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Regional premiere 26 September.
Dance. Eleven of Sweden's most promising young dancers. Four choreographers from Gothenburg's professional dancing world.
Together they create Prolog, a performance in four parts inspired by Nordic literature. Among the sources of inspiration are two Nobel Prize winners, Halldór Laxness and Per Lagerkvist, our Swedish national poet Gustaf Fröding and the modern pop icon Joakim Berg from the group Kent.
Watch clip from the performance.
The Choreographers.
Three of the choreographers are dancers in GöteborgsOperans Balett: Israel Aloni, Hlín Diego Hjalmarsdóttir and Toby Kassell. The fourth choreographer is Peter Svenzon, artistic director of the Gothenburg-based dance group Art of Spectra.
Toby Kassell tells us about Utanför (Outside).
Toby Kassell is British and received his training at the Royal Ballet School in London. He danced with Zürich Ballet, Ballet de Santiago de Chile, Aalto Theater Essen, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin and, most recently, with Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany before he came to GöteborgsOperan Ballet in 2006. Here he has performed in Aurora, Violin Concerto, The Waiting, Wind around My Heat, Breeding Spaces, Hon var svart (She was Black), Georgia and more.
Hlín Diego Hjalmarsdóttir tells us about Salka.
Hlín Diego Hjálmarsdóttir is from Iceland and received her training at Svenska Balettskolan in Stockholm. After completing her education she danced at Isländska Danskompaniet as well as in Austria and Germany. In 2004 she came to Cullbergbaletten where she has appeared in a number of productions. In the season of 2008/2009 she was employed as a dancer in GöteborgsOperans Balett and danced for example one of the main parts, "Madami", in Wim Vandekeybus' Black Biist. She has been assistant director at Zhukov Dance Theatre in San Francisco and returned there in the summer of 2009 to choreograph her own production.
Israel Aloni tells us about Open.
Israel Aloni received his training at Thelma Yellin High School and Bat-Dor in Tel Aviv. Before he came to Göteborgsbaletten he danced with Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company. He came to GöteborgsOperans Balett in 2002 and has danced in works such as In Hidden Seconds, Sechs Tänze, Side in Side out and as Alyosha in Re: Tjajkovskij. Israel Aloni has done a number of choreographies of his own.
Peter Svenzon tells us about Tankar (Thoughts).
Peter Svenzon trained at Balettakademien in Gothenburg and has worked as a freelance dancer and choreographer since 1987, both on the national and international scene with, for example, MBT Dansteater/Marie Brolin-Tani, Björn Elisson Company, GöteborgsOperan, Älvsborgsteatern's dance ensemble as well as with Helsingborgs Stadsteater. Peter has also done choreography for theatre performances. In 1998 he started Art of Spectra where 20 dance works have been produced. In his work Peter consistently explores limits and moves between different art forms, hence the name Art of Spectra.
NUDANS (NOWDANCE) is a seasonally-based dance company comprised of selected new graduates from Sweden's professional dance training institutes.
The primary goal of NUDANS is to help final-year students from Sweden's various dance training institutes to take the first step into the professional world. The selected students are invited to spend a period of time with the GöteborgsOperans Balett, during which they train with the company, are tutored by professional dancers and rehearse works that have been created for them.
During the spring of 2009, eleven students were invited to participate in NUDANS and in the performance 'Prolog' that had been created exclusively for them. The students were an important part of the creative process for the four choreographers Israel Aloni, Hlín Diego Hjálmarsdóttir, Toby Kassell (all dancers in GöteborgsOperans Balett) and Peter Svenzon (freelance choreographer). Each choreographer created a work for Prolog that was then performed for the first time at GöteborgsOperan Lilla scen (small stage) on 5 June 2009. The production will go on tour this autumn in the Västra Götaland region.
The eleven dancers..
Carolina Carlsson, Balettakademien Göteborg
Erik Lobelius, Kungliga Svenska Balettskolan
Karin Berg, Balettakademien Stockholm
Linn Ragnarsson, Kungliga Svenska Balettskolan
Sara Schmücker, Danshögskolan
Danielle de Vries, Kungliga Svenska Balettskolan
Hannes Lundin, Balettakademien Stockholm
Lisa Fritzell, Kungliga Svenska Balettskolan Sara Edlund, Danshögskolan
Rasmus Skaremark, Kungliga Svenska Balettskolan
Frida Lehman, Balettakademien Stockholm


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Randy in Brighton needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 18 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Develop a simple lead-generation website for collecting name and email info.
The website will consist of 3 pages: Homepage, Info page and Signup page. The traffic will be generated using PPC and the visitor will be sent directly to the Info Page.
The visitor will see the four (4) free reports offered with a short description and "Learn more..." button.
All four "Learn more..." buttons lead to the same place - the SignUp page.
The Home Page is present but is only there if the visitor types in the URL manually. We are not intending to direct any traffic to the homepage.
Detailed instructions are here:
- Simple design, white background
- Geared to the retail industry - retail stores - clothing, sporting goods, gift shops, etc. (not food/grocery)
- Design for 1024x768 resolution, all info visible on screen
- Links on the bottom of every page: About us, Contact us, Privacy
- Food or grocery store graphics.

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Tigers Earn OVC Split with Skyhawks
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tigers used a solid pitching performance and aggressive base running to earn an Ohio Valley Conference split with UT Martin on Saturday afternoon. TSU won the first game 4-2 before dropping game two, 13-0 in five innings.
Tennessee State is now 10-20 on the season and 1-4 in conference play. UTM moved to 18-9, 2-2 in the OVC.
Jennifer Givens sparked TSU in the first inning with a leadoff single and moved to second as the throw got away from the fielders. On the next pitch, Givens stole third base and scampered home as the throw trickled into left field to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
TSU added a run in the fourth as they took advantage of a Skyhawk error. After singles by Lindsey Burgess and Kate Morris, Jayna Hanawahine hit a grounder to third for what looked to be the third out of the inning. An errant throw by the Skyhawks allowed Burgess to cross home plate for a 2-0 lead.
The Tigers added to the lead with two more runs in the fifth inning. TSU used three consecutive hits by Givens, Kiarra Freeman, and Audrey Sensing, with the final hit chasing Givens home. Ashley Haynes drove in the final run on a groundball out to first that allowed Freeman to score and make the score 4-0.
The score was just enough as UTM tried to make a comeback with two runs in the final inning. Shea Morris worked the first six innings allowing just three infield singles. UT Martin challenged in the top of the seventh as they put together three hits, but could only manage two runs. Morris (7-9) gave up the six hits, while striking out seven, including all three outs to close out the game.
In the second game, the Skyhawks took advantage of five Tiger errors and scored 12 unearned runs in route to a 13-0 win. Kenzi Tate (10-1) held TSU to just two hits and struck out five over five innings.
Givens reached base four out of six plate appearances on the day. She earned two hits, a walk, a hit-by-pitch and stole two bases.
TSU will host Southeast Missouri State in an OVC doubleheader on Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 1 pm. A live audio broadcast can be heard on tsutigers.com.


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Batch Analytics: How did we do it?We used Azure Data Factory and Azure HDInsight to quickly build pipelines that allowed us to take the raw face demo data being dumped in azure blob and do batch processing (using HDInsight/Hadoop) to get insights into the data. The Azure Data Factory pipelines (see the screenshot below) are now running every day and processing the data that is being captured from people uploading photos and trying out http://how-old.net . The processed data is dumped to a SQL azure database and consumed by PowerBI dashboard. The entire data factory and pipelines were built and operationalized in less than 4 hours.
Note: The data being collected is not the actual photo itself, but rather metadata such as # of requests per time period, what type of device sent the request etc. No personally identifiable information is collected or analyzed by these pipelines.The PowerBI dashboard (see the screenshot below) showcasing real-time analytics generated using Azure Stream Analytics (Number of Photos-Last 60 Seconds, Faces by Browser-Last 2 minutes, Photos Per Second-By Date) has now been augmented to showcase batch analytics generated using Azure Data Factory. Some of the batch analytics being captured include:
- Users By Day
- Photos By Day
- Users By Platform


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5:30 am
WordWorld "Rocket to the Moon/The Birds" Rocket to the Moon - When Frog needs to rescue the Little Piggies from the moon, he learns to appreciate lowercase letters. The Birds - Sheep discovers a large egg and has to take care of it until she can find Bird and return it to its rightful owner. D
6:00 am
Sesame Street "Camping Show" Chris and Elmo are excited to be camping in the woods! They unpack their camping supplies and take out two sleeping bags and two canteens. One sleeping bag and canteen for each of them. Next, they take out four hotdogs and marshmallows. D
7:00 am
Curious George "Housebound!/Curious George Rides A Bike" George breaks his leg at the museum while exploring a dinosaur skeleton and goes to the hospital.G
7:30 am
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Big Cats/Fantastic Flour" Big Cats - When Sally and Nick have difficulty sneaking up on Nick's Mom to surprise her, The Cat brings them to meet some great sneaker-uppers - cats! Three big cats in particular. The kids learn to be patient from a snow leopard, speedy from a cheetah and the trick of distraction from a lion. Back in Nick's yard they sneak up on his mom and surprise her! Then Nick and Sally are surprised when the best sneaker-upper sneaks up on them - The Cat! Fantastic Flour - Nick and Sally are making their "Best Ever Yummy For Your Tummy" muffins when they realize they don't have enough flour. D
8:00 am
Super Why! "Cinderella: The Prince's Side of the Story" Red and Little Boy Blue are playing some music together when Little Boy Blue suddenly disappears! This is just like when Cinderella left the ball without finishing her dance. To solve the mystery, Super Why and his friends soar into Cinderella's fairytale once again, and this time they talk to the prince! Educational Objectives: To learn about thinking creatively, investigate the alphabet, practice the magic of spelling, and use the power to read to change the story. D
8:30 am
Dinosaur Train "Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 1/Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 2" Dinosaur Big City Part I - Buddy and the Pteranodon family begin their journey on the Dinosaur Train, gathering all their Theropod friends together to travel to a really big Theropod Club Convention which is being held in Laramidia, the "Dinosaur Big City"! Dinosaur Big City Part II - The Pteranodon family continues their journey to the Theropod Convention in Laramidia, the Dinosaur Big City! Among the Theropod dinosaurs that ride the Train with them is King Cryolophosaurus, who sings his songs "Big Ol' Whistle-Stop Rock-n-Roll Dinosaur Tour" and "Whole Lotta Theropods"!. D
9:00 am
The Electric Company "Oh Danny Boy" Hector and Danny join forces in a doubles ping pong tournament. Will they find friendship in victory?. D
9:30 am
Wild Kratts "Tazzy Chris" When Martin and Chris assist the Tasmanian Wildlife Service in tagging endangered Tasmanian Devils, they discover that Zach Varmitech has been kidnapping them to create a ferocious new Zachbot. Science Concepts: A healthy ecosystem has both predators and scavengers. Scavengers are animals that eat mostly other dead animals. D
10:00 am
WordWorld "Rocket to the Moon/The Birds" Rocket to the Moon - When Frog needs to rescue the Little Piggies from the moon, he learns to appreciate lowercase letters. The Birds - Sheep discovers a large egg and has to take care of it until she can find Bird and return it to its rightful owner. D
10:30 am
WordGirl "Hard-Learned Money/Gift Pony" HARD-LEARNED MONEY - After helping him break out of jail multiple times, The Learnerer uses Amazing Rope Guy to learn how to be an efficient criminal. Will he have learned too much by the time WordGirl figures out his plan and possibly be able to defeat her? Vocabulary Words: Divvy, Repetitive. GIFT PONY - When Violet gives Becky a brooch made of mysterious gemstones, Becky/WordGirl begins to feel woozy. D
11:00 am
Outdoor Idaho "Pathways of Pioneers" For emigrants bound for a land of opportunity, the Oregon Trail was the corridor to their dreams. This great migration west left Idaho a grand legacy, which we explore in this hour-long program. Massacre Rocks, Soda Springs, Big Hill, Three Island Crossing - these historic landmarks take on new meaning through the eyes of modern-day pioneers.G
12:00 pm
Katie Brown Workshop "Best of Summer" Host Katie Brown's summer-inspired recipes and outdoor-entertaining projects make the most of the season. In the Kitchen: cucumber salad, poached salmon with dill and berry cake. Projects: fashioning etched glass globe candleholders and sand and a beach-glass vase with orchid. D
12:30 pm
Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Sunset" In this study, Jerry shows his students how to use the 2-inch hake brush and the wet-on-wet technique to create a beautiful sunset. He also uses a photo of the sunset as his reference material and how to convert it into the painting. D
1:00 pm
Essential Pepin "Light As Air" Meringue Shells With Chantilly Cream; Macaroons; Chocolate Roll; Chocolate Souffle Cake With Raspberry Sauce. D
1:30 pm
On Story "Comedy That Resonates" Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld writer/producer Alec Berg and BRIDESMAIDS director and Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig pull back the curtain to show how they create comedy that resonates with us all. Followed by the hilarious short film SPIT by writer/director Benjamin Hayes. Paul will never have his first kiss until he overcomes his fear of saliva. D
2:00 pm
Dialogue "Samuel Hunter" Host Marcia Franklin talks with Moscow native playwright Samuel Hunter about his works and the influence of Idaho in his plays. Hunter, who was in Boise recently to help direct one of his plays, is the recipient of a 2011 Obie Award, the equivalent of a Tony Award for off-Broadway productions, for his play A Bright New Boise.G
2:30 pm
MotorWeek "Bentley Continental Gt V8" Road Test: 2013 Bentley Continental GT V8. Road Test: 2012 Hyundai Azera. Goss' Garage: Quick Car Service Advice. D
3:00 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Shake and Bake Reinvented" Test cook Julia Collin Davison shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the best Nut-Crusted Chicken Cutlets. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews food processors in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Bridget Lancaster shows Chris how to make the ultimate Crisp Pan-Fried Pork Chops at home. D
3:30 pm
Passport to Adventure "Patagonia, Chile - Dolphins, Fjords, & Rainforests in Aysen" In this two-part episode, we explore a truly off-the-beaten-path region of Patagonia. In Aysen, where the main highway is mostly unpaved, travel is rugged, the scenery intoxicating - waterfalls tumble over lush mountainsides, wild flowers carpet riverbanks and dolphins frolic in pristine fjords - all of nature's wonders crammed into one destination. We've done our best pack it all into two episodes!. D
4:00 pm
Globe Trekker "Globe Trekker Food Hour: Brazil" Merrilees starts her journey in the Afro-influenced coastal city of Salvador.G
5:00 pm
Sierra Center Stage "Rodney Crowell" Rodney Crowell is perhaps best known for his string of five straight # 1 hits on the Billboard Country Music charts. However, this program showcases Crowell's rebirth as a deeply political, satirical, and clever singer/songwriter in the vein of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Featuring songs from his 3 CD Triology, starting with the "Houston Kid," Crowell rocks the dance floor with a tight band of Nashville virtuosos. D
6:00 pm
Austin City Limits "Coldplay" The Grammy-winners and modern-rock giants have sold more than 50 million records worldwide. They perform their hits and selections from their album Mylo Xyloto.G
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From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts The premiere concert at the new Las Vegas, Nevada, performing arts center features host Neil Patrick Harris with Jennifer Hudson, Carole King, Martina McBride and more in an eclectic presentation of performers from the worlds of music, television, stage and screen.G
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Song of the Mountains Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers. D
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Austin City Limits "Coldplay" The Grammy-winners and modern-rock giants have sold more than 50 million records worldwide. They perform their hits and selections from their album Mylo Xyloto.G
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From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts The premiere concert at the new Las Vegas, Nevada, performing arts center features host Neil Patrick Harris with Jennifer Hudson, Carole King, Martina McBride and more in an eclectic presentation of performers from the worlds of music, television, stage and screen.G


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(April 3, 2014) - The Boston Breakers announced today the signing of forward Mollie Pathman for the 2014 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) season. Per team and league policies, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
The Breakers selected the former Duke University star in the third round (No. 23 overall) of the 2014 NWSL College Draft.
Pathman, a Durham, N.C., native, scored 17 goals and 29 assists in 87 career games with Duke. She was a member of the U.S. team that won the U-20 FIFA Women's World Cup in Japan in 2012, a team that featured Breakers goalkeeper Jami Kranich. She also played for the U.S. in the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup, alongside current Breaker Kristie Mewis.
"I am very honored and excited to be joining the Boston Breakers," Pathman said. "I feel incredibly fortunate to be a part of such an amazing organization with great teammates, coaches, and ownership. I am grateful to have the opportunity to train with and against some of the best players in the world every day. Playing professional soccer is a dream come true, and I cannot wait for the season to start."
Mollie Pathman has two goals and two assists in three preseason games for Boston (Photo By Mike Gridley)
Pathman also has international experience with the U.S. U-23 team. She trained with the squad in April and May 2013. Pathman arrived in Boston in early March and has featured in all three preseason games. She scored one goal and tallied one assist in a 6-0 win over Northeastern University on March 24, her preseason debut. Wednesday, April 2, she tallied a goal and an assist in Boston's 4-1 win over Harvard University. She played 45 minutes in Saturday's 1-0 win over Boston College.
"Over the duration of the preseason training camp, Mollie Pathman has convinced us that she is versatile, cool under pressure, and has a talent for learning," Boston Breakers head coach Tom Durkin said. "Mollie is able to play in any line of our team on the left side of the field, has very good feet, and has no issues with speed of play and the build-up style. She also has raised her level in each of our matches. As the competition gets tighter for roster spots, Mollie has stood out even among the veteran players with her approach."
Pathman and the Breakers open the 2014 NWSL season April 13 on the road against Seattle Reign FC. They face the Houston Dash Sunday, April 20, in their home opener at Harvard Stadium. Tickets can be purchased at www.breakerstickets.com or by calling 617-945-1704.


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The most famous painting of the 20th century, Picasso's "Guernica," commemorates the 1937 bombing of this small Spanish town by the German air force, in support of Gen. Francisco Franco's fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Hard to believe, but this was history's first extensive bombing of a civilian population.
In his book "Postwar," historian Tony Judt pointed out that more civilians died in World War II, of various causes, than did soldiers. That was not true of World War I or of most earlier conflicts.
Guernica was a German dress rehearsal for the London blitz, the destruction of Warsaw and so on. Soon to come on the Allies' side were the destruction of Dresden, the firebombing of Tokyo and, of course, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today when we think of war, bombing from skies is one of the first images that come to mind.
One consequence of this and other developments in warfare has been a blurring of the distinction between soldiers and noncombatants. Wars used to be conducted on battlefields, between soldiers in uniforms lined up in rows, bayonets ready. People famously took picnic baskets to watch the first battle of Manassas, thinking that the U.S. Civil War would be like that. It wasn't.


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The Air Force Academy last week announced a decision by Brigadier General Johnny Weida to court-martial Douglas Meester, 20, the first cadet to be tried since the rape scandal erupted last year. Weida's move-counter to a recommendation by investigator Major Todd McDowell not to send the case to trial-was applauded by victim advocates. "Clearly, the fact that the judicial process is moving forward, regardless of the outcome, indicates that these cases are being taken more seriously," Dick Wadhams, spokesman for US Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO) told USA Today.
Meester is accused of raping a female cadet last October after she had been drinking with upperclassmen in his dorm. The woman reported the incident to her cadet commander and academy administrators but was instead disciplined for violating rules against having sex with upperclassmen and faced reprimands for illegal drinking, according to the Denver Post.
Should the judge and jury determine that the woman was "asleep, unconscious or intoxicated to the extent that she lacked the mental capacity to consent" to sexual intercourse, Meester could face a maximum sentence of life in prison and dismissal from the Air Force, reported the Denver Post. No trial date has been set.
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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2009 Media Releases
The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will conduct routine maintenance and emergency repairs to the water supply intake system at Bowling Lake. Bowling Lake receives water through a pump system from nearby Oak Creek, and that system has been temporarily shut down. This will likely result in reduced lake levels due to evaporation but will not affect the existing fish population or fishing activities.
The repair work involves a special filter screen that prevents undesirable fish from entering the lake. The screen was recently damaged and will be replaced. The screen was installed as part of the recently completed Bowling Lake restoration project, which also included upgrades to the existing pump and intake system.
It is anticipated that repairs to the pumping system will be completed and the pump reactivated in August. The lake will then be returned to its normal operating level. Routine maintenance work is planned to avoid interfering with the pumping schedules.


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Small Entertainment Web Site Fears SOPA Will Cause It To Shut Down... But ICE Can Already Shut It Down
from the hearing-from-the-entrepreneurs deptPaul Tassi has an article up at Forbes, where he explains how the blog he runs for a living, Unreality, which covers movies/tv/video games, would be at risk of being shut down under SOPA. Even though his site has nothing to do with infringement, he's still quite reasonably worried:
My site likes to find the best media-related content on the internet. We post photos, artwork and embed YouTube videos that involve things about our favorite movies, shows and games. I always give credit where it's due, but on occasion, a photographer or artist cannot be located. Under SOPA, should they find their content on my site, they would legally have the right to petition my advertisers to stop paying me, or report me to the government. The same goes for YouTube videos I might feature. Though the content is not mine, as I haven't uploaded it to the web myself, I am indeed linking to it, and with this new law, I would be subject to the same sort of harsh penalties should the content within be something copyrighted like footage from a game or movie. I am willingly linking to "infringing" content, and under SOPA, can be branded a "rogue site" because of that. Such a classification could cause me to lose everything.It's not clear if Tassi is in the US. If he is, then he's actually (partially) exaggerating, because as of Monday, SOPA no longer applies to US sites. But that's not good news. Because if he's a US site, then he's already subject to bogus seizures by the government, by which his web site could totally disappear for over a year with no due process whatsoever. Actually, no matter where he is physically, his site -- as a dot com -- is already subject to that kind of censorship. Even without SOPA. All someone has to do is convince a somewhat clueless Immigrations & Customs Enforcement official that his site has lots of infringing content on it -- even if it does not.
I don't understand the entertainment companies' end game here. They've gone beyond obtuse to straight up maniacal. Do they think if they manage to shut down every bit of copyright infringement on the internet, that sales are going to suddenly skyrocket? Do they think people have some secret horde of cash that they've just been waiting to blow on DVDs and CDs, but haven't because of The Pirate Bay's existence? If my site can't link to gameplay videos or movie clips, are my readers going to run out and buy them to see what they're missing? If they land Unreality on a rogue evil pirate site list, who benefits? I'm suddenly homeless, without any cash to go the movies.It's a good question. The "end game" is all about control. The legacy entertainment industry built their business models entirely on the basis of the idea that they, not consumers, controlled the market. Everything they're doing is seeking to regain that lost control. As Tassi notes, none of that will actually make people buy more. But that's never what this was about.
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Unholy Alliance: The Federal Reserve and the Treasury
By Cassandra Anderson
June 14, 2012
The Federal Reserve and the Treasury are running a scam that funnels freshly-printed money from the Fed into the Treasury, using Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae as the pipeline. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were taken over by the government and put into conservatorship in the 2008 bailout. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are companies that bundle mortgages and then sell them to investors. At the end of 2012, the Federal Reserve committed to spending $40 billion per month on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae mortgage backed securities, creating an artificial market.
How Bill Clinton Forced Agenda 21 on America
By Cassandra Anderson
May 19, 2013
A number of critics claim that Agenda 21 is not a treaty, so it is non-binding and that it is merely a paranoid conspiracy theory.
Agenda 21 is not a voluntary program. The smoking gun is Bill Clinton's Executive Order # 12852 in 1993, creating the President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD). Clinton's executive order bypassed Congress and forced taxes and restrictive policies on the American people.
What You Need to Know About the Tenth Amendment
Posted by Admin
December 9, 2012
What is the one thing that everyone should know?
The answer to federal tyranny in the US is the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution!
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The Renewable Insanity of Monsanto, Bill Gates, the Rockefellers and Craig Venter
By Cassandra Anderson
October 3, 2012
Monsanto, Bill Gates, the Rockefellers, Craig Venter and other investors are working behind-the-scenes to bring genetically engineered (GE) algae to market with products that include fuel, animal feed made with manure, human food and vaccines.
The US government have a stake in this enterprise, too. Obama put a moratorium on drilling for oil on federal land and voted down the Keystone pipeline, in addition to subsidizing the nuclear industry instead of increasing oil reserves.
Scientists Warn Geo-Engineering Can Kill Billions of People
By Cassandra Anderson
October 2, 2012
Geo-engineering is an umbrella term for deliberate climate intervention that includes spraying the sky with aerosols to reflect solar radiation away from Earth in order to cool the planet and to save the environment and humanity from the effects of supposedly man-made global warming. There is evidence that this program has already been implemented for many years using unidentified chemical aerosols, known as chemtrails.
A geo-engineering/ chemtrails experiment using a balloon to spray sulfur particles into the sky to reflect solar radiation back into space is planned for New Mexico within a year by scientist David Keith. Keith manages a multimillion dollar research fund for Bill Gates. Gates has also gathered a team of scientist lobbyists that have been asking governments for hand-outs to for their climate manipulation experiments with taxpayer money.
Richard Rothschild Battles Local Agenda 21
By Cassandra Anderson
July 23. 2012
Richard Rothschild was the first county commissioner to officially oppose the United Nations' International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), also known as Local Governments for Sustainability. In fact, Mr. Rothschild won the November 2010 election in Carroll County, Maryland based on his opposition to ICLEI, which is the local UN Agenda 21 Sustainable Development action plan that attacks property and Constitutional rights.
Find out why Rothschild is opposed to Agenda 21 and ICLEI:
Did Merck's Gardasil Vaccine Kill a 3 Year-Old Toddler?
By Cassandra Anderson
July 17, 2012
In June 2012 Chace Topperwein, an adorable 3 year-old boy from New Zealand, lost his battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Chace was accidentally given Merck's Gardasil HPV vaccine that is intended to prevent cervical cancer from genital wart infection, when he was 6 weeks old. A nurse mistakenly used the wrong syringe filled with Gardasil when she had meant to give the baby a meningitis vaccine.
Chace was diagnosed with myeloid leukemia at age 2 and died just last month. His devastated parents suspected that the Gardasil vaccine was to blame for his illness.
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By Pete Mackey
LEWISBURG, Pa. — John C. Bravman, a distinguished professor and academic leader at Stanford University, has been named the 17th president of Bucknell University by unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees, announced Board Chair Kenneth W. Freeman. Dr. Bravman will begin his duties as president on July 1, 2010.
"John Bravman is a highly accomplished teacher, scholar, strategist, and passionate advocate for the liberal arts who is also a person of great character," said Freeman. "He has led many aspects of Stanford's renowned undergraduate programs and is very well prepared to guide Bucknell as it continues moving forward as one of America's finest liberal arts universities. We look forward to John's leadership, and welcome him to the University with the greatest enthusiasm."
For the last 11 years, Bravman, 52, has overseen Stanford's undergraduate program as Freeman-Thornton Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, and served as dean of Stanford's Freshman-Sophomore Residential College, which he founded in 1999. As one of Stanford's preeminent leaders, he has been a strong and visible presence on behalf of the university around the nation and the globe. A world-renowned scholar in the field of thin-film materials, he is the Bing Centennial Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and, since 2001, has been a professor of electrical engineering by courtesy of that department in recognition of his related achievements. He has won almost every Stanford teaching and advising award, including the Walter J. Gores Award, Stanford's highest teaching honor.
"It is a deep honor and privilege to be selected to lead such a great institution," said Dr. Bravman. "Those of us who are privileged to work at selective and relatively well-resourced institutions have the opportunity to educate some of the most talented youth of each generation and are obliged to embrace that mission with vigor and honor. I will do everything in my power to serve the best interests of this university and prove worthy of the trust that the Board of Trustees and the Bucknell community has placed in me."
Bravman will succeed Dr. Brian C. Mitchell, who last year announced his intention to step down from the presidency effective June 30, after six years in that role. Bravman's appointment follows a national search that began in August 2009. The Presidential Search Committee comprised trustees, members of the faculty, members of the staff, a student, alumni representative and parent participant, and was assisted by the search firm Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates.
"Bucknell University holds a special place in higher education," Bravman said. "I am indebted to my friends and colleagues at Stanford for their mentoring, support and guidance, and for the fundamental role they have played in shaping my core belief in the liberal arts and undergraduate education, a value which Stanford and Bucknell so deeply share."
As vice provost for undergraduate education, Bravman has overseen an undergraduate program enrolling 6,500 students, and during his tenure helped lead a curricular transformation that introduced new pedagogies, invigorated Stanford's system of residential education, and created the Stanford Summer Engineering Academy for entering Stanford undergraduates from under-resourced school districts.
"Throughout his impressive career, Dr. Bravman has demonstrated a deep devotion to the many missions of undergraduate education and the value of a superb liberal arts university to students and the society at large," said the chair of the search committee and trustee, Stephen P. Holmes. "We had a strong and diverse pool of outstanding candidates, and John impressed the search committee as a great leader at every stage of our review. We have found someone who is as passionate about the University's future as we are."
"John Bravman has been a treasured member of the Stanford community for nearly 35 years, first as an outstanding student, then as a faculty member, and finally as a university leader," said John Hennessy, president of Stanford. "During that time he has been a distinguished researcher, one of our most highly regarded and sought-after teachers, and an energetic and admired leader. As vice provost for undergraduate education, he has been a ceaseless advocate for our undergraduate students and dedicated to enhancing their educational experience. Although we are very sad to see him go, we know John's commitment to excellence and the highest standards will serve Bucknell well."
Bravman will take office at Bucknell during the private phase of the largest comprehensive campaign in the University's history, with a $400 million objective. He played a critical role in Stanford's Campaign for Undergraduate Education, which raised more than $1.1 billion and reignited the donor community's support for Stanford's undergraduate mission. He has traveled almost four million miles representing Stanford and speaking on its behalf on hundreds of occasions around the world.
"What I have really come to appreciate about Dr. Bravman is not only his accomplishments as a teacher, scholar, and administrator, but his obvious commitment to undergraduate education and the liberal arts," said Tony Massoud, chair of the Bucknell faculty and associate professor of political science, who served on the presidential search committee. "We look forward to building a strong collegial working relationship with John to advance the academic goals of Bucknell."
A recipient of his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Stanford, Bravman has written and taught primarily in the fields of materials structure and analysis, thin-film mechanical phenomena, microelectronic reliability and high-temperature superconductivity. He is the co-author of more than 160 scholarly publications, and has served in various leadership roles for the preeminent professional society in his field, the Materials Research Society, including as president in 1994.
In addition to earning appointment as full professor, Bravman has held a variety of administrative positions and appointments at Stanford, including department chair, research center director, and senior associate dean in the School of Engineering. He was also elected chair of the Faculty Senate but had to step down when he was appointed vice provost in 1999. He is expected to assume a tenured position in the Bucknell College of Engineering's Department of Electrical Engineering.
Born in 1957, Bravman grew up in New York City and on Long Island. He is married to Wendelin Wright, the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University. She is expected to join the Bucknell mechanical engineering faculty in a tenure-track position. Their first child, a boy, Cole Keating Bravman, was born in 2010, and John has two grown sons, Christopher and Matthew.
"We join with Wendy and John in celebrating Cole's arrival," said Freeman. "Today is a great day for Bucknell, and at the same time this is such an exciting time in their lives. I know I speak for all of us throughout the entire Bucknell community near and far in extending our warmest welcome to the entire Bravman family."
Bravman joins a university in the midst of major investments in its programs and facilities. Under Mitchell's leadership, Bucknell established its current comprehensive campaign, toward which it has raised more than $135 million; formulated a new Campus Master Plan to guide campus development for the next 75 years; introduced a comprehensive strategic plan known as The Plan for Bucknell; established new diversity partnerships that have dramatically increased its enrollment of underrepresented students and the finest transfer students from community colleges; reduced the student-faculty ratio from 12:1 to 10:1; hired more than 40 new tenure-track faculty; established a School of Management that will grow out of the current management program; and initiated a wide-ranging series of initiatives to strengthen partnerships with downtown Lewisburg.
Founded in 1846, Bucknell is widely considered one of the finest liberal arts universities in the country. Its 3,500 undergraduates and 150 graduate students come from nearly every state and more than 60 countries. They enjoy the personal learning experience of a small liberal arts college combined with the breadth of opportunities associated with a comprehensive university, including more than 50 majors and 60 minors across the breadth of liberal arts and professional disciplines, first-class research facilities, global study opportunities, and nearly 200 student organizations devoted to a range of interests - from service-learning programs and Greek life to overseas study and Division I athletics.


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Nokia Seeks Application Ideas For Linux-Based N800 Tablet
Living and Breathing the Internet
Nokia is now scouting about for new application ideas around the N800, its latest Linux-enabled tablet. At the same time, though, the company has no plans to stray from its choice of an essentially Debian Linux-based platform, or from its concept of the N800 as a device geared to on-the-go Internet connectivity, according to Ari Jaaksi, Nokia's director of open source software.
"The N800 is a device that lives and breathes 'Internet,'" Jaaksi said, during an interview with LinuxPlanet at last week's LinuxWorld OpenSolutions show in New York.
At the show, Nokia and Popular Science magazine launched a contest revolving around applications, scripts, services, and hardware additions for the N800, the next step beyond Nokia's previously released N770.
Weighing in at 7.3 ounces, the 5.7-inch long device comes with an 800-by-480 dpi display, intended to provide full viewing of all Web sites in up to 65,000 colors. The screen works either by touch or with a built-in stylus.
Based, like its predecessor, on Nokia's Internet Operating System, an internally developed Debian Linux derivative, the N800 handheld adds Bluetooth Specification 2.0 to the N770's WiFi support, along with VOIP (voice over IP), a new integrated WebCam, a faster CPU, and support for stereo speakers and two SD cards.
Development tools for the device are available through a Nokia-sponsored open source project known as Maemo.org.
Why is Nokia using Linux as the OS platform for its tablets? "Primarily, it's the flexibility. We could not have created the N800 so quickly, otherwise. It's easy to add new features, too," Jaaksi told LinuxPlanet.
This summer, for example, Nokia plans to bolster the N800's VOIP capabilities--which are currently limited to Google, Gizmo, and Jabber--with Scype support, said Sari Lonnquist, another Nokia spokesperson, also during the meeting.
Jaaksi also cited a number of other related advantages for Linux, from Nokia's standpoint, including costs, componentization, and the size of the existing development community.
"There are no licensing fees, so this helps us to keep costs down for users," according to Jaaksi. The N800 carries list pricing of $399.99, for instance.
Jaaksi told LinuxPlanet that, in planning the N770, the N800's predecessor, Nokia gave some thought to using embedded Linux or some other type of embedded environment.
"But the embedded Linux space is still pretty fragmented. It was much easier to go to Debian. We have a very enthusiastic group of open source developers," according to the open source software director.
"And [we're using] a distribution that's controlled by [Nokia]. It's core source. That's pretty good from a legal [perspective]."
In a presentation during a special event held in New York last week to launch the contest, Jaaksi also pointed to Nokia's use of the component-based Linux architecture to build an environment specifically oriented to Internet-based applications.
When asked to elaborate later, he said that the N800 is not meant to be all things to all people.
"Not everyone needs a PDA [or an] organizer," Jaaksi responded. "This is an Internet tablet. You use it when you're on the move."
In Nokia's home city of Helsinki, Finland, people can use wireless devices such as the N800 to access bus schedules from bus stops, and even to graphically view how the buses are running, Lonnqvist noted.
In the US and other countries, the pocket-sized device can be used for checking and answering e-mail from WiFi hotspots, getting Navigore navigational help from your car, accessing your favorite home radio station while you're on a business trip, and sending live videos of vacation trips to friends.
Applications that come with the device include an Opera 8 Web browser with Flash player v7, an RSS feed reader, Internet calling with video, instant messaging, Internet radio, and a media player, for instance.
But the N800 also includes some applications that aren't specifically all that Internet-focused, such as a writing/sketch pad, handwriting recognition, image and PDF viewers, a file manager, and backup/restore. Also integrated is USB 2.0 high-speed device mode, for PC connectivity. "We're finding the right balance," according to Jaaksi.
Nokia already sells a number of compatible accessories separately, such as an external Bluetooth keyboard, navigation kit, loudspeakers, and headphones, for example.
Jaaksi acknowledged competition to the N800 from a Linux tablet from another vendor, in addition to Windows Mobile-based Ultramobile devices. "But we're just about at the 'sweet spot," he contended.
But although the N800 now supports VOIP, as well as cellular data transmission through Bluetooth connectivity, voice calling over cellular voice networks is one capability that Nokia does not intend to add.
"There are just too many [cellular] operators' requirements that you need to meet before you can even start selling the device," Jaaksi said.
While developers present at the Nokia/Popular Science event seemed impressed with the N800, some said they envisioned using the device personally, whereas others did not.
"I already access the Internet from home and work," said Lindsay Hauser, a New Jersey-based developer.
"If you don't have [the right kind of] office [set-up], using the N800 might be difficult. I suppose I might use it on the train, but the train ride [to work] isn't that long, anyway."
But Kenneth Dombroski, a Web developer from New York City. said he thinks it would be great to be able to hop on the Web and view his e-mail from various spots in Manhattan.
"And the Nokia tablet is a lot more flexible than devices from Apple, for instance," according to Dombrowki
Jaaksi told LinuxPlanet that contestants in the Popular Science Nokia N800 Reader Challenge don't need to be developers, necessarily. "[The contestants] don't have to actually write the applications. We're just looking for new ideas," he said.
Contestants will have the chance to get their "winning innovations" showcased in an upcoming issues of Popular Science--and, perhaps, for these innovations to be integrated into a future version of the Nokia tablet, with the applications named in their honor.
Hauser said that, as a developer, he's interested in learning what kinds of applications end users would like to see. "I can write any application, as long as I know what people are looking for," he told LinuxPlanet.


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Prepare the Pecan Shortbread Crust and set aside to cool.
In a large saute pan, melt the butter. Stir in the brown sugar and cinnamon. Add the bananas and baste them with the syrup for 2 minutes. Pull the saute pan off the burner. Carefully add the banana liqueur and rum. Place the pan back on the stove and shake the pan a couple of times. The pan should flame, if not, ignite the pan with a long match. Shake the pan back and forth until the flame dies, basting the bananas continuously with a long handled spoon. Remove from the heat and cool completely.
In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, add the banana mixture and puree until smooth. Set aside.
In another saucepan, add the cream and bring to a gentle boil. In a mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks and granulated sugar together until pale yellow. Whisk 1 cup of the hot cream into the egg mixture and mix thoroughly. In a steady stream, slowly add the egg-cream mixture to the hot cream remaining in the saucepan. Continue to cook for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Do not allow the mixture to boil. Remove from the heat and cool completely. Whisk the banana puree into the cream mixture and mix thoroughly. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill thoroughly. Process in an electric ice cream machine according to manufacturers' instructions.
When the ice cream has frozen to the desired consistency, transfer to the springform pan with the cooled shortbread crust and, using a spatula, spread to form a smooth surface. Wrap with plastic wrap and place in the freezer for at least 4 hours and up to 4 days.
When ready to serve, transfer the ice cream pie to the refrigerator for 20 minutes or so to thaw a little so that it is easier to slice. Serve slices drizzled with the caramel sauce.
Lightly butter the bottom of an 8 or 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Sift the flour and salt into a medium-mixing bowl. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture and continue mixing only until the flour is just incorporated. Add the nuts and mix until just combined.
Using your fingers, press the dough so that it forms a smooth layer covering the entire surface of the springform pan bottom and slightly up the sides. Using the tines of a fork, prick the pastry all over at regular intervals, pressing all the way through to the bottom. Press the tines of the fork all around the outer edges of the pan. Transfer the pan to the refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes before baking.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Bake the shortbread until it is pale golden, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool the shortbread on a wire rack until completely cool.
Combine the sugar, water, and lemon juice in a medium heavy saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Let boil without stirring until the mixture becomes a deep amber color, 2 to 3 minutes, watching closely so it doesn't burn. Add the cream (be careful; it will bubble up), whisk to combine, and remove from the heat.
Add 2 tablespoons of the milk, then add up to 2 more tablespoons, until the desired consistency is reached. Let cool until just warm before serving. (The sauce will thicken as it cools.)


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Columbus, Ohio -- April 20, 2001 -- Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) announced that it will donate $140,000 dollars worth of supercomputing systems to Ohio's minority institutions to kick off OSC's (Ohio Supercomputer Center) Cluster Ohio Project.
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Columbus, Ohio, and Palo Alto, Calif. (April 12, 2001) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (nasdq:SUNW) and OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center) today announced OSC's selection as a Sun Center of Excellence in High Performance Computing Environments (COE-HPCE). The Sun COE-HPCE is a collaborative project between OSC, The Ohio State University (OSU), University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and University of Akron. The combined investment totals more than $7 million.
Columbus, Ohio -- April 11, 2001 -- More than one hundred people successfully participated in a two-day MPI workshop held at OSC over the Access Grid on March 28-29.
Leslie Southern, OSC Science and Technology Support Lead, stated that, "This Access Grid event was like no other I've ever witness. We demonstrated how well this technology performs with interested participants and a dedicated instructor."
Columbus, Ohio - April 9, 2001-- A Johns Hopkins scientist recognized as one of the world's foremost experts in high performance computing has been recruited to give The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health and OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center) a leadership role in the new and rapidly expanding field of medical informatics.Dr. Joel H.
Columbus, Ohio (March 22, 2001) - As part of "E-Commerce Day in Ohio," more than 100 state legislators were presented with "Wired" awards in honor of their adoption of technology. The event was held on March 6 at the Riffe Center in celebration of a joint resolution honoring the efforts of ECom-Ohio by Senator Ron Amstutz (R- Wooster) and Representative Kevin DeWine (R-Fairborn).
Columbus, OH – March 7, 2001 – A new study from the Technology Policy Group (TPG) offers a great deal of evidence that many automotive suppliers need to accelerate their adoption of e-business practices to remain competitive.
Farrell, Paul
Dept. of Math and Computer Science
Kent State University
Cluster Acquisition for Communications Optimization and Computational Steering
Arden Ruttan
Abstract: It is proposed to investigate issues related to increasing the efficiency of point-to-point and collective communication on distributed clusters consisting of SMP nodes connected by high speed networks such as Myrinet, Giganet, and Gigabit Ethernet.
Columbus, Ohio -- January 10, 2001 -- OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center) and The Ohio State University (OSU) will host their 13th annual Summer Institute, SI 2001: An Odyssey in Supercomputing, July 16-27, 2001.
Computing is not limited to academia and business anymore. It has quickly become a normal part of our daily lives. Rapid development in computing has impacted our work, play, education and commerce. Those who stay on the pulse of technological change today will be the information leaders of tomorrow.
Columbus, Ohio -- January 5, 2001 -- Bill Yang, Systems Specialist at OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center), attended a joint press conference in Washington D.C. on January 5, 2001 to officially unveil InfraGard, a cooperative venture he helped create among the National Infrastructure Protection Center, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and hundreds of partners around the country.
Major ISV and Research Software Demonstrated at SC2000 utilizing SGI Linux software for Itanium


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Depending on your point of view, the journey of EE Times/EE Life editorial director Brian Fuller across America in a Chevy Volt was either a great adventure or the cushy assignment of the year. In my view, it represented EE Times' most significant investment thus far -- thanks to the sponsorship of Avnet -- in perhaps the most important technology of the 21st century: electric power storage, specifically in the form of long-life batteries.
Fuller and his videographer brother Kirk, driving coast-to-coast in an electric car with internal-combustion backup, was something of a leap of faith. They faced swathes of America in which there exist no power stations to plug in their Volt and recharge the juice in the vehicle's 288-cell, 16-kilowatt hour battery pack. Right now, 48 of 50 states, according to Car and Driver, have fewer than 10 such stations each. This left Brian and Kirk using the Volt's cute backup 83hp internal combustion engine a lot more than they might have preferred. Indeed, after the switch from battery (range 35 miles) to gasoline power (an additional 300-odd miles), the Volt averages around 30 miles per gallon. This isn't bad, but, compared to, say, a 1972 Honda Civic, it's embarrassing.
When I heard about Brian's "Drive for Innovation" experiment, I found myself focusing not on the current Chevy Volt's limitations, but on the surprising speed of its development. When I first read about Volt prototypes less than two years ago, I understood that an operating, affordable consumer Volt was still far, far away. It wouldn't hit the market, in any substantial volume, within the decade.
That prediction was over cautious. Today, there are enough Volts on the road -- along with competitors like Nissan's Leaf, various hybrids, and an electric Ford Focus due out in limited production next year -- that it might be safe to suggest that the electric car is here to stay.
Advancing the cause is the federal government's commitment to R&D in power storage technology, batteries in particular. It started with a $69-billion clean-energy package and the revival of General Motors (creator of the Volt). There's a $7,500 tax credit to purchasers of electric cars, and the Obama administration has invested in battery development throughout America's 20 National Laboratories. In the current issue of Washington Monthly, Eric D. Isaacs, director of the Argonne National Lab., notes that his team pioneered the technology in the 2011 Volt battery, which was licensed for manufacture by Korean chemical giant LG Chem.
Perhaps the most encouraging facet of the Volt and its overly large, short-range, too-expensive ($10,000) lithium-ion battery pack is Isaacs' lament that researchers have until now failed miserably in producing an air-cathode battery. If this technology could be conquered, it would multiply tenfold the storage capacity of long-life batteries -- from the Volt's 35-mile range to 350 miles.


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Pioneer Hi-Bred International and Monsanto Company have agreed to a worldwide licensing agreement to Monsanto's recently approved YieldGard Rootworm insect-protected corn technology.
Pioneer President Rick McConnell stated, "This licensing agreement allows us to provide our customers with additional new corn technology in Pioneer brand hybrids."
According to the agreement, Pioneer will receive a royalty-bearing license to Monsanto's YieldGard Rootworm corn technology. Monsanto will receive royalties and certain other payments from DuPont.


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An industry-focused university with a global vision, QUT offers world-class learning through an emphasis on specialised teaching, quality research and professional skills. A degree with QUT prepares graduates for an exciting career with international prospects, and endless possibilities.
الحرم الجامعي الرئيسي:
Brisbane (Gardens Point), QLD
Kelvin Grove (Brisbane), Caboolture (QLD)
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التجهيزات: Business, Creative Industries, Education, Health, Law and Justice, Science and Engineering
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Make your dream career a reality with a world-class degree from QUT – real world courses for real world success.
Highly regarded for providing world-standard, industry-relevant courses that offer students a 'hands on' approach to learning, QUT specialises in equipping graduates with highly-developed industry skills. With quality learning programs that place industry experts, the latest technology, and real-world experience at the centre of course development, QUT earned five-stars in the worldwide 2013 QS Stars University Ratings.
Set in a central location with a tropical climate and great outdoor lifestyle, QUT's lively student community is located across three campus locations that each specialise in their own disciplines. The main campus at Gardens Point offers academic programs from bachelor degree to PhD in business, design, engineering, health, information technology, justice, law, mathematics, science and urban development. The Kelvin Grove campus is home to the faculties of creative industries, education and health, as well as the QUT International College and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation. The Caboolture campus offers students living outside of central Brisbane an opportunity to gain a recognised qualification in business, creative industries, education and nursing.
QUT is widely commended for high graduate employability rates and delivering exciting career prospects for students, recently becoming the only university in Queensland to be awarded five stars for 'Getting a Job' in the 2013 Good Universities Guide. QUT's commitment to the professional success of its students is further demonstrated through the university's Career Mentor Scheme, an initiative that involves partnerships with hundreds of companies worldwide to offer students mentoring opportunities by industry professionals in order to enhance study-workforce transition and career development.
Did you know...?
- QUT owns Australia's largest public art canvas, the "Billboard". Measuring at 45m x 9m, the Billboard exhibits supersized artworks facing busy Kelvin Grove Road, and is seen by an estimated 50 000 commuters each day.
- QUT established Queensland's first Confucius Institute, becoming part of a worldwide network that aims to promote the teaching of Chinese language and culture.
- QUT was ranked 26th in the world among universities less than 50 years old by the respected Times Higher Education in 2013.
Main Intakes
Semester 1: February
Semester 2: July
Summer Program: November - December, January - February
Pathway PartnersQUT International College (QUTIC)
مناطق الدراسة
QUT has 6 academic faculties with over 2,200 subjects on offer for students ranging from undergraduate to PhD level.
School of Accountancy | School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations | School of Economics and Finance | School of Management | QUT Graduate School of Business
Creative Industries
School of Design | School of Media, Entertainment and Creative Arts
School of Early Childhood | School of Cultural and Professional Learning | School of Curriculum
School of Biomedical Sciences | School of Clinical Sciences | School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences | School of Nursing | School of Optometry and Vision Science | School of Public Health and Social Work | School of Psychology and Counselling
School of Law | School of Justice | Legal Practice Unit | Research
Science & Engineering
Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering School | Civil Engineering and Built Environment School | Earth
Teaching and Research Specialisations/Strengths
- QUT is home to Australia's first business school with triple international accreditation (EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA), a distinction held by less than 1% of business schools worldwide, offering business students an internationally-recognised degree that meets the highest of global standards.
- QUT places a strong emphasis on quality research, with 85% of research areas currently ranked world standard and above by Excellence in Research Australia (ERA). QUT hosts the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre, leads three NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence in the areas of sun and health, end-of-life care, and reducing healthcare-associated infection, and is home to four ARC Centres of Research Excellence: Creative Industries and Innovation, Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers, and Robotic Vision.
- Managed by QUT, the e-Grad School Australia (eGSA) is the only entirely online provider of high quality training and professional development catered towards research sector professionals. The eGSA is a virtual Australian-based graduate school designed for the global research community and is a joint collaboration of the Australian Technology Network of Universities (Curtin, RMIT, QUT, UniSA and UTS).
- The faculty of Creative Industries at QUT has earned both national and international recognition for practice-led research as part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries, as well as having research strengths in Digital Media, Communication and Culture, Innovation in the Performing and Digital Arts, and Sustainability and Innovation in Design. Housed within the $65 million Creative Industries Precinct, the faculty offers specialised degree programs that prepare students for a career as a creative professional.
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تجهيزات الحرم الجامعي
Gardens Point:
- Centrally located in Brisbane's city centre beside the Brisbane river, City Botanic Gardens and Queensland Parliament House
- Hosts the 'Garden Cultural Precinct' which includes the Gardens Theatre and QUT Art Museum
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LePhone K860: Lenovo's Quad-Core Flagship Phone
Are you ready for another quad-core experience? Well, Lenovo takes on its dip on the quad-core category of the latest Android smartphones with the Lenovo LePhone K860 as its entry.
For a quick overview, the Lenovo Lephone K860 is an Android ICS phone that has the Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM, 1280x720pixels AH-IPS 5-inch screen. Let's review its specs and features a little more.
The Lenovo K860 boasts with its Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad Core CPU clocked at 1.4GHz, similar (or better) to what we have on the Galaxy S3 but benchmark tests purportedly claimed that this Lenovo K860 is able to leave the Samsung's S3 to dust in terms of the quad-core performance. Matched with that is a Mali-400 MP GPU, hence making this new LePhone another monster of HD gaming and high-quality multimedia entertainment playback.
The Lenovo K860 runs on Android 4.0 ICS out of the box, and is very much expected to have an Android 4.1 JellyBean upgrade in the future. It is a single SIM phone, that is totally unlocked and guaranteed to work on any carriers worldwide. The single SIM slot is a micro-SIM slot. It has 3G/WCDMA network reception.
It has 1GB RAM, more than sufficient enough for anyone's seamless multi-tasking without the need to worry about RAM optimization as you are unlikely to use up all that 1GB of beefed RAM in normal use. The 8GB ROM gives way to more internal storage memory for the LePhone compared to others that only has 4GB ROM space size. You wont be needing to worry about your phone storage consumption, and good thing is; you can still expand this number with an external SD card that supports up to 32GB maximum storage memory capacity.
The LePhone K860 is proudly slated with a 5-inches multi-touch capacitive screen. It is IPS already, and the other awesome part is; it has 1280×720 pixels of HD resolution. IPS + AH screen equals a real pleasure to the eyes.
The snapper set is also a bit forward compared with other phones, this one has 8.0 megapixels rear camera and a 2.0 megapixels front-facing camera. With that better front snapper, its a guarantee of clearer video calling renders and self-portrait shots.
Another reason why not to hate this Lenovo K860 is its battery capacity rating, the battery of this LePhone is rated at 2250mAh which gives an assurance of longer usage time that may last for a couple of days from a single charge. Seems like Lenovo's into the track of making their newer devices to have better battery rating, which is a good plus factor.
Lenovo Lephone K860 Specs and Features
Listed here are the specs of this Lenovo Lephone K860:
- Model: Lenovo Lephone K860 Quad-core
- Carrier: Unlocked
- Phone Style: Bar
- Operating System: Android 4.0 ICS
- Processor: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 SAMSUNG Exynos 4412
- GPU: Mali-400 MP
- SIM Card: micro SIM card
- RAM: 1GB LPDDR2 1066 memory
- ROM: 8GB storage
- Memory Card: support microSD/microSDHC memory card, up to 32GB
- Screen Size: 5.0 inches
- 1280×720 pixels AH-IPS display
- multi-touch capacitive screen
- Main: 8.0 megapixels
- Secondary: 2.0 megapixels (front)
- 1080p@30Fps
- with LED flash
- Technology: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA+
- Network Band: GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz & 3G 850/900/1700/1900/2100MHZ
- Data Technology: GPRS, HSPDA
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.1
- WLan: Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/a
Battery: 2250mAh Li-on battery
- Dimensions: 143.3×74.3×9.9mm
- Weight: 193g
Price: $360
Lenovo LePhone K860 Photos
Here are some more pictures of the actual Lenovo LePhone K860:
Not just it have an overwhelming specs, it also has a very nice form-factor design that carries elegance and without a doubt, makes itself a certified premium phone.
The LePhone K860 is packed on the same white box, bringing the trademark of Lenovo mobile phones.
The bezel lining isn't too thick at all. The 5.0 size doesnt makes it more of a phablet, but only a monster Android smartphone with a slightly bigger screen compared to those 4.5″ and 4.7″ quad-core Android phones in the market.
For more pictures, just visit the link to its Fastcardtech listing by clicking the link at the end of this post.
Yes, we are waiting for the Xiaomi Mi 2, and they almost have the same price tag. But here's some edge of the Lenovo K860 over that Xiaomi Phone 2:
- the Lenovo K860 is now available in stock
- it has a bigger and better display screen
- lower price tag
- greater battery capacity rating
So to conclude, getting this monster quad-core from Lenovo isn't a bad deal as well. If you cannot wait for the Xiaomi M2/X2, then get this one now. Lenovo fans are surely rejoicing over this release.


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As the Divine Mrs. M.Z. has already noted, this is a red-letter news day on the religion-and-baseball beat. This is especially true here in Baltimore, where our city's beleaguered Orioles fans are marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of Orioles Park at Camden Yards, the park that in many ways saved baseball from suburbia. Yes, it's opening day at The Yard, which requires an A1 story in The Baltimore Sun.
This is especially true since today is also Good Friday for Christians in the churches of the West -- in other words, for Catholics and Protestants. This is the most solemn day on the Christian calendar. It is also the first day of Passover for practicing Jews.
This brings us to that Sun story that I mentioned, which is an unusually solid and thorough feature about the complications linked to holding the festival that is baseball's opening day on Good Friday for the vast majority of this historically Catholic region's believers.
It's a fine story -- with one big hole (more on that later). Here's how it opens:
Many fans have lost hope as the Orioles have posted a dismal record over the past 14 seasons. Now the team is starting its new season by testing the faith of some of them as well.
Friday is Opening Day for the Baltimore Orioles, as well as for 17 other major league teams. It is also Good Friday, the most solemn day in Christianity, and the first day of Judaism's Passover -- a confluence of events that is giving some baseball buffs theological pause.
"I called and told them I won't be there," said the Rev. John Bauer, a fan who is also the team's chaplain. "When I was a kid, we never even played the radio on Good Friday. Three o'clock in the afternoon, we were in church."
The Orioles' 3:05 p.m. start comes just after the time when Jesus Christ died on the cross, according to some traditions. Some churches have Good Friday services that conclude or begin at 3 p.m., although others commemorate the day with evening services. The game poses less of a conflict for observant Jews. Passover starts at sundown, and by then, barring a lot of long or extra innings, the game against the Minnesota Twins should be over.
But then there's the potential culinary conflict. The Catholic ban on eating meat on Fridays during Lent and the Jewish taboo on leavened bread during Passover put the iconic foodstuff of baseball -- the hot dog on a bun -- off the table for both.
Let me stress again that this is a very solid story. I particularly appreciated that The Sun sought out the views of some Protestants who all but said, well, "Good Friday? What's that?"
Along the same line, the newspaper quotes Catholics who, essentially, said that modern people have to have their priorities straight and, well, business and sports come first. Who has time to go to church in the middle of the afternoon on a Friday afternoon in spring?
Also, I thought it was fitting that the story went back to Father John for the upbeat, but devout, closing:
Bauer, the Orioles' chaplain, holds no ill will toward the team for accepting the MLB schedule. "People blame the O's for a lot of things," he said. "This isn't their fault."
Bauer will be at the park a couple of days later, on Easter, celebrating his usual Sunday morning Mass in the B&O Warehouse for players, staff, umpires and others who can't make it to their home pews.
"We go from kind of a quiet solemnity," he said of this weekend, "to a hallelujah type of thing."
So what is missing?
Now, I am sure that regular GetReligion readers spotted my emphasis on this being Good Friday for millions and millions of believers in "the West." Truth is, this one of the years in which the dates for Easter, in the West, and Pascha, for the churches of the East, are different. For Orthodox Christians, we are still a week away from Good Friday.
Thus, the simple fact of the matter is that the Good Friday vs. opening day collision affects the majority of Christians in Baltimore -- but not all. Under ordinary circumstances, this fact could have been mentioned in a few well-placed words or, at most, one crisp sentence.
However, there is one Orioles complication that should have been noted.
One of the most unpopular people in Baltimore, especially among baseball devotees, is Orioles owner Peter Angelos -- who is both hyper-rich and tone-deaf, when it comes to understanding the views of ordinary fans.
If anyone was going to plead with the gods of baseball to move opening day off the Good Friday date, Angelos was the only person who could have done it. It would have been especially poignant to have made that request, since -- as the Sun noted -- it would have messed up the perfect alignment with the first opening day at The Yard.
So what's the news angle in that?
Well, as much as I hesitate to note this (I am not a fan of this particular owner), Angelos and others in his family are rather prominent in Greek Orthodox life in this city. As The City Paper noted long ago:
In 1939, 10-year-old George Peter Angelos was hospitalized with severe appendicitis. He was given little chance to live. Frances Angelos, a Greek immigrant and devout Orthodox Christian, prayed for her son's life, promising that if he survived she would make his first name "Peter" -- the American translation of Panayotes, Greek for "of Mary" -- thus dedicating his soul to Christ's mother.
George P. lived, and became Peter G. And an early brick was laid in the edifice of the Angelos myth.
So, am I saying that Angelos was less sensitive to the Good Friday issue because he is Orthodox and, thus, this is not Good Friday for him? No, I am not saying that. Besides, I would have no way to know that. Neither would Sun readers, since Angelos hardly ever, ever, ever gives interviews.
I am simply saying that (a) it is Good Friday for most Orioles fans, but not all, and (b) that would include the owner of the team (and the right fielder, but that's a minor detail).
The owner of the team is a rather important figure in Orioles baseball, don't you think?
PHOTO: A rare photo of Peter Angelos (on the right).


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FEA has become widely used and universally accepted in many industry sectors. FEA is a powerful technique, able to produce solutions to challenging structural analysis problems. The technology and computational efficiency of the method, together with the rapid increases in computer processing power means that today the scope and size of simulations far exceeds the capabilities of even a few years ago.
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There are a bewildering array of element types, solution types, meshing methods and pre-post processing options that have to be faced. This is before we get down to the engineering physics behind the problem, with associated classic traps and errors. What is needed is guidance via a thorough but practical assessment of the method and how to use it in the real world.
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How the test is performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see:
How to prepare for the test
Consult your health care provider about the need to take (or not take) usual medications before the test.
How the test will feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the test is performed
The main purpose of this test is to monitor patients taking digoxin in order to determine the best drug dosage and prevent side effects.
Monitoring of drug levels is important in people taking digitalis medications such as digoxin, because the difference between therapeutic levels and harmful levels is small.
Normal Values
Normal values range from 0.8 to 2.0 nanograms per milliliter.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What abnormal results mean
Abnormal results may mean you are getting too little or too much of the medication.
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Are You a Piler or Filer?
The terminology of Piler vs Filer might be mostly used to describe personality traits or organizational skills, but I think it can be applied to cycling as well.
It all began when I was building Lego with my 7 year old Son. I had all the little pieces organized in bags so that he could easily find what he was looking for. All it took was one Lego session and everything was a disorganized mess. I asked my Son why he didn't just put things back in the bags and he came back with, "because I'm a piler and you're a filer, Dad".
I was blown away with his genius response and definitely had no grounds for disagreement after a wise statement like that.
There's no denying that I'm a completely insane filer. I love having things in their place and it drives me nuts when things aren't organized. My Wife is totally opposite and it looks like her genes won out and my Son leans more towards the piler personality.
After our filer/piler Lego experience I got to thinking about how these personality differences might change the way a cyclist behaves.
I don't think it really affects how you ride, but it definitely could come into play when tracking rides and collecting data. As a true filer, I love entering my rides online so that I can look back and see my history of miles and performance.
After each ride, I log into Daily Mile and post my results. The interesting thing is that I can't be bothered by uploading my data each day to Strava. Although I have an account and will eventually get around to loading the data every month or so, it seems like way too much work to do it each time. I love the information that is available from that site, but I guess I'm not enough of a filer to do it each time.
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Okay, so are you a filer or piler? Do you consistently track your riding data? Is there anything else about your filer/piler personality that greatly affects your cycling?
There is no right or wrong way to be, so whether you're a piler or filer….just be sure to use it to your advantage and Make it Happen.