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This week in our International Rabbit column, Janet Iles shares with us on the People's Cemetery and a plot purchased there.
Four days before Christmas 1883, Robert Lethbridge purchased a plot at People's Cemetery, Owen Sound. Who had died?Hop on over to the GYR Online Journal to read the article.


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I worked on an absolutely beautiful 1984 Chevy Caprice recently, and noticed that it had engraved serial numbers on all the glass. I understand why they do it, but is this common? I have worked on about 11 trillion cars, and this is the first that I have seen like this.
Oh great 1AAuto Blog Readers, please school me on this. Common? Not Common? Does it actually thwart thievery? Is it just another way for dealers to grab money? Who has this on their cars?
Bonus Note: That is me in the reflection, with the camera phone. Hi.

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For previously unreviewed research, the IRB:
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Although she is one of the youngest athletes set to compete in this summer's Olympic games, 15-year-old Carolina Mendoza displays a maturity beyond her years through her training. In early June, TIME commissioned photographer Tomas Munita to photograph Mendoza as she prepared to represent Mexico in the 10-m platform dive in London—one of the only remaining Olympic sports permitting teenage competitors as young as 14.
(For daily coverage of the 2012 Games, visit TIME's Olympics blog)
Munita, who photographed Mendoza at the National High-Performance Center (CNAR) in Mexico City, was drawn to his subject's balanced approach to her training. At an age where many kids face distractions from friends, family and school, Mendoza has found a rare balance in the frenzy of her life.
"Her happiness and professionalism completely explains her success," he said. "She is not just tough practicing over and over again, but she also loves what she does as a challenge and a game—not just as pure competition."
Mendoza seems perfectly suited for the rigors of the Olympics. Learning to walk at 9 months old and swimming by age 2, she was encouraged athletically by her parents: her mother, a Mexican national track-and-field champion and her father, an Olympic cyclist competing at the 1968 Mexico City Games.
At age 11, Mendoza discovered that her experience in both swimming and gymnastics found harmony in diving. And now, four years later, she is packing for the London Games.
Munita watched in awe as Mendoza dove again and again during practice. "She works every detail systematically and patiently. In between each dive, she finds time to joke and laugh loudly with her partners," he said. "Then, suddenly, she's running up the ladders again."
Read more about Carolina Mendoza on TIME.com.
Tomas Munita is a freelance photographer based in Santiago, Chile. He previously photographed Church and State: The Role of Religion in Cuba for TIME.


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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND -- Les Mills International (LMI) has purchased Les Mills South East (LMSE), the southeastern distributor of LMI, from Lifestyle Family Fitness.
LMI will retain the existing LMSE staff and plans to continue its regionalized service to LMSE's existing customers. The company will continue to do business as Les Mills South East.
Lifestyle Family Fitness has operated LMSE for the past four years. During that time, the St. Petersburg, FL-based club company grew the number of Les Mills licensees by more than 65 percent and serviced more than 280 facilities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
"We are proud of the growth and level of support we have achieved over the last four years," Lifestyle Family Fitness Founder Geoff Dyer says. "We look forward to seeing our team contribute to the future success and growth of LMI nationwide."
Lifestyle Family Fitness officially ceased involvement in the LMSE agency business on Oct. 1. It will continue to offer Les Mills programs in its clubs.
"The Southeast territory is hugely important to us and offers Les Mills significant potential for further U.S. growth," LMI CEO Phillip Mills said in a statement.


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Founded in 1947, Behr Process Corporation is one of the largest suppliers of architectural paint and exterior wood care products to the United States and Canadian do-it-yourself markets. BEHR manufactures interior house paints, exterior house paints, decorative finishes, primers, stains and surface preparation products, which are sold exclusively at The Home Depot.
Throughout its history, BEHR has developed innovative and interactive tools that help consumers build confidence in their choices before ever dipping a brush. At The Home Depot stores where BEHR® paints are sold exclusively, BEHR displays and interactive kiosks can take the guesswork out of color selection by providing guidance on the latest color trends, unique color pairings, and colors that coordinate with existing décor. There, consumers can purchase BEHR Premium Plus Ultra® interior or BEHR Premium Plus® paint colors in a small sample size, to see the color on their walls before making a decision.
Paint samples are also available online at BEHR.com, which offers an array of project ideation tools for do-it-yourselfers. These include a virtual replication of the in-store experience; a color selection and collection workbook; a gallery of inspirational ideas from home decorating experts; a first-of-its-kind paint sheen selector; and detailed how-to and product advice. Consumers can even decorate a room virtually using their own images. BEHR.com is a true pathway for consumers to express themselves through the wondrous world of color, and do it with confidence.
BEHR encourages consumers to unleash their creative powers, increase the value of their home decorating projects, and make it easy by accessing color selection and do-it-yourself solutions, including:
ColorSmart by BEHR™ Mobile application: Offers consumers an on-the-go platform to find the perfect colors for any home decorating project at the touch of a finger. With a range of unique features, such as the first-of-its-kind capability to decorate a room image digitally with touch-and-tap technology and preview color on walls, trim and accents, the application allows consumers to act upon what inspires them in the moment. Whether itâs a blue sky in the park, a vivid red sweater or a flowing lavender curtain, the ColorSmart by BEHR Mobile application enables users to explore and select color immediately. ColorSmart by BEHR Mobile was created specifically for the Apple iPhone® mobile device and will also work with the iPad® and iPod touch® mobile devices.
Award-winning BEHR Web Site: Designed to engage, inform and inspire, BEHR.com is directed towards homeowners, do-it-yourselfers and those seeking assistance and inspiration with their home improvement, home design and style projects. Telling the story of "whatâs in the can," BEHR also offers Paint World, a microsite at behr.com that offers an inside look at how BEHR products are made and how best to use them. Paint World features an interactive avatar, or computerized host, who walks viewers through the science behind BEHR products.
ColorSmart by BEHR™: An interactive program that revolutionizes the color selection process by giving the consumer the confidence to select and coordinate paint colors throughout their home. This interactive kiosk, located in the house paint department at The Home Depot and online at behr.com, offers easy-to-use paint color selection and coordination assistance by providing consumers with several innovative tools. The program allows consumers to browse a collection of inspirational palettes, color match (only available in-store) and coordinate to an existing color, or find their favorite color using an electronic color wheel.
Paint Your Place™: An interactive digital imaging tool that complements the ColorSmart by BEHR program and revolutionizes the color selection process with simple one-touch painting. With only a click of their computerâs mouse, consumers can choose from more than 4,000 paint colors, preview combinations, and paint the walls, furniture and accessories in their scanned image or on a sample image provided by BEHR. Next, consumers can save their favorite color palettes, order color swatches or eight-ounce sized paint samples online to have delivered to their home, or find corresponding color choices at The Home Depot. After registering on behr.com, consumers receive unlimited photo uploads through Paint Your Place at no charge and with no subscription fee or expiration period.
BEHR Eight-Ounce Preview Samples: Before consumers buy large cans of paint, they can purchase eight-ounce paint samples at any The Home Depot store. The samples can be tinted to any BEHR Premium Plus Ultra and most BEHR Premium Plus paint colors and cover a four-by-six-foot area. Eight-ounce paint samples are available in an Interior or Exterior Flat finish.
Behr Process Corporation, headquartered in Santa Ana, California, became a member of the Masco family of companies in 1999.


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
In the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries a number of German liberals emerged to argue for enlightened reform, deregulation, and constitutional government. The failure to achieve these aims in the 1848 Revolution meant that German liberalism was eclipsed by nationalism, militarism, and socialism for the next 100 years.


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Well, that didn't take long.
Just five games into the season, the veil of doom has descended back over the Warriors.
On Thursday afternoon, the Warriors announced that their center and centerpiece for all their hopes and dreams, Andrew Bogut, would be shut down for seven to 10 days because of problems with his surgically repaired left ankle.
Included on the official news release announcing the news was the following phrase: "the Golden State Warriors 2012-13 season, presented by Kaiser Permanente."
It certainly appears to be.
Bogut himself said the designated shutdown time was "pulled up out of the blue," and not any definite medical timetable, which doesn't boost confidence. The news means Bogut won't play in Friday's game against the Lakers at Staples Center, Saturday's home game against Denver, next week's home game against Atlanta, and depending on whether the layoff is seven or 10 days, a road trip through Minnesota, Oklahoma City and Dallas.
Is this the end of the world? Of course not. Anyone thinking with a rational mind, or observing with impartial eyes, can't be surprised by the news. Bogut fractured his left ankle in January and had surgery in April. He is a 7-foot man who weighs more than 260 pounds. That's a lot of torque and impact on a surgically repaired joint. It takes time to come back from surgery and Bogut didn't even start practicing with the team until last week.
He has been trying to play his way into shape, loosen up the scar tissue, fight through the pain. His time has been limited on the court and he often has looked awkward and miserable when he has been out there. This isn't panic time, rather a natural step in the progression of an injury.
Except that this is the Warriors we're talking about. Except that Murphy's Law - which I believe was actually named for Troy Murphy - is in operation at all times in Warriors World. What can go wrong, will go wrong, all the time, every season, for now through eternity.
The Bogut setback comes on the heels of the loss of Brandon Rush for the entire season. Rush, an invaluable sixth man, tore his ACL during the second game of the season. Warriors fans were able to hold off their fatalism back then, on Day 3 of the season. Hey, it was still early.
The reaction to this news will be different. An injury to the designated star of the team - acquired in a trade that sent Monta Ellis to Milwaukee in March - is not likely to be met with a rational response around here. It's absorbed with thoughts about Purvis Short and Joe Barry Carroll and Chris Washburn and Todd Fuller and Latrell Sprewell and every other thing that has ever happened to the Warriors.
Bogut admitted he might have come back early - and for all the right reasons. He knows the team gave up a lot for him. He knows that the Warriors are building everything around him. He wants to do his job. But did he talk the Warriors into letting him play? Were they too eager to get him in there? To make fans forget about Ellis and get the new era under way?
No one's saying, but the Warriors' front-office folks can't be surprised that they've opened themselves up for speculation.
Maybe this is seven to 10 days or maybe it's four to five weeks. Maybe we won't see Bogut until early 2013. It's tricky coming back from surgery. No one can come back and immediately be 100 percent. When Bogut returns will he play only 18 minutes a game? Will his fitness revert and he'll be starting from scratch? Maybe this entire season is really going to be about rehabilitation. No one really knows.
Bogut is a very good player. In the little we've seen of him this season, you can see that - how he changes the game and brings a dimension that the Warriors haven't had for, well, ever.
With another franchise, there might be more patience. Some calm contemplation about a big man and a weak ankle and the laws of physics. There might be willingness to hold off and see what happens. But this is the Warriors we're talking about. A cursed franchise. A panic button always at the ready.
Who knows what the future holds for the Warriors? Only one thing is certain: Owner Joe Lacob shouldn't stand in front of a microphone anytime soon.
Ann Killion is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @annkillion


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This is part 1 of our ongoing story on the March 9, M 7.3 earthquake who initiated the massive M 8.9 earthquake / tsunami which struck Japan on March 11 2011.
Click here for part 2 Click here for part 3
UPDATE 10:58 UTC : In this earthquake, the devastating tsunami affected coastal districts of Iwate Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture, and a lot of people are missing, the whole picture of the damage is unknown. As of 10:59 UTC today, but so far only been confirmed, 33 people died in Kanto and Tohoku, and he has a large number of missing and injured.
UPDATE 10:56 UTC : First reports from Taiwan are that the tsunami has only had minor effects along the coastline. Let us hope for similar scenarios in other Pacific nations.
UPDATE 10:52 UTC : Official death toll has risen to 32. However many more are missing.
UPDATE 10:46 UTC : Russian authorities evacuated 11,000+ residents from coastal areas on Pacific islands before they were hit by the tsunami waves. The regional emergency officials said that the waves reached several towns and villages on the Kurils.
UPDATE 10:32 UTC : FDMA has released the following damage data. In addition there are at least 300 rescue workers around the place at different locations from FDMA as of 1906 Japanese Time.
There are 29 dead, and at least 200 missing. Much damage is shown below - however there is much more expected.
The damage caused - please refer to parts 1-5.
(1) Deaths and injuries:
Iwate: One dead in Kuji
Two dead in Yamada
1 person killed in the tsunami swept the car (unknown location)
Miyagi: 2 people dead in the global community baseball field in the tube Sennan
An unknown number dead in the town Shitigahama (unknown number)
Six injured in the city of Kurihara
4 people buried alive in the city of Sendai
Fukushima: One dead in a local regional Sukagawa
Buried alive in mudslides caused five homes Shirakawa
Ibaraki: One dead and buried under a building in the city Hitatioota
1 person killed by collapsing buildings in the city of Hitachi, one cardiac arrest
Two people injured in the city Inashiki (heart conditions)
Fire Emergency Disaster Relief Team at Saitama nuclear power plant in Tokai village chimney
Three rescued (minor injury)
In addition to currently being reviewed
(2) Property Damage
Miyagi: 3 buildings collapsed buildings in the city of Kurihara
Fukushima: Iwaki City, the building has collapsed in many other areas also building collapses in Fukushima
Building total collapse in a special nursing home district Soma
Precipitation of three floating roof oil tank outside the complex Onahama Iwaki Area Iwaki City with Deaths
Chiba: collapsed buildings in the city of Narita
(3) Fires
Iwate Prefecture: Morioka 3, Kitakami 2, 3 Oshu Kanegasaki civil service union, and one regional Kuzi
A large fire occurred in two regions of the Miyako district, a massive fire at Osawa area
Miyagi: 23 including 2 high-rise building fire in Sendai City, Kakuda City, 2, 1 Sennan wide area, Natori
1 Iwanuma, Kurihara City, 1, 2 Ishinomaki
The fire brigade in the building on fire → Electric Power turbine power plant in Ishinomaki City Onagawa
During fire fighting
Akita: Akita City in fire
Fukushima: 3, Iwaki City, Region 1 Regional Shirakawa, five provincial regional Koriyama, Fukushima 5
Ibaraki Prefecture: 5, Mito, Hitachi City, 2, 4 Hitachinaka City, Tsuchiura City, 3, 3 wideç'西, rice
Region 1 Regional blanket, and one regional district Joso, Ibaraki Seinan 2, 1 Kitaibaraki City, Taishi-cho
Reviews, Kashima District 2, 3 Tokai-mura, Tsukuba, 2, 1 Ami town
Tochigi: Utsunomiya
Chiba: Oil in Ichihara (Co) in flames after a gas leak - this is the one most of you are seeing on the TV.
Haiparesukyu request from the Tokyo Fire Department and the Fire Department fireboat Ichihara → One of the seriously injured three people injured
Chiba City, JFE Steel (Ltd.), a fire in the East (Total in Chiba City Fire Department)
Tokyo: Odaiba Area
Oume, Koto-ku (unspecified)
Kanagawa Prefecture: JFE Steel Corporation Kawasaki (Co) → extinguish a fire in the eastern cable
1 High - rise building fire in Kawasaki
(4) Tsunami effects
Iwate: Miyako District in the tsunami flooded some homes
City 4 submerged town Rikuzentakata City (unspecified)
300 buildings or out over the collapse of Ofunato
Miyagi: 10 residential buildings in the city of Ishinomaki
20 residents in Sendai Kounan breakwater, which left two police officers stranded
Fukushima: the number of people being left behind by the tsunami on the coast in the Soma district
Ibaraki Prefecture: Tsunamis in the town center Ooarai
(5) Other damage
Iwate Prefecture: Regional landslide occurrence in the area, Iwate Prefecture, two units (or other information is buried under review)
Four outdoor tank damaged the global oil reserve base Kuzi (no fire)
A river dam collapsed in Hanamaki Ge (waiting confirmation details)
Miyagi: Landslides Kesennuma
Ibaraki Prefecture: Bridge collapses deer line between city and city whereabouts Hokota
Niigata Prefecture: Tohoku Electric Power (Co) 1 hazardous materials leak at the Higashi-Niigata Thermal Power Station
UPDATE 10:18 UTC : Japanese news has reported the following:- Due to the immense amount of data around, we will do our best to provide a summary:-
There are 29 dead, and at least 200 missing.
In Iwate Prefecture, the police indicate that, in addition to 12 people were confirmed dead, and there are a large number of missing people in the tsunami.
In Miyagi Prefecture, the town supermarket Rihu "Jusco" has a fallen ceiling killing a six-year-old and the mother also is a serious condition. People have been killed by falling debris in the city of Ishinomaki.
Because of the tsunami, cities such as Ishinomaki and Kesennuma, have many missing persons.
In addition, there is information that is out of Shitigahama that people have been killed, and there are more reports.
25 people wounded in the city of Kurihara.
In Fukushima Prefecture, the collapse of the homes in the city of Minami Souma, and a dozen people trapped under the building, with five people confirmed dead.
Sukagawa people were killed in the city, - nine people. Also, the city of Shirakawa, mudslides buried houses - information that there were nine people involved.
Ibaraki Prefecture, for example, many buildings collapsed, killing two people, in addition to two people with cardio-respiratory arrests (heart attack deaths), and a lot of injured. 2 people in the town of Hokota were also swept away by the tsunami.
In Chiba Prefecture, the roof fell on 67-year-old man, died from hitting his head. Narashino City has 96 year-old man died at home.
In Tokyo, the other two were killed, in addition to the unconscious and in critical condition people and up to at least 45 people injured.
In Tochigi prefecture, also people have been killed.
UPDATE 10:14 UTC : The following list of aftershocks has been recorded including M7.4 and M7 aftershocks
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UPDATE 10:11 UTC : Following data from a few Japanese newspapers.
In Iwate Prefecture 10 deaths confirmed by the tsunami. At least three people were killed in Miyagi Prefecture. Fire and Disaster Management Agency said today at 4:30 pm, a fire occurred in a number of six prefectures. According to the police and fire departments in various regions, there have been many landslides, and over 1000 people are trapped in various locations.
UPDATE 10:05 UTC : If you are in any coastal locations on the pacific. Please check the relevant tsunami warning pages, as you are most likely in severe danger. Tsunami warnings issued for countries including Russia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.
UPDATE 10:04 UTC : The FDMA continues to put out the 44 major fires in six prefectures.
UPDATE 10:00 UTC : There is no more news of casualties, however we do know that there are many missing in locations around Sendai. The tsunami has killed at least 10 in Tohoku province, and many more expected.
UPDATE 09:10 UTC : Details from Japan:-
The death toll from the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake is now 19.
The dead include a 67-year-old man crushed by a wall and an elderly woman killed by a fallen roof, both in the wider Tokyo area.
Three were crushed to death when their houses collapsed in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.
At least five people have been reported dead in Fukushima province, and many are feared buried in rubble after a hotel collapses in northern city Sendai, reports Reuters. Again, it is unknown how much damage the wave did.
At least three people dead in Kanto province.
But the worst hit provinces should have many more.
Unfortunately, the timing came during the day - and this will have caused massive losses of people in underground carparks etc. The coast has been rocked by earthquakes during the last week, and thus people may not have obeyed all warnings thinking that it was just another shock.
The car park at Tokyo Disneyland was drenched with water-logged segments from the ground.
Just some historical background from CATDAT:-
1933 Sanriku earthquake was a Mag 8.4 and was around the same distance offshore as this one.
This killed 3064 people.
UPDATE 09:00 UTC : Death toll has risen to 5, with more expected. We are waiting on the 3rd update from FDMA. 3 killed in the Kanto region.
Waves of up to 10m were reported from Sendai. There are still damaging aftershocks occurring.
We know however that there are major losses in the most affected prefectures - and we have no loss values from the ground at this time.
UPDATE 08:50 UTC : Just repeating that this earthquake and tsunami is likely to exceed the highest ever recorded loss from an earthquake -CATDAT is reporting in excess of $100 billion damage with the upper bound being around $1 trillion USD.
Great Kanto 1923 - $214 billion USD (in 2011 dollars)
Sichuan 2008 - $151 billion USD (in 2011 dollars)
Kobe 1995 - $142 billion USD (in 2011 dollars)
It can be seen that historic earthquakes in Japan cause a large amount of damage due to the high infrastructure costs.
UPDATE 08:40 UTC : Much damage has occurred along the eastern coast. At the moment the FDMA (Fire Disaster Management Agency) is overwhelmed, as usually they are the first to report. They have instances of fires, deaths, injuries etc.
We will also repeat the intensities for those in the area:-
Intensity 7 northern Miyagi (MMI 11 or 12)
Intensity 6 upper southern part of Miyagi Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, central, medium quality, Fukushima, Fukushima beach street, northern Ibaraki Prefecture, (MMI 10)
Southern Ibaraki Prefecture, northern Tochigi Prefecture, southern Tochigi Prefecture
Intensity 6 lower south coast of Iwate Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, northern inland, inland southern Iwate Prefecture, Aizu, Fukushima, Gunma (MMI 9)
Southern Province, southern Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, northwest
The JMA has this earthquake as a dual 7.9 earthquake - with a double shock occurring.
UPDATE 08:30 UTC : Back with you.
There have been at least 3 deaths. Of course, this will rise. In addition, there have been many aftershocks.
Of course, if you are in any other Pacific country and live on the coast, please take appropriate precautions. Check here for up to the minute details.
UPDATE 08:09 UTC : We will be leaving you for a short interval (20 mins). I am just heading in to my office at CEDIM (Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany). There, I have updated models, and much more access to information than at home. Please continue to update as we will be back online soon.
Sendai (1 million population) has been very much destroyed.
UPDATE 08:06 UTC : Japan has called for international assistance. Unfortunately with the proximity of the Christchurch earthquake a few days ago - it is necessary for some Japanese quake experts to head back from NZ.
We are having issues with servers, so please be patient. We will give you loss statistics as soon as they come to hand.
We can say that everywhere where there is orange and red on the graphic - there is substantial damage.
Sendai and other areas such as Miyagi Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochige Prefecture and a little bit of Iwate has had major losses.
We have had only "I am Safe" messages from the QuakeSOS account.
Yokote should be ok - intensity IV-V and it is not likely that there is tsunami damage.
Please call Japan, only if completely necessary as there are communication problems.
Major fires in many places and major infrastructure damage.
Please go here for the PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING. All countries are affected.
There are many deaths and injuries - no numbers as yet. Economic losses are in the orders of $100-$1000 billion USD. This is most likely the highest economic loss ever from an earthquake.
UPDATE 07:30 UTC : We are continuing to cover. Unfortunately there are now reports of many deaths.
Go to http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/ to check if the town of your loved ones is above 5 lower. If so, then there is damage from the earthquake.
Of course, the tsunami has caused additional damage in coastal regions.
UPDATE 07:20 UTC : Changing the estimate in CATDAT again - continues to change depending on data....
Estimate:- $100-500 billion - the largest ever economic loss.
The following towns have been severely damaged:-
JMA 7: Completely Destroyed
JMA 6 upper: Very much destroyed
JMA 6 lower: Major damage.
Miyagi Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochige Prefecture and a little bit of Iwate has had major losses!
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UPDATE 07:11 UTC : In my experience, this will cause the largest ever economic loss from an earthquake - probably exceeding the $214 billion (2010 dollars) of the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923.
For those searching for people - check the intensity of the earthquake at the following link:- http://earthquake-report.com/2011/03/11/m7-9-8-5-earthquake-strikes-honshu/
UPDATE 07:11 UTC : Again this is the largest earthquake ever recorded in or near Japan according to CATDAT.
UPDATE 07:09 UTC : Additional damage as the tsunami continues to flood the Sendai region. The wave is continuing to grow.
All train services have been taken out.
The tsunami will continue.
UPDATE 07:07 UTC : Red tsunami alert for Philippines, Marshall Islands, Guam etc.
Chile and Hawaii should also prepare as well as other parts of the Pacific!
UPDATE 07:05 UTC : Countless deaths and injured as well as economic losses.
UPDATE 07:03 UTC : Historic earthquakes from CATDAT in Japan
We have never had a magnitude this large in Japan recorded
Year, Magnitude, Deaths
684 8.3 555
869 8.3 1000
887 8.3 555
1096 8.3 400
1099 8.2 0
1361 8.4 500
1498 8.3 31000
1611 8.1 5000
1677 8 540
1703 8.1 10000
1707 8.6 32000
1793 8.2 39
1843 8 46
1854 8.4 2000
1891 8 7273
1896 8.2 22000
1897 8.3 0
1911 8.1 12
1923 7.9 143000
1933 8.4 3064
1944 8.1 1223
1946 8.1 1464
1952 8.1 31
1958 8.3 0
1968 8.3 52
2003 8.3 2
UPDATE 06:47 UTC : People along the pacific coastlines : Please be ready to evacuate if you are called to do so
UPDATE 06:45 UTC : The destruction on the coast will be massive
UPDATE 06:45 UTC : Waves of more than 6 meters are expected along the coast
UPDATE 06:44 UTC : Bridges are currently swept away and even houses are floating like boats inland
UPDATE 06:42 UTC : The first tsunami waves are reaching the coast and boats are swept inland
UPDATE 06:38 UTC : Although Japan is very well earthquake prepared, earthquakes from this magnitude are only happening a few times in a century
UPDATE 06:37 UTC : Huge aftershocks (the latest at 6.9 are hitting the area)
UPDATE 06:35 UTC : NOAA and GDACS have reports still based on the initial 7.9 magnitude. The current magnitude is far more higher at M 8.8
UPDATE 06:33 UTC : THIS IS A MAJOR earthquake !
UPDATE 06:32 UTC : Smoke is rising in the air in Tokyo. Also in Tokyo far away from the epicenter, damage may be expected.
UPDATE 06:30 UTC : A new theoretical estimate gives fatalaties based on the new magnitude.
UPDATE 06:27 UTC : USGS has revised his magnitude to M 8.87 from the initial 7.9 magnitude
UPDATE 06:25 UTC : The epicenter area i about 100 km out of the Sendai coast
UPDATE 06:24 UTC : aftershocks of 6+ start to rattle the same area
UTC 11/03 - 06:18 : Massive earthquake M 7.9 at the Honshu coast
The location of the epicenter is in the same area than the mainshock from the day before yesterday.
The prefecture of MYAGI has a 6+ JMA seismic scale.
The scales maximum is
The earthquake from the day bedore yesterday had a maximum of 5-
A MAJOR TSUNAMI WARNING is in place for the IWATI, MIYAGI and FUKUSHIMA prefectures along the Japanese coast. For these places JMA predicts waves of 3 meters or more.
Waves up to 2 meters will strike in the following locations :Â CENTRAL PART OF PACIFIC COAST OF HOKKAIDO, PACIFIC COAST OF AOMORI , IBARAKI, KUJUKURI AND SOTOBO AREA in CHIBA, IZU ISLANDS.
Other destinations along the Pacific Japan coast will receive waves up to 0.5 meter
The Honshu coast continues to be hit by multiple aftershocks ranging the M 5 to M 6 magnitude.
List of moderate to strong aftershocks which occurred on March 10 UTC
M 5.1 2011/03/10 11:21 Depth 17.6 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.2 2011/03/10 09:02 Depth 21.9 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 4.8 2011/03/10 08:59 Depth 19.8 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.7 2011/03/10 08:08 Depth 17.2 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 4.8 2011/03/10 07:33 Depth 20.0 km NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 4.6 2011/03/10 04:14 Depth 31.0 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.0 2011/03/10 01:20 Depth 25.1 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
UPDATE 10/03 - 07:49 UTC : The strong aftershocks have decreased a lot the last 8 hours. More strong to moderate aftershocks can be expected the next week, Japanese seismologist predict.
UPDATE 19:18 UTC : USGS is reporting a magnitude of 6.3 at a depth of 2 km for the second very strong aftershock.
UPDATE 19:13 UTC : GDACS published a GREEN earthquake alert for both aftershocks = very limited chance on damage and/or injuries
UPDATE 19:04 UTC : A new aftershock measuring M 6.1 at a depth of 10 km occurred 28 minutes after the M 6.2 aftershock ! It will be a sleepless night for a lot of Japanese people.
UPDATE 18:55 UTC : A lot of people will be waken up by this very strong aftershock. Although NO damage is expected it is always a scary event while occurring in the middle of the night. People never know where the the epicenter is located (unless they consult media). In this particular case people do know that the quake will be probably an aftershock from the M 7.3 mainshock from this morning.
UPDATE 18:47 UTC : Theoretical casualties and damage models are confirming that this aftershock will result in NO damage and NO casualties/injuries.
UPDATE 18:45 UTC : USGS reports a 6.0 magnitude at a depth of 15 km.
UPDATE 18:41 UTC : JMA (Japan) is reporting a 6.2 magnitude at a depth of 10 km. Earthquake-Report predicts JMA Felt values 3 to 4 in the nearest coastal areas.
UPDATE 18:39 UTC : EMSC has changed its value to 6.4 at a depth of 15 km. No damage or tsunami expected.
UPDATE 18:35 UTC : The strongest aftershock so far. A 6.2 magnitude (EMSC 5.9) in the same area than the mainshock = safe distance from the coast. NO tsunami alerts have been called. It occurred at 03:16 AM local time.
UPDATE 17:29 UTC : This update to give our readers an idea about the number and the strength of the aftershocks after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake (7.3 is the JMA magnitude value)
Aftershocks until 17:25 UTC
M 4.8 2011/03/09 14:24 Depth 10.0 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.3 2011/03/09 13:57 Depth 23.2 km NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
M 4.7 2011/03/09 12:03 Depth 10.4 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.1 2011/03/09 11:27 Depth 12.0 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 4.7 2011/03/09 10:13 Depth 10.1 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 4.8 2011/03/09 08:55 Depth 15.6 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.3 2011/03/09 08:02 Depth 15.4 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.1 2011/03/09 07:56 Depth 10.7 km NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.0 2011/03/09 07:13 Depth 9.9 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.1 2011/03/09 06:25 Depth 10.8 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 4.9 2011/03/09 06:12 Depth 10.0 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 4.7 2011/03/09 05:27 Depth 10.0 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.3 2011/03/09 04:45 Depth 27.0 km NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.7 2011/03/09 04:37 Depth 25.5 km NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.2 2011/03/09 04:32 Depth 32.1 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 4.8 2011/03/09 04:15 Depth 12.6 km NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.2 2011/03/09 04:05 Depth 10.9 km NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.0 2011/03/09 03:19 Depth 19.9 km NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.2 2011/03/09 03:08 Depth 24.4 km OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
M 5.6 2011/03/09 02:57 Depth 17.5 km NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
UPDATE 16:10 UTC : A couple of people were slightly injured by the quake. Some very light damage was reported out of a few coastal towns.
UPDATE 15:45 UTC : 40 out of the 42 lifts in the Tokyo government buildings (240 meters high !) stopped as a result of the swaying and went automatically to the next available floor. Everybody could evacuate the lifts safely. Tall building sway a lot and lifts are equipped with automatic safety gear. And ... it worked well.
UPDATE 15:45 UTC : Some Oyster rafts (Aquaculture) in one of the Kesennuma Bay dropped to the sea floor.
UPDATE 15:30 UTC : Teachers have reported that children in all type of the schools dropped immediately on the floor and did hide under their desk until the shaking was over. Japan is an example in integrating earthquake drills in education.
UPDATE 15:10 UTC : The quake lasted rather long (see live seismograph)
UPDATE 14:16 UTC : Testimony of the 31st floor in Akasaka - the building moved for about 10 minutes... (creaking wall panels and funky drunk-like feeling 🙂
UPDATE 8:42 UTC : Japanese seismologists are predicting moderate aftershocks for at least 1 week. Since the mainshock, 14 aftershocks ranging in between 4.7 and 5.7 have hit the same area.
UPDATE 8:35 UTC : Some very light damage was recorded in the elementary school of Gozyoume and in the city of Yazawa. Yazama is located inland in a mountainous area.
UPDATE 8:31 UTC : In Ofunato, Hudai and Hiroshi Matino, 2,339 faimlies were evacuated to higher grounds. In Rikuzentakata 117 people did evacuate to higher grounds voluntarily.
UPDATE 8:08 UTC : Underground water pipes broke in Akita as a result of the earthquake. There is however NO damage related to this incident.
UPDATE 7:30 UTC : A video from Japanese ANN station reporting on the Tsunami - You cant see a lot, but keep in mind that although tsunami waves can be predicted, the tension remains high until the tsunami alarm is canceled. Tsunami alarm is a main media item in Japan and elsewhere in the world.
Japan JMA tsunami equipment is among the best in the world. The JMA predicted waves were very accurate. You will not be able to see the 30 to 50 cm wave on the video, but due to the continuous force of the wave, even small tsunamis can make some damage.
UPDATE 7:13 UTC : At 14:50 local time (the earthquake occurred at 11:45 local time) ALL JMA tsunami warnings and advisories were canceled in Japan.
UPDATE 7:03 UTC : Based on all recordings so far max. tsunami waves were 0.6 m in Ofunato and 0.5 m in Kuji-ko and Ayukawa. This are all JMA observation station measurements. At some parts of the coasts, tsunamis may be higher than those observed at the observation sites.
UPDATE 6:58 UTC : JMA only published limited tsunami waves of up to 0.5 meter (in accordance with reality).
UPDATE 6:57 UTC : JMA Tsunami information as published 4 minutes after the earthquake. Click here to view the detailed map
UPDATE 6:41 UTC : The Japanese JMA seismic scale (JMA stands for Japan Meteorological Agency) is has a scale with max. 7 (compared to XII for the MMI scale). 4 or -5 JMA is a considerable shaking.
UPDATE 6:38 UTC : Japanese Police has reported that NO damage or injuries have been recorded by their different stations.
UPDATE 6:37 UTC : Japanese "bullet trains" on the route from Shiraishi-Zao to Shin-Aomori were stopped as a precautionary measure, but could resume their normal service shortly after inspection.
UPDATE 6:33 UTC : Most strong aftershocks are located in the area than the mainshock at a safe distance out of the coast.
UPDATE 6:26 UTC :According to According to JapanToday, the Tohoku Electric Power Co. reprted that there were no quake-induced abnormalities detected at its Onagwawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. said no damages were reported at its Aomori nuclear fuel facilities.
UPDATE 6:23 UTC : A 60cm-high tsunami wave was reported at Ofunato port in Iwate Prefecture, local authorities said, which is still in line with JMA expectations.
UPDATE 6:22 UTC : JMA did calculate that the maximum height of the tsunami waves would reach 0.5 meter.
UPDATE 6:20 UTC : Although a widespread Pacific Tsunami was not expected by NOAA, the Japenese seismological services did publish a TSUNAMI ALERT for the Japanese Pacific Coast.
UPDATE 6:11 UTC : Contrary to the theoretically calculated Felt V MMI values of USG, the local people have experienced this earthquake a lot more severe. A strong JMA 4 shaking (comparable to MMI VI) has been experienced by people in the Myiagi, Iwati and Aomori prefectures.
UPDATE 6:11 UTC : The Japanese people are among the BEST earthquake prepared people in the world.
UPDATE 6:10 UTC : A -5 JMA felt value has been recorded for the following stations : Kurihara-shi Kannari, Tome-shi Yoneyamacho, Tome-shi Hasamacho, Miyagi Misato-machi Kimatsuka. This value can be compared to MMI as a VI to VII value.
UPDATE 6:07 UTC : A lot of moderate magnitude aftershocks (+5) are continuing to strike the epicenter area.
UPDATE 5:54 UTC : A similar earthquake (magnitude and depth) below the coastal towns would have been devastating.
UPDATE 5:52 UTC : All theoretical damage and casualty systems have been conclusive with the same result : NO casualties and NO injured
UPDATE 5:48 UTC : Following the GDACS index table, the earthquake was felt by 3,418,561 people within a 200 km radius from the epicenter. There were however NO people living within a 100 km radius.
UPDATE 5:41 UTC : Based on the Felt reports from the Japanese seismological Service, the massive earthquake was felt over 2/3 of Honshu and also on Hokkaido, the island to the north of Honshu
UPDATE 5:37 UTC : A V MMI shaking will not provoke important damage on the coast.
UPDATE 5:35 UTC : The max. calculated MMI value for the coastal areas is a moderate V = moderate shaking. Following USGS, this will have been felt by approx. 5,900,000 people !
UPDATE 5:27 UTC : 8 powerful aftershocks have been recorded since the mainshock 2:40 ago. The strongest aftershock was a M 5.7
A massive earthquake struck around noon (local time) at a safe distance out of the Honshu coast.
GDACS soon issued a GREEN tsunami alert, making clear that a huge tsunami was not expected.
Due to the shallow depth of the hypocenter the main shaking impact will be limited on the coastal towns.
The epicenter of the earthquake was on top of the subduction slope.
The subduction faulting zone along the Honshu coast generates regular very strong earthquakes. Most of the earthquakes are however located in the sea at a safe distance out of the coast.
NOAA published a statement that a tsunami was NOT expected along the pacific coastal areas.
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 7.2
UTC time : Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 02:45:18 UTC
Local time at epicenter : Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 11:45:18 AM at epicenter
Depth (Hypocenter) : 14.1 km
Quake-maps.com satellite map + I Did Feel It form
Geo-location(s) :
100 km from Kesenuma, Honshu, Japan
168 km (104 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
193 km (119 miles) SE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
413 km (256 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Links to important maps
USGS Did You Feel It Map
Google satellite map of the area showing the kind of terrain the earthquake took place
USGS Shaking map
USGS historic earthquakes map
USGS impact on population map
USGS Seismic hazard map
LIVE SEISMOGRAM (MAJO Seismograph station)
GDACS Green Earthquake Alert (Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System)
GDACS Green Tsunami alert
NOAA Tsunami report
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Ice Cream 'Cone-ing' Your New Favorite Fad
Just last month we were all planking on top of cop cars and camels, reacquainting ourselves with the joy and sense of wonderment that we knew as children. Now it's time for Cone-ing: a new "craze" that involves fast-food ice cream cones and cold hands.
The official Cone-ing website describes the activity thus: "Putting it simply, it is grabbing a soft serve upside down and creating the most awkward situation possible." Australian comedian Alki Stevens, who claims to be the founder of this new fad/movement/craze/meme/whatever, demonstrates a variety of cone-ing techniques in a quasi-instructional YouTube posted here for your edification.
There's all kinds of ways to interpret this exciting new activity, which admittedly seems safer and more delicious than balancing one's person on precariously narrow or off-limits objects. If you can't drive through a drive-thru window because don't have a car (or are afraid of drive-thru windows for some reason), then you can also try to cone on your feet, in a mall. Don't want to get ice cream all over your hands? Then forgo grabbing the cone, and instead top off the cone with a cone of your own. No muss, and no fuss! Want to mess up your hands a lot, plus your face? Engage in extreme cone-ing.
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basics of design
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2PM, we met to discuss the basics of design, graphic design in particular.
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Here is the handout with sources and outlines. Pls feel welcome to contribute with your sources and ideas.
Design Basics
– What is design and how to we approach it
to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of
what is graphic design
The process and art of combining text and graphics and communicating an effective message in the design of logos, graphics, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs, and any other type of visual communication is the formal, short definition of graphic design. Today's graphic designers often use desktop publishing software and techniques to achieve their goals.
– Why is it important to consider it
Graphic design helps clarify meaning and ease communication from one person (persons) to another, and it does so in a few ways.
– How do we enact it
- Seven basic graphic design principles (http://www.garrreynolds.com/design/basics.html)
- Graphic Design: The New Basics
Hands-on exercise: create well-designed PowerPoint.
– Keep it simple
Your slides should have plenty of white space, or negative space. Do not feel compelled to fill empty areas on your slide with your logo or other unnecessary graphics or text boxes that do not contribute to better understanding. The less clutter you have on your slide, the more powerful your visual message will become.
– Limit bullet points and text
The best slides may have no text at all.
– Limit transitions and builds (animation)
– Use high quality graphics
– Have a visual theme but avoid using PowerPoint templates
– Use color well
Color evokes feelings. Color is emotional. The right color can help persuade and motivate. Studies show that color usage can increase interest and improve learning comprehension and retention.
You do not need to be an expert in color theory, but it's good for business professionals to know at least a bit on the subject. Colors can be divided into two general categories: cool (such as blue and green) and warm (such as orange and red). Cool colors work best for backgrounds, as they appear to recede away from us into the background. Warm colors generally work best for objects in the foreground (such as text) because they appear to be coming at us.
– Choose your fonts well
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Yummy! One of my favourite topics is music combined with Spaciousness. Since music has the power to go far beyond words it has the special gift of going to spaces that are hard to reach through language. Music for me is one of the easiest forms to express myself through and as I express myself my body and being become more spacious. What could music contribute to your body and being?
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Do you enjoy music? Is music something you enjoy rocking to in your car or in the shower? Do you happen to play an instrument? Or are you wishing you played an instrument? Have you ever noticed that music can makes everything in your life better?Are you curious about how it can bring more ease, more joy and more possibilities in to your life, body and play?
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IBM: Insane in the Mainframe …
The mainframe business may be slowly dying off, but it's nowhere near dead yet.
Even as the enterprise market's affinity for less-expensive servers grows stronger, some portions of it continue to use mainframes for mission-critical tasks. And as long as there's still a decent market for mainframes, IBM will continue to cater to it.
To wit, the company's announcement Tuesday of the latest member of the more than half-century-old mainframe line: The zEnterprise EC12. The product of some $1 billion in research and development spending over three years, the zEnterprise EC12 25 is said to offer 25 percent more performance and 50 percent more capacity, with the same energy footprint as its predecessor. And it has been designed to support data analytics and hybrid cloud computing. In short, it's significantly more economically efficient and buzzword compatible.
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It was shown at last year's Comic-Con, but Disney released a HQ version of the video they had put out, and well, I'm pretty excited for it, especially since I managed to finally see the original movie a few hours ago! (I fell asleep the first time I watched it. lol) I also finished the Tron 2.0 PC game about a week ago, so I'm in all things Tron at the moment.
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i'm still a fan of the original and i can. not. wait. for. this. i'm about as geeked out for this as i was when i first heard about the star trek reboot. and music my daft punk too!
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If I wasn't sold enough already. This might be the first movie that I'll go out and buy the full soundtrack for. I hope that this movie brings back the arcade and light cycles.mr cow wrote: and music my daft punk too!
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Lunar New Year is opportunity to learn about Asian culture
This Friday, many of Augsburg's Asian students and members of the entire Augsburg community will be celebrating the Lunar New Year—with 2011 marking the year of the rabbit representing grace, culture, and beautiful manners. All are invited to participate in this celebration.
The Lunar New Year is not celebrated solely by the Chinese; different Asian communities each have their own traditions for celebrating this festival. It comes from the lunar calendar and falls on a different day each year. Additionally, each year represents an animal in the Chinese zodiac cycle of 12 years.
The co-chairs of Augsburg Asian Student Association (AASA), Issei Kashima and Nikki Yang, hope the celebration will expose Augsburg students to the diversity of Asian cultures as each culture brings its own unique beauty to enriching this College's community.
"I find it beautiful that though some students have lived in America a long time they still keep their traditions alive," Yang said. The Lunar New Year event is a time of renewal and of family and friends, and AASA welcomes their Augsburg family to participate in this meaningful celebration.
Penh Lo, the advisor of AASA and director of Pan-Asian student affairs, relates this to Augsburg's mission statement, which involves educating students to become "informed citizens." He hopes this event will lift up the presence of the Asian communities here and better inform the student body that there is a significant number of students who do not come from a Lutheran and/or Scandinavian background. Currently Asian students make up the second largest population of students of color at Augsburg.
The event is free and will include food, Chinese calligraphy, a traditional Vietnamese dance, and a great opportunity to enjoy time together. There will be Lion Dances, which represent a god coming down to earth to chase away bad omens; this is a way to bring in the blessing of a new year. A fashion show will also be held, showcasing the traditional outfits of various Asian cultures. Events will be held in the commons of Christensen on Friday, Feb. 4 from 5-8 p.m.
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If you are looking for an online, interactive study aid, the CALI lessons have what you are looking for. CALI has lessons on all law school topics and can be used on PCs, Macs and even iPads and smartphones. Check their website for a list of lessons by topic, by subject outline, or even by casebook. CALI also produces Lawdibles, a series of short podcasts on legal topics.
The first time you use CALI you'll need to register for an account. You'll need the Widener authorization code. To get the code just contact the law library reference desk. If you have any trouble registering contact the reference desk. Or you can watch this hand how to register video on YouTube.
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This was a business trip stay at the last moment and was so glad to find a comfortable unit with a fantastic cetral location at a very good rate, I would reccommend this place for a holiday no problems with freidly staff and clean, tidy conditions well done Hurleys will definately return.
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Really surprising - have stayed at tons of motels and hotels around ski fields and Hurleys was such a good price for an excellent stay. We arrived quite late and were met with Very accommodating, pleasant staff. Also space for the four of us - we werent wedged in like at other places. I dont often bother reviewing but this place was great. Highly recommend.
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We stayed at Hurleys for four nights in a two bedroom unit. The room was clean, well eqipped and serviced to a high standard. The beds were very comfortable and the staff answered any questions we had! It is literally a 5 minute walk to town and our room even had a view. I whole heartedly reccomend Hurleys!
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ISSN: 1832-5505 (online)
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Hello. I've been investigating white papers, podcasts, etc. on OpenCL and have read some papers on GPGPU development in general, but have not yet found an answer to one burning question. Surely it is feasible to have one GPU take care of both hardware accelerated rendering and GPGPU calculations, but would performance be adequate? Is it a better idea to have two GPUs in a system and keep these concerns separate? How do most people approach this situation? I'm in the research phase of a master's project and am concerned whether or not I will have to drop a load of cash on a machine capable of two solid graphics cards or not.
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Hessman, Carter blasts give Buffalo win
Mike Hessman and Chris Carter hit mammoth home runs and provided all the offense needed in Buffalo's 2-1, 11-inning victory over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday afternoon from PNC Field. Buffalo has now won two of the first three games in their series against the Yankees with all three games decided by one run.
Carter's blast was the game-winner. The former Boston Red Sox farmhand wasted little time in the 11th inning, driving the first pitch he saw from reliever Jonathon Albaladejo to deep right field. Carter led Pawtucket last season with 16 homers and 61RBI.
Mike Hessman hit his first home run in a Bisons uniform in the eighth inning to put the first dent in the scoreboard. The minor leagues active leader in home runs hit #312 on a 1-2 pitch off Mark Melancon.
Pat Misch started the game for Buffalo and tossed six shutout innings in a no-decision. Manny Acosta made his Bisons debut and kept Scranton/Wilkes-Barre off the scoreboard in the seventh and eighth inning.


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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The Art Of Disney
In 1960, several hundred concept paintings and drawings personally selected by Walt Disney were sent to Japan to promote the release of Sleeping Beauty.
The art was shortly there after donated to Tokyo Museum of Modern Art. Not seeing the collection as valuable they sent it to Chiba University of Science and Engineering. Chiba University, being a science school, put the art in cardboard boxes and stored it in a damp janitors closet and there it stayed for 50 years until being re-discovered in 2002. The art, some of which in very poor condition was restored and the collection with 350 more bits of additional art from Disney toured Japan before finally being returned the Disney archives.
This is the catalog from that exhibit-
It's a rare book.
Usually I dont like to post rare books to Parka's site since they dont do much to support his efforts with book retailers - but this one I had to make an exception for and Im sure Parka will agree that its a magnificent collection worth mentioning to the members of the forum. (Especially Kirikou- you need this book for your shelf!)
A few things in it Ive seen in the Disney Design book- but much of it Ive never seen ever before. The catalog seems to be broken into sections according to artist instead of film- so get ready to see real mouth fulls of Tyrus Wong, Eyving Earle, Mary Blair along with all the rest of the Disney greats. Id say if I could only have 1 Disney book, this is definitely the one Id want.
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My website has always done rather well on the search engines, although it have never ranked well for my top keywords on my main site as they are very competitive, although it does rank for lots of obscure keywords that contain my top keywords or my top keywords + City/Ares. We have over 1,600 pages on the main site most with unique content on, which is what i attribute to why we rank well for the obscure keywords. Content also changes daily on several main pages.
Recently we have made some updates to the usability of the site which our users are liking (page views are up by 100%, time on site us up, bounce rate is down by 50%!).
However it looks like Google did not like the updates....... and has started to send us less visitors (down by around 25%, across several sites. the sites i did not update (kind of like my control) have been unaffected!).
We went through the Panda and Penguin updates unaffected (visitors actually went up!).
So i have joined SEOmoz (and loving it, just like McDonald's). I am now going trough all my sites and making changes to hopefully improve things above and beyond what we used to do.
However out of the 1,600 pages, 386 are being flagged as duplicate content (within my own site), most/half of this is down to; We are a directory type site split into all major cities in the UK.
Cities that don't have listings on, or cities that have the same/similar listing on (as our users provide services to several cities) are been flagged as duplicate content.
Some of the duplicate content is due to dynamic pages that i can correct (i.e out.php?***** i will noindex these pages if thats the best way?)
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Welcome from the Chair
We are pleased to announce the 2011 Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC'11), which is taking place in New York City from March 28 to April 1, 2011. This conference is the latest in the highly successful series of Particle Accelerator Conferences and also the first regional North American PAC organized to attract accelerator scientists, engineers, students and industrial exhibitors interested in every aspect of the science and technology of particle accelerators.
PAC'11 is hosted by Brookhaven National Laboratory, and jointly sponsored by the IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society and the APS Division of Physics of Beams. The Scientific Program Committee is developing a dynamic and stimulating program covering all topics relevant to our community.
Our host hotel, the New York Marriott Marquis, is located in the heart of Times Square and the Broadway theater district. It offers advanced facilities that will provide for stimulating talks, interesting poster sessions and productive interactions with the industrial exhibitors. We are certain that you will enjoy your time with us in New York City.
With diverse neighborhoods citywide and a different experience waiting around every corner, New York City offers up a feeling of energy and excitement that is unmatched. Many of New York City's major monuments and attractions, including the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and the Brooklyn Bridge, are among America's iconic landmarks. And attractions such as Central Park, Fifth Avenue, Carnegie Hall, and Radio City Music Hall are all just minutes away from our conference facilities.
We look forward to meeting with you at PAC'11 in New York City.
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This Just In: Tim Kring Has No Idea How to Write a TV ShowMatt Richenthal at .
Tim Kring may be a very nice man. He's responsible for one of the best set of episodes in TV history (Heroes, season one) and we don't wish unemployment on anyone.
But the Heroes creator gave an interview last week in which he sounded like someone from the mail room that had never penned a single second of a television show.
The good news? Many of his quotes go a long way toward explaining the problems Heroes has faced over the last couple seasons. The bad news? We didn't know how far Kring had fallen sooner. Otherwise,, we could have legitimately tried to get him replaced.
Read the full interview here and check out a few telling excerpts below, many of which are followed by TV Fanatic (TVF) notes/responses...
On who ratings plummeted: "We took a seven-week break [during season one], and the audience never came back after that."
TVF Note: Lost took a six-week break on season three; The Sopranos once took a break for over a year. Try another excuse, Mr. Kring.
On characters evolving:" The characters have to change. If they don't, the audience says, "Why aren't they changing?"... [but then] you're either held to some standard where the audience wants them back, or you have to just say, 'This is who they've become.'"
On never killing anyone significant off: "We obviously know that certain characters are popular, so we're not going to kill those off. But even that is hard to know... For everyone who hates this one character, there's a fan club that loves him."
TVF Note: The Wire killed off Stringer Bell on season three, one of its most fascinating and popular characters. Creator David Simon had a great quote at the time, referencing how characters must serve the purpose of the show, NOT the audience. Something to think about for any writer.
On his ideal version of Heroes: "I would have started with new characters all over again... But once fans fall in love with certain characters, it's harder to do that."
AND OUR FAVORITE QUOTE: "We'll take an idea from the guy who gets our coffee."
Trust us, Mr. Kring, the last few seasons made that abundantly clear.
Our overall take from this interview? Kring and his staff have no idea how to actually build a TV show. A solid writer must possess enough confidence in his vision to go through with whatever stories he wants to tell. He must have faith that the audience will follow them wherever they go.
Take Lost.
Producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindeloff have been adament that they will always write the drama how they see fit. This is their world and their vision. The result has been a wild ride full of time-traveling and flashbacks that may have lost a couple million viewers along the way, but has remained consistent in its unique narrative and will go down as the most layered show in TV history.
Kring admits that he listened to far too many voices along the way and would have stopped writing for these characters years ago. No wonder he has nothing to do with Hiro but send him off on wild goose chases and give him tumors that every fan knows won't kill him.
We've often been asked if there should be a fifth season of Heroes. But now we need to ask the same of its loyal followers:
Do you really want another season if Kring is at the helm?
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The answer is to use batching. I'm sure that most of you will have heard of batching, but it may not be immediately apparent exactly why batching works, nor how much of an improvement can be obtained from using it. In database terms, a batch is a single string or statement sent to the server. If you are using ISQL with a Sybase or SQL Server database, the text before you type "go" is a single batch. If you are writing application code, multiple queries can be concatenated together into a single string (separated by white space) and sent as a single batch.
On an abstract level, a batch of work usually consists of a fixed cost or overhead and a marginal cost. The overhead is the fixed cost of performing the batch no matter how large the batch, whilst the marginal cost is the additional cost per extra element of work.
The various costs include these factors:
- The overhead in sending network packets can be large compared to the marginal cost of increasing the size of a packet
- An acknowledgement packet is probably the same size no matter how large the original packet was
- The time taken to set up and start parsing or compilation can be great compared to the time taken to parse or compile each additional query.
For OLTP systems, when the overheads are comparable to the execution times for individual queries, they can become bottlenecks themselves.
So the reason that database batching works is simple: When the fixed cost of a batch is significant compared with the marginal cost of a query, combining many queries into a single batch effectively shares the overhead between them. The more queries in a batch, the smaller the overhead per query.
Results in Practice
To illustrate the savings, I created a test system consisting of 500,000 rows of pseudo-orders, each having a unique identifier and 10 further attributes. I wrote a simple stored procedure that updated orders and called it multiple times, using random values. To remove the effects of caching, the data cache was sized to be larger than the order database, and was "warmed" beforehand by running a set of queries to ensure the whole database was held in memory.
The results of running the test with different numbers of updates in the same batch are shown in Table 1.
As you can see from the table, the throughput increases dramatically when we move from a batch size of 1 to a batch size of 5. This improvement continues as we increase the batch size, although by a smaller amount each time.
I should point out that this behavior is only useful for true OLTP queries — those queries that require a small amount of work (network communication, CPU cycles, I/O etc.) to process. Only in these types of queries are the overheads a significant proportion of the overall cost. If we are running queries that take many seconds to complete, batching them will yield little noticeable gain.
In contrast to batching, if we use a purely multithreaded approach, the fixed costs are multiplied: Every query carries the same overhead.
Practical Considerations
The actual implementation of batching will depend on your development platform. Using Java and with JDBC to connect to the database, you can use the batching facility provided by JDBC to implement this easily. There is one very important caveat, however: You must verify that the batching functionality is properly implemented in your JDBC driver/database server. Early versions of some JDBC drivers, for instance, did not actually batch queries into a single string — they were functionally equivalent to sending individual queries.
If your version of JDBC, or particular JDBC driver, does not batch correctly, or you are using connection libraries that do not support batching, then you will need to implement this yourself. The way to do this is to simply to build up a single string, concatenating all the queries together.
One important point to mention is that, as yet, we have not changed the transaction granularity — each query is still in a separate transaction. If we look back at the timeline shown in Figure 2, we can see that the commit portion of the update itself adds an overhead to the execution time because we must wait for the log to be flushed to non-volatile storage. We can take our batching one step further, and share this overhead between queries by combining them into single transactions.
Indeed, in the absence of contention with other connections, this will have a further dramatic effect on throughput. Care should be taken, however, to balance the transaction granularity with the increased contention that will result: Locks will be held for longer, and there will be an increased risk of deadlocks. If we use query batching but maintain single-update transaction granularity, we get the best of both worlds: Efficiency is improved without a corresponding increase in contention.
The lead developer of the order management system was quite horrified when I suggested dropping connection pools and moving to a single-threaded model using batching. He wouldn't even consider reducing the number of threads in an attempt to reduce the contention issues. The horrendous number of deadlocks wasn't enough, it would seem, to convince him.
Had he done so, he would have seen his database contention all but disappear, and may have been quite surprised exactly how much of an improvement he obtained. While the results on my test system are very modest, I have often observed quite a dramatic increase in throughput with real systems: One particular application improved its throughput by over 36 times, simply by implementing batch sizes of 500 — and there wasn't a single connection pool in sight!
Your results will (of course) vary, depending on where the bottlenecks lie in your particular system, but my suggestion is to use a two-pronged approach to increasing throughput:
- Batching queries is efficient because it shares (and thus minimizes) a number of overheads; creating parallel threads multiplies them. Always try batching your OLTP queries before you implement multiple threads, and tune the batch, transaction, and network packet sizes according to your application requirements.
- Use multiple threads of execution only after you have exhausted the improvement that you get from batching queries. Make sure your throughput is actually increasing by means of testing. Remember: Less is more. Start with a low ratio of threads to processor cores, and increase the number gradually — monitoring the throughput until you reach a peak.
Combining the two approaches can yield significant performance improvements.


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