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By posting a 34.67 percent return, the TTU students beat the S&P 500 return by more than 19 percentage points, plus they topped the average return for competitors by almost 17 percentage points.
Since the challenge's inception in 1998, Tennessee Tech students have won the challenge four times—1998, 1999, 2007 and 2010—and have come in second twice.
"The Investment Challenge is not a simulation or paper portfolio. This is real money that TVA will one day use to decommission nuclear plants," said Deryl Martin, the TTU finance professor who leads the class. "These students are part of TVA's financial success."
The best performing stocks for TTU students included Netflix, Apple, Amazon and Cree.
TTU's performance netted its College of Business a cash prize of about $12,200.
Martin credits last's spring's opening of the new $150,000 Heidtke Trading Room as giving this year's students an edge. In the room, they had access to market data though a stock ticker and they could view the rise and fall of stock exchanges worldwide, commodities, currencies, individual funds or sets of funds, and market newsfeeds from a wall of high definition television screens.
In TTU's program, students recommend and discuss potential purchases. After individual research by each member, the class votes whether to purchase the stock.
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Undergraduate and graduate on-campus students made up the investment team.
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In 1998, TVA allocated $1.9 million from its Nuclear Decommissioning Fund to initiate the Investment Challenge. Originally, 19 universities received investment funds of $100,000 apiece. The program has expanded to include 24 universities, and the funds total approximately $10 million.
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Studies of electron-positron interactions had shown that electrons have a small "weak charge". Now, to get a direct measurement of weak charge, physicists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in California have fired bunches of a hundred billion electrons into a target of liquid hydrogen. A few of these electrons are deflected away from the beam line by electrons in the hydrogen.
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Luanda — Angola strongly condemned the return to armed violence and rebellion as ways to resolve internal conflicts and/or the seizing of power, said Thursday in Luanda the Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos.
To José Eduardo dos Santos, "Governments that are legitimated by free choice through the ballot must not be deposed by rebel forces or anti-democratic processes".
The Angolan president considered unacceptable the fact that Africa has now new displays of refugees in sub-human conditions.
To the Head of State, the prevailing situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Central African Republic and Guinea Bissau is, unfortunately, a regression in the democratization process of Africa.
He also defended the need to institute and materialise the principle of existence and recognition of two sovereign states, namely Israel and Palestine.
The country's Chief Magistrate manifested his conviction that many crises will be solved or alleviated this year, using the maxim that "while there is life there is hope."
The Angolan Head of State declared that "it is a world that is increasingly interdependent that humanity wants, a balanced world in which the consultation, compatibility of interests and consensus-building
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It no doubt would. I say this as someone who has time and time again wished I was able to get the offers the EU version of + received.
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I've been PS+ since 2011 I think, I'm paid up till Feb 2014, and its been MORE than worth it. I've saved a TON of money on discounts alone and the Instant Game Collection lets me try games I wouldn't normally play or spend money on.
I am waiting to see what Sony do with PS+ for PS4 before I extend it any further.
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The problem is PS4 isn't backwards compatible with both PS3 and PSN titles and they are hardly going to give you free PS4 games so early after the console launches.
I honestly am not sure why there is any concern for how it will be handled on the PS4. I do not see the basic premise of it changing much, if at all, so really how can you go wrong? I guess perhaps if they charge more, but the precedent has already been set. If it is more, it will not be by much. As proven by this list alone, it is well worth it, so as long as it is reasonable increase, which again I cannot fathom how it would not be, it will still be a tremendous value. And perhaps it is naive to feel this, but I really think there will be little to no increase as they have already introduced it.


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Luanda — The President of the African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma said relations between his party and Angola's ruling MPLA were further reinforced with his five-day visit to the country.
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According to Jacob Zuma, who expressed satisfaction at meeting friends and comrades of MPLA, after having won the elections in his party programmed a visit to Angola showing the importance South Africa attributes to this country.
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On January 5th, Sakuwit 2 will be holding the 2014 Winter Banquet. All Brothers and their families are invited.
There will be a world class meal, the Lodge's yearly recognition ceremony and awards, and a Scouting memorabilia auction.
If you have anything you would like to donate to the lodge for the auction, please bring it to the LEC on November 14th.
We look forward to seeing you at the banquet.
Anton Nelson
Winter Banquet Chair
Attached Files: 2014 Winter Banquet Flyer (1).docx
2013-12-04 22:01:42
The November LEC will be held on November 14th 2013. It will be at the South Brunswick Public Works Building, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852. Everyone is invited to attend and see how the lodge works!
Get involved in your lodge! Hope to see you there!
Danny Woods
Lodge Chief
2013-10-23 19:45:16
The May Lodge Executive Committee meeting will be this Thursday May 9th 2013. It will be at the South Brunswick Public Works Building, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852. Everyone is invited to attend and see how the lodge works!
Get involved in your lodge! Hope to see you there!
Danny Woods
1st Vice Chief 2012-2013
Lodge Chief elect 2013-2014
Sakuwit Lodge 2
2013-05-08 21:14:51
Attached please find the staff sign up form for all three ordeal weekends. We need as many people to attend as possible! If you would like to be an Elangomat, please check the appropriate box at the bottom of the page. Please also consider sealing your bond in the order and attain brotherhood at any of the three ordeals if you have not already done so.
Special information for the May Ordeal (May 17-19) is as follows:
Nothing changes UNLESS you are also attending the Jamboree shakedown in which case
if you are a...
-Brotherhood member: you may attend Friday night for free
-Ordeal member interested in attaining Brotherhood: the cost is $15
-Ordeal Member who cannot yet attain Brotherhood: you may attend free Friday night.
*Please send an email to Donna Parrinello if you are coming so we have an accurate count for friday night cracker barrel.
Thank you and see you up at the 'Creek!
Danny Woods
1st Vice Chief 2012-2013
Lodge Chief elect 2013-2014
Sakuwit Lodge 2
Attached Files: OAStaff_Brotherhood_Signup 2013.pdf
2013-05-08 21:14:18
We have some interesting news from our December LEC meeting. At the meeting, the Lodge Executive Committee voted to switch the lodge's focus to supporting the Cub Scout program in the Central New Jersey Council.
The idea of supporting the Cub Scout program is not a new one; we have been doing it in part for years, assisting at Cub-Parent weekends and assisting units and districts for Webelos crossovers. This focus takes us to a new level of support, where our entire annual lodge program ties into Cub Scouting. It signifies a new direction for the lodge, which will serve to increase the Cub Scout recruitment and retention rates, as well as become a new reason for many of our members to become, and stay, involved with the lodge.
We are starting this spring with a Cub 'Belt Loop Bash' concurrent with our Spring Fling. Future efforts will include:
a. An outdoor day program for new Tiger Cubs in conjunction with Fall Fellowship.
b. The development of teams of Arrowmen to assist packs with crossovers.
c. Assistance with Blue and Gold celebrations.
d. Reinstatement of the Boy Scout 101 program at each chapter.
e. Recognition of those Arrowmen who serve as Den Chiefs, as well as Cubmasters who are Arrowmen, usually from their days as youth.
f. Recognition of Cubmaster of the Year at our Winter Banquet.
g. Financial support of Cub Day Camps and Cub Scout programs.
We believe that the future benefits of the program will include:
a. An enhanced appreciation of the Order of the Arrow by Cub Scouts and their leaders.
b. More Cubs would stay in the Cub program due to enhanced program.
c. More Cubs would emulate the Arrowmen and desire to cross over into Boy Scouts.
d. More Arrowmen would see a purpose for themselves within the lodge and become active members.
e. An overall improvement of council recruitment and retention.
We hope that you are as excited about this change as we are. This is a bold move for a lodge, but we think that the end result will be a more robust program for the lodge members, and for Scouting in Central New Jersey Council as a whole. We hope that you will become more active with the lodge and help us support our 'brothers in blue' as we help them progress along the Scouting trail!
Interested? Get started by coming to the Spring Fling and get involved!
Attached Files: 2013springflingregistrationformfillable.pdf
2013-01-27 21:29:09
The Winter Banquet will be held on January 6th, 2013 at the American Legion, Post 25 in Milltown, NJ. There will be a world class buffet, silent and live patch auction, and award presentations! If you would like to attend, please send the attached form to the council office by December 27th.
Attached Files: 2013winterBanquet.pdf
2012-12-17 16:22:08
Don't forget to renew your lodge membership for 2013! To renew your membership, fill out the attached form and mail it to:Central New Jersey Council, BSA2245 US Highway 130, Suite 106Dayton, NJ 08810-2420ATTN: OA DuesAlso consider signing up for Silver Arrow membership! Silver Arrow membership includes renewed membership, free attendance at all major lodge events, and a special Silver Arrow patch.
Attached Files: 2013MembershipRenewal.pdf
2012-12-17 16:21:59
Welcome to the new Sakuwit Lodge website! We hope that you find the new design appealing and functional. On this page we will post updates on the events and activities going on in the lodge, as well as forms for membership renewal and event registration.
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text: No recent wiki edits to this page. Overview In Seventh Cross Evolution you begin as a weak organism called a protist. During this stage you cannot fight and have to avoid combat while preying on micro-organisms. After three protist stages you evolve into the Origin stage. In the Origin stage you are capable of fighting, but posses a minimal amount of strength. The evolutionary stage after the origin stage varies for each player and depends on the DNA sheet. The game contains six levels, each with a boss, and vary in theme from a pond to a barren future.EvolvingYou gain parts for your creature by touching the monolith in each of the six levels. At the beginning of the game the player chooses six colors, which are mapped to six attributes: offense, defense, psi power, intelligence, dexterity, and healing. By using these colors to create a pattern on a 10 x 10 grid, and having enough EVP(evolution points, which are obtained by defeating enemies), you may gain a new part for your creature that you can add to its head, body, legs, or arms. These parts posses different attributes that enhance certain areas such as movement speed and attack strength. You may equip these parts at any time, but each require a set amount of nutrients that are found in certain foods.


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Sunny pension
Sunny pension is located on the slopes of Fruska gora mountain, in a village Cortanovci. It is a house in nice part of the village, very close to the railway and bus station, and yet surrounded by trees.
We offer domestic atmosphere, and traditional food from these area, such as goat cheese, bacon, wines. We have one room with two beds, one room with double bed and one room with three beds. The house has three floors, dormitories are on the upper floors, while in the ground floor we have dining room. During spring and summer big garden, hallway and terrace with tables and chairs are on guest's disposal, as well as swimming pool. Wireless internet is available free of charge, in all rooms and in the garden, while we provide one computer on guest's disposal. There is one bathroom, in the middle floor, and central heating. Our pension differs from other hostels for its location and domestic atmosphere. This is why it is a place to stay for people that appreciate fresh air and nature rather than big town. We provide towels, washing mashine for laundry.We serve coffee, tea, traditional breakfast or vegetarian/vegan upon request.
During EXIT music festival, we offer transfer to our guest.
Let us know the time of your arrival, and we will come to pick you up from railway or bus station.
Cortanovci is on Danube by bike route, between Sremski Karlovci and Beska, bikers are welcome to stay in our pension.
Fruska Gora is, among other things, convenient for walking and picnics - close to thirty monasteries, of which seventeen are active, represent the main attraction.
Vegetarians/vegans are welcome to get breakfast and meals.
예약 가능 여부 및 가격예약 가능 여부와 가격을 보려면 날짜를 선택한 후 '날짜 업데이트'를 클릭하세요'
취소 정책이 숙소는 1일 취소 정책이 있습니다. 이 시간 내에 취소하지 않으면 체류 첫날 밤에 부과되는 숙박료와 똑같은 금액의 취소 수수료가 발생합니다.
약도지도 보기지도 숨기기
Please call us prior to your arrival in order to wait for you or to come to pick you up!
We will wait for you in railway or bus station, or even come to pick you up in Novi Sad.
It is easiest to get Cortanovci from Novi Sad by bus, Novi Sad-Cortanovci-Krcedin.
Buses are operating during the whole day, and they are departing from the main bus station (bulevar Oslobodjenja 1)
Or by train from Novi Sad or Belgrade. It is recommended to travel by train, since the ticket is much cheaper than bus ticket. If guest inform us about arrival, we will wait either in bus or in railway station.
Cortanovci is also on Danube by bike route, between Sremski Karlovci and Beska, as it is shown on the map


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draw, the men's side didn't lose a top-10 player until Sunday, when fourth-seeded David Ferrer was upset by Gilles Simon in the third round 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. Sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych and No.7 Grigor Dimitrov also advanced.
Dominic Thiem, 20, made his first Grand Slam round of 16 with a straight-set win over 19th-seeded Feliciano Lopez. Another first was achieved in the women's draw by Peng Shuai, who had never been to a major quarterfinal before beating 14th-seeded Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-4.
Wozniacki will next face 13th-seeded Sara Errani, who ended the run of qualifier Mirjana Lucic-Baroni with a three-set victory. As a 19-year-old, Wozniacki made the 2009 US Open final, losing to Kim Clijsters, and reached No.1 in the world the next year. But she hadn't been back to a Grand Slam quarterfinal since the 2012 Australian Open.
In the meantime, she was best known for getting engaged to star golfer Rory McIlroy — then getting dumped in late May after wedding invitations had gone out. Wozniacki lost in the first round at the French Open soon thereafter and was upset in the fourth round at Wimbledon. She had been playing much better since, though, winning her first title in nine months at Istanbul then dropping a pair of three-set matches to Williams.
Wozniacki also announced a month ago that she planned to run the New York City Marathon on November 2 for charity, somehow squeezing in training during a busy fall season. Seems to be working out well mentally and physically on the tennis court. "Kind of clears my head," she said of the extra running. "I feel more free when I go on court."
Wozniacki plans to stick around New York after the US Open to attend Fashion Week and get in some running in Central Park. The marathon prep has gone on hiatus the last few days, though. "I have a pretty big tournament here that I kind of want to try and win."
Bopanna-Srebotnik in qf
Rohan Bopanna and his Slovenian partner Katrina Srebotnik sailed into the mixed doubles quarterfinals after a comprehensive straight-sets win in their second-round match. Sixth-seeded Bopanna and Srebotnik defeated the Spanish-South African pairing of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Raven Klaasen 6-3, 6-4 in a contest which lasted an hour and five minutes. The quarterfinal will have an Indian on both ends of the court as Bopanna and Srebotnik will square off against top seeds Sania Mirza and her Brazillian partner Bruno Soares.


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The commercial real estate sector (CRE Sector) makes a substantial contribution to the Canadian economy, generating $63.3 billion in economic activity in 2011, according to a ground-breaking new research report from the Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac) and the NAIOP Research Foundation. To put this value into perspective, the economic activity of the Canadian CRE Sector is more than twice as large as the entire economy of the province of Newfoundland & Labrador. The CRE sector adds to the Canadian economy in various ways by:
Prepared by Altus Group Economic Consulting, "The Contribution of the Commercial Real Estate Sector to the Canadian Economy" shows that capital investment in the CRE Sector totalled some $21.6 billion in 2011, accounting for about half of the total spending in Canada on non-residential construction. Some $14.9 billion was spent on new buildings; the rest ($6.7 billion) accounted for capital improvements, renovations and the upgrading of existing buildings.
The on-going operations of CRE Sector buildings also generated $3.5 billion in building management fees and almost the same amount for commercial brokerage fees from sales of commercial properties in 2011.
The CRE Sector also generates an array of other benefits to the national economy such as the promotion of economic development and accommodation of employment growth. In addition, properties owned by the CRE Sector provide substantial revenue to municipalities and school boards across Canada through realty taxes.
The CRE Sector plays an important role in Canada's economy and the quality of life for all Canadians. Development and construction of commercial real estate buildings, and subsequently their daily operations, creates directly thousands of jobs and adds tremendous value to the Canadian GDP. Beyond the strict numbers of economic activity, spinoff benefits, jobs created, income earned and taxes generated, the CRE Sector is also responsible for imparting a tremendous benefit to communities across Canada by providing high-quality workspaces for millions of Canadians.
Kamyar Lolavar
It is great to hear all the benefits that the CRE sector has for the Canadian economy. But it is very much advisable to - at the same time - note that this sector is purely dependent on construction and its market. So when it is compared to Canadian agriculture, forestry and fishing, one should note that these industries are far more sustainable than construction. If you look at the growth of these sectors over the last ten years or so, you can sense that that the sharp growth in CRE is a gift of increasing immigrants and from what I have heard, will come to a minimized rate by 2030 while other industries are experiencing a more steady growth.So it might be a good idea to have this in our minds that these 340,000 (and growing) jobs must be channeled through more sustainable routes to make sure that the sharp curves in growth and decline would not hurt the overall economy of the country. After all, who wants to experience another Dubai, right?
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"The Metropolis strives to reach a mythical point where the world is completely fabricated by man, so that it absolutely coincides with his desires": First Edition of Rem Koolhaas' Delirious New York; Signed by Him
Koolhaas, Rem.
Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan.
New York: Oxford University, 1978. First edition. Folio, original boards. Signed by the author. Laid in is a lecture pamplet given by Koolhaas. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
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Goal! Chicago Fire 0, Philadelphia Union 2. Gabriel Gomez (Philadelphia Union) with a first time shot driven into the top left corner. Assisted by Jack McInerney.


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The "strange little production" which David Bromwich does not deign to mention by name in his review of another anthology, The Voice That Is Great Within Us, edited by Hayden Carruth [Books in Review, February], is, I presume, Quest for Reality: An Anthology of Short Poems in English, selected by Yvor Winters and Kenneth Fields (Chicago, Swallow Press, 1969).
Mr. Bromwich says, "Specific choices had been authorized by the late Yvor Winters. . . . Donne appeared in a minor role compared to Winters himself."
As the surviving editor specifically points out in his introduction, "Winters did not see fit to include his own poems because he had grown to dislike this common editorial practice." The twelve that are included were selected by Mr. Fields—after Winters's death—as he clearly states.
Professor Winters was not a modest man, and may well have valued his own poems more highly than those of Donne. However, in attributing this particular proportional selection to him, Mr. Bromwich is in error.
Turner Cassity
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia.
David Bromwich writes:
I did not have the Winters book at hand when I wrote the review, and so could not check on the statement of editorial policy to which Turner Cassity refers. I accept the correction, of course, though it is rather weakened by the admission that Winters was never bound to underestimate his own work. Perhaps we may assume that in this case Winters's point of view was taken over a bit too faithfully by his disciple. The exact proportion turns out to be three pages of Donne against fifteen of Winters; but that is hardly the only slip of its kind. The entire latter part of Quest for Reality is unfairly (and unrealistically) dominated by friends and relations of the eminent critic.


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Carrie presents the 1st of a 3 part series, featuring Mary Jane Sak and Thomas Thompson. Mary Jane is a licensed Clinical Counselor and Thomas Thompson is a Neuropsychologist in Las Cruces.
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text: Health In an unusual move, New York's ZocDoc opens second office in Phoenix Image Credit: Shutterstock October 18, 2012 1:05 PM Sean Ludwig 0 If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring the latest strategies and tactics in the mobile space. New York health tech startup ZocDoc will soon open its second office in Phoenix, a city not usually known for attracting startups the way San Francisco, Boston, or Chicago does. ZocDoc helps digitally connect patients with doctors for all kinds for appointments. As with all things medical, the service needs high-quality customer service and support. This was the thinking behind Phoenix — the city is geographically distant from its NYC headquarters and is isolated from most extreme weather events. When NYC was threatened by Hurricane Irene, ZocDoc had to create a pop-up office in Chicago for customer service in case the HQ lost power or would be without power for days. "Many companies may look at the Bay Area, where people try to attract engineers, but this is for customer service and sales," ZocDoc director of communications Allison Braley told us. "We want better customer service coverage and it's an untapped place in a sense." Braley admits that it's a little strange to see a quickly growing 320-person startup like ZocDoc pick Phoenix for its second office, but the company especially liked the weather and proximity to universities to find talent. Phoenix also offers many emerging private companies to pluck talent from, as listed in the Inc 5000. "For tech companies of our size, it is a bit unusual, but it made sense for us," Braley said. "We only have a few employees there now, but we'll add many more as we scale and grow." ZocDoc has raised about $95 million so far, including a large $50 million round last year from DST Global.


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Sunday, September 16th, 2012 11:24 am (UTC)
I was in need of a new book to read. So,after reading your post, I instantly checked out my local library online to see if it was available, and it is! This afternoon I will pick up the copy I put on hold, but I am debating whether to get both the book AND the audio CD so I can "read" while I make the 30 min. drive to work. Hmmm. . .


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Tattoo convention prepared for weekend stay
Thousands of people are expected to show up at the Phoenix Convention Center this weekend to get a tattoo.
Over 200 tattoo artists will be offering their services as the Timeless Ink Tour stops in Phoenix. Artist Johnny Quintana said attendees can get just about any kind of tattoo you want.
"Some people have books...that have images that you can choose from or we can actually create some stuff for you, so you can go home with existing artwork or something that nobody else has," he said.
Organizer Lacy Dupras said that there is more than just tattoos at the event.
"We wanted to give it something else -- a car show, a concert -- to bring in all types of people," she said. "You can bring your family."
Quintana said that tattooing as become much more mainstream and that there is more than enough interest in the subject to hold a convention.
"It's become a broad art form," he said. "A lot of people have been getting into it. We have college graduates who are tattooing, we have artists who have been gallery painters who have converted to tattooing."
The Timeless Ink Tour also features a car show with about 90 classic cars and live music. The event runs through Sunday.


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This framegrab image from NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon capsule, center, the U.S. Destiny lab, left and the Japanese Kibo module, right just after the Dragon capsule was dematted from the International Space Station Thursday May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/NASA)
PARIS: A giant supply ship burned up over the South Pacific early Wednesday in a self-destruct operation after a six-month mission to the International Space Station, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.
Laden with rubbish from the ISS, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) undocked from the orbital outpost last Friday to begin its final manoeuvres.
"Edoardo Amaldi and its waste burnt up harmlessly in the upper atmosphere at 0130 GMT," ESA said in a press release.
Undocking had been delayed by three days because astronauts had sent the craft a wrong identification code.
Named after a 20th-century Italian physicist, the Edoardo Amaldi was the third of five ATVs that Europe is scheduled to supply for the ISS.
The robot craft, each the size of a London double-decker bus, are designed to make one-way trips, hauling up tonnes of food, water, air, equipment and other supplies for the ISS crew.
The ATVs also use on-board engines to boost the ISS, whose altitude drops because it is in low orbit and dragged by lingering atmospheric molecules.
At the end of their trip, filled with garbage and human waste, the craft detach and burn up in a controlled destruction over the least inhabited part of the globe.
The final two ATVs should be launched in April 2013 and April 2014 respectively, ESA said.
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Lansbury to Return to Broadway in McNally's Deuce
By Andrew Gans
23 Oct 2006
Four-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/102895.htmlAlthough she won her four Tony Awards for her work in the musicals Sweeney Todd, Dear World, Gypsy and Mame, it will be a non-musical Terrence McNally's Deuce that brings celebrated actress Angela Lansbury back to Broadway this spring.
The New York Post reports that Lansbury and fellow Tony winner Marian Seldes will co-star as two retired tennis players in McNally's play, which will be directed by Copenhagen's Michael Blakemore. Deuce is scheduled to begin previews in April 2007 at the Music Box Theatre with an official opening May 6.
Lansbury told the New York daily, "We all are floating around in the ether. It's a wonderful gig we're embarking on here." McNally's work, according to the Post, is "an autumnal but very funny play about two women at the end of their lives trying to make sense of a professional partnership that brought them to the top of the tennis world."
Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson and Maberry Theatricals in association with Primary Stages will produce the Broadway bow of Deuce.
Another four-time Tony winner, Zoe Caldwell, had previously been mentioned to co-star with Seldes when the work was scheduled to play Off-Broadway's Primary Stages in March 2007.
Perhaps best known her for work as TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher on "Murder, She Wrote," Angela Lansbury is one of the most celebrated stars of the Broadway stage. She received Tony Awards for her performances in Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Dear World and Mame, and she also appeared on The Great White Way in Hotel Paradiso, A Taste of Honey, Anyone Can Whistle, The King and I and A Little Family Business. Her numerous film credits include "Gaslight," "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Manchurian Candidate," all of which brought the actress Academy Award nominations.


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Find Your Strong 5K Sponsored by Saucony
This year we will run together on April 30th, in a special edition of the Weekly Back Cove Series.
Online Registration is closed - sign up in person at Back Cove, Wednesday 4/30 starting at 4:30 p.m.
The Find Your Strong 5K is sponsored by Saucony, and all proceeds from the event will benefit The One Fund. Representatives from the American Red Cross will be at the run to take appointments to donate at the Find Your Strong Blood Drive on May 3rd. All proceeds from the event will go to The One Fund.
We would like to thank the City of Portland for once again making it possible for our running community to show their strength and solidarity with Boston.
When: April 30th, 6 p.m.
Where: Back Cove, Portland
Registration: $20 without a t-shirt


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Pisanski, T; Shawe-Taylor, J; Mohar, B; (1983) 1-factorisation of the Composition of Regular Graphs. Publications de l'Institut Math?matique , 33 (47) 193 - 196.
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1-factorability of the composition of graphs is studied. The followings sufficient conditions are proved: $G[H]$ is 1-factorable if $G$ and $H$ are regular and at least one of the following holds: (i) Graphs $G$ and $H$ both contain a 1-factor, (ii) $G$ is 1-factorable (iii) $H$ is 1-factorable. It is also shown that the tensor product $Gotimes H$ is 1-factorable, if at least one of two graphs is 1-factorable. This result in turn implies that the strong tensor product $Gotimes' H$ is 1-factorable, if $G$ is 1-factorable
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Rihanna may be getting more downtime than even she bargained for.
The 25-year-old singing sensation had already hinted at plans, via Ryan Seacrest of all people, to potentially spend up to a year off after the conclusion of her Diamonds World Tour, but today Live Nation announced that her show in the TD Gardens in Boston would be postponed due to a nasty case of laryngitis.
The exact wording of the statement was, as reported by TMZ, "Unfortunately, following her sold out concert on Friday, Rihanna has contracted laryngitis and per doctor's instruction is unable to perform this evening." From the sound of that, it just seems like she's been sidelined temporarily on doctor's orders.
But Rihanna certainly isn't happy about it. The star reached out to fans via Twitter, writing, "#BOSTON this is the hardest thing for me to deal with! I feel like we've been waiting on this day forever, and I'm hurt that I let you down."
Rihanna certainly isn't the only vocalist to change her plans in order to deal with throat problems. But so far, RiRi's next scheduled concert — in Baltimore on Tuesday — is set to go on as planned. We certainly hope she feels better!


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Let's face it, Windows 8 is not a big hit with consumers and HP is capitalizing on that with the HP 15-d090nr by shipping it with Windows 7. Even with this advantage for many consumers, the system does offer a nice keyboard, thin profile and light weight in a 15-inch system. Performance is quite good but it does sacrifice running time compared to many others than use newer lower wattage processor.
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Hillary Clinton gave a great speech last night, full of fire and feeling. She talked about all those "left out and left behind" by the Bush Administration--working people struggling to stay afloat, veterans, single mothers, people without healthcare. She talked about the need to end the war in Iraq, about education, renewable energy and the need to defend civil rights, labor rights, women's rights, gay rights. She spoke movingly of the seventy-two-year struggle for women's suffrage, a cause handed down the generations (August 26 was Women's Equality Day, the anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment). Often criticized as stiff and starchy, to say nothing of sartorially challenged, she even poked gentle fun at herself and her staff--"my sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits." (Last night's was a vivid orange, which the glaring lights of the Pepsi Center gave a pinkish cream-of-tomato-soup tinge.)
As I said, it was a great speech--and she not only gave it everything she had, she looked energized, confident and happy doing so. But the most important thing about it was that she called herself "a proud supporter of Barack Obama." In the very first sentence. These were the words people needed to hear--the crowd went wild, perhaps with relief. (I was pretty nervous myself about whether she would convey real enthusiasm.) Just to make sure everyone got the point, she made it again and again. She praised Obama for building his campaign "on a fundamental belief that change in this country must start from the ground up, not the top down." In an inspired piece of oratory bound to resonate with the many black women in the audience, she evoked Harriet Tubman's fearless determination ("If you hear the dogs, keep going, if you see the torches in the woods, keep going...keep going...don't ever stop") and segued to the need to "get going by electing Barack Obama." She asked her followers, a little plaintively, "Were you in this campaign just for me?"
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Just my 2 cents, but what about renting or borrowing one of each, separately, and riding them on the same routes. This should give you the basic feel of what operating each of them will be like for both short trips, and longer ones.
As far as other people's opinions about what you choose, I say forget it. I get a kick out of it when people talk trash about my riding scooters, despite not knowing anything about what a capable rider I am on so many other platforms. Ride what you like, and what you enjoy owning, simple as that, IMO.
Lastly, I'm glad you mentioned your need for speed being different from that of [most] 20 year olds. With that in mind, I will just say that you can always ride your motorcycles slowly, but not every scooter can go fast. If you really don't care about the go-fast, then I'd lean even more towards scooting.
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hi Darre;
I have one of each and like them both, and I have to say today I do not know what I would keep if I had be be done to just 1, my KLR 650 is my fast, 2 up, dirt, and interstate bike, the scooter is 100 cc of fun fun fun !
If you want the burgman I think you have a winner there! since it is all the speed you want, a lot of comfort for you and maybe the wife too. What will you not get with the scooter? well no off road (unless you really want to) and??? no I can't think of it unless 150 mph is your thing.
as mention above,rent or barrow one of each and then make your decision.
KLR 650 my one and only!!
Gnarly Adventurer
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Location: Calgary
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Motorcycles are motorcycles and fall into different groups. There are highway bikes and racing bikes and off-road bikes. Then there are scooters, which are another kind of motorcycle, one without a clutch. There are different kinds of scooters, too, urban scooters and highway scooters.
Only you can define what kind of riding you want to do. The first question is if you will ride two-up or in pairs, depending on how your lady wants to travel. Two-up? Get a cruiser, at least 1100cc, better a GoldWing. That's what they're for.
For a single rider on the highway, a smaller cruiser or a maxiscooter is just fine. There are also adventure touring machines like the V-Strom or different BMWs that are just as comfortable, and in fact any motorcycle can be set up comfortably with handlebar risers, aftermarket seats, etc. I have an 1100 V-Star and a 900 Vulcan as well as two 650 Burgmans and a 125 Vino. I also have an Aprilia 200 Scarbeo, a 250 Ninja and a Honda CB500 to ride. They are all very different, all fun in their own way. Some of them do not go on the highway. Others don't get ridden in town.
I love my V-Star. It is big and fat and silver, makes a nice sound as I motor along. It's a Silverado, decked out with windshield and bags, chromed out, rejetted with Jughugger pipes and a Kuryakyn scoop. It's a very nice bike, the bike I always wanted as a kid. My wife's Vulcan is a Classic, also appointed and modified for performance. They are lots of fun on the highway, but big and clunky around town, at least compared to a scooter.
I ride a scooter in the city. My Burgman on crosstown trips and our Vino when I don't have to go on a freeway. A lighter bike is fun, but a clutch is not a thing to put up with in traffic.
We ride our cruisers on day trips and weekend overnighters to some destination 250 miles away. They're fun for that, and there are lots of other riders out there with similar bikes, some even Harleys. For longer trips we go out on the Burgmans, simply because they are better.
Why? Better weather protection, more storage, longer range, better mileage, less vibration, less fatigue, Twist the grip and they go, effortlessly. They handle better through mountain corners than the cruisers and go faster, quicker, with less buffeting at high speed. My favourite switch is the adjustable windshield although my wife likes the heated seat. They are hard to beat.
BTW, don't get wierded out by the scooter thing. People don't know what they're looking at, least of all other riders. They don't know what they're missing, until you start to tell them, then they are amazed at what it is and can do.
Anyway, those are my random thoughts. Whatever bike you choose, you will enjoy it.
Scott Fraser
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06 Vulcan 900 Classic LT; 05 V-Star 1100 Silverado
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Some good responses here.
Sportbike riders don't understand cruiser riders who don't understand dual-sport riders who don't understand HD only riders who don't understand scooter riders. Once you put a DILLIGAF sticker on the bike of YOUR choice, it just doesn't matter as much anymore.
Just grab something - anything and start riding. You'll soon figure out what makes you happiest.
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You will be more in control of the vehicle faster on a Scooter, but there are advantages to motorcycles if you really are looking for a long distance touring bike. The significantly greater unsprung mass on a scooter means you are going to feel variances in the road much more, and the feet forward seating position may cause problems with your lower back on long rides. By putting your legs under you, touring and dual sport motorcycles allow your legs to absorb a lot of the bumps and ruts that otherwise travel up the bike and into your back. Scooters don't brake as well as Motorcycles, especially in adverse conditions, again primarily due to the difference in unsprung mass.
OTOH, if you buy a vehicle based on that one trip you might take at some point, you are less likely to get something that you can just jump on and ride. There is a lot to be said for putting your wife on the back of the Vespa and going downtown for dinner, or going to the store and putting six bags of groceries into your scooter. You will more than likely get a lot more practical use out of the scooter. Most people don't hop on the 'wing and go down to the store if they need more milk, but it makes sense on a scooter.
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I'm 59 and have ridden both since I was a kid. Lots of touring on everything from an old Vespa Rally 200 to a Goldwing. For serious long distance 2 up touring it's hard to beat the Goldwing because that's exactly what it was designed for. Lots of carrying capacity and luggage space. It is big and heavy though so not the best starter bike.
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I started on a 150 Chinese crapper and have worked my way into a 400 cc scoot. Every time I have decided to buy a motorcycle I managed to migrate back to the scooter world.
Funny, you actually start to enjoy the comments after a while.
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I did approximately 10,000 miles in long trips (defined as more than 500 miles per trip, including a 3,700 and 4,480 mile trip ) on 500 cc scooters a BV 500 and Scarabeo 500. We used to have a Burgman but its ergonomics didn't fit me as well as the more upright seating position. Nor did my husband or I care for its slow speed handling or moving it around the garage. I also don't like its foot forward seating position. Too much weight on my tailbone. The standard upright position of the more traditional scooter style (aka Italian vs Asian) is just much more comfortable. After 350-400 miles on a Burgman my ass was tired and my knee would hurt but I've done 680 on the Scarabeo in one day and while tired was not in pain. The only time we ride two up is if we are going to take to or pick up from the shop or a bike/scooter has broken down.
I also ride with a women's riding group where the majority of riders are on Harleys or other cruisers. I rarely get grief from any motorcycle rider but then when I've gone riding the twisties with folks on BMWs, Yamahas and Harleys I'm not the slowest either. Real riders respect others on two wheels regardless of what they ride. That goes for cruiser riders, sports bike riders and dual sport riders though each may well rib the others over their choice.
Around Houston I mostly ride a smaller Vespa that is still freeway capable but small enough I can park it in places you would never be allowed to park a motorcycle even a Ninja because "its a scooter" so therefore more acceptable to park next to a bike rack for some reason. Between the various scooter I put on about 14,000 miles a year on them.
I have no problem riding a motorcycle or shifting (the ATV I ride is motorcycle shift) especially since I don't care for engine braking (half of the year I'm riding in the Rockies) so the lack of engine braking isn't an issue. For me I prefer the lighter weight and more flexible foot placement options as well as the lack of a hot engine between my legs when I'm riding in Texas.
Neither my husband or I care what others think about what we ride. I don't care to ride dirt and my husband has taken our Sports City scooter down dirt tracks normally used by jeeps and dirt bikes with loose sand that others have turned back from on motorcycles with no problems other than a cloud of sand being thrown up. Though you wouldn't want to take one into real back country off road riding.
The advice to ride what fits you is the best you can follow and I wouldn't start with a Burgman 650 as a new rider because of its weight. Get something lighter to start with. Many of the newer 350cc scooters are good touring bikes and easily capable of running all day at 80+ mph have longer maintenance intervals and weigh hundreds of pounds less.
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I just got into scooters a few years ago and fell in love. I started out on a dirt bike at age 8. My first street bike was a Suzuki GT380 2 stroke triple. After that I got a brand new Suzuki GS450L, a cruiser, and have been hooked on cruisers ever since, because of their comfort. I still have a dual sport bike, and I've had a few sport bikes, but never kept them very long because the sport bike riding position causes to much pain for me. I've had cruisers from a Rebel 250 to a Vulcan 1500. On a motorcycle you get bigger wheels, a manual transmission, a front mounted engine, and the gas tank up on top right in front of you, compared to a step through design with a scooter. My biggest gripe with smaller scooters (my favorite kind) is that they lack the gearing to ride in the mountains and keep the rpms up to avoid lugging the engine. On a motorcycle you can downshift and keep the engine running in the powerband. A manual transmission has a much wider gear range from top to bottom than a CVT transmission. I have a 50cc 2 stroke 2 speed moped that will climb mountains way better than my 125cc scooters, because first gear is super low. Your pretty much moving at a bicycle pace, but the engine is spinning where it should be with such a load on it.
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I went from a scooter as my first vehicle then getting a supermoto allot to be learnt but i do miss the simplicity of just twisting the throttle and enjoying the road not thinking about how i should enter this corner, but for now i'll stick to motorbikes until I can have both.
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I rode motorcycles for over 30 years before getting my first scooter. Currently I have 2 motorcycles and 2 scooters. They both have their advantages. I have not experienced anyone laughing or looking down at me when on a scooter. I have impressed a few motorcycle riders when I kept up with them on their 1000cc bikes.
As someone else posted, just go out any get something to start on. Motorcycle or scooter doesn't really matter, as long as it has 2 wheels and a motor. I would recommend buying something small and used to start with. Ride it for a while and then you will be in a better position to know what you really want.
BTW, I bought my latest, an Aprilia Sport City 250 as a 2 up touring bike. Here's some of my ride reports on my 250:
Personally I think smaller bikes are more fun. They are definitely easier to handle. Read my ride reports and you will see that a 250cc scooter is more capable than most people think.
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I have owned both. Been riding since 1990. Don't expect your first bike or scooter to be perfect. If it is, you're lucky. You will learn from experience. If you don't like what you're riding, sell it and start over. If you can afford more than one machine, then get one of each: a motorcycle and a scooter.
If you get a chance to test ride bikes at a "demo days" event, go for it. I have participated in BMW, Honda and Harley demo. They are great fun and will help you decide.
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Sufjan Stevens. :) His name is pronounced Soof-yawn. That's a creative source for Saff, to be sure. :)
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I would assume Saffron is a girls name. Archer Grace as a boys name has less potential for teasing in that he would mostly go by Archer, but Grace is such a girl's name that you'd have to explain it in that context of why you gave him such a middle name. I think it unlikely he would get through school without it coming out, or family saying something etc.
Oh is it?
It's pronounced like Saffron though.
But maybe that would be another option for the "Saff" sound.