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by Vince Stricherz firstname.lastname@example.com of University of Washington
More articles in Solar SystemAn accepted assumption in astrophysics holds that it takes more than 1 million years for gas giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn to form from the cosmic debris circling a young star. But new research suggests such planets form in a dramatically shorter period, as little as a few hundred years.
The forming planets have to be able to survive the effects of nearby stars burning brightly, heating and dispersing the gases that accumulate around the giant planets. If the process takes too long, the gases will be dissipated by the radiation from those stars, said University of Washington astrophysicist Thomas R. Quinn.
"If a gas giant planet can't form quickly, it probably won't form at all," he said.
The standard model of planet formation holds that the spinning disk of matter, called a protoplanetary disk, that surrounds a young star gradually congeals into masses that form the cores of planets. That process was thought to take a million years or so, and then the giants gradually accumulate their large gaseous envelopes over perhaps another 1 million to 10 million years.
But the new research, culled from a much-refined mathematical model, suggests that the protoplanetary disk begins to fragment after just a few spins around its star. As the disk fragments, clusters of matter begin to form quickly and immediately start to draw in the gases that form vapor shrouds around gas giants.
"If these planets can't form quickly, then they should be a relatively rare phenomenon, whereas if they form according to this mechanism they should be a relatively common phenomenon," said Quinn, a UW research assistant astronomy professor.
The existence of gas giant planets, it turns out, seems to be fairly common. Since the mid-1990s, researchers have discovered more than 100 planets, generally from the mass of Jupiter to 10 times that size, orbiting stars outside the solar system. Those planets were deduced by their gravitational effect on their parent stars, and their discovery lends credence to the new research, Quinn said.
Lucio Mayer, a former UW post-doctoral researcher who recently joined the University of Zurich, is lead author of a paper detailing the work, published in the Nov. 29 edition of Science. Besides Quinn, co-authors are James Wadsley of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Joachim Stadel at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Their work is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Astrobiology Institute.
Since the early 1950s, some scientists have entertained the notion that gas giant planets were formed quickly. However, the model, using a specialized fluid dynamics simulation, had never been refined enough to show what it does now. The Mayer-Quinn team spent the better part of two years refining calculations and plugging them into the model to show what would happen to a protoplanetary disk over a longer time.
"The main criticism people had of this model was that it wasn't quite ready yet," Quinn said. "Nobody was making any predictions out of it, but here we are making predictions out of it."
The new model explains why two other giant planets in our system, Uranus and Neptune, don't have gas envelopes like Jupiter and Saturn, Quinn said. At the time those planets were being formed, the solar system was part of a star cluster. The outer planets of Uranus and Neptune were too close to a nearby star – one that has since migrated away – and therefore lost whatever gas envelopes they might have accumulated.
Neither the new model nor the standard model accounts for why most of the gas giant planets found outside the solar system are much nearer their suns than are Jupiter and Saturn, Quinn said. The most common belief currently is that the planets formed farther away from their stars and then migrated inward to the positions where they have been discovered.
The new model also doesn't account for the formation of terrestrial planets, like Earth and Mars, near our sun. But Quinn suspects that perhaps the smaller terrestrial planets were formed over longer periods by processes described by the standard planet-formation model, while the new model explains how the larger gas giants came to be.
"That's my bet at the moment," he said.
For more information, contact Quinn at 206-685-9009 or email@example.com, or Mayer at 41-163-55-740 or email@example.com


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11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs awayand the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.
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As [Mic] often got requests to make high-power switching boards, he recently finally gave in and designed the one shown above based around a solid-state relay. Some of our readers that already play with mains power know that switching should normally occur when the voltage crosses zero volts. The 'TRIAC BLOC' is able to do so, which also allows mains frequency measurement. [Mic] then tuned to the internal oscillator of his ATtiny microcontroller with this 50Hz by adjusting its OSCCAL register value, so the switching command can be sent at the ideal moment. Zero crossing detection is implemented by feeding the mains into an AC optocoupler. [Mic] discovered that the optocoupler diodes are not identical, so he had to adjust his firmware to account for the time differences.
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- From: Andy Seaborne <email@example.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 15:09:53 +0100
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See http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-entailment/#id35808654 which depends on RDFS entailment Andy On 06/05/11 14:57, Pat Hayes wrote: > This discussion illustrates in a nutshell the essential tension at the core of SPARQL. Should a query be 'semantic', entirely about meanings, or should it be basically a process of syntactic matching? If one believes the semantic position, then it is natural to express the basic process in terms of entailment (the graph entails the query instance) and natural to treat semantically equivalent things as indistinguishable. However, it is also natural to not have such things as answer counts, no-match filters, and most of the actual apparatus of SPARQL, since none of this is *entailed* by the query graph, indeed by any graph at all. All of this is essentially syntactic information *about* the graph. Which is why I slowly came to the realization that to even talk about entailment in the context of querying is wrong. Querying is not a semantic operation, it is about the syntactic form of the graph. > > OK, we can always talk about simple entailment to make us feel warm and fuzzy, but simple )entailment is so simple that it amounts to a syntactic match anyway. But consider the following resolution of this meaningless issue: SPARQL should use {xsd:string}-entailment rather than simple entailment. (That is, D-entaiment where D is {xsd:string}. This will give exactly the behavior Sandro wants, and the required ideas and definitions have been in the RDF spec since 2004. So why are we, the RDF WG, even discussing this at all? We have already given SPARQL enough room in the RDF specs to do it properly. > > Now, this resolution will not fly, I predict, because SPARQL does not want to get into any richer kind of entailment than simple entailment, but wants RDF to make things work out nicely even while it is doing simple syntactic matching. Because simple *syntactic* matching is the only kind of matching that is fine-grained enough to satisfy people who want to write filters on query results. > > Pat > > > > On May 6, 2011, at 7:32 AM, Andy Seaborne wrote: > >> >> >> On 06/05/11 13:16, David Wood wrote: >>> On May 6, 2011, at 7:44, Sandro Hawke<email@example.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 09:33 +0100, Andy Seaborne wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I wonder if most people would be happen if we emphasised that it's >>>>> the >>>>> value that matters. xsd:string and simple literal have the same >>>>> value, >>>>> as do 00123 and +123. >>>> >>>> I guess it depends what you mean by 'emphasise'... >>>> >>>> I was shocked to discover SPARQL cared about the difference, and thought >>>> it was a grave mistake at the time (but I didn't notice until it was too >>>> late). I had assumed everyone already knew you should just care about >>>> the value, and that every API should convert for you, hiding the >>>> difference. But I was wrong, and I don't really know how to get people >>>> to use the "Semantic Web" technologies at a "semantic" level. >>> >>> +1. Of course, it would help if we standardized it that way :) >> >> And better >> "if we *had* standardized it that way" :-) >> >>> Regards, >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> -- Sandro >> >> There are a couple of factors that matter here: >> >> 1/ Users expect what goes to be the same as what comes out. >> (tools do as well sometimes) >> >> If they read in >> >> :x :p "foo"^^xsd:string . >> >> and get back: >> >> :x :p "foo" . >> >> enough of them are surprised (=> they send email to support lists asking about it). >> >> 2/ SPARQL FILTERs don't care - it's graph matching that does because graph matching is simple entailment. And that's what most toolkit provide - the direct manipulation of the RDF terms, lexical form, datatype and all. >> >> :x :p "foo" . >> :x :p "foo"^^xsd:string . >> >> One triple or two? >> >> Andy >> >> (For the record : "foo"^^xsd:string matches "foo" in a Jena memory model -- there would be two triples.) >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 > 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office > Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax > FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile > phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes > > > > >
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What to do when your new grill get's recalled? From the Consumer Product Safety Board:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Cooks Outdoor® BBQ Grills
Units: About 5,600
Importer: JCPenney Purchasing Corp., of Plano, Texas
Hazard: The drip pan on the grill does not allow for adequate drainage, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received 11 reports of fires resulting from inadequate drainage. No injuries reported.
Description: This recall involves Cooks® brand outdoor BBQ grills. The grill has a digital thermometer on the hood, stainless steel top and a global LP regulator. Lot number 780-2176 is printed on the underside of the grill's stand.
Sold exclusively at: JCPenney stores nationwide and online at www.jcp.com from February 2009 through September 2009 for between $190 and $600.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled grills. To ensure the grills are not useable, consumers should remove the gas regulator and hose assembly. All consumers (whether they purchased the item online or at a JCPenney retail stores) should return the regulator and hose to the Catalog/Customer Service Desk at any JCPenney store for a full refund. Consumers should contact JCPenney for instructions on how to disconnect the gas regulator and hose.
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 9, 2004
National Mentoring Month, 2004
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
Mentoring reflects the great strength of America -- the heart and soul of the American people. During National Mentoring Month, we recognize the dedicated individuals who volunteer their time to mentor young people, and we encourage more citizens to give back to their communities as mentors.
Mentors are friends, teachers, and role models. They open doors of opportunity, convey values, and help provide the stability and encouragement that young people need to succeed. By spending time with a child and showing compassion and guidance, a mentor can profoundly affect a young life. Research shows that adolescents who have an adult mentor are far less likely to engage in high-risk behaviors. Mentoring relationships create continuing cycles of hope and promise, as they not only provide positive influences for individual children, but also strengthen families and communities.
My Administration is working to expand mentoring and other volunteer activities across America. Through the USA Freedom Corps, we are promoting volunteer service and offering our citizens more opportunities to help others. We are also supporting faith-based and community organizations, including many who sponsor mentoring programs. In total, more than 63 million Americans volunteered in their communities over the past year -- approximately 4 million more than the previous year.
The Department of Education will use Federal funds to work with national youth-serving organizations, independent community groups, and local education agencies to develop, expand, and strengthen school-based mentoring programs for disadvantaged middle school students. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Justice, and other agencies will offer grants to help youth-serving organizations recruit and train adult mentors for nearly 100,000 children whose parents are incarcerated.
These efforts are an important part of our ongoing work to ensure that every child can realize the great promise of America. Every life has value and potential, and all deserve the opportunity to have a bright future. By supporting the individuals and organiza-tions involved in mentoring and by encouraging more citizens to partici-pate in their good works, we can transform America, one heart and one soul at a time.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 2004 as National Mentoring Month. I call upon the people of the United States to recognize the importance of mentoring, to look for opportunities to serve as mentors in their communities, and to celebrate this month with appropriate activities and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.
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A Fan Remade All 103 Minutes of 'Toy Story 3' in Stop-Motion
Iowa brothers Morgan and Mason McGrew take the term "passion project" to a whole new level with their shot-for-shot live-action fan recreation of Pixar's Toy Story 3. The video uses real life Toy Story toys and stop-motion technique, along with human performances for characters like Andy and Bonnie. The project, titled Toy Story 3 IRL, took eight years to complete. Starting when they were teenagers and shooting on nothing but their iPhones, the now 20 and 23 year-old McGrew brothers' masterpiece has finally paid off. Check out the full movie here:
The full-length remake is a pitch perfect replication of the original 2010 movie, mastering even the most ambitious scenes. The third act climax in the garbage incinerator is particularly spectacular, with shredded paper effectively serving as the fiery trash heap. But the real way Toy Story IRL goes to infinity and beyond is how the McGrew brothers are able to capture the high emotional stakes in the movie using simply action figures. Woody and Buzz' signature facial expressions were created using clay, which is admirably DIY in a digital world. Despite not being able to move their mouths with free range (these are real toys, after all) the characters come to life in a convincing way that at times feels like the actual movie. Synced exceptionally well with the movie's audio and soundtrack, this stop motion version will have you feeling the very same feels that you get from watching the original. That's not an easy feat.
Disney gave the McGrew brothers permission to release the full project online. And how could they not? Dare we say, Toy Story 3 IRL might be the best live-action Disney remake to come out in the past year.
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Midday Prayers
Draw us into your love, Christ Jesus : and deliver us from fear.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not
so much seek to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Silence for meditation
Our Father…
Make us worthy, Lord, to serve our brothers and sisters throughout the world, who live and die in poverty and pain. Give them today, through our hands, their daily bread and through our understanding love, give peace and joy. Amen
Blessed are the poor,
for theirs is the Kingdom of God.
Blessed are the hungry,
for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall be shown mercy.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they are the children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness and justice,
for great is their reward.
Come, Holy Spirit. We pray that your fruit would be in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Dear Jesus, help us to spread your fragrance everywhere we go.
Soul of Christ, sanctify me;
body of Christ, save me;
blood of Christ, inebriate me;
water from the side of Christ, wash me;
passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me;
within your wounds hide me;
suffer me not to be separated from you;
from the malicious enemy, defend me;
in the hour of my death, call me,
and bid me come to you
that with your saints I may praise you
forever and ever. Amen.
Through our lives and by our prayers : may your kingdom come!
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


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We keep you up-to-date on the latest tax changes and news in the industry.
Let's face it: A lot of personal finance advice seems to be incredibly repetitive and common sense — like paying off your debt ASAP and watching your discretionary spending when money is tight. Much money-saving advice also tends to be geared toward people who already have money and those more concerned about avoiding the taxman than bill collectors.
These personal finance tips only require some mindfulness and fairly simple action, but they can have a pretty big payoff down the road. Here's how you can get started.
1. Get rid of your auto-saved credit card numbers.
It may seem really convenient when a store or your web browser keeps your credit card information on file. But it can also lead to mindless spending if you're bored, and you can end up not thinking through your purchase carefully.
However, if you have to inconvenience yourself by manually entering your credit card number every time you make a purchase, it forces you to become more conscientious about whether you really need what you're ordering — and how much you're spending. You'll save money and also reduce your chances of your credit card information being stolen.
2. "Match" your nonessential spending.
You don't have to live like a Tibetan monk as most personal finance articles seem to believe. You ARE allowed to have fun. But for every nonessential purchase, put that same amount in your savings account. $15 for a movie ticket? Put another $15 aside in your savings. While you can still have fun and not spend your Friday nights hunkered down with a spreadsheet, you'll also become more cognizant of where your money is being spent on nonessentials so you won't be cash-strapped to pay for your needs like food and rent.
3. Be careful with one-time windfalls.
Maybe you got an inheritance, a big tax refund, or that junk laying around your bedroom winds up being worth a fortune on eBay. It can be tempting to take that vacation you always dreamed of, but you should be prudent when a major one-time gift shows up. Think about your overall financial goals and priorities, such as saving for a home or paying off student debt. Depending on how much you received and what it is relative to your goal, a good rule of thumb is to put 20 - 50% of the windfall toward enjoying your flights of fancy, but put the rest toward building your savings and/or eradicating debt.
4. Pay down high-interest debt with urgency.
If you're paying off multiple credit cards, it can seem logical to pay down the card with the smaller balance first, so you can then focus your muscle on the card with the bigger balance. However, you may want to prioritize paying down the card(s) with the highest interest rates so you will pay less over the course of your repayment plan.
It helps to pay more than the minimum payment every month as well, so you can pay down the principal faster and thus become debt-free much quicker.
5. Consider the whole package when taking a new job.
A hot new start-up might offer you a fantastic salary, but are they also offering valuable benefits like a retirement plan, health insurance, or childcare coverage? A higher salary could be more attractive if you're relatively healthy and don't have kids or plans to have any, but the company offering the more favorable benefits package could end up saving you far more in taxes and the cost of those benefits.
Take advantage of that employer match if they offer a 401(k) plan, because it's the closest to absolutely free money that you'll ever get.
6. Invest your extra money.
While you need to be relatively high-income to get an independent investment adviser to pay you any mind, you can get started for pocket change with the DIY approach. Online brokerages like E*Trade make it very easy to open an account with no minimum and get started.
You don't need to be a day trader who's an expert in stock trading: Start with a couple of index funds and watch them steadily grow over the years. Index funds are like cruise control for your portfolio and don't require the upkeep and constant watching as more complicated investments. Apps like Acorn can help you automatically invest your pocket change so you don't have to think about having enough cash to get started.
You don't have to be ultra-rich to make good use of these tips and start seeing them payoff down the line.
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Dear Friends,
It's contest time. The Sweet Gang is all moved in to our new home. We are all so excited for my reveal at the the Destination Found Event May 17-21st. As part of the transition we thought it could be fun to incorporate the move into this month's contest. So here are the guidelines for the Sweet Moves Contest.
!. Tag Sweet Salvage on your Face Book page announcing our new address 4648 N 7th Ave, 1 entry
2. Every friend of yours who visits Sweet Salvage on 7th FB page from your page, 1 entry
3. Share our new address on your blog, 1 entry
4. Every reader who visits Sweet Salvage Blog from your blog, 1 entry
5. Add a our link to your blog or FB, 1 entry
So many chances to enter this month by simply spreading the wonderful news of our new home. We will randomly draw 5 lucky winners May 16th for early entry into Destination Found May 17th. Again the new address is 4648 N 7th Ave.
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Claims are filed upon the patient's behalf based on the information provided at the time of registration. Fairfield Memorial Hospital assumes no liability for pending, delayed, or disputed medical claims. The guarantor of the patient bill will be billed for any remaining balance after the insurance has paid their portion. If no payment has been received from the insurance company 30 days after they were billed, we will look to the guarantor for payment. Any insurance payment received after the guarantor has paid the balance will be refunded to the guarantor.
Insurance and Pre-Certification
To ensure your peace of mind while you are hospitalized, we suggest that prior to your admission you be aware of the type of coverage your insurance policy provides. Check with your place of employment or your insurance company for any unique requirements. It is your responsibility to determine if pre-certification is required and to provide your insurance company with the appropriate information prior to your hospital visit. You will need to bring your insurance card and your pre-certification number when you come to the hospital. If you need assistance, please call Registration at 618-847-8275.
Pre-Certification Requirements
If any insurance company or third-party payer requires pre-certification, it is the responsibility of the insured to contact them to obtain authorization for services. Additionally, some physicians may not be participating providers in the same insurance plans and networks as the hospital.
Claims are submitted to Part A and/or Part B Medicare upon the beneficiary's behalf. In addition, up to two Medicare supplemental insurance of the patient's choice will also be filed. The beneficiary is responsible for any deductible and/or co-insurance and non-covered services (such as a private room) not paid by their insurance.
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Recipients are responsible for presenting their medical cards at the time of registration. It is important that you be aware that there is a time deadline for submitting claims to the state. If you fail to furnish your medical card to the Business Office within the required time frame, you will then be held responsible for payment of your bill even though you were covered by a valid medical card at the time of service.


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You don't have to be a famous producer or household name to own intellectual property. If you create music, own a business, write stories, or build gadgets in your garage, you almost certainly have intellectual property. However, because intellectual property is intangible, it's often overlooked in estate planning.
And if you do have intellectual property, it may hold significant sentimental and even monetary value for you and the people who love you. Without properly planning for these works in your estate plan, your family could lose these valuable assets forever.
Even if you've worked with a lawyer to set up your business, write a will, or file your taxes, those professionals may not be thinking about what happens to your intangible assets upon your death. Many lawyers who focus on estate planning don't really understand the value of intellectual property and how to protect it. We do, and now so will you.
It's essential that you take the proper steps to not only protect these intangible assets during your lifetime but also ensure that your intellectual property is properly handled following your death. That way, the monetary and human value of your intellectual property isn't lost forever when you die.
Safeguard Your Intellectual Property During Life
While you might think that identifying, protecting, and valuing your intellectual property is something that only applies to big companies and famous artists, that's definitely not the case. Your intellectual property has sentimental value to your family and may have more monetary value than you realize, and could be of even greater value to your loved ones after you've died.
The first step to take in protecting your intellectual property is to formally document it in an inventory of assets that describes what the asset is, where it's located, and how to access it if it's a digital or intangible item. This is something I help all of my clients create to ensure that no asset, whether tangible or intangible, is left out of their plan or lost when they die.
The next step is to consider if any of your intellectual property should be legally registered in the form of trademarks, copyrights, or patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Original works are automatically copyrighted when you create them, but without legally registering your copyrights, it can be difficult to prove and enforce your copyright if someone steals your work and presents it as their own. If you're lending, renting, licensing or selling anything you've created to a third party, it's also important to have the proper legal agreements and contracts in place to ensure there's no question about who owns the material.
Likewise, if you own a business and have not protected your intellectual property with copyrights, trademarks, patents, royalty and licensing agreements, non-competes for employees, and work-for-hire provisions in your existing agreements with independent contractors and vendors, now is the time to do so.
Don't wait until your intellectual property is stolen or you receive a cease-and-desist letter to put these protections in place. Registering a trademark or copyright might cost you time and money, but failing to register your original works can cost you far more than that in legal fees or the lost value of your assets, especially if your family ends up in court trying to fight for what you created.
Protect Your Intellectual Property for Future Generations
In addition to protecting your intellectual property during your lifetime, it's equally important to plan for what will happen to these assets at your incapacity or death, and to protect your heirs from a potentially long and costly court battle over the ownership of your intangible assets.
The most important thing is to make sure that your family can locate and access your intellectual property after you're gone. Otherwise, your work could be lost forever.
Once you've created an inventory of your assets, you'll need to make sure your loved ones know how to find your inventory so that if you die or become incapacitated they can easily locate and access your assets. Your inventory should also include how each asset is accounted for in your estate plan and whether you share ownership of any intellectual property with another person or company.
To make sure all of your assets are planned for in the right way, it's imperative to meet with an estate planning attorney who has the experience and knowledge to plan for your intellectual property and protect any future income the property may generate for your loved ones.
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Fedora Rawhide Gating
The following pages document the recently enabled gating mechanism in Fedora Rawhide.
The aim of this initiative is to set up the infrastructure so that packages can be gated based on test results before they are allowed into Fedora Rawhide. This will reduce the amount of broken dependencies, uninstallable packages, and broken composes, and will ultimately lead to a more stable Rawhide. As an added benefit, this framework will also lessen the burden on the infrastructure and release engineering teams that ensure composes keep working.
Reasons for Gating
The basic principle of this proposal is to provide an environment in which packages can be built and tested without affecting other packages.
When looking at how Rawhide package updates are gated on test results, we need to consider two workflows: single build updates, in which the contained build is only loosely coupled to other builds, and multi-build updates, in which the builds are tightly coupled.
For a single build, the easiest solution is to provide a dedicated Koji tag in which these packages are built, and where they wait for their tests to pass before they can enter the buildroot.
For multiple builds, the solution is to rely on "side-tags" in Koji. These side-tags are basically tags created by the packager and available to them to do their work, in this case rebuild all the packages desired. The side-tag can then be sent to the test system as one unit of change.
To use a now well-known analogy, a single build update is like sending a commit to a mailing list: it waits there to be reviewed and tested before being merged into the main repository. Multi-build updates are more similar to pull-requests: they can contain one or more builds which are reviewed and tested together as one change before being merged.
Rawhide is a unique place in the Fedora ecosystem: It is the only place where large changes and rebuilds can be done. In stable Fedora releases, rebuilding large sets of packages is discouraged by the packaging guidelines, so the ratio of single- vs. multi-build updates in Bodhi (95% to 5%) is not reflective of the realities of the Rawhide ecosystem.
The aim of Rawhide Gating is to build the infrastructure allowing to gate packages in Rawhide. The idea is for packages to go through Bodhi, be tested, and land in the Rawhide buildroot as they do today if the tests pass. In the simplest case, the packager workflow will not be impacted by this proposal; more complicated situations will require adjustements to the packager workflow. However, these adjustments are minimal.
No tests are being made mandatory as this framework is introduced. It is up to the community (and FESCo) to decide if any, and if yes, which rules should be enforced for all packages.
Additional Reading
Frequently Asked Questions provides answers to frequently asked questions about Rawhide gating.
Fedora CI Documentation has information about continuous integration in Fedora.
Fedora CI Quick Start Guide gives you basic information about Fedora CI in one place.
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I think it's just to keep S.A. fans from buying up tickets. I'm as anti-OKC as the next guy, but this seems pretty logical to me.
Whatever okc still stole the only team in the west worth being a fan of and now they want to keep non- locals out. Let them have there thunder and lets bring the Sonics back to seattle!
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NASA Press Release 12-16-09:
HAMPTON, Va. -- New measurements from a NASA satellite show a dramatic
cooling in the upper atmosphere that correlates with the declining
phase of the current solar cycle. For the first time, researchers can
show a timely link between the Sun and the climate of Earth's
thermosphere, the region above 100 km (roughly 60 miles), an
essential step in making accurate predictions of climate change in
the high atmosphere.
Scientists from NASA's Langley Research Center and Hampton University
in Hampton, Va., and the National Center for Atmospheric Research in
Boulder, Colo., will present these results at the fall meeting of the
American Geophysical Union in San Francisco from Dec. 14 to 18.
Earth's thermosphere and mesosphere have been the least explored
regions of the atmosphere. The NASA
Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED)
mission was developed to explore the Earth's atmosphere above 60 km
altitude and was launched in December 2001. One of four instruments
on the TIMED mission, the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband
Emission Radiometry (SABER) instrument, was specifically designed to
measure the energy budget of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere.
The SABER dataset now covers eight years of data and has already
provided some basic insight into the heat budget of the thermosphere
on a variety of timescales.
The extent of current solar minimum conditions has created a unique
situation for recent SABER datasets. The end of solar cycle 23 has
offered an opportunity to study the radiative cooling in the
thermosphere under exceptionally quiescent conditions.
"The Sun is in a very unusual period," said Marty Mlynczak, SABER
associate principal investigator and senior research scientist at
NASA Langley. "The Earth's thermosphere is responding remarkably --
up to an order of magnitude decrease in infrared emission/radiative
cooling by some molecules."
The TIMED measurements show a decrease in the amount of ultraviolet
radiation emitted by the Sun. In addition, the amount of infrared
radiation emitted from the upper atmosphere by nitric oxide molecules
has decreased by nearly a factor of 10 since early 2002. These
observations imply that the upper atmosphere has cooled substantially
since then. The research team expects the atmosphere to heat up again
as solar activity starts to pick up in the next year.
While this warming has no implications for climate change in the
troposphere, a fundamental prediction of climate change theory is
that the upper atmosphere will cool in response to increasing carbon
dioxide. As the atmosphere cools the density will increase, which
ultimately may impact satellite operations through increased drag
over time.
The SABER dataset is the first global, long-term, and continuous
record of the Nitric oxide (NO) and Carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions from the thermosphere.
"We suggest that the dataset of radiative cooling of the thermosphere
by NO and CO2 constitutes a first climate data record for
the thermosphere," says Mlynczak.
The TIMED data provide a fundamental climate data record for
validation of upper atmosphere climate models which is an essential
step in making accurate predictions of climate change in the high
atmosphere. SABER provides the first long-term measurements of
natural variability in key terms of the upper atmosphere climate. As
the TIMED mission continues, these data derived from SABER will
become important in assessing long term changes due to the increase
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
TIMED is the first mission in the Solar Terrestrial Probes Program
within the Heliophysics Division in NASA's Science Mission
Directorate in Washington.
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A common tip for improving heart health is to get more exercise. But, what form of exercise is best? How much is too much?
Several myths about exercise and the heart have circulated for years. While some may sound reasonable, many are inaccurate and could have a negative impact on your health.
Oakland cardiologist John S. Edelen, M.D., of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, debunks some common myths about exercise and your heart.


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Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) believe that all people dwelt with God before this life and that every individual has the opportunity to dwell with God after this life in a state of eternal joy. Mormons believe that our existence is analogous to a three-part play that consists of a premortal existence; a mortal life on earth of learning, testing and growth; and a postmortal existence as resurrected beings.
Latter-day Saint teachings state that where we go after this life depends primarily upon the degree to which we accept and follow Jesus Christ, as well as on the desires of our hearts and how we translate those desires into works. In addition, our destination after this life depends on whether we participate in the essential rites (such as baptism) that aid us in the process of repentance, progression and sanctification.
Latter-day Saint understanding of scripture provides a view of the afterlife that expands upon the common notions of heaven and hell. In his epistle to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul describes the condition of postmortal bodies with a comparison to the sun, the moon and the stars. Latter-day Saint revelation given to Joseph Smith builds upon this pattern. Mormon scripture describes the three corresponding states of postmortal existence as the celestial kingdom, the terrestrial kingdom and the telestial kingdom. Though all three are understood to be degrees of glory, Mormons believe the highest state — the celestial kingdom — to be where God is (or, as those of other faiths understand it, heaven).
As all human beings inherit different circumstances, Mormons believe that a just and merciful God will account for our varying degrees of knowledge and access to truth. With this in mind, Mormon scripture teaches that all will eventually "enjoy that which they are willing to receive," and to those that so desire, "all that [the] Father hath shall be given unto" them (Doctrine and Covenants 88:32; 84:38). In other words, a person's reward in the afterlife will be determined by what they really desire in this life. To those who most desire to follow God and live as He lives, the New Testament promises that they shall be "heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ" (Romans 8:17). Latter-day Saints believe this includes eternal family relationships. Mormon scripture teaches that the "same sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there [in eternity], only it will be coupled with eternal glory" (Doctrine and Covenants 130:2). The promise of growing to become more like God and ultimately returning to His presence with our families motivates Latter-day Saints to do their best to live according to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today announced that NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility has been renamed the Spitzer Space Telescope. It was named in honor of the late Dr. Lyman Spitzer Jr., one of the 20th century's most distinguished scientists.
Spitzer's pioneering efforts to put telescopes in space led to two successful space missions, including the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA also released the Spitzer Space Telescope's first dazzling observations.
"The Spitzer Space Telescope takes its place at the forefront of astronomy in the 21st century, just as its namesake, Dr. Lyman Spitzer Jr., was at the forefront of astronomy in the 20th," said NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Science Dr. Ed Weiler.
The telescope was launched August 25, 2003, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Its state-of-the-art infrared detectors pierce the dense clouds of gas and dust that enshroud many celestial objects, including distant galaxies; clusters of stars in formation; and planet forming discs surrounding stars. It is the fourth of NASA's Great Observatories, a program that also includes the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
The new name was chosen after an international contest sponsored by NASA. More than 7,000 names and supporting essays were submitted, with more than a third coming from outside the United States. Jay Stidolph, a Canadian resident of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, submitted the winning entry.
Spitzer (1914-1997) was the first to propose, in 1946, placing a large telescope in space to avoid the blurring effects of Earth's atmosphere. He then devoted the next 50 years of his career to making this vision a reality. His efforts led to the Hubble Space Telescope and another successful NASA space telescope -- the Copernicus satellite. He also made significant contributions to the fields of stellar dynamics, the interstellar medium and plasma physics.
Spitzer served on the faculty of Princeton University for 50 years. He received numerous awards, including the Catherine Wolfe Bruce gold medal (1973); the National Academy of Sciences' Henry Draper Medal; the first James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics by the American Physical Society (1975); the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1978); the National Medal of Science (1979); and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy (1985), the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for fields excluded from those awards.
In addition to being an outstanding scientist, Spitzer was an exceptional teacher, well regarded by his colleagues and students. He authored two popular reference books: Physics of Fully Ionized Gases and Diffuse Matter in Space.
Considered to be a man of incredible discipline, diligence and politeness, Spitzer also loved to mountain-climb and ski. He was a member of the American Alpine Club. His wife, Doreen Canaday Spitzer, four children and 10 grandchildren survive him.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
For information about the Spitzer Space Telescope on the Internet, visit /.


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How did the birth of Flying Squads take place?
Why were Muay Thai, MMA & associated fitness activities introduced in Mumbai by Mr. Pratik Mayekar?
August 23: Let us all hear the story of Flying Squads Fitness Club's proud owner Mr. Pratik Mayekar and how he considered acquainting & familiarizing Muay Thai, MMA and associated fitness things with India.!
Mr. Pratik Mayekar proudly owns not one, not two, but 4 organizations. To be precise with words & he sponsors fighters from India to Russia and Thailand for International MMA fights. Mr. Pratik says, "that ideas and passion are the two of a kind!" Well, it's true for him because he lives for his energy & enthusiasm and gets his thoughts executed!
His concept of Muay Thai was out of the crate, and he kicked his task off in Mumbai with his huge endeavours. He got a thought after conversing with his sister Ms. Shweta
Mayekar, she's the expert consultant doctor at the Flying Squads Fitness Club. The brother-sister duo came up with an undeniable fitness project where they didn't want their clients to visit various fitness & wellness centres for different fitness activities!
Consequently, considering dealing with the client's physical, mental and energetic prosperity took a move!
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Flying Squads Fitness Club received the best gym award in India & DADASAHEB PHALKE DUBAI AWARDS 2022!!
Flying Squads is unique & Special from the rest because Flying Squads' Muay Thai warriors battle in the Thailand circle. At regular intervals of 6 months, Flying Squads has its preliminary trials across India. We fetch the best fighters across the country that share similar love, happiness and enthusiasm as us.
After their fruitful & successful trials in Flying Squads, they're then at the point prepared for their high-level advanced training in Thailand & we proudly sponsor & support their training, preparation, and accommodation in Thailand. We have the best warriors from different parts of the world. At Flying Squads, we know what it takes to be the best and how it feels to be the best.
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Megillah 28 - Mo'ed Katan 3
Simchat Torah Mystery
Mystery surrounds the source of a familiar custom. The gemara tells us that on the very last day of Succot (known as "Simchat Torah") we read the last parsha of the Torah - "Beracha" - and for the haftarah we read from the eighth chapter of Melachim I (8:22) about King Solomon's prayer at the inauguration of the Beit Hamikdash.
Rabbeinu Nissim (Ran) explains the choice of these two sections. Simchat Torah is the climax of the festivals, and it is fitting to read on that day the blessings which Moshe gave to all of Israel. Since a haftarah must follow the spirit of the Torah reading, it is fitting that Moshe's blessings be followed by the blessings Solomon gave to all of his people.
Tosefot already calls attention to the custom - which is the one we follow - to read as the haftarah the first chapter of Yehoshua. Rabbeinu Nissim's explanation of this custom is that since we concluded our Torah reading with Moshe's passing, it is fitting that the haftarah consist of what Hashem commanded Moshe's disciple, Yehoshua, immediately afterwards.
The explanations are perfect. But there is a mystery as to why we have abandoned what the gemara determines as the haftarah. Tosefot cites a source that says the Gaon Rav Hai instituted this custom, but Tosefot wonders what reason there was for deviating from what our gemara says.
Rabbeinu Asher (Rosh) cites the Jerusalem Talmud as the source for this custom, but Korban Netanel comments that he was unable to find it there.
Whatever the source, this is the universal Jewish custom just as is the celebration which surrounds the completion of the reading of the entire Torah. The source for this celebration, however, is no mystery. The Midrash, referring to King Solomon making a festive banquet for all his servants when he realized that Heaven had granted his request for wisdom (Melachim I 3:15), declares this as a source for celebrating when we finish reading the entire Torah.
Just as Solomon felt a need to celebrate the gift of wisdom granted by Heaven, so do all Jews, who feel so much wiser as a result of reading the entire Torah for a year, feel the need to celebrate with Simchat Torah.
Every Day a Holiday
The mitzvah to read on holidays the Torah portions relating to those holidays, says the mishna, is hinted at in the passage which concludes the Torah section on holidays: "And Moshe related these holidays of Hashem to the Israelites." (Vayikra 23:44)
Rashi explains that it would seem superfluous for the Torah to inform us that Moshe related to Israel the mitzvot of the holidays, since we already know that Moshe related to them all the mitzvot. The hidden message of this passage must then be that he was instructed to tell them to read the Torah sections related to those holidays. In line with this, Maharsha suggests that we gain another perspective of an earlier passage (23:4) in which the holidays are introduced with a command to "proclaim them in their season." The word "tikre'u" (proclaim) in that passage can now also be interpreted literally as "you shall read," since there is a mitzvah to read the Torah sections related to the holidays "in their season" - on the holidays themselves. Mesechta Megillah ends with a beraita informing us that Moshe instituted that Jews should study the laws of Pesach on Pesach, the laws of Shavuot on Shavuot and the laws of Succot on Succot; they are to ask the halachic authorities about those laws and listen to public lectures about them. This, notes Maharsha, was not included in the Divine command to read the Torah sections related to the holidays, but was an initiative of Moshe to create a greater awareness of what is required of Jews on those special days.
But why only in regard to the three festivals did Moshe institute this practice, and not in regard to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur which are also mentioned in that same Torah chapter about holidays?
The answer, concludes Maharsha, is that Moshe felt a need for Jews to study the mitzvot relating to holidays which came at specific times of the year in order to refresh their knowledge of the essence of those days. The essence of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, however, is the repentance which a Jew must achieve in order to be worthy of favorable judgment. Such repentance is not a once a year issue but a matter which is relevant every day of the year.


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20 CFR § 404.948 - Deciding a case without an oral hearing before an administrative law judge.
(a) Decision fully favorable. If the evidence in the hearing record supports a finding in favor of you and all the parties on every issue, the administrative law judge may issue a hearing decision based on a preponderance of the evidence without holding an oral hearing. The notice of the decision will state that you have the right to an oral hearing and to examine the evidence on which the administrative law judge based the decision.
(b) Parties do not wish to appear.
(1) The administrative law judge may decide a case on the record and not conduct an oral hearing if—
(i) You and all the parties indicate in writing that you do not wish to appear before the administrative law judge at an oral hearing; or
(ii) You live outside the United States, you do not inform us that you wish to appear, and there are no other parties who wish to appear.
(2) When an oral hearing is not held, the administrative law judge shall make a record of the material evidence. The record will include the applications, written statements, certificates, reports, affidavits, and other documents that were used in making the determination under review and any additional evidence you or any other party to the hearing present in writing. The decision of the administrative law judge must be based on this record.
(c) Case remanded for a revised determination.
(1) The administrative law judge may remand a case to the appropriate component of our office for a revised determination if there is reason to believe that the revised determination would be fully favorable to you. This could happen if the administrative law judge receives new and material evidence or if there is a change in the law that permits the favorable determination.
(2) Unless you request the remand, the administrative law judge shall notify you that your case has been remanded and tell you that if you object, you must notify him or her of your objections within 10 days of the date the case is remanded or we will assume that you agree to the remand. If you object to the remand, the administrative law judge will consider the objection and rule on it in writing.


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After four days of rocket shelling and air raids—which began last Friday when Israeli forces assassinated the secretary general of the Popular Resistance Committee, Zuhair al-Qaissi— one million Israelis in the south of the country and a million and a half Palestinians in Gaza returned to "normal": a state of constant tension and fear about when the violence will start up again. This particular round came to an end on Tuesday when Egypt brokered a ceasefire between Palestinian militant groups, led by the Iranian-sponsored Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the IDF. But it's hard to overstate just how fragile the ceasefire is: Early Wednesday morning, the IDF hit two sites in northern Gaza that it claims were terrorist hubs, and the rocket fire from Gaza could resume any day.
Between Friday and Tuesday, nearly 40 Palestinians—mostly terrorists—were killed, and heavy damage was inflicted to property in Gaza. More than 200 rockets and mortar shells were launched from Gaza into Israeli towns in the south, including Beer Sheva. Several Israelis were injured.
As expected, both sides are claiming victory.
"We taught them a lesson with a hint that they should think twice before they contemplate whether to mess with us again," a senior military officer told me. Israeli security chiefs are especially proud of the success of the state's new anti-missile system, Iron Dome. After a year of fits and starts, the system managed to successfully intercept nearly 80 percent of the Grad rockets launched from Gaza during the four-day skirmish. (The Grad rocket is an improved version of the old Soviet-made Katyusha and has a range of up to 40 kilometers.)
Iron Dome's achievement is magnified by the fact that by intercepting the rockets it's not only defending the Israeli civilian population, but frustrating the goal of groups like Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is to inflict as many casualties and as much damage as possible.
Even though they didn't manage to kill any Israelis, Palestinian Islamic Jihad held a "victory parade" yesterday in the streets of Gaza. Spokesmen from the organization boasted that they defeated the almighty Israeli military machine. And one Grad apparently landed only 32 kilometers from Tel Aviv.
Propaganda aside, who won this latest round? It's hard to swallow, but Israel is the bigger loser.
For one, the Jewish state paid a huge economic price. One Grad rocket costs roughly $1,000. One intercepting Iron Dome missile costs $100,000. On average, Israel fired two Iron Dome missiles per Grad. Thus, intercepting 40 Grads worth $40,000 cost Israel $8 million. Plus, while the rockets were flying, some 200,000 Israeli students didn't go to school, and hundreds of thousands of Israelis were confined to shelters and did not go to work.
More significant than the economic hit are the strategic ramifications. For months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have waged an aggressive campaign to persuade the world—especially the United States—that the single most important threat to Israel and the international community is Iran's nuclear program. This information campaign reached its zenith earlier this month when Netanyahu met with President Obama at the White House to reiterate the grave danger the Islamic Republic poses to the West.
By focusing solely on Iran, Netanyahu masterfully took the Palestinian issue off the world agenda. But this latest exchange reminded the world that the Palestinian issue is still very much alive and kicking and needs to be negotiated and resolved.
But the biggest reason Israel lost this latest round is that it revealed the vulnerability of the Israeli home front—and not even to Hamas, but to the much smaller group of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Watching the way the south of the country shut down under a barrage of Grads, one can only imagine what could happen to Israeli towns and cities if a war breaks out with Iran.
The whole of Israel is targeted and within reach of the 400 Shihab missiles in Iran. While one Grad carries 15 to 18 kilograms of explosives, each Shihab has a warhead of 750 kilograms of explosives. In other words, one Shihab is worth 50 Grad rockets. And Israel has no effective anti-ballistic system. The Arrow system, which is meant to deal with the Shihab, is still being developed. It is also widely assumed by most experts that if a war with Iran breaks out, the Lebanese pro-Iranian Shiite movement of Hezbollah will jump on the bandwagon. Hezbollah, according to Israeli military intelligence estimates, has around 40,000 rockets and missiles. Many of them are capable of targeting anyplace in Israel, including its nuclear reactor, air fields, military bases, electric power stations, other strategic installations, and of course all Israel's cities, including Tel Aviv.
In the wake of the past weekend, Israeli leaders have to be asking themselves a simple question: Is it worth initiating a crisis with Iran? Will the Israeli public be able to cope with Iran's response?
Yossi Melman is a longtime reporter on strategic affairs, intelligence, and nuclear issues. He is writing a book about the history of the Israeli intelligence community.
Yossi Melman is a longtime reporter on strategic affairs, intelligence, and nuclear issues. He is writing a book about the history of the Israeli intelligence community.


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Thursday morning I noticed one of my older posts (this one) was receiving comments… I figured someone, somewhere posted it on their own blog and people were following the link over here. Then my mailbox blew up as people started "liking" the same post, subscribing to the blog, and commenting… I had no idea what was going on until a friend on Twitter out to me that the post had been selected to be featured on WordPress' frontpage!? Yup, my writing was featured on "Daily Press"!
What does that mean exactly? For one it means a lot of comments! That post now has over 120. It also means a lot of pages views. Before today my the most hits I'd had on my page was 180. In the last three days DiMortuiSunt has had 5,176 hits?!?
This is just a quick post to thank everyone. Those of you who have been reading here for a while, those of you who showed up in the last few days, and WordPress for noticing me. I promise I won't try to disappoint any of you!


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First Mrs. Parker would show you the double parlours. You would not dare to interrupt her description of their advantages and of the merits of the gentleman who had occupied them for eight years.
Then you would manage to stammer forth the confession that you were neither a doctor nor a dentist. Mrs. Parker's manner of receiving the admission was such that you could never afterward entertain the same feeling toward your parents, who had neglected to train you up in one of the professions that fitted Mrs. Parker's parlours.
Next you ascended one flight of stairs and looked at the second- floor-back at $8. Convinced by her second-floor manner that it was worth the $12 that Mr. Toosenberry always paid for it until he left to take charge of his brother's orange plantation in Florida near Palm Beach, where Mrs. McIntyre always spent the winters that had the double front room with private bath, you managed to babble that you wanted something still cheaper.
If you survived Mrs. Parker's scorn, you were taken to look at Mr. Skidder's large hall room on the third floor. Mr. Skidder's room was not vacant. He wrote plays and smoked cigarettes in it all day long. But every room-hunter was made to visit his room to admire the lambrequins. After each visit, Mr. Skidder, from the fright caused by possible eviction, would pay something on his rent.
Then–oh, then–if you still stood on one foot, with your hot hand clutching the three moist dollars in your pocket, and hoarsely proclaimed your hideous and culpable poverty, nevermore would Mrs. Parker be cicerone of yours. She would honk loudly the word" Clara," she would show you her back, and march downstairs. Then Clara, the coloured maid, would escort you up the carpeted ladder that served for the fourth flight, and show you the Skylight Room. It occupied 7×8 feet of floor space at the middle of the hall. On each side of it was a dark lumber closet or storeroom.


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At least four people were killed and several others were injured Saturday when a truck traveling on the Coronado Bay Bridge in San Diego veered off the road and flew 60 feet off the bridge, landing on a crowd gathered at a park below.
The crash happened just after 3:30 p.m. PT off the bridge and near the 1900 block of Julian Avenue. California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Jake Sanchez said the person behind the wheel of the pickup truck, suspected of driving under the influence, hit a guard rail, rolled and landed on a crowd of people at Chicano Park. The park sits below the entrance of the bridge from Interstate 5, in Barrio Logan.
Among the four people killed were a man, 62, and a woman, 50, from Chandler, Arizona, and a man, 59, and a woman, 49, from Hacienda Heights in Los Angeles County.
One witness told NBC 7 he heard truck screeching as it plowed into the park below.
"I [saw] that truck come flying off the ramp here and onto the people that were underneath them. I was that close to them," he said. "It's terrible."
Another witness, Dolores D'Angelo, was attending the festival at Chicano Park, where she was scheduled to perform with a band. Suddenly, she saw debris and dust flying off the bridge, then saw parts of the car scattered everywhere.
"Pieces of car parts were flying all over the place. When we got up, we turned around, everybody started running over there because we realized, there were people sitting there – there were people sitting right there," D'Angelo described.
"We were trying to get in to see if we could maybe lift up the car, move the car out of the way to see if we could get the people out. There were so many people crowded by then," she added. "I was trying to call 911 and I think I called it like four times and I don't know that I ever hit 'send' properly because I got really nervous; I got really scared."
"I saw a car flying through the air, right off the bridge. It looked like -- I couldn't see anybody driving the car. It looked like as if Superman had thrown a car right off the bridge. It was just flying down," D'Angelo added.
The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) and CHP confirmed that at least four people were killed in the crash. Police said two others suffered major injuries and at least seven other people suffered minor injuries.
The driver, identified as 24-year-old Richard Anthony Sepolio, is alive, police said, but critically injured. He was hospitalized and arrested on suspicion of DUI, Sanchez said. He has been charged with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, DUI causing injury or death and other charges related to significant injury of others.
According to CHP, Sepolio is an active duty service member with the Navy stationed in Coronado.
As dozens of first responders filled the park, medics began treating those with minor injuries at the scene and rushing those with critical injuries to UC San Diego Medical Center, Scripps Mercy Hospital and Sharp Coronado.
Debris was strewn about the crash site; blood could be seen on the sidewalks.
"It's horrible, it's horrific," said Sanchez, describing the scene. "There's people down below, bodies -- just innocent people that are just down here having a good time and now they're gone. We feel for their families."
Southbound Interstate 5 leading to the Coronado Bridge was shut down to traffic immediately following the deadly crash; both inbound and outbound traffic on the Coronado Bridge was also shut down.
By 4:40 p.m., the Coronado Police Department confirmed that the roads were reopening and traffic was moving once again, slowly.
Police said there were more than 100 people at Chicano Park at the time of the deadly crash, as a festival was taking place.
Chicano Park was celebrating the La Raza Run, a motorcycle festival that had live music, food, art exhibits and a tribute to fallen riders.
Chicano Park is in Barrio Logan, a predominantly Mexican-American community located about 4.5 miles southeast of downtown San Diego. The park is known for its vast collection of colorful outdoor murals and artwork dedicated to the cultural heritage of the community.


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Iron and Steel Production in Birmingham
In the decades after the Civil War, Alabama became one of the nation's leading iron and steel producers. Although Gadsden and the Florence Sheffield District along the Tennessee River contributed to this rise, the Birmingham District became the largest iron and steel producer in the southern United States. Unique geological conditions provided the district with closely associated and abundant deposits of iron ore, coal, limestone, and dolomite. These were the raw materials essential for making iron and steel, and at some locations within the district, deposits were only a few miles apart. This lucky geological arrangement resulted in the lowest raw-material assembly costs in the United States and allowed the district to grow as rapidly, in the last two decades of the nineteenth century, as Pittsburgh and Chicago.
Coal Train Within the industry, the most profitable enterprises were those that controlled all the mines, railroads, blast furnaces, and other facilities required to extract and assemble raw materials and to convert these raw materials into iron or steel. The close juxtaposition of their raw materials allowed iron makers in the Birmingham District to create companies that were industry models of what is known as vertical integration. Most of the Woodward Iron Company's holdings, for example, were linked by a remarkably short, 12-mile railroad. The company-owned track extended outward from its blast furnaces and coke ovens, to its limestone and dolomite quarries, to its ore mines on Red Mountain and its coal mines along the edge of the Warrior coal field.
Growth was also spurred by the ability to attract a large labor force of freedmen and poor whites. Impoverished and unemployed after the war, these laborers willingly migrated to the district in search of industrial jobs, which were a more attractive alternative to tenant farming and sharecropping. This workforce contrasted starkly with northern industrial centers, which largely employed an immigrant laborforce. Southern workers carried over traditional racial attitudes and social structures from antebellum days. Transplanted into new industries, these cultural values led to racially segregated work places that facilitated owners' efforts to control wages, working conditions, and union organizing.
Convicts in Birmingham, 1907 Another factor that allowed Alabama iron manufacturers to dominate labor relations was the convict-lease system, through which companies leased state and county prison inmates for work in their industrial operations. Lasting from shortly after the Civil War until 1928, the convict-lease system provided substantial numbers of workers, largely in the company-owned coal mines. Young black men from rural agricultural areas provided the overwhelming majority of this coerced labor force. Possessing no mining experience, these workers died in numbers that far exceeded the normal mortality rates of the American coal mining industry as a whole. As a result of the political clout held by industrial leaders, Alabama was the last state in the nation to outlaw convict leasing.
Birmingham's promise of abundant raw materials and cheap labor, combined with an increasing national demand for iron and steel in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, inspired southern entrepreneurs to join with northern investors to push for industrial development. Pursuing an economic vision dubbed by publicists as the New South Creed, this newly formed coalition launched a major drive to import skilled technicians and the latest technology to the region. They commissioned leading northern engineering firms to build cutting-edge furnace plants and enticed promising young technicians and engineers from northern industrial centers to take charge of mining and iron-making operations. By the turn of the century, the district boasted considerable expertise and the latest technological innovations.
Woodward Iron Company Four iron-making enterprises, each controlling substantial deposits of iron ore, coal, limestone, and dolomite, came to dominate the industry. These companies were unique in their use of advanced blast-furnace plants that smelted iron ore into pig iron. Woodward Iron, Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, and Thomas Works operated blast-furnace plants that produced pig-iron, which was of a lower grade than the iron used in steel-making. These plants were stand-alone facilities, known as merchant furnaces, that sold their product to foundries, where it was refined into cast-iron products. The Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company, known locally as TCI, produced high-grade iron and, with it, steel. If managers chose to make iron for conversion into steel, their blasts furnaces were attached to large mills where the pig iron could be transferred, while still molten, directly to steel furnaces.
Republic Steel in Gadsden At the beginning of the twentieth century, there was large-scale consolidation within the American iron and steel industry. In Alabama, Republic Steel purchased Thomas and U.S. Steel acquired TCI. From that point onward, most of the pig iron produced at the Thomas Works was shipped to Republic's Gadsden mill. U.S. Steel enlarged its holdings by erecting the Fairfield Works to complement TCI's original Ensley operation. Over the next seven decades, Birmingham furnaces produced millions of tons of pig iron, half of which was dedicated to steel production and half of which was sold as foundry iron.
Sloss Furnace The Sloss and Woodward furnaces continued to operate as merchant iron producers, largely because of the tremendous demand for foundry iron. But this trend also reflected a recognition of the poor quality of the region's iron ore and the difficulties in extracting it presented by the local geology. Resourceful uses of technology and innovative smelting practices could only go so far. These limitations would ultimately dictate not only the grades of pig iron that the district's factories produced but also the mining practices, the processing techniques, and the scale and methods of production at both the merchant blast furnaces and steel mills.
Woodward and Sloss so effectively turned to their advantage the limitations of the district's mineral wealth that they made Birmingham the nation's largest foundry iron producer. Their success was partially a result of relatively high phosphorous content of Red Mountain iron ore. Although the presence of phosphorous is undesirable in steel, it contributes to excellent foundry iron. In addition, foundry iron is best produced in small blast furnaces, which are unsuited for steel manufacture, where the economy of scale is essential. During the early part of the twentieth century, for example, foundry iron consumers preferred pig iron that had been cast in sand. This method was more labor intensive and better suited to small blast-furnace plants. At the same time, both the ore and coal seams in the Birmingham District occurred in geological settings that favored smaller-scale mining practices. Thus smaller mining operations harmonized with the limited output of foundry-iron blast furnaces
TCI's Steelworks in Ensley TCI, with its emphasis on steel, had to construct elaborate processing facilities and specially adapted furnaces to work with the high silicon and phosphorous content of Red Mountain iron ore. The company operated four separate mining operations on Red Mountain that combined to form the largest underground iron-mining complex in the United States. Because the silicon content of the ore from each mine varied greatly, the company built a large processing plant at the base of the mountain where ore from several mines could be mixed and subjected to other refining processes in order to average out its silicon content. At their steel mills, TCI installed the nation's first large-scale duplex mill, which employed both Bessemer converters and tilting, open-hearth furnaces. The Bessemer converters were required to rid molten pig iron of its relatively high silicon content, and the molten metal was then transferred to the tilting open-hearth furnaces, where excess phosphorous was removed. Large mixers held reserve supplies of steel from the converters, ensuring an uninterrupted flow to the larger open hearths.
Stockham Electric Furnaces Over time, the district matured into a major regional iron and steel producer. The availability of cheap foundry iron attracted large cast-iron pipe producers, such as Stockham Pipe and Fittings Company and American Cast Iron Pipe Company. By the early-twentieth century, all of the nation's large cast-iron producers had moved substantial portions of their operations to the Birmingham District. Other industries seeking cheap foundry iron followed, along with a diversified mix of related industries. Steel production increased along with the rise of merchant foundry iron plants. By the 1920s, Birmingham produced one fourth of the nation's foundry iron and had grown into the largest steel maker in the Southeast.
In the latter half of the twentieth century, Birmingham's iron and steel industry began a decline that continues today. Increasingly stringent air-quality requirements, foreign competition, and the rise of ductile iron made from scrap forced the shutdown of foundry iron furnaces and their coal and ore mines in the early 1970s, but Birmingham remains an important steel producer.
Further Reading
- Armes, Ethel. The Story of Iron and Coal in Alabama. Leeds, Ala.: Beechwood Books, 1987.
- Bergstresser, Jack R., Sr. "Raw Material Constraints and Technological Options in the Mines and Furnaces of the Birmingham District: 1876-1930." PhD diss., Auburn University, 1994.
- Lewis, W. David. Iron and Steel in America. Greenville, Del.: The Hagley Museum, 1976, reprinted in 1986.
- Lewis, W. David. Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham Industrial District. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1994.
- Mills, Mable D. The Coke Industry in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Bureau of Business Research, 1947.
- White, Marjorie Longenecker. The Birmingham District, An Industrial History and Guide. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society, 1981.
- Woodward Iron Company. Alabama Blast Furnaces. 1940. Reprint, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2007.


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Battery life ruining your life? We've all been there, and sometimes we simply can't afford to accept the fate of our dying laptops. Sometimes, we need to milk as much time as we can possibly get with our precious little devices.
There are some things you can do to buy more time with your laptop – now you can make that final deadline, or respond to that important email before it's too late! Some of these tips will show you how to stretch out your dying battery at that very moment, while others are preventative tips that will help keep your battery from dying as quickly as it normally does.
Short Term Battery-Stretching Strategies
- Battery Saver Mode
Activate your laptop's Battery Saver Mode, or Eco Mode to prevent your battery from draining so quickly. Battery saver mode is designed to automatically make changes to give you a few more precious minutes of laptop use. While it won't stop your battery from dying, it will certainly lessen some of the power consumption being used.
- Disable Unused Devices/Ports
The best way to save battery life is to turn things off that aren't being used. Here is a list of things you can turn off that will save battery life:
- Wifi
- Bluetooth
- Graphics Processors
- Unused Optical Drives
- USB ports (eg. USB mouse)
Again, make sure you don't need any of these things first, and don't forget to turn them back on when you've charged your laptop!
- Adjust Your Settings
One of the most obvious lifesavers when dealing with a draining battery is to adjust settings. Keyboard backlights are useless if you're not typing in the dark, so if that's the case then turn your backlighting off completely! Another easy setting to change is the screen brightness. Lower the brightness as low as you can tolerate. This can be annoying, but it will save you in the end. Finally, if you aren't using sound, turn that off too.
Long Term Battery-Conserving Strategies
- Take Care of Your Battery
The first and most simple way to protect your laptop battery life is to take care of the physical battery itself. If your system has a removable battery, make sure you don't damage the contacts. These contacts connect to the laptop and if they are dirty or damaged they will not perform properly, resulting in a quickly dying battery. You can clean contacts with cotton swabs and alcohol.
- Upgrade
Upgrading your system will not only improve your laptop's overall speed, but some maintenance and tune-ups may increase battery life as well. Make sure to stay on top of your system's needed upgrades. Defragmenting and decluttering your hard drive is a good start, and Windows 7 and 8 both have tools that defragment your drive on a regular basis.
- Battery Backup
Finally, the best way to ensure you won't get stuck with a quickly draining battery is to bring a physical backup battery. For laptops with a removable battery, the best option is to bring a second battery with you. You can also try an external battery pack. These can be ordered directly from the manufacturer, or from third-party websites.
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During the beautiful, magical nights in end June every little romantic corner of Nafplion is filled with beautiful sounds and melodies coming from the "Naflpion Festival". Come and join us in this unforgettable musical journey.
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Athens and Epidaurus Festival
- Jun 23,2016
What is the Athens Festival? A great celebration that has lasted 56 summers, and that has hosted some of the leading lights of theatre, music and dance. From Mitropoulos and Callas to Rostropovich, Pavarotti, Leonidas Kavakos and Dimitris Sgouros. From Theodorakis and Hadjidakis to Savvopoulos, Protopsalti, Dalaras and Marinella. From Rondiris and Koun to Streller, Peter Hall, Noh theatre, Bunraku... read more
Open Sea Sailing Races
- Jan 20,2016
The Nautical Club of New Epidaurus and the Nautical Sports Club of Peace and Friendship organize every June a sailing race in the deep blue sea of New Epidaurus and the Argosaronic Gulf. The Open Sea Sailing Race "Epidaurus" is so vivid, passionate and intense that it will definitely move you. Come to the beautiful port of New Epidaurus and give a very warm applaud to the contestants in a great... read more
Frachthi cave
- Jan 20,2016
Frachthi cave is a world famous monument situated at the wild rocky mountain opposite the village Koilada. Excavations brought to light numerous findings among which the oldest human skeleton attesting its continuous occupation for more than 20.000 years. Walk through the beach Lampagianna, climb to the cave and enjoy the view. The world famous Frachthi cave is located next to the sea, opposite... read more
Port of Porto Heli
- Jan 20,2016
You can dock your boat at the beautiful and windless port of Porto Heli and enjoy your stay in this cosmopolitan location. The bay is full of yachts and cabin cruisers savoring the warmth of this charming bay. The cosmopolitan town of Porto Heli is one of the most famous summer tourist destinations in Argolida. Its port is located in a closed and protected gulf that protects the boats from wind.... read more
Thermisia Lagoon
- Jan 19,2016
Thermisia lagoon is an important habitat of rare migratory birds. It is a serene and unique lagoon surrounded by a breathtaking landscape. Located in the picturesque village of Thermisia, to the east of Ermioni, the lagoon took its name from some hot springs that existed in the area. The Greek traveler Pausanias mentions a temple dedicated to Demeter Thermasia. This magnificent lagoon was used as a salt... read more
Epidaurus Festival
- Jan 19,2016
Every year since 1995, the "Epidaurus Festival" is organized, offering the visitor the opportunity to watch various performances at the imposing ancient theater of Epidaurus. So if you love ancient drama, you must visit this picturesque theater especially on a cool Friday or Saturday night under the moonlight. While it gets dark, you will be able to enjoy the amazing lyrics of the ancient dramatists... read more
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Logan Temple - Springtime Detail by Scott Jarvie
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Springtime Detail
About the Artist:
SCOTT JARVIE, a well known Utah-based photographer, was born and raised in California. "I grew up in San Diego. I attended Brigham Young University. I have lived in Utah eleven plus years. I love the mountains. I love to travel. I speak five languages. I am basically a technically minded geek that comes from a family of artists. My favorite thing to do outside my business is STILL take pictures." Scott's temple collection showcases new perspectives on these remarkable structures.
About Altus Fine Art:
As individuals, we are all drawn, as Paul said, to seek after that which is pure, lovely, of good report, or praiseworthy. For the last 20 years, we at Altus Fine Art have been blessed to work with many artists who have bravely dedicated their talents to create artwork that lifts our hearts and souls and inspires us to live Christ-centered lives.
Our mission is to take this wonderful artwork and create affordable products for the average family or individual while still using quality materials and design. Our prices range from small prints that sell for less than a dollar up to large breathtaking masterpieces that sell for thousands of dollars and everything in between.
Altus Fine Art is a small company of individuals dedicated to making a difference in the world. We design, manufacture, and ship most of our products locally from our facility in American Fork, Utah. We welcome any feedback you have about our products or the way we do business. If any of our products have helped you in any way, we are grateful for the opportunity to serve.
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EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standard for Nitrogen Dioxide/First new NO2 standard in 35 years will improve air quality for millions
Release Date: 01/25/2010
Contact Information: Cathy Milbourn
En espanol: Lina Younes
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a new national air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This new one-hour standard will protect millions of Americans from peak short-term exposures, which primarily occur near major roads. Short-term exposures to NO2 have been linked to impaired lung function and increased respiratory infections, especially in people with asthma.
"This new one-hour standard is designed to protect the air we breathe and reduce health threats for millions of Americans. For the first time ever, we are working to prevent short-term exposures in high risk NO2 zones like urban communities and areas near roadways," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "Improving air quality is a top priority for this EPA. We're moving into the clean, sustainable economy of the 21st century, defined by expanded innovation, stronger pollution standards and healthier communities."
The agency set the new one-hour standard for NO2 at a level of 100 parts per billion (ppb). EPA also is retaining the existing annual average standard of 53 ppb. NO2 is formed from vehicle, power plant and other industrial emissions, and contributes to the formation of fine particle pollution and smog. Earlier this month, EPA proposed to tighten the nation's smog standards to protect the health of all Americans, especially children.
EPA is establishing new monitoring requirements in urban areas that will measure NO2 levels around major roads and across the community. Monitors must be located near roadways in cities with at least 500,000 residents. Larger cities and areas with major roadways will have additional monitors. Community-wide monitoring will continue in cities with at least 1 million residents.
Working with the states, EPA will site at least 40 monitors in locations to help protect communities that are susceptible and vulnerable to elevated levels of NO2.
The new standard will help protect Americans from NO2 exposures linked to respiratory illnesses that lead to emergency room visits and hospital admissions, particularly in at-risk populations such as children, the elderly, and asthmatics.
EPA expects to identify or designate areas not meeting the new standard, based on the existing community-wide monitoring network, by January 2012. New monitors must begin operating no later than January 1, 2013. When three years of air quality data are available from the new monitoring network, EPA intends to redesignate areas as appropriate.
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Tom's of Maine Natural Care deodorant Body Bar contains sage and lemongrass which are known to have natural odor fighting properties. This helps you keep that clean fresh feeling without having to spray artificial ingredients on your skin.
It should also have a rich pleasant smelling lather made from palm and coconut extract, says Tom's of Maine.
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This Natural deodorizing soap comes in a pack of six 4oz bars, so should last a while.
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Welcome Students
College is more than just a classroom, it's a time to experience new things. Learn about the activities and services that can help you succeed at Chemeketa and beyond.
Student Activities & Services
First time at Chemeketa? Get your student ID card at the Student Life office (Salem 2/176) and your parking pass in My Chemeketa.
Expand your world—get involved in campus clubs and activities or travel the globe through a study abroad program.
Need some extra support? Chemeketa's food pantry and affordable textbook programs can help with some of the costs of college so you can focus on your education. Advisors can work with you to choose the right classes and the Tutoring and Writing Centers are here to help you succeed.
Once you're ready to transfer to another college or find a job, you can get transcripts and apply to graduate through the Enrollment Center and get resume help and interview tips through the Career Center.