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162: Angular Momentum
|Angular Momentum
Title text: With reasonable assumptions about latitude and body shape, how much time might she gain them? Note: whatever the answer, sunrise always comes too soon. (Also, is it worth it if she throws up?)
Angular momentum is the force upon an object having a certain velocity while spinning. You may remember the certain strain when a spinning yoyo returned into your hand, giving it that much "slip" to discomfort you. The energy of that momentum does that. Angular momentum is also forced upon the Earth, as it is spinning 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This 24/7 rotation enables us to have a clock. We say that the Earth is running "clockwise".
In the comic, Megan tries to work against this (massive) energy. She is spinning counter-clockwise, thus generating energy to stop the Earth from moving. It is obvious that she (as one human being) will not succeed in stopping the Earth getting its cycle, let alone she generates "clockwise" energy from the other half of her spin. But the romance part is also obvious. After all, who wouldn't want to be longer with the one they truly love?
Randall states the obvious in the title text: while not being able to reverse time, enjoy your night time. Sunrise comes too early.
[Cueball sits on his bed, looking at Megan who is spinning. It is night.]
- Cueball: What are you doing?
- Megan: Spinning counterclockwise
- Each turn robs the planet of angular momentum
- Slowing its spin by the tiniest bit
- Lengthening the night, pushing back the dawn
- Giving me a little more time here
- Slowing its spin by the tiniest bit
- With you
- Each turn robs the planet of angular momentum
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The issue date is not given, as i don't have a clue about it. Could someone fix this? Rikthoff (talk) 19:30, 3 August 2012 (EDT)
- When the page was updated to the new comic template by User:Bpothier he fixed the date. lcarsos (talk) 20:48, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
That actually is a neat physics puzzle, which has probably (i.e. certainly) been addressed somewhere on the net. I may incorporate that some day. --Quicksilver (talk) 05:58, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
I tried to calculate the change in Earth's period, assuming that she was standing in the north pole (latitude = 90º N), where her spinning would have more effect. I either did something wrong, or my TI-84 Plus is not capable of detecting the very small effect her spinning would have on the Earth's rotation. I assumed the Earth had a period of exactly 24 hours, and got the same value to the second, even if she was spinning at 1000 turns per second, which seems like a lot.
Here's the formula:
L_Earth_i = L_Earth_f + L_spinner <=>
I_Earth * (2*PI)/T_Earth_i = I_Earth * (2*PI)/T_Earth_f + I_spinner* (2*PI) * f_spinner <=>
(1/T_Earth_f) = (1/T_Earth_i) - (I_spinner/I_Earth)*f_spinner <=>
T_Earth_f = 1/((1/T_Earth_i) - (I_spinner/I_Earth)*f_spinner)
Where the variables have names in the format:
[variable name]_[object it refers to]_[situation (i or f stand for initial and final)]
L = Angular Moment
I = Moment of Inertia
T = Period of rotation about one's axis
f = frequency
I used as values:
T_Earth_i = 86400 seconds (24 hours exactly)
I_spinner = 62,04 Kg.m^2 (Found on Wolfram|Alpha, for a 62Kg adult human being)
I_Earth = 8,03e+37 Kg.m^2 (http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/MomentofInertiaEarth.html)
f_spinner = the frequency of the woman's spinning in complete turns per second. 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Taking that a bit further, the relative decrease is:
(T_Earth_f - T_Earth_i)/T_Earth_i = 1 / (I_Earth/(I_spinner*T_Earth_i*f_spinner) - 1) = 1 / ( 1.5 e+28 - 1) ~= 67 e-30
- Fwiw, the absolute value is 5.767 yocto-seconds. If the entire world population would spin at that 1000 turns per second (and at favourable locations as in your assumptions), the effect will still be a measly 0.041 pico-seconds. So T_Earth_f = 86 399.999 999 999 999 958 ... But the TI-84 only has about 14 digits precision, i believe, so even that won't show up. -- 22.214.171.124 22:46, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
Is it possible for someone to write an equation that factors in latitude (and, if relevant, longitude) that we could plug our locations into and get a value from? That would be awesome. Thanks. 188.8.131.52 02:48, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
The visual style and theme of this comic is clearly referencing the 'Spinning Ballerina Optical Illusion' (evidenced by the grey-to-white gradient 'glow', as well as her arm and leg positions). 184.108.40.206 03:03, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
The 'Spinning Ballerina' optical illusion does not apply here, Megan clearly stated that she was spinning 'counterclockwise' and due to the fact that she is drawn with hair (not a silhouette) lets you know where she is facing. Therefore the bent leg on the right of the image is her left leg. Plus there aren't many ways to draw a stick figure 'spinning'. Now if it were Cueball doing the spinning THEN I would agree with you because there would not be a reference point to make any type of judgement and therefore a point could be made that could be a reference Randall was trying to make. Nexxuz (talk)
The momentum of Megan is in fact one order of magnitude smaller than what appeared in above calculation, so the dilation effect is still smaller.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=moment+of+inertia+of+solid+cylinder+for+a%3D0.25m%2Cmass%3D62kg 18.104.22.168 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
After reading this comics, I got one question. I thought one cant change the total momentum of a closed system of bodies. I mean, from the point of view outside of Earth, she would be spinning, but the momentum which Megan, or whatever her name is, gained in counter-clock-wise direction would also show in Earth clock-wise direction (positively). Basically I am referring to a situation of a man walking on a boat. (the boat moves, the man moves, but the position man-lake is still the same). So I figured it should be in this way. She spins, yeah, but the Earth now spins in opposite direction a little more, so in the end it is still the same. Now, she could totally delay time by approaching light speed as she spins, which would be weird though as her head (closer to rotational axis) would have smaller velocity than her hands (and thus faster time flow) resulting in, hmm, her body parts getting lost in time? 18.104.22.168 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- The total angular momentum cannot be altered from inside the closed system, but it can be distributed differently among the different bodies. This means that the angular speed of the Earth will be actually reduced, but only of a fixed value (proportional to Megan's angular speed) and only as long as Megan spins. It will revert to its original value when Megan stops spinning. Alexxx (talk) 23:24, 6 December 2015 (UTC) 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- The total angular momentum is not changed, but while Megan is spinning the Earth is rotating slower. When she stops spinning, the Earth resumes it's previous spin rate, but not in the same position, and therefore dawn comes later.
- You can compare with the man on the boat situation. If a man walks forward in the boat, the boat moves backward; when the man stops, the boat stops, too, but it is not in the same position it was at the beginning.--Pere prlpz (talk) 17:29, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Wouldn't she have to be spinning at the Geographic North Pole to have any effect? As it is she's spinning with her axis of rotation at some angle (depending on latitude ) to the Earth's axis of rotation so she's not having much of any effect at all. 18.104.22.168 10:15, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
- The effect is stronger in the North Pole, but in temperate latidudes it's still strong. In fact, it's proportional to sine of latitude. Therefore, if the comic is set in Boston (where I think Randall lives), it's just a 33% weaker than in the Pole (sin(42º)=0,67).
- Furthermore, out of the Pole, Megan's spin will slightly change the Earth's rotation axis, but this will have little effect on the time of dawn.--Pere prlpz (talk) 17:22, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Is she spinning counter clockwise when viewed from below or above? (Up spin or down spin?) 22.214.171.124 06:35, 24 June 2015 (UTC)


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After nearly 15 years of constant ThinkPad ownership (600E, T43p, T420; I still own the T43p and T420 and both still work like a charm), I bought myself an ASUS ZenBook UX305LA now. A Core i7 with Full HD resolution, 8 GB RAM and a 256 GB SSD for a little less than 1100 EUR seemed like a way better deal than a comparable ThinkPad X250 for double the price. After using it for a few hours now with Ubuntu 14.04, here my first impressions:
It's slim and light (although it weighs a little more than 1300g, not a little less than 1200g as advertised). The body feels a little less stable than my Thinkpad ones. I looks like metal, but it feels like plastic, so I guess unlike advertised, the material IS plastic. The keyboard is crap compared to Thinkpad keyboards. Both feel and layout suck:
Ubuntu installed without significants problems. Everything works out of the box except these:
Speaking of the touchpad, that kind of sucks too: It's very big and very close to the keyboard, so very often, I accidently touch it while typing, which repositions the cursor and boom... I fixed that with some xinput magic.
It boots very fast and wakes up from suspend very fast. The speed is comparable to a Chromebook, which surprised me a lot. When on battery, I reports between 10 and 8 hours remaining during normal usage (Chrome, Thunderbird, Emacs and some terminals which is not the claimed 12 hours, but way more than my Thinkpad does. The battery can't be replaced by the owner, which is on the one hand a pitty on the other hand, I guess the keyboard will live shorter than the battery considering my keystroke speed and hardness.
After waiting years for my ISP to introduce native IPv6 to his clients, which still hasn't happened, I decided to enable IPv6 in my home LAN via Hurricane Electric's Tunnel Broker service. The setup was quite easy:
First, I registered for their service, which only took a few minutes and then registered a new "regular" tunnel. HE offers you a number of tunnel endpoints in several countries on three continents and you should pay attention to choose the one with the lowest latency to your v4 IP (they offer a check for this).
After you successfully registered your tunnel, the party begins. You are now able to set up the tunnel on your Debian/Ubuntu/Voyage Linux router (you get all the information you need from the tunnel details page at Tunnelbroker). To add the tunnel to your config, add
auto hev6tunnel iface hev6tunnel inet6 v4tunnel # this is the amsterdam endpoint. change it to your endpoint endpoint 188.8.131.52 # beware, you get assigned two prefixes from HE, a tunnel prefix and a route prefix address 2001:your:tunnel:prefix::2 netmask 64 # this makes traceroute work ttl 255 up ip -6 route add default dev hev6tunnel down ip -6 route del default dev hev6tunnel
to your /etc/network/interfaces. If you now ifup hev6tunnel your IPv6 tunnel, you should already be able to ping IPv6 destinations:
ping6 ipv6.google.com -n -c 3 PING ipv6.google.com(2a00:1450:4016:800::1010) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 2a00:1450:4016:800::1010: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=33.6 ms 64 bytes from 2a00:1450:4016:800::1010: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=33.3 ms 64 bytes from 2a00:1450:4016:800::1010: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=34.1 ms --- ipv6.google.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2004ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 33.326/33.708/34.110/0.320 ms
If it doesn't work, you may have to register your tunnel endpoint at HE: curl "https://ipv4.tunnelbroker.net/nic/update?username=youruser&password=yourpassword&hostname=yourtunnelid". To persist this, you should add the call to your PPP interface configuration:
auto dsl-provider iface dsl-provider inet ppp pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up provider dsl-provider post-up curl "https://ipv4.tunnelbroker.net/nic/update?username=youruser&password=yourpassword&hostname=yourtunnelid"
Before bringing up the route to your LAN, it's time to configure your firewall. IPv6 doesn't know NAT, instead all your clients get assigned a routed IP. So to let your experiment not end in a disaster, you should filter all traffic before enabling the routed network. The easiest way is to get Fabio Baltieri's IPv6 Firewall, change WAN to hev6tunnel and adjust LAN and WLAN to whatever matches your configuration.
After that you extend your tunnel config to look like this:
auto hev6tunnel iface hev6tunnel inet6 v4tunnel endpoint 126.96.36.199 # this is the amsterdam endpoint. change it to your endpoint address 2001:your:tunnel:prefix::2 # beware, you get assigned two prefixes from HE, a tunnel prefix and a route prefix netmask 64 up ip -6 route add default dev hev6tunnel up ip -6 addr add 2001:your:tunnel:prefix::1/64 dev eth1 # beware, you get assigned two prefixes from HE, a tunnel prefix and a route prefix down ip -6 route del default dev hev6tunnel down ip -6 addr del 2001:your:tunnel:prefix::1/64 dev eth1 # beware, you get assigned two prefixes from HE, a tunnel prefix and a route prefix post-up /etc/init.d/rc.firewall6 start post-down /etc/init.d/rc.firewall6 stop
You can check if it works by bringing the tunnel down and back up again: ifdown hev6tunnel; ifup hev6tunnel. The output of ip6tables -L -n should look similar to this:
Chain INPUT (policy DROP) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all ::/0 ::/0 ACCEPT all ::/0 ::/0 ACCEPT tcp ::/0 ::/0 tcp dpt:22 ACCEPT icmpv6 ::/0 ::/0 ACCEPT all ::/0 ::/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED Chain FORWARD (policy DROP) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all ::/0 ::/0 ACCEPT tcp ::/0 ::/0 tcp dpt:22 ACCEPT icmpv6 ::/0 ::/0 ACCEPT all ::/0 ::/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination
Now you are ready to enable the routed network without harming your unpatched computers, smartphones and tablets. To do this, enable your routed prefix on your internal network interface:
iface eth1 inet6 static address 2001:your:route:prefix::2 netmask 64
ifdown eth1; ifup eth1 to enable it. To advertise the routes to your clients using NDP install radvd with apt-get install radvd and configure it in /etc/radvd.conf to advertise your route:
interface eth1 { AdvSendAdvert on; prefix 2001:your:route:prefix::2/64 { AdvOnLink on; AdvAutonomous on; }; };
A few seconds later, your clients should start bringing up IPv6 addresses on their interfaces. ifconfig | grep inet6 sould output something like this:
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host inet6 addr: 2001:your:route:prefix:your:local::address/64 Scope:Global inet6 addr: a::b:c:d:e/64 Scope:Link inet6 addr: 2001:your:route:prefix:your:temporary:local:address/64 Scope:Global
To get to know what this temporary addresses are, please read about the IPv6 Privacy Extension.
Now you should be able to ping IPv6 destinations from your local machine:
ping6 ipv6.google.com -n -c 3 PING ipv6.google.com(2a00:1450:4016:801::1010) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 2a00:1450:4016:801::1010: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=31.9 ms 64 bytes from 2a00:1450:4016:801::1010: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=31.3 ms 64 bytes from 2a00:1450:4016:801::1010: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=32.5 ms --- ipv6.google.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 31.361/31.955/32.539/0.502 ms
If this also works, you should see the dancing turtle, be able to SSH to your local machine from some remote location etc.
Normally your tunnelled IPv6 connection should not have much less bandwidth than your native IPv4 connection, which you can check for example on http://ipv6-test.com/speedtest/. If you do, you should try lowering the MTU in our tunnel's advanced configuration settings on the Tunnel Broker website.
People were asking me, why I didn't extend my delegation to a /48 and stay with the default /64. Well, the /64 allows me to put 56759212534490928 devices per cubic metre in my flat which should be enough for now).
Most ALIX system boards come with onboard i2c temperature sensors. Nagios Plugins come with a check_sensors command.
However, the default lm-sensors configuration that ships with most distributions doesn't know about the ALIX sensors and the default Nagios plugin doesn't report performance data.
Once lm-sensors is installed and you run sensors-detect, the sensors command will output something like this:
root@bnalrr01:~# sensors lm86-i2c-0-4c Adapter: CS5536 ACB0 temp1: +30.0 C (low = +0.0 C, high = +70.0 C) (crit = +85.0 C, hyst = +75.0 C) temp2: +36.9 C (low = +0.0 C, high = +70.0 C) (crit = +85.0 C, hyst = +75.0 C)
And the check_sensors probe would output something like this:
root@bnalrr01:~# ./check_sensors sensor ok
To make the senors output more verbose, add this to your /etc/sensors3.conf:
chip "lm90-*" "adm1032-*" "lm86-*" "max6657-*" "adt7461-*" label temp1 "M/B Temp" label temp2 "CPU Temp" label tcrit1 "M/B Crit" label tcrit2 "CPU Crit"
Now the sensors command is a bit more verbose on the sensors:
root@bnalrr01:~# sensors lm86-i2c-0-4c Adapter: CS5536 ACB0 M/B Temp: +30.0 C (low = +0.0 C, high = +70.0 C) (crit = +85.0 C, hyst = +75.0 C) CPU Temp: +36.6 C (low = +0.0 C, high = +70.0 C) (crit = +85.0 C, hyst = +75.0 C)
To add performance data to the check_sensors probe, replace the content with
#! /bin/sh PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin PROGNAME=`basename $0` PROGPATH=`echo $0 | sed -e 's,[\\/][^\\/][^\\/]*$,,'` REVISION="1.4.15" . $PROGPATH/utils.sh print_usage() { echo "Usage: $PROGNAME" } print_help() { print_revision $PROGNAME $REVISION echo "" print_usage echo "" echo "This plugin checks hardware status using the lm_sensors package." echo "" support exit 0 } case "$1" in --help) print_help exit 0 ;; -h) print_help exit 0 ;; --version) print_revision $PROGNAME $REVISION exit 0 ;; -V) print_revision $PROGNAME $REVISION exit 0 ;; *) sensordata=`sensors 2>&1` CPUHEAT=`sensors -A | grep CPU | grep Temp | cut -c 15,16` MOBHEAT=`sensors -A | grep M/B | grep Temp | cut -c 15,16` PERFDATA="cpu_temp=$CPUHEAT;mob_heat=$MOBHEAT" status=$? if test "$1" = "-v" -o "$1" = "--verbose"; then echo ${sensordata} fi if test ${status} -eq 127; then echo "SENSORS UNKNOWN - command not found (did you install lmsensors?)" exit -1 elif test ${status} -ne 0 ; then echo "WARNING - sensors returned state $status |$PERFDATA" exit 1 fi if echo ${sensordata} | egrep ALARM > /dev/null; then echo "SENSOR CRITICAL - Sensor alarm detected! |$PERFDATA" exit 2 else echo "sensor ok |$PERFDATA" exit 0 fi ;; esac
Now it prints out performance data and can be graphed with pnp4nagios:
root@bnalrr01:~# ./check_temp_sensors sensor ok |cpu_temp=36;mob_heat=30
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When asked to review the new edition of Marc Deslisle's book Mastering phpMyAdmin 3.3.X for Effective MySQL Management, I said yes, as I already liked one of the previous editions a lot. Again I was surprised, how good the book is.
In addition to some rewritten chapters and parts, completely new aspects of phpMyAdmin are introduced compared to the 3.1 edition. This includes complete new chapters covering the new data and structure syncronization, replication features and change tracking features of phpMyAdmin 3.3.
Even if you already own a previous edition of this book, you should consider buying the new edition, as it has been improved in many different aspects.
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A unique fundraiser will soon be held to help a local DECA club attend a competition in California.
GRANBY — A unique fundraiser will soon be held to help a local DECA club attend a competition in California.
East Newton DECA will be hosting the fourth annual Mr. East Newton Pageant at 7 p.m. Friday, in the East Newton High School gym. The public is invited to attend this event.
"This is a fundraiser for students to attend International DECA Competition in Anaheim, Calif., in April," said Denise Stafford, advisor for the local club. "We will send five people to International DECA Contests in Anaheim. Those are: Rachel Stafford, Shelbey Thomlinson, Courtney Enslow, and CD Sullivan, plus myself."
Come watch your favorite junior or senior guys strut their stuff in the swimsuit, talent, and best-dressed competition.
"There are 12 guys who will participate," she said. "We have three judges, all women, who have specialized ballots who will judge the contestants."
Price for admission is $5 for adults, $2 students, and Pre-K and under-free.
There will also be an "Asian Dinner" beginning at 5:30-6:30 for $5 for all ages. They will be serving fried rice, crab rangoon, egg roll, dessert, and a drink. It will be first come, first serve.
"Hmong students and their families are preparing it," Stafford said, "DECA students and their parents will serve the food."
The club has held other fundraisers to raise the necessary money to send the students to the competition.
"We have lots to do to raise $6,000 for this trip," said Stafford.
As stated, this is the fourth annual event and Stafford said the response has been a "blast."
"It has been a blast in the past to watch," she said. "The crowd loves it and the guys, be it a little nervous to start with, love being a part of the contest. It is very successful."


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2014: Planetary Resources To Launch Their First Satellites 76
symbolset writes "Planetary Resources wants to mine asteroids for their sweet, sweet minerals and make a business of it. The sparky little company has been writ up here on Slashdot numerous times. With the backing of such billionaires as Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, James Cameron, and many others, and such luminaries as major NASA project managers, engineers and scientists, you have to think they might have a good shot at it. Recently they picked up a huge engineering, procurement and construction partner: Bechtel. Their operations are already cash-flow positive by selling tech invented to pursue their goals, so they're a legitimate business running lean and intending to make good. Yesterday they announced the plan to launch their first space missions — the Arkyd Series 100 LEO Space Telescopes — as soon as next year. Beginning in 2014 their satellites will be scanning the skies from Low Earth Orbit for lucrative rocks that happen to be heading our way, and incidentally doing for-pay work to keep the lights on. For a reasonable fee they'll sell you the right to retask one of these telescopes to take a picture of anything you want that it can see, for a fair price. The plan is to follow up with harvester craft to go get these asteroids, mulch them, and sell their bits for profit. Some talk has been made of selling what are uncommon terrestrial minerals like gold and platinum, refined on orbit and deorbited at great expense as a business plan, but frankly that's absurd. 'Extraterrestrial Asteroid Bits' ought to go for a higher price on the collector market than gold or platinum ever would, and the temporal preeminence should draw a premium price. 'This 69 mg specimen (769 of 10,000) was one of the first commercially harvested bits of asteroid returned to Earth. Lucite embedded for permanent display, with case. Certificate of authenticity included.'"


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Easter Egg Hunt - 3rd - 6th April 2015
The Rockwell is a few minutes walk from Kensington Palace, the historic Royal residence in Hyde Park. Over Easter weekend the palace will be teeming with children enjoying the Palace's annual Easter Egg hunt, which is a must for visiting parents and kids.
The hunt is included in the admission price. Kids go free but must be accompanied by an adult.
-See more at: Kensington Palace


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Submission + - Botched Repair Likely Cause of Combusting iPhone After Flight (itnews.com.au)
aesoteric writes: The combustion of an Apple iPhone 4 after a regional flight in Australia was likely caused by a botched repair of the handset by an unauthorised repairer, according to air safety investigators in the US and Australia. A small metal screw had been misplaced in the battery bay of the handset. The screw punctured the battery casing and causing an internal short circuit, causing the iPhone to emit dense smoke.


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At what age is a PSEO student no longer eligible for PSEO?
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Students are encouraged to use the Transferology website, which is an online tool that will help you view program requirements, course equivalencies, and see how courses you have taken or plan to take transfer to another college or university.
Students who plan to transfer Anoka Technical College courses to other institutions should consult with the transfer specialist at that school to determine transfer policies.
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The PSEO program is only in place for fall and spring semesters. Students who wish to take courses during the summer must pay for courses on their own.
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Illustrious game designer Ron Gilbert has fascinated audiences with classic adventure games like The Secret of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. He's really the father of adventure games, and has been kicking around the idea for The Cave for a while now. However, frustrating design decisions and a myriad of technical bugs mars The Cave's attempts to elicit old-school adventure game humor and style.
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A 17-year-old charged in the fatal stabbing of a fellow student on the day of their high school's prom is due back in court for a hearing on whether there's enough evidence to prosecute him.
Christopher Plaskon is scheduled to appear Wednesday in Milford superior court for the probable cause hearing. His attorney, Richard Meehan, declined to comment on whether Plaskon will go forward with the hearing. Probable cause hearings are required within 60 days of the filing of charges, unless the accused waives the time or the court grants an extension.
Plaskon is charged with murder in the death of Maren Sanchez, a friend who was stabbed in a hallway at Jonathan Law high school in Milford. The attack occurred hours before the school's junior prom, and police have been investigating whether it was related to Sanchez's refusal to be Plaskon's date.
Plaskon, who turned 17 last week, is being held on $3m bond at Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire, where he was placed at a hospital under suicide watch.
Meehan said last month that Plaskon was showing signs of an active psychosis. Meehan did not provide details of Plaskon's condition, but he did say the boy understands he's charged with murder and that Meehan is his attorney.
"I do believe he's sick," Meehan said, noting Plaskon had been under an emergency commitment and will continue to receive psychiatric care.
Plaskon, who is being prosecuted as an adult, faces up to 60 years in prison with a mandatory minimum of 25 years if found guilty of murder.
A witness saw Plaskon on top of Sanchez during the attack and tried unsuccessfully to pull him away, and another saw him discard a bloody knife, according to a police affidavit.
Plaskon, his clothes bloody, was taken to the principal's office, where an officer arrived and asked what happened. "I did it. Just arrest me," Plaskon replied, according to the officer.
Sanchez was a member of the National Honor Society who was active in drama and other school activities.


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Anyone who watches this game is a f***ing idiot.
As a long time Jets fan, I feel it is high time we adorn the
sometimes hated pickle pants.
I think they lull the opponent into a sense of security, then .....
POW--- Those Vlasic like pins go streaking by the opposing
teams players fast then a French Prize fighter goes down.......
We need to turn the season around tonite- I say Pickle pants
are an integeral part of that plan.
We have experienced recent success when we unleash this green satin
plague on the enemy!
kindest regards
Anyone who watches this game is a f***ing idiot.
what else would I do tonight? I need to watch the game to distract me from the fact that gasoline is well over 4 dollars, taxes are high and going up, all services are down, I have no health insurance now, and my wife was laid off from her job of 11 years.......
oh.... wait..... i have too....... oh forget it. The Jets game is on. Gotta rot for the next 3 hours......
I wasn't going to watch. Now I'm pumped and putting on my Namath.
Based upon some clues I haphazardly picked up from his posts, I took a wild guess at what town he lived in once and he stopped posting for 3 weeks. Prolly had the curtains drawn and had his wife drive him to work for weeks, crouched in the back seat.


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JamesBl0nde wraps up our E3 coverage with an insider look at the alpha state of EA's next F2P rendition in the C&C universe.
Update: Seems EA wasn't too happy with this vid. Sorry if you didn't get a chance to watch it. For the rest hope you enjoyed the exclusive while it lasted!


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07-11-2004, 07:59 PM #1rebzGuestdefault resolution to design?
i know with older computers the default resolution to design for was 800x600, but has that changed, and is there some place on the internet that decides the precidents for designing standards?
I'm designing quite a few sites at the moment, and the main question that I am asking myself is whether or not to take the jump to 1024x768 resolution, or a 800x600 one.
i could have it scale as well, but my question remains. thanks in advance.
My advice would be to stay with 800x600, unless absolutely necessary. Yes, most (if not all) computers come with screens capable of 1024x768, but I've found that a lot of people prefer 800x600 because of bad eyesight or just because that's what they're used to, and won't change to 1024x768 even when given the option.I'm in your forums, writing sentences in a grammatically acceptable manner.
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I also suggest u stick to 800 X 600. It's the safest option.
07-12-2004, 01:33 AM #4TylerMoneyGuest
Definitley stay with 800x600 in general. Unless you can be sure your "adience" will be able to work at higher resolutions. If your going to be showing specifically to more technollogy advance companies/people...you can get away with higher resolution...but I'd stick with 800x600 in general.
07-12-2004, 09:10 AM #5MookamooGuest
I have just done my first site for 1024x728 and the new space was so refreshing. It is for a design company, so we figured they could get away with being a little un-conventional. If you can argue that the extra space is needed, then go for the larger size.
However, most people I know tend to stick to 800x600 for now. That really only leaves 700x420 pixels of useable space once you have taken into account all the rubbish on the screen.
07-14-2004, 10:04 AM #6iSheepGuest
Remember also, many people don't run their browser at full screen. I don't, I keep little things round mine. Keep it 770 width and you'll be fine.
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08-12-2004, 10:09 AM #8pitythefoolGuest
Yeah, I'd always design a site that would fit into 800x600 for the simple fact that it means most people (1024x768 users) can still view the site, in full, without having to maximise their browsers.
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The Bhoys midfielder was part of the team that beat Barca at Celtic Park earlier this month but qualification is now out of their hands with one game remaining after defeat at Benfica. Neil Lennon's side need to better Benfica's result in Barcelona when they host Spartak Moscow in Glasgow next month and Ledley feels that is a must after all the work the players have put in.
"It would be unthinkable if we did not get through to the knockout stages now after all we have done in the competition," the 25-year-old told the Daily Record.
"As players we would be absolutely devastated if we ultimately fell short and didn't make it through.
"It has been a dream for me to play in the Champions League. It's what I came to Celtic to do and hopefully we are still in the tournament after we face Spartak Moscow.
"Of course, the result against Benfica was a disappointment, but the real positive is we still have a great chance of going through if we beat Spartak at home.
"If we give it 100 per cent in that final game in front of a packed crowd at Parkhead we have a great chance.
"I still believe we are favourites to progress. Hopefully, lightning won't strike twice and Barcelona won't lose again in this group.
"They are one of the finest teams in the world - not just of this era but of all time - and I hope they secure the win over Benfica and we can grab a result against Spartak Moscow that would see us go through.
"The manager has told us that we just need to pick ourselves up after Benfica. We need to get over it and hopefully put things right when Moscow come calling in a fortnight.
"Desperate The Wales international realises that will not be a straightforward task against the Russian side but admits the players are desperate to finish off the job.
"We know it will be difficult against Spartak," added Ledley.
"We had a fantastic result against them in Russia but they are a still a great team.
"They have nothing to play for now, they are out so the pressure is off them and I don't know how that will affect how they play against us.
"Our focus is only on Celtic and how we perform and if we give our all we can secure the win.
"We will be going all out to get the result we need to qualify for the last 16. We have come all this way and now we are all desperate to finish the job off.
"If we look back at the Benfica game then, in the cold light of day we will realise we didn't create as many chances as we had hoped.
"But we have to be fair on ourselves too because we knew the Stadium of Light was always going to be a difficult place to go and get a result.
"And we defended magnificently again as a team and as a unit. Everyone put their bodies on the line for the cause but what cost us at the end was switching off."
"Concentration is key at this level and unfortunately ours let us down towards the end and it proved costly.
"Even still, we had a couple of late chances and we might have grabbed an equaliser that would have taken us through to the knockout stage already.
"That only goes to show how fine the margins are at this level."
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Having Traveled Far aims to stimulate the Lagos exhibition circuit, while encouraging cross-fertilization of ideas between African artists who define their practices on the continent and those in diaspora.This exhibition, held in collaboration with German-based gallery, Artco, features 5 well-known contemporary African artists all of whom are based in Germany; Kwesi Owusu-Ankomah (b. 1956), Godfried Donkor (b. 1964), Manuela Sambo (b. 1964), EL Loko (b. 1950), and Ransome Stanley (b. 1953); who bears the singular distinction of being born in the diaspora.
Among the five artists selected for this show, only Godfried Donkor focuses entirely on mixed-media collages. Here, his collages combine symbols of the 18th century slave trade with images of Trinidadian girls placed on a background fashioned from the pages of newspapers like the Financial Times – a metaphor for the commercialization of people, a theme that runs through his oeuvre. His work, Gaming Room at Devonshire House is a subtle variation of slave trade. Here, the male figure is seen to be sparring with a white man. This particular activity can be traced to the plantation owners who often exploited the able bodied slaves in entertainment.


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By Alyssa Rosenberg/Think Progress
Roland Martin has been suspended from CNN aftertweeting that, "If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham's H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him! #superbowl." He then insisted that, rather than making a joke about violence against men who are attracted to men, he really just hates soccer: "@DrMChatelain @notjustsexuality well that shows how ignorant you are. I rip on soccer all of the time. Learn to pay attention!"
It's the second time in a month that CNN commentators have come under fire for controversial comments: Dana Loesch recently cheered reports of members of the United States Marine Corps urinating on the bodies of dead Afghans and suggested that had she been present, she would have joined in. But while Martin apologized and will experience an indefinite suspension, CNN and Loesch refused to apologize for her remarks, and she's remained on the air.
The clear difference between the two cases? A sense that CNN's audience was offended. GLAAD, which keeps a careful eye on defamation against gays and lesbians in the media,moved quickly to call for Martin's dismissal and to track the network's response to the incident. CNN got the message that its own constituents were upset, and that it would suffer consequences — or at least a lot of annoyance — if it failed to act.
Loesch's comments on the other hand, offended human rights advocates and decent people everywhere. But that's not the same as running afoul of an organization with a well-established plan to respond to these kinds of events and a well-worn path to media outlets who would cover and amplify their response. While Loesch's comments were reprehensible, there was also no organized group who was likely or able to hold CNN accountable for her words, and for continuing to let her appear on-air without penalty.
Taken together, the way CNN handled Martin's and Loesch's comments makes it look like CNN has no consistent internal values, and no internal standard for how to respond when it commenters express sentiments that are an anathema to those values. I'm glad to know, per CNN's statement, that "Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated." But why should it take several days of consideration for CNN to arrive at that conclusion? If the network's truly committed to the proposition that violence against gay people is no joking matter, that's something it should know in advance, and CNN should have a personnel policy in place to determine what the appropriate penalty is when someone violates their standards. Similarly, whether Loesch's comments violate CNN's internal values shouldn't be something that's determined by the level of outrage outside the network's headquarters.


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Using Video to Tell Your Story: Reflections on 30 Years of AIDS and the One-Year Anniversary of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
August 2, 2011
More than half of all internet users have watched and downloaded online videos according to the The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. And over the past few weeks, we've shared videos about the importance of HIV testing and the progress that has been made since the first cases of AIDS were reported more than 30 years ago. This month, as we mark the one-year anniversary of the release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, we are excited to highlight videos from federal and community partners that illustrate how multimedia can be used to tell and share stories.
The Los Angeles Womens' HIV & AIDS Task Force created two videos to help raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and the importance of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Have you made any HIV/AIDS-related videos? How are you using them to talk about the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and progress that has been made over the past 30 years? Leave a comment and let us know!
Miguel Gomez is the AIDS.gov director.
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Authorities plan to arrest New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez on suspicion of interfering with a homicide investigation, a police official said on Friday, a potentially damaging setback to one of professional football's top franchises.
An arrest warrant for obstruction of justice was issued for Hernandez, 23, a tight end and rising star in the National Football League (NFL) , said the police officer, who requested anonymity.
The security system at Hernandez's home, which had video, was intentionally destroyed, ABC News reported, adding that the player's cellphone was given to police "in pieces." The TV network, citing unnamed sources, also reported that police wanted to know why a team of house cleaners was hired on Monday last week to scrub Hernandez's mansion.
With moves like a wide receiver, Hernandez has emerged as a potent weapon in one of the best tight-end tandems in the NFL, earning him a contract of US$4 million per year.
All-Pro quarterback Tom Brady frequently uses Hernandez and fellow tight end Rob Gronkowski to slice through opponent defenses, one reason the Patriots have been perennial favorites to reach the Super Bowl.
Now Hernandez is at the center of an investigation into the shooting death of Odin Lloyd, 27, a semi-professional football player for the Boston Bandits.
Lloyd's body was discovered on Monday last week in an industrial park about 1.5km from Hernandez's home in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, about 64km south of Boston.
Video images taken that morning appeared to show Hernandez with Lloyd on Fayston Street in Boston, the Boston Globe reported, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials, including one with direct knowledge of the investigation.
Police have searched Hernandez's house and questioned him.
Michael Fee, an attorney for Hernandez, was not immediately available for comment.
For the image-conscious NFL, the saga follows other high-profile criminal cases, including one last year in which Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, 25, shot his girlfriend to death, then drove to the team training facility and killed himself in front of his head coach and general manager.
Quarterback Michael Vick was arrested in 2007 and spent 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to bankrolling an illegal dog-fighting ring. Retired linebacker Ray Lewis was linked to a double murder outside an Atlanta nightclub in 2000. He was charged with murder and later pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, and was fined US$250,000 by the NFL.
The league has declined to comment about the Hernandez case.
Hernandez has also been hit with a civil lawsuit by a Connecticut man, Alexander Bradley, who claims that Hernandez shot him in the face after the two left a Miami strip club in February, causing him to lose an eye.
Police had investigated the February shooting, but abandoned the case after Bradley refused to cooperate, a Florida police official said late on Wednesday.
In April, footwear and apparel company Puma announced a two-year endorsement deal with Hernandez. Katie Sheptyck, a Puma spokeswoman, declined to comment on the developments surrounding Hernandez.
He played at the University of Florida before being drafted by the Patriots in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He slipped in the draft because some teams had concerns about his off-field activities.
The Boston Globe, quoting an unnamed NFL scout, said one team's pre-draft file on Hernandez indicated he might be prone to flashes of temper.
"Self-esteem is quite low; not well-adjusted emotionally, not happy, moods unpredictable, not stable, doesn't take much to set him off, but not an especially jumpy guy," the Globe reported, quoting an excerpt from the scouting report.


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Juddy's Top 10 Predictions
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Robin Judkins has spent more than three decades organising New Zealands favourite race. The Speights Coast to Coast created adventure sports and most of the worlds best have cut their teeth in the 243k world multisport championship race across New …
Juddy's Top 10 Predictions
Robin Judkins has spent more than three decades organising New Zealand's favourite race. The Speight's Coast to Coast created adventure sports and most of the world's best have cut their teeth in the 243k world multisport championship race across New Zealand's South Island. Judkins has watched them all and his annual "Top 10" predictions have become something of a book-maker's must-have come race day.
"Richard Ussher is the favourite," states Judkins without a hint of hesitation. "He's the five-time champion and he's the most experienced contender."
Judkins is right. If Richard Ussher can recapture the form that won him the Speight's Coast to Coast in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2011, 2012, he will be hard to beat. But Judkins also warns against Coast to Coast complacency, saying, "Richard learned that the hard way in 2007,"
"He had won the two previous years, but in 2007 Gordon Walker from Auckland turned the race upside down by attacking right from the start. That's something we could see again this year."
Certainly Wanaka's Dougal Allan will be looking to shake things up. The 27 year old has been runner-up to Richard Ussher for the last three years and his strongest discipline is cycling.
"Last year Dougal and Richard really broke the race open on the first cycle," says Judkins. "Richard then broke Dougal on the run, so perhaps Dougal feels he'll need to push the opening cycle even harder this year."
Others expected to challenge include Braden Currie, also from Wanaka, who was third last year and even finished ahead of Ussher at the Xterra Off Road Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii late last year.
Watch out too for Nelson's Trevor Voyce (2nd in 2009, 6th in 2010), Queenstown's Bernard Robinson (seventh in 2012), Christchurch's JJ Wilson (eighth in 2012) and Auckland's James Kuegler (8th in 2011). Cantabrians Nathan Jones and Nathan Bell, who finished first and second in last year's Two Day race, are stepping up to the feature One Day race this year where Jones has previously finished in the top 10. Picton's Dan Moore , who finished second in 2011 Two Day race, will also be keen following a DNF in 2012 with an eye infection.
Australian surf Ironman legend Guy Andrews, who finished fourth back in 2004, is now aged 42 but still a contender in every race he enters. Judkins however, warns to watch for dark horses Luke Vaughan (Chch) and Sam Clark (Whakatane).
"Sam is one of the young guns," says Judkins. "He didn't race last year, but he won the Two Day race in 2009 when he was just 19 and was fifth in the One Day in 2011. So you'd expect him to be even stronger this time."
"Luke, on the other hand, is making something of a comeback. He was a young gun almost 10 years ago when he won the Two Day race in 2005 at age 20. He hasn't raced the One Day race since 2009 when he finished fourth, but he won the teams race in 2010 and 2011 so he's still right on top of his form and even at age 28 is one of the most experienced guys around."
Judkins is delighted with the onslaught of up and coming youngsters. "It's great that the champions like Richard Ussher cannot sit on their laurels and it shows that multisport isn't just the domain of old mountain goats."
"Competitively, the Speight's Coast to Coast is moving into a new era," he says. "Richard Ussher is the last guy standing from the era when people like Steve Gurney were winning."
"We saw it in the 2011 women's race too, where Elina Ussher was the favourite but was beaten by Sophie Hart. Sophie didn't enter in 2012 when Elina won, but they're both back this year's so their rematch could be the race of the day."
In contrast to the men, the women's race is a case of veterans wanting to prove a point against the youngster. Of contenders, only Sophie Hart and Brazilian Camila Nicolau (6th in 2012, 8th in 2011) are younger than 30.
As well as Elina Ussher (36), they will face Auckland's Louise Mark (35, 2nd in 2010 and 4th in 2011), Taumarunui's Rachel Cashin (41, 3rd in five of the last eight years), Christchurch-based Swede Sia Svendsen (35, two-time winner of the teams event) and Hokitika's Tanya Maitland (34, 7th in 2012, 9th in 2011).
"Elina and Sophie are definitely the favourites," says Judkins. "Elina will have the motivation of repeating the husband and wife with Richard. But Sophie will be wanting to show that her win in 2011 wasn't a fluke. It's going to be a cracker."
The 31st Speight's Coast to Coast is scheduled for February 8-9. Racing starts on Kumara Beach, midway between Hokitika and Greymouth, and finishes 243k later on Sumner Beach in Christchurch.
The feature Multisport World Championship is contested on Saturday February 9, with almost 150 entrants taking on the 3k run, 55k road cycle, 34k mountain run, 15k cycle, 67k white water kayak and 70k cycle in one day.
The Two Day race starts on February 8 with the cycle and mountain run, then concludes on February 9 with the cycle, kayak and cycle sections.
The event has attracted more than 620 entrants for what is the longest running multisport race in the world.
"Last year we had 522 participants," says Judkins. "This year we're sitting at 623 and entries are still coming in. That's an increase of 19 percent, so I'm thrilled. We're climbing out of the recession."
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Industrial production slipped in January, after the Federal Reserve found the final two months of last year were stronger than initially estimated.
Industrial production slipped 0.1% in January, the Fed said, after gains of 1.4% in November and 0.4% in December.
The Fed had initially estimated gains of 1% in November and 0.3% in December.
Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast a 0.2% pick-up in January output.
Capacity utilization also fell in January, to 79.1% from an upwardly revised 79.3% in December.
As expected, utilities usage bounced back — up 3.5% — after a warm December had depressed utilities usage by 4.5%.
The more cyclical indicator, manufacturing output, fell 0.4% in January after the big revisions. Motor vehicle and part output dropped 3.2%, though it's still up 7.5% compared to January 2012.
Tampa, Charlotte among gainers.
• U.S. homeownership at 18-year low
Manufacturing output grew at a 1.9% annualized rate in the fourth quarter — far better than the tepid 0.2% the Fed initially estimated.
Mining output fell 1% after a flat December.
The broader story is that industrial production is expanding, though not at the rapid rate it was when the U.S. economy was emerging from the recession.
Industrial output is up 2.1% compared to January 2012, a rate that is similar to the rate of growth for the broader U.S. economy. Both output and utilization remain a bit below pre-recession levels.
Separately, the New York Fed found the first month of positive growth in manufacturing in February since the summer.Read more on Empire State index.


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Last Man Standing 3 | Round Three
The complete listing of LMS3 Round Three matches can be found here:
Deadline: 11:59pm PST - Sunday, June 22nd 2008
Topic: Unfair Advantage
The topic, as always, is completely open to interpretation, allowing for you to visualize your concept through any subject matter you deem fit. This is an illustration-based contest, and you will be expected to turn in a completed piece that stands on its own without the aid of a description. Both traditional and digital mediums can be used, but the majority of your piece must be painted/drawn with little use of photography and 3D modeling.
Round Breakdown (links to discussion threads):
- Round 1 - 360 competitors in 72 matches of 5 / 72 advance
Entry threads / Matches 1-24 / 25-48 / 49-72
- Round 2 - 72 competitors in 18 matches of 4 / 18 advance
Entry thread / Matches 1-18
- Round 3 - 18 competitors in 6 matches of 3 / 6 advance
- Final Round - 6 men enter, one man leaves...
Submitting your entry: All entries are expected to be saved at web resolution and at a reasonable size (try to keep the width under 1000px, less than 450k). If you send me a huge piece, I will Save for Web at a smaller resolution resulting in a finished product that may not appear as you intended. Do that yourself if you care!
Submit your entries to hello [a t] lastmanart [d o t] com, with the subject Round Three Entry: Your Conceptart.org User Name. Name your file match#_yourusername_round3.jpg. If you can host it on your web space instead of attaching it to the email, I'd appreciate it. Don't post your entries until the final day! You can show a few people you trust for comments, obviously, but we want the final post to come as one big unveiling.
Judging: Every round will be judged by an incredibly talented group of judges... the list is still being finalized, but it will be a relatively static panel throughout the competition. Each piece will be judged based on technical execution, creativity in the interpretation of the topic, and overall impact. All judges decisions are final. No whining!
Judging Panel:
Aleksi Briclot
Rob Carney
Dan Dos Santos
Irene Gallo
Jon Foster
Gregory Manchess
JS Rossbach
Puss Outs: If you drop out of the competition without an extremely valid excuse and without plenty of time before the deadline for me to place in a substitute, you are officially a puss out. You will be black-listed from the next Last Man Standing competition and subject to ridicule. In short, tell me now if you plan on being a puss or face the consequences. :)
With just 18 contenders left out of the initial 360, we're nearly down to the wire. Here's to making these six matches being the toughest to judge yet.


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In a sun-filled room overlooking bustling University Avenue, a group of lawyers is gathered around a large conference table. The table is littered with notepads, laptops and cups of coffee. As the group works, moments of near-silence and intense concentration are followed by impromptu updates and questions.
"My client changed the design mechanism on the prosthetic hand, again," says one.
"That means you'll have to rewrite the patent application," responds another.
"Do you think I should redo my patentability search?"
The collaborative group is busy solving problems facing entrepreneurs and start-up businesses, such as business formation, capital structure, funding, intellectual property and contracts.
The catch?
The lawyers gathered around the table are mostly students, in their second or third year of law school. They, together with their supervising attorneys, form the Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic (L&E Clinic).
What follows is a glimpse at a fraction of the myriad activities that take place throughout the course of one day.
9:00 a.m. Student-attorney Grant Keebler is conducting patentability research. His client wants to explore existing patents for a solar power project before he invests more time developing the product. "I will spend up to 15 hours researching what's out there and advising our client on how they could tailor their project to be unique and patentable."
10:00 a.m. Student-attorney Maciej Pietruczak and supervising attorney Troy Vosseller '10 are conducting an initial client meeting over Skype. Their client is interested in setting up non-compete contracts to protect his science entertainment program. "We really emphasize the lawyer-as-counselor model," says Vosseller. "In these types of meetings, students learn how to give clients the information they need to make decisions."
11:00 a.m. Donor Mark Burish '78 visits the L&E Clinic and learns about current projects. "This is one of the few places you can get this level of hands-on experience as a student," he tells the group. "I was working in a firm for years before I got the opportunity to work on the kind of projects you are working on."
Noon Over a dozen student-attorneys and their supervisors gather in a conference room presenting projects, asking questions and getting feedback. Says student-attorney Maciej Pietruczak: "I started by creating a 12-page contract, the most detailed contract possible, and then realized that contracts are a balancing act between including everything lawyers want and avoiding scaring clients away with too much legal language," he says. "Now the contract is only two pages. We have to pick and choose what is right for the client."
Students and supervising attorneys alike pitch in to review the contract and ask questions about language choices – "Why did you use the word 'latest' there – could that cause any problems?"
1:00 p.m. Student-attorney Lindsey Thompson is drafting a patent for a client. Lindsey and co-director Anne Smith meet with the client to review changes he made in his technology that impact the patent drafting. Although the changes seem minor to the client, they impact the patent draft. Lindsey counsels the client on how to make the decision to stop tinkering with the design so the patent draft can be finalized and filed.
2:00 p.m. Student-attorney Matthew Leffler meets with clients who are drafting an operating agreement and want to formalize employment status. His role is to educate and inform the client on legal and business risks. He goes over the updated contract clause by clause, laying out the rights and responsibilities of each party. "We try to encourage clients to have the difficult conversations on the front end of these agreements. We ask, what are potential areas of conflict in the future and what can we do to be proactive now?"
3:00 p.m. Supervising attorney Rebecca Burkes does more than field questions and review student work. Today, she's developing educational resources on entity selection to help the student-attorneys better understand the issues involved in entity selection and to firm up the L&E Clinic's standard operating agreement language.
4:00 p.m. Co-directors Eric Englund and Anne Smith contact a member of the advisory committee. They discuss limited liability corporation questions that are routinely surfacing in the L&E Clinic's client work with Joe Boucher '78 from the law firm Neider Boucher. Using the expertise of members of the advisory committee is part of the robust review process the clinic follows. "We have access to top-notch attorneys who lend their expertise and review student work," says Englund. "This enables us to offer a wide variety of services to our clients."
5:00 p.m. Student-attorney Brittany Nanzig wraps up her work for the day by uploading the final draft of a new contract into the firm's electronic document management system and logging her time. "L&E Clinic graduates tell us having experience tracking time and documenting their work made it easier for them to focus on substantive matters rather than learning administrative processes in their new careers," says Smith.
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Greivis Vasquez recorded the first triple- double of his career to lead the New Orleans Hornets past the Atlanta Hawks, 111-100, at Philips Arena.
Vasquez continued filling the stat sheet with 21 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds for the Hornets, who have won two in a row and snapped a four-game road skid.
Eric Gordon netted a game-high 27 points, while Ryan Anderson and Robin Lopez chipped in 19 and 17 points, respectively, as New Orleans shot 52 percent from the field and overcame the Hawks' 13 3-pointers.
Josh Smith added 23 points, eight helpers and six boards, while Jeff Teague totaled 21 points and nine assists, in the loss, the club's third in four games.
Atlanta made 51 percent from the field in the first half and drained its first three shots out of the break. They then hit a cold patch and connected on just 2-of-13 the rest of the third quarter.
The Hornets took advantage and went ahead, 68-66, on a Gordon 3-pointer with 5:14 remaining. The triple was part of a quarter-ending 22-7 run that helped New Orleans open up a 79-71 advantage.
"It's been a trend of ours in the past to come out not very strong in the third. That hurt us today. I think that gave them confidence," said Hawks forward Al Horford.
The closest the Hawks got in the fourth was four, 98-94, following a Horford dunk, but Anderson came down and got a 3-pointer to fall at the other end with 3:15 to go.
After a Smith runner in the lane, Vasquez sank two free throws before putting the game away when he found Lopez behind the defense for an easy slam.
"To see him take command of the game like that says a lot about him," Hornets head coach Monty Williams said of Vasquez. "That kid is probably the toughest guy I've been around."
The Hawks held a 26-25 lead heading into the second quarter and scored 10 straight points midway through the frame to stretch the margin to 45-31.
In the final minute of the half, the Hornets began their comeback, with Vasquez hitting a 3-pointer and dishing to Anthony Davis for a dunk to cut the deficit to 55-50.
Game Notes
The Hornets are 10-7 with Gordon in the lineup ... New Orleans improved to 2-22 when its opponent scores 100 or more points ... Kyle Korver scored 17 points and broke Mookie Blaylock's Hawks record by making at least one 3- pointer in 43 straight games ... The Hawks fell to 7-1 when recording 30 or more assists ... Atlanta center Zaza Pachulia returned from a four-game absence due to a sore Achilles and scored six points in 17-plus minutes.


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Cebus capucinus
- Cebidae
- Wild: 12 to 25 years
- Captivity: Up to 47 years
- Length: 11 to 20 inch body, with a 12 to 20 inch tail.
- Weight: About 3 to 11 pounds.
- Males are slightly larger than females.
- Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama
- Main canopy levels in evergreen rainforests, mangroves, deciduous dry forest.
- Capuchins are omnivorous (eats both plant and animal matter, primarily fruits and insects), diurnal (active during the day), and are primarily arboreal (spending most of their time in trees).
- Capuchins move quadrupedally, or by using four limbs.
- Wild: Fruits, nuts, leaves, insects, birds, lizards, eggs, and small mammals like nesting coatis.
- Zoo: New World Primate biscuits, fruits and vegetables.
- Capuchins have a polygamous mating system.
- Gestation lasts around 157 to 167 days.
- Females give birth to a single young which will cling to its mother from birth.
- Young are weaned by the age of 12 months and young males leave their birthplace as early as two years old.
- Males do not share in childcare.
Unique Characteristics
- Capuchins travel in an ordered, single line through the treetops.
- They communicate vocally, through facial expression, and through grooming.
- They can swim rather well.
- They have a poor sense of smell and use urine-washing (rubbing urine on hands and feet) to mark territory.
Special Adaptations
- Capuchins have an opposable thumb and big toe, as well as a partially prehensile tail.
- The molars are square shaped with thick enamel to help crack nuts.
- They have the most highly developed brain of the New World monkeys, and have been observed using weapons, tools, and problem-solving skills to adapt to their changing environment.
What's in a Name
- Capuchins have a tuft of hair on their head similar to a capuche worn by Franciscan monks, hence their name.
- They are also known as "ring tails" because the tail is carried with the tip coiled up.
Humans and Capuchins
The most famous relationship of man to the capuchin is that of the organ grinder.
Capuchins are also used in research due to their intelligence, sometimes even placed with paraplegics to perform tasks.
Conservation Status
IUCN: Not evaluated
CITES: Appendix II (trade controlled)
Capuchins are prone to habitat loss, as many other species are
Importation is now illegal to protect the wild populations.
- CITES Appendices. Accessed December 2012. www.cites.org
- IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Accessed December 2012. www.iucnredlist.org
- Cebus capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed December 2012. www.eol.org/pages/323944
**All animal information is meant to be an educational resource. It may not include all the latest scientific information. Though we edit our information we cannot guarantee the accuracy of all facts presented.


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Hi Punky! Happy Pet of the Day to you!:)
My wheeker loving heart squealed when I saw your precious self up on my screen!:D No big surprise to hear it was a case of "love at first sight" for your human! You're irresistible, and I can't imagine a more cherished birthday gift!:love: As a life long piggie Mom, I know so well of the priceless rewards of wheeker love, and in you your person has been blessed with the best! With that sweet and gentle personality of yours I have no doubt you're going to make one terrific therapy pet, bringing endless smiles and healing to those in need of a little furry cheer! (Plus, you're polite enough not to pee on people!;)) Yes you are VERY special piggie, Punky...handsome, smart, and loving...and your human so very lucky to have a best friend and furry soul mate in you!
Enjoy a very happy, fun filled Pet of the Day, sweet little man, being loved and pampered to pieces...piggie style! (That means lots of cucumber!:D)
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Nov. 15, 2012 07:00 PM
TOKYO, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD), the leading global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, today announced four new lease agreements totaling approximately 1.1 million square feet (104,269 square meters) in its Japan development portfolio. The transactions include:
"These four transactions, all with long-term customers, speak to the strength of our customer relationships and our ability to leverage our unmatched platform to meet their requirements," said Mike Yamada, president, Prologis Japan. "We continue to see very strong demand in the Japanese market and look forward to supporting the ongoing success of our customers."
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TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 7.43 million vehicles worldwide because of a faulty power-window switch.
The recall affects more than a dozen models produced from 2005 through 2010. Toyota says the power-window switch on the driver's side didn't have grease applied evenly during production, causing friction in the switch and sometimes smoke.
No crashes or injuries have been reported related to the problem. But more than 200 problems have been reported in U.S., and a fewer number of problems were reported elsewhere, including 39 cases in Japan.
In North America, Toyota is recalling the Yaris, Corolla, Matrix, Camry, RAV4, Highlander, Tundra, Sequoia and Scion models xB and xD.
Other models also are being recalled in Japan and Europe.


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As we near to the end of 2012, the Kickstarter for Elite: Dangerous has already hit £829,691 towards the total of £1,250,000 so far, and there are new videos.
"Elite: Dangerous" is the latest instalment of a long series of epic space games, starting with "Elite" – one of the most successful games of the 1980s.
Fight, trade, hunt your way across a giant galaxy of billions of star systems, starting with a basic starship and a few credits. You can make money from trading goods between the many star systems, by destroying pirate ships (and collecting bounty), or even by attacking traders and collecting their cargo (which in turn will get a bounty on your head!). There will be missions too, and exploration. Most people will do some combination of these things. Upgrade your ship and specialise in one activity – have a trader with a huge cargo bay, or use the space for weapons and manoeuvrability.
Real Freedom – Go where you like, be what you like – pirate, bounty hunter, trader, assassin, or some mix of all of these.
Trade – Buy low, cross dangerous space lanes, evade or destroy pirates en route, then sell high, if you make the journey!
Fight – Take on the pirates or be one yourself
Progress – Get your pilot rating all the way from "Harmless" to "Elite"
Explore – Head out to the far reaches of space and discover amazing sights
And the best part – you can do all this online with your friends, or other "Elite" pilots like yourself, or even alone. The choice is yours…
Here is the teaser trailer:
And here is the dev diary 3 in case you missed it:
Pledge here on Kickstarter for Elite: Dangerous


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The Morning Journal (http://www.morningjournal.com)
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Indians fans have apparently thrown in the towel on the 2013 season, but the Indians have not.
Ubaldo Jimenez pitched six strong innings and the Indians survived a near ninth-inning meltdown by closer Chris Perez to beat the Orioles, 4-3, Tuesday night.
The game was played before a meager gathering of friends and family totaling 9,962, the Tribe's fourth-lowest home crowd of the season. It's the lowest Indians attendance figure since 9,474 showed up for a 1-0 Tribe win over Oakland on May 7.
"Of course we notice," said Jimenez. "It's not the same when there's a big crowd compared to 9,000. A big crowd can get you going a little bit more. But what can we do?"
Perez came into a non-save situation in the ninth, with the Indians leading, 4-0. But Perez gave up singles to the first two batters he faced, Nick Markakis and J.J. Hardy. Nate McLouth then belted a home run into the right-field seats, cutting the Indians' lead to 4-3.
With still nobody out, Perez then struck out the next two batters, Brian Roberts and Manny Machado, and then got major-league home run leader Chris Davis to ground out to end the game.
"I actually thought he threw the ball pretty well," said Indians manager Terry Francona of Perez. "He just left a ball up to McLouth."
Jimenez pitched six scoreless innings on four hits, all singles, with four strikeouts and two walks. The win bumps his record to 10-9, which exceeds his win total from last year when he led the American League in losses with a record of 9-17.
"Jimenez was as good as anyone in baseball three or four years ago, and it looks like he's got his velocity back," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "He was really crisp with his changeup, and his fastball was working for him all night."
Jimenez's 3.79 ERA is the lowest it has been since his first start of the season.
"He was aggressive. He worked quick. He pitched inside with his fastball," Francona said. "That's three starts in a row where it looks like he's gotten his second wind. To see that at this time of the year is exciting."
The Indians somehow managed to squeeze four runs out of five hits. Fittingly enough the Tribe's struggling offense coughed up the first run of the game without benefit of a hit.
Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santana both walked to start the Tribe's fourth inning. Michael Brantley's sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third, and a sacrifice fly by Asdrubal Cabrera drove in Kipnis to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.
Jimenez, who has quietly gotten better and better as the season has progressed, breezed through the first five innings, holding the Orioles scoreless on three hits.
"It's all about my fastball," he said. "My velocity is up. I'm throwing the fastball and then throwing the breaking ball off the fastball. Even when I go deeper into games I feel stronger."
Baltimore threatened in the sixth inning, but an outstanding play by Brantley in left field blunted that rally, and then Jimenez extinguished it.
With one out, Machado hit a line drive off the left-field wall. Machado rounded first base hard, thinking double, but Brantley expertly played the carom off the wall, barehanding the rebound and throwing a strike on the fly to second baseman Kipnis. Machado slammed on the brakes and retreated to first base.
"That's Brantley all year," Francona said. "In position and making a nice throw."
Jimenez then retired the next two batters to end the inning.
Orioles starter Chris Tillman, who was bidding to become the Orioles' first 16-game winner since Mike Mussina won 18 in 1999, was knocked out of the game by a three-run Tribe rally in the sixth inning.
Santana led that inning off by drawing a walk and then racing to third on a double by Brantley. Cabrera's second sacrifice fly of the game scored Santana to make it 2-0.
Tillman then intentionally walked Jason Kubel, a strategy that worked in the fourth inning when Tillman intentionally walked Kubel and then struck out Yan Gomes to end a Tribe rally.
However, in the sixth inning Tillman walked Kubel again intentionally, but Gomes bounced a double off the left-field wall, scoring Brantley and Matt Carson, who was pinch-running for Kubel.
"Gomes has done that a lot this year. He's emerging into a very good player," Francona said.
Gomes' double made it 4-0, and it stayed that way until the ninth inning when Perez came in and pitched really bad - and then really good.
"We played a nice crisp game. That's how we have to play," Francona said.


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2003-04 Men's Basketball
Weekly Recap 2-17
Bluffton splits on week, sweep Anderson for season series
By Ben Risinger, SID
men's basketball team (10-13, 4-8 HCAC) was defeated last Wednesday by
St. Joseph
48-42 and came home on Saturday for the last home game of the season to defeat
80-62 for a series sweep this season. This week will be the final week of the regular
season in the Heartland Conference, with many variables up for grabs as to who will
get a first-round home contest in the tournament.
Tournament Possibilities
If the Beavers win both games on the week they will host a home game next Tuesday. If the team splits on the week they could possibly host a first-round tournament game. If the Beavers win one game and loses one or wins both, Bluffton College will finish at fifth in the conference. This all depends on what Mount St. Joseph does this week. The Mount faces No. 2 Hanover on Wednesday and hosts Anderson at home on Saturday. If MSJ wins both games we will be away and if they beat Hanover on Wednesday we would not have a home contest. Check the Bluffton website throughout the week as the scenarios unfold to see where the Beavers will fall.
Mount St. Joseph 48, Bluffton 42
CINCINNATI, OHIO - The Bluffton College men's basketball team (9-13, 3-8 HCAC) were defeated by Mount St. Joseph (9-13, 3-8 HCAC) 48-42 on Wednesday night.
The contest was a close one as the Beavers consistently stayed with the Lions throughout the first half, taking the lead twice and tying the game three times. MSJ would march into the locker with a 29-18 lead. In the second half Bluffton came back as they would take the lead 34-33 with left in the contest. That lead would be short lived, however, as the Lions would answer right back with a 10-2 run to widen their own lead again to 43-36. The Beavers would battle back once more to be down 46-42 with 20 seconds left, but could not take the game in the end.
Leading the Beavers was senior Brad Boyles (
/South Adams) with 17 points. Sophomore Scott Bergman (Elmore/Woodmore) would throw in a team high eight rebounds.
Bluffton shot 33 percent for the game compared to the Lions 30 percent. The Beavers won the rebounding battle by pulling down 39 boards for the contest to MSJ's 37. Bluffton committed 22 turnovers for the game, with MSJ posting 16. The Lions would then convert 14 points off of Beaver turnovers.
Bluffton 80, Anderson 62
BLUFFTON, OHIO - The Bluffton College men's basketball team (10-13, 4-8 HCAC) defeated the Anderson Ravens (8-15, 3-9 HCAC) for the second time this season, 80-62, in the final home game of the year for the Beavers.
Bluffton began the afternoon on a very positive note as they went up 15-3 to start the game off. The Ravens made a brief comeback late in the first period as they pulled within eight for a 30-22 Bluffton lead going into halftime. The second period went a little rougher for Bluffton as Anderson pulled within five points (52-47 Beaver lead) at the mark. But, the Beavers then capitalized off of free throw shots to widen their lead and pull away with the game for the final of 80-62. Bluffton's 80 points was their third highest total of the season.
Bluffton connected on seven 3-pointers for the contest, which is the second highest total of the year. From the free-throw line Bluffton would end up 19-of-20. For the game Bluffton shot 56 percent compared to the Ravens 37 percent. Anderson did out-rebound the Beavers as they pulled down 34 boards to Bluffton's 24 rebounds. The Beaver bench also produced good numbers for the game with 33 total points.
Senior Brad Boyles (
) posted 26 points to lead Bluffton. Boyles made a career high four 3-pointers and
went 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Freshman Michael Anthony (
St. John's
) posted 18 points off of 7-of-8 shooting for the game. Freshman Scott Bergman (Elmore/Woodmore) finished the Beavers double figure scoring with 15 points pulled
down a team-high five rebounds. Sophomore Simeon Talley (Columbus/Centennial) threw in a career high nine assists.
Beavers in the Heartland Conference
Team Statistics
The Beavers currently place second in the Heartland Conference in field goal percentage for the season at .484 percent for the year. Bluffton leads the HCAC in rebounding defense by averaging 27.5 rebounds per game. The team also leads the conference in assists with 368 for the season, 16.00 average per game.
Individual Statistics
Senior Brad Boyles ranks third in scoring in the HCAC with 368 points for the season (16.0 avg. per game). Boyles currently sits at 11th in the nation in field goal percentage (leads HCAC) at 61 percent for the year. Sophomore Scott Bergman sits at 9th in the league in scoring, averaging 13.0 points per game. Bergman also ranks 13th in total rebounds (4.8 per game), 7th in 3-point field goals with 43 for year (1.87 per game) and 5th in defensive rebounding, averaging 3.96 per game. Freshman Michael Anthony ranks 9th in field goal percentage (53 percent) and 6th in free throw percentage 49-of-60 (81 percent).


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In Ohio, voters overturned a controversial bill limiting union rights. With one race still too close to call in Virginia, Republicans in that state can still seize the senate. Mississippians elected a new governor and voted down an amendment on "personhood."
What Tuesday's Results May Mean For 2012
By editor • Nov 9, 2011


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SAN DIEGO – Over 1,100 California teachers and 10,000 educators, school nurses, counselors, librarians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other school employees from across the country sent a clear July 4th message to the governor today from the floor of the NEA Representative Assembly not to suspend Proposition 98—the minimum school funding law—and pass a fair state budget now.
"Enough is enough! Educators will not tolerate the governor's attacks on Proposition 98, our schools and our students," said David A. Sanchez, president of the 340,000-member California Teachers Association. "The governor's latest plan to suspend the minimum school funding law and to cut another $3 billion from public education when our schools have already been cut by $12 billion is enough."
California was already 47th in per-pupil spending before the cuts. Now, due to the massive budget cuts to public education, summer school classes have been eliminated, class sizes have increased, art, music, physical education and career technical education programs have already disappeared. And 17,000 educators and thousands of other school workers have been laid off, and more layoffs are already underway.
Moreno Valley teacher Lizeth Piskulich learned while at the Representative Assembly that she was going to be laid off. This is the second notice for Piskulich, who was told last week that she was rehired. "As shocking and disappointing as this is for me and my family, 150 teachers have been laid off in my district, twenty-two of our counselors have been let go and all elementary and middle school summer school classes were cancelled. Sadly, students are the real victims here," Piskulich said.
"Our kids and public schools are suffering. Instead of always cutting education, health care and other vital services first, the governor needs to repeal the corporate tax breaks he gave to big business earlier this year. He needs to tax oil production like every other state in the country," Sanchez said.
The president of the largest state teachers union in the country also said it's time for real budget reform in Sacramento, including getting rid of the two-thirds vote requirement for passing a state budget.
California teachers are marching from the San Diego Convention Center to the governor's San Diego office Monday, July 6 at 9 a.m. to deliver the 10,000 postcards collected from educators on the floor of the Representative Assembly today.
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