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Looking for a Dungeons and Dragons styled board game for your Windows Phone? Take a look at the new Windows Phone game Dark Quest.
Dark Quest is a turn based, fantasy role playing game for your Windows Phone where you play the role of a barbarian warrior on a quest to defeat an evil sorcerer and his evil minions who have taken over your lands.
Dark Quest is presented just like a board game with plenty of transition screens to illustrate the story line and shops you visit to upgrade your character and weapons.
The game features plenty of twisted mazes to navigate through and plenty of orcs, skeletons and other monsters to battle. You can control a party of up to three characters, each with their own abilities to compliment your warriors own skills.
The developers of Dark Quest did a good job with the graphics and animations. Characters in the game are represented by tiles (instead of animated figures), just like you would see in a table top board game. It gives the game a nice "old school" feel to it.
The only downside to Dark Quest is that there is no trial version with the full version is currently running $1.99. If you're a fan of the classic D&D games, Dark Quest is worth a look. You can find Dark Quest here in the Windows Phone Store. It is available for both Windows Phone 8 and 7.x devices.


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Applying to DOL Internships
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The Federal Government values the contributions made by students and recent graduates of all ages and backgrounds. We have been placed at a competitive disadvantage, though, compared to other sectors in recruiting and hiring students and recent graduates. To address these difficulties, President Obama signed Executive Order 13562, entitled "Recruiting and Hiring Students and Recent Graduates," on December 27, 2010.
This Executive order established two new programs and modified another. They are the Internship Program for current students; the Recent Graduates Program for people who have recently graduated from qualifying educational institutions or programs (2 years from the date the graduate completed an academic course of study); and the reinvigorated Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program for people who obtained an advanced degree (e.g., graduate or professional degree) within the preceding two years. These programs, collectively the Pathways Programs, are streamlined developmental programs tailored to promote employment opportunities for students and recent graduates in the Federal workforce.
As directed by the Executive order, OPM issued a final Pathways Rule to implement these programs. The final rule aims to improve recruiting efforts, offer clear paths to Federal internships for students from high school through post-graduate school and to careers for recent graduates, and to provide meaningful training and career development opportunities for individuals who are at the beginning of their Federal service.
Internship Program
The Department of Labor (DOL) is seeking bright, innovative, results-oriented individuals to join our Pathways Internship Program.ĀAs an Intern, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable on the job training and experience related to your field while pursuing your education.ĀInternship can be seasonal (spring, summer, fall or year round). At the successful conclusion of this program, you may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a Federal career or career conditional position.ĀInterns may work full-time or part-time schedules. The Pathway Internship Program replaces STEP/SCEP.ĀTemporary appointments may be extended without further competition.
Ideal candidates for DOL internships are individuals pursing undergraduate or graduate degree programs in various fields (e.g. business administration or management, economics, public policy, political science, international relations or studies, accounting, financial management, medical, information technology/information systems, human resource management, pre-law and law.) Candidates will be considered on the basis of the applicability of their education and experience.
Recent Graduates Program
The Recent Graduates Program provides developmental experiences in the Federal Government. It is intended to promote possible careers in the civil service to individuals who, within the previous two years, graduated from qualifying educational institutions with an associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from qualifying educational institutions. To be eligible, applicants must apply within the previous two years of degree or certificate completion except for veterans precluded from doing so due to their military service obligation, who will have up to six years after degree or certificate completion to apply. For more information about Federal employment information for veterans, go to OPM's Feds Hire Vets website.
Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program
For more than three decades, the PMF Program has been the Federal Government's premier leadership development program for advanced degree (e.g., masters or professional degree) candidates. Executive Order 13562 expands the eligibility window for applicants, making it more "student friendly" by aligning it with academic calendars and allowing those who have received a qualifying advanced degree within the preceding two years to participate. It also directs OPM to set eligibility requirements and minimum qualification standards, and to make the PMF experience more robust and substantive for participants.
- For more information, please visit http://www.opm.gov/hiringreform/pathways.
Note: Internship opportunities for federal government agencies are posted on USAJOBS. Interested parties must search and apply for these opportunities using the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/StudentsAndGrads

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"Behind every great hero, there are a whole lot of villains." – Geoff Johns
BURBANK, CA (March 26, 2013) – The Joker, Bane, Deathstroke, Darkseid and Lex Luthor — the scariest and most menacing villains in DC Comics' universe — take center stage in a brand new full-length documentary from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) and DC Entertainment (DCE). The joint announcement was made today by WBHE and DCE.
Christopher Lee, who has played the villain more times than almost any other actor, will provide his unique voice as narrator. His roles in more than 200 films include star turns as Dracula, the Mummy and Frankenstein's monster in Hammer horror classics, Count Dooku in Star Wars, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit films.
In this new documentary film, the malevolent, sometimes charismatic figures from DC Comics' hallowed rogues' gallery will be explored in depth, featuring interviews with the famed creators, storytellers and those who have crafted the personalities and profiles of many of the most notorious villains in comic book history.
Production begins March 30, to coincide with WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center March 29-31.
Noted Geoff Johns, best-selling author and DCE's Chief Creative Officer, "DC Comics is known for many things, but chief among them is the compelling, diverse and legendary society of super-villains who populate its universe. From the monstrous Solomon Grundy to the brutal Black Adam to the charismatic Sinestro, there is no single greater collection of villainy in all of fiction. These villains are hugely popular comic book characters in their own right and, quite honestly, many are often times more popular than some of our iconic super heroes."
Jeff Baker, WBHE's Executive Vice President and General Manager, Theatrical Catalog, added "The DC brand is enjoying a huge resurgence thanks to the entire leadership team at DC Entertainment which is driving opportunities not only for new theatrical properties, but for brand extensions as well. This new documentary will reinforce this evolving strategy and leverage DC assets across the entire studio landscape."
Johns also reiterated that this year's initiative will be a turning point for DCE. "It's time we deconstruct these complex and sinister antagonists and celebrate the role they play as the engine and energy of some of the greatest storytelling in comics. 2013 is the Year of the Villain at DC Comics."
On Saturday, March 30th, fans attending WonderCon are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite DC Comics' villain for an opportunity to be featured in the documentary. Fans can join DCE at WonderCon Booth 801 with filming to take place Saturday from 10:30 am – Noon. To find out more about where and what time to meet in the WonderCon DC Entertainment booth, keep checking the DC Comics Facebook (Facebook.com/DCComics) and Twitter sites (@DCComics).
Participation in upcoming 'cons' (Comic-Con International: San Diego and New York Comic Con) is anticipated, with a full release scheduled for later in the year.
About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees, as well as directly to consumers through WBShop.com.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world. In January 2012, DC Entertainment, in collaboration with Warner Bros. and Time Warner divisions, launched We Can Be Heroes—a giving campaign featuring the iconic Justice League super heroes—to raise awareness and funds to fight the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa.
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text: On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 06:23, Patrick Geoffray wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Jeff Layton wrote: > > Did anyone else notice that once the Columbia numbers were publically > > announced and within a day or two of the Top500 announcement, > > BlueGene/L suddenly appeared on the list at the top? I thought there was > > some kind of deadline, but evidently, if you are a sponsor of the Top500 > > site, then deadlines mean little. > > As a matter of fact, the BluGene number was ready way before the > Columbia number. And as all of the major players are sponsor of the > Top500 site, your assumption that it can buy you an advantage is not > quite logical. > > The ultimate deadline for everybody was set for October 25th. As soon as > they got their number, SGI/Intel turned on the PR machine and flooded > the headlines, vigorously claiming being #1. Of course without knowing > for sure. The IBM strategy was to stay quiet up to the official release > of the list, and I guess disgrace SGI/Intel at the last minute. > Unfortunately, the BluGene number was leaked and published before the > official release. Sorry if this is a repeat but there have been alot of emails and I haven't combed all of them. It isn't that the number for BlueGene was leaked more than that all numbers have been always available before the list is published bi-annually. See http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.ps This file has always been updated as the numbers become available. Sometimes there are duplicates depending on the configuration of the systems, but the numbers are there. I check the list before SC2002 for an entry I submitted for a large Xeon cluster. I saw the BlueGene number there before SC2004. It was pulled about a week before-hand. This chart also had the 51.7 Tflops number for Columbia even though the announced number was still 40+ Tflops. Craig


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Gilead Sciences Inc. and Johnson & Johnson's Tibotec division announced Tuesday they will work together to develop a new HIV pill that contains Tibotec's Prezista and Gilead's Emtriva. The tablet also will include Gilead's drug candidates cobicistat and GS 7340, which are not yet approved. Under the arrangement, Gilead will be responsible for manufacturing the drug, handling the regulatory process and selling the medication. Tibotec will retain co-marketing rights in some countries. The companies also partnered to develop Complera, which combines Gilead's Truvada with J&J's Edurant; it was approved in August.
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Bombing suspects' welfare funds subject of investigation
How and why the Boston Marathon bombers received tax-payer funded welfare funds will be the subject of an invesigation by state lawmakers.
How and why the Boston Marathon bombers received tax-payer funded welfare funds will be the subject of an invesigation by state lawmakers.
The House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight held a brief meeting Monday afternoon during which its chairman Rep. David Linsky vowed an investigation into how the men accused of setting off two bombs along the Boston Marathon route, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others, and fatally shooting an MIT officer were able to receive funds for about a decade.
"I will asure the members of the public that this committee will actively review every single piece of information that we can find on this particular inquiry because clearly the public has a right to know what benefits, if any, this family and the individuals who are accused of horrific, horrific crimes were receiving," Linsky said.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed during a gunfight with police in Watertown April 19. He was unemployed while his wife worked as a health aide, according to various media reports. Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 19, was a student at UMass Dartmouth and has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. He is recovering in a federal medical facility.
The Herald reported that Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his family received welfare checks until last year.
The Department of Transitional Assistance has turned over more than 400 pages of documents related to the Tsarnaev family's welfare payments, Linsky said. He declined to discuss the details of those documents.
Linsky said the committee would hold a hearing at a later date to reveal and seek more information and to solicit testimony from state officials in charge of welfare.
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Amsterdam is home to the oldest zoo in the Netherlands. Grazing zebras and giraffes, chattering red ibises and fluttering butterflies in all colours of the rainbow ─ Artis is home to over 900 animal species amidst stunning 19th-century architecture and gardens full of beautiful plants, flowers and trees. This green oasis in the heart of the vibrant centre of Amsterdam will amaze you.
A visit to Artis promises to be a fun day out for the entire family. In addition to the various animal habitats, the zoo includes several playgrounds and terraces where visitors can relax and enjoy the environment. This charming zoo dates from 1838 and also features impressive monumental buildings, such as the Wolf House, the Aquarium and the Predator Gallery. The doors to Artis open every morning at 9:00 a.m. Ask for a quest map at the entrance which leads children through the park in a fun and playful way.
In 1838, 3 wealthy Amsterdam residents established the Royal Zoological Society Natura Artis Magistra. Initially Artis wasn't really a zoo; it included a museum, an orangery and a garden which housed a few monkeys, parrots and a Surinam wildcat. Not long after, a panther, hyena, Indian elephant and boa constrictor snake were added to the mix. Nowadays Artis is home to thousands of animals and many other attractions, including a Planetarium, a Butterfly Pavilion, and a savannah for African herbivores.
After entering, you'll first pass the Camel Field and see the Japanese Macaques on the Monkey Rock. The brave head to the Kerbert terrace where the lions live. These large cats hang around some 20 hours a day but become much more active around feeding time; a spectacle that can be seen daily. Make sure to catch a glimpse of the bright-pink Chilean flamingos in the pond nearby. These beautiful birds owe their vibrant colour to the pink crustaceans they eat.
On the other side of Artis visitors will find a world of colour. In the Butterfly Pavilion, you are surrounded by fluttering butterflies that occasionally rest on bright flowers or even the visitors themselves! If you're lucky you'll spot the majestic Morpho butterfly. As one of the world's largest butterfly species, it can be recognised by its bright blue or green iridescent wings which reflect the light in a unique way.
At the south side of the park is the Aquarium, one of the highlights of Artis. Discover a mysterious underwater world in this impressive 19th-century building. The Amazon tank includes exotic fish in a tropical sea. Further along is the coral reef, a favourite place for sharks. Another tank simulates an Amsterdam canal, where you can see what lies beneath Amsterdam's murky waters: in addition to a rusty bike, you'll see indigenous species such as carp, pike and perch.


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Comments: Georgianna Mayer (Nee: Mireaut) | Norwich CT United States | 1851-1900 | Comments: Most likely a wedding photo of Georgianna (Mireaut) Mayer (B:6 Jan 1866, St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada; D: 29 Jan 1945, Norwich, CT) and Edward Arnie Mayer (changed from ''Maille''; B: 14 Feb 1868, St. Cesaire, Quebec, Canada; D: 5 June 1923, Indianna). Georgianna & Edward were married 23 Sept 1895, Norwich, CT and had four children: Roseanna Georgianna (Mayer) Bardol (B: 1 Oct 1896, Balston Spas, NY; D: 16 Oct 1971, Bagdad, FL), a boy who died in infancy, Ester Mary (Mayer) Beaulieu Renna (B: 2 Aug 1900, Newark, NJ; D: 7 Sept 1970, Groton, CT), and Edna Margaret (Mayer) White (B: 11 Sept 1901, Evergreen, NY; D: ?). Georgianna's parents were F: Edourard Mireault; M: Philomene (Picotte) Mireault (B: 7 May 1840, D: 4 Dec 1908). Edward's parents were F: Prudent Maille (B: 5 Dec 1837, St. Cesaire, Quebec, Canada; D: ?), M: Zoe (Berard) Maille (B: 17 Feb 1868, St. Marie P.J., Quebec).
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text: On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Josip Loncaric wrote: > FYI: > > I've just noticed that our Supermicro 370DLE motherboards with > ServerWorks LE chipset and dual UltraDMA/33 EIDE interfaces do NOT > enable DMA on ide-disk devices (under kernel 2.4.18-5smp, RedHat > distribution). This is puzzling, because DMA worked just fine until > recently (I think). Unfortunately, enabling DMA manually under the > 2.4.18-5smp kernel ("hdparm -d1 /dev/hda") can lock up the system. > Apparently, others have had this problem too > (http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0206.0/0518.html thread > speculates that 2.4.18 drops out of DMA due to a hardware bug in > ServerWorks OSB4 which at least some older kernels did not trigger). You can set the DMA to be on at startup by using the file /etc/sysconfig/harddisks --that is what we do. The problems with the OSB4 (and later) chipsets are well documented, although Serverworks has never acknowledged, as far as I know, that there is a problem, some board manufacturers that use this chipset (Tyan, for instance) have put a disclaimer on their site saying that ultraDMA won't work on the IDE ports. The problem is that the chipset thinks the DMA is still running even though the drive has turned off DMA. This is a hardware bug and can affect Windows systems as well as Linux. What we found is that DMA performance on the earlier kernels depended strongly on what make of drive was attached. With Seagate we experienced wholesale file system corruption. With Western Digital there was no filesystem corruption but we did have almost every node out of 64 crash and hang over a 3 month period. With IBM things were fine under the 2.4.9 kernel. Now with 2.4.18-4 kernel which is what we are running now we have seen 3 or four of our 64 machines disable the DMA once it got started. For all but one of them, we have been able to reboot the machine and it came back fine. For the other one, we set the DMA on the system disk to MWDMA mode 2 (hdparm -X34). If I understand right from the kernel maintainers, in the 2.4.18 kernel they decided to take the safe route and shut off the DMA if there was any chance of file corruption. Evidently the problem happens most frequently if you are writing to the system disk and trying to swap at the same time. Steve Timm > > As a consequence, we get only 3.5-4.5 MB/s on these disks instead of > 12-22 MB/s which should be the norm. > > It appears that this new kernel problem has not been fixed yet... > > Sincerely, > Josip > > -- > Dr. Josip Loncaric, Research Fellow mailto:josip at icase.edu > ICASE, Mail Stop 132C PGP key at http://www.icase.edu./~josip/ > NASA Langley Research Center mailto:j.loncaric at larc.nasa.gov > Hampton, VA 23681-2199, USA Tel. +1 757 864-2192 Fax +1 757 864-6134 > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >


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Oakland – As temperatures rise across California on this first day of summer, the Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) is stepping up enforcement of heat illness prevention requirements at outdoor worksites across the state.
"While we have seen growing compliance with the heat illness prevention regulations, all employers must continue to be vigilant and take necessary precautions to prevent serious worker illness and death due to high heat," said Cal/OSHA Chief Ellen Widess. "We will be out there across the state, ensuring that all employers are complying with the heat standard. These basic requirements—adequate water, shade, rest breaks, training and emergency procedures—can mean the difference between life and death to protect the most vulnerable employees working outdoors."
Cal/OSHA's efforts this summer are designed strategically to target employers who evade the law which protects employees from heat related illness. Enforcement efforts include statewide traveling heat sweeps, local district actions when temperatures soar and workers are at greatest risk, as well as multi-agency enforcement through the Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition.
"Our program will be strategic, focusing on workers at highest risk in outdoor industries such as agriculture, construction, landscaping and locations where we expect to find serious violations. We will be identifying and targeting employers who skirt the law at workers' expense," added Widess. "Extreme heat can be fatal to outdoor workers if these basic protections are not provided."
Cal/OSHA is providing extensive outreach, consultation, and educational programs on heat illness prevention for employers and their associations and to workers and their organizations this summer. Partnerships with employer and employee groups, as well as community based organizations have proven successful in reaching both employers and employees. Cal/OSHA will intensify its media outreach statewide, to Spanish and English press, radio and television to get the word out. The social marketing campaign that began last year in Spanish, Hmong, Mixteco and Punjabi continues this summer, with increased efforts to reach out to other communities as well. Cal/OSHA's Consultation Program is also working to train employers and to identify those who engage in best practices for heat illness prevention and other worksite safety protocols.
"All employers should know that during times of high heat, if we find that conditions at an outdoor worksite are putting vulnerable employees at risk due to lack of shade or water, we will shut them down until hazards are abated," added Widess. "We work closely with other agencies such as the California Labor Commissioner's Office and the Contractor's State Licensing Board to bring serious enforcement actions against employers who are found in violation of health and safety and labor standards."
The heat illness prevention standard was strengthened last year to include a high heat provision that must be implemented by five industries when temperatures reach 95 degrees. These procedures include observing employees, closely supervising new employees, and reminding all employees throughout the shift to drink water. The specified industries include agriculture, construction, landscaping, oil and gas extraction and transportation or delivery of agricultural products, construction material or other heavy material.
For more information on heat illness prevention and training material visit the Cal/OSHA website at www.dir.dca.gov/heatillnes or the Water Rest. Shade. campaign site at www.99calor.org/campaign/.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Evoking financial chaos and economic hardship, President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned Americans they would be hurt if Congress lets the United States default on its debt, and cautioned against listening to anyone saying the effects are exaggerated.
At a hastily scheduled news conference at the White House, Obama gave his strongest warning to date about the risks if Congress fails to raise the U.S. debt ceiling before an October 17 deadline.
"A decision to actually go through with it, to actually permit default - according to many CEOs and economists - would be, and I'm quoting here, 'Insane, catastrophic, chaos.' These are some of the more polite words," he said.
"Warren Buffet likened default to a nuclear bomb, a weapon too horrible to use," the president said, citing the widely respected businessman.
Obama, criticized by Republicans for his unwillingness to negotiate over the debt ceiling, also said that beyond the immediate harm, there were larger issues at stake for future presidents and for democracy.
"This is not just for me. It's also for my successors in office, whatever party they're from. They shouldn't have to pay a ransom either for Congress doing its basic job. We gotta put a stop to it," he said.
Republicans, keen to use their leverage to force Obama to cut spending or curtail the reach of the Affordable Care Act health law, have suggested that the ill effects of a debt default are overstated. Some lawmakers have proposed plans for prioritizing U.S. debt payments, paying some creditors first and putting off other payments if cash flow into government coffers was insufficient.
Speaking to a global audience through the media on Tuesday, the president sought to shoot down the notion that the impact of a debt default would be nothing more than a glancing blow.
"This is the creditworthiness of the United States that we're talking about," he said. "This is our word. This is our good name. This is real."
Obama acknowledged that he was at a disadvantage in the public relations battle because asking lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling "is a lousy name" that voters can come to equate with authorizing more debt.
"It is not raising our debt," he said. "This does not add a dime to our debt."
He went on to warn against listening to "people out there who don't believe that default is a real thing," and painted an unsettling picture of the consequences of debt default. Americans would see their retirement savings and home values plunge and interest rates on home mortgages and student loans would soar, he said.
"And there would be a significant risk of a very deep recession at a time when we're still climbing our way out of the worst recession in our lifetimes," Obama said.
The president's pitch on Tuesday seemed aimed at getting Americans to identify with the bind in which Republicans have put him, and the nation, by seeking political concessions while holding out the possibility of a default if he fails to comply.
"You don't get a chance to call your bank and say, 'I'm not going to pay my mortgage this month unless you throw in a new car and an Xbox.'" he said.
The U.S. government is in the eighth day of a partial shutdown because House of Representatives Republicans wanted to make delaying or defunding Obama's signature healthcare law a condition for funding government operations, which the president and his fellow Democrats in the Senate refused to accept.
With the shutdown dragging on, Obama, who canceled a trip to Asia to focus on the domestic crisis, appeared in public for the third day in a row to urge congressional Republicans to allow votes to re-open government and raise the nation's borrowing limit.
House Speaker John Boehner has said he will not allow a vote on raising the $16.7 trillion debt limit without conditions.
But Obama, stung by down-to-the-wire negotiations over raising the debt limit in 2011 that led to a damaging downgrade of the U.S. credit rating, has refused to bargain this time, saying that maintaining the nation's reputation as a reliable debtor should not be a concession in political debate.
"I'm not budging when it comes to the full faith and credit of the United States," he repeated on Tuesday.
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ADDISON COUNTY — Younger hunters in the area did not have quite as much success on the Nov. 9-10 Youth Hunting Weekend as they had in the past two Novembers, but the 109 deer they had weighed at seven reporting stations in Addison County was very respectable compared to results over the past five years.
The 109 deer this Youth Hunting Weekend is down slightly from the 124 tagged over the same weekend in 2012, and one less than the number in 2011. In both 2009 and 2010 the final tally stood at 95,
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The use of Molecular Sensors for fluid mechanics and aerodynamics permits global, time resolved measurements of pressure, temperature and species concentration. The molecular sensors considered in this talk are known as Pressure Sensitive Paint and Temperature-Sensitive Paint (PSP/TSP). The method combines a luminescent molecule in a binder that is applied to the surface of the test article to form an optical-chemical sensor. The luminescence is excited by a lamp and the emission recorded on a digital camera. The luminescent intensity or luminescent time decay can be calibrated as a function of pressure or temperature and a non-intrusive, global measurement of pressure and/or temperature is obtained.
The small size (< nm) and fast time response (> 200 kHz) of molecular sensors, PSP and TSP, make them ideal candidates for time and spatially resolved measurements inside MEMS devices. The seminar will cover the issues involved in using molecular sensors in MEMS and their application to microchannels, supersonic micronozzles, microjet impingement, microturbines and unsteady fluidic actuators.
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For the last twelve years, I have been a most patient, supportive and loving wife, enduring my husband's little quirkiness (like he getting pissed off if I forgot to bold face and underline a document he asked me to encode on the computer, back during the day when he had a staff of one. Now there are six of them, and soon, God permitting, there will be eight or ten of them, but that's for another post. Or getting rankled like when he misplaced his sole copy of the Rules of Court he instantly bought five copies and stuffed one each in every corner of the house and even asked me to bring one copy to my own clinic. A law book in a medical clinic! How cool is that? Thank God he spared the bathroom. Or how he had to return a magazine he bought because the cover was creased – at the tip)
But among all the other things I had to endure (I know, I know he has a longer list of things he had to endure in me. Amen to that, but I have a blog, he doesn't), top of the list would be uh oh, those decibels. And I am not talking about the euphonious type.
I am talking about his snoring. Lest I be accused of oral defamation and besmirched reputation by him, yes, I asked his permission when I said I'm going to write the story of his snoring, his obstructive sleep apnea, his sleep disorder (some euphemism there) and how he overcame it.
'If you think that's gonna help others similarly situated as I, why not', he answered.
'Okay, thanks Sweetie. I'm writing it already, this very minute'
'Make sure you emphasize I'm not yet within the age range of your patients, ok?' he added as he eased his way out of the room.
'You bet I will!' (Okay, in compliance with his pre-condition, I am emphasizing he is not yet sixty)
Hubby had obstructive sleep apnea. He would snore like an out of sync trombone in a philharmonic orchestra with a refrain from a rural rondalla. Forte. Fortissimo. Ritardando. Sometimes it would take the pitch of cymbals. The tragic part for me was, there were only two volume controls – loud and very loud.
That was why, early into our marriage, the arrangement would be for me to sleep ahead of him.
But this did not always work. Because of his apneic episodes (when he stops breathing temporarily), I would try to stay awake to see the rise and fall of his abdomen (to see if he's still breathing, of course). Or, he himself would be tossing and turning in bed because he would wake up up to ten times a night. He never had a restful sleep. He would still be sleepy when he got out of bed.
That explains why he would need to rest and cat nap for fifteen minutes on the shoulder of the road when he took long out of town drives for a hearing back when we didn't have a driver.
His secretaries would complain that he would fall asleep while writing drafts of his briefs on his work table. Once, he fell asleep while talking with a client. No, not because it was pro bono.
"Attorney, wake up, we're still discussing the case', the client shook him out of his sleep.
Epic embarrassing moment.
Things took turn for the worse when my mother in law was confined in the hospital for more than a month and was in the ICU for a few weeks. He would stay late nights to look after her and visit. He could not sleep dreading that anticipated midnight or early morning phone call.
I thought, he needed to seek professional help.
Strictly speaking, he should have undergone sleep diagnostic test but because I am a physician, I went clinical – noting his body built, his weight (okay, he's overweight) , the multiple nocturnal awakenings all point out to obstructive sleep apnea.
He was too busy to take the diagnostic sleep evaluation.
I took it upon myself to coordinate with a respiratory therapist and a pulmonologist and chose for him a model of a CPAP , Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Machine which is automatic and chose a nasal pillow instead of the more restrictive full facial mask.
True, with the peripherals the machine could set you back six figures (in Philippine pesos) but believe me, it's so worth it.
He's not been as grumpy. He has done away with the snoring, the afternoon siesta and by the grace of God, is more productive at work and all the other sorts of work. Wink!
If you think someone you know might be suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), ask your doctor about it.
It could save lives. And marriages.
But he's still as gung ho about bold faced and underlined, properly indented paragraphs. You just can't win them all.


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Taylor Swift is acquiring quite the reputation for surprising her fans. Six-year-old Jordan Lee Nickerson got a surprise on Sunday from his "favorite singer in the world." Little Jordan is a patient at Boston Children's Hospital where he's undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia.
His condition came to the attention of the 24-year-old superstar, who has a home southwest of Boston in Rhode Island, so she popped in to pay him a visit, reports Huffington Post.
During their time together, she sang his song request, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," with Jordan happily singing along and bopping up and down, dancing to Swift's version. They also played air hockey and discussed superheroes.
On Jordan's Facebook page, his family posted a nearly 6-minute video of the two together.
Earlier this year, Swift received an invitation from a fan to attend her bridal shower and she blew the gal and her friends and family away when she showed up loaded with gifts.
In June, she was giving an interview to Rolling Stone in New York's Central Park, near where she has another home, when a fan rowing on the lake spotted her. She paddled over and requested a granted photo, telling Swift that it happened to be her birthday and they were going to whoop it up at the local Chipotle restaurant. Swift told the fan and her friend that should celebrate it the right way, so she dug into her purse and gave her $90 for a special lunch.
In March, Swift spent five hours visiting children and their families at the New York Hospital Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. A week later, she spent another five hours with the patients at the Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, R.I. near her home.
Readers pick greatest bass players
The readers of MusicRadar, a website mostly for musicians, listed their choices for greatest bass players of all time and it was loaded with respected veterans.
The winner was John Taylor of Duran Duran, followed by Geddy Lee of Rush and Simon Gallup of The Cure, Mark King of Level 42, and Weather Report's Jaco Pastorius.
The top 10 was rounded out with The Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea (6), The Who's John Entwhistle (7), Bela Fleck and The Flecktones' Victor Wooton (8), Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones (9) and Paul McCartney.
Some of the other well-known bass players listed include Chic's Bernard Edwards (14), Yes' Chris Squire (20), Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler (21), Cream's Jack Bruce (22), Pink Floyd's Roger Waters (23), and jazz fusion virtuoso Stanley Clarke (24) and Kiss' Gene Simmons (45).
On the U.S. and U.K. album charts
On the Billboard top 200 album chart, Weird Al Yankovic is still enjoying the most popular album of his 31-year recording career. His latest, "Mandatory Fun," debuted at No. 1 last week and is still hanging tough at No. 3. Morrissey's "World Peace is None of Your Business" took a header, dropping from 14 all the way down to 82.
Tennessee Ernie Ford, who died at age 72 in 1991, has his first album on the top 200 in 44 years. "Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns" debuted at No. 159 on the top 200 and No. 19 on Billboard's country album chart.
On the British album chart, Dolly Parton's "Blue Smoke/The Very Best" remains at No. 2 eight weeks after its release. It's by far her biggest U.K. chart success. Right behind her at No. 3 is "Eric Clapton and Friends — The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale," his finest charting there in two decades since "Pilgrim" hit No. 1 in1994. Debuting at No. 7 is "Hypnotic Eye," the new one from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. It's Petty's best showing there in 23 years, since "Into the Great Wide Open" reached No. 3 in 1991. These are the only two Petty and The Heartbreakers studio albums of new sings to hit the British top 10.
Obits: Guitarists Dick Wagner and Velma Smith
Guitarist Dick Wagner, who first found fame in 1973 playing with Lou Reed, died in Scottsdale, Ariz. of respiratory failure at age 71, according to reports.
Wagner stuck with Reed long enough to record the former Velvet Underground leader's "Berlin" studio album that ranked No. 344 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time as well as the subsequent tour that resulted in the critically acclaimed live album, "Rock and Roll Animal."
Wagner and Reed's other lead guitarist Steve Hunter both left in 1974 to join Alice Cooper after the shock rocker split with his original band. The two axemen played on Coop's "Welcome to My Nightmare" and Wagner continued consistently in the band through 1978, and on and off through the 1986 album, "Constrictor," co-writing the 1978 hit, "Only Women Bleed." Wagner joined Cooper a final time in 2001 for the "Welcome 2 My Nightmare" sequel album.
Country guitarist Velma Smith died in Madison, Tenn. at age 87, according to USA Today. No Cause of death was given.
Smith was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in January. She was discovered at age 12 by bluegrass legend Bill Monroe when he heard her performing on a radio station in Kentucky. Monroe suggested that she (and her sister, who retired from music) audition at the Grand Ole Opry, where she became the first woman to play a solo on the Opry's NBC radio show.
She then played with Ernest Tubb and Carl Smith and toured with Roy Acuff from 1942-1948 as his bass player. Among the hit songs on which she played are "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" in 1960 for Hank Locklin and with Skeeter Davis in 1962 on "The End of the World."
New Releases
Among the recently released albums, digital reissues, MP3 downloads and box sets are the 10-track "They Want My Soul," the sixth studio album since 1996 from Austin rockers Spoon; "My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke" sees 74-year-old jazz singer Al Jarreau joined by Dianne Reeves, Jeffrey Osborne, Dr. John and other as he fetes the fusion keyboardist he used to play with in San Francisco in the mid-60's; and "Long in the Tooth" is the first studio album in seven years by Texan Billy Joe Shaver sees the 74-year-old outlaw country vet joined by fellow Texas outlaw Willie Nelson on the album's opener, "Hard to be an Outlaw."
"That's The Way It Is (Deluxe Edition 8CD/2DVD) set from Elvis Presley offers every unreleased bonus a fan could possibly want from the King's 1970 album and filmed documentary; a 13-song "Live & Deadly — Limited Edition Hand Numbered," captured former Runaway's singer-guitarist Lita Ford at a concert in 2000; a 2-DVD, "Poco: Crazy Love — The Ultimate Live Experience" features founding members Richie Furay, Rusty Young and longtime Poco member Paul Cotton; and "The Rise of the Damnation Army — United World Rebellion: Chapter Two," from glam rockers Skid Row and singer Johnny Solinger, who's been fronting the band for the last 18 years since Sebastian Bach departed in 1996.
"Live at Stony Brook University, NY, October 22nd 1968" is from iconic San Francisco psychedelic folk and country rockers Moby Grape; "Wollman Rink Central Park NY August 3rd 1968" captures The Mothers of Invention and its leader Frank Zappa in concert; the 169-track "Face the Music," is a 9-CD/1-DVD box from E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren looks at his entire career dating to his Washington, D.C.-area band Grin, that he founded when he was 17 in 1968; the "Original Album Series: Jethro Tull" offers the five 1977-1982 studio albums released by the eclectic English band ("Songs from the Wood," "Heavy Horses," "Stormwatch," "A," and "The Broadsword and the Beast").
A 2-CD, "Live in the U.S.A.," captures reunited hard rockers Cactus featuring drummer Carmine Appice and bassist Tim Bogert in a 2006 concert and includes their take on Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally"; "Lassoed Live at Schermerhorn with The Nashville Symphony" showcases veteran country and western swing trio Riders in the Sky in concert in 2006 performing such classics as "Cool Water," "South of the Border," "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and "Back in the Saddle Again"; a 3-CD box set, "The Warner Bros. Years (1969-1972)," is from veteran jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock; and a 2-CD import, "Feels Like the First Time," records Nirvana at a December 1993 gig at Seattle's Pier 48.
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Boston Qualifier
Running Accomplishments:
My slow and steady marathon progression (left out Huntsville 2015):
Half marathons (Missing several):
Short-Term Running Goals:
Learn how to continue running with an ever more packed schedule of other things.
Upcoming races: Ogden Marathon (May), Pocatello Marathon (August), Big Cottonwood Half (September)
Long-Term Running Goals:
Finishing a marathon in under 3 hours. This is actually my goal in my upcoming marathon in May 2019 (Ogden).
Happily married with one kid. Chemical engineer, now studying statistics. Although I've always maintained a healthy level of fitness, I didn't pick up running until junior year at BYU. Now I live in Idaho, where I leave for work at 4:30am and don't get home until 5:30pm. I try to get a short run in before work and on a blue moon I do a little something else after work. Some might call that a weekend warrior, but I make an honest effort during the week as well. Say hello!
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Long-term performance analysis of Intel Mainstream SSDs
For the past few months, we have been putting three Intel X25-M SSDs through their paces in long-term real world usage scenarios. The results were surprising to say the least. We explore the internals of these drives as to determine the cause and attempt solutions of varying difficulties.
My friends know me as a tech junkie. Like many power users out there, I thoroughly enjoy pushing technology as far as it will go, and getting the best bang for the buck possible. While overclocking is great for turning a relatively cheap CPU into a fire breathing dragon capable of slaughtering anything on the retail market, such shenanigans will not get you very far in the storage world, as pushing storage tech beyond its limits almost always ends with the loss of vital data. For what seemed to be an eternity, enthusiasts remained at the mercy of the relatively slow access times associated with hard disk based storage. While some early adopters sprung for RAM-based solutions like the Gigabyte i-RAM, the cost per GB was enough to dissuade even the earliest of adopters.
Fortunately for us, flash based storage has access times nearly as fast as RAM, and is rapidly becoming mainstream, bringing some incredible performance potential into the hands of the average Joe. After reading Ryan's review of the X25-M, I picked one up for myself. Once the newness wore off and I got some hours logged with it, I discovered that my speedy SSD had lost some of its luster. One thing led to another and my journey ended with writing up these findings for the masses to consume.
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picky eater
my 2 yr old daughter is such a picky eater, she won't even touch her veggies. we are very healthy eaters but she just pushes it away and screams when i try to present it again? help!!
my 2 yr old daughter is such a picky eater, she won't even touch her veggies. we are very healthy eaters but she just pushes it away and screams when i try to present it again? help!!
I would say, try one veggie per meal until you find something she likes. Make that most days for her.
My daughter likes plain foods, so anything I make that has seasoning I usually set aside a portion for her to have unseasoned. Her tastes will change with time, just like ours did.
I read somewhere that it's not so much what they eat each day as how well they eat during a week. If you have one bad day – or two – no big deal.
Most of this is a phase, and you will only be surprised by something new in a few weeks, as you know!
My little one is also pretty picky, but she LOVES smoothies, so I make fruit smoothies and sneak in a little carrot, spinach, or frozen broccoli with the frozen fruits. The key is to get a very strong blender (i.e. Vitablend, or magic bullet) so there is no evidence! Also I use the V8 fusion (strawberry bannana) juice that has veggies in it.
Kids like to dip. Veggies in ranch dressing is good. Also, homemade fries dipped in ketchup. Last night I made fries with sweet potatoes. I cut them up in french fry shapes, mixed them with a little olive oil and salt and baked them at 400 degrees for about 25 mins., turning once. My kids loved them. Sometimes I give stickers for trying something new, but most of all, I try not to make a big deal out of it. I present it and encourage a bite. If there is great resistance, I just let it go.
My favorite thing to make though are pumpkin muffins. I use the mini muffin tins and my kids love them. I always use extra pumpkin. You could try zucchini bread too.
1c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
1c. canned pumpkin (I use almost the whole 14oz. can)
1/2 c. oil
2 eggs
1 tsp.soda
1/2 tsp.cinnamon
1/4c. water
may add nuts or raisins
Mix together. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 mins. for mini muffins. Or in bread pans for 50-65 mins
I make veggie "milkshakes" for my son almost every day and he loves them. It's frozen berries, frozen bananas, frozen rice milk, Naked green juice (broccoli/wheat grass/algae), a large handfull of fresh spinach, flax oil, carrot juice, frozen cubes of pumpkin and sweet potato, Splenda, milk and Ghirradelli powdered chocolate all in a blender. It tastes like a chocolate berry shake and it's wonderful.
I read a book by Ellyn Satter many years ago called getting your kid to eat but not too much. She states that kids need to be presented the same food over and over again before they will accept it and that it has to be in an emotionally neutral way. You first make it safe for the kid to refuse. Any pressure backfires. The book is excellent and I highly recommend it.


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Michelle Kaufman: Landon Donovan's leadership missing as U.S. prepares for World Cup qualifiers
Will Landon Donovan ever rejoin the U.S. national team? Will he play in the Brazil World Cup next summer? That remains to be seen. It looks like he won't be on the team anytime in the near future, and that's a shame, because he has been such a good leader on and off the field.
U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann on Thursday named his 29-man roster for training camp leading up to five upcoming matches, and Donovan was left off the list, as was former U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra.
Donovan, the 31-year-old midfielder and all-time leading U.S. scorer, has not played for the national team since a game at Mexico last August. He took a four-month sabbatical after the end of the Major League Soccer season, and has missed seven World Cup qualifiers and two friendlies.
Donovan returned to the Los Angeles Galaxy lineup last month, but has not done enough to earn a spot on the U.S. squad in Klinsmann's estimation.
"I think Landon is catching up," Klinsmann said. "We're all excited that he has decided to continue to play. That was the first major answer that we needed to get, and now he's just working himself back into shape and back into a playing rhythm. He will get sharper and more confident with every game he's going to play now. So we'll watch that, we'll monitor that and we'll decide then when to bring him back into our picture.
"It's not going to be for these upcoming games, but maybe later on we'll definitely expect him back in the team."
Donovan, who played in the past three World Cups, told Reuters: "I'm disappointed but I'll keep going and I'll keep working hard and I hope that I get the chance. I would love to be in Brazil next year [for the World Cup] but I can't completely control that. My job is to make it as difficult as possible for the coach to leave me out."
He told ESPNFC.com he needed the break because he wasn't enjoying the sport the way he once did.
"I did not want to feel like I was playing out of obligation," he said. "I wanted to feel like I was playing because I still enjoyed it.
"I want to be back with the national team, whether it is playing five minutes in qualifiers or the Gold Cup. I want to be back there, and if at the end of the day I give everything I have and don't get back there, so be it. But if I do and I earn it back and deserve it, it will feel really, really good."
Bocanegra turns 34 this week and has not been in the U.S. team picture for a few months. He didn't play the February match at Honduras and was not invited for two March qualifiers. He went a few months without much playing time at Racing Santander in Spain's second division.
"He knows that if anything happens to one of those center backs that he'll get called in right away," Klinsmann said, "but I think we are blessed with our center back position."
Right back Steve Cherundolo, who returned to the Hannover lineup in April after sitting four months with a knee injury, was also left off the roster. Timmy Chandler is out with a torn knee ligament.
One older player who did make the cut was three-time World Cup veteran DaMarcus Beasley, who turns 31 this week. The players will gather in Cleveland next Sunday and the United States plays Belgium in a friendly May 29. They then play Germany on June 2 in Washington.
The two friendly matches serve as warmups for three World Cup qualifiers: The United States goes to Kingston to play Jamaica on June 7, then is back home to face Panama on June 11 in Seattle and Honduras on June 18 in Salt Lake City.
The United States is in third place in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying with a 1-1-1 record, behind Panama and Costa Rica. Honduras is fourth. Mexico (0-0-3) is fifth and Jamaica (0-1-2) is sixth. The top three advance and the fourth plays New Zealand in a two-game playoff for the final spot.
The full roster: Goalkeepers — Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tally Hall (Houston Dynamo), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake); Defenders — DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Omar Gonzalez (L.A. Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg); Midfielders — Michael Bradley (Roma), Joe Corona (Tijuana), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Maurice Edu (Bursaspor), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Brek Shea (Stoke City), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City); Forwards — Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham), Herculez Gomez (Santos), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC).
•Upcoming matches:
Germany and Ecuador play a friendly at 2:30 p.m. May 29 at FAU Stadium. Tickets are available through the school box office. Germany will be without 15 regulars because of club commitments.
Spain plays Haiti on June 8 at Sun Life Stadium in a friendly that will serve as the Spanish national team's preparation for the Confederations Cup in Brazil that month. Spain will have its full "A" roster. Tickets start at $29. Go to www.sunlifestadium.com or www.ticketmaster.com, or call (305) 943-8000.


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Report from the County Ground
Tue 16 July 2013, 22:10|Tottenham Hotspur
Gareth Bale opened his pre-season account at the County Ground, but Swindon hit back with a second half strike to claim of a share of the spoils on Tuesday evening.
Bale was part of the first half team as Andre Villas-Boas made 10 changes at the break, with the exception of Gylfi Sigurdsson, who played for just over an hour.
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The team were very quickly into their collective stride, with no signs of any sluggishness lingering from the summer break.
The passing was snappy and incisive on a very warm evening in Wiltshire and it was only a matter of moments before Jermain Defoe was bearing down on goal. From a clever ball from Kyle Naughton, the striking predator homed in but was blocked as he was about to execute his shot, before Gareth Bale got in on the action.
From a precise long diagonal pass from Tom Huddlestone, Kyle Walker charged down the right and provided the supply line for Bale to divert towards goal, but Wes Foderingham in the home goal was alert to divert the danger.
Foderingham was again tested when, from a Huddlestone corner, a towering header from Michael Dawson was helped goalwards by Defoe and the keeper smartly tipped onto his crossbar.
The account for the night was opened by Bale on 15 minutes when a through ball from Sigurdsson was turned on with quick feet by the Welshman, who proceeded to steer into the top corner.
Louis Thompson seized on a loose ball from Kevin Stewart in the 36th minute and darted through on goal with the prospect of an unlikely equaliser, but the outstretched toes of Hugo Lloris were gainfully employed in averting the danger.
Alex Pritchard did have a chance to curl in a leveller just before the break, but shot wide and avoided netting against his parent club.
The second half team featured 10 changes, with just Sigurdsson remaining and coming very close to doubling the advantage after the break with a low curling effort from outside the area.
Danny Rose then burst down the left and delivered a low centre right across the face of goal before Pritchard fired a free-kick just wide of Brad Friedel's left hand upright. Massimo Luongo then stretched Friedel with a shot from distance that the keeper did well to tip over.
Sigurdsson made way for Laste Dombaxe on 62 minutes before Jan Vertonghen nearly extended the lead with a thumping far post volley from an Andros Townsend corner.
The game stalled slightly in terms of clear goalmouth action as the second half progressed, with the final ball lacking from both sides after good spells of possession.
Swindon made the breakthrough on 76 minutes when the ball was played into the path of Andy Williams who, with the help of a deflection, beat Friedel with a powerful drive from the edge of the area.
The quick feet and skills of Tom Carroll nearly saw to it that the lead was restored moments later, but his clever floated shot was just too high. Carroll then played a superb ball to give Dombaxe a shooting chance, but the angle narrowed and it was the side netting that rattled.
Zeki Fryers was a late change in place of Rose as the team sought a winner, but it ended a draw and a good pre-season workout.
Match data
Swindon Town: Foderingham (Bedwell, 85), N Thompson, Ward, Hall, Byrne (McEveley, 73); Luongo, Smith (Collins, 61), L Thompson (Francis, 69); Storey (Barthram, 53), Pritchard, Williams.
Spurs - 1st half: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Stewart, Naughton, Huddlestone, Sigurdsson, Bentaleb, Bale, Ceballos, Defoe.
Spurs - 2nd half: Friedel, Smith, Caulker, Vertonghen, Rose (Fryers 86), Parker, Carroll, Sigurdsson (Dombaxe 62), Townsend, Lennon, Obika.
Goals: Swindon - Williams (75). Spurs - Bale (15).
Referee: Mr S Hooper.
Attendance: 10,465.


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