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Where you live in the U.S. could affect your lifespan, according to a new report from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington that was just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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What a surprise. The bastions of liberalism, replete with public services and entitlements, are better for life expectancy that places where you're expected to fend for yourself and life free.
I'll choose liberty over security any day.
I haven't read the article but I assume it's the hospitals and the general high standards of the doctors.
So like a gal in her 50's moves to a good zip code she'll live longer? Or maybe if she's in her 80's she'll live to be 110???
I'd want to check this research a little deeper. I cannot imagine that inner city dwellers would have a longer life expectancy. It just fits way too conveniently with a liberal agenda.
wow- you plug in data and you get numbers! and that MEANS SOMETHING!!!!
who could have thought
And just think- wherever the sun rose today, some people died! So the sun causes death
And here's and even more stunning "statistic" - some people were BORN!!!! so - the sun causes pregnancy
And if you average all the birthdays in your zip code, you will find more people were born in some months than others- so, your zip code says when you will be born too!! By the laws of averages, you will NOT change the average by any amount when you die, you will just DIE AT THE AVERAGE date!!!
That's how it works, you see- averages CAUSE the deaths to occur. It's all this science-y stuff, you know?
If the government spends a lot of money on health services in your area, you live longer. That can't possibly be tied to the ObamaCare PR blitz, can it? These stats are probably almost as bogus as the Labor Dept.'s unemployment numbers.
San Francisco is number two for males. Lotta dead AIDS sufferers, I guess.
I would have guessed the opposite, considering the comparative crime and homicide rates.
Those were my exact thoughts as well, MrB.
Zip = Gone?
Obviously, God loves rural Southerners and calls them home sooner!
Seriously, to get an accurate picture, race, country of birth and economic status must be factors. Also, I wonder what the results would be if only people above the age of, say 50, are included. Infant mortality, "Hey Bubba, watch this" mortality from dumb adolescent stunts and occupational deaths can really skew the results.
On the other hand, if a significant portion of your population has never done manual labor and instead migrated to your county as well paid office workers/managers/executives, they you will have a better rating. Kill most of your babies through abortion and you take very few hits from infant mortality.
Once again, Mark Twain (or actually, Disraeli) must be evoked: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
Dig more deeply, and it is the wealthy areas within the blue states that have longer lifespans, not those on entitlements. Longevity is largely class-based across the country, it is only that the concentrations of that demographic vary by region.
Ditto... They can have the uber-regulated life in CA and NY. I choose to spend my final years where vestiges of liberty still exist.
I haven't done the comparison, but I'd bet the correlation between county income and lifespan is quite strong.
"Your Zip Code Could Indicate When You Will Die"
typical stupid headline. Pure hype, designed to get you to read the article which then disappoints.
This is an invalid correlation. Zip code is arbitrarily assigned and does not vary in accordance with longevity. Obviously the average life expectancy of people in one area is NOT the same as in another. Otherwise they would all be the same.
The expectancy for people living in Siberia is not the same as for people living in Egypt.
The postal code is irrelevant. The correlation is between the type of person living there and the expectancy. Not the postal code. But that would be politically incorrect.
I clicked on the article which is basically saying that it's obesity differences. I still believe people in NYC live longer is because they are hysterical food Nazis who run to the doctor with every complaint known to man.
So one can have more years of neurotic and obnoxious hypochondria in New York, or fewer years of laid-back and fried goodies in Mississippi.
I'll settle for something in between: Mississippi has too many bugs.
It just might have something to do with where people do a lot of hard physical labor.
Yes, that's basically right. Or, to put it another way, one area of the country just makes life SEEM longer.
Not only that, if you have the zipcode 00666, you are eternally damned as well!
I find it strange that Washington state is run by the feminazis, yet the projected lifespan for males and females is the same in the Puget Sound area.
I'm counting on safer suburbs with concealed carry "rights" on helping out my longevity status.
We also have very good emergency services, access to quality docs and topnotch police/firefighter folk to insure helping overall environment of longevity status!
Just looking the counties that they looked at is telling. In the 'positive' side are major metro areas with lots of hospitals and docs and health care. These areas also have many choices for grocery shopping. Overall these areas are populated by better educated people with larger incomes thus allowing them the ability to live longer. The low end counties are truly out in the boonies. Getting medical help or even groceries is an activity that must be planned on. The ERs are not just around the corner. Many of these counties have no 24 hour stores available. And the folks living in these counties are ordinary people (many of who, are farmers) just trying to live life day to day.
Being in the boonies myself I will take that over the insanity of those large metro areas
Hmmm...since when is OK a southern state?
take away: when you run outta zip, you code.
Coorelation is not causation. Granted. But there must be a reason. If you did identical plots for white and black population separately, I bet there would be far less regional disparity. The disparity is probably more related to race than locale. The other interesting thing is that three of the counties with the highest *increase* in longevity are all in New York City. New York's five boroughs are each a county in the state. Borough = County:
Manhattan = New York County
Brooklyn = Kings County
The Bronx = Bronx County
Queens = Queens County
Staten Island = Richmond Count.
The time period included Rudy Juliani's successful effort to rein in the Dinkins Crime Wave. New York courts appear determined to revive the good old days of David Dinkins.
Now I know what they mean by, "Almost Heaven, West Virginia."
Exactly. Looking at anything will allow a pattern to develop, regardless of how random it may be. It doesn't mean it is statistically relevant.
This has as much logic behind it as the standby amount for content insurance on your homeowner's policy. I was told by my agent to use 30% of my home's value for a base in determining content value. So, with that logic in mind, when I moved from a $200k home to a $400k home, my crap doubled in value?!?!? Whatever...
They should sort obesity rates by individual and household income,individual and household net worth and individual level of education and IQ.
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The Nissan Maxima, the flagship of the six-vehicle 1999 Nissan lineup, receives a number of refinements for the new model year, including the availability of Nissan's Traction Control System (TCS) for GLE and SE models equipped with automatic transmission and Deluxe Seating and Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), an updated faceplate for mid-line and Bose® audio systems, four new exterior colors and an Ignition Immobilizer for enhanced security.
For 1999, Maxima continues to be offered in three trim levels: the popularly equipped GXE, performance-oriented SE and luxuriously equipped GLE, providing a wide selection of equipment and features to match the individual needs of each customer. All Maximas are offered with a standard 190-horsepower DOHC 3.0-liter V6 engine, independent front and patented rear Multi-Link Beam™ suspension and 4-wheel power-assisted disc brakes.
"The Maxima sets itself apart from its competitors by offering a unique blend of luxury, power, performance and unmatched quality," said Michael Seergy, vice president and general manager, Nissan Division. "Maxima feels and drives like a much more expensive vehicle, with the quality and dependability you'd expect in a luxury car. Maxima sets the tone for our lineup of Nissan sedans."
Exterior Design
Maxima's distinctive exterior styling features clean yet muscular lines. Originally designed in Japan, Maxima received styling updates for the 1997 model year from Nissan Design International, Inc. (NDI) in La Jolla, Calif. NDI will design the next generation Maxima, due to appear as a model year 2000 vehicle.
Maxima's styling is attractive and functional, with a 0.32 coefficient of drag (Cd). A low, sloping hood, rounded rear decklid and smooth sides contribute to this aerodynamically efficient shape. Unibody construction provides a tight, quiet platform.
Maxima is offered in four new exterior colors for 1999, including Sunlit Sand, Icelandic Pearl, Lakeshore Blue and Mahogany Pearl. Other available colors include Super Black, Sagemist Green, Sterling Mist and Deep Evergreen.
Interior Design
Inside, the Maxima offers ample dimensions front and rear, due in part to use of the compact rear Multi-Link Beam suspension (which provides less intrusion into the back seat and trunk areas than conventional suspensions). Maxima's spacious interior provides nearly 100 cubic feet of interior space, along with 14.5 cubic feet of trunk space.
Many comfort and convenience features are standard, including front bucket seats with a multi-adjustable driver's seat, CFC-free air conditioning, power windows with driver-side auto-down feature, power door locks with selective unlocking feature, cruise control with steering wheel mounted switches, dual covered front cup holders and much more. Three interior colors are available: Beige, Charcoal and Sereno.
For 1999, the faceplate on mid-line and Bose audio systems has been updated, and models with wood tone trim now feature a slightly darker, satin finish.
The front engine/front-wheel drive Maxima's well-deserved reputation as a true performance sedan comes from its well-balanced combination of engine and suspension. Its powerful, yet refined, 3.0-liter DOHC V6 engine has been named a "Best Engine" four times by Ward's Auto World. It is one of the lightest, most compact engines for its displacement ever built for production use, producing a potent 190 hp at 5,600 rpm and 205 ft-lbs of torque at 4,000 rpm.
Among the many technical highlights of Maxima's engine are microfinishing of the camshaft and crankshaft, a digital knock control system and a cross flow coolant pattern. These attributes help enhance engine performance, reduce exhaust emissions and lower overall engine friction – resulting in excellent performance and fuel economy.
The Maxima engine also utilizes the Nissan Valve Timing Control System (NVTCS) variable valve timing and lift management. Electronically controlled sensors measure throttle position and engine speed to activate the variable intake valve timing mechanism to meet demands on the engine. The NVTCS system helps provide better performance at lower engine speeds, without sacrificing high speed power output or fuel economy.
The value-oriented GXE and sporty SE are equipped with a standard 5-speed manual transmission. An electronically controlled 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard on the luxury-equipped GLE and optional on GXE and SE.
Maxima delivers an EPA-estimated fuel economy of 22/27 mpg City/Highway when fitted with the 5-speed manual transmission, and 21/28 mpg City/Highway when equipped with the 4-speed automatic transmission.
Maxima's outstanding road manners are provided by Nissan's patented rear Multi-Link Beam suspension, which offers precise handling and outstanding stability by minimizing camber change during cornering. This design provides a smooth ride as well. Suspension friction is reduced, and the system's superior wheel control allows use of softer bushings, springs and shock tuning. A rear stabilizer bar is standard.
Maxima's independent front suspension uses MacPherson struts with coil springs and a 21.0 mm stabilizer bar to provide optimum control in a variety of driving conditions.
Nissan's Traction Control System (TCS) is offered on GLE and SE models, when equipped with automatic transmission, Deluxe Seating and ABS. The TCS uses sensors to monitor front wheel slippage. If both front tires are slipping, intermittent braking is applied through the ABS to the right and left wheels. At the same time, engine speed is automatically reduced until it matches the available traction. As a result, handling, control and safety are improved, whatever the weather.
Every 1999 Maxima features an extensive list of standard safety equipment, including standard dual supplemental air bags, 3-point front seat belts with height-adjustable front shoulder belts and 3-point ALR/ELR front-passenger side, rear outboard passenger seat belt system and 3-point center rear seat belt. Front-seat supplemental side-impact air bags are optional on SE and GLE models as part of the Deluxe Seating Package.
Other standard equipment includes front and rear crumple zones, an energy-absorbing steering column, child safety rear door locks and pipe-style steel side-door guard beams. For added driver confidence and control, Maxima is equipped with standard power-assisted 4-wheel disc brakes. ABS is optionally available on all three trim levels (except GXE with manual transmission).
Model Availability
All 1999 Maximas come equipped with an unexpected level of standard equipment including: a multi-adjustable reclining front bucket driver's seat, power windows with driver-side one-touch auto-down feature, power door locks with selective unlocking, dual power remote-controlled outside mirrors, digital clock and CFC-free air conditioning.
Other standard equipment includes a tilt steering column, cruise control, dual covered cup holders, 120W AM/FM/cassette audio system (optional on GXE) and center console with armrest.
The GXE model offers standard luxury seat cloth, large center console area with storage for CDs and cassettes, fold-down rear center armrest and 205/65R15 S-rated all-season tires.
For drivers seeking an extra level of style and performance, Maxima SE boasts a sport-tuned suspension with firmer shocks and struts, electronically controlled liquid-filled front engine mount (on automatic transmission models only), 16-inch aluminum-alloy wheels and 215/55R16 H-rated all-season tires, a body-color rear decklid spoiler, fog lights, body-color door handles, blackout window moldings, sport velour seat cloth, leather-wrapped steering wheel and gear shift knob and black-on-white analog gauges.
The luxurious Maxima GLE comes equipped with leather seating surfaces, wood-grain trim, aluminum-alloy wheels, 8-way power driver- and 4-way power front-passenger seats, automatic climate control, a remote keyless entry and Vehicle Security System, a Bose 6-speaker AM/FM stereo with CD player and HomeLink® Universal Transceiver.
A number of options and packages are available on Maxima, including automatic transmission, Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) and a power sliding glass sunroof with tilt feature and sunshade.
Available option packages include: Security and Convenience Package (GXE and SE), with 8-way power driver's seat, remote keyless entry and Vehicle Security System, electric remote trunk release and more (including HomeLink system with SE model); Deluxe Seating Package, with heated front seats, heated outside mirrors, heavy-duty battery and front-seat side air bags; and a SE Leather Trim Package, with leather seating surfaces, automatic temperature control and 4-way power front passenger's seat.
All 1999 Nissan models are covered by a comprehensive 3-year/36,000-mile "bumper-to-bumper" Limited Warranty, a 5-year/60,000-mile Limited Powertrain Warranty, a 5-year/60-000-mile Limited Corrosion Coverage and a Lifetime Limited Seat Belt Warranty.


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Turkey (Armenia) 1904 – United States of America 1948
oil and pencil on canvas
signed u.l., oil, "A. Gorky", not dated
49.8 (h) x 75.8 (w) cm Purchased 1972 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
NGA 1972.458 © Arshile Gorky/ADAGP. Licensed by Viscopy
- the artist;
- by whom given to André Breton, New York/Paris, in 1944-45;
- by inheritance to his widow, Elisa Breton, in 1966;
- with Fourcade, Droll Inc., New York, May 1972;
- from whom bought by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board, September 1972
- Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948: A Retrospective
- Pasadena Art Museum 24 Apr 1981 – 19 Jul 1981
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 24 Apr 1981 – 19 Jul 1981
- Surrealism: Revolution by Night
- National Gallery of Australia 12 Mar 1993 – 02 May 1993
- Surrealism: Revolution by Night
- National Gallery of Australia 12 Mar 1993 – 02 May 1993
- Queensland Art Gallery 21 May 1993 – 11 Jul 1993
- Art Gallery of New South Wales 30 Jul 1993 – 19 Sep 1993
- Abstract Expressionism: the National Gallery of Australia celebrates the centenaries of Jackson Pollock and Morris Louis
- 14 Jul 2012 – 24 Feb 2013
- André Breton, Le Surréalisme et la peinture, Paris: Editions Gallimard 1965, 3rd edn, p. 201, col. illus., reproduced upside down;
- Jim M. Jordan and Robert Goldwater, The paintings of Arshile Gorky: A critical catalogue, New York and London: New York University Press 1982, pp. 86, 109, col. illus. pl. 5, cat. 293, p. 450, illus.;
- James Mollison and Laura Murray (eds), Australian National Gallery: An introduction, Canberra: Australian National Gallery, 1982, p. 31, col. illus.;
- Michael Lloyd and Michael Desmond, European and American paintings and sculptures 1870–1970 in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra: Australian National Gallery 1992, pp. 214–16, col. illus.;
- Donald Williams and Barbara Vance Wilson, From caves to canvas: An introduction to Western art, Sydney: McGraw Hill 1992, p. 251, illus. col.; 2nd ed. 1998, pp. 297–298, col. illus.;
- Sasha Grishin, 'Monet's Waterlilies: a reflection', artonview no. 15, Spring 1998, pp. 4–7, col. illus.
In the spring of 1944 Gorky and his family moved to the home of his parents-in-law at Crooked Run Farm, Hamilton, Virginia. He worked there for nine months, first producing a large body of drawings that inspired the paintings of the winter months. It is likely that Untitled was painted in November or December of that year, and was based on one of these drawings.
The painting shows traces of a pencil grid, which indicates that the composition was directly transferred from a drawing. This process was common for Gorky, although it directly contradicts much of the rhetoric surrounding Surrealism's automatism. The artist, however, carefully worked out his compositions in advance through drawings, and reused them with different colour schemes and textures; it is clear that the spontaneous influence of the subconscious mind had a limited role in Gorky's work. His paintings are based on observations of subjects taken from nature, and carefully abstracted into their final form. Much knowledge of his technique disappeared because of the disastrous fire in 1946 that destroyed his studio, thousands of drawings and most of his paintings. The loss was one of the factors that contributed to his subsequent suicide.
Untitled survived because Gorky had already given the painting toAndré Breton, the spokesman for the Surrealist movement who fled to New York after the Nazi invasion of France. He first met Breton in the winter of 1944, at much the same time that he was working on Untitled. The painting was probably given on the occasion of Gorky's first exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery, New York, in March 1945, to which Breton had contributed the catalogue introduction. Breton used this introduction as a concluding chapter in the second edition of his book Surrealism and painting, which also appeared in 1945.
The painting owes much to Gorky's admiration for Joan Miró, whose works were known in New York from the inaugural exhibition at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in 1931. Although he employed similarly biomorphic forms, Gorky's technique is more textural than Miró's, and much denser in its composition. Untitled, like many of Gorky's so-called abstract works, remains firmly based on landscape elements: the hills, rocks and trees that make up his observed world.
Michael Lloyd and Michael Desmond, European and American Paintings and Sculptures 1870–1970 in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra: Australian National Gallery 1992, pp. 214–16, revised Christine Dixon 2012
The National Gallery of Australia holds two oil paintings by Gorky, Untitled 1944 and Plumage landscape 1947.


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Please Note: This is the Colleges' IT Group ARCHIVED WEB SITE. This has been superseded by the Colleges' ICT Committee.
As a result of governance changes proposed in the University's ICT Strategy Programme the Conference of Colleges decided in Trinity term 2007 to reconstitute the Colleges IT Group as the Colleges ICT Committee. Consequently this set of pages relating to the Colleges IT Group will not be updated, but will remain here unchanged for reference purposes.
The Oxford University Colleges' IT Group was formed in Michaelmas 1991 by the Conference of Colleges.
The group meets each term to discuss the IT provision at college and university level and is one of the bodies which the University Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Committee formally consults.
Each college and permanent private hall (PPH) has a representative on the group who is appointed at the beginning of the academic year by their Head of House. This primary representative will normally be a member of the college's or PPHs Governing Body, involved in academic or administrative IT. Colleges and PPHs are welcome to send a second person who has a more intimate knowledge of computing matters.
Further details of the Constitution of the Colleges' IT Group and its workings may be obtained from the Secretary.


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OpenBSD runs on HUGE list of Sun SPARC systems -- T1, T2 support coming in 4.4
By barton808 on Aug 05, 2008
OpenBSD and Niagara Support
Back in April I wrote that Mark Kettenis had succeeded in porting OpenBSD to the SPARC Enterprise T1000 server. Well just last week he reported that he had started working with the UltraSPARC T2 system that he received. According to him and Bob Beck, the next release of OpenBSD (4.4) will ship with UltraSPARC T1 and T2 support in the sparc64 release.
The Laundry List
Theo DeRaadt, founder of OpenBSD, was also copied on this thread and sent the following list and comment (I'll have to agree, it is pretty impressive):
The current list of sparc64 machines that we now run on is a pretty impressive list. It starts all the way from the original machine to Sun's newest.
Ultra 1/1E
Ultra 2
Ultra 5/10
Ultra 25/45
Ultra 30/60/80
SPARCengineUltra AX
SPARCengineUltra AXe
SPARCengineUltra AXi
SPARCengine CP1500
Enterprise 150
Enterprise 220R
Enterprise 250
Enterprise 420R
Enterprise 450
Enterprise 3000/4000/5000/6000
Enterprise 3500/4500/5500/6500
Enterprise 10000
Sun Blade 100/150
Sun Blade 1000/2000
Sun Blade 1500/2500
Sun Blade T6300
Sun Blade T6320
Sun Fire V100/V120
Sun Fire V125
Sun Fire V210/V240/V440
Sun Fire V215/V245
Sun Fire V250
Sun Fire 280R
Sun Fire V480/V880
Sun Fire V490/V890
Sun Fire V1280
Sun Fire T1000/T2000
Sun SPARC Enterprise T1000/T2000
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220
Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000
Netra X1
Netra 20/T4
Netra 120
Netra 210/240/440
Netra 1280
Netra 1290
Netra T1 100/105
Netra T1 AC200/DC200
Netra T 1100
Netra T 1120/1125
Netra T 1400/1405
Netra CP3060
Netra CP3260
Netra T2000
Netra T5220
Momentum Leopard-V
RDI/Tadpole Ultrabook 170/200
Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 250/450
Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER 650/850
Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise T1000/T2000
Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220
Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000
There are still a few SPARC systems OpenBSD doesn't run on but given the tenacity of this team I'm sure its only a matter of time ;) (Speaking of which, I'm going to see if I can help them locate a Tadpole Viper)


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Bleach is taking its first step into high-definition gaming. The latest issue of V-Jump magazine has announced that Bleach: Soul Ignition is in development for PlayStation 3.
The game will be shown off at Jump Festa next month. It'll release in 2011.
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The Blue
July 08 2010 07:43AM
A glance at the current Oilers depth chart tells us a lot about the future. Up front, this team is loaded with tremendous potential. The list of young forwards (Gagner, Cogliano, Brule with the big league team; Hall, MPS, Eberle, Omark, Hartikainen, Lander, Vande Velde) is long, deep and varied; I dare say the only time this team has enjoyed such a large list of potential quality forwards was 79-81 (although the mid-90's had a large and impressive group).
The goaltending has two young NHLers (JDD, DD) trying to establish themselves along with two prospects bubbling under (Olivier Roy might be very good; Tyler Bunz is the new hire).
The problem area is the Blue. Only Ladislav Smid (24) is young and established, and there is no "complete" talent among the prospects. This was brought into view on the Oilers one-hour pre-draft show (which I enjoyed, as a draft junkie) Oil Change. At one point Stu (Magnificent Bastard) MacGregor asks the room "do we have an Erik Gudbranson?" and the answer from the scouts is in the negative.
I think the Oilers have to be very aggressive in the next 12 months. They might end up using the 2011 lottery pick on a stud D prospect, they may end up dealing one of the high end veteran wingers (Hemsky & Penner) and they may try to sign some European and college free agents. Here is a quick list of the current AHL "bubbling under" group, the kids most likely to play this season if one of the current 6 (Whitney-Gilbert; Smid-Foster; Vandeermeer-Strudwick) suffers an injury.
- D Theo Peckham: Sometimes in life opportunity knocks and man I hope this kid answers the door. When healthy and fit, he's a strong, tough defender with a mean streak and a willingness to drop the gloves. Tom Renney has mentioned him as a player he's excited about seeing at training camp in the fall. Injury and conditioning issues have been a problem, but the Oilers badly need developing defenseman and he is the best of the group.
- D Alex Plante: Made big strides this season and is certainly part of the future. His pro debut was the most impressive in the entire system. Injuries and callups forced Plante up the depth chart and he played well, so well in fact the club rewarded him with a call to the show (4gp, +1) last season. He's in a position now to play well in Okla City and be one of the first callups when injuries occur. Alex Plante is not an NHL defenseman yet, but the light has turned on and he's trending well. Also important to consider: anecdotal evidence that Plante was playing against some of the tougher opposition in the AHL (as a rookie) last season. It's a strong tell.
- D Jeff Petry: His NHLE (82gp, 4-22-26) makes him (once again) the strongest offensive defenseman in the system and his wider range of skills gives us some hope for a more complete defender than someone like Chorney (Petry is 4 inches and 20 pounds bigger than Chorney). Impressed with skating and wingspan at this week's Oilers camp, he is the one player on this list with a wide range of skills.
- D Taylor Chorney: A fine skater who has some holes defensively. I think there is probably concern in the Oilers organization about this player. He was drafted right after the lockout, when NHL teams believed puck movers would rule the earth. He is not strong enough to win puck battles and is miles from being able to anchor a big league pairing. Of all the top level draft picks on defense, this player will probably benefit the most from the added AHL veteran group (Petiot, Taylor, etc) in Okla City.
- D Johan Motin: Motin made his pro debut and performed well. His numbers (he's not an offensive defender) are rock solid in the AHL (55gp, 1-5-6 -5 on a terrible team) and he would rank higher if there was any evidence he played against tough competition in the minors. I think he is the type of player who will improve over the next couple of seasons as he adjusts to the length of the season and the physical wear and tear. He is exactly the player-type this organization needs at this time, but something tells me he's a fair distance from Plante in terms of NHL readiness. It'll take some time.
History tells us that at least a couple of these players will not develop as hoped, due to injury and ineffectiveness. The top pro prospects at the AHL level 10 years ago were Chris Hajt and Alex Henry; neither developed as a big league regular (although the list above is far superior).
Defensemen take a long time to develop. They tend to be effective deeper into their 30's (once they establish themselves), so Oiler fans can take heart in the fact that Tom Gilbert and Ryan Whitney are signed long term. We should expect a high draft pick to be spent on a defenseman next summer and an aggressive attempt by the procurement department to uncover gems through free agency.
July 09 2010, 08:12AM
How come when I make up a rumour, no one cares?
When Rishaud or whatever his name is does, its a story?
As long as Hemsky is on this team, Smyth aint coming back. What for?
I just visited hockeybuzz and that Richard character is out to lunch at 10:15 p.m. He had Penner traded just to make room for Smyth. WoW! Fcuking Internet!
I wonder when I wake up if TSN will have a 2 and half minute piece on the possible trade, with ofcourse expert analysis from Pierre and Bob?
you serious?
you have absolutely no track record or credibility. there is no reason, at all, for anyone to think you are anything other than a pimple faced 14 year old, sitting in his moms basement, self violating far to much.
rishaug is a media member. He is connected to the team, and to other reporters. If he starts throwing BS out there, he gets blackballed, and is out of a job..
odds are, if a credible media person puts it out there, it probably has a tad bit of truth. Odds are, nothing comes of it.
July 09 2010, 09:09AM
UNIQUE POSITION FOR HALL ? Not ever have i seen a 30th pick surrounded by so many other young scoring talents to compliment him . That includes Gretzky , Crosby , Malkin , Toews , Kane, etc..
This is a unique position the Oilers are about to embark upon and normal bounds may take a fall if it all comes together . Proven at worlds players like OMark , Svensson , and Eberle have already proven they can compete in scoring with all the young elites in NHL already . In fact one might argue they may have outshone most of them !
Thats three who's aspirations should be set high to begin with . My 270 plus team goals might be a little understated seeing i forgot to add any scoring from defencemen . Team goal i'm setting at 310 goals for this unique situation for upcoming season . If best defence is offence then perhaps Goals Against will subsequently come down . A year like Phoenix had last year not out of the question either - 100 points and sixth i believe in standings ?
It's not such a wild fantasy considering our unique circumstances with our emerging youth program ! Did Gretzky ever have it this good his first year ? No! Might the next Selanne evolve only as an Oiler in their first year ? We can hope because the possibilities are there for it to happen . You never want to set team goals to easy to achieve-reach for the stars not the minimum or basement . The ceilings the limit with this merging youth program , and they should be setting their sights high . We might all be surprised how high this young club might clib on individual and team basis because of it's unique makeup !
Re: Eberle/Omark/Svenson competing in scoring with young elite NHL'ers
Theirs a long list of guys that put up big points in the WJC/WC that couldn't translate to the NHL.
Also, in one post you're front and center on firing upper managment for incompetence and then a few posts later you're talking about how they may have assembled a team that can score 300+ goals..... see an issue there?
July 09 2010, 09:09AM
But isn't what he is saying a rumour too?
"Rishaug says he's heard that Tambellini has talked" that doesn't sound very stern to me. Where and Whom did he heard this from, How?
I guess in some senses it's a rumour, but he's reporting it as a credited member of the mainstream media. You can assume that he heard it from a source he trusts enough to go public with it.
How many times do the MSM guys have to explain that naming your confidential sources is counter-productive to getting information? You can choose to believe he's making this all up from the comfort of his yacht in the Bahamas, but given his credibility in Edmonton sports circles I would guess that he was in fact told that Tambellini spoke about Smyth even if it was just feeling things out.
Re: Eberle/Omark/Svenson competing in scoring with young elite NHL'ers
Theirs a long list of guys that put up big points in the WJC/WC that couldn't translate to the NHL.
Also, in one post you're front and center on firing upper managment for incompetence and then a few posts later you're talking about how they may have assembled a team that can score 300+ goals..... see an issue there?
I'll yank a few chains from time to time to liven things up . As for upper management i still am not a fan . They have something unique here , and i hope they don't destroy it even before season starts .
I'll yank a few chains from time to time to liven things up . As for upper management i still am not a fan . They have something unique here , and i hope they don't destroy it even before season starts .
I'd suggest waiting for these new kids to play a few games in the big boys league before throwing out comps like "Gretzky" and "Selanne".
July 09 2010, 11:42AM
I'll yank a few chains from time to time to liven things up . As for upper management i still am not a fan . They have something unique here , and i hope they don't destroy it even before season starts .
Liking what they've built and disliking them is pretty ridiculous.


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Coed Cross Country & Track Skills Camp to Be Held At Kaskaskia College
The Kaskaskia College Athletic Department will hold a Coed Cross Country and Track Skills Camp at the KC main campus June 16-18.
The camp will be held from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. and is for students in kindergarten through eighth grades.
The cost to attend is $30.00 and all campers will receive a t-shirt.
The camp will include the principles of distance running, how to prepare for race day both mentally and physically and the proper diet for distance runners.
Also included will be training techniques and on-site training.
The camp will be instructed by Kaskaskia College's head cross country coach Mike Hargis.
All runners should meet in the Fitness Center the first day of the camp and should also bring water.
Pre‑registration is required. For a registration form or for further information, contact Coach Kim Rahar at 545-3372.
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I suspected that Rangiku's past would become relevant ever since Gin said that he didn't manage to recover what's been taken from her (he didn't say what something is).
Also, seeing aizen back will be quite epic!
I suspected that Rangiku's past would become relevant ever since Gin said that he didn't manage to recover what's been taken from her (he didn't say what something is).
Also, seeing aizen back will be quite epic!
that Aizen would return by being shown in restraints, which already happened. It's possible that it was all that we meant to see him . In other words, it's a trololololoolol.Aizen will return
Kubo wants to draw him in restraints.
At this point a lot of the things from the list were already shown, happen, the only things remaining are:
- Renji's New Bankai,
- Rangiku's past where she is probably healed, or the thing that was taken from her is probably replaced with something else that a Quincy did to her, probably,
- Yachiru fighting,
- Yumichika's Bankai,
- Ukitake's recovery, seemingly, quite likely with a dyed hair it seems...
- a flashback how Rukia became a VC (wasn't this cover in a novel ?)?
- Everyone's bloodlines will be revealed (is there someone left anyway ?),
- few villains, but their number will increase... I'm not sure what this means... that something beside Quincy will appear ? Aizen's big return ?
- Everyone's past will become important, well that's hard to imagine lol ,
- The threat in this arc will be so great that it will force the Royal Guard out and be something they have never faced before... some of the Royal Guards members did seem to have faced against Quincy before, so to what this might be referring to ?
- The "history" of his pink Haori will be revealed - this also was already covered in a Novel IIRC,
- He will use Bankai in this arc - well, he is in a closed space about to fight Grand Master, without any unnecessary viewers, so yeah we will see it soon,
Beside this also:
- Hisagi Bankai (this might mean that Yumichika might not get one),
- Rukia Bankai perhaps ?
- Chad's Fulbring being completed,
- Orihime's power going out of control becoming a mayor treat that the Royal Guard never faced, muahahahhaaa, probably not,
- Dog Clan,
- Heavenly clothed armor thing,
- everyone's Bankai,
- quite a lot more actually .
What strikes me about this chapter, and frankly I'm appalled that no one has mentioned this yet, is Kubo's assumption at accomplishing the near impossible conclusion of Bleach in only one more volume!?!?! Theoretically, without breaks, that could mean we see the end of Bleach by the end of this year! In my mind, however, there is no way that he can satisfyingly end this arc, let alone his entire series when he has yet to answer AND resolve so many questions he's thus far posed in this final arc. I cannot even write how many tangent story line plots he's created and will need to resolve in the next and final 10-15 chapters of the ENTIRE series! To me, unless he begins making his chapters 30+ pages, Kubo is going to forget, hasten, and under depict several key aspects (characters, issues, history, powers, relationships, basic manga logic of his current setting in the story, etc) of his story, which will therefore end his greatest series unsatisfying and without due respect. Kubo...I hope you've saved your ABSOLUTE BEST for these last few chapters.
Some notes from the chapter:
--No Ichigo but for a quick glimpse--I'm fine with this
--A parallel realm within a parallel realm! Say whaatttttt! As if that has never been done before. Still, nice to see the contrast between Soul Reapers and Sternritter, light and dark, good and evil, big boobs and ice and mohawk and fire etc etc You know, manga stuff.
--To me, Myuri's current state is only a temporary one. Seeing as he often has this evolving sort of vibe (think also the nature of his bankai), to me this fashioned Arrancar suit is but a cocoon in which he'll break out of and become some all-powerful creep akin to how Kenpachi was prior to learning to be a true Kenpachi. Excited to say the least.
--wondering how in the world bankais which are stolen and rendered mute can come back by sheer will power; Kubo, this is one of those plot logics I hope you answer satisfyingly
--cannot wait to see the powers and showdowns of the rest of the characters, and if those who "died" are really "dead"
Still where the hell is Yoruichi? She needs to show up with some more hax tools from the Shihoin Clan like that Shihoin Shield that destroyed the Sokyoku.
If you are talking about what's written on the top of the color page, then that is a mistranslation from Mangastream. In other scanlations it says "chapter" as a final "arc", or "part" of the story.
She might jump out wearing something funky, after all the Shihoin Clan is also known as Tenshiheisōban (天賜兵装番, House of Godly Gears), so expect for Hōgu (宝具, lit. "Treasure Tool") and Bugu (武具, lit. "War Tool") to appear, along with Tenshiheisō (天賜兵装, lit. "Heavenly Gifted Soldier Clothing"). Maybe she will even have her Zanpakutou with her .
Then again we don't know what happened with the Shihoin Clan and their mission after Yoruichi disappeared, perhaps it was passed to someone else... when you think about it, Yoruichi appearing with her Zanpakutou might be enough, since it might have been better for Soi-feng to use those tools because she needs a power up and a weapon, armor, tools since she lost her Bankai.
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I would love for Matsumoto to step in and tell Shiro to step back and let her handle it so he can go do something more important. She hasn't been redeemed yet as a VC from her severe beating by the 3 arrancar of Hallibel. She needs this win, a quick overpowered win against a group that is their complete opposite. Also loved how Shinsui was so cool and composed when the Grandmaster showed up, hes so cool compared to CC yamamoto hehe.
It is going to be an amazing arc. And I think we are going to see Ukitake die but not before showing his true strength, and possibly the same for Mayuri, but not before showing he is on par with Urahara or maybe even a little bit smarter hehe.
Can't wait. Lets get this party started
A pie in the sky?
Regarding Rangiku and what Aizen's men took from her, I had always thought that they took her "Honour", and Gin meant to return it by killing Aizen, which he failed to do.
I do wonder what SS intends to do this time when as far as I know, they still haven't found a way to prevent Bankais from being stolen, and there are far more invaders this time than there were before.
I also wonder whether Ichigo is still in SK realm, or if he's back in SS. Another thing is that I didn't see Aizen in this chapter, it sounded like someone here saw him.
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Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
Saying Hitsu used some kind of ice element techinque on his own makes no sense either, it has always been shown that there are some zanpakuto that have elemental power, the zanpakutos were always the medium for those powers, not the shinigami themselves. And the zanpakuto were always in at least shikai.
i must say after this wait i'm not disappointed i love mayuri the fact the he instigated a fight shows that he's well prepared... shunsuis calm approach.. not suprised about hitsugaya's ice blockage because when he was young he almost killed his grandmother because he used to exert the coldness in his sleep
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Missed a week due to travel folks so firstly apologies for that – clearly my first trait should be the inability to keep an appointment with ones blog
OK so there are probably hundreds of things you need to be successful in business but I've been day dreaming this last week and working out my top 5 – I love a top 5 as you know
So here they are in no particular order
1). Passion – In bucketfuls. I spend an awful lot of my time with other businessmen and women. In my working life, networking constitutes at least half my time. It's one of the key ways we build our brand and get our company noticed. From there, when people want a job done, we're at least in with a chance. One trait of seriously successful businessmen and women I've met over the years is passion for what they do. Passion is catching; you know when you've met someone who is passionate about their business – you come away feeling good about yourself. Without this trait you're going to start off on the back foot. If can't get passionate about your business is it the right business for you? Think on that for a while.
2). Sales skills – Every start-up business needs to bring in sales. If you're on your own then that's you pal If you're not and you don't like selling you better hope you're in partnership with someone that does. You could have the best product or service in the country but if no-one knows about it then you may as well give up now. Sale's doesn't need to be cheesy, it doesn't need to be immoral, it doesn't need to feel dirty! Much of good quality sales is about building relationships and making the customer want to buy (not be sold). I strongly suggest reading the book below (affiliate link) which will, without a doubt, help with your sales process. In fact, even if you're not in sales or running a business, read it anyway because its awesome.
The Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness – You can buy it from Amazon here.
3). A good product or service – Not technically a trait, but the ability to either come up with or be involved in selling a good product or service is a trait that I see all the time in successful people. You make your own luck, you earn it. These people have a sixth sense for getting involved with projects that do well. They fail a lot as well but the difference is the ones that work, really work. I know there are an awful lot of people out there selling sub standard products and services in their business – forget that – it's a short-term attitude if you ask me. It won't be long before you're found out and the churn rate on customers will be huge meaning you never build relationships with people, you continually need new prospects poured in the top of your sales funnel. If you ask me, without a good product or service that you truly believe in, just don't bother. You need to believe that your customer is truly better off by choosing you over your competitors.
4). A head for numbers and in particular cashflow – Since I started this blog almost exactly a year ago I know for a fact the most blogged about topic has been cashflow. There is a good reason for this – because it's so damn important Without cashflow you have no business. I'm not going to go over old ground again on this. I wrote quite a lengthy post about cashflow here and even gave a step by step guide on how to write a cash flow forecast – you have no excuse
5). The ability to accept help and support – Business is a lonely place sometimes, help and support is essential but how often have I seen business owners that think they know it all and therefore are not prepared to accept it fail – Too many is the answer!!! Friends and family without their own business may not understand quite what it takes to run a business and unless they ever do it themselves they may never understand. This doesn't mean you don't listen to these people or dismiss their input – it can be just as valuable. It's important to build a network of support around you that you can bounce ideas off. I'm lucky to have a great business partner at Optix Solutions who I bounce ideas off and chat with about strategy regularly. We also have a couple of mentor figures who consult us on the business regularly and keep us on track. We also have supportive families and friends – all of which make the days when it's not so fun, easier to deal with. The successful businessman or woman doesn't know it all and is willing to listen to others…do you?
So what are your top 5? Maybe you just want to add in a couple? I'm keen to hear from you


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A. Sonia Santos - Speed / AA. Salinas - Tenha Fe, Pois Amanhà Um Lindo Dia Vai Nascer
Brazil 45 #4 is a Jorge Ben cover version double:
Sonia Santos samba-boogie version of Jorge Ben's 'Speed' was originally released in 1978 on RCA. The B side is a full on, albeit slightly cheesey, Disco medley entitled 'Ben Discotheque' featuring Jorge Ben's 'Chove Chuva', 'Mas Que Nada', 'Xica da Silva', 'Taj Mahal' and 'A Lua E Minha' amongst others.
Salinas version of 'Tenha Fe, Pois Amanhà Um Lindo Dia Vai Nascer' taken from the 1972 album 'Paz E Amor' has never been released on 7".


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PROVIDENCE – State regulators have determined that the application from Prime Healthcare Services of Ontario, Calif., filed the first week of January, to purchase Landmark Medical Center is incomplete, the R.I. Attorney General's office announced Friday.
The state regulators said that the most notable omission was from Prime Healthcare regarding the proposed transaction.
In addition, the state regulators gave Prime Healthcare and Jonathan N. Savage, the special master for Landmark, a deadline of March 15 to respond with the information requested.
Also, the state regulators asked Prime Healthcare and Savage to execute an amendment to the asset purchase agreement to accommodate the additional review time.
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GlassFish 3.1 and Manual Synchronization
By Jennifer Chou on Feb 28, 2011
If you need to setup a GlassFish cluster on machines which are unable to talk to each other, you can do so with the new manual synchronization commands introduced in GlassFish 3.1: export-sync-bundle and import-sync-bundle
Machine A = DAS
Machine B = remote machine
You have an existing cluster cluster1 with instance1 which you want to synchronize on to machine B.
instance1 has already been registered in DAS domain.xml on machine A using create-local-instance.
1. Export cluster1 on machine A
asadmin export-sync-bundle cluster1
This will create the sync bundle which contains the cluster configuration:
2. Copy cluster1-sync-bundle.zip to machine B.
If machine B can talk to machine A, you can use the --retrieve option.
On machine B do
asadmin --host machineA export-sync-bundle --target cluster1 --retrieve=true
This will download the sync bundle from machine A onto machine B.
3. On machine B import the sync bundle
asadmin import-sync-bundle --instance instance1 cluster1-sync-bundle.zip
The instance1 filesystem is created using the sync bundle under the node that is provided in the domain.xml. You can specify a different node by using the --node option.
instance1 must already have been registered on DAS domain.xml on machine A, using create-local-instance or create-instance. If it is not registered, import-sync-bundle will give an error.


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By GARY ARRINGTONSports writer
The Emery High golf team hosted the region teams in the final region meet of the season at Millsite Golf Course Sept. 24 and had their best finish of the season. Emery finished in fourth position in the tournament but they were only seven strokes out of first place.
Led by Mark Guymon, who finished fourth overall and Brady Jensen, who finished eighth, Emery shot a score of 367 to finish seven strokes out of the lead. Delta won with a score of 360 followed by Richfield with a score of 363 and Delta with a score of 365. Juab shot a 386 and North Sanpete shot a 404.
Mark Guymon finished the season as the fourth best golfer in region 12. Guymon, along with Brian Langston and Devin Hales, were also named Academic All-Region for region 12. There were six golfers total on the team from the region and the Spartans had three of them.
For the season, Juab won the region title followed by Delta, Richfield, Manti, Emery and North Sanpete. For the season, Emery finished less than 100 strokes out of the lead for the season. When you take all the tournaments the Spartans played in and divide that score by those meets, Emery was only one good golfer out of competing for the championship. Emery's scores constantly improved during the season, as they got better.
Guymon will now represent Emery at the state golf tournament this week. Schneiter's Bluff Golf Course in Ogden will host the meet Oct. 7-8.


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Agilent Technologies Introduces Million-Bit-Per-Minute Channel Simulator for Signal Integrity
New Advanced Design System Simulator Speeds Eye Measurements for Multigigabit/s Chip-to-Chip Data Link Design
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 3, 2009
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a million-bit-per-minute signal integrity Channel Simulator for multigigabit chip-to-chip data link design. The Channel Simulator -- part of Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software platform - allows an interactive eye measurement from channel simulations inside the ADS signal integrity design and analysis environment.
"With a throughput that's a thousand times faster than SPICE, it is now practical to make changes to the channel or the transmit-and-receive equalization and see eye measurement results instantaneously," said Colin Warwick, signal integrity product manager with Agilent's EEsof EDA division. "The Channel Simulator is unique because it allows our customers to build the model from regular ADS circuit- and physical-level components. They can access tuning, optimization and batch mode -- all from an intuitive user interface."
The most common applications for the ADS Channel Simulator are design and verification of chip-to-chip multigigabit/s serial links. These are found in almost all consumer and enterprise digital products produced today -- from laptop computers to data center servers to telecommunication switching centers to Internet routers. At the very high data rates at which these links operate, signal-integrity engineers must take into account physical phenomena such as impedance mismatch, reflections, electromagnetic coupling, crosstalk and microwave frequency attenuation due to the skin effect and dielectric loss tangent.
The ADS Channel Simulator allows signal integrity engineers to address these challenges by performing "what-if" design space exploration. To aid this workflow, ADS Channel Simulator uses impulse response analysis to automatically extract a fast, linear FIR model from any combination of ADS circuit-level and physical-level components. This results in simulation throughputs of more than a million bits per minute. Fast eye measurement lets signal-integrity engineers interactively produce the resulting eye measurements -- and optimize transmit and receive equalization -- in serial links such as PCI Express(r), USB 3.0 and 10-gigabit Ethernet.
Agilent's Advanced Design System is a powerful electronic design automation platform. It offers complete integration to designers of multigigabit/s serial links; consumer and commercial wireless electronic products, such as mobile phones, wireless networking and GPS; and radar and satellite communications systems.
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Agilent's Channel Simulator will be available as part of the Advanced Design System 2009 release, available in mid-February. The Channel Simulator is offered as part of both the legacy E8885 Convolution Simulator and its successor, the new W2302 Transient Convolution Element in Agilent's Advanced Design System. Prices start at approximately $26,000.
About Agilent EEsof EDA Software
Agilent EEsof EDA is an industry-leading provider of RF-mixed signal circuit and system-design software. The software is the result of more than 30 years of innovation by the world's premier RF design and software development engineers, who focus on understanding and solving designers' problems. Agilent EEsof EDA software is compatible with and is used to design the company's test and measurement equipment. Additional information is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof.
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Some people have asked of late for examples of Buster. What follows is the (annotated) code that I used to generate the FDL video of the particles swarming around the lambda in the last post:
module Main where import qualified Data.Array.IO as A import Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph import Graphics.Rendering.Hieroglyph.OpenGL import App.EventBus import IsoFDL import Random import Data.Colour import Data.Colour.Names import System.Random import Control.Concurrent dim = 480 minSeedCoord = fromIntegral $ quot dim 2 - 80 maxSeedCoord = fromIntegral $ quot dim 2 + 80 minIdealDist = (-100) maxIdealDist = 100 npts = 100 basestrength = 4 randomRIOs :: Double -> Double -> IO [Double] randomRIOs a b = do g <- getStdGen return $ randomRs (a, b) g
This is the only behaviour we define, adjustLayout, and it runs a single layout iteration over the data. We take the old locales of points, compute an FDL iteration, take the new locales of points, and produce the event, which is "Visible" (this is important, as Hieroglyph looks for all items in the Visible group, assumes they are o the class Visual, and attempts to render them. We also produce a re-rendering request, and return the list of rerender and our layout as a future to be used at the appropriate time by the buster framework. One final thing to note about our event is that it should live for 10 iterations. Often geometry is persistent, but this was used to give the "contrail" effect to the particles as they move, effectively layering slightly transparent geometry over the top of older slightly transparent geometry to create the effect.
The Hieroglyph code is also fairly straightforward. We apply linewidth and line color combinators (using the colours in Russell O'Connor's excellent Data.Colour library) to a list of paths which are slightly exaggerated (that's the +/-(x1-x0) and +/-(y1-y0) operations on the Points in the path) vectors along the path that was most recently traveled.
adjustLayout :: [Attractor] -> (Arr (Int,Int) Double) -> (Arr Int Double) -> (Arr Int Double) -> Behaviour [EData HieroglyphGLRuntime] adjustLayout poles dists xs ys b = do pts <- externalizeLayout xs ys layoutIteration basestrength poles xs ys dists pts' <- externalizeLayout xs ys event' <- produce "Visible" "" (show . head $ pts') (Iterations 10) . (:[]) . EOther . Geometry . linewidth 1 . strokecolour (dissolve 0.3 (opaque darkblue)) . name "points" $ zipWith (\(x0,y0) (x1,y1) -> path{ begin=Point (x0-(x1-x0)) (y0-(y1-y0)), segments=[Line $ Point (x1+(x1-x0)) (y1+(y1-y0))] }) pts pts' rerender <- produce "Hieroglyph" "" "Rerender" once [] future b . return $ [event',rerender]
The next function, behaviour would normally be pure, but because we have some data that is internal to the adjustLayout behaviour, it's got a do. One of the things that I will change in the near future about Hieroglyph and OpenGL is to make the events it can respond to more polymorphic. Currently I require that to use Hieroglyph in OpenGL that the event data type is [EData HieroglyphGLRuntime]. That's pretty inane if I do say so myself, and in the future, there will be a constraint more along the lines of (HieroglyphInteractiveEventData a) => a rather than a static type to be determined at compile time. However, with the current state of things, this is our behaviour, and it's still pretty straightforward. renderBehaviour depends on the result of adjustLayout. That's it. The <~< establishes the dependency relationship and buster takes care of the rest. The "poles" are a series of attractors (defined in IsoFDL.hs), which are static fields attached to a fixed point in space, attracting or repelling depending on the constant given them.
behaviour = do randomDistances <- randomRIOs minIdealDist maxIdealDist >>= A.newListArray ((0,0),(npts-1,npts-1)) . take (npts^2) . drop (2*npts) randomXs <- randomRIOs minSeedCoord maxSeedCoord >>= A.newListArray (0,npts-1) . take npts randomYs <- randomRIOs minSeedCoord maxSeedCoord >>= A.newListArray (0,npts-1) . take npts . drop npts poles <- mapM (\(x,y) -> compileAttractor . Attractor x y . take npts $ repeat 150) [(100,(440-100)), (170,(440-160)), (220,(440-220)), (160,(440-280)), (100,(440-320)), (280,(440-280)), (350,(440-320)), (380,(440-300))] return $ renderBehaviour <~< adjustLayout poles randomDistances randomXs randomYs main = behaviour >>= boilerplateOpenGLMain [initializeBus "Testing Force Directed layouts" dim dim]
Finally, our main function is incredibly simple. We simply bind the behaviour to the boilerplate buster OpenGL main. The other argument to boilerplateOpenGLMain is a list of "widgets" to be bound to the bus at the beginning of the application.


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Leicester outscored Sarries two tries to none to claim a place in the Premiership Final with a 24-15 victory at Welford Road on Saturday.
Leicester outscored Saracens two tries to none to claim a place in the Aviva Premiership Final with a 24-15 win at Welford Road on Saturday.
Tigers will now face Harlequins, who earlier beat Northampton, in the Twickenham final on 26 May.
It was the first game between these two at Welford Road since the visitors' famous 50-25 thrashing of the Tigers in September 2011.
But this match was unsurprisingly an altogether tighter affair with Leicester taking a 13-12 lead at half-time through a converted Alesana Tuilagi touchdown and two George Ford penalties.
Owen Farrell kicked all of Sarries' first-half points, but Leicester edged their way to victory in the second 40 through Steve Mafi's try and two more Ford kicks, despite Farrell briefly cutting the gap.
Toby Flood pulled out before kick-off and Ford came in as his replacement. Julian Salvi was also ruled out and there was an air of uncertainty about Leicester's game early on.
Saracens initially dominated and deservedly went three points in front through the boot of Farrell. The hosts' fly-half levelled the scores before David Strettle crossed the whitewash, only to knock-on over the line. It was to prove costly.
Although the visiting centre added another three-pointer, Leicester took the lead when Ford's beautifully timed pass sent the elder Tuilagi clear.
Despite that setback, the visitors continued to control territory, and Farrell reduced the deficit to one point. The England international added a fourth from the tee, but Ford responded.
Unlike the opening period, the hosts dominated the initial stages of the second half and scored a second touchdown through Mafi, with another move instigated by fly-half Ford.
Ford and Farrell then traded penalties as Leicester led by six points before the home side's number ten sealed the victory with his fourth three-pointer, booking their spot in the final.
The scorers:
For Leicester:
Tries: A Tuilagi, Mafi
Con: Ford
Pens: Ford 4
For Saracens:
Pens: Farrell 5
Leicester: 15 Geordan Murphy (capt), 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Craig Newby, 6 Steve Mafi, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 George Skivington, 3 Dan Cole, 2 George Chuter, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Logovi'i Mulipola, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Graham Kitchener, 20 Ben Woods, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Billy Twelvetrees, 23 Scott Hamilton.
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 David Strettle, 13 Owen Farrell, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Chris Wyles, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Will Fraser, 6 Jackson Wray, 5 Mouritz Botha, 4 Steve Borthwick (capt), 3 Matt Stevens, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Rhys Gill.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 John Smit, 18 Carlos Nieto, 19 Hugh Vyvyan, 20 George Kruis, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Adam Powell, 23 James Short.
Referee: Dave Pearson


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text: The Millsite Ward participated in the world wide service day by joining together on three projects that directly benefit the town and citizens of Ferron. These projects including cleaning the American Legion Hall building in Ferron, and cleaning Mill Road from the highway to the golf course including the Peach Day's parade route. They also finished fleece blankets and donated them to the Emery County Nursing Home.