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BRISTOL, Tenn. – With a pair of Conference Carolinas doubleheaders awaiting this weekend, the King University softball team jumped out of conference to take on crosstown rival Virginia Intermont College at the Stateline Classic hosted at Whitetop Park. The Cobras jumped ahead in the second inning, and that was all pitcher Micalah Sacre needed as Virginia Intermont took the contest 3-1.
The Tornado (24-22) got a pair of runners on walks in the top of the first inning, but couldn't get the timely hit as Sacre kept the game scoreless with a strikeout to end the frame. Virginia Intermont (21-17) also had a pair of runners in the first inning, but Morgan Lowe, the King pitcher was up the task, keeping the game scoreless through the first inning.
Virginia Intermont broke through in the second inning as a dropped fly ball allowed a runner with one out. Erica Martin followed with a home run to center field to give the Cobras a 2-0 lead after two innings.
King finally got to Sacre in the fourth inning with Hannah Smith reached on an error to start the inning. Tori McComas followed with a single through the right side, and after an out, Cheyenne Delffs loaded the bases with a single to right field. Lowe ripped a groundball to short that turned into a force play at third base, but allowed a run to score. However, that was all the Tornado would get as Sacre kept the Cobras in the lead at 2-1.
The Cobras added an insurance run on a Martin single to center, but Sacre didn't need the insurance run as she worked around a one-out walk in the seventh to complete the game and give Virginia Intermont the 3-1 victory.
Lowe tossed all seven innings in the circle for King, and only needed 76 pitches. She allowed two runs, three earned while scattering nine hits and striking out four. Sacre on the other hand allowed one unearned run on three hits, and struck out 13 on 104 pitches.
Offensively, Lowe drove in King's lone run with Stephanie Rodriguez, McComas and Delffs registering hits for the Tornado.
King will be in action this weekend when the return to Conference Carolinas play, hosting Limestone College. The doubleheader could be big in terms of conference tournament seeding as the Tornado sit atop the standings at 9-3, and the Saints are in third at 6-4. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. The Tornado will then host Barton College on Sunday, which is also Senior Day starting at 1:00 p.m.


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These glass plates come in four print variations. As the layers of the painting are printed at the same scale, you can stack them for a more complete image of the original artwork. Or mix and match with a ceramic under plate to provide a coloured canvas for your painting.
This product is based on Landscape with Houses, 1890 by Vincent van Gogh.
At first sight 'Landscape with houses' looks like infinite lines that slur their way through the image, while changing form and colour. A closer look reveals a technical experiment; Van Gogh tested techniques and tones of blue by applying them over each other. Droog unraveled his 'organized chaos' into uniform and monochrome layers. Each separate colour is applied on individual tableware items. By combining the products, you can choose how chaotic or organized your table setting gets.
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Founded in 2011 by Renny Ramakers, Studio Droog is an Amsterdam based studio that develops the Droog brand through a range of furniture, accessories and lighting products. The studio uses a carefully selected team of in-house designers, dedicated to designing quality products that change your experience of daily life.
The studio is committed to delivering useful products with a strong identity. We believe that utility does not have to come at the expense of fantasy. Every piece in the studio's collection begins with a radical re-think of a particular item and the way that it can be used. Each product is unique and tells a story of its own, but all share a strong emphasis on both function and fiction.

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Finding out you have diabetes is very scary. But don't panic! Sure, diabetes is serious. But people with diabetes can live long, healthy, happy lives. You can too by taking good care of yourself. Take a team approach to managing diabetes. Learn more about the programs offered through your physician and the professionals at Southern Ohio Medical Center. Our Diabetes Education Program has been awarded the prestigious American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education program. Together, we can improve the quality of your life.
We offer education classes for gestational diabetes and chronic diabetes.
These classes cover topics such as:
- Learning to live with diabetes
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Twenty six million Americans have diabetes. One in three doesn't know it! Take this Diabetes Risk Test to see if you are at risk for having diabetes. Diabetes is more common in African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian-Americans, and Pacific Islanders. If you are a member of one of these ethnic groups, you need to pay special attention to the results.
What is diabetes?
Simply put, diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or does not properly use insulin, a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. (To learn much more about diabetes, visit the web site of the American Diabetes Association.) The cause of diabetes is a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles. There are two major types of diabetes.
- Type 1 is an auto-immune disease in which the body does not produce any insulin, most often occurring in children and young adults. People with type 1 diabetes must take daily insulin injections to stay alive. Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5-10 percent of diabetes.
- Type 2 is a metabolic disorder resulting from the body's inability to make enough, or to properly use insulin. It is the most common form of the disease. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90-95 percent of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is nearing epidemic proportions, due to an increased number of older Americans, and a greater prevalence of obesity and sedentary lifestyles.
- In addition, gestational diabetes develops in 2 to 5 percent of all pregnancies but almost always disappears when the pregnancy is over. Women who have had gestational diabetes are at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Other specific types of diabetes result from specific genetic syndromes, surgery, drugs, malnutrition, infections, and other illnesses.
Diabetes is a Silent Killer
Many people first become aware that they have diabetes when they develop one of its life-threatening complications.
- Blindness. Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in people ages 20-74. Each year, from 12,000 to 24,000 people lose their sight because of diabetes.
- Kidney Disease. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure. In 1995, nearly 28,000 people began treatment for kidney failure because of diabetes.
- Nerve Disease and Amputations. About 3 out of 4 of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of diabetic nerve damage, which, in severe forms, can lead to lower limb amputations. In fact, diabetes is the most frequent cause of non-traumatic lower limb amputations.
- Heart Disease and Stroke. People with diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to have heart disease, which is present in 75 percent of diabetes-related deaths. And, they are 2 to 4 times more likely to suffer a stroke.


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When Kansas was ranked the most vulnerable state in the nation last year when it comes to infectious disease threats, officials decried the assessment.
"The report does not provide an accurate and thorough picture of the state's readiness to respond to health emergencies, disasters and terrorism," Gov. Sam Brownback said about the annual snapshot produced by Trust for America's Health, a nonpartisan public health advocacy organization, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
"No matter the score, the report presents a skewed view of public health readiness, draws inaccurate conclusions and in no way indicates the actual preparedness level in Kansas," said Dr. Robert Moser, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
The study, which measures states' ability to deal with public health threats such as foodborne illnesses, infectious diseases, bio-terrorism and extreme weather events, concluded Kansas only met three of the 10 criteria established.
This year Kansas fared a little better, hitting four of the metrics. The Sunflower State ranks near the bottom, but at least we're not last any longer.
State officials hardly are celebrating. But apparently they're not working to improve the situation either. Instead, rebuttals and dismissals of the report continue.
A spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Miranda Steele, said the report does not offer a "comprehensive look" at the state's public health system.
That might be the case, but the indicators measured seem valid enough to at least warrant attention.
The report states: "Fighting infectious disease requires constant vigilance. Policies and resources must be in place to allow scientists and public health and medical experts to have the tools they need to control ongoing outbreaks -- such as HIV/AIDs, bacterial infections in hospitals and foodborne illnesses; detect new or reemerging outbreaks -- such as middle east Respiratory syndrome (meRs), whooping cough and drug-resistant infections; and even monitor for potential bioterrorist threats -- such as anthrax or smallpox."
Worldwide, infectious diseases are the leading cause of death of people younger than 60. In the United States, millions of Americans contract infectious diseases every year. Public safety issues demand attention and funding from government. This isn't one of those areas to cut when the limited-government factions dominate a statehouse.
Yet decreasing public health funding is precisely what is happening in Topeka. Last year's 4-percent cut marked the third straight year of declines. In this study, such a pattern lowers the state's score.
Another metric in the study is whether 90 percent of 19- to 35-month-old children are vaccinated against whooping cough. Kansas managed to reach 79 percent. KDHE might dismiss this measuring stick as well, but should examine whether it's related to the state's incidence rate of pertussis being almost twice the national average.
Vaccinating Kansans of all ages against the seasonal flu is supposed to hit 50 percent of the population; Kansas vaccinated 40.7 percent.
Kansas also scored a zero for its efforts to combat the spread of the human papillomavirus. HPV is a significant cause of cervical, genital and oropharyngeal cancer but since it's also the most common sexually transmitted infection, conservative governments often opt against dedicating resources to fight it.
A senior fellow at the Kansas Health Institute, Dr. Gianfranco Pezzino, said the TFAH report is valuable because "it raises important issues that we should be talking about."
But Kansas isn't doing that. Rather than dealing with the message, Topeka is choosing to attack the messenger.
While we would agree the Brownback administration is under no obligation to respond to every study some non-profit organization chooses to research and publish, simply dismissing this particular report isn't the correct approach either. Improving the overall public health of Kansas should be something that interests everybody.
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Goldman Sachs has a list of 17 companies best positioned to take advantage of the Internet of Things with some interesting names and a couple of notable omissions.
Goldman Sachs notes:
While the fixed Internet connected 1 billion users via PCs, and the mobile Internet connected 2 billion users via smartphones (on its way to 6 billion), the IoT is expected to connect 28 billion "things" to the Internet by 2020.
While Google Inc. just wrapped up its annual developer conference in San Francisco, and buzz is building about Apple Inc.\'s larger iPhones in the media, neither of the tech giants showed up on Goldman Sachs\'s short list.
Goldman Sachs doesn\'t ignore Google and Apple. In fact, Goldman has a Buy rating on Apple and a Neutral rating on Google, and both companies are seen expanding into the market of more and more Internet-connected devices. But in the focus on communication technology and chip companies, they just didn\'t get the \"best positioned\" designation. Then again, that could be an apples vs. oranges argument. Goldman Sachs said the note is the first in a series about the Internet of Things, so the techs giants could get more focus in future notes.
So, where does Goldman Sachs see two rallying points in the new IoT revolution? Two big growth areas will be communications technology (meaning Wi-Fi, expanded cellular service, and so-called \"fog\" computing) and hardware (sensors, connectivity devices, and microcontrollers).
In these areas, Goldman Sachs sees the following 17 communication technology/chipmaker stocks as \"best positioned\" to cash in on the coming revolution:
But before this revolution takes hold, Goldman Sachs acknowledges one of the biggest barriers to connecting all our devices together is the issue of security. Already, Google\'s operating system for cars is drawing concern that car-hacking can replace car-jacking, and in the latest round of security flaws even PayPal has been shown to be vulnerable.
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The purpose of this publication is two-fold. First, it provides a process where the quality of either new or existing equipment, processes, or products can be optimized. In the case of existing processes, the procedure will maximize the output given the constraints built into the process. In the case of new processes, the procedure will insure that when the process is turned over to day-to-day operations in a state of control and capable of meeting customer requirements.
The second purpose is to provide a structure for performing statistically designed experiments in industry. An example experiment is used to show how to do this, and blank forms are provided to walk the practitioner through the process of designing and performing an optimization experiment.
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February 21, 2013 01:00 ET
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES--(Marketwire - Feb. 21, 2013) - Recruitment in the United Arab Emirates is expected to boom in 2013 as the local economy enjoys a significant boost in investment.
An increasing number of large-scale projects have been announced by both the government and the private sector, and recruitment agencies are reporting that up to 15% more jobs are being advertised compared to a year ago.
Traditional areas of the economy such as oil, gas and petrochemicals are predicted to generate the most number of new jobs, but sectors that have been slow in the recent economic climate, including banking, construction and real estate, are also showing very positive signs.
The UAE is also seen as a beneficiary of the Arab spring uprisings, with the country seen as a safe haven in a still volatile region, while the tourism industry in places like Dubai continues to be very buoyant.
Recruitment experts in the region are in no doubt that this year will represent a great time for those looking to work in the UAE.
A spokesperson for Middle East specialist Mackenzie Jones said: "Dubai and the UAE as a whole has not stopped being a popular place to come and work, but we have definitely seen a significant upturn in the employment market recently.
"The economy has improved and confidence has returned to the private sector, and in our experience there are many employers out there who are currently in hiring mode for everything from marketing jobs to manual construction work.
"With so many serious construction projects in the pipeline, we are seeing considerable demand for workers in many related industries such as utilities and logistics, but we're also witnessing growth in FMCG, retail and healthcare/pharmaceuticals, for instance."
The boost in employment opportunities augurs well for the local economy as a whole, with existing workers likely to experience a resultant upturn in wage levels, a return of annual bonus schemes, and improved job security after a fairly turbulent recent past.
Almost a quarter of a million UK workers currently ply their trade in the UAE, and it's likely that figure will rise significantly over the course of 2013.
One of the first recruitment consultancies in the region, Mackenzie Jones has built up a sizeable presence in Dubai since moving there permanently in 2006.
Among the sectors it provides executive recruitment solutions for are HR, marketing, sales, finance, legal, agency and creative and business support.
For more details on Mackenzie Jones finance jobs and all other current opportunities, visit http://mackenziejones.com/.
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American officials are attempting to reopen negotiations with the Taliban in order to secure the release of Bowe Bergdahl, an Army Sergeant who was captured in Afghanistan in 2009. The negotiations over Bergdahl have been dormant for a while, but, according to The Washington Post, U.S. officials are trying to escalate talks as a year-end deadline for U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan looms.
There are currently no immediate plans to negotiate with the Haqqani, who are part of the broader Taliban insurgency but separate operationally, but the proposal would be to release five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for Bergdahl. American intelligence recently obtained video confirming that Bergdahl was alive—a question that had previously been unanswered for the past three years.
State Department spokeswomen Jen Psaki did not discuss details with the AFP, but told them that, "there should be no doubt that we work every day -- using our military, intelligence and diplomatic tools -- to try to see Sergeant Bergdahl returned home safely." American negotiators have apparently been trying to strike up talks for a while, but received little response from the Taliban on the receiving end. The captive's exact whereabouts are unknown, though he is believed to be in Pakistan, and a rescue mission has been considered infeasible for quite some time.


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With Valentine's Day occurring this week, it needs to be stated once more; romantic melodramas can be great. That obvious fact is often overlooked due to a cycle of repetitive, uninspired and lazy members of the genre that litter theaters on a monthly, sometimes weekly basis. This notion sticks to the supernatural romances too.
Twilight's legacy at this point appears to be making swaths of moviegoers either cheer or roll-their-eyes at each new tale of woebegone lovers unable to be together because one's a vampire/witch/zombie/bee-in-a-man-sized-suit. This isn't a new genre, and just like romances, comedies and all others, when done right, it can be just as engrossing as any other subject.
Take for example "Beautiful Creatures," the adaptation of the popular Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl novel in which teenager Lena (Alice Englert) struggles with her life in a middle-of-nowhere town in the deep South.
Lena gets cold shoulders and whispered words thrown her way every day in high school, with the rumor being that she comes from a family of witches; an accurate bit of tabloid fodder. Yet, one bored boy in this lazy town named Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich) has a liking for Lena, her blunt attitude and interest in books of the non-biblical variety.
As goes in such stories, there is trouble on the horizon for these two kids. On Lena's sixteenth birthday, she will be claimed by the forces of light or dark based upon her innate nature, and if she's a baddie, it's unlikely dinners over candlelight are in the future, unless Ethan's being cooked by one.
Ethan meets Lena's variety of siblings, from the trying to overcome his nastiness uncle (Jeremy Irons) to her former goody-two-shoes cousin turned manipulating, murdering cousin (Emmy Rossum). Despite the danger, Ethan yearns to help Lena through it all, danger be damned, as is the way in such stories.
What "Beautiful Creatures" lacks in originality it outweighs in wit, fun and a terrific cast, led by its two stars. Both Englert and Ehrenreich have been in a handful of indies over the years and they bring with them a knack for the sizzling, frayed edges of teenage life. Their scenes crackle as they make gaga eyes at one another and discover every fresh detail that comes with a new love at that age.
Richard LaGravenese, who directed and wrote the screenplay, doesn't attempt to base this bonding in a few errant stares and a montage set to a pop-diddy, instead letting his actors and dialogue do the trick. Englert isn't solely an introvert or mopish figure, imbuing a confidence into her actions, as Ehrenreich makes Ethan unrelenting in his energy, ready to climb fences or crack a smile at the thought of running away from his dusty, god-obsessed town. These two actors are full of surprises though out the picture and are worth keeping tabs on.
LaGravenese doesn't have a strong as handle on Beautiful Creatures' more high-scale gestures, with a number of magic-moments limited by mediocre staging and a meager – by Hollywood standards – budget. Whenever the movie threatens to go off the rails though, someone in the cast zips back into line, including a terrific Emma Thompson (is there any other kind) as a devil-fearing local with a few secrets of her own.
Irons, so often a complete ham in these types of pictures, is engaged, bringing a true sense of worry for his niece's situation. Plus, Rossum is a delight as the heinous, gleefully tricksy witch that plots to have an equally nasty running buddy in Lena.


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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A pregnant San Francisco area woman was killed by one of her pit bulls, her mauled body found by her husband, police said on Friday.
The 32-year-old woman was pronounced dead on Thursday afternoon at the couple's home in the seaside village of Pacifica, south of San Francisco, Pacifica Police Capt. Dave Bertini said.
Authorities withheld the names of the victim and her husband.
Bertini said the woman's husband told police he came home from work at around noon on Thursday to find one of the couple's pit bulls standing, bloodied, over his wife's mauled body.
First responders to the scene found the woman unresponsive in a front room of the home with massive trauma to her upper body, Bertini said.
A second pit bull was found cowering in the corner.
Bertini said the man told authorities that the attacking dog, a two-year-old male named Gunner, was confined in a back room.
But when the dog managed to escape and enter the front yard, officers shot it three times, Bertini said.
Both pets were taken to Peninsula Humane Society, which performs animal control services for San Mateo County under contract.
The society's spokesperson Scott Delucchi said a necropsy scheduled for Friday would seek to retrieve the bullets as well as examine stomach contents and tissue samples to establish whether the dog was correctly implicated in the attack.
Tissue samples will be taken from the second dog to determine if it could be returned to the victim's husband.
"This person has lost everything; this dog is all he has left," Delucchi said.
"Right now we are assuming that one dog was involved and one was not. We investigate hundreds of dog attacks every year but I've never seen anything like this in 13 years," Delucchi said.


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British designer Jasper Conran has over 30 years of experience with his brand, during which he has diversified his portfolio from womenswear into menswear and updated his signature fragrance to be nothing short of modern and classic with a contemporary hit.
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DALLAS — The Cooper Aerobics Center announced plans this week to expand its facility to the Dallas-Forth Worth area. This is the center's first fully owned and operated expansion and is set to be opened in early 2006.
The Center, known for its nonprofit research group, the Cooper Institute, will build a new 70,000-square-foot wellness center and spa facility in McKinney, TX at Craig Ranch, a 2,000-acre development with parks, trails and a PGA Tour Tournament Players Club golf course. McKinney has a growing community with a population of 90,000 and was chosen as the location after an 18-month search.
The new facility will feature a full-service day spa, indoor jogging track, strength-training area, indoor basketball court, outdoor swimming pool, cardio equipment and an outdoor track. Member services will include educational seminars on fitness, nutrition and wellness topics, personal fitness assessments, group exercise classes and youth and other group programs.
Kenneth H. Cooper, a preventive medicine doctor who coined the word "aerobics," founded the original Cooper Aerobics Center in 1970.


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The Sierra Camera Club is a non-profit organization created to promote the art and science of photography, to advance the knowledge and skills of photography, and to provide opportunities to enjoy and share photographic knowledge and experiences with others.
The Club is comprised of separate branches (Divisions), each representing a different area of photographic interest. In the rapidly changing field of photography, current interests lie predominantly in Color, Nature, Travel and Prints. Please refer also to to the "Gallery" in this website to see the club member's work in each division.


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Van Halen Giving Away Vinyl Single Of 'She's The Woman'
Good news for vinyl enthusiasts and Van Halen fans. Beginning May 4, the group is giving away a limited-edition seven-inch single of 'She's the Woman' with the purchase of their new album, 'A Different Kind of Truth.'
But there is a slight catch. You can't just walk into any CD joint or big-box store and get the single. The band is only offering it at select independent record stores. In other words, Van Halen are extending Record Store Day beyond the third Saturday in April.
Collectors can also enter Ultimate Classic Rock's contest for the chance to win a special red, 180-gram heavyweight vinyl copy of 'A Different Kind of Truth,' which also features reprints of David Lee Roth's handwritten lyrics. The contest ends May 20, 2012.
Until the single comes out, you'll have to be content to watch the new video for 'She's the Woman' below over and over again. It features footage of the band performing the song, both onstage and in rehearsals, on their current tour. Last week, the band extended the tour by announcing 18 more dates from July to mid-August.


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More maimed patients have come forward to corroborate an accusation that a transsexual woman posing as a doctor has been going around injecting toxic chemicals into people's posteriors.
CBS reports that 30-year-old Oneal Ron Morris has been released on bond after being charged with inflicting serious bodily injury and and practicing medicine without a license— but wait, there's more!
Morris allegedly charged the original complainant $700 to give them the ass of their dreams and injected them with flat tire sealant, cement, and mineral oil, because men's anacondas don't want none unless you've got a tire in your pants, hon. Police now say that others have come forward with similar stories.
Lesson to learn from this: don't let people inject unnecessary things into your ass. You can do side bends and situps, but please don't enhance that butt.
Report: More women claim fake Fla doc gave them cement butt injections [CBS]


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Observing Overheads
Mid-IR observing overheads can be significant and must be taken into account when proposing for time on Michelle. The following table summarises the overheads and efficiency, but please be sure to read the detailed notes below.
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|Stare mode spectroscopy
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Experience indicates that each new imaging target will incur a configuration overhead (slewing, centering, setting the peripheral wavefront sensor for tip-tilt AO correction on a guide star) of 10 minutes or less, depending on the distance of the target from the previous one, and the guide star magnitude. The average value is about 6 minutes as noted in the table above. For setting up a spectroscopic measurement an additional 5 to 10 minutes should be allowed for accurate centering on the slit and for switching between imaging and spectroscopic modes, hence the overhead averages to 15 minutes. Note that these are average values, for programs with faint targets or special acquisition requirements the overheads could be longer. If in doubt please check with the Michelle support astronomers.
Imaging and Low-Resolution Spectroscopy
Once a typical observation with chopping and nodding (i.e, imaging and low-resolution spectroscopy) begins, the time spent actually integrating on the source - the value entered in the observing tool as the "total on-source time" - will be about 25% of the elapsed time. Thus, you specify the actual on-source time for Nod A Chop A + Nod B Chop B (i.e., one beam for each nod position). If chopping on-chip you in fact get double the on-source time that you specified but, because guiding is only possible in one of the chop beams (see here), the quality of one of the two images will be somewhat degraded and unlikely to be useful for science. The factor of two on-source overheads are due to the chop duty cycle and the time required for the telescope to nod and then stabilise. We hope that this eventually can be reduced to a factor of ~1.5.
In early 2007A a new observing mode (longer frame time and fewer read-resets) for the Qa filter was tested which increased the observing efficiency in this filter by about 40%.
The Echelle and Medium-Resolution Gratings
When observing with the echelle and medium resolution gratings, done in stare/nod (as opposed to chop/nod) mode, the observing overhead, after the initial 15 minutes of setup time, is a factor of about 1.5.
Imaging Polarimetry
In the case of imaging polarimetry the time requested in the observing tool (and the time that should be specified in the integration time calculator) is the total on-source time (this is a change from 2007A and 2006B where the time per wave-plate position was used). The exposure time in any individual wave-plate position is therefore 1/4 the total on-source time. The overhead involved in moving the half-wave plate during the observations means that the overall efficiency is generally of order 7.5%, rather than 25% as in regular imaging mode. Thus for a 2 minute on-source time specified in the OT, the actual time spent per wave-plate position will be 0.5 minutes; coupled with the 7.5% efficiency, the total time needed to take the observation will be about 2 minutes/0.075 = 27 minutes for the filters in the N-band window (after acquisition).


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UW Sustainability Discussion Series Continues Wednesday
The discussion series to raise awareness and community interest in sustainable practices continues Wednesday, March 28.
"Combined Heat and Power, Waste Heat Recovery and District Energy: Improving efficiency, reducing costs and increasing energy reliability" is at 3:30 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Senate Chambers. It will be presented by Patti Case from the U.S. Department of Energy's Intermountain Clean Energy Application Center. A question-and-answer session follows, with the session ending by 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the UW Campus Sustainability Committee, Wednesday's program is the second in a series that includes one event per month during February, March and April on topics, including sustainable foods, energy efficiency and waste management. The sessions are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
To learn more about the sustainability discussion series and to view streaming video from any of the events, visit the CSC website at www.uwyo.edu/sustainability/campus-sustainability-committee/index.html.


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Green Knights Place Second at MWC Indoor Meet
From Sports Information Director, March 1, 2014 | Men's Track & Field
by Dan Lukes, email@example.com, (920) 403-4077
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa - St. Norbert College finished second at the Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held at Cornell College.
The Green Knights registered 135 points, finishing behind Monmouth College's 198 points. Grinnell College was third with 86 points.
Benny Swift won the conference title in he 800-meter run, finishing with a time of 1:57.07. Austin Livingston was fourth in 2:00.19, while Jake Schneider was eighth in 2:02.89.
The distance medley relay of Daniel Reigh, Andrew Hull, Tommy Zakowski and Nathan Heppe won the conference title with a time of 10:39.12. The 4x400-meter relay championship was claimed by the quartet of Akeem Edmonds, Taylor Pasterski, Austin Livingston and Andrew Hull in 3:26.89.
Randy Hill was second in the triple jump with a distance of 45-5, while Ryan Grandlic was eighth in 40-4 3/4.
Pasterski was third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.46 seconds, while Edmonds was seventh in 51.30 seconds. Hayden Hoffmann was fifth in the 3,000-meter run in 9:07.13, and Mike Linzmeier was seventh in 9:11.39.
Brad Boockmeier was fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.81 seconds, followed by Jack Feuerstein in sixth at 9.02 seconds and Dan Sisler seventh in 9.24 seconds. Boockmeier finished third in the shot put at 14.77 meters.
Pasterski finished sixth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.15 seconds. Feuerstein was sixth in the 200-meter dash in 23.18 seconds, while Tyler Lewis was seventh in 23.19 seconds.
Brennan Beachler finished seventh in the pole vault, clearing a height of 13-1 3/4. Joe McArdle was seventh in the weight throw with a toss of 46-4 3/4.


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JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Driven by passionate, grassroots volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is now the largest charitable supporter of T1D research. The goal of JDRF research is to improve the lives of all people affected by T1D by accelerating progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, better treating, and preventing T1D. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners who share this goal.
Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has awarded more than $1.6 billion to diabetes research. Past JDRF efforts have helped to significantly advance the care of people with this disease, and have expanded the critical scientific understanding of T1D. JDRF will not rest until T1D is fully conquered. More than 80 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and research-related education.


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The site of the original lock is near the cars (right)(Click on images to enlarge)
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ATLANTA — Maybe, just maybe, the NFL is ready to complete its transition of elite-tier quarterbacks.
Not that Peyton Manning should be harshly judged because he had one unfortunate performance after a missed season with four neck injuries.
But does anyone else see a young Manning in Matt Ryan?
A more mobile Peyton? Ryan was Joe Montana-like cool, Manning-like accurate and Manning-like intelligent in leading the Atlanta Falcons, who defeated the Broncos and error-plagued Manning, 27-21, on Monday night before a raucous sellout crowd at the Georgia Dome.
Manning threw three interceptions on the Broncos' first three possessions and Denver was unable to recover.
"Anytime you go on the road and you throw three interceptions to put your team in a hole, to put our defense in a hole, and give Atlanta great field position, it's disappointing," Manning said. "Just got to protect the ball batter. … No excuses for me. Poor decisions, I threw the ball into coverage. We battled back and had a chance, but in the end I put our team into too big of a hole."
Ryan is beginning his fifth NFL season. He threw his 100th career touchdown pass in the third quarter. Manning is in his 15th season. Last week, he threw his 400th touchdown pass.
Ryan was way above the grading curve in his first four regular seasons but the postseason has been his albatross. He and the Falcons have lost three consecutive playoff games.
Funny, when Manning was with the Indianapolis Colts, he started 0-3 in the postseason too. In the game Monday night, up-and-coming Ryan clearly outplayed the iconic Manning, whose three interceptions were all on throws over the middle.
Denver rallied in the fourth quarter, but never got the ball back with a chance to tie as the Falcons ran out the clock after the Broncos pulled to within six.
The Broncos had four turnovers in their first five possessions.
"A little too much to overcome," said Broncos coach John Fox.
Hurt early when his nervous receivers made crucial drops, Ryan efficiently led the Falcons to touchdowns on his last possession of the first half and second drive in the second half.
"I played with him his first year and you knew right away that Matt Ryan gets it," said Broncos linebacker Keith Brooking. "They've done a real good job of getting weapons around him and building that offense around him."
Manning, meanwhile, had one of those games. What, you thought he would dominate every game after missing all of last season? Comebacks are never easy in the NFL.
For only the second time in his career, Manning threw three interceptions in the first quarter. The other time was during a torrential downpour in San Diego, where on Nov. 11, 2007, he wound up throwing a career-most six picks.
Still, Manning would have led the Colts to victory in that game if not for a missed short field goal in the final seconds by Adam Vinatieri.
When Manning in this game led the Broncos on an 80-yard touchdown drive to end the first half, narrowing the Falcons lead to 20-7, there seemed to be a chance the quarterback's ugly start could be overcome. But the Broncos went three-and-out on their first possession of the second half — a 1-yard completion to Demaryius Thomas and two incompletes — while Ryan combined with Roddy White to smartly execute a 74-yard scoring drive that put Atlanta up 27-7. Manning then led the Broncos on a long scoring drive to make it 27-14 with 11:48 left in the game on Willis McGahee's 2-yard run. McGahee added a late scoring run for the final score.
Wide receiver Brandon Stokley said the offense "is a continuous work in progress. It's something we're going to have to keep working at, the entire season."
Broncos safety Mike Adams said Manning will rebound. "He's going to be all right." Adams said. "I've seen him have games like that before, and he still came back and won them. One more quarter and we win this one."
It was a tough night for the fiery Fox, too. At wit's end with the replacement officials, Fox is beginning to rival San Francisco's Jim Harbaugh as the top bully to the fill-ins. Fox got a pass interference call reversed and an unsportsmanlike penalty flagged against him that was never marked off. Several penalties were seemingly marked with peculiar yardage.
Then again, Broncos right tackle Orlando Franklin came away with a hotly contested recovery on a Knowshon Moreno fumble yet the officials awarded Atlanta the ball. During the tussle for the oblong prize, tempers flared and the pushing match wound up with Fox in the middle of it. Fox was in the middle because he had strayed several yards into the field of play.
The Broncos players reflected their coach's spirit. With Manning's play, and his passes, wobbling, McGahee started running the ball with authority. McGahee had 77 yards rushing on just 11 carries at the half.
On defense, Denver gave the Falcons fits despite poor starting field position. There was so much attention paid to Manning's poor play that the Falcons' offensive ineptitude was almost overlooked. The combination of Denver D tenacity and four dropped Falcon passes — two each by Julio Jones (one that would have been a touchdown) and Tony Gonzalez — kept the Broncos in the game.
It was only 10-0 Falcons after the first quarter even though the Broncos committed four turnovers. On the Falcons' lone touchdown, they needed three Michael Turner rushing plays to go 1 yard. Atlanta only had to go 1 yard because on the Broncos' first possession, Manning's pass intended for tight end Jacob Tamme floated and knuckled into the awaiting arms of Atlanta's William Moore.
The safety returned it 33 yards to the 1.
Finally, both offenses got it going with their final possession of the first half. Ryan started going to No. 3 receiver Harry Douglas, who was working on new Broncos' nickel back Tony Carter, while mixing in mid-range completions to Gonzalez and Roddy White. Carter was replacing the injured Chris Harris.
A 1-yard flip to a wide-open Gonzalez in the back of the end zone gave the Falcons a 20-0 lead with 4:39 remaining in the half.
At that point, Manning became methodical. The Broncos huddled up as a way to slow down their heartbeats. A mix of short passes to Eric Decker and McGahee runs brought the Broncos within scoring distance. A great catch by Thomas, who starred here at Georgia Tech, finished the drive.
On third-and-goal from the 17 and just 16 seconds left in the half, Manning threw to the left side of the end zone where Thomas caught it but appeared to be pushed out of bounds with just one foot down. Until the replay. A slow-motion look revealed Thomas was able to drag his right toe off the turf. The right toe represented his second foot down and the Broncos had a touchdown.
The Falcons went into the locker room up 20-7 but the Broncos were confident that they were the team with the momentum.
Ryan took the momentum back in the third quarter.
Mike Klis: 303-954-1055, firstname.lastname@example.com or twitter.com/mikeklis


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I'm sure that you still remember those old, sweet days, when building websites was a matter of coding a bunch of all-static HTML pages, including a few images on them, and creating the corresponding hyperlinks to use the goodies of the HTTP protocol. Yeah, those times were great, weren't they?
However, not all things must have that nostalgic feeling. This is particularly true when it comes to stressing the advantages of developing modern dynamic websites, which are mostly driven by a database backend. Definitely, creating websites that use different layers for storing content, handling visual presentation and structure, and performing all sorts of clever tasks via a server-side programming language (like PHP, among others), has become the usual scenario for many web developers.
Of course, since the subject is rather huge, there are many ways to build dynamic websites, aside from using a group of database tables for storing distilled content. You can use flat files for saving data, or in the best case, if your storage requirements aren't particularly demanding, server memory can be also a fairly good option. Nevertheless, as the web grows to unimaginable dimensions, databases are by far the most used mechanism for saving the contents of a website, and certainly that tendency has been continuing steadily for a considerable amount of time.
So, what's the point of this introduction, after all? Well, for experienced PHP developers, building database-driven websites can be considered a straightforward process, which probably will be performed with minor hassles, but for beginners or intermediate programmers, this experience surely may be quite troubling.
Therefore, in response to all the reasons that I mentioned above, over the course of this two-part series, I'll walk you through the development of a highly extensible and "pluggable" website engine with PHP 5, which will allow you generate web pages on the fly based on a predefined (but simple) database structure. By using a few comprehensive PHP classes, along with a single template file, you'll be able to create truly dynamic websites that maintain a consistent look across their pages.
Have you been missing the "dynamic" feature of your websites lately? Let's fix that up quickly with this expandable, PHP 5-based website engine!
{mospagebreak title=Defining the core structure of a simple yet dynamic website}
As I said right at the beginning of this article, the website engine that I plan to build will be based on the functionality provided by some PHP 5 classes, which will be reviewed later. For now, I'd like to commence by defining the general structure of the dynamic website itself to give you a good idea of how it will look.
Basically, the skeleton of the sample website that I'll create will be comprised of the following sections: header, main navigation bar, left-placed column, center-placed column, right-placed column, and finally the usual footer section. Nothing unexpected, right?
As you can see, the structure that I described before corresponds to a typical three-column web page layout, which is properly exemplified by the set of screen shots included below. Please, have a look at the first one, which shows not only the overall appearance of the sample website in question, but also depicts the appearance of a "Profile" page included within the site:
As you'll realize, the above image reaffirms the concepts that I explained before. The layout of the sample website will be made up of a header, then three central columns, and finally a footer area.
In this specific case, the previous picture shows the look and feel that corresponds to a hypothetical "Profile" page, but there are still some other pages that I'd like to you show you. Take a look at the following screen shot, which shows the visual appearance of a "Products" page:
As you can see, the above image demonstrates the consistent look and feel of the sample website, and at the same time shows the basic appearance of a "Products" page. Of course, the overall visual presentation of the site can be significantly improved to fit your particular needs, but for the moment I decided to keep it simple. That will give you an accurate idea of how each section of this website will look, without having to mess up the overall development process too much.
Al right, at this point you've hopefully grasped the key points of how to define the general structure of this sample website. So let me show you finally a few additional screen shots, aimed at demonstrating the look and feel of the eventual "Services," "Customers" and "Contact" pages. Here is how they look:
Okay, I think that the above screen shots are more than enough for demonstrating the core structure of the dynamic website that I plan to construct. As I mentioned before, each section of the site presents a consistent look, a fact that makes them very convenient to generate with a simple static template file.
Speaking of the concrete template file that will be used in this tutorial, in the following section I'll show you its source code. Click on the link below and keep reading to learn how this will be achieved.
{mospagebreak title=Creating a simple template file}
After showing you how each one of the different website sections will look, it's time to translate the respective screen shots to functional (X)HTML code. Since I want the aforementioned website to have a consistent appearance across different pages, all the corresponding web documents that will integrate into the site will be generated from a single template file.
Having said that, here is the structure of the mentioned template file, which I called "default_template.htm." It is responsible for building up the three-column layout that you saw previously.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/styles.css" type="text/css" />

{header}

PROFILE

PRODUCTS

SERVICES

CUSTOMERS

CONTACT

{leftcolumn}

{centercolumn}

{rightcolumn}

{footer}

Definitely, there are many interesting things to note regarding the template file listed above. First, notice the inclusion of the typical placeholders that eventually will be filled with real data, obviously coming from a database table. In this case, I opted to code the corresponding placeholders by using a couple of curly braces as delimiters, but you can use other characters for that.
In addition to creating the generic structure for all the web documents that compose the dynamic website, I moved all the CSS declarations to an external file, as you do usually when building your own websites. However, there's still one thing I want you to pay attention to here. Do you see how each of the links that are part of the main navigation bar contains a "pageid" variable, which is passed via the query string?
You guessed right! Based upon the functionality provided by this single parameter, each time a main link is clicked, a new web document will be generated on the fly. In this way we implement the so-called "dynamic" feature that I explained right at the very beginning of this article.
Although this approach for generating web pages dynamically is well known among experienced developers, the truth is that if you wish to start quickly building database-driven websites, the method I'm developing here is pretty straightforward and generally it's easy to implement with minor problems.
Now, returning to the definition of the "default_template.htm" file that you learned before, its signature would be rather incomplete if I didn't show you the respective CSS file attached to it. Here is the full listing for the CSS declarations included inside the previous template file:
/* body */
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
background: #fff;
font: bold 14pt Arial, Verdana;
color: #000;
margin: 0;
/* header section */
height: 100px;
background: #3cc;
/* navigation bar section */
height: 35px;
background: #3cc url(../images/bgnav.gif) top center repeat-
padding: 0 0 0 180px;
#navbar ul{
list-style: none; /* main links list */
display: inline;
#navbar li{
display: inline;
#navbar a,#navbar a:visited{ /* main links */
display: block;
float: left;
width: 80px;
margin: 10px 0 0 0;
font: normal 11px Tahoma, Arial;
color: #333;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
border-right: 1px solid #666;
#navbar a:hover{ /* hovered main links */
color: #f60;
/* left column section */
float: left;
width: 182px;
height: 500px;
background: #cfc;
/* center column section */
float: left;
width: 63%;
height: 500px;
background: #fff;
/* right column section */
float: right;
width: 180px;
height: 500px;
background: #cfc;
/* footer section */
clear: both;
height: 50px;
background: #3cc;
Those are all the CSS rules that you need to build the three-column page layout that was shown previously. As you can see, in this case the outer columns are coded as fixed elements, while the central area has been constructed as a liquid one, but as you know this can be easily changed to create an all-liquid page layout.
So far, I showed you all the source code that corresponds to the presentation layer of the dynamic website that I'm currently developing. The question that comes up now is: what's the next step? Well, in the upcoming section, I'll be defining the corresponding database schema in MySQL to construct the tables responsible for storing the contents of each dynamic web page.
Sounds really interesting, right? Therefore, go ahead and read the next few lines. I'll be there, waiting for you.
{mospagebreak title=Defining the database schema with MySQL}
Since the previous section was dedicated to demonstrating the complete process for creating the pair of files that put the presentation layer to work, the current one will be focused on defining the simple database schema which will be used for storing the contents of each dynamic web document.
With reference to the above concept, first I'll create a single database table called "pages" where each row will store web page data. It will be structured as follows: page id, page title, header contents, left column contents, center column contents, right column contents, and finally footer contents.
As you'll realize, the previous schema is extremely simple to implement, and certainly can be translated to real SQL code by the following statement:
CREATE TABLE 'pages' (
'id' INTEGER(4) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
'title' VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL DEFAULT ",
'header' TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ",
'leftcol` LONGTEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ",
'centercol' LONGTEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ",
'rightcol' LONGTEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ",
'footer' TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ",
PRIMARY KEY(`id`)
ENGINE = InnoDB;
Now that the above "pages" database table has been properly created, I'll do something more useful with it. I'm going to fill it up with some basic data to create the contents of all the web site sections that I showed you previously. How will this be done? That's as simple as running the following SQL INSERT statements:
INSERT INTO pages (id,title,header,leftcol,centercol,rightcol,footer) VALUES
(NULL,'HomePage','Content of header section goes here','Content
of left column goes here','Content of main section goes
here','Content of right column goes here','Content of footer
section goes here');
INSERT INTO pages (id,title,header,leftcol,centercol,rightcol,footer) VALUES(NULL,'
Profile Page','Content of header section goes here','Content of
left column goes here',' Content of main section for profile page
goes here','Content of right column goes here','Content of footer
section goes here');
INSERT INTO pages (id,title,header,leftcol,centercol,rightcol,footer) VALUES(NULL,'
Products Page','Content of header section goes here','Content of
left column goes here',' Content of main section for products
page goes here','Content of right column goes here','Content of
footer section goes here');
INSERT INTO pages (id,title,header,leftcol,centercol,rightcol,footer) VALUES(NULL,'
Services Page','Content of header section goes here','Content of
left column goes here',' Content of main section for services
page goes here','Content of right column goes here','Content of
footer section goes here');
INSERT INTO pages (id,title,header,leftcol,centercol,rightcol,footer) VALUES(NULL,'
Customers Page','Content of header section goes here','Content of
left column goes here','Content of main section for products page
goes here','Content of right column goes here",'Content of
footer section goes here');
INSERT INTO pages (id,title,header,leftcol,centercol,rightcol,footer) VALUES(NULL,'
Contact Page','Content of header section goes here','Content of
left column goes here',' Content of main section for contact page
goes here','Content of right column goes here','Content of footer
section goes here');
Okay, as shown above, the previous six INSERT statements populate the corresponding "pages" database table with some basic data that belong to each one of the website's sections. Following this schema, you can see that every web page now contains a concrete title, and some descriptive texts for the respective header and footer areas, as well as for the pertinent columns. Wasn't that easy?
Now that the "pages" database table has been filled with information related to each particular section of the website in question, it should be clear to you how to construct a simple application with PHP that fetches data from the mentioned table and injects it straight into the previous template file.
And best of all, this process can be performed with a unique "pageid" parameter! Definitely, we're on the right way to constructing a simple yet efficient website engine with PHP. But, to see how this will be done, you'll have to wait till the next tutorial.
Wrapping up
In this first article of the series, I introduced the key points for how to build an extensible website engine with PHP 5. More specifically, I developed a comprehensive presentation layer, in conjunction with the respective data layer. However, as I mentioned before, there's a missing piece in this puzzle: the PHP-based application, which will be developed in the next part. Thus, you won't want to miss it!


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The guilty pleasure of McDonald\'s Corp. has long served as an indicator of just what the dollar will buy. Thanks in part to a rally that\'s failed to materialize, the dollar is getting you even less these days.
At a location in San Francisco, a dollar will buy items including a hamburger, cheeseburger, side salad, parfait or one hash brown. Not all the \"dollar menu & more\" items are exactly one buck; a grilled-onion cheddar burger comes in at $1.29 and a double cheeseburger is $1.69.
Read: How McDonald\'s is beating Chipotle
Here\'s how much a trip to the Golden Arches will set you back in London, Madrid and Hong Kong, thanks to fearless reporting from our global correspondents and a hat-tip to the Economist and its Big Mac index for the idea.
At McDonald\'s on Fleet Street in London\'s financial center, a cheeseburger costs 99 pence, or just shy of one pound. A regular hamburger (not pictured) comes in at 89 pence. That translates to about $1.67 and $1.50, respectively, at the current rate of $1.6823 per pound . The pound has rallied 1.6% against the U.S. dollar this year.
Over in Madrid, the basic hamburger (err, sorry – hamburguesa) rings up at exactly one euro and the cheeseburger costs €1,30. That\'s roughly $1.37 and $1.79, respectively, at the current exchange rate of $1.3698 per euro . The euro is down about 0.3% versus the U.S. dollar this year. Still, that\'s a far cry from the forecasts of some currency strategists, who expected a deeper drop in the euro.
The burger offerings on a \"value picks\" menu in Hong Kong come in at 9 Hong Kong dollars, or about $1.16 at the exchange rate of 7.75 Hong Kong dollars per U.S. dollar . For a double cheeseburger (below), the total rises to HK$17.50, or about $2.26. The Hong Kong dollar is linked to the U.S. dollar. It\'s the actions of mainland Chinese authorities in cracking down on Chinese shadow banks — which may have prompted Beijing to sell U.S. dollars — that\'s seen as weighing on the greenback this year.
For all that, a buck doesn\'t go far on the menu these days — even in the country where the greenback is king.
–Saumya Vaishampayan and Barbara Kollmeyer
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How China may be dragging down the U.S. dollar
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Bill Gross says this is what's really behind the Treasury rally


text: (sorry for the double-email -- accidentally sent from the wrong email account) On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:21 AM, Janne Grunau <janne-dvb at grunau.be> wrote: > On Wednesday 09 April 2008 00:22:40 Oliver Endriss wrote: > > > Michael Krufky wrote: > > > > > > I would really like to see this patch get merged. > > > > > > If nobody has an issue with this, I plan to push this into a > > > mercurial tree at the end of the week and request that it be merged > > > into the master branch. > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but afaik the option should be named > > 'adapter_no', not 'adapter_nr'. > > The usual english abbreviation for number is no. OTOH the respective V4L > options are also called video|radio|vbi _nr, so calling it adapter_nr > would be consistent with V4L. > > I'm not sure which argument is more important but it won't be much work > to change it o adapter_no. > > Janne I believe that the "nr" abbreviation comes from the German language. (correct me if I'm wrong) Perhaps the abbreviation, "no" is more correct, since it is based on the English language, but to me this is of no significance, since v4l uses the "nr" abbreviation and this is globally understood. If Oliver perfers "adapter_no" then lets go with it. Otherwise, it's fine as-is. -Mike


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What: "Discovery," presented by Boulder RAW Artists
When: 6-10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24
Where: Absinthe House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder
Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door
Info: rawartists.org/boulder
Etc.: This is an over-21 event. Happy-hour food and beverage pricing will be offered 6-7 p.m.
Artists run wild in the city of Boulder, whether they're sculpting fascinating pieces out of metal as commissioned centerpieces for city parks, hanging one-of-a-kind fine-art prints and stunning photographs on the walls of art galleries and local coffee shops or putting on myriad art-centric events to celebrate and share the talent housed within the city.
To that end, the Boulder chapter of the RAW Natural Born Artists Organization is throwing one heck of a big art show Sunday at the Absinthe House in downtown Boulder to promote and elevate the careers of 30 promising underground artists working in the area.
This will be anything but a typical gallery show.
"There's going to be performance, there's going to be art, there's going to be food, there's going to be massage, there's going to be a fashion show -- there are a lot of different things going on," said Giulia Pecone, RAW's Boulder Showcase director.
Started in Los Angeles, RAW has become a strong voice for underground artists looking to build their portfolios and make connections with potential supporters and buyers of their work. In the four years since the organization's inception, RAW has expanded in the United States and now has a presence in more than 50 cities, including Boulder and Denver.
"There are a lot of really good artists out there who deserve recognition," Pecone said, "and RAW is trying to bring that opportunity to people that have really worked hard to get where they are."
Pecone and her team work diligently year-round to produce exciting promotional events for emerging local artists. Held quarterly throughout the year, each Boulder RAW art show showcases about 30 artists whose submissions have been chosen by RAW.
Unlike the serious and calm atmosphere found at most art shows, a RAW event is high energy and includes everything from live DJs, to fashion design, to film, to performance art, to photographers and mixed-media artists interacting with the patrons. Live artists will take their scheduled turn in the spotlight throughout Sunday's show, while photographs and work by fine artists will be displayed all evening.
"A lot of artists and a lot of great people that live in Boulder do artwork, and we really want to represent them in a way that is showing them off in a professional way but also a fun way," Pecone said. "There's never a dull moment when it comes to a RAW event."


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Davidson College has received an $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a curricular model of digital studies that can be replicated by other small liberal arts colleges. The grant will support the development and expansion of digital studies throughout the college's curriculum, particularly in the humanities, during the years 2014 to 2017.
The initiative follows a year of researching best practices in the use of digital media and technologies for teaching and curricular development, which also was funded by the Mellon Foundation.
Davidson's program will reach a broad base of students and stresses collaboration among faculty, library and information technology staff, and students. It also seeks to create lasting connections between Davidson and the research-oriented universities in our region.
"Members of the Davidson College community have been experimenting with technology in the curriculum for a long time," explained Associate Dean for Curriculum Pat Sellers, who helped coordinate the research and writing of the grant proposal. "This grant builds on the preexisting interests of faculty, staff, and students, making it easier for them to develop their interests and expertise."
The grant focuses on four areas: (1) new faculty and staff positions; (2) student, faculty, and staff development; (3) curriculum design; and (4) a "digital collaboratory." Director of Digital Studies Mark Sample will lead the overall program.
The grant will allow Davidson to hire new tenure-track professors in positions that are jointly shared between a Humanities department and Digital Studies. The grant calls for adding one tenure-track position in 2015-2016 and a second one in 2016-2017. Beginning in 2017-2018, Davidson will assume all costs associated with these positions.
"I'm very excited to bring in young scholars working on the vanguard of digital culture and tools," said Sample. "These new professors will help introduce new ways of thinking about the traditional humanities and the liberal arts from digital perspectives."
Davidson also will hire a two-year post-doctoral fellow to work within Digital Studies, starting next fall. The post-doctoral fellow will teach classes in his or her specialty and also mentor faculty and students in their own digital research. Davidson's library and information technology professionals will reevaluate skill sets and overall staffing in light of curriculum development, and increase permanent and fixed-term positions as necessary.
The grant will promote several ways to develop student, faculty and staff expertise with key digital tools and platforms.
Among these initiatives is "Davidson Domains," which will provide every Davidson student a unique domain name and access to an open-source platform like WordPress. The Web domain will serve as a foundation for students' online presence at Davidson and beyond. As students progress through the Davidson curriculum, they will learn how to add content to the domain from any aspect of their experience. Students might use it to display outstanding assignments, samples of internship work or research experience, and more.
Ideally, students will be able to keep the domain and content after leaving Davidson. The program will begin next year as a pilot using several sections of the required first-year writing course, with first-year students in 2015-2016 as the first full participants.
"Students' domains will function as concrete products of their work that are much more detailed than résumés," explained Sellers. "Domains will make it easier for Davidson students to show their collegiate achievements to potential employers."
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Davidson has made or is making commitments in several areas to ensure the success of the Digital Studies Program. They include the appointment of Mark Sample as Visiting Associate Professor of Digital Studies, the redefinition of information technology and library positions, including the addition of a specialist in digital preservation and curation, and hiring new staff to support the Digital Studies Program.
Additionally, information technology has recently converted a Chambers Building room into a pilot makerspace, named "Studio M," which features a 3D printer, material for physical computing and robotic toolkits.
Sellers explained what makes Davidson's approach to digital studies unique. "Other institutions have focused on developing digital tools and databases for professors' and students' individual research projects," he said. "We've taken a different approach by trying to spread digital studies as widely through the curriculum as possible."
Sample expressed his support for the college's commitment to promoting curricular digital integration. "Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff made a valid point with the title of his book Program or be Programmed," he said. "If we don't critically use and think about technology, then we will be used by technology."
Sample concluded, "It's almost impossible to be a responsible, informed citizen of the world without knowing, using, and having a critical stance toward technology and the digital world. Cultivating that critical stance fits in with Davidson College's liberal arts mission, and we're thrilled this Mellon grant will advance that mission."


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Dr. Darryl Thelen of the University of Wisconsin at Madison will present the address "The Biomechanics of Hamstring Injury: Implications for Prevention and Rehabilitation" through the Distinguished Lectures Series in Sports Medicine at Hope College on Monday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Maas Center.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Hamstring injury is one of the most common problems faced by athletes in every sport at every level of competition. Because of the role that the critical muscle group plays in stabilizing the knee and hip, even minor strains can keep athletes on the sidelines. Best practices in the treatment of hamstring injury are controversial, and tend to be based more on individual practitioner experience than scientific evidence.
Thelen is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. His fields of interest include the simulation of musculoskeletal dynamics; mechanics and control of movement; neuromuscular adaptation with age, injury and disease; imaging of soft tissue mechanics; and the application of biomechanics in orthopedics and rehabilitation. He was a member of the Hope engineering faculty from 1994 to 2001, and subsequently held a research position with the Biomechanical Engineering Division at Stanford University before joining the University of Wisconsin faculty in 2002.
The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine is designed for health care professionals with an interest in physically active patients, and is intended for students, educators and clinicians alike. It is co-sponsored by Shoreline Orthopaedics, Holland Hospital, Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan and the college. Thelen's address on Dec. 1 is additionally co-sponsored by the college's department of engineering and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The remaining addresses for 2008-09 will be presented during the college's spring semester, on Monday, Jan. 12; and Monday, April 13. Additional information about the series may be found online at https://hope.edu/academic/kinesiology/athtrain/ dlssm/index.html
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Hungary Allows Drunk Cycling
In a country with zero tolerance for driving under the influence, a Hungarian government decree that allows cyclists to drink and ride on major roads came as a surprise over the weekend.
Hungary, which fines drunk drivers heavily, takes away licenses, bans them from driving and locks them up in jail if they've caused an accident, since Saturday allows cycling regardless of the level of intoxication provided that cyclists are capable of steering.
The government decision, published in its official gazette with the signature of Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday, follows a 2012 modification of the traffic regulations that said cyclists could ride minor, secondary roads after drinking but there were banned from major roads.
Before Saturday, if riders were caught on main roads with blood alcohol level higher than 0.5 grams per liter, they were to pay a fine of 30,000 forints, or $131. Lawmakers say riders can only hurt themselves and not others, unlike drivers of motor vehicles.
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In today's newly released teaser trailer, Electronic Arts has announced a new installment of the NBA Street series - and that's about it. The video makes a point that everyday people need relatable heroes and that idolized hero should be a basketball superstar who also stays true to his roots. Street fans'll just be happy to see the urban/aggressive NBA counterpart return.
Right now, the game's being called, simply, NBA Street, which is sure to cause all kinds of fun Google and Ebay moments when searching for the original game. No consoles were announced, but given EA's track record, the usual suspects are predicted (that's code for everything under the sun... except maybe GameCube).
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*Wyclef Jean's Haiti charity is to close following allegations of financial mismanagement.
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The Fugees star co-founded Yele Haiti in 2004 to assist in the wake of Hurricane Jeanne, which devastated his native island. The organization was also involved in aid efforts following the Haiti earthquake in 2010.
However, the charity was investigated by the New York attorney general and reportedly went out of business last month, according to the New York Times.
The report alleges that a forensic audit of the organization from 2005-2009 found mismanagement of expenses including $24,000, which was spent on chauffeur services for Jean, and $30,000 on a private jet to fly actress Lindsay Lohan from New Jersey to Chicago for a benefit event that raised $66,000.
A statement from Jean's attorney Avi Schick, posted on Jean's Facebook.com page, reads: "Wyclef Jean helped pay for the independent audit of Yele because of his commitment to both the organization and the people of Haiti, and while most of its findings do not in any way relate to him he is nevertheless committed to ensuring that things are made right."
Jean's spokesperson Melanie A. Bonvicino adds: "At present my client Wyclef Jean and his legal team are working assiduously to resolve any pending issues with respect to Yele prior to its closing, as Mr. Jean continues his tireless commitment to his 'beloved' country by remaining steadfast in his efforts to encourage the global community to join him in supporting ongoing relief efforts in Haiti."


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Breastfed babies may gain less weight
Babies who are fed milk from their mothers' breasts gain less weight over their first year compared to babies fed milk—breast or formula—from a bottle, suggests a new study.
The lead author said the difference may come down to how much of a role babies play in deciding when to stop feeding, instead of mothers or fathers forcing them to finish a bottle.
"If the babies are fed by the breast, the baby plays a very active role, because they are the ones who decide when to suckle and when to stop," said Dr. Ruowei Li, of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Li told Reuters Health some researchers believe that "if the babies are fed with the bottle, they will gradually lose their self-regulation of their energy intake and the internal cues of satiety and hunger."
To look at the link between weight gain and feeding, Li and her fellow researchers followed about 1,900 babies from across the U.S. born in the mid-2000s.
Through a series of surveys sent to their mothers, the researchers asked for—among other things—babies' weights at different ages and how often women breastfed, pumped their breast milk or used formula.
Babies who were only fed from a bottle—either with only breast milk or only formula—gained about three ounces more per month compared to those who were solely breastfed.
After that, the findings got a bit complicated.
When moms did a combination of breastfeeding and bottle feeding with human milk only, babies didn't gain any extra weight—but if they both breastfed and bottle-fed with formula, their babies gained an additional two ounces each month, on average.
And when moms exclusively bottle-fed, but alternated between using human milk and formula, their babies grew similarly to solely-breastfed babies.
It's not totally clear why babies fed a combination of bottled breast milk and formula may not have gained additional weight, the researchers wrote in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
But, "The key message out of this study is that breastfeeding really is the first feeding choice for the babies," said Li, who added that supplementing breastfeeding with breast milk from a bottle is a good second option.
Mounting evidence
The new study is only a piece of the growing evidence that breastfeeding appears to be the best choice for a newborn, and may protect against obesity later in life.
In the same journal, Tessa Crume and her colleagues published findings suggesting breastfeeding for at least six months may not only protect kids against being overweight later in childhood, but also against being underweight.
Simply put, overweight kids might have been even more overweight if they weren't breastfed as babies, the researchers reported. At the opposite end of the weight spectrum, there was a suggestion that underweight kids might have weighed even less if their moms hadn't breastfed them.
Those findings are based on weight and body fat measurements, as well as breastfeeding history, for 442 children between the ages of six and 13 years old.
"It is suggesting that breastfeeding has a growth-regulating effect—preventing extremes," said Crume, from the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado in Denver.
In an ideal world
Despite growing research in favor of breastfeeding, the authors of a linked commentary say the new findings may put too much pressure on new mothers.
"Pediatricians should deliver their expert advice with empathy, being mindful of the gap that always exists for parents between doing what is ideal for their children and doing what is possible," according to the editorial.
Co-author Dr. Jeffrey Wright, a pediatrician from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, told Reuters Health there could be anatomical or economic reasons why mothers cannot breastfeed their children.
Some mothers have to return to work, fathers may want to help with feeding and the parents may want to know how much milk their baby is getting. Wright said all of these reasons may keep mothers from breastfeeding.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends mothers exclusively breastfeed for six months, and continue breastfeeding as foods are introduced until at least 12 months.
"There were millions of babies raised on formula well before the obesity epidemic started," said Wright. "Each family should weigh the benefits they see against the hassles they take to get there, and the father should be involved with that discussion."
As with any research, the new studies also have limitations -- including that neither can prove breastfeeding directly protects kids from gaining too much weight.
But researchers agreed that employers need to do what they can to promote breastfeeding, such as having onsite child care and allowing new parents to work part-time.
"Breastfeeding is really the best feeding for the babies, and needs to be the first choice," said Li.
If that's not possible, she said it's important to pay attention to the signals a baby sends out to prevent overfeeding with a bottle, such as keeping their mouth shut or not wanting to suckle.


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Is Los Angeles a desert? Our city gets about 15 inches of rainfall annually, slightly more precipitation than, say, Missoula, Montana (though we have fewer days per year that are considered "wet"). Did you know this is enough to serve a fairly large population and irrigate its urban greenery?
But every time it rains an inch in the city of L.A., 3.8 billion gallons of runoff are sent to sea, sweeping trash, toxins, and bacteria into waterways and polluting our beaches and ocean.… Read more >>