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Symphony No. 41 : Work information
- Composers
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( Music, Images,)
- Performed by
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jane Glover (Conductor)
This work
- Work name
- Symphony No. 41
- Work number
- Key
- C Major
- Genre
- Composed
- 1788-01-01 02:00:00
This recording
- Label
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Producer
- Alan Peters
- Engineer
- Keith Grant
- Recording date
- 2000-01-01 02:00:00
Having avoided writing any new symphonies for use in Vienna, it is not clear why, in 1788, Mozart wrote his last three examples of the genre; though it's possible that he had a concert series in mind to revive his fortunes. The Symphony No. 41, the last of the three, was completed on 10 August 1788 and later acquired the nickname 'Jupiter'.
Mozart was, at heart, an opera composer and it's not hard to see the influence of opera buffa on this symphony. The first movement in particular has the mood of certain passages in Figaro, and a small amount of material is borrowed from the aria Un bacio di mano K541.
Listen also for the beautiful opening phrases of the Andante: the hesitancy of the strings opens out into a wonderfully expressive wind melody. The famous finale with is fugue-like characteristics is a piece of contrapuntal brilliance without rival in the genre. As the final statement of Mozart the symphonicist it attains the highest level of genius and proclaims it unashamedly.
The Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are generally held to mark the peak of Viennese Classicism. As a composer who excelled in every genre, he can be rightly regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
Born on 27 January 1756 in Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang received his musical education from his father, Leopold and quickly showed aptitude, playing his sister's piano pieces at the age of four and composing from the age of five. Leopold, fully aware of the remarkable talents of Wolfgang and his sister, Nannerl, took the family around Europe, showcasing his children before Kings and Queens.
Having toured as a child prodigy for ten years and come into contact with all manner of musical styles and practices, including a meeting with J C Bach in London, Mozart began his adult musical career in Salzburg in 1773 in the employ of the Archbishop.
Although the greater part of his job was to compose church music, the young Mozart quickly became the chief composer of instrumental and vocal music in Salzburg and gradually became more dissatisfied with his position. Matters came to a head in 1781 when Mozart realised he could make a living as a freelance musician in Vienna. By the end of 1781, having obtained a release from his employment, he was established as the greatest keyboard player in the Austrian capital.
Mozart's finest works date from the ten years he spent in Vienna, the last years of his tragically short life. His reputation as a composer was immediately established with the opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and shortly after he married Constanze Weber. Their marriage appears to have a happy one, though both were financially naive.
The busiest years were between 1784 and 1788, in a period of financial security. Mozart gave numerous subscription concerts, for which he composed a dozen excellent piano concerti, in addition to private concerts for the local nobility. In 1784 Mozart also became a freemason at a lodge in Vienna and often composed music for meetings, most notably the Mauerische Trauermusik.
Opera, however, was still Mozart's priority and he scored great successes in Vienna and Prague with Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni. These were followed in the final two years of his life by three more operatic masterpieces: Così fan Tutte, La Clemenza di Tito and Die Zauberflöte.
After the death of Leopold in May 1787 and a temporary lull in creative activity, Mozart began to give fewer concerts. His finances suffered as a result and from mid-1788 he was often in debt, forced to rely on loans from friends. However, the Mozarts never had to do without servants or any other luxuries of their class.
Mozart's work was still attracting international interest and was widely published. He was working on a Requiem commission when he died on 5 December 1791 from rheumatic inflammatory fever, but there is no evidence that this was in any way a burden on him as is sometimes suggested. Nor is there any evidence that he was poisoned, by Salieri or anybody else. He was buried in a common grave, as was the usual custom at the time, on a calm, mild day (not the snowy, stormy day of legend).
Mozart's reputation continued to spread after his death with Breitkopf & Härtel releasing a 'collected edition' of Mozart's works as early as 1798. In 1862, Köchel released his thematic catalogue of Mozart's works (works in Mozart's catalogue are thus prefixed by the letter K) prompting Breitkopf to publish a 'complete edition' between 1877 and 1883. His popularity has, if anything, grown to new heights in recent times with the majority of his works occupying prominent places in the repertory.


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Former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder Aleksander Hleb believes Pep Guardiola was able to perform, only because of the great players at his disposal.
The 31-year-old Belarus international said that while the Spaniard is a good coach, his success was due to the stable of stars at Camp Nou, and as such, his former mentor could not be regarded as one of the world's best.
"I learned more from [Arsene] Wenger than Guardiola, but Pep is a good coach," Hleb told Esports en Xarxa, as quoted by ESPN. "Guardiola is not the best coach in the world.
"He coached the best team in the world, with the best players, and that's why he won."
After moving to north London from VFB Stuttgart in 2005, Hleb enjoyed three successful seasons with Arsenal before leaving the Emirates Stadium for Barcelona in a €17million deal in 2008.
However, the midfielder struggled to break into Guardiola's first-team squad, making only 36 appearances over the next four years - a possible incentive for his anti-Pep stance.
"It's hard not to win with a team like that," he continued. "[Tito] Vilanova will have the greatest success.
"The best coaches in the world are [Jose] Mourinho, [Sir Alex] Ferguson and [Arsene] Wenger."
Hleb was loaned back to Stuttgart while in Spain, and also enjoyed temporary spells at Birmingham City and Wolfsburg, before making a permanent move to Russian side Krylia Sovetov Samara.
However, his stay there lasted for just eight games, prior to a return to Belarus, where he now enjoys his football with Champions League minnows BATE Borisov.
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Prince George's County Police say the death this year of a woman paralyzed in a 1985 shooting has been ruled a homicide.
However, because of laws in effect that year, no one will be prosecuted.
Police say Pamela Prowant was found shot multiple times in Laurel on Nov. 1, 1985. She was paralyzed in the shooting and used a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
Prowant died on Jan. 29. In April, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide resulting from the 1985 shooting.
Police consulted with the state's attorney's office and found that state law in 1985 required a victim die within a year and a day after a crime for someone to be charged with murder.
The case will not be prosecuted.
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FOR the third year running, the Caulfield Cup dreams of up-and-coming stayers were thwarted in the Mornington Cup by a street-smart bulldog as Tuscan Fire claimed automatic entry into this year's Caulfield Cup with a stunning win in the listed event.
Since the introduction of the ballot-exempt ticket to the Caulfield Cup, a string of progressive young stayers have fallen short of the mark in the rigorous Mornington Cup; West Australian veteran Guyno narrowly denied subsequent group 1 winner Cedarberg in 2011, well-travelled Tasmanian Norsqui defeated a string of good stayers last year, with Tuscan Fire trumping Durnford on Wednesday.
The victory was the latest chapter in an extraordinary story with trainer Dan O'Sullivan successfully turning Tuscan Fire into a standout dual-purpose galloper with a string of flat wins this summer following a winning season over jumps last winter.
''I'm very proud and I couldn't believe that it could work out as good as it did [on Wednesday],'' said O'Sullivan.
''It's a big thrill, just to have this horse achieve this is huge. Going back a little while I had a little plan in mind but didn't want to say it, people think you overrate your horse but it's worked out well so far.''
Previously seen breaking the hearts of his rivals with strong front-running displays, Tuscan Fire and Glen Boss took up the role of hunter in Wednesday's race, stalking the leaders to the turn before Boss released the breaks on the gifted stayer.
The pair burst clear of the chasing pack with Durnford staying on strongly, albeit slightly greenly, for Pat Carey into second place to give that trainer his second runner-up finish in the race in three years, with the Peter Moody-trained Macedonian close up in third.
It was Boss' third win from four rides on Tuscan Fire this campaign and the three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey was thrilled in the performance that returned his first Mornington Cup win.
''All about Dan and the horse, it's an unbelievable effort,'' said Boss. ''Gee he gave me a great ride.'' Boss was later fined $1000 by stewards for celebrating the victory before the finish line.
Despite the presence of Durnford and a team of gifted stayers from New South Wales, Tuscan Fire was well fancied by punters in Wednesday's race, with the horse's brilliant summer form standing out over a history of jumps race successes.
And while now qualified for a Caulfield Cup berth later this year, O'Sullivan will let the dust settle before deciding on the next target for the in-form six-year-old. He did not rule out a return to the jumps.


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Omar Calhoun's season had hit a snag, not unusual for a freshman. There was only one way out of it.
"I got back into the gym every night," said Calhoun, who established a career high with 22 points in UConn's 84-50 victory over Maryland Eastern Shore at the XL Center on Monday. "I was upset with the way I'd been playing."
It was an emotional night for the Huskies and the 8,841 fans in the building, as the victims of Newtown were remembered before the game. Players, cheerleaders, band and dance team members gathered in a circle, holding 26 candles. It was a moving moment, but after the game coach Kevin Ollie called for a "movement" to stop violence. The Huskies hope to visit the Newtown area after Christmas.
The XL Center remained somber as the Huskies turned their attention to basketball. Calhoun scored in double-digits in five of six games between Nov. 13 and 29, but then managed only two points in the past two games, missing 10 of the 11 shots he took from the floor against N.C. State and Harvard. With 10 days between games, and final exams winding down, Calhoun heeded Ollie's admonition — "Don't be allergic to the gym" — and was able to work on getting his shooting touch back for Monday, hitting 8 of 11 from the floor, 3 of 4 on three-pointers.
"Omar had got to where we'd finish practice and he'd think it was over," said Ryan Boatright, who scored 21 points. "We'd tell him, 'If you want to be great, you've got to stay in the gym.' Usually, freshmen come in hungry from the get-go, but then when they have some success, they forget they have to do those things."
It helped, obviously, that UConn was playing an undermanned mid-major opponent. The Hawks (0-10) were playing without their point guard, Kyree Jones, who had a back injury, and despite a sluggish first half, the Huskies (8-2) were able to do whatever they wanted on offense. They hit 33 of 50 shots from the floor, including 10 of 19 on three-point attempts, and had 21 assists on those 33 baskets, which really pleased Ollie, the old point guard.
"I was very happy with the ball movement," Ollie said. "Twenty-one assists and nine turnovers, that's one of our goals. I'll take 66 percent, I'll take a win. We can get outrebounded every game, if we win."
Yes, even Maryland Eastern Shore was able to outrebound UConn, 30 to 26, the ninth time in 10 games that the Huskies have been beaten on the boards.
"When we play better teams, we can't rely on making shots," said Shabazz Napier, who had 11 points and eight assists. "We'll have to rebound, we'll have to do the little things."
The Hawks shot 46 percent in the first half, and with their rebounding edge managed to stay fairly close to UConn, which took a 39-27 lead into the break.
"Our defense was nonexistent," Ollie said. "It was a toughness thing. ... We imposed our will on them in the second half."
Boatright and Calhoun started the second half with threes, and the Huskies went on a 26-6 run, including 15-0 at one point, to break the game open. Boatright, off a steal, dunked it to finish the spurt and give UConn a 65-33 lead. UMES hit just 7 of 24 from the floor in the second half.
"They shot the three a lot better than we anticipated," Hawks coach Frankie Allen said. "Some of that was that we didn't get back in transition, we didn't close out. ... [UConn's] kids play hard all the time, you have to respect that from their coaching staff. We hung in there a little longer than they probably anticipated, but in the second half they turned it up. They have that second gear."
DeAndre Daniels scored 13 points for UConn, again leading the frontcourt offense. It was Calhoun's ability to hit from the perimeter, and mid-range, that had been missing.
"I do different things on the court," Calhoun said, "hit the three, get mid-range shots, get to the rim. I've been able to feel out my game a little bit better."
Ollie was able to use his bench. Freshman Leon Tolksdorf got into the game and made his first career field goal, and ended up playing 20 minutes. Another freshman, Phil Nolan, went 3 of 3 from the floor in 16 minutes.
"I want to use these games to see what we have on the bench, what guys can do," Ollie said. "Everybody's got to be [ready to play] on our team, we're going to need everybody."


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#1 DU has concluded that Romney impersonated a cop and raped people
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My gosh, these "people" are creepy scumbags.
Taverner (49,086 posts)
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Did Mitt Romney rape anyone that he pulled over when impersonating a cop?
For the uninformed - Mittens got a police officer uniform from his dad, then Governor of Michigan. He would attach a red light on his car, and pull people over.
This is usually the behavior of a rapist or serial killer.
So did Mittens ever rape anyone while doing this?
What exactly did he say to the people he pulled over?
Are there any unsolved rape cases from that period of time in Michigan?
datasuspect (23,325 posts)
8. he hasn't confirmed or denied that he DIDN'T rape anyone
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guilt by omission? you decide.kestrel91316 (39,378 posts)
39. Jeebus H. Christ. I finally figured out who Rmoney has always reminded me of and you
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are the one who gets credit. He has ALWAYS reminded me of Ted Bundy. Creepy creepy creepy.53. Yes indeed, and shades of these two serial killers. Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono.
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I posted this on another thread , but I am posting it again. Everyone need's to know about
Romney's strange, dangerous behavior.
Bianchi and Buono would usually cruise around Los Angeles in Buono's car and use fake badges to persuade girls that they were undercover cops. Their victims were women and girls aged 12 to 28 from various walks of life. They would then order the girls into Buono's "unmarked police car" and drive them home to torture and murder them.crunch60 (743 posts)
61. And how many times have the 'The Birthers', like the pompous. blowhard , comb over guy Trump,
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hashed over, debated and screamed about Obama's birth certificate!
Uncle Joe (23,391 posts)
27. That's a good and valid question, considering his abusive bullying behavior, cutting a man's hair
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off as if God gave him the right to do such a thing.
This would have certainly given Romney ample opportunity to rape or abuse someone, had they believed he was a cop and he pulled them over in a secluded area.
Thanks for the thread, Taverner.Capt. Obvious (535 posts)
29. Mitt Romney needs to prove he didn't rape anyone
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Otherwise - guilty
I mean it.
Last warning.
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3. Some people say that there were a string of child rapes at that time. I will look for a link.
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This is the type of DU thread that needs to be copied and sent to people like Limbaugh and Beck as well as Romney and his lawyers.
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Give me nine female robotic engineers -- I need that baby in a month!
Don't forget the robot diapers! That oil discharge has to go somewhere.
Now the homos won't need to hire bitches to get babies.
And, according to their diagrams, it's connected to Facebook. Why don't they just pack it full of C4 and have it continuously say "remote detonators are your friends"?
but you can punt it! that's way better than some intimidating 6 foot android
If they want it to fit in, they'll need to focus on the drug-addled freak market.
For me, I'll take the treads, topped by a miniature refrigerator w/ice dispenser, small bookshelf, gaming console, and a dispenser of toilet paper
What's so wrong with a metal spider on tank treads anyway? If anyone doesn't want a tachikoma I'll gladly take it off their hands.
Making robots that look like humans do not make people more comfortable... It freaks them out.
"Sir, the Uncanny Valley isn't deep enough!"
"Then start digging!"
Agreed, this has to be aimed at the toy market, or the self centered parent market looking for a playmate for their real child, or to substitute for that real child they haven't got time to actually have.
Childless couples are already unable to distinguish their dogs from children. This will go further to enhance that psychosis.
But most dogs don't live long enough to need collage tuition. They may be on to something there.
Exactly, if they want to make robots that people feel comfortable about, they should make ones that are actually useful. I haven't heard about anybody freaking out because of a roomba or a robot lawnmower.
In what way excactly do we need to become MORE comfortable with machines than we are now?
Has driving a car, warming food in a microwave, and allowing a roomba to vacuume my floors not enough? None of these make me uncomfortable, despite their lack of human interface. Why should other forms of purpose built machines, or even general purpose, suddenly need to be humanoid?
Don't get me wrong, its cool research, and it could yield some interesting results but... as something required to make us more comfortable with machines? Nah, not unless you mean having sex with machines or something.... even that we already have people quite comfortable with some rather non-human form mimicing products.
...unless you mean having sex with machines or something....
In which case, the suggestion of modelling robots on toddlers is even more discomforting!
Prejudice as has been explored in such science fictional characters...
Prejudice is a odd choice of words, and suggests you've already equated (non-existent) robots with humans in your mind.
That is exactly what sane people fear. That tech-enthusiast will decide that robots are people too. Laws will be passed. And when a human no longer serves any purpose to anyone else, they will be "decommissioned" and "parts-ed out".
Once you decide machines are the same as you, you've disavowed your own human-ness, and accepted the fact that you are just another purpose built device which no
I'd say you have the wrong fear here. At the moment our robots can even conceive "decomissioning" people, we'd have already lost. If people accept they as equals or not won't change a thing.
But then, yes, those people that think about robots the same way they think about live beings disturb me too... And there are lots of people that are able to program a computer, but won't see why it's different from an animal.
In general, I agree, but robots don't have to "conceive" of decommissioning people in order to be dangerous.
The default state in robots is that they have no concept of saving human life. You virtually never see humans working near robots [hyperwrite.com] in industry, its just too dangerous.
So we have the opposite of "conception" as the default, and nobody seems to worry about mandating safety of life as the starting point, or even recognizing it as a need, except when reading science fiction, where is is merely hand-waved
>The default state in robots is that they have no concept of saving human life. You virtually never see humans working near robots [hyperwrite.com] in industry, its just too dangerous.
Not everything is an industrial welding cell.
People use robots all the time, but we don't call them robots. We call them CNC machine tools, which is just semantics. They are as robotic as anything colloquially called a "robot." Turret presses are robots too. Nearly every industrial tool is a robot these days, That's not to say that there aren't interlocks and guards, but we don't give machinery the wide berth that you imply. You just have to keep hands out of the work envelope and this is typically done with light curtains.
In the old days of using single stage manually operated punch presses, before my time, there would be literally leashes on one's wrists that took your hands out the of the work envelope once the switch was pressed. Indeed, I will certainly say that today's robotics are a lot safer than the cam-driven stuff of yester-year. In the old days, light curtains were science fiction, and you couldn't just instantly halt a machine tool like you can today.
But not only that, I saw a program last week about a Frito Lay plant (I believe it was in KC), and the warehouse floor was full of robotic pallet transports mingling among humans (that did surprise me)
If everything needed a "This shall not hurt humans" directive, we wouldn't even have automobiles or even bicycles.
You just have to keep hands out of the work envelope
there would be literally leashes on one's wrists that took your hands out the of the work envelope
Thanks for proving my point.
I reiterate: Industrial systems today rely on humans shutting off the robots when there is a need to approach them, not the other way around.
One can grasp one's hand tighter, to more securely hold one's own rights that are so dear. Or one can extend one's hand out and security the rights of others to yet again reaffirm that their rights and yours are real and not merely nice sounding words spoken by those who would readily ignore them in fear or convenience.
The true essence of what has changed humanity today is recognizing how many people are actually human and deserving of many rights and protections that some would otherwise take for granted
> Once you decide machines are the same as you, you've disavowed your own human-ness, and
> accepted the fact that you are just another purpose built device which no intrinsic or unique value.
Is this what happened when we accepted dark skinned people as the same as us? Or women?
How does recognizing the value and individuality of one, negate those in another?
We cartainly have a long way to go, I don't think we are even near the point where we have to start discussing exactly at what point a machine stop
If the point is to make people more comfortable, I think they may have forgotten the uncanny valley effect.
Honestly.. would you rather have a robot that looks like a robot, or a robot that looks like a CREEPY pseudo-child?
make it like Wall-E. with expressive hands.
that's scary in and of itself
Don't forget about playing with that spring door stopper in 10-15 minute intervals. When I use to live in apartment, I was home sick with a pounding headache, and I was tortured with Rumble Rumble Rumble from my right ear to my left back to my right. Then a Sproing ratatatata...Sproing ratatatata...Sproing ratatatata...
It doesn't have to be a toddler..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aTagDSnclk [youtube.com]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxddnv0L1uA [youtube.com]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL3vo6Weva4 [youtube.com]
Those are just a few....
Adults agree:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHBZERkrAwQ [youtube.com]
If you like door springs you'll really like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kgwnxqic74 [youtube.com]
stomp around, slam into walls, and scream at random intervals.
Freshmen + alcohol = (see above, plus lots of vomiting)
19 yr olds pay good money for that experience. This may be a viable market niche.
The world's first baby robot has chosen it's name: Skynet.
This thing's going right into the Uncanny Valley for me. What an awful and ridiculous idea... yeah, because everyone was terrified of their Roomba.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley [wikipedia.org]
The average 2-year-old is about 34 inches tall, plus or minus 3 inches or so. This will be the world's tallest toddler.
but I think I'd be more comfortable with the metal spider on treads.
WTF does a spider on tank tracks look like? I suspect it would be less creepy than a robot toddler.
It looks like a Terminator Mini-Me.
> Team Aims To Build Robot Toddler...building a robot toddler
> called 'Roboy.' Using 'soft robotics' technology that mimics
> the human body, the 1.2 meter (3 ft, 11 in) tall humanoid robot
> is part of an effort to make robots that people are more
> comfortable with in day-to-day situations.
I'm going to guess one of it's first uses will be a situation that people are less comfortable with.
I see two ways this could go wrong (assuming it works at all) -- the toddler robot could fall into the uncanny valley and cause revulsion. Or, it could mimic a toddler well enough to cause the normal reactions people have to toddlers not their own -- annoyance, irritation, revulsion, anger, etc.
Or, it could mimic a toddler well enough to cause the normal reactions people have to toddlers not their own -- annoyance, irritation, revulsion, anger, etc.
Maybe it's just the dad in me, but after having kids my reaction to other peoples' toddler is "how cute", "awwww", or (if they are misbehaving) an understanding nod and "boy, have I been there!"
Don't understand this part - there should be no more effort involved to scale the size up really. The world has been moulded around the adult body, this robot would have the same amount of hassle in it as somebody suffering from dwarfism.
Robots only get creepy when they look like us. No one finds an auto vacuum freaky or uncomfortable to live with. But if it looked like a toddler and went around saying "Hello, Dave", it would be very freaky and uncomfortable.
I think a familiar - abstracted - animal form - aka a pet -- would be a better idea. The human toddler is physically awkward and vulnerable. It needs constant attention. That is not the image you want to project with a household robot.
The clockwork pet has been a staple of science fiction and fantasy for generations.
"Bleeker, The Rechargeable Dog," for example, is a web comic that went into global print circulation through KIng Features, along with Beetle Bailey and a hundred or so other strips that have
I guess they are trying to get a confortable shape for a robot with arms. That would exclude most animal forms, except for human, spider, crab or octopus-like ones. Base on our reaction to the actual animals that hold those forms, human-like is the most likely to succeed.
I think the best bet is a completely artificial shape.
"We're building a robot. Send money.".
Contributing doesn't mean you get a robot. They're only building one, not gearing up for production. There are currently at least 13 humanoid robots available for sale. The NAO NextGen [aldebaran-robotics.com] is roughly comparable to what the Zurich group is proposing. They've sold about 2000 robots.
This seems to be all about building a powered skeleton. There's no indication that they have any new ideas on how to control the thing. Tendon-driven systems are less popular than they used to
... there are predictions that robots will take most peoples' job in the not-to-distant future? Now they want to take little Johnny's job as well?
Better not let it see your porn collection, or you'll be brought up on charges.
As a parent of a 2 year old human todder, I question how common toddler features like periodic temper tantrums when things don't work out as expected will somehow be the golden sauce that "make robots that people are more comfortable with in day-to-day situations."
Perhaps they should be trying to just build "small" people rather than toddlers
See Hanson Robokind [hansonrobokind.com].
I swear some of their prototypes look like the Geth:
http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/roboy-34.jpg [gizmag.com]
Just have two people with Asperger's have unprotected sex...make sure one of them is a woman...
Just have two people with Asperger's have unprotected sex...make sure one of them is a woman...
You may have missed Biology 101, but you better make sure one of them is *not* a woman as well.
Terminator Baby [youtube.com]
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A movie without a genre?
If it's possible that a feature film could be made that an entire family could enjoy yet not fit neatly into any particular box, Abel's Field may just be it.
"It's faith-based. It's also a drama. It's also a family film," producer Tore Knos said.
Clear enough?
Perhaps that's the beauty of Abel's Field.
Not cut from the same mold as some earlier faith-based movies like Facing the Giants and Courageous, Abel's Field, isset in thesmall Texas town of Siani, and takes a largely different approach to telling the faith story.
"It deals with themes of redemption and forgiveness and mentorship," said Knos, of the movie released today on DVD. "But more than anything it's finding hope in unlikely places. And that even in really dark times God is there and faith triumphs."
To tell this story, Abel's Field focused on the relationship of two men, whose paths cross at very different points in their life.
Abel, played by Kevin Sorbo (Soul Surfer, What If, Hercules), is a middle-aged janitor at a local high school.
Seth, played by newcomer Samuel Davis, is a 17-year-old senior, who is essentially raising his 7-year-old twin sisters after his mother died of cancer and his father walked out.
"It's essentially the story of a high school student who has been dealt a really bad hand in life and God has continually in his eyes let him down," Knos said. "His faith is wavering."
But that's where the simplicity of the story ends. Peeling layers off, you find out piece by piece why Abel is the closed, calculated, hard-worker type. A man of few words.
You also delve into the complexity of Seth's character, likeable yet slightly troubled; and youfind yourself empathetic, if not soul searching what you would do in his shoes.
"I think the path we took with Abel's Field is to not shy away the message of faith, but to let the message permeate organically through the story," Knos said.
"The goal is that an audience member who is a person of faith can watch this movie and be reaffirmed. But a non-believer can watch it and enjoy it and not have a knee-jerk reaction."
One critical scene pits Seth and Abel in an unexpected deep conversation where Seth has nowhere else to turn.
"Do you believe in God?" Seth asks his mentor.
"Yes," Abel replies stoically.
"Do you believe in Jesus?" Seth ups the ante.
"I do," Abel confirms.
Abel's Field lacks a preachy tone, but makes up for it by letting the story reveal the ultimate message that true hope and forgiveness can be found in a relationship with God.
The movie also offers just enough buffers of comedy, romance and drama to keep the storyline swift and authentic.
"This is the type of film that a family can watch on a Saturday night around the couch with a big bowl of popcorn," Knos said. "Everyone will take something different from it.
"There's a grit to the film that a 16-year-old teenage boy might respond to and a relatability that a middle-age mother of two can see in the film as well. It crosses a lot of family boundaries."
But what led Abel's Field to be picked up by Sony Pictures and Provident Films is a high-quality approach to movie making.
From the cinematographer (Ian Ellis) who worked all five seasons of "Friday Night Lights" to both the casting director (Vicky Boone) and line producer (Sandhya Shardanand) from Brad Pitt's 2012 Emmy-nominated Tree of Life, Abel's Field brings Hollywood level quality.
"I think the challenge for faith-based filmmakers is learning the craft and making something comparable in quality," Knos said.
Knos, who teamed up with director Gordie Haakstad, whom he met at USC film school a decade ago, is hoping Abel's Field helps carve out an authentic niche within the faith-based film industry, which is slowly gaining traction.
"The Erwin Brothers, who made October Baby, have tons of experience and their work speaks accordingly," Knos said. "I think there's some real bright spots out there."
And Sorbo and Davis were two of the brightest in Abel's Field. Both are Christians — Sorbo accepting Christ at a Billy Graham Crusade — who were able to "tap into their faith" to bring authenticity to their roles.
"You oftentimes meet people or see people that give you pause," Knos said. "Then you meet people like Kevin Sorbo and Samuel Davis and you realize there are a lot of wonderful people in the film industry. It gives me a lot of hope."


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Sandblast Wheels
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I've heard it's around $100 to have a set of rims blasted around here locally.
It definately beats the hell out of sanding things by hand. I often stay after work to play in the sandbox with various Subaru parts
Posted 05 April 2008 - 03:43 PM
I've heard it's around $100 to have a set of rims blasted around here locally.
It definately beats the hell out of sanding things by hand. I often stay after work to play in the sandbox with various Subaru parts
Wheels, rust, yuck, lots of work. I had a quote locally for a $100.00 to do four. That's after me hitting them with paint stripper first, then me going over them with the mini grinder with the wire brush. What he would then do is glass bead, clean, and immediately hit them with a good primer.
I passed. Keep in mind that once you go to bare steel, it's important to primer ASAP. Etch, etching primer are options as well.
So, I bought some on-line and used the best I have after refinishing and ended up with ten good ones.
Now here is something I'm sure will work, you can do it at home, but it takes time. I may be forced to do this to wheels at some point. A bit of money, and a container big enough for a wheel with a cover on it.
Let me tell you what I did first. I have a 40 year old fuel tank from a rototillar. It was rust, in and out. I bought 7 gallons of regular white vinegar @ $1.50 per gallon. The tank, tank straps, and other parts have been soaking in vinegar for about two months. "All" the rust is gone. I kid you not.
Try it, you'll see. Cheap too.
Edit: It took the paint off as well. I degreased everthing before submerging. Here's what I'm talking about.
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Posted 05 April 2008 - 09:55 PM
how important is it to sandblast the whole wheel. Im not talking just front and back. Im talking about the part the wheel goes over where the air is:)
Man, I had to think about that:)
If it's got good paint, no need to bother that. I find here in the rustbelt, the area of the bead, where the tire seats...clean it up, good.
I've had wheels so rusted, I could cave them in with a tire iron on the tire machine.
I stopped into Hubcap Annies in Columbus three years ago. A store full of wheels, hubcaps, trimrings, lug nuts, and such, only.
He warned me then, I'd have trouble finding good wheels.
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Last night I finished Task A of Organize Your Research! by organizing over 20 "ancestral items". Most of these are items that are being displayed in my home but it occurred to me that I am the only one who knows the story behind the item. So I put a label on the item or a card in or with the artifact telling who it belonged to and any other really important/interesting facts. A couple of the truly older items and those with extensive stories, I photographed for the "Heirloom Book" I have started. Their information is included on it's own page. I'll write more on that in a future post. Bronze Medal.
In the Back Up Your Data! category, I made a complete backup of all the genealogy data and files that have been migrated to my "new" laptop by backing up to MyBookWorld and to an online resource. Bronze Medal.
Total updated medal count:
1. Go Back and City Your Sources! Nothing yet but I WILL be doing something soon.
2. Back Up Your Data! Bronze Medal for completing Task C.
3. Organize Your Research! Bronze Medal for completing Task A.
4. Expand Your Knowledge! Nothing yet
5. Write, Write, Write! Gold Medal for completing Tasks A, C, and E
6. Reach Out & Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness! Gold Medal for completing Tasks A, F, and G.
You know the great thing about these Games? Since some of these tasks can be done over and over, it's a great way to get into a new habit. For example, pre-publishing posts and commenting on new (to me) blogs.
Copyright 2010, Michelle Goodrum
Turning over and preserving family history from one generation to the next.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
GeneaBloggers Winter Games Update
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Welcome to the Geneabloggers family. Hope you find the association fruitful; I sure do. I'm fairly new, as well, and have found it most stimulating, especially some of the Daily Themes.ReplyDelete
Keep telling your ancestor stories!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Author of "13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories"
I love the idea of an "Heirloom Book" with photographs and stories - thanks for the idea!ReplyDelete
Great job labeling those artifacts. I too love the idea of a "Heirloom Book," look forward to hearing more about it! Thank you for the comment on my post too!ReplyDelete
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----- submarine wolfpack, deadly to convoys -----
Point Value: 1
Side Attributes:
Actions and Action Points (ACP):
Receives basic allotment of 48 new ACP per turn.
Movement, Movement Points (MP), and Speeds (MP/ACP Ratios):
Uses a minimum of 1 ACP per move.
Needs MP to enter terrain: 1 by default, 99 into desert, land, forest, mountains, ice, neutral.
Hit Points (HP): 9.
Vanishes if in: false by default, true for desert, land, forest, mountains, ice, neutral.
Construction points (CP): 6.
Can attack (ACP 0 by default, 12 vs convoy, fleet, carrier fleet, ASW fleet).
Hit chances are 0% by default, 50% vs fleet, carrier fleet, ASW fleet, 75% vs convoy.
Damage is 0 by default, 1 vs fleet, carrier fleet, ASW fleet, 2d4+1 vs convoy.
Combat never reduces defender's HP below 0 by default, 1 vs base, town, city, capital, 5 vs infantry, armor.
0% chance to be seen at outset of game.
0% chance to be seen at outset of game if independent.
Not always seen even if terrain has been seen.
Occupants not seen even if unit has been seen.
Can see units up to 2 cells away.
Material Handling:
oil, 30 storage (30 at start of game), 5 basic consumption, needs 1 to move
planes (none)
Fate if side loses: 100% chance to vanish.
AI Attributes:
Requires >= 30 accessible, liquid cells to build naval units.
Requests a total wartime garrison of 1 units.
Range within which enemies will cause an alert is 6.
Basic tactical computation range is 12.
Table of Contents
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The blizzard warning that was set to go into effect at 8 a.m. has been pushed back to 10 a.m.
At 6:15 a.m., the National Weather Service was reporting wind speeds of 26 mph, making the 28 degree temperature feel like 14. The NWS's winter weather message says the Eastern Plains could get gusts up to 40 mph this morning, and it's not going to get any warmer -- the noon temperature is supposed to be about 26, then it will fall to around 9. Wind chills may be as low as -10.
However, the snow is not yet falling.
The warning, which covers Logan, Washington, Sedgwick and Phillips counties as well as parts of Elbert, Douglas and Lincoln counties, was delayed because the storm has been slower to arrive than anticipated.
It is still set to expire at 8 p.m. tonight.
CDOT Winter Travel Resources
Information, alerts and tips for winter travel from the Colorado Department of Transportation
• www.cotrip.org: Information about real-time road conditions, highway closures, average speeds, photos, live cameras streaming traffic, trucking information, and more.
• 5-1-1: From anywhere in the state, motorists can call 5-1-1 to listen to recorded information about road conditions, projected trip travel times, trucker information. The call is free and the recordings are changed at minimum once an hour, and oftentimes more frequently as conditions change.
• Free email/text alerts available at www.coloradodot.info: Simply click on the green cell phone icon in the upper right hand corner of the page and choose from a list of subscription options. Selections can be changed at any time, and include regional information, road condition updates, trucker chain law information, CDOT news, construction project information, and more. Standard text messaging rates do apply.
• CDOT Mobile App: Available on Droids and iPhones, text "CDOT" to 25827 or download "CDOT Mobile" from your App Store. Offers information about conditions on I-70 (more highways coming soon), travel times, road closures, nearby attractions, etc.
• Twitter: Follow @coloradodot for traveler information and other CDOT news. You can also ask us a question, read what others have asked us, and give us feedback. More than 16,000 motorists already follow CDOT.
• Facebook: "Like" CDOT at www.facebook.com/coloradodot. Major updates regarding traveler information and other CDOT news are posted regularly, as well as photos, safe winter driving tips, and other relevant information. CDOT also responds to posts and questions every day.
• Winter Driving Website: Visit www.coloradodot.info/travel/winter-driving to get information about what to keep in your vehicle during the winter, how to safely pass a snow plow, commercial vehicle requirements, seasonal closures, snow removal, avalanche control, and so forth.
The NWS is now calling for snow to develop in the warning area in the mid-morning hours and continue through this afternoon. The heaviest snowfall will occur in late morning through midafternoon, the NWS predicts. The warning calls for 3 to 7 inches to fall by sunset.
The wind that is already buffeting the area will continue, with speeds of 25 to 40 mph out of the north and even stronger gusts, causing blowing snow that may reduce visibility to less than a quarter mile in much of the region.
The storm will create winter driving conditions that may lead to road closures, including Interstate 76. "Travel may be difficult area-wide during the morning hours," the warning states.
The NWS advises those who must travel to take a winter survival kit with them and stay in their vehicle if they become stranded.


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Congressman Conaway stops in Sweetwater
Congressman Mike Conaway made a pit stop in Sweetwater on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 for a lunchtime meeting with local community leaders at the Sweetwater Country Club.The Republican representative of the 11th Congressional District of Texas led the discussion about several of the happenings in Washington as well as issues which affect local voters.Among the Congressman's agenda were in regards to the debt ceiling and what led to the decisions, in which he later discussed the communication between the parties -- which was somewhat drawn out by various media outlets. Several advantages to the solution were that taxes were not raised and that a five month time period was given before continued work on the balanced budget amendment. However, though the cap that was implemented has almost been reduced to a reasonable percentage, Conaway expressed concern that the steps taken would probably be changed by future Congressmen, yet also stressed the importance of resolving future problems of any kind through the use of multi-generational solutions.In addition, Conaway offered his perspective on the recent credit rating downgrade given to the US by Standard & Poor's (S&P), simply stating that while those in office do agree with the facts that have been presented, they do not like the message given to America by S&P.At that time, the congressman opened the floor for discussion. Several issues brought up were in regards to local matters, such as the future of the community banking and the effects on agriculture following the budget cuts. Other concerns which have both state-wide and national impacts presented by the audience were on the health care issue and of agencies from both state and federal levels to examine their budgets in order to make cuts. Conaway used his experience as a fundraiser with the United Way to explain that shedding costs can sometimes result in better efficiency.National affairs were also explored during the meeting, including the possibility of a national sales tax and ways to keep funding as well as jobs within the States. The national sales tax initiative, according to Conaway, would need broad support which would start by informing everyone on all the facts. Funding outside of the US is continually being examined, while cheaper labor costs play a part in moving and keeping jobs in other countries.Before the meeting's end, Conaway expressed his thanks to those in attendance, several of whom thanked Conaway for his work during the open discussion. While the nation has faced continuous and seemingly mounting problems, said Conaway, now is the time to draw strength from the American heritage to heal the national wounds which would prove to be a messy and timely ordeal, but would be possible to carry out.


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Glasha, someone wearing such an elegant tuxedo like you is always very special. But on top of your serious good looks you have the sweetest purrsonality and that's why all your humans and even your kitty family loves you even more. You seem to live in a wonderful area with plenty access to nature and we hope it is not all under the snow these days.
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"As North American rail companies continually expand their networks, our customers are looking for world class head hardened rail to enable more tonnage to travel over their lines at a lower total cost," said Pavel Tatyanin, senior vice president, head of international business at Evraz. "Our Pueblo facility is ideally suited to help fill this need, both in terms of its geographic location as well as the manufacturing expertise of our local team."
The investment is scheduled to be complete by the first quarter of 2013 and will increase the mill's total capacity by 10 percent, to almost 525,000 metric tons (1,157,426 lbs.) of premium rail annually. Improvements will be made in head hardening, quality and straightness and the facility's labs will be upgraded to increase the rate of product development. EVRAZ will continue to supply steel for the rail facility from its adjacent steel mill, which recently received a permit to expand production capacity.


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Enable Emoji Icons for Free
Ever since the release of firmware 2.1 for the iPhone, users had to resort to a slew of different hacks and methods (done through jailbreak apps or the importing 27 contacts trick) in order to enable the very popular Emoji icons found on Japanese iPhones. Now a simple search of 'emoji' at the App Store will reveal three apps that will do the dirty work for you and enable these funky icons. While two are currently $0.99 apps (Touch Dial Emoji and Typing Genius – Free Emoji), Spell Number – Emoji For Free can be downloaded for free. After installing Spell Number, go here to see simple instructions on how to activate your Emojis. This is probably the easiest (and cheapest) way to go if you want to add some flavor to your iPhone messages.


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A Moment of Churlishness
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Stalking Scalia
Ronald Cass is the former dean of Boston University Law School. In a powerful column for RealClearPolitics today he writes regarding the media assault on Justice Scalia: The game now is to find a way of making it seem that Scalia's personal life and conduct commit him to positions on important legal issues in a way that interferes with his ability to decide matters impartially – not because Scalia has »
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Embedded Applications
Intel AMT is designed with a complete set of management functions to meet deployment needs. Let us take a closer look at just four key enabling features of Intel AMT of particular importance to Point-of-Sale as well as to other mission-critical embedded applications.
Out of Band Management
Prior to Intel AMT, remote management depended on the operating system as well as having a remote management software agent up and running on the client. If the operating system (OS) was locked up, then the software agent was prevented from working and the remote management capability was lost. Intel AMT provides a completely separate hardware subsystem that runs a dedicated TCP/IP stack and thus creates an "out-of-band" management communication channel. This capability makes it possible to inspect inbound/outbound packets before the OS has visibility to them. Effectively what you end up with is two logical network connections (one in-band, one out-of-band) using one physical RJ45 networking connector. This allows Intel AMT to offer a substantial number of management tasks that can significantly improve uptime and reduce maintenance costs. As illustrated in Figure 2, having a completely independent communication channel also allows for remote management functions to take place effectively 100 percent of the time and without regard to the state of the OS, such that blue screens and even powered down systems are still accessible by the help desk or IT personnel. Maintaining connectivity enables support personnel to more rapidly and accurately diagnose the failure condition, which in turn reduces the number of physical support visits.
Serial-over-LAN Redirection Capability
One of the key features of Intel AMT is its support for Serial-over-LAN redirection. Serial-over-LAN (SOL) is a mechanism that allows the input and output of the serial port of the client system to be redirected using Internet Protocol (IP) to other computers on the network, in this case, the remote management server(s). With Serial-over-LAN, the POS client's text-based display output could be redirected to the remote management console. This allows the help desk see the remote client's Power On Self Test (POST) sequence or navigate and control the client's BIOS settings.
IDE Redirection Capability
IDE Redirection (IDER) allows an administrator to redirect the client's IDE interface to boot from an image, floppy, or CD device located in or accessible by the remote management server. Once an IDER session is established, the managed client can use the server device as if it were directly attached to one of its own IDE channels. Intel AMT registers the remote device as a virtual IDE device on the client. This can be useful for remotely booting an otherwise unresponsive computer. A failing client, for example, could be forced to boot from a diagnostic image anywhere on the network. The administrator could then take action and perform any operation, ranging from a basic boot sector repair to a complete reformatting of the client disk thereby restoring the client back to a working state.
Both SOL and IDER may be used together.
Is Intel AMT secure? This is an important question that is often asked in the early stages of Intel AMT evaluation, especially for organizations handling personal information or financial transactions. This is the case with many embedded systems such as ATMs and point-of-sale workstations. Intel AMT integrates comprehensive security measures to provide end-to-end data integrity, both within the client as well as between the client and the remote management server(s). IT administrators can optionally encrypt all traffic between the management console and the Intel AMT clients. This encryption is based on standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption protocols that are the same technologies used today on secure Web transactions. Each major component of the Intel AMT framework is protected.
Only firmware images approved by Intel can run on the Intel AMT subsystem hardware. The signing method for the flash code is based on public/private key cryptography. The Intel AMT firmware images are encrypted using a firmware signing key (FWSK) pair. When the system powers up, a secure boot sequence is accomplished by means of the Intel ME boot ROM verifying that the public FWSK on flash is valid, based on the hash value in ROM. If successful, the system continues to boot from flash code.
Network security is provided by the industry standard SOAP/HTTPS protocol, which is the same communication security employed by leading e-commerce and financial institutions. They cannot be changed.
Intel AMT supports 802.1x network access security. This allows Intel AMT to function in network environments requiring this higher level of access protection. This capability exists on both the Intel AMT-capable wired and wireless LAN interfaces.
Available authentication methods include:
- Transport Layer Security (TLS)
- Tunneled Transport Layer Security (TTLS)
- Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (MS-CHAP v2)
- Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP)
- Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
- Generic Token Card (GTC)
- Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling (FAST)
Intel AMT also supports combination of authentication methods such as EAPFAST TLS, PEAP MS-CHAP v2, EAPFAST MS-CHAP v2, EAP GTC, and EAPFAST GTC.
These key attributes of Intel AMT can be utilized and designed into embedded platforms to enhance the product's reliability, manageability, and serviceability.


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TINY male fairy-wrens channel crooner Barry White when trying to woo a mate with their song, researchers have found.
The lower a male fairy-wren can sing the more appealing he is to females, as a deep tweet tells prospective mates that he is a large, desirable bird. A low pitch also sends a message to rivals to steer clear.
It's the first time scientists have shown song pitch is an indicator of body size in song birds.
''We essentially asked how low can they go,'' said Michelle Hall from Melbourne University's zoology department. ''And we found that that depends on their body size.''
Size is important in the animal world, as larger males often come out on top in fights and bigger males are more attractive to females. But male purple-crowned fairy-wrens rarely fight and instead defend their territory, which can stretch up to 300 metres, with song.
To establish the role, a low pitch is played in song. Dr Hall studied more than 400 songs recorded from 45 adult male purple-crowned fairy-wrens at the Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley.
''I focused on the lower end of the frequency range to see how low each individual could go because the theory is that low-pitch sounds are constrained by body size,'' she said.
The pitch was then compared with the length of each bird's tarsus, the leg bone between the knee and foot which is considered an indicator of skeletal size.
''There was a correlation between the length of that leg bone and the pitch of the low songs,'' she said.
Dr Hall said studies had shown that frogs did a similar thing, with their croak being an indicator of body size. However this is the first time the relationship between pitch and body size has been shown in birds.
''This is also relevant to people as well,'' she said. ''Researchers have shown that men will deepen the pitch of their voice when they are speaking to a woman they find attractive. But it's that lowest pitch that tells you about body size because you can't bluff that.''
Listed as nationally vulnerable due to habitat loss, purple-crowned fairy-wrens are creek-dwelling birds from northern Australia. The research has been published in the journal Plos One.


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The following is several tragic events that led up to the homicide of my beloved daughter, Leonor Bridgette Beltran. This is a tragedy that no woman should ever have to endure, but countless women do. This part of my life was filled with deceit, grim details and horrific events; yet later it proved to be filled with a sense of promise and aspiration. My husband and I met in 8th grade and had become teenage sweethearts two years later. When I was sixteen years old I gave birth to our first daughter and soon followed her five sisters. The next several years proved to be the struggle of our lives. I was 22 years old and my husband was 24, we were married, we had six daughters age five and under, a mortgage payment, he worked full-time; I worked part-time, and went to school fulltime. One of the biggest mistakes we had ever made was to stop going to church. That was the beginning of the destruction of my family. I was extremely busy and the absent of me from home and the extra burden on my husband became over barring for us, since we no longer had the Lord in our lives. Our romantic evenings of laughing, cuddling, having fun together turned into arguing over the simplest of things. Arguing led to blaming and resenting each other. My husband and I separated and my children were left with no father at home.
I've found myself to be misguided, confused, and in despair when I became pregnant with another man's (childhood friend) baby during my separation from my husband. We later reconciled when I was four months pregnant and my husband planned to raise the baby. The biological father did not agree with that scenario and refused to sign any adoption papers. I would talk to my daughter and tell her "mama is going to make it all better." I would rub my stomach at night when no one watched and say "I love you darling." I was so desperate to have my family back together. I was eager for my six daughters to be happy again. I love them dearly and with my warped, Godless, thinking at the time, I was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for them. Legally kill their sister, so they could have a happy family again with no reminder of the dreadful past. I couldn't have been more wrong.
My entire being was overcome by terror, and I felt deep anguish in the core of my soul when I ended the life of my own child for the sake of convenience. I was mortified and shocked when I felt my child kick and turn very hastily, as the abortionist administered the drug in my belly. I was inconsolable the entire time at the clinic and didn't have the strength to engage even in simple conversation with the staff. It was difficult to comprehend anything around me. I went to the Labor and Delivery department at a local hospital immediately after (approximately two hours later) they administered the lethal dose to my child. I arrived at the hospital grasping on the slim chance they could save my daughter, but there was nothing the doctors could do. The affects of the medicine were irreversible. I was told that the healthy beating heart I heard over the monitor would soon be destroyed by the medication. The next day after several hours in labor, I delivered an angel named Leonor Bridgette Beltran. I stroked her face and repeatedly asked her for forgiveness. My husband and I, along with my parents and other family members, were able to cradle her in our arms and spend the last moments with her before the nurse walked her small, helpless, now cold and lifeless body out of the room. My family and the biological father's family were left with the daunting task of planning her funeral. That moment I made a commitment to our Lord to devote my life to protect the sanctity of life, and help minimize or eliminate the victims of abortion. I want to help women, so they don't feel the damage, humiliation, and hopelessness one feels after an abortion.
I am compelled to tell "Leonor's Story" to protect America's children and their mothers, fathers, and siblings. I've grief stricken countless people with the "choice" I've made. I've robbed my seven children of a sister that they could have played with, fed and helped nurture. I've robbed three sets of grandparents of a granddaughter; I robbed future generations from ever existing because I destroyed the life of my daughter and her future children and their children and so on. Woman truly deserve better than abortion. My daughter forgives me, my family forgives me, the Lord forgives me, and I forgive myself. I dedicated the rest of my existence to fight this life and death war. This is why I am…..Silent No More.


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The Navy's new P-8 anti-submarine warfare and maritime surveillance aircraft under development suffers from a variety of radar and communications systems problems that could seriously degrade operational effectiveness, the Pentagon's operational test organization reported to Congress yesterday.
Developmental test results revealed that the P-8 has image quality problems with its synthetic aperture radar used to track surface targets. Also, its electronic warfare system does not reliably collect and identify signals from hostile radars, the report said.
The P-8's common data link has deficiencies that prevent reliable transmission of radar and infrared imagery intelligence to operational users. Additionally, ineffective voice satellite communications systems "prevent transmission and receipt of mission critical information," the report said.
Boeing has a contract to develop the P-8 based on its commercial 737 twin-jet aircraft. The Navy plans to buy 122 of them at an estimated cost of $34 billion.
The Navy plans to use a tracking system on the aircraft to search for and locate enemy submarines. The system, known as the Multi-static Active Coherent System, is under development by Lockheed Martin Corp. But the service has deferred its installation until at least 2014 due to problems identified in tests, the report said.
The P-8 drops sonobuoys on the surface of the ocean to locate submarines by listening for acoustic signatures. Information collected by the buoys is then transmitted to the aircraft. A separate section of the test report revealed that onboard software designed to determine the geographic position of the buoys could not accurately do so, the report disclosed.
The test report also revealed that a drone system designed to work in conjunction with the P-8, the Northrop Grumman MQ 4-C, experienced stability problems with its flight control software, which caused a "significant test schedule delay" from May 2012 to at least this month. The Navy plans to buy 65 MQ-4Cs equipped with radar and electro-optical systems to track maritime targets at a cost of $9 billion.
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Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has urged Israel and Palestine to exercise restraint as violence in the region continues to escalate.
Senator Carr made the statements while visiting Wollongong this morning.
He attended a reception at the Macedonian Community Centre, followed by ''roundtable discussions'' with Wollongong City councillors and community representatives.
Israeli forces have launched an offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and reportedly struck more than 100 targets, while Gaza militants have launched rocket and mortar attacks against Israel.
''We call for restraint from both sides,'' Senator Carr said this morning.
''We want an end to those rocket attacks. No nation is going to put up with rocket or mortar attacks on its own population, but restraint from both sides is what's required now and an avoidance of civilian casualties.
''All this highlights again the need for that ultimate resolution in the Middle East which is a two state solution. A Palestinian state side-by-side with Israel and security guarantees for Israel.
''We all now how it's going to happen. We all know it's got to happen. We know the border. We know the lines. The deal is so close yet it continues to be so elusive.''
Senator Carr expressed a ''deep concern'' about civilian casualties in the conflict and emphasised the need for a resumption of the peace process.
''In the end its got to be the leadership of Palestine and the leadership of Israel who opt to go to the negotiating table and lay out the map and settle on the details of that resolution,'' he said.
Mr Carr said he planned to call the Australian ambassador in Tel Aviv to ensure Australian staff were safe.
''They've had to take shelter as reports of rocket attacks at Tel Aviv have gained currency. I want to make sure that our staff in Tel Aviv are safe and confirm that anything we can do for them has been done.''
He said Australians would be ''very ill-advised'' to go to Gaza.
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descubes writes "Tao Presentations is a 3D presentation tool based on a 3D dynamic document description language. This makes it very easy for developers to create their own 3D shows, illustrate talks in an innovative way, even build small interactive 3D applications. An example included in the latest release grabs RSS feeds from a variety of sources (including Slashdot) and turns them into a 3D scene, all in real-time and in about 120 lines of code. It fetches the pictures directly from the web site and maps them on 3D shapes. And this is only a starting point. Tao Presentations can display 3D objects, drive the majority of 3D displays (including glasses-free 3D displays from Alioscopy, Philips or Tridelity), use GLSL shaders for advanced effects, and much more. Tao Presentations is free (as in beer), and the document description language is based on the free (as in speech) XL programming language."


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Join Mercury league writers Tim Barrow and Adam Pengilly for their NRL preview video Kick-Off.
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An interesting discussion is currently raging through the world of computing, or more accurately, through the world of bloggers and analysts. It basically comes down to this: should the iPad be included in laptop and desktop sales figures? If it is included - Apple becomes the largest PC manufacturer in the United States. But, if the iPad should be included - why not the modern smartphone?
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RE[3]: I have an iPad, and it's not a PC
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He said he wanted to write his own code on the iPad itself. I imagine he doesn't want to be bothered with writing code and constantly transferring the binaries just to test it out. Sure, dev kits usually come with emulators, but you need to perform real-world tests on the device itself since emulators don't provide the same experience as using the actual device.
You switch your build target to the device (plugged in through usb) hit build and run it on the device... It is very, very simple - you don't even need to bother with the emulator if you don't want to (I generally don't). Hell if you jailbreak it you don't even need to have a developer certificate...


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Kettle can't hold late leadThe Chewelah Cougars broke into the win column last Friday night with a come from behind 13-12 victory over Northeast A League rival, Kettle Falls. While the Cougars didn't play their best game, they did enough on both sides of the ball to earn their first win of the season. That was good enough for head coach Jim Fisk, whose mostly inexperienced team has struggled this fall. "I would have liked to see us play better, but I can't complain," Fisk said. "Offensively, we did what we had to do--that's what counts." On offense, quarterback Blake Owens may have had something of a coming out party, throwing second half touchdown passes to Scott Stumpf and Mason Miller. Owens was 13 for 23 for 161 yards. "Blake did well," Fisk said. "He did what he needed to do to win the game." McKern has big night for BulldogsOn defense, the Cougars did just enough to contain Kettle Falls' senior running back and quarterback Connor McKern (119 yards on 25 carries and one touchdown). "When we stopped up their Power I and they went to their Pistol and Option, we did a good job adjusting defensively to something they hadn't shown before," said Fisk.


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Stanford Alan Lewis, 29, currently an inmate in an Arizona prison, convicted in 2012 of raping a young girl, was charged in Missoula Justice Court Monday for raping the same girl in 2004 while living in Missoula.
According to court documents, Deputy Missoula County Attorney Patty Bower alleges that a young girl, identified as Jane Doe, her sister and her sister's husband were staying in the basement of a friend's home in Missoula. The young girl, who was six or seven years old at the time, usually slept between the two adults in the same bed. One night, the child awoke and was in pain because she said the man, identified as Lewis, had raped her.
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