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Worship Hall of Ulu Camii in Diyarbakir
Islam, established in the 7th century, organized its army and subjugated surrounding areas in a twinkling, making the great Arabic Empire covering Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and Persia.
As the Christian Roman Empire ruled the Middle East before the Muslim conquest, every town had Christian churches. Muslims used to requisition these religious facilities anywhere they conquered, sharing them with Christians at the beginning, then gradually altering them into the exclusive mosques in accordance with the Islamization of people.
Courtyard and Capital of Cloisters, Ulu Camii
One of the oldest mosques in Turkey, the Ulu Camii (Great Mosque) in Diyarbakir followed a course like this. The origin of this city, which was referred to as Amida in ancient times, goes back to before the Common Era, and suffered painful vicissitudes of incessant occupations by Roman, Persian, Byzantine, and Arabic Empires due to its vulnerable geographical position to neighboring enemies.
There was a Christian Cathedral in this city, St. Thomas, used by Muslims and Christians in common. After having its use divided by the time or day, two thirds of the building was likely to be occupied by Muslims in around 770. It was completely converted to a mosque in accordance with the conversion of people into Islamic faith. The current mosque is the reconstructed building of the 11th century by the Turkic Seljuqids.
The Ulu Camii faces the main street penetrating the city from north to south, but the length of it is about 30m only, less than ten per cent of its total circumference of 320 meters. The other periphery gets totally buried in the urban fabric, having barely the external appearance of a building. It indicates well the character of Islamic architecture that does not intend to flaunt an imposing monumental air.
PLAN of Ulu Camii, Diyarbakir
(From "The Art and Architecture of Turkey" by Ekrem Akurgal, 1980)
One enters through a large arched opening on the stone wall facing the main street down a flight of stairs into the large oblong courtyard, on the south side of which lies the main worship hall. This hall, full length of the precinct, is an extremely oblong room with shallow depth, providing expansive Kibla wall facing the direction of Makka. The central nave has a wider span and a higher ceiling with a wing of two large and long arcades on both sides.
Å@Actually, this mosque-form had a model in Damascus, the capital of Syria. It was the Great Mosque of the 8th century, dubbed the Umayyad Mosque because it represented the Umayyads, the first Islamic dynasty. In that site too there had been a Christian church, St. JohnÅfs Cathedral, which Muslims dismantled in order to build a quite oblong worship hall there, using the old four rows of arcades in the two new wings on both sides of the central nave.
Other than that, one can see the resemblances throughout the two mosques; no external appearance apart from the main entrance, installation of an ablution fountain and an octagonal bower in the courtyard, a square minaret modeled after Christian bell towers, etc. It is the result of the Seljuq sultan Malikshah (1055-92) wanting to deliver the glory of Damascus to Diyarbakir in southern Turkey.
Mihrab and Minbar, and ceiling of Worship Room
The differences from Damascus are the absence of a dome in the center of the worship hall, thick pillars instead of round columns at the arcades, and entire lack of ornamentation of mosaics, circumstances which give this mosque the impression of more simplicity and fortitude suitable for Islamic architecture.
Nevertheless, the method that, instead of erecting a sculptural main edifice in the center of the site, one reverses wholly such a usual formation of religious facility, inserting a vacant space as a courtyard in the center of the site, putting all buildings aside to the circumference, is completely the same as the former and quite unique in the history of religious architecture in the world.
This architectural formation following the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus was executed in Aleppo and Hama in Syria and other cities, but it did not become the main stream of mosque architecture in the Islamic world. In particular, Turkey has changed the method into covering a mosque with a huge dome since the inauguration of the Ottoman dynasty, establishing a distinctly different mosque-form (i.e. the Turkish-type) from the Arabic type.
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People's jobs are at stake, to say nothing for Detroit prestige, and money is all that seems to matter to the bond holders who could save it all.
GM and others are pushing for a "surgical" bankruptcy that could put GM into bankruptcy court on a "preplanned" approach that would go into court with the intention of getting, in advance, the agreement of enough creditors to quickly pull livable pieces of the corporation out of bankruptcy and leave unprofitable pieces to their bankruptcy fate. The goal would be to get the profitable pieces out of court control in a matter of weeks.
But bankruptcy experts are saying it likely wouldn't be less than 6 months before bankruptcy court lets go of any pieces of the GM pie. A good example? The musings of many when Delphi was headed into bankruptcy court just before it filed in October 2005. It's still there.
GM wants its monied bond holders to cut two thirds of the debt by swapping bonds for GM shares but they aren't buying it. Given the recent trading history of GM stock, no one can blame them. A buck sixty eight a share in the afternoon of April 20, 2009. Whoddathunk?
None of this is shaking out too good for GM or Detroit. It won't be pretty for GM owners either. If your car is still covered by warranty, and you've got defects, better get it to the shop pretty soon, while dealers are still willing to honor the GM warranty. Once a bankruptcy is filed by GM, it's anyone's bet on what will happen next.


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This is a must see if you are visiting Antalya! Our tour guide was very informative. Everything went off without a hitch. You will need to call and confirm your reservation 24hours before your tour. The bus was comfortable and airconditioned. We stopped at Perge first, then Side to see Temple of Apollo and Athena, then finished off the tour at Duden Waterfalls. We had an amazing day!
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The weather was terrible, but the sites are so fascinating and our guide so enthusiastic and well prepared that we didn't mind. Perge is a must for anyone interested in ancient history.
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Great day. The guide, Asmet, was great and full of energy.
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The guide was very friendly and very informative, this was the highlight of our tour. I noticed some of the previous reviews mentioned stopping at shopping sites, this was not the case for us. All the places we visited was historical and beautiful.
Guide was excellent, very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the places we visited and spoke very good English. Also good value for £50
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Our tour gudie was great. He share a lot of history and interesting facts of the area without making it sound like a history class. I like how he gave the group time to look around on our own.
Everything was great about this tour, the tour guid was professional and informative, transport was comfortable, the sites were amazing and the lunch was superb! In fact everything was so good that by the end of the day we had forgotten about the 2 hour delay in picking us up that morning.
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First we went to Perge to see an impressive ruins, then amphitheatre in Aspendos and Aqueduct. After lunch we went to visit Side, a beautiful resort with ruins of Temples of Apollo and Athena. After all that sightseeing we went to see a beautiful Kursunlu Waterfalls which were very relaxing and refreshing after all this sunsine. Overall very good tour.
Brendan D United Kingdom
Excellent Tour! However did have to spend over an hour on the phone with the operator, since they had cancelled tour due to lack of numbers. Later things were sorted out. Did cost me an additional 10.00 in phone calls.
Denise C United Kingdom
The guide, Ahkmet was wonderful, a walking knowledge of history and information. The tour was excellent and was a good informative day.
Dan?el M Kuwait
Aspendos is awesome, and one must try to see a live show in the theatre - the sound is incredible!
The bus was not clean and the air con didn't work, thus the journey was painful
Apart from the fact that our pick up at the Hotel was an hour later, the tour has been great we have had with our party of 4 persons a private tour with an driver and a very enthousiastic guide.In spite of the high temperature it was a very learning and interesting tour.
A small well organised tour with a friendly and very informative leader who's name unfortunately I forget. Perge - amazing and to my mind better than Ephesus; Aspendos - unfortunately Roman theatre closed for renovation; Manavgat waterfall - pleasant interlude in a beautiful spot and Side - great theatre and many other interesting ruins. A lunch stop with a very tasty lunch. A good day.
I went with my friends on this trip, and it really was wonderful. Our guide was excellent, and we enjoyed exploring the areas of Perge, and Spendos was very nice. I enjoy seeing the waterfall also. They took us to a leather shop which was nice, and then they started with the fashion show which was really amazing. It a new experience and we met a new friends there. The trip however did not take the long time that I was expected ( 8 hours ) it was shorter and took more like half a day.
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This tour was very enjoyable and went ahead even though there were only 3 of us. Our tour guide was very informative.
Pros: received the fax from the tour provider at my hotel front desk the night before the tour confirming the pickup time the next day. Picked up on time. Lunch food was decent. Cons: The guide's English was hard to understand. Was picked up in a minivan that was quite dirty, not spacious for seven people and the ride was uncomfortable, nothing close to the comfort of a big coach bus. In Perge, some random tourist asked, if she can join us as she woke up late and missed any tours at her hotel. Our driver/guide decided to make extra unreported cash and let her join us. Since we were already cramped in a minivan, I really didnt care for an extra passenger. We didnt visit any Manavgat waterfalls. In Side, we were not given enough time to explore the town, as our extra passenger was in a hurry to go back to Antalya. The guide didnt give any historical excursions in Side like he did in Perge or Aspendos. It was an OK experience.
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According to the description on Viator, I was supposed to be brought to Manavgat Waterfalls which seems spectacular on the picture. But on 12th Sep, but the tour operator brought me to "Selale Waterfall" which was a small waterfall. The lunch was also bad. It was Star Belkis Restaurant and it was the worst lunch I had (among 6 Turkey tours I bought on Viator). The water there was also very expensive. It charged 4 Turkish lira per bottle whereas the other restaurants charged around 1-2 lira. The worse thing--they did't give me any change.
Did not realise the trip included a visit to Side and one to a high-end jewellery store. Spoiled the enjoyment of the ruins of Perge and Aspendos.
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Kwame A Plus has cut TV3 reporter, Komla Klutse to size in his latest Facebook livestream for questioning why Soldiers were guarding his wedding.
Komla Klutse during Kwame A Plus' wedding yesterday, questioned in a Facebook post why soldiers were guarding the ceremony.
"Soldiers serving as guards at A Plus wedding? Really"
But the NPP sympathiser, Kwame A Plus says the reporter has no locus in asking why soldiers were guarding his wedding because he could not complain when Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President Mahama's residence was been guarded by Military men.
Kwame A Plus used some unprintable words on the reporter who he tagged as an NDC sympathiser who has been planted to come at the NPP.
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To highlight the comeback-that-could, Eddie Murphy's comedy "A Thousand Words" has been rescued from movie-limbo and slapped with a February release date. Just in time for The Osc...Oh, wait.
Well, anyway.
The new comedy imagines Murphy as a fast-talking swindler but after making a deal with some mythical man, suddenly his words are numbered.
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Everyone's favorite former quarterback, Florida Gators legend Tim Tebow, continued to pursue his dream of playing baseball in the bigs with his Arizona Fall League debut on Tuesday.
First, some background. Tebow signed with the New York Mets last month and reported to instructional league, which is as low-level as the minors gets but it still professional baseball. He homered in his first at-bat and ended up going 4-14 with just the one extra-base hit. Now in the Arizona Fall League, Tebow faces stiff competition from some of baseball's top prospects, most coming from Double-A and Triple-A this past season.
At the plate Tuesday, Tebow went 0 for 3 with three groundouts in his first AFL game. So we have him at 4 for 17 now overall, which is a .235 average.
First off, Tebow crashed into the outfield wall in left while attempting to haul in a fly ball:
But as it turns out, his greatest contribution might not have shown up in the box score. A fan at Tuesday's game apparently suffered a seizure, and Tebow was quickly on the scene and stayed with the man until medical help arrived:
Tim Tebow comforts a fan who had a seizure in the stands after the ex-quarterback's... https://t.co/Y5vwYqVLBL pic.twitter.com/vJbjS9XyfU— Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinESPN) October 11, 2016
Tim Tebow an amazing individual. Tends to a man who had a seizure pic.twitter.com/ttYrQiqePh— Christian Byrnes (@ByrnesC10) October 11, 2016
Tebow signing autographs. Fan has what looks like seizure. Not moving. Tebow puts hand on him and says a prayer. Man breathes. WOW.— Kari Van Horn (@KariVanHorn) October 11, 2016


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As two sister products, Google Body shows you the body constructions of human being (male and female), while Google Cow shows you the body constructions of a cow (female only).
The idea of Google Body or Google Cow is simple that you can check out all the organs of a person or a cow in a 3D diagram, from outsides to insides, from heads to feet, from skins to bones, etc. And these two products are easy to use, you just need to move your cursor up and down, such as what you can see from the following video:
There are two different toolbars in the 3D diagram page, the left one is for you to select organs with pictures, to move or rotate the subject, and to zoom in or zoom out, while the right one is for you to select organs with text, to add notes, to share your edited diagram, etc.
By the way, both Google Body and Google Cow use WebGL, a new standard for 3D on the Web, if your browser does not support WebGL, Google will show you some resolution suggestions.
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The popular lifestyle website 'HYPEBEAST' posted an article around the end of 2015, that discussed their expectations for Nike's Sock Dart silhouette throughout the follow year of 2016. The Article was written just over a year after Nike collaborated with FRAGMENT on the Sock Dart framework. It was this collaboration that thrust the Sock Dart back into the streetwear game, and two years down the line, Nike are still continuing to innovate the slip-on runner, which was originally released in 2004, and instantly obtained a place in sneaker culture due to the Nike Sock Dart braking the mould of stereotypical footwear templates.
The author of the Hypebeast piece, Gavin Yeung, stated, "Nike's Sock Dart was undeniably one of this year's headlining silhouettes", when referencing the sneakers success through 2015. Then going on to discuss what makes the sneaker so unique, and concludes with a confirmation that Nike we're planning to innovate and explained on the Sock Dart through 2016, and here at Soleheaven HQ, we have seen the amazing results first hand.
To follow up their huge success of the 'Independence' pack and the Oreo/Hasta variations, Nike have given the Sock Dart two vibrant and daring updates: 'Total Crimson' and 'Racer Blue'. Similarly to the Hasta/Oreo 'SE' Sock Darts (Special Editions), the racer blue and total crimson executions feature a complimentary tonal strap, which has been a hugely unique selling point for the sneakers.
As one of the first Nike sneakers to feature a knitted upper, the knew texture and aesthetic gave the Sock Dart a futuristic look and a sock like feel, offering comfort like no other.
This 2016 collection builds on previous years Nike Lab releases, and just a heads up, these won't be around for long so get them while you can. Even with such a minimalistic build, the Sock Dart does not sacrifice any stability, while the high quailty mesh offers the highest levels of flexibility to the wearer, during performance or stunting on the streets. The moulded adjustment strap ensures each pair of sock darts can adapt to the wearers feet, for a more personal feel.
Finally, the Sock Dart is built above Nike's comfort enhancing 'Phylon foam' midsole, for that cushioned yet lightweight feel Nike are famous for.
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Qualified lawyers and law graduates wishing to boost their knowledge of global legal practice by studying for a Masters of Law LL.M degree can apply for a new scholarship to help with their fees.
The International Bar Association (IBA) and The College of Law are offering four £2,500 awards towards their full-time LL.M in International Legal Practice, which runs at the College's Moorgate centre from September 2012.
This follows the College's recent launch of scholarships for the full-time Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course and Bar Professional Training Course postgraduate programmes, as well as for its new undergraduate LL.B law degree, which starts in September.
To apply students must have accepted a place on the September 2012 full-time London LL.M programme by July 20, 2012. They need to submit an essay, short video or other form of digital presentation also by July 20 on the subject: 'Why the world needs lawyers'.
The LL.M in International Legal Practice was launched by the College and IBA in 2007 and was designed with contributions from leading global law firms, including Allen & Overy, DLA Piper and Baker & McKenzie.
It provides an internationally recognised practice-focused professional qualification designed to build corporate and cross-border legal knowledge and can be studied either part-time online with one-to-one tutor supervision or, as of 2011, full-time in London. Since the LL.M's launch in 2007 lawyers from nearly 35 jurisdictions have registered for a total of around 1,700 LL.M modules.
Tim Hughes, Deputy Executive Director of the IBA, said: "The practical advantages of this LL.M, in being tutored on how to conduct real cross-border transactions, will broaden the skills of any aspiring young lawyer, and we are delighted to be able to broaden access to it through offering these scholarships."
The IBA is the world's leading organisation of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies while The College of Law, which has eight centres across the UK, is Europe's largest provider of legal professional education.
Robert Dudley, Business Development Director at The College of Law, said: "Commercial legal practice in the modern world of law is becoming more and more globalised. The skill set required for a career in the international legal market has increased over the past decade with specialist skills and global business insight now setting lawyers apart. This new LL.M scholarship scheme will widen access to a world-class qualification designed to boost students' future legal careers."
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Welcome to the first edition of the Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival, hosted by Authentic Parenting and Mudpiemama!
In the month of January, we start afresh, a new year, new ideas. Hence, our participants have looked into the topic of "Birth and New Beginnings". Take a look at the end of this post to find a list of links to the entries of the other participants.
I've been preparing for my second birth, which should take place sometime in late July or early August, by using the Hypnobabies home study course. I did the same during my first pregnancy, but this time it means so much more. This time I have a toddler following me around, repeating the "Joyful Pregnancy Affirmations" she hears me listening to daily. One of those affirmations provides a reminder that, "this is a new birth and a new baby, unique unto itself." While I consider my first birth to have been a beautiful experience, all but perfect for the time and place we were in, I am looking forward in so many ways to the opportunity to have a new and different experience with our second child. Continue reading


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It's Monday and it seems there is always a mountain to prepare for at this point in the week. I thought I would take a minute to write out what is in my daily technology toolbox – is it anything like yours?
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1. Email: I feel like this goes without saying, but, oh well. Email has become a pretty integral part of my daily life, and I don't think I'm alone in that. I have a work account and a gmail account and check both, like, constantly. Despite what some say about not doing so, I use my email inbox as a to-do list or a reminder list. It's just easier for me to have everything in one place, especially if the "to do" item requires connecting with others or sending out an email.
2. Google apps: I use Google Reader for my RSS feeds. There are so many different options out there to use, I prefer the simplicity of Google Reader and the sharing functionality. I have many more feeds than some and many fewer than others (I think of myself as falling in the median range for feed count) but still have to do a dump sometimes and just say "mark all as read" to get a large folder out of the way. I think managing and reading feeds can really help people more efficiently digest news and information, and stay on top of developments and conversations in their field. I have good days, and not-as-good days 🙂
I also use Google Calendar and Documents. What can I say, I like to share! I can share my calendar with my husband, I can share documents with coworkers, friends, co-organizers of events, or colleagues. Sharing is nice; it helps make us all better.
3. Blogging: I maintain two blogs (this one, and one at work). This is WordPress and at work we run Moveable Type. Both open source organizations. Both are very widely used, supported, and have great development communities. I like sharing, as I said above, so blogging is a great way to share information and ideas in another way.
4. Flickr: I use Flickr to search for Creative Commons licensed photos to use for projects and blog posts. I don't upload photos there much right now, but I'm on there very often searching through everyone else's!
5. Facebook: Some organizations/groups/events that I participate in use Facebook instead of or before email. Also, conversations take place on group or event pages instead of in email chains. And, still fresh in many of our memories, the Causes challenge that ended last month had me driving many of my contacts to the cause page and to the donation widget. I have used Facebook since 2004 and have enjoyed the evolution of users and purposes it has gone through as a tool and I have gone through as a user and as part of the community. Are you my friend?
6. Twitter: Last, but not least, is Twitter. I use this mini-blogging tool to listen and learn, ask and answer questions, and contribute to a community that is made up of issues including: Portland, News (local and around the world), Nonprofits, NPTech, Technology, Social Media, Start Ups, and just plain interesting. I have touted Twitter before, so you can Portland Net Tuesday.
So, that's my top 6 list for must-use every day. I do, though, use YouTube (as well as other video sites specifically for nonprofits; check out DoGooderTV and YouTube's Nonprofit Channel), watch screencasts, listen to podcasts, and much more. Other communities online, like LinkedIn, TakingItGlobal, and It'sGettingHotInHere also quite often find their way into my life. I'm not limited to the 6 areas above, but do go through withdrawals from those and not so much others 🙂
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After a hugely successful year conquering Warped Tour, plus a sold out headline tour of the UK and seeing the release of 'Collide With The Sky', Pierce The Veil make a return to UK shores in May 2013.
Support comes from Atlanta's Woe Is Me who have just released their new album Genesi[s] showcasing their new lineup.
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A lot has happened in the years since Pierce The Veil released their debut A Flair For The Dramatic in 2007. The band have toured the world including Warped Tour in 2008 and Taste Of Chaos in 2009; converted countless fans to their unique brand of progressive post-hardcore; and, most notably, grown as both people and musicians from these cumulative experiences.
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The sludgy, aggressive bottom end of vintage nu-metal collides with modern breakdowns and electronics-enhanced atmosphere, alongside the melodic sing-a-long anthem style of A Day To Remember and the arresting emotional ferocity of screamo standard-bearers like The Used and My Chemical Romance; all with a powerful new twist.
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MADISON, Wis.—Wisconsin lawmakers are debating how to use $35 million in surplus economic development-related funds.
The surplus stems from $18.4 million in excess revenues from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and $17 million from a tax on businesses, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Monday ( http://bit.ly/19MEIhz).
WEDC, the state's job creation agency, reported in the fall that it had amassed a $34 million unrestricted reserve, which was $18.4 million more than the maximum reserve target under its board's policies. The rest of the surplus comes from an economic development tax on businesses. The tax, a major source of funding for WEDC, generated $30.4 million last year. The state gave WEDC about $23.2 million from the tax.
The Legislature could use the surplus to cut taxes, pay for new jobs programs or reduce state debt. Lawmakers also could opt to simply keep the money in the state's general fund.
Republicans who control the Legislature say they're discussing what to do with the money.
"There's lots and lots of options," Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, a member of the Legislature's powerful finance committee, told the State Journal. "Sometimes we get a nickel in our pocket and it burns a hole in it rather than think, 'What's coming down the pike here? What's the smart thing to do?'"
Minority Democrats say the GOP should spend the surplus on worker training programs that employers and technical colleges want.
The finance committee is expected to consider a WEDC request to release another $44.7 million for the agency on Wednesday.
The committee held back $63.1 million of WEDC's $118.6 million budget for 2013-15 pending compliance with recommendations in an audit last spring that found accounting problems at the agency. WEDC spokesman Mark Maley says the agency's CEO, Reed Hall, will tell the committee on Wednesday that WEDC is in compliance.
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Former Oserian boss Sammy Omollo has been named the coach of recently relegated outfit Rangers FC.
According to Rangers chairman Yobesh Ongeri, Omollo's contract will have him in the team for at least two years, as the club seeks a swift return to the Kenyan Premier League.
"After going through a number of applications, we settled at Omollo and we believe that he will guide the team back to the premier league. His experience and record speaks for itself and that is why he managed to beat the over 10 candidates that had applied for the post," said Ongeri.
Prior to his move to Oserian, Omollo served as the head coach to current Kenyan champions Tusker FC. He was released from the side in August 2012 after a weak run of results.
Shortly after the just concluded campaign, Pamzo had been linked with a move to Nakuru's Ulinzi Stars, but the team later came out to indicate that there were no plans to hire him.
Meanwhile, Rangers recently managed to secure the support of former sponsors Postal Corporation of Kenya. The team battled with financial challenges throughout the 2012 season, and are hoping this will not be an issue next year.


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I went on a road trip adventure with my friend Jammie recently. We had a fabulous day. We got lost about four times, though she claimed to know where she was going. On the back roads of Arkansas we drove, talked, laughed, and gave glory to God for how different our lives are now compared to six years ago.
Our friendship is proof that God can restore anything.
In 2007, I wasn't sure the above words would ever be true. We were in a place of desperation and our friendship was holding on by a thread. There were days of bitterness toward one another. Cross words. Looks that could kill. We were stuck that way because we lived together. There was no avoiding each other.
I can be a pretty stubborn person. Most times it gets me into trouble, but there are those few times that it pays off. My refusal to give up on this friendship was one of those times. Jammie was ready to quit. Walking away was the only option she saw.
I thought we could try one more thing before we walked away from our friendship forever. Counseling. She reluctantly agreed. Perhaps part of me wanted to save the friendship because she knew too much about me and would use it against me when I became famous. Just kidding. Sort of.
Yes.. we went to a counselor to save our friendship.
It was awkward, of course, but worth it. We sat as far apart as possible and avoided eye contact. I have to wonder what the counselor was thinking, but she saw our hearts breaking. She knew we needed help. Even after I lost my job during this devastating time in our lives, she volunteered her time. Talk about making an investment into the lives of others.
We started to communicate with each other. It took a few months to talk to each other without me yelling and she walking away crying, but we made it. I'd love to say a few counseling sessions and all was well, but that's not reality.
It took several years to get our friendship back to a level of real trust. Both of our hearts had been broken, but we knew if we kept investing into the relationship, things had to get better. It finally did.
Today our friendship is stronger than it ever has been.
As we sat over lunch after church last Sunday, I was reminded again of the restoration God provided. Those days of bitterness and unforgiveness were far behind us. We talked about our struggles, gave God praise for the things He has done in our lives and the lives of others, and hugged each other before we drove off.
God is the redeemer of time.
There are those friendships that are worth fighting for, even if you have to go to a counselor to do it. If we had given up on each other, I can't imagine how different our lives would be today. There would be a void without Jammie's friendship in my life. I can't imagine not sharing my pain, and my victories with her. I'm so honored she desires to do the same with me.
Don't simply walk away because it's too much work to restore a relationship. Some things are worth fighting for.
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A Grateful Specimen of The Retort Courteous
19 of 35 portraits of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
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A Grateful Specimen of The Retort Courteous
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 12 August 1831
11 in. x 14 3/8 in. (279 mm x 365 mm) paper size
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the problem is that camra pixelation has excatly the same effect at zoom.. so we are left without proof :/
Well, seems the resolution of the original pic is worst than the image on google mars (strange). I downloaded all the formats and still cant see a thing.
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Hearts on Mars
That's funny, I have seen hundreds (or maybe even thousands) of photos in these last seven years, and for all the "airbrushed" (or otherwise altered) photos that I have seen, I have also seen the unaltered images, that are also, usually, higher resolution versions of the altered images.
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
JPL apparently likes to air brush over what they dont want the public to see.
The photos only look "pixilated" when zoom too much ot when they have an exaggerated contrast, like some photos from Google Mars/Moon, the original images are usually good or very good.
Thats the one thing i dont get, all these sophisticated probes and satellites we have and all we can get is pixilated fluff with alot of airbrushed features. It seems kind of shady to me.


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Antony Lozano (pictured) after scoring the game's only goal in Olimpia's 1-0 CONCACAF Champions League win over Real Esteli on September 24, 2013, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (Photo: Joel Perdomo)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Olimpia kept its hopes of reaching the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals alive by recording a 1-0 win over Real Esteli on Tuesday night.
Antony Lozano scored in the 67th minute for the Honduran side at Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino.
The victory gave the Lions (2-0-1, 6 points) a lifeline entering its final Group 2 match at first-place Sporting Kansas City (2-1-0, 7 points) on October 23. Olimpia needs to defeat the Major League Soccer team, while Kansas City needs only a tie to clinch a spot in next year's knockout round. Esteli (0-1-3, 1 point) was eliminated from the competition earlier.
Nine minutes after replacing Roger Rojas, Olimpia's all-time CCL leading scorer (eight goals), in the 59th minute, Lozano broke a scoreless deadlock. He managed to get a step on his marker down the right flank before firing a shot to the near post past goalkeeper Justo Lorente. It was Lozano's second career CCL goal and his first in nearly three years.
Lozano had two chances to seal the game. In the 89th minute, his point-blank effort only yards from the goal line somehow deflected off the right post. His stoppage-time attempt from atop the penalty area went wide left.
Until Lozano's goal, the game had only but a handful of opportunities for both sides.
In the 40th minute, Olimpia had a goal called back for offside.
After the break, Bayron Mendez launched a shot from outside the penalty area that landed left and, a minute later, Lorente caught a point-blank header and knocked away an attempt from the right flank to keep the game scoreless.
Olimpia, which is one of only two teams to participate in each of the six CCL editions, has allowed one goal or less in 10 of its last 12 home matches in the competition.
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Looks good, but what about the side effects?
There are an amazing number of things that make sense, locally, but are damaging when you take a broader view. Habitually staying up late to get things done – that's one I can personally attest to. With a view limited to one evening, of course you get more done. But, take the broader picture, and we see someone dragging out of bed the next day, being a little dull, and going to bed early. Are there really extra accomplishments in the end? Probably not.
Biofuels may be another example. Grow crops to collect energy from the Sun, convert it to fuel, and power the world. Sounds good and ecologically helpful, locally. But, look at the entire system and it is much more dubious: The fuel crops compete with food crops, food prices rise and people descend into poverty. Poverty, all on its own creates ecological damage, because poor people do not have the luxury of keeping their environment clean.
A cooking fire fuelled by wood is inefficient (only a tiny fraction of the energy goes to heat the food) and polluting (much of the wood isn't completely burned and all the nasty partially-burned organics go everywhere). And, getting the fuel can cause deforestation, erosion, and all manner of trouble. Contrast this to a microwave oven in an advanced country: much of the energy used goes into the food. No smoke. The electrical power is generated in some reasonably clean way (even dirty coal-fired power plants will have stack gas scrubbers to minimize the environmental damage).
And, growing biofuels causes environmental damage too. More land is put to the plough, thus removing forests. Erosion increases, pesticides get used, et cetera. While I'm not an expert on the subject, it is clear that bio-fuels are not nearly as helpful as their proponents say. Quite likely, they are a overall negative, hurting us more than they help.
Administration and accounting: it costs
So, what might we have in our research culture that makes sense (if you don't think too hard) but is actually a shot in the foot? Let's start with budgets, research management, and accounting.
In a local view, no question, accounting and paperwork makes sense. After all, you wouldn't want some cheating researcher to take money that is supposed to cure cancer or solve global warming and use it for some private purpose: building a vacation house or buying erotic videos, for example. That's clear. Every penny that an accountant saves from mis-use is a gain to society. But, now let's look a little more broadly. How much does it cost to save this money?
For a start, we can look at one of my research projects. For this project studying rhythm in speech, the Economic and Social Research Council is paying Oxford £276,000. Of that, over 2.5 years, £159,000 is salary for my post-doc, part of me, a fraction of a collaborator, and a fraction of our local computer geek. Beyond the salary, I have control of the not-so-massive sum of £8,000 which has to pay for equipment, computers, and travel to conferences so we can learn what's going on in the field and tell other people what we've done. The remainder, £110,000, is "overhead", that goes to the University so that they can support my research and do my accounting.
Now, I have no control over the salary expenditures short of firing someone (and when your workforce is one-and-a-fraction people, firing someone is a disaster!). So, the best the accountants can reasonably hope to do is to preserve the £8,000 of miscellaneous expenses. And, even then, were I criminally inclined, I would be a fool to take it all. The research council runs a review at the end of the project. They will evaluate what I accomplish, and it is quite clear that if I were to accomplish nothing, I'd never get another research grant. That £8,000 is necessary for the research, so if I spent it all on a vacation home (or whatever), I would accomplish nothing, the project's outcome would be graded "unsatisfactory", and I'd become unemployed. Not smart in the long run.
Now, how much do the accountants cost? That £110,000 of "overhead" goes to many places. It pays for libraries, a network connection, about 50 square meters of floor space, heating, electricity, insurance, accountants, and administrators. Many of those costs can be estimated on the open market. I could buy the books and journal papers we'll use for about £10,000. Rent in Oxford would amount to about £25,000 over the 2.5 years of the project. Network access, e-mail, backup services for perhaps £3000. Heating, electricity, insurance and repairs shouldn't be much different than what it costs for my house, which is in the ballpark of £10,000. That leaves (very roughly) £63,000 that might be spent for accountants and administrators.
Are there really tens of thousands of pounds of administrators watching over me?
Wow! Could that be real? Let's look at it from the other side. How many people can I identify who I could actually point to?
Our lab has an administrator who works hard for not much pay. She supports a mix of teaching and research projects, but it's a small lab and there aren't all that many research projects or staff for her to support. My project's share of her is at least £4000 (over the 2.5 years). And, then there's the lab director, John Coleman. He's a professor (so he gets paid moderately well), but he spends quite a bit of his time doing budgets and administration (mostly unwillingly). It's hard for me to estimate exactly how much, but it's a small lab, so it's plausible that administering my project eats 5% of his time: that'd be £9000 (counting his salary and benefits). Because if his efforts, I don't have to spend much time on administration and finances, but there's also 5% of my time, for another £6,000. Going further afield, there are two people who are "research coordinators" for the Humanities at Oxford. Their job is to help me get research grants and to help me do the paperwork. My project is 2% of their jobs, so that's another £3,000 or so. Then, there's the Research Services Office: their job is to feed the right paperwork to the government. It has about ten people who keep track of about a thousand research projects: my share is at least £500.
I haven't yet listed the people on the various central accounting teams (perhaps 50 people; my share is perhaps £2,000) or the millions that Oxford spent on it's "Osirus" accounting system recently (£1,000 or more is mine). But all these numbers add up. And, I have tried not to include the effort spent on getting the grant in the first place or evaluating it at the end. What I've listed above is primarily related to the day-to-day running of the project.
The bottom line.
So, here's the score. On the plus side, the accountants can save some fraction of £8,000. On the minus side, Oxford's accountants and administrators are costing £25,500 that I can identify, and maybe as much as £63,000. And, there is more money spent on the other side of the fence. Each Oxford accountant or administrator is matched against one in the government. Remember Research Services whose job it is to feed paperwork to the government? Well, there are people in the Economics and Social Research Council who spend their days asking for that paperwork and then reading it. And for every Oxford accountant who keeps me on the straight-and-narrow, there is a auditor, and somewhere in the government there is someone who sets the auditing standards and reads the reports.
So, it seems that the accountants are not cost-effective after all. From where I sit, the taxpayers seem to be forcing Oxford to spend something like £4 to keep me from mis-spending £1. (And additionally, the government is also spending some directly.) Can't I be kept honest more cheaply?
Quibbles and Caveats
Am I stretching the truth here? I think not, though I wouldn't take these numbers too seriously.
- All these numbers are crude estimates. I could have made them somewhat better, but that would have taken quite a bit of time and effort — time and effort that I really should be spending working on my research.
- Some of what the accountants do is not intended to keep me honest about the miscellaneous expenses that I can control. Some of it involves computing the tax on salaries, and is therefore related (I suppose) to keeping me honest on the taxes I pay. That's a bigger pot of money (perhaps £35,000). So, you could argue that (roughly speaking) Oxford is spending about £1 to make sure we pay £1 to Inland Revenue. That's still money wasted.
- Oxford isn't really to blame. Probably it could become more efficient, but virtually all the accounting and administration it does is mandated by the government or accounting standards. Oxford has only a little control over the sheer amount of administration and accounting that must be done.


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Preview: Team Alberta vs. Toronto Furiesby Torie Peterson / Calgary Flames
CALGARY, AB -- On Saturday night, the Calgary Flames and Scotiabank will host the battle between Team Alberta and the Toronto Furies at 7:45 PM at WinSport, bringing fans elements from an NHL game night entertainment package while charging no admission.
As of Friday afternoon, Team Alberta has dropped three games to the Furies in the six-game season series, being outscored 10-2 in the process. The two will meet again on Sunday at 12:00 PM at WinSport.
Meaghan Mikkelson - Mikkelson leads the Team Alberta defensive corps in scoring with two goals and 11 points in 15 games this season and is a constant offensive threat. This should come as no surprise as the St. Albert, AB product began her career as a forward. She moved to the blueline at the beginning of the 2005-06 season when she was a member of the University of Wisconsin Badgers.
Mikkelson can be described as a "total package" player. She is an extremely strong skater, handles the puck very well and has excellent finishing skills. In addition to her offensive prowess, she is very solid in her own end of the rink.
Tessa Bonhomme - The Toronto captain has been a pillar of strength on the blueline for the Furies since joining the club last season. Like Mikkelson, Bonhomme brings a strong offensive element to the game. She has four points in nine games this season and in 24 games last year, Bonhomme potted four goals and notched 16 points.
Many remember Bonhomme's incredible performance in the gold medal game against the US in the 2010 Olympics. Her smart play, catching the Americans on the bad line change, led to Caroline Ouelette's game-winning goal.
On Nov. 13, 2012, the Flames announced their partnership with Team Alberta. The team will be branded with the Flames colors of red, yellow, black and white and Calgary's unique striping pattern. Pants, socks, helmets and gloves will also be a direct match to the Calgary Flames classic home and away uniforms.
The Flames will also look to help grow women's' hockey through marketing, social media, ticketing, sponsorship and player community involvement opportunities. An immediate special offer is now available to all Flames, Hitmen, Roughnecks and Stampeders season ticket holders for the remainder of the 2012-13 CWHL season. By showing your season ticket holder identification, you can receive complimentary access to any of Team Alberta's home games at WinSport.
"We are proud of our new partnership with Team Alberta and to support women's hockey through this sponsorship with the CWHL", said Flames President & CEO Ken King. "It will be especially exciting to see some of the best players in the world compete in our own backyard, call Calgary home and to do so while wearing the traditional colors of the Flames. We are honored to welcome them to the Flames family and look forward to celebrating their success both on and off the ice."


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Just posted photos from the 2007 China International Bicycle & Motor Show in Shanghai. It was gigantic. There were 5697 booths in 9 buildings that covered 105000 square meters of convention hall. The manufacturers were definitely not holding back.
Many of the designs were based on European and American designs. However, there were bicycles and other products that were uniquely Chinese. I was pleasantly surprised at the huge variety of electric bicycles, e-scooters, and e-motorcycles that were on display. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.


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http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/track/actions/15 http:/www.w3.org/2006/05/09-rif-minutes.html I follow Hassan's approach by using his scheme to apply the RIFRAF criteria (http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/wiki/Rulesystem_Arrangement_Framework) to DLV. Thanks to Giovambattista Ianni from the DLV team for assisting me with this analysis. Whereever I didn't find the current RAF discriminators appropriate or sufficient, or where more explanations should be added in RAF in my opinion, (which was, I guess the primary sense of this exercise ;-) ) I added comments preceeded by "--> comment axel:" In total I found the exercise quite useful for analysing the RAF and hope the comments are helpful. Short Introduction: DLV is a mostly academic rule engine which supports several extensions of Datalog following the so-called Answer Set Programming (ASP) Paradigm, see [1,2]. ASP extends Datalog with several useful features such as disjunction in the head, negation as failure under the stable model semantics, strong negation, aggregates, strong and weak constraints, external predicates and rule templates. The paradigm has proven a valuable rule and query language in practical applications such as information integration. Especially remarkable are recent extensions in the Semantic Web realm, such as dl-predicates, and its generalization dlhex-predicates [3,4]. While many of the DLV features might not be of immediate importance to RIF, at least in phase 1, some other might play a role, such as , how to deal with unstratified negation, hybrid vs. homogeneous integration with OWL, aggregates. In examples, I use the concrete syntax of the DLV system http://www.dlvsystem.com and its extensions dlt (which supports rule templates and higher-order syntax), http://www.mat.unical.it/ianni/wiki/dlt dlvex (external built-ins) http://www.mat.unical.it/ianni/wiki/dlvex dlvhex (higher-order external built-ins, OWL and RDF querying), see http://con.fusion.at/dlvhex/ The core of the language is very similar to Prolog and thus I assume that less explanation is needed. Another extension, OntoDLV (which supports frame syntax, taxonomies, typing, and modularization of rules) http://www.exeura.it/ontodlv will not be covered in all details, since I am not that familiar with it, but, if there is interest in the WG, I could extend the discussion in this direction. axel 1. C. Baral. Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, and Declarative Problem Solving. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2003. 2. DLV: http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/wiki/DLV 3. T. Eiter, T. Lukasiewicz, R. Schindlauer, and H. Tompits. Combining answer set programming with description logics for the Semantic Web. In Proceedings KR-2004, 2004. 4. Thomas Eiter, Giovambattista Ianni, Roman Schindlauer, and Hans Tompits. A uniform integration of higher-order reasoning and external evaluations in answer set programming. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-05), 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASSIFYING DLV AS RULE SYSTEM ===== SYN: SYNTACTIC DISCRIMINATORS ===== SYN.1. RESTRICTED VS. UNRESTRICTED USE OF LOGIC VARIABLES SYN.1.1. SINGLE OCCURRENCE VS. MULTIPLE OCCURRENCE (IMPLICIT VARIABLE EQUALITY) [DLV] Variables (denoted by capital letters like in Prolog) are scoped over rules, no global variables, except constant definitions. Variables are untypedin core DLV. OntoDLV supports typing. Typing could be also added by adding built-in type-checking predicates with dlvex. --> comment axel: Also concerning the recent mailinglist discussions I miss an own category for typed vs. untyped variables in the RIFRAF classification. SYN.1.2. RANGE-RESTRICTED RULES (NO HEAD-ONLY VARIABLES) VS. NON-RANGE-RESTRICTED RULES [DLV] Variables usage is restricted by only allowing "safe" variable use, i.e. each variable has to appear in at least one positive, non-built-in body atom. example: ok: % A pc member who is author of a paper with the same % keyword is a candidate for reviewing paper P: cand(X,P) :- kw(P,K), pc(X), url(U), isAuthorOf(X,P1), keyword(P1,K). cand(X,P) :- kw(P,K), pc(X), url(U), isAuthorOf(X,P1), keyword(P1,K), P != P1. unsafe: % The variables here are not range-restricted, % since they only appear in builtin atoms: ordered(X,Y,Z) :- X>Y, Y>Z. % The variable X here is not range-restricted, % since they only in negation as failure atoms: cand1(X,P) :- paper(P), not pc(X). In some cases, the range restrictions might be relaxed, i.e. built-in predicates with functional dependencies among their may have different allowed binding patterns: e.g. p(Y) :- a(X), Y = X + 1. and p(X) :- a(Y), Y = X + 1. are safe as well. SYN.1.3. (FURTHER RESTRICTIONS FROM STATIC ANALYSIS RESEARCH) --> comment axel: unclear, please explain? SYN.2. PREDICATE VARIABLES PERMITTED VS. NOT PERMITTED * SECOND-ORDER SYNTACTIC SUGAR ALLOWING VARIABLES IN PREDICATE POSITIONS OF QUERIES OR RULE BODIES AND POSSIBLY RULE HEADS (FURTHER GENERALIZED TO FUNCTION AND EVEN ATOM POSITIONS IN [HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG/SUBMISSION/SWSF-SWSL/#SWSL-RULES-HILOG]) [DLV] DLV in it's core language does not support 2nd-order style use of variables. The DLT extenstion allows the defnition of rule templates and the use of frame-style syntax inspired by F-Logic. e.g. X : C :- X : D, D[subClassOf->C]. (note that not full F-Logic is supported at the moment) SYN.3. MONOTONIC LLOYD-TOPOR EXTENSIONS ALLOWED VS. NOT ALLOWED * SYNTACTIC SUGAR FOR EXTENDING HORN LOGIC WITH DISJUNCTION IN RULE BODIES AS WELL AS CONJUNCTION AND CLASSICAL IMPLICATION IN RULE HEADS [HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG/SUBMISSION/SWSF-SWSL/#SWSL-RULES-MON-LT] [DLV] DLV in it's core language does not support disjunction in rule bodies or conjunction and implication in rule heads, a prototype for a precompiler for nested expressions (similar in spirit to LT transformation, but allows full freedom of expressions allowed in head and body, except quantifiers) exists at: http://www.cs.uni-potsdam.de/~torsten/nlp/ --> comment axel: this shows us that there rewritings beyond extensions of Lloyd-Topor, which also allow formulae in the rule head. Has not been considered in current RAF, but might be worthwhile at least for phase 2 SYN.4. EXPLICIT VS. IMPLICIT RULE SCOPE * ALLOWING FORMULAS AND/OR NAMES DENOTING WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED MODULES, CONTEXTS, RULESETS, OR MODELS [HTTP://WWW.ISI.EDU/~ARGOS/MATTHEW/TRIPLE_BY_EXAMPLE.HTML] [DLV] DLV core no. DLT templates allow a particular form of module/template definitions. SYN.4.1. SLOTTED (KEYED, ROLE-NAMED) VS. POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS * ALLOWING N-ARY ATOMS WITH A SET OF N 'ATTRIBUTE=VALUE' PAIRS AS IN RDF/OWL PROPERTIES, F-LOGIC METHODS, AND OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEMS [HTTP://WWW.RULEML.ORG/INDOO] [DLV] DLV core no. DLT extension allow the use of F-Logic frame syntax, see above. SYN.5. WEBIZED VS. NON-WEBIZED NAMES * ALLOWING URIS AS OIDS FOR CONSTANTS, FUNCTIONS, SLOTS, PREDICATES, CLASSES, AND/OR LABELS [HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG/2000/10/SWAP/PRIMER.HTML] [DLV] DLV Core No (except in form of strings) DLVHEX extension allows namespace definitions for abbreviation (treating namespaces a la RDF) ===== SES: SYNTACTIC-ENTAILING-SEMANTIC DISCRIMINATORS ===== SES.1. HOMOGENEOUS (BODY HAS SINGLE EXPRESSIVENESS CLASS) VS. HYBRID (BODY HAS TWO EXPRESSIVENESS CLASSES) RULES [DLV] does supports not support the splitting body in a resolution and a query part, as Harold called this. --> comment axel: however, I am not sure whether this discriminator is really applicable, in principle, what Harold mentioned in his comment to Hassan: "'constraints' (e.g., solved by DL engines) goals." are achievable by dlvhex predicates. --> comment axel (alternative): In case this refers to the terms homogeneous vs. heterogeneous ontology integration as described in http://rewerse.net/deliverables/m12/i3-d3.pdf (which would IMO probably be the better discriminator here, I'd reformulate this as follows: [DLV] the DLVHex extension follows hybrid ontology integration via hex-predicates, these are external predicates to interface by querying and feeding back factual knowledge to ontologies in OWL, see [3,4]. SES.2. FACT-ONLY (DATABASE TABLES) VS. RULE-ONLY VS. FACT-AND-RULE BASES [DLV] facts and rules, as well as ODBC interface to support database factual integration. SES.2.1. VARIABLE-FUL (NON-GROUND) VS. VARIABLE-FREE (GROUND) FACTS (ALSO UNDER "VARIABLE-FUL VS. ... CLAUSES") [DLV] DLV facts are ground only, non-ground facts amount to unsafe rules and are thus forbidden SES.3. FUNCTION-FUL (FO HORN LOGIC) VS. FUNCTION-FREE (FO DATALOG) [DLV] DLV does not support function symbols and is based on extensions of Datalog. SES.3.1. FUNCTION ARITY/ARITIES [DLV] DLV does not support function symbols and is based on extensions of Datalog. SES.3.2. FIXED VS. UNFIXED FUNCTION NESTING DEPTH [DLV] DLV does not support function symbols and is based on extensions of Datalog. SES.3.3. UNINTERPRETED VS. INTERPRETED FUNCTIONS [DLV] External functions are supported by external builtin predicates (dlvex-extension). Variables use is limited in these to safe variable usage. A list of custom external builtin predicates are currently publicly available at http://www.mat.unical.it/ianni/wiki/dlvex External interpreted functions can be used like normal predicates and support different binding patterns. --> comment axel: I didn't find anything on binding patterns in the descriminators, but most systems which support interpreted functions support such different binding patterns, e.g. that the interpreted function X = Y + Z is used with the binding patterns "bfb","bbf","fbb", where "b" stands for 'bound' and "f" for 'free'. Probably this should be added in the discriminators for interpreted functions? SES.4. VARIABLE-FUL (NON-GROUND) VS. VARIABLE-FREE (GROUND) CLAUSES SES.4.1. VARIABLE-FUL (NON-GROUND) VS. VARIABLE-FREE (GROUND) FACTS (ALSO UNDER "FACT-ONLY ... BASES") [DLV] Variables are allowed only if guarded by a positive body atom, see SYN1.2 --> comment axel: there seems to be an overlap with this discriminator with SYN1.2 and SES2.1 SES.5. PREDICATE ARITY/ARITIES [DLV] Each predicate may only appear with one arity, use of the same predicate with different arities causes an error. SES.6. NUMBER OF PREMISES IN RULES [DLV] Rules are of the form: h_1 v ... h_k :- b_1, ... b_m, not c_1, ..., not c_n i.e. he premise of a rule consists of an unlimited number of positive or default negated classical literal and external predicates, interpreted conjunctively, the conclusion consists of a discjunction of classical literals. SES.7. LABELED (ANCHORED, OIDED) VS. UNLABELED CLAUSES [DLV] rules are not labeled in dlv. SES.7.1. LABELS ALLOWED VS. NOT ALLOWED AS ARGUMENTS OF USER PREDICATES [DLV] rules and facts are not labeled in dlv, neither are predicate arguments. --> comment axel: Please clarify this criterion! If you mean named attributes in relations, I don't see this as a subcriterion of labels for rules. What exactly is meant by "user predicates"? SES.7.2. LABELS ALLOWED VS. NOT ALLOWED AS ARGUMENTS OF PRIORITY-GIVING SYSTEM PREDICATE 'OVERRIDES' (CF. SCLP) [DLV] rules are not labeled in dlv, thus not directly. However, priorities can be specified in terms of weak constraints instead, which are defined in terms of rules with an empty head plus a violation "priority", e.g. % Avoid to have a paper assigned to a coauthor of the author :~ coauthor(A,A1), paper(P,A), reviewer(P,A1). [1:1] % However: even worse is to assign a paper to a family member: :~ relatives(A,A1), paper(P,A), reviewer(P,A1). [1:2] Here, [w:l] denote vialation value (w) and priority level (l). DLV prefers answer sets with a low vialation values. --> comment axel: Please clarify this criterion! The current formulation seems to suggest a particular framerwork for modeling preferences/priorities, while as we see for instance in the example there are many options for this. SES.8. CERTAIN VS. UNCERTAIN CLAUSES AND ATOMS [DLV] supports qualitative uncertainty by disjuntive rule heads and unstratified negation. quantitative uncertainty in terms of probabilities or fuzzy conclusions is not supported. ===== SEM: SEMANTIC DISCRIMINATORS ===== SEM.1. TERMINATING (ALL QUERIES TERMINATE) VS. NON-TERMINATING (AT LEAST ONE QUERY DOES NOT TERMINATE) RULEBASES [DLV] DLV, including DLT guarantee termination. DLVHEX extension (external reasoner/query engine call) depends on whether external reasoner/query engine guarantees termination. DLVEX (external functions) might cause non-termination if safety checking is disabled (if you respect the particular range restriction rules, everything is fine) Intuitively INT(1). INT(X) :- INT(Y), #succ(Y,X). has an infinite model if #succ is defined as 'X is the successor of Y'.Syntactic restrictions (which can be disabled) prevent this problem. --> comment axel: obviously even simple interpreted functions can cause non-termination even for a datalog based engine, which makes such syntactic restrictions useful. In what way will we be able to describe such syntactic restrictions in RIF? It is probably important to also be able to exchange such syntactic restrictions (which e.g. prohibit certain uses of recursvie rules in a formally defined way. SEM.2. FINITE-MODEL VS. INFINITE-MODEL RULEBASES (CF. DECIDABILITY) [DLV] DLV is based on datalog and stable model semantics (i.e. finite Herbrand models) As for extensions, see above. In practice only DLVEX may fall in undecidability and only if range restrictions are disabled. SEM.3. MODALITY/INTENTIONALITY (BEYOND FOL) [DLV] There are no modalities in DLV. DLVHEX can in principle plug some external atom that mimics a modal operator. ===== PRAG: PRAGMATIC DISCRIMINATORS ===== PRAG.1. INFERENCE CONTROL PRAG.1.1. FORWARD CHAINING VS. BACKWARD CHAINING VS. BIDIRECTIONAL CHAINING [DLV] Positive rule sets in DLV are evaluated in an intelligent grounding+forward-chaining manner. The evaluation of disjunctive rules and rules with unstratified negation cannot be categorized in these terms but rather underlies a backtracking model-checking algorithm more similar to Davis-Putnam style SAT solvers. PRAG.1.2. INCREMENTAL VS. EXHAUSTIVE [DLV] Exhaustive. --> comment axel: I am not sure about how this criterion fits to forward-chaining but several answer sets. If it concerns the strategy of forward-chaining evaluation, then I'd say. However, DLV incrementally computes all stable models, i.e. incrementally, whereas one could also compute ALL and only give the cautious entailments in ALL stable models. PRAG.2. COMPLEXITY DLV and it's underlying core language have P/EXPTIME complexity for positive rules (data/program complexity) NP/NEXPTIME complexity for nondisjunctive rules (data/program compl) Sigma_P^2/NEXPTIME complexity for disj. rules (data/program compl) PRAG.3. INTEROPERABILITY [DLV] - Interoperability with DL reasoners by dl-predicates in DLVHEX. - Plugins for other reasoners can be added via a generic API - Import of RDF data in DLVHEX. - Interoperability with SWL databases via ODBC. PRAG.3.1. ANNOTATIONS (INCLUDING CONTROLLED ENGLISH) [DLV] Annotations are limited to comments. PRAG.3.2. TEST CASES [DLV] Mostly academic. However, practical adoption increasing. Answer-Set Programming has been successfully applied to many areas including * configuration, * information integration, * security analysis, * agent systems, * semantic web, or * planning. see: http://www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/projects/WASP/showcase.html for details. There is also a benchmark suite, although I am not sure whether this is publically available. --> comment axel: I am not sure what you put here, at least "test cases" do not seem to be a proper "discriminator", unless you put a set of several practical test caes and ask: "Can this be expressed/solved in your rule language/engine?" I.e. the WG should provide these test cases derived from these discriminators, yes? PRAG.3.3. MAPPINGS [DLV] some of the extensions (e.g. rule templates, nested expressions) are mappable back to DLV core language directly, others DLVHEX, DLVEX external interpreted functions and external reasoner calls obviously not. --> comment axel: ???? I still don't really sure to understand that criterion, even after Harold's comment: "Does the system have pre-defined mappings between various of it own sublanguages?" Please clarify if I misinterpreted this. PRAG.3.3.1. WITHIN EXPRESSIVE EQUIVALENCE CLASSES ("CLUSTERS") --> comment axel: ???? see above. PRAG.3.3.2. BETWEEN EXPRESSIVE EQUIVALENCE CLASSES (IMPERFECT OR "LOSSY") --> comment axel: ???? see above. I think for some extensions this discriminator cannot be answered yes or no. Depends how you define lossy/imperfect. PRAG.3.4. (FURTHER INTEROPERABILITY DISCRIMINATORS SHOULD GO HERE) --> comment axel: Features, I didn't find a category for: - preference/priorities of rules: DLV's weak constraint and several other ASP extensions supports a certain kind of preference definition between rule derivations, which can be adopted in case of conflicting conclusions. I'd assume that this is an important feature also supported by other rule languages? (P.S.: priorization/preference frameworks for rules probably would deserve an own ontology to be analyzed in this WG, although for sure not in phase 1) - Aggregates: In which discriminator do features such as the use of aggregates in rule bodies (e.g. sum/avg/max/min) go? 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Officials at the Golden Gloves Athletic Association are holding a fund-raising golf tournament to benefit area youth. The association, which stages the local and state Golden Gloves boxing tournaments each year in Fort Worth, is a non-profit organization that has served area youth since 1936.
This year's golf tournament will be May 15 at Southern Oaks Golf Club. Cost is $90 per golfer. Entry fee and donations are tax deductible.
For tournament information, vist www.texasgoldengloves.com or call 817-336-1313.
_ Jimmy Burch


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I-275 fatal crash caused by drunken driver, FHP says
By Times Staff Writers
Published December 2, 2007
A 33-year-old construction worker was arrested on a DUI-manslaughter charge early Saturday in connection with a Friday evening crash that killed a man and shut down Interstate 275 for several hours.
Joseph H. Lenahan of Largo had a blood-alcohol level of 0.309 when he caused the crash near the 54th Avenue N exit, Florida Highway Patrol troopers reported. That is nearly four times the level at which Florida law presumes someone too impaired to drive.
Troopers said Lenahan was driving recklessly and aggressively when he caused the crash.
The identity of the man killed in the crash was not released Saturday. FHP officials said the man lived out of state and his family had not been notified.
4.9M gallons of water later, scrap fire out
A fire that burned 27 hours at the Trademark Metals Recycling yard was extinguished Saturday morning, Tampa Fire Rescue said.
The fire started Friday morning at the scrap yard at 4201 Maritime Blvd. in the Port of Tampa.
Fire crews used about 4.9-million gallons of water - an average of 3,000 gallons of water each minute, to douse the flames, firefighters said.
The fire burrowed deep into a huge pile of scrap. Firefighters worked with employees of the recycling facility to dig down to the base of the fire.
No one was injured.


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