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Sheriff's officials say a California gunman who went on a shooting rampage near a Santa Barbara university killed three people at his apartment.
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Google is rolling out a second-generation Nexus 7 tablet designed for improved performance and portability, featuring the company's just-announced mobile operating system, Android Jelly Bean 4.3.
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The product was introduced by several Google executives during a meeting hosted by Sundar Pichai, head of Android, Chrome and apps at Google.
Improved portability, speed and graphics comprise the major enhancements to the Nexus 7 tablet. The device will be available in three models: a 16GB Wi-Fi version for US$229, a 32GB Wi-Fi model for $269, and a 32GB 4G LTE version for $349. The Wi-Fi models will be available starting Tuesday at the Google Play store, while the 4G model will be available in the coming weeks through T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon, the company said.
Besides the U.S., the new Nexus 7 will be available in Canada, the U.K., Spain, Korea and Australia, with more countries to follow very soon, Google said.
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Malverne-based Stuart Markus brings his folk trio Gathering Time to Garden City for an evening of harmonious folk melodies. Markus, Glen Roethel and Hillary Foxsong are acclaimed on Long Island and throughout the northeast folk scene for their soaring harmonies and dynamic sets that range from sweet and sentimental to joyous and energetic, irreverently funny to heart-stoppingly serious. Their eclectic shows include new twists on traditional folk and beloved classics from the '60s – and they've been known to delight audiences when they sprinkle in their own tunes. This will be their final concert in their present form; founding member Roethel will be leaving the band, and fellow Long Islander Gerry McKeveny will step in.
Friday, March 1, 8:30 p.m. (with open mic at 7:30 p.m.) $20 in advance, $22 at door. Garden Stage at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau, 223 Stewart Ave., Garden City. (516) 248-8891 or www.gardenstage.com.
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When a doctor prescribes a medical oxygen tank, the entire family needs to get informed about safety measures. Keeping an oxygen cylinder in the home requires some adjustments to the average family life. Understanding that an oxygen tank is a fire hazard is often overlooked in many families.Read More
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Technology: Tools for the 21st century mediation
Mediation is a preferred way of resolving many modern business disputes. It remains current by refreshing the tools used by mediators. In this century, information technology provides powerful tools for mediators (and arbitrators) to aid in the process of resolving disputes fairly and efficiently. Following is a discussion of some of those tools. Though many may already be in your toolbox, you may learn of others that you will want to add. Technology helps the parties find the right mediator. Google and other modern search engines have changed the way we find information.
In seconds, the search engine will provide access to mediators and service providers tailored to the needs of the parties. In just a couple of clicks, parties can research an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provider, read biographies of potential neutrals and access the rules of various types of ADR procedures. Technology helps the parties get started. Parties now expect that all preliminary procedures will be handled with phone calls, web-based filing of papers and forms and emails. Most mediations now start with one or more of the parties filling out a simple online form.
These now-standard tools enable the parties to select a mediator and start the process within days of the decision to mediate. Technology helps the parties exchange information. Modern mediation is a process, not an event. The process starts with the first phone call or email to suggest mediation. It continues with a case manager or mediator sharing information (usually electronically or through websites) about the process, rules and selection of the mediator, including any disclosures by the mediator. Shortly after being selected, the mediator will contact the parties, usually by a conference telephone call, to exchange information about the dispute; select the time, date and place for the mediation; and learn who will be attending the mediation session.
Any available background materials (the relevant contracts and communications) and a mediation statement are usually sent as PDF attachments to an email, sent to the mediator and the other parties. In today's world, mediators also provide cell phone information to the parties so that they can be reached readily before and after the mediation session. Technology helps information management. Technology is also a critical component in the effective and efficient management of the information-exchange process in mediation and arbitration.
Traditional discovery, including e-discovery, can overwhelm a business, sometimes costing more than the value of the claims in dispute. In many business mediations, the parties will benefit by early involvement of the mediator in managing the information-exchange process.
Both parties in a mediation may need information to aid in resolution of the dispute, which may be more limited in scope than the information that would be demanded in litigation or even in arbitration. A neutral party can aid in managing those costs by helping the parties to narrow the scope of needed information and to use technology wisely to locate and share needed information. A protocol for handling electronically stored information (ESI) is a critical step in e-discovery, whether for litigation or arbitration. Tech-savvy neutrals can help the parties in negotiating the ESI protocol. In some cases, it may be cost-effective to use only one professional e-discovery vendor. It may be easier for the parties to agree on this approach when a neutral aids that discussion by addressing the concerns that come up in sharing both information and a common vendor. A deeper discussion of search terms and scope (record-keepers, time frames, back-up files, devices to be searched) can be aided when a neutral party is guiding that discussion. Even when the process has been established and is being implemented, misunderstandings and disputes can arise. Fast access to the neutral (email or conference call) can help resolve the dispute.
This works best when the parties do not need to spend a lot of time explaining the technology or the issue to the neutral. The neutral who assists the parties in this process can be a mediator whose role is limited to assistance in e-discovery or a tech-savvy arbitrator. Whether the parties use a mediator or the arbitrator, this approach is likely to yield significant savings in e-discovery costs. Mediation is making great use of technology and will continue to adapt as new methods of finding providers, communicating with parties, and exchanging information are created and integrated into the ADR process


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Nokia has kept the camera in its Windows Phone at the forefront of its marketing campaign since joining Microsoft's resolve back in 2011. The Lumia 1020 is the latest addition to the Lumia family of smartphones and sports the most advanced optics on any mobile phone available today. We've already seen sample shots from both ourselves and Nokia, but what about general consumers? Nokia has highlighted some beautiful shots on their blog.
Collage is a technique that can be used on a Nokia Windows Phone to create some interesting results. These shots were taken from the Facebook group, Nothing but a Nokia. The Nokia post and Facebook group are both well worth checking out. Some of the photos published by Lumia owners are superb.
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We've previously looked at ways to improve your game when it comes to mobile photography, with an array of apps available on the store. If you own a latest Lumia Windows Phone 8 device, you'll also be able utilise improved software working together with great optics to unlock numerous ways of snapping those special moments.
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Coming off a stellar year, Mars' U.S. Snackfood division is accelerating product development, mining dark chocolate for all is benefits and bringing custom-batch manufacturing to high-volume products such as M&M'S.
Mars Inc. is the prototypical privately held company. With control largely in the hands of the Mars family, the $21 billion global company prefers to work quietly, grow its businesses organically and fight Hershey on the home front and Nestle on the global stage for leadership of the chocolate side of the candy business.
While the company was founded on candy - Frank and Ethel Mars started selling buttercream candies in Tacoma, Wash., in 1911 - the company has grown beyond candies and its U.S. foundation. Now, 60 percent of Mars sales come from outside of North and South America.
With the huge 2006 acquisition of Doane Pet Care, pet products now are one percentage point bigger in Mars North America sales than the Snackfoods division, which at the moment is synonymous with candy. There's also Uncle Ben's rice and a smattering of other food products.
Now, after the rebranding of the majority of the snackfood, petcare and food divisions back to the Mars name (after being called Masterfoods since 2002) and with its 100th birthday in sight, Mars opened its doors to Food Processing. With a stellar year behind it, Mars Snackfood division, specifically, is our Processor of the Year.
"All our associates have been working hard to become more nimble and accountable for their business unit's success," says Todd Lachman, president of Mars Snackfood U.S. "Being named Food Processing's Processor of the Year is an acknowledgement of the hard work, dedication and success of everyone associated with the Snackfood division."
Three years of transformation
Three years ago the company embarked on a journey of transformation when it acknowledged internally that its competitiveness had slipped. The goal was to restore what made this company great: empowered associates with clear roles and responsibilities, open communication and streamlined decision-making.
Since 2004, the company reorganized into segment-focused business units, generated efficiencies in overheads and supply costs and reinvested those savings into core brand support, new product launches, enhanced retail coverage and expanded production capacity.
One of the low points may have been the first half of 2006, when sales in the core Snackfood division dropped 2 percent. "The Snackfood division responded with decisive action, kicking into high gear and improving the speed and flexibility of decision-making," says Lachman, who came to Mars one year ago from Del Monte, where he was an executive vice president.
"The result was a phenomenal turnaround with growth in sales -- second half sales grew by 5.5 percent over 2005 -- earnings and market share," he continues. "And, more importantly, a stage was set for aggressively pursuing the No. 1 chocolate share position."
Here are some examples of what even a large organization can accomplish when it really wants to:
- Snickers Dark Bar, M&M'S Dark Chocolate Candies and Snickers Nut 'n' Butter, all planned for 2007 launches, were moved up to 2006 to fuel the year's second-half growth.
- Plant operations across the snack food division delivered almost $40 million in real savings.
- The commercial (purchasing) team saved $40 million in prime costs.
- And generally the division cut non-quality costs by $30 million.
All those savings were reinvested to drive additional growth.
There's still a ways to go to reach the ultimate goal. Hershey still holds the top market share in the chocolate category, but Mars has been adding points, bringing Mars to 29.0 percent market share (according to IRI data for the period ending Nov. 4). The Dove brand grew by 42.1 percent, 3 Musketeers by 18.2 percent, M&M'S by 8.3 percent and Twix by 11.8 percent. Snickers, the No. 1 candy single, grew by 8.7 percent.
"We have experienced great growth this year," says Lachman. "We have also seen an upswing in the growth of the sugar category in the last 12 weeks [ending Nov. 4]."
Dark chocolate and premium chocolate products currently are driving growth of the overall chocolate category. To the call for dark chocolate, Mars responds with several dark versions of familiar brands - such as M&M'S Dark Chocolate, Milky Way Midnight Dark, Snickers Dark, Dove Dark - as well as its 18-month-old CocoaVia brand, with the emphasis on the flavanols.
The Dove brand is an interesting story. Twenty-five years ago it was a popular line of ice cream bars that was available only in Chicago. Even then, what made the ice cream novelty stand out was the rich chocolate coating. Mars acquired Dove in 1986 from the founding family and continues to manufacture the ice cream bars at a suburban Chicago plant. More importantly, since the acquisition, Mars developed Dove as a premium chocolate brand.
"It was not that great a leap, but it was a great opportunity," Ralph Jerome, Mars Snackfood U.S. vice president of R&D, says in hindsight. "Before Dove, we didn't have a pure, solid chocolate bar. And we had a lot of premium chocolate expertise that was not being leveraged."
Dove also has two high-cacao products, at 63 and 71 percent cacao, as well as the Dove Origins line, naming Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Ghana as the sources of its cacao. The same personalized message technology that's being used in My M&M'S is being used to print custom messages on the inside of the foil of My Dove chocolates.
The Dove line will be further extended next year with Dove Beautiful. (click to enlarge)
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Even on a day when he had two consecutive passes intercepted, Peyton Manning simply was too good to be denied. Having Von Miller on his side doesn't hurt.
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The Denver Broncos won 31-23 in Cincinnati after Manning led back-to-back touchdown drives in the fourth quarter. He threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns, with his best work happening after Bengals cornerback Terence Newman picked him off twice in quick succession.
"My dad (Archie) always talked about, 'You got to get back to zero. Get back to level zero,' " Manning said. "You got to erase the play from your mind, a good play or a bad play, and move on to the next one."
The interceptions partly were a sign of an increasingly aggressive Broncos offense, and Manning did put those miscues out of his mind. He threw a laser up the sideline for a 45-yard vertical pass to Demaryius Thomas. Even on third-and-long, Denver is staying very aggressive.
The Bengals did a laudable job coming back from a 17-3 deficit to briefly take the lead, but their offense simply isn't explosive enough. Andy Dalton doesn't see much separation from his receivers other than A.J. Green, and on Sunday, he too often was indecisive and took sacks. The Bengals are 3-5 and looking increasingly irrelevant in the AFC playoff picture.
Von Miller was the MVP of this game with three sacks and four quarterback hits. The Bengals had no answer for him. Trindon Holliday returned a kickoff 105 yards for a Broncos touchdown to open the second half.
This is an increasingly well-rounded Denver team. With a forgiving schedule the rest of the way, Manning should grow accustomed to playing with the lead.
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Huge progress has been made in many critical areas involving children's health. Yet there is still important work to be done, and most of it doesn't involve expensive new drugs or surgical procedures. Instead, it's about the basics that most of us take for granted. We have identified 5 issues that desperately need the world's attention for the sake of children and their families, and suggest some ways that you and your family can help.
The joy of giving birth is usually accompanied by a sense of wonder while watching a tiny, fragile creature take those first breaths. Luckily, for most new mothers, skilled medical attendants are on hand to make sure that all goes well during and just after delivery.
The first 28 days of life — the "neonatal period" — are the riskiest in a child's life:
Almost all newborn deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (particularly Africa and South Asia), where nearly half of all mothers and newborns do not have medical care during and after birth.
Most of these babies would survive if their mothers had a skilled birth attendant, especially if delivering in a health care facility. After birth, a newborn must be breathing well and kept warm.
Millennium Development Goal 4 addresses child mortality: "Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-5 mortality rate." The global under-5 mortality rate has dropped (from 90 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 48 in 2012); however, deaths in the neonatal period increased from 37% to 44%.
Many of these deaths can be prevented through simple, affordable interventions that can be used in home births. Here are a few that could use your help:
Find out how to help kids worldwide in other important ways:
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Tough sanctions called for Serbia
Danny Rose has called for Serbia to be banned after complaining of racist abuse and being hit by missiles during England Under-21s' win in Krusevac.
The Tottenham defender, currently on loan at Sunderland, said he had been subjected to monkey taunts long before the violent scenes which marred the end of the Euro 2013 play-off. Rose was sent off after the final whistle for kicking a ball in anger in response to provocation as scuffles broke out involving Serbian supporters, players and other officials.
Rose told Sky Sports News: "As I went off again there was monkey chanting, but the monkey chanting started long before I got sent off. After 60 minutes my head wasn't really on the game. They have to be banned. I don't understand how else they can learn from it, they have to be banned."
He added: "I remember getting slapped twice and then I got ushered away. That's when I kicked the ball - and the referee sent me off.
"I don't understand, the game had finished by then but he still sent me off for kicking the ball."
Sports minister Hugh Robertson on Wednesday sent a letter to UEFA president Michel Platini urging tough sanctions from the governing body following the "disgraceful scenes" of racism in Serbia.
Robertson has given his full support to the Football Association, who reported a number of incidents of racism to UEFA.
The minister said: "The scenes at the end of the game last night were disgraceful. I have written to UEFA president Michel Platini, in support of the FA, urging them to investigate immediately. Racism in any form is unacceptable and must be stamped out. We would expect tough sanctions from UEFA on anyone found guilty of racist abuse."
England assistant coach Steve Wigley was caught up in the trouble and was manhandled as he made his way to the tunnel after the game, while Rose said the issues were a culmination of problems which had been brewing throughout the evening at the Mladost Stadium.
The 22-year-old added: "It started when we went out for the warm-up. In the first half I went down to get the ball for a throw-in and the fans started again with the monkey chants. In the second half I had two stones hit me on the head when I went to get the ball for a throw-in. Every time I touched the ball there was monkey chanting again."


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President Barack Obama was sharply critical of the nation's biggest banks in an interview with Marketplace. Obama said more revenue generated on Wall Street is based on arbitrage as opposed to "investing in companies." He said he was looking at additional steps to take. Read the full interview. White House spokesman Josh Earnest later told reporters that Obama does not have specific legislation or regulations in mind.
Not so fast: The Wall Street Journal writes that it is not clear whether House Speaker John Boehner's planned lawsuit against the Obama administration stands a realistic chance of success. Scholars are skeptical that courts will agree to take up the case. Boehner has said he plans to sue Obama for use of executive orders.
David and Goliath, (with a little help from Colbert): A debut novel is jumping up the bestseller list with an assist from late-night television host Stephen Colbert, according to the New York Times. Orders for Edan Lepucki's debut novel "California" have soared, after Colbert began promoting it as part of his attack on Amazon for discouraging customers from buying titles from his publisher, Hachette Book Group.
Your July 4th Barbecue is going to cost you: Rising prices for beef, ice cream and lettuce mean Americans will spent the most ever for Fourth of July barbecues this year, according to Bloomberg News. After adjusting for inflation, beef prices have climbed 44%, according to MarketWatch's Catey Hill.
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Few topics have evoked as much comment as a UN Food and Agriculture Organization study that claimed meat production is responsible for 18 percent of the greenhouse-gas emissions in the world.
The 2006 study brought down a hailstorm of derision from columnists, commentators and bloggers who had a field day ridiculing attempts to measure cow flatulence and to impose cow taxes and "meatless" Mondays.
So it was no surprise when many of those latched on to a report quoting Dr. Frank Mitloehner, a University of California Davis animal scientist, saying the UN study was flawed. Mitloehner's comments quickly shot around the media world.
"Meat, dairy diet not tied to global warming." "Do critics of UN meat report have a beef with transparency?" "Now it's cowgate: expert report says claims of livestock causing global warming are false," were some of the headlines that resulted.
The problem is that if you read portions of the paper published by Mitloehner and two associates at UC Davis and a university press release you find that's not what the authors said.
Mitloehner's main concern: The United Nations FAO report did not compare apples to apples in finding that meat production is responsible for more greenhouse-gas emissions globally than the transportation industry.
The authors of the UN report prepared a "life cycle analysis" of the livestock industry, calculating the impact of emissions from pasture to plate, but only considered the emissions from fossil-fuel combustion from driving in the transportation industry.
"This lopsided 'analysis' — that did not measure emissions from well to wheel — is a classical apples-and-oranges analogy that truly confused the issue," said Mitloehner
The air quality expert did say he believes efforts like the campaign launched by music star Paul McCartney and the chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change called "Less Meat = Less Heat" are misguided.
"Smarter animal farming, not less farming, will equal less heat," he said. "Producing less meat and milk will only mean more hunger in poor countries."
But some pundits have taken Mitloehner's comments too far, according to an interview in the Columbia Journalism Review. "I didn't say there is no reduction in greenhouse gases associated with animal protein consumption, but that it is a relatively small contribution and that consumers can do other things that have greater impact on this."
The world needs to pay more heed to scientists who are systematically trying to get to the bottom of global warming, but it needs to hear what they're saying and not grab at the first politically expedient comment that comes to mind.
(The UC Davis press release notes the researchers received a grant from the Beef checkoff program to complete the study.)
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The accelerator pedal may be loose due to insecure mounting studs and nuts. This could cause difficulty operating the accelerator. Dealers will inspect and install the mounting nuts of the accelerator pedal if necessary. The Mercedes-Benz recall number is 2006120008. This recall began on January 16, 2007.
Our Quick Take
The accelerator pedal of the car is attached by mounting studs and the nuts that secure it. Some of these nuts may be loose, which can allow the pedal to become unstable.
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We at RepairPal have designated this a medium priority recall; this would change to high if any problems are noted with the accelerator pedal. Please contact your Mercedes-Benz dealer. They will check to see if your specific vehicle is affected and advise you on what to do next. Always have your vehicle identification number (VIN) handy when you call.


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See what was happening in Redwood Falls 50, 25, and 10 years ago this week.
1962—50 years ago • Eight Redwood Falls High School teachers or administrators — George Ramseth, Reede Gray, Otto Siewert, Robert Thompson, Clem Stramel, Paul Duckstad, Orville Peterson, and Phil Hall — were driving home from the District 10 basketball tournament when their school station wagon struck another vehicle and overturned in a ditch between Gaylord and Winthrop. Of the occupants, Siewert was the only injured party, suffering a fractured left forearm. • Mrs. George Beecher, a member of the first Redwood Falls Girl Scout troop, was on hand to help celebrate the 50th annual Girl Scout father-daughter banquet, held in the RFHS cafeteria with over 250 attendees. • In a study that found a high correlation between education and family income in Minnesota, Redwood Falls was a bit of an outlier. Of cities in the 2,500 to 10,000 population range, Redwood ranked 15th in education, and 55th in family income. • The Redwood Falls High School Class of 1912 reunion committee met at the Clarence Hillig home. • In his weekly column, Gazette sports editor John Schneider said he didn't care who won the district basketball championship, as long as it stayed in Redwood County, "where it belongs." He was willing to make an exception for Fairfax. 1987—25 years ago • A committee suggested cuts in school spending totalling over $166,666, with the largest cut single coming from not replacing the retiring agricultural business teacher. • The Peacepipe Girl Scout Council was looking for women involved in the early days of local scouting as part of the troop's 75th anniversary. • Redwood County's first five Reinvest in Minnesota contracts were signed, taking about 170 acres of farmland out of production to be seeded with prairie grasses. • The airport's hangers were falling apart, and the city looked into replacing them with newer "T-hangers." • With enrollments declining, area superintendents tentatively discussed the possibility of a "Redwood County High School" to be based in the Clements area. 2002—10 years ago • A study showed that about 2.5 of Redwood Falls' population, about 175 people, had developmental disabilities. • To raise funds, the Ehlers Intergenerational Center sponsored a contest in which people got to vote with their pocket change for who they'd most like to see kiss a pig. The candidates included Deb Hess, Daryl Thul, Rick Ellingworth, or Heinz Janning. • The Cardinals boys basketball team won a 65-62 victory over Worthington to claim the sub-section title. • Three dozen runners and walkers took turns carrying the Eagle Staff from the Lower Sioux Pow-wow grounds to the Buffalo Horse Camp site five miles north of Morton to kick off a pow-wow. • Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer spoke to the Rotary Club about how the state redistricting process might affect the town.


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The group tasked with deciding the future home of Sandy Hook Elementary School will not have a decision Friday night.
The school could end up in one of two locations in Newtown, Conn. One option is to build a new facility just down the street from the now-vacant elementary school where 20 first graders and six staff members were killed in December.
The other is to renovate or rebuild at the existing site, an idea that has some of the victims' families upset.
The 28-member task force met Friday night to decide where to reopen the school, but it came to no conclusions.
A group of Sandy Hook teachers talked with task force members privately prior to the public meeting on Friday, according to NBC News. A Newtown school board member said the teachers explicitly stated that they never want to enter the building again during the "difficult" conversation.
The process has taken months. Numerous locations were considered by the special committee using the public's input. Will Rodgers, a committee member, had told NBC Connecticut Friday afternoon that the panel will likely pick a site when it meets.
"I think it's probably going to be the existing site," Rodgers said. He said he knows that won't make everyone happy.
"I will chain my body to it and to protest if they try to re-open it," Erica Lafferty told NBC Connecticut in an exclusive interview.
Lafferty's mother, Dawn Hochsprung, was the principal at Sandy Hook who lost her life running towards the shooter after he broke through the school's front door.
"It should be knocked down," Lafferty said. "There should be some type of long lasting memorial. I don't want people to walk into the building and say, oh well that's where Erica's mom got gunned down. That's not okay."
But for some, keeping Sandy Hook Elementary in the Sandy Hook section of town is important, even if that means using the same piece of property where 20 students and 6 educators were killed.
"Just tearing it down and building a new school in the same place is one of the solutions that would make the most sense," one Newtown parent said.
"It's going to be a wrenching process," Lafferty said. "There just aren't that many options for us. Starting with all these sites available in terms of acreage."
Sandy Hook students have been attending school at a temporary facility in neighboring Monroe. The First Selectman said their stay at Chalk Hill School can be extended until 2016.
The task force will hold another meeting on May 10 at 7 p.m.


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U20 World Junior Championships Game Day: Day Three 12-28-12
Sweden 3 vs. Switzerland 2 (SO)
Tanner Richard, Switzerland, 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 0-3-3, +1, 2 PIM
Victor Rask's shootout tally lifted Sweden to a 3-2 shootout victory over Switzerland. Switzerland took Sweden to the brink, and held a lead into the Third Period on Mike Kunzle's third goal of the tournament, but they could not hold off the defending Gold Medalists. Tanner Richard was scoreless in the match and took a minor for high sticking that turned into Sweden's opening goal of the game. He was also 50% on draws. The Swiss now sit in 2nd place on the Group A table with games against Finland and Czech Republic yet to go. They face the Finns next on Sunday.
Russia 2 vs. USA 1
Nikita Kucherov, Russia, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 3 SOG
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 1-0-1, +1, 2 PIM
Nikita Nesterov, Russia, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 0-2-2, +2, 0 PIM
Artem Sergeev, Russia, 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM
Andrey Vasilevskiy, Russia, DNP
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 1-0-0, 0 SO, 1.85 GAA. .941 sv%
Artem Sergeev (pictured) assisted on Viktor Tkachyov's goal early in the Third Period that gave Russia a critical 2-1 win over Team USA. Sergeev's helper means that all Lightning prospects have now found the scoresheet in Ufa, through the first two games of the Round Robin. Fellow Lightning prospect defenseman Nikita Nesterov also had a helper in the match, assisting an Albert Yarullin goal on the power play. Forward Nikita Kucherov took a holding minor in the match, and was in the box for Jacob Trouba's lone goal for the Americans. Andrey Vasilevskiy sat backup to undrafted Saskatoon netminder Andrei Makarov who turned away 41 shots for the win. Russia faces Germany next on Saturday and sits 2nd behind Canada on the Group B table.
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ECHO PARK — The Lotus Festival returns to Echo Park Lake next month after a three-year absence, with colorful posters heralding the weekend-long celebration of Asian cultures and, of course, the lake's historic and revitalized lotus bed. There is one problem, however. The flower featured on the 2014 Lotus Festival poster is that of a water lily – not a lotus. "Oopsie," said neighborhood flora-and-fauna expert Michael O"Brien of the flower faux pas.
No word on how the water lily bumped the lotus off the festival poster. But one of the festival organizers, Leonardo Pandac, confirmed that the poster features "a lily not a lotus flower."
Has the lily become the new flower power of Echo Park Lake? The lotus had bloomed in the northwest corner of Echo Park Lake for decades, becoming a symbol for the neighborhood and serving as the focus of the annual festival. The lotus bed died mysteriously several years ago but was replanted when the lake reopened in 2013 after a major clean up.
But the lotus are no longer the only flowering star attraction floating on Echo Park Lake. When the lake was rebuilt, large clusters of water lilies were planted in the new wetlands created as part of the renovation of the lake. The blossoms of the water lilies are smaller than the pom-pom like flowers of the lotus but the lilies bloom earlier and longer than the lotus, which peak in the heat of summer. The lilies also bloom in a variety of shades – ranging from pink to purple – while the lotus produce a rather refined but relatively sedate cream-and-pink flower.
Randy McDonald, the aquatic plant expert who supplied the lotus and lilies that now bloom in Echo Park Lake, explains the difference between the two plants:
The lotus belong to genus that lotus belong to is Nelumbo. Water lilies belong to the genus Nymphaea. Generally speaking, water lily leaves float on the surface and are green to green and brown mottled. Lotus leaves are held high above the water and are blue green when they are properly fertilized.
Despite their differences, the typical person often confuses one plant for the other. "Every time I see an article on the lotus, there is a water lily picture there instead of a lotus picture," McDonald said via email. "This even happened on Channel 7 news!"
So, will the lotus now become the wall flower of Echo Park Lake? What do you prefer? The lily or the lotus?


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We recently caught up with Marty Perry of the Vancouver-based Hurricane Riders sea kayak crew to find out more about its new four-part series titled, The push. Our questions for Marty: What was the impetus for the series, where did you shoot it, and what exactly is involved in a new 'recruit' earning their THR stripes? Multiple wave beatdown? Also, after seeing the first two installments below, when will there be more?
Perry: OK, so The push series was a result of a three-day trip in Tofino, B.C. this February. We rented a house in town, partied a bit and surfed our brains out. We invited Kate Hives, Costain Léonard and Nick Castro to our crew during this session. They were so pumped on being new THRs that the cameras were rolling the whole time. We'd get up at 4:45 a.m. to set-up time lapse in trees and catch the first sun rays on the surf.
Kate is a well known whitewater kayaker here in B.C. and in Ontario. Costain is also a Ottawa whitewater paddler, 6'5″ and heavy enough to lower the suspension of his truck when he pops in. Nick is from France and a devoted sea kayaker (he runs and operate Active Sea Kayaking, a kayaking school). We since added Bram Rutherford, Jack Mckillop and James Manke to our crew which brings us up to 12 paddlers now. We do not expect any new crews for the next few years.
The push series is basically a practice run for our dream project, think the "Inga Project" on the ocean, choppers, first generation wave surfing in Tofino, Cox Bay, filming and rapelling off huge cliffs, Montéal's Lachine rapid Class IV section, iceberg seal launches in Labrador, the list goes on. We want to make our first production film within the next three years. The skills are there, the crew is solid and we trust each other.
I edited The push series 1-4, and Rowan Gloag might be adding a The push 5 to it. We've never been more energized on paddling big ocean but at the same token it's nearly impossible to film out there in the open sea from our boats, we need helicopters for that … so we're looking for money.
— Stay tuned to CanoeKayak.com for episodes 3 and 4.
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New Vice-Chancellor takes the helm
The University of Wollongong's new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Wellings, today (3 January) started day one in the office committed to seeing UOW – which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary – move into the top 1 per cent of universities in the world.
The former Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University in north-west England, succeeds Professor Gerard Sutton, who was UOW's longest-serving Vice-Chancellor since 1995.
"Currently UOW is placed in the top 2 per cent of universities world-wide and I want to see us move into the top 1 per cent by having an outstanding research and student focus," Professor Wellings said.
"I am certainly lucky in that I have inherited a 'very good ship' but my challenge now is to carry us further forward.
"We have to maximise our return on the infrastructure we have set up over the past decade including places like the Innovation Campus and the SMART Facility."
Professor Wellings praised as a "fantastic idea" the University's plans to build a $300 million health and medical precinct based around a 180-bed private hospital and integrated primary care health centre.
The highly-regarded St Vincent's and Mater Health Sydney organisation has been assisting the University to develop plans for the precinct, and is the University's proposed operator for the hospital.
With an ageing population, demands on health care would be going up markedly over the next 20 years putting greater pressure on community care, the Vice-Chancellor said.
Professor Wellings said he would be examining potential new course offerings wherever possible including cross-faculty new initiatives.
"We should not be producing "oven ready chickens" but students who know how to be flexible as they may have to handle a number of jobs over their working lives."
He said UOW was a key asset for the future development of the Illawarra region and he looked forward to being part of the next stage of the University's development.
In an email message to staff at UOW today, Professor Wellings highlighted how "globally, higher education is in enormous demand driven by the increasing world population and the growing affluence of segments of economies in the Eastern Hemisphere. We need to continue with our strategy of internationalisation in order to capitalise on this opportunity."
He went on to say: "Nationally, we are challenged to be more inclusive to disadvantaged sectors of the population and to increase the skills of all Australians. Given the demographic structure of our regional catchment and our underlying approach to engagement, we are in an ideal position to do both."
Professor Wellings is UOW's fourth Vice-Chancellor since the University gained its autonomy from the University of NSW in 1975, following Professor Michael Birt (1975-1981), Professor Ken McKinnon (1981-1995) and Professor Gerard Sutton (1995-2011).
An Australian/British citizen, Professor Wellings was born in Nottingham and educated at the universities of London, Durham and East Anglia. He moved to Australia in 1981 as a research ecologist at CSIRO, becoming Chief of the Entomology Division in 1995. From 1997 to 1999, he was Head of the Innovation and Science Division, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Canberra, and in 1999 he became Deputy Chief Executive of CSIRO.
Professor Wellings has previously been a Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). In 2006 he was appointed to the board of Universities UK and Chair of its International European Policy Committee. He was also a board member of Higher Education Funding Council for England and Chair of its Research and Innovation Committee.


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cgroups (aka control groups) is a Linux kernel feature to limit, police and account the resource usage of certain processes (actually process groups). Compared to other approaches like the 'nice' command or
/etc/security/limits.conf, cgroups are infinitely more flexible.
Control groups can be used in multiple ways:
- create and manage them on the fly using tools like cgcreate, cgexec, cgclassify etc
- the "rules engine daemon", to automatically move certain users/groups/commands to groups (/etc/cgrules.conf and /etc/rc.d/cgred)
- through other software such as Linux Containers (LXC) virtualization
Unfortunately this feature is often underappreciated due to lack of easy "how-to" style documentation. This is an attempt of fixing the problem. :)
Note: I'm only learning to use cgroups as I type this, so do not take everything I say here as pure gold.
First, install the utilities for managing cgroups; you need the libcgroup package from AUR. makepkg and install it as usual.
Next, you need to define where to mount the cgroup controller virtual file systems. Let's start with the 'cpu' and 'memory' controllers:
mount { cpu = /mnt/cgroups/cpu; memory = /mnt/cgroups/memory; }
Then run the following to create these directories and mount the controller file systems:
/etc/rc.d/cgconfig start
Now when you list the controller directory, you should see some files (cgroup tunables) in it:
ls -l /mnt/cgroups/memory
You might also want to run this at boot:
DAEMONS=( ... cgconfig ...)
Simple usage
Ad-hoc groups
One of the powers of cgroups is that you can create "ad-hoc" groups on the fly. In fact, you can even grant the privileges to create custom groups to regular users. Run this as root (replace $USER with your user name):
sudo cgcreate -a $USER -g memory,cpu:me
That's it! Now all the tunables in the group "me" are writable by your user:
$ ls -l /mnt/cgroups/memory/me total 0 -rwxrwxr-x 1 user root 0 Sep 25 00:39 cgroup.event_control -rwxrwxr-x 1 user root 0 Sep 25 00:39 cgroup.procs -rwxrwxr-x 1 user root 0 Sep 25 00:39 cpu.rt_period_us -rwxrwxr-x 1 user root 0 Sep 25 00:39 cpu.rt_runtime_us -rwxrwxr-x 1 user root 0 Sep 25 00:39 cpu.shares -rwxrwxr-x 1 user root 0 Sep 25 00:39 notify_on_release -rwxrwxr-x 1 user root 0 Sep 25 00:39 tasks
Cgroups are hierarchical, so you can create as many subgroups as you like. Let's say that, as a normal user, you want to run a bash shell under a new subgroup called 'foo':
cgcreate -g memory,cpu:me/foo cgexec -g memory,cpu:me/foo bash
There we go! Just to make sure:
$ cat /proc/self/cgroup 11:memory:/me/foo 6:cpu:/me/foo
A new subdirectory was created for this group. To limit the memory usage of all processes in this group to 10 MB, run the following:
$ echo 10000000 > /mnt/cgroups/memory/me/foo/memory.limit_in_bytes
Note that the memory limit applies to RAM use only -- once tasks hit this limit, they will begin to swap. But it won't affect the performance of other processes significantly.
Similarly you can change the CPU priority ("shares") of this group. By default all groups have 1024 shares. A group with 100 shares will get a ~10% portion of the CPU time:
$ echo 100 > /mnt/cgroups/cpu/me/foo/cpu.shares
You can find more tunables or statistics by listing the cgroup directory.
You can also change the cgroup of already running processes. To move all 'bash' commands to this group:
$ pidof bash 13244 13266 $ cgclassify -g memory,cpu:me/foo `pidof bash` $ cat /proc/13244/cgroup 11:memory:/me/foo 6:cpu:/me/foo
Persistent group configuration
If you want your cgroups to be created at boot, you can define them in /etc/cgconfig.conf instead. For example, the "me" and "me/foo" group definitions would look like this:
group me { perm { # who can manage limits admin { uid = $USER; } # who can add tasks to this group task { uid = $USER; } } # create this group in cpu and memory controllers cpu { } memory { } } group me/foo { cpu { cpu.shares = 100; } memory { memory.limit_in_bytes = 10000000; } }
For information on controllers and what certain switches and tunables mean, refer to kernel's Documentation/cgroup (or install linux-docs and see
For commands and configuration files, see relevant man pages, e.g.
man cgcreate or
man cgrules.conf


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Explore Spain on its high-speed trains. AVE Cities - AVEXPERIENCE
Would you like to travel comfortably by train between Madrid and Valencia in just 95 minutes? And between Madrid and Barcelona in two and a half hours? You'll be able to do so thanks to Spain's extensive network of high-speed trains (AVE). When you opt to take these trains you'll be eligible for discounts on cultural visits, and you'll also be able to see some of the country's most important tourist destinations in record time. Visitors are highly recommended to make the most of this service.
If you like this style of travel, you're sure to be interested in the initiative Avexperience, which offers a new way of discovering Spain, by high-speed train: a mode of transport that is fast, safe and sustainable, and in which the journey itself becomes part of a unique experience. Avexperience offers total flexibility in your schedules, allowing you to design a tailor-made journey where you decide at what pace you'd like to visit these outstanding destinations: Albacete, Alicante, Antequera, Barcelona, Calatayud, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Cuenca, León, Lleida, Madrid, Malaga, Ourense, Palencia, Puertollano, Segovia, Seville, Tarragona, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid, Villanueva de Córdoba, Villena, Zamora and Zaragoza. You'll be able to explore at length a vast heritage featuring all the historic, cultural, gastronomic and leisure attractions of a country that is guaranteed to capture your heart.Below is a list of all the lines available depending on where you want to travel:
AVE high-speed train connections
- 1 Madrid - Seville
- 2 Barcelona - Seville
- 3 Valencia - Seville
- 4 Madrid - Malaga
- 5 Barcelona - Malaga
- 6 Madrid - Albacete
Madrid - Seville line
Ayuntamiento de Sevilla
Connection time: from 90 minutes.Stops: Ciudad Real - Puertollano - Cordoba - Seville.Madrid, the capital of Spain, is connected by high-speed train with Seville, in the very heart of Andalusia. In under two and a half hours you can go from the most famous monuments in cosmopolitan Madrid –such as the Royal Palace and the Prado Museum– to enjoy the gastronomic delights and the charm of Seville's most beautiful sites like the towers of the Giralda and Torre del Oro.This same line makes various intermediate stops. The first is in Ciudad Real, a land that was famously immortalised in Cervantes' work 'Don Quixote'. The second stop is Puertollano, and the third is Cordoba, whose historical centre is a World Heritage site, and where you'll be able to see famous monuments such as the Great Mosque.
Barcelona - Seville line
Connection time: from 5 hours 15 minutes.Stops: Camp de Tarragona - Lleida - Zaragoza - Ciudad Real - Puertollano - Cordoba - Seville.You can travel from Barcelona to Seville in just over five hours on the AVE high-speed train. Imagine the possibilities! For example, you can wake up beside the Sagrada Familia church in the morning and enjoy a walk round the María Luisa Park in Seville in the evening. The train also stops at Camp de Tarragona, Lleida, Zaragoza, Ciudad Real, Puertollano and Cordoba.
Valencia - Seville line
Connection time: from 4 hours.Stops: Cuenca - Ciudad Real - Puertollano - Cordoba - Seville.You can also travel to Seville from Valencia on the AVE high-speed train. This connection enables you to travel between these two important tourism destinations in around four hours.
Madrid - Malaga line
Connection time: from 80 minutes.Stops:Cordoba - Puente Genil - Antequera - Malaga.Also in Andalusia, just 150 kilometres from Cordoba, the AVE train will take you from Madrid to Malaga, where you can marvel at its Roman theatre. Renfe (the company that operates the AVE) offers promotions such as reduced-rate visits to one of the most famous museums in Malaga – the Picasso Museum – when you show your train ticket.
Barcelona - Malaga line
Connection time: from 5 hours 50 minutesStops: Camp de Tarragona - Zaragoza - Ciudad Real - Puertollano - Córdoba - Puente Genil - Antequera - Malaga.You can also travel to Malaga from Barcelona on the AVE high-speed train. This will enable you go practically from one tip of the Spanish Mediterranean coast to the other in just over five hours and a half.
Things to remember
The AVE connections and the new, constantly developing railway infrastructure allow other short-duration connections, such as Madrid - Toledo (30 minutes). For more information, check out the section 'Travel around Spain by train'.
Take a look at the map of main connections in Spain for high-speed trains (AVE) and other long-distance lines.
The AVE trains offer a full array of services, as well as a firm commitment to punctuality. A range of restaurant options, café, films, music channels, entertainment activities for children, free Internet connection (available soon), special group prices, discounts at museums, and a full timetable of services with guaranteed punctuality... are just some of the things to enjoy on your journey.
Now there is no excuse not to come and explore Spain –while you enjoy its stunning landscapes from the train window. Don't think twice –come with your friends or family and take the train. The AVE railway network is constantly being expanded, and more and more cities are being added to the list.
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Appendix:Glossary of architecture
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- aisle - Subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts.
- apron - 1) Raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet. 2) The open portion of a marine terminal immediately adjacent to a vessel berth, used in the direct transfer of cargo between the vessel and the terminal. 3) The concrete slab immediately outside a vehicular door or passageway used to limit the wear on asphalt paving due to repetitive turning movements.
- apse - Vaulted semicircular or polygonal end of a chancel or chapel.
- arcade - Passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or of vaults supported by columns. See also wikipedia:arcade, arch, vault and column.
- architrave - Formalized lintel, the lowest member of the classical entablature. Also the moulded frame of a door or window (often borrowing the profile of a classical architrave).
- arris - Sharp edge where two surfaces meet at an angle.
- ashlar - Masonry of large blocks cut with even faces and square edges.
- atrium(Plural atria) inner court of a Roman or C20 house; in a multi-storey building, a toplit covered court rising through all storeys.
- attic - Small top storey within a roof. The storey above the main entablature of a classical façade.
- bahut - Dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade.
- baluster - Small moulded shaft, square or circular, in stone or wood, sometimes metal, supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase (pictured). See also wikipedia:baluster.
- balustrade - A series of balusters supporting a handrail or coping.
- basement - The lowest, subordinate storey of building often either entirely or paritially below ground level; the lowest part of classical elevation, below the piano nobile.
- basilica - Originally a Roman, large roofed hall erected for transacting business and disposing of legal matters.; later the term came to describe an aisled building with a clerestory. Medieval cathedral plans were a development of the basilica plan type.
- bay - Internal compartments of a building; each divided from the other by subtle means such as the boundaries implied by divisions marked in the side walls (columns, pilasters, etc) or the ceiling (beams, etc). Also external divisions of a building by fenestration (windows).
- bay window - Window of one or more storeys projecting from the face of a building. Canted with a straight front and angled sides. Bow window curved. Oriel rests on corbels or brackets and starts above ground level; also the bay window at the dais end of a medieval great hall.
- belfry - Chamber or stage in a tower where bells are hung.
- bond - Term used to describe the manner in which bricks are laid in a wall so that they interlock.
- boss - The projecting keystone of a ribbed vault, usually carved.
- bossage - Uncut stone that is laid in place in a building, projecting outward from the building, to later be carved into decorative moldings, capitals, arms, etc. Bossages are also rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the surface of the building, by reason of indentures, or channels left in the joinings; used chiefly in the corners of buildings, and called rustic quoins. The cavity or indenture may be round, square, chamfered, bevelled, diamond-shaped, or enclosed with a cavetto or listel.[1]
- boutant - Type of support. An arc-boutant, or flying buttress, serves to sustain a vault, and is self-sustained by some strong wall or massive work. A pillar boutant is a large chain or jamb of stone, made to support a wall, terrace, or vault. The word is French, and comes from the verb bouter, "to butt" or "abut".[1]
- brise soleil - Projecting fins or canopies which shade windows from direct sunlight.
A small oval window, set horizontally.
- bressumer(Literally "breast- beam") A large, horizontal beam supporting the wall above, especially in a jettied building.
- bulwark - For ships in the Royal Navy, see HMS Bulwark - Barricade of beams and soil used in 15th and w:16th century fortifications designed to mount artillery. On board ships the term is used of the woodwork running round the ship above the level of the deck. Figuratively it means anything serving as a defence.
- buttress - Vertical member projecting from a wall to stabilize it or to resist the lateral thrust of an arch, roof, or vault. A flying buttress transmits the thrust to a heavy abutment by means of an arch or half-arch.
- cancellus(plural:Cancelli) Barriers which correspond to the modern balustrade or railing, especially the screen dividing the body of a church from the part occupied by the ministers hence chancel. The Romans employed cancelli to partition off portions of the courts of law.
- cauliculus or caulicole - Stalks (eight in number) with two leaves from which rise the helices or spiral scrolls of the Corinthian capital to support the abacus.
- chalcidicum - In Roman architecture, is the vestibule or portico of a public building opening on to the forum, as in the basilica of Eumactria at Pompeii, and the basilica of Constantine at Rome, where it was placed at one end.
- chimera - A gargoyle that does not work as a waterspout.
- chresmographion - Chamber between the pronaos and the cella in Greek temples where oracles were delivered.
- cincture - Ring, list, or fillet at the top and bottom of a column, which divides the shaft from the capital and base.[1]
- cinquecento - Style which became prevalent in Italy in the century following 1500, now usually called 16th-century work. It was the result of the revival of classic architecture known as Renaissance, but the change had commenced already a century earlier, in the works of Ghiberti and Donatello in sculpture, and of Brunelleschi and Alberti in architecture.
- cippus - A low pedestal, either round or rectangular, set up by the Romans for various purposes such as military or milestones, boundary posts. The inscriptions on some in the British Museum show that they were occasionally funeral memorials.
- cleithral - An architectural term applied to a covered Greek temple, in contradistinction to hypaethral, which designates one that is uncovered the roof of a cleithral temple completely covers
- collarino(also colarin or colarino) The little frieze of the captial of the Tuscan and Doric column placed between the astragal, and the annulets. It was called by Vitruvius, hypotrachelium.
- compluvium - Latin term for the open space left in the roof of the atrium of a Roman house for lighting it and the rooms round.
- cornice - The upper section of an entablature, a projecting shelf along the top of a wall often supported by brackets.
- cross springer - Block from which the diagonal ribs of a vault spring or start the top of the springer is known as the skewback.
- crypto-porticus - A concealed or covered passage, generally underground, though lighted and ventilated from the open air. One of the best-known examples is the crypto-porticus under the palaces of the Caesars in Rome. In Hadrians villa in Rome they formed the principal private intercommunication between the several buildings.
- cyrto-style - Circular projecting portico with columns, like those of the transept entrances of St Paul's cathedral and the western entrance of St Mary-le-Strand, London.
- diastyle - A term used to designate an intercolumniation of three or four diameters.
- diaulos - Peristyle round the great court of the palaestra, described by Vitruvius, which measured two stadia (1,200 ft.) in length, on the south side this peristyle had two rows of columns, so that in stormy weather the rain might not be driven into the inner part. The word was also used in ancient Greece for a foot race of twice the usual length.
- diazomata - Landing places and passages which were carried round the semicircle and separated the upper and lower tiers in a Greek theatre.
- dikka - Islamic architectural term for the tribune raised upon columns, from which the Koran is recited and the prayers intoned by the Imam of the mosque.
- dipteral - Temples which have a double range of columns in the peristyle, as in the temple of Diana at Ephesus.
- distyle - A portico which has two columns between antae, known as distyle-in-antis.
- dodecastyle - A temple where the portico has twelve columns in front, as in the portico added to the temple of Demeter at Eleusis, designed by Philo, the architect of the arsenal at the Peiraeus.
- dosseret or impost block - Cubical block of stone above the capitals in a Byzantine church, used to carry the arches and vault, the springing of which had a superficial area greatly in excess of the column which carried them.
- dromos - Entrance passage leading down to the beehive tombs in Greece, open to the air and enclosed between stone walls.
- ephebeum - Large hall in the ancient Palaestra furnished with seats, the length of which should be a third larger than the width. It served for the exercises of youths of from sixteen to eighteen years of age.
- epinaos - Open vestibule behind the nave. The term is not found in any classic author, but is a modern coinage, originating in Germany, to differentiate the feature from opisthodomus, which in the Parthenon was an enclosed chamber.
- estrade - French term for a raised platform. In the Levant the estrade of a divan is called Sopha (Blondel), from which comes our sofa.
- eustyle - Intercolumniation defined by Vitruvius as being of the best proportion, i.e. two and a half diameters.
- feretory - Enclosure or chapel within which the fereter shrine, or tomb (as in Henry VII.'s chapel), was placed.
- foot-stall - Literally translation of "pedestal", the lower part of a pier in architecture.
- formeret - French term for the wall-rib carrying the web or filling-in of a vault.
- gablets - Triangular terminations to butresses, much in use in the Early English and Decorated periods, after which the buttresses generally terminated in pinnacles. The Early English gablets are generally plain, and very sharp in pitch. In the Decorated period they are often enriched with panelling and crocketts. They are sometimes finished with small crosses, but more often with finials.
- garretting, properly galletting - The process in which the gallets or small splinters of stone are inserted in the joints of coarse masonry to protect the mortar joints. They are stuck in while the mortar is wet.
- lacunar - Latin name in architecture for a panelled or coffered ceiling or soffit. The word is derived from lacuna, a cavity or hollow, a blank, hiatus or gap. The panels or coffers of a ceiling are by Vitruvius called lacunaria.
- maksoora - Islamic architectural term given to the sanctuary or praying-chamber in a mosque, which was sometimes enclosed with a screen of lattice-work the word is occasionally used for a similar enclosure round a tomb.
- modillion - Enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice and above the bedmold of the Corinthian entablature. It is probably so called because of its arrangement in regulated distances.
- monotriglyph - Interval of the intercolumniation of the Doric column, which is observed by the intervention of one triglyph only between the triglyphs which come over the axes of the columns. This is the usual arrangement, but in the Propylaea at Athens there are two triglyphs over the central intercolumniation, in order to give increased width to the roadway, up which chariots and beasts of sacrifice ascended.
- muqarna - A type of decorative corbel used in Islamic architecture that in some circumstances, resembles stalactites.
- mutule - Rectangular block under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which is studded with guttae. It is supposed to represent the piece of timber through which the wooden pegs were driven in order to hold the rafter in position, and it follows the sloping rake of the roof. In the Roman Doric order the mutule was horizontal, with sometimes a crowning fillet, so that it virtually fulfilled the purpose of the modillion in the Corinthian cornice.
- oillets - Arrow slits in the walls of medieval fortifications, but more strictly applied to the round hole or circle with which the openings terminate. The same term is applied to the small circles inserted in the tracery-head of the windows of the Decorated and Perpendicular periods, sometimes varied with trefoils and quatrefoils.
- orthostatae - Greek architecture term for the lowest course of masonry of the external walls of the naos or cella, consisting of vertical slabs of stone or marble equal in height to two or three of the horizontal courses which constitute the inner part of the wall.
- orthostyle - A range of columns placed in a straight row, as for instance those of the portico or flanks of a classic temple.
- parclose - Screen or railing used to enclose a chantry, tomb or chapel, in a church, and for the space thus enclosed.
- peripteral - Term applied to a temple or other structure where the columns of the front portico are returned along its sides as wings at the distance of one or two intercolumniations from the walls of the naos or cella. Almost all the Greek temples were peripteral, whether Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian
- planceer or planchier - Building element sometimes used in the same sense as a soffit, but more correctly applied to the soffit of the corona in a cornice.
- poppy heads - Term given to the finials or other ornaments which terminate the tops of bench ends, either to pews or stalls. They are sometimes small human heads, sometimes richly carved images, knots of foliage or finials, and sometimes fleurs-de-lis simply cut out of the thickness of the bench end and chamfered. The term is probably derived from the French poupee doll or puppet used also in this sense, or from the flower, from a resemblance in shape.
- prick post - Old architectural name given sometimes to the queen posts of a roof, and sometimes to the filling in quarters in framing.
- pseudo-peripteral - Temple in which the columns surrounding the naos have had walls built between them, so that they become engaged columns, as in the great temple at Agrigentum. In Roman temples, in order to increase the size of the celia, the columns on either side and at the rear became engaged columns, the portico only having isolated columns.
- pycnostyle - Architectural term given by Vitruvius to the intercolumniation between the columns of a temple, when this was equal to 11/2 diameters.
- rear vault - Vault of the internal hood of a doorway or window to which a splay has been given on the reveal, sometimes the vaulting surface is terminated by a small rib known as the scoinson rib, and a further development is given by angle shafts carrying this rib, known as scoinson shafts.
- rose window - Circular window usually appears in religious architecture particularly during the Gothic period
- sommer or summer - Girder or main "summer beam" of a floor: if supported on two storey posts and open below, also called a "bress" or "breast-summer". Often found at the centerline of the house to support one end of a joist, and to bear the weight of the structure above.
- systyle - In the Classical orders, this describes columns rather thickly set, with an intercolumniation to which two diameters are assigned
- tympanum - The semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance bounded by a lintel and arch
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.


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NCAA Tournament 2013 Midwest Region — Day 3
The third round of the NCAA Tournament features a trio of compelling matchups in the Midwest Region.
Louisville dominated Colorado State in impressive fashion, while Michigan State came off a pummeling of Valparaiso to rout a Memphis squad that held on for dear life against Saint Mary's. Saint Louis and its stingy defense was upset by an Oregon squad whose victory over Oklahoma State already proved the selection committee was way off base giving it a #12 seed.
All start times are approximate. All times Eastern.
(12) Oregon 74, (4) Saint Louis 57
Damyean Dotson scored 23 points, and 12th-seeded Oregon upset fourth-seeded Saint Louis, 74-57, in a third round game of the 2013 NCAA tournament's Midwest Region in San Jose, Calif. on Saturday. The Ducks jumped out to a big lead in the first half, but Saint Louis whittled the margin down to 11 in the second half before fading. Oregon made eight of 11 three-point shot attempts during the victory. The Ducks advanced and will face top-seeded Louisville in the round of 16 in Indianapolis on Friday. Kwamain Mitchell led the Billikens with 18 points. Saint Louis shot just 3-for-21 from the 3-point line.
(1) Louisville 82, (8) Colorado State 56
Russ Smith scored 27 points, and top-seeded Louisville drilled Colorado State, 82-56, in a third round game of the 2013 NCAA tournament's Midwest Region in Lexington, Ky. on Saturday. The Cardinals forced several turnovers during a pivotal first-half run that gave them a 14-point lead at the half. Smith made four of five 3-point shots during the early onslaught, and the Rams never closed the gap. Louisville advanced to the round of 16 and will face Oregon in Indianapolis next Friday. Greg Smith scored 14 for Colorado State, while teammate Colton Iverson added nine points and seven rebounds.
(3) Michigan State 70, (6) Memphis 48
Gary Harris scored 23 points, and third-seeded Michigan State used a huge second half to rout sixth-seeded Memphis, 70-48, in a third round game of the 2013 NCAA tournament's Midwest Region in Auburn Hills, Mich. on Saturday. Adreian Payne added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Spartans, who led by just three points at halftime but pulled away thanks to a solid defensive second half. Star guard Keith Appling scored just two points for the Spartans and left due to a shoulder injury with about 7:14 remaining. Michigan State advanced to the round of 16 in Indianapolis next Friday. Memphis shot just 30 percent from the field, including 5-for-23 from 3-point range. Geron Johnson led the Tigers with 16 points.
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