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Gartner Data Shows HP Remained King of Shrinking PC Market in 2012
Hewlett-Packard held on to its position as the world's biggest vendor of personal computers in 2012, but it was a dubious achievement, as the global PC sales market declined by nearly 13 million units from 2011.
That's the assessment of market research firm Gartner, whose PC market data was released today. It's also roughly in line with data released by research firm IDC on Friday.
First, the quarterly rankings: Gartner was notable in the third quarter of 2012 for giving the top spot in the market to China's Lenovo, while HP remained atop the IDC ranking. The difference is that IDC counts workstations — tricked-out professional PCs — while Gartner does not.
Gartner says HP may have sacrificed some profit margins to hold on to market share, while Lenovo's growth rate kept it under pressure. Dell's year-on-year PC sales on a unit basis cratered by more than 20 percent.
Obviously, Windows 8 didn't spur any growth. And a lot of hope for getting PC sales going north again lies in smaller, lighter devices like Ultrabooks and convertible tablets — notebooks with detachable displays. But the fact is that dedicated tablets like the iPad have taken the life out of PC sales for a few years in a row now.
Here's the table for the full year. The notable figure here is the 6.7 percent decline in units sales for HP, which is nearly twice the size of the industry's decline as a whole. HP won the year, but it sure looks like it hurt.
As analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights and Strategy put it: "This shows two things. First, when HP decides to stem the flow of PC market share loss, they can and did it with a much-improved PC line-up. Second, it demonstrates that Lenovo, who for a time looked infallible, is actually human in the PC space."

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Nancy L. Greenbaum, Ph.D.
Professor - Structural Biology of RNA
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1305B HN (tel 212-772-5354), lab 1305C HN (tel 212-772-4284), fax (dept) 212-772-5332, email firstname.lastname@example.com,
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Postdoc Rockefeller University and Columbia University
Research Summary:
As the major research focus of our laboratory, we attempt to answer questions about how RNA molecules fold and interact with other RNA, metal ions, and proteins in order to carry out the complex activity of precursor messenger (pre-m)RNA splicing. This process, by which noncoding sequences of pre-mRNA molecules, or introns, are excised, and flanking coding regions, or exons, are ligated together, is an essential step in preparation of mRNA transcripts prior to translation of their message into protein sequences.
Pre-mRNA splicing in eukaryotic (compartmentalized) cells is performed within the nucleus by a dynamic supremolecular assembly called the spliceosome, which comprises five recyclable small nuclear (sn)RNA molecules and a large number (>150) of associated proteins. By comparison, the same splicing chemistry is carried out in a number of prokaryotic organisms and organelles of eukaryotic organisms by a simpler system, called a Group II intron, in which part of the RNA intron itself folds into a six-domain structure to excise itself without the need for proteins. Limited areas of resemblance between the spliceosome and Group II intron have fueled speculation of a shared evolutionary ancestry and the likelihood that the spliceosomal reaction is also catalyzed by its RNA components. Using a combination of biochemistry, biophysical, and spectroscopy techniques, we are pursuing several lines of investigation that contribute to our overall understanding of the structural biology of pre-mRNA splicing in the two systems.
Selected Publications
1. Yuan, F., Griffin, L., Phelps, L., Buschmann, V., Weston, K., and Greenbaum, N.L. (2007) Use of a novel Förster resonance energy transfer method to identify locations of site-bound metal ions in the U2-U6 snRNA complex. Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 2833-2845.
2. Jennings, T.L., Schlatterer, J.C., Greenbaum, N.L., and Strouse, G.F. (2006) NSET molecular beacon analysis of hammerhead RNA substrate binding and catalysis. Nano Lett. 6, 1318-1324.
3. Schlatterer, J.C., Crayton, S.H., and Greenbaum, N.L. (2006) Conformation of the Group II Intron Branch Site in Solution. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 3866-3867.
4. Schroeder, K., Skalicky, J.J., and Greenbaum, N.L. (2005) NMR spectroscopy of RNA duplexes containing pseudouridine in supercooled water. RNA 11, 1012-1016.
5. Xu, D., Greenbaum, N.L., and Fenley, M.O. (2005) Solvent accessible surface area and electrostatic surface potential of the spliceosomal branch site helix. Nucleic Acids Res. 33, 1154-1161.
6. Newby, M.I., and Greenbaum, N.L. (2002) Investigation of Overhauser effects between pseudouridine and water protons in RNA helices. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 99, 12697-12702.


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Police: 3 women involved in Walmart theft scheme
Cart full of merchandise stolen, police say
Sanford police say they're looking for three women involved in an elaborate shoplifting scheme at Walmart.
Surveillance video shows two women together with two carts in line at the Sanford Walmart on U.S 17-92. Once the first cart of merchandise is rung up at the register, the first woman is seen pushing her car out of the store, implying her friend would pay for it.
"The first woman said, 'I'm going to take this stuff to the car,' and hadn't paid for anything yet and just rolled the basket out," said Sanford police Capt. Jim McAuliffe
Police said the second woman then told the employee that her purse was in the first cart and she needed to go out and get it.
Then, both women split with the merchandise from the first cart without paying a dime.
"Never should allow that one person to leave with a basket full of items without paying," said McAuliffe.
The next day, a third woman walked into the same store with a computer, asking for a refund.
The serial number on that computer was the same one stolen from the store the day before.
A Walmart employee explained that to the woman, and she took off.
"He was explaining to her that this was a stolen item, and at that point, she exited the store," said McAuliffe.
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Now what I trully hope is that they try to stay in touch with their consumers when they develop the next Final Fantasy.
Square Enix to Increase Focus on Region Specific Games...Unfortunatley I can't read that as anything besides, "we're going to localize less stuff".
FF13 was a game about hallways and machine gods; while FF13-2 was a time travel anime with cosplay people
The 3rd Birthday ruined what the first two games built up and gave us the wrong heroine
- And then the fact that they tried giving Nier global appeal by making him an adult.
- Even a major FF (T-0) with a supposed localization couldn't get out of Japan, though one of its creators did want to port it to 3DS iirc.
- This old article is old but relevant and it seems to me like more or less at rock bottom.
That wasn't even a bad decision...
3DS version of Type-0 has never been a thing (not yet anyway).


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I'll start with the table. The Mother's Day flowers were the inspiration..have to take advantage of them!
I have a Laura Ashley topper I made..and it had lots of colors like the flowers..{ 1.75 a yd at an outlet..;) }
I used plain white rimmed porcelain by Gofortun, Israel.
Silver charger, pink linen napkins, held by a napkin ring I have had for ages..
I pulled out the lavender in the cloth with the stems from TJM. Candlesticks are Mikassa, and indiv butter dishes from WSonoma outlet..
On May 16th we will celebrate our 40th Anniversary..
Yes, we have argued and bickered our way through all 40 of them! Frank and Estelle Costanza of the Seinfeld Show have nothing on us! But, we made it, by the grace of God!So far anyway…there's always time to change our mind..:)
They met…
And 2 years later, they wed..
The rest..is history!
And you sure wouldn't recognize us today!
Now I bet you thought I had red hair and freckles..:)
I still have the dress. I actually washed it last year..lots of nice fabric..think I'll make a tablecloth with it!
My son is planning a fabulous party for us in June..LOL
He doesn't know that yet!!
Oh you want the pic of us now??
Thanks for stopping in, and I hope you will visit Susan at Between Naps on the Porch to see all the other tables this week.


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Star-Topped Mince Pies
You will need a miniature tart tray, each indent 4.5cm/1¾in diameter, a 5.5cm/2¼in round fluted biscuit cutter and a 4cm/1½in star-shaped pastry cutter.
A blog dedicated to perfecting the art and joy of baking and cooking by an aspiring domestic goddess!
So much better than shop bought. They look divine!
I shall be making thoroughly home made mince pies in the next few days and they'll look like yours - I love a star topping!
Happy Christmas to you and your family
I adore mince pies María and these are delicious:)
A very Happy Christmas María:)
Maria they look gorgeous! Can't believe I've never made my own mincemeat.
I just love your food blog which I discovered this morning! Thank you so much for sharing so many delicious recipes. I saw Nigella on TV yesterday preparing her cranberry mincemeat star-topped mincepies and I got the recipe off the BBC Food site. I'm so happy to see your mince pies here and will be trying out your mincemeat cupcakes for the New Year.
Well done for your beautiful blog. I will be back!
There is something that sucks me in every time with star topped mince pies, they always look like so much fun and delicious to boot!
These look so good Maria and very pretty too.
These look really pretty Maria. I made my first ever mince pies this year and made my own mincemeat too. They don't look half as good as yours, but they tasted fantastic.
Wishing you a very Happy Christmas
So pretty! Happy Christmas Maria!
They look lovely - very festive!


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Saint Augustine (ô´gəstēn, –tĬn; ôgŭs´tĬn), Lat. Aurelius Augustinus, 354–430, one of the Latin Fathers of the Church and a Doctor of the Church, bishop of Hippo (near present-day Annaba, Algeria), b. Tagaste (c.40 mi/60 km S of Hippo).
Augustine's mother, St. Monica, was a great influence in his life. She brought him up as a Christian, but he gave up his religion when he went to school at Carthage. There he became adept in rhetoric. In his Confessions he repents of his wild youth in Carthage, during which time he fathered an illegitimate son. At some time in his youth he became a convert to Manichaeism. After 376 he went to Rome, where he taught rhetoric with success; in 384, at the urging of the Manichaeans, he went to Milan to teach.
His years at Milan were the critical period of his life. Already distrustful of Manichaeism, he came to renounce it after a deep study of Neoplatonism and skepticism. Augustine, troubled in spirit, was greatly drawn by the eloquent fervor of St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan. After two years of great doubt and mental disquietude, Augustine suddenly decided to embrace Christianity. He was baptized on Easter in 387. Soon afterward he returned to Tagaste, where he lived a monastic life with a group of friends. In 391, while he was visiting in Hippo, he was chosen against his will to be a Christian priest there. For the rest of his life he remained in Hippo, where he became auxiliary bishop in 395 and bishop soon after. He died in the course of the siege of Hippo by the Vandals. Feast: Aug. 28.
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St. Augustine's influence on Christianity is thought by many to be second only to that of St. Paul, and theologians, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, look upon him as one of the founders of Western theology. His Confessions is considered a classic of Christian autobiography. This work (c.400), the prime source for St. Augustine's life, is a beautifully written apology for the Christian convert. Next to it his best-known work is the City of God (after 412)—a mammoth defense of Christianity against its pagan critics, and famous especially for the uniquely Christian view of history elaborated in its pages.
Augustine regarded all history as God's providential preparation of two mystical cities, one of God and one of the devil, to one or the other of which all humankind will finally belong. His greatest purely dogmatic work is On the Trinity, but much of his theological teaching comes from his polemic writings. His works against the Manichaeans, especially Against Faustus (his Manichaean teacher), are important for the light they throw on this religion. Against Donatism St. Augustine directed two works, On Baptism and On the Correction of the Donatists, in which he formulated the idea, since then become part of Roman Catholicism, that the church's authority is the guarantee of the Christian faith, its own guarantee being the apostolic succession.
The most important and vitriolic controversy in which St. Augustine was involved was his battle against Pelagianism. The Pelagians denied original sin and the fall of humanity. The implication of this aroused Augustine, who held that humanity was corrupt and helpless. From his writings the great controversies on grace proceed, and as professed followers of Augustine, John Calvin and the Jansenists developed predestinarian theologies. Though revering Augustine, many theologians have refused to accept his more extreme statements on grace. Another of St. Augustine's important treatises, On the Work of Monks, has been much used by monastics. He was also a supremely important biblical exegete. His letters are numerous and revealing. His most important works are available in translation.
See biographies by G. Wills (1999), P. R. L. Brown (rev. ed. 2000), J. J. O'Donnell (2005), and R. Lane Fox (2016); R. W. Battenhouse, ed., A Companion to the Study of St. Augustine (1955); R. A. Markus, Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of St. Augustine (1970); E. Teselle, Augustine the Theologian (1970); G. Wills, Augustine's Confessions: A Biography (2011); R. L. Fox, Augustine: Conversions to Confessions (2015).


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ATHENS—Once again an angler has proved it's not the size of the lake that counts, it's the size of the fish in the lake—at least when it comes to catching big bass.
On the morning of March 19 Johnny Spruiell of Iowa Park was fishing in three feet of water in South East Cove when a 13.75-pound bass took his 7-inch Power Worm. The fish was 26.5 inches long and 21 inches in girth and is now Toyota ShareLunker 546.
Lake Amon G. Carter is operated by the City of Bowie. The 1,848-acre lake is served by two boat ramps. It has a history of producing big bass in mid-March. The lake record, a 14.44-pounder, was caught March 15, 1996. On March 13, 1998, it produced ShareLunker 272, a 14.31-pounder.
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Anyone legally catching a 13-pound or bigger largemouth bass from Texas waters, public or private, between October 1 and April 30 may submit the fish to the Toyota ShareLunker program by calling the ShareLunker hotline at (903) 681-0550 or paging (888) 784-0600 and leaving a phone number including area code. Fish will be picked up by TPWD personnel within 12 hours.
ShareLunker entries are used in a selective breeding program at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens. Some of the offspring from these fish are stocked back into the water body from which they were caught. Other ShareLunker offspring are stocked in public waters around the state in an attempt to increase the overall size and growth rate of largemouth bass in Texas.
Anglers entering fish into the Toyota ShareLunker program receive a free replica of their fish, a certificate and ShareLunker clothing and are recognized at a banquet at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.
The person who catches the season's largest entry will be named Angler of the Year and will receive a prize package from G. Loomis. The package includes a G. Loomis GLX854C jig and worm rod, a Shimano Chronarch 200E7 casting reel and a spool of Power Pro super-braid fishing line. If a Texas angler catches the largest entry of the season, that person also receives a lifetime fishing license. The current leader in the race for Angler of the Year is Richard Scibek of Granbury, who caught a 16.04-pounder from Lake Fork February 2.
So far there have been 10 entries into the ShareLunker program during the current season. March typically produces the majority of the entries as fish move shallow to spawn and become more vulnerable to angling.
For complete information and rules of the ShareLunker program, tips on caring for big bass, a list of official Toyota ShareLunker weigh and holding stations and a recap of last year's season, see tpwd.texas.gov/sharelunker. The site also includes a searchable database of all fish entered into the program along with pictures where available.
Information on current catches, including short videos of interviews with anglers when available, is posted on www.facebook.com/sharelunkerprogram.
The Toyota ShareLunker Program is made possible by a grant to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation from Gulf States Toyota. Toyota is a long-time supporter of the Foundation and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, providing major funding for a wide variety of education, fish, parks and wildlife projects.
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I was pretty young when Salem's Lot premiered on television back in 1979, but my parents were watching it, and so they let me watch it. Horror didn't register on their parental guidance meter (not much does). So they had no idea what a hairless vampire with glowing eyes and a floating kid outside a bedroom window would do to their young son. It was bad news.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
I was pretty young when Salem's Lot premiered on television back in 1979, but my parents were watching it, and so they let me watch it. Horror didn't register on their parental guidance meter (not much does). So they had no idea what a hairless vampire with glowing eyes and a floating kid outside a bedroom window would do to their young son. It was bad news.
19 comments:
- Sean Covernton said...
Barlow is one of my favorite all time screen vampires because he really embodies the "Monster" side of "Vampire." The rotted dirt filled coffin he rests in is a thing of beauty. The art direction really sells the idea of the vampire as evil vermin. No angsty whining for that badboy!
- September 21, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
My parents were also of the "we do not censor" variety. This movie messes with my head to this day. I can't get through it. I HAVE seen the whole movie, but in chunks. I have to fast forward through the kid outside the window.....*shudder*
- September 21, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- crudedoodle.com said...
I agree. Remember that scene where he fatally bangs the kid's parents' heads together, killing them instantly? Horrible. I remember being a little kid and being so horrified of that.
It was worse than being taken to the movies as a kid to see King Kong...all those guys falling to their deaths as Kong shook them off the giant log? I swear I remember thinking "I'm too young for this!"
- September 21, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- Rot said...
If you click on his pic, you can watch that scene...In my mind, the banging of the heads was the most disturbing images on film - EVER. Though it looks a little silly here because the actors didn't even TRY to make it look fast and painful.... but the reaction of the boy is STILL bothersome and disturbing. His parents were killed in front of him at the same time. By a monster.
Awful. Thanks, mom. Thanks, dad.
- September 21, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Aron said...
I agree with Sean - I've never been a huge fan of 'civilized' vampires. There was an old story about a monster-vampire that scratched on a little girls window that used to freak me out as a kid. The Nosferatu-types do that for me - the Dracula-types . . not so much.
- September 21, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Steve Ring said...
I really dug it and I can still find little fault in it. I remember I saw the part with Barlow's first appearance over at a friend's house and was a little nervous walking home afterward. I don't think it warped me as much as other things I saw as a kid but it has to be my favorite vampire flick to this day, except for maybe Vampire Circus. I loved the cast and the fact that Starsky and hutch was big at the time and here was Hutch in a vampire movie. Now I see David Soul as more of a big old wife-beater and crappy actor but he doesn't drag the movie down too much.
I remember being told that the book was better but I had mixed feelings about the book after reading it. The less said about the remake a few years back, the better.
- September 21, 2010 at 4:04 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
I was 9 years old when this movie came out and my parents had the same attitude....sure you can watch this, its not scary!
I think I see him standing at my bedroom doorway when I go to bed at night.....
Thanks parents.
- September 21, 2010 at 4:10 PM
- Steve Ring said...
Sorry, you can strike the crack about David Soul if you want to. It was uncalled for.
- September 21, 2010 at 6:40 PM
- ShellHawk said...
So, I've determined that the stork screwed up and dropped my twin elsewhere, since we are completely on the same wavelength on this one!
I am literally just finishing up my re-read of the book, " 'salem's Lot," and I tell you, that thing STILL has me enthralled, horrified, and scared to go to sleep.
That King guy should consider being a writer... ;o)
- September 21, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- Hopsy the beer drinking clown said...
Barlow! The quintessential bad-ass, no-frills, cold blooded killer vampire, I would like to see him turned loose in a twilight movie, he could teach those sparkling little candy-ass vamps a thing or two about what it means to be undead! After seeing this at a young age I discovered the paperback in my older sister's bookcase, what a find! I feel this could be the best Stephen King book to movie adaptation to date.
- September 21, 2010 at 8:27 PM
- Jon said...
The Amityville Horror did the same thing to me.
The eyes.
- September 21, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
My parents are very much on the we DO censor type. and the worst part is, they don't care so much about the sex or language, but the violence and horror. it is AWFUL. i still haven't seen the original halloween. i'm dying to see trick'r'treat too. grrr. i am twelve years old. i post on the blog frequently but i'll go anonymous this time, don't want any pedos. rot can still see my IP address but i trust he wont post who i am.
anyway, after watching that video, i will now watch salems lot, which i AM allowed to see. thanks rot! i'll let you know what i think. :)
- September 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
Did anyone else find the vampires in "30 Days of Night" to be pretty bad ass as well, or is it just me? I realize that they're part of the "new" genre and my spouse thought that their made-up language was ridiculous, but I found them riveting. They (and vamps like Barlow and Nosferatu) are exactly what vampires SHOULD be: terrifying creatures of the night and NOT Jonas Brothersesque.
- September 22, 2010 at 12:10 AM
- Hopsy the beer drinking clown said...
Since I saw this post this morning I got "Barlow on the brain", to make matters worse Netflix doesn't have it! Arrrrgghh.....I might have to venture out to a video store to look for this for the weekend, an excellent watch while working on props...
- September 22, 2010 at 5:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
just watched Salems Lot yesterday. i thought it was great! the kid is the window was pretty disturbing.
by the way, i am the same kid who posted the comment before. between jon and another anonymous.
It was pretty creepy, but not terffying like it was to you guys back then. kids are pretty desensitized nowadays.
anyway, loved it. thanks rot.
- September 22, 2010 at 11:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
That mini-series ('79 version) warped me for decades. I still get the heebies about not looking out of dark upstairs windows in case there's someone floating there. Yikes!
I think it was one of the more successful King novel to screen adaptions.
- September 23, 2010 at 9:31 PM
- Dennis said...
Barlow-the ultimate vampire indeed-i own this dvd (salems lot) i keep it on my "ready to play dvd pile" upon my bd player...only wish that it was widescreen...the remake seems closer to the original SK story, although the production sucks...snow on green tree leaves?
- September 24, 2010 at 12:11 AM
- The Gill-Man said...
Barlow is a GREAT villian, and a HUGE inspiration on my costume this year (I'm doing a costume based upon the villian in a story I'm writing). In this day and age, when vamps are treated as mis-understood, whiny emo boys, it's nice to go back and visit 'Salem's Lot and Mr. Barlow!
- September 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- JD said...
Saw the scene, and it was awesome!!! Almost wish I was born in the 70s...
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For students, can any social platform compete with Facebook?
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At #amee2012 last week Facebook was talked about a lot. It came up in the excellent social media workshop that was lead by students and in several posters and short communications. Search this 500+ page book of abstracts to see how often!
But as might be expected there was not agreement on whether Facebook should have any place in medical education. Whilst there were reports of it being used to support student learning in informal and formal ways Imperial College, London, other students and faculty argued that Facebook is a social space and not a learning space. In the past any mention of Facebook at a medical education conference usually concerned being unprofessional, so the fact that people were starting to consider the possibility that it might be educational platform was very interesting in itself.
It was also suggested (including by me) that we might have responsibility to provide safe spaces for students and faculty to model and develop digital professionalism. Quite a few of the issues I heard discussed were raised in the comments of two blog posts I had written last April.
This post is also a follw-up to a discussion on our LinkedIn group 6 months ago. It was started by Bernadette John asking if any medical schools were looking into developing and supporting social platforms for students. King's had just started a project with Elgg but was also thinking about Mahara. Why would a medical school want to do this? Some suggested that the VLE should support social learning interactions. But they don't. Blackboard does not feel social, certainly not social like Facebook.
Today a colleague told me that the University of Wales, Newport (who don't have a medical school) had started using NING , a 'social community tool', in 2008 to support first year students. How might we use something like NING in a medical school? What value would it have? My thoughts are that it would be useful to have a space where students and staff could get to know each other in a semi-formal way. Most of the NHS staff who our students meet do not have profiles on the university site, but it might be useful for students to know some more about what their special interests are clinically, and in research. And vice versa, it would be excellent if teachers could know more about the students they meet on placements.
But later I found out that Newport had stopped using the NING. It was only used by students in the first few weeks of the course to make contacts with each other before they migrated to their own Facebook groups. And if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!! This year Newport is setting up a Facebook page for students to like and post to throughout their university careers.I imagine that even if activity does tail off over the next few months this might still be quite a good channel for the university to communicate with students through.
So can any social platform compete with Facebook? Is there any merit in trying to encourage students to use another 'social learning' platform? A separate platform would mean that students are at less risk of being accused of digital unprofessionalism because they minimise their contact with faculty there *although I would rather see a re-calibration of what is considered unprofessional in the first place- if my ears did not deceive me I think I even heard a medical student volunteer that they were urged not to like a One Direction page on Facebook for fear that it may be seen as unprofessional*.
A separate platform would also mean that faculty with Facebook antibodies could avoid it. Other faculty might be just as concerned as students about mixing personal and professional presences online. There was some talk of dual profiles at AMEE but that is against Facebook terms and conditions. Facebook would rather see professionals create 'pages' to project their work-relate personae.
So some questions. Would students or staff see value in a social platform? For more ideas on how that might work see this post on location and learning. If yes, could that platform ever be Facebook?
(Edit: Here's an interesting post by Donald Clark in January, "7 reasons why Facebook is front runner in social media learning"
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DENVER, Colo. – On Wednesday, former Tennessee State defensive back Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week after his performance against the Washington Redskins.
The former Tiger had a pick-six in the 45-21 Denver Broncos win on Sunday. Rodgers-Cromartie also recorded three pass breakups, five tackles and one tackle for loss.
Late in the fourth quarter Rodgers-Cromartie picked off Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins and raced 75-yards for a pick-six that sealed the deal on the Broncos come from behind win.
Sunday's interception was the second of the season for the TSU alum and the 18th in his career. The touchdown marked the fifth time Rodgers-Cromartie reached the end zone in his NFL career. Since making his league debut in 2008 Rodgers-Cromartie has recorded the most pass break-ups in the NFL with 95.
The award is the second of his career with the first coming in 2009 as a member of the Arizona Cardinals, when Rodgers-Cromartie earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week.
Rodgers-Cromartie and the Broncos return to action Oct. 10 after their bye week to take on AFC West Division foe San Diego, kick-off is slated for 3:25 p.m. (CT).


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Hi guys,
Was just thinking the other day that Tesla sends software upgrades to its cars via wireless internet connection right? I know they added "creep" in this way so software upgrades can influcence the car's driving dynamics, etc. I am sure Tesla has security measures in place but what if someone were able to hack into the Tesla system and mess around with everyone's in car software? This could be pretty dangerous if possible.
Just one of the downsides to such a revolutionary high tech car...any ideas how Tesla prevents this from occuring?


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Tournament Status and Updates
We all like to be the tournament(s) we participate in to be "active". Hereby a few thoughts on how to keep the participants in your tournament happy, while helping us, the Tournament Directors.
In order for the Tournament Directors to find inactive tournaments easier, please help us by:
Posting in the title space (after the name of your tournament) what the status of your tournament is. You can do that by posting what stage your tournament is in, in between brackets. For example:
My Tournament X [Round 1]
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Most of you already post [FULL] when your tournament has filled, so simply edit that. Right now we have many tournaments, in various stages, which still only state [FULL].
You should also update your tournament thread minimum every three (3) weeks and posting that, so your topic gets "bumped". You could post the updates, but a simple "updated" would be acceptable and really help a lot.
It would help us if you would report tournaments that are seemingly inactive. To report an inactive tournament please use the following format:
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Inactive tournaments should be reported to: Lindax
A reminder from the Tournament Handbook: "If an ongoing tournament has no activity for 1 month, meaning no posts by the hosts, no standings updates, no new game assignments, etc., the Tournament Directors will assess the status." In other words: It will be considered inactive unless a satisfactory explanation is provided by the organizer.
Additional note to TOs: If you do not update your tournament regularly, participants will lose interest. This means that they may no longer wish to participate, which may lead to you having to abandon your tournament.
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Berries for Birds
Want to attract more birds to your backyard? Start with berries…birds love them!
I admit I'm not a huge gardener. I appreciate working the soil, and I like growing my own food, but I'm much stronger in the birding area than in the blooms. As a naturalist, though, I know there's a lot of value in gardening for wildlife.
There's something inspiring about seeing a cheery flock of cedar waxwings suddenly settle into your backyard, stretching to pluck every berry within reach. They gulp the fruits down one after another before leaving as quickly as they arrived.
You can revel in this picture-perfect scene, too. Not only are berries among the most natural and essential food sources for birds, they're also easy to grow. Translation: You don't have to be much of a gardener to grow berries for birds!
Take a look at my top 12 picks for backyard berries, compiled with the bird-watcher in mind. (My editor made me add the botanical names.) All of them are easy to grow in small spaces, yield good crops and will bring birds to your backyard for years to come. From one birder to another, I hope this advice allows you to simply plant, walk away and then get your binoculars ready to enjoy the view.
Bayberry (Myrica). While most warblers are spending the winter in Central and South America, flocks of the yellow-rumped species remain in the southern United States all winter long. Many species of bayberry, including wax myrtle, provide fruit for the warblers. In fact, the eastern subspecies of the yellow-rumped warbler is often referred to as the myrtle warbler.
Currant (Ribes). Many currants produce fragrant flowers and abundant fruit. Except for a few species, the berries are largely unpalatable to people, but the birds will thank you for planting these treats in your backyard. A bonus: Hummingbirds are wild about the flowers.
Dogwood (Cornus). Several species are native to North America, and over 40 kinds of birds have been documented eating their berries. One of my favorites is the gray catbird, whose long tail and stubby wings are perfectly suited for flying though dense dogwood thickets. The plant is available as either a small tree or a bush.
Elderberry (Sambucus). A hit with many birds, from wrentits to flycatchers, purplish-blue elderberries grow in clusters. If you somehow can harvest the berries yourself before the birds devour them, they make a delicious pie filling, jam or syrup.
Holly (Ilex). What's more festive than holly's bright-red berries clustered among dark-green leaves? Although the fruit can be mildly toxic and irritating to humans, birds seem to have no problem with it. Research suggests that the berries lose some of their toxicity after the first frost, which is when birds tend to chow down on them. Another thing to know about holly: It's dioecious, meaning you need to have both male and female plants to ensure that fruit will be produced.
Huckleberry (Gaylussacia). A relative of the blueberry, huckleberry is equally popular with birds. While I prefer to enjoy it in ice cream form, the birds love it right off the bush.
Juniper (Juniperus). Any of the juniper species can offer double benefits for birds, providing good cover and choice nesting locations as well as fruit. The berries are especially popular with the Townsend's solitaire; while they're less appealing to some other birds, they still offer valuable winter nutrients. And for the gardener, these hardy shrubs require little maintenance.
Raspberry (Rubus idaeus).
I used to find towhees and sparrows in my raspberry patch every morning when I'd go out to harvest berries for my breakfast pancakes. The dense patches provide excellent cover, and sometimes the birds refused to flush from the thicket as I picked a few treats for myself.
Serviceberry (Amelanchier). Most of these species bloom early and then quickly yield berries for birds, including the vireos. It's easy to find serviceberry shrubs. Some serviceberries are considered small-scale trees, but they don't grow too large, so both tree and shrub work nicely in smaller landscapes.
Viburnum (Viburnum). With around 150 different species, this is a versatile choice for your backyard berry patch. These shrubs can do well clumped as a hedgerow. They also make a good transition species at a forest's edge. The berries are favorites of both birds and larger wildlife.
Plant any of these choices, and watch the show begin! A flock of waxwings can make short work of a berry buffet, while a northern mockingbird will vigorously defend a berry patch to hoard the pickings, enjoying them at a leisurely pace. Either way, when you plant berries for birds, you'll have a front-row seat to some fascinating bird behavior all year long.
Berry Benefits for Birds
Calories: High-calorie berries provide critical nutrients, especially when it's cold out and other food is hard to find.
Antioxidants: Research indicates many species of berries for birds contain antioxidants that help them handle the stress of migration.
Shelter: Many berry bushes provide essential nesting habitat throughout the year while protecting birds from bad weather and predators.


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A quick and sweet tip for one of those things surprisingly difficult to get right in emacs: buffer scrolling. If you find awkward the way emacs makes your buffers jump when you move the cursor near their begin or end, try putting this file in your load path and
(require 'smooth-scrolling). You can control when scrolling starts by setting the variable
smooth-scroll-margin: when the cursor is that far from the top or bottom borders, scrolling begins (default is 10 lines). Works like a charm here.
By the way, as Adam (the author of the code above) points out in the comments below, the problem is trickier than it seems. If you're curious, this EmacsWiki page gives the details.


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Yes, I know January isn't over, but I've made such good progress towards my reading goals that I wanted to go ahead and document it. I think a monthly post will also help keep my momentum going.
Goal #1: Read From the New Books Shelf at Work. I've read one book! It was The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. It's a domestic thriller, which Anita Shreve blurbs on the cover as "Fiendishly clever… in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train." Well, I liked it somewhere between those two, giving it four stars for pure page-turning readability. It's one of those books that's pretty entertaining, slightly cheesy, and ultimately forgettable, sort of like reading an US Weekly magazine. Initially the writing didn't float my boat (lots of brand-name dropping) but I let myself forget all that and just got lost in the escapist, twisty fun. I have a hold on the writing pair's new book, An Anonymous Girl.
Now this isn't really much of a stretch read for me as I do like mysteries and thrillers, but I'm just glad I read something that my branch owns for a change, ha ha!
Goal #2: Read The Count of Monte Cristo. I am currently on page 345 y'all! I am killing it. It's still so good. I'm kicking myself for not reading it sooner, but I guess the right books come to you when you're ready for them. (I mean after you're out of school and teachers aren't assigning you books way before you're ready for them.)
Goal #3: Read more poetry. I'm progressing through Shauna Barbosa's Cape Verdean Blues. It's not grabbing me like I had hoped but I'm going to finish. I think maybe reading poetry is like exercising, and you have to get warmed up again after a period of inactivity. I also checked out five more books of poetry this weekend, so I'm at least setting myself up for success.
Goal #4: Read More of My Own Books (#unreadshelfproject2019.) The prompt for this month on the Instagram challenge was to pick any unread book off your shelf and read it this month or get rid of it. I chose Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker, a book I purchased for myself during my birthday(ish) trip to Nashville and Parnassus Books. Sorry to say, this book was a DNF for me. I realized that I didn't really care about wine to the degree necessary to make this book interesting or fun for me. I was annoyed by the obsessive sommeliers Bosker was interacting with and got to page 70 before throwing in the towel. I couldn't imagine reading 230 more pages of it. I can see how some people would like this but it just wasn't the book for me. However, this means I have gotten rid of one book from my shelf, so it's a win (a donation to the Friends of the Library.)
Speaking of the library, I mentioned earlier that I'd gotten a promotion at work. I'm now the branch manager of my small public branch (seriously, we're tiny, we normally have only three staff members.) I'm thrilled, relieved, and energized, and ready to try lots of new program ideas to try and get people in the door.
How are you all doing so far in January? I hope you've already found some great reads in 2019.