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Didya ever get the feeling that you wanted to go
Butcha still had the feeling that you wanted to stay…?
That's pretty much the way it felt. We'd been gone for seventeen days. What was the trip like overall? I'd give it a really big "A." And I'm a hard marker.
Being away felt a little like running away from home – liberated from spirit-sapping routine, no burdensome obligations, no having to share your spouse with demanding outsiders, such as your children…
It was London.
No, the owners of the place I lived in in Hampstead in 1967 never got back to me concerning my request for a quick re-visit to my old "bed-sit." But did that stop me from going up there, and standing across the street, in front of the late Peter Cook's house, staring up at the Third Story (Second Story in England) window I used to stare out of on those Sunday afternoons when 60's ""A"-Listers stepped out of their Bentleys to party at Peter Cook's place without me?
It did not. (Despite the possible "stalker" implications.)
I also stopped by the former location of my beloved Horse and Groom, the pub that I nightly hung out in, which I'd discovered on the visit previous to this one had been turned into a Chinese restaurant. It was a Chinese restaurant no longer, ha, ha and good riddance to them displacing a Personal Landmark my subliminal curse on these heartless interlopers working like a charm.
It was now an Indian restaurant.
The thing I like best about London is London, a walk-in museum of a city where turn any corner and you're face-to-face with history. A major source of pleasure was peering down the dank and snaking alleys branching off from the main thoroughfares and seeing Londoners of other times – "imagining" is too weak a word, you could virtually see them – hawking their wares, the "swells" having their wallets lifted by Fagin's urchins, the streetwalkers keeping a wary eye out for "Jack The Ripper."
In L.A., we play a game called "What Was That?" You pass by a store that the last time you passed it was a different store, which had itself replaced an earlier store, which had replaced a store before that, and no one can recall what any of them were.
In London, there is no "What Was That?" The original "that" is still standing.
And then there's the other thing. I was once young in London. When I go back, I remember. My stay left no mark. There is no plaque honoring the place where I once rented a room. But when I recall without checking that Tottenham Court Road is on the Northern Line,
I have proof.
Mick Jagger may have gotten "no satisfaction", but I did. And I get a reinforcing "booster shot" whenever I go back.
On the return flight, I watched the movie Contagion.
When I got home, I had a cold.


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UnNews:Organizers recreate Three Mile Island magic
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
28 March 2007
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- While some Negative Nancies- ahem, Godless Democrats- view the Three Mile Island 'accident' as the worst disaster in American commercial nucular power-generating history, other, more optimistic American flag waving types, freedom-loving Republicans, make note that it led to no deaths or injuries of anybody of consequence.
On March 28, 1979, (which was just 2 days before this reporter's seventh birthday... don't act like you didn't know) the plant's mislabeled second unit (or first?) failed. That Acme nuclear plant unit on the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg suffered a core meltdown. Not unlike when Zim notices that his lunch has been ganked from the UnNews Staff fridge... it wasn't me Chief... I brought in the tuna salad.
The Harrisburg Board of Commerce had hoped to make a festival out of the near world ending catastrophe that was narrowly averted. They loaned the decommissioned SS Kentucky Nuclear Submarine from the National Doomsday Sociey and acquired a nuclear warhead from the former Soviet Republic of Fuckovistan on eBay.
Homer J. Simpson, an operator at the Springfield sister plant had this to say, "This is the greatest anniversary in Nuclear history. Before that day no one in the world was allowed to bring donuts into the operator room. Mmmm, Donuts."
Unfortunately for party organizers Simpson was the lone participant at this years event. Fortunately, he ate all the food.


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A dog's life
By Babe Winkelman
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I recently returned from South Dakota, where I
was hunting pheasants with my whole family: my wife, Kris; all my
daughters; and Scamp. I think of Scamp as my son, and he is in a
way. He's maybe the best son a guy could hope for.
Where Scamp's eyes once shone with a fierce fire to tackle every
challenge a day could throw at him, they now smolder with tranquil
remembrances of days past, of crisp mornings and wings breaking corn
He hunted with us in South Dakota, despite the brutal weather we
experienced while there. He took it easy. I worked him mainly on
downwind field edges where the walking was simpler. When he got a
noseful of pheasant essence, he'd plunge in patiently and flush with
a smile.
When the guns went into their cases after the limit was had, old
Scamp still protested. He wanted one more good flush before bedtime,
regardless of his vintage. In that proud chest, the heart of a
hunter was still beating. It will pound like that till it can't
pound anymore.
Watching Scamp work and play made me both happy and sad. Happy
for all the joy he has brought me throughout the years. Sad for the
day when he will look up at me and say, "You go shoot some
pheasants, boss... I'm just gonna lie here for a little while
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It's funny, but when I see him in action in his golden years, my
mind overlays memories of him at different stages of his life. It's
hard to explain, but I can still see the pup in him. I can envision
the toned athlete he once was in his prime. I can see him bounding
fences that now require him to be carried over. I see his whole life
in every movement.
In South Dakota I made a shot that stoned a rooster about 60
yards out in a stubble field. Scamp marked the bird and went for it
at half-trot. He picked it up, as proud as could be, and walked back
at the most leisurely pace. At one point he even stopped, just to
look around, with the limp ringneck hanging from his lips.
I don't think he was moving slowly because he had to. I don't
think it was the arthritis, nor the cold, nor stiff muscles. No, I
think old Scamp was savoring the moment. He was stretching it out,
so he could enjoy the thrill of it longer. Maybe so he could summon
the memory of it later, on one of those days when he'd opt to take a
field day off and nap instead.
When he finally returned to me with the pheasant and placed the
warm bird in my waiting hand, I noticed something. Even though Scamp
has slowed down in every other way, there was still something
unchanged about him. His tail still wagged at the same blurry speed.
I love you, Scamp, my boy.
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A few weeks ago I headed off to Duluth to run the newly named Gene Curnow Trail Marathon. Gene was a wonderful man who recently passed away. The 1/2 50 has been renamed for Gene and has been lengthened to 26.2 miles for a marathon instead of the 25 miles for the 1/2 Voyageur. I have such fond memories of Gene. He allowed me to finish my first 50 miler at Voyageur-in the thunder, lightening and hail. It took me over an hour past the time limit of 13 hours, in 2003, to finish, but Gene allowed it. He kept telling me "You look good Julie, you are just slow..keep on going!" I kept on going. He cheered me on as I came back each year, bettering my time, until most recently, I finished just over 10 hours. He said "You look good Julie, you are no longer slow..girl!" We miss you Gene!
I drove up Saturday morning toward Duluth. Another thunderstorm! I had to pull over to the side of the highway three different times as I couldn't see a thing. Dark, wet morning, high winds. Oh joy! I continued on.
I was planning on parking in Carlton, taking the shuttle bus to the start in Duluth. However, with the pulling over to the side of the road time, I approached Carlton with 8 minutes to spare before the busses were going to leave. I decided to head straight to Duluth. I'd just be really early. Better early than late! I pulled into the lot at Spirit Mountain and was the third car parked. Yeah, a bit early. Plenty of time to get ready.
Paulette, Kathy and Amy all arrived. I couldn't believe it when I saw Donna and Scott! They were at that first Voyageur I ran and here they were again. So awesome!
My plan was to take this easy..a nice training run before the 50. I had been running very well recently-lots of hill repeats out at Hyland, good interval work..I was really excited. The course was longer and rerouted from last year when I ran so I really didn't have a time goal. Just finish healthy was my mantra.
Only it didn't go that way.
I was running along, coming up to MILE ONE. Smiling, falling into a line with Holly in front when all of a sudden I slipped upon a wet flat rock, going down a hill. My ankle twisted and it crunched to the ground. I could feel it drop..and pop. Before I knew it I had catapulted from the trail to the side of the trail, in the woods, on my butt. I was stunned. What the hell just happened? Holly turned around immediately. Did I scream? Swear? Probably. Not sure. There she was, handing me Advil without a second passing by. I tried to get up, to put weight on my foot..but couldn't. Holy hell. I gingerly stepped further from the trail so the long train of people could pass. Dear sweet Scott grabbed my hand and hefted me up. Geeze. I couldn't put weight on it. Fuck. I have never ever twisted an ankle like this before. I've had a twist, where the pain goes from foot to head, but then I run along and all is well. This wasn't all well.
I told everyone thank you for your concern, as they passed, I'll be ok, I'll get to the next aid station or turn around..I'll figure it out. I hobbled along and pretty soon it didn't hurt quite so bad..pretty soon I placed weight on it and began to jog. I could still feel that it wasn't normal but it didn't become any worse. I figured as long as it wasn't worse I was A OK.
I went through the aid stations, began to pass people who asked about my ankle. I let them know I was doing OK, it didn't feel worse. I asked myself at each aid station 'how are you doing?' I was fine. By mile 18 I was running quite well, I felt awesome and just kept running. I had fallen to almost last so I passed many people between 18-26 miles. I counted 43 people. That pumped me up and I suppose the endorphins and the swelling that I couldn't see because I had gaiters on, allowed me to continue my run.
As I picked my way through Jarrow's Beach-tons of rock-boulder climbing crap and through the powerlines, I was just so relieved that I was able to get in this training run. I was so grateful that the ankle twist didn't knock me out. I asked myself "now this is only a training run, stop if this is painful..you know what it is like to not be able to run..am I ok?" I told myself yes. I'm running, if I couldn't run I would have dropped to save myself for Voyageur 50 in two weeks. Dropping out of a training run is a dud, but hurting myself just to finish was an even bigger dud. I didn't feel like I was doing that.
I felt great and had bundles of energy as I began the race so slow. As I crested the final portion of the trail and landed on the bike path into the finish line I was so thrilled to be racing. I was actually running fast at the end of a race.
Once I stopped, sat down, pulled off my shoes and socks I saw what was there. A big fat foot and red lump. Ugh. I stretched out and asked for some ice. The sweet volunteer placed a bag upon my foot. Now I was nervous. What the hell? Maybe this was something more than a simple twist of the ankle.
I began to think about my Hokas. I had only been wearing them for a few runs-I had loved them. My feet and legs were not feeling tired at all and I was getting in some higher mileage weeks. Did that high platform cause an ankle twist, the ankle had further to drop to the ground because of that high platform. Shit. Maybe so. Ugh.
Stinson Evo Hoka:
I congratulated many of my friends and cheered in more to the finish. Amy and I didn't have a ride back to our cars so we went on the look out for someone with a nice face. Luckily we found a guy with plenty of room who didn't mind driving us back to Duluth!
The fear of my ankle kind of stripped away the fun factor that I was so enjoying. I left Amy and drove home. Stopping for ice along the way.
I went in for x-rays and yes, I have a bad sprain. The x-ray also showed a distal fibular avulsion which could be new or could be an old injury. The avulsion is treated the same way as a sprain-RICE-a boot when necessary. After a week of RICE he put me in a boot. It's very cumbersome and I couldn't wear it for very long.
Fat Foot:
I am now at week 3 of RICE. The swelling is gone, I have full range of motion and began walking last week. Slow, 1 mile, then 1.5 miles. This week I was able to add running minutes. Today was a bright one-I ran 3 miles without additional swelling or pain. It's getting better. Sheesh.
I'm afraid now, to wear the Hokas. They really freaked me out. I went shoe shopping and instead purchased the fit like a glove Solomon S-Lab Sense Ultra. Huge difference. I've only worn them once and they felt fabulous. Time will tell.
For Sale: Stinson Evo Hoka, less than 50 Miles. Size 10!
So, I am healing. Superior Sawtooth is still on the calendar. My foot is no longer fat. Life is good.


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It's pretty hard to have a conversation nowadays that doesn't turn, sooner or later and usually sooner, toward ethanol. Questions abound. Corn prices? Supplement prices? Calf prices? Feeder-cattle prices?
And the answers? Your guess is as good as anybody's.
Amid all the uncertainty, however, you can count on a few things. The first and most long-lasting is this: Ethanol, bad and the ugly, as well as the good — is here to stay.
Second, ethanol will be produced from corn, at least for the foreseeable future. That sets up a conflict that will have cattlemen at all levels of the marketing chain in various states of panic for some time to come. One of the long-anticipated fallouts to high corn prices is the expected adjustment that cattle feeders would make in other input costs. Question is, just how much backup is there in calf and feeder-cattle prices?
The corn-cattle connection
"The ethanol business has put inherent demand in the industry that we can't ignore," says James Herring, president and CEO of Friona Industries, a cattle feeding and ranching business in Amarillo, TX. And it's come, he adds, at a time when we're at a low in the cowherd.
"Let's say corn is at an average of $3.50 for the rest of the year," Herring says. Given that, "Feeder cattle have probably seen their highs, at least for the next six months," he says. After that, all bets are off as everyone waits to see what kind of calf crop is weaned this fall and what kind of corn crop is put in the elevator.
The calf-crop numbers are key. The cowherd is at a low number and dropping, and the current supply of calves and feeder cattle is low as well. Feeding capacity is the same, which means cattle feeders have plenty of bunk space to fill with fewer available cattle.
"The fact of the matter is," Herring says, "the feeding industry is going to put something in those pens. There's overcapacity in the cattle-feeding sector, and we're all going to be slugging it out to see who gets the livestock."
So, high corn prices or not, feedyard demand for feeder cattle and calves will remain strong. Where that demand manifests itself, however, will be influenced strongly by ethanol- and weather-driven corn prices.
"The lighter the animal, the more whipsaw you're going to get from the corn market," says Jim Robb with the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC) in Denver. That whipsaw will come largely from the sky. Spring rains delayed planting, putting a major question mark over this fall's corn harvest. And while the rains improved pasture conditions, drought still lingers in parts of the country. "So lightweight calves have to be priced so they will put on weight in forage programs as opposed to grain programs," he says.
Supply situation
Beef-cow slaughter the first half of the year ran much higher than anticipated, reflecting a lot of open cows due to last year's drought and high-priced supplemental feed. "So we don't have a breeding herd that supports much growth in the calf crop — maybe no growth in the calf crop for the next two years," Robb says.
Then there's heifer retention. Multiple signals are in place to expand the cowherd, Herring says, and if cow-calf producers hold back heifers this fall to replace the cows they culled this spring, everybody in the cattle business will get a new definition of what "tight cattle supplies" really means.
Tight supplies, along with upturned prospects in the export market, are the major drivers in the fed-cattle market, which Robb estimates will set record highs in 2007 and 2008. As Herring points out, cattle feeders look at the world in terms of the relationship between corn prices, feeder-cattle prices and fed-cattle prices. "So the fact we're buying feeder cattle on the highs doesn't mean anything if fed cattle are on their highs, too."
Put all that together, and Robb says calf and feeder prices will be off a little this year compared with last year. But given the tight supply that has cattle feeders in a pitched battle to fill pens, prices won't slide nearly as much as might be expected. Robb says 7- to 8-weight feeders will average $104 this year, compared with $109 last year. Calf prices, while more volatile, will average $120, compared with $125 in '06, and fed-cattle prices will be up 8% or more on the year.
That leaves corn prices. LMIC data showed Omaha corn prices at $3.44/bu. in early May, compared with $2.11 last year — a whopping 63% jump. That shoots several economic signals down the central nervous system of the cattle industry, one of which is clear — grass is cheaper than grain.
If anybody has a chance for a positive outcome in an ethanol-dominated world, it's the stocker operator, says John Hughes of Bartlesville, OK. "It gives us a better shot at the lightweight replacement cattle and also makes grass gain more valuable."
But it also infuses tremendous uncertainty into an already uncertain business, he says. Hughes' reaction to that uncertainty is to hide and watch, at least for now. For the first time in many years, he says, they've taken in cattle to graze on the gain rather than owning the cattle themselves, allowing them to market their grass while watching what the volatility does to the cattle market.
And he questions, looking at a broader picture, that ethanol will solve any of the problems it's purported to address.
"I think when the consumer figures out that they pay for it (ethanol) three times, it might not be so popular," he says. "They pay for it when they pay their taxes, they pay for it at the pump (with reduced performance and lower gas mileage) and they pay for it again at the grocery store."
Volatility reigns
Hughes says ethanol's effect will ultimately be huge.
"You just can't have a one-year jump in the cost of the major feeding ingredient and not precipitate an enormous amount of change," he says. "I think it adds a lot more risk to a business that's already a pretty high-risk business."
Herring agrees. "What you're going to see is an accordion in the way cattle are presented to us to buy," he says. "We've got a different set of numbers, and those cattle are going to swell and release at different times for different reasons (than has been the case historically). You're going to have big-time volatility bred into the system by the corn situation."
Ultimately, he predicts, that will put some feedyards out of business.
"Corn has never experienced demand at this level," Herring says. "With that being said, the herd in the U.S. has been contracted violently because of economics and natural forces. Those two are going to have a collision. There's a lot of biting, scratching and clawing on both ends to see how that fits, and there's going to be some fallout from that. And it's not going to stop."


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|General Information
|Other names
|Kôr, Nargothrond, Dorthonion, Gondolin, Tol Eressea
|Kornoldorin, Noldorin
|Finwë, Fëanor, Finrod, Inglor, Beren, Turgon
|Physical Description
|Great skill with metal and gems, deep knowledge
|Average height
|Hair color
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The term Gnomes or Noldoli was briefly used in J.R.R. Tolkien's early work The Book of Lost Tales to describe the race of Elves that would become the Noldor. In those works he borrowed several folkloric names to describe his original creations, like Fae, Elves, Dwarves, Ogres and Goblins.
The names of the Noldoli are in the Goldogrin (or Gnomish) language.
[edit] Etymology
In a letter dating from 1973, Tolkien stated that the word gnome derives from Paracelsus,[1] who is known to have used Modern Latin gnomus in a 16th century treatise.[2]
The word likely comes from genomos "earth-dweller". It has a similarity with Greek γνώσις gnosis "knowledge" which is why Tolkien used it for the wise clan of his Elves (Quenya Ñoldo "the Wise").[source?]
Cf. also the Mannish word nóm meaning "wisdom".
[edit] Inspiration
A Gnome is a dwarf-like creature of European folklore, often associated with Dwarves and Goblins. Traditional Gnomes however were unlike his depiction of his High Elves, they were imagined as deformed, underground and by the 19th century were depicted dwarf-like.
For that reason Tolkien dropped the term since that would confuse the readers. However, other folkloric names like "Elves", "Dwarves" and "Goblins" would persist in Tolkien's writing ever since, although he would be unsure about them (he did replace "Goblin" with "Orcs" after the publication of The Hobbit").
In the first Portuguese translation of The Hobbit, the title of the book is translated as gnomo, the Portuguese word for gnome. See: O Gnomo.
[edit] Other versions of the legendarium
At one time, "Gnomes" also referred to the Valar.
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- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Letter to Elena Jeronimides" (letter)
- ↑ Douglas Harper, "gnome", Online Etymology Dictionary (accessed 19 June 2012)


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Tea Parties and Terabytes : the Digital Library Revolution
A few months ago on Publib , I entertained the idea of replacing a brick and mortar library with electronic book readers and subscriptions.
Our local free library had spent about $8,000,000 on a library renovation / reconstruction employing grants, local taxes, donations and state funds. Notably, it had started out being about a 4 million dollar project. What would 8 million dollars along with yearly operating funds purchase now? Could the needs of library users be met with electronic book readers and subscriptions? Could accessibility be expanded?
Asking those questions met with sharp disapproval from the librarian in Rhode Island who had overseen the project. She characterized me as a tea bagger – (derogatory slang meaning Tea Party member) for daring to bring up the idea. At least I think that was what she meant. The Urban Dictionary has some other definitions that are not very nice.
Why would entertaining a simple idea of how 8 million dollars could have been spent create such a visceral reaction? Public libraries represent the most efficient aspect of local government. Hardly any library system is a beneficiary of public largess. The entire loosely affiliated public library system in the United States is efficient because of internalized ethics, highly trained personnel and sharing. Sharing resources means everyone benefits. Sharing is something other public services have never done as well as public libraries. Are public libraries in such precarious shape that civil discourse threatens libraries as the bastions of civil discourse? Is time running out? Are we too late?
Imagine no brick and mortar library exists. What sort of digital book access could an initial 8 million dollar investment and a yearly operating budget of $480,000 afford? …
$8,000,000 could buy:
Amazon Kindle . . . . . . . . 57,553 units retail at $139 each or
Sony eBook Reader . . . . 62,015 units retail at $129 each or
Barnes & Noble Nook . . . 53,691 units retail at $149 each
A $480,000 operating budget could purchase:
Lots of electronic books. The cost of many titles through Amazon's Kindle program is $9.99 or less. So, yearly new ebook accession could be greater than or equal to 48,000 titles. That seems like a fairly small collection to support sixty thousand ebook readers.
The 60,000 ebook readers could also be shared within households. With 2.59 people on average per household – 155,400 people would be sharing only 48,000 titles. That is less than 1/3 of a book simultaneously available to all readers at once during the first year.
But wait, there's more, terabytes more:
Amazon also provides Kindle Popular Classics with almost instantaneous free access to over 15,000 books.
Project Gutenberg provides Free eBooks with over 33,000 titles.
The Internet Archive provides free access to massive collections .
The Google Books project also provides free access to terabytes of text and images and is partnering with major libraries around the world.
Digital collections such as the Perseus Project and Lincolniana at Brown offer a vast wealth of specialized subject matter.
The United States Government along with State and Local Governments are providing more and more public information in digital format.
So, what does that mean?
60,000 households could each have immediately access to hundreds of thousands of free books and articles and increasing access to new books and articles.
But what about catalogs and reader services? Doesn't everyone need catalog help? These collections are HUGE!
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the United States. The Library of Congress Catalog is massive and serves as the expert resource for copyright. The Librarians who staff the Library of Congress are some of the most highly compensated in the US.
Which catalog is intuitively better?
Library of Congress Catalog search:
Here is the output in basic search for the word balliot: http://bit.ly/fCXAnh
Select item 2 – CONVAL Report: http://bit.ly/ijNORk
Using the same search strategy in Google Books:
Here is the output in basic search for the word balliot: http://bit.ly/faHnAT
Select item 1 – CONVAL Report: http://bit.ly/gUPu1v
It is even intuitively easier to search within Library of Congress collections using Google Books full text. LC requires a copy submitted to them when they formally copyright.
Full- text of the Copyright Catalog available within Google and not within the LC catalog: http://bit.ly/gzJf7S provides reference pointers to LC's collection.
The HELIN Library Catalog employs III encore software and includes: Brown University, Bryant University, Community College of Rhode Island, Dominican House of Studies, Hospital Libraries of Rhode Island, Johnson & Wales University, Providence College, Rhode Island College, Roger Williams University, Salve Regina University, University of Rhode Island, and Wheaton College holdings.
Which catalog is more helpful?
Here is HELIN's output searching for the phrase Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit, Second Edition: http://bit.ly/g8mOa0
Here is Amazon's output searching for the phrase Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit, Second Edition: http://amzn.to/gBpxkZ
Encore tells us that we should use other words and check our spelling. It offers no leads to additional material. Amazon provided the book, the electronic version, reviews, shots of inside pages and related works. Some library catalogs intergrate similar features in the user interface, but they are not leading the way. They are merely following the examples of successful for-profit library catalogs that only recently began to market books.
The Digital Library Revolution
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
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MWC 15 Special
just received a couple of photos, featuring a white Samsung GT-I7500 Galaxy. So far,
only the black version was officially known but rumors already mentioned that a
white version will follow-up later this summer as well. Our source told us, that
the white Galaxy will be 100 % identical to the black one, featuring Android 1.5
Cupcake as well as quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and triband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA at
900/1700/2100 MHz, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, WiFi b/g and GPS. Like the black I7500,
the white Galaxy will also feature Samsung's yet unique AMOLED 3.2" HVGA
(320x480) touchscreen as well as the 5 megapixel autofocus camera. Last but not
least, the I7500 sports the 3.5 mm headset jack and a standard micro USB jack
for charging the device.
Our sources also mentioned that this device isn't the recently unveiled
Samsung GT-I5700 Galaxy Lite but just a white Galaxy.
Furthermore we were told that the white Samsung Galaxy is expected to hit O2
Germany first with follow-ups at other European carriers as well. A price or
release date wasn't given yet.
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Just to consider what is involved in terms of a parser algorithm to address canonical equivalent string matching, here's some background information. There are 1,115 code points in the NFC_Quick_Check=NO property[1]. There are 102 code point in the NFC_Quick_Check=Maybe property[2]. For fully normalized NFC content, each parsed character (either markup and attribute value only, or markup attribute value and content) would need to be checked against a character set containing these code points. Nothing else would be required for such content. For the 102 "maybe" affirmative characters a check would be needed to see if the base character in the present combining character sequence required NFC normalization (for each "maybe" there are a few unacceptable base characters not allowed in NFC; everything else is allowed in NFC and the combining sequence therefore qualifies as NFC). For content that was not NFC normalized, whenever encountering characters that match these combined character sets, parsers would need to branch into a normalization algorithm. This means that some performance hit would be involved whenever authors failed to normalize to NFC. However, even this case is nothing compared to what an text/ html parser performs now to repair broken HTML. For an XML parser, a very small performance hit to check for NFC. Any author producing NFC content gets rewarded for doing so. This allows us to promote NFC as a best practice and one with performance benefits too. The normalization checking against a character set bitmap would not be a significant performance hit in proportion to the often cited performance advantages of XML parsing over text/html parsing. Also I think it's worth noting that fixing these canonical string matching errors simply improves the web, it doesn't break it. Anne has suggested that authors may be relying on different canonical representations to mean different things in their markup. But even if we can find real world examples of this (and we haven't), surely we should be pushing authors to fix these things (this is a misuse of Unicode). For all of the things we're directing our CPU processing power towards, this fundamental part of text handling should be high on the list of priorities: especially when considering how non-intensive the processing is. There are some definite I18N issues to be solved here. And some of these things probably need to be taken up with Unicode directly, but parser stage handling of canonical strings is something i don't see eliminating by addressing this at more fundamental levels (such as input systems, authoring tools, and fonts). Finally, here's some more complete exposition of the previous example I provided to help think through these issues: 1) Ệ (U+1EC6) [NFC] 2) Ê (U+00CA) ˆ (U+0323) 3) Ẹ (U+1EB8) ̣(U+0302) 4) E (U+0045) ˆ (U+0323) ̣(U+0302) 5) E (U+0045) ̣(U+0302) ˆ (U+0323) [NFD] Another singleton example is: 1) 慈 (U+2F8A6) [non-normalized] 2) 慈 (U+6148) [NFC and NFD] I note the font HiraKakuProN-W3 on my system presents these with slightly different glyphs which as i said before should be considered a bug (but like input systems, font makers really have not gotten clear norms about this) At least in the case of the name of this character ("CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8A6"), the name provides some indication of discouraged use (which may be all an author encounters when using a character input system). My feeling is that singletons are an ill-conceived part of NFC and NFD normalization (closer to compatibility decompositions than canonical decompositions), but that the non-singleton parts of normalization are essential to proper text handling (and I don't see how Unicode could have avoided or could avoid in the future such non-singleton canonical normalization). Take care, Rob [1]: <http://unicode.org/cldr/utility/list-unicodeset.jsp?a=[:NFC_Quick_Check=No:] > [2]: <http://unicode.org/cldr/utility/list-unicodeset.jsp?a=[:NFC_Quick_Check=Maybe:] >Received on Friday, 6 February 2009 21:45:56 UTC
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Poor Roseanne Barr.
The 59-year-old Emmy winner--and prospective Presidential nominee--had no idea her estranged ex Tom Arnold was going to make a surprise appearance at her Comedy Central Roast yesterday in Hollywood.
So did things get nasty?
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
Roseanne feuds with Mitt Romney's wife
Let's just say, compared to the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen, it all seemed tame (but still pretty darn funny).
Pre-show, Barr wasn't sweating any of the impending insults from celeb roasters like Seth Green, Katey Sagal or Ellen Barkin. "I'm not nervous at all, I'm excited," she told us. "It's going to be a blast as soon as I get in there and start drinking!"
Roastmaster Jane Lynch opened the show with only mild jabs. "She's one of those rare celebrities so famous that she's referred to by just one name--bitch," Lynch joked. "I waved to you outside but then I realized it was just one of those inflatable parking lot gorillas.
Check out our exclusive red carpet twitpics!
Comedian Jeffrey Ross went for Barr's weight and bid for the presidency. "I've got to give it to you, you've been tortured and abused all night and you're still hanging in there. Roseanne, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to the chair you're sitting on," adding, "I'd only roast a pig if it had an apple in its mouth."
Ross went on with the zingers, "Instead of running for president, why don't you try walking on a treadmill. I'd vote for you but I'm against big government. That's just what we need, a round president in an oval office."
Towards the end of the show, Arnold surprised everyone, including Barr, by taking the stage. Arnold poked at Barr with, "I'm not here to tear Roseanne a new one, because I've seen the old one," but paid her the biggest complement in the end.
Roseanne running for president
"In 1985, Roseanne went on Johnny Carson, which is every comic's dream back then," he said. "She killed, he laughed his ass off, he gave her a thumbs up and he invited her to sit on his couch. She got validation from the king which can never be taken away from her."
And I just want to say, Rosanne, you were my Johnny Carson. And thank you for the thumbs up and thank you for inviting me to sit on your couch for a little bit."
Sweet, right?
The Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne airs Sunday, Aug. 12, at 10 p.m.


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Maxaa ku saabsan side effects of Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Anavar?
Although the product pages advertise a lack of side effects, it's really hard to trust this statement as some reviews beg to differ.
It's advertised as a prohormone when it actually is not, and this undermines consumer trust in their "side effect free" claims. It couldn't even be considered an Anavar prohormone clone.
Nasiib wanaag, there are some great legal alternatives to this anabolic including Anavarol. But we'll cover that in more detail later.
Hadda, you might be wondering:
What is a prohormone?
It is a chemical that is a precursor to anabolic steroids. So even though they are structurally unique from steroids, once they enter the body they are eventually converted into them.
Although they used to be sold legally in various online stores, allowing bodybuilders to harness the effects of anabolic steroids without legal repercussion, most are now illegal.
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Injured Steelers LB expects to play in 2013
Sean Spence missed entire rookie season with gruesome knee injury
Sean Spence's coaches appear split over whether the linebacker's mangled left knee will be ready to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2013.
Spence, however, has no such concerns.
"The goal is for me to play this season," Spence said Wednesday during organized team activities. "That's the way I'm preparing."
Though he declined to mark a specific return date, Spence insists he can see the finish line for his recovery from a gruesome injury that cut short his rookie year before it even began. Spence was blitzing late in the third quarter of the team's final preseason game against Carolina when his knee gave out and bent awkwardly.
The third-round pick out of Miami (Fla.) needed to be taken off the field on a stretcher after tearing all three major ligaments and sustaining extensive nerve damage in the knee.
"I knew right away that something wasn't right," Spence said. "The knee went back. It didn't hurt as much as I thought it should have hurt, but I think I was in shock more than anything."
So were the Steelers, who were hoping Spence could become the eventual successor to James Farrior at inside linebacker. Instead he spent all of Pittsburgh's disappointing 8-8 season wearing a brace and wondering if his career was in jeopardy.
That doesn't appear to be an issue anymore. At least,
not to Spence.
"I know a lot of people have not been able to come back after damage like that, but I'm going to see if I can be one of the only ones," he said. "Actually, I know that I'm going to beat the odds. I'm not really worried about that."
Spence's coaches can't seem to agree. Coach Mike Tomlin said before last month's draft that Spence was progressing as planned but linebackers coach Keith Butler appeared to be more cautious, indicating there would be little chance of Spence playing this season, if at all.
The Steelers re-signed veteran Larry Foote in the offseason and grabbed Florida State's Vince Williams in the sixth round of the draft. Williams is considered a project while Foote turns 33 next month. Spence remains very much a part of Pittsburgh's long-term plans. He would just prefer to be a part of the short-term one as well.
Though Spence says he can run and "do everything," he will not be on the field during OTAs or minicamp. His goal is to be ready when training camp opens in July but that seems a bit ambitious. Spence allows that might be too soon, but he doesn't see himself sitting out the year again.
"You do want to play it safe, in a situation like this, but at the same time if I'm good enough to go, I'm gonna go," he said. "I probably will take things slow, but I have trust myself in doing what I know I can do. And if I think I can go, I'll go."
Spence was a tackling machine for the Hurricanes, making 317 stops in four seasons, including 10.5 sacks. His speed makes him an asset in coverage and when he was drafted, the Steelers saw an opportunity to pair him with veteran Lawrence Timmons in the middle of Pittsburgh's 3-4 scheme.
It's too soon to tell if Spence's burst will return, but he is using the downtime to become a better student of the game. Adjusting from college to defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau's complex system can be difficult for the most talented players. Spence hopes the studying he's done over the last year will help speed up the process whenever he puts the shoulder pads back on.
"I think I'm up to speed, and I know this defense pretty well," he said. "I'm still learning from guys like Larry Foote. I sit next to him in meetings, so he helps me out a lot. And I'm taking a lot of mental reps on the field, so I'm learning from them as well.
"They're almost as good as physical reps."
NOTES: Steelers S Ryan Clark returned to voluntary workouts on Wednesday after skipping Tuesday's session ... Veteran CB Ike Taylor and S Troy Polamalu were absent for the second straight day after attending all three sessions last week.


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"Quirky, often hilarious. . . . Focusing on just three major faiths—Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism—he makes a convincing case for their ability to create both a sense of community and education that addresses morality and our emotional life." —Washington Post
"Compelling. . . beautifully and wittily illustrated." —Los Angeles Times
"A wonderfully dangerous and subversive book." —San Francisco Chronicle
"A new book by Alain de Botton is always a treat. . . . De Botton is literate, articulate, knowledgeable, funny and idiosyncratic." —Forbes.com
"De Botton writes at his best when he confronts our abiding human frailty. . . . If only all writers wrote with such unabashedly kind intentions." —Huffington Post
"Provocative and thoughtful. . . . Particularly noteworthy are de Botton's insights on what education and the arts can borrow from the formats and paradigms of religious delivery." —The Atlantic
"The eminently quotable de Botton holds forth on the deliberately provocative premise that ancient traditions can solve modern problems. . . . The premise he is testing is a worthy one: The secular world worships consumerism, optimism, and perfection to its doom, and would do well to make room for a little humility, community, and contemplation instead." —Boston Globe
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From time to time I come across a utility package that is worth keeping around.
While I carry lots of applications and utilities for Windows systems support on my USB memory sticks, there are a few "all-in-one" CD/DVD media disks that I tuck away within reach, just in case.
These include:
- VistaPE WinBuilder
- Windows PE 2.0
- Bart PE
- Peter Nordahl-Hagens' Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
- Windows Vista Recovery Disc (Download)
- Trinity Rescue Kit | CPR for your computer
- The Ultimate Boot CD
- UBCD4Win - The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows
- The 911 Rescue CD - The Admin Swiss Army Knife
- SystemRescueCd
- As well as a few Linux "Live-CD" disks like PCLinuxOS, Knoppix, Helix, GParted, Parted Magic, and Darik's Boot and Nuke (Hard Drive Disk Wipe).
Some are simply a matter of downloading an ISO file and burning it to a CD/DVD disk. Others require quite a bit of work to build and master before creating the ISO and burning to CD/DVD.
I and my tech-support team use a specialized "home-brew" support CD that is a powerful blend of a Windows PE based boot disk, and an autorun-menu driven utility disk. If I ever get a week or two off work, I might post my recipe for it.
So when I was poking around in some forums a few weeks ago I came across this interesting-sounding support CD and decided to take a look.
BootZilla - Stomping Windows Issues, City-wide
What is BootZilla?
Simply put, BootZilla is a collection of Windows support utilities and software applications all rolled up into a bootable CD. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Lots of these exist.
However, the developer, Jim "jimmsta" Gall, has done a few clever things to make this creation a nice blend.
BootZilla has two "modes". The first is a simple HTML "auto-run" menu that launches when the product is placed in a Windows system. The menu allows selection of a wide variety of helpful applications to be used for diagnostics, troubleshooting, or utility work. This may entail fixing stuff that was broken by malware, or running scans for baddies. This side of operations takes place on the running system, so in this regard this portion isn't a "Live-CD" for off-line working on the system contents.
However, Jimmsta has taken that into consideration and you can also build a "Live-CD" to actually boot the system with. The options here include running Memtest86+, Memtest, MMDisk (Prime95), a Drive Fitness Test, HDAT2, the XP Recovery Console, or boot to a hard-drive.
Getting BootZilla Going
First, download the setup package. I just selected the "Full Download" version as the other link didn't seem to be working. Note, the ZIP file is a whopper coming in at about 107 MB so don't try this on dial-up.
Next, unpack the file to a handy location.
Inside the main folder, look for and find the "BZUpdate.cmd" and run it.
A command-prompt window will open and provide you a menu of options.
If this is your first time building BootZilla, select option 1 and press "enter". This will begin the download process for additional applications and components. Depending on your broadband speed and network traffic on the server(s) this might be fast or take a while.
When done, you should return back to the menu.
Now to make the combo boot-CD/auto-play-CD, select option 4 and press "enter". This will produce a ISO file in the folder root for you to burn.
You also have other options to do periodic BootZilla "Update" or "Quick-Update" actions as well in case the program and its components change.
Tests in VirtualPC 2007 have shown it to be very stable and easy to use.
And it is free.
Random Thoughts
The Windows applications available from the auto-play side are a mix of "installers" and "executables". By this I mean that some software listed must be installed on the system before it will run and can be used. Others will open and run without installation. As an administrator, I find it helpful that the majority of the applications I use to troubleshoot and repair a system are self-executable and not require installation. Working off read-only media does present operational problems for some applications, and as such, I can understand the approach taken. However, I would be nice if none of them required installation.
Jimmsta has done a good job making it clear in the "launcher page" which applications require installation and which ones are runnable. The program descriptions are concise and clear. I wonder what would happen if the default web-browser (which renders the HTML auto-run page) has been compromised or rendered non-functional by a very bad malware infection? The user could still possibly browse the CD contents using Windows Explorer and manually launch the programs, but unless they are familiar with the names and uses, it might be more difficult.
I am curious if EULA rights allow many of these programs to be distributed in this manner. They all come packaged in the "full" download zip file and the update activity seems to bring down additional program components that were updated since release. Some program owners don't mind inclusion of their programs in this manner while others only allow download directly from their servers and don't allow redistribution.
Jimmsta's building menu is very well done. It is very clever and what could be a confusing process is very simple due to his great Readme files and the clarity of his menu option wording. This part works like a charm and even the most boot-cd-challenged in disk-building shouldn't have much trouble at all getting going.
The over-all software choices provide a great balance of tools and utilities. I would have like to see a few from NirSoft and some more from Microsoft Sysinternals, but Jimmsta acknowledges that BootZilla isn't intended to cover all the bases as he writes in the Readme file:
This new aim is just to make a simple, small toolkit for virus and spyware removal. It is
not intended to replace all of a computer technician's tools - it is intended to take care
of the basics. It is an essentials-only toolkit now.
So, to that regard, Jimmsta has provided a very clever and resourceful tool. It will be interesting to see how this tool matures. I'm sure great things can come out of it.
BootZilla--definitely worth checking out.
--Claus Valca


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After collecting ticks for her originally intended science fair project, Braintree High School sophomore Jacqueline Flynn decided to pursue a topic on ticks with a different spin (or rather, spin cycle).
Worried about keeping her clothing tick free after collecting the parasitic arachnids, Flynn researched methods of killing them in the laundry. She found a large lack of data on the subject, with recommendations while washing machines were ineffective, that a full hour in a dryer would kill them. However, after her own extensive testing, she found that five minutes on a low-heat cycle would be sufficient.
Soon Flynn's project results garnered attention from the state parks and forestry services as well as officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who said they were willing to help her expand on her research. "It just spread very fast," Flynn told the School Committee.
Flynn has taken first place in the Braintree School Science fair for her work and is bound for the Massachusetts State High School Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held at MIT from May 2nd to the 4th.
Read more on Falmouth Patch.
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AI: The momentum mindset
March 15, 2018
March 15, 2018
Accenture Strategy surveyed 1,100 executives across the globe to gauge AI adoption, the technology's use in the enterprise and its role in driving value. Our results show that companies know that AI is a critical piece of their competitive strategy moving forward. However, less than half (45 percent) say they have deployed fully sustainable AI programs that are delivering benefits as planned.
That leaves 53 percent of companies in pilot mode or early stage adoption, not yet reaping benefits. The remaining 2 percent are not even in the starting blocks. Across industries and geographies, we see a significant deployment gap. Despite companies' acknowledgement of AI's strategic importance and its impact on their business, many are stalled in making it a key enabler for their strategy.
From the early stages of AI adoption and beyond, many companies are either stopped in their tracks or significantly delayed due to several obstacles that range from data, to talent, to the technologies themselves. For instance, almost half of all companies cite data issues, while four out of 10 say they lack AI expertise. When addressed, each of these perceived stumbling blocks becomes a key enabler of AI benefits.
Those who view AI as building a new long-term capability have the best chance to transform their organizations for competitive advantage.
The way in which companies handle these potential obstacles spells success or failure—rapid incremental progress versus corporate paralysis. Leaders and laggards seem to struggle in fairly equal measure, but leaders dive in and course-correct as they go. Laggards allow uncertainty to bring them to a halt.
Accenture's video shows how to drive AI momentum, which is critical to corporate strategy, with two-thirds identifying AI as a top strategic priority. See more.View Transcript
With AI—as with any new transformative technology—there really is no ideal ready state anymore. Most companies must begin to build AI capabilities into their business as they're maturing, rather than taking a wait-and-see approach. Leaders do not get to competitive differentiation by refusing to take a risk or hesitating to transform. Our research shows that leaders who are deploying AI to their strategic advantage are doing a few common things right:
Leaders understand AI is more than just a tool or technology.
The majority of companies we surveyed recognize that AI will disrupt their industry. The true value of AI lies in building a foundation of capabilities that accelerate AI opportunities inside and outside the organization. The winning mindset sees AI as more than just a technology.
Leaders experiment and learn.
The more data companies feed AI over time, the smarter it gets. This fact eliminates some of the advantages fast followers have reaped with previous technologies. There is no better time to start than now. With fewer than half of companies having a sustainable AI program, the competitive window of opportunity is still open.
Leaders turn obstacles into opportunities.
Data quality and availability issues can stall AI, but they don't have to. Leaders use these challenges to fuel an AI-driven insight capability. They do not shy away from a continuous, iterative approach.
Finding a more agile way of approaching AI—from making momentum a priority to flipping obstacles to opportunities—may be what is necessary to place your company among the leaders in unlocking new sources of growth from AI. A few organizations are already on their way, driven by their strategic business objectives. If you act now, your company can still meet—or even better, beat—them there.


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Not much to report…
Thank you all for your comments regarding ticket pricing and the all-you-can eat section. Believe me, we know that when we raise ticket prices it's not going to make our fans very pleased, but as some of you mentioned in the comments, it's a necessary evil sometimes when the cost of doing business goes up the way it has in the game of baseball. We obviously do our best to make sure that there are still affordable seats for every price range, including seats as little as $8 (and even less on a season ticket basis). There's not much more I can really add on this topic, but I certainly didn't want to ignore your comments.
As for combining an all-you-can-eat section with regular seats, that's pretty tough to do logistically. Our goal is obviously to try and decrease the time people wait in line at Dodger Stadium and trying to make sure that people are in the right lines or issue wristbands would probably create a hassle. For now, we're going to try it in the RFP and then we'll obviously see how it turns out.
For those who did not see one of the last comments on the previous post, it is true that we are close to a deal with Chin-Hui Tsao, the Rockies former closer. There is still a physical left to be done and other details to work out, but he could be quite an interesting additon, provided he's healthy.
A couple things to be on the lookout for. This Sunday night at 8 p.m. on FSN Prime Ticket is the award ceremony hosting by the Los Angeles Sports Council. Many of us from the Dodgers will be on hand, including Marlon Anderson, who we are flying in from Texas to accept any awards the Dodgers' might win (specifically those pertaining to the four-homer night in which he hit the fourth in a row).
We're also finalizing travel plans for about 10 current Dodgers for the upcoming caravan on Feb. 6-7, so be on the lookout for information later this week on dodgers.com. Randy Wolf is one of the guys who will take part and if you missed his interview on Roggin/Simers Squared on Monday, it should be on KLAC's site.
For anyone looking to make a trip out to Vero Beach, individual game tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. ET and you can get them at dodgers.com, too.
And finally, I talked with one of our trainers, Stan Johnston, who told me that tomorrow he's going to be going down to San Diego as a guest of the commander of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan which is getting ready to head to Iraq. He's going to give them a "pep talk" of sorts and thank them for doing what they do so that he (and we) can do what we do for a living. I thought that was something pretty cool to pass along, as I've received several emails of late from servicemen and women overseas. It would actually be pretty cool if any of them were reading this blog from the Middle East, though I'd imagine they have better things to do with their time.
I think that's just about everything for now. Funny, I titled this post "Not much to report," but I guess I was wrong.
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If this is a minor league deal w/ invite then this is a great deal. He has really good stuff and considering he gets his injury problems out of him as well as being out of Coors then he is good insurance for our bullpen should we trade a couple arms and Meloan, Alexander, Greg Miller, etc aren't quite ready.
am570 doesn't have the interview on "FREE RADIO" I just checked, they done that a couple of times.
ps don't they have a TON OF ADVERTISING??????
I dont really know the big deal with the buffet seating. Yes, it is pricier but also it is giving the Dodgers national exposure (not all positive, but exposure none-the-less) and also there are plenty of seats to go around. This I see as more of a group gimmick.
And honestly, the Dodgers aren't going to be hitting a lot of HR's to the LFP this year considering our power is mainly RH so these guys aren't going to be spilling their nachos. I just think that if they added $1 beers to that section then it would be a guaranteed sell-out considering the food restrictions already in place with these promotional type seats.
Look at our pitching depth!
SP: Schmidt, Penny, Lowe, Wolf, Billz, Kuo, Tomko, Hendrickson, Stultz, Elbert (midseason?)
RP: Saito, Brox, Dessens, Beimel, Meloan, Alexander, Greg Miller, Brazoban (midseason?), Hull, Hammes
Considering Tomko, Hendrickson, and Kuo currently make up 3 members of our bullpen currently we have plenty of pitching depth.
I really feel we can overwhelm a team with our surplus of pitchers and other players to land our impact bat regardless of their availability currently. For a prime player I would sacrifice many players I would never consider trading under normal circumstances. For Miggy Cabrera I would definitely part with Billz, Brox, Ethier, Betemit, Delwyn Young, and DeWitt because Cabrera is THAT good and we can overcome the loss of all those players and have Cabrera. Heck, Id throw in Dunlap, Brazoban, and another piece of it meant something. There are plenty of players that can be role players on this team and we still keep Kemp, Loney, and LaRoche.
nice projections on your blog ray….sounds about right to me.
I know interpol, I was just pointing out the amount of depth we have. Not saying we SHOULD do anything. But even if we traded some of our gems we are still just fine. As long as it's not for a rental player with no place on our team like Lugo was. And when was Lugo good in the NL? He wasnt great for Houston back when, but he's a fine AL player for whatever reason.
Again, I was just pointing out the DEPTH in our pitching staff and making overwhelming trades for other teams for their "superstar" and still being just fine as far as prospects and pitching depth to replace them.
I still find it odd Phil Nevin hasn't gotten a deal anywhere. He can play OF, 1B, and C and no one wants to sign him? Maybe it's the price tag or something. I would think he's worth a major league contract somewhere. Good pop off the bench who plays some position although hopefully not 3B anymore (he was dreadful).
Also, considering our depth we could conceivably get every piece or player another team would want to make a deal happen for their superstar. Does it deplete our farm system? Sure, but we still have fill-ins who we project as decent regulars, superstars, or aces. I mean Kershaw, Elbert, Josh Wall, Greg Miller, Eric Stultz, Zach Hammes, Chris Malone, Jonathan Meloan (closer-in-waiting), Kemp, Loney, Abreu, LaRoche, etc etc.
Minor League Deal for Tsao is done.
This signing really just makes me think that Ned has something up his sleeves involving a couple of our starters currently in the bullpen(i.e. Hendrickson, Tomko, Kuo, or Dessens). Why would he further crowd an already crowded bullpen if he didn't have something in the works? Tsao's got good stuff and, if his heat and his control are really back, could prove a very viable asset to us. His slider is just plain dirty. Maybe I wasn't too far off on my guess about a Jacque Jones trade. This definitely has the potential to be a low risk/high reward situation. Remember the word "potential" in all of that, though.
What does Ned have up his sleeves?
all i read was he has thrown about the same amount of innings as kuo, and he has had sever shoulder and elbow operations. was it a major league deal assuming hes healthy or what??? im not counting on anything out of him judging from what I read.
Let's remember that Tsao is basically a minor league addition, unless and until he can prove differently. On that basis I'm all for it – probably worth finding out whether he's recovered from his surgeries and can still muster the stuff for at least AAA level.
graffiti –
It's a minor-league deal worth next to nothing if he doesn't make the club out of ST. I believe the proper language is a "non-guaranteed minor-league contract". Sort of like what was offered to Ramon Martinez last year and Olmedo Saenz in 2005.
thanks dualtone. nice. so he is healthy and clear to compete in spring training huh?? and if he doesnt make it he goes to AAA ?? sounds like a good deal considering he was once a top prospect.
I think that was probably Ned's thought too. Yeah, he's gonna have to compete for a spot in ST and if he can't make the cut he goes to Vegas and gets paid beans. Seriously, I think they're gonna pay him in beans…
"Eliza Dushku and L.A. Dodger boyfriend Brad Penny catered a steak-and-seafood lunch as a thank-you to the cast and crew of her new film "The Alphabet Killer" at the Crown Plaza hotel in Rochester over the weekend. …"
Atta boy, Penny!!! But hit the track and lose 30 lbs before spring training!!


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Ectoine plays an important role in protecting biomolecules and entire cells against environmental stressors such as salinity, freezing, drying and high temperatures. Recent studies revealed that ectoine also provides effective protection for human skin cells from damage caused by UV-A radiation. These protective properties make ectoine a valuable compound and it is applied as an active ingredient in numerous pharmaceutical devices and cosmetics. Interestingly, the underlying mechanism resulting in protecting cells from radiation is not yet fully understood. Here we present a study on ectoine and its protective influence on DNA during electron irradiation. Applying gel electrophoresis and atomic force microscopy, we demonstrate for the first time that ectoine prevents DNA strand breaks caused by ionizing electron radiation. The results presented here point to future applications of ectoine for instance in cancer radiation therapy.
Influence of the Compatible Solute Ectoine on the Local Water Structure: Implications for the Binding of the Protein G5P to DNA (2015)
Microorganisms accumulate molar concentrations of compatible solutes like ectoine to prevent proteins from denaturation. Direct structural or spectroscopic information on the mechanism and about the hydration shell around ectoine are scarce. We combined surface plasmon resonance (SPR), confocal Raman spectroscopy, molecular dynamics simulations, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to study the local hydration shell around ectoine and its influence on the binding of a gene-S-protein (G5P) to a single-stranded DNA (dT(25)). Due to the very high hygroscopicity of ectoine, it was possible to analyze the highly stable hydration shell by confocal Raman spectroscopy. Corresponding molecular dynamics simulation results revealed a significant change of the water dielectric constant in the presence of a high molar ectoine concentration as compared to pure water. The SPR data showed that the amount of protein bound to DNA decreases in the presence of ectoine, and hence, the protein-DNA dissociation constant increases in a concentration-dependent manner. Concomitantly, the Raman spectra in terms of the amide I region revealed large changes in the protein secondary structure. Our results indicate that ectoine strongly affects the molecular recognition between the protein and the oligonudeotide, which has important consequences for osmotic regulation mechanisms.
In dosimetry the determination of the effectiveness of the damaging processes is standardized and accounted for by the radiation and tissue weighting factor. For the underlying constituents of the tissue, that is the various biomolecules, such a systematic approach doesn't exist. This makes it difficult to compare results obtained under different experimental conditions. In the following work, we will describe a method to obtain comparable values for the radiation-biomolecule interaction, measured under different conditions. This approach can lead to standardization of dosedamage relationship at the molecular level. Such approach is necessary for a better understanding of the relations between the damage of the single constituents of biological tissue and the whole – finally gaining a more complete picture of irradiation damage.
Direct electron irradiation of DNA in fully aqueous environment. Damage determination in combination with Monte Carlo simulations (2017)
We report on a study in which plasmid DNA in water was irradiated with 30 keV electrons generated by a scanning electron microscope and passed through a 100 nm thick Si3N4 membrane. The corresponding Monte Carlo simulations suggest that the kinetic energy spectrum of the electrons throughout the water is dominated by low energy electrons (<100 eV). The DNA radiation damage, single-strand breaks (SSB) and double-strand breaks (DSB), was determined by electrophoresis. The median lethal dose of D1/2 = 1.7 ± 0.3 Gy was found to be much smaller compared to partially or fully hydrated DNA irradiated under vacuum conditions. The ratio of DSB to SSB was found to be (1:12) as compared to 1:88) found for hydrated DNA. Our method enables quantitative measurements of radiation damage to biomolecules (DNA, proteins) in solutions under varying conditions (pH, salinity, cosolutes) for an electron energy range which is difficult to probe by standard methods.
Measurements and simulations of microscopic damage to DNA in water by 30 keV electrons: A general approach applicable to other radiation sources and biological targets (2017)
The determination of the microscopic dose-damage relationship for DNA in an aqueous environment is of a fundamental interest for dosimetry and applications in radiation therapy and protection. We combine geant4 particle-scattering simulations in water with calculations concerning the movement of biomolecules to obtain the energy deposit in the biologically relevant nanoscopic volume. We juxtaposition these results to the experimentally determined damage to obtain the dose-damage relationship at a molecular level. This approach is tested for an experimentally challenging system concerning the direct irradiation of plasmid DNA (pUC19) in water with electrons as primary particles. Here a microscopic target model for the plasmid DNA based on the relation of lineal energy and radiation quality is used to calculate the effective target volume. It was found that on average fewer than two ionizations within a 7.5-nm radius around the sugar-phosphate backbone are sufficient to cause a single strand break, with a corresponding median lethal energy deposit being E1/2=6±4 eV. The presented method is applicable for ionizing radiation (e.g., γ rays, x rays, and electrons) and a variety of targets, such as DNA, proteins, or cells.


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Paulo in Philly wrote:For me it continues to be French Pinot Noir. Recently had Drouhin's Clos des Mouches 01, which took me to a very happy place. Had it twice: once at home alone and a second time and another bottle shared with friends in NYC last weekend. I know there is more Burgundy wine to taste, but first I may need to find me a rich sugar daddy with a love for travel, opera, and more importantly, wine....
In all seriousness, I continue to be fascinated by wine in general, and how a wine changes. Earlier this week I had a Carignano del Sulcis of Santadi, which kept relaxing and opening up by the hour; by day three it actually showed more complexity and spice that was a lot more pleasing to me than on day 1. So this truly fascinates me about wine's evolution - luckily the wine got better with time.
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Sapphire Suite has replaced Progressbook this year for our grading system.
Parent Involvement Activities
There are a variety of parent involvement opportunities within the Juniata County School District for parents. Some of the volunteer opportunities include:
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health Announces Proposed Changes for Immunization Regulations
The Pennsylvania Department of Health School Immunization program changes are in the final steps for being passed and in place for the 2010/2011 school year. School districts have been encouraged to notify parents of the new requirements.
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Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer shared drinks with AOL chief Tim Armstrong at the Allen & Co. conference last week, causing some speculation that perhaps Yahoo will merge with AOL.
But wouldn't that deal benefit AOL way more than Yahoo? If you agree, then you can probably see the reality that perhaps Yahoo chief executive Mayer isn't in love with the idea, according to the Re/Code.
Armstrong would dearly love to merge with Yahoo and has — in only sideways ways so far — brought it up to many, including Mayer, according to numerous sources. In his mind, AOL and Yahoo have very similar businesses and could easily combine them.
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The problem is that Mayer doesn't see it. Apparently other Yahoo chiefs, notably Carol Bartz, also didn't see it, either. Maybe it's the $3.2 billion price, or that the AOL brand has been on the decline for a while, or that Mayer isn't really feeling it. Apparently she told the Re/Code's Kara Swisher that the merger was "small, unexciting, uninspiring and backward-looking."


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