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Chileans have a traditional song that says "If you go to Chile/I beg you to visit/where my loved one lives..." you know what, the song is really boring but what's not boring about Chile, is the wide range of trails and tracks in general that this beautiful country offers for biking.
One of the greatest places is right behind the first mountains of the Andes you see in Santiago, right in the middle between Santiago and the limits with Argentina.
Well, first would like to highlight that we are a group of Chilean people that work Mon-Fri and spend 7-8 hours biking every Saturday (MTBR uses a expression I like - "weekend warriors"). Having this in mind, you'll have an idea about our average physical condition.
This is what we experienced last Saturday, Dec 18th, definitely the greatest biking experience of MY LIFE.
We started off with a 6:30 meeting at the Copec Gas Station in La Florida, also called 21 Start Point or just 21SP (almost every single mountain bike rider in Santiago knows where it is). Our driver from my tour company arrived at 6:45 and he helped us mounting the bikes over the trailer. We spread some packs of drinks and Quaker bars for the group before leaving to Alfalfal, at 7:05am.
We arrived to Alfalfal at 08:15 and we took some time to get ready for the initial climbing part. At first, you see those giant canyons around you and think you'll not do it; this is the part where you know what you're made of. But being into a bigger group gives you an incredible confidence that will help you control that emotion.
I bet that the initial climbing itself is easier than the uphill you do every week. However, the total of climbing is too much to be described. If you're the guide, it is better to start saying lies like "the tower up there is our final uphill goal". That will keep your group alive. Of course they will hate you later. But at the end of this adventure that will be highly appreciated. The total uphill is 40 kms; 5% of the way is singletrack around beautiful gardens of flowers. 95% is a two-way route that you could cross aboard a good 4x4. We started to ride over a lot of switchbacks that really pushed our limits. Your cardio here is crucial to make it, otherwise just go with the bike aside you –as I did the half of the uphill.
At around 1pm we arrived at the McDonalds (a couple of electrical towers that serves us as "refugio" for our lunch. The timing there is "loco". You feel you were there only 15 minutes but you actually were 1 hour or so.
After the tower, there's a hard part of switchbacks with a few flats to take a rest pedaling at low pace. That's the hardest part of the day.
At 3pm we arrived at the highest hills in there. This part of the ride is followed by a wonderful trail in flat terrain. OK, it has some uphills, but just a few. After the McDonalds you have to know you made it through. That's the PNR of the trip.
At 5pm we reach the Quesería, after a non-technical but enjoyable descending part. La Quesería is a small stable surrounded by a few fences and a lot of sheeps. From there, it is all about descending on your mountain bike.
The scenery after a few miles is wonderful. Hundreds of technical switchbacks over rocky, dusty trails and edged rocks right up front await you. Check out the trail and use the best of your 5 senses because you'll need them. Over the appropriate bike, this is the most enjoyable part so far.
After this, there's a little river you have to cross over your bike, totally harmless but makes you feel you're a great biker. Kind of a baptism!
There you can spend some time doing a barbecue, dinner or whichever. Beautiful! Great place to meet with friends and share the experiences of the day.
We continue pedaling a couple miles until Camino a Farellones, (Lo Hermita) where we go down until Las Condes avenue, where the adventure ended (8pm)


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A battle between a pair of unbeatens takes place in Boulder on Sunday, as the 23rd-ranked Colorado Buffaloes take on the Air Force Falcons in non-conference action at the Coors Events Center.
The Buffaloes earned themselves some praise just over a week ago with their 60-58 win over the Baylor Bears, a victory that pushed Colorado into the national rankings. More recently, the group captured the title in the Charleston Classic last weekend with an 81-74 victory against Murray State.
The Falcons are also unbeaten at the moment at 5-0, off to their best start since 2007-08 when the Academy also began with five wins out of the gate. The only Falcons squad to open a season 6-0 was three decades ago in 1982-83. Air Force began this season by winning the second annual All-Military Classic and has also rattled off victories against Western State, Regis University and most recently Montana State earlier this week by a score of 86-72.
The Buffs lead the all-time series between the squads, 18-3, and a 76-73 overtime victory by the team last season means Colorado has now won two in a row.
Air Force went from shooting a solid 51.7 percent from the floor in the first half against Montana State to lighting up the scoreboard with 66.7 percent accuracy after the break as it claimed the double-digit win yet again. Michael Lyons led the way with 29 points, adding seven rebounds and four assists, followed by Taylor Broekhuis and Todd Fletcher with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Before fouling out, Mike Fitzgerald accounted for seven points and nine rebounds as the squad actually won the battle of the boards, 39-28, which tends to be a rarity for the Falcons. Lyons has been huge for Air Force in the early going, scoring a team-best 22.2 ppg and also pulling down a team- high 5.4 rpg as well, not to mention placing second in assists with 13. Broekhuis (13.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg) is shooting 61.0 percent from the floor which has lifted the entire group to a very healthy 52.4 percent, compared to only 41.7 percent for the competition.
Ahead by two at the intermission against Murray State last weekend, the Buffaloes took it up another notch as they made good on 59.1 percent from the field and 20-of-25 at the free-throw line following after the break. Four of the five starters scored in double figures for Colorado, led by Askia Booker who tallied a career-high 23 points as he converted 10-of-18 shots from the floor and added four steals. Before fouling out, Andre Roberson accounted for 16 points and a team-best nine rebounds, followed by Spencer Dinwiddie and Josh Scott with 14 and 13 points, respectively. Booker paces the team in scoring through four games with his 17.8 ppg, getting the job done with 50.0 percent shooting from the floor and 42.1 percent behind the three-point line. But the Buffs are far from a three-point threat these days, the team shooting a respectable 39.6 percent on the perimeter but averaging just over five conversions per contest. Even though the group is shooting only 64.0 percent at the charity stripe, already Colorado has outscored the competition at the line by a 73-31 margin.

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Remember all the rumors of a "Facebook phone"? Whatever happened to that?
Remember all the rumors of a "Facebook phone"? Whatever happened to that?
The Facebook phones are HTC Salsa and HTC ChaCha
Never heard of it. Seems the hype was louder than the product announcements.
subject says it all.
2,500 devices - are there really that many models of smart phone out there? I know there are a lot but not that many. Or do they mean that 2,500 users have this app installed?
Also I wonder how that "accessible free of data charges" is supposed to work. Is that a special contract or so? I have seen phone companies offering pretty cheap data plans with small amount of data, plus unlimited data for Facebook, Twitter and Gmail. Something like that, details I forgot, not interested myself, just interesting that
Funnily enough, I think your definition of feature phone is a bit wrong, to say the least. I have a Nokia 3500 Classic, which is old and it is a feature phone - but I can (could) install any app for System 40 that I wanted to. I could even download them to my PC and then use a USB cable to transfer that app to my oldish featurephone.
Its' a rough definition to be sure, but it is certainly accurate to say that when the term "feature phone" was coined phones were defined as such because of the features that they came with.
You don't seriously think the 3500 is old do you? My first feature phone was a WAP-enabled Siemens cira 1997 - ten years older then then your 3500. USB cables was unheard of. Third party apps just plain didn't exist.
Yes, I am dead serious when I say the 3500 classic is old - I cannot buy any official accessories for it, I couldn't buy it (the phone itself) a few years at least, it's 4 years since it was released, I cannot buy even an un-official (non-Nokia) replacement case...
It's still going strong, though, and with a 2 GB MicroSD card, it really does all I need. I think my next phone (whenever this gives up its ghost) will be another 3500 classic.
How can they say they won't reveal any financial details when they have already disclosed the purchase price? Or, is that not a financial detail?
We should still be discussing what AT&T just did to the economy by dumping $39 Billion on T-Mobile to remove the only agile competitor from the market. $70M for a few wigets doesn't seem to rate a line in the classifieds.
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Posted on 07/21/2004 12:24:58 PM PDT by AubreyRight
Howard Dean for all intents and purposes exited the Democratic primaries with his famous scream. But it would have been the voters who'd screamed had they known about a vote buried in Dean's lefty Vermont past in favor of incest. Yes, in favor of incest.
The Kerry campaign is even now considering what prominence to give Dean at next week's convention. Dean, of course, has an intense following among the Democratic base, but he runs counter to the careful image of political and social moderation Kerry is attempting to project with all his might. How counter? Consider his incest vote.
In 1983, a Vermont legislator named Elizabeth Edwards introduced a bill to allow a 65-year-old woman to marry her 86-year-old maternal uncle, despite incest laws banning the match. Edwards, a Republican (only in Vermont, kids!), figured that incest laws were primarily about preventing defective offspring, and her neighbors Ramona Crane and Harold Forbes were too old to bear children. "They're a super-neat couple who don't have any money, and they just have each other, and I think they should be able to get married if they want to," Edwards told United Press International for a February 23, 1983, story.
The bill passed the state House 73-67 with Howard Dean, who was elected to the legislature in 1982, voting for the exemption from the incest laws. The bill went on to the Senate, where it met a firm rebuke. A Senate committee voted 5-0 not to take up the measure. The committee's chairman, Republican Allen Avery, explained, "It's setting a bad precedent. Once you do it for the Forbeses, you have to do it for others. There certainly is not any support among members of the Senate to deal with it."
In short, Dean was on the left-most fringe of this question even in liberal Vermont.
The couple in question went to Canada to get married by a Universalist minister, but Canadian officials even they were more conservative than Dean quickly explained that their laws also prevented the union. "If it isn't legal anywhere, what good is it?" Ramona complained.
Well, it would have been legal in Vermont had Howard Dean gotten his way. That's just one data point the Kerry campaign will doubtless want to consider in its calculations about what role to give the controversial former Democratic governor next week.
I can't believe these words came out of a grown woman's mouth. That sounds like something a starry-eyed 13 year old would say about Jessica Simpson and Nick...Simpson.
Give it time. The Democrats will soon acclaim "incest" and "adult-child love" the next phase in civil rights. This was 20 years ago and look how far we've already come.
That was the explanation 21 years ago. How prescient! Why don't people get it today? What ever happened to Avery? Was he the last Shallow North politician to have functioning synapses?
One of the two should have had a sex-change operation and then everything would be hunky-dory!
"I'd like you to meet my wife and my niece."
I am in my fourth decade of existence, and I say "they're a super-neat couple" just looking at Jessica Simpson alone. ; )
Isn't that John's wife?
The principle established in the Texas sodomy case is that there is no state interest in sodomy. I ask, what would be the state interest in this union of a non-fecund heterosexual couple? Indeed, what is the interest of the state in marriage?
Is the state interest, as the majority in the Massachusetts supreme court gay marriage decision says, the benefits involved, i.e., is this an equal rights issue? Or, is the state interest, as the minority in that decision says, that from a union of (a presumed fecund) heterosexuals there can come children?
If the state interest is the children, then - it might be argued by social conservatives - certain restrictions might be placed on personal liberty in order to uphold the institution of marriage.
Libertarian conservatives, on the other hand, would simply argue that marriage be reserved for unions of heterosexual couples. Concern for equal rights and for privacy would then warrant a review of all the benefits - and penalities - that have been piled onto marriage, and of the behaviors involving consenting adults that have been made illegal.
Welcome to FReeRepublic.
If, that is, the effect of the amendment is to prevent the establishment of gay marriage by judicial fiat, and puts it back in the legislature where it belongs.
I truly believe that if we recognize first civil unions, state by state, and then after we've had time to realize that the hysteria regarding the terrible consequences have been proven to be false, to go on to recognize gay marriage, one state after another, each learning from the previous, and the citizens learning from the experience in other states, etc., we'll find that gay marriage is not all that big a deal.
Don't get me wrong - there are a lot of aspects of the gay "culture" I find problematic. Public exhibitionism I find objectionable, outside of fairly narrow venues. Infidelity is destructive to any relationship. Wanton promiscuity is a danger to public health.
But the gays who are trying to get married are in general those who are trying to build solid, long-term relationships. Those who have the least to do with the behaviors I find unacceptable.
On the other hand, I'm convinced that a judicial imposition of gay marriage would be a disaster. It will end any possibility of real dialog, and polarize and divide.
Look at Roe v. Wade - I'm not the only person here who believes that a woman should be allowed to terminate a pregnancy, in the first trimester at least, who thinks that Roe v. Wade is bad law.
If we'd done the state-by-state legislative process, I think we would have reached a consensus on abortion. I think we'll reach one on gay marriage, if the courts alllow the process a chance to work.
And I believe that that consensus will be, eventually, pretty close to universal recognition of gay marriage.
And if I'm wrong, if gay marriage does turn out to be as destructive as some people claim, the consensus will be very different than I expect, and that's fine. That's exactly why we do things the way we do. I'd prefer to have a failed experiment tried in one state than in fifty.
Note the name "Forbes" also happens to be (what a coincidence!) John effin' Kerry's middle name.
I am honestly equating the arguments being used to push both into law (with little or no legislative input, arguments which also ultimately must extend to polygamy).
I don't know what happened to those legislators (except Dean, obviously), but it is interesting how similar the arguments are.
"Lachey," though one might be tempted to conclude it might as well be "Simpson." :)
You owe me a keyboard!
No disrespect, but I disagree with your assesment of 'love and bonding' with homos.
My brother was gay. He died of AIDS. After him and his "so called" life time partner cheated on each other. This couple lived together and considered themselves married for 7 years - and the whole time each of them sought out partner after partner outside their "arrangement."
It's not about love and bonding. Gays already exhibit devient behavior as gays...why would that change if they were married? Ever view the gay pride parades...? Do you REALLY know what gays are about?
My brother told me - not some gay guy I don't know - my brother! said that gays are all about one thing SEX! SEX with men, boys are preferred, and more men. It's kind of like fat people hung up on food - gays are hung up on sex.
According to my brother, and brother-in-law who is dying of AIDS - homos are only looking to marriage as a way to legitimize - normalize what they do! Some of them even want to marry so that they can legitimately adopt boy children to have sex with.
I wish all the lying about this subject would stop and for people to find out - for real - what gays do and why they want to shove this abnormal BEHAVIOR on 93% of the heterosexuals in this country!
Please, just send all the gays to co-habitate on an island somewhere and be done with them! They won't be able to pass their so-called non-existant gay gene on (which absolutely makes no logical sense), and they won't be able to TEACH (which makes more sense) their devient behavior to anyone else.
Or not.
Marriage was already in trouble in Scandinavia, but same-sex "marriage" licenses destroyed it completely. It's just one more symbolic cheapening of the institution (like no-fault divorce laws, for example). Moreover, many would argue that "homosexuality" is NOT to "heterosexuality" as, say, "black" is to "white."
That "experimentation" with partners is apparently on the rise among young women is just one of many indications that the sudden "gay subculture" is little more than a fad. That homosexuals live extremely unhealthy lives--mentally and physically--even in places where homosexuality is tolerated far more than it is in the United States (like New Zealand) is just one indicator that true sexual attraction to individuals of the same sex is the result of something gone wrong in the individual in question. Even if someone shows it to be completely genetic (which no one has shown effectively), it is important to remember that undesirable traits can be inhereted, as well.
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Obama's Victory Speech
Obama's Victory Speech
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- Cycle Jerk said...
That was quite a speech. Well worth stating up for.
- 11/05/2008
- gwadzilla said...
Obama's speech was awesome
and honestly
I think that the speech writers for McCain could have done better to write more speeches like that for him earlier on
not that I would have liked McCain to have done any better
but I thought he presented him self in a rather favorable light as he closed down his campaign for presidency
- 11/05/2008
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This is costing them income and thus profit.
Them's fightin' words!
I advise that we send her ass to GitMo or Area 49 (used for cyborgs, not aliens, located in California, of course) for some serious probing- let Congre
Maybe she is 80 years old. Personal computers started to become practical when she turned 60. She has always been a Home Health Aide, and has never had to fill out an online timesheet or purchase order.
I am sure there are lots of people like that out there, just that us geeks are not aways aware of them.
That said, it's amazing how many slashdotters think that playing dumb and ignorant of the contextual or common meaning of a word or phrase makes them appear really smart.
I guess this OT here, and should go in as an Ask/. but any help would be appreciated.
Sounds like some one in her home used her name/credit to buy Net Access leading them to sue her rather than whoever used the computer. Or perhaps this is a case of an identity thef!
I was actually accused of identity theft because of an ISP ineptitude.
I moved to a friend's place some years ago, and when he decided to move out, he transferred his phone line and DSL service to me. As can be expected, the ISP did not do the transfer properly (even though it is a division of the phone company), and for about
I know... like, how the hell does she pirate music and have meaningless arguments with strangers?I mean she's NEVER used a computer?
Oh, that is simple. The RIAA imagines that everyone uses a computer and shares music, and is therefore a thief. And when they have convinced themselves of that, they just have to open the phonebook and pick any name to sue.
"How they managed to find this woman and sue her is beyond me..."
Probably one of her kids, or somebody in her hourse, was doing the actual file trading, and this woman's name happens to be on the cable or phone bill.
"So most likely the actual pirate here signed up for an ISP using her home address and name."
Yup... like one of her kids. Remember when you were under 18, and your phone and cable bills were in your parent's name?
The RIAA has already sued a lot of parents over the actions of their kids. So far, "I didn't know my kids were using my computer to break the law" has not been an effective loophole.
I'm eagerly avaiting the day a senators or congressmembers child/familymember is hauled in to court by the RIAA or MPAA, they share too. Hell, I'm pro-Bush but I'm sure there's at least one track on his beloved iPod that's "pirated" lol
Feh! Do you think their lawyers would let them get that far? I would not be surprised if they have a database of names which they automatically remove from consideration. At that, they probably do make a non-token effort to ascertain who's actually pirating out of the people they prosecute. It's only due to volume that we're getting these "never touched the Internet" people. If the RIAA were at all smart, they'd come out publically and state that this person was all a mistake and award her $500 worth of music from RIAA artists. It would be good publicity, the "we made a mistake and are making up for it" kind, plus it will cost them all of $5 plus shipping to do so, since they own the CDs.
An interesting analogy, 'cause I think it continues:we now keep the naimals penned and well fed, control their breeding, and we wind up with cows who have easily 50 times the milk production of medieval cows. Right now, the RIAA has those penned and bred cows. They know they can milk those cows and be assured of a rich bounty because they bred them that way. And you're asking them to free range their artists? It's just not a smart move for them.
The solution is to support free-range artists...
I remember reading about someone working for one of the big record labels in Germany letting something slip about the RIAA's tactics.
He hinted that it was in their interessed to create such absurd cases so their "hunt for pirates" stayed in the news. If nothing like that happens, people will forget the whole thing and start downloading again, as the papers will not print headlines "RIAA still hunting!" a few month after the first anouncements.
He hinted that it was in their interessed to create such absurd cases so their "hunt for pirates" stayed in the news. If nothing like that happens, people will forget the whole thing and start downloading again, as the papers will not print headlines "RIAA still hunting!" a few month after the first anouncements.
"Let's assume that the woman is telling the truth..."
"My question is, now that this obvious inconsistency has been exposed..."
The page linked to is that of the woman's lawyer. "Let's automatically believe something the lawyer said" is the last thing I'd ascribe to the typical Slashdot reader. The fact that you're doing so, you're openly admitting it, and you're +5 is really quite astonishing. Well done, my good man. But in case you (and the people who modded you up) weren't aware, of course her lawyer is going to try to convince people that she's innocent. That's what lawyers are paid to do.
"Isn't it to say, if you incorrectly fingered this woman as a pirate, how can you prove that you accurately identified me as a pirate?"
The proper thing to do is to judge each case on its own merit. Some people the RIAA have sued have been caught red-handed. In other cases, there was a mistake. Again: judge each case on its own merit. This is how you would want to be treated if you were brought into court for anything, isn't it?
"Isn't it to say, if you incorrectly fingered this woman as a pirate, how can you prove that you accurately identified me as a pirate?"
The proper thing to do is to judge each case on its own merit. Some people the RIAA have sued have been caught red-handed. In other cases, there was a mistake. Again: judge each case on its own merit. This is how you would want to be treated if you were brought into court for anything, isn't it?
Well, one of the merits of the next case is that the plaintiff (RIAA) has
Reminds me of a colleague back in the UK who was taken to court for not paying his TV license fee - when asked what his defence was he responded "I don't own one".
Apparently the judge was not amused with the prosecution for not having bothered to do even this minimal check!
If this is the case (pardon the pun) with this action then I hope the RIAA get a really embarrasing and well publicised dressing down. Shame on them.
Yes, we could hope that. The same way we hope for it every other time they do something REALLY stupid. Instead they will most likely drop charges, pay fees, and make up some story about how they were the "good guys" in all this allowing this person to not be financially ruined. If it was a normal person bring a claim against the defendant, it would be thrown out, but the RIAA keeps a few people in the legal system employed with the number of high-profile cases they keep bringing, so it isn't in their (the court's) best interest to publically humiliate one of their sources of work.... I hope the RIAA get a really embarrasing and well publicised dressing down.
1. Fixed penalty ticket arrives.
2. Friend posts back a denial that he was not at the stated place on the stated day.
3. System replies, stating that his blue whatnot car with registration plate XYZ was clearly photographed by a speed camera at given location. Please see included picture.
4. Friend replies again, stating again that he was nowhere the place and could they please review included picture of Red MOTORCYCLE, registration XYZ.
5. Silence.
A farmer from Wiltshire got a penalty notice accusing him of doing 85mph on his tractor in south Wales.
His tractor, however, has a top speed of 26mph and has never been to Wales. Simple case of mistaken identity: automatic numberplate reader gets the plate wrong.
The farmer's quote:
"It's a good tractor, but not that good."
"i'm assuming she doesn't have broadband either. what ip address did they use to find her? just goes to show how stupid these lawsuits are."
A much more likely scenario is that somebody else in her household was doing the file trading, and her name happened to be on the cable or phone bill. It's a very common scenario for the cable or phone bill to be in the name of an adult (typically a parent or guardian), while a child or teenager uses the Internet connection to do something the parent/guardian doesn
Actually, it's not a motion to dismiss, but a motion for summary judgment. That's a key difference. A motion to dismiss would *admit* everything the RIAA says, then contend it still doesn't have a case - so no necessity for evidence, because there are no facts in dispute.
Where a motion to dismiss says, in effect, "Even if you're right, so what?", a motion for summary judgment says "We'll show you facts that are so clear we don't even need to go through the hassle of a full trial." Then you provide evidence (usually by means of an affidavit or some other way short of the full trial-witness-cross examination thing). If the other side can't seriously dispute those facts, and those facts indeed add up to "You win!", cool - you've just saved everyone the time and expense of a full trial.
Yes, IAAL.
I'm suing Slashdot for wasting wast quantities of my time for the past year.
CmdrTaco, you're goin' down.
Perhaps this is part of a campaign to instill fear in the hearts of the "guilty" by first stringing up a few obviously innocent people.
How many times have they said "Well if you don't want to get sued, don't download music!" Explain that statement, in light of THIS!
I hope the court really slaps them one over this. It's clearly shown that they're not doing the most basic of fact-checking. (I mean, come on now, for godsakes, a dead woman, and now someone who's never used a computer at all?) Where did they pull the IP address out of -this- time? (Never mind, I don't want to know.) This is a massive waste of her time and that of the court, and I hope they get slapped with a good bit worse then attorney's fees. All their suits should be dismissed with prejudice after this garbage.
"Okay, did I read the correct story? So she may have never used a computer, but I assume she is paying for the cable or dsl service that is likely attached to her television or phone bill? Or a child used her credit card to open an AOL account... And that there is someone in her household who uses the internet she is paying for to share music on p2p? That happens all the time in these cases. A kid shares the music and the parent is blissfully ignorant. The way the blurb is phrased sounds like it was written by Pravda. Is there another article with more details?"
I have no idea what the full story is here. None of us do. But what I do know is that the page linked to in the writeup is that of the defendant's lawyer.
It's the lawyer's job to convince you of their client's innocence. They don't need to be fair and balanced. They don't even need to be accurate, if it promotes their agenda and helps them win the case.
It's really quite sad that so many people are reading a statement by a lawyer handling a case -- and thus whose motivation should be clear -- and are just swallowing it like it's gospel truth. Slashdotters are usually smarter than this.
Ah, yes... the old "it's the fault of a file-sharing program for allowing them to do it" defense. I wonder how well that one will fly.The Wappingers Falls woman says she never downloaded any songs and if it was done on her computer by her children or their friends it's the fault of a file-sharing program for allowing them to do it.
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PhD student position in Computer Science - Intelligent Systems - Biologically motivated object recognition
Institute of Mathematics and Computing Science, University of Groningen
Topic of research
The objective of the project is to develop an object recognition technique that is motivated by the function of the visual cortex. Major aspects are representation and learning.
Type and level of the position
This is a temporary research position at the level of a PhD student for a period of maximum four years. The tuition fees will be waived and the student will receive a full scholarship. In this period the student will follow relevant courses and prepare and defend a PhD thesis. The position is embedded in the research group Intelligent Systems. The tradition of the group is that PhD theses are based on excellent papers in high imact journals so that our PhD graduates have a very strong competative position on the academic market. Thesis director and supervisor will be professor N. Petkov. The University of Groningen is a leading European research university.
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You are a university graduate (at the level of diploma or master of science level) in one of the following disciplines: computer science, artificial intelligence, computational neuroscience, electrical engineering, biophysics, physics. You have a demonstrated interest in the neurosciences. You have an excellent academic record (GPA) and belong to the top 5% of the graduates of your year and preferrably have a graduation with a distinction such as honors or cum laude. You are fluent in English language and able to write scientific articles and reports (to be proven by your graduation thesis or another comparable report or co-authorship of published scientific articles).
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Send the following information:
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2. a specification of GPA and transcript of records,
3. an indication of your position in the class and year (e.g. 1st in a class of 20),
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6. a description of your ideas for research in the specified area,
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to prof.dr. Nicolai Petkov (petkov[ at ]cs.rug.nl). Applicants will be asked to do a short assignment in order to demonstrate their research abilities. The position will be open until a suitable candidate is found.
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There are a lot of aspects of the current rock and metal scenes that I just don't understand. Unless a band fashions themselves as a throwback to the past, there is a gravitational pull to include ever increasing amounts of extreme elements into what used to be normal rock.
The director of "Ultraviolet" has been tapped to write and direct the remake of "Total Recall". The film will not go back to the original source material, Phillip K. Dick's novel "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale", but will rather be a direct remake of the film.
So I'm sitting here, wondering to myself, how you call this a remake of "Scream" when in the announcement you discuss getting original actors back in their original roles. Isn't that just... you know... a sequel?
I can't possibly be the only one who's a tad uncomfortable by Elizabeth Shue's giant muscles from this paprazzi pic on the set of "Piranha 3d", could I?
The lovely Courtney Ford, who should be familiar to you from the highly recommended scifi romp "Alien Raiders", has just joined Season 4 of the hit Showtime series "Dexter". She will play "a reporter who crosses paths with our favorite forensics expert/serial killer, Dexter Morgan".
Reports are coming in that the first trailer for "The Final Destination" will be landing in some theaters this Friday. So keep your eyes peeled when you go back to see "Drag Me To Hell" for the fourth time, k?


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Governator Schwarzengger tried to warn us about this 3 or 4 times in movies, but nobody would listen .... now it's happened.
P.S. NASA has just been able to decode the scrambled up signal from the satellite & also released a new picture of it closing in on the other satellite:


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One of Britain's most successful hoteliers has fired a broadside at Australian hotel service and accused television cooking shows of making restaurant cuisine too complicated.
David Levin, owner of the award-winning Capital and Levin boutique hotels in London and a mentor to leading chefs including Gary Rhodes, says guests are being offered lower standards of hospitality in many top Australian hotels than they might enjoy in their own homes.
"Many of the staff in leading Australian hotels don't understand the meaning of hospitality – a lot of them don't have a clue," says Levin, who has visited Australia every year for 42 years and has just concluded a six-week visit to Sydney and Melbourne.
"It is a tragedy that Australia has so few privately-owned and managed hotels," Levin said yesterday. "Most hotels here are run by large groups who are rewarded for their efforts by earning a share of the hotel's profits. That naturally means that corners are cut in terms of quality furnishings and staff levels. It's a conflict."
And Scottish-born Levin, who began his hotel career as a waiter in the Malmaison Hotel in Glasgow in 1952, says restaurant meals in Australia are far too complicated.
"Thanks to shows like 'My Kitchen Whatever', there are far too many ingredients in some dishes," Levin says. "People are simply trying too hard. Often simpler would be better and people might be encouraged to eat out more often. If you have a lovely piece of turbot, or plaice, you don't need to do much with it. It simply tastes good. Sometimes 25 ingredients can be too much."
Levin said he hoped his comments would be a wake-up call to Australian hotel owners, some of whom, he said, were charging more than in other major cities in the world.
"And they've forgotten about service," he said. "You can't say to a guest who is maybe hungry and jet-lagged that 'breakfast service is over'. You should be giving your guest what they want. That is the meaning of hospitality and it seems to be getting lost."
Levin has a career history of being ahead of the curve in the industry, opening Britain's first gastro pub – The Royal Oak in Yattendon, Berkshire, in 1965 – and the Capital Hotel in London in 1971. It has for more than 40 years been regarded as one of the world's top boutique hotels.
The Capital's restaurant gained a star in Michelin's first British guide in 1974 and later earned two stars. Levin has also created the L'Hotel (now known as the Levin Hotel) and Le Metro Bar & Brasserie and has been importing Australian wine into Britain for 40 years, having been a close friend of the late Len Evans.
He also owns a state-of-the-art winery in the Loire Valley, France, which sells wine to several leading Australian restaurants, including MoVida, Hu Tong, Paco's and China Red in Melbourne and The Ivy, est, Watsons Bay Hotel, Bambini Trust, Bistrode and Tetsuya's in Sydney.
His comments come at a time when the Australian hotel industry is concerned by an ongoing shortage of skilled staff. The most recent Tourism and Transport Forum MasterCard Tourism Industry Sentiment Survey said a quality labour supply remains a key concern for the industry. Many roles are currently being filled by unqualified backpackers and there is a major shortage of chefs and pastry cooks, among other staff.
"It is extremely hard to find and keep good staff," says Kim Seagram, co-owner of restaurants Stillwater and Black Cow Bistro in Launceston. "The only way to hold on to really good staff members is to make sure they get serious on-the-job training so they have a career path with you and don't want to leave."
And now the hospitality industry is faced with a new problem: how to adequately service the growing numbers of big-spending Chinese tourists – now second only to New Zealanders in terms of incoming tourism arrivals.
"Preparing for properly servicing the needs of the Chinese visitor is vital," says Felicia Mariani, managing director of the Australian Tourism Export Council, the peak industry body. The Accor group, which includes Mercure and Novotel chains, has already implemented optimum staff standard requirements for dealing with both Chinese and Indian guests.
The federal government in 2011 launched the T-Qual grants program that aims to stimulate sustainable economic growth in the Australian tourism industry to refresh its offering and boost competitiveness in global markets.
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Submission + - LEGO Robot Solves Any Rubik's Cube In 12 Se (singularityhub.com)
kkleiner writes: Cube Stormer is the latest creation from Mike Dobson, aka Robotics Solutions, and not only is it made entirely out of Legos, it can solve any 3×3x3 rubik's cube in less than twelve seconds. Often it can finish in less than five! This thing looks badass and is incredible to watch.


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VMware has announced Spring Hadoop, an integration of the Spring Framework and the Apache Hadoop platform designed to give developers an option to build distributed processing solutions with Apache Hadoop.
VMware has a habit of talking about the "new wave of data-driven applications" as if previous application breeds were in some way largely bereft of data-centricity. But if we take the firm's focus on so-called Big Data issues at face value, there is interest in VMware delivering a streamlined programming model that could make Spring a natural way to integrate Hadoop systems into the enterprise app landscape. "Spring Hadoop brings the benefits of Spring — simplicity, ease-of-use — to Hadoop by providing a comprehensive, lightweight framework that will allow developers to easily build solutions around the Hadoop platform," said the company.
The situation here is that (as you know) "data volumes" have undeniably grown. Further, "data access" choices in enterprise applications have grown exponentially (i.e., there is widespread secure access to the corporate data center via smartphones, tablets, laptops, and dedicated mobile devices of all kinds) — and this in many senses sums up the challenge brought about by Big Data as we know it today.
VMware reminds us that in answer to these new data challenges, Spring continues to focus on enabling enterprise Java developers to incorporate new data access patterns into their applications through the Spring Data projects.
Key aspects of Spring Hadoop include:
- Support for configuration, creation, and execution of MapReduce, Streaming, Hive, Pig, and Cascading jobs via the Spring container
- Comprehensive HDFS data access support through JVM scripting languages (Groovy, JRuby, Jython, Rhino, etc.)
- Declarative configuration support for HBase
- Dedicated Spring Batch support for developing powerful workflow solutions incorporating HDFS operations and all types of Hadoop jobs
- Declarative and programmatic support for Hadoop Tools, including FsShell and DistCp


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Hi, AC here, as a veteran I'd like to introduce you to a concept called the "reply button." Try it out some time!
We're all counting on you.
Surely you can't mean that.
This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.
You mean Q and X?
Not to mention C, G, J, U, V, Y and Z?
There's an R in "part".
Eh I don't get it.
If not, perhaps Icarus? j/k
Already taken by a different solar flying craft [slashdot.org]
For this aircraft's maiden flight, there should be an online vote in which a song is selected to accompany its sun-powered ascendency to the skies. I will submit an adaptation of the Katrina in the Waves timeless classic 'Walking on Sunshine':
'Flying on Sunshine'
I used to think when you made me I'd crash for sure
And I just cant wait till the day when you charge me a little more
Now everytime I go for the horizon, gotta hold myself down
Cos I just wait till you touch me when rising around
I'm flying on sunshine
I just hope it won't be David Bowie's 'Memory of a Free Festival': "Sun machine is going down and we're gonna have a party..."
It's also appropriate for SPARC servers that are preparing for shutdown.
I think that our real emphasis needs to be on needs to be the successful implementation of renewable energy sources in automobiles.
I sort of agree. Rather, I think we should be focusing on electric cars and simultaneously technology to renewably and without pollution, generate massive amounts of electricity. Nuclear, solar, wind, tidal, other... it needs to funded as research projects with assessment of efficiency and impact. We could start by taking all the money we subsidize oil companies with and redirecting it. Then we could start taxing all industries that profit by creating a part of a polluting product (oil, coal, gas powered de
" I mean seriously, is there any significant portion of any electoral base in the US that wouldn't vote for ending subsidies to oil companies if it were up for a vote? "
Don't get your hopes too high. I don't know all that much about the US, but here, the oil subsidies on petrol were taken away completely last week and boy - what a ruckus it's causing! The amount of stupidity in humans must not be underestimated.
It's fantastic that air travel can now be powered using solar enery alone, but I think that our real emphasis needs to be on needs to be the successful implementation of renewable energy sources in automobiles.
We aren't playing Civilization here. We can research more than one thing at a time.
Air "travel" (as in, transporting people) cannot be powered using solar energy with our current technology. This craft is the result of a lot of brainpower and hard work and good technology, but can't carry a single person. So translating solar power into human travel isn't really even near-term practical for ground-based transportation until we are ready to abandon the 2-ton SUV and even the hybrid and go REALLY light, as in bicycle weight, and maybe provide some of the motive power ourselves.
Still, expe
can't carry a single person.
I take it you mean a single passenger? This wasn't a UAV, it had a pilot.
I think that our real emphasis needs to be on needs to be the successful implementation of renewable energy sources in automobiles.
That will go a long way, but there will not be single solution. Conservation is another approach with great potential: Our own wastefulness is a huge resource, waiting to be tapped.
"It's fantastic that air travel can now be powered using solar enery alone,"
No it can't. This is a UAV and can not carry people so next.
"I think that our real emphasis needs to be on needs to be the successful implementation of renewable energy sources in automobiles."
An electric car and a dam, solar panels for charging, breeder reactor, or windmill. Next.
There it is done for you.
Or you can use Menthol, Bio Diesel, or Ethanol as well all of which are renewable. Yes I know the issues with Ethanol but most o
"It's fantastic that air travel can now be powered using solar enery alone," No it can't. This is a UAV and can not carry people so next.
Where are you getting this information? The original story [slashdot.org] referred to its last flight as the "first ever manned night flight on a plane propelled exclusively by the power it collects from the sun." It is an ultralight, but it is not a UAV.
my bad since it was a 24 hour flight I thought it was unmanned.
Of course it still can not carry people It is a single seater so it can only carry a single person. Yea that is a wiggle out but you are correct. Still in no way a practical form of transport and never will be.
Even is solar cells where 100% efficent which they never can be there isn't enough energy density to make a solar powered 737 much less a solar powered 747.
Solar impulse is producing around 8 HP. Just to make the math easy let's say that t
Why do the solar panels need to be on the plane?
Huge solar thermal plant, crack water, make Jet A from H O and C from air. Result is a solar powered 747.
Yes that would work but like my original posts in really already is possible. It comes down to price.
I've got the melody, intro, outtro and everything else memorized for that song...except the lyrics.
How about at the point of usage. The other points you mention are pretty much insignificant at this point seeing how the purpose was to show that solar energy can be created and used when the sun isn't shining. We still cannot wave a magic wand or trick some omnipotent being into speaking the stuff into existence, so for now, we have to build from what we can in order to move into what we want.
Emissions free where? At the point of final energy usage?
I'm probably feeding a troll, because this shouldn't have to be spelled out every time: Obviously it means no emissions at the vehicle itself (which is quite valuable, all else being equal) and, as with electric road vehicles, reduced upstream emissions due to improved efficiency, multiple energy sources, and simpler manufacturing.
Emissions free where? At the point of final energy usage?
I'm probably feeding a troll
No I am not trolling. But it seems like every time there is a story on alternative energy their seems to be a magical, overall-systems-impact-denying aura about them. And without clearly reporting on what is going on the general public will get misled into believing in magical energy and environment pixies.
A classic example is the electric vehicles you mentioned. Yes they have all the benefits that you mentioned (but no mention of mining and purifying etc of the additional minerals), but there was an IE
Although the goal is to show that emissions-free air travel is possible
This plane is not emissions-free, since there were some in its manufacture, which must be divided over its lifetime, and then whatever emissions are involved in the disposal/recycling of the craft as well. Lower-emissions, sure, but not emissions-free.
Under your criteria thinking about a subject would make it no longer emission free since the body emits waste products while thinking.
Why even plants emit, are you going to bitch about that also?
Don't get me started on plants. Plants are the scourge of the earth. Rocks are where it's at.
Can't let you get away with such an obtuse, Republican comment. You're deliberately missing the point and confusing the issue. The CO2 you breath out in the course of living isn't the problem. It's the net CO2 that's the problem. For thousands of years humans have been carbon neutral. You burn sugars produced by plants using photosynthesis to convert CO2 in the air to sugar. Zero net carbon increase in the environment. This is completely different from the millions of tons of CO2 that our modern man
They are referring to emissions during operation.
By that logic, nothing, not even a fully decomposed dead person or a chunk of pumice, can ever be emissions-free either.
If the *plane* gives off no emissions, the *plane* is emissions-free.
The wingspan compares to that of a 747...
I have issues with the project web site and the lack of information. One of my main issues is that the site touts the use of new technology but nowhere does it explain exactly what "new" technology it uses. What is it's cruising speed? If it is over 50Kmph I would be surprised.
Another important issue is that it never states is the batteries were full or empty at takeoff and how much of that battery power was used to get the plane to altitude. What if the energy used was only 20% of capacity and the main method of altitude gain was thermals and mountain wave? Recharging that 20% should not be an issue. What then happens if the plane requires 80% of the battery capacity to stay up over night? They would last one night but run out half way through the second night.
I always love obvious spin. When asked when the non stop around the world flight will happen the site says "60 years between the first world tour with stopovers and the first world tour without stopovers in a traditional motor airplane". On the other hand, when asked if solar airplanes will replace conventional airplanes they state "when the great Wright brothers got their first plane to fly a distance of 200 meters in 1903, could they have imagined that 66 years later, two men would walk on the moon?" The spin is that from the first flight to the moon landing there has always been increases in speed, capacity and duration aloft. This technology turn back the clock to a low speed single seater aircraft and assumes we can still advance as far.
An economically viable passenger plane would be required to carry passengers, be pressurized and go much faster; I am sure no one would want to take 100 hours to go from London to Newyork. This may require an energy output a hundred times that of the Solar Impulse. The current plane is already has a wing span of 63m. Even with a increase of solar panel efficiency to 80% that would require an increase in wing area by 25 times. That is one huge plane to carry a few people.
Today, gliders with no electric motors can stay aloft for extended periods of time. The gliding community has stopped tracking duration aloft records due to the dangers of exhaustion. Here are some other current glider records; altitude 12 637 m; distance 1078.2 km; speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 133.89 km/h. What has been created is in effect a huge glider with a electric motor backup.
Just for the sake of telling i know better : gliding records actually are more like 15000 m, 3000 km and 1000 km @ 200 km/h.
Then I guess that the records recorded by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, The World Air Sports Federation, are incorrect. http://records.fai.org/data?c=6 [fai.org]
Oops!! But it further illustrates my point that gliders have already done outstanding feats and the Solar Impulse is not all that impressive.
Let's do some guesswork and math. (One has to resort to this since the website doensn't contain much geek porn, but rather esoteric bullshit...)
The thing has a mass of 1600kg, which means there need to be ~16000N of lift for level flight. If the lift to drag ratio is a - guessed - 40 to 1 that translates to 400N of thrust. At a speed of 15m/s that's 6000W of power or, say 12000W if a conversion efficiency of 50% is taken into account. (Quite easily doable at that speed with modern props and
Yes but for UAVs this might be very interesting. Also a solar electric aircraft could have a very high ceiling since they do not require O2 for energy production.
All handy for a long duration UAV for communications or monitoring.
For carrying people.... Not anytime real soon IMHO.
The reason I am not impressed is that there is no new technology in the aircraft. We already have solars cells, electric motors,ultralight construction and high aspect ratio sailplanes. A competent aeronautical engineer could have done the design and shown that it could easily work. Sure it is cool but it does not advance technology.
I don't know about that. An airfoil type plane, not happening, but a solar electric dirigible, cruising at a slower speed but in comfort..there might be a lot of people opt for a longer duration "air cruise" across oceans, etc. Pretty big surface area on a blimp or dirigible for some thin film solar cells... As to "business travel", I am seriously disappointed that in 2010 we still have meatsacks traveling all over heck when teleconferencing can do the job. Same with meatsacks commuting daily to *go sit in
Yeah I am really going to spend 9 of my 14 day vacation cooped up in a zeppelin gondola looking at featureless ocean. There is a reason there are no trans Atlantic cruise ships any more.
Telecommuting has its limits. Try to have a meeting where a number of people are trying to contribute to a discussion. Try to keep track of everyone's mood and demeanour and display a drawing that would normally be on a 4'x6' whiteboard when all you can see is a 19" monitor. Much of a conversation is lost when you can not se
Well, I guess you didn't know, but there are still a lot of trans Atlantic cruises going on. Just google it (I just did, exists a plenty). And a lot of people have longer than two weeks off, heck, a lot of people with cash to burn are this thing called "retired" now and can take all the time they want.
We can't settle this now because we have no long range zeppelin service, but my guess is when/if it happens again they'll be sold out all the time.
As to your teleconferencing, I thought all you VIP IT biz guys
Ah, but...can it fly while slashdotted?
A composite ultralight aircraft with a wingspan similar to a jumbo jet covered in expensive solar cells does not sound cheap to me. Remember that this aircraft requires a large field to operate from. Oh yeah, considering the speed it could take hours to get to a fire.
BTW, there are already inexpensive drones available that can do that job.
Now that the flight is over, lets take a look at a few of the numbers from http://www.solarimpulse.com/nightFlights/charts.php [solarimpulse.com].
1. They need a more accurate speed and altitude sensor. There are quite a few spikes in the charts. Some of them have "disappeared". They were probably fixed in the data by averaging.
2. They started with the battery 69% charged.
3. The low point in battery level was 46%
4. It took 7.5 hours to get to full charge.
5. When air temp decreased below 0 the efficiency of the solar cells also decreased dramatically.
6. For a 2.5 hour period when the engine power was at 4% with 0% solar charging the battery charge did not decrease; strange.
7. When the battery was used, it drained at about 10% per hour.
8. The airspeed was about 23kmph most of the time.
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American Classics: How to Make a Homemade "Shamrock Shake"
[Photograph: Alexandra Penfold]
I first heard about Shamrock Shakes my freshman year of college. Mint chocolate chip ice cream had always ranked in my top 3 flavors as a kid, and I was immediately intrigued. When St. Patty's Day rolled around my Texan roommate suggested we hunt for one. Artificial mint flavoring? Green food coloring? Frozen milky-like substance? Yes, please!
Alas, for years New York was a dry Shamrock Shake town. Apparently the New York regional franchisees voted to not carry the shake. It wasn't until I took a business trip to Utah during Shamrock Shake shoulder season that I finally got to sample the big green. Unfortunately my expectations were not in line with reality. The mint flavoring was mild at best and a bit too toothpaste-y for my liking. And as a New Englander, I'm always disappointed when shakes aren't double or triple thick (frappe anyone?). Shamrock Shakes couldn't hold a candle to my beloved Mint Oreo Blizzard from Dairy Queen.
These days Shamrock Shakes are available nationally, but after that Utah experience you won't find me at Mickey D's any time soon. Still, something about Shamrock Shakes captivate me—perhaps I'm just sucker for marketing and/or alliteration—which is why I wanted to make a Shamrock Shake that would live up to the minty goodness I had built up in my mind.
This homemade recipe uses few ingredients and comes together without the corn syrup (high fructose or otherwise) and additives and preservatives included in the real deal. Pleasantly minty and thick enough for quality slurping/straw cloggage, this is a shake that goes down easy.
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About the author: Alexandra Penfold is mild-mannered literary agent by day, food ninja by night. Never one to skip dessert she's the Brownie half of Blondie & Brownie, a Midtown Lunch contributor, and co-author of the forthcoming book New York à la Cart: Recipes and Stories from the Big Apple's Best Food Trucks. You can follow her on Twitter at @blondiebrownie.


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Reaching new heights
Enjoy these quick glimpses of Merrimack life. Or, maybe you want to submit a photo of your own? Email photos to firstname.lastname@example.com or add #macksnap to your social media uploads!
September 16, 2013
Merrimack students climbed Mount Monadnock, this past Saturday, and snapped this picture on the summit.


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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced Monday that as a result of the initiative launched in April to expedite disability compensation claims decisions for Veterans who have a waited a year or longer, more than 65,000 claims nationwide – or 97 percent of all claims over two years old in the inventory – have been eliminated from the backlog.
The initiative was centrally managed at the national level and involved all VA regional offices working claims on behalf of Veterans across the country, not just those in their geographic area or state.
The Montgomery VA Regional Office will now join in VA efforts to complete the disability claims of Veterans who have been waiting more than one year for a decision, while completing the final batch of oldest claims in progress.
"Over the past two months, VA has been dedicated to providing earned benefits to the Veterans who have waited the longest. I'm proud of our employees, who have been working long hours on this effort," said Erica P. Worthington, the Montgomery Regional Office Acting Director. "We're now focusing on eliminating the claims that are more than one year old. We've made great progress, but know much works remains to be done to eliminate the backlog in 2015."
VA completed 312 claims for Veterans in Alabama who had been waiting more than two years for a decision.
Some two-year-old claims are outstanding due to unique circumstances, such as the unavailability of a claimant for a needed medical exam, military service, vacation, or travel overseas.
This effort is a key part of VA's overall transformation plan to end the disability claims backlog by the end of 2015 and process claims within 125 days at 98% accuracy
In May, VA announced that it was mandating overtime for claims processors in its 56 regional benefits offices to increase production of compensations claims decisions, which will continue through the end of FY 2013. Today, VA has the lowest number of claims in its inventory since August 2011 and has reduced the number of claims in the VA backlog – claims pending over 125 days – by 10 percent since the initiative began.
Under this initiative, VA claims raters may make final or provisional decisions on the oldest claims in the inventory, which will allow Veterans to begin collecting compensation benefits more quickly, if eligible. Veterans are able to submit additional evidence for consideration a full year after the provisional rating before VA issues a final decision. If no further evidence is received within that year, VBA will inform Veterans that their ratings are final and provide information on the standard appeals process, which can be found at http://www.bva.va.gov/. If a Veteran disagrees with a final decision and chooses to appeal, the appeal is entered into the appellate processing system, and is not reflected in the claims inventory.
VA continues to prioritize disability claims for homeless Veterans, those experiencing extreme financial hardship, the terminally ill, former Prisoners of War, Medal of Honor recipients, and Veterans filing Fully Developed Claims, which is the quickest way for Veterans to receive a decision on their compensation claim (http://www.benefits.va.gov/fdc/).
Claims for Wounded Warriors separating from the military for medical reasons will continue to be handled separately and on a priority basis with the Department of Defense through the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES). Wounded Warriors separating through IDES currently receive VA compensation benefits in an average of 61 days following their separation from service.
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Jeff Green scored 21 points and hit the winning layup at the buzzer, and the Boston Celtics snapped a five-game losing streak with a 93-92 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
Brandon Bass scored a season-high 22 points to lead the Celtics, who rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to avoid matching their longest skid of the season. Boston had dropped seven of nine to fall into seventh place in the Eastern Conference -- 21/2 games ahead of eighth-place Milwaukee.
With 9.2 seconds remaining, Paul Pierce drove into the frontcourt and had the ball knocked out of bounds by Cleveland's Alonzo Gee with 2.1 seconds left. After a video review confirmed the Celtics had possession, Green took an inbound pass from Avery Bradley at the top of the key, drove into the lane and scored over two defenders as time expired.
Wayne Ellington scored 16 points to lead Cleveland, which has lost six in a row -- matching a season high -- and 10 of 12.
Pierce, who had 19 points and 10 rebounds, hit a jumper with 32 seconds remaining to make it 92-91. Following a miss by Shaun Livingston, the Celtics regained possession and called timeout with 9.2 seconds remaining.
The next play, which began in the backcourt, seemed to set Pierce up for the final shot before Gee knocked the ball loose in front of Cleveland's bench. The Celtics quickly regrouped and Bradley found Green for the winner.
The Cavaliers were coming off their worst defeat of the season, a 38-point loss at Houston on Friday. Cleveland seemingly had control of the game in the fourth quarter.


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Three Kingdoms to be romanced again[ps2]
Publisher Koei today announced that its long running historical turn-based strategy series Romance of the Three Kingdoms will be releasing its eleventh major installment early next year for PlayStation 2, having been released for PC in Japan earlier this year. Set at the end of China's Han Dynasty, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI contains a full ten-mission campaign and ten preset scenarios as well as a tutorial, a "Create-an-officer" mode, and a multiplayer mode supporting up to eight players. There is also an option to select either English or Chinese voiceover recordings. Koei sent along some screenshots of the game.
Koei plans to ship Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI for PlayStation 2 in North America on February 6, 2007.
Fate of Bob Ross game in question (no more happy virtual trees?)[wii] [ds]
Earlier this year, Bob Ross Inc., the company that holds the rights to the name and images of the late fro-wearing televised painting instructor Bob Ross, announced that it had licensed developer AGFRAG Entertainment Group to create a Bob Ross video game for Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC. This week, it seems, development of the game halted. Yesterday, Play Nintendo reported on a message from the game's Yahoo Group stating, "AGFRAG is no longer involved int he [sic] development of ANY Bob Ross Game. Please contact Bob Ross Inc. for further information." That news has been confirmed by a message that has replaced AGFRAG's official site as of today. "I'm sorry that we have disappointed so many people on a certain project. Please realize we did what we felt was best, with the cards that were dealt to us and the situation we were in," reads the message from AGFRAG head Joseph Hatcher. The company is currently working on a different, unidentified, game.
According to Hatcher, plans for a Bob Ross game have not been shelved, but AGFRAG is no longer connected to the project. Bob Ross Inc. may be pursuing other development avenues for the game, though it has not made any official announcments on the matter.
Iwata forsees potential to beat earnings estimates[wii] [ds]
With its emphasis on its new control scheme and certain key pieces of nontraditional software, many analysts have predicted that Nintendo's Wii, currently in the midst of a continuing worldwide rollout having already launched in North America and Japan, would face its toughest competition not from Sony and Microsoft's home consoles but from its own Nintendo DS, which relies on a similar divergent strategy. This effect has been predicted to have a cannibalizing effect on DS as well. Speaking to Reuters today, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata cast aside such worries. "If you take a look at DS sales in the United States in the Thanksgiving week or DS sales in Japan in the week of the Wii launch, there has been little impact," said Iwata. The executive went on to say that Nintendo itself had factored these concerns into its own financial estimates, but after recent Wii and DS sales figures now sees the possibility of surpassing those expectations. "Confidence could be too strong a word, but there is an emerging possibility (to beat those forecasts)," he said.
Recently, Nintendo raised its sales expectations for DS from 17 million to 20 million within its current fiscal year. Iwata stated that while the machine's staggering success in Japan has likely reached its peak, the portable has continued room for growth in Europe and North America where it has only recently begun to hit its momentum.
During Wii's launch in Japan this past weekend, the console was reported to have sold out shipments of about 372,000, indicating that Nintendo came close but did not quite manage to supply its planned 400,000 units. Wii Sports, which is not bundled with the system in Japan as it is in North America and which has been the focus of Nintendo's Japanese marketing campaign for Wii, was the highest selling title at launch, selling over 176,000 units. It was followed by the game collection Wii Play, which comes bundled with a Wii Remote and will be released in North America on January 15, 2007. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, North America's top selling Wii game, came in third.
Gears of War causes Live traffic spike[xbox360]
Network equipment provider Sandvine Incorporated has released an internally-generated report stating that the recent release of Epic's Gears of War along with five other new Xbox 360 games has resulted in an 80% increase in broadband Xbox Live users for the week following the games' release on November 7, 2006. Today's report is similar to one Sandvine released in late 2004 following the release of Bungie's Halo 2 (Xbox), which saw Xbox Live traffic increase by 300%. Gears of War was recently revealed to have been the most-played Xbox Live game during the week of November 13, unseating the long standing champ Halo 2.
Ubi launches online-code based Rayman leaderboard[ps2] [wii]
Ubisoft sends along word that it has launched a set of web-based leaderboards for the Wii, PS2, and PC versions of Ubisoft Montpellier's humorous mini-game-laden fourth installment in the Rayman series, Rayman Raving Rabbids. Similarly to Beyond Good & Evil (PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC), also from designer Michel Ancel, Raving Rabbids makes use of uniquely generated Internet Codes to allow users to identify progress made in-game. These codes, given after playing a game in Score Attack mode, can be submitted to the game's official site with an Ubi.com account, and will result in the user's mini-game-specific and overall score average being posted to the leaderboards.
Misc. Media/Previews
Screenshots: Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI (PS2, also PC).
Movies: Halo 3 (X360) television CG ad.
IGN checks out Tecmo's Super Swing Golf (Wii). 1UP previews Namco's Taiko Festival Master (Wii).
GameSpy takes a look at Level 5's Jeanne d'Arc (PSP). 1UP checks out Square Enix's Final Fantasy VI Advance (GBA).
Screenshots: Theme Park DS (working title) (NDS).
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I like how the title and branches are incorporated – I think the resulting visual is striking and unique. The premise of All Our Pretty Songs looks fascinating. In stores in July.
The first book in an exciting YA trilogy, this is the story of two best friends on the verge of a terrifying divide when they begin to encounter a cast of strange and mythical characters.
Set against the lush, magical backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, two inseparable best friends who have grown up like sisters—the charismatic, mercurial, and beautiful Aurora and the devoted, soulful, watchful narrator—find their bond challenged for the first time ever when a mysterious and gifted musician named Jack comes between them. Suddenly, each girl must decide what matters most: friendship, or love. What both girls don't know is that the stakes are even higher than either of them could have imagined. They're not the only ones who have noticed Jack's gift; his music has awakened an ancient evil—and a world both above and below which may not be mythical at all. The real and the mystical; the romantic and the heartbreaking all begin to swirl together, carrying the two on journey that is both enthralling and terrifying.
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Littleton, Colorado 1 course · 9 holes Driving directions
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+0 votes Paul Rothley › December 26, 2010
+0 votes Tomahawk Tony › April 16, 2011
short and sweet.. some holes could use new baskets... new tee signs are needed
+0 votes Dan Chando › May 6, 2014
Easily the shortest course I've ever played. Multiple holes under 150 feet, with an average hole length of maybe 125'. You can ace run pretty much every hole. Good place for beginners or people who have never played disc golf, but a player with any sort of experience will find this course to be a bit of a joke. It's a wonder they fit 9 holes into the space allocated. Lot's of single chained baskets with shallow cages. I think there were two double chained baskets with regular cages. One plus, there were concrete tee pads on every hole and a little post with the hole number on it.


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Haiti has a long history of instability and is currently in economic decline. It has been ranked by the United Nations as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The United Nations Development Program estimates that nearly 54 percent of Haitians live on less than $2 per day and more than 45% of the total population lives under $1.25 per day.
Human resources for health services are very limited, with 1 doctor and 5.5 nurses or nurse auxiliaries for every 12,000 people. In rural Crochu, Haiti, when Medical Teams International arrived in 2013, only 7% of births were attended by a skilled birth attendant, compared to 99% in the US. Government expenditures on health care account for only 4.5% of the government's overall budget, and 79% of health expenditures are out-of-pocket.
Nearly 54% of Haitians live on less than $2 per day
Haiti has an infant mortality rate of 47 per 1000 live births. 11.6% of children under the age of 5 are underweight and 29% are stunted. According to 2010 WHO data (post-earthquake), common causes of death for children under age 5 include: injury (56%), pneumonia (10%), and diarrhea (7%). The maternal mortality rate is 630/100,000.
With a death toll in the hundreds of thousands and millions of Haitians left homeless, injured and struggling to survive, the 2010 earthquake was the worst disaster to hit the country in 200 years.
Since the 2010 earthquake, Haiti has continued to experience a series of lesser known disasters: Hurricanes, flooding, droughts, cholera epidemic, and food shortages. Man-made disasters have been linked to the political and economic instability that has marked much of Haiti's history.
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hi i recently took some shots of a humming bird with a 70-200 L II lens and a 2x extender on a 5D MkIII - i thought they came out pretty well to be honest, i understand that they arent pinpoint crisp, whether that was my newness at the camera or the limitations of the extender im not sure but I can happily send you examples? cheersscott
Please do NOT ignore the Sigma 120-300/2.8 + 1.4 adaptor. As far as image quality goes, it's absolutely your best bet. You get a constant f4 and 420mm on the long end. With a 7D that's a 269-672mm equivalent at a constant f4. It costs a bit more and weighs more, but it's way better than anything Canon offers in a 400mm zoom range.
Again people, myself included, express their wish for a decent 400mm solution offered by Canon. I wished desperately Canon would listen carefully. So, I keep hoping for an upgrade of the 100-400 in the medium price range.


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Union Pacific is enhancing Missouri's transportation infrastructure by investing $7.4 million in the rail line that runs just west of Jefferson City and Pleasant Hill. The project is in progress and is scheduled to be completed by the end of October.
The project includes replacing 47,400 crossties, spreading 19,000 tons of ballast, renewing the surfaces at 56 crossings and replacing a total of more than a half mile of rail in various curves.
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Paradoxically, it's [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid's bigger majority that is now hurting him. In 2007, he got every Democrat (save South Dakota's Tim Johnson, who was out sick) to vote for cloture. But it was an easy vote. Democrats like Mr. Pryor knew the GOP held the filibuster, and that Mr. Bush stood ready with a veto. Now that Mr. Reid has 58 seats, red-state Democrats in particular are worried they might actually have to pass this turkey, infuriating voters and businesses back home.I love this. The Democrats must now take responsibility for the things they've been promoting.
If Al Franken pulls out a win in Minnesota, Mr. Reid might be inspired to use his 59 votes to forge ahead. Some House Democrats are also suggesting union intimidation would in fact "stimulate" the economy, and that the legislation ought to be attached to the upcoming spending package.I hope Al Franken does win — precisely and paradoxically because I want brakes on Congress. So that happened because a comedian — did he really win his election? — voted for it? The Senate Democrats will have to worry that's what we'll say about their bad legislation. So maybe they'll see the importance of looking like competent adults and exercise restraint. You know, they already have the problem of looking like clowns — there's the Blago-Burris nonsense and the prospect Caroline Kennedy. If a comedian arrives the fear of looking like clowns should kick into high gear. That fear gives me hope.


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Bar's liquor license in jeopardy after multiple shootings | News
GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - The liquor license for a Grand Rapids bar is in jeopardy after four people were shot early Friday morning.
The violence broke out at the New Roosevelt Bar on Grandville Avenue SW. Police say the bar has had more than its share of problems and that's why the liquor license is in question.
Back in November, there was a double shooting outside the bar. One person died.
Bryan Martinez, who helps manage the bar says they do everything they can to keep people safe. "Somebody acted a fool," says Martinez. He was bartending last night when the chaos broke out.
It was just after 2 a.m. when he heard someone yell out that a person outside the front door had a gun. That's when patrons tried to rush out the back door. "The security guard was by the back door. It came open and someone started shooting."
The security guard and three people inside the bar were shot. Sgt. Scott Rifenberg says, "Shots did come from parking lot and went through backside door."
Martinez helped the victims. "I tied a belt around the security guards leg. I put a shirt around his leg. The person with a neck wound, I put pressure on it until police got there."
Police say the victims' injuries are non-life-threatening.
This is the second shooting in three months. Martinez says they have five security guards.
"I had two at the door, two floaters, and one at back door. They wand them, they get patted down, and patted down a second time." Martinez says he meets with police about security and goes to neighborhood watch meetings. "The biggest complaints around here were gang activity."
Police say, everyone seems to be cooperating with the investigation and they have good leads. Martinez says he's at loss about what more he can do about the security.
"I'm going to continue to go on. I have a passion for what I do. It's unfortunate." Martinez says he hopes police will patrol the area a little more, given the recent violence.
No arrests have been made in the shootings. If you have any information, your asked to call Grand Rapids Police or Silent Observer at (616) 774-2345.


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SEOUL -- In what is becoming a daily ritual, North Korea has threatened the United States, saying it is prepared to strike with "smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear weapons.
The statement from the North Korean military, relayed early Thursday by the Stalinist regime's official news agency, seemed aimed at rebutting assessments by U.S. intelligence that North Korea's nuclear weapons are too large and heavy to be deployed on ballistic missiles.
The U.S. has also said it doesn't believe North Korean missiles are capable of reaching the U.S. mainland or Hawaii.
Though few analysts believe that leader Kim Jong Un actually intends to attack U.S. interests or neighboring South Korea, the blistering rhetoric in recent weeks has jarred nerves and prompted new defensive measures. The United States announced Wednesday that it was sending a mobile missile defense system to Guam to protect the island, a U.S. territory that is home to a Navy base and Andersen Air Force Base.
A senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the decision to send the missile interceptors to Guam was made because of growing concerns that North Korea had made improvements in the range of its ballistic missiles, possibly giving it the ability to hit the island.


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Are kohlrabi greens edible? Are they as beneficial as Kohlrabi?
Quoted from http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-to-use-kohlrabi.html
Handling: If the kohlrabi leaves are still attached to the bulb, trim them and store separately. If the leaves are in good shape—firm and green—they can be cooked but will need to be used within a couple of days.


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Super Calzones Recipe
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A friend gave this recipe to me at my wedding shower. I realized then and there that I'd better learn how to cook! My husband loves these hand-held pizzas.—Laronda Warrick, Parker, Kansas
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- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped green pepper
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tube (13.8 ounces) refrigerated pizza crust
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1 can (4 ounces) mushroom stems and pieces, drained
- 1 can (2-1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained
- In a large skillet, cook the beef, onion, green pepper and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain and set aside.
- In a small saucepan, bring tomato sauce and Italian seasoning to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir 1/2 cup into the meat mixture; keep remaining sauce warm.
- Unroll pizza crust onto a floured surface. Roll into a 12-in. square; cut into four squares. Spread cream cheese over each to within 1/2 in. of edges. Top with meat mixture. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, mushrooms and olives.
- Fold dough over filling, forming a triangle; press edges with a fork to seal. Place on a greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with the remaining sauce. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Super Calzones in Taste of Home Ground Beef Cookbook 1999, p258
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Reviewed Nov. 19, 2009
"I admit to having used store-bought pizza sauce instead of the tomato sauce and Italian seasoning. I knew from similar recipes that we would prefer that. This was a good recipe, but not special enough to make it a "keeper"."