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Markets Tackle ECB Rate Cut
The European Central Bank cut it main interest rate by 0.25% to 0.5%. Also, U.S. markets will look to rebound from Wednesday's selloff. Michael Casey has details.
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FRONTLINE investigates how the Hollywood mogul allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women over four decades. With allegations going back to Weinstein's early years, the film examines the elaborate ways he and those around him tried to silence his accusers.
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(I recently caught up to Oil Kings goaltender and Flames prospect Laurent Brossoit after his trip to the memorial cup.)
Andrey Osadchenko: You are the MVP of the WHL playoffs this season. Did you feel that you lived up to expectations at the Memorial Cup?
Laurent Brossoit: Obviously, I did what I did in the playoffs. Then we came here and we lost 2 in a row in the round robin. I could have done a little bit more. I wasn't there to make a statistical statement or anything like that. I wanted to win and leave those losses behind.
AO: Do you feel like you had a career season?
LB: I think this season has been huge for my career. It kind of got me on the radar. I'm hoping to take advantage of that and get even better.
AO: What do you think allowed to have such a great season? Maybe you changed something in your pre-season preparation?
LB: I think I just simplified my game. Last year I would try to make a big save all the time and kind of get in my own head. This year I just simplified everything – mentally and physically. I control my rebounds, I realized I don't have to come out and make big saves all the time. I made sure this is my second priority rather than my first.
AO: You were on the national stage as the MVP of the WHL playoffs. Would you say that sort of pressure was something you could use to build from or it was unnecessary burden for you?
LB: I would have been there if I didn't strive off pressure games. We showed a lot of character in the games against Portland. We bounced back when we were against the wall. I think this season I've improved a lot mentally where I needed to. I don't as nervous in the games, I feel more confident in the net no matter what's at stake in each game.
AO: Were the Flames getting in touch with you more often this season more than they used to?
LB: Yes. They were pretty good at getting in touch and having tabs on me. Definitely there's more to come. Because obviously the more success I got, the more calls I get. They're letting me know they're happy with my performance and where my game's headed. It's flattering to know they're supporting me.
AO: You came to the Memorial Cup fresh out of Game 7 of the WHL final series. How difficult was it for you to start a whole new tournament that quickly?
LB: Every day was Day 1. We needed to get used to the teams there. Everybody was saying that Game 1 is the toughest because you have to get used to the players and the way they play. I think we had to focus more on our own game. All of the teams were in the same boat with us – they had to get used to the way we play.
AO: Were the guys you were up against at the Memorial Cup any different from those that you played against in the WHL?
LB: I wouldn't say so. I mean, the media hype always goes to such an extent that you get a little intimidated. You get there and you see all those Huberdeaus and Jurcos… And then you get out there, get a little settled and you realize that they're probably just as intimidated of you as you are of them. You slowly realize that you can keep up with the pace of the game. I really didn't notice any difference between the shooters at the Memorial Cup and the WHL.
AO: A lot of skaters were complaining about the ice conditions in Shawinigan. Has it affected you as a goaltender?
JB: I think the ice affect skaters a lot more than it does me. For more, if the ice doesn't get dry quick enough before I get out there, I start cutting up the crease. They did a pretty good job making sure the Zamboni's getting out there quickly. So there wasn't a lot of complains for me.
AO: You were one the favorites among fans in Shawinigan because of your French heritage, which is a little bizarre for a guy who was born in Surrey, BC.
LB: My French comes from my grandpa. He was from Montreal, QC. And my grandma was from a French town in Saskatchewan. My parents don't speak French. I went to French immersion school until grade 9. That's why I speak a little French. But the only other person in my family who speaks French is my sister. That's why I probably lost it so quickly.
AO: The atmosphere at the rink in during your first game against Shawinigan was just electric. What are the differences atmosphere-wise between the QMJHL and WHL?
LB: It's definitely a different atmosphere. We have an NHL-size rink and it was very loud in Game 7 of the finals. To be honest, it actually felt like Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. In Shawinigan it was different. There were obviously not as many fans but they are definitely huge fans. Prety loud. It's a small, confined rink so there's different type of noise.
AO: You are one of the rare players it's fun to follow on twitter. Maybe you don't tweet a lot, but the things you tweet are rather enjoyable. What made you be that guy?
LB: Everybody on the team tweets clichés and obviousness. You know like "Game 7 tonight". Just things that no one really cares about. I tweet what's on my mind but obviously I try not to go out too far and get me in trouble.
AO: Is there any PR guy who watches everyone tweets?
LB: Coach tells us: 'If you gotta think about what you're tweeting, whether it's appropriate or not, you probably shouldn't send it out'. So if it gets back at coach, we get in trouble.
AO: You may be Team Canada's goalie at the next World Juniors. Is it something you think about now?
LB: Well, just when people bring it up like this. It's in the back of your mind. Obviously, it would be a huge honor. But those are the kind of things you don't want to think too much about. You'd just add extra pressure on yourself. I just have to play well to be able to get there in the future.


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|2006-08-25, 00:00
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Join Date: May 2004
I'm replaying some PS1 games, and I've put in 20 hours into BOF IV before, maybe about 5-6 years ago. When it first came out, anyways. I don't remember much of it.. is it good? Well, good enough to warrant a play? Recommendations?
I've played BOF V: Dragon Quarter, by the way. Thought it was a brilliant little gem.. but that's just me ; )
|2006-08-25, 01:25
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Diablo II If you don't already know what this game's about than I really can't help you... Playing a necro on US West Level 59 as of last play...
I'm also playing: Guitar Hero (and I suck major hardcore, but I keep on practicing), GTA: San Andreas for like the 4th time..., and a little Soul Calibur 3. All of these on the PS2 of course...
|2006-08-25, 03:44
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Calming Everyday Life
Join Date: Dec 2004
Age: 31
Oh really now.
Playing a little psone game called Hoshigami. Strategy RPG, I'm having great fun with it. The battle system, as far as I've gotten, seems to have such amazing possibilities, and the enemies are relentless, which is a great plus for me. Been looking for a challenge after playing Indigo Prophecy and Suikoden V (again).
|2006-08-25, 04:16
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Gotta kill 'em all!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Denmark
Guild Wars. No online RPG/MMORPG can really come close to this games awesome depth in pvp, combat and tactic. Incredible balanced and tactical, and yet totally fast paced, frantic and insane
It's the greatessssssttt
Can't wait for Nightfall; http://youtube.com/watch?v=8mjPJ9QIbxk
|2006-08-25, 08:24
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Join Date: May 2004
I've just finished Final Fantasy Tactics. Stayed up all night to finish it in one go. All I have to say.. is that the plot was very ambitious, and I managed to keep track of the most important threads, especially character relationships. And it was bloody brilliant. There's a distinct Shakespearan influence on the penning of the drama, and the game is gripping until the very end. I'm very impressed.
I probably wouldn't have understood it as well if I played it nearly 10 years ago (~1997) when it was released.
Ah. What a game.
|2006-08-25, 12:51
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico
-I like the combo system a lot (combining spells + skills + other combos to create more powerful attacks is always nice ) it just a shame that combinations sometimes fail.
-The story is pretty avarage as far as japanese RPG's are concerned. It would have been nice if you could play as Fou-lu a bit more. The ending is pretty bad and lame, IMHO.
-I hate the dragon system a lot. The one from BoF III was so much better; You only get one dragon form that gets different abilities depending on what "beast" you 'may' want to summon.
And I say "beast" because the game's definition of dragon is a little off. Worms, Whales, Knights, etc. If it's big, the characters refer to them as dragons. The summons animations are also among the worst I have ever since.
-The fishing mini-game is nowhere near as good as the one in 3. You can no longer see all the fish in the water and the ones you get to see all have the same shape(extremely based on luck this time around); Still fun to play though.
-I like the characters designs a lot, but I have heard many complains from other people in this regard. I am pretty sure you still remember them. By the way, Ursula reminds me of Chun-lee (Street Fighter)
At the end of the day, I'll say that BoF IV is an OK game that helps you kill time while you wait for the good ones to arrive.
Shame Ryu only has one dragon form though.
|2006-08-25, 13:26
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Currently playing Dead Rising for the X-box360 to get as many achievements as I can. It's more fun than I originally thought it would be.
My list of games that I need to get back to sometime are Sakura Taisen V,Final Fantasy X-2(I only beat it once and It was the normal ending.),and Skies of Arcadia:Legends.
|2006-08-25, 16:40
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Netherlands
Age: 39
I have a ton of games I still need to finish some time, and I even have a stack of games
still in original shrinkwrap.
What I'm playing currently however are:
DS) Final Fantasy I & II (currently about 7 hours in FF1)
I usually don't like high-random encounters and little story, but somehow FF1 keeps me playing.
PS2) Xenosaga (restarted from scratch again - got stuck near the end before)
One other game I recently finished for PS2 was Phantom Brave
PC) Galactic Civilizations 2 (though it's getting a little boring now)
|2006-08-25, 16:57
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Seeker of Power
In anticipation of Xenosaga III, I went back and played though I and II again. Playing Xenogears for the fifth time because it... its Xenogears. Also practicing my drifting in GT4 to no avail.
|2006-08-25, 20:11
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i play world of warcraft ~ i guess its not popular around here well currently enjoying killing dumb allies across servers on my lock and after going to BWL to kill nef (high endgame boss)
|2006-08-25, 22:33
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Holy Beast ~Wuff!~
monster hunting
animal crossing
Super mario bro.
Brain age
Viewtiful joe
lost in blue
yeah ,mobile gaming, dont have the time for any pc/home console games these days....
|2006-08-26, 02:01
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Join Date: May 2004
It's a shame that BOF V didn't get more acclaim and sales, although perhaps its understanding when you see that it's a rather simple and bareboned game. It has a certain amount of polish, but it's quite obvious that it didn't have too big of a production budget. Still, the aim of the game is quite simple, although it seems that you have to play it twice to really get the full picture of things. And when you do, it's quite fascinating! It's also a rather challenging game. Loved it though.
|2006-08-26, 05:53
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Aurora, Nebraska
Age: 29
Well, now I feel like playing some oldies again. (Especially the Lunar series ^^)
I'm playing Steambot Chronicles, which is pretty good though nothing fantastic, Growlanser 3 (Just finished 2), which is far better then 2 IMO (Although I usually don't like random battles that much), and Monster Hunter (For PS2).
Games waiting for me to play....Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, Drakengard 2, Radiata Stories, Atelier Iris 1&2, Digital Devil Saga 1&2 (As soon as I get them anyways), and Xenosaga 2.
|2006-08-28, 04:04
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Holy shit.
Yasumi Matsuno (Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story & FF XII) has left Square-Enix! His supposed illness seems to be a cover-up for his actual leaving the company. What a shame, the man is a genius. I'll follow his works wherever he's going; that's for sure. The minus is that at Squeenix, he had a massive budget and production crew upon which to build a highly polished game.. I'm not sure that he'll have that sort of freedom and resources at another company. But I have faith in YAZZ. Looking forward to his next work for sure.
From that thread, rumours are that he's joined Mistwalker. Fuck no.. it's a company that is, so far, only developing games for the X360, which I will most probably not get. I hope the news clears up soon..
|2006-08-28, 11:13
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IT Support
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Perth, Australia.
Age: 11
Leaving WoW after realizing that you can only ever "lose" at it, I got hooked on EVE, and I'm having a blast, since I can actually make a considerable difference to the experience's of others, for better and worse.
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Is there any simple experiment we can perform that demonstrates the existence of God. Here is one powerful and convincing experiment that you can do at home....
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Now I wish I was serious. :)
However, I got one person ask me - "Didn't a person actually create the glass though?" - and found myself wondering the same thing you wondered ... "are you serious?"
I have also heard that about everything we take for granted has been reverse engineered from alien technology.......Laugh track where are you?
Clearly a satire! (No Xian would prostrate like that.)
But it puts me in mind of Douglas Adams' puddle, which thought that the ground was ideally designed to hold it because the shape fit was perfect.
** Why "God" had to retreat into the world of "feelings"
After tremendous resistance, god-proxies had to give up on the physical world and events within nature as being evidence for the existence of metaphysical entities, forces, being, ground of being. It might be a useful exercise to inquire of a true believer who is a biblical lieteralist whether his ideology demands that somehow -- the Sun must circle the Earth. We're coming up on the 500th anniversary of the birth of protestantism via Martin Luther in 1517. Luther had no problem beating Conpernicus over the old man's head with his biblical defense of an Earth centered universe:
"People give ear to an upstart astrologer [Copernicus] who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the moon. Whoever wishes to appear clever must devise some new system, which of all systems is of course the very best. This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy." [Martin Luther, Works, Volume 22, c. 1543]
That's a difficult view to sustain today -- it is in the present state of knowledge irrational. The same verdict is true about so-called intelligent design and all forms of lies about modern evolutionary theory. Resistance goes on; but resistance is futile -- unless science can be undermined by ideological action.
By 1800 the cult of "feeling" -- what gets called romanticism -- undercut ideas of rationality in the arts. Waves of religious enthusiasm -- the sort of hysterical outpourings common to today's xian rallies -- brought about the "great awakening". It's a disease from which xians still suffer. Science displaced "God" from the universe -- "God" leaves no detectable footprints in the cosmos; no fingerprints on his creation.
"God" went inward to hide in the "feelings" of the believer -- psychology, sociology, anthropology, comparative study of religion haven't yet finished with driving "God" out of the "human heart" or the "soul".
Defending "God" in nature remains only an irrational rearguard action. Try addressing the idea of "subjective certainty" of "God's" existence -- it's the last place for him to hide.
Is there a Christian denomination that prostrates? That is what led me to my conclusion it was fake; I've never seen Xians do that--though they certainly have the attitude it illustrates
Wow, the first was very relaxing, in a numbing way, I did not pursue the second.
It did partly remind me of my catholic school days. Sadly there is no scratch and snife for the sandle wood incense.
Does it help if I 'prostrate' myself a few times a day before my computer, seeking guidence and forgiveness from that great icon of the 21st century? I expect, trying to understand soil CO2 emissions, might atleast get me part way to wisdom....
So, since I did not see the emotacons, in a proper or existent syntax, I missed the direction of a 'must see'? OK, if I have to....lo)
We need a plam slap emotacon!
Ok, I watched the second, not as numbing as the first, I might add.
If I were a member of that fellowship, I think I would build a spring loaded 'slaining' pad/board, that would catch the more, 'full of the spirit', victims/believers just as they are slain. Sadly, on a good day, a few dozen back boards might be needed. I am sorry for the young kids that held the woman as she collapsed/slain, they could pull a muscle, or get a hernia....


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From NBC's Mark Murray and Chuck Todd
First Read has just confirmed this news that the AP first reported: that John Kerry will be endorsing Obama.
California congressman George Miller (D) is also backing Obama's presidential campaign. This is perhaps the closest thing to getting a Nancy Pelosi endorsement as you can come without actually getting it. Miller is incredibly close with her politically. He wouldn't be doing this without her consent of sorts.


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A winner was selected from 342 designs submitted by 72 freelance designers.
Living Shade is a climate control company specialising in high quality environmental fabrics. We require a logo for all our printed materials and web-site.
Living Shade's fabrics are used in the greenhouse industry and in the window furnishings industry in Australia and throughout the world. The fabrics are pitched environmentally. They are designed for climate control and are made with environmentally friendly materials.
Our fabrics help to control light and temperature for plants in greenhouses and for people in buildings.
Our existing logo needs to be modernised to reflect our push into providing quality and comfort in fabrics. We need a logo with style and elegance to appeal to designers, architects and consumers.
- The logo should incorporate the company name only. Refer to our website http://www.livingshade.com.au to view our current logo.
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(Reuters) - The board of Sirius XM Radio Inc did not breach its duty to shareholders by allowing a takeover by Liberty Media Corp without demanding it pay a premium for the stock, a Delaware judge ruled on Friday.
John Malone's Liberty Media acquired control of the satellite radio broadcaster in January. The media holding company had loaned Sirius $530 million in rescue financing in 2009, and as part of that deal Sirius' board agreed not to adopt a poison pill or any defense measures against a Liberty takeover after a three-year standstill.
The lawsuit by Sirius stockholder City of Miami Police Relief and Pension Fund accused the Sirius board of tying its own hands and abdicating its duty to shareholders.
Leo Strine, the chief judge or chancellor on the Delaware Court of Chancery, said in his 24-page opinion that Liberty Media is entitled to the deal it struck in 2009. He also said the deal was fully disclosed and shareholders waited too long to sue.
"The plaintiffs are not entitled to watch Sirius take over half a billion dollars in capital from Liberty Media, sit on the sidelines benefitting from the investment Liberty Media made in Sirius until after the statute of limitations expires, and then belatedly seek to deprive Liberty Media of the benefits of the contract," Strine wrote.
The case is In Re Sirius XM Shareholder Litigation, Delaware Court of Chancery, No. 7800.
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Let me be the first to share with you that real-time communications (VoIP) development is not only possible, but the BlackBerry® 10 platform was specifically built from ground up to deliver the best communications experience. There may be plenty of open source stacks out there for VoIP development, but an important one that comes to mind is PJSIP. To provide a brief overview, PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia stack written in C, and it supports audio, video, presence, and instant messaging capabilities. This allows you to develop compelling real-time communication applications, such as VoIP phone.
This may seem like a lot of porting effort but based on my experience in working with our good friends here at Truphone, this was fairly easy to bring over to BlackBerry 10. I want to take this opportunity and share their experience in porting a PJSIP open source multimedia stack over to BlackBerry 10. Check out my interview with Adam from Truphone below:
What is Tru App?
The Tru app is our mobile application, available on BlackBerry 10, iOS, and Android, that allows our users to call and message people for free, or very cheaply. It works with our SIM offerings to provide a unique experience across GSM and VoIP.
Share your experience in cross compiling your code for BlackBerry 10.
Piece of cake! We have about 250k LoC in our voice engine, with many layers: signaling, NAT traversal, socket management, codec management, and much more. The only layer we needed to work on was that part that controlled the audio units (the actual hardware). Even that didn't require that much work — 60 man days and our entire audio engine was ported and hooked up in our automated build environment with unit and integration tests complete!
What APIs did you use to build Tru App on BlackBerry 10?
For the audio unit work, we needed to work with the AlSA-like API that the BlackBerry 10 OS (which is QNX based) provides. This is subtly different to ALSA in that you request a preferred audio unit to be opened on your behalf, based on what state the device is in; e.g. it might be in hands-free mode, or might have a headset plugged in. We had to learn those APIs, which was fairly straightforward, as all the documentation was available online on the QNX website. There were one or two changes that are obviously specific to BlackBerry 10's QNX implementation, but RIM® helped us in overcoming those challenges, and I'm sure that information will be fed into the API docs for the upcoming release of BlackBerry 10.
Other than that, we had to work with the Cascades™ framework and its Qt APIs (as well as QML to render our views). That was only complex in so far that much of it was not documented, but that is common with pre-alpha products! Since the alpha devices were released to the public at BlackBerry World™, all the documentation has been provided to make this a fairly straightforward task.
How was your experience relative to working with other platforms and BlackBerry 10?
It's unix-like, which makes it open source friendly, which means you can stand on the shoulders of giants. It's a great platform for prototyping and innovating, or indeed any project where you need to get productive quickly.
There are seemingly no private APIs on the device either, which means you don't have to spend time working around limitations put on the device by the manufacturer.
How was your experience working with the RIM team?
Without wanting to sound like I'm biased, it was honestly really impressive. I'd heard RIM had put a lot of investment into developer relations, and that was obvious. The guys were massively responsive and attentive. It wasn't just the dev relations guys either — the devs themselves took time to speak to us and get our feedback.
Is Tru App going to be available on BlackBerry 10?
Yep, we'll be ready come the launch date!
What does this port mean for developers?
It's a platform that you can add to your existing mobile strategy with low cost and minimum effort. It's a platform you can innovate on, and there is an existing customer base you can rely on for revenue. Tecnically, it's a very strong platform.
Thanks for sharing all of these details with us, Adam!
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Ever find yourself at the airport taken back by a design on one of the planes taxing on the runway? Airlines call these custom paint jobs liveries and they often sponsor or advertise for a company, sports team, charity or cause. Here are the best liveries from airlines around the world.
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Fiery-throated Hummingbird
I've focused the last few BOTB posts on the first days of my recent Panama trip. During those initial field trips in Panama (a new entry on my Countries I've Birded In list) the best bird we saw (for me anyway) was the fiery-throated hummingbird. There was a very cooperative male fiery-throated coming to the feeders at the upper cabin owned by Los Quetzales Lodge and Spa in Volcán Barú National Park near Guadalupe in the province of Chiriqui. This was one of the stops on our birding tour of Panama, courtesy of Panama La Verde Birding Circuits.
There were dozens and dozens of other hummers there at the Los Quetzales cabins—and perhaps 10 or more different hummingbird species. But it was the fiery-throated hummingbird male that captured the attention of the avid photographers on this field trip. The challenge of course was getting a good photograph. In the low light conditions of the cloud forest, under not only a thick canopy of trees, but also under a sheltering roof, there were two choices: use a flash unit or open your camera way up and hope that a tripod offered enough stability to compensate for the slow shutter speeds. I opted for the latter strategy, sans flash.
Now I know just enough about the finer details of digital camera settings to fill a thimble halfway. And I try not to think about all the great photographic opportunities I've blown by being such a digital photo doofus. (Note to self: Ask Santa for a photography workshop for Christmas).
Lucky for me this male hummingbird had a penchant for a certain perch when he wasn't visiting the feeders, so I (and my more talented fellow camera-wielders) got ample opportunity to take pictures, check the results (LOVE that about the digital era!), change settings, and shoot some more. As I mentioned before, both Jeffrey A. Gordon and Mike Freiberg gave me some sage advice. Later on, at the David airport, I paid them back by buying them rounds of a Panamanian beer that made Budweiser seem like fine French wine, but I digress...
We took turns stepping into the best spots for photographing the fiery-throated. Then we'd edge closer. Every few minutes the male would fly up to the feeders and we'd head back under the porch roof to await his return. Eventually, just before we had to leave, I got close enough to get some decent, frame-filling images of his fieriness.
In low light, when he faced to the side, the fiery-throated hummer looked like just another small, straight-billed, dark hummingbird.
But when any part of his head, breast, or gorget faced directly at you, a blast of color went right to your eyes.
After taking a bunch of images I decided I needed to see the bird better with my eyes, so I got the keys to the Land Rover and ran back down the muddy trail to fetch my spotting scope. Back at the cabin, scope set on the male on his favorite perch, I blissed out (despite my panting from the run down the hill and back) just watching the little guy sit, preen, snooze, and chatter at passing rivals.
This is one individual bird I am going to remember for a long, long, time.
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BERN, Switzerland, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- http://swissinfo.ch is launching a multimedia networking platform for Italian-speaking Swiss emigrants and their descendants. People from around the world who have their roots in Ticino and the valleys of the southern Graubunden tell of their ancestors. In its Swiss-Italian Migrations special, swissinfo.ch - the international voice of SRG SSR idee suisse - takes an in-depth look at this wave of emigration.
The 19th and early 20th centuries saw tens of thousands of people emigrate abroad from remote areas of Ticino and the Italian-speaking valleys of Graubunden. They journeyed to Australia, the United States and to other countries in Europe in search of a better life.
swissinfo.ch is devoting a multimedia special - in English and Italian - to this emigration wave. The reports, with many videos and slideshows, explain the historical reasons behind the outflow of people from Switzerland. Included are interviews with migration and genealogy experts. Background information and documentary features give readers a clear impression of southern Switzerland then and now. swissinfo.ch also visits descendants of emigrants and reports on how they live now.
The dossier allows people who live abroad but have Italian-Swiss roots to find out more about their ancestors. In addition, swissinfo.ch offers a blog in which they can swap family histories in text and photo form. A genealogy database enables users to search for people and families with roots in Italian-speaking Switzerland. swissinfo journalists reporting Australia, California and Britain will be blogging about their own experiences.
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This Is Not Transparency: TPP Delegates Refuses To Reveal Text, Refuse To Discuss Leaked Text
from the massive-fail deptThe folks over at the EFF have a decent summary of the travesty that was the "stakeholder" events at the latest TPP negotiating round, in which various groups (on all sides) were supposedly given an "opportunity" to express their thoughts on the TPP. We've already discussed some other aspects of it, but the one thing that the EFF writeup makes clear, is that the whole thing is a complete joke. The text, of course, remains "secret," and negotiators flat out refuse to discuss any points raised about the various leaked texts:
This is not "transparency," no matter how many times the USTR claims that they have "unprecedented" levels of transparency around the TPP negotiations. If negotiators won't share what they're even negotiating, and won't respond to any questions related to the actual text that's leaked, the only thing you can discuss are vague generalities not found in the leaked documents. That's insane. And because of that, the negotiators are focused on ridiculous ideas. For example, the EFF writeup notes that negotiators were asked how they could justify negotiating expansive copyright laws in secret after seeing what happened with SOPA and ACTA... and the response revealed just how out of touch the negotiators are. They don't even realize that the DMCA is controversial:
The stakeholder engagement events in the morning were followed by a stakeholder briefing in the afternoon. The briefing allowed registered individuals from civil society and the public to ask questions of and make comments to eight out of the nine negotiators who represent a TPP country. The press was barred from the room. Roughly 25 people rose from the audience to ask questions to the trade delegates during the 90-minute briefing period. As predicted, they were not transparent about the talks, revealed little new information, and delegates also refused to make any comments based on leaked version of texts—the only text EFF and other public interest organizations have had access to. It is difficult for public stakeholders to ask accurate questions or receive any substantive answers when the content of the agreement continues to be shrouded in secrecy.
Rossini asked the USTR about its claims that the TPP's intellectual property chapter will provide for fair use in its IP chapter, and how those public statements starkly contrast with the recent leaked TPP chapter that shows that the US delegation is in fact pushing for provisions that will restrict non-US countries from enacting fair use. Further, they neglected to comment on the fact that the leaked test has the potential to limit US fair use to the three-step test restrictions. In response, the lead negotiator for the USTR dodged the question and stated that they would not comment on issues raised by text EFF has "purportedly" received. The representative did acknowledge that fair use would be discussed during the week's meetings.
The last question of the briefing came from EFF's International Intellectual Property Coordinator, Maira Sutton, who raised from the crowd and asked the lead negotiator how they justify pushing for ever more restrictive copyright laws in the agreement even though it has become clear, with the defeat of ACTA in Europe, that users are sick and tired of international agreements regulating their Internet through overprotective intellectual property provisions... In response, the lead negotiator for the US stated that the standard for copyright regulation in international agreements has been the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). They claimed that the DMCA was legislated fairly and is an effective model for copyright enforcement in the US. The representatives' answer contradicted the fact that EFF and others have been arguing for years that the DMCA is fraught with problems. Sutton responded that based upon what we saw in the recent leaked text on fair use, developing countries would not be able to implement such copyright laws as soundly given that the three-step test language restricts signatory nations from determining and establishing fair use as they see fit.So, the end result is that we have a completely secret back-room process, where the USTR pretends to listen to the public, but won't talk to them about what's in the actual negotiations, and refuses to comment on the little we actually know is in the document thanks to leaks. And because of that, we have completely clueless negotiators pushing something they think is sensible, totally ignorant of the reality.
This could be solved pretty easily: make the US positions and negotiating documents public and allow public comment on them. The USTR still hasn't given a reason why this can't be done. Though, the answer seems kind of obvious: actually being transparent would mean having to listen to the public and various experts point out where they're completely clueless. If USTR negotiators are so insecure in their positions, they shouldn't be in that job.
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BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Update: Verizon Wireless is increasing the data allowance included in prepaid smartphone plans. Current prepaid customers will now receive unlimited talk, unlimited text and 2 GB of data for $60 a month, or for $70 a month, prepaid customers will receive 4 GB of data in addition to unlimited talk and text. The increased data allowance is available to current customers now, and will be available to new customers on June 6. Prepaid plans are available on a variety of devices.
Beginning today, Verizon Wireless customers who want to enjoy the best customer experience in wireless, but don't want to sign a one- or two-year customer agreement have a month-to-month option. The new Month-to-Month agreement is an extension of the company's overall commitment to delivering its customers quality products and services over the nation's most reliable wireless network, while providing the industry's best customer service.
Verizon Wireless' new Month-to-Month agreement gives customers the freedom to purchase new devices at full-retail price, or use their own CDMA devices without the commitment of a one- or two-year contract. Additionally customers can terminate their agreement at the end of any month without paying an Early Termination Fee.
The company's Month-to-Month agreement is now available on all Nationwide Voice and Data plans for both new and current contract customers. Current contract customers must fulfill the terms of their current contract before moving to a Month-to-Month agreement.
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ALTOONA, PA – The York College volleyball squad ended their regular season with a pair of non-conference wins at Penn State Altoona on Saturday afternoon in Altoona, PA. The Spartans knocked off Pitt-Bradford 3-2 in their opener and followed that with a 3-1 win over Altoona in the nightcap.
The Spartans are now 9-25 overall and the two straight wins are the first time this year that York has won back-to-back matches. Altoona and Bradford both ended the season with identical marks of 9-22.
York captured the match against Pitt-Bradford by scores of 19-25, 25-16, 21-25, 25-9, and 15-9. The Spartans received 13 kills from senior Melissa Patterson (Edgewood, Md./South River) while the Spartans' middle hitter also had a solo block and a pair of block assists. Freshman Alison Dorsey (Elridge, Md./Long Reach) banged out 11 kills while she made only two errors in 25 attempts as she continues to turn it on late in her first year in the Green and White. Dorsey also had two solo blocks and three block assists.
Senior Dani Mastroieni (Chalfont, Pa./Gwynedd Mercy) was the third Spartan in double figures in kills as she added 10 while she also had nine digs and two service aces. Freshman setter Allie Donahue (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) had another brilliant match as she handed out 43 assists while she also collected 12 digs, a pair of service aces, and three kills.
Senior libero Ashley Rineman (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic) had 26 digs to lead a solid Spartan defensive effort. Rineman also registered a team-high three service aces in the win.
In the win over Altoona, the Spartans played minus the services of Donahue who was injured in the Bradford match. York didn't skip a beat as they posted a 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, and 28-26 win. Freshman Brandi Kinard (Seven Valleys, Pa./Spring Grove) came off the bench to record 32 assists, 14 digs, eight kills and service ace as the Spartans' setter in the match.
Sophomore Katie Huston (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron) banged out 10 kills to lead the Spartan offense. Huston also had 10 digs and a pair of block assists for the Green and White. Dorsey had another strong match with nine kills, two solo blocks, and a block assist. Mastroieni chalked up eight kills, 17 digs, and three block assists for YCP.
Rineman provide a team-high 28 digs while she was also a perfect 25-for-25 in service receive while she had two aces and no errors in 22 service attempts for the match.
The Spartans begin their post-season journey on Tuesday night when they travel to St. Mary's College to face the Seahawks in the opening round of the Capital Athletic Conference tournament. Game time in St. Mary's City is set for 7:00 pm.
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Robert O Rorke
Trained at the Royal College of Art Robert ORorke has since had a number of one man shows and exhibited widely at many mixed exhibitions both here and abroad. These include the International Art Fair at Los Angeles, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the London Group, the Singer and Friedlander Watercolour Competition. Recent commissions have included two large oils of Rufford Abbey for their new Council Chamber in Nottingham. He works in oils, watercolours and gouache and is particularly interested in light and the creation of space. Greetings cards of his work have been made by Towell and Scott Ltd.


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Part of Dancing Rabbit's mission is to share with the world what we're doing. We welcome visitors to come and see us! We offer a variety of ways you can visit our village, from a two-hour guided tour to a three-week in-depth Visitor Program experience to a multi-month internship. Look over the options below and see which might work best for you. We have lots of scheduled visitors each year and cannot accommodate drop-ins, so please be sure to make arrangements before your visit.
When you visit, we encourage you to take images and ideas away to share with others. However, we have some protocol around photography and other types of media. Please read our Media Policy beforehand.
Ways to Visit Dancing Rabbit:
- Tours We offer tours of our village on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, April through October. Special tours for other dates and times can be arranged. See our Tours page to learn more.
- Annual Open House Dancing Rabbit holds an Open House and Village Fair each year in September.
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- Classes, Workshops, and Events Members of Dancing Rabbit, as well as CSCC (the nonprofit branch of the village), host workshops, classes, and other events. See our Workshop and Events page to find out more about upcoming opportunities to visit and learn.
Overnight Visiting If none of the options above work for you, it might be possible to stay for a few days as the guest of a member Host. Send us an email and we will see if we can match you up with a Host. There is also a privately owned bed and breakfast inn here at Dancing Rabbit, The Milkweed Mercantile.


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This throat pump, probably dating from the 1920s, was used to spray iodine on infected throats. Iodine is element that was discovered in 1812 by a Paris saltpeter manufacturer and christened in 1813 by the French chemist Gay Lussac "Iode" after the color of its vapor (the Greek word "ioeides" means violet). It was first used to reduce goiters, which were a result of iodine deficiency. Its first use as an antiseptic came in the 1870s, and along with Joseph Lister's studies on the importance of a sterile environment to prevent infection led to iodine's wide use as a disinfectant. Of course, iodine has a truly unfortunate taste and is painful on sensitive skin, but it remains an extremely effective disinfectant.
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connyberg necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 429 diseños de 76 diseñadores freelance.
Dwice is a new European poker and casino portal that will launch 1st of January 2010. We have deals with the best software providers in these areas.
Dwice is a new project by top managers from the industry and are in need of a good logo to start with, as well as a website design when we have the logo.
The difference between us and many other gaming portals is that we are not doing sports betting, that is why our name does not include the name ???bet.com and that makes our target a little bit different from competitors like http://www.sportingbet.com, http://www.betfair.com, http://www.expekt.com, http://www.bwin.com, http://www.betsafe.com our target is more poker players where the strong brands is http://www.pokerstars.com, http://www.paradisepoker.com, http://www.bodog.com, http://www.fulltilt.com, http://www.pacificpoker.com, http://www.partypoker.com, http://www.towergaming.com
We are mainly targeting men between 18-40 in Europe, which is the main poker or casino player. The income levels is hard to estimate, I hope that you know some people playing poker on internet or you have seen the poker superstars on TV.
We want to attract the curious newcomer more than the professional player and with a name that does not tell what we are doing, the logo needs to feel fresh and people will be curious what kind of site dwice is.
German, Spanish, Swedish, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Chinese is the nationalities of our future players.
Logo, preferably text + image.
(non gaming pictures/images, abstract gaming pictures/images is ok)
We prefer dwice or Dwice or DWICE without .com, but if you have some nice version that looks better with .com, just show us, the most important is that it looks nice, not if .com is there or not.
Text not gradient, highlighted or filtered, but in one clear color (preferably from pantone solid coated). As we need the whole alphabet, we either need the full alphabet if you make your own font, otherwise make sure we can buy the font, so it is not outdated. Some twist with a letter or so, from a font is no problem, just that we can use the same font for headlines etc.
Image I do not have any preferences about, if it is connected to what we do or something completely different does not matter. It should make a nice "wholesome".
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Brussels, 14 August 2013
Vice-President Olli Rehn's comments on Eurostat's GDP flash estimates for the second quarter of 2013
The GDP flash estimates for the second quarter of 2013 for the euro area and the EU27 have just been released by Eurostat (STAT/13/122). Euro area and EU27 GDP are both up by 0.3% this quarter.
In light of these and other recent indicators, Vice-President Rehn has made the following comments:
"Today's figures, when combined with other recent positive survey data are encouraging and suggest the European economy is gradually gaining momentum. They support the European Commission's 2013 spring forecast and its projections for a subdued, mild recovery in the second half of 2013.
The data also supports, in my view, the fundamentals of our crisis response: a policy mix where building a stability culture and pursuing structural reforms supportive of growth and jobs go hand in hand.
This slightly more positive data is welcome - but there is no room for any complacency. Self-congratulatory statements suggesting "the crisis is over" are not for today.
There are still substantial obstacles to overcome: the growth figures remain low and the tentative signs of growth are still fragile; the averages hide important differences between Member States, a number of Member States still have unacceptably high unemployment rates; the implementation of essential but difficult reforms across the EU is still in its early stages … So there is still a very long way to go.
A sustained recovery is now within reach, but only if we persevere on all fronts of our crisis response: keep up the pace of economic reform, regain control over our debt, both public and private, and build the pillars of a genuine economic and monetary union."
More detailed views from Vice-President Rehn on today's figures can be found on his blog.
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I am a Marine Corps spouse living in [town deleted], North Carolina. We are between MCAS Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune…[Identifying information regarding her husband's command responsibility has been deleted.] In [month deleted] 2008, I attended the spouse portion of a commander's course in Quantico, Virginia. At that time we (spouses) were informed that, yes, the situation in Iraq was winding down but that we could and should expect an uptick in the tempo over in Afghanistan, as the focus would be shifting.
Late last year my husband informed me that Marines stationed here in North Carolina (read Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point and MCAS New River) would be tasked with the Marine Expedtionary Brigade slated to go. Currently, Marines from the 2nd Marine Division and 2nd Marine Air Wing are over in Iraq.
I am so angry at President Obama for being so disingenuous during his speech yesterday. He preys on the false hopes of Marine spouses and families by telling them that the troops will be leaving Iraq. But, in the next breath, he says that this "draw down" will not be occurring for a while. To add insult to injury, he does not make a strong point of telling families that while indeed their Marine may be coming home, they should not take comfort in that because they will have to turn around and go to Afghanistan.
I am angry not because I can't handle it — this is my husband's [number deleted] deployment in five years. I'm angry because by being so disingenuous [President Obama creates] false hope. That's disastrous to an 18 year old who is all alone in a new place with no family.
Once that is destroyed you create bitterness and hatred towards the military and organizations such as the IVAW. Spouses and families insist that their loved one get out. I don't believe for one second that President Obama or his wife respect the military at all. People wonder why there is such a disconnect between civilians and the military. This is why.
The United States (the Bush Administration) was heavily criticized for "going it alone" in Iraq. Yet, look at the progress and the changes Marines, soldiers, sailors, and airmen were able to bring to Iraq while going it alone. Compare this to the multinational NATO effort in Afghanistan. I would much rather go it alone and have a better chance at success.
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What makes a book rare?
Since the invention of the printing press in 1436, countless books, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers and broadsides have been published. However, only a small number of these are considered "rare." In simple terms, a book achieves rare status when demand is greater than supply. This means rarity is subjective and there is no special formula -- besides market demand -- to determine a book's importance.
You'll find a staggering amount of valuable and highly collectible books on AbeBooks.co.uk. Our prices range from £1 to over £ 5,000,000.00.
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Antiquarian refers to collecting older/antique books. The age of a book has very little to do with its value. Dealers and collectors consider factors like intrinsic importance, condition, and demand.
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Aus 39 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
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I'm looking for a very AWESOME logo for my new project. I think I like the 2.0 styling but I want it to be fun and professional at the same time without being too cartoony or scripty.
I'd like to see some with and without a globe in the middle of Bloggie and World, and would like to see some creative things like using a globe/world as the "O" in "World."
I'm going to be using it (most likely) on a white background with maybe a little shadow of light gray, but would like the mockup in all major file types just in case (and in both large and small scales, or large enough that I could scale it down or keep it big if need be). MUST have vector format.
No real preference on colors - no pinks or purples though. Something that contrasts well with white.
In the end, I want you guys to do what you do best! Bring your freshest, most creative ideas, and a big thanks in advance!!
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- no stock icons, no "oh, I've seen that a hundred times before on all the stock logo websites,"
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How To Correctly Complain About Restaurant Service
David had a disappointing experience at a local brewpub, and thanks to what he's learned from reading The Consumerist, he was able to get the management to make things right. He didn't do it by making a scene, emailing the entire executive board, or holding a protest rally. He just went up to his server and said how things were less than ideal, and then, most importantly, asked for a specific remedy. To his delight, he got more than he asked for. His story, inside…David writes:
BJ's brewpub opened a few months ago at Tricounty Mall here in Cincinnati. My wife and I had been by to try it, but passed since the wait was 45 minutes. A few months later, we were taking my cousin-in-law out for her birthday, and decided to give it another shot.
I called to ask if they had call ahead seating, since we could kill some time rather than waiting. They told me yes, but between the start of the call and the end, they increased the wait time from 25 to 45 minutes. Reasonable, we figured; we'd just kill another half hour before heading over.
We got there and waited 20 minutes beyond the time we were told. It was clearly busy, and they came around with pizza samples, so not unreasonable so far.
Our waiter, Dave, reviewed the specials and took our drink orders right when were seated. Great. But then the problems started.
It took 20 minutes for us to get water and our drinks. Five minutes later, our appetizers came out, but we never saw a sign of Dave, and still hadn't ordered. I grabbed him from a nearby register, and he quickly came over to take our order.
The food took a reasonable time to come out, and everything tasted wonderful, but the service was limited. In my head, I'd decided that if the manager came by to ask, "Is everything okay?" I would tell him about our dissapointment, but he didn't.
Without the Consumerist's influence, we would have sat and bitched, and never come back. Instead, while waiting for the check, I approached Dave. I told him that we were disappointed in the wait for our drinks and order, and asked him to comp one of the appetizers. (I figured that at best they'd take off the $5 one, rather than the $15 one, but at least it would be something.)
Dave apologized, explained that he had been swamped in ringing out tickets, and said he would ask the manager. After telling the manager the story, he comped both appetizers, gave me his card, and asked us for the chance to demonstrate the right level of service on another night. He was glad the food was good, and gave me his card. Dave also came over and asked us to ask for him next time, to make sure we had a good time.
I don't know if we will go back, but I do know this. If we'd sat there and fumed, we would be done. If I'd raised my concern and they hadn't responded, we wouldn't go back. Now? It's possible.
Thanks, Consumerist, for giving me the confidence to step up, and the knowledge to ask for a specific remedy.
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The Friends of J.S. Jenks, an independent not-for-profit organization whose mission is to "enhance the educational and enrichment opportunities at J.S. Jenks Elementary School in Chestnut Hill will launch a kick-off fundraiser to benefit the school's art and music program.
Haviva Goldman, president of The Friends of J.S. Jenks (FOJSJ), said the organization evolved out of the need for an independent "fundraising arm" to raise desperately needed funds for enrichment programs.
The organization was the brainchild of a group of parents and prospective parents at Jenks.
"The school needs to have better outreach to the community; it needs to have more involvement and coordination of community partnerships," said Goldman, whose son is a second-grader at Jenks. "We really need to fundraise in a big way. But, there is only so far you can go when you are working as a home and school association. The way the Home and School Association works is that you have to spend all your money by the end of the school year or target it for something in the school year. You are really limited in how much money you can raise through a Home and School Association."
After examining various schools that have done large-scale fundraising in the past and researching different options. The group decided to form a non-profit organization. In December, the parents held a meeting upstairs in O'Doodles and established committees.
Goldman said the idea to create a non-profit organization to raise funds for Jenks was discussed in the past. But this year, due to drastic cuts in funding for education, they knew they had to act.
"Given the climate," Goldman said, "we realized we had to start thinking of new ways to fund enrichment programs."
Goldman said they got a legal team together, developed a website, wrote a mission statement and. by March. they had a set of bylaws.
"We are working on getting our umbrella coverage for our non-profit status," Goldman said. "We are confident that we will have that."
Goldman said The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields offered the organization use of its facilities for the event.
Jarrett Kerbel, said the the church wanted to be supportive of the neighborhood school.
He added that a strong public elementary school "is good for the whole community."
"The church is exploring ways to be supportive and engaged with Jenks," Jarrett Kerbel.
He added that right now the church is "listening and paying attention to the needs of The Friends of J.S. Jenks."
"The parents are really the leaders," Kerbel said. "We are just exploring how we can be a resource."
Vanessa Yingling, secretary of FOJSJ and the parent of a third grader and kindergartener, said the school's music program has opened doors to other opportunities for her daughter.
"Alex had the opportunity to audition for the Community Music Scholars Program through Temple University, all due to the music program at Jenks," Yingling said. "As a result of her in-school opportunities to develop the skills sets to play both the violin and cello under the guidance of Mr. Westner, she progressed to the point to where she was awarded the chance to learn to prepare in advance and perform up to her expectations under very challenging circumstances."
Tony Sorrentino, vice-president of The Friends of J.S. Jenks, discussed the "critical role" art and music education programs play in childhood development-both cognitively and emotionally. Besides being fun, the programs provide social opportunities that allow "children to build their self-esteem, branch out, make friends, learn an universal language, and develop new skills."
He added music and art programs "educate a whole person, a well-rounded person, and should not be superfluous but fundamental."
"Principal Lynsky has a vision for the school, and we have seen it blossom over the last few years in the increasing test scores and meeting the Adequate Yearly Progress," Sorrentino said "It is also seen in the music program. Instrumental education, and instruments, the spring musical, the winter concert, happen regularly and impressively. Not every public school can make this happen. I was so moved last year when I learned that when cuts were made to art and music some several teachers gave up time and compensation to see that these programs continue. They are true educators who believe in their mission and our children. How do we begin to repay them? One way is to step up and match their commitment with our own."
Recently, the "fruits" of J.S. Jenks' teachers and staff were seen in action at the school's production of "The Wiz & Wizard of Oz." Andrew Leland, the music teacher, remarked about the success of the production.
"The popularity of the play – more than 100 students involved out of a 500-student population – shows you how important music is to the students, parents, teachers and administration at Jenks," Leland said. "We provide our students with numerous performing opportunities in school and throughout the community. What sets our music department from other schools is our dedication in providing students with the fundamentals of music knowledge while creating lessons that are cross-curricular with other subject areas. The music teachers at Jenks take great pride in inspiring growth in students by giving them tools to take into other disciplines and into other domains of their lives."
Sorrentino said the community plays an important role in helping "young people who are at the beginning of their education and at a critical time in learning how to learn to become good citizens."
He said the district's cuts "could negatively impact the quality of education."
"The Friends of Jenks is hoping to raise the level of dialogue among a wide circle of stakeholders that benefit from its success such as residents, business owners, and civic leaders. Generating independent support and resources will inoculate Jenks from the volatility in the School District, and the Commonwealth budget uncertainty surrounding general funding for public education."
J.S. Jenks Principal Mary Lynskey was ecstatic about the creation of the non-profit organization.
"The energy and enthusiasm we've seen in parent committees is unstoppable, and our kids can't wait for the district to figure it out," Lynskey said.
Lynskey said music and art programs are "key to academic success."
"Engaging kids in their talent gives them the confidence to transfer across disciplines," Lynskey added.
"A high tide lifts all boats."
The Friends of Jenks Kick-Off Fundraiser will be held Saturday, June 9, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martins Lane, Chestnut Hill. There will be hors d'oeuvres and refreshments, a silent auction, a raffle and live music. The suggested donation is $20 each, $30 for two and $40 per family. All proceeds from the fundraiser will help support the Music and Arts programs at The John Story Jenks Elementary School. All donations will be tax deductible. The Friends of J.S. Jenks is also seeking gift certificates or gift baskets for the silent raffle.
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Dr. Drago's Madcap Chase (Windows 3.x)
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DescriptionDr. Drago's Madcap Chase (a.k.a. Die total verrückte Rallye) is a strategy game for up to eight players with similarities to board games like Monopoly.
The players join a rally through Europe and North Africa which consists of several stages. At the beginning of each stage a TV moderator names the capital of a country. The one who gets there first will win a lot of money. At first there are only Western European countries available but eventually the Berlin Wall falls and you can enter the former Eastern bloc.
You play on a map of Europe consisting of many fields merged with each other through lines. Before every turn a player dices and then he can move his figure over the fields. You can freely decide the route to your target but you have to notice on which field you would end your turn. There are:
- Red fields: When you end your turn on a red field, you'll lose money.
- Blue fields: Money will be credited to your account.
- Yellow fields: You get a playing card. You can use these cards before every turn to your own advantage (i.e. use five dices instead of one) or to your opponent's disadvantage (i.e. having him transferred to a corner of the map).
- Purple fields: On a purple field you can buy or sell cards.
- Gray fields: Gray fields are cities. In a city you can buy buildings and earn rent every turn. When you own every building in a city, you have a monopoly and earn more rent. Contrary to Monopoly you don't have to pay anything when you come to a city where one of the other players have buildings.
- Black and white fields: These fields represent the capital of a country. Buying buildings there is much more expensive but you will earn more rent.
The winner of the game is the one who has the most money on his account after all stages. You could even win without winning a single stage but it's more difficult because you won't make that much profit with trying to end your turns on blue fields. And of course, Drago will haunt you the whole time when you are cruising in Northern Africa while all the stages end somewhere else.
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- "D.T.V.R" -- Common German abbreviation
- "Die total verrückte Rallye" -- German Title
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|Play Time
|May, 1995
|80 out of 100
|Power Play
|May, 1995
|79 out of 100
|PC Games (Germany)
|May, 1995
|74 out of 100
|PC Joker
|Jun, 1995
|63 out of 100
|High Score
|Oct, 1995
|3 out of 5
|PC Player (Germany)
|Jun, 1995
|50 out of 100
|Aug, 1995
|5 out of 10
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- Die total verrückte Rallye (Official gamepage (German))
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The significant position of palatine tonsils implies a key role as secondary lymphoid organ in initiating immune responses against various airborne and food-derived antigens. However, little is known about specific allergic immune responses and their influence on the composition of secondary lymphoid follicles in human palatine tonsils. Here we investigated the impact of an allergen-specific immunreaction on the morphology and composition of secondary lymphoid follicles.
Using immunohistological methods, CD20+-, CD38+-, CD4+-, Ki67+-and IgA-containing cells were stained in cryosections and the distribution of proliferating- and Ig-containing cells in different compartments was analyzed.
Our analyses have shown a differential expression and distribution of IgA- plasmacells in tonsils of allergic patients. The amount was diminished in allergic patients. Further, in allergic and non- allergic patients the number of secondary lymphoid follicles was increased and morphologic differences especially an increased amount of proliferating cells, compared with healthy individuals, were shown. However, tonsils of healthy persons and both patient groups were comparable concerning their typical morphologic structures, size of follicles and B- and T cell distribution in the different microcompartments.
Altogether, these data may lead to the assumption that the reduction of IgA-positive plasmacells within the epithelial microenvironment of the crypts and extrafollicular areas in allergic individuals results in a reduced ability to mount a protective immune response against allergens. The increased number of follicles together with the high number of proliferating cells in the tonsillar GC of the patient groups may reflect the ongoing GC- reaction induced by an increased antigen stimulation.


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Oracle's Sparc T4 prices mask improved value
Similar bang, more capacity, similar bucks
Analysis When Oracle announced the eight-core Sparc T4 processor and the four systems that make use of the new chip to run Solaris workloads two weeks ago, the one thing that was missing on announcement day was pricing for the systems. Having lived through Oracle OpenWorld, El Reg figures now is a good time to circle back and take a look at packaging and pricing for the Sparc T4 machines and how they stack up to prior generations of Sparc T-class iron.
In general, the eight-core Sparc T4 processors offer slightly better online transaction performance than the 16-core Sparc T3 chips they replace. The Sparc T4 processors have up to five times the integer performance, thanks to the new S3 core and nearly double the clock speeds per core compared to the T3 chips and their less integer-friendly S2 cores. The floating point performance of the T4 chips is up to seven times that of the T3s. (Those metrics are based on internal SPECint2006 benchmark and SPECfp2006 tests that Oracle has performed but not yet published.) The two processors share the same sockets and systems, so another big difference between the two is that the Sparc T4 systems support fatter 16GB DDR3 memory sticks and therefore have double the maximum main memory.
Oracle has not kept pricing exactly the same on the two families of machines and it has not kept the same configurations across the generations. Generally speaking, a given small, medium, or large configuration has the same or more main memory and the same or more disk capacity as well as the Sparc T4 processor for roughly the same amount of money. Here's how the machines stack up across the generations:
Stacking up the Oracle Sparc T series servers
Oracle does not provide relative performance metrics for its Sparc T family of servers that show the performance for each possible configuration. But if you assume that a clock is a clock, and that performance scales with the addition of CPU cores and faster clocks, then the new Sparc T3 machines offered substantially better bang for the buck that their Sparc T2 and T2+ predecessors. In the same way, the new Sparc T4 machines offer slightly better performance on jobs that like threads (like database processing or Java serving), so for the same or a little less money, you get beefier memory and disk configurations.
The Relative Oomph metric
In the table above, El Reg has attempted to show the relative improvement in bang for the buck that Oracle delivers with each generation of Sparc T machine. The table above shows the chips, cores, clocks, memory configuration, and a metric I call Relative Oomph for lack of a sanctioned relative benchmark test rating from Oracle. This is just chip count times cores per chip times clock speed per core. It has been adjusted to reckon the big difference between the S2 and S3 cores such that the relative performance rating is just a bit higher for the T4 than for the T3. This is based on the relative TPC-C online transaction performance that Oracle showed off back at the Hot Chips 23 conference in August at Stanford University.
By fudging it this way (to the tune of 15 per cent upwards over just cores times clocks), the Relative Oomph rating is expressly gauging the performance of workloads that like threads and cores. Yes, this is unscientific, but nonetheless, this is the kind of comparison a sales rep and a CIO has to make in order to figure out if the Sparc T4 machines are worth the money. Of course, the best thing to do is run actual benchmarks using your actual code and reckon bang for the buck against the actual price you pay.
One thing: at the moment, the pricing for the Sparc T3-1 single-socket server from last year has a bug in it. Oracle has somehow got the prices for the medium and large configurations of the T3-2 dual-socket server in there. This table shows the price for the T3-1 configurations before the T4 systems were launched. Also, Oracle never did put out pricing for the Sparc T3-1B blade server last year, and still hasn't done so this year. So this machine is missing from the table above.
At $44,078, Oracle is charging about the same price for the large configuration of the Sparc T4-1 server as it did for the T3-1, which had a $44,228 price tag. Divide this by the oomph ratings and there is only three-tenths of a per cent worsening in bang for the buck. But it isn't that simple. The T4-1 box has twice the main memory, at 256GB, and that memory is worth $13,056 at list price. Both machines have two 300GB disks, so that's a wash, and if you back that memory out and configure two machines with 128GB, then you are talking about a 29.4 per cent improvement in bang for the buck. Oracle makes you buy that extra memory, so you can't avoid the spending, but the underlying T4-1 machine offers much better value.
If you look at a large configuration of the T4-2 server compared to its T3-2 predecessor, as configured, the machine offers 10.2 per cent better bang for the buck assuming my Relative Oomph ratings. But that T4-2 machine has twice the main memory again, with 512GB, and that extra 256GB of memory is worth $26,122. (These machines also have two 300GB disks in the large configuration.) Once you take into account the memory cost, you'll see the T4-2 offers 39.5 per cent better bang for the buck.
That brings us up to the Sparc T4-4 quad-socket server against the Sparc T3-4 machine it replaces. The large configuration of the older T3-4 machine had four processors, two 600GB disks, and 512GB of memory. The large configuration of the T4-4 is much beefier with 1TB of memory and the full complement of eight 600GB disks for nearly the same price. (It actually offers 10.6 per cent better oomph per dollar in the large configuration.) If you take the six disks and 512GB of memory out and configure the T3-4 and T4-4 machines the same, then the T4-4 offers 41.4 per cent better value.
Now here's the funny bit. On more lightly configured Sparc T4 machines, the differences between the T4 and T3 pricing and value for dollar is sometimes a lot smaller. In effect, what Oracle's pricing does is say that the company will discount the cost of the underlying server if you buy a beefier box from the get-go. And considering the big price/performance differences outlined above, maybe that is what Sparc T series server buyers will do.
In some cases, a like-for-like configuration is just plain less costly. The small configuration of the Sparc T4-4 has only one disk (compared to two for the small T3-4 system) and has 128GB of main memory (just like the T3 system it most resembles in the Oracle catalog). And that small T4-4 has a list price of $50,369 compared to $86,917 for the small T3-4. That nearly chops the cost per transaction down by half. ®
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