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I need to know what service exists or how I can construct a livestream/webcast with little delay?
I ask because my near future goal is to be able to take that low-latency livestream and with the help of a group chat/talk plugin, pipe in audio from online participants simulating the effect of a live classroom experience regardless of your location.
Right now work for a small startup that offers adult education classes to finance and accounting professionals. 50% of our class are outside of our brick and mortar setting. We use UStream as our content delivery service. It's great service but the 25-30 delay in video transmission is beginning to annoy me especially after what I am attempting to develop with a more "interactive" experience for our online students.
I just made a thread on another forum soliciting feedback about an miking proposal that would pipe in audio from the classroom participants, if you're interested.
Again, how to I get to a low-latency setup?
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Let me motivate what I want to say today with a couple of videos. First up, an amateur video of a flock of starlings in
Or see this one, where the flock cohesively responds to a predator. A Starling is a small bird, shown in the picture alongside, about the size and shape of a "myna" if you are familiar with it. They fly in flocks that do amazing things as a collective entity as you just saw in the above example. Understanding how they do this is field of active research as indicated by this cover of the October issue of Physics Today. I will tell you a little bit about how they do that subsequently. But you might say to me, "They are birds, and they have brains, albeit "bird brains", so they see, process that information somehow and do stuff. Why would a physicist concern herself with that?" So, to make my point even more clear, let me show you one more video.
This one is a microscopic movie of a bacterial swarm (obtained from here). Do you see the complex flow patterns they exhibit? These guys clearly do not have brains. It might be that this rich collective behavior originates in more chemistry than physics, but clearly not biology. And to make my point that it is indeed just physics, I ask you to look at this other video (obtained from here)
Do you see the similarity in the flow pattern to that seen in the bacteria? Can you guess what you are looking at? It is just a vibrated monolayer of some centimeter long metal rods! Whatever is going on here is clearly just physics. Moreover, one can mathematically represent the motion of the bacteria/birds and those of the rods by the same set of equations! What I want to do in the rest of this post is to give you a flavor of some of the physics behind these and other collective phenomena in biological systems.
When looking at fish schools or bird flocks, the first postulate that comes to mind is that the phenomenon is "follow the leader", with one bird/fish doing its own thing, and the others following. But as stated above, the things that birds/fish do is "mathematically similar" to what the bacteria do. So "follow the leader" seems an unlikely scenario. The logical next question to ask would be, "What are the minimal rules that can give rise to this kind of behavior?" We have known the answer to this question for a while now [1]. The rules are the following – Each member of the flock does each of three things a) Alignment : Adjust my direction of motion so that I am going in the same direction as my neighbors, b) Velocity matching : I adjust my speed so that I am going with the same speed as my neighbors c) Cohesion : I try to keep the distance from my neighbors the same at all times. With these basic rules and simple boundary conditions for entities at the edge of the flock, like "If there is food, turn towards it" and "If there is danger, turn away from it", most of the complex patterns exhibited by these groups of organisms can be reproduced!
But these are just rules. So, the next question to ask would be, "Can these rules come about from just physical interactions?" Let us ignore the boundary conditions associated with food/predator for the moment, they clearly are chemistry and other higher processes and focus on the bulk flocking rules. What is a unifying thing between the birds, the fish the bacteria and so on? What they are, are objects that have a non-spherical shape that actively move through a medium (air/water etc.). Now what does that mean? They exert a force on the medium [2]. The medium responds, i.e., the fact that my bird/fish/bacterium is pushing on the fluid induces a flow in the fluid itself. This response now propagates through the fluid. So, a bird/fish/bacterium that is elsewhere will feel this change in the fluid, in terms of the local flow field and pressure gradients. And it will adjust its own force on the fluid accordingly, and this whole things feeds back to the other entities in the flock. This phenomenon is called hydrodynamic interaction. And this is the dominant interaction that produces the three aspects of flocks that is listed in the previous paragraph!
Further, I want to make the case that this quest for minimal mechanisms for collective behavior is not just restricted to animal group behavior on the different scales encompassed from birds to bacteria. For this, see the famous video below.
This is a video of a neutrophil chasing a bacterium and then gobbling it, the immune system of your body at work. I know what you are thinking, "This is one cell chasing one bacterium and the primary thing at play here is chemotaxis, so what is collective about this?" The collective aspect lies in how the cell crawls, i.e., at the sub-cellular scale. The interplay between membrane fluctuations, the stresses in the actin-microtubule network that makes up the cytoskeleton of the cell, the interaction of this network stress with the medium that the cell is in and many other things go into understanding how the cell crawls. The mathematical paradigm and the physics aspects of this question are not so different from those one uses to address animal group behavior we considered earlier! But for now, this is just a teaser. A separate post on this to follow later.
[1] Actually the first instance in literature was in the context of an algorithm for computer graphics, available here.
[2] If we want to be careful, then clearly third law tells us that the swimmer must at least be a force dipole. Since there is no mathematics displayed here, I fudge this point.


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On the most recent edition of the Around The League Podcast, we noted that the St. Louis Rams have dumped a lot of resources into their receiving corps over the past few seasons.
Tight end Jared Cook landed a $35 million contract. Wide receivers Tavon Austin, Brian Quick, Stedman Bailey, Chris Givens and Austin Pettis were all drafted in the first four rounds.
For all of that investment, the Rams were one of just four teams (Jets, Bills, Chiefs) without a player over 700 receiving yards last season.
From what they have seen out of enigmatic free-agent acquisition Kenny Britt, the Rams have reason to believe he could emerge as their top receiver. Jeff Fisher said last week that the coaching staff has been "very, very impressed" with his former Titans pupil. And quarterback Sam Bradford told NFL Media's Michelle Beisner that Britt has been a standout in offseason practices.
"He was out here just talking back and forth with our DBs letting them know that he was going to beat them, and sure enough first two, first three routes are one-on-ones," Bradford said. "He runs two go-routes for touchdowns so his spirit, it's just been great for us."
Britt hasn't been able to gain separation from cornerbacks since the first of three knee surgeries starting in 2011. He was one of the least effective players in the NFL last season.
If his speed and explosiveness are back, though, Britt has a chance to make good on his pledge to re-emerge as a No. 1 starter for his new team.
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A window of opportunity opened Thursday off the coast of Carteret County and history surfaced.
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BEAUFORT � A window of opportunity opened Thursday off the coast of Carteret County and history surfaced.
Two cannons were raised from the Queen Anne�s Revenge shipwreck site in Beaufort Inlet after a frustrating several weeks for the QAR team, which has been hampered by bad weather and sea conditions during this month�s dive expedition at the site.
They started with a goal of bringing up as many as eight cannons but had none up until seas turned in their favor on Thursday.
There was redemption as two cannons broke through the water�s surface after nearly 300 years on the sea floor with the wreckage of the flagship of the renowned pirate Blackbeard.
�We�re all lucky to be able to be here to witness this,� said state archaeologist Steve Claggett.
Divers with the state�s Underwater Archaeology Branch held off on bringing up a third cannon but Claggett said raising two cannons in a single day is a successful one.
�The straps (to lift them) were on and they had just been sitting there on the ocean floor, but the weather kept them from bringing them up. This day is very satisfying,� Claggett said.
For N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz, who had never seen a cannon-raising at the QAR site, it was a particularly exciting morning.
�I�m so proud for North Carolina. This is such an incredible historic day for our state, and a thrill for me to see something come up from the ocean for the first time in nearly 300 years,� she said after seeing the first cannon lifted out of the water.
Kluttz commended the staff and everyone who has worked with the QAR project, including the private support for their work.
The boat trip out to Beaufort Inlet to see the cannons raised was hosted by Bucky and Wendi Oliver, owners of Front Street Village in Beaufort, who are among the sponsors who helped the state meet a $450,000 fundraising goal to complete the recovery of the QAR site by 2014.
Claggett said they are still on track to meet that goal.
�We will do everything in our power to keep that schedule,� he said.
An extended fall dive expedition is scheduled for the continued recovery of artifacts from the shipwreck site.
Researchers have identified 27 known cannons at the site, with 26 made of cast iron and one of bronze. Counting the two raised Thursday, 15 cannon have been recovered.
The two 6-pounders that are the latest recovered are about 8-feet long and with the concretions covering them after hundreds of years under water, they weigh about 2,500 pounds each.
They will now be transported to the QAR conservation lab in Greenville.
Conservator Sarah Watkins-Kenney said each cannon is a new piece of the story that is the Queen Anne�s Revenge.
�Each one is unique,� she said.
Of the ones that have already been recovered, markings have shown that some were English made and others were Swedish made. There have also been some that were loaded when the ship sank.
Knowing which ones were loaded and how they were positioned on the ship can give information about what Blackbeard and his crew were doing when the ship ran aground, she said.
�If all the guns were loaded and ready to go, that�s different than if they weren�t,� she said.
With additional cannons ready for the conservation process, Watkins-Kenney said there is a lot of work left to do.
She said they�ve done some rearranging and reorganizing at the conservation lab to make room for the artifacts still to come.
�If they bring them up, we�ll make the room,� she said.
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Sea conditions canceled plans last week to raise at least two cannons from the Queen Anne�s Revenge shipwreck site as part of a June dive expedition.
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Young adults have it made: lots of fun and plenty of time to make their mark — right?
That's not what a new nationally representative survey of 1,029 people ages 18-29 suggests. Almost 60 percent say "adulthood will be more enjoyable than my life is now."
More than half (56 percent) say they often feel anxious; 33 percent often feel depressed; 65 percent say "this time of my life is full of uncertainty." Yet 82 percent say "it still seems like anything is possible."
The responses are based on data collected online and through cell and landline phone interviews with people ages 18-29 as part of an ongoing study of a relatively new life stage dubbed "emerging adulthood."
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, a research professor in psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., coined the term as a phase of human development for the period of late teens through the 20s. It began with Gen X (born in the mid-'60s through early 1980s) and has rippled through to the next generation, the Millennials.
The main contributing social forces are later ages for career, marriage and parenthood, says Arnett, who has been studying young people for 20 years.
"None of those are going to go away in our lifetime," he says.
Among survey findings:
- 52 percent have daily or almost daily contact with parents via text, e-mail, phone or in person.
- 34 percent say "my parents are more involved in my life than I really want them to be."
- 38 percent get little or no financial support from parents, but 16 percent do "frequently," 16 percent regularly; and 31 percent occasionally.
To feel more like a grown-up, Alana Prant, 23, says she wants to become financially independent. That's the response of 30 percent of those surveyed who said financial independence is the most important factor in becoming an adult.
"I'm about to be 24. I should feel like an adult, but I don't," she says. "My parents completely support me."
A May graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, she is an unpaid intern for a startup in Chicago, hoping for a paying job there soon. During college, she had four unpaid internships.
Finishing school, which had been long considered a marker of adulthood, now barely registers among young people, the survey shows. Just 16 percent considered finishing education most important.
"Finishing school has become like a given. It barely felt like an accomplishment," Prant says.
Liz Marz, 27, a makeup artist in New York, studied apparel and fashion merchandising at Indiana University in Bloomington and got her degree in 2007. Like 66 percent of those surveyed, she says it's possible to get a good job without college: "I know many people who did not go to college and are doing just fine."
Brandon Smith, 20, a junior in engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, agrees with the 36 percent surveyed who said "accepting responsibility for yourself" is the most important factor in becoming an adult.
Smith says his parents let him make his own decisions, but "they're right over your shoulder watching to make sure you don't ruin yourself but not jumping in every five seconds like when you were younger."
Arnett isn't the only researcher focusing on the group. There's a Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood. Jennifer Tanner of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., is the group's vice chair.
"Now that this has emerged, it will not go away," she says. "It reached peak mass."


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Video of police officer kicking, knee-striking bargoer under investigation
The violent arrest of a man accused of threatening a bar security worker with a gun was recorded by a witness on a busy Pittsburgh street.
"You had some people crying, people begging the police to stop. It was really just mortifying to watch somebody do that to another person," Damian Trott said.
A Pittsburgh police spokeswoman said the Office of Municipal Investigations is looking into the incident, which happened early Sunday morning, and any witnesses are being asked to come forward.
Trott said he was out celebrating his college graduation and he saw the commotion in front of The Flats on Carson around 2 a.m., so he went over to see what was happening.
"They threw a couple knees at him," said Trott. "They kicked him in the face. It was really just brutal to watch."
Trott tried to intervene, but he says Pittsburgh police officers threatened to arrest him and take his phone.
Court paperwork identifies the man who was being arrested at the time as Nathan Stanley III, 26.
According to the criminal complaint, Officer Raymond Toomey was working a security detail at The Flats when he was summoned by a bar security guard who said Stanley threatened him with a gun outside. Toomey wrote that Stanley -- identified as "John Doe" at the time -- had bloodshot, glassy eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath.
From the complaint:
"I attempted to ascertain what this male's issue was and why he was threatening anyone, to which he immediately stated, '(Expletive) ya'II man, western Pennsylvania is racist as (expletive). That's why ya'II cops gettin shot.' I explained to the male that he had enough for the evening and to go home. At that point, he made a motion that resembled a gun being shot with his hand passed my head towards The Flats bar security and said, 'Don't worry I got somethin for ya'II.' I then told Doe that he was under arrest and to place his hands behind his back. Doe stated, '(Expletive) you, I don't have to do (expletive),' and began to reach towards his waistband area with his right hand and said 'I got somethin for you too.' Given the previous threats by Doe, his aggressive demeanor towards myself and bar security, and the manner in which he reached for his waistband area with his right hand, I greatly feared that an attack was imminent at the time and I did not know what Doe's capabilities were. I forcefully shoved Doe away from the bar while holding onto his right arm to attempt to handcuff him. Doe grabbed ahold of a sign on the sidewalk and used it to resist my actions of forcefully handcuffing him. I was unable to gain control of Doe's right wrist. Doe maintained a firm grasp on the sign with his left arm/hand and continued reaching toward his waistband area with his right hand. (The bar security worker) then attempted to aid me in handcuffing by attempting a rear shoulder pin that was unsuccessful. It should be noted that the above encounter to this point lasted approximately 10 seconds due to being tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving. Because of that, I was unable to utilize my portable radio and ask for more backup."
Toomey wrote that Police Officer Welsh arrived at the scene to help him, but he still needed to use force to bring Stanley under control:
"Due to Doe's actions of still actively resisting, and because Doe attempted to choke me around my neck area (fearing strangulation), I PO Toomey delivered two (2) closed fist punches to Doe's midsection and two (2) closed fist punches to Doe's face. Doe would still not let go of the sign so I was able to sweep Doe's legs with my arms and get him to the ground. Doe's arms now went underneath his body and stiffened up so that
officers were unable to grab them for forcible handcuffing. I then delivered one (1) knee strike and one (1) kick to Doe's facial area out of fear that Doe's arms were underneath his body because he was still attempting to reach towards his waistband for a weapon. Officers shouted in clear, loud manners for Doe to stop resisting and place his hands behind his back. At this point, I was able to gain control of Doe's left arm and pull it forcefully from underneath his body and ready it for handcuffing. PO Welsh did the same with Doe's right arm/wrist and Doe was handcuffed by PO Welsh. Doe continued to scream profanities and encourage the crowd to cause violence towards Officers on scene to the point where a crowd began to form a semi-circle around PO Welsh and I. The sidewalk was now completely blocked causing a hazard for the general public due to Doe's actions."
An online docket shows that Stanley is charged with felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Trott says he believes the man should not have been treated as he was.
"I really hate to see this type of stuff happening," he said. "I would really like to see something done about it to where we can work on better policing, especially within this community and all over the country."


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The earliest Easters we've found lived in Stow-cum-Quy in Cambridgeshire. Several years ago my father bought a copy of the Stow-cum-Quy parish registers on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society. As he's never had a microfiche reader they've been lying in a file. I finally got round to viewing them today in the public library.
These are typewritten transcripts of the registers from 1539 to 1902. As expected, there were a couple of variations of spelling – Eastern and Esthern – in the period I searched today. I checked the people whose dates I already had, and found their baptisms and marriages. I also found the parents and birth date for one of the husbands.
William Easter and his wife Ann Bradwell are the starting point for this search, and looking at the baptism records for their children I can see that they moved from Stow-cum-Quy to Aldeburgh in Suffolk between the baptism of daughter Ann in 1706 and son John in 1708. William was born in Stow in 1675 – I found his marriage, but not his baptism, so I need to go back and check that.
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Why is the exploration of gender in Shakespeare such an important triumph and talking point? It could be the fact that Shakespeare never wrote his roles for women in the mind that they would one day be played by a female actor rather than boys in dresses. He simply did not live in a time where that would be possible. It could also be the fact that out of 981 characters that Shakespeare wrote, only 155 are women, which accounts for 16% of all roles.
Harriet Walter's new book, Brutus and Other Heroines, explores the idea (and some would argue, FACT) that the women in Shakespeare's plays unfortunately "only matter in as much as they relate to the men."
The use of computers and digital technology projections in theatrical has been steadily increasing in recent years. While the likes of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Nether have helped with awareness of the limits of its use, the real questions paradoxically are can its use ever feel 'organic' to a production and does digital tech ever fall in danger of sacrificing humanity for sophistication?
Without a doubt, the decision by the 51% of the UK population who bothered to vote to leave the EU, left many – including myself – angry and bewildered. Almost immediately, naked aggression has come to the fore with an 78% rise in race hate crimes. Hot on its heels, the British government toyed with different ideas and legislation to curtail levels of immigration and to scrutinise the levels of non-British personnel working for British firms. The latest Little Pieces of Gold event run by Suzette Coon deals with the ramifications of Brexit and all the concerns raised above. As you might expect, it makes for unnerving viewing, especially as some of the more satirical pieces when written earlier this year, have borne out to be true in time.
This is my first review for a dance piece of theatre, which ignited my inner (very deep down) prima ballerina! I was thrilled to go to the Blue Elephant Theatre to watch two contemporary dancers, Julie Havelund-Willett and Agnese Lanza perform their self-choreographed show, Inter Pares Project.
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(Reuters) - With its violent crimes, high unemployment, dwindling population and financial crisis, Detroit has been named the most miserable city in the United States.
It toppled Miami, which held the title last year, and surpassed Flint, Mich., Rockford and Chicago in Illinois and Modesto, California, which rounded out the five most unhappy urban areas.
Watch: Warren mayor furious over rank on 'miserable cities' list
Warren also came in on the list at No. 7.
"Detroit's problems are hardly news. It has been in a four-decade decline paralleling the slide in the U.S. auto industry," according to Forbes.com, which compiles the yearly ranking.
Earlier this week, a panel of experts said the automotive city was facing a fiscal emergency and potential bankruptcy, as well as a possible financial takeover by the state.
Flint, which is being run by an emergency manager appointed by the state governor more than a year ago, faces similar problems and has some of the worst crime rates in the country and a jobless rate of 11.3 percent, according to Forbes.com.
To compile the list, Forbes looked at 200 of the country's largest urban areas and ranked them on factors including crime rates, foreclosures, taxes, home prices, commute times, weather and decreasing populations.
Violent crime, high foreclosure rates and declining home prices pushed Chicago into the fourth spot, along with the high expense of living there.
New York, which came in at No. 10, was also cited for its high cost of living.
The Big Apple has one of the country's highest income tax rates and longest average commuting time at 36 minutes.
The full list is available at Forbes.
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SALISBURY, MD – The York College baseball team opened their Capital Athletic Conference season with a 10-3 setback at Salisbury University on Saturday afternoon. The Sea Gulls improve to 1-2 overall and 1-0 in the conference while the Spartans fall to 1-4 overall and 0-1 in the league.
The Sea Gulls reached Spartan starter Joey Couch for a pair of runs in the bottom of the first, three in the second and three more in the third as they surged to the early 8-0 lead. The Spartan defense didn't help as they committed three errors while Couch had three walks in the first three frames.
The eight runs would be more than enough for Sea Gull starter Chris Greiner as he cruised through the first six innings before the Spartans mounted a rally in the top of the seventh. Senior CT Stanley opened the rally with a single through the left side to open the inning. Joe Doyle then doubled to right center to put Spartans at second and third with no outs. Greiner then got a pair of strikeouts and a fly out to extricate himself from the Spartan uprising.
The Spartans finally broke up the shutout in the eight as junior Dustin Worthman reached on an error to open the frame. After a ground out, junior Steve Tretter walked as Greiner's day was done. Sophomore Justin Cohen then jacked a three-run homer to right, cutting the Spartan deficit to 8-3.
The Sea Gulls picked up a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth to provide for the final 10-3 margin.
Greiner earned the win as he allowed two runs, one earned, on eight hits in 7.1 innings of work. He improves to 1-0 as he struck out four and walked one. Drew Baldwin tossed the final 1.2 innings as he allowed a run on three hits with one strikeout.
Couch suffered his second loss of the year as he allowed eight runs, three earned, on six hits in 3.1 innings of work. He walked four and did not strikeout a batter as he falls to 0-2.
Tyler Bennett led the Sea Gull offense as he was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Brad Baylis also had two hits, a run scored, and an RBI while Matt Beck was the third Gull with multiple hits as he was 2-for-3.
Cohen finished the game 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored. His home run was his first of the season and the first of the year for the Green and White. Stanley and Doyle each added two hits for the 11-hit Spartan attack.
The Spartans and Sea Gulls conclude their three game series on Sunday afternoon with a doubleheader. Both games will be seven innings and game one is slated for a 12:00 pm first pitch.
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Digitalgypsy66 wrote:André wrote:Sad part is I'd do it only for NHL. I'm a PC gamer and spend money on new hardware every 2 years.
The next gen version must hit the PC soon or I'll start a rally to protest outside EA's offices.
That said we're not getting it this year....
Yep, that has been officially confirmed over on the EA NHL forums. I've been reading that the release date is now the end of October, not early September like the consoles. I can't confirm that.
I'm not sure I want to pay for 2006 (again) with new rosters. They can't even get those right half the time.
07, 07, 08 and now 09. The same game four years straight. Also 06 is the worst NHL ever by EA (and 09 will be the 16th game) when looking at the menues. The stat lists show 8 names per box, one has to scroll after that. Same with the standings. The box used for those screens is one fourth of the screen. The line changing menu is even worse, by far the worst ever. 4 seperate boxes that one has to scroll between with the keyboard or gamepad (no mouse cursor). One highlights a player then gets a list of the roster, scrolls down to the replacement and clicks again. That'll replace the player one first highlighed but not make the replacement automaticly switch place with the guy you replaced. Everything takes forever.
In NHL 93. Yes, 93 they had 12 sweaters for skaters and 6 for defeseman clearly ordered after lines and pairings with the whole roster in a list to the right and one could just drag names from that list to whatever position one wanted that player. Why keep doing something that was great? Naaah, let's **** up, and 16 years later do something stupid, idiotic and alot worse, and than repeat that for four years straight! Yeah, that'd be swell.
Funny thing is how the gaming media didn't react to this until last year. EA shipped the same game for three years straight (except some minor, minor changes) before the grades went down. Kind of funny since for example Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 got a low grade bacause it was so similiar to the first part. EA must pay IGN and whoever.
Also love how they hype an old feature as something new. "This year we've got the revolutiory skill stick!" which in the pc version meant controlling the stick sideways which was there already on nhl 04 I think. This even on the next gen version for 07, the stick was nothing more than that.
Not to mention the PC is the best platform for modders and an online community, is also has the best avaiable hardware. Bah.
I've ranted about this before but it's so frustrating I can't resist


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23 Sep 2013
Dragonair announced that it will operate an additional flight to and from four destinations – Shanghai Pudong, Qingdao, Sanya and Kaohsiung – tomorrow (24 September) to help those passengers whose flights were cancelled as a result of Typhoon Usagi. In addition, one flight to and from two destinations - Beijing and Fukuoka - tomorrow will be operated by a bigger aircraft to accommodate more passengers.
The airline believes this extra capacity will help clear the backlog of passengers in Hong Kong following the cancellation of flights over the weekend.
The airline resumed its flight services with effect from 12 noon today (23 September). Passengers should check the latest flight information and their flight booking details on the airline's website, www.dragonair.com, before departing for the airport.
Those with confirmed bookings are advised not to arrive at the airport more than three hours before the estimated departure time of their flight. Passengers without confirmed bookings are advised not to go to the airport.
Dragonair will waive re-booking fees for all tickets issued worldwide (irrespective of fare type) on or before 20 September for travel on its flights between 22 September (Hong Kong time) and 24 September.
To ensure they receive the latest flight status updates via SMS or email, customers are advised to update their contact details in Manage Booking at www.dragonair.com.


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SUTTON — Though Caroline E. Curran is a seemingly healthy, energetic 17-year-old Nashoba Regional High School student, her father, Thomas M. Curran from Lancaster, drove her to Sutton High School recently for a free cardiac screening.
"Even though I didn't really think anything bad would show up, I wanted to come and make sure," the active teen said. "It turned out I am 'textbook perfect.' I was very happy and shocked. The doctor said he was actually going to take my results and show medical students."
Mr. Curran said he thinks the free screenings offered by Youth Heart Watch of Central Massachusetts are a great thing.
"I happen to work for Philips (Healthcare) so sudden cardiac arrest is an important thing for us," Mr. Curran said. "My 15-year-old son runs track and Caroline is Type I diabetic. When there are any opportunities to have additional screenings done, we do it."
His wife, registered nurse Jennifer L. Curran, also volunteered to help administer electrocardiograms tests at the event.
Auburn resident Donna B. Anderson is president and cofounder of Youth Heart Watch of Central Massachusetts, which held the event.
The program, modeled after the Nick of Time Foundation in Seattle, is the only one of its kind in New England, she said.
"I contacted them (Nick of Time) and wanted to find out more about how to do screening," Ms. Anderson said. "They gave me a playbook 2 inches thick. They came out here last year to make sure we were following their protocol."
Her organization is applying for nonprofit status, she said, and has a goal of providing screenings all over New England.
"There is one in Western Massachusetts, but this is the first one in this area following Nick of Time protocol," she said. "There is nothing in the Boston area. If we save one person, the whole thing is worth the work. When you have a child who's an athlete, you want to make sure they are healthy enough to play sports and make sure there are no devastating consequences."
At the Youth Heart Watch's first screening held last year at Auburn High School, seven out of 107 students ages 14 to 24 given EKGs were referred to pediatricians for follow-ups.
Dr. Michael C. Fahey, from the division of pediatric cardiology at UMass Memorial Medical Center, said there is a lot of controversy regarding what screenings are necessary for participating in athletics.
"Everyone would like to avoid the situations we see across the country where 200 times a year healthy athletes have a sudden-event-death related to their heart," Dr. Fahey said.
However, pediatricians do not routinely conduct EKGs on children because it is "incredibly expensive," he said.
"Conducting electrocardiograms on every young person would result in a lot of false-positives where we think there might be abnormalities, but there are not, and it results in further testing," he explained. "I would estimate costs in the many millions and that is a cost that the healthcare system could not bear. There are not enough resources to pull that off."
He said some countries, including many European countries such as Italy, do conduct routine cardiac screenings for participation in all sports.
"They figured out a way to make that happen," Dr. Fahey said. "It is hard to say where to draw the line. What about people who are not athletes? It is leaving them out and that doesn't seem fair. The problem is population-medicine is different than individual-medicine. When it is your kid, you want them screened. When you try to apply that to the population, it doesn't work anymore, because there is only so much you can do with the resources you have."
Organizations like Youth Heart Watch that are picking up the slack are an important step in the right direction, he said.
Sandy J. Gilroy, from Sutton, brought her teenage son and daughter, who both play multiple sports, to the screening.
They went to each station for height and weight, blood pressure and heart sounds checks, EKGs, and for training in CPR techniques and how to use an automatic external defibrillator.
"They've never seen a cardiologist," Ms. Gilroy said. "We have heart history in our family and I thought it would be great to have a cardiologist check them out. Our pediatrician keeps an eye on it and there is no indication anything is wrong, but they've never had an EKG. This screening is free. Why not?"
Chrissy M. Gaffney, co-founder of Youth Heart Watch, is a "two-time heart survivor" who lived with an undetected heart condition until the age of 12 when she underwent open-heart surgery.
"An EKG is not part of a routine physical and kids are dying on the soccer or football field who had undetected heart conditions that could have been detected with EKGs," Ms. Gaffney said.
Karen L. Tougas, a registered nurse from Sutton who also co-founded the organization, said SCA is not rare.
"It happens," she said. "You read it in the paper. If something is detected, we're not saying you can't play sports. It means there is something else that needs to happen."
She said another issue is that coaches are not required to be trained in CPR.
"It is not a law right now," she said. "At these screenings, students are getting to practice putting on AED pads. We're not certifying anyone, just giving them hands on experience to know how to do it. This is about education and awareness."
"It is important they feel comfortable knowing that an AED is not a mysterious thing hanging on the wall," Ms. Anderson added. "With this demonstration, they see how easy it is to operate. If they are on the field, they can pick it up and operate it, if they need to. They could save a life."
Youth Heart Watch is funded through donations, she said. Volunteers make each event possible.
For more information, visit www.youthheartwatch.org.
Contact Paula Owen at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @PaulaOwenTG.


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Monday, June 06, 2011
Final Trailer + 10 Screen Shots
10 comments:
If it in't going to be released on pc... millions of people will die.
- June 7, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Ctrl said...
I couldn't agree with you more.
- June 7, 2011 at 11:52 AM
- George said...
Be released on PC, be released on Linux, enter the next "humble indie bundle", became open source... I have lots of dreams :).
But I will find a way to try it even if it will be xbox only. And certainly not going to die, for then I'll never know what platforms it's eventually will make it to :)
- June 7, 2011 at 12:31 PM
- Sephy said...
quote @anonymous
it would be terrible..
- June 8, 2011 at 1:40 AM
- Monkey said...
This is too beautiful to be released only on XBLA...
- June 8, 2011 at 4:23 AM
- Luc said...
Chalk up another one that would love to see this come to PC. Gametrailers.com has this falsly listed as coming to PC, had my hopes up and now I wish I'd never even seen it. PC please! :(
- June 9, 2011 at 7:07 PM
Saw that this is confirmed for XBox Live and I'm so excited-- we've been looking for an awesome new game to play. Has a release date been announced yet? XBox says it's part of this summer's arcade but no specific date, and I want to play this *now*.
- June 12, 2011 at 7:02 AM
- Mythril said...
This game is gorgeous! I'm glad I do have an XBox 360 so I can get this game even if it doesn't come out for the PC. :)
- June 13, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- Mythril said...
D'oh, I found out I can't actually get the game on my XBox because Microsoft doesn't sell XBox Live Indie Games in Norway yet. :( *sigh*
- June 13, 2011 at 2:51 PM
I too am throwing in my vote to see this come to PC. Please....
I need this game.
- August 8, 2011 at 7:12 AM


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Student Stories: Adult student finds his niche with agricultural systems major
Student Stories: Adult student finds his niche with agricultural systems major
For Michael Bartolomucci, majoring in agricultural systems management in college wasn't his first goal – it wasn't even his second or third. But now, as an adult student, he calls Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences home.
The Pittsburgh native began his college journey when he got out of the military and needed to figure out what he wanted from life. "It was hard to move into another career path," he said. "I was faced with yet another challenge."
In the summer of 2010, Bartolomucci began his studies at Penn State Shenango Valley in agricultural sciences, moving to the University Park campus for the fall 2012 semester
He quickly realized how much agriculture interested him. "I have zero experience in it," he said. "I have driven by and walked through farms, but that's about it."
Originally intending to study engineering, he wanted to start slowly because he had been out of school for so long. His passion for restoration projects as a kid guided him toward the mechanization aspect of agriculture and the ag systems management major.
Bartolomucci's first few semesters of college classes went smoothly, but he had been out of the academic environment for so long that he was uncomfortable.
"It was hard relating to all the students around me every day," the 28-year-old recalled. "I get rolled into the group easily because I look young, but my personal experiences have made it difficult to find a common ground in many ways. The military had an effect – it created a value structure that became engrained in everything that I involved myself in."
Now a senior, he is currently the president of the Adult Learners of Penn State student organization, a role he accepted after finding valuable support from the group during his junior year. "They picked me up, and now I want to reach out to both adults and veterans alike," he said.
"It would be highly gratifying if I could make a difference for even a handful of students like myself."
After his first semester taking his major's core classes, things began to fall into place, and Bartolomucci knew he was where he needed to be. He realized that his beliefs and concerns about the environment, coupled with his education, prepared him to be an open-minded asset to the agricultural community.
"It's never too late to find your niche – no matter when, where you are or what you're doing," he said. "I'm just thankful for the challenges I encountered prior to college and how they've allowed me to adapt more easily to situations with which I have very little familiarity."
For new students, ag systems management is now an option under the biorenewable systems major.
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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Extreme at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL World Finals VIII presented by CarSafe listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Alex Hossler Runs 3.655/208.78, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.640/208.01, Was #7
Right Lane: Brandon Snider Runs 3.830/201.91, Now #18; Best prior run: 3.824/202.36, Was #18
8:23 p.m. Clint Thompson is on the bump spot at 3.767.
Hossler did a whole lot of driving for his 3.655, the car left of the groove and loose for much of the run.
Left Lane: Von Smith Runs 4.865/101.97, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.704/203.65, Was #11
Right Lane: Duane Rister Runs 3.700/204.35, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.725/199.40, Was #13
Shake and slow for Smith. Rister made his best run of the dy to move up several spots.
Left Lane: John Stanley Runs 4.339/122.47, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.702/207.24, Was #11
Right Lane: Neal Wantye No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.748/208.14, Was #15
Wantye slowed to a stop after the launch. Stanley had a good run to half track, then slowed.
Left Lane: Mick Snyder Runs 5.647/81.76, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.627/210.18, Was #5
Right Lane: Todd Martin Runs 3.666/206.48, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.685/205.91, Was #8
Snyder shook and slowed. Martin made a career-best run, ET and speed, and stayed eighth.
Left Lane: Tim Tindle Runs 3.650/205.72, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.696/207.43, Was #9
Right Lane: Jay Diedrich Runs 5.995/82.57, Now #17; Best prior run: 3.814/203.58, Was #17
Tindle made his best run of the day to move Martin to the bottom half of the field. Diedrich shook and slowed.
Left Lane: Tommy D'Aprile Runs 3.580/209.85, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.634/208.62, Was #6
Right Lane: Bubba Stanton Runs 4.798/103.53, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.605/210.37, Was #2
Stanton shook and slowed, but D'Aprile made the quickest run in History, too quick for his prior 3.634 to serve as a backup.
Tommy D'Aprile's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.406.
Left Lane: Danny Lowry Runs 6.853/80.67, Now #20; Best prior run: 3.892/198.00, Was #20
Right Lane: Jason Scruggs Runs 5.109/93.56, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.613/210.18, Was #4
Tire shake in both lanes, Lowry immediately, Scruggs after 100 feet or so, something in the driveline breaking.
Left Lane: Art McMahan Runs 4.640/113.83, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.711/203.16, Was #13
Right Lane: Frankie Taylor Runs 3.577/212.19, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.622/210.54, Was #5
That "quickest ever" didn't last long. Taylor also does not have a backup for that stunning ET, but his earlier 210.57 is fast enough to back up his 212.19 as a speed record.
McMahan shook and slowed.
Frankie Taylor's incremental times: 60ft-0.901 sec., 330ft-2.413.
Left Lane: Clint Thompson Runs 3.755/203.92, Now #16; Best prior run: 3.767/204.20, Was #16
Right Lane: Quain Stott Runs 3.711/204.94, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.729/200.29, Was #14
Both drivers improved slightly, but after what we just saw, it was kind of a letdown.
Left Lane: Randell Reid Runs 3.791/178.71, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.554/114.00, Was #24
Right Lane: Gaylen Smith No Time, Now #22; Best prior run: 3.892/187.60, Was #21
Smith broke on the burnout. Reid made a good run, but not quick enough for this quick field.
Left Lane: Terry Leggett Runs 4.505/121.66, Now #24; Best prior run: 4.282/144.03, Was #24
Right Lane: Brandon Pesz Runs 3.616/209.88, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.587/211.43, Was #3
Nope. Pesz made a very good run by most standards, but it wasn't even his best of the day.
Right Lane: Todd Moyer Runs 4.423/129.21, Now #23; Best prior run: 4.050/198.47, Was #23
Moyer's car left hard and headed for the centerline, so he had to lift.


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Pollination Biology Seminar (Fall 2007)
From EEBedia
The seminar in Pollination Biology convenes every Tuesday at 8:00am in BioPharmacy 303.
Fall 2007 Schedule
The papers for discussion are available as PDF files, but to keep us from getting into hot water with the journals involved, a username and password are required for access. If you have forgotten the username/password, please contact Nic Tippery.
There is an email listserv for attendees of the Pollination Biology seminar, managed by Kent Holsinger.
To upload a PDF file, use this form (username/password required)
September 4, 2007
- Waser, N. M., L. Chittka, M. V. Price, N. M. Williams, and J. Ollerton. 1996. Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters. Ecology 77: 1043-1060.
September 11, 2007
- Johnson, S. D. and K. E. Steiner. 2000. Generalization versus specialization in plant pollination systems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15: 140-143.
- Whittall, J. B. and S. A. Hodges. 2007. Pollinator shifts drive increasingly long nectar spurs in columbine flowers. Nature 447: 706-701.
September 18, 2007
- Momose, K., T. Yumoto, T. Nagamitsu, M. Kato, H. Nagamasu, S. Sakai, R. D. Harrison, T. Itioka, A. A. Hamid, and T. Inoue. 1998. Pollination biology in a lowland dipterocarp forest in Sarawak, Malaysia. I. Characteristics of the plant-pollinator community in a lowland dipterocarp forest. American Journal of Botany 85: 1477-1501.
September 25, 2007
- Baker, H. G. 1955. Self-compatibility and establishment after 'long-distance' dispersal. Evolution 9: 347-349.
- Baker, H. G. 1967. Support for Baker's Law - as a rule. Evolution 21: 853-856.
- Rambuda, T. and S. Johnson. 2004 Breeding systems of invasive alien plants in South Africa: does Baker's rule apply? Diversity and Distributions 10: 409-416.
- In Memoriam, Herbert G. Baker, 1920-2001 [1]
- Barrett, S. C. H. 2001. The Baker and Stebbins era comes to a close. Evolution 55:2371-2374 [2]
October 2, 2007
- Knight, T. M., J. A. Steets, J. C. Vamosi, S. J. Mazer, M. Burd, D. R. Campbell, M. R. Dudash, and M. O. Johnston. 2005. Pollen limitation of plant reproduction: pattern and process. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 36: 467-497.
October 9, 2007
- Thomson, J. D. and L. Chittka. 2001. Pollinator individuality: when does it matter? In Thomson, J. D. and L. Chittka, eds. Cognitive Ecology of Pollination: Animal Behavior and Floral Evolution. pp. 191-213.
October 16, 2007
- Barringer, B. C. 2007. Polyploidy and self-fertilization in flowering plants. American Journal of Botany 94(9): 1527-1533.
October 23, 2007
- Chang, S.-M. 2007. Gender-specific inbreeding depression in a gynodioecious plant, Geranium maculatum (Geraniaceae). American Journal of Botany 94(7):1193-1204.
October 30, 2007
- Ollerton, J., A. Killick, E. Lamborn, S. Watts, and M. Whiston. 2007. Multiple meanings and modes: on the many ways to be a generalist flower. Taxon 56(3):717-728.
November 6, 2007
- Fenster, C. B., W. S. Armbruster, P. Wilson, M. R. Dudash, and J. D. Thomson. 2004. Pollination syndromes and floral specialization. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 35:375-403.


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I think it is important for students to get that sense that they are doing or seeing something that was unknown. This permits them to stay curious and explore new ways to understand the material or solve problems.
Brian Williams lives by two main philosophies.
Professionally, he adheres to the concept, "The complete physical chemist solves his own equations and blows his own apparatus." Says Williams, "Blowing his own apparatus" historically references when chemists literally made their own equipment through glassblowing. "Thus as a professional," he says, "I need to be competent in experimental measurement and the theoretical description of phenomena related to physical chemistry. This is a goal that I keep striving for."
Williams' other mantra, "Stay curious," further influences his academic pursuits. He developed an interest in solvatochromism, the ability of certain compounds to change either the wavelength of light they absorb or emit depending on what they are dissolved in, simply because he was curious about what triggered such changes. He became involved with the other focus of his research — mathematical chemistry — because he enjoys wrestling with equations and seeing if he can reach a scientifically rigorous solution. Says Williams, "There is always more to learn about everything, and finding things out is one of the best ways of having fun I can think of. Physicist Richard Feynman expressed this idea through the phrase 'the pleasure of finding things out.'"
Williams believes his multifaceted work impacts students in at least two ultimately interconnected ways: His students participate in research with him in the laboratory and develop the competency they need to execute successful experimentation. "I try to remind them that when they take a measurement, this is very likely the first time that result has been seen," he says. "I think it is important for students to get that sense that they are doing or seeing something that was unknown. This permits them to stay curious and explore new ways to understand the material or solve problems."
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