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Blogging during this last TL season has , for various reasons, not happened.
So, now that the Team is out ( sadly, we didn't reach the playoffs this time ) I will review my season in general here, and discuss a couple of interesting games in subsequent posts.
Overall, my record was 3-0-4. A great improvement over the previous season (1-1-4), when I came close to wins, but only delivered once ( and that as White against the Philidor ! )
Surprisingly, two of this season's wins were with Black, and both of them against the Spanish ( Ruy Lopez ), as this season I switched away from my normal Philidor Hanham, to more classical Open games.
In general, I can say that I paid more attention to three main areas:
1) Time Management. Not perfect, but no time scrambles, and a good feeling overall.
2) Piece placement/pawn structure
3) Reducing blunders.
The latter is most important.
There were at least two games where I blundered terribly.
24 June, 2011
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News from the world of Maths
A team of nanoengineers have constructed new materials that don't wrinkle when you stretch them. This makes them similar to tissue found in the human body, so they may in the future be used to repair damaged heart walls, blood vessels and skin.
Convex or concave? It's a question we usually answer just by looking at something. It's convex if it bulges outwards, and concave if it bulges inwards. But when it comes to mathematical functions, things aren't that simple. A team of computer scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have recently shown that deciding whether a mathematical function is convex can be very hard indeed.
If you live in or near Cambridge, you've got the chance to see a genuine World War II Enigma machine in action and watch the movie Enigma starring Kate Winslet and Dougray Scott afterwards!
This summer the Royal Institution is running a series of workshops as part of its Engineering Week where you will have a chance to try your hand at engineering and discover it is rocket science, underwater robotics, hip joint design, crash testing and much more!
Whatever you're planning to do tonight, cancel it! Because tonight at 9pm on BBC Two it's the first episode of Marcus du Sautoy's new series The Code. It's a three-part series about maths in the world around us, exploring anything from honeycombs to flocks of birds, nautilus shells to planetary motion.
Did you know slime mould can recreate the Tokyo subway network? Or the special connection between crickets and Kevin Bacon? Samuel Hansen does and he wants to tell you all the weird and unexpected stories from the mathematical world... but he needs your help.
The UK has won two gold, one silver and two bronze medals at this year's International Mathematical Olympiad! and 1 Honourable Mention. The team came 17th out of 101 participating countries, and also received one honourable mention. It has been fifteen years since the UK team was last awarded two gold medals.
In our Science fiction, science fact project you told us that you'd like to know what time is. So we've gone and talked to an expert — Paul Davies — and we'll publish his response shortly. Meanwhile, we're opening our poll for the second round, to see which question you'd like to have answered next. So get voting!


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Jon Lester, Red Sox off to a good start
NEW YORK — The opportunity was there for Jon Lester to begin washing away last season's inexplicable struggles.
It was his only losing year in his first seven major league seasons. It took him five starts to earn his first win. He finished the year 9-14, his 4.82 ERA so high it felt foreign. Not just to him, but to everyone in the Red Sox clubhouse.
"Jon, we all feel for him, we all feel what he's been through the past year,'' said catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. "We know that's not him.''
With the ball in his hands on Opening Day for the third straight year, his goal — on scales large and small — was to set the tone.
Leaning largely on just two pitches — his fastball and cutter — over five innings, Lester struck out seven and allowed two runs on five hits, leading the Red Sox to an 8-2 win over the Yankees. He looked more like the pitcher that had become one of the game's premier lefthanders.
"We know that he's the guy that you saw today,'' Saltalamacchia said. "It's just nice to see him out there and just throwing it like he always has.''
The second Lester stepped on the Yankee Stadium mound Monday, he was joining a very small club of Red Sox pitchers.
The last Sox pitcher to make three straight Opening Day starts was Pedro Martinez, who did it each of his seven seasons in Boston. The last lefty to make three straight Opening Day starts was Mel Parnell nearly 60 years ago. The only other lefty to do it was Babe Ruth. No lefthander had won an Opening Day start for the Sox since Gary Peters in Yankee Stadium 43 years ago.
So getting his first Opening Day win was historic, but also a relief.
"It's big,'' Lester said. "It's obviously nicer than the past couple years to be on top 1-0 instead of going through a whole road trip without a win again. So it's big for us to come in here and just try to get on a role and set the tone early.''
He did so by pounding the strike zone, throwing first-pitch strikes to 16 of the 23 batters.
Struggling to throw his offspeed pitches for strikes, Lester muscled through five innings with essentially two power pitches.
"I felt good, had good fastball command, good cutter today,'' Lester said. "Just really didn't have anything else. It took me to the fifth inning to get a feel for a curveball or a changeup. Just really had to battle with just my fastball and cutter. With that being said, I'm really pleased with the outcome of it with just those two pitches.''
It didn't catch up to him until the fourth inning, when he worked himself into a bases-loaded jam, and then gave up a two-out, two-run single to Francisco Cervelli.
"With the exception of that fourth inning where he threw 34 pitches, I thought he came out and commanded the strike zone down,'' said Sox manager John Farrell. "But the fourth inning, I thought, started to catch up to him a little bit and after 96-plus pitches after five [innings], I felt like it was time to turn the game over to the bullpen.
"I thought Jon did bend, but didn't break in that two-run inning. I think, more than anything, it was a good starting point for him.''
If anything it was the first step in turning around a trend of awful starts that have haunted the Red Sox in recent years. This is the third straight season the Red Sox will open with at least six straight road games. In 2011, they lost all six. Last season, they opened the season with three straight losses in Detroit and went 1-5 to begin the season.
With the first win out of the way, Lester said, he and the entire clubhouse can play without pressure piling up early.
"The first one's always nice to be on this side, especially after the last couple years,'' Lester said. "It's just nice to get that first one off our back. Guys can kind of relax a little bit and go out there and play on Wednesday and we're not chasing that elusive first win. So that's big for us.''
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(By Delegates Miley, Fleischauer, Skinner,
Shott and Barill)
(By Request of the Supreme Court of Appeals)
[Passed April 10, 2013; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §44-10-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to clarifying and modifying the process of appointing and terminating guardians for minors; authorizing concurrent jurisdiction of circuit and family courts for appointment of guardian for a minor; providing venue for petition for appointment; providing proceedings to beconducted in accordance with the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Minor Guardianship Proceedings; providing process for appointment of guardian; setting forth when the circuit clerk is to notify the court of the filing of a petition and when the court is to hold a hearing; setting forth what the court is to consider in appointing a guardian; providing for the appointment of a temporary guardian; providing for the termination or revocation of the guardianship appointment; and providing for the confidentiality of a guardian proceeding.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §44-10-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§44-10-3. Appointment and termination of guardian for a minor.
(a) The circuit court and family court have concurrent jurisdiction to appoint a guardian for a minor.
(b) Venue for a petition for appointment of guardianship is in the county in which the minor has resided for the past six months unless the court finds extraordinary circumstances for a sooner filing. If the child is a nonresident of this state and only the guardianship of the estate is sought the petition may be filed in the county in which the child has an estate.
(c) All proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Minor Guardianship Proceedings.
(d) Any responsible person with knowledge of the facts regarding the welfare and best interests of a minor may petition for an appointment of a guardian except a parent or other person whose rights to the minor have been terminated. No guardianship petition may be considered if the child who is the subject of the petition is involved in another court proceeding relating to custody or guardianship or if the petitioner is a parent seeking custodial rights adverse to the other parent.
(e) Within two days of the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian, the circuit clerk shall notify the court. The court shall hold a hearing upon the petition for the appointment of a guardian within ten days after the petition is filed. If all persons entitled to service in accordance with the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Minor Guardianship Proceedings have not been served at least five days prior to the hearing or have not waived service the court shall continue the hearing but may appoint a temporary guardian pursuant to subsection (g) below.
(f) The court may appoint a guardian for a minor if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the appointment is in the minor's best interest and:
(1) The parents consent;
(2) The parents' rights have been previously terminated;
(3) The parents are unwilling or unable to exercise their parental rights;
(4) The parents have abandoned their rights by a material failure to exercise them for a period of more than six months; or
(5) There are extraordinary circumstances that would, in all reasonable likelihood, result in serious detriment to the child if the petition is denied.
(g) Whether or not one or more of the conditions of subsection (f) have been established, the court may appoint a temporary guardian for a minor upon a showing that an immediate need exists or that a period of transition into the custody of a parent is needed so long as the appointment is in the best interest of the minor. The temporary guardian has the authority of a guardian appointed pursuant to subsection (f) but the duration of the temporary guardianship may not exceed six months. A temporary guardianship may be extended beyond six months upon further order of the court finding continued need in the best interest of the minor.
(h) Any suitable person may be appointed as the minor's guardian. A parent shall receive priority subject only to the provisions of subsections (d) and (f) above. However, in every case the competency and fitness of the proposed guardian must be established and a determination made that the appointment is in the best interest of the child.
(i) The court, the guardian or the minor may revoke or terminate the guardianship appointment when:
(1) The minor reaches the age of eighteen and executes a release stating that the guardian's estate was properly administered and that the minor has received the assets of the estate from the guardian;
(2) The guardian or the minor dies;
(3) The guardian petitions the court to resign and the court enters an order approving the resignation; or
(4) A petition is filed by the guardian, the minor, a parent or an interested person or upon the motion of the court stating that the minor is no longer in need of the assistance or protection of a guardian due to changed circumstances and the termination of the guardianship would be in the minor's best interest.
(j) For a petition to revoke or terminate a guardianship filed by a parent, the burden of proof is on the moving party to show by a preponderance of the evidence that there has been a material change of circumstances and that a revocation or termination is in the child's best interest.
(k) A guardianship may not be terminated by the court if there are any assets in the estate due and payable to the minor. Another guardian may be appointed upon the resignation of a guardian whenever there are assets in the estate due and payable to the minor.
(l) Other than court orders and case indexes, all other records of a guardian proceeding involving a minor are confidential and shall not be disclosed to anyone who is not a party to the proceeding, counsel of record for the proceeding, the court presiding over the proceeding or other family or circuit court presiding over another proceeding involving the minor absent a court order permitting examination of such records.


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The hubbub of the city—tinkering bikes, hissing buses and booming sirens—have been transformed into melodic tracks by a suped-up London cab that translates ambient sound to music in real-time.
The brainchild of Yuri Suzuki—a sound artist and designer in residence at Design Museum London—in collaboration with headphone developer AiAiAi, Sound Taxi has been putting smiles on the faces of commuters and tourists all week as it tours the city, its 67 speakers beaming out haunting crescendos that change in time with its surroundings.
Most of its speakers are embedded in the side of the taxi, but a series of huge Indian horns (typically used to call worshippers to temple, and in this case calling city dwellers to a mini, mobile temple of music) sit atop the roof, making for quite a spectacle. Put it this way, if the Child Catcher had one of these bad boys, there'd be no need for any prison bars—no one voluntarily gets out, and after going for a quick spin near Wired.co.uk's offices, it looks like everyone wants to get in.
"What's interesting is the reactions are different depending on what area you're driving in," says AiAiAi representative Tobia Holz who came along for the ride. "We had the most engaging reactions in the Hackney area, with bus drivers stopping, opening their windows and shouting 'does it play reggae'? Round Mayfair you get a lot of puzzled looks and also a lot of smiles, but it's not as enthusiastic. It's a bit more reserved."
The melody that pours out of the speakers, inside the cab and out, is intriguing to follow, with passing motorbikes causing a stream of sound and the hiss of a bus turned into a tinkering hi-hat frenzy. A measurement microphone fixed to the roof picks up the ambient sounds and feeds it into software created by sound designer Mark McKeague using Max for Live. This analyzes the different frequencies, and translates them into different musical tones using Ableton Live—for instance, a siren is a medium frequency so triggers a medium melody where the bass isn't too harsh.
Although it's a great experience to hear the track morph in real-time as buses, trucks and fire engines stream past on Piccadilly, it's the faces of the passers-by that are most enjoyable. Their reactions are priceless. In a city where most residents are busily trying to block out urban white noise with headphones, hopping from A to B without an upward glance, the Sound Taxi provides ample reason to pause for a moment and soak up every sight and sound the city affords. A quick spin round Mayfair and builders taking a break on Burlington Gardens can't wipe the sheer glee off their faces, Cecconi regulars don't bat an eye and continue discussing their Savile Row suits (though one mouth did momentarily drop open), Old Bond Street shop workers run out when the cab's in traffic to pose for Twitpics and tourists just start laughing, presumably thinking, 'oh the English, what are they like?'
Fans of art-based automobile oddities can track the cab's progress at the Make The City Sound Better website—an ongoing campaign by AiAiAi—where a live feed streams its journey, compiled tracks are played and user's can use GPS tracking to find its current location. Sadly, the project came to an end at 4pm on 21 September, but part-time DJ Suzuki is in talks with Boiler Room to do a London show with the decks fitted in the back of the cab. It will probably be the most uncomfortable set Suzuki has ever done, but with the sounds of the crowd feeding in to the speakers, it could be the most thrilling one.
AiAiAi worked on the project with Yuri Suzuki as part of its Make The City Sound Better campaign for the launch of its Capital headphones.
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November 12 & 13
The Sony Centre, Toronto, Canada
With over 2,000 attendees and 25+ speakers,
DesignThinkers is Canada's largest conference for visual communicators. It is a must-attend for any informed, forward-thinking creative, communications or marketing professional or team.
The inspiring event, now in its 16th year, breeds change agents who become drivers of innovation. DesignThinkers 2015 will delve into industry trends with visionaries from a range of communications-related disciplines including design, user experience, advertising, branding, consumer engagement, film, social media and entrepreneurship.
Sessions teach delegates how to create effective communications by exploring cutting-edge innovation, the latest technology, demographic and ethnographic trends, strategic management techniques, cognitive theory and much more.
Speakers include:
- Coralie Bickford-Smith, book jacket designer for Little Women & Sherlock Holmes
- Cap Watkins, BuzzFeed's first-ever VP of Design
- Annie Atkins, lead graphic designer of Oscar-winning The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Robin Hunicke, co-founder, Funomena gaming studio
- Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Austin Kleon, best-selling author of Steal Like An Artist
- Hjalti Karlsson, co-founder, karlssonwilker inc.
- Chris Dixon, Design Director, Vanity Fair
- Karim Rashid, world-renowned interior and industrial designer
- Art Chantry, poster designer & creator of the grunge style
- Nathalie Nahai, Web Psychologist
- Frank Chimero, author & founder, Another
Early Bird rates end October 9! Discounts are available for groups, individuals working for non-profits and members of many RGD-affiliated organizations. Click here for information on travel discounts. Get full details and register at www.designthinkers.com.


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Livestock and art auctions share little in common beyond a name. While even the most ferocious bidding war at Christie's or Sotheby's will remain stately and reserved, cattle auctions devolve into frantic, rapid-fire calls the moment the steer enter their pen. But as Werner Herzog once quipped, these steer sellers speak "the last poetry possible, the poetry of capitalism."
Filmmakers Matt Rankin and Mike Maryniuk explore this high-speed style of auctioneering with an equally high-speed style of animation in Cattle Call. This short film focusing on the verbal prowess of 2007 Man-Sask Auctioneer Champion, Tim Dowler, has already won numerous awards since it debuted in 2008 though it just recently arrived online. [Cartoon Brew]


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The Career Center provides proven and valuable career exploration and development services to students of all majors, from freshmen to seniors, graduate students, and alumni.
Contact the Career Center for more information on career development and support services at the Mount, or stop into the office to meet the friendly, helpful staff and pick up some valuable materials that will help you along.
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FeatureRound metal tubing for transport of fluids and gases in food processing environments
Dual-certified 304/304L stainless steel for greater corrosion resistance than 302 stainless steel
Welded and drawn construction for a smoother bore than welded tubing and a more consistent wall thickness than seamless tubing
Annealed to restore formability for bending or flaring tubing
Meets ASTM A269 specifications for quality assurance
This 304/304L stainless steel dual-certified round tubing is suitable for transport of fluids and gases in food processing environments. The tubing is welded and drawn for a smoother bore than non-drawn welded tubing and a more consistent wall thickness than seamless tubing. It has greater corrosion resistance than 302 stainless steel and is annealed to restore formability for bending or flaring. This welded and drawn round tubing meets American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A269 specifications for quality assurance and is suitable for use in applications such as transporting beer, wine, and milk.
Metal tubing, also called fractional tubing, is used to transfer liquids, air, or solids, and it is characterized by a round shape and a hollow center. Metal tubing is commonly made with various grades of austenitic stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and titanium materials and their alloys. Construction types include seamless, welded, or welded and drawn. Seamless tubing has no seam or weld point, which enables it to better withstand high pressure and resist corrosion. Welded tubing, made by rolling and welding metal sheet stock, is weaker than and not as rounded as seamless tubing, but it has a more consistent wall thickness for tighter wall tolerances. Welded and drawn tubing, also known as "drawn over mandrel" (DOM), is typically welded tubing that is drawn through a die and over a mandrel to create a smooth inner diameter, which gives the tubing comparable corrosion resistance to seamless tubing while still offering welded tubing's tighter wall tolerances. Compression, vacuum, sanitary, and flared fittings connect tubing or redirect flow in a fluid handling system. Metal tubing is used in HVAC and plumbing systems and for applications in the aerospace, automotive, chemical processing, food and beverage, manufacturing, and medical industries.


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TACC-9 at Evening Rotary; Trudy Pickett's Home Solutions column
Evening Rotary gets media update
Clark Tutt, right, along with Jim Hinnett, was a recent speaker at the Kinston Evening Rotary Club. Tutt Media Group, Inc., which has been operating TV station TACC-9 for many years, is bringing three new TV stations to Eastern North Carolina. Channel 21 based in Trenton, Channel 41 based in Jacksonville and Channel 29 based in Wilmington will serve more than a million people, offering various programs such as The Nashville Network. The studio will be at the TACC-9 building on Queen Street. Having an antenna, inside or out, will allow households to receive many channels free. Evening Rotary meets at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the House of Wang.
Home Solutions: Home generator safety facts, Part 1
Portable generators can provide a good, temporary source of power, but can become deadly if improperly installed or operated.
The Electrical Safety Foundation International urges consumers to become more knowledgeable about electrical safety. Understanding the dangers associated with portable generators could save your life.
From 1999-2008, 481 carbon monoxide deaths associated with portable generators were reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. More than 80 percent of them occur in the home.
One third of all generator-related carbon monoxide deaths involved the use of generators during a temporary power outage from a weather event. Nearly 50 percent of all portable generator-related carbon monoxide deaths occurred during the winter months.
These few precautions can provide safety from the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and electric shock.
Have a licensed electrician install home generators to ensure they meet electrical codes. Do not connect directly to household wiring without a transfer switch. This could backfeed along power lines and electrocute someone.
Ground generators properly. Use a ground fault circuit interrupter to prevent electrical shock injuries. Equip your home with a battery-operated or battery back-up carbon monoxide alarm.
Never operate a generator in a partially or fully enclosed space. Carbon monoxide levels build quickly and are not prevented by open window, door or fan ventilation.
Position the generator outside away from doors, windows and vents. Carbon monoxide is the �silent killer.� Get to fresh air right away if you feel dizzy or weak.
Do not overload. Plug appliances directly into the generator or use a heavy-duty, outdoor rated three-pronged extension cord rated for the load. Inspect for damage before use.
Turn off all appliances powered by the generator before shutting it down. Store fuel safely. Before re-fueling, turn off and cool the generator.
Keep children away from portable generators at all times.
Next week, Part 2 will address how to select a generator.
Resource: esfi.org
Trudy W. Pickett is extension family and consumer agent at the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Office, 1791 N.C. 11/55. Reach her at 252-527-2191 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Winter break is a time for video games and snoozing. But it's also a good time to get some reading done, or at least pretend like you're going to read all the books on those end-of-year lists. Here's what the Gizmodo staff is reading:
Leslie Horn: I need a book to read. What's everyone reading?
Peter Ha: Snow Crash
Eric Limer: Real nerdy but:
Fuck the movie, but World War Z is an awesome book I just reread.
Also John Hodgman's complete world knowledge trilogy: The Areas of my Expertise, More Information than You Require, and That Is All.
There's also this book called "Occupational Hazards" by Jonathan Segura that has the best use of profanity probably ever. And the MC works for a newspaper! How quaint!
Sam Biddle: The Stories of John Cheever
Brian Barrett: Reading Sweet Tooth now, and it's fine so far. Recently really enjoyed The Sisters Brothers.
Kyle Wagner: How I Became a Famous Novelist is a v funny satire novel. Quick read, nice for a plane. Circling back and finishing the Sepinwall TV book now.
Ashley Feinberg: In the middle of this right now, and it's fantastic: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel
Also, if you haven't before, you should read The Devil in the White City. Something tells me it's right up your alley.
Michael Hession: Gotham: a history of New York City to 1898
it's monumental, but good to pick away at.
Why Does the World Exist by Jim Holt.
just started it, but gets good reviews.
Harry Sawyers: Not exactly a new release any more, but Gary Shteyngart's latest, "Super Sad True Love Story," is fantastic.


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Deion Sanders probably just wanted to explain to basic cable-watching schlubs like you and me why Michael Crabtree had good reasons to turn down a $20 million market-value contract offer from the San Francisco 49ers.
But Deion's choice of words may have seriously undermined Crabtree's quest for a bigger payday.
A report from ESPN's Chris Mortensen confirms that Deion Sanders' remarks on the NFL Network did in fact prompt the 49ers to suspect that other NFL teams were tampering with their negotiations with the unsigned rookie.
As Tim Kawakami writes on the Mercury News blog, "Deion Sanders is now a key player, which is never good."
What's rotten in the state of Deion's reporting can be summed up in one sentence he uttered on the NFL Network. "There have been two teams that have contacted the San Francisco 49ers desiring a trade and will pay this kid," Sanders said in an interview available online, "And he knows that."
That interview will now live in infamy, and not just because Deion actually went on television in a pastel rainbow-striped shirt with a pink tie. If "this kid" Crabtree actually "knows that" other teams have committed to offering him millions more, then it's an open-and-shut case of tampering. Teams are prohibited from communicating offers to players who are property of another team.
But Deion didn't say anything about any New York Jets in those comments, and the 49ers' charges reported in the New York Daily News do specifically name the Jets. You can bet the 49ers are submitting additional evidence beyond Deion Sanders' remarks, additional evidence we don't know about yet.
And if that's not X-Files enough to give your spine goose bumps, consider that Deion specifically said "two teams". Cam Inman thinks that one over in Tuesday's Mercury News and writes, "Because this report comes out of New York and involves one of that state (or, OK, New Jersey's) teams, you have to wonder if the 49ers have levied charges against other teams and news hasn't leaked out yet. Stay tuned."
Stay tuned indeed, but don't expect to see Deion being allowed to argue Crabtree's case on television again anytime soon.
Joe Kukura is a freelance writer who thinks Deion Sanders' wardrobe makes a good case against the digital-television conversion.


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It's our turn to host the "Cavalcade of Risk," which is what they call a "blog carnival." Blog carnivals are collections of linked posts around a common theme. In this case, that theme is "risk" – its concepts, theory, and applications. Risk topics can include economics, insurance, public, policy, and health. Unfortunately a lot of people seem to have found the "Risk" heading and decided it would be a good target for posts that sell their services in the area of personal finance. So it's turned into a Cavalcade of Spam.
Some of these "submissions" are from"cash loan" sites. Others are headlines "Stock Trading Riches." Some have only one post on the entire blog. One isn't even about personal finance. It reads: "Our team of designers came up with the ultimate wedding limousine and party ride that you can rent out for your night out in new york, new jersey, or Connecticut for a very low hourly rate. "
This is a carnival, people, not a circus!
End of rant. Some postings from respected friends, colleagues, and new but clearly well-informed people were buried in that torrent of spamvertisements, and we happily cite them below (some other worthy posts were only marginally relevant, or repeated well-known ideas, and were cut for space reasons):
Jason Shafrin presents Why the CDC ignored Swine Flu warnings: Type I vs. Type II Errors posted at Healthcare Economist, saying, "Why did the CDC and WHO ignore early warnings of a flu outbreak in Mexico? The concept of Type I and Type II errors may help to explain their thinking." Good stuff.
Michael F. Cannon's take on the Obama Health Summit in Cato At Liberty is that the misunderstanding about the industry commitment to health savings was the Administration's fault. He writes that "…the event was a fraud. And the industry got burned."
John Leppard at Health Care Manumission wasn't psyched about that summit, either.
I (Richard Eskow) wrote in The Sentinel Effect about a risk management (and Bono-like "one world") perspective on the swine flu – as a personal vs. collective threat – in "The Swine Flu, The Universe, and Everything."
The Loreen blog reports that certain mental health meds may increase one's risk of cardiac death.
At Mostly Economics, blogger Amol Agrawal discusses risk management issues.
Bob Vineyard at Insureblog suggests that proposed new taxes actually mean the government will come to depend on risky health behaviors like smoking and drinking for income. (Or, I suppose, the behaviors will diminish and costs will go down.) He also challenges the spurious-sounding assumption that HSAs encourage overconsumption of resources.
Jaan Sidorov of the Disease Management Care Blog shows how much he likes (or at least respects) actuaries in this review of a Milliman report on how to reduce the health care cost trend. He supplements their recommendations with observations on how the Milliman suggestions can make a big difference.
David Williams at the Health Business Blog celebrates the progress demonstrated by the fact that people with AIDS can now buy life insurance.
Nancy Germond at AllBusiness.com – Risk Management for the 21st Century looks at how health reform could impact small business, reflecting on the cost-benefit of wellness programs (although small business health care tends to be fully insured and therefore less sensitive to these interventions).
And speaking of risk! Jon Coppelman of Workers Comp Insider looks at texting while operating motor vehicles on the job. If U R texting U R crazee. But I have to go now. I'm posting this while operating my car, and I need both hands to downshift now.
Texting while driving would be so hard if it weren't for all that freakin' spam.


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May 5, AP – Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans, 55, was arrested on Saturday. He was questioned about sex offenses that allegedly took place between July 2009 and March 2013 and was later released on bail.
A senior British Conservative Party politician arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault said Sunday the allegations against him are "completely false."
Evans — who has served in Parliament for two decades and is one of Britain's most prominent gay lawmakers — said the allegations were made by "two people well known to each other" and who until a day earlier he had regarded as friends.
"The complaints are completely false and I cannot understand why they have been made, especially as I have continued to socialize with one as recently as last week," he said, thanking colleagues and friends who echoed his own "sense of incredulity" over the allegations.
He did not address whether he would stay on as deputy speaker in his brief prepared statement on Sunday. British officials, including Defense Secretary Philip Hammond, expressed shock over his arrest, while Foreign Secretary William Hague called him a "popular and well-respected members of Parliament."
Evans has been a lawmaker for the Lancashire constituency since 1992. In June 2010, he was elected one of the three deputy speakers for the House of Commons. Later that year, he told a newspaper he was gay, saying he was "tired of living a lie" and that opponents had threatened to expose his sexuality.
"I could not afford it to be used as leverage against me," he told The Mail on Sunday. I couldn't take the risk. I don't want any other MP to face that kind of nastiness again."
Associated press coordinator for human rights observers – Ignacio Damigo Reports from Europe.
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"A super-readable, thrillerish account of the events surrounding the reporting of the documents. . . . Harding has done an amazing—and speedy—job of assembling material from a wide variety of sources and turning it into an exciting account."
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"The Snowden Files is a one-stop shop, covering his formative years, the government jobs that would eventually give him access, and even the development of the data-gathering programs he exposed to the world. It's as impressive in its execution as it is infuriating to revisit how much government manipulation and duplicity was involved. (Harding does an equally thorough job explaining the role played by the UK's version of the NSA—the GCHQ—and their appallingly thuggish actions as the news stories broke.) . . . Harding is unflinchingly honest. . . . [He] ask[s] hard questions about the consequences of Snowden's actions. While Harding is a Snowden supporter, he's hardly a blind one."
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Jimmy Fallon has yet to pull off his full reunion of the Saved By the Bell cast, but on Monday night's show he offered a treat to the show's fans.
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In reality, of course, the "Zack attack" was an elaborate scripted bit cooked up by Gosselaar (now the star of TNT's Raising the Bar) and Fallon. In the TVGuide.com video below, Gosselaar spoke out on the Late Night host's fixation with the Bell ("What a bastard, that Fallon guy!") and then shared exactly how he went about slipping back into Zack's Reeboks, pegged jeans and frosted 'do.
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From Gate One ✈ Web Terminal Emulator and SSH Client:
- Gate One™ is a web-based Terminal Emulator and SSH client that brings the power of the command line to the web. It requires no browser plugins and is built on top of a powerful plugin system that allows every aspect of its appearance and functionality to be customized.
Gate One is an HTML5-powered terminal emulator and SSH client. One of Gate One's distinguishing features is the ability to resume sessions from other browsers or to replay sessions.
This guide covers Gate One setup behind nginx as reverse proxy.
Gate One is available in the AUR via gateone-gitAUR[broken link: package not found].
Optional dependencies
If you want to be able to upgrade (restart) Gate One without losing user's connected sessions you have to have dtach installed. This option is enabled by default in the configuration.
- dtachAUR
- emulates the detach feature of screen
Following installation run gateone once to generate a default configuration with self generated ssl certificates.
# gateone
Let's edit the configuration to suite your needs. There are three configuration files by default. located under
All options are described at: http://liftoff.github.io/GateOne/About/index.html#configuration
Keep in mind that these options are split up in three configuration files: this article will deal with only some of them.
Main settings
The main server settings are found in
{ // "gateone" server-wide settings fall under "*" "*": { "gateone": { // These settings apply to all of Gate One "address": "", "ca_certs": null, "cache_dir": "/tmp/gateone_cache", "certificate": "/etc/gateone/ssl/certificate.pem", "combine_css": "", "combine_css_container": "gateone", "combine_js": "", "cookie_secret": "ZTRiOGUzNjM5ZmNjNDJjODllNDRmODk3Y2RjZTVlNTc4M", "debug": false, "disable_ssl": false, "embedded": false, "enable_unix_socket": false, "gid": "0", "https_redirect": false, "js_init": "", "keyfile": "/etc/gateone/ssl/keyfile.pem", "locale": "en_US", "log_file_max_size": 100000000, "log_file_num_backups": 10, "log_file_prefix": "/var/log/gateone/gateone.log", "log_to_stderr": null, "logging": "info", "origins": ["localhost", "127.0.0.1", "10.1.1.100"], "pid_file": "/var/run/gateone.pid", "port": 443, "session_dir": "/tmp/gateone", "session_timeout": "5d", "syslog_facility": "daemon", "syslog_host": null, "uid": "0", "unix_socket_path": "/tmp/gateone.sock", "url_prefix": "/", "user_dir": "/var/lib/gateone/users", "user_logs_max_age": "30d" } } }
"address": "" This tells Gate One to listen on all addresses.
"address": "localhost;::1;10.1.1.100" Gate One will listen on localhost (IPv4 and IPv6) and on 10.1.1.100.
"disable_ssl": false or true, if you are handling SSL offloading somewhere else.
"origins": ["localhost", "127.0.0.1", "serverhostname", "10.1.1.100", "full.domain.name", Add all URL's that will be used when connecting to Gate One. Failed attempts will be logged, look for "unknown origins" with systemctl status gateone
"port": 443 What TCP port Gate One will listen on.
"url_prefix": "/" Specifies the URL path, if set to "/gateone/" the address will be https://10.1.1.100/gateone/
Authentication settings
The authentication settings are found in
// This is Gate One's authentication settings file. { // "gateone" server-wide settings fall under "*" "*": { "gateone": { // These settings apply to all of Gate One "api_timestamp_window": "30s", "auth": "none", "pam_realm": "hostname", "pam_service": "login", "ssl_auth": "none", "sso_keytab": null, "sso_realm": null, "sso_service": "HTTP" } } }
"auth": "none" Can be "none", "pam", google", "kerberos" or "api".
None is no authentication and allows anonymous access. Sessions will be tied to browser cookie.
PAM authentication can be used to authenticate with local users, but PAM can do much more. For example, you can authenticate against htpasswd files. Requires libpam_pwdfileAUR.
"auth": "pam" "pam_service": "gateonepwd"
Gate One uses Crypt encryption so use switch
# htpasswd -c -d /etc/gateone/users.passwd user1
Create the PAM service file, please take care that all white spaces are
<TAB> characters.
#%PAM-1.0 # Login using a htpasswd file #@include common-sessionauth auth required pam_pwdfile.so pwdfile /etc/gateone/users.passwd account required pam_permit.so
Google Authentication uses Google to authenticate (Gmail or Google+).
All authenticated modes enable you to resume your sessions on a different browser.
Terminal settings
Here you can add terminals and options for them. For example using it to control what are accessible to Google authenticated users. For more information look here: https://github.com/liftoff/GateOne/blob/master/gateone/applications/terminal/docs/configuration.rst
Example to only allow
firstname.lastname@example.com and
firstname.lastname@example.com to access the SSH application:
// This is Gate One's Terminal application settings file. { // "*" means "apply to all users" or "default" "*": { "terminal": { // These settings apply to the "terminal" application "commands": { "SSH": {"command": "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gateone/applications/terminal/plugins/ssh/scripts/ssh_connect.py -S '%SESSION_DIR%/%SESSION%/%SHORT_SOCKET%' --sshfp -a '-oUserKnownHostsFile=\\\"%USERDIR%/%USER%/ .ssh/known_hosts\\\"'", "description": "Connect to hosts via SSH."} }, "default_command": "SSH", "dtach": true, "environment_vars": {"TERM": "xterm-256color"}, "session_logging": true, "syslog_session_logging": false, "allow": false } }, // "*" means "apply to all users" or "default" "user.upn=(email@example.comfirstname.lastname@example.com)": { "terminal": { // These settings apply to the "terminal" application "commands": { "SSH": {"command": "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gateone/applications/terminal/plugins/ssh/scripts/ssh_connect.py -S '%SESSION_DIR%/%SESSION%/%SHORT_SOCKET%' --sshfp -a '-oUserKnownHostsFile=\\\"%USERDIR%/%USER%/ .ssh/known_hosts\\\"'", "description": "Connect to hosts via SSH."} }, "default_command": "SSH", "dtach": true, "environment_vars": {"TERM": "xterm-256color"}, "session_logging": true, "syslog_session_logging": false, "allow": true } } }
Reverse proxy
Using a reverse proxy to handle SSL and more than just Gate One on the same IP-address:443 listener is possible, but please note that Gate One uses WebSocket and that the reverse proxy must be able to handle WebSockets.
Make sure that the port that the Gate One server is running on is blocked from outside by a firewall (like iptables) or if you are running Gate One and nginx on the same server make sure it only listens on localhost. Please see Nginx for more information about installing.
Edit your nginx configuration file similar to this:
# HTTPS server server { listen [::]:443; listen 443; server_name mysslhost; ssl on; ssl_certificate server.crt; ssl_certificate_key server.key; ssl_session_timeout 5m; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; location /gateone/ { #auth_basic "Restricted"; #One extra layer of authentication #auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd; proxy_pass_header Server; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_redirect off; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Scheme $scheme; proxy_pass http://localhost:8888; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; } location /other { rewrite /other/(.*) /$1 break; include /etc/nginx/proxy.conf; proxy_pass http://10.1.1.200:80; break; } }
"disable_ssl": true, "https_redirect": false, "port": 8888, "url_prefix": "/gateone/"
Gate One now lives under the URL:
Systemd integration
Gate One package comes with a systemd service file:
It has been reported that Gate One fails to open the terminal. This is because Gate One tries to execute
If the executeable
python isn't available it could fail, in that case please refer to Python#Python 2


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William Lewis & Son instruments offer quality student instruments with traditional innovation. This craftsmanship is blended with beautiful spirit and lacquer finishes giving students an opportunity to start on instruments that will encourage musical development. With a legacy in craftsmanship dating back to 1874, William Lewis & Sons is one of the oldest string instrument brands still in production.
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A Wisconsin girl born and bred. Grew up AND went to college in Beloit.
I come from a family of newspaper journalists and travelers. I traveled to Europe 4 times by the time I was 20, and apparently used up my travel allowance! Actually, most of my trips since then have been to Lake Superior where there's a family cottage, visiting my siblings spread from Rhode Island to Seattle, and a few trips to Scotland and Ireland.
I moved to the La Crosse area in 1984, loved (love) it and came to work at Mid-West Family Broadcasting in September of 1986. Started doing the morning show with talented, organized and witty Keith Carr in 1990. Married a nice Sheboygan boy and we have 2 fabulous and funny girls.
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UH Manoa School of Law offers certificate program with Native Hawaiian Law specializationUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU — The William S. Richardson School of Law's Pacific-Asian Legal Studies (PALS) program and the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law are pleased to announce that beginning in Spring 2007, students pursuing a PALS certificate will be able to specialize in Native Hawaiian Law. The School of Law has long had a vibrant Pacific-Asian Legal Studies program and recognizes student concentration in these areas by awarding PALS certificates.
When asked about the new PALS specialty in Native Hawaiian Law, Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie, the inaugural director of the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, said, "Previously, the law school has only been able to offer a basic course in Native Hawaiian Rights and a Native Hawaiian Rights Clinic. But the Center has been able to expand course offerings including a Federal Indian Law course, and courses looking at issues such as repatriation and burials or the legal aspects of Native Hawaiian identity."
With the increase in courses focused on Native rights, "the specialization in Native Hawaiian Law is evidence of that expansion," said MacKenzie.
Third-year law student Malina Koani-Guzman has been a driving force behind creating the PALS certificate with a specialization in Native Hawaiian Law.
"The creation of the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law provides students with a greater selection of courses focusing on Native Hawaiian issues, making the idea of a specialty a real possibility," said Koani-Guzman. "This is the only place I could learn about Native Hawaiian rights and legal issues -- from the only experts in the field."
The UH Mānoa School of Law currently offers more programming on Asian law than most other law schools. It is also the only law school in the country to offer courses on Hawaiian and Pacific Islands law. In 2005, a federal grant administered by the Department of Education helped to establish the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law.
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Established in 1907 and fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the University of Hawaiʻi is the state's sole public system of higher education. The UH System provides an array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and community programs on 10 campuses and through educational, training, and research centers across the state. UH enrolls more than 50,000 students from Hawaiʻi, the U.S. mainland, and around the world. For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu.
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Visibility to Improve at 18 National Parks and Wilderness Areas
SAN FRANCISCO – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to approve Arizona's air quality plan to control sulfur dioxide and soot at three power plants in the state. EPA is also proposing additional pollution controls for nitrogen oxide at those plants. These actions will improve visibility and human health at 18 national parks and wilderness areas, including the Grand Canyon, Saguaro National Park and the Petrified Forest.
More than 11 million people visit national parks in Arizona every year. Yet for many visitors the spectacular vistas are veiled in haze, dulling the natural beauty. Ninety percent of the time, the Grand Canyon's air is impaired by pollution. On average, pollution reduces the Grand Canyon's pristine natural visual range by more than 30 percent.
EPA is proposing to approve Arizona's plan that controls emissions of sulfur dioxide and coarse particles from the older boilers at three power plants located in eastern Arizona. In addition, EPA is proposing a federal plan to limit nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions at these same three plants. Specifically, the proposal is designed to cut NOx emissions by 7,800 tons per year at the Cholla Power Plant, 4,700 tons/year at the Apache Generating Station, and 4,500 tons/year at the Coronado Generating Station.
"Visitors to magnificent national parks in Arizona like the Grand Canyon are critical to the state's economy," said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA's Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. "This proposal will make scenic vistas clearer while cleaning the air that Arizonans breathe."
Under the Clean Air Act, Congress set a long-term goal of restoring natural visibility conditions in numerous national parks and wilderness areas throughout the United States, known as Class 1 Areas. One of the strategies for achieving this goal is the use of Best Available Retrofit Technology at older power plants that cause or contribute to visibility impairment at Class I areas. The three power plants impact 18 of these areas.
In addition to reducing visibility, NOx reacts with other chemicals to form ozone and fine particles, both harmful to the public's health. Ozone forms when NOx and volatile organic compounds react in the presence of heat and sunlight. Children, the elderly, people with lung diseases such as asthma, and people who work or exercise outside are at risk for adverse effects from ozone and particulate matter.
EPA is soliciting public comments on the proposal through August 31, and will host a public workshop and hearing Tuesday July 31 in Phoenix. The deadline for final EPA action is November 15, 2012.
For more information, including a map, please go to the e-media kit at: www.epa.gov/region9/mediacenter/azfip
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Tila Tequila is a mom-to-be!
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In the selfie, the former "Shot of Love with Tila Tequila" star showed off her burgeoning belly for the first time in a white bra and pink plaid pants.
NEWS: Debbie Matenopoulos is married and pregnant!
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"Hi Everyone! I have missed you all so very much, but I had to disappear for a while to get my act together and enjoy my newfound happiness with sober living!," she wrote. "I am happy, healthy, glowing &growing these days! I have some more exciting news to follow up shortly! I love you all so much and thank you so much for having been there for me throughout all of these years! Things are only about to get better from this point forward. That's a promise! hehe - Miss Tila because I missed you!"


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El Opus Dei alaba la propuesta de una prelatura personal a los "lefebvrianos" - ABC.es - Noticias Agencias
Opus Dei has expressed their "joy" regarding the intention of the Holy See to grant a Personal Prelature of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X ("Lefebvrists") if this schismatic group returns to the fold of the Catholic Church.
"If it comes into full communion of the Fraternity of St. Pius X with the Apostolic See and a personal prelature is established, this will be a cause of great joy," said a spokesman of Opus Dei, an institution of the Catholic Church founded by the Spanish St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer and erected as aat personal prelature by Pope John Paul II in 1982.
Regarding the personal prelature, Opus Dei said in a statement that the canonical form "is very broad and allows a context for different realities, which have in common that they are composed of bishop, priests and people who still belong to the diocese in which they live ".
The Opus Dei said that the "broadness" explains how they fit a reality, whose adherents have a double dependency (the bishop of the diocese in which they live and where they receive all the sacraments and the prelate), and also "this possible new prelature." (cathcon??)
In this potential new prelature, Opus Dei said, "there seems to give a more general jurisdiction for the faithful to receive all the sacraments in the liturgical context prior to the reform of Paul VI."


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NEW YORK — Big things came in twos this week as the MLS stretch run kicked into overdrive.
Two American players produced two-goal games, two more teams clinched playoff berths, two more were eliminated and two are battling for the eighth and final spot—with two weeks remaining.
Let's double down for a closer look.
[inline_node:320506]Playoff Picture: Sun Setting In the East
Both Seattle and San Jose punched postseason tickets with impressive wins on the road, results that also eliminated Eastern Conference hopefuls Chicago and Toronto from playoff contention.
Kansas City are still alive, but their odds are longer than Stephane Auvray's dreadlocks. To qualify, the East's third-place team would need to win all three of their remaining games while hoping Colorado drop their last two.
The Rapids—who got two goals from the unlikely Jeff Larentowicz in an entertaining 2-2 draw at Dallas on Saturday—need one point from their final two matches to advance.
Yep, we are just one Colorado Rapids point away from having six Western Conference teams in the eight-team playoff field.
Simmering In Seattle
Potential playoff foes have surely noticed: The Sounders are hotter than Minka Kelly at the moment. They're 9-1-2 in their last 12, won the US Open Cup lasr Tuesday and coach Sigi Schmid is pushing all the right buttons.
In Saturday's 2-1 win at Kansas City, he substituted Nate Jaqua for Fredy Montero in the second half, and the lanky striker promptly set up the first goal, by Sanna Nyassi (who has four in his last three games).
Then Schmid brought on Uruguayan DP Alvaro Fernandez, and the 2010 World Cup vet sewed up the game with a slick move and finish in the box.
The Postgame will not be surprised if Seattle are playing on Nov. 21, with a chance to become the fourth MLS team in history to do the USOC–MLS Cup double, after DC (1996), Chicago (1998) and Los Angeles (2005).
Wondrous Wondo
Two weeks ago, we suggested that San Jose's Chris Wondolowski would be a mortal lock for Most Improved Player, if MLS had such an award. Now we'd like to throw his hat in the ring for an award that actually does exist: the MVP.
Wondolowski scored both goals in the Quakes' 2-0 win at DC on Saturday, the first one a cracking full volley into the top of the net. The win put San Jose in the playoffs for the first time since the franchise was reborn in 2008, and gave Wondo 14 goals on the season. An eye-catching eight of those goals are match-winners, and the Quakes are 9-1-1 when Wondo scores.
MVP credentials? MVP credentials.
Parity Is Dead, Long Live Parity
Each of the past two MLS Cup finals has featured a team with a sub .500 regular-season record (New York in 2008, RSL in 2009).
Week 28 ensured that no sub .500 clubs will even make the postseason this year, much less put together a run to MLS Cup.
The corollary there is that for the first time in recent memory—if not ever—there is a marked difference in quality between the contenders and the pretenders in MLS.
(Columbus may have suggested otherwise in their 2-0 loss to playoff outsiders Chicago on Friday night, but consider this: That was the Crew's fifth game in two weeks, a compressed soccer odyssey that included stops in Boston, Guatemala City, Seattle and the Windy City.)
The league is no longer wide open from top to bottom—and that's a good thing. But parity is still alive and well at the top of the table.
Put it this way: Would it shock you if any of the following six playoff teams—LA, RSL, NY, Columbus, FC Dallas, Seattle—went all the way?
The only genuine surprise packages would be Colorado (assuming they qualify) and San Jose, but even they wouldn't be total shockers—they both have records comfortably above the break-even point, and they're both playing well heading into the postseason.
Coach of the Year Credentials
Has there ever been a more crowded field for this honor? Here are six worthy candidates:
Hans Backe, New York—He's on the verge of engineering one of the greatest worst-to-first turnarounds in league history. His team did break the bank for DP talent, but he's done an admirable job uniting the group.
[inline_node:316257]Bruce Arena, Los Angeles—Juggled World Cup absences (Buddle, Donovan), injury absences (Berhalter, Beckham) and lineup discontinuity with aplomb. Also nurtured young talent (Stephens, Bowen) masterfully, and is on the brink of the Supporters' Shield.
Schellas Hyndman, FC Dallas—His team has just two losses on the season. Enough said, perhaps, but here's more: They've weathered recent injuries (Ihemelu, John, Hernandez, Hartman) and still gone a record 19 games—and counting—without a loss.
Sigi Schmid, Seattle—The Freddie Ljungberg Situation might have derailed a team with a lesser leader. This team is a legit threat to win it all.
Frank Yallop, San Jose—The Quakes could be charitably called "unheralded" at season's kickoff. Yet here they are in the playoffs, with three games to spare. Seamlessly integrated late DP signing Geovanni.
Jason Kreis, Real Salt Lake—Expertly balanced ambitious goals in both the CONCACAF Champions League and MLS. His is arguably the most balanced—and best—team in the league, as it showed on Saturday by shutting down Thierry Henry and New York in a rugged road draw.
Not Giving Up the Ghost
Several teams took the field in Week 28 knowing they were eliminated from postseason contention, yet still played hard and put on a show for fans.
Chivas USA blanked Toronto FC 3-0 in a game that was much closer than the score line suggests. Chivas' second and third goals came late, and Toronto missed several clear chances.
Expansion side Philadelphia hosted Los Angeles last Thursday, and nearly played spoiler in the Galaxy's Supporters' Shield quest, severely testing Donovan Ricketts twice before falling 1-0 on Edson Buddle's header from a David Beckham corner kick.
New England downed Houston 2-1 on Sunday night—a rematch of the 2006 and 2007 MLS Cup finals—and both sides turned in a Cup-final level of intensity (or was that frustration?). Well played.


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Maintenance of the Roadster S?
Maintenance of the Roadster S?
Jan-Paul, I have only had my Roadster for about two months.
Certainly, no issues so far...the Ranger has visited twice (once to put on the snow tires & once to upgrade the firmware.)
I'm not sure if the Roadster Sport could / would have any different quality or maintenance issues than a regular Roadster.
I am extremely satisfied with my vehicle!
I would ask the current owner to obtain a copy of the car's maintenance history from Tesla and disclose it to me.
If I had any continuing concern I would have them take it to Tesla for servicing and condition the purchase on the results.
I also am consiering a second hand roadster. Some of the 2008 models have very little mileage - say 300 miles. They say the battery last 7 years - is it still 7 years even if the mileage is low? In other words, instead of looking at a used car by how many miles are on it, are we to look at used tesla's by what year they were made?
I bought a used 2008 Tesla a few months back. I would rather see that the car had a few thousand miles on it than just a few hundred. My thought is that the car has hardly been broken in with 300 miles on it and any initial manufacturing problems might not have been detected yet.
The batteries will degrade not only by use, but by age too. A Roadster with 6 or 7 thousand miles on it would be no big deal considering the number of cycles the batteries can do. The batteries being 2 years old would be a bigger consideration, but that is also one of the reasons why you are paying much less than the original purchase price for the car.
How do you like your roadster? How many miles did it have when you bought it? I know you have no basis to go on but does it seem like a new car as far as the batteries are concerned or do they seem a little weak?
Remember that Roadster is an expensive two-seater sport car. There are number of reasons people might want to change that to other car, like having kids and having not enough room for another car, just some catastrophe to financial situation or just plain got bored of car that at first looked like a dream come true. There might not be anything wrong into car, just that its owner had change of mind about it.
If you want to know what shape the car is you have to know who owned it before.


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Reviewer is Accepted here and planning to attend soon. Reviewer has been to campus.
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Categories Comments What to do for fun
Chicago is full of events that are fun for anyone. You can always find something to do. Campus is also full of student organizations that are always welcoming new students.
Food and Dining
Living in downtown Chicago provides a lot of different dining experiences. On campus dining is more limited, similar to hospital food.
Dorm Life
There are apartments available as part of the University. There is not dorm housing.
Academic Rigor
Rush University is not an easy pass to a degree. You have to put in plenty of time and effort. So be prepared to work hard.
Tips for prospective students
1. Make sure you can afford the city 2. Be safe 3. Know what field you want to go in to
In three sentences
Rush University is an excellent college. It provides a variety of majors and options. It is also in a prime location for young adults.
Nathan from Chicago, IL
Reviewer is A current student here.
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Categories Comments Campus Safety
I can't say that I have heard much when it comes to safety issues on campus. It is very small and intertwined with the hospital so it's usually pretty busy. It is Chicago though and helps to always watch your back.
Greek Life
As far as I know there is no Greek life on our campus.
Clubs and Activities
Can't speak too much on the clubs and activities because I have not been a part of any such thing. As far as I know they are somewhat limited compared to bigger universities, just based on the fact that there are significantly less students.
Great for these types of students
School is wonderfully designed for those who enjoy smaller class sizes with more one on one time with professors and students alike.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
Randomly the school has many seminars for research, talks, etc. so as students we often are more than happy to take advantage of the leftover food, which can include pizza, sandwiches, chips, etc.
Bang for the buck
The school is pretty reasonable for a private institution and provides great opportunities for Med students considering the great reputation of the hospital.
What to do for fun
The entire city of Chicago is at your disposal, so there is plenty to do. Enough said.
Food and Dining
The school cafeteria has many options for food and is quite reasonable. Outside the cafeteria there is a Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Sbarros, and Hot dog place nearby on campus.
Dorm Life
Can't speak too much on the dorm life because I haven't lived in one, but I have heard they are very reasonable for the city.
Academic Rigor
The classes can be difficult, however if you put forth a reasonable effort the grading is quite lenient. I have had no problems keeping above my program's required 3.0 GPA minimum.
Tips for prospective students
Take advantage of the small, private school benefits! Many professors are more than willing to help and often provide specific learning objectives. The Student Affairs Office provides lots of fun discounts at the movies and random events, like Bulls' games.
In three sentences
Rush University provides a great opportunity to excel in medical/research science and takes care of things that many universities don't. For instance, all of my classes have provided the notes for me in printed, bound notebooks and the coffee in the student lounge is free! All in all, Rush is a great place to learn and is unparalleled when it comes to the medical presence in the Chicago community.
Mohsin from Plainfield, IL
Reviewer is A current student here.
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Categories Comments What to do for fun
Museums, Gyms, Bike paths.
Food and Dining
Taylor Street period.
Dorm Life
I live in a apartment about a couple blocks from the university. Everything is nearby, from Costco to the local GNC to the CVS around the corner.
Academic Rigor
School is tough and fast paced but not impossible. Have your day planned out with balance between your personal life and school work and you'll manage well.
Tips for prospective students
My tips for new students would be to take advantage of EVERYTHING. Enroll in clubs and volunteer to as many places as you can. You are truly in the heart of one of the greatest cities of America. It would be a shame not to take advantage of such an amazing opportunity.
In three sentences
Rush University is a multi-cultural and diverse university. Encompassing students from around the world, it is truly one of the best facilities in the Midwest with state-of-the-art technology. Due to its exuberant location, there is ALWAYS exciting new stuff to do around campus.
Reviewer is Accepted here and planning to attend soon. Reviewer has been to campus.
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Categories Comments What to do for fun
Read and write
Food and Dining
there is a cafe
Dorm Life
never been in the dorm
Academic Rigor
It is pretty vigorous.
Tips for prospective students
Apply early and do not wait till the last minute
In three sentences
Rush provides hands on experience. I appreciate the one on one learning experience from professionals. It is one of the best private medical universities in Chicago.
Nelly from Wheaton, IL
Reviewer is A current student here.
2 out of 2 people found this review useful. 5 of 6
Categories Comments Campus Safety
It is not entirely safe. Campus security has attempted to add more security cameras, but they no longer provide pt A to Pt B service (within a 3 mile radius) to individual who have to walk alone.
What to do for fun
Student affairs tries their best to foster fun activities, but since most are commuters. Participation and time convenience are another matter.
Food and Dining
It is very expensive and lacks quality or variety.
Dorm Life
Dorm Life is not an option. Residential apartments within walking distance are made available, but costs are higher. Thus, for financial reasons it is better to research other local housing or commute.
Academic Rigor
Although the program is fairly new the staff do try to work towards high standards for all in the program.
Tips for prospective students
1. Plan ahead for financial aid if you are applying for fields other than medicine and nursing because the assistance is very limited and the education and commitment are very costly. 2. Make a program of study road map that is signed by your program director before starting class. Thus you will avoid prolonging your term if variations are applied thereafter. 3. Research and compare other institutions that offer similar programs. Go physically to the site and meet with students currently in the program. Ask the same questions to each program director and compare which response suits your needs. 4. Check whether the program offers prospective internships that will lead you to employment while in the programs. This ensures no gap from educational to employment. 5. Will the loan amount outweigh your 5 year salary? By how much? If greater than $10,000, please reconsider other options rather than losing sleep and peace because of the accruing debt.
In three sentences
Rush University provides a great learning environment that is conducive to moving ahead in your career. However the financial options are minimal regardless whether parents do or do not submit their financial information. Rush excellent staff and students are diverse in their ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and occupational or education histories.
Linda from Rockford, IL
Reviewer is Researching this school. Reviewer has not been to campus.
4 out of 5 people found this review useful. 6 of 6
Categories Comments Will enjoy being here
I may miss being home because as a high school student you don't have as much responsibilities. I predict that my first few months would be kinda hectic considering that fact that I'm transferring from a high school student to a college student..having that kinda responsibilities can get a little overwhelming.
Will learn a lot
From what I've researched..Rush University has a great student to teacher ratio. I feel like Rush will offer me the Education and experience I need to be the best Nurse Anesthetist I can possibly be :)


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Lean casing.
Decent image quality
Fabulous IPS panelâ?¨
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'Text becomes unreadable and colours wash out when viewing from non-optimum angles, although this is somewhat expected from a TN panel.'
Pretty good performance
Brilliant- 24-inch widescreen LED with native 1080p
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'relatively low cost'
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'For website sounds and the odd bit of YouTube viewing it might just be passable, but it's unsuitable for any kind of nuanced music or gameplay function.'
'Energy efficient'
CCFL backlighting - not as slim or environmentally friendly as LED based displays
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Ayurveda and Yoga are sister sciences and belong to the world's oldest and most well documented healthcare system. Ayurveda, the science (Veda) of life (Ayur), balances the body using natural therapies and herbal medicines and balances the mind. Yoga, the science of mind brings balance and purity to the body. The two complement each other and together act to achieve harmony of the Body, Mind and Spirit – which is the essence of true health.
Knowledge of Ayurveda in today's world is essential as it is aimed at the preservation of health and prevention of disease by establishing balance and harmony through nutrition, herbs, meditation, and daily routines. Ayurvedic science provides knowledge to unfold the reality beyond the physical body and achieve harmony of Body, Mind and Spirit. The World Health Organization recognizes Ayurveda as a complete natural health care system.
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April 13-16 — Horizon 2020 EURO-CARES WP3 Meeting: Designing a European Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Facility, Vienna, Austria
April 14 — Colloquium: Time-dependent Global MHD Studies of the Solar Wind Interaction with Mars, Tucson, Ariz.
April 14 — Lecture: Stellar Forensics with Explosions – Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and their Environments, Ithaca, N.Y.
April 14-15 — ESA Space Technology Workshop, Leeuwenhorst, The Netherlands
April 15 — Lecture: Volatile Reservoirs in the Outer Solar System, Houston, Texas
April 15 — Lecture: Astronomy From the Bottom of the Earth – Telescopes at the South Pole, Pasadena, Calif.
April 17-21 — 1st Mexican AstroCosmoStatistics School: Bayesian Inference for Cosmology, Leon, Mexico
April 17-22 — European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria
April 17-29 — 1st International School/Workshop on Crystallography for Space Sciences, Puebla, Mexico
April 18-19 — Conference: 11th Annual Military Space Situational Awareness, London, United Kingdom
April 18-19 — 2016 Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Spring Science Team Meeting, Bethesda, Md.
April 18-20 — Meeting: NASA Science Mission Extensions — Scientific Value, Policies, and Review Process, Washington, D.C.
April 18-21 — 13th INTEGRAL/BART Workshop, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
April 18-22 — 4th Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics: Workshop on Young Solar Systems, Barcelona, Spain
April 18-22 — Conference: Star Clusters as Cosmic Laboratories for Astrophysics, Dynamics and Fundamental Physics, Bologna, Italy
April 19 — Colloquium: Mercury's Complex Exosphere – What Have We Learned From MESSENGER?, Tucson, Ariz.
April 19-22 — 8th European Workshop on Thermal Protection Systems and Hot Structures, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
April 19-24 — 26th International Conference Radioelektronika, Kosice, Slovakia
April 20 — Lecture: The Twisted Universe – Constraints on Parity Violation within the CMB, Mountain View, Calif.
April 20 — Colloquium: Particle Physics, the Large Hadron Collider, and Beyond, Greenbelt, Md.
April 20-21 — MuSLI Science Team Meeting, Bethesda, Md.
Apr 20-21 -[Apr 09] 3rd Fermi-Veritas-HAWC Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
April 20-22 — 4th High Level Forum on United Nations Global Geospatial Information, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
April 21 — Colloquium: The (Bio?)Geochemistry of Enceladus' Ocean, Ithaca, N.Y.
April 21 & 22 — Lecture: CubeSats — Big Goals, Tiny Package, Pasadena, Calif.
April 21-22 — The Asteroid-Meteorite Connection Workshop, Los Angles, Calif.
April 22-24 — International Space Apps Challenge, Pasadena, Calif.
April 25 — Lecture: Special Collections — How Tucson Mapped the Way to the Moon and Planets, Tucson, Ariz.
April 25 — Webinar: SHERLOC — On the Trail of Potential Biosignatures on Mars
April 25 — Lecture: Cosmological Results from Planck, Ithaca, N.Y.
April 25-28 — Conference: From Star and Planet Formation to Early Life, Vilnius, Lithuania
April 25-28 — Workshop: What Shapes Galaxies?, Baltimore, Md.
April 25-28 — 2nd Workshop on Stratospheric Sulfur and its Role in Climate, Potsdam, Germany
April 25-28 — Defense and Aerospace Test and Telemetry Summit, National Harbor, Md.
April 25-29 — Annual NewCompStar Conference 2016, Istanbul, Turkey
April 25-30 — 23rd Young Scientists' Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine
April 26 — Lecture: The SOFIA Observatory – Revealing the Hidden Universe with Airborne Science, Mountain View, Calif.
April 26 — Lecture: Astrophysical Signatures of Axions, Trieste, Italy
April 26-27 — Space Studies Board Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.
April 26-28 — CERES Spring 2016 Science Team Meeting, Hampton, Va.
April 26-28 — Event: Space 2.0, Silicon Valley, Calif.
April 26-29 — Conference: Escape of Lyman Fadiation from Galactic Labyrinths, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece
April 27 — Square Kilometre Array Industry Day, London, United Kingdom
April 27 — Lecture: Keeping an Eye on the Universe — The Hubble Servicing Missions, London, United Kingdom
April 27 — Lecture: From Outer Space to the Lab — Exploring Lunar and Asteroid Soils, Tucson, Ariz.
April 27-28 — Neutrino — Latin American Workshop, Batavia, Ill.
April 27-29 — 2016 AfriGEOSS Symposium: Earth Observations for the Africa We Want, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
April 28 — Lecture: Juno Mission at Jupiter Preview, Houston, Texas
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Indicted former Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper gets big payday from sick days
City, schools spend millions on sick-day payouts
Former Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper is under indictment and out of a job but he still got a big payday when he cashed in unused sick days.
But a Channel 4 Action News investigation has found that big payday is not the exception – it's the rule.
Harper has admitted stealing from taxpayers, but there's no crime in the fact that he's pocketing $61,140 in unused sick days.
An Action News investigation last year found over three years the city paid out more than $1.5 million in sick pay to retiring employees.
During the same time, Pittsburgh Public Schools paid more than $5.2 million in unused sick time -- most of it to administrators.
Fifteen administrators bankrolled more than a thousand hours each, so when they retired, they got checks for $83,000; $92,000; $99,000; and one for $140,000.
Few people in the private sector get such a benefit -- and some city residents question whether it should go to public employees.
"They're trying to keep costs down, run the city more efficiently; why would they want to be giving these benefits that no one else offers?" said Bill Shirer, of Point Breeze.
"That's our money and you keep taking it from the less-haves to make the haves have it all," said a woman from Hazelwood.
With hundreds of officers slated to retire in the next few years, a police union official says the city could be facing millions more in sick-day payouts. We asked mayoral candidates about whether employees should get a big payday from sick days.
"If it's justified, if it's part of a contract, they deserve it. Obviously, we need to reduce our cost every way we can. That could be one area in which we look," said Jack Wagner.
"Certainly that could be something that could be looked at for any contract, not just for police but for any contract we negotiate for sick time," said Bill Peduto.
Candidate Jake Wheatley did not return calls.
The city no longer has sick days and employees hired in the past decade can cash out a maximum of 20 personal days. But older employees are still able to cash in up to 150 sick days.