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What Is the Doctrine of Divine Election?
from Steven Lawson Jun 28, 2017 Category: ArticlesThe idea that God does what He wants, and that what He does is true and right because He does it, is foundational to our understanding of everything in Scripture, including the doctrine of election. In the broad sense, election refers to the fact that God chooses (or elects) to... Keep Reading
Columns from Tabletalk Magazine, May 2011
from Tim Challies May 02, 2011 Category: Tabletalk MagazineThe May edition of Tabletalk is out. Continuing our ongoing series on the history of the church, this month's issue focuses on the eleventh century looking at the great schism between the churches in the East and West, the investiture controversy, the crusades, and Anselm of Canterbury. Contributors include R.C. Sproul, John Piper, Justin Holcomb, Mark Driscoll, Michael Brown, Keith Mathison, and R.C. Sproul Jr. Keep Reading
A Primer on Inerrancy (pt. 8)
from John Gerstner May 02, 2011 Category: ArticlesIn this excerpt from John Gerstner's Primitive Theology, Dr. Gerstner looks at the issue of inerrancy and seeks briefly and non-technically to present a case for Bible Inerrancy that a serious-minded layman can follow and evaluate. Though by no means an exhaustive treatment, it is one that is sound and faithful to the Scriptures. This is the eighth and final part of the series. Dr. Gerstner has looked at both unsound and sound bases for sound doctrine. And now he is answering a couple of objections to inerrancy. Keep Reading
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from Nathan W. Bingham May 01, 2011 Category: Ministry NewsHere are some highlights from the various Ligonier Twitter feeds over the past week. Keep Reading
Killing Anger
from Tim Challies Apr 29, 2011 Category: Tabletalk MagazineIn his column in the April edition of Tabletalk, John Piper writes this: "In marriage, anger rivals lust as a killer. My guess is that anger is a worse enemy than lust. It also destroys other kinds of camaraderie. Some people have more anger than they think, because it has disguises. When willpower hinders rage, anger smolders beneath the surface, and the teeth of the soul grind with frustration. It can come out in tears that look more like hurt. But the heart has learned that this may be the only way to hurt back." Keep Reading
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from Tim Challies Apr 28, 2011 Category: Tabletalk MagazineDr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. serves as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to his presidential duties, Mohler hosts Thinking in Public, an interview forum about frontline theological and cultural matters; and The Briefing, which seeks to enable Christians to think biblically about current events. He has served as pastor and staff minister of several Southern Baptist churches and came to the presidency of Southern Seminary from service as editor of The Christian Index, the oldest of the state papers serving the Southern Baptist Convention. Keep Reading
VIDEO: CrossReference: Give Me Your Son
from Karisa Schlehr Apr 27, 2011 Category: Ligonier ResourcesThis week we bring you the fifth episode from CrossReference: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, a new series from David Murray and HeadHeartHand on the appearances in the Old Testament. You can watch the first two episodes here, and the remaining videos will be available for temporary viewing each week for the next six weeks at the Ligonier blog, Challies, and HeadHeartHand. Keep Reading
Life From Death
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Apr 27, 2011 Category: ArticlesThe irony does not escape me that just days after we celebrate so earnestly the resurrection of Jesus, my dear bride begins the stem cell transplant process in our battle with leukemia. There will be a few days of sundry tests, but soon she will undergo what may be the most intense chemotherapy there is. She is in remission as I type, and God willing will be when that chemo starts. Why bury your body in chemical poison when there is no known cancer therein? Just what exactly are we trying to kill this time? White blood cells. Before we sought to kill what was killing her. Now we are seeking to kill what seeks to make her well. Keep Reading
The End of the World According to Harold Camping (Part 5)
from W. Robert Godfrey Apr 26, 2011 Category: ArticlesHarold Camping has not only deserted the church, he seems also to have deserted Christ and his Gospel. In his online book The End of the Church…and After, he began to reject a number of teachings on salvation common in Reformed churches. Consider this strange amalgam of biblical truths and errors all of which Camping rejects as errors so serious that Christ has ended the church age because of them: Keep Reading
Worship Matters
from Karisa Schlehr Apr 26, 2011 Category: Ministry NewsIn response to a growing interest in the use of liturgical elements in worship, The Gospel Coalition recently posted a few responses to the question, "To what extent does your church use liturgical elements such as responsive readings and creeds? Why?" In light of this discussion, here are further resources to help address public worship, discernment in worship, the regulative principle of worship, legalism, liturgy, and Christian freedom. Keep Reading

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Okay, these three terms are generally translated as "greed," "hatred," and, "delusion."
Sometimes greed is taken to mean craving, then ill-will, and furthermore ignorance in place of delusion. Ignorance is part of the chain of origination. So is craving. Some sources dictate that the translated roots "greed" and "delusion" are actually synonymous with the "craving" link of the chain, the "attachment" link of the chain, or the "ignorance" link of the chain and so forth. All these words seem so jumbled up to me.
I've always assumed the correct roots to be greed, hatred, and delusion. Now, happening upon these misgivings about translation and examination, once again, I've come to a confusing impasse. What is the contextual translation of greed, hatred, and delusion according to the text? And, do these terms correspond to terms in the chain (ergo, ignorance, craving, and attachment/clinging), do they not, or do some of them? I would really be thankful for some clarification on this, because I can't find any. I have a thorough understanding of dependent origination and the aggregates, as well as the elements and so forth. But I'm confused how terminologically the three unwholesome roots should be translated with respect to these words.
[I apologize. Let me rephrase: I think this is more a matter of literal translation, Pali Terms, and textual application. Meaning, word for word, do either three of the unwholesome roots match any of the links in dependent origination (including the Buddha's talks about craving in respect to aggregates). Furthermore are ignorance and delusion interchangeable as a causal link with the same meaning as the unwholesome root of "delusion." And so forth...]
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A mix of old and new marks USC's brand of education. The missionary spirit is kept
alive with the school's pursuit for the latest in science, technology, and the arts.
A sense of heritage blends well with the Carolinian enthusiasm for the new. And
this is best shown in the increasingly eclectic look of the school's architecture.
In general, USC is busy getting a makeover. But as modern buildings rise in the
campuses, ancient ones are carefully preserved. Thus, the newly-renovated façade
of the Main Campus looks as fresh as when it rose from the rubbles of the Second
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A recent campaign to name the buildings, halls, and premises after past administrators
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to give today's Carolinians a sense of campus history. Students often wonder why
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'Cosmoclimatology' – tired old arguments in new clothes
I don't think this is meant as a joke, and I don't know if the article tries to make a point about classifying critics and supporters of his ideas as 'meteorologists' and 'physicists' (I'm a physicist). But that's a tiny detail compared to the more substantial misconceptions embedded in this passage. There are plenty of 'seeds' in the air on which water can form, also known as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). According to my old text book 'A Short Course in Cloud Physics' by Rogers and Yau (1989, p. 95 in Third edition): "Condensation nuclei of some sort are always present in the atmosphere in ample numbers: clouds form whenever there are vertical air motions and sufficient moisture". The CCN tend to consist of mineral dust, sea salt, or sulphur-based matter.
I have serious misgivings concerning the following – vague yet false – statement put forward in the A&G article :
Attempts to show that certain details in the climatic record confirm the greenhouse forcing (e.g. Mitchell et al., 2001) have been less conclusive. By contrast, the hypothesis that changes in cloudiness obedient to cosmic rays help to force climate change predicts a distinctive signal that is in fact very easily observed, as an exception that proves the rule.
Again, no further qualifications or references. The irony is that Svensmark ignores (in addition to the lack of trend in GCR) the fact that the night-time temperature has risen faster than the day-time temperature, which I did pester him about on a Nordic Meteorology Meeting in Copenhagen in 2002. A journalist from Jyllands Posten present at the conference got the message, as my criticism was echoed in a news report the following day ("Klimaforskere i åben krig" [translation 'Climate researchers in open war'], May 28, 2002): It's tricky to explain how a warming caused by decreasing albedo would be stronger at the night-side (dark) of the planet.
Another newer puzzle is the surprisingly good correlation between low clouds and GCR (se figure below), since higher clouds (global mean cover ~13%) or middle clouds (~20%) which are not influenced by GCR, mask the lower ones (which represents between 28% and 30% of the globe). It's indeed a surprisingly good fit between the two curves in the A&G article (reproduced below), considering the time structure of both the high-cloud, middle-cloud, and low-cloud curves, and the satellites cannot see the low-level clouds where there are higher clouds above blocking the view. The fact that the variations are small (~1% amplitude!) compared to the total area, suggest that the overlap/masking effect by the higher cloud must be very small for a high correlation to shine through the upper clouds. Even if the clouds hypothetically were completely determined by GCR, one would expect to see deterioration of the correlation if viewed from above due to the presence of higher clouds not influenced by GCR. Another issue is that the cloud data used in this analysis was only based on the infra-red (IR) channel, and a better analysis would include the visible observations too, but if the visible data are included, then the correlation is lower (private communications, Jørn Kristjansen).
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Tending to her mommy duties, Heidi Klum stepped out with her brood in Los Angeles on Sunday (December 8).
The "Project Runway" babe kept a close watch on the group as Leni, Lou and Johan enjoyed the playdate with their pals.
Fully embracing the holiday season, Heidi Klum spent the weekend out and about in Los Angeles with her family.
On Saturday (November 30) the "Project Runway" babe took her kiddos Leni, Henry, Johan, and Lou to a Christmas Tree farm where she and boyfriend Martin Kristen picked up half-a-dozen tannenbaums for their home.
Getting in some active quality time together, Heidi Klum took her kiddos to their soccer game in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon (October 6).
Joined by boyfriend/bodyguard Martin Kristen, the "Project Runway" starlet eagerly watched Leni, Henry, Johan, and Lou frolic on the field while sitting in a fold-up chair and sporting a black and white tie dye tank top and jeans.
Enjoying a Sunday fun day with the whole family, Heidi Klum took the kids to Westside Pavilion shopping mall in Los Angeles this weekend (September 29).
Looking casual chic, the "Project Runway" host wore a white blouse, blue jeans, and tan sneakers as she and beau Martin Kristen corralled Johan, Leni, Samuel, Henry, Johan, and Lou.
Making the most of a lazy Sunday afternoon, Heidi Klum took her kiddos to the movies in Century City yesterday (August 4).
Accompanied by her boyfriend/bodyguard Martin Kristen, the "Project Runway" starlet led Leni, Henry, Johan, and Lou to the movie theater to enjoy a fun flick.
Taking care of her motherly responsibilities, Heidi Klum escorted her adorable children to their school in New York City on Friday morning (July 12).
The "Project Runway" stunner was joined by her boyfriend/bodyguard Martin Kristen as she dropped her brood off before heading over to a nearby French bistro for some breakfast.
Tending to her parental duties, Heidi Klum took her kids out for an afternoon in New York City earlier today (June 20).
Joined by boyfriend Martin Kristen, the "America's Got Talent" hottie corralled little Leni, Henry, Johan, and Lou on the New York City street en route to their next destination.
Thoroughly enjoying the sun and the sand, Heidi Klum and Martin Kristen took her children to the beach in Honolulu, Hawaii on Tuesday (March 26).
The "Project Runway" host sported a breezy patterned black and white dress over her bikini as her beefy beau helped out with her brood, holding hands with Henry.
Taking a break from her busy career, Heidi Klum showed up in Honolulu, Hawaii with her kiddos today (March 25).
Joined by her boyfriend/bodyguard Martin Kristen, the German stunner looked to be in great spirits as she led her brood out to a chauffeured van to go on an adventure.
Taking her whole brood for some fun in the sun, Heidi Klum and her parents headed to Carbon Beach in Malibu on Saturday (March 23).
Wearing a blue sweater with a white star and "Love" on the front with holey jeans, the "Project Runway" host happily watched Leni, Henry, Johan, and Lou burn off their seemingly endless energy.
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'"I saw 2 1/2 feet of stick come out and hit him in the eye," Rangers coach Ron Low said. "If that's not a 10-gamer, I don't know what is. And in fact it should be more. That's just terrible. That's blatant intent to injure."'
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How To Maintain A New Car
So you got a new set of wheels – congratulations! You're going to want to hang onto it as long as possible, so you'll want to keep it maintained as well as you can. Here are some suggestions:
First, read the owner's manual carefully and stick to manufacturer's recommendations for service intervals. There are certain things that are critical enough that failure to adhere to recommendations can void a new car warranty. Don't let that happen!
For instance, just about every manufacturer recommends synthetic oil for their engines; it provides better protection in just about every respect, and it's more stable at high and low temperatures. If your owner's manual prescribes a 10,000-mile oil change, stick with that and be sure to use the bra ...[more]
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At one time, there were only a couple of choices for motor oil. Today, that is no longer the case, and hasn't been for quite some time. Here's a quick breakdown of what you need to consider when it's time for an oil change:
- Viscosity: Viscosity is how thick your oil is, and how it retains its pour properties at various temperatures. In this respect, synthetic oil is far superior. Conventional oils will thicken in cold weather and thin out when very hot, while the viscosity of synthetic is much more uniform. Check your owner's manual -- many newer models require a thinner, lower-viscosity oil, which also helps the engine run more efficiently. Viscosity is expressed as a numerical value -- the lower the number, the thinner the oil. Many are designed to work a ...[more]
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Automotive technology has come a long way since the mid-20th century, and so has motor oil. A 1940s-era car didn't feature an oil pump or oil filter. Instead, they relied on dippers on the crankshaft's counterweights, which would then sling oil to coat crucial moving parts. Motor oils in those days weren't designed with detergents and other additives to help keep the engine clean; even with frequent oil change intervals, many cars would be in need of an engine overhaul by the time they reached 80,000 miles.
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Summer is here, and it's time to start thinking about your car's AC system! Nobody likes driving around in a hot, stuffy car, and a car with an AC system which only works marginally is somehow almost even worse than one which doesn't work at all. Let's go through a few tips which can help you keep your ride a little more comfortable this summer…
Remember a cars AC system is really a heat exchanger which moves hot air out of your vehicle, then replaces it with cold air. One thing you can do to help improve its efficiency is to leave your windows down an inch or two (if possible) when you park the car, helping to prevent excess heat buildup. When you start the car and begin to drive off, lower all the windows for the first minute or two to help move hot air out of the car more quickly, giving the AC system a chanc ...[more]
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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 74, February 16, 1996
New Version of benchlib for the T3D
From Jeff Brooks of CRI, I have gotten a new version of bnchlib. The source for this version is on the ARSC anonymous ftp server as both a compressed and uncompressed tarfile:
dir pub/submissions -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 1190 Jan 29 10:21 README -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 189907 Feb 13 14:31 f--.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 983040 Feb 13 14:31 libbnch.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 347037 Feb 13 14:33 libbnch.tar.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 145389 Feb 13 14:31 t3d_addr.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 168334 Feb 8 06:15 t3d_opt.psAlso in this directory are:
f--.ps - Robert Numerich's description of F-- t3d_addr.ps - Robert Numerich's description of addressing on the T3D t3d_opt.ps - Jeff Brooks single PE optimization paper from the Denver CUGBelow are some files from the newest version of bnchlib:
The README file:
> T3D libraries for scalar and "vector" intrinsics and for > utilities. > > lib32: Contains some 32-bit intrinsic functions. > > random: Contains fast random number utilities for T3D > > scalar_fastmath: Contains faster versions of 64-bit intrinsic > functions. This library can simply be linked > with existing .o files to pick these up. > > trisol: Fast tri-diagonal solver > > util: Some assembler utilities. Prefetch, setting the annex, > etc. > > vect_fastmath: Very fast versions of intrinsics that operate > on a vector of operands. >The COPYRIGHT file:
> COPYRIGHT (C)1995 > > The UNICOS operating system is derived from the AT&T UNIX > System V operating system. UNICOS is also based in part on the > Fourth Berkeley Software Distribution under license from the > The Regents of the University of California. > > UNIX is a trademark of AT&T. > > This software is provided "AS IS", without warranty of any > kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited > to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a > particular purpose. Cray Research, Inc. incurs no obligation > to support this software. >With this distribution of bnchlib there are two additional files from Robert Numerich:
util/t3d_addr.ps util/f--.psThis library is an updated version, with bug fixes, but it also has makefiles for the T3E that are interesting to read. This version no longer has a library for the solution of tridiagonal equations but the content seems to be what was described in the first distribution of bnchlib on the ARSC ftp server, 3/31/95.
Briefly we have:
library description Newsletter lib_util.a - the utility pref - #30(4/07/95) lib_scalar.a - optimized intrinsics - #33(4/28/95) lib_tri.a - tridiagonal solvers - #35(5/12/95) lib_random.a - optimized random number generator - #37(5/26/95) lib_vect.a - "vectorized" intrinsic routines - #34(5/05/95) lib_32.a - 32 bit "vectorized intrinsics - #29(3/31/95)In future newsletters I will look into the contents more closely.
Reaching the NQS Queue Complex on the T3DAs the ARSC T3D is now a busy machine, we have more and more conflicts between users. The current NQS queue structure at ARSC as of January 16th is:
queue name Number Max jobs Time limit When queue of PEs per queue on queue is enabled m_128pe_5m 128 1 5 minutes after downtimes m_128pe_8h 128 1 8 hours Friday 6PM - Sunday 4AM m_64pe_24h 64 1 24 hours always m_64pe_10m 64 1 10 minutes always m_32pe_24h 32 1 24 hours always m_16pe_24h 16 2 24 hours always m_8pe_24h 8 2 24 hours alwaysThere are several ways in which a collection of batch jobs could simultaneously use all 128 PEs and prevent any interactive use. Interactive time is programmer time which should always be more valuable than machine time. To insure that programmers always have access to interactive PEs, we have placed a queue complex limit on the ARSC T3D such that only 120 PEs are available for NQS batch use during the weekday hours. If your NQS job would use the last 8 PEs, it is held until more PEs are freed up.
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Butchered one of my home grown turkeys for Thankgiving today. Due to family obligations we couldn't get all the kids and grandkids together until Tomorrow (Sunday). Size wise the turkey is the same volume as the one we had on thursdays for those who live here, but weight wize it was 5 lbs heavier. The breast is bulging and hard from flying around the pen and up and down from the roof. My 2 daugthers are doing most of the cooking and are taking the time to fix the pumpkin pie using Cocnut milk so I can have some. They are using CM in other things as well due to my food allergies.
Dark Meat is Rare Because ...Meat is muscle. And muscle is fed by blood. In the blood is myoglobin, which binds with oxygen and stores it in muscles for when it's needed. Myoglobin also makes meat dark. Muscles that are used most, like those in drumsticks (legs), have more myoglobin. Domestic turkeys are too fat to fly, so they don't use their breast muscles much, which is why breast meat is white. The breast of a wild turkey is entirely different, darker (and far tastier for those who are game).
It's Not the Turkey That Makes You SleepyTurkey contains a natural chemical called tryptophan, which we need to build proteins for our bodies. Indeed, tryptophan is also related to the production of serotonin, which helps us sleep. But all meat has about the same amount of tryptophan. Cheddar cheese has a lot more. What really makes you sleepier after a Thanksgiving meal compared to other meals is eating too many carbohydrates, from potatoes to pies. Alcohol can contribute, too.


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The Tar Heels swept Virginia Tech 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-21) for the second time this season, improving to 23-5 (14-4 ACC) while remaining undefeated at home (13-0). Freshman Paige Neunfeldt led UNC with 15 kills and two blocks, while senior Emily McGee had nine kills and 15 digs with a block.
"It's great to come out of this with a 3-0 win," UNC head coach Joe Sagula said. "I don't think we played as sharp as we wanted to be, but I think we found ways to be successful in each game with different people."
"We know we can be better, and we want to keep improving ourselves in the next matches to come," Sagula said.
The Tar Heels took set one 25-20, led by six kills from Neuenfeldt and two aces from freshman Jordyn Schnabl. McGee recorded five digs, and senior Cora Harms had nine assists while Schnabl added five.
Virginia Tech controlled the first part of set two, but the Tar Heels started pulling away after evening the score at 16. UNC hit a strong .314 through the frame, as Neuenfeldt had four kills and two blocks and freshman Victoria McPherson added four kills and a solo block. Harms and McGee tallied four digs each, and sophomore Chaniel Nelson added two blocks for Carolina.
North Carolina finished out the match with a 25-21 final set, as McGee tallied five kills, six digs and a block to lead the Tar Heels. Neuenfeldt also added five kills as UNC hit .286 while limiting the Hokies to just .133 in the final frame.
North Carolina hosts Virginia Saturday at 5 p.m. at Carmichael Arena. The Tar Heels will honor Tia Gaffen, Cora Harms, Heather Henry and Emily McGee for Senior Night prior to the match.
UNC will have just one more home regular season match after Saturday, concluding with NC State on Wednesday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m.


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Okay. About the Back button.
I use it as much as the next person, it's no big deal. I forget to write something that was on a previous page and need to go Back, I need to check something on a previous page and need to go Back, I feel like wasting time so I just click the Back button – and then the Forward button – and then the Back button for the fun of it…there are many reasons to use the Back button. (Please note that I am only talking about browsers here, like Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc. and not a Windows folder.)
I have no problem with going Back. Except it does get kind of old when I am searching for something. You type in a search term and then you click on a link that interests you. Then you have to go Back to the original search results page.
You click on another link that interests you and then you have to go Back.
You click on another link …You get the picture. Like I said, no big deal. But what if you could have the Search Results right there, so you can click on any result that you like, without having to go Back?
The search engines have made it so that you can have a separate window pop up with the search results so that all you have to do is just go to the other window instead of going Back. For the top three search engines, here's how:
Google Search:
Go to Google.com [1]. Look for the little gear at the top right of your screen (under the little X where you close out your browser, next to where it says Sign in). Click on that little gear and then left-click on Search settings.
After you left-click on Search settings, you are presented with a screen that says Global Preferences at the top of the left side. If you keep going down the left side under that heading, you will see Interface language, Search language, Location, etc. Go all the way to the bottom option where it says Results Window and put a check mark in the box next to Open search results in a new browser window.
If you look to the very right, a little under the bottom line, you will see a Save Preferences button. Left-click on that to save the change you just made.
After you left-click on Save Preferences, a box will pop up, confirming that you did indeed change the preferences. Left-click on OK.
Here's what you get when you search now:
For this example, I typed search engines in the search bar and clicked on Search. The results came up, and Dogpile was at the top. I left-clicked on it. Dogpile popped up, and this time the original search results stayed in the original window. I did not have to go Back, I could simply alternate between the two windows.
Yahoo Search:
Go to Yahoo.com [2]. In the middle of the screen at the top, there is a search bar. Above that are six headings that look kind of like this:
Web Images Video Local Shopping More
Left-click on the little down arrow right next to More (the last one on the right). You'll get a drop-down list of a lot of general terms to search for; the top one is Answers, and then there's Finance, Sports, etc. Go to the bottom, and there is a line that separates the search terms from three different types of settings (it's called a separator, go figure). In the bottom section under the line, you'll see All Search Services, Advanced Search, and Preferences. Left-click on Preferences.
After you left-click on Preferences, you get a screen that has Search Preferences at the top. Go down the list of options on the left (actually they are almost to the middle of the page). There is Search Assist, Search Pad, etc. and then at the bottom you will see Display and Layout. Directly across from that – over to the very right – is Edit. Left click on that. (Note: In the screen shot below, you can see that Open results in a new window has No after it. This is why we have to click on Edit. If it says Yes on your preferences page, then you already have the two window searches option enabled.)
After you left-click on Edit, the page (screen) changes again (it still has Search Preferences at the top). Underneath the Search Preferences heading, if you are not signed in, Yahoo starts to hyperventilate and wants you to do so. If you don't have an account with Yahoo, please disregard this warning. Your search results will save anyway.
This is the Display and Layout page. Directly under Display and Layout, you'll see New Window, and then directly under that is Open search results in a new window when I click on them. Put a check mark in the box next to it, and then left-click on Save (it's on the right side).
After you click on Save, you now have the same two windows search that I just did with Google (above).
I went back to Yahoo.com and typed in search engines. The first link on the search results page is Google. I left-clicked on it, and the Google page popped up, and the search results page stayed right with it.
Bing Search:
Go to Bing.com [3]. At the very right of the screen – under the little X you close out with and the navigation/address bar (like Google has) – you will see Sign in, United States (that's in my screen shot below) and Preferences. Left-click on Preferences.
After you left-click on Preferences, a new page (screen) will show Bing Preferences at the very top left, and under the orange-lettered word Preferences, you will see the General Settings heading, and a little way farther down is Web Settings with a very faint line underneath. Directly underneath the line it says Results; go down a few lines to the right of it until you see Open links in a new browser window.
Put a check mark in the box next to that.
Now go to the very right of your screen and you will find the Save button across from General Settings at the top (right), or go to the right of the screen at the very bottom, and you will find the Save button in the very bottom right corner. Save is in orange in both areas.
And here are the results:
No more back button. Not that it was a major thing anyway, but it sure is nice not having to use it so much.
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University Defends Crackdown on Religious Groups
Christian student organizations at Vanderbilt University may be forced to go underground or meet in secret after university officials doubled down on a policy that bans student religious groups from requiring their leaders to hold specific beliefs, according to a law professor at the university.
Vanderbilt said their nondiscrimination policy ensure that campus groups are open to all students. But opponents said the ban restricts their freedom of speech and could force some nationally-known groups off campus.
"There are people on campus who are very threatened by the idea of religious freedom and they would like to create an environment where no one hurts anyone else's feelings – unless it's Christians," said Carol Swain, a Vanderbilt law professor and the advisor to the Christian Legal Society.
The Christian Legal Society is one of four campus groups – including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Beta Upsilon Chi and Graduate Student Fellowship – that are currently in violation of the policy.
Swain told Fox News & Commentary that all four groups could lose their standing as registered student organizations.
"This political correctness is running amuck on campus and its constraining one group – and that group tends to be conservatives," Swain said. "They will be forced to either accept the university's policy or leave campus by the end of the academic year. They are in limbo."
Vanderbilt University launched a review of the charters and constitutions of all student organizations last year after a complaint was filed against a Christian fraternity, said Beth Fortune, Vanderbilt's vice chancellor of public affairs.
Fortune said the university determined the Christian fraternity had discriminated against a student based on sexual orientation.
"Our nondiscrimination policy applies equally to all registered student organizations," Fortune said. "We're simply saying if you are going to be a registered student organization and use the Vanderbilt name and university funding, and have the privileges afforded a registered student organization, then you need to comply with our nondiscrimination policy."
Swain said what is happening to Christian students at Vanderbilt is scary, accusing the university of bullying people of faith.
Swain said the university forced the Christian Legal Society to remove Bible verses and the words "Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior" from their constitution.
"We tried to work with the university," she said. "We made numerous compromises; even taking out the faith statement about Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior."
But Swain said they drew a line in the sand when Vanderbilt "said that Christian leaders could not be asked to lead Bible study or worship."
"That's a key function of a Christian leader in a Christian organization," she said.
Fortune denied the university was going after Christians.
"We don't see that we are targeting Christians or religious organizations," she said. "It is our hope and our desire and our goal to work with every registered student organization that they can come into compliance."
The university held a town hall meeting Tuesday to discuss the policy. It was packed with students opposed to the crackdown on religious freedom.
"We want to be able to elect our leaders based on our beliefs," former Vanderbilt student body president Joseph Williams said in a report published in The Tennessean.
A Chinese student who attends an underground church in his home country appealed to the university for answers on what would happen if he joined a campus group in violation of the policy. Swain said the student shared what it was like belonging to an underground church.
"He asked the university what would happen if the Christian student groups were forced to meet secretly," Swain said. "The provost joked, 'We won't send you to Duke.'"
Fortune said unregistered student groups will not be banned from campus.
"They are allowed to exist and freely assemble," she said. "But they would not be a registered student organization."
The Tennessean reported that during the town hall gathering Provost Richard McCarty said the university would not back down from its policy. He explained that their policy allows students to vote for whomever they like – they just can't have written rules that would ban students from running for office if they don't hold specific beliefs.
So why not just vote for people who share your beliefs?
Swain said that argument doesn't hold water.
"This encourages students to engage in deception and infiltration and it takes away their rights to be with like-minded people," she said. "It's very easy for people to conceal their beliefs and if the wrong person is elected and starts disrupting the organization, there's nothing that can be done other than to dissolve the organization and start over the following year.
As it now stands, the organization Swain advises, along with the other three groups have a choice – they can either accept the university's crackdown on religion – or leave the campus by the end of the academic year.
"I think we should stand strong on principle," Swain said. "We need leaders who understand the purpose of an organization and who are passionate and are willing to fight for a set of values and principles."
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Home > News & Events > News > Articles > New Faculty Feature: Meet Adjunct Lecturer Alan Khazei
There are more than 180 faculty members at Harvard Kennedy School, and every semester we are fortunate to welcome a few new ones.
We asked those joining us for this spring semester a few questions – about their research, their teaching, their other interests – so they could introduce themselves to the Kennedy School community in their own words.
Alan Khazei is the founder and chief executive officer of Be the Change, Inc., a Boston-based group dedicated to building national coalitions of non-profit organizations and citizens to enact legislation on issues such as poverty and education. He also co-founded City Year, a national youth service corps that helped to inspire development of AmeriCorps, our country's federal investment in nationwide youth service.
Q:What are your primary areas of research?
Khazei:My research focuses on how social entrepreneurship can drive policy and systems change, both through individual organizations acting as "action-tanks," and through collective impact efforts. I am interested in analyzing what drives successful social movements, with the goal of identifying key elements of their evolution and outcomes that may inform lessons for other social entrepreneurs and movement builders.
Q:What courses will you be teaching?
Khazei:I am teaching a seminar course titled "Social Entrepreneurship, Policy and Systems Change: How to Drive Real Impact on Social Problems."
Q:What attracted you to Harvard Kennedy School?
Khazei:First and foremost the caliber of the students. I had a chance to be an IOP Fellow in 2006 and was extremely impressed by the students -- their pragmatic idealism, thoughtfulness, curiousity and desire to make a difference in the world. And last year, I had a chance to meet with a group of fellows from the Center for Public Leadership and again, was just blown away by what they had already accomplished and what their ideas for the future were.
Second, the energy of the Kennedy School is terrific. The faculty is full of dynamic people who are leaders in their fields and the Kennedy school on a daily basis attracts leaders and doers from all areas of public service. I am very excited to be here.
Q:How can the work being done here at HKS help address some of the world's most significant public policy challenges?
Khazei:I don't believe that there is a significant public policy challenge that does not have someone at HKS -- faculty and students -- working to help address it. HKS has a tremendous role to play in helping to solve our challenges and in coming up with new ideas, new strategies and new ways of thinking and approaching our most significant problems. The breadth, talent, diversity and dedication of the faculty, staff and students is a tremendous resource that the world benefits from and needs.
Q:What are you currently reading?
Khazei:Going back to college I developed the habit of reading several books at once. And now that I have an iPad, it is so easy to do so.
Currently I'm reading: "Thomas Jefferson;" "The Art of Power" by Jon Meacham; "The Last Lion" by William Manchester and Paul Reid; "My Share of the Task" by General Stanley McChrystal; "BRUCE" by Peter Ames Carlin; "The Lost Republic" by Larry Lessig; "The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey", which I'm reading with my ten year old daughter; and I'm looking forward to diving into "The Fifth Assassin" by Brad Meltzer.
Alan Khazei, adjunct lecturer in public policy
"I am interested in analyzing what drives successful social movements, with the goal of identifying key elements of their evolution and outcomes that may inform lessons for other social entrepreneurs and movement builders," writes Khazei.


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From rural roots, she's now a mall 'style setter'
By APRIL GUILMET
Sunday News Correspondent | June 15. 2013 3:20AM
Mall at Rockingham Park fashion blogger Alana Finnie checked out the season's latest swimsuits and sundresses inside the Salem Lord & Taylor store during a recent mall visit. The 2009 Fisher College graduate has been the mall's official online "Style Setter" since late April. A native of Belmont, Finnie now lives in Concord. (APRIL GUILMET/Union Leader Correspondent)
"I lived in the sticks," Finnie said with a laugh. "For me, 'fashion' was figuring out which dungarees to put on."
The blog (stylesetter.simon.com/blog/alana-finnies-blog) is packed with posts about current fashion trends, shopping tips, beauty information, style guidance and up-to-the minute news on products available at the Mall at Rockingham Park.
Finnie's blog posts appear on the mall website about five times a month.
"Since I'm writing from home most of the time, it will often come to me at 3 a.m.," she said. "So I do work in my pajamas at times, but they're pretty ones from Victoria's Secret."
"There was one guy who loved to wear cut-off jeans. He couldn't understand why they didn't look good," Finnie said. "Another guy was transitioning to gender reassignment and was having trouble finding high heels in his size."
"Unfortunately, I come across this a lot," Finnie said.
"Color blocking is flattering on all figures," she said. "And for the guys, we're seeing a lot of fitted jeans and colorful button-up shirts."
"Our approach with the style setter program is to hyper-localize fashion content to make it most relevant to shoppers at the Mall at Rockingham Park," said Jacque Ellis, Simon's vice president of corporate special events, as well as one of the company's style bloggers.
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Drone shows new view of Duke Energy coal ash spill and scale of damage
GRN Reports:
Aerial images captured by a drone aircraft provide a new look at the extent of contaminants leaked into a North Carolina river from a Duke Energy coal ash dump as concerns about water pollution grow and a federal criminal investigation continues.
A drone aircraft operated by researchers at Wake Forest University's Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability collected data that shows how many million gallons of arsenic-contaminated water and ash spilled into the Dan River in Eden, N.C., after the initial pipe burst.
Wake Forest biology professor Miles Silman and a team of researchers, who are not affiliated with Duke Energy, used images taken from the drone to create a 3D model of the ash pond spill site. A video of their high-resolution model clearly depicts where ash washed out from the pond basin and where the water line was when the pond emptied.
Using their model and existing aerial images of the pond taken before the spill, the researchers estimated that 16-20 million gallons of ash and water spilled out of the pond on Feb. 2, with up to 15 million gallons being released in subsequent days.
"We think we have a precise estimate of the ash and water slurry that flowed out of the pond based on our methodology. The uncertainty comes from the amount of water that continued to drain from the ash, which is a question for hydrologists," Silman said in a statement. "Our work provides an independent estimate of the spill."
The researchers have released all of their observations and data to Duke Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Resources, the Southern Environmental Law Center, The North Carolina River Keepers and the Dan River Basin Association.
"We want to be completely transparent in this," Silman said. "Our goal is to help stakeholders deal with the spill and its consequences, and show the technology as a cheap and cost-effective way to monitor the environment."
To create their model, Silman and biology graduate student Max Messinger attached a camera to their unmanned aircraft and flew a grid-like pattern over the ash pond taking pictures at regular intervals.
"The software uses multiple camera viewpoints to build the 3D model, in much the same way that your brain infers 3D structure using your two eyes," Messinger said. "Once the 3D model is constructed you can then navigate through it as if you were there."
In the future, Messinger said drones could be used to monitor similar incidents.
"We are currently working on methodology to put this approach into play elsewhere," he said. "It could be an effective means to monitor the extent of environmental contamination in the case of similar incidents."
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David Rosales
David Rosales is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Valley. In December of 1970, David gave his heart to Jesus Christ after attending a Maranatha concert, completely transformed from a life of drug and alcohol abuse. He was ordained in 1979 by the ministry of Calvary Chapel Claremont, and in 1981 began what is now Calvary Chapel Chino Valley.
Pastor David's ministry extends beyond the Chino Valley through his radio program A Sure Foundation, and through various teaching opportunities across the country and around the world.
You can hear A Sure Foundation here on KSGR weekdays at 9:00am and 7:00pm.
Pastor Isaias Ian Caceres
91.1fm KSGR welcomes Pastor Ian Caceres to our Soild Ground Radio family!
Pastor Ian is the Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church in Aransas Pass, located at 627 S Houston Street, Aransas Pass, Texas.
You can catch Pastor Ian on his daily radio broadcast of "Anchor of Hope" here on KSGR every weekday at 11:00am.
Ken and Sibyl de Koning, the founders of KEN DEKONING MINISTRIES and Pastor of a local congregation in Corpus Christi, TX.
Pastor Ken has completed his first book entitled "One Plus One". Marriage renewal empowered by com
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We are very excited to have Pastor Ken ministering with us on Solid Ground Radio. You can hear portions of One Plus One here on KSGR weekdays at 6:25am and 6
Don Leavell
Pastor Don Leavell, founder and senior pastor of the Corpus Christi Christian Fellowship, is committed to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. We welcome Pastor Leavell's Radio Ministry, Living The Christ Life, heard here on KSGR Monday through Fridays at 7:00 am and 8:00 pm.
He is the fifth of ten children born to Reverend Orlean and Mrs. Lina Leavell. Growing up in Palestine, Texas, he received his early education in the public schools of east Texas. He is a graduate of Texas A & I University in Kingsville, Texas, earning a degree in government and economics. While a senior at the university, he married Marva Sams.


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The Clinical Sciences Department houses several health-sciences programs. The department is home to clinical laboratory sciences, radiography, respiratory therapy, surgical technology and speech language and hearing sciences. All of our programs and degrees are designed to be transferable to higher-level degrees. All programs are science-based and prepare students to serve as health care professionals in various clinical settings. Depending on program selection, graduates find employment in hospital laboratories, clinics, industry, microbiology, biotechnology, forensics and research. Our programs work closely with multiple hospitals and clinics in the upper Midwest in order to provide students with valuable internships and clinical practice. A list of our clinical affiliates is available on the department's Web site.
The clinical laboratory scientist, clinical laboratory technician, diagnostic genetics, histotechnology and clinical assistant programs are accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). The cytotechnology program is accredited by the American Society of Cytology (ASC). The surgical technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP). The radiography program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.
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Rosemont, IL 60018-5119
Phone: 773-714-8880
Radiography and Respiratory Therapy Admissions
Admission criteria into the clinical phase of the program require an overall minimum GPA of 2.5 as well as additional criteria for grades in specified courses. Students seeking admission to the Associate degree program in Radiography or Respiratory Therapy at Northern Michigan University must earn 16 credits of the required prerequisite coursework from NMU prior to admission to the professional sequence. The details of admission requirements are found in the Clinical Sciences Policy Manual and with the application, which can be obtained on the Marquette General Health System Web site.
Students will be notified of their acceptance into the clinical sequence one full semester before placement.
Admission to the Surgical Technology Clinical Program
Admission to the surgical technology clinical sequence of courses is limited. The admissions committee reserves the right to select students to be admitted. The admission criteria is listed below (not all students who meet the minimum standards will be admitted if space is not available). Students:
1. Must have a grade of "C" or better in all ST and CLS courses.
2. Must have a grade of "C" or better in BI 201 and BI 202.
3. Must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00.
4. Must have a minimum grade point average in the major of 2.00.
5. Must have a satisfactory assessment of student performance in the ST laboratories.
Students may repeat a surgical technology course only once.
Surgical Technology Readmission Criteria
Surgical technology courses are sequential, and there is limited space in some courses. When a student wishes to be readmitted into the surgical technology sequence of courses after having a withdrawal or failure in a previously enrolled course, the student must update the application to represent the new timeline for placement. Students who have failed any surgical technology courses more than once are ineligible for readmission.
Clinical Laboratory Science Programs Admissions
All students wishing to enroll in the first semester of a CLS program may do so, providing they have an adequate background for the courses. Current prerequisites are listed in the course descriptions. A faculty member and/or academic advisor may require the student to complete some remedial work.
Application for the Clinical Track
All students who have completed CLS 100 with a satisfactory grade and CLS 109 or equivalent with a "C" or better are eligible to apply for a clinical training position (refer to the specific concentration for details). The application must be submitted to the Clinical Coordinator no later than December 10 and April 10 (Fall and Winter respectively). The application must be accompanied by two confidential letters of recommendation and an updated unofficial copy of your transcript (if you have previously attended college). Specific criteria taken into consideration for acceptance is listed in the Clinical Sciences Policy Manual for each laboratory science concentration.
Transfer Credit Based on Professional Certification
Applicants who have completed a radiography, respiratory therapy or surgical technology program but have not received an associate degree in radiography, respiratory therapy, or surgical technology respectively, may apply for transfer credit for the associate degree in the appropriate program pending the following:
- Applicants must hold national certification as a radiographer or respiratory therapist or surgical technologist. Proof of certification must be submitted to the Clinical Sciences Department.
- Transcripts from regionally accredited institutions must be sent to the Admissions Office.
- Transfer credit for the professional courses will be awarded as stipulated in the policy manual of the Clinical Sciences Department. If it is determined that there is not appropriate certification, then transfer credit will be removed from the transcript.
- Students are eligible for up to 16 credits of advance placement credit as well, if it applies.
Clinical Systems Analyst, Anatomic Pathology, Science Technologist, Clinical Assistant or Clinical Laboratory Technician
Students in these concentrations must maintain a 2.00 grade point average in the major and an NMU cumulative grade point average of 2.00. Students must receive no less than a "C-" in any CLS course for the clinical laboratory technician and clinical assistant program.
Clinical Laboratory Science: Laboratory Medicine or Microbiology
A student must maintain an NMU cumulative grade point average of 2.60 and receive no less than a "C-" in any CLS course.
Diagnostic Genetics
A student must have an NMU cumulative grade point average of 2.60 in the major, meet specific course grade requirements, and receive no less than a "C-" in any CLS course.
Retention in the Surgical Technology Sequence
To remain in the surgical technology sequence, a student must meet the following conditions:
- Maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all surgical technology courses with no course below a "C" and maintain a cumulative NMU grade point average of 2.00.
- Adhere to the university's student code and surgical technology student policies.
- Demonstrate a pattern of safe clinical practice commensurate with educational experience to date.
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Seattle federal judge rules that developing standards is pretty much worthless
Imagine you are a company who has the expertise and experience to develop and patent crucial technologies that are subsequently embraced by your market segment. You'd think that'd be the ticket to big royalties. But you'd likely be wrong.
I. Local Judge Deals Big Win for Microsoft
a ruling
this week Federal Judge James Robart of the
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
ruled that Microsoft Corp. (
) had to pay next to nothing -- a mere $1.8M USD -- to license Google Inc. (
) subsidiary Motorola's
portfolio of video and wireless patents
, which likely cost tens of millions (if not more) to develop.
At a courthouse in Seattle, just 16 miles east of Microsoft's Redmond campus, the home-court judge dealt the big win for Microsoft on Thursday. The royalties ruling comes nearly in line with Microsoft's requested figure -- $1M USD -- and falls far from the $4B USD Google Inc. (
) was hoping for.
demands much higher royalties
from phonemakers who use Google's Android platform. In Q1 2013 Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (
shipped 70.7 million Android smartphones
, and reportedly paid a toll of
$15 USD per handset
-- indicating that Samsung alone may have paid Microsoft over a billion dollars in licensing royalties for the quarter.
Microsoft has to pay virtually nothing to license Google's video codec patents, yet can demand billions from Android OEMs. [Image Source: WP Central]
Add in royalties from LG Electronics, Inc. (
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and HTC
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) -- the second, fourth, and fifth largest Android phone sellers, respectively -- and Microsoft is likely making $1-1.5B USD or more from royalties alone.
While one can certainly argue the respective merits over Microsoft's largely API and UI based operating system portfolio versus Motorola's mobile firmware and codec centered patent portfolio in terms of good versus better, the court's ruling does not compare the portfolios in relative terms -- it gives Google orders of magnitude less.
One might argue that the Android OEMs should have challenged Microsoft's high licensing fees and took the case to court. But Samsung learned first hand that outcome is often just as bad. It was ordered to pay Apple, Inc. (
over a billion dollars in a Calif. jury verdict
for three utility and three design patents.
II. Punish Those Who Cooperate
On the surface this all seems to suggest that Motorola and its fellow Android phonemakers' patents are pretty much worthless, while Microsoft and Apple have tapped some sort of special brilliance. But on a deeper level it appears to be that the judge's ruling -- combined with Apple's Californian court win over Samsung -- give an effective ruling that cooperating among companies via the development of patented standards is basically worthless.
Historically patents developed as part of a standard and licensed under
fair-reasonable and non-discriminatory
(FRAND) terms have had lower royalty rates, so there's no arguing that the amounts in question do have a historical basis. What has changed, though, is the tremendous inflation in valuation of non-FRAND patents. Decades ago non-FRAND patents might be worth up to 10 times more than FRAND patents, but carried risk in that you had to take the infringer to court and win. Now with the value of non-FRAND patents worth around 1,000 times more than FRAND patents, that risk is essentially a moot point.
Recent federal rulings have pretty much told the phone industry to adopt an "every man for himself" model and abandon cooperation. [Image Source: 123rf]
If FRAND patents are being licensed for approximately 1,000 times less than non-standards patents, it basically means that
a company would be insane to cooperate with its peers
. It's an issue that we've discussed here before, and it's an issue that remains very real and provocative.
David Howard, Microsoft's Deputy General Counsel, bragged in a statement, "This decision is good for consumers because it ensures patented technology committed to standards remains affordable for everyone."
But ultimately if this precedent sticks in the U.S., the long-term outcome may be that there will be no more standards work and no more standards patents in the mobile industry (and potentially other industries as well).
bad news for Google
, a company who has promoted cooperation and exchange of ideas in the smartphone industry. The recent federal court verdicts seem to send a clear message to the smartphone industry -- every man for himself. Google doesn't fit with that model, and is being punished to the tune of billions for trying to promote cooperation and equal licensing rates.
Because according to this and other recent rulings, FRAND patents are pretty much worthless, with similar patents not developed as part of a standard being around 1,000 times more valuable.
Google is appealing the decision.
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i went to the auto wreckers today to find out where that shim goes and it goes in the back. so that is settled but got 2 more problems.
i installed new Energy suspension poly busings and it seems there is a big gap between the outer washer and the bushing. the bushing looks a bit smaller in length then originals,the instructions only say to reuse the original washers.
and the control arm shaft if its rotated 180 degrees(just turning it inside the bushings) it looks like the mounting hole is in a different location meaning it would raise or lower the shaft if put in wrong. it is such a small difference that i don't think i would be able to tell on a car at the wreckers unless i pulled the whole arm off.
Darned if I Know.
I suggest looking around town for another 82GP, also should be the same for similar years in the Cutlass, Regal, Malibu. If the A arm looks the same, then the orientation of the shafts should be the same. As for the washer, that was a shim, it was supposed to go back where it came from. If there's a corresponding washer mark on the A arm shaft or where it mounted that's just plain lucky. Otherwise, when you get your front end realigned your alignment guy will figure it out. By the way, let him know about the possible washer misplacement so he doesn't spend an hour trying to figure out why your GP can't go left (or right).
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on my 82 grandprix The one thing i forgot to mark down when i pulled the upper control bushings is wich way the shaft was installed. is there a front or back to it? and on one side there is a inner washer im not sure wich side that goes on or is it even needed? i attached a picture and the washer is circled
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It's mid-morning on a recent Thursday in February, and Andrew Goldberg, senior director of federal relations for the American Institute of Architects, is walking the halls of the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, pinning down congressional staff to talk about pending legislation and tweeting updates to AIA followers. He's also keeping tabs on multiple meetings, including one held by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which has been drafting a $260 billion highway spending bill that is expected to eliminate about $1 billion in preservation, bike, pedestrian, and school transportation-safety programs. Communities have long used money from these programs to help rehabilitate historic structures and design pedestrian paths around schools, encouraging broader economic development and local job growth.
Roxanne Blackwell, director of federal government affairs at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), is watching a webcast of the committee meeting from her office in D.C.'s Chinatown. Both Goldberg and Blackwell, in conjuction with Transportation for America, a coalition of housing, development, transportation, health, and other organizations, had spent all week leading up to the highway bill vote sending emails and making phone calls to the 59 lawmakers and staff serving on the transportation committee. They have also encouraged their organizations' thousands of members to contact these lawmakers, rallying support for an amendment that would restore the $1 billion in funding that would benefit architects. At least five ASLA members who have have lived in Congressional districts represented by lawmakers on the committee called to express their support for the amendment, Blackwell says.
In the late morning, however, Blackwell and Goldberg learn that their efforts have failed—the committee members defeat the amendment by just two votes. At 3 a.m. the following day, the committee votes to pass the bill without the $1 billion in funding, setting it up for a possible vote in the House of Representatives in the next several weeks.
Goldberg and Blackwell aren't giving up, however. "These programs are wildly popular in communities," Blackwell says. "Our hope is that we can influence and convince members of the entire House of Representatives that it was a mistake not to include them in the legislation." Adds Goldberg, the amendment "lost by only two votes, which is better than I thought. So we just need to do a bit more work." For Goldberg, the transportation bill is one of a dozen or so pieces of pending legislation that he's working to help pass, amend, or block, from a House bill that could increase taxes on small businesses to Senate legislation that promotes energy-efficient codes for buildings. "We weren't expecting a lot to happen right now, but all of a sudden, everything is popping," he says. "It's random. Sometimes you go for months working on something and not a lot happens, and then all of a sudden, everything piles up."
A Profession in Crisis
Things are indeed piling up for the profession at the moment, thanks to the flailing economy. According to a study released in January by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, the unemployment rate among recent graduates of architecture programs is 13.9 percent, compared to the national average of 8.9 percent for graduates with bachelor's degrees. The construction industry, which represented about 9 percent of the country's gross domestic product in 2006—near the height of the real estate boom—has since shrunk to about 5 percent, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Architecture, without question, is in the midst of an epic crisis.
Architects have long had a compelling story to share with lawmakers. They are almost as popular as teachers, according to public polls, and they've lobbied for smart development and sustainable-building practices that make communities better places to live. "Architects are natural problem solvers that play such an important role in community planning," Goldberg says. "So we have to be part of the conversation, because the saying is, if you aren't at the table [in Washington], then you are the menu."
Now, because of the current challenges confronting the profession, lobbying has never been more important for architects, or their priorities more closely tied to the overall health of the economy. Indeed, architecture can help generate well-paying U.S.-based jobs: For every $1 billion invested in the design and construction industry, about 28,400 jobs are created, according to a 2007 George Mason University study.
In early March, about 1,000 architects will come to the nation's capital as part of the AIA's annual Grassroots campaign and meet with hundreds of lawmakers to talk about "jobs, jobs, jobs," says Russell Davidson, AIA, the managing partner at Mt. Kisco, N.Y.–based Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson Architects & Engineers. Davidson is the newly elected national vice president of AIA and a member of the organization's Board Advocacy Committee.
Moreover, lobbying has assumed new importance because of recent shifts in the marketplace, says Mark Casso, president of the Construction Industry Round Table, a group of about 100 CEOs in the architecture and construction industry. Federal work historically has represented about 20 percent of the design and construction industry market, but following the economic downtown, it has grown to about 35 percent. Because "more of our work is in the public arena," Casso says, the industry finds itself more and more in the "political arena fighting for dollars like everyone else."
Yet the industry spends relatively little money on lobbying compared to behemoths such as the healthcare sector, which shelled out $499.9 million last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit campaign finance and lobbying group. By comparison, the construction industry as a whole spent $48.3 million, and the AIA and the ASLA together spent $258,540. "Architects don't have a seat [at the national policy table] compared to the legal profession or medical profession," says Dennis Findley, an architect who ran for Congress in Virginia in 2010. "None of our issues rise to that level," he says. "But they should."
Amid this epic moment of crisis and the escalating political battles of an election year, how can architects exert greater influence on Capitol Hill?
The Rise of the Architecture Lobby
A decade ago, the architecture lobby held little sway. In 2002, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., sat down with former Rep. Richard Swett, D-N.H., the only architect elected to Congress in the 20th century. Swett was writing a book, Leadership by Design, about the history of architects as community leaders and why they needed to be more involved in public policy. Blumenauer told Swett that "the AIA is very quiet on the Hill. There is no attempt to maximize any proximity. As a sitting member, in seven years, I've spoken to the AIA once."
Today, Blumenauer says, the AIA has become more active and sophisticated with its lobbying. He now speaks at AIA local and state events several times a year, and sees architects engaged more often on Capitol Hill. "The board of the AIA is increasingly made up of people who understand that their intersection with public policy leads to better public policy," he says. "Their grassroots conferences have become steadily more refined, and their staff and board seem to be markedly strengthened."
Burdett Loomis, a professor of politics at the University of Kansas and author of Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States, says that while it is very hard to measure the influence of an organization in Washington, every successful lobby employs certain key tactics. These include hiring internal lobbyists and contract lobbyists to build relationships with lawmakers; engaging individual members to call lawmakers and meet with them in their home districts; working with other groups to create coalitions and political action committees (PACs); and donating to candidates that support a group's issues.
The AIA now uses all of these tactics, employing seven federal lobbyists on its staff as well as the lobbying firm K&L Gates—one of the largest lobbying firms in Washington—to help it with strategy and connections on the Hill. Michael Evans, who leads the AIA effort for K&L Gates, is a former chief counsel for the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, two important committees that work on tax and environmental sustainability policies that are vital to AIA's policy agenda. Seven other lobbyists at K&L Gates also work on AIA issues, according to lobbying documents filed with the Senate.
The AIA's political action committee, ArchiPAC, donates to lawmakers based on their support for the group's issues and goals. About 1.5 percent of the AIA's membership donates to the PAC, and that number is growing, according to Goldberg. So far, ArchiPAC has collected $126,608 in donations for the 2012 election cycle and has given away about $69,000 to congressional candidates and federal political committees, according to the AIA and federal election records. ASLA, by comparison, does not have a PAC, because the organization wants "to remain nonpartisan and nonpolitical," Blackwell says.
Both AIA and ASLA encourage members of their organizations to weigh in on public policy matters by sending letters to lawmakers. Each group uses social media and email alerts to keep members apprised of pending bills in Congress and to help build support for legislation. "Our members are our best lobbyists, not us," Goldberg says. "We guide things and provide information."
The AIA and ASLA also have forged relationships with other sectors of the construction industry. On the Thursday in February after Goldberg and Blackwell monitored the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, the two lobbyists also listened in on a briefing hosted by the High-Performance Building Coalition Congressional Caucus, a coalition of 180 associations and corporations in the design and construction industry, including the AIA. Members of the caucus also include BASF, Honeywell, the American Gas Association, the Edison Electric Institute, and the National Association of Realtors.


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Henry Josey declares for the NFL Draft
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Junior running back Henry Josey will declare for the NFL draft, Missouri announced today in a statement. He is the second Mizzou junior to forgo his final year of eligibility, joining Kony Ealy as Tiger underclassmen to bolt for the NFL.
"This is really a bittersweet decision to make," Josey said in a statement. "I'm so grateful to Mizzou and my coaches and teammates and fans for all of their support and everything they've meant to me these past four years. It's difficult to think I won't be with them next year."
Josey rushed for 1,166 yards and 16 touchdowns this season after suffering a horrific knee injury in 2011. He sat out 659 days before starring in Missouri's 2013 opener against Murray State, making him one of the great comeback stories in college football.
"I can't possibly express how much I owe to so many people for helping me get to this position, my doctors, trainers, strength coaches, everyone who pushed me and helped me and believed in me, and of course my coaches for trusting me," said Josey. "To the Mizzou fans, thanks so much for all of your prayers and thoughts the past couple of years, you truly inspired me to get back on the field. "
"Henry Josey is a first-class person any way you cut it, and anytime you take that out of your program, it leaves a void," Head Coach Gary Pinkel said in the statement. "He is such an amazing competitor, and I've said time and again just how inspiring he has been for our team the last two years. We were so proud of him for overcoming everything he had to deal with, and to be such a positive influence on and off the field."
The Angleton, Texas native was the Cotton Bowl's offensive player of the game, rushing for 92 yards and three touchdowns against Oklahoma State. The Tigers beat the Cowboys 41-31 to secure their second Cotton Bowl title in six years.


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2 tablespoons of toasted pine nuts +/or walnuts [I use a little of each]
3-4 tablespoons of olive or grape seed oil
1 1/2 cups arugula
1 clove of garlic, smashed [roasted if possible. so good!]
1/2 tbsp lime juice
a heaping 1/2 cup of freshly grated parmesean cheese
a pinch of kosher salt, pepper and garlic powder
along w/ red pepper flakes and an extra pinch of parm to garnish <3
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Greetings all, I'm planning to start working on a (dare I say it) custom Mandolorian (for the record I am also on the heroes/villians board)
At this point I'm still in the "save $$ and gather info" stage so to start off, what is the best material for the armor? I've heard some good things about fiberglass as well as sintra, basically what are the pros and cons?
It should also be noted that I'm a really big guy (6'6" and around 360 lbs)
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The Toronto school board is considering opening schools specially designed to meet the needs of black students in grades kindergarten to grade 8. Donna Harrow, an advocate of such schools notes, 'Whatever is being used in the system at this moment is failing a lot of students–and more specifically a lot of black students." Black focused schools have been a center of controversy since first being proposed in a 1995 province report by a Royal Commission. The debate as to whether or not black schools staffed predominantly by black teachers where an emphasis is placed on reading black authors or studying black history will lead to results has long been discussed in Canada and the United States. The Toronto School Board already has an elementary and a high school for First Nations students and an alternative high school for gay and lesbian teens.
As one who has spent fifty years in education, this debate has been one going on for most of the 20th century. A visit to schools in New York City or Washington D.C. or Detroit or St. Louis quickly reveals most of them are, in effect, "black schools." The overwhelming majority of students are black, a high percentage of teachers and administrators are black, the curriculum emphasizes black history and literature, and the results are not that markedly different than in schools where black students are with white students. Back in the 1960s the idea cropped up in Milwaukee and it was tried. Ironically, America has too many "black schools" and too many failing to meet the needs of ALL students. The same issues being discussed in Toronto about how to reach disaffected students can be heard in rural American schools. Perhaps, problems stem from teaching the wrong curriculum using the wrong teaching methods and measuring success the wrong ways. A boring white or black teacher bores students. Young people need role models, but the color of one's skin is not sufficient to transform a person into a role model. Toni Morrison, the writer, once said if you tell me the color of a person's skin, you have told me nothing about who they are.