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Mandrake is a user-friendly distribution which is good for beginners. Unfortunately it's often too difficult for beginners even to install a program! I learned Linux about half a year ago, so I know it's not easy. I have therefore decided to help those who struggle with the installation of BibleTime.
This is for the beginner. Tested with Mandrake 10.1.
1.) Open Konsole
Press [Alt-F2] and type 'konsole'. Press [enter].
2.) Add RPM media mirrors
In Konsole, type 'su' to go root.
Next, type in these three entries:
urpmi.addmedia main ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/M...community/i586/media/main with media_info/hdlist.cz
And wait a few minutes until downloading is finished. These are american mirrors. You can set up your own if you live in Europe (like I do) or somewhere else, with this page:
In fact, these were created at easyurpmi. If you previously have set up those FTPs, read step three.
3.) Download BibleTime
Type 'urpmi bibletime' in Konsole, then follow the instructions.
To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (3 MB):
Type 'Y' to confirm to download BibleTime plus the necessary sword libraries and (perhaps) other dependencies, like curl. There should not be any problem. If there are conflicts, then you might ask someone for help.
Close Konsole.
An easier approach rather than using Konsole for this update procedure, would be to open the run-dialog and run 'drakconf'. When the Mandrake Control Center is up and running you may open the RPM media management database, and add the FTP mirrors manually. (But it's easier to explain the installation process with command line.) To remove erroneous mirrors I recommend using the same Mandrake Control Center, rather than Konsole. You most probably want to add/exchange the FTPs sometime later.
4.) Run BibleTime
Now that BibleTime is installed, search for BibleTime in the start menu, in "More Programs" > "Editors". Run it.
Or, of course, you can enter 'bibletime' in the run dialog.
5.) Download Bible modules
If everything goes correctly, the "Install/Update modules" dialog will appear on screen.
Just click "Connect to source".
Select the Bibles, commentaries and lexicons you would want. I personally would recommend the following below. When you're done, press "OK".
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Of course you can download Bible modules later at any time you would want. (Press 'F4' in BibleTime!)
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Then, you're done!!
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What about the personal notes? How do you create your own notes? Firstly, download "Personal" in the commentaries subsection in the installation manager (if you don't already have!). Next, right click the module in the list-tree on the left side, and choose 'Edit'.
I've tested this installation process so I hope it will work for you too. God bless you! Thank you for reading this. And I hope BibleTime will be of great use for everyone everywere on planet earth.
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Thank you very much Goduser.
I have installed as you say,
however Bibletimes crashes when I start it.
In the task bar, the bar has a sand timer that lasts for a while,
then the bar disappears and the programs never really starts.
If I start it in a console, I get the following error message :
bibletime: Symbol `_ZTI10QPopupMenu' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking
bibletime: Symbol `_ZTI7QWidget' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking
bibletime: Symbol `_ZTIN6KParts4PartE' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking
bibletime: Symbol `_ZTI8KPrinter' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking
bibletime: Symbol `_ZTI11KMainWindow' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking
bibletime: Symbol `_ZTI12KApplication' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking
bibletime: Symbol `_ZTIN6KParts8PartBaseE' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking
bibletime: relocation error: /usr/lib/libsword.so.4: symbol _ZNSt15_List_node_base4hookEPS_, version GLIBCXX_3.4 not de fined in file libstdc++.so.6 with link time reference
Do you have an idea of what may be wrong? Maybe something has changed on one of the servers?
Thank you,
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I have uninstalled bibletime
and when reinstalling it I have this message (I can remember having it last time) :
L'installation a échoué, il manque des fichiers :
urpmi.addmedia jpackage ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/mandrake/M...unity/i586/media/jpackage with media_info/hdlist.cz
So I guess something must have gone wrong with the servers.
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Sorry, I can't help you with that error message problem. If the servers are outdated, then you can set up your own using Mandrake Control Center and http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
The jpackage mirror is not necessary. You only need contrib, I believe.
If you have some problems with urpmi, you can download the packages here:
Then run and install them, open 'konsole', cd to the download-directory and run:
rpm -i bibletime-1.4.1-3mdk.i586.rpm libsword4-1.5.7a-1mdk.i586.rpm sword-1.5.7a-1mdk.i586.rpm[/quote]
And hopefully it will work for you!
To uninstall, use 'urpme', 'rpm -e', or Mandrake Control Center.
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I have bibletime installed correctly ! Thanks to all for helps ! It was usefull
Nevertheless, I would like now a frensh version : The menu is in english. For me that is ok but for most people in my country this is not acceptable and usable.
Do you have it ? How to install it ?
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PHILADELPHIA - Risking a collision with the Redskins' defense and with high football irony Sunday, Andy Reid finally gave the fans a wish. He authorized what could be a franchise-turning running play.
Though down 25 points and with less than two minutes left, Reid allowed his most valuable offensive player, LeSean McCoy, to run the ball. The result was a seven-yard gain, no points and McCoy in Stage 1 of concussion recovery. There are five published stages of concussion-treatment protocol.
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Northern Kentucky Law School held a mandatory "professionalism" lecture Thursday night, at the same time as UK's opening round game. The result: maybe not a lesson in professionalism, but certainly one in irony.
It's brutal that NKU scheduled anything on one of the most important sports days of the year, let alone at the exact same time that a team the entire state has a stake in was taking the floor. But the beauty of 2010 is that you don't need to be near a television to follow the game. And predictably, the students kept up on their laptops and iPhones.
But they weren't inconspicuous enough. In its entirety, here's a letter from the irate dean.
Dear First-year Students:
It was good to see all of you at last night's professionalism program. After reading many of the comment sheets, it seems that most of you enjoyed it. This, of course, I was happy to learn.
I was not, however, particularly pleased with some of the behavior I witnessed last night. Most students were paying attention to what our speakers were saying, and I commend those students for behaving in an appropriate, professional manner. However, I noticed several students, both men and women, watching the NCAA tournament on their laptops; constantly looking down at their iPhones or other electronic devices; and texting messages to fellow classmates or to people not at the presentation.
While I understand that people are interested in the NCAA basketball tournament, and that they might not have agreed with the viewpoints expressed by the speakers, this conduct was patently rude and inexcusable. The ironic thing about this situation is that these presentations were supposed to teach students about "professionalism," and I could not think of any behavior less professional than what I saw last night. Would you act this way in front of a judge? Would you act this way in front of a client? I can only hope the answer is "no."
We all have things we would rather be doing at certain times (for example, I would rather be watching the Union / St. Lawrence hockey game tonight than teaching a make-up class), but as a professional, I know that my responsibilities as a faculty member and administrator come before my desire to watch the game. I know that when my class is over, I will be able to find out who won. Similarly, all of you would have been able to see the results of the basketball games after the 1.25-hour presentation last night. I don't think there would have been any significant consequences had you actually listened to the entire presentation rather than focus on your iPhones, your laptops, and your other electronic devices.
Thankfully, I do not think that the speakers were able to see what was going on in the audience. That does not, however, make rude behavior any less unprofessional. I can only hope that as you progress throughout your law school careers, you will learn what "professionalism" truly means.
Lawrence D. Rosenthal
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NKU – Chase College of Law
I thoroughly enjoy the fact that he felt the need to clarify that "both men and women" were transgressors, and his effort to identify with the 22-year-olds by expressing his own desire to watch the Union/St. Lawrence hockey game.
Regardless, if you're going to hire a lawyer, make sure...what, exactly? They're not a basketball fan? Your hearing isn't on the first Thursday night of March Madness? They're not first-year law students? I don't even know.
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Hey Steve,
I have been having problems stating out a power: a psionic tendril.
I wanted the character to be able to create tendrils of psionic energy from each hand, kinda like the way Venom does with his webs. The character would be able to snare objects or enemies, throw them around, and strike his enemies with them.
I also thought of having a burning effect around the tendrils that would burn the enemies he snared with them. This energy could be channeled more potently to explode on contact instead of burning, say, to bring down the side of a buuilding with an area effect.
Can you help me stat it out? I have thought of a few ways involving telekinesis or the Strike power with range extras but nothing comes out right.
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"Kick the hell out of the status quo." -Motto of Ed Cole, master automotive engineer
If you are a car enthusiast, you know who Edward Nicholas Cole is - the man who directed the invention of the small-block V8 engine to power the 1955 Chevy passenger car. We're not just talking about some one-off racing engine either, or something relevant only to halcyon automotive age of the 1950s. Oh no.
According to Larry Carley, blogger and car fanatic, Chevrolet has produced about 90 million small block V8s since 1955 - following an evolutionary arc that took it from 265 cubic inches and 110 horsepower in 1955 to 427 cubic inches (7.0 liters) and more than 500 horsepower for today's smokin' Corvette LS7. "That's a huge number of engines, probably more than any other engine that's ever been built - an amazing record of longevity," said Carley.
Think about this for minute. Cole - killed tragically in a light plane crash in 1977 while flying solo in the rain and fog on his approach to an airport in Mendon, Michigan - single-handedly revolutionized the design of the V8 automotive engine on the one hand while also creating a platform that could be improved upon for decades to come. Quite an accomplishment for a Michigan native born on a farm in 1909 who originally wanted to be a lawyer, yet found his instinctive - some say obsessive - need to tinker with things drove him into vehicle engineering.
I bring Cole up because I wonder where the trucking version of him exists today - indeed, where a near-aproximation of him might be found anywhere in the automotive world of the 21st century. I mean, he's the "classic" engineer, if you ask me: a guy so consumed with building something new, something better, something that breaks the mold, that he kept a prototype of the '55 Chevy and his V8 in his garage at home, tinkering with it endlessly on weekends and at night.
Back then, GM's executives were all in his corner, too, giving him almost carte blanche to create an engine that would blow the doors off the competition. The ranks of Chevrolet's engineers ballooned from 850 to 3,000 between 1952 and 1954 as Cole directed the creation of the small block V8 (a process vividly chronicled in the late, great David Halberstam's book "The Fifties.")
That kind of engineering derring-do is needed today, I think, as trucking grapples with the need to lower emissions, improve fuel economy, maintain power and performance, while in many cases burning non-petroleum fuels. That's a tall order, but one I think the Cole's of the world would relish and, perhaps, achieve.
Cole proved a classic in other ways, too - a break-the-rules, bull-in-the-china shop type of personality, totally focused on building great cars ... and then fighting on to make them better. And then there's the sad epilogue to his GM career - the 1959 Corvair, a "small car" project that got hamstrung by the same GM brass that once backed his engineering efforts to the hilt. For these executives in many ways become focused solely on profits and stock prices, not good products.
"The issue ... was nothing less than the entire purpose of American industry: whether it was to make the best product possible or whether it was merely to make the maximum profit possible each year," Halberstam wrote. "The two, as it turned out, were not compatible - not by a longshot."
Cost cutting condemned Cole's Corvair design, as the car's power overwhelmed the suspension system. He wanted to add a stabilizing system to the rear end - something that would've cost a mere $14 to $15 more per car back then - but GM nixed it. The car -- though now considered a classic -- proved disastrous for GM.
GM executive Harlow Curtice's comments to Cole about the Corvair sums up, I think, why American automotive engineering went off track - and would take a generation or two to fully recover. "This is amazing - there's as much headroom in here as a Buick," Curtice said. Then, according to Halberstam, he paused for a long moment. "Take some of the headroom out. We can't have a little car like this with as much room as a big car."
Cole's iron will didn't help matters, either, as he forged ahead with the Corvair despite major engineering compromises that made it difficult to handle, especially at high speeds and around sharp turns. Ralph Nader, as we all know, used the Corvair to humble GM and put product safety on the map, but GM learned the wrong lesson from this experience, said Halberstam, "convinced that their great mistake had not been in trying to do the car too cheaply, thus making it a dangerous vehicle, but in bothering to produce a small car in the first place."
Still, the engineering acumen of Cole - despite his flaws - would be well used today, I think. And who knows? Maybe there is indeed a later-day Cole (make or female, I stress) waiting in the wings out there to lead the industry in new and perhaps surprising directions.


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Do you ever feel like your supposed to do something?
I don't mean catch up on laundry or cook dinner. (Although that does fit my daily job requirement).
I'm talking about a tug, a quiet voice, a gentle urging to act, to do, to give.
When I was very pregnant with my first child, I went grocery shopping for the last time. My basket was overflowing with everything I thought I might need, you know, in case I died during childbirth or at least was paralyzed from my planned epidural. You could say I was a bit paranoid.
We lived on a Youth Pastor's salary and seriously stretched every dollar. I'll never forget that day at the store. I was huge and hungry. I took a pint of chocolate milk from the refrigerated section and drank the entire thing right there in the store.
I wasn't even embarrassed that I dribbled the milk down my yellow top.
I was all about my dairy needs.
As I pushed my giant cart to the register, the cashier looked at me and said, "Someone offered to buy your entire basket of groceries."
Excuse me? She pointed to a lady I didn't know very well, but had seen at our church. She looked at me and said, "I'm supposed to do this."
Her kind and generous act changed our entire month financially because that basket of groceries cost more than $200.
It also changed my attitude and reminded me that God saw every need.
I was thinking about this when I was reading Bring the Rain. I read about Angie selling her Coach purse on ebay and giving the money to charity. Her unselfishness and love for others touched me.
And so I asked myself, what could I give that means something to me?
Something personal. Something I value, given to someone else.
I've had a check sitting on my desk for a couple of weeks, one of my first from blog ads. I hadn't spent it yet, because I was waiting on the perfect gift to buy. For me. I share everything with my hubby and with the needs of my three kids, so I don't have undesignated sums of money laying around. Exactly.
So, this money was mine. To do as I pleased and I was going to buy something grand.
During the bloggy giveaway carnival, I was inundated with comments for my giveaway (a Tinkerbell Digital Player) as most blogs were. It was so fun! My laptop pinged like a slot machine with each email that came in.
But there was one comment that made me cry. I mean, call me hormonal, but it really touched me.
Oh. My. We spend hours and hours and hours driving to doctors and
hospitals for our littlest brother.
My nine year old is bored out of her gourd through out all of this.
But because she loves her little brother, she never complains.
The TINK would be such a welcome gift!
Thank you for the opportunity!
Okay, I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to totally rig the contest. The thought crossed my mind several times, especially after I went to their family blog, Praying for Parker.
And so, I knew what I was supposed to do with that check. I shared the story with my kids and they were very excited about surprising this little girl with something special. So, I emailed her.
Here's her response:
I am just now getting to my email. I read this and almost fell off of my chair! lol! My daughter, Kensley, would be absolutely delighted!
It is hard when you are the child just next to the one with special needs. You go from being the baby.....to having to grow up so, so quickly. You are asked to try and understand things that really are way beyond your reach of understanding.
You sacrifice. A lot.
But her heart is so good. I would love for her to have a Tink so that she knows her selflessness hasn't gone unnoticed nor unappreciated.
I was supposed to do that. I would have regretted it if I hadn't.
I'm not telling you this to receive praise, actually, please, do not praise me.
One Day to Give was born out of a desire to touch someone. It doesn't have to be monetary. You can give your time, a service, a meal or something you own.
It's not about the what.
It's about the why. You might change someone's day, even their life.
And giving feels so good.
Our family is taking the challenge and I'll be sharing what we're giving on Oct. 17.
You have 25 days from now to do something for someone.
Will you accept the challenge?
Come back here and link up your post. (You can link up an older post as long as it is appropriate to giving). And this isn't just for bloggers, readers can participate too. You can share your story in the comments.
Your One Day to Give.


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YouTube filmmaking duo The Country Club have struck again with another inventive, video game-inspired short film.
In December, the pair gave us a trailer for a grittier, sleazier incarnation of the Super Mario Bros. set in the universe of Grand Theft Auto IV.
Titled "REPEAT", their newest video is yet another spin on the Mario Bros theme - this time injected with a healthy dose of martial arts mayhem. If you've ever wondered what a marriage of Mario and Street Fighter might look like - well, you needn't wonder any more.
"REPEAT" [The Game Station]


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Cleveland Metroparks took a historic step on Thursday, June 6, 2013 and entered into a long-term lease with the City of Cleveland to manage and preserve the City's six lakefront parks. The move creates a new Lakefront Reservation and strings the "Emerald Necklace" from the Park District's Huntington Reservation in Bay Village to Euclid Creek Reservation in Euclid.
Here are some frequently asked questions regarding the arrangement:
Cleveland Metroparks has just completed its new Strategic Plan as a result of a two year planning effort. The plan, Cleveland Metroparks 2020: The Emerald Necklace Centennial, provides goals and strategies for the Park District's 100th anniversary in 2017 and beyond. One of the main goals identified in the plan was that Cleveland Metroparks needed to play a key role in improving Greater Cleveland's lakefront because the Lake Erie waterfront is the region's defining asset and most important natural resource.
The six lakefront properties include Villa Angela Park, Wildwood Park, Euclid Beach Park, Gordon Park, Edgewater Park and the East 55th Street Marina.
No. The State of Ohio has been managing the parks for the City of Cleveland since 1978. The land itself has always belonged to the City. Now, Cleveland Metroparks will manage the land through a 99-year lease agreement with the City. The lease will cost the Park District $1 a year, for a total of $99.
The six properties consist of about 511 acres along 14 miles of lakefront property.
The new Lakefront Reservation will consist of the East 55th Street Marina, Edgewater Park and Gordon Park. The other three former state-run parks, Euclid Beach Park, Villa Angela Park and Wildwood Park, will now be part of the existing Euclid Creek Reservation.
The Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve is owned by the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority and is not part of the land transfer deal with the City of Cleveland. The building that is adjacent to the Nature Preserve, the former Ohio Department of Natural Resources headquarters building, will transfer to Cleveland Metroparks and be part of the Gordon Park area of the Lakefront Reservation.
Cleveland Metroparks would not take over management of the parks if it were unable to meet the standards it has set throughout the rest of the Park District. The land management agreement also includes the transfer of $14 million from the City of Cleveland to the Park District to be used for improvements at the six properties. The money came from the State of Ohio as part of its agreement with the City to terminate its land management lease.
Improvements have already begun at the lakefront parks, including clean-up of the beaches in cooperation with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. The Park District will concentrate on cleanliness and safety while it assesses a priority list of repairs and capital improvements. The land transfer agreement stipulates that the $14 million payment earmarked for lakefront park improvements be spent within three years.
The marinas at East 55th Street and Wildwood Park are open. Unfortunately, due to damage sustained during Hurricane Sandy, the marina at Edgewater Park will remain closed for further repairs. However, the public boat launch ramp at Edgewater is open and the boat launch ramps at Gordon Park and Wildwood are open as well.
There are a number of amenities and activities available at the lakefront properties including walking and biking trails, piers for fishing, boat launch ramps, reservable picnic areas, picnic shelters, marinas, bird watching, playgrounds, grills, sandy beaches, swimming, and of course, beautiful views of Lake Erie, the downtown skyline and sunsets.
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District monitors beach water quality at several Lake Erie beaches, including Edgewater Park. They utilize a "Nowcast system" that predicts water quality and results are posted on the NEORSD website, neorsd.org/nowcast-advisories.php, the Ohio Nowcast site, ohionowcast.info/index.asp or via Twitter at twitter.com/neorsdbeaches. Signs are also posted at the beach.
To rent a picnic facility, call Cleveland Metroparks Special Events & Experiences at 216.635.3200 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The lakefront parks will be open daily from 6 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Special events, such as a wedding, will require a permit. Please call Cleveland Metroparks Special Events & Experiences at 216.635.3200 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
If faced with an emergency, notify Cleveland Metroparks Ranger Headquarters immediately by calling 440.333.4911 or dial 9-1-1. If you spot a Park District employee, notify them of your situation as well. They will assist you in contacting a Ranger for help. Non-emergency situations should be reported to Ranger Headquarters at 440.331.5530.
Dock space may be available through Edgewater Marina and Wildwood Marina. Please contact them directly. Dock space at the East 55th Street Marina can be reserved by calling Cleveland Metroparks at 216.881.8141.
If you are a member of a yacht club, please contact your commodore. The leases that were held between the yacht clubs and the State of Ohio Department of Natural Resources are still viable leases, except they are now between the yacht clubs and Cleveland Metroparks. Those leases state that repairs are the responsibility of the yacht clubs. In the event you are unclear on repair responsibility, or have another question, your commodore will be able to handle your question or can contact Cleveland Metroparks to get an answer for you.
To become a Cleveland Metroparks volunteer, please call Volunteer Services at 440.253.2143 or apply online at clevelandmetroparks.com/volunteer.


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My gamepad started malfunctioning after just three months of use. First, the left analog stick would slowly return to zero after being tilted to the topmost position, but only if it's tilted far enough forward to touch the edge of its socket. Later it deteriorated to just drifting down from centre position.
It does not drift in any position other than topmost and centre, or if I push the stick downward.
In this specific case, the gamepad is a Saitek Cyborg V5 Rumblepad, which allows to flip the stick and d-pad around. Drifting is observed in both possible configurations.
I tested it on two different computers, both display similar readings.
What can cause such a problem, and how can it be fixed, if at all?
I've finally gotten a replacement of same make and model. I put the new stick-and-d-pad module in the old gamepad, and it's working fine. Therefore, the analog stick itself is likely the problem, not the rest of the gamepad or connection between the two parts. Since that even before this, I lost another gamepad (completely different model and manufacturer, much cheaper) to the same malfunction, I now have reasons to believe that the majority of analog stick modules themselves - like the bit for the Arduino, pictured below - is manufactured by a single entity, and quality control is handled by the gamepad manufacturers themselves. But I digress.
I'm now curious about how this thing works (description for the same Arduino part at http://www.tinkerkit.com/joystick/ says it's a pair of potentiometers - simple enough), how it can be disassembled, maintained, repaired and reassembled, if at all.


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The Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) and Exhibition provides attendees around the globe with the industry's most comprehensive technical program focused on the design and verification of electronic systems. DVCon attracts engineers and industry technologists across many design disciplines including systems, standard IC, ASIC, DSP, microprocessor, FPGA, library, analog/mixed-signal and SoC. From its beginning as a combination of the OVI Users Group and VHDL Users Group in the U.S. more than 25 years ago, DVCon has grown to include DVCon Europe and DVCon India in 2014 and DVCon China in 2017. Each conference is tailored to its specific region with involvement from local companies.
At all DVCon Conferences and Exhibitions:
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DVCon U.S., held in San Jose, California, offers attendees a full four-day technical conference that kicks off with "Accellera Day," a day filled with information-packed technical tutorials focused on design challenges and the future of efficient design. The program also offers panels, poster sessions, a keynote address, evening networking receptions and an exhibition.
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The same day the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers renewed their cities' rivalry, developers released a 10,000-page environmental report in Los Angeles to further their bid to build a stadium that could conceivably lure the Chargers north.
It would take months to win Los Angeles City Council approval and survive potential legal challenges, but the document's release Thursday kicked off new speculation about whether and when the National Football League may resume play in the nation's second-largest market and which team could jilt its city and fans for a new home.
Anschutz Entertainment Group, also called AEG, wants to build a football stadium and expand the existing convention center in downtown Los Angeles near Staples Center. The environmental impact report for the $1.4 billion project estimates NFL games and other events would draw 20,000 cars to the area and proposes ways to offset the traffic, noise, air quality and other impacts.
While there's always the possibility that no NFL team moves to Los Angeles, the potential for a Chargers departure has been discussed off and on for nearly a decade as the team has searched for a site to replace the aging Qualcomm Stadium.
Thursday, Chargers special counsel Mark Fabiani, the spokesman for a stadium search currently focused on the East Village, sidestepped questions about Los Angeles.
"We wouldn't have any comment on the release of an environmental document on a proposed stadium in another city," Fabiani said. "We hope to one day have our own such document to release on our proposed new stadium in downtown San Diego."
He added, "Of course, we also like to remind our fans -- as we have been saying for the last ten years -- that San Diego has an essential advantage that Los Angeles has not had in decades: An NFL team that has done, and is doing, everything possible to stay right where it is."
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders recently set a September deadline to have a consultant prepare a financing plan to build a new Chargers stadium east of Petco Park. Initially, Sanders had said he would have that plan by March.
"The Mayor is going to keep moving the ball down the field in pursuit of a financing plan that works for the taxpayers and the Chargers," spokesman Darren Pudgil said this week. "He wants to make sure it's a solid plan in which the costs are fairly shared and the return on investment is clear."
Pudgil did not respond to a request for comment on the Los Angeles report Thursday.
It's been 17 years since two NFL teams played a final football game in Los Angeles and fled to Oakland and St. Louis, respectively. Coincidentally, that's how many projects could have a chance at bringing professional football back to Los Angeles if its officials eventually entitle AEG's Farmers Field project. Majestic Realty has a project it considers shovel-ready in City of Industry, about 20 miles outside Los Angeles.
Neither project would proceed until and unless an NFL team agrees to call Los Angeles home, and that scenario is far from a sure thing. NFL owners would have to sign off on entry into the market. Expansion is unlikely at this point, and only a handful of teams are able to escape their leases now or in the near future.
Those teams -- the Chargers, the Buffalo Bills, the Minnesota Vikings, the Oakland Raiders and the St. Louis Rams -- are all involved to some degree in talks to modernize or replace existing venues in their respective cities.
AEG officials say their study cost $27 million. The public now has 45 days to comment on it before city council members can consider it. If it is approved, there is a 30-day window to file legal challenges and 175 days to resolve those challenges.
That timeline means it's likely the process wouldn't play out until next year. NFL teams wouldn't have to notify the league of a potential move until mid-February.
Among other changes, AEG has proposed improving 11 nearby intersections, upgrading 73 traffic signals in the area, widening the westbound Interstate 101 and expanding a transit station from one platform to two to handle more people.
AEG's report said 15 percent to 20 percent of the fans visiting Farmers Field would take transit and 3 percent to 7 percent would walk to the venue, but that the vast majority -- more than 50,000 people -- would drive to games and other events.


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What might free will look like? Suppose you had a intelligent black box and wondered if it had free will, or in the horribly imprecise terms of recent discussion was "deterministic or random?" Again suppose you can copy this black box. You pose an question for your black box(es) and repeat for many iterations, posing the same question/problem each time. What then would you expect if this box had free will.
It seems to me the answer would be that the box had free will, then the box would give a distribution of answers, all of which "make sense" from a logical, creative, or emotionally reactive point of view. It also seems, given our understanding of the human brain and of what the possibilities of our universe regarding setting limitations both from a complexity (and if need be quantum) view point of the "same" initial conditions" this result is exactly what we expect from brains like ours.
What other sort of "Turning-like" tests might you pose to an array of black boxes to determine if they have free will or not that might better determine the question of whether free will might or might not make sense? Sugggestions?


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At the SM&NC, American Indian wares with pictures of the women who made them
As Edward S. Curtis tramped from tribe to tribe on his 30-year odyssey to document the American Indians of the Western United States, it was most often chiefs, hunters and warriors who came across his lens.
The supremacy of these rugged authority figures put them in perpetual view of the photographer's eye. Women, by comparison, were far more camera shy.
However, when they do come up in Curtis' work, women are revealed to play a crucial role in the preservation of American Indian culture. They are shown rearing children, preparing food and, as is the focus of Stamford Museum & Nature Center's latest exhibition, making extraordinary works of art.
On view now through Dec. 1, "By Her Hand: Art of Native American Women & the Photographs of Edward S. Curtis" pairs Native American wares from the museum's permanent collection with images of the women who made them. The show is rounded out by an interactive gallery iPad, a basket-making station and a slideshow of Curtis' images.
Although there have been many exhibitions of Curtis' work, this is the first to juxtapose his photographs with associated objects, and one of the few to focus exclusively on his observations of American Indian women.
"Women were photographed less by Curtis because it was the man's role to interface with the outside world," Christopher Cardozo, the leading authority on Curtis and co-curator of the exhibition, explained. "Combining these photos and objects, you get a sense of all the important things they contributed."
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Among those contributions are baskets, pots, textiles and beadwork -- objects that are valued for their functional use as much as their aesthetic beauty. Artists include Sally, a Wasco basket maker known for her corn-husk creations; Maria Martinez, a Tewa/Tano potter who revived and protected the ancient secret of creating jet-black pottery; and Joseppa, a master of the Pomo miniature basket.
The purpose of the exhibition, Kirsten Brophy, curator of collections and exhibitions at the museum, said, is "to create a palpable connection between the object and the artist.
"We really wanted people to get a sense that these objects were created by an actual person," she added. "The photographs bring those people to life."
Curtis, the man behind those images, spent three decades risking his family and fortune to create a record of Native American people and culture. "The North American Indian," his magnum opus, contained more than 2,200 original photographs, printed in photogravure, and nearly 4,000 pages of anthropological text,
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Curtis completed his mission at a time when pure Native American culture -- that which hadn't been subverted by outside influences -- was being threatened by the encroachment of white civilization.
"It was a means of preserving the history and culture of these extraordinary people," Cardozo said. "The fundamental idea of Curtis' body of work is beauty, heart and spirit."
In "By Her Hand," that beauty, heart and spirit emerges in striking fashion -- both in the gaze of Curtis' human subjects and the museum's stunning artifacts.
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US comedian Joan Rivers was quizzed by British officials when she was mistaken for an immigrant illegally entering the UK.
Four border patrol officers descended on Rivers as she disembarked from a fishing boat on the Swale Estuary near Kent, after they received a tip-off regarding a suspicious group of people.
Rivers, her daughter Melissa, and her TV crew were questioned for several minutes at the scene before officials recognised Rivers.
The funnywoman, who was filming a segment for her new TV show Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best!, insists the incident was amusing and admits she thought her questioners were good-looking.
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In areas surrounding airports, emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM) are usually considered the most important contributors to local air quality concerns.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), thanks to technological progress, aircraft emissions around airports today are generally low. Since the 1960s, levels of carbon monoxide have come down by 50% and unburned hydrocarbons and smoke by around 90%. Research is targeting a further 80% reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx) by 2020. The aviation industry is also making substantial investments in cleaner ground support equipment and vehicles to improve local air quality.
In Hong Kong, local levels of air emissions from aviation in Hong Kong have remained relatively stable over recent years at 6% of nitrogen oxides (NOx), 3% of carbon monoxide (CO) and 2% of other air pollutants, according to the latest air pollutant emission inventory published in 2007.
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Source: Hong Kong Air Pollutant Emission Inventory (2007),
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Couples trying to get pregnant through artificial insemination may have been victims of a disturbed fertility clinic worker who swapped his own sperm in place of at least one client's, CeCe Moore writes at Your Genetic Genealogist.
Moore, a genetic genealogy blogger, kept her sources anonymous, so we haven't been able to verify the story in full. That said, we were able to confirm some specifics (see below), and Moore's consulting role on the PBS show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr lends this twisted tale some credibility.
She details the story of a Utah couple, whom she calls Paula and Jeff, and their 21-year-old daughter ("Ashley") who was conceived using the help of a fertility clinic. Paula and Ashley took a 23andMe genetic test and then encouraged Jeff to do the same.
That's when the family got the first sign that something had gone wrong: Jeff "showed no genetic match to his daughter," Moore writes, something that traditional paternity testing soon confirmed.
Using another genetic networking site, AncestryDNA, the family found "Cheryl," who was related to Ashley but not to Paula. Cheryl responded to a message from Paula to offer some information: Her deceased cousin, Tom Lippert, had lived in Salt Lake City and been a sperm donor.
When Paula and Jeff saw Tom's picture, they recognized him: He had been a worker at their fertility clinic at Reproductive Medical Technologies, a clinic they thought was affiliated with the University of Utah. Tom's mother reportedly took a genetic test that confirmed Tom was Ashley's biological father.
That's when Cheryl thought Paula should know about Tom's sordid past. As Moore writes:
She told Paula that Tom had served time in prison for kidnapping a female college student ... Paula searched the Internet for any additional information [and] was shocked to find an article from People Magazine dated October 20, 1975. What she read was horrifying.
The article stated that Tom had been a brilliant law student at Notre Dame Law School and had gone on to a promising early career as a law professor at Southwestern State College. However all that changed, when at 25, he was accused of hatching a bizarre plan to kidnap a young Purdue student and hold her as a prisoner in a "love experiment."
The student was reportedly kept in a black box and subjected to electric shock therapy in an attempt to brainwash her into falling in love with Tom.
After serving two years of a six year sentence, Tom moved to Minnesota for a few years and then ended up in Salt Lake City. According to Moore, he worked at Reproductive Medical Technologies from 1986 to 1995 and displayed dozens of photos at his desk of children he said he'd "helped" couples conceive. Paula now is left wondering just what that meant — did he help through his work at the clinic, or in other, more deceptive ways?
They've set up a website to help others who think they may have been secretly fathered by Tom Lippert.
We reached out to a former employee of Reproductive Medical Technologies, who referred us to the University of Utah press office. While the University could not verify Moore's story in full, they confirmed that there is an ongoing investigation into a Reproductive Medical Technologies semen sample that may have been tampered with.
The University of Utah emailed us this statement:
Since April 2013, the University of Utah has been investigating credible information regarding the possible mislabeling or tampering of a semen sample at RMTI (Reproductive Medical Technologies, Inc.), a private andrology lab owned by a University faculty member (now deceased). The facility was a private laboratory located in Midvale, Utah. While not owned or operated by the University, the University contracted with RMTI for specimen preparation and semen analysis. Additionally, RMTI prepared semen samples for private physician offices throughout the community, not University physicians.
Through genetic testing, a woman who received artificial insemination (AI) in 1991 discovered the biological father of her child was not her husband, as she had assumed. She traced the genetics of her child to a man who was a former employee of the now-defunct RMTI, which may have prepared the AI sample. The man in question was also a part-time employee of the University from 1988-94.
There are no remaining records from RMTI to prove the claim and the man in question has been deceased since 1999. Consequently, it is unknown how this incident might have happened. In addition, there is no evidence to indicate this situation extends beyond the case in question.
We understand this information has been upsetting for the family and other clients of RMTI. We want to help alleviate this distress by providing professional genetic testing for RMTI clients who were treated between 1988 through 1994.
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History of Aikido
Aikido, a traditional Japanese martial art, was developed in the early part of this century by Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei (1883-1969). The famous motto of O-Sensei, "Masakatsu Agatsu," contains the essence of Aikido: "True victory is victory over the self." Aikido is truly budo — a martial Way — rather than simply a bujutsu ("martial technique") or bugei ("martial art"). When martial training is undertaken not simply as a means to conquer others, but as a means to refine and perfect the self, this can be said to be budo.
Aikido Founder Ueshiba Morihei
Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei ("venerable teacher"), the Aikido Kaiso (founder), was born in 1883 in Tanabe, a coastal town in southern Japan. From the time of his youth, he studied various martial arts, including sumo, swordsmanship, spear technique, staff technique, and various styles of jiujutsu — particularly the Yagyu and Daito styles.
From youth, Ueshiba appears to have been a deeply sensitive and spiritual person. Eventually influenced by the charismatic spiritual leader and artist Onisaburo Deguchi, he came to view his martial training as a means of personal purification and spiritual training.
Over his lifetime, O-Sensei saw Japan involved in some of the most violent conflicts of the 20th century, culminating in the Pacific War. It was during this time that he founded Aikido, declaring it a way of joining the peoples of the world together in peace.
The Kaiso's incredible technical expertise and charisma brought him tremendous support from high-ranking military officers, government personnel, and the Imperial family during his life. Following his death in 1969, he was posthumously awarded an Imperial medal for his unique contributions.
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Late Aikido Doshu Ueshiba Kisshomaru
Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Nidai Doshu (the second "master of the Way" of Aikido), son of Morihei Ueshiba, was born in 1922. From early youth, he trained under the guidance of his father. During the confusion of the wartime period, when Allied fire-bombings reduced much of Tokyo to ruins, he remained in the city and preserved the original dojo building.
Following the war, as Aikido entered its golden age and began to attract public attention, he was instrumental in leading and organizing what would become the Zaidan Hojin Aikikai — the government-recognized, not-for-profit organization which exists today as the center of world Aikido.
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In 1999 Kisshomaru Ueshiba died in Tokyo, having successfully transformed the vision of his father into an international movement.
Aikido Doshu Ueshiba Moriteru
Moriteru Ueshiba Moriteru Ueshiba, son of Kisshomaru Ueshiba, was named the Sandai ("third") Doshu shortly after his father's death. Before that time, he had served as the Aikikai Hombu Dojo-cho ("headquarters dojo director"). The Doshu has carried on in his father's tradition of Aikido at the highest level, with clean and powerful technique.
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This Tree Fruit and Nuts chapter from the Extension Gardener Handbook explains how to select, plant, and maintain home orchard trees. This chapter also discusses common problems and integrated pest management solutions.
This publication focuses on the management techniques and economic analysis of orchards with more than 150 to 180 trees per acre.
This publication explains how to start and maintain a successful pecan orchard on a large or small scale.
North Carolina's climate and soils are well suited to grow many types tree fruits. This publication will focus on the three main tree fruits produced for market in North Carolina: peaches, apples, and pecans. In addition to these main crops, information on pears, persimmons, plums, nectarines, Asian pears, and figs is presented as they grow well in North Carolina's temperate climate. These tree fruits require similar management regimes described in this publication.
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Orchard management guide for apples, with information on insect, disease, weed, and mammal control, plus horticultural and fertility practices, use of IPM, prevention of insecticide resistance, and sprayer calibration.
This factsheet presents the advantages and challenges of growing apple, peach, and pecan trees.
SmartFresh℠ (1-methylcyclopropene, MCP) is a relatively new tool for postharvest management of apples. In 2002, SmartFresh was approved for commercial use on apples by the Environmental Protection Agency under a reduced risk program because of the very low toxicity of the product and the fact that treated fruit have no detectable residue. It is thought to bind irreversibly to the ethylene receptors in plant tissues making the crops insensitive to ethylene and subsequently retarding many of the ethylene mediated responses such as fruit softening in apples. SmartFresh can maintain apple firmness and acidity and decrease scald and greasiness even when stored under less than ideal storage temperatures.
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This factsheet offers information on the chilling requirements for a variety of peach trees.
Commercial apple orchards with trees planted close together on dwarfing or size-controlling rootstocks are referred to as high density plantings. When size-controlling rootstocks are used, tree densities increase from traditional densities of 150 to 250 trees/acre to 500 to 1,000+ trees/acre. Benefits of planting higher-density orchards include earlier production (especially with "fad" varieties); quicker return on investment; training, pruning and harvesting from the ground; potential increased fruit quality; and greater pesticide application efficiency.
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Level Ball (Next Destinies 89)
Level Ball (Japanese: レベルボール Level Ball) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Next Destinies expansion.
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This card was released in the Next Destinies expansion with artwork by 5ban Graphics, first originating from the Japanese Psycho Drive expansion. In Japan, an unnumbered mirror foil BW-P Promotional version of this card was awarded to players of the Victory Cup events, held over the course of Battle Carnival 2011, who managed to reach the 'Premier Stage'. In order to reach the 'Premier Stage', players had to win three consecutive battles in the initial 'Challenge Stage'. The Battle Carnival took place at the Mydome Osaka, Osaka on November 5 and 6, 2011, and at Sunshine City, Tokyo on November 19 and 20, 2011. It was reprinted in Japan as part of the Master Deck Build Box EX, released on September 14, 2012.
It was reprinted again with new artwork by Toyste Beach as part of the Ancient Origins expansion, originating from the Japanese Bandit Ring expansion.
The Level Ball is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation II, which becomes more effective when used on Pokémon at a lower level than the lead Pokémon.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team defeated Southwestern University, 78-71, Friday night at home in the Bill Battle Coliseum.
BSC moves to 13-6 overall and 8-2 in the SCAC, and remains undefeated at home (10-0), while Southwestern fell to 13-6 overall and 5-5 in conference play.
Southwestern scored first with a three-pointer from Anna Fareed, and held the lead for the first three-and-a-half minutes of the game, only to turn over the lead to BSC with a layup from Sam Davidson with 16:28 left to play in the first period. The Panthers would hold the lead for the remainder of the half, leading 30-18 at halftime.
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Senior Katelyn Wilson led BSC with 16 points, followed by juniors Sam Davidson and Ashton Spurgin with 13 points each. Spurgin led with eight rebounds, and also tied sophomore Erin Moore with two assists.
BSC out-shot Southwestern both from the field (47.2 to 40.6 percent) and from three-point range (35 to 27.3 percent). The Panthers were also more successful at the free throw line, hitting 80.8 percent to Southwestern's 76.5 percent.
BSC out-rebounded the Pirates, 47-25, and both teams struggled with turnovers (BSC had 27; Southwestern had 17).
The Panthers are back at home again tomorrow night, taking on Trinity University in a 6 p.m. doubleheader.
BSC hangs on to defeat Southwestern, 78-71
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team defeated Southwestern University, 78-71, Friday night at home in the Bill Battle Coliseum.