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The 35th annual Vocal Jazz Festival will bring hundreds of high school and college students from Northern California to Columbia College. It's a weekend packed with workshops, clinics, concerts and much more.
The festival will take place Friday and March 1.
"This festival is the highlight of the year," said Columbia's Jazz Series director Rod Harris.
During the two days, music students benefit from instruction and interaction with professional musicians. Question-and-answer sessions will be held.
Harris regularly invites top professional musicians to the college for this and other events. Students, community members and visitors are treated to performances by local and national talent.
Three outstanding guest artists will judge student performances and headline the evening concerts: Barbara Morrison, Don Shelton and Elaine Gibbs.
Known for her vocal range of 2 1/2 octaves, Morrison's rich, soulful voice has been heard on radio, television and stage for more than 50 years. She toured with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Ray Charles. She has appeared with other jazz and blues greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Etta James and Doc Severinsen's Big Band.
She has traveled the world and been featured on more than 20 albums. She now performs with Jack Hale, a popular Southern California musician.
With refined style and voice, Shelton sings and plays saxophone, clarinet and flute. His music career began early as the son of a saxophonist. He sang with the Trends on Rusty Draper's radio show, and eventually landed a spot with the Hi-Lo's. The group earned three Grammy nominations. They performed on numerous television shows before retiring in 1963.
Shelton and Gene Puerling, also of the Hi-Lo's, moved to Chicago to form The Singers Unlimited, a jazz vocal group. In the 1960s, Shelton's famous voice was the "crackle" in Rice Krispies commercials. He now resides in the Los Angeles area.
Gibbs is a recording and performing artist who appeared on the first season of "The X Factor." Previously she sang gospel and rhythm and blues, performing with The Temptations, Chaka Chan, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Rod Stewart and Justin Timberlake. She traveled extensively with Chuck Wansley After Hours. She has also performed for television and film, including doing voiceovers with Disney Studios.
A recent newcomer to Columbia's music scene, this performance will be Gibbs' first appearance at the Vocal Jazz Festival.
Backing up guest artists will be the all-star band: pianist LeRoy Bumgarner; college jazz instructor Clinton Day on bass; David Hawkes, Mike Miller and Mario Flores – all professional percussionists; Ken Taylor on trombone; Josh Lewicki on trumpet; Gordon Giedt on saxes; and Shelton on saxophone, flute and clarinet.
Bumgarner lives in Tuolumne County and feels honored to be a part of the college jazz program.
"Years ago I sat in at a jam session downtown, and they hired me," he said, referring to Harris and his musician friends. "A junior college doesn't normally have a program like this. To have this kind of access in a small town to top musicians is amazing."
Guest musicians will perform individually and in group combinations. Many selections will include the college vocal jazz quartet.
School group performances and daytime workshops are free to the public. Evening concerts require reserved seating. Tickets cost $22 each, and are available at the college bookstore and Mountain Bookshop in Sonora's Junction Shopping Center.
Concerts will be held in the college theater; doors will open one hour before show time. Friday's concert will be at 7 p.m. The March 1 concerts are scheduled for 5 and 8 p.m. For more information, call (209) 588-5126 or visit www.gocolumbia.edu/jazz.


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"There are two sets of circumstances in which a Scout or his parent(s) or guardian(s), acting on his behalf, may appeal a decision."
"The first situation occurs when a unit leader or unit committee does not recommend a Scout for a board of review, or refuses to sign the Eagle Scout application. In such cases, the Scout or his parent(s) or guardian(s) may appeal the decision to the committee responsible for advancement at the next level, as described below. The committee hearing the appeal shall then grant the Scout a board of review and appoint its members. In such cases, the committee hearing the appeal shall decide to grant or not to grant a board of review."
"The second situation occurs when a board of review does not recommend a candidate for rank advancement. In such a situation, the Scout or his parent(s) or guardian(s) may appeal the decision."
"All appeals, under any circumstances, shall initially be directed to the next highest level. If the decision leading to the appeal occurred at the unit level, the appeal shall be directed to the district committee responsible for advancement. If the decision leading to the appeal occurred at the district level (i.e., an Eagle Scout board of review convened by the district), the appeal shall be directed to the council committee responsible for advancement. A decision at either level finding in favor of the Scout shall be final. Units have no right of appeal of a decision."
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"Upon initial receipt of an appeal, the district and the council advancement committee charged with hearing the initial appeal shall provide for a prompt review to determine the facts. All parties must be interviewed or written statements obtained. Confrontations between opposing parties must be avoided. The appeal review is not a second board of review and thus a unanimous decision is not required. A decision may be reached by majority vote. A written report setting out all details of the appeal and the reasons for the committee's decision shall be prepared and forwarded to the council Scout executive. A copy shall be furnished to the Scout bringing the appeal."
"Appeals to the national Boy Scout Committee shall be processed through the local council, and the local council shall furnish copies of all pertinent documentation to the national committee, including a statement of the council's position on the matter. If the appealed issue concerns an Eagle Scout candidate, a copy of the Scout's Eagle Scout Rank Application shall be included. If the Scout's Eagle Scout leadership service project is at issue, a copy of his Eagle Scout leadership service project workbook shall be included. All decisions of the national Boy Scout Committee in reference to appeals shall be final."
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Speaking of touring, the Sportif is an excellent platform for a bit of loaded riding and in fact I completed a 3,600km tour of Chile with a friend riding a predecessor of this bike. There's low rider mounts for front bags as well as a rear pannier. I found that the rear mounts on the chainstays were too close to the brakes and fouled the callipers but a few washers sorted that out.
So who's the Sportif for then? Well, if you're looking for a bike just to buff up and swank about with the sportive set then you're best off looking elsewhere. The Dawes is much more Audax than Etape and although you'll probably get beaten up the hills you'll have a blast catching up on the descents. But the Sportif is too versatile just to wheel out when there's a big ride to do. It's a good commuter bike, fully equipped to see off a winter of daily riding with the minimum of fuss, and it's plenty happy dragging the weekly shop back from the supermarket too. Add to that the touring capability and you're looking at a worthwhile option for your spend if you need a bike for all seasons.
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Make and model: Dawes Sportif
Size tested: 57cm
About the bike
State the frame and fork material and method of construction. List the components used to build up the bike.
Frame:Reynolds 520
Fork: Double butted chromoly
Headset: Cane Creek Ahead 1.1/8"
Shifters: Shimano ST-3400A 18 speed STI
Rear Derailleur: Shimano RD-3400SS
Front Derailleur: Shimano FR-3400BS
Chain: Shimano HG53 super narrow
Freewheel: Shimano CS-HG50 12-23T
Front Hub: Formula alloy anodized 32H QR
Rear Hub: Formula alloy anodized 32H QR 8/9spd
Rims: Alex DA22 double wall with CNC side wall
Spokes: 14G stainless
Tyres: Schwalbe Blizzard, 700x23c
Chainwheel: Shimano FC-3450 50/34T compact
Bottom Bracket: Shimano SM-FC4500 included in Chainwheel
Brakes: Tektro dual pivot alloy caliper
Brake Levers: Shimano ST-3400
Handlebar: Alloy polished black
Stem: Alloy polished black
Seatpost: Kalloy 27.2mm x 300mm
Saddle: Selle Italia XO special edition
Grips: Velo cork
Pedals: Alloy with toe clips and straps
Mudguards: Chromoplastic
Tell us what the bike is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about the bike?
"The Sportif range is designed especially for Sportif or Audax riders. The geometry is just a little more upright and shorter than our standard road bikes and with frame materials specifically chosen for added comfort for longer hours in the saddle. The Comp features a Reynolds 520 chromoly frame and double butted chromoly forks. Fitted with top drawer brands with the Shimano Sora 18 speed compact gearset, Alex DA22 double wall rims and Selle Italia XO saddle. Stopping power is supplied by the Tektro dual pivot caliper brakes and finished with Schwalbe tyres. A great bike for a great day out."
Frame and fork
Tell us about the build quality and finish of the frame and fork?
Nicely put together from Reynolds/unbranded Cromoly
Tell us about the materials used in the frame and fork?
Frame:Reynolds 520
Fork: Double butted chromoly
Tell us about the geometry of the frame and fork?
Head angle: 73°
Seat tube: 73.5°
Effective top tube: 570mm
How was the bike in terms of height and reach? How did it compare to other bikes of the same stated size?
Fine for more upright road riding. Given that I'd normally ride a 58/59cm I could probably get on with either the 57cm tested or the 60cm okay.
Riding the bike
Was the bike comfortable to ride? Tell us how you felt about the ride quality.
Generally fine, although not as lively as I'd like a steel bike to be
Did the bike feel stiff in the right places? Did any part of the bike feel too stiff or too felxible?
It's possible to induce some chain rub with a bit of effort but the frame didn't feel flexy on the road
How did the bike transfer power? Did it feel efficient?
Power transfer is pretty good, the bike is maybe a touch on the heavy side though
Was there any toe-clip overlap with the front wheel? If so, was it a problem?
How would you describe the steering? Was it lively, neutral or unresponsive? On the lively side of neutral
Tell us some more about the handling. How did the bike feel overall? Did it do particular things well or badly?
The handling is a really nice mix of stability in the straights and chuckability in the corner, it's nice and responsive to rider input.
The drivetrain
Wheels and tyres
Your verdict
Did you enjoy riding the bike? Yes
Would you consider buying the bike? Yes for a workhorse/tourer but not for a sportive mount
Would you recommend the bike to a friend? Yes if they wanted a one-bike-does-it-all machine...
About the tester
Age: 36 Height: 190cm Weight: 98kg
I usually ride: whatever I\'m testing... My best bike is: Trek 1.5 with Ultegra 6700
I've been riding for: 10-20 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, sportives, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, mtb, Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling, track
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.


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Three years ago I had the pleasure of introducing John R. Donahue, S.J., as our Word columnist. He joined the roster of successors to Vincent P. McCorry, S.J., who had written the column for 20 years until 1973: Thomas H. Stahel, S.J., George McCauley, S.J., Joseph A.Tetlow, S.J., John C. Hawley, S.J., Monica Hellwig, Gary Seibert, S.J., Patrick J. Ryan, S.J., John F. Kavanaugh, S.J., and Dennis Hamm, S.J.
We chose Father Donahue because he is an outstanding Scripture scholar who has a keen interest in issues of justice. I had come to know him through his involvement with the Preaching the Just Word project of the Woodstock Theological Center as well as through his book, The Gospel in Parable, which I found an essential resource for preaching. I expected he would be a perfect fit for America, and I was not disappointed.
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The Senate majority leader has a blind spot when it comes to family matters.
It all started with an email. The message landed in my inbox on Monday, March 24, sent by a source I trust. "The FEC Has a Question for Harry Reid," the subject line teased, and inside was a link to a document on the Federal Election Commission's website.
The document itself didn't seem all that sensational. "Please amend Schedule B supporting line 17 of your report to clarify the following description: 'holiday gifts,'" it instructed Reid's campaign office. The line item in question specified that $11,370 had been paid to one Ryan Elisabeth for said holiday gifts. I made a note of it in my morning newsletter that day, but didn't think much of it.
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Little did I know that what at first glance seemed like a relatively pedestrian FEC inquiry would explode into a controversy about the majority leader using campaign funds to enrich his family, with an uncharacteristically inept Team Reid damage control effort only making it worse.
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The Senate majority leader has one of the savviest teams in the business, both in his office and on the campaign side. He needs it. These folks usually protect Reid—who has no self-editing mechanism—or at least turn deep self-inflicted wounds into paper cuts. But not even his Praetorian Guard can insulate Reid when it comes to his weakness for family, which was exposed a decade ago when the Los Angeles Times raised questions about his sons' lobbying activities. (Reid has one daughter and four sons, all of whom are at least tangentially involved in Nevada politics.)
After the whole mess unspooled—and it became clear that Ryan Elisabeth was in fact Ryan Elisabeth Reid, Harry's granddaughter—it all made so much sense. Of course it was a family matter. At the time the story broke, Reid was busy negotiating an unemployment benefits extension, pushing for a higher minimum wage, trying to get a Ukraine aide bill passed. Not to mention framing the 2014 elections for Democrats by launching daily fusillades from the Senate floor against a couple of Kansas billionaires. So if he was going to get tripped up by something as small-ball as a measly five-figure line item on a campaign finance report, it had to be personal.
Reid has refused to talk to me for three years because of perceived slights against his children, including my exposing that he lobbied a local city council to help land his son Josh a city attorney's post. He has also been accused of helping another son—Ryan Elisabeth's father, Rory— get legal clients, and of taking a special interest in Asian investors represented by Rory.
And why not? Even when Reid gets caught pulling strings for his family, nothing ever seems to stick. ("Harry Reid bathes in Teflon," one Republican operative who respects Reid told me.) Which is why I'm sure he believed helping his twentysomething granddaughter with her jewelry business would be a non-story or an ephemeral one.
Of course, I didn't yet know this was a family matter as I began exploring that line item on Reid's FEC report. Nor did I know that reporters from national media outlets also were chasing the story. Like many of them, I had other things on my docket and thought the FEC inquiry was interesting but not imperative.
When I called Reid's office to ask about it, I got a standard peremptory response: "The campaign complied with all FEC rules."
I asked why the senator would have used campaign funds to buy holiday gifts, and remembered a 2006 controversy over his using campaign funds to give his Ritz-Carlton doorman Christmas presents. Reid, whose net worth may be as much as $6.3 million, eventually reimbursed the campaign, but this new inquiry suggested he hadn't learned his lesson—a nice gift to his enemies.
"The report is accurate. The expenditure was for holiday gifts," a Reid spokeswoman told me. And when I asked who Ryan Elisabeth was, she said simply: "jewelry, knick knacks."
I then Googled "Ryan Elisabeth" and almost immediately found a LinkedIn page for Ryan Elizabeth Reid, who describes herself as a "performing arts professional" from Brooklyn. The photo shows a young woman in an artistic-looking white hat with purple feather, her head tilted at a jaunty angle.
I asked Reid's office what the relation was. Then I waited. And waited.
For an entire day, Reid's office failed to confirm that Ryan Elisabeth was his granddaughter, offering up banalities about her being "just a jewelry vendor" or simply being dismissive. It was uncharacteristic—and suspicious.
A spokeswoman finally admitted the relationship the next day—another Reid operative apparently already had done so with national reporters, suggesting his office had no coordinated response—and said the gifts were purchased for supporters and donors. Then I realized there was another "Ryan Elisabeth" line item that brought the total to nearly $17,000.
I posted what I knew that Tuesday afternoon, and when I tweeted a link to the post, the Reid-haters began spouting venom. Soon, major mainstream outlets and blogs were posting stories too.
Two hours later, persuaded by a smart staffer, Reid decided to reimburse the campaign, giving Reid watchers a flashback to the 2006 affair. "I thought it would be nice to give supporters and staff thank-you gifts that had a personal connection and a Searchlight connection, but I have decided to reimburse the campaign for the amount of the expenditure," he said in a statement. (Searchlight is Reid's Nevada hometown.)


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Flying Squirrels Announce 2013 Field Staff
Machemer Returns to Guide Richmond for Third Season
By Richmond Flying Squirrels | January 2, 2013 4:13 AM
The core of Machemer's staff will remain in place as both Pitching Coach Ross Grimsley and Hitting Coach Ken Joyce will also return. Grimsley has been the only Pitching Coach in the Squirrels' short history, and 2013 will mark his fourth season with the team. Joyce joined the Squirrels' staff in 2011, and returns for his third season in the river city.
"We feel extremely blessed to continue our great relationship with Mac and his entire staff," said Flying Squirrels' Vice President & COO Todd "Parney" Parnell. "Their collective knowledge of the game is second to none and ensures that the Richmond community will always be well represented on the field. Their love of, and willingness to positively impact our community also is something we are extremely grateful to the Giants for again providing us."
Athletic Trainer L.J. Petra also returns for his second year with the Squirrels. The only newcomer on the 2013 Field Staff will be Strength & Conditioning Coach Brad Lawson, who joins Richmond after serving in the same capacity with the Augusta GreenJackets in 2012.
Flying Squirrels' Field Staffs to Date:
Manager: Dave Machemer Pitching Coach: Ross Grimsley Hitting Coach: Ken Joyce Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brad Lawson Athletic Trainer: LJ Petra
Manager: Dave Machemer Pitching Coach: Ross Grimsley Hitting Coach: Ken Joyce Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jim Bose Athletic Trainer: LJ Petra
Manager: Dave Machemer Pitching Coach: Ross Grimsley Hitting Coach: Ken Joyce Strength & Conditioning Coach: Garrett Sherrill Athletic Trainer: Eric Ortega
Manager: Andy Skeels Pitching Coach: Ross Grimsley Hitting Coach: Russ Morman Strength & Conditioning Coach: Abe Gonzalez Athletic Trainer: Eric Ortega
Grimsley returns for a fourth season as the Flying Squirrels Pitching Coach in 2013. In 2012, Grimsley's staff boasted both the right-handed (Chris Heston) and left-handed (Mike Kickham) starting pitcher on the Eastern League Post-Season All-Star team. Additionally, Heston was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Year and claimed the EL ERA title, marking the second consecutive season a Squirrels' hurler had done so (Eric Surkamp). In 2011, his pitching staff led the Eastern League with a team-ERA of 3.46 and tied for the fewest runs allowed (557). 2013 also marks his 14th season as an instructor in the Giants' system, and fifth consecutive at the Double-A level. He was also the pitching coach for the Squirrels' predecessor, the Connecticut Defenders, in 2009. His association with the Giants began in 1999. Prior to joining San Francisco, Grimsley also served as an instructor with the Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies. As a left-handed hurler, he pitched 11 Major League seasons, compiling 124 wins. He pitched in three League Championship Series (1972, 1973, 1974), the World Series (1972) and an All-Star Game (1978).
Joyce will spend his third season with the Squirrels in 2013 and fourth overall in the San Francisco system. He served in the same capacity with the Fresno Grizzlies (AAA) in his first season with the Giants in 2010 before joining the Squirrels in 2011. Prior to joining the Giants, he spent eight seasons (2002-09) with the Toronto Blue Jays in a variety of roles. He was the Hitting Coach at Triple-A Las Vegas in 2009 and held the same job with Double-A New Hampshire in both 2007 and 2008. Joyce was also a manager in the Blue Jays' system at the Single-A level from 2004 to 2006. He also served as an instructor in the Florida Marlins' chain for six seasons (1994-99).
Lawson becomes the fourth Strength & Conditioning Coach that the Squirrels will have had in four seasons in Richmond. He replaces Jim Bose, who will join former Squirrels' Athletic Trainer Eric Ortega and Hitting Coach Russ Morman with the Fresno Grizzlies in 2013. Lawson spent 2012 with the Augusta GreenJackets.
Petra begins his second season as Richmond's athletic trainer and his fifth year in the Giants organization. Prior to joining Richmond, Petra served as Athletic Trainer for the Augusta GreenJackets in 2009 and San Jose Giants from 2010-2011. Petra also spent two seasons as Assistant Athletic Trainer and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, between 2007 and 2008 . Petra received a B.S. in Sports Medicine from the University of Connecticut in 2004. He has certifications with the National Athletic Trainers Association and National Strength and Conditioning Association. L.J. and his wife Carly have relocated to Richmond full-time, and currently make their home in Shockhoe Bottom.
Machemer and Grimsley will be on hand for the Flying Squirrels 3rd Annual Hot Stove Banquet on January 31st. Tickets are currently on sale for the event and can be purchased by calling the Squirrels Ticket Office at (804) 359-3866. Season tickets for the 2013 season of Flying Squirrels baseball are also currently available. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit SquirrelsBaseball.com.
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Move over Gangnam Style. "Harlem Shake" just hit one billion views on YouTube and it only took the viral meme 40 days to get there.
That's "half the time 'Gangnam Style' took to hit the one billion views," according to research company Visible Measures. And it's about a sixth of the time it took Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" to get there.
From the day the first video was uploaded on Feb. 12 to the day it hit one billion views on March 24, the viral videos were getting an average of 20 million hits a day, the research company said.
But researchers credit Its quick rise to the more than 500 "Harlem Shake" videos on YouTube, which Visible Measures aggregated to get to the one billion mark.
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Thank you for racing with us in Budapest. We appreciate the efforts and support of the city, volunteers, sponsors, and everyone else involved in putting on this race. We would also like to thank all of the athletes who have raced with us here. We appreciate your dedication and understand your disappointment at not being able to race. Please consider one of the following IRONMAN events:
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In the real world, he might be under attack again by the mighty forces of the tabloid press. Onscreen, Brad Pitt remains the untouchable superhero with a killer head of hair -- Metro Man.
Thanks to the magic of animated film, Pitt is the exceedingly confident world savior in the upcoming "Megamind." DreamWorks executives offered an extended sneak peek of the 3D feature and the star clearly has a ball playing the buff, cocky superhero who saves the world so often that it has become routine.
"He rockets around Metro City dispensing justice with a confidence and swagger," director Tom McGrath said introducing the in-progress work.
The preview featured a scene of Metro Man unveiling a museum built in his honor in front of adoring crowds. He accepts the honor with all the rehearsed sincerity of Kobe Bryant at a charity event. Naturally the film's diabolically evil and highly inept baddie (Will Ferrell) has yet another plan to destroy Metro Man involving the beautiful Roxanne Ritchie (Tina Fey) as bait.
"She's been a part of Megamind's plots so often that they often squabble like a married couple," said McGrath.
Ferrell and Fey are hilarious in a plot that turns the superhero genre, especially the role of the baddie, on its head. But Pitt's superhero is especially fantastic with his slightly dim bravado. The whole clip shows the promise of another great animated film that is clearly aimed at making adults laugh, even if it's the sinister laugh of a villain with an evil plan.
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Laptops are hard to test. Any review is inherently a review of a complete system, because it's impossible to control for one component, as is routine in reviews of desktop components. So, comparing desktop processors necessitates having one laptop for each processor, and direct comparisons aren't possible unless the hardware is otherwise identical. In this context, it should come as no surprise that a simple question like power consumption should wait years to be properly addressed.
The fellows at Anandtech have�got their hands�on two otherwise-identically-configured Gateway laptops, the AMD-powered NV-52 and the Intel-powered NV-58. This gave them an opportunity to compare the NV-52's QL-64 and the NV-58's T6500 CPU, which share a 2.1Ghz clock speed and a 35W TDP. The QL-62 was launched in the fourth quarter of 2008, while the T6500 was launched in the first quarter of this year, so the two are contemporaries, but the T6500 has a process advantage (45nm vs. 65nm).�
Anandtech promises a full comparison with performance figures later, although it's all but certain that the T6500 will outperform the QL-62, since the earlier, lower-clocked T7300 outperforms the higher-clocked TL-68. Anyway, comparing the processors qualitatively needn't involve having the exact same laptop. The most interesting part of this review is already available: the battery life figures.�
The Intel processor, if you'll pardon the colloquialism,�beat the tar�of the AMD one at battery life, with lifetimes ranging from 20% longer at idle to 35% longer while playing a DVD. In some tests, the Intel machine got an extra hour of battery life.�
This test, although not necessarily extensible to the other processors in both companies' extensive lineups, illustrates the kind of behind-the-scenes engineering tradeoffs that may be influencing OEMs' decisions in choosing one processor over another in the laptop space. AMD's continuing weakness in the laptop market isn't solely a matter of price and performance, but also a matter of power consumption disadvantages. This should also disabuse us of any notion that AMD, at a manufacturing disadvantage, can or should compete with Intel in the low-power netbook/MID space.


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June's classic and lustrous birthstone has been a cherished jewelry box staple for years.
Pearls are considered organic gemstones because they are formed inside a mollusk such as an oyster or mussel, rather than mined. Naturally occurring pearls are rare, so most of the pearls on the market are cultured, which means they are created by inserting an irritant into a mollusk in a controlled environment.
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When picturing a classic pearl necklace, the glossy Akoya pearls come to mind. Akoya pearls are largely white, with a mirror-like luster and are considered the gold standard of pearls. They are often cream-colored, with rose or silver overtones. Akoyas are saltwater pearls, originating from Chinese and Japanese oysters. They are smaller pearls, ranging from 6mm to 8.5mm in size.
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South Sea pearls are some of the rarest and most extraordinary pearls on the market. They are most commonly found in silver or gold hues, and are extremely lustrous. These large and luxurious pearls are cultivated in the warm waters off the coast of Australia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. South sea pearls can be found in sizes all the way up to 13mm, and are very smooth and round.
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The most exotic and expensive of them all, the Tahitian pearl is exquisite and sought after. Its distinct metallic silver, graphite, and black colors are alluring to many, even though they are rarely perfectly round. They have iridescent green, blue, or purple overtones. The largest of saltwater pearls, the Tahitian originates in the waters of French Polynesia and makes up less than five percent of all pearls harvested.


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Gustavo Gozzi, University of Bologna - Department of Politics, Institutions, History, has posted a new paper, History of International Law and Western Civilization. Here's the abstract:
This paper discusses the origins 19th-century international law through the works of such scholars as Bluntschli, Lorimer, and Westlake, and then traces out its development into the 20th century. Nineteenth-century international law was forged entirely in Europe: it was the expression of a shared European consciousness and culture, and was geographically located within the community of European peoples, which meant a community of Christian, and hence "civilized," peoples.
Despite this proclaimed superiority of European international law, and its underlying system of national sovereignties, it was recognized that "noncivilized" native peoples should be treated "humanely" as subjects entitled to the rights of man. This attitude strikes us as paternalistic today, considering that well into the second half of the 19th century the European system of laws was only one among a plurality of such systems across the world, prominent among which were the Sino-centric system in East Asia and the Islamo-centric system of the "Siyar."
It was only toward the end of the 19th century that an international law emerged as the expression of an international "global society," when the Ottoman Empire, China, and Japan found themselves forced to enter the regional international society revolving around Europe. Still, these nations stood on an unequal footing, forming a system based on colonial relations of domination.
This changed in the post–World War II period, when a larger community of nations developed that was not based on European dominance: it was now the consent of these nations that accounted for the existence of international law, which was being applied, or at least invoked, to assert various differences among them. This led to the extended world society we have today, made up of political systems profoundly different from one another because based on culture-specific concepts. So in order for a system to qualify as universal, it must now draw not only on Western but also on non-Western forms, legacies, and concepts. There are two areas of law that can illustrate how different civilizations might find such common ground, these being international private law and the international law of human rights. The paper's focus is on the latter issue of human rights, which are accordingly discussed on the basis of an "intercivilizational" approach.


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The branch of biotechnology concerned with applying the techniques of genetics and molecular biology to the genetic mapping and DNA sequencing of sets of genes or the complete genomes of selected organisms, with organizing the results in databases, and with applications of the data (as in medicine or biology). From Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Biology's "Central Dogma" -The secret of life!
Figure by Bruce Fouke (2006).
Transcription of DNA to RNA to protein: This "Central Dogma" forms the backbone of molecular biology and is represented by three major stages.
- The DNA is copied thereby replicating its information in a process that involves many enzymes. This process is calledreplication .
- The DNA codes for the production of messenger RNA (mRNA) during transcription.
- Messenger RNA carries coded information to ribosomes. The ribosomes "read" this information and use it for protein synthesis. This process is calledtranslation .
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid -usually in the form of a double helix- that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life and most viruses. DNA is a long polymer of nucleotides and encodes the sequence of the amino acid residues in proteins using the genetic code, a triplet code of nucleotides(from Wikipedia ).
Contrary to a common misconception, DNA is not a single molecule, but rather a pair of molecules joined by hydrogen bonds; it is organized as two complementary strands, head-to-toe, with the hydrogen bonds between them. Each strand of DNA is a chain of chemical "building blocks" called nucleotides, of which there are four types: adenine (abbreviated A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T). Between the two strands, each base can only "pair up" with one single predetermined other base: A+T, T+A, C+G and G+C are the only possible combinations; that is, an "A" on one strand of double-stranded DNA will "mate" properly only with a "T" on the other, complementary strand. Therefore, naming the bases on the conventionally chosen side of the strand is enough to describe the entire double-strand sequence. Two nucleotides paired together are called a base pair.
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Windmill Panosphere
This tiny planet was originally a photo of the windmills out in Palm Desert, CA. Now it could be a space ship in Star Wars.
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What do you get when you put the Santa Monica pier together in a Tiny Planet? A rather famous mouse!
Crown Jewel
The Coronado Bridge becomes quite regal when turned into a tiny planet.
Eye of Sauron
How is it that the Korean Friendship Bell ends up as something so evil? ;)
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The San Diego skyline all wrapped up into a tiny little planet.
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The new transportation center in Anaheim, called The Artic, turned into a tiny planet.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team opened the 2013-14 season on Saturday afternoon at home with a 72-37 victory against Wesleyan, giving Head Coach Rena Holden a win in her debut at the helm of the Panthers.
BSC scored the first bucket of the game and would never relinquish its lead, building up to a 15-point lead, 25-10, by the 6:50 mark of the first half and going up by as much as 19, 36-17, before taking a 36-21 lead into the locker room at halftime. The second half was more of the same, with the Panthers pulling up by 20 within the first two minutes and leading by as much as 37 before winning by 35.
Senior Elizabeth Bromirski led all players with 19 points on 7-14 shooting, and she had a double-double with 11 rebounds. Junior newcomer Diamond Elston was impressive in her debut for the Panthers, recording a game-high 16 rebounds with nine points and three blocks. Sophomore newcomer Ashley Curry led with five assists, and she and freshman Jasmynn Batts led with three steals apiece.
Wesleyan was led by Krysta Woods with nine points, and four different Wolves had a team-high four rebounds each. Kellie Bacon led with four assists, and Jasmine Davis had three steals to lead Wesleyan.
Both teams struggled with shooting from the field, although BSC out-shot the Wolves from the field and from three-point range. The Panthers hit 34.7 percent (25-72) overall, 28.6 percent (8-28) from three-point range, and 60.9 percent (14-23) at the free throw line. Wesleyan shot 27.9 percent (12-43) overall, went 0-9 from beyond the arc, and 65 percent (13-20) at the line.
BSC pulled down 56 rebounds, 24 more than the Wolves, and turned it over 20 times, 12 times less than Wesleyan.
The Panthers are at home again on Monday evening, hosting Oakwood University at 5:30 p.m. in Bill Battle Coliseum.


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Sunday Sessions
SUNDAY SESSIONS presents
The Andy Kaufman Effect: Comedy in the Expanded Field
Sunday, February 17, 2013
12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
12–3 PM · Mårten Spångberg: The Dancing Seminar: A Listening Dance
1 PM · Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate Your Guts! with Lynne Margulies
2–3:30 PM · Panel Discussion on The Andy Kaufman Effect
3:30–6 PM · East Coast Premiere of Tony Clifton: The Movie
4–6 PM · Lunar New Year Celebration with CONFETTISYSTEM and Gather journal
Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate Your Guts! with Lynne Margulies
1 PM · VW Dome
In 1977, Andy Kaufman challenged the women of America to beat him in the wrestling ring. The publication Dear Andy Kaufman: I Hate Your Guts! presents the incredulous, angry, passionate letters and photos from the ladies ready to take him on. Kaufman's former girlfriend, Lynne Margulies, discusses his brief but illustrious career as "Intergender Wrestling Champion of the World" and presents a treasure trove of video rarities including recently unearthed wrestling footage.
Panel Discussion on The Andy Kaufman Effect: Comedy in the Expanded Field
2–3:30 PM · VW Dome
Organized and moderated by curator Miriam Katz, this panel will explore the legacy of groundbreaking comedian Andy Kaufman. Panelists Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, The Comedy), T.J. Miller (Cloverfield, Comedy Central), and Brent Weinbach (Conan, 2007 Andy Kaufman Award) will discuss Kaufman's influence on their work and the role of innovation and experimentation in contemporary comedy.
East Coast premiere of Tony Clifton: The Movie
with a live appearance by Tony Clifton
3:30–6 PM · VW Dome
After the passing of Andy Kaufman in 1984, there were those who believed that he had actually faked his death and continued to perform as his alter ego, lounge lizard Tony Clifton. Those rumors were further fueled by Academy Award winning director Milos Forman's film Man On The Moon starring Jim Carrey as Kaufman. Things got even stranger when last year Clifton performed sold out shows in Los Angeles with the most hilariously heinous, politically incorrect act imaginable. We don't know if Tony is Tony, Andy, or somebody else altogether. We do know he's one of the best goddamn performers you'll find.
This Sunday Sessions, devoted to the work of Andy Kaufman, is presented in conjunction with the exhibition On Creating Reality, by Andy Kaufman at Maccarone Inc. and the screening series, Andy Kaufman's 99cent Tour, both of which are organized by artist Jonathan Berger.
Mårten Spångberg continues The Dancing Seminar: A Listening Dance, a series of 12 lectures on dance and choreography
12–3 PM · Duplex
The Dancing Seminar: A Listening Dance combines the theoretical nuances of a seminar with the affective qualities of dance, linking reason and reflection with the sensual and intuitive. In 12 three-hour long sessions Spångberg addresses topics thoroughly embedded in movement, dance and choreography and simultaneously attempts to place these in the broader contexts of labor, engagement, urgency, economy and politics. Rather than expanding notions of choreography, this series explores the possibilities of thought through dance and the concept of dance as a practice of truth. This series of seminars is co-hosted with Movement Research.
with CONFETTISYSTEM and Gather journal
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CONFETTISYSTEM and Gather journal welcome the Year of the Snake with food, mahjong, and music provided by DJ Tim and Gary. The event takes place within CONFETTISYSTEM: 100 Arrangements.
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It's no secret that I love to cheat and start with a mix when making baked goods. I'm capable of cooking from scratch, but that doesn't mean I always have time to do it. These muffins took me less than half an hour to make, and that includes gathering the ingredients, cooking time and cleaning up. That's almost faster than my son can inhale them. Almost.
Pumpkin Muffins
1 17.5 ounce box blueberry muffin mix (I like the fat free Krusteaz)
1 15 ounce can pumpkin
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 cup roasted pumpkin seeds, no shell
2 tablespoons vanilla turbinado sugar
Set the can of blueberries from the muffin mix aside for another use. I use it to double the berries in blueberry muffins. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine the muffin mix and pumpkin pie spice. Add the pumpkin and mix until combined. Spoon into a greased muffin pan. Spread the batter so it covers the bottom. Sprinkle the pumpkin seeds evenly over the tops. Repeat with the sugar. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool. Makes 12 muffins.
If you're wondering about the vanilla turbinado sugar, I keep a container of raw sugar with split vanilla beans in the pantry. I just add more sugar when it gets low. It adds a crunch to the top of muffins and is great in hot tea.
These muffins are dense and a little chewy. Mini chocolate chips sprinkled on top would be delicious instead of the sugar. Hmm…that might be breakfast tomorrow.


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I am extremely new to programming and I have an issue trying to use a random. I am not looking for the direct answers, but maybe some guidance. I am working on an exercise that is supposed to help me learn the language, but I am struggling with trying to create a random that i need to call upon later in the program to create an average. I am supposed to create a program that allows a user to enter two dice sides. Then the system randomly rolls each dice multiple times and at the end averages the number rolled for each die. My program has a lot of comments so i can review it and know what function each line performs. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Dice {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//int is the Primitive Data type and Diceone and Dicetwo are the Variables I created
int Diceone, Dicetwo;
/**int is the Primitive Data type and the DiceonefirstRoll is the variable for holding the number entered by the user*/
int DicetwofirstRoll, Dicetwosecondroll, DicetwothirdRoll;
//Calls the scanner class
Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);
//Sets Diceone to be the next integer entered via the keyboard
System.out.print ("How many sides does die 1 have?");
Diceone = scan.nextInt();
//Sets Diceotwo to be the next integer entered via the keyboard
System.out.print ("How many sides does die 2 have?");
Dicetwo = scan.nextInt();
//Closes the scanner for input
scan.close ();
//Do I need to call the random class like I do with the scanner in line 16?
//Creates random dice roll
System.out.print ("Die 1 first roll=");
Random DiceonefirstRoll= new Random(Diceone) + 1;
/**Trying make this so i can call it later. I am trying to have the # entered from Diceone and +1 due to not being able to receive a 0 on a die*/


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India's not really mentioned too often in these round-ups. That's because, for the most part, there's a smokescreen around how terrible their primary religion, Hinduism, actually can be. The crazies aren't as in-your-face as, say, a suicide bomber or a Baptist minister calling for the end of Planned Parenthood. But maybe Hinduism is actually worse, because the negative effects due to Hindu religious practices are too commonplace to be considered "crazy." And those negatives come through in one way: the horrible treatment of women.
The country is currently ranked 129th out of 146 on the gender inequality index. That's not good. Last year, 228,650 of the 256,329 recorded violent crime cases that occurred in India were against women. That isn't happenstance or coincidence. That's what happens when you believe women are second-class citizens.
In the Hindu scriptures, women are encouraged to perform "Sati," a custom wherein the widow of a man is burned alive on his funeral pyre. "Jauhar" is an ancient tradition where a fallen warrior's wives and daughters self-immolate to avoid being molested by opposing forces. And one of the Hindu scriptures actually contains the phrase, "The mind of the woman cannot be disciplined; She has very little intelligence."
While the old traditions are long gone, and the blatantly anti-women passages are no longer read, that kind of nearly instinctual disregard for the female manifests itself in different ways. Dowries, women getting acid thrown in their faces, women having to pay to pee in the city of Mumbai, and so on and so forth. And now, two stories from last week: (1) A 17-year-old girl committed suicide after police officers urged her to drop the charges and marry one of her attackers; (2) A woman was gang-raped on a bus, ultimately dying from her injuries. The good news is that these dual events galvanized the public to participate in protests and call for gender equality. But whether or not that will bring about actual change is, well... Look again at the statistic above concerning the violent crime committed against women last year in India.
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- On Christmas Eve in Nigeria, gunmen opened fire inside of a church and killed six people. The most likely offenders were Boko Harem, the militant Islamist sect. This is the third year running that Christmas services in Nigeria ended in bloodshed.
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- In the latest act of the continuing escalation between Iran and The Rest of the World That Doesn't Want Iran To Get Nukes Because They Are Run By Religious Fundamentalists Who Are Alright With Starting World War III Because Of Their Next Life-Focused Mindset, Iran was able to put the brakes on a Stuxnet-like cyber attack on one of their power plants. Iran blames Israel and the US for covertly trying to infect their computers.
- Israel also went ahead and escalated that whole war with Palestine thing by giving the official thumbs up for the construction of 1,200 new apartments in the Gilo neighborhood, which a whole lot of the world thinks isn't officially theirs to do anything with.
- It's kind of fitting that Egypt ratified their new Constitution on Christmas, considering it's verbiage is steeped in Islamic fundamentalism. Among the issues is the fact that the principles of Sharia law are now the main sources of legislation, a big warning sign for women, religious minorities, gay people, and anyone with a forward-thinking brain.
- In a 1969 issue of IFW Monthly magazine, Gary Gygax—the creator of Dungeons & Dragons and a self-identified Christian—railed against the celebration of Christmas. It's a fun little read.
- Hooray! The official WhiteHouse.gov petition in order to "legally recognize Westboro Baptist Church as a hate group" is the most-signed petition of all time on the site, collecting over 300,000 signatures.
- A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed three people in an attack at a US base.
- So, here is supposedly a textbook from a "science class" being taught in a Creationism-friendly school. Is it legit? Who knows. But would it be shocking if it is? (Also of note, this time on the positive side of the ledger, a New Orleans parish school board voted to ban creationism from being taught there. Well done.)
- After an attack that left two dead, members of the Taliban kidnapped at least 22 members of the paramilitary police in Northwest Pakistan. Later in the week, the Taliban captured another 21 security members.
- The only female government worker in Iran, health minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, was fired by President Ahmadinejad after she criticized her fellow members of the government for not providing the necessary money to import critical medicines in order to treat cancer, multiple sclerosis, and blood disorders.
- Go read this great piece in Los Angeles magazine by Joel Sappell about what happened to him in the mid-80s after writing a series of articles about Scientology. And yes, the Church probably poisoned his dog.
- Linked by Boing Boing a few weeks ago is a single-serving blog created back in May called "Banned by the Bible" which is simply a list of acts that are punishable by death according to Leviticus. Among the selections: Eating fat, failing to include salt in offerings to God, letting your hair become unkempt and, uh, drinking alcohol in holy places. That last one may be a tall order for Catholics.
- And Our Person(s) of the Week: Philippines President Benigno Aquino and the various members of that country's legislation who passed the controversial reproductive health bill, despite protests from the Catholic Church. (Over 80 percent of those living in the Philippines consider themselves Catholic, making this whole thing a true Christmas miracle.) With the installation of the new law, the government will provide funding for contraception and sex-ed classes. The Church, meanwhile, thinks that the whole thing will destroy marriage and morality, once again proving that their backwards stances are on the wrong side of history.
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Hope is among the select number of colleges and universities nationwide listed in the book "Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About College," the latest edition of which was released by Penguin Books on Tuesday, Aug. 28. The college has been included in the book since the publication debuted in 1996.
The book's eight-page chapter on Hope notes that "Hope College raises higher education's moral and intellectual levels. It is a place where parents can send children of a wide range of abilities in the full expectation that their talents will be increased, their vision broadened, and their ethical acuity sharpened. The result: graduates who have an expansive view of the world and their place in it and who want to put their talents to good use." The Hope chapter further says, "Every school in this book runs on the power of student-professor relationships; there's simply no other way for a college to do the life-changing work of mentoring and teaching students. But at Hope, more than anywhere else, students mention how much their professors care about them as people, not just as mini academics."
"Colleges That Change Lives" was written by Loren Pope, who also oversaw the book's revision in 2000 and 2006. Pope, who was a former education editor of the "New York Times" and also founder of the College Placement Bureau, a college administrator and the author of "Looking Beyond the Ivy League," died in 2008. The newest edition was revised by Hilary Masell Oswald.
Hope continues to be listed among the best liberal arts colleges in the nation in the annual rankings compiled by "U.S. News & World Report," in the first tier, at 100th out of the more than 250 institutions that are considered national liberal arts colleges. Hope ranks in the top 20 among all national liberal arts colleges for "Best Undergraduate Teaching," continues to be included among the 33 institutions of all types that the publication recognizes for providing outstanding undergraduate research/creative project opportunities, and is one of the 75 national liberal arts colleges in a listing of "A-Plus Schools for B Students." Hope is also one of six national liberal arts colleges identified as "2013 Up-and-Comers," institutions nominated by college administrators for having "recently made the most promising and innovative changes in the areas of academics, faculty, student life, campus, or facilities."
The rankings were announced on Wednesday, Sept. 12, and are featured on the "U.S. News & World Report" web site at https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges.
The "Fiske Guide to Colleges," now in its 29th edition, continues to include Hope as one of only about 300 colleges and universities (from among more than 2,200 four-year institutions nationwide) that it highlights as "the best and most interesting institutions in the nation—the ones that students most want to know about." The guide does not rank the institutions it selects, but instead includes statistical information for each--such as enrollment, test-score ranges and graduation rate--and multi-paragraph profiles that discuss qualities such as the academic and social environments.
The "Fiske Guide" profiles are based on questionnaires sent to administrators and students at the institutions selected for conclusion. The 2013 guide notes that "Hope's "academic and athletic programs continue to grow and prosper, helped out by an array of new facilities." One of the students quoted observed that "The academic programs, particularly the research and collaborative opportunities, far surpass those of Hope's rivals," while another commented that students "tend to be very involved in academics, extracurriculars, athletics, and social events."
Hope is among the slightly more than 300 colleges and universities highlighted in the 2013, 39th, edition of "The Insider's Guide to the Colleges," compiled and edited by the staff of the "Yale Daily News." The colleges and universities are not ranked but instead are listed alphabetically by state. In addition to providing enrollment information, test-score ranges and other statistical data, the guide features insights from interviews with students and narrative profiles of each of the institutions.
The guide notes that "Hope College provides its students with solid academic programs, the personal attention possible only at a small school, and a warm social atmosphere, all structured around a core of Christian values."
Hope is one of 650 institutions included in the "America's Top College" guide published by "Forbes Magazine." Hope is 223rd in the "Forbes" listing, which bases its rankings on five general categories: graduates' professional success; how satisfied students are with their college experience; student debt; student graduation in four years; and students' achievement in obtaining nationally competitive awards such as Goldwater scholarships, National Science Foundation fellowships and Fulbright awards, or going on to earn a doctorate. More information, including the rankings, can be found online at: http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/