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Diabetes can reduce the blood supply to your feet and cause a loss of feeling known as peripheral neuropathy. This can mean foot injuries do not heal well, and you may not notice if your foot is sore or injured.
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By Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com
VIDEO: Commissioner Adam Silver's statement on Donald Sterling
SAN FRANCISCO — An angry Doc Rivers, while conceding that reported racial comments by owner Donald T. Sterling are a distraction and that players briefly discussed a boycott to underline their united protest against them, insisted Saturday that the Clippers remain focused on their championship hopes and, most immediately, Game 4 on Sunday against the Warriors.
"I don't know if I'm surprised or not," Rivers, the coach and head of basketball operations, said of the recorded conversation — posted on the TMZ website — between a woman and a man identified as Sterling. "I didn't like the comments, obviously.
"I'm going to tell you now I'm speaking on behalf of the team, so the players are not going to deal with this issue. We had a great team meeting this morning about it. A lot of guys voiced their opinions. None of them were happy about it. This is a situation where we're trying to go after something very important for us, something that we've all dreamed about all our childhoods. Donald or anyone else had nothing to do with that dream. We're not going to let anything get in the way of those dreams. As far as the comments, we were not happy with any of them. But we're going to let the due process, everything, get handled, and that situation will be handled later. Right now, our goals haven't changed. Our focus is on Golden State and it's going to stay on Golden State.
"It does [impact]. But you've got to move on. I mean, what are we going to do? It has an impact and you move on. It upsets all of us. There's not one guy that's happy with this situation. Do you think I want to be talking about this instead of trying to stop Steph Curry? I don't. I don't like all the phone calls I've been getting and all that stuff. We try to keep clutter — it's been our word all year, keeping clutter away from our team, and it's been brought to our team. It upsets me. It upsets our team. Having said that, we have something that we're playing for right now and we're going to deal with that. The other stuff, we'll deal with later."
What the future implications could be were not immediately clear. But Rivers, speaking in a testy tone at odds with his jocular manner even in the most tense of playoff situations, made no attempt to cover for his boss. He circled the wagons and made sure everyone understood Sterling does not have a wagon.
Rivers was asked if he had talked to Sterling and said: "We have not. We have not tried, honestly. Like I said, this is something that Donald and his family and everyone else, they're going to have to figure that part out. We don't need a talk, all right? We don't need that. We need to deal with Golden State."
Do you want to talk to him?
"Not right now," Rivers said after practice at the University of San Francisco in preparation for Game 4 in Oakland. "I want to deal with my team. This is a distraction. For me, I'm going to focus on my guys. I came here for them. They came here because of each other. Our goals have not changed. It's like one of the players said. 'Hey, when I was a kid and had a goal to win a world championship, it was to do that. It wasn't to win a world championship for someone.' And that's our goal.
"Listen, they're young men. It shouldn't be African-American men. We have two white guys. It's about being human. We're not going to get to what race we are because we represent each other and this is our team and that's the way we're going to keep it. No one was happy about it. J.J. Redick was just as pissed as Chris Paul, and that's the way it should be. Having said that, our goal is to win the NBA title and we're not going to let anything stand in the way of that. That's adversity that we didn't want, but we have it, we have to deal with it. We'll deal with it internally, but we're not going to share it with anybody else."
The idea of a boycott, as soon as Sunday at Oracle Arena, "was brought up because I'm sure 20,000 people have suggested it. But, honestly, I'm completely against that and they were too. Why should we let someone's comments stop what we're trying to do? We're trying to do something too here and we don't want that [Sterling] to get in the way of what we want to do."
A reporter suggested the issue of racial insensitivity is bigger than the game.
"For you," Rivers shot back. "Yeah, it's easy for you to say. You haven't worked since [you were] 2 years old to win a title. So, yeah, that's simple. 'It's bigger than the game.' For you it may be. Right now, this game is business for us and we're trying to win a title and we're not going to allow something to get in the way. The league is going to handle this. The players association will handle this as well. As a group, what we have to do is stay together. I think the biggest statement we could make as men — as men, not as black men, as men — is to stick together and show how strong we are as a group. Not splinter. Not walk. It's easy to protest. The protest will be in our play."
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Not a Fit! How to Transition People to Their Sweet Spot
Have you heard the story of history's worst art restoration?
Recently, a 19th-centurty fresco painting of Jesus that was in desperate need of a facelift, underwent an unexpected and rather horrendous restoration by a completely unqualified elderly parishioner.
The painting that hangs in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church in Spain was first thought to be vandalized, but eventually Elias Garcia Martinez came forward admitting the touchups were her handiwork.
The "restored" painting resembles a mutant Ewok or some sort of alien/bear hybrid. It probably goes without saying, Elias is not an artist, has no formal training and is in no way qualified to restore paintings.
She claims that she had permission from the parish priest. While that claim turned out to be false, it isn't outside the realm of possibility.
The truth is, we often allow and even encourage people to serve in areas outside their areas of giftedness. When you're assembling a new team, it's hard to not have an open casting call; accepting anyone and everyone who might want to join. In an effort to not hurt feelings and offend individuals, we end up putting people in positions that ultimately are bad for them and for our congregations.
As Mr. Spock said in Star Trek II, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." This is a pretty harsh statement, especially for ministry, but I think it's applies.
We've all sat through excruciating specials where soloists can't quite hit their notes; we've all been present for the testimony that was scheduled for 2 minutes that went 12; we've all seen graphics designed by the church secretary or other staff members who have no design training. All of these things can have a huge impact on how we experience God in worship. The collective discomfort experienced in these moments of worship are nearly impossible to overcome in the span of an hour.
It is hard to utter the words, "you may not be a good fit for this", but those words are sometimes necessary. Just because someone isn't right for one opportunity doesn't mean they won't be great for another. 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 lays out a pretty good rationalization for why we're really called to do ministry in our highest area of giftedness. The body of Christ is described as many parts that form one unit.
Every person has a part to play in the body. Sometimes individuals are drawn to do the work of a part that they're not. The most difficult part is that people regularly think they're gifted in ways that they're not.
This happens in many areas from singing to media production, dramatic arts to "on chancel" roles such as worship hosting/acting as liturgist and so on.
So how do you help shift someone to where they need to be? It starts with sensitivity, prayer and careful communication.
First and foremost, just because someone isn't right for one type of ministry, doesn't mean that they're not good for any ministry at all. They may just be a hand, not a foot. Our elderly DIY art restorer from earlier is pretty good at the broad strokes. She might be perfect for painting the fellowship hall a new color. She likely has other talents that could be used in ways that would create successes for her and for the church.
For years at seminars I've told the story of working with an extremely talented intern while on staff at Ginghamsburg UMC. Of the 7 interns I worked with, he was among the most talented of my tenure. The thing is, while a great guy, he was not the best communicator. When trying to use him as an extension of our design team, I found that he couldn't properly communicate the ideas we were trying to convey. He had a hard time communicating to me what he was thinking as when he'd try and offer a counter idea.
I didn't send him home, I just found other ways to use him. One of them was to give him all of the info for announcements. I knew he was an excellent artist and that he was highly creative. I basically said, "Do something creative with this informartion". He knocked it out of the park. He created what may have been the best announcement graphics to ever grace the screen. It wasn't that our intern wasn't good for ministry, it was just that he wasn't right for the worship design team where clear communication was essential.
I've seen music directors do similar things with singers. Not every singer has the kind of voice that can/should be featured. While some singers may sing relatively well, it might be that they best fit in a larger ensemble such as a choir or as a group of backup singers.
Clear communication is an important part of ministry and relationships in general. Sometimes when the answer is no, or when we have to deliver hard news, we avoid the problem. We may not pick up the phone when we see who is calling. We also might not respond to emails or texts or other forms of communication because saying "no" or "you're not right for this" is hard. The truth is, the more you avoid communication with those you have to share "tough love" with, the more frustration and hard feelings build. You can make a hard situation harder by avoiding conflict and communication. Without meaning to, you end up disrespecting the person by ignoring them and you may just hurt them in the process.
What does a hard conversation look like? It's probably going to be different based on personalities – Some people can handle being frank and direct, others need a gentler touch. Here's a quick roadmap to for having these conversations and what to do next:
- Start with sharing your appreciation for the work they've been doing. Help them see you appreciate their passion and desire to serve.
- Share with them your vision for ministry and what it is you're trying to accomplish.
- Gently help them see that your goal for them and for the church is to create a win-win scenario, making sure that they are successful in the area they serve.
- Be honest about where you see shortcomings. If you think it's possible that with more practice, training and experience that they can get to where they need to be, tell them that. If they're "a hand", and they want to be "a foot", help them see (in a respectful way), that they may be reaching for something that is outside their area of giftedness. Above all, affirm that their gift is of value. Have a plan in place to transition them into whatever would be a better fit.
- Don't stop communicating! Once you've moved them to a new area where they can succeed, continue to reach out. See how they're doing. Don't cut them off.
I'm a firm believer that we can only accomplish the mission if we act as a body – utilizing everyone's gifts. We were designed to work together. When everyone is serving where they should be, and things are in alignment, the body functions better.


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It may take 3-4 hours to complete this scarf depending on your experience with crochet. If it takes you longer, that is completely alright. There is no need to rush.
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Chain 26 - this will give you 4 shells
Row 1: SC in the next CH from the hook, *skip 2 chains and do 5 DC in the next CH, skip 2 chains and do a single crochet in the next CH. Repeat from * for a total of 4 times. (you will have 4 full shells)
Row 2: CH 3 turn, do 2 more DC in the same SC. This will count as half of a shell. *SC in the third DC of the shell, 5 DC in the next SC. Repeat from * 3 times total. SC in the third DC of the shell, 3 DC in the last SC for half of a shell. ( you will have 3 full shells and 2 half shell on each end)
Row 3: CH 1, turn, SC in the top of the last DC, *5 DC in the next SC, SC in the third DC of the shell. Repeat for a total of 4 times from *, SC in the third DC of the shell.(you will have 4 full shells this row)
Repeat Rows 2 and 3 for the remaining length of the scarf.
The starting and finishing ends will vary somewhat. It is up to you in how you want to finish the edges so I am giving you some ideas in how to cover up the different edges.
- Crochet a shell edging over the starting chain so both ends are wavy.
- Continue on around the scarf evenly placing shells on both sides and covering up the foundation chain end.
- Crochet SC, HDC, DC HDC, SC in the valley of the shell. The staggered stitch heights will help create a flat edge. With this technique, you may want to do a single crochet edging all the way around after filling in the valley's of the shells.
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media depends on the social context
(or: Media System Dependency Theory)
History and Orientation
Dependency theory was originally proposed by Sandra Ball-Rokeach and Melvin DeFleur (1976). This theory merged out of the communication discipline.
Dependency theory integrates several perspectives: first, it combines perspectives from psychology with ingredients from social categories theory. Second, it integrates systems perspectives with elements from more causal approaches. Third, it combines elements of uses and gratifications research with those of media effects traditions, although its primary focus is less on effects per se than on rationales for why media effects typically are limited. Finally, a contextualist philosophy is incorporated into the theory, which also features traditional concerns with the content of media messages and their effects on audiences. Research generated by this model had tends to be more descriptive than explanatory or predictive.
Core Assumptions and Statements
Dependency theory proposes an integral relationship among audiences, media and the larger social system. This theory predicts that you depend on media information to meet certain needs and achieve certain goals, like uses-and-gratifications theory. But you do not depend on all media equally. Two factors influence the degree of media dependence. First, you will become more dependent on media that meet a number of your needs than on media that provide just a few. The second source of dependency is social stability. When social change and conflict are high, established institutions, beliefs, and practices are challenged, forcing you to reevaluate and make new choices. At such times your reliance on the media for information will increase. At other, more stable times your dependency on media may go way down.
One's needs are not always strictly personal but may be shaped by the culture or by various social conditions. In other words, individuals' needs, motives, and uses of media are contingent on outside factors that may not be in the individuals' control. These outside factors act as constraints on what and how media can be used and on the availability of other non-media alternatives. Furthermore, the more alternatives and individual had for gratifying needs, the less dependent he or she will become on any single medium. The number of functional alternatives, however, is not just a matter of individual choice or even of psychological traits but is limited also by factors such as availability of certain media.
Conceptual Model
This model is the general idea of the dependency theory.
Source: Ball-Rokeach & DeFleur (1976)
This model is more elaborated and shows more specific effects of the dependency theory.
Source: DeFleur & Ball Rokeach (1989)
Favorite Methods
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Scope and Application
Mass media (at micro, meso, macro level: individuals, interpersonal networks, organizations, social systems and societies).
To be added.
Key publications
- Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & DeFleur, M.L. (1976). A dependency model or mass-media effects. Communication Research, 3, 3-21.
- DeFleur, M. L. & Ball-Rokeach, S. (1989). Theories of mass communication (5th ed.). White Plains, NY: Longman.
- Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Power, G.J., Guthrie, K.K., & Waring, H.R. (1990). Value-framing abortion in the United States: An application of media system dependency theory. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 2, 249-273.
- Auter, P. J. (1992). TV that talks back: An experimental validation of a parasocial interaction scale. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 36, 173-181.
- Blumler, J. G. (1979). The role of theory in uses and gratifications studies. Communication Research, 6, 9-36.
- Donohew, L., Palmgreen, P., & Rayburn, J. D. (1987). Social and psychological origins of media use: A lifestyle analysis. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 31, 255-278.
- Infante, D. A., Rancer, A.S., & Womack, D. F. (1997). Building communication theory (3rd ed.). Prospect, Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, Inc., 387-393.
- Littlejohn, S. W. (1999). Theories of human communication (6th ed.). Albuquerque, NM: Wadsworth Publishing, 351-354.
See also: Uses and Gratifications Approach
See also Mass Media, Media, Culture and Society


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Hartsville, S.C. – Four players for Queens University of Charlotte scored in double figures, as the Royals blew past the Coker Lady Cobras with ease in a Conference Carolinas women's basketball showdown on Saturday afternoon in the Timberlake-Lawton Gymnasium. The loss drops the Coker women to 2-7 overall and 1-3 in the conference, while Queens improves to 4-6 overall and 3-2 in conference play with the win.
Ashley McGurit (Indian Trail, N.C.) set the pace for Queens with a game high 19 points, while Hartsville native Shakaria Hamlin made the best of her return home with a 16 point performance. McGuirt and Hamlin each added six and five rebounds respectively. Marissa Hudley (Charlotte, N.C.) showed why she is the Royals leading scorer and rebounder on the year, putting up a double-double with 11 points and 15 rebounds, while Dyonna Battle (Rocky Mount, N.C.) gave Queens 11 points off the bench.
Kiesha Beavers (Williamstown, N.J.) lead the Lady Cobra offensive with nine points and four rebounds, with Cassie Kirby (Charlottesville, Va.) chipping in eight points and Joanna Tyndall (Dunn, N.C.) scoring seven points for Coker. All three of Coker's leading scorers came off the bench, with 33 points total coming off the bench.
Queens dominated the floor in the first half of play, taking a sizable 43-23 lead into the locker room, including shooting 50 percent from the floor and 88.9 percent from the charity stripe. The Coker defense did pick up in the second half, holding the Royals to just 34.4 percent from the floor to give them a 42. 4 percent game from the field. On the other side of the ball, Coker shot just 33.3 percent from the floor for the game and was out-rebounded 49-23.
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Signature of the Accession Treaty of the European Union (EU) with Croatia: background note
Today EU and Croatian leaders have signed Croatia's EU Accession Treaty. Subject to the Treaty's ratification by all Member States and Croatia, the country will become the 28th Member State of the European Union on 1 July 2013.
The Accession Treaty has been signed by the 27 Heads of State and Government and by the Croatian President and Prime Minister. Following the signature each Member State proceeds now with the ratification of the Treaty in accordance with their national provisions.
Croatia has announced that it will hold a referendum on the ratification of the EU accession treaty in early 2012.
During the interim period between the signature of the Accession Treaty and the actual date of accession the work on Croatia's preparations for EU membership continues.
Croatia needs to complete the remaining implementation of the commitments taken during the accession negotiations. Through the closing of accession negotiations and by finalising the Accession Treaty, Member States have given a mandate to the European Commission to carefully monitor the progress Croatia is making in all the areas covered.
The Accession Treaty includes provisions which allow for appropriate measures to be taken in case problems are identified during the monitoring process.
Until its accession, Croatia will have an active observer status in most of the Council working groups as well as Commission committees. This allows Croatia to become familiar with the working methods of the EU institutions and to become involved in the decision-making process.
Information on the results of the EU accession negotiations with Croatia
Any country that wishes to join the European Union (EU) must meet specific political and economic criteria and must incorporate all the EU's laws and standards into its national law. As from the date it is expected to join on 1 July 2013, the EU acquis, or the body of EU laws and standards, will apply to Croatia, in the same way as it is binding on all Member States.
In some areas the European Union and Croatia have nonetheless negotiated specific arrangements to enable the country's smooth integration into the EU. The most important of these are set out below and relate to freedom of movement for workers, free movement of capital, competition policy, financial services, transport and internal borders. Where transitional periods have been agreed, they are limited in time and scope. The duration of these arrangements is different for different policy areas, and are detailed in the answers to questions below.
The so-called 'safeguard clauses', which allow the Union to remedy difficulties encountered as a result of accession, last in principle for three years. The safeguard clauses are a general economic safeguard clause, an internal market safeguard clause, and a home affairs safeguard clause.
What transitional arrangements apply to freedom of movement for workers?
The following measures relating to the freedom of Croatian workers to move to other EU Member States have been agreed:
Austria and Germany have the right to apply certain measures in case of disruption to specific sensitive service sectors, where there is cross-border provision of services in certain regions.
Croatia may apply restrictions to other EU workers equivalent to the national measures applied by the respective Member State.
What specific arrangements apply to the free movement of capital?
What specific arrangements apply to competition policy?
The restructuring and privatisation of shipyards in difficulty in Croatia must be carried out in line with conditions agreed with the EU. After Croatia has joined the EU, the Commission will be empowered to order Croatia to recover restructuring aid granted since 2006 to shipyards in difficulty where these conditions have not been respected.
After Croatia has joined the EU, the Commission will be empowered to order Croatia to recover state aid granted to steel producer CMC Sisak if the company has not reimbursed it by the date of accession.
What specific arrangements apply to financial services?
The EU has agreed to the Croatian request to exempt credit unions from the full application of the Capital Requirements Directive [add reference]. Credit unions that have a long tradition in Croatia of providing banking services to craftsman and other individuals. The Croatian authorities will supervise Credit Unions on the basis of specific national legislation.
What transitional arrangements apply to transport policy?
For road transport, for the first two years following the accession of Croatia, companies established in Croatia will be excluded from cabotage, or the operation of transport services exclusively within the borders of another Member State. The same exception will apply in Croatia for operators from other Member States. This transitional period can be extended by up to two years.
For maritime transport, cruise services by ships smaller than 650 tonnes between Croatian ports will be reserved to Croatian ships operated by Croatian shipping companies until end 2014.
What transitional arrangements apply to justice, freedom and security policy?
EU membership obliges Croatia to participate in the Schengen Area, or the area of free movement without border controls within most of the EU. However, the lifting of internal border controls will not take place immediately when Croatia joins the EU, but afterwards, following a separate and unanimous decision by the Council of the EU, taking into account a Commission report confirming that Croatia still fulfils the commitments undertaken in its accession negotiations that are relevant for the Schengen acquis.
A further transitional measure allows Croatia to maintain its joint border crossing points with Bosnia and Herzegovina until the Schengen Borders Code is amended or until Croatia joins Schengen, whichever comes first.
Are there other exceptions?
Exceptions have also been negotiated for free movement of goods (relating to market authorisations for medicinal products), intellectual property law, agriculture (phasing in of the EU agricultural payments system, and variation of some agricultural quotas), animal health and food safety, fisheries, taxation (VAT and excise duties), regional policy (management of Structural Funds), environment (transitional periods in several areas) and customs union.
What are the safeguard clauses?
There are three safeguards clauses in the Accession Treaty: a general economic safeguard clause, a specific internal market safeguard clause and a specific justice and home affairs (JHA) safeguard clause. They are designed to deal with difficulties that might be encountered as Croatia adjusts to its responsibilities and rights as an EU member.
The general economic safeguard clause aims to deal with adjustment difficulties which an economic sector or area in either old or new member states might experience. The internal market safeguard clause covers all sectoral policies involving economic activities that take place across borders, and can also be invoked in case of threats to the financial interests of the EU. The JHA safeguard clause covers mutual recognition in the area of criminal law and civil matters.
Both the internal market and the JHA safeguard clauses may be applied vis-à-vis Croatia only. Safeguard measures may be taken under these three clauses for a period of three years after accession, but the clauses may remain in force beyond this period. However, any safeguard measure shall be maintained no longer than is strictly necessary and must be proportional in scope and duration.
Safeguard measures could include protective measures taken by Member States, or the suspension of specific rights under the EU acquis directly related to the shortcomings of a new Member State.
How will Croatia's adherence to commitments be monitored?
The Commission will closely monitor all commitments made by Croatia in the accession negotiations, including those that must be achieved before or by the date of accession. It will focus in particular on commitments made by Croatia in the area of the judiciary and fundamental rights, including judicial reform, impartial handling of war crimes cases and the fight against corruption. In addition, the Commission's monitoring will focus on justice, freedom and security policy, including the implementation and enforcement of Union requirements with respect to external border management, police cooperation, the fight against organised crime and judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters. Competition policy commitments will also be monitored, including the restructuring of the shipbuilding industry and the steel sector.
Acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, the Council may take all appropriate measures if issues of concern are identified during the monitoring process. The measures will be maintained no longer than strictly necessary and will be lifted by the Council when the relevant issues of concern have been effectively addressed.
The process of preparing for Croatia's accession started in February 2003 when Croatia made its formal application for EU Membership. The European Commission examined Croatia's application and gave a positive opinion in 2004, recommending the opening of accession negotiations. In the same year the European Union granted Croatia the status of a candidate country.
In 2005, accession negotiations started with the screening of Croatia's legislation to identify where modifications were needed to ensure compliance with EU norms and rules. Administrative capacity was analysed in each sector, and an important set of reforms leading to alignment with EU law were kicked off in all the areas of accession negotiations.
The accession negotiations were based on a new approach, with a stronger focus on the rule of law and strict conditions for both opening and closing the negotiating chapters. This approach helped to set the right priorities in all sectors, assisting Croatia to gradually comply with the requirements to become a fully prepared Member State. The accession negotiations were concluded on 30 June 2011. On 12 October 2011, the European Commission adopted its favourable opinion on Croatia's accession to the European Union.
The Accession Treaty was drafted based on the outcome of the accession negotiations before being translated into all official EU languages and Croatian.
The European Parliament gave its consent on 1 December and the Council took a decision on Croatia's application on 5 December 2011; enabling the signature to take place on 9 December 2011.
June 2000: The Feira European Council states that all the countries involved in the Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) are "potential candidates" for EU membership
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Six-Run Eighth Inning Propels Pack To Victory At Air Force
Six-Run Eighth Inning Propels Pack To Victory At Air Force
Trailing 7-6 The University of Nevada baseball team put together a two-out rally in the top of the eighth, scoring six runs to defeat Air Force 12-8 on Saturday afternoon. The Wolf Pack won 8-4 on Friday and will look for the sweep the Mountain West series on Sunday at 11 a.m. PT.
With the victory the Pack improved to 22-20 and 9-11 in MW play while the Falcons dropped to 11-30 and 4-16 in the conference.
First baseman Brett Jones walked to get the eighth inning started and with two down scored on center fielder Jamison Rowe's RBI single. Left fielder Brad Gerig followed with a single that put runners on the corners for third baseman Austin Byler. Byler laid down a bunt single that scored Rowe with the go ahead run. Designated hitter Hugo Hernandez drove in his fifth run of the game with a single that scored Gerig. Right fielder Brooks Klein delivered the knockout blow with a three-run homer over the right field fence and Pack led 12-7.
The Falcons scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to make the final score 12-8.
Nevada jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings but Air Force battled back to tie the game at four after four innings of play. The Pack broke the tie in the top of the seventh when Hernandez doubled home a pair. The Falcons answered with three runs in the bottom of the seventh on just one hit to move in front 7-6 where it remained until the big eighth inning for the Pack.
Daniel Levine (2-0), the fourth of five Nevada pitchers in the game, earned the win allowing a run on three hits in two innings on the mound. Jack Hourin (0-3) suffered the loss giving up two runs on two hits in 1.1 innings of action.
Hernandez (4-for-5,2R,5RBI) led the Pack offense collecting career highs with four hits, five RBI and three doubles. Rowe (2-for-4,3R,RBI) and Klein (2-for-5,R,3RBI) added two hits each as the Pack totaled 14 on the day. Byler extended his career and team season-high hit streak to 14 games with the bunt single in the eighth.
Four Falcon players had two hits in the game. Seth Kline and Tyler Saleck had two RBI apiece.
Nevada's Tom Jameson (1-6) will take the mound for the Pack and Steven Trojan (3-4) will pitch for Air Force in the series finale on Sunday.


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Once again, Jillian wore shackles of cold iron upon her wrists and ankles. On the parapet's marble floor, she crouched down on bruised knees and elbows, panting for breath, still feeling the afterburn of a series of lightning strikes that had just run through her whole body.
"The box," said the Croakamancer to the Florist, "was, in some ways, an impediment."
The shocks had struck her in a methodical order, describing a netlike pattern through her body from feet to head, as if her tormentor had followed a practiced checklist.
"The sense it gave of the prisoner's body was surely a help to Tina," continued Lady Firebaugh, "but my own sense as a Croakamancer is superior to that. I have more finesse, more control. I can make her hurt as much or as little as I wish to. The pain needn't blind or paralyze. Mere discomfort has its place in the changing of a mind. Observe."
The Croakamancer put her hand on Jillian's back, and she suddenly found the marble floor to be biting at her with tiny invisible teeth wherever she came in contact with it. She jumped and twisted, then stood up in her iron shackles, hopping up and down on tiptoes, trying to touch the floor as little as she could.
Then, it was just a floor again. She shuddered, and stood there breathing, her fists balled up.
Taking one quick glance at Lady Firebaugh, Jillian lunged at Dame Branch. Her legs betrayed her; her knees failed at Wanda's barest finger-gesture, and she fell on her face with a clatter of iron and flesh on stone.
Something was on her tongue; both of her front teeth had broken. She put her forehead to the cold marble, and spat out the chips.
Dame Branch sighed. "I really don't care about your methods, Wanda. We've been through this. You think you have control. But you'll never know, and that's sad. This Motion stuff is just simple mechanics." Jillian stayed down, but as the Florist moved closer to Wanda, she considered making another try. "So don't feel you need to brag to me about your discipline. I won't be impressed. Croakamancy is a joke. I just want her turned, or ended."
"Are you certain about the second?" asked Lady Firebaugh, "given the Prediction?"
"Yes," said Olive Branch tensely. "I don't like how any of this is going. But if we force Fate to come up with another way, then we've at least bought a little more time."
"Perhaps..." said Wanda, her tone of voice suddenly strange.
Jillian could only see Wanda's feet from this pathetic, defeated position. But those feet now turned away, and began slowly walking toward the edge of the parapet. "But perhaps it has now forced Fate to take extraordinary measures."
Dame Branch gasped. Jillian cautiously lifted her head.
The Florist was backing slowly away toward the tower stairs, looking up in the sky with her mouth agape. Lady Firebaugh, walking in the other direction, was also looking to the sky. Jillian followed their gaze, squinting into the daylit sky.
A tiny yellow dot was moving up there, billowing a trail of black smoke behind it. The smoke took the shape of letters, and then two enormous words were formed:
Olive turned, and fled down the stairs.
The sight of King Banhammer on gwiffonback was enough to make Jillian smile. Even with her smile broken. Even on her knees, with her life held at Wanda's fingertips.
Her father, huge and fat and awkward, had still managed to descend from the clouds —materializing from a cloud, in fact—with a measure of regal dignity. Beside him was Sister Marie on her own mount, and Brother Orwell and Jack Snipe riding double on a third. They floated at the edge of the tower parapet, unable to cross the city zone to attack.
"I cannot release her to you," said Lady Firebaugh, continuing the parley, "but we may allow you to leave without harm."
Despite her situation, Jillian laughed sharply. Wanda's finger was on her throat, and with the tower boost, the enemy caster would have plenty of raw Shockamancy to end her life. But the "leave without harm" bit was a joke.
She'd just seen Wanda fire off the tower's air defense spells, and not hit any real target. Jack's decoys took all of the shots. Jillian figured that Marie must have been directing him, Predicting which ones would draw fire. It had been the clumsiest, funniest air battle she'd ever seen, and now the spells on this tower were probably all spent.
With their ruler and heir both in this very tower, and no defense to speak of, Haffaton was in serious trouble. This was finally Faq's chance to bring down the beast! And using her as a hostage shouldn't be allowed to stop it. Jillian was a warlord; she was perfectly willing to be sacrificed for a win this huge.
"Let her croak me!" Jillian shouted. The pain that followed was beyond anything in her experience or imagination. Her abdomen bent like a snapped green branch, but Wanda's hand would not let her fall. She stayed in a rigid, upright kneel, unable to breathe.
"The display of control is unnecessary," spoke the King, in a calm basso voice. Jillian struggled for air. The edges of her vision turned white.
"She has intelligence," said the Lady Firebaugh. "I cannot allow her to speak even a few words in your hearing. I will suffocate her, rather than allow it."
"I see," said Banhammer. "Princess Jillian," the King spoke, in gentle tones of command, "I order you to keep your peace during these negotiations. Will you obey me?"
White dots squirmed across Jillian's field of view. All she could think was that her father didn't know what he was asking. He needed to know they had the chance to take over Haffaton! She shook her head slightly, and felt the wrack of shocks again.
"Princess Jillian..." admonished her father. "This is my will. Be silent in the course of our parley. Under pain of disbanding, you will obey. Is that clear?"
Everything about everything hurt. The floor wobbled. I am about to croak. And if that happens, I cannot tell them about Judy, either. And it was an order...
She nodded finally, and managed to grunt out a strained syllable she hoped would be taken as assent.
Wanda allowed her to fall down at last. An iron collar suddenly appeared around her neck, attached to a short chain in the Croakamancer's hand. Jillian curled in a ball at her captor's feet, breathing sweet air again.
"Your position is unacceptable, Croakamancer," said Banhammer. "Her release is our primary demand. We have others, as well. I have dedicated my life to avoiding violence, but I recognize its necessity in the most extreme circumstances. Unless you meet our terms, we will visit violence upon you."
"State your demands," said Wanda.
"First," said the King, "allow me to state our grievances. Haffaton's actions against Faq were unconscionable. Our offers of peace, alliance, even parley were summarily dismissed. Your interests were poorly served by your actions. There was another way. But you wouldn't hear it. You must see, this was not only foolish, but rude."
Jillian groaned a bit, still curled in her ball, facing away from her father and his company. What was he saying? You conquered us violently, but my concern is that you were impolite about it. And rescuing your "Princess" should be the last thing he was worried about. He was currently paying upkeep of an entire side out of his purse. He probably couldn't afford her release right now. Take the city, disbandit! She couldn't—
The tiny words, glowing yellow, hung in the air just behind Wanda's ankles. Jillian twitched her right foot.
Jillian twitched her right foot again. Titans, bless the good Jack Snipe, and his fondness for Foolamancy that only she could see.
Left foot.
Left foot.
Left foot.
Jillian paused, thinking, while her father's speech droned on. Taking the city might qualify as a "resource acquisition," but not as Jack probably intended. Left foot.
Right foot.
Left foot.
Right foot.
Right foot.
Jillian jerked her right foot so hard that it caught Wanda's attention. She held the neck chain a little tighter, but said nothing. Banhammer was still talking.
"THIS CITY?" said the glowing words when she looked again.
She waited a moment until Wanda's eyes were no longer upon her, and moved her right foot in a slow, deliberate sweep.
There was a long pause.
"IS RULER HERE?" came the words at last. She wanted to hug him, but clamped down and didn't move. She finally moved her right leg, stretching it out unmistakably, and flexing her foot.


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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE: NFX) will host its fourth quarter / full year 2012 earnings conference call at 8:30 a.m. (CST), Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Earnings results will be released prior to the call. To participate in the conference call, please dial (719) 457-2701 about 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. In addition, a listen-only broadcast of the call will also be provided over the internet at http://www.newfield.com, under Investor Relations. Please go to the web site at least 10 minutes prior to the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
If you are not able to participate in the conference call, an audio replay will be available through February 25, 2013 by dialing (719) 457-0820 and entering conference code 9284685. A replay over the web at the above address will be available shortly after the call and will remain on the site for 365 days.
Newfield Exploration Company is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company. The Company relies on a proven growth strategy of growing reserves through an active drilling program and select acquisitions. Newfield's domestic areas of operation include the Mid-Continent, the Rocky Mountains and onshore Texas. The Company has international operations in Malaysia and China.
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Arguably the Caribbean's most popular cruise ship port--visitors can count nine or 10 ships in port on any given day--St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands is often dubbed "the shopping center of the Caribbean." Its capital city, Charlotte Amalie, certainly lives up to the moniker, offering hundreds of shops along the waterfront housed in red-roofed buildings which were formerly Danish warehouses. The U.S. acquired St. Thomas and the other U.S. Virgin Islands of St. John and St. Croix from Denmark in 1917.
The shops sell all manner of merchandise, from local rum to imported watches, cameras, liquor, china, crystal, fashions and jewelry. Best of all, the duty-free exemption when U.S. travelers visit the U.S. Virgin Islands is $1,600 per person (including the possibility to bring back five liters of alcoholic beverages).
But St. Thomas' charms go far beyond the duty-free shopping. This is a tiny (32 square miles) but beautiful island. Just taking in the panorama of its harbor from a ship's railing convinces passengers of this--clear blue water, a backdrop of green hills, white buildings with red roofs, tropical foliage and flowers including bougainvillea and hibiscus.
The island's Magen's Bay Beach appears consistently on those lists of the world's top beaches. It is an idyll with crystalline aquamarine waters and arching white sands. Other top St. Thomas beaches include Sapphire Beach, Coki Beach and Morningstar Beach.
After a few hours at one of the beaches, independent travelers may wish to opt for the Skyride that takes visitors up 700 feet above Charlotte Amalie for panoramic views of the island and sea. Popular shore excursions sold aboard ships include island tours to visit such points of interest as the 17th century Fort Christian; Market Square, once a slave market; and Blackbeard's Castle, a fortified 17th century tower on Government Hill, which is now a popular restaurant and hotel.
Another highlight is Government House, the center of government since the 19th century and located on a hill overlooking Charlotte Amalie. It has 99 steps carved onto the hillside made of bricks brought to the island as ballast by Danish and British ships.
Many passengers, particularly families traveling with children, head either independently or via an organized tour, for Coral World Ocean Park on Coki Point, next to Coki Beach. The park offers aquaria, touch tanks, optional marine creature encounters, an aviary, optional programs including snuba, and an underwater observation tower that enables visitors to view the tropical reef without getting wet at a depth of 15 feet below the surface of the water.
Coral World features lockers, changing rooms and showers--convenient for those who wish to spend time at the adjacent beach. Other available shore excursion options include all-day expeditions to nearby St. John and half-day beach party boat tours for swimming and excursions for snorkeling and diving.
Passengers who would like to sample the local cuisine may wish to try the fresh fish and seafood, often prepared with a spicy Creole sauce made with tomatoes, onions and peppers.
Would-be cruise passengers who would like to visit St. Thomas have their pick from many lines who call at the island including Carnival, Celebrity, Costa, Cunard, Disney, Holland America, MSC, Norwegian, Princess, Regent Seven Seas, Royal Caribbean, Seabourn, SeaDream, Silversea, and Windstar.
IF YOU GO: For information, visit www.usvitourism.vi


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IUCN congratulates Professor Elinor Ostrom, a member of IUCN's Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, for winning the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Professor Ostrom, who is involved with the theme on Governance, Equity and Rights in the Commission, shared the prize with Oliver E. Williamson, for "her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons". She is the first woman to win the prize in this category.
"We were delighted to hear about Professor Ostrom's remarkable achievement," said IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre. "IUCN has widely used the results of her research to advance community-based natural resource management and to support governance regimes that enable improved management of common property resources."
Announcing the prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Professor Ostrom has challenged the conventional wisdom that common property is poorly managed and should be either regulated by central authorities or privatized.
Based on numerous studies of user-managed fish stocks, pastures, woods, lakes, and groundwater basins, Professor Ostrom concludes that the outcomes are, more often than not, better than predicted by standard theories, judges added.
She observes that resource users frequently develop sophisticated mechanisms for decision-making and rule enforcement to handle conflicts of interest, and she characterizes the rules that promote successful outcomes.
Professor Ostrom is the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, and Co-Director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University. She is also the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity at Arizona State University.


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While on my honeymoon in October, I managed to sneak in a little genealogy (yes, I am incorrigible :) ). The New Orleans tour bus stopped for ONLY 10 minutes at St. Louis Cemetery #3. (Horrors!) So I took some photos in the limited time I had, and here are some of them. I am not related to any of these people, but thought I would document some while I was there in case it helps someone else. I will eventually contribute the info to Find a Grave or another online repository.
Some of the wall vaults [at left, above] at St. Louis #3, which opened in 1854, are in rather a state of disrepair, and signs concerning renovations have been posted by the Archdiocese of New Orleans, which operates the Catholic cemetery. [Please note that I had only a few minutes in the cemetery and saw only the wall vaults nearest the entrance. I have no info on other parts of the cemetery. Tombs in the front part of the cemetery looked like they were in mostly good repair.]
From what I understand, in the past, families have owned burial plots in New Orleans cemeteries, much like owning any other piece of property. Unfortunately, the ownership info may not be communicated to other family members, younger generations move away, and the burial places may then suffer from neglect. According to an an archdiocese official quoted in this 2008 USA Today article, after 50 years of "no activity" [no burials? no correspondence from owners? no signs of upkeep?], the archdiocese may post a public notice for one year, then restore and sell a plot if no descendants of the tomb owners are found. The remains in the ceded tomb, I presume, are relocated and their location noted in cemetery records. New tombs built in New Orleans Catholic cemeteries require a one-time fee for perpetual care.
A notre fils cheri, René Bertonière, décédé le 2 Avril 1870, à l'age de 11 mois et demi./To our dear son René Bertonière, [who] died 2 April 1870, at the age of 11 1/2 months.
If you have relatives buried here in the older wall-vault section near the cemetery entrance, or suspect you do, you may want to check Find a Grave, the Sacramental Records of the Archdiocese of New Orleans volumes or other sources (see the bottom of this post for more) to see if your relatives are listed, and perhaps call the archdiocese for more info. If you wish to take over an ancestral tomb, however, fees for renovation and/or perpetual care can be rather expensive. [And I'm not sure that's even possible unless you are a legal heir of the deceased; I assume property laws as well as cemetery laws/ordinances govern this kind of thing.]
I'm not sure if the laws vary from parish to parish (Louisiana's version of counties) or city to city in Louisiana, or if there are statewide policies about control of neglected gravesites. I'd appreciate more info from readers. I do know there was controversy over the deeds to gravesites being "repossessed" in St. Martinville a few years ago, where a similar law applied.
By using software to crop the photos & adjust the saturation and contrast, I can make out a few names here and there. In the section pictured above, names and surnames include: Pierre Mallet and Marie Estelle Mallet, Gonzales, the G. Villeneuve family, George Victor Durand or Duband, Barry or Harry F. Ratwall?, Fenasci, Houlne, and Ernest Turpin.
While some marble markers are bolted to what appears to be cement or plaster-covered brick wall vaults, others are not. Either the material adhering the marble to the vault has eroded or the marker has just fallen in some cases, breaking on the ground and taking with it valuable genealogical information. The archdiocese may have the marker info in its records, but it still makes me sad to see broken markers.
Names or surnames on this wall that I can decipher from the photo above include: Louis Talazac?, Gostino Biagini, Angelina Guil_ _, Edler family, Louise Edler, the Charles Vautier family, Louis C. Vautier, Harold F. Lesslie, and Pearl Amelie Cenbrun Lesslie. Note there is a sign here regarding renovations.
Section of wall vaults with archdiocese sign. Here repose the Francisco Esteva family; Katy Schleiniger, William Schleiniger, and Mary Butsch?; and the Lalosevich family.
In multicultural New Orleans, here we have the probably French-German Auguste Kitzinger next to Italians Ginotti F. Ferruccio (born in Rome, his marker states) and a Zambella, who in turn were laid to rest next to the undoubtedly Irish John C. Murphy and possible wife Maud L. Murphy, who are neighbors to C. Booth, who perhaps has English roots.
This broken marker is for Miguel F. Cross, who died in 1919 at age 18? years, and ----el Cross, who was born in 1866? and died 6 May 1868.
For further research:
You can find more info on New Orleans burial records available at the New Orleans Public Library here, or about St. Louis Cemetery #3 and other NOLA cemetery records available through LDS (Mormon) family history centers at the LDS library catalog online. You can find many photos of St. Louis #3 and other cemeteries at the New Orleans Cemeteries website and at Wikimedia Commons. Additionally, Save Our Cemeteries is a group doing wonderful preservation work in New Orleans, including tomb restorations at St. Louis Cemetery #1 and #2, and Lafayette Cemetery #1.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
While Palestinian Christians obsessively complain about the so-called "atrocities suffered at the checkpoints," Captain Joshua Lazarus (pictured), the Messianic Jewish officer in charge of training guards for the checkpoints, gives the real story in a short new video clip produced by the IDF. (See below)
Captain Lazarus oversees the training of all the soldiers responsible for guarding the border crossings and roadblocks along the Arab towns and villages surrounding Jerusalem.
Every day, tens of thousands of men, women and children pass through the checkpoints and road blocks guarded by Lazarus' soldiers. "Most of them are on their way to work, or visiting friends or family, or buying groceries," he says in private remarks to Israel Today. "There are pregnant women rushing up to the hospital in Jerusalem, and angry taxi drivers trying to make some money. We have to deal with Palestinian Authority officials, UN diplomats, international media, donkeys, farmers, just about everything and anything passes through here."
These crossings are a microcosm of all that is good, bad, and unfathomable in the lives of East Jerusalem's Arabs, and it all passes daily under the alert and formidable gaze of Captain Lazarus' soldiers.
"We're trying to weed out any terrorists," Lazarus explains. "Since Israel built the security wall, these checkpoints are now the main targets for potential terrorists trying to get through unnoticed amongst the hundreds of people passing through every day. We have to check each and every one. A lot of them are angry and try to push through without being checked. It's a tough job."
Some believe that the constant friction between the soldiers and Palestinians at these roadblocks causes more agitation, hatred and even terrorism in the long run. "Sure, the people get angry at us, and sometimes it gets pretty rough," says Lazarus. "But what alternatives do we have? How else can we stop the bombs and terrorists? Sometimes we just have to put up with a bad situation because it could be worse. It's our job."
"It is a tense and complicated situation for these young soldiers. This is why I wanted to be an officer in the first place," says the young captain. "A lot of my friends went to be paratroopers or air force pilots," Lazarus continues. "For me, this is a really important job. We are dealing with a huge problem here, and nobody knows how to fix it. Not many soldiers want to do this job. Everyday I need to remind them about how important their job is. I've come to realize that we don't live in a world where everything goes the way you want," he says. "Serving here wakes me up to the harsh realities of life in Israel and just how complicated it can be."
Israel turns 66 this month and it doesn't look like we'll be getting an early retirement from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Peace talks are going nowhere, again. Whatever the future holds, getting to know Messianic Captain Joshua Lazarus and some of his soldiers out there on the checkpoints has given this old man, at least, something to be proud of.
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This honestly was my first time using Core'dinations cardstock, and I must say I love how bright and brilliant the colors are and what beautiful texture it has! I'm hooked!
Be sure to head over to the Imaginisce and Core'dinations blogs, they're doing some great giveaways!
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text: On 7 Jan 2003, Randall Jouett wrote: > Hi folks, > > One last thing before I do some serious parallel and beowulf > study. I was wondering if you could improve the latency generator > I described earlier by doing something like this: > > When compute nodes are idle, rather than just sit there, they > could open up /dev/random and generate random streams that could > be added to the entropy pool? As soon as they'd get some real > work to do, they'd stop doing this and get on with the task > at hand. Other types of random generation could be used in > place of /dev/random, of course. > > Hmmm. How about a random-number generating screen blanker in > a grid environment while we're at it, too? :^) > > All my replies will be off list. If that's a PROMISE I'll make one last reply on-list. First of all, before addressing random numbers, which is a subject most Ph.D.-wielding scientists and mathematicians are woefully ignorant upon, you need to bring yourself up to at least their level of woeful ignorance. To help you, I can only suggest that you read Knuth or Marsaglia for starters, or a chapter in a good book on numerical methods (e.g. Forsythe, Malcom and Moler -- a classic although alas in Fortran) or for a more up to date review visit Marsaglia's website for the Diehard (Battery of Random Number Tests) at: http://stat.fsu.edu/~geo/diehard.html The diehard sources come with a tool that can generate UD sequences from some dozen different UD algorithms (in many cases, with several distinct common configuration/initialization choices) for direct testing with diehard, and diehard itself contains 15 distinct tests for randomness. It is trivial to apply diehard to any sequence of data provided only that you can generate an appropriately formatted file copy of the data. Alas, I could find no copyright or copyleft -- I wrote Dr. Marsaglia suggesting that he formally GPL the sources to make it a bit easier to port them out of their current f2c translated state (ugly, ugly, ugly) and package them up to make them easier to build. I'm hoping/assuming he's still alive -- he was writing papers on this back in 1968 -- but he has not yet replied. Anyway, the answer to your "could you improve..." question above is -- who knows? Don't ask the list, find out! Get diehard, build it, study the generators and learn a bit about how they work, learn how to apply the whole suite of tools and generators to problems. Test the output stream from /dev/random with diehard -- I have no idea myself whether or not it "passes" Marsaglia's suite, but he mentions in the diehard documentation that not even hardware devices tend to do well on the entire suite. Only when you've taken the time to become at least competent in the basic X_n = F(X_n-m,X_n-m+1...X_n)mod a idea underlying most UDG's and familiar with the characteristics of random processes can you even THINK about being able to answer your question, and nobody else is likely to answer it for you. You also might want to do a bit of a literature search on the statistics of network latencies. Until you understand what "poissonian" means and how it differs from "uniform" or "exponential" or "gaussian", until you understand correlation and covariance, you also won't be able to answer your own question. To summarize (and reiterate my previous reply), throwing open-ended questions out to the list, especially on topics like random number generation, isn't likely to be a productive way to learn cluster computing OR about random number generation, compared to reading a chapter or two in any decent book on the subjects. In some cases (RNG's in particular) you are likely to find that you have to start with a decent knowledge of e.g. probability and statistics or networking in order to even properly frame your own question, and reading one book will (and should) lead you to the next, and so on. However, there is NO SUBSTITUTE for trying things out on your own, or for taking a relevant course at e.g. a university or technical school, where advanced technical subjects are concerned. Nobody on-list has the time to summarize a course in statistics and random number generation theory (and iterated maps, and chaos and fractals, and random processes, and all the rest of the connected concepts). Hell, nobody on-list probably COULD summarize all of these subjects -- lots of us know something about some of the topics, but unless UDGs are your speciality why would you know about them all? Now remember, you promised! rgb Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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text: The Ferrari 458 Spider is the evolution of a previous, highly successful model, the two-seater 458 Italia berlinetta, which was also designed by Pininfarina. The project, which was developed over 4 years, from the initial brief to its concrete realisation, has produced a new model that extends the range of Ferrari 8-cylinder mid-rear engined models. It joins the successful 458 Italia, sharing the same uncompromising technologies, and the same exceptional handling and excellent performance.


text: The first of what will hopefully be a regular thing, the Crossroads Retail Show at Black Box, went off today with huge success. I don't want to get too into the politics of the skate industry here, but everyone I talked to was stoked on the show and the turnout. My goal was to go around and shoot a photo of every booth there to show the magnitude of it all. Hopefully I didn't miss anyone. Of course there's photos of all the rad people and good friends I ran into along the way. Cheers and big ups to Jamie Thomas for putting this together.


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Panoramio has reached 1 million registered users and over 5 million photos have been uploaded. Of those photos approximately 80% were mapped and 2 million have been added to Google Earth (a number that increases monthly). The rise in the number of people using Panoramio and uploading photos since December 2006 has been incredible. People like very much to illustrate their favorite places and help correcting misplaced photos, we are very happy for that.
We received some complains about the delay sending the photos to Google Earth. Unfortunately this delays will remain for some time. I believe that we should reduce the delay, but always has to be some delay.
Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi languages are ready, but not online because we are preparing the interface to be fully adapted to right to left languages. Still some languages are not available. We are specially missing Hindi, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Tagalog. If anyone feels like helping with the translation to those languages, please, contact me at eduardo AT panoramio.com, I will appreciate it.
The last weeks we had some issues with not appropriate ads displayed in the photo-pages. Some people reported that and we decided to remove them until we can assure those ads don't appear anymore. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.


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With precision agriculture now firmly entrenched on the farm, it is inevitable that anything interfering with the necessary GPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS) signals won't be accepted with a smile. At the same time, growers know that rural America would massively benefit from reliable broadband coverage.
You might think those two things — GPS and broadband — would go hand-in-hand rather than be competing interests.
However, as it currently stands in mid-September, LightSquared (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightSquared) — a massive communications company that says it will bring much-needed broadband coverage to rural America — has upset industries, commodity groups, municipalities and government agencies that lean heavily on GPS receivers.
The reason: LightSquared's system uses some of the same frequencies and that causes interference with GPS signals.
In January, the Federal Communications Commission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC) approved LightSquared's multi-billion dollar proposal to build its network. Then the GPS interference issues surfaced and the FCC and other government entities put the brakes on LightSquared plans and requested more testing.
So far, despite promises of an easy solution, the needed fixes — which government officials say, among other things, are necessary to maintain quick GPS-reliant natural disaster warnings and responses — haven't emerged.
"LightSquared is a high-speed broadband wireless service provider looking to branch out and begin putting up around 40,000 towers around the country" says R.J. Karney, American Farm Bureau Federation (http://www.fb.org/) Appropriations Specialist.
"It'll be a great resource for rural America in the sense of providing broadband access and better wireless service — it'll be a great benefit in that capacity."
However, from an agricultural standpoint, "there is a real concern with that plan. That's due to the current interference the LightSquared system has on GPS-related equipment since they both use the same frequency. That's where the main issue comes in — when LightSquared began to build their towers, the GPS industry found interference."
One of AFBF's main priorities "is to get broadband deployment to rural America. That will be beneficial for distance learning and education, public safety, tele-medicine, all kinds of assistance for commerce."
But, "precision agriculture is immensely important to farmers and ranchers. Specifically, precision agriculture helps them to run efficient, economically and environmentally-conscious operations."
Save Our GPS
The National Cotton Council (http://www.cotton.org/) is of a similar opinion.
"The NCC was made aware of this issue in February of this year when we were asked to join a coalition, Save Our GPS, that includes commodities as well as GPS manufacturers/users including John Deere, Trimble and other manufacturers, along with the Department of Defense and private aviation interests, the Coast Guard and state and local public safety interests that use GPS," says Bill Norman, NCC Vice President of Technical Services."
For more on the NCC position, see here (http://www.cotton.org/news/releases/2011/gpsamd.cfm) and here (http://www.cotton.org/news/av/broadcast/110715.cfm).
Initial testing "indicated there would be significant interference with just about every GPS operation," says Norman. "Some are affected in their accuracy and some are completely knocked off-line.
"There are questions about some of the technical aspects of this. Can there be a filtering device added to the new GPS equipment to alleviate the problem? Can retro-fit filtering reduce the magnitude of this problem for existing units and, if so, what would it cost?
"Our belief is you can't interfere with the GPS signal. If need be, LightSquared needs to move to a different part of the spectrum."
AFBF wants to find "some way" for the systems to work together, says Karney. "There's still the chance for LightSquared to provide broadband services. But it can't come at the expense of precision agriculture and importance of GPS."
When the FCC "auctioned off different amounts of the spectrum to run a variety of operations" LightSquared purchased the specific frequency in the auction. The unfortunate thing, says Karney "is that the GPS frequency and LightSquared frequency are adjacent to each other. Picture a rainbow — GPS and LightSquared are both in the yellow section of the rainbow.
"Now, everyone is trying to figure out how to provide a filter to keep the (signals from conflicting) so there's no interference. Unfortunately, (the attempted fixes show) with these high-powered frequencies there are still interference issues. That's why we want to insure that GPS receivers run with no problems. Precision agriculture must still be able to run properly."
Asked about possible remedies, Norman says other than additional testing "there is an appropriations measure — an amendment to the appropriations bill — to prevent the FCC from spending any money to allow" the LightSquared system to come on-line without a GPS fix.
What is GPS worth to farmers?
"You can't quantify it commodity-by-commodity because so many farmers have multiple commodities," says Norman. But the current situation with LightSquared "will have significant effects in terms of GPS accuracy, if not availability."
As for what producers should watch for next in the process, Norman says there is "a continual dialogue taking place between the coalition (Save Our GPS) and the FCC and LightSquared. We'll see how the responses are sorted out.
"The next issue, I think, is how the FCC will respond to the communications and comments they received" in August. Added to that "are whatever proposals might have been laid out by LightSquared. We'll be waiting to hear from the FCC on that."
Meanwhile, LightSquared has put together another proposal "containing solutions they believe may lead to an answer," says Karney.
"From the AFBF standpoint, we'd like to see that initiative working — but we want the FCC to insure, before LightSquared is allowed to turn their service on, that there is no GPS interference."


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A student at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore was shot and wounded off-campus early Sunday morning, according to a university spokesman.
Spokesman Bill Robinson said in an email that the male student was shot somewhere in the town of Princess Anne and treated and released from a local hospital. He declined to provide further details on the incident, referring questions to the Princess Anne police.
An on-call officer at the Princess Anne police department said he had no information on the incident and that other officials were unavailable for comment.
Another UMES student, Edmond A. St. Clair, 21, was fatally stabbed on campus in February. His case remains unsolved.
The injured student lives off campus, Robinson said. The Daily Times of Salisbury reported that the student was shot in the leg while trying to break up a fight at about 4:15 a.m., and that the incident may have occurred at the Somerset County Office Complex.
The Daily Times also reported that some students were frustrated that the university has not released more information on the shooting after an initial message informing them that suspects in the shooting were on the loose.