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Friday, April 13, 2012
Keeneland Barn Notes Friday, April 13, 2012
Dr. Kendall Hansen and Skychai Racing's Hansen, the 6-5 morning line favorite for Saturday's 88th running of the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G1), made his first appearance at Keeneland on Friday morning with a jog to the starting gate for a schooling session and then galloping 1½ miles (click here for video of Hansen on the track).
Exercise rider Joe Sharp was aboard the juvenile champion of 2011 as Hansen went through his paces. Trainer Mike Maker said Hansen would be on the track at 6 tomorrow morning for light training.
"He stumbled in the Holy Bull (G3) and in the Gotham (G3) he did not get away very well but he behaved himself," Maker said, noting that Hansen had no problem last fall in his biggest victory, the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Churchill Downs.
Hansen has won four of five starts for earnings of $1,473,305. He will break from post position four in the Toyota Blue Grass and be ridden by Ramon Dominguez.
A victory in the Toyota Blue Grass would be worth $450,000 and make Hansen the top money earner to enter the Kentucky Derby in the race's 138-year history. Hansen would have $1,923,305 to surpass Snow Chief's mark of $1,719,040 entering the 1986 Run for the Roses.
Hansen's home base is the Trackside Training Center, about 4 miles from Churchill Downs, and a victory Saturday would make that spot a must stop in the buildup to the Kentucky Derby.
"We will have a lot of people coming over there," Maker said. "Or, it will be very lonely."
About a half-hour after Hansen came to the track, Sharp brought stablemate Gung Ho to the track for a 1½-mile gallop.
Owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, Gung Ho finished seventh behind Toyota Blue Grass rival Dullahan in last fall's Dixiana Breeders' Futurity (G1) in his lone Keeneland start. Gung Ho, who will be ridden by three-time Toyota Blue Grass winner Edgar Prado, finished second in the Rushaway on March 24 at Turfway Park in his lone start of 2012.
In other training activity involving Toyota Blue Grass entrants at Keeneland, Holy Candy galloped 1½ miles on the main track under Lupillo Alferez; Howe Great galloped 1½ miles on the main track under Heather Craig; Midnight Crooner galloped 1 3/8 miles on the main track under Peter Hutton; Politicallycorrect galloped about 1½ miles under Juan Merino on the main track; Ever So Lucky galloped twice around on the training track under Barry Wiseman; and Heavy Breathing galloped 1¼ miles on the training track under Nick Bush.
Trainer Gennadi Dorochenko's two Toyota Blue Grass entrants, Hero of Order and Russian Greek, walked the shedrow. At Churchill Downs, Dullahan, Prospective and Scatman galloped and are scheduled to ship to Keeneland tomorrow morning.
There was no stopping at the farm for Groupie Doll after her victory Thursday afternoon in the Vinery Madison (G1).
"Usually they get to go to the farm after winning a Grade 1, but she was on the shuttle and came back to Churchill Downs," said trainer and part owner Buff Bradley, who would take former stable star Brass Hat back to the family farm in Frankfort after races during his lucrative career.
Bradley, who bred Groupie Doll along with his father, Fred, said the filly came out of the race in good order.
"She ate up well last night and came back fine," Bradley said. "The plan is the ($300,000) Humana Distaff (G1 on May 5 at seven furlongs) and then give her some time off and plan for the rest of the year."
The Humana Distaff will mark the rubber match this year between Groupie Doll and beaten Vinery Madison favorite Musical Romance, who finished fourth Thursday.
"She came out of the race perfect and she will go to Churchill Downs tomorrow," said Freddy Guzman, assistant to trainer and co-owner Bill Kaplan. "She fought the rider the whole way around and had no kick at the end."
Musical Romance, the champion female sprinter of 2011 and winner of the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) last fall at Churchill Downs, had beaten Groupie Doll in their first meeting in the Inside Information (G2) at Gulfstream Park in March.
Trainer John Sadler said that Home Sweet Aspen, who set the early pace before fading to last in the eight-horse field, displaced her soft palate and will return to California.
When she was last seen at Keeneland, Flaxman Holdings, Ltd.'s Aruna had successfully passed her initial test on Polytrack in winning the 2011 Juddmonte Spinster (G1).
The 5-year-old Graham Motion-trained mare is scheduled to make her 2012 debut Saturday in the 24th running of the $300,000 Jenny Wiley (G1) at 1 1/16 miles on the turf.
"She arrived here from Fair Hill (Md.) on Wednesday," Motion said. "We planned to start the year and having the race a Grade 1 didn't hurt."
Following her Juddmonte Spinster victory, Aruna returned to the turf, finishing fifth, beaten only a length, in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) at Churchill Downs.
"We plan to run her five times this year and hope to wind up at the Breeders' Cup," Motion said. "She stayed at Fair Hill all winter. It was so mild, she didn't need to go to Florida and she didn't miss any time at all. She has matured and filled out well."
Aruna has compiled a 7-4-2-0 record on the grass in the United States since coming here midway through 2010 from Europe. Motion said Aruna could return to the Polytrack in the fall and defend her Juddmonte Spinster title, something that has been done only three times in the race that began in 1956.
"It is possible," Motion said of using the race as a springboard to the Breeders' Cup that will be held at Santa Anita this year. "We know she handles this surface well."
Stipa Racing Stable's Reveron, runner-up in the Florida Derby (G1) in his most recent start, is the top name among 49 horses nominated to next Saturday's 31st running of the $200,000 Coolmore Lexington (G3) to be contested at 1 1/16 miles on the main track.
Trained by Agustin Bezara, Reveron has $220,000 in graded stakes earnings, a figure that is perilously close to the cutoff line of the top 20 earners under consideration for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1). The Coolmore Lexington's winner's share is $120,000.
According to Keeneland stakes coordinator Scott Jones, other horses under consideration for the Coolmore Lexington are Arm Force, Golden Ticket, Holiday Promise, Stirred Up and Summer Front.
Nominations for the four other stakes during the third week of the meet are out with marquee names dotting the rosters.
The biggest name is Morton Fink's Wise Dan, runaway winner of the Fayette (G2) here last fall and the Clark (G1). Wise Dan is slated to make his 2012 debut in the 82nd running of the $150,000 Ben Ali (G3) at 1 1/8 miles on the main track on Sunday, April 22.
The Ben Ali drew 27 nominations and among those expected to face Wise Dan, according to Jones, are Cease, Golden Yank and Ioya Bigtime.
Starting the stakes action will be the 24th running of the $100,000 Appalachian (G3) for 3-year-old fillies going a mile on the turf on Thursday. The race drew 30 nominations headed by Caroline Forgason's Somali Lemonade, winner of last fall's JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G3) here.
Among those expected to be entered Sunday are Dayatthespa, Regalo Mia, Firehouse Red and Dame Marie.
Next Friday's feature is the 18th running of the $100,000 Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare (G3) for fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles on the main track. Topping the list of 26 nominations is Fox Hill Farms' Joyful Victory, a two-time graded stakes winner last year and fourth-place finisher as the favorite in last year's Kentucky Oaks (G1).
The 16th running of the $100,000 Giant's Causeway for filly and mare turf sprinters drew 28 nominations for the 5 ½-furlong test next Saturday.
Headlining the list of runners expected in the race are Dawn and Ike Thrash's Wild About Marie, winner of the Buffalo Trace Franklin County here last fall, and Peter Blum Thoroughbreds' Inspired, winner of three consecutive races. Other probables include Extravaganza, Flash Mash and Well Deserved.
According to Trakus, which records individual sectional times and distance covered for races at Keeneland, the extra ground traveled by Joha in Thursday's fifth race at 4½ furlongs proved costly for him in a half-length defeat. Breaking from the outside No. 9 post position, Joha covered 47 feet more than the victorious I'm Boundtoscore that equates to traveling about 5½ lengths more than the winner.
Reigning 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace will make an appearance in the Keeneland paddock on Sunday at approximately 4 p.m. ET, just prior to the seventh race.
Fans can register to win the opportunity to have a photo made with Havre de Grace (visit the white tent near the paddock). The first 500 people to register receive a free commemorative T-shirt. Additional merchandise will be available for sale with proceeds benefiting Horses and Hope.
Havre de Grace was purchased by owner Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm for $380,000 from Mill Ridge Sales, agent, at Keeneland's 2008 September Yearling Sale. The Saint Liam filly won five of seven starts last year, for earnings for more than $1.6 million. Wins in the Grade 1 Beldame Invitational and Apple Blossom established her at the top of her division, while a victory against males in the Woodward (G1) and a solid fourth in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) clinched Horse of the Year honors.
In her only start so far this year, she won the New Orleans Ladies Stakes at Fair Grounds by 4½ lengths on March 17.
Show your support for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance by purchasing T-shirts commemorating Toyota Blue Grass (G1) contenders Hansen, Dullahan and Howe Great. T-shirts are on sale Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14 in the Keeneland Gift Shop. Proceeds benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, an organization designed to serve as both the accrediting body for facilities that care for Thoroughbreds following the conclusion of their racing careers and a fundraising body to support these approved facilities.
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Sounds like the failed in rebalancing.. hope the Capcom team avoid doing the same with Super Street Fighter 4.. bit of a joke that Blazblu is so unbalanced with such a small roster and SF4 (sagats nowhere near as bad as the top 3 in BB) and T6 are better balanced.
|2009-12-07, 09:33
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SF4 isn't really "that" similar to previous street fighters... as far as balancing goes it's on a brand new slate.. it's not like it's Super Turbo updated into 3d and the majority of the new cast is balanced rather well. It's actually balanced a lot better than the last major Street Fighter game in SF3 3rd Strike.. a lot better... no 8-2 matchups in this one...
Anyway BlazBlu Version 2 really should've been better... from what I'm reading it's Blazblue Version 1 balancing with the names switched around. Bang, Litchi and Tao are low tier? Well let's make them top tier! That sort of thing.. it's like World of Warcraft balancing.. instead of trying to put characters as close as possible.. it's more a "let's give these characters top position in this edition" type deal.
|2009-12-07, 11:38
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SF4 still has plenty of 7-3 match ups though... while not as bad as the SF3 ones it's still painfully obvious in certain fights. Need to wait for SSF4 to see if capcoms balancing is any better.
i was hoping for a better job for the character edits as from what I've seen it's a meh job so far but until the games been out for a bit there's no use whining about tiers because as noted all you need it a 'clap loop' type combo for someone to discover to make a character go from worst to near top of the list again.
|2009-12-08, 16:27
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Kro_ a Rachel player from dustloop gave a nice overview of how things currently stand at the moment with tier. Looks pretty balanced to me, remember it's still early.
|2009-12-08, 17:57
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Age: 31
I'll probably get to try Rachel in a few days time when it arrives in Singapore.
But the entire fanbase has already given up hope on her, even the Japanese themselves can't do anything to save her.
Its the worst nerfing I've ever seen, a new nerf record by Arcsys, at least Dizzy and Johnny didn't had to win matches by time outs.
Seeing how Litchi's insane loops and Taokaka's no guage taunt combos that does nearly 7000 damage, I think that the game isn't balanced at all, its probably worst than BBCT.
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|2009-12-08, 18:18
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someone who played the game a good bit in texas said on DL that the game felt incomplete or was still a beta. I can actually see that from videos posted, since it definitely feels like something is missing from the game that was there in CT. i have yet to see a 7k meterless in this game though.
also, it pains me so much to see Nu struggle to break 3k damage. pretty much the highest i've seen from her is a 3k+ 50% meter and a 4k 100% meter, which is absolutely pathetic.
|2009-12-08, 18:24
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I don't know about Litchi's loops, but Tao's taunt apparently isn't viable in a serious match so, it doesn't matter. I heard people played CS say that it's plenty balanced now. Bang and Litchi while being are nowhere the rape Nu, Arakure and Rachel could do in CT, and there has been good Rachels coming out lately and winning matchs.
Nu vs. Hakumen, or Tager for example was just plain unfair and not any fun in CT.
|2009-12-08, 22:02
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|2009-12-08, 22:10
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and yeah, you can change the time to unlimited, but then who the heck wants to play round lasting more than a minute and a half anyways? if you can't win in that amount of time, 1. you're bad or 2. something is wrong with the game. i'm leaning towards the latter, since the new guard system and damage nerfs pretty much changed the game entirely. something that made the first game special was the ability to straight out kill someone 25-30 seconds if you knew what you were doing.
|2009-12-09, 02:30
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|2009-12-09, 02:40
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i just ranted on DL about how this game won't be fun. haha..
|2009-12-09, 04:08
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Edit: Okay, I found it. And Antihippy and zaeris gave you a sound response.
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|2009-12-09, 07:07
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A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 31
If you want to have fun, don't be a scaredy cat. Most of the timed out matches I see are either:
- Rachel player.
- Spend too much time hitting the air.
- Scared of getting hit/losing and just back away.
|2009-12-09, 07:29
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do you know ベアトリーチェ様?
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 29
A lot of the whiffed hits are to make it harder for the opponent to approach, and the rest are because the attack was dodged. And these guys are pros; it's kind of silly to imply that they're being wimps just because they're not playing as recklessly as a newer player might.
Personally, I'm also happy about the damage nerf. Face it, if your opponent goes down in 25 seconds, you know what you're doing, but they probably don't. And if you're fighting an incompetent, I doubt it'll take that much longer in this game, either.
It would also be kind of unfortunate if a single taunt loop could kill you off...
|2009-12-09, 10:16
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A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
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What happened with this kind of playing? Did everyone just choose to abandon everything for defensive play?
Oh well, each to his own. I certainly will have fun with this game. Maybe not with Rachel, but who knows. Time will tell.
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Google Chrome's setup installs the software only for the type of current user. This way, you don't need administrator rights to install the Chrome. Until now, those who wanted to install the Google Chrome for all the users of a computer had to use the Chrome build from the Google Pack.
Google has recently added a more straightforward location for a system-level setup: http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?msi=true. The MSI installer only works in the Windows, it currently installs the latest Dev Channel build and it seems to be targeted toward enterprise users.
"The current user-level installation experience doesn't require elevation (installing at system-level does), and most users don't know or care about system-level installs. That said, it would probably be a good idea to have some links on the download pages that say 'click here for a system-level install or MSI', so interested/advanced users could find it easily as part of the normal download install flow," explained Glenn Wilson, a Google Chrome engineer. The link to the MSI installer will probably be added to the Chrome's download page in the near future.


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More than 11,000 dangerous children's toys have been crushed to pieces following a pre-Christmas blitz on retailers, wholesalers and importers by Consumer Affairs Victoria.
The toys were seized after 987 traders across the state were inspected.
The toys posed a variety of risks, including small parts that could choke a child and projectiles that could cause serious eye injuries.
They included:
- Toys for children under three years old which can break into small parts and present a choking hazard.
- Projectile toys, including guns, bows and arrows, which can injure children's eyes.
- Yo-yo rubber balls – often in bright colours and with flashing lights – which have a long elastic cord that is a strangulation hazard.
- Powerful magnets that when swallowed can cause injury and death.
Suppliers who sell unsafe toys can be fined – $220,000 for individuals and $1.1 million for a body corporate.
"Under Victorian law there are very strict safety standards to ensure that dangerous toys do not make it to the shelves and are kept away from kids," said Consumer Affairs Minister Michael O'Brien.
"Toys that risk our children's health and wellbeing must be permanently removed from the market place.
"Some traders still have not got the message that the sale of any unsafe products will not be tolerated."
The haul of illegal toys included thousands ordered destroyed by the melbourne Magistrates Court as a result of proceedings.
The toys were placed in an industrial crusher on Thursday and destroyed.


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Courier Article by Pam Locker
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Real Lives Give Fiction a Run for Publishing Money
Who needs fiction, when people's real lives are just as fascinating? It's a banner year for invigorating tell-alls by and about women.
"Oprah: a Biography" by Kitty Kelley (Crown, 2010). The secrets of one of the world's richest woman are revealed in this unauthorized work by the intrepid biographer who has previously tackled Frank Sinatra, the Bush dynasty, the British royal family, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Kelley, who did 850 interviews and compiled almost 3,000 files in researching this book, submits her manuscripts to four sets of lawyers and says that she has never been sued.
So what do we discover? That Oprah has always been obsessed with sex abuse and teen pregnancy and racism, all problems in her own background. That she created trash TV - or at least programming where people's lives, no matter how down and dirty, were explored. That she was precocious and enormously talented, electrifying everyone she encountered. That she is so rich that she has trouble giving enough away, no matter how many Rolls Royce's she bestows at Christmas time or exclusive girls' schools she establishes in South Africa.
I've been impressed by Oprah since the first time I heard her - on a Chicago radio station while on a trip to visit family in Hammond. And she has been a boon to the book industry, dragging people out of their romance/action ruts into other avenues of literature. Now if she could only figure out a "good" way to spend all that cash!
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot (Crown, 2010). Critics agree that this is one of the best science books of this or any year. Skloot weaves together the history of human biotechnology with the moving story of the woman who made so much of it possible.
When Henrietta, a poor African-American mother of five, underwent cancer surgery in the Jim Crow wing of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s, she never dreamed that her cervical cancer cells would be what the scientific world was waiting for - a cell line that would live and reproduce itself exponentially.
HeLa cells (He for Henrietta, La for Lacks) have been vital in cancer, virus, gene mapping, and other medical research and have been bought and sold by the billions. But basically ANY tissue taken from any patient is up for grabs, with no remuneration to the original owner. Skloot spent many hours with Lacks' children, who discovered the existence and importance of the HeLa cell line long after their mother's early death, and she tells their stories as well as exploring the bioethical issues of tissue research.
"A Ticket to the Circus: a Memoir" by Norris Church Mailer (Random House, 2010). Norman Mailer's sixth and last wife, to whom he was married for 32 years. She artfully relates the exhilarations and miseries of being married to the genius writer, and proves that she is a talented memoirist in her own right.
"Just Kids" by Patti Smith (Ecco, 2010). When rock singer Patti Smith was only 19 she left Philadelphia to seek fame and fortune in Manhattan. There she fell in with the equally young Robert Mapplethorpe, who went on to become a famous (and infamous) photographer. I've always loved Patti's music and poetry, so relished her words as well as the gorgeous Mapplethorpe portrait photos that dotted the book.
"Spoken from the Heart" by Laura Bush (Scribner, 2010). I've only gotten through Laura's college days, but can tell already that this is a gem. Just like its author, it seems honest, straightforward, and thoughtful.


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text: Federal and state officials are celebrating developments at the state's two major ports in Providence and North Kingstown. Officials on Monday said they had secured $6 million in federal money to pay for repairs and improvements at Quonset Point, which is part of North Kingstown. The money will reconstruct a bulkhead that was damaged in Hurricane Irene and make it taller so that it better protects against future flooding. In Providence, Governor Lincoln Chafee and the state's congressional delegation gathered at ProvPort to celebrate new state-of-the-art cranes tentatively scheduled to arrive at the port in May that will enable it to expand services.


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When the proposed City Point development on the site of the former Albee Square Mall is built it will be the tallest building in Brooklyn.
The sheer size and scope of the project has drawn considerable attention- most recently from public interest organizations and neighborhood residents who contend the planned mixed-use 65-story residential luxury apartment tower and commercial center does not include enough affordable housing.
At last week's public hearing on the project, city officials were criticized for selling city land beneath the former mall site to a developer intent on building apartments for the rich.
The luxury development will replace a popular shopping center, which opened in 1980 as the Albee Square Mall and was soon thereafter immortalized in a song by the rapper Biz Markie. Over the course of the following two-plus decades the mall fell into disrepair, was bought and sold, and even renamed several times, but never lost its appeal to the tens of millions of Brooklyn and Queens shoppers who frequent the Fulton Street commercial district every year.
More than the loss of favorite small businesses, however, Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn community members are afraid they are losing the character of their neighborhoods- and their ability to afford living in them- to large-scale housing developments like City Point that cater to more affluent New Yorkers.
In theory the city, which instigated this conflict four years ago when Mayor Bloomberg rezoned Downtown Brooklyn, has safeguards in place to avoid these problems.
A principal one is the Taxable 80/20 program. This program, administered by the city's Housing Development Corporation (HDC), incentives developers to rent at least one-fifth of their apartments at below-market rates to lower-income people by offering builders tax-exempt bonds to help finance their projects.
Albee Residential Development corporation, which will build City Point, has set aside 200 of its 800 planned apartments as affordable housing. In return, it is asking the city for $400 million in tax-exempt bonds.
The enormous request, especially during an economic recession, points to the flaws in the city's affordable housing policy programs.
The term affordable housing is misleading because it isn't really affordable. The HDC uses federal housing guidelines based on the greater New York area's average median income (AMI) to determine affordable housing eligibility requirements.
New York's annual AMI is $76,800 per household. Families of four are eligible for affordable housing if they make a combined income of no more than half the AMI, or $38,400. In the community district where the City Point site is located, average annual household income is four thousand dollars less. Though this means most residents should be eligible, it is clear many simply don't make enough money to qualify.
Secondly, the 80/20 split shows whose side the city is really on. Alternative city housing policy using a more creative combination of city, state and federal funding could allow developers to significantly increase the affordable housing percentages in new constructions while still turning a sizeable profit. Instead, at City Point and elsewhere, a mere one-fifth of new apartments are set aside for lower-income people- apartments that are proving to be too expensive anyway.


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A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
asked his thoughts on Evolution which, in the words of Soledad O'brien, was the belief that man evolved from apes.
Speaking of "dumbing down", you have no idea what's going on, do you?
Referring to Evolution in this way and then asking an opinion (or the reverse) is an example of deliberate spin. You would never say that unless you wanted to get the "I didn't come from no monkey!" camp riled up, or you were an uneducated buffoon.
P.S. Jesus Christ, that woman looks like Ms. The Joker when she smiles. Plastic surgery, or inbreeding? YOU DECIDE!
You would never say that unless you wanted to get the "I didn't come from no monkey!" camp riled up, or you were an uneducated buffoon.
Or you were tossing a softball.
"Why, yes, O'Brien, according to our best evidence we did descend from apes - mor precisely, we and modern apes descended from a common, ape-like ancestor. And I'm proud of how far our species has developed, how far up from the muck we've come, how far towards grace we've climbed; and I hope that our umptity-great grandchildren will be as far above us as we are above the Australopithecines. My opponent the Biblical literalist, on the other hand, seems to hold that we're all the fallen result of incestuous inbreeding from a single original pair of idiots dumb enough to be fooled by a talking snake. I've got to say I find the scientific account not only more rational, but orders of magnitude more inspiring."
During more than two hours of testimony, scientists and religious representatives argued over whether teaching that humans evolved from a single-celled species over hundreds of millions of years should be taken as gospel.
Control the meaning of words, you control how they're percieved. For instance, most if not all the old Soviet republics considered themselves 'democratic' in that elections were held on a regular basis. Of course, there was only one slate of candidates to elect, so calling them 'democracies' was a bit of a misnomer. Likewise, their penchant for putting "People's' in front of just about everything, like 'People's Democratic Republic of'. Double whammy there...
Now, if the definition of 'approved' now means 'guaranteed not to piss off any J Random NeoCon Fundie', and 'theory' now means 'something that cannot be proved but must be taken on faith', we're in serious trouble here...
The highest honor SCIENCE can bestow any idea is that of the "Theory". Science cannot claim anything to be a fact because in science, nothing is beyond disproval.
If science starts stating things are fact, and beyond disproval then the idea in question becomes dogma. Dogma is the realm of religion. Science may be your religion, but you do science a great disservice by making it so, at the expense of the scientific schema and method.
I know that the creationist/ID crowd LOVES to rub it in that evolution "is only a theory", but you've got to resist the temptation of fighting back by out-dogma-ing the dogmatists.
Evolution IS only a theory, it's among the most widely studied and tested theories of science. It's the single unifying theory of biology. Everyone say it with me: Evolution IS just a theory. The 800lb Gorrilla, bad-mother-fucker, stomp your colon theory. The king of theories.
In science, that's as good as it gets. And as science-minded people, we should know that.
From the article itself:
She said the concept of evolution is essential to understanding 21st century biology and that, in her opinion, "people who have never been taught evolution in the first place don't understand that it doesn't really undermine religion." "I'm a lifelong Methodist and I find no conflict between my spiritual life and my rational, scientific self," she said. Walker isn't alone. The Clergy Letter Project, a Butler University initiative that works to dispel the notion that religion and science are at odds, has garnered 11,183 signatures from clergy members who say teaching evolution does not undermine religion.
Marvelous! The super-user's going to boot me! What a finely tuned response to the situation!


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On 7PHP.com today they've posted the latest PHP community interview - this time with Manuel Lemos of the PHPClasses site.
In this edition I talked with Manuel Lemos who is the founder of the famous and huge PHPClasses.org. @ManuelLemos has been rambling a lot about PHP, doing all sorts of stuffs on phpclasses back since 1999 – podcasts, interviews, sharing scripts, writing scripts, blogging, shouting and I even doubt he drinks-eats-sleeps there too (just to say how much he is hooked in there).
In the interview he answers questions about:
- His background and how he got started with PHP
- What he sees as the good and bad parts of the language
- Some suggestions for developers wanting to learn
- What frameworks/unit testing tool and CMS he recommends
There's also a section more specifically focused on the Brazilian PHP community, PHP conferences and some of the things he's learned in his time in the wider PHP community.


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The Miami Heat stars had every reason to be in high spirits last night, having fended off a late rally from the Chicago Bulls to win their opening game of the season 95-107.
Following the presentation of last season's Championship rings, the Heat got back to business as usual against a Bull's side that contained the returning Derek Rose.
And Heat star Chris Bosh took the opportunity to return to familiar ways- by video-bombing a post-match interview being conducted with LeBron James
The pair, who have a history of sneaking into the background of each other's interviews, are known for playing tricks on each other, and this season is set to be no different after Bosh's latest stunt.
The forward casually walks into the background of James' interview, before pulling a strange face and walking away.
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Earlie Johnson spent years building his collection of rare pornography, which he claims featured every African American to ever appear in porn from 1970 onward and was worth $7,500. On Tuesday, Johnson and his fiancée, Angela Morton, came home to find that the entire collection had been stolen by burglars. Now please enjoy these quotes that Johnson gave during a candid and oddly heartwarming interview with WZZM 13:
My collection was the best in Michigan— a guy in Connecticut told me that.
They came upon it and looked at the titles and realized what they had ran across... and realized people will pay cash money for them DVDs.
I trade and I collect and I look at them too. I ain't got no problem with that.
I'm not no scum bag guy, pervert, or nothing like that— I just thought it was cool to own my own porn collection. It keeps my relationship fresh and tight, and I learn stuff that I can use on [my fiancée].
To their credit, the couple seems to be taking the robbery in stride. Johnson says he plans to rebuild his collection. We wish him the best of luck.
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TEN episodes of self-harm at the Nauru processing centre in 24 hours were a direct response to the government's decision to release thousands of recently arrived asylum seekers into the community, according to Nauru detainees.
The Immigration Department confirmed that four acts of self-harm on Tuesday night were followed by another two episodes on Wednesday, saying some of the men received treatment for superficial injuries at the centre and none were transferred to the island's hospital.
Another four incidents followed late in the afternoon, according to an asylum seeker. ''I cannot express what is happening here,'' the man said. ''Everyone is crying and saying, 'Why am I here?'''
Other asylum seekers said they could not accept they were being treated differently to those whose claims were to be processed on the mainland, when they arrived at the same time, and even on the same boats. ''Why are other friends going to the city [to] take visa while we are here in this worst conditions?'' one asked.
The incidents came as a customs vessel intercepted the 142nd boat to attempt to come to Australia since the government accepted all recommendations from its expert panel, including re-opening the centres on Nauru and Manus.
Some 13 people were on the boat, bringing the number to arrive since the announcement on August 13 to 8218.
Detainees on Nauru acknowledged concerns about the conditions of bridging visas that will be offered to those who arrived after August 13, but who cannot be accommodated at centres on Nauru or Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. But they could not understand why they were selected to go to Nauru.
They also asserted that those hurting themselves were suffering depression after being confined to the Nauru centre.
Meanwhile, an asylum seeker who has been on a hunger strike for 48 days remained in the Nauru hospital.
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen told Labor MPs this week the man would not be transferred to Australia, saying he receiving the best care possible in the circumstances.
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You need to get all the TamaTomo stamps for different characters, I believe, before the first travel destination shows up. According to the Tamagotchi Wikia,
There is a new travel destination layout. The first unlockable destination is unlocked by getting all the happy symbols for the first generation, and the fourth destination is Henshin Jo, where your character can transform to its Henshin Jo version. There is a destination called Gotchi King's Castle which is similar to Concert Hall, but has some new songs.
Here is a list of the happy symbols on the Princess Spacy. *Happy symbols, happy seals, and TamaTomo stamps are the exact same thing, just different names*
This thread and this thread may be of help to explain the destinations, happy symbols, etc.


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- New data released by Gov. Scott Walker's administration shows private sector job growth in Wisconsin increased 1.5 percent over the 12-month period ending in June.
Walker's Department of Workforce Development on Thursday released quarterly employment data it was submitting to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing job growth between April and June.
The figures Walker provided show the state added 35,379 private sector jobs over the 12-month period. Government jobs increased by a little over 2,100 during the same period.
The quarterly report is based on a census of 96 percent of Wisconsin businesses.
A monthly report based on a survey of just 3.5 percent of businesses shows the state lost 6,000 private sector jobs in October. The unemployment rate dropped from 7.3 percent to 6.9 percent.


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BOSTON — It took just 5:31 for Brad Marchand to get the Bruins on the board first in tonight's Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The rookie winger sniped a shot from the right side of the right dot past Roberto Luongo to the short side.
Given Luongo's recent comments about Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas' inability to stop Maxim Lapierre's goal in Game 5 Friday night, it would've only been fair for Thomas to offer his assessment of Luongo's play. But the presumed Vezina Trophy winner passed on the chance to opine on his counterpart.
"No, I'm not going to go there," said Thomas after he beat the Canucks, 5-2, with a 36-save performance. "I would prefer to focus on the fact that Marshy made a great shot and came up big for us and got that first goal that helped lead us to a victory."
The victory pushes the Canucks to a Game 7 Wednesday in Vancouver. Thomas was at his best all night, especially early on when that first goal could've turned the game in Vancouver's favor.
After Thomas saved them early, the Bruins then supported him. They chased Luongo with a third goal 8:35 into the game and then expanded the lead to 4-0 at the 9:45 mark against back-up Cory Schneider. Even the 4-0 lead, however, didn't take the red-hot netminder off his game.
"A little bit [I change my approach] but not a lot, because, you know, getting that fourth goal was a big goal. A 3-0 lead, we had bad experiences with in the past, even during the regular season a couple of times this year," admitted Thomas. "So that was big, but I didn't want to relax because I didn't want to give them any confidence and let them feel like they were going to get back into the game.
"Part of you relaxes, but part of you is like, telling yourself not to relax. It's kind of an inner battle. It's human nature and the tendency to start conserving energy starts to kick in and you have to fight against that."
Now Tim Thomas, a 37-year-old from Flint, Mich., who didn't become a No. 1 netminder in this league until his mid-30s, is going to play in a winner-take-all game for the Stanley Cup. It doesn't sound like the enormity of the situation is getting to him.
"You know, I'm very happy to be here and very happy to have this opportunity," said Thomas. "I'm going to try to embrace that opportunity and take the same attitude that I've taken throughout the whole playoffs. And, you know, hopefully that will get me through that one last game to get to the goal that we've been shooting for all year long."


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Without getting too overly excited, a few very interesting tweets have appeared over on Chris Prynoski's Twitter account. I have to ask you. Do you dig giant robots? Because Gabe Newell apparently does.
If this turns out to be true, then nothing will keep me from dying a happy man.
what ever happend to the show, it was so awesome. LIVING HERE IN JERSEY FIGHTING VILLAINS FROM ABOVE, YOU GOTTA SHIFT FIRST GEAR IN YOUR GIANT ROBOT CARR!!
Oh i totally remember this show during my childhood! it was hilarious/filled with action but a shame that only 26 eps were made before it got cancelled i think.


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New London, CT - The Brown water polo team picked up two wins with a 12-3 victory over Connecticut College and a 14-6 victory over Utica in its final regular season games before the Eastern Championships. Rookie Kate Woods led all scoring with six goals, while leading the defense was goalkeepers Sarah Shin and Claudia Ruiz with 15 combined saves.
Against Conn College, the Bears held a 7-2 lead at the half and went on to outscore the Camels 5-1 in the third to earn the 12-3 win. Woods tallied four goals, while Gusty Clarke and Emily McNamara added two apiece. Also scoring was Ruiz, Sarah Presant, Catie Pittman and Malaika Drebin. Shin had four saves in the cage in three quarters, while Ruiz had four saves in the fourth.
The Bears gained a 5-2 lead after the first eight minutes against the Pioneers, then outscored Utica 3-2 in the second to lead 8-4 at the intermission. A big 5-1 third quarter for the Bears helped lead the squad to its 14-6 win over Utica.
Woods, McNamara, Ruiz, Presant, and Drebin each scored two goals apiece, while Rachel Karen, Allyson Schumacher and Briana Borgnani tallied one for the Bears. Shin picked up three saves in the cage while Ruiz earned four.
The Bears are back in action at 10:20 a.m. against Bucknell in the first round of the Eastern Championship.


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It is a truth universally acknowledged that muhfuckin' Orcs are a huge problem, and must die, but I can't get Brenna to warm to the idea that directing a steady stream of them through our wholly custom hellscape is the appropriate response. There isn't another route, not here; I might refer you to the name of the game itself to get a sense of its dialectic.
She does not want to do that. She does not want to do any of those things, which is to say, she doesn't want to do the things a person does (is forced to do) in a non-trivial percentage of the games I own.
This came up during God of War, also. Harpies would occasionally undergo a controversial wing-removal procedure which she found deeply offensive. There's no way to engage demoniacal bird-women in anything approaching a dialogue, at least not in this game. There is no button on the bottom of the controller that I could be using to discuss their unique caste system or if they're born live or if they hatch from fucking eggs or WHAT.
The demo for High Moon's new Transformers game is out now, almost everywhere you might want it, and I haven't actually played it but I still like it think you should go get it.
I spent the entirety of my time with the product transforming the robots back and forth in every permutation I could generate. The multiplayer last time around was one of those once-a-year type Surprises, class-based action with addictive progression and alien robots that turn into radical shit. Seeing your friends literally "roll out" of a base in vehicle mode, jump off a cliff, transform in mid-air and bring some kind of Energon Hammer down… well, it ranks high. And now the tools go much farther in letting you customize the roster.
It's not super clear, but when you go into a specific class, you can press left and right to choose more options - and down at the bottom is the one that will let you peek through the different Chassis and fold them back and forth. I don't think of myself as being in the Transformers fandom, I don't have those kinds of credentials, but there was a tremendous amount of involuntary smiling while I was in there. The micromovements of the machines in the game really sell the idea that these are creatures, alien creatures, and not merely sentient mechanisms. Not that I have anything against Sentient Mechanisms! Why, some of my best friends are etc, etc. But pay close attention to the flyers, especially: they're functionally insects. They've added substantially to my understanding of this setting with this level of care.
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Park representatives will provide information on future plans for the facility and answer questions. Visitors are invited to share comments and suggestions about park services and operations. This open house meeting is part of an ongoing effort by Missouri State Parks to ensure citizens have input regarding the facilities and services offered in state parks and historic sites. Click here to read the news release.
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Choice is good when there's one agreed base standard, and a number of compatible approaches. For example, there are many Linux distributions, but they are all Linux, and they can all run the same software. They are 'flavours' of the same thing, that is a good choice. People like different flavours.
This seems to contradict the article itself.
In retrospect, it's the huge choice which is holding Linux back to a certain extent. There isn't an agreed base standard, they're all slightly different.
It's only since the arrival of Ubuntu, where the obvious choice has been targeted down to one (hence the need for choice removed), that linux on the desktop has started to make ground.
Imagine Dell allowing you to 'choose' your own linux distro, that would be rather messy.


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Want one more excuse to see Never Say Never in theaters? It's coming! On March 4, Paramount is re-releasing the flick and calling it Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 2.0, will feature 20 pieces of music not in the current edition, recent live performances like Justin's Grammy performance, scenes from the movie premiere, and new footage of Justin surprising fans at screenings of the movie. Also, you can expect the DVD to hit around August!
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Freddies Flaking Fingers
In connection with the opening of Danish and International Art after 1900, Wilhelm Freddie's The Dancer, was restored.
Freddie and his dancer
Wilhelm Frederik Christian Freddie, 1909-1995, is considered the most renowned surrealist in Denmark - a true enfant terrible.
'Danserinde' or 'The Dancer' was made by Freddie in 1943. The work was acquired by The National Gallery of Denmark in 2011, but could not be put on display before undergoing conservation treatment. The Dancer consists of a painted wooden surface, upon which 5 fingers from a mannequin are attached. Freddie often used body parts from wax mannequins in his work. Inspired by his work as a window decorator, he would orchestrate the dolls in unusual positions. The fingers in The Dancer, are representative of his erotic fascination with the female figure, as well as his fascination with death.
Flaking Fingers
It is uncertain whether or not Freddie himself painted the fingers in The Dancer. Our observations show just one layer of paint, so it is likely that the paint layer is from the time of fabrication. In any case, the paint surface on the attached fingers was flaking badly, making the work extremely fragile and difficult to move or even hold upright. The whole surface of the painting was also extremely dirty, making it difficult to see the underlying image.The work, which was to be hung in the modern collection (Art after 1900), had to be stabilized before it could be exhibited.
What is happening to the paint layer?
A paint layer can detach from the underlying substrate for a number of reasons. In this case, the characteristic flaking appears to have been caused by a combination of factors, including changes in environmental factors such as temperature and humidity. The paint layer is shrinking and retracting, making it curl up and pull away from the substrate. There was also a substantial layer of dirt on the surface of the painting, which could not be removed before the paint layer was secured.
Scientific analysis
Scientific analysis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, FTIR, showed that the paint layer had a good match to beeswax. Solubility tests were also performed to see if the paint layer was soluble both in water and in a solvent. Our results showed that water did not affect our samples, whereas the solvent had a softening effect. Fear that the solvent would dissolve our paint layer or underlying substrate led us to find a way we could work with a water based consolidant, while still being able to soften the paint layer enough to re-adhere it. Using heat, instead of solvents, to soften the waxy paint layer was considered a viable option. As getting the paint layer to re-adhere to the surface of the fingers was our primary task, and knowing that the paint layer consisted of a substantial amount of beeswax, and that it was not sensitive to water, was essential information in finding and applying the right treatment.
What is a consolidant?
A consolidant is a material used in conservation to impregnate a substance, creating bonds between particles, which were not there before. Glue, introduced into a paint layer to reattach it is considered a consolidant.
Treating the flaking paint layer was problematic because any type of direct contact would result in loss of paint. Most of the flakes were only barely attached. The surface was also very matte in appearance. After testing various glues and methods of application, it was decided to try using a technique often used to fixate pastels: an ultrasonic mister. The mister does exactly that: it creates a fine mist of solution, which allows you to apply a consolidant to a friable surface, without having to actually touch the surface. The solution is heated under pressure and dispersed.
The method was tested using a mixture of two types of glues: sturgeon glue and a funori glue. Sturgeon glue is relatively strong glue, made from dried sturgeon bladders, and funori glue, which is weaker but more matte in appearance, is derived from seaweed. They are both dissolved in water. A very weak solution consisting of these two glues was made and misted onto the fingers. The temperature of the warm mist was just enough to soften the paint layer. It was then possible to press the paint flakes down with the help of a small silicone spatula. The glue solution penetrated the paint flakes enough to help them adhere to the surface, with no visible changes to either the color of the paint or the matte appearance of the surface. Once the paint layer was properly laid down, a stronger solution of the sturgeon/funori mix was applied by brush.
Once the paint layer on the fingers was stabilized, the rest of the painting could be cleaned.
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Louise Cone, Conservator, Contemporary Art
Sara Cadinanos, Student in conservation, Contemporary Art


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Cameras, Cameras Everywhere
How much surveillance do you use?
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(16) Anonymous, March 21, 2011 11:32 AM
surveillance at school for the staff
I work at a religous school which uses cameras on every area of the playground supposedly "for security" and staff are constantly reminded - becareful what you do you are on camera and talking between staff is strongly discouraged. The feeling that you are not trusted to do your job that you need to be watched and on then you will do your job well breeds comtempt and anger amongst the staff. There is disbelief from the parents who are often unaware that they and the staff are "on camera". The need to talk to another adult in your teaching day is as neccessary as eating or drinking and will take place regardless - so allow time for this and avoid the constant _ "you are being watched" > A good teacher will do their job regardless of camera or no camera.!!!!!!!!!!!!
(15) TMay, March 10, 2011 10:32 PM
normal vs abnormal times
During normal times, there is not the need for cameras in the home. I think that kind of surveillance brings suspicion and negativity into the house. Communication, relationship, common sense, and intuition should be enough. If that is not working then try therapy to improve communication, or putting lock on doors. If circumstances arrive that make one suspicious such as bruises on an elderly person, or large amounts of money disappearing, or treasured items in the house disappearing, then one might consider resorting to that.
(14) Richard Allinger, March 3, 2011 4:20 PM
Hashem sees, hears & watches over us...
(13) Anonymous, March 3, 2011 3:47 AM
trust must be earned
Gavriel, trust is not a freebie. It must be earned. If you 'trust' a family member who has demonstrated by his behavior that he is not trustworthy then you are no different from the ostrich who has his head buried in the sand. The message one needs to convey is "I will treat you with trust as long as you behave in ways that demonstrate your trustworthiness." Children can sense a pushover in a second and will take full advantage of it, to their own detriment. Give trust and you'll get trust only works in a situation where there is trustworthiness.
(12) Anonymous, March 3, 2011 3:45 AM
be your own camera
This example can be paralleled to a person driving 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, and slows down when they see a police car waiting in a crevice on the side of the road. Why do they stop? not because they felt bad that they were driving so fast, rather because they fear the punishment they will receive from the police officer when he catches him speeding. We need to live our lives doing what's right because it is right and not worry about the other people in our lives who may make us nervous. Realize that hashem is watching us every second of every day. We dont need to substitute His awe with a simple person who, in truth, has no real power. Fear G-d because He is G-d. He is awesome and almighty. I think in addition to the many comments written about watching out for others, we need to look out for ourselves. Be your own camera. If you are not able to make good decisions on your own, sometimes it is appropriate to place in your mind someone that you respect in front of you and say what would they think if they were here? In regard to children, trust is important, but even the good kids need some watching over. Kids dont like to feel completely stranded and on their own. It feels good every once in a while to know that someone is out there checking up on them, and this will help keep them on track. We shouldnt stifle them with preying eyes, but every now and then it wouldnt hurt to ask them whats going on and what theyre doing on the computer, who their talking to, etc....


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Six Pacific Island nations have joined IUCN's Energy Programme in Oceania to develop innovative projects aimed at enhancing livelihoods through the provision of sustainable and efficient energy services. Along with practical projects, the programme, Managing the Ecosystem & Livelihood Implications of Energy Policies in the Pacific Island States, will look at strengthening policy and regulatory measures to promote energy systems that are ecologically efficient and socially equitable.
Energy Programme Coordinator, Anare Matakiviti, is working with participating countries to help clarify priorities and needs and develop national action plans.
"An important aspect of IUCN's involvement is the coordination role we play," says Mr Matakiviti. "Countries are using the opportunity to carry out national planning processes to help coordinate their various energy-related donor-funded projects to address their long-term energy issues in a strategic manner."
The project will not only aim to provide electricity where it is currently unavailable but also develop more energy efficient models to help address the dual issues of rising oil prices and climate change. In addition, country projects will place more emphasis on enhancing livelihoods and the reduction of poverty in communities.
"Becoming more energy efficient serves two purposes – we reduce our imports of increasingly expensive fossil fuels while reducing the amount of carbon dioxide gas being produced," says Mr Matakiviti.
The rise in carbon dioxide production across the planet is known to be the key cause of rapid warming of the earth's atmosphere and resultant climate change.
Projects currently being discussed range from development of model energy homes in Palau; energy efficiency in the land transport and electricity sector in Samoa; provision of solar lighting systems to two remote islands in Tonga; development of a photovoltaic-diesel hybrid electricity system in Tuvalu; and the use of various renewable energy resources (wind, solar, bio-fuel and water) in trial projects in Vanuatu.
The Energy Programme is supported by funding from the Governments of Italy and Austria.


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Earth Day: "Moral Climate-- Beyond Science and Politics" [1]
"Rob Gillies and his team gather data on Nepal's changing climate for a research project. They log temperatures, raindrops and snow. They pump the numbers into powerful computers and read the trend lines the computers spit out. Gillies sees the numbers in human terms, too. Global warming is likely to mean less water, putting crops and livestock in peril, along with nourishment for children who already don't get enough to eat. That leaves the climate scientist with questions instruments can't answer. About fairness. Justice. And life and death."
"'I see it as a scientific issue,' said Gillies, Utah's state climatologist. 'But, given my experiences in Nepal and elsewhere in the world, I see a moral aspect to it beyond science.'
He is not alone in expanding the conversation about climate change beyond politics and science on the eve of the 44th Earth Day."
Judy Fahys reports for the Salt Lake Tribune April 21, 2013. [2]
"Is It Up To Marketers To Save The Earth?" (Media Post) [3]


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BackPAN::Index::Release - A single release of a distribution
my $b = BackPAN::Index->new(); # Find version 1.2.3 of Acme-Colour my $release = $b->release("Acme-Colour", '1.2.3'); print " CPANID: " . $release->cpanid . "\n"; print " Date: " . $release->date . "\n"; print " Dist: " . $release->dist . "\n"; print "Distvname: " . $release->distvname . "\n"; print " Filename: " . $release->filename . "\n"; print " Maturity: " . $release->maturity . "\n"; print " Path: " . $release->path . "\n"; print " Version: " . $release->version . "\n";
BackPAN::Index::Release objects represent releases, individual tarballs/zip files, of a distribution on BackPAN.
For example, Acme-Pony-1.2.3.tar.gz is a release of the Acme-Pony distribution.
my $cpanid = $release->cpanid;
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my $date = $release->date;
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my $distvname = $release->distvname;
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my $filename = $release->filename;
Returns the filename of the release, just the file part.
my $maturity = $release->maturity;
Returns the maturity of the release.
my $path = $release->path;
Returns the full path on CPAN to the release. This is a BackPAN::File object.
my $version = $release->version;
Returns the version of the release:
my $data = $release->as_hash;
Returns a hash ref containing the data inside
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Copyright (C) 2005-2009, Leon Brocard
This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


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Jerry Castonguay used to live in Newton for many years, but when he retired, he found himself coming back to the city he once called home.
"Before I retired, we (his wife and him) lived in Council Bluffs," Castonguay said. "We had been in Newton before, (and) we decided to come back to Newton in 1985. And seeing where we really wanted to retire. So we are still thinking about it."
Since retiring, he moved to Park Centre and learned there are plenty of activities to do.
"We have scheduled card games (and) we have a pool room," Castonguay said. "We have a group who plays pool. There are no women involved and that his not our choice. No women are interested."
He said he played pool since he was a child, and enjoys it, but Park Centre did not always have an accessible pool table.
"When I was a kid, I used to play pool," Castonguay said. "(In) here, they (Park Centre) had a pool table (but residents) lost interest, so they were using (the pool room) as a storage room. So another guy who moved in really liked pool, and he started to talk up to (make it accessible)."
He also said he enjoys a good game of golf.
"I like golf, but I do that independently," Castonguay said. "On occasion, I go down to a musical program."
He said he was a little concerned about his ability to play this year, because of a new alignment that affects his balance system, but he said it will not affect his game.
"I have never been a good golfer," he said. "I enjoy golfing, but I have never been a good golfer. I don't have a handicap of four or something. According to the PGA, the largest one you can have is a 21 handicap. Guess what? Mine is 21."
In addition to their activities, The seniors are often treated to shows such as a magic act or a musical performance, in the afternoon.
"Another thing that is available is we have a 15-passenger van, and they schedule various things," he said. "Now that could be entertainment, such as, if the local theatre group (is putting on a performance like) 'The Sound of Music' or 'Oklahoma' or something, it could be (used) for shopping, or it could be for (an out-of-town activity), and it could be (used) for what they call JULIETS. Now if you break down JULIETS, it works out to be just ladies intending to eat together."
Although Castonguay can drive, he understands how important the van is for some senoirs and said it is not used for long trips.
"We do not use it like you would a travel agency or something like that," Castonguay said. "We don't go to New York City and we don't go to Washington, just to things close. Sometimes they will schedule something in Des Moines if there is going to be something in particular or something like that."
Being in a retirement community, he said he learned seniors have four main tasks.
"There are four main things that happen (here)," Castonguay said. "One, you're getting ready to go down to dinner; two, you're going to the grocery store to buy the things you need for your other meals that are not provided; three, you are going to a doctors appointment or the hospital for a test or something, and four, 'Is the mail here yet?"
He also added, on Sunday mornings, a Methodist ministry holds a church service and a Bible study group, but he does not attend because he is Catholic.


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BOSTON, Mass. – In perhaps one of their most intense matches to date men's tennis (8-3, 3-1 Little East) using a total team effort prevailed in the end as they defeated the Vikings of Salem State University (5-8, 1-3 Little East) by the final of 5-4 Tuesday afternoon at the Boston College High School Tennis Courts.
Tuesday's victory marked the first for UMass Boston over Salem State since they defeated them by the same tally back in 2006.
The match got off to a rocky start for the Beacons as the Vikings jumped out to a 2-1 lead following the three doubles matches. The duo of David Hernandez (Bogota, Colombia) and Little East Conference Rookie of the Week, Charles Lai (Boston, Mass.) earned the lone win for UMass with an 8-5 decision at first flight.
In singles play, the Beacons quickly tied the score at 2-2 after Lai's opponent retired due to injury with the score standing at 4-1 in the first set. Salem State jumped back to a one point lead following a Josh Giller win at fourth flight.
Truly the momentum of Tuesday's match shifted when Alex Loyer (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Hernandez recorded back-to-back wins to give UMass their first lead of the match (4-3). Loyer, at second flight, defeated his Salem State opponent 7-5, 6-0. Hernandez followed suit with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 victory at first flight.
However Salem's Jong Joe Kim evened the score at 4-4 with his 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 decision at sixth flight. With the score now even everyone's attention turned to the final match of the day, which was an absolute battle between Lyle Analetto (Belmont, Mass.) and Kristian Biedul.
Biedul would gain the early advantage following his 7-5 decision in the first set. Down but not out, Analetto battled back to earn two straight 6-4 wins to give the Beacons their fourth straight win, and third consecutive Little East Conference victory.
To date the Beacons currently sit in second place in the conference standings with their 3-1 conference mark. Their combined eight wins is currently the most since the 2001 season when they finished with an 8-5 overall record.
Men's Tennis returns to action on Thursday when they host Eastern Nazarene College at 3 p.m.


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One of my two daughters, Emma, sat at the dinner table kicking the table while in her highchair and rocking back and forth. She just turned two, so her logic and reasoning capabilities are far from developed, but nonetheless, I warned her repeatedly that she would get hurt if she kicked her chair back and tipped herself over. My warnings went unheeded, and it was back into the kitchen to finish up the tacos for Taco Tuesday – a new tradition at the Haake household.
To give you a brief background about what happened next, three weeks before Christmas my mother came into town and treated us – and the babies – to a relatively nice dinner at a decent restaurant, a place that had highchairs (technically – because it took them a while to find the second one, I'm guessing they weren't a highly demanded commodity). At this dinner, my other daughter pulled the same stunt that Emma was at the dinner table. Since my mother lives about 450 miles away, dinner drew out, we delayed ordering, and my two year olds got fussy really quickly, and tired of being in their chairs. The noises began, and so did the stares / glares from seemingly all four corners of the room. When the noises quieted down, the tipping began, Kate began kicking her feet off the table and rocking her highchair. She thought it was the best thing in the world, and after the glares stopped, I chose to allow the now quiet toddler to do whatever she wanted so I could engage my mother in conversation.
Suddenly, a wham, I spin around, and see my daughter stuffed, still in the highchair, into the corner of the room we had been preemptively (but to no real effect) banished to. I stood in awe, and reached down to right the highchair, which is now wedged between the wall and the rather large, cumbersome and really heavy table, which is further wedged in by my wife and mother. Attempting to lift the table, while still sitting in the chair (because the highchair – also wedged against the table is now pinning my leg against my chair) turns out to be a horrible idea, and as the wails start to echo from the baby. With the pain comes adrenaline, and within seconds I had the highchair righted, and thankfully the baby was completely unscathed – scared out of her mind (and lets be thankful for once that she wasn't potty trained yet) – but fine.
Enter taco Tuesday. A stern warning is cast one last time as I check on the taco meat. I don't hear the thud; there is no yelling or screaming. Tacos are done and I make the plates for the kids. I walk in and give Kate – the one who has never again kicked herself off of the table while in a highchair, and she immediately begins to devour the taco. I walk to the other side of the table, and find Emma, tilted back against the very edge of the bench in my dining room behind my table, about a foot and a half off the ground. I stop; her very wide eyes slowly cast their way towards me. I couldn't tell if she had just fallen back, or if she was that terrified. She was emotionless, and then after realizing she was completely OK, laughter bellowed out of me. I caught myself and said, sternly, "I told you this would happen", and she responded (as she does now with) "No, no, you know better". I have no idea if she fully comprehends what she is saying, but it has become her go-to phrase with me lately.
So now the question of the day is presented. What did I do next, knowing that my daughter is fine? Did I help her up, or did I call to the wife (who had also been warning her about kicking back in her highchair). The answer is I called to the wife. When the wife didn't answer, I picked up the camera and took pictures for posterity. I righted Emma and then immediately served up her taco, which she inhaled. In hindsight am I a bad parent for grabbing the camera instead of helping out the poor thing? The wife was rather glad I took the pictures.


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Leaders seek multiplication among collegiates
EDITOR'S NOTE: The North American Mission Board has released a series of stories to Baptist Press on the primary areas of ministry covered by NAMB's evangelism group: church revitalization, LoveLoud, networks and resources (GPS), chaplaincy, disaster relief, and collegiate evangelism. Read other stories: overview article, military chaplains and LoveLoud. This article is the fourth in the series.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- For decades Southern Baptist collegiate ministries have helped impact North American campuses with the Gospel.
As extensions of the local church and, in many recent instances, as church plants themselves, collegiate ministries have served to reach, disciple and deploy college students to push back lostness in whatever profession and community God leads them.
And now collegiate leaders want to see the multiplication DNA of evangelism, discipleship and missions infused more intentionally into each student who comes through a SBC collegiate ministry.
"We want to see a movement mentality grow among our leaders and students. That's at the core of this," Keith Wieser, lead pastor of Resonate Church in Pullman, Wash., said. "Everything is accelerated on college campuses. Friendships are accelerated. Community is accelerated. Students are prepping for the big world in a short time, and we need to see ourselves as prepping them to change that world for Christ while on campus and wherever they end up."
On March 28-30 Wieser and Resonate Church will host Southern Baptists for a first-hand look at their ministry in the Northwest. The three-day event will offer attendees opportunities to learn from Weiser and other Resonate leaders on everything from small group ministry to developing student leaders to designing high-impact fall launches. Attendees will also be able to attend weekend worship services.
According to Brian Frye, the North American Mission Board's (NAMB) National Collegiate Strategist, campus ministries have an opportunity to develop best practices based on the successes of ministries across a variety of contexts.
Frye brings to this leadership role years of experience serving as collegiate metro director at University of Toledo and at Bowling Green State University. Frye also holds a Ph.D. in Evangelism and Church Growth from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He continues to serve as a collegiate strategist for the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio.
"We have an opportunity to impact the lives of nearly 21.7 million students on college and university campuses in North America, and we want to learn from those who are leading the way," Frye said. "We want to multiply nationally what's happening locally. Wherever we see God working we want to learn from what He is doing through collegiate ministry. Then we are working to take best practices, principles and innovations thriving in one place and diffuse and contextualize them across many others."
Mike McQuitty, collegiate ministry director for the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware, said he believes campus ministry is at its most effective when people focus and build on the basics of Gospel ministry.
"There are some fantastic ministries out there," McQuitty said. "I think what we need to do is keep building in our disciple making, evangelism, leadership development and to see students stretch their wings and do what God has called them to.
"We need to maintain focus on the fundamentals of making disciples who make disciples to see people bear spiritual fruit. It's always been the basics: reaching students for Christ, helping them use their gifts, learning to be those multiplying disciple makers."
With campus ministry leaders throughout the United States and Canada, Frye said implementation of national strategy for collegiate ministry will seek to:
-- Bring collegiate ministries together toward a shared vision for reaching the 21.7 million college students in North America.
-- Accelerate church planting efforts on or near college and university campuses.
-- Develop systems and processes to maximize resources.
Frye believes communicating urgency, multiplying efforts and strengthening the essentials are all a matter of good stewardship of Southern Baptist resources and God-given opportunities.
"We have a major opportunity and major responsibility to reach one of the largest mission fields in North America, and to deploy students to push back lostness throughout our communities," Frye said. "We want to champion and multiply what's working so we can be the best possible stewards of what God has given us."
To learn more about opportunities for college student through Send North America, visit www.namb.net/mobilize-me. For more information on Resonate's collegiate conference, visit http://www.hgtresonate.com. To hear an interview with Brian Frye, visit http://www.namb.net/BrianFryeInterview.
Adam Miller writes for the North American Mission Board. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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Head Coach David Cutcliffe has a well-earned reputation for developing pro-style quarterbacks, from his work with Peyton and Eli Manning, to his work with Thaddeus Lewis and Sean Renfree at Duke. With such a reputation, many fans and analysts have expected the Blue Devils to eventually land a major impact recruit at the QB position during Cutcliffe's tenure. While Duke has developed a strong group of quarterbacks on the 2012 roster, they continue to look for an impact quarterback on the recruiting trail. Coach Cutcliffe and the Blue Devils have been particularly selective when evaluating quarterback prospects, with only a select few receiving scholarship offers in each of the last two classes. In the class of 2013, one prospect has risen to the top of the Blue Devils' wish list, and is exactly the type of elite student-athlete that would have a major impact in Durham, both on and off the field.
Josh Dobbs is a 6'3" 195 pound quarterback from Alpharetta High School in the talent-rich state of Georgia. As a junior, he led Alpharetta to a 9-2 record, finishing with 3,113 passing yards and 32 touchdowns. His accomplishments don't stop there, as Dobbs excels on the baseball diamond, where he plays shortstop and third base, as well as in the classroom, where he boasts a 4.1 GPA. With such a resume, it's not surprising that schools from the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, PAC-12, SEC, and even the Ivy League are among Dobbs' suitors.
Included among his 15 scholarship offers is the opportunity to play both football and baseball at Duke University. Dobbs visited Durham earlier this spring to take in the baseball program, and returned on Thursday for an in-depth look at the football program and the university as a whole. BDN caught up with the talented quarterback shortly after his visit.
BDN: You're coming off a really strong junior season at quarterback. What do you think are some of the things you do well as a QB that allow you to be so successful?
My strengths for the quarterback position, as a pro-style quarterback, I'm able to make all the throws on the field. I'm a smart kid in the classroom, taking all honors and AP classes. I'm able to pick apart defenses easily and march down the field. I'm a student of the game, watch a lot of film throughout the week and throughout the offseason in order to get ready for my opponents on Fridays.
BDN: It definitely sounds like you're a hard worker and you've been able to excel in several different areas – football, baseball, and in the classroom. How are you able to balance all of your responsibilities and maintain your high level of performance?
It's just staying determined and putting in hard work, continuing to put in the hard work. I just have a goal to continue to get better every day.
BDN: What are some of the things you're working on as you prepare for your senior season?
Well, I'm continuing to look at old film and see the mistakes from last year that I made and looking to continue to get better making my reads. Also, I'm working with my receivers to continue to get better, to be very crisp and accurate with my receivers on the field.
BDN: As you approach your recruiting process, what are the most important things you are looking for in a school?
I'm looking for a college that has high standards as far as academics and that has a major in the field I want to study, which is engineering - aeronautical engineering. From the football aspect, a university where I have the opportunity to compete at the quarterback position and the opportunity to compete in general. Also, a place where I feel I can develop a strong relationship with the offensive coordinator. On the social side, just a school that I feel comfortable attending.
BDN: I know that you also have opportunities to play baseball in college; is that something that's important to you and will factor into your decision?
At Duke, I have a baseball as well as a football offer, but I'm not sold on playing both. That's something I'll sit down and talk about with my parents and decide which sport at which school.
BDN: How is your recruiting process going? How many scholarship offers do you have?
Right now I'm at 15 college offers, and since school got out I've been able to visit a lot of schools that I wasn't able to visit in the spring with baseball, of course, and school. I was able to see Boston College, Arizona State, Duke, of course, again. And over my spring break I was able to visit Wake Forest and Mississippi State, as well as Duke, again.
BDN: Since it's fresh in your mind, let's talk about your visit to Duke yesterday. How did that go?
Well of course it was great to get back up to Duke. I was glad I was actually put in contact with Duke from the baseball side of things. Coach Edwin Thompson was able to see me play and this past December I was given the baseball offer and from the football side things have progressed over the spring. For my most recent visit, I was able to meet first with Coach Cutcliffe, a chance to sit down with him and just to build on the strong relationship I have with him, talk about the university in general and talk about the football program. Then I was able to get a campus tour by Ethan Johnson. He's the Assistant Director of Football Relations. We were able to see dorms, classrooms, facilities, football facilities, academic facilities, and just get a good all-around feel of campus. Then we were able to meet with the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, who is Mr. Guttentag. We were able to talk about class schedules from this past year and upcoming year. He was able to talk about Duke from the academic and admissions side and why I'd be a great fit at Duke. Then we were able to sit down and talk with the Director of Academic Services for the football program, Mrs. Ryan. She talked about the football schedule and how they assist their football players throughout the season and the offseason from the academic side of things. After that, I was just thankful that Dr. Kevin White, the Athletic Director, was able to make time for me and my family while we were on campus. We talked with him about the academic side as well as the athletic side, and why Duke is Duke, of course, and why Duke would be a great fit. We ended up our trip with being able to meet with Professor Donald Bliss, who is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Pratt School of Engineering. He was so thorough and generous with his time; not only did he lay out the degree requirements, but he also gave us a tour of the engineering labs.
BDN: It sounds like you were able to see a lot. At this point, it's still a long time before Signing Day, but where would you say you are in the process?
As of now, we're starting to narrow things down. My goal is to have my decision made by the end of the summer, whenever that is, before my senior year starts.
BDN: With 15 offers, you have a lot of great opportunities in front of you, but are there any schools that you have just started talking to, or schools that you would like to hear from?
As of now, there really isn't. I'm just thankful for the opportunities placed in front of me as of now and to be able to see those schools this spring.
BDN: Thanks a lot, Josh, and best of luck.
Thank you, you too.
BDN Analysis
As a quarterback, Dobbs has an excellent arm. He shows good accuracy with all throws, and nice touch on deep balls. He is able to fit the ball into tight spaces and make strong, quick throws when needed. At 6'3," he has good size as a pocket passer, but is also a good enough athlete to make plays with his feet. All of his physical attributes translate well to the college game, and in particular, to Duke's spread offense. He will certainly benefit from a college strength and conditioning program. As far as his recruitment, it's a bit of a mystery as to why he was able to fly under the radar for so long. His development and exposure as a QB may have been held back slightly by his participation in baseball. In any case, his recruitment has exploded this spring, and more offers are likely to come. That being said, Duke has made a very strong impression and will be a finalist for his commitment. In speaking with Josh, it's very evident that he's a "Duke kid," meaning that he would be a great fit for the program, both on and off the field. BDN will keep in touch with Josh over the coming weeks and keep members updated on his recruitment.