains low. More empirical evidence and business aspect is needed. This thesis discusses how the systems can be used and how the providers benefit of it, now and in the future. The research includes 18 semi-structured interviews in Europe. The interviewees are both from academic and industry, including equipment and component providers, and users and potential users. According to the interviews, research and the industry have different viewpoints to the miniaturization. Within the academics, miniaturization links to a general philosophy to match the products in size. In the industry, the small size is only a secondary sales argument. The main factors preventing breakthrough are the lack of small subsystems, the lack of examples and production engineers' attitudes. It appears that the technology is in the beginning of the S-curve, and it has systematic development as well as slow technology diffusion. More cooperation and a large scale demonstration are needed. In the literature, there are multiple applications. The MEMS industry is stated as one promising industry. The research aims usually for high level of automation. Based on interviews, the systems are used as a semi-automatic tool for component manufacturing and assembly. In the future, educational and laboratory use as well as prototyping are promising. Local cleanrooms interest but questions arise. In addition, retail level personalization, home fabrication and the MEMS industry include problems. For providers, the technology offers two promising customer segments (Lean manufacturers and fully loaded factories), few additional segments (e.g. educational, laboratories and offices) and it eases some alternative charging models (e.g. leasing, and capacity sales).


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Men's Rites of Passage - Austria 🇦🇹
Website: Austria Men's Rites of Passage
Dates: May 30 – June 3, 2018
Location: Wels, Austria
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
What is the Men's Rites of Passage?
The Men's Rites of Passage (MROP) is not just another Christian men's retreat, but five days of formal male initiation. These teachings on the "mysteries" and the accompanying rituals of Passover have been met with a very strong response in recent years. Over 6,000 men have now been initiated through these rites of male initiation since they were begun in 1996.
The Men's Rites of Passage are best for those who have already done some men's work and who are also on a serious spiritual journey. It is also recommended to make this experience as a lone seeker. Fathers and sons are normally not initiated together, nor is it a buddy experience. You may come with friends, but expect to be assigned to a home group where you will be anonymous and start from zero together.
- A personal discovery about masculine spirituality and "the Holy Mystery."
- A time to savor the healing and awesome power of nature.
- A process to address issues of loss, grief, and relationships with our father, other men, as well as others.
- An opportunity to examine life's priorities and ask courageous questions about your "next step."
- An invitation to listen to the "quiet voice of God."
- A chance to return to life with a renewed commitment to your gifts.
- A traditional lecture-based retreat.
- An informational workshop about men's spirituality.
- A sensitivity training or deprivation experience.
- A threatening process that requires participants to engage in anything strange or unsafe.
- A test of physical stamina.
Many men who are now active in Illuman have attended an MROP and would like our brothers in this work to know about the rites and the opportunity to go deeper spiritually. We are here to support you in your effort and to address your questions and concerns. And we know that once you too have made the journey through initiation, you too will want to share the experience with your fathers, brothers, sons, and all of the men in your lives.


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2013 NAIA Men?s Soccer Players of the Week - No. 2
By: Sam Knehans, Communications & Sports Information Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ricardo Valsien of Central Methodist (Mo.) has been named the NAIA Men's Soccer National Offensive Player of the Week and Jose Garofalo of Robert Morris (Ill.) has been selected as the NAIA Men's Soccer National Defensive Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Valsien and Garofalo were chosen for their performances during the week of Sept. 9 – 15 and were selected out of a pool of conference, independent, and unaffiliated grouping award winners.Valsien, a senior forward from Boca Raton, Fla., scored the key goal in each of Central Methodist's games last week. On Wednesday, he netted the game-tying goal in the 84th minute against Hannibal LaGrange (Mo.), off of a feed from Erwin Sanchez Jr., to secure a 2-2 tie with the No. 2 team in the nation. On Sunday, Valsien scored both of the Eagles goals against receiving votes Jamestown (N.D.), including the game-winner in overtime—again off of a Sanchez pass. For the season, Valsien leads the Eagles in goals (4) and points (8). Valsien is the Central Methodist's first National Player of the Week.
Garofalo, a sophomore goaltender from Chicago, Ill., earned his first career shutout in the Eagles 1-0 upset victory over No. 2 Hannibal LaGrange on Saturday. Garofalo made three crucial saves, including one in the second half, to preserve the Robert Morris win. After appearing in just four games last season, Garofalo has started in goal for three of the Eagles four games this season. He has compiled 12 saves while allowing five goals in 270 minutes of action.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
For the complete player of the week calendar, click here.
Offensive Nominees: Christopher Campbell, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.); Ryan Ejezie, Tennessee Wesleyan; Andrew Cota, Menlo (Calif.); Jeff Roland, Evergreen (Wash.); Gordy Gurson, Robert Morris (Ill.); Geoff Bowman, Indiana Wesleyan; Oliver Gore, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Juan Arellano, Vanguard (Calif.); Gary Giffen, Midland (Neb.); Javier Ramirez, Ashford (Iowa); Tyler Fabian, West Virginia Tech; Bransyn Felty, Tabor (Kan.); Jesse Massucco, Berea (Ky.); Roraigh Yearwood, Campbellsville (Ky.); Jack McGowan, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Leonardo Teixeira, William Penn (Iowa); Victor Parreiras, Texas at Brownsville; Erik Luzanilla, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Elvar Sigurdsson, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Nicklas Petersson, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Abdul Ibrahim, Madonna (Mich.).
Defensive Nominees: Adam Lewis, Mid-Continent (Ky.); Jorge Gonzalez Giron, Bryan (Tenn.); Danny Smyth, Soka (Calif.); Collin Harlow, Evergreen (Wash.); Dean Nafziger, Goshen (Ind.); Eddie Cass, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Luca Licciardi, Vanguard (Calif.); Alex Guyer, Hastings (Neb.); Josh Wells, Missouri Valley; Antoine Williams, Tabor (Kan.); Matthew Nelson, Berea (Ky.); Matthew Oster, Georgetown (Ky.); Luka Stojanovic, Oklahoma Wesleyan; David Macsicza, Grand View (Iowa); Luis Flores, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Arnold Martinez, Texas Wesleyan; Vignir Johannesson, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Joe McDowell, Thomas (Ga.); Reece Richardson, Indiana Tech.
2013 Men's Soccer Composite Award Winners (Defensive, Offensive)
Week 1 (September 10): Alex Nelson, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), Oliver Gore, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Week 2 (September 17): Jose Garofalo, Robert Morris (Ill.), Ricardo Valsien, Central Methodist (Mo.)


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Old Ebbitt Grill Brunch
October 12, 2011 by Becca
I swear I saw the future. It was brunch time at Old Ebbitt Grill, and I was in the bathroom. Two little old ladies tottered in, dressed in Chanel tweed and fabulous pearls.
"Ugh, no cloth towels," one scoffed.
"Ugh, no toilet paper!" said the other.
"Well, as long as there are Benedicts and bloody Mary's," they sighed together.
It was an image of me and Cori Sue 50 years from now. I smiled, washed my hands, and left to go back to our booth full of girls, who were definitely not in Chanel and pearls. In fact, we were all in gym clothes, slightly ragged, having just run Katherine Kennedy's team in the Prevent Cancer 5k.
Yes, I'm back to running. Since I huffed and puffed my way through those sorry three miles that day, I decided, that's it, it's on. And I have a bit of time on my hands (read: freshly single), so I got a little crazy with this resolution. Now I'm up at 5:30 a.m. for boot camp every morning; I'm boxing every evening; I'm going on long runs/bike rides/therapy sessions across DC with friends on the weekends; and I have a few 10ks peppered throughout. Obsessive? Meh.
But, I digress. As I was saying, we weren't appropriately attired for this very traditional DC brunch. In fact, we were surrounded by post-church crowds in navy suits and pearls. Oh, and ducks. We were surrounded by ducks. Old Ebbitt is like a hunting lodge, with its oil canvasses, mahogany walls, taxidermy displays, hardback books, and tartan upholstery.
It all seems very historic on the surface—and it's true, Old Ebbitt itself has a long history in D.C.—but this actual location has only been open since 1983. The people at Clyde's had the restaurant fall in their lap at an auction, and they did their best to retain its history. The antique clock over the revolving door at the entrance is an heirloom from the previous location, and the marble staircase was salvaged from the old National Metropolitan Bank next door.
Oh, and all the bartenders are in bowties, which is a nice touch.
To start, we ordered the house-baked mini muffins, which were perfect for sharing. Six tiny, soft muffins came out warm, with a dish of strawberry preserves on the side. Lovely for a table of five hungry women. Though, who has the sixth?
Cori Sue and I both had the eggs Chesapeake, which were standard and delicious. Two poached eggs and jumbo lump crab cakes on an English muffin, just like it's meant to be. The dish came covered in a Chesapeake hollandaise, which wasn't anything extraordinary, but it did the trick.
The potatoes on the side of all the dishes were great. They call them "LTD" potatoes, and they're sliced like bananas and cooked with lots of oil and herbs. Very tasty, and perhaps some of the best brunch potatoes I've had in a while.
The mushroom strata was the prettiest dish on the table. It's served in a white round dish, and it's not overly enormous, so it's perfect for a lady. The egg custard is packed with mushrooms, onions, cheddar cheese and bread. And of course, those amazing potatoes on the side. Oh, and they give you some fresh fruit, too. This is definitely a great dish if you want your eggs, but with some fruit and vegetables, too.
Another of our Bitches went all-in and had the Country Brunch, which came with a thin glazed ham steak, cheddar cheese grits, and scrambled eggs. This was definitely the dish to have after a run. We all eyed it with envy.
Surprisingly, there's a lot of fish on the menu. You could order a whole Maine lobster for brunch—if you so desired—and there's also crab cakes, swordfish, salmon, oysters, or trout to choose from. So, this place is made for your pescatarian grandma post-church.
Something that peaked my interest on the brunch menu (even though I'm not a huge nut fan), was the peanut butter and jelly crepe. This is probably the best dish for kids, but it sounds delightfully tasty for adults, too, as it comes smothered in a chocolate and vanilla sauce.
The location of this brunch makes it packed with tourists, as it's adjacent to the Treasury and the White House. Plus, its history (the original Old Ebbitt Grill was a saloon and boarding house founded in 1856) and its interior make it an even bigger draw for the Segway crowd. But, the menu makes it agreeable to most palates. So take your older relatives who are in town to visit you.
This isn't the brunch you hit up when you have a group of hungover friends who need a bloody Mary. Or a group of women who have just finished a 5k on Hains Point and need carbs fast.
The Bitches say: A- Take your visiting guests, not your hungover friends, as the menu covers all bases but there's no bottomless deal.
Old Ebbitt Grill
675 15th Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20005-5702
(202) 347-4800


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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Nitty Gritty of Genealogy
The answer to that question is found in an interesting article by Diane Rapaport called "A Matter of Extreme Regret": Josiah Witter's Pension Plight" which can be found in her Tales from the Courthouse column in the current issue American Ancestors (Vol. 12, no. 4, Fall 2011, page 51). If you are a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) [members receive the publication automatically] or have access to a genealogy library please be sure to read this article.
Not only is Josiah Witter the backdrop to a fascinating story but his example provides a lesson in the true nitty gritty of genealogical research. If Witter was approved for a pension why didn't he get it? Therein lies the lesson of going beyond a basic genealogical search. The answer to this story lies in understanding contemporary politics and law. Without understanding those two factors it would be impossible to understand the full story of Josiah Witter.
Unfortunately, I can't give away the story plot or the details of how the mystery was unraveled. It will be much more fun for you to read it yourself. But I strongly encourage everyone to read this article as an example of the kind of approach you should be taking with all your genealogical challenges and brick walls.
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- AnonymousNovember 29, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Well then, I look forward to the issue arriving shortly! I'm a fan of the Tales from the Courthouse column.ReplyDelete
Just another reason that I want to be a NEHGS member. One day!ReplyDelete
I'm going to have to dig for a copy... still too expensive for me to join NEHGS - there are so many demands on limited funds. Sounds like a fascinating article, about the times he lived in. Neat that a relative of his read your blog post (on Google+).ReplyDelete
Most libraries or library networks carry a subscription. If you're local library doesn't have it see if you can get it on loan through your network.ReplyDelete
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Toulon 45-25 Cardiff Blues, Heineken Cup
Toulon destory Cardiff Blues
January 12, 2013
Delon Armitage brushes off the tackle of Rhys Patchell
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Analysis by ESPNscrum's Graham Jenkins:
Toulon powered into the Heineken Cup quarter-finals with a 45-25 demolition of Cardiff Blues in their clash at the Stade Mayol.
The hosts' impressuve seven-tries-to-four victory cemented their place at the top of Pool 6 and guaranteed them one of the best runners-up spots and with it a place in the last eight of the competition. Victory over Montpellier would extend their unbeaten run and most likely be rewarded with a home draw in the quarter-finals.
The Blues made a bright start at Stade Felix Mayol and surged into an 8-0 lead thanks to Leigh Halfpenny's early try. But Toulon fought back and ran riot with seven tries through Rudi Wulf, Xavier Chiocci, Jean-Charles Orioli, Maxi Mermoz, Alexis Palisson, Mathieu Bastareaud and Florian Fresia.
The bonus-point victory sees Toulon restore their five-point lead at the top of Pool Six and while they are already through, they can secure a home quarter-final in next week's trip to Montpellier. The Blues fought back with tries from Alex Cuthbert, Dafydd Hewitt and Halfpenny but it was a mere consolation.
Phil Davies welcomed the Wales duo back into the starting line-up following injury but Jason Tovey was left in the doghouse. The fly-half-cum-full-back was set to face the French giants but was unable to travel after his pet Labrador Buster ate his passport.
The Welsh region were also without Bradley Davies, who stayed at home for the birth of his first daughter Elle Cheryl Davies, but has also suffered a serious ankle injury that is likely to end his Six Nations hopes. And they were dealt a further blow when Gavin Evans was forced to withdraw due to a back spasm.
Jonny Wilkinson led Toulon but it was Halfpenny opened the scoring after less than a minute as Pierrick Gunther was penalised for failing to release. And the Blues continued to build momentum with a bright start. They stretched their lead to eight points midway through the half as the full-back scampered into the corner.
Sam Warburton flung the ball out from a retreating scrum but Owen Williams hit a sublime line off Jamie Roberts to slice through Toulon. He evaded Palisson before drawing Mermoz to put Halfpenny away. But Toulon instantly responded, winning the ball from the restart and launching a sustained period of pressure.
Chris Masoe bounced away Roberts and although hauled down the ball was recycled for Wilkinson to send Wulf over the whitewash. Wilkinson slotted the conversion to close the gap to one point and within minutes Toulon surged in front.
After opting to kick to the corner Toulon launched a rolling maul, Cardiff initially held them at bay but following several forward drives, Chiocci burrowed over.
Toulon were relentless in their assault and following another forward orientated attack the ball was spread blind for Orioli to dive over.
It took Toulon just four minutes of the second half to clinch the bonus point. Rhys Patchell missed touch and Toulon hit on the counter-attack. The ball was spread through hands and Delon Armitage threaded through a grubber kick that Mermoz collected to score.
They continued to run riot with Bastareaud offloading to Palisson, who danced past Halfpenny to score Toulon's fifth. Bastareaud was next to cross the whitewash after bulldozing over following a neat switch with Wulf. That led to Bernard Laporte ringing the changes but it did not affect their attacking intent with Steffon Armitage making the initial inroads for Fresia to power over.
To their credit the Blues continued to battle and a break from the Williams laid the platform for Cuthbert to squeeze into the corner. And they continued their late rally with further tries from Hewitt and Halfpenny to claim a bonus point of their own.
Maxime Mermoz forces his way through the Cardiff defence © Getty Images
Toulon captain Wilkinson was disappointed with the way his side started and finished the game and immediately raised the bar for his side. "Cardiff started very well and we got caught a little bit cold with the try at the start. We picked up the pace, stuck together as a team and we built momentum and got a bit of a grip on it.
"We've got to congratulate ourselves for winning against a good team and getting to this stage but there's work to do - this tournament is only going to get harder. I've seen this game for 16 years and I know the guys here are as good as any team I have played with."
Blues head coach Phil Davies was quick to praise his young side, adding: "We expected a tough, open game and we knew the conditions would be perfect for fast, flowing rugby. That's exactly what happened. We coped well at times but, on other occasions, it was just too much pressure for us and that's when Toulon scored.
"But you have to give some credit to our players for getting four tries. That bonus point out here, and from such a young team, was very satisfying. The average age of our squad is 23. We have a lot of young players, but also strong characters. We want to finish the competition on a high note at home in round six and that will be our only focus over the next week."
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It Costs the Government Just 6.5 Cents an Hour to Spy on You
Glenn Greenwald, the journalist and activist at the center of the controversy over the National Security Agency's spying operations, launched his new website Monday with a reported look at how the NSA uses tracking technology to hunt down terrorists abroad. He's promising more revelations that will blow the lid off the agency's activities. "We decided to launch now because we believe we have a vital and urgent obligation to this story, to these documents, and to the public," he writes.
In this, he's pushing on an open door. By now, most Americans agree that the NSA surveillance program, brought to light by leaked documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, went "too far." But what Greenwald and many other analysts often miss is that an overzealous security apparatus is not the driving reason behind government overreach. A lot of it has to do with dollars and cents: The price of surveillance technology has dropped so precipitously over the past two decades that once the agency overcame any moral objections, few practical considerations stood in its way of implementing a system that could monitor 315 million Americans every day. Indeed, one estimate tagged the NSA's annual surveillance costs at $574 per taxpayer, a paltry 6.5 cents an hour.
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If privacy law experts Kevin S. Bankston and Ashkan Soltani are correct, costs, once a significant check on government spying and police monitoring efforts, have become an afterthought. In a recent study published in the Yale Law Journal Online, Bankston and Soltani found that most technologies deployed for mass surveillance efforts by police departments (e.g., GPS devices and domestic drones) are on cost trajectories similar to the NSA spying program: As the number of subjects increases, the cost of keeping tabs on each target nears zero. Cheaper, more effective tracking devices have been a boon to cash-strapped police departments nationwide, largely to the dismay of civil liberty groups.
Meanwhile, privacy protections afforded to individuals under the Fourth Amendment, which safeguards individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures by the state, have been eroding for years. Whether a particular search or seizure is deemed "reasonable" — thus justifying police action — rests largely on our ephemeral notions of privacy. It's a dicey standard. As we place more of our private lives in the public domain (73 percent of adults online use social media), we, as well as courts, consider fewer acts to be truly private and thus protected by the Constitution. At the height of McCarthyism in the 1950s, for instance, groups fought tooth and nail to keep library lists private; today, we publicize the titles of books we've recently read on sites like Facebook and Goodreads.
We like to think of legal checks on executive power, like the Fourth Amendment, as good enough. But practical considerations, like costs, have long provided structural defenses of our privacy. Imagine, in the 1800s, 10 constables surreptitiously tailing one suspect through the winding streets of Philadelphia; by the 1940s the same task still took eight officers in four police cars to accomplish. Monitoring each suspect was costly. "Only an investigation of unusual importance," according to Justice Samuel Alito, "could have justified such an expenditure of law enforcement resources."
Today, however, diminished privacy expectations coupled with shrinking cost constraints on law enforcement's surveillance activities have emboldened police departments to push the limits of new tracking technologies and techniques with little regard for privacy rights or chances of successful prosecution. A 2012 survey of police chiefs found that 83 percent of departments use GPS devices to track suspects and most respondents "expect to increase the practice of placing GPS devices on crime suspects' vehicles." The same survey found that "89 percent of agencies said they monitor social media to identify investigative leads — for example, reviewing Facebook or Twitter pages." In New York City, of the 4.4 million people questioned by police as part of the department's controversial stop-and-frisk surveillance program, only 11 percent of the encounters resulted in an arrest or a summons, according to an analysis by the New York Civil Liberties Union.


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Nearly 300 businesses and city governments filed a brief with the Supreme Court today calling for the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which forbids federal recognition of same-sex marriage, be struck down as unconstitutional.
Signed by approximately 278 employers, including major businesses such as Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, Starbucks, Morgan Stanley, Google and cities from Baltimore to Los Angeles, the brief argues that DOMA hurts work efficiency and employee moral.
"In the modern workplace, the employer becomes the face of DOMA's discriminatory treatment, and is placed in the role of intrusive inquisitor, imputer of taxable income, and withholder of benefits," writes attorney Sabin Willett. "The employer is thus forced by DOMA to participate in the injury of its own workforce morale."
Our principles are not platitudes. Our mission statements are not simply plaques in the lobby. Statements of principle are our agenda for success: born of experience, tested in laboratory, factory, and office, attuned to competition. Our principles reflect, in the truest sense, our business judgment. By force of law, DOMA rescinds that judgment and directs that we renounce these principles or, worse yet, betray them.
Several of the employers who have attached their names to the brief have spoken out on the issue of marriage equality before. The brief comes one day after attorneys for Edith Windsor, the 83-year-old lesbian widow at the center of the DOMA case before the Supreme Court, filed their brief with the high court. Windsor's lawyers echoed many of the arguments made in a brief filed by the Obama administration last week, arguing for "heightened scrutiny" in the case and dismissing arguments made by the Republican-controlled House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, which has been defending DOMA in court since the Obama administration stopped doing so in February 2011.
Oral arguments are scheduled to begin on the DOMA case March 27, one day after the Supreme Court hears arguments on the Proposition 8 case.
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Disney has purchased Marvel Comics and we're all still trying wrap our heads around what it will mean for the future of some of our favorite comic book heroes. Well, I was in the shower last night washing my hair (TMI?) and somewhere in that shampoo veil a question occurred to me: Will Disney-Marvel try to sign Superman in 2013?
If that question has you scratching your head, allow me to catch you up on some of the Screen Rant articles you should've been reading(!) and break down for you why this Disney/Marvel grab for Superman is not nearly as implausible as it might seem.
OK, so DC Comics and Warner Bros. have been in a decade-long legal dispute with the heirs of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Recently WB lost the rights to use Superman's origin story in any films or shows, and a judge has already ruled that in 2013, the rights to the character revert entirely back to the estates of Siegel and Shuster.
This will essentially make Superman a "free agent," not tied to any comic book company or comic book universe. Of course, anybody with a toddler's business sense would naturally assume that DC/WB is working out a deal to retain Superman - after all he is their flagship character and still the most beloved superhero in the world (yes, Batman fans, our dark icon still has not surpassed Big Blue).
I'll tell you up front: I don't know anybody involved with this lawsuit, personally or professionally; I haven't gone over all the legal fine print with a microscope; and really, I am nothing in this situation other than an outsider (WAY outsider) looking in. But I can say this: Maybe DC/WB is working out a deal to retain Superman, and maybe they aren't. After all, there is PLENTY of reason for the Siegel/Shuster heirs to want to part ways with Warner Bros. and never look back. Personally, I've already been wondering just how attractive of an option Marvel would be (I even asked Stan Lee about it!) - but now, with Marvel backed by the fat purse of Disney, I don't even have to wonder: I have only to listen to the one thought in the Siegel/Shuster heirs' minds: Cha-Ching!
Our own Paul Young spelled it out for you in his Disney/Marvel's future article: Disney is a pro at making smart buys and developing them into massive success stories (ABC's Lost and Pixar, for example) - Do you really think the House of the Mouse hasn't already had Marvel under a microscope, watching what's worked, what's been wasted, and what would best maximize their profitability? Do you really think a man as wily as Disney C.E.O. Roger Iger wouldn't be looking at all the ways (read: angles) that could catapult Marvel into a higher stratosphere of success than it has ever reached?
Let's just assume that Disney has been doing just that for a moment. What better coup d'état could there be than snagging Superman at what could, conceivably, be the one time in our lifetimes when Big Blue is free to play for another team? And if Disney/Marvel could pull off the deal, how could any other superhero venture even HOPE to rival them?
Remember that the Disney suits aren't fanboys (most of them at least) and don't have the same kind of reverence for continuity and comic book mythology and all that great stuff. They don't care that Superman and Batman are pals; they don't care if we ever find out what was up with Lois Lane's son in Superman Returns; and they don't care if Lex Luthor is going to ever return on Smallville. These guys see opportunity for growth and profit and staying ahead of the competition. They also know (if they're smart) that they just got a whole bunch of creative comic book guys on payroll who have either worked with Superman before, or have been itching to try him out and (gasp!) maybe even make the character relevant again for the masses.
And would Superman getting a fresh start in a new camp really be such a tragedy? Sure, like any custody battle the transitional period would be a little strange, a little awkward (how DO you write Superman out of the DC Universe and into the Marvel one?) but once the dust has settled just imagine some of the pros:
Continue reading 'What if Disney-Marvel Buys Superman?'


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Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Russell Westbrook had 25 points and nine assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off the Brooklyn Nets 117-111 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory.
Serge Ibaka added 18 points and Thabo Sefolosha 14 for the Thunder, who revved up the NBA's No. 1 offense to surpass 100 points in a 10th straight game for the first time in 15 years. They beat the Nets for the seventh consecutive time, but had to work much harder for this win than they have lately.
Oklahoma City had won its last four by 25 points a game.
Deron Williams scored a season-high 34 points for the Nets, who had their six-game home winning streak snapped.


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08 March 16 Las Vegas & Grand Canyon
Spring Break trip with the kids to introduce them to "Sin City". Enjoyed a couple of days seeing the sites and riding the rollercoasters in Vegas followed by a 2-day trip to the West and South Rims of the Grand Canyon. We then headed back to Vegas for 2 more days or shows and sites before departing for home. The kids loved Vegas. The Grand Canyon was beautiful but they're not too keen on coming back....."Been there, done that!".Read More


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Jason Codner, an unhappy T-Mobile customer from Salford, UK, was filmed destroying a Manchester T-Mobile store on Saturday afternoon.
Apparently, Codner was upset because he didn't get a refund for a mobile phone contract.
What is interesting to me is the fact that, despite being angry, he kept smashing the store in such a calm and systematic way:
via Dangerous Minds


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Hot on the heels of the new Amazon Fire TV for 4K TVs, we're now getting a 4K Roku.: The Roku 4 will feature access to more 4K content than any other media streamer, as well as the type of streaming and picture quality you'd want paired with your 4K TVs.
The 4K Roku has a quad-core processor, up to 60 fps 4K streaming, HDCP 2.2 support, 802.11ac MIMO WiFi, a headphone jack for private listening, and an optical audio out. It can also access a ton of 4K content from Netflix, M-Go, Amazon Instant Video, ToonGoogles, VUDU and YouTube. There's even a curated 4K Spotlight channel and a 4K UHD category within the Roku Channel Store so you can find 4K content easily.
Of course, if you haven't upgraded to a 4K TV just yet, the box will also work with your existing HDTV. Similar to previously released Roku boxes, the Roku 4 can tap into over 300,000 movies and TV episodes. It even has universal voice search, so it's easy to navigate through all of that content.
Besides the ability to be paired with 4K TVs, the Roku 4 uses the new Roku OS 7, which provides the option to follow movies, TV shows, actors and directors via the Roku Feed. There's also a new Hotel and Dorm Connect feature for when you take your Roku 4 on the road.
Another new perk is the Remote Finder feature, which will make it easy to find that controller whenever you need it. Just press the button on top of the Roku 4 and your remote will emit a tone so you can track it down.
Also worth mentioning is the newly redesigned Roku mobile app, which promises more control options. The company is also planning to add an on-the-go mode in the near future, so that users can access features like the Roku Feed while away from home.
"The Roku 4 is our best streaming player ever," said Anthony Wood, Roku's founder and CEO. "It provides an amazing 4K experience with powerful performance and brilliant picture, at up to 60 frames per second on 4K TVs, and access to the most streaming channels with 4K entertainment, plus innovative features like Remote Finder. Powered by the new Roku OS 7, the Roku 4 gives consumers a new era of streaming performance and control over their entertainment."
The 4K Roku 4 is available for pre-order now, priced at $129.99. It's expected to ship sometime in October. The company plans to roll out the Roku OS 7 to current-generation Roku players and Roku TVs through a software update starting in mid-October.


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What do you focus on in your own AIDS advocacy work?
In my portion of the vineyard, I try to make sure that whatever I can do legislatively, I follow up. We have such a high concentration [of HIV/AIDS]. One-third of our community is gay. A lot of people move here from Los Angeles, San Francisco. They come here and retire because we have an outstanding HIV/AIDS clinic.
We've been able to secure annual block grants -- funds for the many people living with HIV/AIDS in our city. There are some monies, but certainly not enough, especially for education and prevention. And we're in the process of building a development for people living with AIDS, and that's a good thing. They've already broken ground. I'd like to see more -- really taking a stand legislatively -- to say, "Look, we need more."
What is the most critical AIDS issue facing the African-American community, and how should it best be addressed?
Educate the broad-based community to the fact that the fastest-growing group being infected with HIV/AIDS is young African-American women. Our churches are so concerned about fighting same-sex marriage when in fact our people are dying. Whether two people who love each other marry or not should not be our primary concern -- it should be saving the lives of our women and children.
Where is the most progress being made in combating the epidemic in the black community?
In a very general way, people are increasingly aware of AIDS itself. So I guess some progress has been made. But in terms of prevention on all levels, I think there's actually very little gain. We need new, focused, strategic education.
What are the top myths about HIV you encounter in the African-American community, and how should they best be countered?
One is that everybody knows about it and everybody knows what to do. And that it's a gay disease. These myths are developed to insulate us from having to confront this elephant in the living room.
I think countering them is all about confrontation. As a people we have developed a kind of macro-comfort zone of our own society -- the myths of macho-ism and machismo -- [and] we do everything we can to protect them. But they need to be confronted.
In what ways is the HIV epidemic different in the black community than in other communities?
I think even though we may or may not have more sex than other communities, we talk about it less. We talk about the mechanics less, we talk about birth control less, we talk about communicable diseases less. I think it's denial, period. It's insulation to protect us from having to confront realities.
Do you think too much has been made of the "down low"?
Yes. I don't think the down low is a black thing -- it's a male thing. It happens with men of every ethnicity and race -- men who are bisexual. On that continuum between heterosexual or homosexual, depending on where they are in their lives, many men may fluctuate. A man who still feels very virile and his wife is going through menopause and he wants it quick, fast and anonymous, because he loves his wife and family, he will get into behavior that is risky. That has nothing to do with race.
However there is another part of the reality that we don't talk about, and that is the number of men that we have incarcerated. When these men are in jail, you can bet they're having sex, and the women don't question that on their return. Because that's the man they love and he's straight. And he is -- but while he was away, he wasn't.
What can be done to help African Americans get tested earlier and therefore get better results from HIV treatment?
HIV testing needs to be promoted in schools, churches, big social clubs. Those in the entertainment industry, the sports industry, can be leaders. It needs to be a public call but a private experience so that they feel safe.
What are your hopes and fears for the next generation of African Americans as they face the risks of HIV?
Well, young people do what young people do -- they have sex. And I am really concerned with more and more young people having sex without a full understanding that they are risking their lives. You know when I was a young man, if you had a bad experience, well, you got a shot of penicillin, it was all over. Not so today. It's a different world.
Can you recommend one action everyone can take to end the epidemic?
Get tested.
About Ron Oden
Ron Oden is an openly gay African American who in 2003 was elected mayor of Palm Springs, which has one of the highest per capita rates of HIV/AIDS in the nation. A longtime city council member, Oden has consistently fought for increased funding for the Palm Springs' Desert AIDS Project, widely viewed as a model HIV service organization, as well as the rights of people with HIV.


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December 20th, 2012
West Oakland Reforestation Plan: Just Another Case of Gentrification?
Since 1998, Urban Releaf has been planting trees in West Oakland and other parts of the city, primarily in low-income communities with low levels of tree canopies – which impacts not only air quality, but quality of life and spiritual/psychological health. We estimate we've either planted or distributed as many as 10,000 trees in WestRead More


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How do I stop Firefox for Android automatically refreshing pages?
Firefox: 23.0 Android: 4.1.2 Every time I switch to another app and the switch back to Firefox it reloads the page I was on. Which 1) loses the place where I was reading, and 2) loses the page entirely because if I've moved to an area without a signal. I've tried the about:config; accessibility.blockautorefresh: false recommended for the PC version of Firefox, but it doesn't seem to have an effect. The other suggested fix for the PC version, the RefreshBlocker add-on, doesn't have a version that works on Android.
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Unfortunately this is Android's decision rather than Firefox's. When an Android app is in the background it's information will be stored in RAM. If you want to return to that app the information will be restored (almost instantly) from RAM.
However the problem you describe arises when Android decides that it needs the RAM for something else (i.e. another app). When that happens the information about Firefox is dumped out of RAM and into cache on the phone's storage. This is a much slower type of storage and so the time taken to restore it when you return to Firefox is much longer.
The only way of preventing this from happening would be to not use any demanding applications when Firefox is in the background.
You can also investigate what is using up most of your phone's RAM. I found that the stock Touchwiz launcher on my Galaxy SIII was using loads of RAM. I replaced it with the Apex launcher which uses much less RAM. This leaves more space in RAM for my apps and so the apps in the background are less likely to get dumped into cache. It does still happen though. That is just how android works.
See here for more info: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/29466/how-to-force-browsers-not-to-reload-recently-seen-page-after-resume
The other option (not cheap!) of course is to get a phone with more RAM. The top end android phones now tend to come with 2GB of RAM and I expect we will see 4GB in the near future.
I hope that helps.
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I am sorry, but my Mexican Sage is not around for long… a few weeks at the most, so I must savor it. It is delightful. I buy 90% of my plants on the clearance racks at Lowes. Do you know about these? When the plants start to droop they mark them 50% off and stick them on rolling racks at the back of the garden center. I love a challenge. This Mexican Sage and Lantana came off those clearance racks. I bet I didn't pay more than $10 for all these flowers in bloom. They took quite a bit of nursing to get them back to good health (not really, just water and the occasional fertilizer). I think the reward is far greater when you have to resuscitate from near death.
Penelope is on point, protecting our family from tiny green lizards. The blanket drying in the sun (in background) was a victim of Sloaney's stomach bug. That blanket deserves a post of its own … it's a beautiful blanket, I'll tell you about it when we get around to a post on Sloane's big girl bed.
I love ornamental Sweet Potato Vine. And somehow at the end of the season after the bugs have had their way with it, it's even more beautiful.
I decided to try that 3 ingredient Pumpkin Bread I've been seeing around the internet. I like simple recipes and I love Pumpkin Bread, however, I was a little skeptical of how few ingredients, but gave it a whirl.
(On the pinterest version the blogger used yellow cake mix, but I went for Spice Cake.)
– One Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix.
– One small (16oz) jar of canned pumpkin. (read: not to be confused with canned pumpkin pie filling)
– 1/2 teaspoon of Pumpkin Pie Spice
Mix them up. Grease & flour your pan of choice. Bake at 350 degrees for…. well… until you get a clean toothpick. It took longer to bake than I anticipated (a little over 30 mins), but I used one of those silicone loaf pans, which might have been the culprit. I'm trying it again in a multi mini loaf pan and I think they will bake faster.
The blogger glazed hers with an Apple Cider Glaze, but I didn't have any Apple Cider and thought it was so darn tasty it didn't need it.
Try it, you won't be disappointed!


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You know, this really started out far more innocently than it now may seem. And yes, I know you are snickering, because how on earth can one innocently go about a process than concludes with spooning into a deep casserole dish crusted with cheese and pasta in a two to one ratio? Well, you're me, that's how; and you needed to use up some milk.
The quart of whole milk had been purchased last Saturday with the intention of using it in aforementioned spinach quiche, which, oops, didn't require any. It's sat unopened in the fridge since, leaving me the quandary of finding a recipe that used a large quantity of it, as my inner Yiddishe Mama would not allow me to let it go bad, and god knows I am not earnest enough to actually make my morning lattes at home.
My first thought was chocolate pudding. It's not really my favorite thing, but would that score me points with my eternal-inner-child husband or what? As I searched fruitlessly for a good basic recipe that was neither a pot de crème nor a puddle of ganache, I remembered that I also had a chunk of Cabot extra sharp cheddar to use up and now do you see how these things come to pass? Mac and cheese is one of these sinful beauts that I encourage everyone to make, at least once. There's no comparison, not even a nominal one, to the box mixes, and if I told that the essence of most recipes is to boil milk, stir in cheese, pour it over par-baked pasta and bake it until it's crusted, would you then believe me?
Sadly, finding a good recipe was not this simple, and seriously, when did mac-and-cheese get so gussied up? Bacon? Onions? Mushrooms? Blue cheeses? Heavy creams? Bechamel sauces with low proportions of mild cheeses? Curry? Blech! Look, there's a place for fancy, and childhood classics aren't it. A quick search on the New York Times website brought me to this archived article, and again to the notion that Julia Moskin is a woman after my own heart. She finds herself searching, like me, for an un-fussy, classic recipe and finds even more atrocities from white sauces, Worcestershire, smoked gouda and creamed onions instead. "None of the recipes came close to my fantasy of what the dish should be: nothing more than tender elbows of pasta suspended in pure molten cheddar, with a chewy, golden-brown crust of cheese on top," she says, to which I say amen.
She bestows on us several nuggets of gooey wisdom. One, a seemingly outrageous 2:1 ration of cheese to pasta is indeed possible, and a good thing. Two, despite suggestions of glorious, rich cheeses, she found nothing better in end results than cheddar or (!) American cheese. Three: this is no time for whole wheat pasta or artisanal orecchiette, elbow pasta works best. Finally, she suggests that you resist the temptation to form a crust with unrelated ingredients such as bread crumbs, corn flakes or tortilla chips, with enough cheese, a crisp naturally forms on top. I leave you with her final gem:
"The moral of the story: When in doubt, add more cheese."
Note: There is an additional macaroni and cheese recipe on this site, one we fell in love with long after discovering this one. Takes a bit longer, but whoa, those results are all that matter.
Easiest Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Adapted from The New York Times, 1/4/06
Moskin actually ends the article with two recipes, but I went with this first one because it had more milk, only (heh) a pound of cheese, and had the added intrigue of not requiring either the par-boiling of pasta or pre-simmering of the cheese sauce. Huzzah for fewer dishes! As it turned out, the second recipe will not be necessary as this one is just perfect for anyone looking for classic, baked, no-fuss mac and cheese.
Serve it with a g'normous green salad, in a feeble attempt at caloric balance, and wine, to remind yourself that you're a grown-up.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings.
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup cottage cheese (not low fat)
2 cups milk (not skim)
1 teaspoon dry mustard
Pinch cayenne
Pinch freshly grated nutmeg (I skipped this)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 pound sharp or extra-sharp cheddar cheese, grated (I'm a big fan of Cabot extra-sharp, in the purple wrapper)
1/2 pound elbow pasta, uncooked.
1. Heat oven to 375°F and position an oven rack in upper third of oven. Use one tablespoon butter to grease a 9-inch round or square baking pan.
2. In a blender, purée cottage cheese, milk, mustard, cayenne, nutmeg and salt and pepper together.* Reserve 1/4 cup grated cheese for topping. In a large bowl, combine remaining grated cheese, milk mixture and uncooked pasta. Pour into prepared pan, cover tightly with foil and bake 30 minutes.
3. Uncover pan, stir gently, sprinkle with reserved cheese and dot with remaining tablespoon butter. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes more, until browned. Let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.
* Next time, I will puree everything without the milk, and then add it in. I think that will put a finer grind on the cottage cheese, so no lumps remain.


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Senate Standing Committees
"All business of the senate shall be conducted through the committee system. There shall be for the senate six standing committees. These shall be the Internal Affairs committee, Rules and Administration Committee, Finance & Appropriations Committee, Academic Affairs Committee, Student and Auxiliary Services Committee and the Select Committee" (Senate By-Laws Article 4.Section2.a-b).
These are special Committees in that they only function within the Legislative Branch and only senators may join these committees, with exception of the Senate President who is the Chair of the Select Committee.
Every senator MUST be on at least one committee.
Select Committee:
The Select Committee is the standing committee that runs the affairs and tasks of the SGA Senate and makes recommendations to the Senate. Also, any concerns about the senate may be made to the committee. This committee includes eight (8) members whom are considered the Officers of the Senate. "The officers of the Senate shall be defined as the following: the Senate President, Senate Pro-Tempore and the heads of the standing committees" (Senate By-Laws Article 2.Section 2.a).
This committee investigates and holds hearings on any Justice who is brought before it for impeachment. This committee also investigates, approves, and recommends all emergency legislation.
Rules and Administration Committee:
The Rules and Administration Committee makes all the rules which the senate and his/her committee abide by. This committee reviews, writes and/or rewrites the Senate by-laws, judicial by-laws, and the election codes and recommends such to the senate for approval by a simple majority. This committee also may investigate any resolutions, bills or petitions. Chairman of this committee shall be the chief advocate of Senate rules, procedures and by-laws and can cause such to be effected by the Judicial Branch.
Finance and Appropriations Committee:
The Finance and Appropriations Committee serves as the ad hoc committee, or clearing house, of all requests for financial assistance emanating from other branches and organizations. This committee forwards a finished recommendation to the full senate. This committee may recommend that organizations, who do not use the money properly, may not receive future funding from the Student Government Association for up to two (2) years.
Internal Affairs Committee:
Every internal business within the senate is brought before this committee. Any allegations against a senator including breaking senate ethics, absentee policy, or scholastic policy as well as incompetence are brought before this committee for investigation. This committee also acts as the interviewing board for all vacant senate positions.
Academic Affairs Committee:
A representative from each college or school sits on this committee. This committee deals with academic issues requiring the attention of the senate. They also may conduct hearings and recommend censor or resolutions to the full senate to deal with pertinent issues. They may bring to the floor of the senate for consideration such proposals that would advance the cause of excellence of the general student body.
Student and Auxiliary Services Committee:
The Student and Auxiliary Service Committee deals with all matters concerning housing, safety and any such matter that might be connected to student services on or off campus. Members of this committee are representatives of this interest in the senate. This committee may conduct hearings on pertinent issues, prepare resolutions for the attention of the rules and administration committee and make useful recommendations for onward passage to the full senate.