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I officially cancelled winter in my SL. I need sunshine, green trees, sunny streets. And that's not impossible to find in a world where others love that as much as I do.
I want to show you a lot of things that are new or not that new, but are gorgeous and work great together.
First, I wanted to blog these Miamai shoes that were released for Shoetopia. I know that event ended a while ago, but I bought a lot of stuff that I didn't get a chance to wear or blog so far. The shoes are add-on for SLink medium feet and will not work for the avatar feet. But hey, I am a fan of SLink add-ons and I know I'm not the only one.
And then Cae released this lovely jewelry set for Fameshed. It includes two types of necklace, bracelets, earrings and rings, that can be bought together or separately, and you get a hud to change metal and stone colors.
Also, I've been wearing this beautiful skin by PXL since last year 😀 It is the latest group gift and I think it is still available for VIP members.
Another item that I love is the Calico hair on Moniq. It is a current hunt prize and has lots of options to customize it as you wish. While it's more like RP hairstyle (the prize includes a headpiece too), I decided it gives a cool touch to the outfit.


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- Ontologies from NCBO
- Ontology of Zebrafish Anatomy and Development
- Common Anatomy Reference Ontology (CARO) (also available in OWL format)
- Maintaining inter-ontology relations between species specific anatomy ontologies and CL/GO/CARO
- OBD Phenotype file formats - Includes standards and schemas for PhenoSyntax and PhenoXML
- Open Biomedical Data (OBD) data model, API, and other downloads
Fish resources
- Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN)
- DeepFin
- All Catfish Species
- Digital Fish Library
- Catalog of Fishes
- FishBase
Morphology image database resources
NCBO BioPortal support requests
Support (for issues) and feature requests for the NCBO BioPortal can be submitted through the following venues (according to Benjamin Dai, BioPortal Lead Software Architect):
- BioPortal 2.0 Tracker at the BMIR GForge installation
- Support email: firstname.lastname@example.com
NCBO BioPortal User Group:
We are a (voting) member of the BioPortal User Group. The group has monthly teleconferences where new features are being discusses and subsequently prioritized through survey-voting.
- A Basecamp-based BioPortal project management site (login required) has User Group meeting presentations and other information.
We also maintain a list of references on Connotea, using the tag "phenoscape". This list may be more up-to-date than the bibliography below. Anyone can easily recommend references (and in fact any site or resource) to us simply by tagging it with "phenoscape" in Connotea.
- rosen1974 Rosen DE. 1974. Phylogeny and zoogeography of salmoniform fishes and relationships of Lepidogalaxias salamandroides. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 153:267-325.
- finkfink1981 Fink SV, Fink WL. 1981. Interrelationships of the ostariophysan fishes (Teleostei). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 72(4):297-353.
- finkfink1997 Fink, S.V. and W.L. Fink. 1997. Interrelationships of the Ostariophysi. In: Interrelationships of Fishes, M. Stiassney, L. Parenti and D. Johnson (Eds). Academic Press, 209-249.


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HAVERFORD, Pa. - Haverford scored 10 straight goals during a stretch on either side of halftime to take a 12-5 lead en route to an 18-14 victory over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse victory on Saturday.
Mallory Michel (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) led the Green Terror (5-3, 1-1 CC) with four goals and two assists while Julia Jacobs (St. Mary's, Md./Stevensonville) added four goals of her own.
Diana Perry and Maura Grant paced the Fords (5-4, 1-1 CC) with three goals apiece - part of an offense that saw nine different players net a goal.
Trailing 5-3, Perry hit a free-position shot with 14:07 to play to draw the hosts with one and start the 10-goal run.
Christina Gould evened the game with 5:03 on the clock before Megan Gallagher, Grant and Perry each tallied in the final 4:09 of the first half for an 8-5 lead.
Five different Fords scored in the first 6:46 of the second half to stretch the lead to 12-5.
Michel hit Jacobs iwth 22:34 on the clock, snapping a 21-minute, 2-second scoring drought.
Grant reestablished the seven-goal lead before Michel wrapped a pair of goals around a Hannah Morgan marker.
Danielle Entrot (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) closed the deficit to 15-9 off a Michel feed with 13:06 on the clock.
Stephanie Kisciras pushed the advantage by 16-9 before Jacobs hit the back of the net with 10:14 showing.
An own goal trimmed the margin to 16-11 just 50 seconds later before a pair of Ford goals stretched the lead to 18-11 with 3:27 on the clock.
Goals from Jacobs, Bridget Bopst (Westminster, Md./South Carroll) and Michel in the final 2:12 set the final margin.
Entrot staked McDaniel to a 1-0 lead in the game's first 1:05 before Haverford netted three straight goals in a 3-minute, 8-second span.
Entrot, Monica Parcell (Prospect Park, Pa./Interboro) and Michel each hit free-position goals for a 4-3 lead with 15:12 showing.
A Jacobs solo run pushed the lead to two 36 seonds later.
Entrot finished with three goals and two assists to go with six draw controls. Lauren McCadden (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) added five draw controls.
The Green Terror returns to action at Swarthmore on Wednesday. Game time is 5 p.m.


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SAN MATEO — The man hit and killed by a train Friday evening on the tracks at the Hayward Park Caltrain station has been identified as an Oakland resident.
Gregory Dean Burgess, 56, was killed in the accident, according to the San Mateo County coroner's office.
Caltrain is still investigating the collision, which occurred about 7:15 p.m., spokeswoman Christine Dunn said. Although the station has a pedestrian crossing, Dunn said she was unsure whether Burgess was in the crossing when he was struck.
The San Jose to San Francisco train had not been scheduled to stop at the station but came to a halt about a half-mile north of the accident site, officials reported. None of the 100 people on board were injured.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- This weekend, UCSB heads to neighboring rival Cal Poly for the Cal Poly Invitational. The schools expected to compete in this meet include CSU Bakersfield, Fresno State, Pepperdine and Cal Poly.
On Friday April 1, the Women and Men's hammer throw will take place followed by the rest of the track and field events on Saturday.
Track Events
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Stanford Invitational Last weekend, the Gauchos had competitors in the Cal/Nevada Meet, Westmont Classic, and Stanford Invitational. Amanda Moreno won the women's 5k run at Stanford Invite with a time of 16:16:53 to earn her Big West Honors and the title of Big West Athlete of the Week for the second time this season. Julian deRubira finished eighth in the men's 5k run in a time of 14:11.90 and making him the second fastest man in the Big West this season.
Westmont Collegiate Classic Maureen Ajoku won the women's heptathlon at the Westmont Classic for a total of 4,590 points and ahead of second place by more than 800 points. Derek Masterson also took home first in the Decathlon with a score of 7,159 points to put him in the running for the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in May.
Cal/Nevada Championships At the Cal/Nevada Championships, several Gauchos had some top times and marks to land them at the top of the current Big West results list. Jean Lightfoot earned third in the shot put with a throw of 47'9.75" for her personal best this season. Beidi Beer ran 10.55 in the men's 100m dash for his personal best and top time in the Big West. Ryan Martin ran 1:47:93 for second place in the 800m run and Jordan Scott ran 47.98 for third in the 400m dash to move him ninth onto the Gaucho all-time 400m list. Juan Paredes finished strong in the 5,000m run in 14:39.07 to take second place.
Tune in to UCSB Athletics' weekly radio show Talk'n Gauchos, which airs every Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. on AM 1290 KZSB. The show is broadcast live from the Beachside Bar & Café on Goleta Beach. Fans are encouraged to attend the show for free gear and ticket giveaways and can even e-mail a question in to one of the guests and have it read live over the air. The show also airs live online via audio streaming and fans can click here to check out the entire lineup of live audio streaming online.


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Kew the Music is back from Tuesday 7 to Sunday 12 July 2015.
The glorious festival of summer concerts renowned for their magical and relaxed atmosphere in Kew Gardens, returns for its sixth year with a truly fantastic line up of artists.
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Guests are welcome to bring their own food and drink, or to sample from the line up of artisan bars and food stalls on site. For the very first time these concerts are a collaboration between Kew Gardens, Kilimanjaro Live Ltd and Raymond Gubbay Ltd. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have been presenting Summer concerts for 33 years.
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The Nissan Titan in a full-size pickup truck that met the public in 2004. It offers Crew Cab and King Cab versions. Nissan enters this model in the American pickup truck market. The Titan has a big engine, plenty of room in the cab, and an impressive towing capacity. Because the Nissan Titan has only a few body styles available, this truck attracts more attention from consumers who need a work vehicle.
The Nissan Titan has a reputation for its towing capacity, big engine, and roomy cab. It has a maximum towing capacity of 9500 pounds. Its huge 5.6-liter, 32-valve VK56DE engine gives it that capacity by producing 317 horsepower and 385 lb-ft of torque while coupled with a standard five-speed automatic transmission.
This truck receives praise for its abundant passenger space. The King Cab and the Crew Cab both seat four people. The rear-seat passengers have plenty of head and shoulder room. The King Cab has full-size rear doors that open out to 180 degrees.
The 2012 Nissan Titan comes in six trim levels with a healthy cache of standard features. The lineup includes the extended-cab King Cab model with a standard 6'6" cargo bed and the Crew Cab, which comes with a choice of a short 5'7" or a long 7'3" cargo bed. All six trim levels offer either two- or four-wheel drive. The rear seats fold up to access a large, flat load floor for hauling items inside the cab, and the front passenger seatback folds forward to provide a work table.
The interior of the 2012 Nissan Titan is spacious with pleasantly comfortable seating. After the first few moments behind the wheel of the 2012 Nissan Titan, drivers will notice first that the rack-and-pinion steering is nicely weighted, it handles well, and the engine responds to every touch. This truck proves relatively nimble for its size and easy to drive on pavement. There is a marked smoothness when driving on gravel or cracks and dips in the road. However, it does have a stiff suspension.
The 2007 Nissan Titan is a full-size truck available as either a King or Crew Cab. It comes in three models: the XE, SE, and LE. This truck contains a standard 5.6-liter, V-8 engine that produces 317 horsepower and 385 lb-ft of torque. It has an impressive maximum towing capacity of 9500 pounds. Fuel economy rates at 14/18 mpg city/highway.
Standard safety equipment includes multi-stage occupant-sensing front airbags, front passenger side-impact airbags, roof-mounted airbags for side-impact and rollover protection, reinforced body construction, hood buckling creases, and steel side-door guard beams. For entertainment, the Nissan Titan includes an eight-speaker AM/FM/CD stereo for the SE trim, and the LE trim gets a Rockford Fosgate-powered system with a six-disc, in-dash CD changer.
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The Titan contains a 317-horsepower, 5.6-liter, V-8 engine paired with a five-speed automatic transmission. The 2008 Titan King Cab has a towing capacity of 9500 pounds, and the maximum towing capacity for Crew Cab models reaches 9400 pounds. The 2008 Nissan Titan with two-wheel drive offers a smoother ride than the four-wheel drive versions. Acceleration is impressive on the highway.
The 2009 Nissan Titan remains virtually the same as the 2008 year model Titan. Nissan does not make any major changes to the vehicle for this year. The drivetrain has the same configuration, and the fuel economy and performance remain unchanged.
Loads of power, capable towing ability, spaciousness, and surprising refinement all combine their forces in the 2010 Nissan Titan full-size pickup truck. It features a factory 5.6-liter, V-8 engine that generates 317 horsepower and 385 lb-ft of torque. It comes standard with a five-speed automatic transmission. The standard towing capacity reaches 7400 pounds, but increases to 9300 pounds with optional equipment. Maximum payload rates at 2153 pounds.
The 2010 Nissan Titan comes in two versions: the King Cab, with outward-opening rear doors, and the Crew Cab, with conventional-hinged rear doors. The cabin feels spacious, with plenty of room for the rear passengers. The dashboard has a simple design and easy-to-read gauges.
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One of the more distinctive looking and sounding full-size truck imports on the market, the 2013 Nissan Titan is back without a lot of changes from previous year models.
2012 Nissan Titan
Very little has changed from 2011, but there is a new Brilliant Silver color option. The biggest addition for 2012 is Titan's new Sport Appearance Package available on King Cab and Crew Cab SV models. It includes dark hyper silver finish 20-inch wheels, dark grille treatment, body colored front and rear bumpers, black step rails, PRO-4X seats, lockable bedside storage compartment, white-faced gauges, fog lights, and captain's chairs.
2011 Nissan Titan
The Titan receives minor updates for the 2011 model year, including a "4x4" badge affixed to the tailgates on four-wheel-drive S, SV and SL models. The luxurious SL model gets standard captain's chairs. And the new PRO-4X/SL Technology Package features a moonroof, a navigation system, and a DVD entertainment system with flip-down eight-inch LCD, remote control, auxiliary input, and wireless headphones
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2009 Nissan Titan
The 2009 Nissan Titan was built in Tennessee and marks the first time a foreign manufacturer produced a serious full-size pickup capable of taking on the domestic competition.
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Nissan first introduced the Titan full-sized pickup truck during its 2004 model year.
2007 Nissan Titan
The 2007 Nissan Titan provides a full-size pickup truck that directly competes with Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, and GMC, which have dominated the full-size truck market for decades.
2006 Nissan Titan
The 2006 Nissan Titan comes with an impressive display of power with a 5.
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For anyone buying a truck, the Nissan Titan should be on top of the list of options.
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Magirus necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a small independent research agency and are looking in traffic reporting through end users. Currently we are working on the occurence reporting dialogs in our first mobile application and want clearly visualizing icons to accompany two word descriptions for fast recognition of alternatives and selections through the users.
The everyday commuter or the weekend mountaineer, the mother on the way to kindergarden, the milkman driving through neighborhoods, the student traveling to university or the couple on the way to their favorite mall. Everyday users driving routes they know, will pick up traffic related information and through 3-4 quick clicks categorize what occurence they have seen.
We are looking for an icon collection for a traffic reporting application. Special situations or occurances should be visualized with an icon. Most of these icons go along with text, the simpler ones have to stand on their own. There are no graphical constraints, the icons should be understandable on first sight, they should adhere to the "form follows function" principle. Color should be used for differentiation and to clarify as necessary. We need 35 different icons, see list URL at bottom.
The icons are used by the application in 24bit PNG file format. The icons are used on white, blue and dark grey background color. Transparency should be used for smooth edges.
The icons appear in the application in two sizes: 28*28px and 40*40px. Be prepared to submit original files in bigger sizes to be able to render the icons to other sizes as well.
For submission you may arrange the icons in 28px and 40px size on one background to show all of them at once.
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The collection of icons should be prepared to be sent in as a ZIP file composed of three files per icon. The names of the files should comply to this naming rule: icon_name_28.png for 28px size, icon_name_40.png for 40px size and icon_name_source.psd or icon_name_source.ai for the source file. Please do not use any stock images or clip art.


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Many souls have been touched by the militant, magical contributions to reggae made by the late Keith Hudson. New Order have covered 'Turn The Heater On'- Ian Curtis' favourite song - as a tribute to their deceased vocalist. Africans still try to unravel the mysteries of 'Civilisation'. John Peel swears by 'Nah Skin Up'. And the cabal that includes Elliot Rashman and Andy Dodd - managers of Simply Red - have seen fit to reissue this blueprint-like dub LP as part of an ongoing archival series. Although best known in later years as an artist in his own right, Keith Hudson was a producer of note who wasn't afraid of challenging Jamaican musical conventions. Rather than run with the wolf-pack and imitate others, he took the raw material of the moment and made something idiosyncratic and personal with the results. Thus, 'Pick A Dub' has the eerie quality of an experiment being conducted in a laboratory wherein the professor doesn't know what lasting effects the results would have. This is dub as a musical, melodic mosaic; drum sounds that anticipate today's technology, deep bass, snatches of phased and/or played instruments, the odd truncated vocal. With backing raw material by the Barrett brothers (the Wailers rhythm section) and Soul Syndicate, Keith Hudson takes the tracks to another plane, often ending the tracks as if he were switching off a light bulb. 'Michael Talbot Affair' reworks 'House Of The Rising Sun' as swampy reggae and the cut of 'Declaration Of Rights', first cut by the Abyssinians and here titled 'Black Right', is an index of the possibilities of dub. 'Don't Move' even manages to anticipate late '80's 'selector' practices - it's centre of gravity all askew. Let's just hope Keith Hudson's estate is properly recompensed for this gift. Dele Fadele - NME, July '94
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Ebony, September 1998
The first six decades of the twentieth century have been characterized by one of the most significant demographic shifts in the history of the United States: the movement of millions of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North. By 1970, however, this shift began to reverse. During the 1970s, the South added two million African Americans to its population, more than tripling the figure for the previous decade. The 1980s and 1990s would bring an even more substantial return migration and population retention. Shown here, Nancy and Olin Foster move into their new home in the South.


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tomato and canelli bean pasta sauce
35 oz canned whole plum tomatoes
10 oz canned canelli beans, drained
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
In a large saucepan, heat the oil. Add onions, red pepper flakes and garlic and cook over medium-low heat until the onions are translucent, about 5-8 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, breaking them up with a spoon. Cook about 10 minutes then add basil and canelli beans. Stir and continue to cook over medium heat for an additional 10 minutes. Serve over pasta.
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I had this can of canelli beans in my cabinet for almost two years. We even moved with it this past July. I think I bought it to make some sort of bean dip or maybe escarole soup but it's all a bit fuzzy now. Anyway, I had read an article that mentioned a tomato-canelli pasta dish and thought I'd attempt my own version. I was pleased with how quickly it came together and how tasty it was. The basil makes the canned tomatoes taste fresh and the beans add a interesting texture/color to the dish. Yummy with some garlic bread and a sprinkle of Parmesan.
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Tomato and Canelli Bean Pasta Sauce
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ha! that is so funny because last night i made a very similar pasta dish with cannelli beans....and for the very same reason that i kept staring at the can every time i opened the cupboard!ReplyDelete
I love this kind of pasta sauce and eat it pretty much every week. Ready in a flash, totally healthy and totally delicious ... mmm!ReplyDelete
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Health Care Site Needs Dozens Of Fixes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The management consultant President Barack Obama has asked to oversee the fixes to HealthCare.gov says there are dozens of problems that need to be addressed, but the system is fixable.
Jeffrey Zients tells reporters that it will take a lot of work, but the majority of the issues will be resolved by the end of November. At that point, he says users should experience far fewer errors, though he stops short of promising the problems will go away completely.
The system is made up of layers of components interacting in real time with consumers, government agencies and insurance company computers.
A private contractor responsible for two components of the website has been assigned to lead the fix. Quality Software Systems built the federal data hub, a major linchpin that works relatively well, and an accounts registration feature that froze and caused many of the initial problems.
Until now, officials at the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had the lead role on HealthCare.gov, but they appear to have gotten in over their heads.


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With no news of a true M3 replacement, we have the recently revealed BMW Concept M4 Coupe to look forward to. "M4" just doesn't quite roll off the tongue with the same finesse and pizazz as our favorite letter/number combo that's put real performance in a stunning package for four generations.
The M3 has always been the benchmark, but the M4 seems to completely follow in its footsteps, and if its name is the only difference in the true car's identity—which seems to be the case—then we're all ears and eyes for this new concept.
Unfortunately, BMW has yet to release official specs on the M4 Coupe, but rumors suggest a 3.0-liter turbo inline-six with around 450hp is likely.
What we do have though are these official photos from BMW, confirming the Concept M4 Coupe is an in your face, sporty and sexy - just as it should be.
Finished in "Aurum Dust", the dynamic front with its large air inlets, swift side and sporty, low rear are all clearly visible and highlighted. This color reminds us a bit of "Phoenix Yellow" from the E46 M3 - a color that wasn't nearly as popular as it should have been!
Other design cues tying the Concept M4 Coupe to the M brand are the CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastics) such as the front splitter, roof and rear diffuser.
The classic BMW face, with its double kidney grilles hasn't been lost though, they look larger than we expected and more similar to those found on the massive M6. Twin round LED headlights make the M4 instantly recognizable as part of the M family and the hood centers its "power dome" as the previous two generations of M3's are known for.
The BMW Concept M4 Coupe, based off of the 2014 4 Series design, looks to be a promising M car and should live up to everything we expect from the next generation M3 coupe, minus the name. We should have further updates for you shortly, as BMW has announced they'll be unveiling the BMW Concept M4 Sedan at this weekend's Pebble Beach show on Northern California's fancy golfing ranch, so stay tuned.
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Torii Hunter's first career home run came with the Minnesota Twins against Detroit at Tiger Stadium.
Hunter hits 300th career homer
Torii Hunter's first career home run came with the Minnesota Twins against Detroit at Tiger Stadium.
On Sunday, he reached another career milestone with home run No. 300, this time at Target Field against the Twins as a member of the Tigers.
Hunter added a double and drove in three runs for the Tigers, who beat Minnesota 5-2.
The homer was Hunter's third this season and his first since hitting No. 299 against the Twins on May 26.
"It's special," Hunter said. "I just wanted one. To get 300 home runs in the major leagues . this is a tough game to play."
Hunter provided plenty of support for Doug Fister (6-4), who held Minnesota hitless until the sixth inning.
The right-hander didn't allow a baserunner until walking Ryan Doumit with two outs in the fourth inning, then lost his no-hit bid when Brian Dozier led off the sixth with a homer.
Fister allowed two runs and two hits – both to Dozier – in 7 2-3 innings. He struck out seven, walked two and won for the first time in his last six starts.
"They hit a lot of balls hard," Fister said. "Luckily for me it was right at guys."
Joaquin Benoit pitched the final 1 1-3 innings, earning his fourth save.
P.J. Walters (2-2) gave up four runs on nine hits and three walks in 5 1-3 innings.
Minnesota tried to rally with two outs in the eighth as Dozier doubled and Pedro Florimon walked to chase Fister after 110 pitches. Clete Thomas followed with an RBI single off Benoit, but Joe Mauer flied out to strand a pair of runners.
Benoit pitched a perfect ninth. Regular Tigers closer Jose Valverde warmed up alongside Benoit in the eighth, though he pitched in a non-save situation on Friday and blew his last save opportunity Wednesday at Kansas City.
"Benoit had a little better repertoire for the hitters that were coming up for the Twins," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said.
"That's why I decided to stay with him."
Pressed on the decision, Leyland said he wasn't going to discuss the closer role, but noted Valverde is still in the ninth-inning mix.
"I felt like the best option to close the game was Benoit," Leyland said. "That was today. I can't worry about anything other than winning games."
Detroit jumped ahead early when Austin Jackson led off with a single and Hunter followed with his homer.
"He's killing me," a smiling Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Not exactly happy when he does it against you, but I'm proud of him. He started in this organization and has had a heck of a career.
"You just tip your hat to him. One of the classiest guys in the game."
Jackson added a two-run homer of his own in the fourth inning, his first since April 28, giving him multiple hits in back-to-back games for the first time since mid-April. The Detroit centre fielder returned to the lineup Friday after missing more than a month with a strained left hamstring.
Detroit catcher Alex Avila snapped an 0-for-19 skid with a second-inning double and singled in his next at-bat, marking just his third extra-base hit and second multihit game since May 10.
Avila left the game in the ninth inning after being hit in the left hand by a pitch from Brian Duensing. Leyland said preliminary X-rays were negative, but Avila said he'd undergo additional X-rays upon returning to Detroit.
NOTES: Twins OF Josh Willingham was out of the lineup after receiving a cortisone shot in his balky left knee after Saturday's game. He expects to return to the lineup on Tuesday. … Leyland reiterated his concern with Anibal Sanchez's reduced velocity on his return from shoulder tightness on Saturday following an 11-day layoff. "It just didn't look right," Leyland said Sunday. Sanchez said he felt fine after the game. … Minnesota has an off-day Monday before hosting a three-game series against the White Sox. Mike Pelfrey (3-6, 6.12 ERA) will start Tuesday for the Twins. Pelfrey is 0-3 in his last seven starts. Dylan Axelrod (3-4, 4.26) will counter for Chicago, looking to rebound from allowing a season high-tying six earned runs to Toronto in his last outing. . Detroit returns home to begin a series Monday against Baltimore. The Tigers will send Max Scherzer (9-0, 3.19) to the mound. Scherzer gave up three earned runs and struck out 10 Orioles in a no-decision at Baltimore on May 31. Jason Hammel (7-4, 5.24) will start for the Orioles. Hammel allowed served up a season-high three homers and five runs in a season-low three innings vs. Detroit on June 1.


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Pierce Thiot and his wife, photographer Stacy Thiot, have been collaborating on an ongoing project titled "Will It Beard" wherein the couple test the limits of what a beard can hold. Pierce tells BuzzFeed, "Over Christmas break, my mom had her grandkids do a talent show for her (she's an adorable grandma). I tried to put as many pencils as possible in it for my 'talent.' I got over 20. Needless to say, my mother was very proud."
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Clutch Stops Working - What Now?Posted in How To: Transmission Drivetrain on July 1, 2013
So you are out in your Jeep and you are set to go. The engine is running and you press the clutch to put 'er in First gear, but all you get is grinding. Try as you may, you can't get your Jeep into gear no matter how many times you pump the clutch. The truth is that this almost never happens without some forewarning—a slipping clutch as you drive down the road, spongy clutch pedal, or maybe some grinding while shifting. Either way, something is now very wrong with your clutch. The truth is that it can be caused by major clutch component failure, but it could be something simpler than that. What do you do? Well, this time in "What Now?" we will talk about a few things to check, a few things to try, and if those don't improve things, we have a few tricks that might, just might, get you home.


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WGE (World Gaming Executives) members can make free Casting Calls for Voice Actors to audition for their projects throughout March and April on Gamevoices . Tell us what kind of voice you need for your upcoming projects- or just take a look around http://www.gamevoices.co.uk.
A British games studio is to offer an opportunity to more than 3000 video game voice actors in a trial project which could revolutionise the way video games companies seek out game voice talent.
The World Gaming Executives Gamevoices network has offered an unnamed British game development company access to their impressive roster free of charge in the hope that the studio can secure the services of up to five or six game voicing talents. This partnership could be first in a series of projects which sees games studios and game voice actors enjoying a closer relationship. The traditional model sees studios approaching Voice Talentagencies and paying a fee to a middle-man in order to secure the chosen talent, however Gamevoices director John Armstrong believes that if the forthcoming project is a success then it could revolutionise the video game and animation voice industry.
"It's exciting times," Armstrong said. "We were initially approached by a British studio who were interested in pitching to the Gamevoices network and will trial that over the next couple of months. "Since then we've had further interest from a Trans-Atlantic studio looking to do something similar and are anticipating a number of other games and animation studios using our service to find voice talent in the near future. "It's a mutually beneficial relationship. Game voice artists know that they are getting a fair deal as there are no barriers to showcasing their talent; currently they can freely upoad audio or video showreels and the studios can take
their pick based on the different criteria they require. The studios deal directly with the talent without having to go through an agency."
The Gamevoices network hosts a wide range of talent featuring some of the biggest names in the industry including Charles Martinet (Super Mario), Adam Howden (Anders in Dragon Age and also Tintin in the video game), Zach
Hanks (Captain Macmillan - Call of Duty) and many more stars you'll easily recognise. Though the network is not all about big name voice actors, it does include and actively encourages voice actors looking to break into the video
games industry.
Gamevoices was created in 2008 as an off-shoot of the already established World Gaming Executives network. A simple request from a voice actor to send a showreel to developers on WGE led to a formation of the Gamevoices
network where others could upload video and audio and invite other members of the industry to view their work.
"From what we have seen, voice actors in video games industry seem to have few online places to do this as most if not all sites charge a monthly listing fee or take a percentage from the introduction fee," John Armstrong said. "Perhaps the days of paying massive fees to Hollywood Celebrity actors for cameos in new games are dwindling. For most indie studios they never existed. "The key for these studios has always been to get the best you can for as little as possible. "For the actors themselves it has been about negotiating a fair wage for the work. "Neither of these can necessarily exist when someone sits between them taking money for - what on a social media site- would be free. "www.gamevoices.co.uk is that social media site."
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· Game voice artists and game developers can log in to Gamevoices for free at http://www.gamevoices.co.uk.
· Developers wishing to employ a voice actor must negotiate rates directly with that artist.
· An ad fee will be charged only to the Studio or Developer if Gamevoices are employed to create a casting call or conduct a members search for a specific voice type.


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text: The Blue Revolution: Farming with Robots January 7, 2014 06:12 PM Tweet Precision ag guru Simon Blackmore stands next to Scamp, a selective harvester built with sensor technology to pick only lettuce that is grocery store ready. © Harper Adams University TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Julie (Douglas) Deering Top Producer Managing Editor Email Farming with robots For more than 10 years, Simon Blackmore has patiently awaited an individual with an entrepreneurial spirit to help bring his robotic technology to life. But his ideas will likely turn agriculture upside down, as it's known today. The United Kingdom-based Harper Adams University researcher dreams of a "Blue Revolution." "We've had the Green Revolution with improved crop breeding," Blackmore says. "The next revolution will be blue; it's often associated with engineering." What's the end goal of precision farming? "It should be trying to understand what is the minimum amount of energy that we put into the natural environment to produce crops," Blackmore explains. "Tractors, machines, seed coatings and fertilizer are forms of energy. Before precision ag, farmers threw this energy everywhere; we farmed by the average." Precision agriculture, he says, reduces energy use by managing field zones. "When we break these zones down and use the smallest amount of energy possible, we get into robotics," Blackmore says, noting that the blue revolution will revolve around technology and smart systems. "The fundamentals of farming will be the same, but the way we implement the technology will be radically different," he says. "Farmers are trying to manage all the pressures of today—climate change, environmental, economic and political—using tractors that were designed 50 years ago. Surely we can design a tractor today that can go into the field when it's wet or dry and put a seed in the ground." Adoption Requirements. In order for farmers to adopt new technology, Blackmore says there must be three things embedded: knowledge to deal with the real-world environment, economics to make you money and psychology so it's simple to use. Auto-steer has all three of these characteristics, he explains, adding that it yielded 10% to 15% in additional savings. Blackmore is not the only researcher trying to achieve net-zero energy environments. Svend Christensen, a researcher at The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Research in Denmark, focuses on controlling weeds with technology. "Use of herbicides can be reduced by at least 40% if weed control is carried out with spraying robots," Christensen says. "The amount of reduction depends on the requirements for precision and capacity." The University of California-Davis Department of Engineering has developed a prototype of a micro sprayer, which is essentially a micro pump. It precisely targets individual plants with a jet. Each plant is identified, and the plants are localized with a camera system. After analyzing several hundred images from different crops and fields, Christensen reports that in theory, savings could be up to 99% when targeting each weed seedling. Blackmore calls this "intelligently targeted inputs." So why aren't companies going gangbusters to explore these opportunities? Blackmore says equipment and chemical companies are not ready for a "blue revolution." "It would turn their industry upside down," he says, predicting that these technologies will first be used in high-dollar crops, such as orchards, vineyards and vegetables. Back to news


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Roni's lecture has been postponed due to health problems. We wish him well and look forward to a future visit.
Thursday evening will now be an informal pocket trick night - please bring a trick or two to share. There will be also be the opportunity to view and purchase items from David Cookson's magic collection of books and magazines, tricks, lecture notes and DVD's. There will be a bargain box of the stands, frames, rings,and dice etc. There will be on offer a large number of packs of cards including Bicycle Decks, Brainwave, Invisible, Boris Wild Marked Deck, Phil decks, vintage Svengali packs, Mirage Deck and everything you need to learn the Simon Aronson Stack and other trick decks, and the bits of "useful" accessories that all magicians accumulate, Michael will circulate lists of some of the items in David's collection.
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Wave of Mutilation by Douglas Lain
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This seems to be a very good time for science fiction. I was prompted to explore some of it partly on the strength of this novella, which hit me like a blow between the eyes and left me breathless and dizzy for a few days.
The writing is very smooth and controlled. I love clean, precise writing like this, especially when it involves a swimming pool and the promise of sensuality. This drew me in and took me swiftly to the end of the first chapter, where I received my first shock.
I won't tell you too much more about the plot. There's some science stuff and a little problem with a particle accelerator. Reality takes a bit of a knock. Strange things start to happen. There is some sex, lots of nudity, some cross-dressing and a birth of sorts. But it's all a little bit surreal.
Perhaps it's also a little bit old-fashioned. Think Dada and Derrida, Brecht and Barthes. You might get all kinds of dubious intellectuals latching onto this and confusing you with their philosophical babble about it.
The thing you've got to hang onto and not forget is that the book is short and really easy to read. It's also funny and light.
When dealing with elusive concepts, it's very important to keep your writing plain and concrete. This the author does with admirable consistency. The ending couldn't be clearer.
I'd never heard of Douglas Lain before and still don't know very much about him. He seems to be one of those cult science fiction writers who carves out his own niche and tries not to get noticed too much.
But it's probably wrong to call this a science fiction book. It's probably better categorised as literary philosophy.
But it's all just words, really. Read it for yourself and make up your own mind. Or don't. It's up to you.
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Having lost over 14,000 occupants to the floods of Katrina, the lower ninth ward is now tasked not only with rebuilding homes, but rebuilding community. Recently the Make It Right campaign gave an incredible panel at this year's Net Impact Conference that explored their efforts in rebuilding a growing new community starting with those who were hit hardest by the disaster. We were excited to hear that the foundation has finished construction on 6 homes that are set to receive LEED platinum certification, and that the ninth ward is being steadily shaped into an exemplary role model for a sustainable community!
November's Net Impact conference brought together over 1,400 MBA students in Philadelphia to focus upon various topics surrounding sustainability. One of our highlights of the conference was a panel entitled: Rebuilding a Green New Orleans: Sustainability in the Lower Ninth Ward. Focusing upon Brad Pitt's Make It Right campaign to rebuild the lower ninth ward, the panel was moderated by Katherine Grove, a director of Inhabitat favorite William McDonough + Partners, and included panelists Charles Allen (External relations director for the Center of Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane), Tom Darden (Executive Director at Make it Right), and Joseph Williams (Executive Director, New Orleans' Redevelopment Agency).
With the recent completion of six homes, interest in the Make It Right campaign continues to grow, and the housing application pool is ever enlarging. Darden reports that all homes are undergoing the LEED Certification with the anticipation that each one will receive a LEED Platinum rating. Make it Right is planning to foster community by expanding its available housing types, and they hope to add multi-family dwellings within the next few years.
Hearing Tom Darden's announcement that the Make It Right Concorida Homes receiving their LEED Platinum certificate, I left with an air of optimism, believing that future business leaders can be a part of the global solution if they can maintain their enthusiasm and set their preoccupations aside. The panel stood as proof positive that the sustainable buildings are just as durable, feasible, and capable of growing community as the conventional buildings they are replacing.


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The United States is just twelfth worldwide when it comes to caffeine consumption. At an average of 3 kilograms (106 ounces) of coffee per person per year, Americans are well behind world leader Norway at 10.7 kilograms, or nearly three gallons, per person. Still, Americans consider themselves to be a pretty caffeinated culture.
Certainly the growth of coffee shops around the country are a testament to how much we love our caffeine. Here, we take a look at some of the top buzz hubs as reported by market research company NPD Group. Looking at the number of coffee shops per capita, they've put together a list of the most caffeinated cities in America.
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Legal Analysis
Two views of government in 'Whitey' Bulger trial
The Bulger trial produced a victory for US prosecutors but painted an ugly picture of government corruption.
A federal jury found that James "Whitey" Bulger participated in drug trafficking, 11 murders and assorted other crimes.
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The Bulger trial produced a victory for US prosecutors but painted an ugly picture of government corruption.
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Southie has been reborn since Bulger left, and he won't get to profit off it. Like the old South Boston, he is now a thing of the past.
The Globe provided a daily look at the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger.
The jury's findings on James "Whitey" Bulger's culpability in 19 murders brought rage and tears.
The former neighbors of "Whitey" Bulger said they were relieved to hear that the elderly gangster probably would die in prison.
The people of South Boston did not need a jury to tell them that James "Whitey" Bulger was as bad as advertised.
James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison by a judge who lamented his misplaced mythology.
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"The scope, the callousness, the depravity of your crimes are almost unfathomable," Judge Denise Casper told Whitey Bulger at his sentencing.
It is a portrait of the gangster as a grumpy old man, hunkered down in a Santa Monica flat with his girlfriend. Neighbors liked them, but no one got close — or, rather, almost no one. And that was their undoing.
Sort and sift through the evidence presented at the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger.
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See Boston as "Whitey" Bulger did. This map pinpoints some notable locations in Bulger's past.
"Whitey" Bulger faced a racketeering indictment and was accused of participating in 19 killings.
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The trial is not televised, but we take you inside the courtroom at John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse.
The trial of "Whitey" Bulger featured a dizzying array of witnesses, victims, and cohorts, not to mention sizeable law enforcement and legal teams.
Even as Whitey Bulger stands to learn that he will spend the rest of his miserable life in prison, he retains a perverse pride, a diffident arrogance.
Based on exclusive access and previously undisclosed documents, award-winning Boston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy follow James "Whitey" Bulger's criminal career, from teenage thievery, to bank robberies, to the building of his underworld empire, and to becoming an informant for the FBI.
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Murphy has covered Whitey Bulger and organized crime in Boston since 1985, beginning at the Boston Herald and moving to the Globe in 1993. She has won a George Polk Award for National Reporting.
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Cullen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written for the Boston Globe since 1985, was the first to raise questions about Whitey Bulger's relationship with the FBI. He has also won the Goldsmith Prize, the George Polk Award, and the Selden Ring Award.
A new biography, written by the Globe's Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy, looks at James "Whitey" Bulger and notes that he offered himself for execution in exchange for the release of his girlfriend.
"Whitey" Bulger and Catherine Greig wrote the letters on a legal pad ferried between prisons by a defense attorney.
James "Whitey" Bulger refused to look at the relatives of his victims as they told of the impact of the deaths of their loved ones.
Greig was sentenced to eight years in prison for helping her boyfriend, James "Whitey" Bulger, evade capture for more than 16 years.
It is a portrait of the gangster as a grumpy old man, hunkered down in a Santa Monica flat with his girlfriend. Neighbors liked them, but no one got close — or, rather, almost no one. And that was their undoing.
Anna Bjornsdottir called the FBI from her native Iceland on June 21, to report that the fugitive gangster and his girlfriend could be found in California, 4,300 miles away.
FBI agents and Los Angeles police arrested the infamous Boston crime boss and his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, without incident at a Santa Monica, Calif., apartment building near the beach, ending a 16-year international manhunt.
A Florida jury convicted retired agent John J. Connolly Jr. of second-degree murder for plotting with informants James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi to kill a potential witness against them 26 years ago.
John Martorano become a free man after killing 20 people and serving 12 years and two months in an undisclosed federal prison out of state.
Lining up Whitey Bulger as an informant was surely a coup in the FBI's crusade against the local Mafia. But the arrangement would veer wildly off track.
Once-secret FBI documents, interviews with sources inside and outside law enforcement, and recent court testimony show Whitey Bulger deserves little credit for the fall of the Angiulo Mafia family.
The case against against Whitey Bulger marks a sea change in local law enforcement, an unprecedented coalition that has done much to overcome the ill will arising from Bulger's role as an informant.
Bill Bulger's unusual background of scholarship and mean streets has produced a paradoxical politician who defies the ready labels of his trade.
As the 1970s progressed, the approaching maelstrom of court-ordered school busing would test them both Whitey and Billy Bulger.


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This directory lists sound collections held in the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections that have been digitally reformatted. Detailed information on each collection is linked to each directory entry. The Sound Archives includes sound recordings from the University of Florida Archives, the P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History, and the General Manuscript collections. All of the recordings are available for listening in the Special Collections Research Room and, unless otherwise noted, can be reproduced in the Research Room.
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Angela Davis speech, 1973. A speech given by activist Angela Davis for Accent '74.
Claude Murphree, University Organist, 1957. Concert performed on Anderson Memorial Organ.
Claude Pepper Campaign Speech, 1950. Senator Pepper discusses his position on the issues in the 1950 election.
College Authors Forum with William G. Carleton, 1964. Professor William Carleton discusses American foreign policy.
Cowboys in Central Florida, n.d. Louis Capron talks about Florida cattlemen.
Dean Lester Hale reads the Christmas Carol, 1970. Read in the University Auditorium.
Dedication '72, 1972. Dedicatory performance for the University of Florida Music Building.
Dedication of an addition to the University of Florida Library, 1950. Speeches made at the 1950 dedication of additions made to the University Library.
"Electric Man and the End of the Neolithic" - Marshall McLuhan. McCluhan talks about information and media.
Erskine Caldwell Lecture, 1965. Caldwell talks about writing.
Faculty Concert: Elwyn Adams, 1972. Violinist performs.
Faculty Concert: Willis Bodine at the Organ, 1961. Performance on the Anderson Memorial Organ.
Florida Future: E. T. York and Florida Agriculture, ca. 1970. York talks about role of IFAS.
Florida Future: Earl Faircloth, 1967. Interview with Florida Attorney General.
Florida Future: Floyd Christian, 1967. Interview with Florida Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Florida Future: Junior Colleges, 1967. Interview with James L. Wattenbarger.
Florida Future: Manning Dauer, n.d. UF professor talks about local government.
Florida Future: Poverty and Race Relations, 1969. Interview with Neil Butler.
History of St. Augustine, n.d. Lecture by Michael Gannon.
Inauguration of J. Hillis Miller, 1948. Ceremony for UF's fourth president.
Inauguration of J. Wayne Reitz, 1955. Ceremony for UF's fifth president.
Inauguration of Stephen C. O'Connell, 1968. Ceremony for UF's sixth president.
Interview with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Her Maid Martha Mickens, Undated. Recording of Rawlings reciting poetry and Mickens singing spirituals.
Interview with Marshall B. Jones, October 1967. Marshall Jones discusses his tenure case.
J. Wayne Reitz Student Union, 1967. Dedication ceremony for the Reitz Union.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1968. Informal talk and poetry reading.
Lester Hale reads the Christmas Carol, 1957. Annual UF Holiday tradition.
Lillian Smith lecture on autobiography, May 10, 1962. Lillian Smith lecture recorded at the University of Florida Library during the 1962 Arts Festival.
Lord's Prayer in Hitchiti, 1957. A recording of the Seminole spoken language.
Marshall Jones Hearings, 1968. Recordings of hearings conducted on the tenure case of Marshall B. Jones.
A New Look at the University, 1967. A television interview with President Stephen C. O'Connell.
Norman Thomas speech, 1963. Thomas talks about peace.
Point of View: Erich Farber, 1976. Michael Gannon interviews solar energy pioneer.
Point of View: Maxine Margolies, 1976. Michael Gannon interviews anthropologist on changing roles of women.
Point of View: Richard Hiers, 1975. Michael Gannon interviews religion professor on new scripture studies.
Point of View: The Place of Women in American Society, 1975. Michael Gannon interviews two women faculty on women's movement.
Point of View: Wilse Webb, 1975. Michael Gannon interviews sleep expert.
Religion-in-Life: Bishop Pike, 1967. Address given by Bishop James A. Pike on science and religion.
Religion in Life: Max Lerner, 1965. Lerner talks about change in America.
Robert Frost in Gainesville, 1967. Archie Robertson and others talk about Frost's time in Gainesville.
"The Role of the Generalist" - Arnold J. Toynbee , 1965. British historian talks about importance of general knowledge.
Seminole Legends, Dances and Religious Songs, 1957. A recording of Seminole legends and songs made at the Big Cypress Indian Reservation.
Seminole music, n.d. A recording of Seminole music made at the Brighton Reservation in the 1930s.
Seminole songs, 1954. Harry Jumper sings traditional Seminole songs. The recording was compiled by Frances Densmore under the auspices of the University of Florida.
Tapes on Miss Liza, 1967-1968. Recordings of and about Eliza Washington, an African American woman who lived near McIntosh, Florida.
Theodore "Ted" Sorensen lecture, n.d. Sorensen talks about Kennedy legacy.
Things You Don't Know About The Seminoles, n.d. Louis Capron talks about Seminole customs.
Tigert Hall Dedication, 1960. Naming ceremony for administration building.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey Speech at the Florida Blue Key Banquet, 1966.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks at the Florida Blue Key Banquet, 1961.
Vice President Nixon at the University of Florida, 1960. Panel interview at Florida Gymnasium.
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Hi All,
I am not sure at this point if anybody will be looking at the blog now that I am not showing anything interesting or documenting any project. Unluckily I did not have time to hack around with my electronics for several reasons.
My main reasons are work (as everybody's), family (I just have a kid that is going to turn 9 months in a couple weeks) and the start of my new little business of making mosaics out of people's pictures, using faces as tiles. Check it out under www.mosaicyourself.com , still working on the website but I do not seem to have time to keep up with Drupal, php and being webmaster.
Anyway, other than apologizing for not posting for the last couple of months, I wanted to highlight some of the events that have huge impact in the Electronics Hardware Hacking world (if you read this blog you are probably already aware of those anyway). Specially to what I am interested
a) Arduino goes ARM - ARDUINO DUE
That is great! I am really excited about this. I have been looking for a more powerful Arduino for a while, specially for imaging purposes in a small and affordable platform. Having Arduino in a faster form factor will allow us to do image acquisition. The chip powering the Arduino Due (SAM3U from Atmel) counts with 96MHz with 256Kb of Flash, 50Kb of Sram, 5 SPI buses, 2 I2C interfaces, 5 UARTS, 16 Analog Inputs at 12Bit.
As you all know Imaging on the Arduino requires a lot of memory (128*96/8 bytes). Now with 50KB we can even hold a color image!!
A couple of comments on this
- That might screw the plans from LeafLabs which I closely followed. I consider using them for my image procesing platform. Now (sorry guys) I will provably wait for the efford by Arduino.
- I am not sure how the programming interface will be on the Due but it potentially means that some of the shields will not be (fully or at all) compatibles. Also forget about assembly coding and restart with a new device, so the shields relying on that, such as the Video Experimenter Shield will not be compatible.
b) Memory expansion for the Arduino
Two different approaches recently came up at hackaday to extend the memory on the Arduino. I wanted to give my particular point of view on those and how do they relate to the little imaging project I did on the Arduino.
- Expanding the RAM on Arduino Mega - Unluckily this approach is not going to help much in our case as the Video Experimenter Shield, as mentioned in my blog post, is not compatible with Mega. Hackaday suggested using that expansion for image acquisition (thanks for the quote), but unfortunately that is not possible.
- Using a CPLD to get more memory - I am sorry to say but it looks like an overkill to use programmable logic to expand the memory of Arduino. I personally think I could code the CPLD with no Arduino anyway to get my image processing platform. It is versatile but I do not believe is a good solution (anybody could say that Arduino is simply not meant for image processing, I sort of agree but, still want to pull it!!). This leads to my next point:
c) Getting an Arduino-like platform on FPGA
That is definitely something I have been looking for for a while. LeafLabs are sort of pursuing that goal with the Oak, I do not want to jinx it but maybe somebody comes first or a bigger platform oversteps it (like the Due). But as always it is good to push the industry, specially the open source, although sometimes the outcome is not the best.
A kind of neat player in this platform is the Xula Board by Xess. I am kind of afine to Xess as I had them as a reference in my VHDL coding for firmware on FPGAs before, so I think they are great. The Xula Board is an Open Source effort lead by Xess to solve problems microcontrollers cannot reach (wow it looks like imaging falls in that framework).
Other than the technical I like this Xula board because
- It is cheap
- It does not need programmer
- You can use free software (the Xilinx Webpack)
- It uses FPGAs I am already familiar with
I also want to mention that Dave, at Xess is a great guy. I particularly like his blog and the way he mixes documentation and blogging. He was supper cool to send me a Xula board for my evaluation (sorry Dave for the reasons mentioned above no time yet, but I will soon get to that, I hope!).
This is it for my roundup. I have a couple of short term projects in mind I will try and pull out soon. I will keep you (reader) posted!!
A blog describing my personal experience with the world of electronics hacking. You'll find Arduino stuff, FPGA and VHDL coding and other sorts of hardware and software hacking here. I will try to focus on simple machine vision and image processing!!
Monday, September 19, 2011
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Realtime for Joe Sixpack
While most processors are powerful enough to play a dozen video or at least audio streams at once, it is possible that another thread hijacks your processor for just half a second to complete another task. This results in short interrupts in audio or video streams. It can also happen that your video/audio streams get out of sync. While it is annoying for casual music listener, a content producer, composer or video editor simply can't accept this problem since it interrupts his/her workflow. The pretended simple solution is to make the audio and video processes a higher priority. But as most users know, Joe Sixpack can set a higher nice value to a process, which means that its priority is lower. Only root can set lower values and start processes at a lower nice value than 0. It makes sense that the average user cannot steal too much power from processes which are necessary just to keep the system running. This is especially important on multiuser machines. Many realtime desires are limited to single user machines, so this aspect of security is not as critical as it seems. By the same time it should be made sure that the user can really control the priorities only and cannot affect other parts of system configuration which are controlled by root only.
Realtime and Realtime is not the same
Realtime is a synonym for a process which has as much capabilities to run in time without being interrupted by any other process. A couple of things can make it drop cycles nevertheless. Maybe the processor is running out of juice or another process with an even higher priority steals too many CPU-cycles. There is a scaling of realtime quality. The main aspect we are dealing with is the soft realtime. If a box runs out of power and the video editor's playback starts to drop frames, the process must be made different like rendering out the preview file so that it can be played without problems. Hard realtime is usually not "desired" but "needed". An example could be made for car's ABS. This can not be "rendered" and there is no second chance.
A Small History to Understand The Problem
There have always been efforts to make it easier for the user to achieve realtime capabilities from the kernel. A lot of patches were floating around the web. As of generation 2.6 there was an addon module available called realtime-lsm. It required CAPABILITY build as module and was only to handle by the more experienced user since the absence of CAPABILITY in the kernel in case that neither capability nor realtime-lsm was loaded can cause trouble. [1] As of kernel-2.6.12, the so called rlimits patch has been accepted in the mainstream kernel and is now the desired way to provide normal users with realtime capabilities.
Power is Nothing without Control
The realtime-lsm module granted the right to get higher capabilities to users belonging to a certain UID. The rlimit way works similar, but it can be controlled graduated finer. There is a new functionality in PAM which can be used to control the capabilities on a per user or a per group level. In the current version (0.80-2) these values are not set correctly out of the box and still create problems. With PAM you can grant realtime priority to a certain user or to a certain user group. PAM#s concept makes it imaginable that there will be ways in the future to grant rights on a per application level. But this is not yet possible.
The necessary settings for realtime
First of all, make sure your kernel is compiled with "preemptible kernel" settings. As /boot/kconfig26 tells you, the standard Arch Linux kernel is configured that way. This warning just goes out to all the selfcompilers. Secondly, you need a PAM>0.80 or 0.79-3(that was patched). The last I can confirm working was 0.80-2 from "testing". Just note that the names for the variables in limits.conf have changed from 0.79 to 0.80! Now edit your /etc/security/limits.conf. Arch Linux comes with sane standards for users from the @audio group. Make sure that you are a member of it and you are mainly done. The standard settings are enough to get jack-server running with hydrogen or ardour. For some other applications it might be necessary to redefine the values for rt_prio from 65 to 80 or even higher!
The following settings work for me also with ardour:
@audio - rtprio 70 @audio - nice -10 @audio - memlock 250000
PAM-enabled Login
See: Start X at Boot
To activate the settings in /etc/security/limits.conf you have to use a PAM-enabled login method/manager. Nearly all graphical login managers are pam-enabled. You can check that by looking for the related line/file in /etc/pam.d:
~$ grep pam_limits.so /etc/pam.d/*
If you get nothing, you are whacked. But you will, as long as you have a login manager (and now policykit). The line we are looking for is:
session required pam_limits.so
See: Automatic VC Login
If you prefer to not have a graphical login, you still have a way. You need to edit the pam stuff for su (from coreutils):
# /etc/pam.d/su ... session required pam_limits.so
Source (thanks to jochen and dunc): http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=387214
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Join members of the scientific and foreign policy communities on Thursday, August 22, 2013, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. for a lively discussion of the practice and impacts of future forecasting at the Koshland Science Museum, 525 E St., NW, Washington, DC. A panel discussion and breakout group conversations moderated by Jonathan Peck, President and Senior Futurist at the Institute for Alternative Futures, will consider how significant new developments are anticipated, understood, and answered by these communities.
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Science and technology (S&T) communities devote considerable energy to forecasting the next discovery or invention that has the potential to disrupt existing paradigms. In the foreign policy community, horizon scanning anticipates challenges that will arise for global diplomacy and identifies the relationships that will define future events. The practice of future forecasting provides a framework for researchers and policymakers to anticipate the societal, ethical, and economic implications of emerging trends.
Future Forecasting, the first event in the new series At the Crossroads of Science and Foreign Policy, seeks to understand how emerging trends involving S&T are formulated in the scientific and foreign policy communities, and to identify how dialogue between these communities may inform policy-making related to emerging areas of S&T that have global implications.
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You wouldn't think the small town of Marquette, Michigan, which boasts a population of 19,000, would be home to a thriving outdoor store that got its start in the late 70s by selling pre-cut down sewing kits and Hobie Cat sailboats. But then again, why not? Down Wind Sports has become quite the institution, and a central character in the growing adventure community of the U.P.
A stone's throw from the Canadian border, the modest town of Marquette is located on the south shore of Lake Superior, home to some of the world's best ice climbing you've never heard of. It also has downhill skiing, cross country skiing, mountain biking, climbing, sailing, sea kayaking and, because you can, shipwreck diving. With such impressive natural terrain in the area, locals have thrived here in the last several decades. And Down Wind has been a large reason why that's happened.
Originally opened by Dennis and Nancy Henderson in 1976, Down Wind Sports was purchased in 1998 by three long-time employees Bill Thompson, Jeff Strasser and Todd King. "Having three partners goes against every business plan I've ever read," says Thompson, "but from our perspective it works." And it does. There are currently two Down Wind Sports shops: downtown Marquette, and the DWS "North" store, located in Houghton.


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"Women in Snowboarding – A History" is the fifth video segment from a collection cut out of the 2009/2010 Swatch TTR TV Show series and is the first part of three that will focus on influential women in snowboarding and the development from the early days.
To see this show in its entirety please visit ttrworldtour.com/multimedia/ tv-schedule.html for television airing times in your region.
The first part of the "Women in Snowboarding – A History" series delves into the complexities of being a female snowboard athlete and the development of the female side of the sport. Early pioneers such as Tara Dakides, Jenna Meyen and Stine Brun-Kjeldaas, talk about the early days of snowboarding and how women pushed their way into the spotlight and began staking their own claim.
Tara, Jana and Stine witnessed how prize money at contests slowly began to turn commonplace from being virtually non-existent, and the major shift away from women wearing men's clothing with the emergence of female snowboard clothing brands. Before that, "The girls where not allowed to be seen as girls at all," says Stine.
Lisa Wiik, Chanelle Sladics, Kjersti Oestgaard-Buaas and Cheryl Maas all look back on the importance of these pioneers of the sport to the current situation on the TTR Tour. Chanelle talks about how Tara, Jana and Stine all paved the way for the current generation of riders to work hard and make a career out of snowboarding, saying "We have such blessed lives, it's so cool to connect with those girls, because they are the reasons why we are getting paid and they're the ones saying: Hey we can do this too." Also sharing their views on the importance of the TTR Tour for women are Torah Bright, Silvia Mittermueller and Sarka Pancochova.


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Study questions value of mammography to reduce breast cancer deaths
In a research finding that will add to doubts about the value of breast cancer screening, Canadian researchers determined that women ages 40 to 59 who had yearly mammograms enjoyed no added survival benefit up to 25 years later compared with those who skipped the screening X-rays.
The trial, involving 90,000 women who were randomly assigned to have screening or be in a control group, reached a conclusion at odds with other large studies, which found fewer breast cancer deaths among women who began screening at age 50 or, in a handful of studies, at age 40. The latest finding, published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal, confirms earlier results from the Canadian trial, which first came out two decades ago and is unlikely to discourage many doctors from recommending screening.
But the researchers also determined that 22 percent of breast cancers initially detected on mammograms in the early 1980s were "over-diagnosed'' — meaning they never would have been found otherwise and would not have become life-threatening. Most of these women had surgery to remove these tumors which, in hindsight, was unnecessary.
"Overdiagnosis of breast cancer is an important phenomenon that's been demonstrated by us and other researchers,'' said study co-author Dr. Cornelia Baines, a professor emerita at the University of Toronto.
Such findings haven't, though, swayed the opinions of most women and doctors, who remain more concerned about a life-threatening cancer going undetected than a harmless one being over-treated
"Overdiagnosis occurs with every disease,'' said Dr. Richard Wender, chief cancer control officer of the American Cancer Society. "We treat everyone with hypertension but not everyone will end up dying of stroke or a heart attack.''
Combined evidence from eight large clinical trials including the Canadian one indicate that mammography offers a small survival advantage: Women in their 40s who get screened every year or two have a 15 percent reduced risk of dying from breast cancer compared with those who skip the screenings, according to Wender. Women in their 50s have a 20 percent reduced mortality risk.
For this reason, he added, the American Cancer Society recommends that women have yearly mammograms beginning at age 40, though that advice may soften a bit when new recommendations are issued later this year and take into account the latest findings on risks of yearly screening.
The US Preventive Services Task Force, a group of primary care physicians convened by the federal government, stopped universally recommending mammograms for women in their 40s in 2009 after determining that its drawbacks — such as false findings that lead to anxiety, extra X-rays, and surgical biopsies — were about equal to its benefits for those in this age group. Their decision was met with fierce criticism and a Congressional mandate to provide coverage for mammography under the federal health law for all women age 40 and over.
"Mammography is an imperfect test at best, but at this point, it's the best test we have,'' said Dr. Ann Partridge, a breast oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She and others highlighted some potential methodological flaws of the Canadian study.
For example, Partridge said, technology has improved significantly over the past 30 years with X-ray machines and digitized film that yield clearer images.
Others have questioned whether the women in the Canadian study were properly randomized since a significantly higher number of women in the mammography group were diagnosed with advanced cancers during the first year or two of the study than those in the control group.
"This might have been due to chance,'' Wender said, "but if the randomization wasn't done perfectly, some women at higher breast cancer risk might have been put into the mammography group and this might have skewed the results.''
Some radiologists have sharply attacked the study investigators, accusing them of having a bias against mammography by designing a study in which the control group of women in their 50s received breast exams performed by skilled nurses every year instead of mammograms.
"The principal investigator set out to prove that all you needed to do was a physical examination,'' said Dr. Daniel Kopans, director of breast imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, in an e-mail responding to the new study finding. "The nurse examiners were highly trained while the radiologists and technologists [who performed the mammograms] had no training.''
Baines, who has frequently sparred with Kopans through the years, said radiology leaders have remained "really committed'' to advocating for mammograms partly for financial reasons, including insurance reimbursements and consultant fees they've received from mammography machine manufacturers.
Where many screening experts have found common ground is in their belief that women should be better informed about the downsides of mammography as well as its small potential lifesaving benefit.
"This isn't a public health imperative, it's a choice,'' said cancer screening researcher Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, a professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute, "and it's a close call.''


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NASHVILLE (March 6, 2008) - When the ETSU men's basketball team needed them most, seniors Travis Strong (Memphis), Kenyona Swader (Smyrna), and Andrew Reed (Port Richey, Fla.) made the plays needed to capture a quarterfinal win in the 2008 General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament.
Strong broke a 71-71 tie thanks to a midrange jumper with 1:46 left in the game, Reed blocked two Lipscomb shot attempts in the last minute, and Swader hit three critical free throws to pick up an 81-74 win over host Lipscomb Thursday night inside Allen Arena. For the game, Strong finished with a team high 16 points, Swader finished with 14 rebounds and 11 points to post his third career double-double, and both junior forward Kevin Tiggs (
"That's just a great win for us," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team improved to 19-12 on the year and will play
In the first half, ETSU opened with a 9-0 run and led 11-2, but the quick start was quickly answered by the Bisons, who went on an 11-2 run of their own to tie the score 13-13 with 12:47 left. From there, though, the Bucs - powered by a season high eight points from Greg Hamlin (
A pair of three-pointers from Lipscomb's Michael Lusk stopped the bleeding for the Bisons, but the Bucs shot 55 percent from the floor for the half and ultimately led 46-37 at the break.
The back-and-forth battle continued in the second half, as Lusk once again carried the Bisons, scoring five points to help Lipscomb to a 9-2 run and making the score 48-46 with 16:29 left in the game. Just as that momentum seemed to be building, ETSU burst out with a 14-4 run highlighted by a behind-the-back pass from Pigram to Micah Williams (
Not to be outdone, the Bisons quickly answered over the next four minutes with a 9-0 run to make it 62-59 before a pair of free throws from Swader made it 64-59 and stopped the scoreless streak. But Lipscomb methodically battled back, and finally tied the game 71-71 with a lay up and free throw by Jimmy Oden.
At that point, Strong made his baseline jumper, Reed blocked a Lipscomb shot, Swader made a foul shot, the Bucs got another stop and foul, and ultimately made enough free throws at the end to ice the game. The Bucs finished at 48 percent from the field for the game and out-rebounded Lipscomb 42-35. From the foul line, the Bucs hit 76 percent of their attempts (19-of-25).
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