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On paper, Glenwood softball coach Tim Stanton says this year's Rams may be his best in his 10 years as head coach.
Potentially, the coach added.
Glenwood baseball coach Brett Elam was hesitant to use the R-word, but the sixth-year Ram coach couldn't help it when describing his 2012 team.
A year of troubles behind it, the Glenwood Golf Course is open and looking to a strong future with new turf and clubhouse management at the 48-year old golf course.
The Glenwood course opened officially on April 15, following a two-week delay to get the course in playing shape. New turf superintendent Ben Starkel spent most of the spring getting the course in shape and, hopefully, preventing a repeat of last year's problems.
When listing the events the Glenwood boys track teams qualified for state in, it might be better to list which events they did not qualify in.
There were just four, after all.
The Glenwood boys track team won eight gold medals and set a pair of meet records at the Red Oak Tiger Relays on Thursday.
Glenwood easily out-paced second place Fremont-Mills 153 to 81 in the team standings.
"This was a meet in which we were able to back off some of our athletes to help prepare them for the conference and district meet. Along with that, it was an opportunity to tweak some things that need to be done," said Glenwood coach Mark Starner.
The Glenwood boys soccer team dominated Clear Lake 6-1 before dropping its final two matches against ranked opponents at the Waverly-Shell Rock Tournament on Saturday.
The Rams came out on fire against Clear Lake and controlled throughout.
The Glenwood girls placed eighth at the Atlantic Invitational Golf Tournament on Thursday.
The host Trojans were the meet champions with a score of 351. Atlantic had the tournament's top four medal winners with Bailey Walter taking home top honors with a round of 85.
Glenwood finished with a score of 467. Maddee Sell led the Rams with a round of 104.
Adria Skarnulis shot a 116 with Briana Overhue carding a 121 and McKenna Henze a 126.
Clarinda 206,
The Glenwood girls tennis team defeated Clarinda in Hawkeye 10 Conference tennis play on May 5.
TABOR - Five-peat?
Fremont-Mills track coach Mike Wood isn't sure what to call his team's fifth straight Corner Conference track title. He's just happy his team was able to edge East Mills for just the second time this season.
The Glenwood Community School District unveiled its new busing plan on Monday.
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Were the 1999 Royals using steroids?
You'd never have guessed it by their record: The Royals finished a woeful 64-97 that season, 32 games behind the first-place Cleveland Indians.
But Royals slugger Mike Sweeney said on talk radio Friday and to the Kansas City Star that he was approached by friends on the team who had "the juice."
Sweeney told the Star later Friday that he has never taken steroids.
"There would have been no repercussions back then," Sweeney said by phone from California. "There was no testing like that. But I knew in my heart it was wrong, and I had my faith to get me through it."
Sweeney said he also has no intentions of naming those who may have been using steroids.
"We are a family in the clubhouse," he said. "What happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. It's like that saying about Vegas -- what happens there, stays there.
"I also don't want to give the impression that there was rampant usage back then. There wasn't. In my 11-year career, I may have known four or five guys who might have been doing it. That's it."
As bad as the Royals were in 1999, that team did perform well offensively, batting .282 with a then-franchise-high 856 runs scored.
"I took a stand, and when I speak to kids -- to the D.A.R.E. program or the Fellowship of Christian Athletes -- I tell them, 'Look, I'm drug-free and I mean it when I say it,'" Sweeney said.
Players on the 1999 Royals:
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Joe Randa
Rey Sanchez
Johnny Damon
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Genesee Health Plan Joins MPRO Effort To Address Disparities in Cardiac Health
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Dec. 14, 2012 06:00 PM
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Dec 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MPRO, Michigan's Quality Improvement Organization, announced that Genesee Health Plan is joining its Disparities and Cardiac Health Program, a special project headed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The program, one of only two nationally, supports ongoing efforts by MPRO to improve quality of care in Michigan, as well as the goals of the Million Hearts Initiative which aims to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.
The Disparities and Cardiac Health Program initiative will bring together providers from Wayne and Genesee counties to review, share and implement successful strategies for improving cardiac health for the patients they serve, with a primary focus on racial and ethnic populations that traditionally have shown to lag behind in managing hypertension and cardiac disease.
"We are excited to begin this important work, in particular, addressing some of the disparities that are prevalent in the level and quality of cardiac care available to underserved populations in Wayne and Genesee counties," explained Nancy Vecchioni, RN, MSN, CPHQ, Vice President of Medicare Operations for MPRO. "This partnership with Genesee Health Plan is a critical step in establishing community-based networks of providers and other stakeholders who can help achieve the goals of this initiative."
The Genesee Health Plan provides basic health services to about 25,000 adults in Genesee County who do not have health insurance. Services provided include cancer screenings, doctor visits, X-rays and basic prescriptions.
"Working on initiatives that address the disparities within populations is an honor," said Jim Malinowski, Chief Operation Officer and Linda Hamacher, President and CEO of Genesee Health Plan. "We appreciate the opportunity to work with our community partners on efforts that help to improve the care and decrease healthcare disparities, based on race, age, gender and ethnicity, of those we serve."
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by John Calvin (compiled by John H. Kromminga)
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In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; —II Timothy 2:25
And therefore Saint Paul says precisely, If at any time God should give them repentance. As if he should say, My friends, it is a very grievous and hard matter to bear with men that resist God and set themselves against his grace and cannot at the first hear the good doctrine that is for their salvation.
Men fret against them, and so they cast them off. But what? For all that we must be gentle in this behalf and though we see men lewd for a season, if there be no obstinate malice in them, if they are not deliberately rebellious against God, so that they seem past all correction, we must labor to mortify and tame them; for they are, says he, in God's hand.
On the one hand he says, If at any time; showing that if the conversion of unbelievers should not come so soon as we would wish, we must not leave them for all that. For God has them in his hands.
And again he adds, if a man be stubborn today, we do not know what he will be tomorrow. And why so? For the conversion of men does not come from themselves nor of their own strength, nor of their own moving; it is God that reforms them, that makes them new creatures. And shall we hinder God to work in a marvelous way and such as passes all our senses? So then let us wait for more at God's gracious goodness than we can think of. —Sermons
John Calvin was the premier theologian of the Reformation, but also a pious and godly Christian pastor who endeavored throughout his life to point men and women to Christ. We are grateful to Reformation Heritage Books for permission to use John Calvin's Thine Is My Heart as our daily devotional for 2013 on the OPC Web site. You can currently obtain a printed copy of that book from Reformation Heritage Books.
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"Calvin shows us the piety of a Reformed theologian who speaks from the heart. Having tasted the goodness and grace of God in Jesus Christ, he pursued piety by seeking to know and do God's will every day. He communed with Christ, practicing repentance, self-denial, and cross-bearing. Moreover, his theology worked itself out in heart-felt, Christ-honoring piety. The selections of this devotional bear this out, and hopefully will be used by God to direct pious hearts in our own day."
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:mad:I have been so frustrated lately. I have so much going on, and Suzie is starting peeing wars with the other cats.
She pees on everything, my NEW furniture, the carpets, oven, dryer/washer, floors, top of fridge(so that it runs down the sides), cabinets, INSIDE cabinets, counters, clothes, walls, desk, LAPTOP:mad:, EVERYTHING! She has been doing this for years now. Sometimes, I wish I would have never took her in. She has been the WORST cat ever.
Now, she has gotten 4 OTHER cats to start peeing where she does. I find ATLEAST 10 spots per day. She has been to the vet constantly, has cost me TONS of money, and NOTHING is wrong medically with her. NOTHING.
I have tried Prozac, amitriptylin, seperating her, everything. I tried the feliway plug ins, But they are too expensive, and this house is too big to buy as many as it would take../
This is a brand new house, we use half of our income to pay for it. Now it smells like pee.. We work too hard to pay for this place, to have it ruined. I have 19 pets, and she is BY FAR the worst of the worse.
Something has got to change, and NOW! I cant do this anymore. Really. It has been 4 years of me trying everything, new vets, different tests, different litters, different potty pans, and locations, sprays, cleaners, pills, even a pet psychic! The vets say put her down, at to be honest, it IS coming to that.
I know that sounds bad, and I sound like a bad owner, but I dont know anyone else who puts up with this crap for 4 years. It is ridiculous. I cant even have company over, or stay the night. If I do, they must lock their stuff in a closet, and try explaining why... SO embarrassing. Esp when your cat PEES in their pocketbook:mad:
I refuse to cage her forever, I dont have to money to get a cage anyways. I have NO more rooms to put her in. I am at the VERY END of my rope... I just needed to vent. IF anyone knows of someone with a barn, or a outdoor enclosure, Please let me know. Suzies VERY MAD MEOWMIE:mad:


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Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is reportedly ready to stump up £46million for Manchester City target Radamel Falcao.
A report in the Mirror claims Stamford Bridge's oligarch is ready to meet the Atletico Madrid star's whopping €55million buy-out clause, though the Etihad Stadium club are unlikely to be outbid if they are also resolved to signing the Colombia international.
Falcao's reputation has soared over the past two seasons with him beginning to be mentioned in conversations over who is the best striker in the world, and Chelsea's bankroller may well have decided to purchase him after seeing firsthand what he is capable of.
Roberto di Matteo's defence was torn apart in a first-half masterclass of forward play by Falcao, and they could do nothing stop him firing a hat-trick in Atletico's 4-1 win over Chelsea in the UEFA Super Cup earlier this season.
Meanwhile, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini travelled to Spain to watch Falcao score a goal in Atleti's league win over Malaga last weekend, which could be taken as an indicator that he is keen to add the 26-year-old to his already burgeoning strike force, containing the likes of Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli.
Abramovich has already shown a willingness to spend big this summer as he looks to revitalise the Chelsea squad, with the capture of Eden Hazard and Brazilian international Oscar costing a combined £57million.
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Royal Host Offers Improved Debenture Amendment Terms and Reschedules Its Meeting of Series C Debentureholders
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Nov. 13, 2012 07:29 PM
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/14/12 -- Royal Host Inc. (the "Company") (TSX:RYL) (TSX:RYL.DB.C) (TSX:RYL.DB.B.) (TSX:RYL.DB.D) announced today that it has rescheduled a meeting (the "Meeting") to seek the approval of holders (the "Debentureholders") of its Series C, 6.25% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due September 30, 2013 (the "Debentures"), with regard to certain amendments to the Debentures (the "Debenture Amendments"). The Meeting will now be held on November 29th, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) and more favorable terms are being offered to Debenture Holders (the "Revised Debenture Amendments").
The Debenture Amendments identified in the Management Information Circular published on October 11, 2012 (the "Circular") have been modified to present more favourable terms to Debentureholders (the "Revised Debenture Amendments"). Specifically, the Revised Debenture Amendments provide:
a. AN INCREASE in the annual interest rate of the Debentures by 20.0% from 6.25% to 7.50%. When initially announced, the Company had proposed an increase in the interest rate to 7.00%; and b. A REDUCTION in the conversion price of the Debentures from $4.87 to $3.50 for each Common Share underlying the Debentures ("Common Shares"), resulting in a conversion rate of 285.714 Common Shares per $1,000 principal amount of the amended Debentures rather than 205.339 Common Shares per $1,000 principal amount of the Debentures. When initially announced, the Company had proposed a decrease in the conversion price to $4.00.
Other than the increase in the offered interest rate and the decrease in the offered conversion price described above, the proposed amendments to the Debentures described in the Circular are unamended.
Although the required quorum has been achieved for the Meeting and of the proxies voted, over 60% have been voted in favour of the Debenture Amendments, the Meeting has been rescheduled to allow Debentureholders sufficient time to vote on the proposed amendments and to allow Debentureholders additional time to consider the improved terms of the Revised Debenture Amendments.
Recommendation of the Board of Directors
For the reasons described in the Circular, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS that Debentureholders vote FOR the Revised Debenture Amendments.
Benefits to Shareholders and Debentureholders
The Board believes that the Revised Debenture Amendments provide a number of benefits to the Company and its security holders, including the Debentureholders. The principal benefit to the Company is the five year extension of its only significant near-term debt. The benefits of the proposed amendments to Debentureholders include:
-- A 1.25 percentage point (or 20.0%) increase in the interest rate to 7.50% which represents an attractive yield especially in the current low interest rate environment. -- An increase in the value of the conversion option imbedded in the Debentures by virtue of a reduction in the conversion price from $4.87 to $3.50. This has the effect of increasing the number of shares underlying each $1,000 principal amount of Debentures by approximately 39.1% from 205.399 to 285.714; and -- A consent fee of 0.50% (or $5 per $1,000 principal amount of Debentures) to Debentureholders that vote in favour of the proposed amendments payable on passage of the resolution. This has the effect of increasing the yield to consenting Debentureholders. Debentureholders who do not vote in favour of the Revised Debenture Amendments will not be eligible to receive a consent fee.
These Debenture Amendments and incentives will only be effective if the resolution is passed in accordance with the requirements described below.
For further particulars of such benefits see "Benefits of the Debenture Amendments and Recommendation of the Board" section in the Circular, which is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and which was previously mailed to Debentureholders.
Voting Instructions
Debentureholders may vote by internet, by telephone or by contacting their brokers or investment advisors on or before 10:00 am (Atlantic Standard Time) on November 27, 2012. Debentureholders who have already voted in favour of the Debenture Amendments and wish to continue to vote in favour of the Revised Debenture Amendments need to take no action. Debentureholders who have already voted against the Debenture Amendments and wish to continue to vote against the Revised Debenture Amendments need to take no action. Debentureholders who have already voted and who wish to change the way they have voted in light of the increased interest rate and decreased conversion rate should contact their broker with revised voting instructions and submit a new proxy form containing these revised instructions. Debentureholders who have not already voted can vote in accordance with the instructions in the Circular.
The Meeting is rescheduled to be held at 10:00 a.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) on November 29, 2012 at the offices of the Company, at 1809 Barrington Street, Suite 1108, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3K8. The Revised Debenture Amendments, if passed by an extraordinary resolution of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the principal amount of the Debentures present by person or by proxy at the Meeting in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, will be binding upon all Debentureholders. The quorum for the Meeting is the presence in person or by proxy of Debentureholders representing 25% of the principal amount of Debentures outstanding at the record date, which was set by the Board of Directors of the Company as the close of business on October 15, 2012. As of the close of business on November 13, 2012 there are $45,166,000 Debentures outstanding.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements relating, but not limited to, the Company's operations, anticipated financial performance, business prospects, and strategies. Forward- looking information typically contains statements with words such as "anticipate", "does not anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "forecast", "intend", "expect", "does not expect", "could", "may", "would", "will", "should", "budgeted", "plan" or other similar terms and expressions suggesting future outcomes. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from further results expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are therefore cautioned that the Company's expectations, estimates and assumptions, although considered reasonable, may prove to be incorrect and readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements contained herein are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict, and could result in the outcome of such events being materially different from those indented, planned, anticipate, believed, estimated or expected in this news release. Such factors and assumptions include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, levels of travel in the Company's key market areas, political conditions and events, competitive pressures, changes in government policy or regulations, and lodging industry conditions. The Company does not undertaken any obligation to update or release any revisions to these forward- looking statements to reflect events or circumstances, unanticipated events or circumstances, or should its estimates or assumptions change, after the date hereof, except as expressly required by law.
About Royal Host Inc.
Royal Host Inc. is a diversified hospitality company that delivers shareholder value through hotel ownership, investments and franchising. The Company's hotels, which contain approximately 2,957 rooms, are located in five Provinces and Territories across Canada. Twenty of the Company's hotels operate under internationally recognized brands such as Travelodge ®, Super 8 ®, Holiday Inn ®, Hilton ®, Ramada ® and Country Inns and Suites ®. Three of the Company's hotels are independently branded. In addition to its real estate holdings, the Company owns and operates the Travelodge Canada franchise business which is currently comprised of over 90 hotels across nine Provinces and Territories.
The Company's common shares and convertible debentures are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbols "RYL", "RYL.DB.B", "RYL.DB.C" and "RYL.DB.D" respectively.
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The Menu: Um, Ike's. These are the best sandwiches in the world. You can disagree if you want to, but do so knowing that you're wrong and making a mockery of yourself. Fresh, soft Dutch crunch bread, tons of veggies, Dirty Sauce, and any number of fillings make these sammies the be-all-end-all sandwiches. We ordered the Backstabber, a couple Womanizers, Nacho Boy, Chester the Cheetah on gluten-free bread, Eli Manning, and the Meatless Mike—all vegan, of course. When you eat an Ike's sandwich, there's no room for salad.
The Goods: Today has been semi-calamitous here at the VNHQ. Yes, the internet likes to go out when we're working on e-newsletters; yes, the printer decided take a little unexpected break in the middle of printing; and yes, we've all been thinking Office Space kinds of thoughts all day. But! Today is also a special occasion, as it's the one-year anniversary of our relaunch of VegNews.com. To properly punctuate this momentous milestone, we had lunch generously catered by Ike's Place. Let's just say that after these sandwiches, all seems right with the world.
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At the age of 28, Strycova has enlisted a sports psychologist in a late-career effort to bring a new dimension to her game, and the Czech produced a stunning effort to see off the reigning Australian Open champion.
She clinched a 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/5) win against China's leading sportswoman, and sealed victory amid high drama on Court One.
Strycova, the entire crowd, a line judge and the umpire thought the match was over when Li sent a forehand apparently long after serving at 6-5 behind, but an appeal was launched and Hawk-Eye showed it had flicked the outside extremity of the baseline.
The extra life was spurned though, with 32-year-old Li double-faulting to ensure Strycova, having gone from the euphoria of celebrations to refocusing on the replayed point, did not need to hit another ball.
With the win finally beyond doubt, Strycova walked around the court, taking in the crowd's acclaim and yelling 'Come on!' before departing to another huge ovation.
Strycova will tackle Denmark's former world number one Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round. For the 43rd-ranked Czech it will be a first appearance in the last 16 at Wimbledon in what is her 11th shot at success in the tournament.
"I'm very happy. I played a really good match and I enjoyed playing on Court One," she said.
"You have to believe in yourself and I did. I thought I could do it so I was pushing myself a lot and that's what happened."
The bizarre conclusion had Strycova initially puzzled.
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Iddo Genuth writes "Conventional Li-Ion batteries have been known to catch fire and explode. A new, safer type of Li-Ion nanobattery that might help prevent such mishaps has been developed by researchers at Tel Aviv University. These nanobatteries should prove useful for various micro devices used for medical, military, and a range of other applications. They are 2-4 years from commercial availability."


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The A's just announced that backup catcher Rob Bowen has been released, which means Landon Powell is likely to take over as Kurt Suzuki's backup. The wheels had been in motion on this move for much of the spring, as Powell was getting lots of playing time and playing well offensively and defensively. GM Billy Beane stopped short of saying Powell was assured of a roster spot as the No. 2 backstop, but said the team has been very impressed with Powell this spring. "I think we felt that some of our other options have come quite a ways," Beane said. "Kurt's the incumbent. We've got some pretty good choices (for a backup) with Landon being the leading candidate."
Bowen, one of the most outgoing and classiest guys in the clubhouse since he came over from the Cubs in the Jason Kendall trade of 2007, said he wasn't shocked by the move. He added he appreciated the A's making the call now and allowing him time to hook on w/another team.


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This study investigates the market reaction to the changes in dividend announcements at the Malaysia stock exchange formally called Bursa Malaysia. Data is gathered for a sample of 356 dividend announcement made by 138 firms pined in the main market between the years 2008 to 2011. The results show that the market reacts positively to dividend increasing stocks but no significant react to the constant dividend or the decreasing group of dividend announcements. It was also observed from the information in a day prior to the announcement day that there is a probable leakage of information by the excess access to the insider information of the firms.
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Real Madrid superstar Kaka has made a comeback onto Chelsea's transfer wishlist, according to Metro, with Andre Villas-Boas chasing a creative midfielder as an alternative to Javier Pastore.
While Kaka has continually pledged his future to Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho has reportedly decided that the Brazilian will not feature in next season's campaign for the Spanish giants.
Chelsea have long been connected to Kaka, with the star still one of the world's top footballers, despite failing to impress at Real. The Blues have yet to make a big money move in the transfer period, and while a deal with Pastore looked likely, the Palermo star has chosen cashed up side Paris Saint-Germain instead.
And for a fee of £25 million, Chelsea would no doubt see Kaka as a bargain, considering he moved from AC Milan to Real Madrid just two years ago for £56 million.
With Manchester City and Manchester United making some big moves in the transfer period – United have spent £60 million so far and City close to £40 million – Chelsea will be looking at making a big signing to trump their rivals, and Kaka might be just the ticket as the club go searching for European glory.
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Concert of Latin American Protest Songs Dec. 2
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Miriam Bernardo and Jairo Sequeira will present a concert of Latin American protest songs on Monday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Southwick Recital Hall. The folk songs, from throughout the region, take their inspiration from the "Nueva Canción" movement championed by the late great Argentine singer, Mercedes Sosa. The performers will also interpret music from Violeta Parra, Lila Downs, Silvio Rodriguez, Victor Jara, Lhasa de Sela and Susana Baca among many others.
Vocalist and guitarist Sequeira was part of the Sandinista movement in Nicaragua in the 1980s and has lived in Vermont since the mid-1990s. Vocalist Bernardo is a Vermonter of Cuban-American background.
The concert was inspired by an interdisciplinary class, "Culture and Politics of Latin American Protest Music," taught by John Waldron in the departments of Romance Languages and Global Studies, Caroline Beer in the Political Science Department, and Alexandar Stewart in the Music and Dance Department.
"One of the great legacies of the political movements of Latin America is the music and the artistic reaction that accompanied them, which provide unique insight into the history of the region," Stewart says. Students studied many of the songs that will be performed and helped provide the translations in the program.
The class was funded through a competitive interdisciplinary grant program offered by the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences called the Enhancing Excellence Through the Interdisciplinary Experiential Engagement initiative.


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Apple Patents Page Turn Animation 192
An anonymous reader sends this quote from the NY Times Bits blog: "If you want to know just how broken the patent system is, just look at patent D670,713, filed by Apple and approved this week by the United States Patent Office. This design patent, titled, 'Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface,' gives Apple the exclusive rights to the page turn in an e-reader application. ... Apple argued that its patented page turn was unique in that it had a special type of animation other page-turn applications had been unable to create." The article doesn't really make it clear, but this is for the UI design of showing a page being turned, not the actual function of moving from one page to another. That said, the patent itself cites similar animations in Flash from 2004.


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Last week, VEDP attended the Plastics News Executive Forum in Tampa, Florida. We had the opportunity to hear from Bill Wood, Founder of Mountaintop Economics & Research, and learn why he thinks the North American plastics industry is on the rise.
First, the Institute for Supply Management's Purchasing Managers' Index has been growing for the past few years. The PMI is an economic indicator derived from monthly surveys of private sector companies. Since the PMI has been on the rise for several years, Bill predicts it should continue to increase for years to come, which is good news for Virginia's already thriving plastics industry.
Second, U.S. durable goods orders are on the upward trend with five percent growth in 2014. Durable goods are items from toasters to aircraft meant to last three years or more. This increase shows hopeful signs for factory activity which have slowed in recent years.
Finally, U.S. plastic parts production has increased six percent in the past year. Low U.S. natural gas prices have helped increase domestic plastic production after a decline from the 2008 recession.
These three factors are strong indicators that the U.S. plastics industry will continue to grow in 2014. Since 2003, Virginia plastics firms have invested more than $1 billion and created more than 4,900 jobs. To learn more about Virginia's plastics industry, click here.
Bill Wood, Founder of Mountaintop Economics & Research, presents at the Plastics News Executive Forum 2014.
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Nature at 7 p.m. Sunday looks at Hawaii's Kilauea, the world's most active volcano, and the spectacular moment when lava meets water, forming new land.
Masterpiece Theatre 8 p.m. Sunday presents "Little Dorrit," the tale of the Dorrit family's journey from rags to riches and back again and the characters they come across along the way.
American Experience at 8 p.m. Monday looks at the history of San Francisco and how it became a part of American folklore.
American Experience at 9 p.m. Monday goes behind the headlines to provide a revealing portrait of Jim Jones, the head of the Peoples Temple and one of the largest mass murder-suicides in history.
Go behind-the-scenes in this PBS Previews at 10:30 p.m. Monday, a glimpse of the five-part Native American history series, "We Shall Remain."
Nova at 7 p.m. Tuesday presents an exclusive investigation of a startling and controversial new hypothesis that suggests a cosmic collision was the cause of the mass extinction of oversized mammals, instead of the Ice Age, 13,000 years ago.
As the worsening economy leads to massive job losses and sequentially millions of Americans without health insurance, Frontline at 8 p.m. Tuesday examines the nation's broken health care system.
Independent Lens at 9 p.m. Tuesday follows the daily life of ex Mujahideen fighter Abu Amar through streets of Zarqa, Jordan, as he struggles to make a living by collecting cardboard to recycle and face the social realities of life in the Middle East.
Norm Abram and Kevin O'Connor of "This Old House" offer digital television tips and guidelines to help viewers prepare for the switch to digital television on April 17, in Get Ready for Digital TV at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Coming Home at 7 p.m. Wednesday explores the challenges faced by injured soldiers and their families, saluting their courage and strength and offering strategies for coping.
Featuring quotes by environmental pioneer Rachel Carson, Ribbon of Sand at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday examines the wild beaches of North Carolina's Cape Lookout, one of the few remaining natural barrier islands in the world.
Host Ray Suarez of "The Newshour" travels to Jerusalem, as Jerusalem: Center of the World at 8 p.m. Wednesday tries to determine why this small city has occupied the minds of so many for so long.
Austin City Limits at 10 p.m. Wednesday and 11 p.m. Friday features a pair of British stars conquering U.S. shores: England's Corinne Bailey Rae, followed by Scotland's KT Tunstall.
Evan Smith talks with Abraham Verghese, a physician, expert on medical ethics and acclaimed author in Texas Monthly Talks at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Historic Texas Courthouses at 7:30 Thursday celebrates the Texas county courthouses, considered to be among the treasures of American civic architecture.
The Nashville Symphony performs an all-Gerswhin program in Gershwin at One Symphony Place at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Out of Faith at 9 p.m. Thursday follows three generations of a family torn apart by conflicts over interfaith marriage.
In his latest Adventures with Purpose at 9 p.m. Friday, Richard Bangs seeks out the modern-day Viking Spirit in Norway's forbidding Arctic north, mountainous sea coast and bustling cities.
Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire celebrates its acclaimed second album "Neon Bible" in Austin City Limits at 7 p.m. Saturday.


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Touring one of the U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers is an unforgettable thrill, and at the invitation of Captain Skip Wheeler and his wife Jane, I was able to board the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy several years ago. On my tour I visited kitchens that feed nearly 5,000 crew, hiked up and down stairs too many to count and came away in awe of the naval life at sea.
The recipe can be lightened up by substituting unsweetened applesauce for the shortening, which is the preferred version at my house. Jane baked her cake in a large Bundt pan, but I usually bake mine in two smaller Bundt pans so that I have one small cake for my family and one to take to a friend or neighbor. Just decrease the baking time by about 10 minutes when using the smaller baking pans.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place rolled oats in a bowl and cover with the boiling water and set aside. Cream together in the bowl of a stand mixer the shortening, sugars and eggs. Stir in flour, cinnamon, baking soda, vanilla and salt. Stir in oatmeal and pour into a greased and floured Bund pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Invert onto a cooling rack and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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Microsoft has long squandered the wealth of gaming in Xbox Live Indie Games by hiding the user-submitted titles away, but the recent dashboard update buried them even deeper. Inspired by the cack-handed categorizing, Mommy's Best Games--maker of Serious Sam Double D and several XBLIG titles--has released parodic arcade shooter Game Type to send up the new dashboard.
Since the update, the Indie Games category has been hidden several tabs into the dashboard, behind an inconspicuous box with a picture of a jumping woman, labelled "Game Type." As well as rooting around there to buy the game in the first place, you'll need to do that in-game too before you can play. Game Type's in-game dashboard is packed with adverts for TV shows including that famous sitcom "Fat Guy and Pretty Girl," and talk shows hosted by cats.
"I've been thrilled Microsoft created the special dashboard tile just for our game. It's such a terrible name which I created as a placeholder while starting the project," Game Type lead designer Nathan Fouts joked in the announcement.
"With the incongruous stock photo of a woman in a hoodie doing a jump-kick, and the forgettable 'Game Type' title, it's good to know Microsoft was advertising our poorly-named game, and not trying to label the console's entire digital game storefront. Otherwise, it'd be a horrible match that would simply make no sense and generally lead fewer gamers to find the store and browse on their own terms."
Numerous XBLIG developers have complained that the updated dashboard will harm sales.
As for Game Type the video game, it's an arcade shooter starring the famous woman in a hoodie, taking on giant enemy crabs, cars, cats, and other bizarre enemies. It supports two-player local co-op, if you happen to know another hoodie-wearing lady.
"Check out 'Game Type' on Xbox Live Indie Games. Find it in the Xbox 360 Games Marketplace. Or just do a search on it," Mommy's Best Games says. "Otherwise, you'll probably get lost in the dashboard, stuck watching advertisement for TV shows." Probably the easiest way to find Game Type is on the Xbox Live Marketplace website. It only costs 80 Microsoft Points ($1).


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New MacBook Pros
The retina display has officially evolved to the MacBook Pro line. With 13-inch and 15-inch options, the MacBook Pro line received amped up hardware and a lower starting price point, beginning at $1,299 and $1,999 respectively. The 13-inch version weighs less than 3.5 pounds and is loaded with a fourth-generation Intel Haswell dual-core processor, while the 15-inch has the same quad-core processor. The 13-inch Pro offers 4- and 8-GB options for onboard memory, while the 15-inch device comes with 8- and 16-GB options. Additionally, both versions are capable of up to 512-GB storage. Both MacBook Pros operate on Mavericks OS and, as with any new iOS or Mavericks product, will come preloaded with the new iLife and iWork suites.


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I remember enjoying the food and festive atmosphere at one of the Dolphins annual banquets a few years ago and complimenting a team official for the event.
"It didn't look like it was going to be much of an event last night," the official told me. "But Bryan Wiedmeier jumped in and started helping arrange tables and setting things up. Can you imagine any other NFL executive working like that with his hands? He even ordered pizza for everyone because the guys working late had missed dinner and were hungry."
The Miami Dolphins were lessened on Monday when the Cleveland Browns announced the hiring of Wiedmeier as their executive vice president for business administration. In that capacity, Wiedmeier will run the business side of that organization as he did with the Dolphins for much of his 29 seasons with the team.
You probably don't know about Wiedmeier because he was by no means the face of the franchise. He was a behind-the-scenes guy who toiled on things such as salary caps, and player contracts, and day-to-day operations of the team and practice facility.
But he was so much more than that.
Wiedmeier saw the need and helped establish the team's Community Relations department.
He saw the possibilities and helped establish the Miami Dolphins Foundation. The Miami Dolphins Foundation has made meaningful contributions to the South Florida community but it has also been active in helping former Dolphins players that needed help.
When Doug Betters became paralyzed after a ski accident, the Foundation came to his aid financially and in other ways. When Randy Wheeler, a practice squad player on the 1997 team, was paralyzed in an auto accident, the Foundation came to his aid, even purchasing him a van.
When Mark Duper and other former players teetered on becoming indigent, the Foundation propped them up. And this was done in keeping with Wiedmeier's personality -- quietly, out of the limelight.
Wiedmeier was Don Shula's capologist. He hired Matt Thomas, who is Bill Parcells' capologist. Wiedmeier was former club president Eddie Jones' right-hand-man. And when Jones retired, Wiedmeier was Wayne Huizenga's right-hand-man.
Yes, Wiedmeier was involved in those coaching searches that turned up Nick Saban and Cam Cameron -- nobody's perfect. But in November and early December of 2007, Wiedmeier was also part of the full franchise study ordered by Huizenga.
That study eventually led to the Parcells hiring.
Weidmeier was not loved by all his employees. But he was respected by most of them. He was big on structure. Big on purpose. Big on organization.
"Plan your work," he would tell staffers, "and work your plan."
He wasn't kidding. The guy had a five-year plan, an annual plan, a monthly plan.
"He put organization into chaos," one current staffer told me today.
Bryan Wiedmeier was a traditionalist. He was there when the Dolphins were a Super Bowl team. He worked for the team during Air Marino.
And so in 1997 when there was an internal debate about changing the Dolphins logo to some radicalized permutation not the least bit connected with the franchise's roots, Wiedmeier championed updating the logo, but never, ever discarding it.
He helped organize the Don Shula farewell celebration in 1996. He helped organize the Dan Marino farewell party at Dolphins Stadium in 2000. He helped organize the Don Shula birthday celebration earlier this month.
You probably never heard of Bryan Wiedmeier and that's the way he would want it.
But now that he belongs to the Cleveland Browns, that organization is improved. And the Dolphins are lessened.


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WASHINGTON -- U.S. banks that have been earning record profits from home loans are adding or transferring thousands of staff to catch up with demand for refinancing, after shortages blocked homeowners from getting lower rates.
Employment tied to mortgages rose 9 percent this year through September to 285,000, the most since 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Even as banks added staff, they failed to keep pace, and kept mortgage rates "much higher" than they should be to curb demand, said Vipul Jain, an analyst at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS).
Lending constraints are lifting after banks built up units to handle the highest level of refinancing since 2009.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) the biggest U.S. bank by assets, has transferred 3,500 people from servicing to mortgage originations and Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) has expanded its operations staff by at least 25 percent this year.
The hiring comes before a potential acceleration in volume after President Obama's re-election saw debt yields tumble and increased the possibility of expanded programs to help homeowners improve rates.
"The trend in headcount is upward," Jain said in a telephone interview. "During the next three to six months, we're expecting a 10 percent increase in capacity."
Record income
Banks are adding home loan staff after the top five companies reported a record $8.35 billion in income from mortgage banking during the third quarter, according to newsletter Inside Mortgage Finance.
In contrast, the six largest U.S. banks have reduced headcount by more than 25,000 in the 12 months ended in September, as regulators demand more capital and global growth slows, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Lenders profited as the Fed encouraged refinancing by purchasing mortgage bonds to push down borrowing costs to record lows, known as quantitative easing, or QE.
While 30-year rates are at a new record low of 3.31 percent, down from 5.05 percent in February 2011, they could be lower based on bond prices, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
"Capacity constraints are a big issue in the mortgage market right now and even though mortgage rates have dropped post QE3, there is more room for them to drop from here," Gary Kain, the president of American Capital Agency Corp., the second- largest mortgage REIT with $102 billion of assets, said on Nov. 1.
The gap between rates for the loans and the bonds into which they're packaged is 1.27 percentage points, about 59 percent higher than the 5-year average. It reached a record 1.7 percentage points in September.
High margins
At JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, mortgage- production margins are "very high" at "well over" 2 percent, up from less than 1 percent historically, Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said on Oct. 12 about its record $5.7 billion in quarterly earnings.
"Since lenders can't meet the demand they raise mortgage rates to temper it," Jain said.
The time it takes banks to close on loans also indicates the industry's failures.
Mortgage refinancings completed in October took an average of 57 days, up from 47 days in June and 42 days a year earlier, according to data compiled by Pleasanton, Calif.-based Ellie Mae.
To keep up with mounting application volumes, Wells Fargo added about 7,000 fulltime employees that process, close and underwrite mortgage loans since the second quarter of 2011, Michael Heid, president of Wells Fargo's home-loan unit said this month.
Wells hiring
After adding more than 2,500 people to underwrite loans this year, more than half from outside of the company, the bank is hiring to fill more than 1,000 open underwriting positions, said Tom Goyda, a spokesman for Wells Fargo.
The bank made or bought the largest number of home loans originated in the first nine months of 2012, with 30.3 percent of the market, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.
The lender can scale down dramatically, as it did in 2010 when staff in the unit was cut by 5,000 during a six-month period as rates rose and volumes dropped off, Heid said.
JPMorgan, the second-largest lender, increased its mortgage origination operations by 50 percent this year to 10,200.
That will increase its ability to handle refinancing volume and improve ability to rapidly grow or shrink originations capacity, according to a Nov. 1 company presentation.
JPMorgan transfers
Rather than hiring from outside, JPMorgan moved 3,500 employees from servicing mortgages to making them, according to spokeswoman Amy Bonitatibus.
"By leveraging our skilled and experienced employees, we avoid the costs of recruiting, hiring and training new employees and of paying severance for roles we no longer need," Bonitatibus said.
Mortgage origination volume at the bank reached $47 billion in September, a 29 percent rise from the prior year, according to the company.
Most of the employees across the country new to the origination side of the businesses will serve as loan officers, which work directly with customers to help them buy or refinance homes by processing applications and collecting financial documents.
There are still about 400 open sales positions in the department, Bonitatibus said.
The New York-based lender agreed this month to buy MetLife Inc.'s (NYSE: MET) $70 billion mortgage-servicing business, which will increase its own servicing arm by more than 5 percent, according to a statement.
This gives JPMorgan a pool of borrowers whose loans it can service and offer to refinance, increasing fees.
'Fat fees'
Some of the extra staff may be added to the servicing side where banks can earn "fat fees," Walt Schmidt, a mortgage strategist in Chicago at FTN Financial, the brokerage unit of First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN), said.
"They don't necessarily want to turn over the current borrowers too quickly," Schmidt said. While more employees will increase the speed of processing loans, banks don't want to lose the high fees produced through their mortgage servicing books, he said.
The failure of central bank policy to loosen mortgage credit has frustrated Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
They've expressed concern that banks are preventing qualified borrowers from taking advantage of the record low interest rates.
High scores
Borrowers whose loans closed in October had an average credit score of 750, according to Ellie Mae.
Homebuyers with Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNMA) and Freddie Mac l(NYSE: FMCC) oans made down payments averaging 21 percent.
Some homeowners may also be postponing refinancing in anticipation that rates will continue to fall lower, which could lead a wave of prepayments that negatively impact securities tied to the loans, according to Merrill Ross, an analyst with Baltimore-based Wunderlich Securities Inc.
Prepayments on loans backing Fannie Mae's 5 percent securities, filled with loans with rates averaging about 5.5 percent, rose to a pace that would erase 35.1 percent of the debt in a year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
That exceeded August's 33.3 percent pace even as Hurricane Sandy delayed some closings and was the highest in at least a decade.
Mortgage REITs
Mortgage bond investors monitor prepayment rates since they influence returns.
Bondholders risk losses when buying debt for more than 100 cents on the dollar as the value can be erased when homeowners take out new mortgages too quickly to repay existing debt.
With debt trading below face value, returns increase when repayments accelerate.
Real estate investment trusts that invest in mortgage debt have lost 7.6 percent through Tuesday, including reinvested dividends, since the Fed said it would buy an additional $40 billion of the securities a month.
"The lull in refinancing activity could lead bond investors to believe the worst prepayment activity is over, and RMBS portfolio managers could buy assets that have less value than they currently anticipate, Ross said.
"That attitude is dangerous. People have to anticipate that the Fed is going to get what it wants."
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Submission + - HP reviving the 99$ Touch Pad on 11th December (techcrunch.com)
Frankie70 writes: Starting Sunday, December 11th at 6:00 p.m. Central time, 16GB and 32GB Touchpads will be available on HP's ebay store. A $79 accessory bundle will also be available, which includes a case, charging dock and wireless keyboard. The caveat with this deal is that these are refurbished TouchPads rather than the brand new models sold during the first firesale.


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Pretty Little Liars
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
Mona returns to school, Emily's under house arrest, and someone's hurt in a fire.
Hanna is awoken in her bed by Mona, who says they released her. She's worried about going back to school and people judging her - she knows Hanna stood up for her. Hanna's grandma knocks. She tells her she's fine. Outside, a truck chases a skateboarder in the dark - the driver's Toby in a dark hoodie. Later, Hanna tells her grandma about Mona in the kitchen over breakfast. Regina thinks people can change.
At home, Emily gets a text that Mona's out, as her father tells her he's putting an alarm on her window. He says there's going to be a meeting about Garrett's death and forbids her to do the run in the dark.
At the cafe, Spencer and Aria whisper about Mona being out. They wonder what she knows about Maya. Spencer irritates Aria by bringing up that Garrett said her dad met up with Ali the night she died.
At school, Emily tells Aria and Spencer she's under house arrest. Hanna appears. Aria's still upset at Spencer for thinking her father could be involved. Mona arrives. Inside, Aria tells Emily how upset she's feeling. Aria is stunned to see Meredith is teaching their class. After class, Meredith gives them a warning about texting about her. In the hall, Mona opens her locker to find a fake brain with a knife through it. She carries it to the trash as everyone watches. Hanna asks Lucas who did it. Emily, Aria, and Spencer discuss it in the washroom - they felt sorry for Mona. She enters. Emily says they didn't do it. Mona tells Emily she helped her find the creep who hurt her girlfriend, but she still owes them. She'll prove herself - she's better now. Hanna meets Caleb in the hall and he speculates Mona may have put the brain there herself. Hanna asks him to talk to Lucas. Emily talks to her father by phone in the hall and spots a janitor who is eerily familiar talking to Mona. Hanna and Emily go peek in the janitor's room. He nearly catches them.
Outside the school, Spencer complains to Toby about still not knowing who killed Garrett. She sees Jason hugging Mona and doesn't like it. Spencer and Toby go jogging. When they spot Jason, Spencer warns him Mona is dangerous. He says people used to say that about him too. Spencer and Toby go for a jacuzzi. She stews about Jason and then hears a noise. She has to go inside.
At Ezra's, Aria gets an upsetting text and lies that it's her mom. She goes out into the hall and sees a baby welcome basket saying, "It's a boy." The card says 'Babies, like lies, get bigger and talk - when will you?'
Aria meets Hanna and Emily to discuss the baby basket incident. They wonder if Mona's behind it. Caleb arrives. He has a transcript from a meeting between the principal and Mona's parents - she lied about her parents forcing her to come back to their school. She's back to take care of unfinished business. Hanna urges Aria to tell Ezra about his son.
Aria's dad finds her studying at home. They discuss Meredith. He says she told him Aria and her friends were welcoming. Aria questions him about Alison. He answers innocently but then looks back into the room oddly.
In her kitchen, Hanna watches a tearful apology video by Mona with her grandmother. Regina revises her former opinion. Lucas arrives with money he owes Caleb. He says he hurt his leg in an incident while skateboarding. Hanna asks about Mona. He tells her Mona was sneaking out long before yesterday.
Caleb and Aria discuss Mona's tearful video at the run and notice people being nice to her. Hanna and Regina arrive. Caleb talks to Aria about how he stopped looking for his dad when he was about 13. Hanna, Aria, and Spencer whisper about Emily as the run begins.
At home, Emily switches phones with her dad and disarms the house to escape after he goes out.
Emily meets Aria, Hanna, and Spencer in the school and they break into the janitor's room They find Ali's diary. There's an entry about Aria's dad. Alison had been blackmailing him. Suddenly the janitor appears. As he snatches the diary, Toby arrives. Aria grabs the diary back.
Outside, there's a scream. A small outbuilding is on fire and people are calling Mona's name.
At home, Emily's father thanks the principal for the update and tells Emily it was Meredith that got hurt in the stunt.
Regina tells Hanna, who's watching Mona's video in her room, that she's seen enough of that girl for today.
At home, Aria's dad shows her the note that told Meredith to go into the shed. He demands to know if she and her friends did this and says secrets come back to haunt you. Aria retorts, "What about yours?" Later, he listens in the hall as Aria talks to Spencer.
Spencer finds Jason on his porch and tells him Mona walked away without a scratch. He says he hears her this time. As Spencer walks away, she gets a call from Aria who says 'A' set them up so it looks like they did this to Meredith. After, Mona appears on Jason's porch and treats a burn on his side.
At the school, 'A' booby traps a bicycle.
Spoilers for Next Week on Pretty Little Liars:
Aria, Emily and Spencer think Mona has regressed to her old bad behavior, but they have no proof, and Hanna has doubts about their claim.
Aria's suspicions about her dad intensify when something important vanishes from her room.
Candi's Comments:
A very intense episode with everyone walking on eggshells around Mona! Feeling bad for Aria with her dad definitely looking suspicious. The creepy janitor really added a scary element tonight too. So much going on, can't wait until the next episode!
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El Reg presents the great End of Year Quiz
Test your memory while you've still got one
Quiz of the year The party's over, the lights are dim, and you're wondering whether to buy that bumper pack of Alka Seltzer. What to do with those last precious moments of the year?
Just cast your mind back over the last 12 months and give your brain a workout in the Great Register Quiz. No deadlines, no prizes, no stamped addressed envelopes. Just a 21 question recap of the year in tech, science and whatever else we fancied writing about, before 2006 is consigned to oblivion.
According to Bill Joy, who should know, how many times have Apple and Sun nearly merged?
What did we not find on Google Earth this year?
- A pot farm
- North Korean nuclear facilities
- A giant German earwig
- A dalek
- CIA rendition flights
How did the 42-year old male doctor who posed as a teenage girl in chatrooms get caught and what happened to him?
Which UK islands found themselves banned from buying from Apple's online store?
- The Isle of Man
- The Isle of Wight
- The Scilly Isles
- The Channel Islands
After years of rumours Dell and AMD finally got it together this year. But when did they announce it and what Dell boxes first got AMD chips?
Which UK reseller cancelled its management buyout?
How much was spent online for Christmas last year?
Which poster child for dot-com madness claimed a June comeback but never made it?
The European Space Agency ESA landed on the moon this year with SMART - 1. Which of the following countries has not announced that it also has lunar ambitions:
- India
- Kazakhstan
- China
The Atlantic hurricane season came to a pretty mild close, with none of the hurricanes that formed making landfall at their most intense. Where else in the solar system was odd weather seen?
- Dust devils on Mars
- Rain on the moon
- Hurricanes on Saturn
Officially, how many planets are there in the solar system?
- 8
- 9
- 10
Blair's bloody silly ID card scheme will allow who to have two ID cards?
- Transsexuals
- Transvestites
- Transformers
How long did it take Steve Fossett to fly round the world?
Which great British company broke a world speed record this year and how fast did they travel?
Where would you find a menu bar that reads (from left to right)?
- Home
- Find
- Look
- Leave
- Frame
Who complained that the internet was a bad thing because "people go to the wrong websites"?
Which virtual Kingdom was set ablaze in 2006?
Who turned to downtrodden Ancient Greeks to remind its customers they can't keep what they've sold?
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air date: 4/25/13 3:30 PM
Make perfect crosscuts and get tight-fitting tenons with your table saw. The editors of Woodsmith magazine show you how to build a couple of easy-to-build table saw jigs that guarantee perfect results every time.
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So what type of Mhz can you get out of this thing? Is it feasible on modern hardware for it to run at a clock rate equal to or higher than say, the stock speed of a Commodore 64? And what about I/O interfaces like audio, video and joysticks? How far can this really be taken?
Since the C-64 (and PET, Apple ][ and others) had 6502 running at 1MHz, then that shouldn't be too hard to do, even allowing for the emulation running inside a game environment
I remember playing games on a Sinclair Spectrum emulator running in a PC emulator on a Sun laptop which probably had a 40MHz CPU, so a 1MHz 6502 on a 3GHz x86 should be trivial even with a ton of overheads in a game.
Oh, I just watched a little of the video and realized this isn't emulated using minecraft built-in materials and physics, its just a fancy plugin that lets you make computers in minecraft. Very cool, but not as cool as I originally imagined.
Same here. Being a mod, it's basically just using Minecraft as the GUI for its virtual operations...
I've toyed with building the 6502 in redstone logic. If you know anything about the internals of the 6502, it actually lends itself to emulation better than, say, the Z80, since it doesn't use microcode and has a data path which is simply laid-out geometrically. Plus, there are quirks in the 6502's design which mean that the delay in getting a slow clock signal around the device wouldn't be a problem in practice.
The complication is that the 6502 has two logical internal busses (the data bus and the secondary bus) which are connected by a set of bypass MOSFETs which are bidirectional: they can pass data in either direction. That's okay when you're realising the 6502 in analogue electronics (which is what transistors are, after all), but it makes it difficult in digital electronics. At the very least, you'd need to separate the one control signal into two (one for each direction). It's a bit of a mess.
Oh yes, you from Edinburgh Uni too? In fact, we had to slow ours down to match the screen refresh rate.
And I suspect that the SPARC was 25MHz and the C compiler not especially good.
MHz? Try just plain Hz. A "tick" (the minimum unit in redstone circuitry) is 100 ms. If you set up a circuit to run on both the rising and falling edges of the clock, you get a whopping 10 Hz.
That's vanilla Minecraft, it appears the mod may double the speed. It also appears that the 6502 emulator can run multiple operations per clock, but you're still talking about something a couple orders of magnitude slower than the original 6502 in operation. I don't use any of these mods since I'm almost exclusively a
And if you either wasn't interested/got bored of minecraft and the vids are tickling your fancy.
And then got dissuaded by having to hunt down individual packages and modify the jars with several frameworks(its not hard but it can be tedious as hell).
I suggest you spoil yourself with some accessibility and head over to http://technicpack.net/ [technicpack.net] and grab a launcher.
Technicpack was originally created by some Goons just wanting to a create modpack with all the more technical mods, already configured and simple to
It got my son interested in programming. Not this mod, but another. He actually programmed a pong game on his own over the course of a week using lua in a minecraft mod that has a computer that runs lua.
Since the only mod I know of that uses LUA and has programming, it very likely _is_ the same mod. RedPower2. This is just the newest version with a bigger "computer"
Since the only mod I know of that uses LUA and has programming, it very likely _is_ the same mod. RedPower2. This is just the newest version with a bigger "computer"
Its not RedPower2.
http://computercraft.info/ [computercraft.info]
He also runs a minecraft server on our VPS.
My son is the same, he's 11 and wanting to create Minecraft Mods has caused him to:
- Learn Java (he had a few brief experiences with Processing but now he's reading the Nutshell books)
- Decompile Minecraft
- Find and follow instructions on how to do all this (Web and YouTube it seems)
- Write his own mods
He's currently at the stage where he's letting his brother have his mods, and we're starting to talk to him about the implications of distribution (support, licensing etc.).
I'm doing very little except providing the right tools at the right time (IntelliJ has been excellent for navigating the code base).
Very impressed with Minecraft and how much he's been motivated to learn. I had tried to teach him some programming before but never really got anywhere, now he's so deep into aspects of Java that I can't really help him... and I've not had to utter a single word of encouragement or assistance.
Minecraft feels like it is the BBC Model B of his generation.
Well, there is more to it then that you see(though there is no denying the modders motivation and joys of hack'n'show)...Red Power started out with logic gate blocks and bundled signal cables.
They provided functionality for the player, not just as a gimmick.
Same applies for this mini computer, I belive part of the incentive was to add something bit more versatile and compact then hardwired circuts and logic blocks.
She released a frame-block, the idea is that you design a machine using whatever components yo
Given that, at what point do mods that improve minecraft's program-ability go too far and turn it from a perverse simulation game of enormous popularity into a really dreadful IDE?
When someone abandons cool things like forth and tries to implement Visual Basic.
However, from the embedded video in this post [shroomery.org], it felt like I'm in a 3D VLSI design tool. Maybe in the future we'll be literally designing devices one block at a time. Either that or the Nazcas [wikipedia.org] have been playing Minecraft all this while....
Given that, at what point do mods that improve minecraft's program-ability go too far and turn it from a perverse simulation game of enormous popularity into a really dreadful IDE?
Compare emacs to hurd and you'll see the lengths people go to to avoid doing something that looks like actual work.
To me the whole Minecraft thing struck me as a video form of Lego but with more ways to put things together and hey! if folks like it why the fuck not. That was the whole fun of Lego when we were kids, just seeing where your imagination could take you and now you can do it as adults without having a big ass mess all over your table for days or weeks.
And as far as mods go? Again why the fuck not, if you have some idea that is cool but not quite doable with minecraft why not mod the thing? it isn't like we ha
Minecraft as a game...pretty much sucks...the survival aspect did add to it...and quite recently Notch added the final boss, which gave you an overall goal to reach.
But it felt kinda tacked on, since building palaces don't really help you much in that goal when you could just build an bunker with much less effort, not that there isnt alot of things you must construct items, transportation, etc to help gather resources and being systematic about it certainly gives credence to free form building as a challeng
But just because YOU think it sucks doesn't mean other people feel the same. look at the Sims, i have NO fucking clue why but women just love that damned thing and funnily enough Age of Empires I of all games. My former boss showed me how you could bring in the females just by putting AoE I on the boxes in the window but when i watched them play...Did you know many women do NOT play that game like a guy does? i saw many build a big wall around their place and if any bad guys attacked they would just use pri
But just because YOU think it sucks doesn't mean other people feel the same. look at the Sims, i have NO fucking clue why but women just love that damned thing and funnily enough Age of Empires I of all games. My former boss showed me how you could bring in the females just by putting AoE I on the boxes in the window but when i watched them play...Did you know many women do NOT play that game like a guy does? i saw many build a big wall around their place and if any bad guys attacked they would just use priests to turn the bad guys on each other and then would just spend their time building stuff.
So maybe Minecraft is like that, who gives a shit about playing it the 'right" way when there are better things to do. I know I have a game (Just Cause II) where i never even fuck with the missions because i'm too busy doing crazy shit and blowing stuff up to care. I mean I'm using the grapple to tie the biker cops chasing me to trees like jedi and jumping out of flaming choppers and hijacking planes by riding them like a bronco, why would i care about your stupid mission?
In the end what matters is you are having FUN with a capital F, which sadly so damned many games seem to forget. Like Yahtzee at Zero punctuation said "its a sightseeing tour" where they take you from one set piece to another being led by the nose, fuck that. So I give the Minecraft guys credit (along with some of the other great indies like Torchlight series and Grimlock) because they remember that at the end of the day it doesn't matter what the "rules' or "goals" are, what matters is "Are You having FUN?" and from all the stuff being cooked up in MC I'd say that answer is a giant FUCK YES!
This ISNT a subjective thing...if a game does not have coherent, rules, obstacles and goals its probably going to be lacking...if it lacks any of these aspects its not a game at ALL.
Sims is a spin of of Sim City... although the scale is much lower and not as challenging, in the bare essence the same concept. Organize/build/budget a city, organize/build/budget your household.
There is nothing peculiar about your AoE example, its a strategy game...and the game is to devise your own strategy...if focusing on pr
EXACTLY! You nailed it friend! look at AoE I and the ways the girls played it, it struck me as model building more than a game in the classic sense. hell they didn't even seem slightly interested in "winning' which if it was just a different strategy as the other poster suggested then the end goal of the game should have been the same but it wasn't.
And take what i do in Just Cause II. that game has missions and goals but i frankly don't give a shit about any of them, i could just spend hours on that game pl
How did you know? Sometimes you spend loads of time building up resources before you attack.
If you think that is weird...i once saw gyrls playing counter strike...IMAGINE THAT.
Also...just to finish this...fun is a louse description of..:ANYTHING!
If its FUN its a Game?! WTF!
> i have NO fucking clue why but women just love that damned thing and funnily enough Age of Empires I of all games
Men love to Destroying. i.e. "Fuck it, or Fuck it up" (which is why First Person Shooters sell so well)
Women love Creating and Relationships (which is why The Sims has so many women playing)
It's not rocket science - to study game design is to study psychology, Yin / Yang, etc.
Asperger's is one hell of a drug..
When they drop the Lego blocks and start letting you play with things at a molecular level, give me a call. Until then. *yawn*
That would be kind of neat actually... have a simplified physics model based solely on gravitational attraction of proton, electron and neutron blocks, each with their relative mass. Based on that, you could build up algorithms for elements, cellular structures, etc. and keep most of the popular ones available. Then you'll get the really focused people building RNA etc. and attampting to build real-world models to see how the physics need to be tweaked to replicate real-world interactions.
Then we can get
Well, i was also to be realistic.
Modeling at an atomic level is a bit much to expect with current hardware, but common molecules are large enough and easy enough to simulate that it should be possible.
Or at the least abstract out materials, like 'wood', 'steel', etc., and let you build that at a near-molecular level. Using Lego like blocks is rather limiting.
I do no think you comprehend the difference in scale between the molecular level and anything remotely recognizable or interesting to us. If your basic water molecule is 275 pm, and anything complex enough to be recognizable as "wood" would be something like 0.1 mm, you'd need something like 3 million building blocks. In addition, you're asking for many more degrees of freedom for position/angle of your basic building blocks as well as interactions between a much greater number of blocks. Here is something
Even if all of this were possible to simulate on our dinky little home computers, the time and effort it would take to actually build anything interesting would be far too much for almost every body.
The whole idea is that it only has to be done once, and only one assembler algorithm has to be produced. You wouldn't store a literal representation of the molecule and resulting substances, only a much lighter-weight symbolic representation, as is done with bmpmapping currently on advanced videogames.
And as I implied in my original post, you'd definitely not be able to get much more advanced than a single celled object (which, as you point out, is plenty advanced already). Creating an entire block of woo
No i fully comprehend it, and until we reach that point things such as Minecraft are of no trust to me.
why would someone go through the effort of decapping a real cpu to emulate it exactly, then write the emulator in javascript?
As I noted above, the 6502's design relies on the MOSFETs being analogue devices in various nontrivial ways, particularly the bypass MOSFETs between the data bus and the secondary bus. The 6502 is a good candidate for realisation in redstone logic; it would be much simpler and achieve a much higher clock rate than doing a Z80. But you can't just plug the reverse engineered 6502 into Minecraft. There's at least a little redesign that needs to be done.
So the guy wrote an emulator of the 6502 processor and various perihipals as a native-code plugin for the game. Technically, it does not seem so special, as various 6502 emulators have been written before; they just usually have a more usable GUI than operating them from within a 3D game.
I would be much more impressed if they actually implemented a general purpose computer by only using readily-available in-game building blocks and mechanics without code extensions to the game engine. This has been done for
This article is news not because it was crazy accomplishment, but because it's a new tool/building block that opens up enormous new possibilities for creativity in Minecraft. Sure, if someone had ported Tetris as a mod into Minecraft, you would have a point, but this guy ported a processor, and that is something certainly worth getting excited about.
Has Arnie's code been open sourced yet?
I woul to run it in this emulator.
Infinite loops are fine. RP Control is carefully designed so that you won't screw up your world even if you crash the virtual computer. It's actually not especially hard to crash the virtual computer, since the whole OS is loaded into its RAM and you can easily write to that RAM. Still, since the computer is fully virtualized, it won't hurt your world or even cause a slowdown.
See Descartes.
I could see a simulation controlling my physical actions or stimuli, but the chance that a conscience thought as we know it is so predictable that you could actually stimulate me in the right way to get me to think exactly what you want is pretty far fetched.
Minecraft Mod Adds Emulated 6502 Processor
Nothing says "fun in gaming" like a 6502 processor emulator. When I'm sitting down to play games, I often find myself thinking, "God, I wish I could do some assembly-language programming in this game". I don't think there's any question that was the biggest weakness of Call of Duty 4, Modern Warfare 3: Black Ops - there were no emulated 8-bit processors.
And there are actually some out there who don't understand why computer geeks are sometimes the butt of jokes.
Yes, programmers shouldn't program in their off time, just like artists shouldn't draw and singers shouldn't sing. Which, unfortunately, a lot of people believe.
"What are you doing?" parents and peers always say. "You're wasting your life." And they keep doing it because they want to.
I say screw people like you, and more power to people like them.
I say screw people like you, and more power to people like them.
Jeez, lighten up, Francis. I love the idea of someone writing assembly language programs with a bunch of blocks in Minecraft. It's one of the reasons why I really appreciate the Slashdot community. I would much rather a gamer create logic gates with blocks than rape and kill ho's with his psychopath RPG character and get points for it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having little in-jokes in a game. Bach wrote a piece of music that
What's the emulated hardware organization like? The 6502 didn't actually have designated input or output instructions, so as I recall, a programmer had to read or write to specific memory locations that were hardware mapped to various devices, especially peripheral devices.
Discounting the memory mapped IO locations, how much RAM does the emulated system have to play with? What sort of firmware is loaded into the emulated ROM?
Not really... I was talking about programming it in assembly, not from inside the Forth operating system.
Although it is apparent that it can be expanded to 64K of RAM... I also get the impression that there is no firmware.
Nonetheless how do you program this in native 6502? Effectively making one's own operating system?
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This last session is all about final highlighting. Starting with the shoreline debris and using a thin glaze with a chisel-edge brush, Jerry scumbles along to create the logs and limbs along the shoreline. Switching to the No. 4 bristle brush, Jerry highlights the rocks to take them up a notch. Next, Jerry highlights the foreground pines with a nice light and bright touch. The river is the focus of the painting, and slivers of highlights are added with a very light touch, creating a sunlit glow in the water using elliptical shapes. Next, Jerry uses the No. 4 round sable and pure white to add the final highlights to the water, creating masses by using a series of dots. Do it right, and the painting will pop. The final details are up to you to complete the painting with a personal touch.
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zero_offset writes "This article in EE Times details Purdue's efforts to create a material with negative refractivity. One of the important results would be the ability to create optical computers due to the effect's tendency to amplify and focus light at wavelengths larger than the thickness of the nanowires used in the transmission system. Purdue's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering's Vladimir Shalaev says, "Using these plasmonic nanomaterials, we hope to directly manipulate light, guide it around corners with no losses and basically do all the fundamental operations we do with electronic circuits today, but with photons instead." Nanowires, surface plasmon polaritons, optical computers, nanoscale metamaterials, unnatural refractivity -- what's not to like?" We did a story on the first material known to have a negative index of refraction last year.


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Newly crowned "Top Chef Masters" winner Floyd Cardoz joins Sara to cook the food he grew up with in India. First up is Wild Striped Bass Curry swimming in coconut and mild spices. Chicken Pilaf is simple but satisfying with a gingery yogurt sauce. Beef Kebabs are super easy, with the heat of chilies, ginger and cumin to kick start your taste buds!
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ALMOST 2000 local children have voted to have the "big red dragon" playground design installed in Hargreaves Mall.
More than 2500 children were surveyed and given the option of three designs, two of which incorporated dragons.
Overwhelmingly the "big red dragon" was favoured by preschool and prep aged children with the "house and boat" design coming in second and the "land and sky" concept third.
The three designs catered for children aged up to six and featured jumping areas, moveable parts, slides and climbing areas.
The playgrounds have been designed to withstand heavy usage and some sections will be interchangeable with future play spaces.
City of Greater Bendigo mayor Lisa Ruffell said it was important everyone had a say in the play space design.
"All designs had great merit and were able to be constructed in the Mall but the 'big red dragon' is the clear winner in children's eyes," said Cr Ruffell.
"I want to thank all the preschools and schools who have been fantastic in their support for this process.
"We will be seeking further feedback from our community to determine the name of the latest addition to our city and this time we might let big people have a say too."
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Resolution Of Respect
WHEREAS, it has been resolved by the members of the United Methodist women of the Fairview United Methodist Church, that Resolution of Respect be written to the memory of Grace I. Heefner, who passed away on July 27, 2010, and be it resolved that a copy be kept in the minutes of our society.
THEREFORE, be it resolved that in the death of our sister, we have lost a helpful co-worker and a true friend and we thank almighty God for her service and companionship. Now as God has called her to the reward of the great beyond, may this blessing rest upon us as we cherish her memory and help us to emulate her virtues. Somewhere back of the sunset Where loveliness never dies She lives in a land of glory Mid the blue and gold of
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With CD Projekt's next dose of RPG goodness just over a week from release, we figured that there are probably more than a few folks who'd be interested in ogling a pair of pretty gameplay trailers for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.
The first gameplay trailer is called 'Environments,' and shows off some beautiful forests and architecture, and touches a bit on day/night cycles and weather.
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The second trailer, called 'Living World,' chronicles an average day in in Port Flotsam, one of the game's many fully realized communities.
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After just a few years as an organization, the Hannibal History Museum is getting a bigger home
After just a few years as an organization, the Hannibal History Museum is getting a bigger home.
Ken and Lisa Marks, who operate the museum, are moving it from its current location at 217 N. Main to 200 N. Main - the property most recently occupied by Breadeaux Pizza.
"We've been very surprised in the last year at the response that we've received from our special events and fund-raisers and felt as though we were not able to accommodate the size of the groups that we were having come in," Lisa Marks said. "We considered several options for larger buildings and were very pleased when we had the opportunity to work with the new owners at 200 N. Main."
Those new owners are the Hsu family from Taiwan. Wen Hong Hsu is listed as the property owner, according to the Marion County recorder's office. Marks said Hsu's daughter was a foreign exchange student in Hannibal and married a Hannibal man. She added the family bought 200 N. Main as an investment, and Hsu's daughter will be the property manager.
The new location gives more room for the Marks to operate the museum. The target date is March 15 for their grand re-opening. Marks said Aswin Patel will loan the Tom Sawyer diorama to the museum and that a new Molly Brown presentation will be offered.
"We'll be able to do on-site catering for our events, we will have a designated section for small performance space, so when we do events like our 'Tea time with Molly,' - we feel like we needed to designate space for those events," Marks said. "With those special components in place, this building will allow us to expand and be able to provide those services."


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air date: 2/11/13 8:00 AM
Ski Monkey - When a blizzard covers the country house with a foot of snow, George can't wait to get outside to play. But he soon learns that such deep snow isn't easy for a monkey to play in, until he learns how much fun it can be to ski, snowshoe and sled. George the Grocer - George really wants the toy oven he sees in the window at the toy store, but first, he has to find a job to earn money to buy it. Since neither Chef Pisghetti nor Mr. Glass need help, George decides to go to work at the Grocery Store. While George is pretty proud of the job he does helping customers, the grocer is pretty confused about who is causing such chaos in the aisles.
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From the runways to the red carpet, matte makeup — on lips, nails, you name it — is making a big return this spring, and with it comes a new wave of products on the market. One of our favorites? Givenchy's just-launched Le Rouge lipstick line. Not only does it deposit a soft semi-matte finish, the creamy formula (here's to you, beeswax!) also leaves lips hydrated and super-smooth.
The collection ($36 at Givenchybeauty.com) comes in 12 different shades, ranging from classic beiges, soft berries, and this season's hottest hues — rosy pinks and punchy tangerines, which (bonus!) also come with coordinating nail lacquers ($20).
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The shades — for both the lacquers and the lip colors — are (from L-R): Mandarine Bolero, a pink-based tangerine, and Fuschia Irresistible, an electric pink. Also, Givenchy's not the first to do matchy-matchy sets this season, DNKY and Deborah Lippmann, too, just released coordinating lip-and-tip sets for spring!
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