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Because ammonia and its reaction products can cause considerable damage to human health and ecosystems, there is a need for reliably operating and reversibly interacting sensor materials to monitor traces of gaseous ammonia in ambient air, which at best can be used on-site for in-the-field measurements. Herein, the development of a sensor material for gaseous ammonia in the lower ppm to ppb range using optical fluorescence as transduction mechanism is presented. A fluorescent dye, which shows reversible fluorescence enhancement in the presence of ammonia is incorporated into a polymer matrix, the latter to ensure the accumulation of ammonia. The sensor material is integrated into a prototype of a miniaturized sensor device, facilitating long-term operation. To calibrate the optical sensor system a gas standard generator, producing standard gas mixtures, is used, leading to a sensitivity down to lower ppm concentrations of ammonia.
Ammonia and its reaction products can cause considerable damage of human health and ecosystems, increasing the necessity for reliable and reversible sensors to monitor traces of gaseous ammonia in ambient air directly on-site or in the field. Although various types of gas sensors are available, fluorescence sensors have gained importance due to advantages such as high sensitivity and facile miniaturization. Here, we present the development of a sensor material for the detection of gaseous ammonia in the lower ppm to ppb range by incorporation of a fluorescent dye, which shows reversible fluorescence modulations as a function of analyte concentration, into a polymer matrix to ensure the accumulation of ammonia. A gas standard generator producing standard gas mixtures, which comply with the metrological traceability in the desired environmentally relevant measurement range, was used to calibrate the optical sensor system. To integrate the sensor material into a mobile device, a prototype of a hand-held instrument was developed, enabling straightforward data acquisition over a long period.


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TOWSON, Md. – Top-seeded Maryland captured its 12th national title Sunday with a 15-12 victory against No. 2 seed Syracuse in front of a record crowd of 10,311 at the 2014 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship at Johnny Unitas Stadium.
Maryland (23-1) was led in scoring by lone senior starter Beth Glaros, who notched five goals. Taylor Cummings, Brooke Griffin and Kristen Lamon added hat tricks. The Terrapins boasted a 16-13 advantage in the draw circle, including eight from Cummings, en route to their first national championship since 2010.
Maryland's offense erupted from the onset, posting a commanding 5-0 run in the first 4:20 of the game. After Lamon began the drive with a score 43 seconds in the contest, Glaros and Cummings each found the back of the net for a 3-0 Terrapin lead. Lamon extended the cushion to four after an incredible feed from Kelly McPartland before the All-American midfielder gave Maryland its fifth consecutive goal at 25:40.
After Maryland was able to snag the first six draw controls of the game, Syracuse was finally able to gain its first possession and Kayla Treanor provided the Orange with a goal at 24:20. Amy Cross made it two-straight for Syracuse with a tally 1:20 later.
Treanor shrunk Maryland's lead to two with a top-shelf score at 12:06 and Alyssa Murray made it four-in-a-row for the Orange with a goal at 9:42 for a 5-4 match.
Cummings snapped a 16-minute scoring drought with an absolute rocket at 9:34 to push Maryland's lead back to two and Glaros extended it to three with a free position goal following a Syracuse yellow card, one of six issued to the Orange Sunday. Cummings – a Tewaaraton finalist – made it a hat trick with a tally through traffic with about five minutes remaining in the first half and gave Maryland a 9-6 lead at the break.
Syracuse struck first in the second stanza but the Terrapins quickly countered after an unselfish look from Cummings to Griffin for a 10-7 score with 27 minutes remaining before a second consecutive tally by Griffin extended the Maryland advantage to four.
Griffin continued to make her presence known in the final period, completing a second-half hat trick with a spectacular move around the crease for a five-goal Terrapin lead at 21:26. Lamon became the fourth Terrapin to record a hat trick with a free position goal for a 13-7 game with 19:38 remaining.
Syracuse halted the 4-0 run with a Kailah Kempney effort at 17:53 to end a nine-minute scoring lull before Glaros picked up two straight goals to push Maryland's lead to seven.
The Orange mustered one final run with four consecutive goals for a 15-12 score but the Terps' defense buckled down in the final four minutes of play to take home the title.
"What an amazing night this is for our Maryland lacrosse program," head coach Cathy Reese said. "Our girls came out and fought hard from the opening whistle until the end. Lacrosse is a game of runs and there were a lot of them tonight. We really stuck together and played the full sixty minutes and we are really excited to come away with the national championship."
Maryland's 23 wins in 2014 ties a program-record, originally set in 2001 when the Terps went 23-0 on their way to a seventh-consecutive national championship.
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Now that the fraudulent "Arab Spring" has turned into openly whipped up rage and hatred against America and the West, our liberals are still in denial. Their power, their privileges, their huge vanity is at stake. That is why they are desperately trying to fool millions of Americans for the next two months. Expect two solid months of Big Lies. ~Denial is Now National Suicide
Obama's hatred of America was so clear from the beginning that people like me began writing about him trying to understand why he hated the U.S., when for all intents and purposes, he has benefited greatly from all the United States has to offer–education, opportunity, scholarships, book offers…he and his Wookie
beard wife both received law degrees from prestigious universities, only to give them up before being forced to lose them over lies and fraud. His campaign was hateful then and is now, with racist, bigoted, elitist core themes, skullduggery, and thuggish tactics that bring to mind the Chicago Mob on cocaine and steroids.
Blaming others is what liberals do best. It is a sign of desperation, of the breakdown of an ideology that is no longer believed even by its own priesthood. Liberals live near panic because their beliefs are crumbling. Let's give them a little push. The life you save may be your country's.


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A New York man arrested after he gave the finger to a police officer can sue police for malicious prosecution, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, overturning a lower-court decision that deemed the officer's response reasonable.
In its decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that giving someone the finger is an "ancient gesture of insult" and "is not the basis for a reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation or impending criminal activity."
The incident took place in May 2006, court documents say, when John Swartz and his wife, Judy Mayton-Swartz, were driving through the upstate village of St. Johnsville, N.Y., to the home of Judy's son.
Swartz was in the passenger seat when he noticed a local officer, Richard Insogna, in a police car using a radar device. Expressing his displeasure, Swartz reached "his right arm outside the passenger side window and extending his middle finger over the car's roof," according to court documents.
The couple continued their drive. They were not speeding or committing other traffic violations, but upon reaching their destination and getting out of the car, they saw an approaching police car with its lights flashing.
Ordering them to get back into the vehicle, Insogna told the couple this was a traffic stop and requested their documents. Swartz told his wife not to show the officer anything, prompting Insogna to say, "Shut your mouth, your ass is in enough trouble." Then, after checking the woman's license and registration, Insogna called for backup, according to court documents. Three other officers soon appeared.
After being told he and his wife were free to go, Swartz tried to speak with Insogna, but the other officers stepped in front of him.
Swartz was arrested after he either muttered or shouted, depending on whose account one reads, that he felt "like an ass."
At the station, he was told he had been arrested for disorderly conduct, a charge that was later dismissed.
Swartz's lawyer, Elmer Robert Keach III, praised the court's decision, The Associated Press reported.
"It reaffirms that just because you insult a police officer [it] doesn't give that police officer the right to detain you or arrest you and take away your liberty," Keach told The AP, calling the decision an "important victory for civil rights."
A lower-court in Albany had previously dismissed the couple's claim because police insisted they had stopped the couple out of concern for the woman's safety.
In his deposition, Insogna said Swartz's gesture made him "concerned for the female driver, if there was a domestic dispute."
But the appeals court deemed his conclusion unreasonable. "Indeed, such a gesture alone cannot establish probable cause to believe a disorderly conduct violation has occurred," court documents read.
The court added, however, that the merits of Swartz's lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, still must be litigated at a separate trial.
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History has a way of repeating itself, there's no denying it. Case in point: twenty years ago, the U.S. men's national team arrived at Stanford Stadium with the tough task of preparing for Brazil; this week it is doing it again.
Now, of course, the circumstances are a bit different. In 1994, the U.S. was hosting the World Cup, and, defying almost every prediction, advanced out of its group and into the knockout rounds of the tournament. Its opponent: heavily favored Brazil and its dynamic forward duo of Bebeto and Romario. No one gave the Americans a chance, even though the match was played on home soil, on Independence Day, in front of a sellout crowd and the largest domestic television audience ever tuned in for a soccer game.
Today, the U.S. team is back at Stanford, not for a match against Brazil, but to fine tune its squad ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Thirty hopefuls, each competing for a spot of the final 23-man roster. No less motivated to succeed than their '94 counterparts, these modern day Yanks hope to take Brazil by storm in the very same way their South American opponent did the United States twenty years ago.
The stadium has changed, having gone a complete overhaul in design and structure in 2006, but the field is still in the very same spot. The outer rim of the old facility is gone, but many of the stately trees that lined it still rise above the new confines of the building. The dirt parking lots, stained with the dead embers of decades of tailgate gatherings, dotted with sentinel California live oaks, remain unchanged; when imagination reigns, the soft sounds of samba drums still beat through the grove. Same as it ever was.
Inside the stadium, America's new soccer heroes train in earnest, the expectations of a new World Cup higher than ever. The ghosts of Alexi Lalas and Thomas Dooley haunt the pitch, providing guidance and inspiration to a defensive corps that, for many of its members, will be experiencing soccer's biggest event for the first time. These newbies lack the glorious hair of their forbears, but they more than make up for it with talent and tenacity.
Back on July 4, 1994, Stanford Stadium was the focus of the soccer world. The Americans, resplendent in their wavy stripes jerseys instead of their now iconic denim stars kits, lacked the required firepower on offense — John Harkes was suspended and Eric Wynalda was benched — and, under the direction of master motivator Bora Milutinovic, bunkered down on defense for much of the game. A flagrant elbow by Leonardo in the waning moments of the first half on Tab Ramos, one that left the midfielder with a broken skull, put Brazil a man down, but the U.S. couldn't capitalize. The pull of 84,147 fans was strong, but the Brazilians were stronger, and a second half Bebeto goal made all the difference.
The U.S., a fast and physical team — then as now — may not have won that day, but the lasting effects of its performance on the American soccer psyche persist today. Jurgen Klinsmann, like Milutinovic another foreign coach with grand ideas and an impressive resume, directs the squad, bringing his championship wisdom to the team. Tough-as-nails Clint Dempsey is now the captain, talisman Landon Donovan aims to make his fourth World Cup, Tim Howard plays sure and steady in goal — the characters have changed, but the story remains the same.
The national team will have the sporting world spotlight this June in Brazil, very much like it did in 1994. A transformative moment for U.S. soccer, the lessons from that Stanford afternoon have helped advance the program for two decades, spawned the birth of Major League Soccer, and gradually built the national team into a legitimate contender for late round World Cup glory.
The "Group of Death" awaits the U.S. in Brazil, but that is also true for Germany, Portugal, and Ghana — no one wants to face the unpredictable Yanks. The two teams that survive will no doubt breathe a sigh of relief that the hardest hurdle has been topped. In 1994, the underdog Americans could only imagine "what if?" when it came to the dream of beating the Brazilians. In 2014, once again considered underdogs, the team is focused more on the "how?" of getting the job done.
And as its pivot point, Stanford Stadium, its perfectly groomed green grass pitch, is twenty years later again the catalyst for blue skies ahead. U.S. soccer has matured immensely since the '94 World Cup, and back on campus again, a reunion of sorts for the program, appears set to make another leap forward. Everyone hopes the results will be better in 2014, players and coaches alike push the competition forth, and, with a little luck and a lot of preparedness, a new history will perhaps grow from the Stanford tradition.
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(Boston, Mass.—February 5, 2013) EPA recently reached a settlement with Pacific Mills Acquisition LLC, to recover $300,000 in Agency clean up costs at the Bay State Plating and Polishing Site in Lawrence. EPA will release a lien it holds on the property in exchange for the cost recovery.
The Bay State Plating and Polishing Site is a former plating facility that was located on the third floor of Building 6 at 300 Canal Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Site is located on the property of a former mill, currently known as the Pacific Mills Industrial Complex, which houses a number of commercial tenants. When Bay State Plating and Polishing went out of business it left behind chemicals, rinse solutions, and numerous waste drums in the building.
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A new report on three of the first patients in China to contract a novel strain of bird flu has U.S. officials worried about a grim scenario that includes severe illness with pneumonia, septic shock, brain damage and multi-organ failure.
All three of the patients died, according to a Thursday report by a group of Chinese scientists in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"It is possible that these severely ill patients represent the tip of the iceberg," wrote Dr. Timothy Uyeki and Dr. Nancy Cox, both of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a perspective piece accompanying the article.
The reports chronicle the early days of an outbreak of a new influenza A virus, H7N9, which has never before been seen in humans. As of Friday, Chinese officials said it had infected at least 43 people in four Chinese provinces and killed 11 in the past two months.
On Saturday, China's center for disease control confirmed the first case of the new bird flu strain in Beijing: A seven-year-old girl whose parents work in the live poultry trade has been infected.
The patients described in the report included two men, ages 87 and 27, both from Shanghai, and a 35-year-old woman from Anhui. All had preexisting health conditions and two had been exposed to chickens at live poultry markets in the previous week. They became ill between Feb. 18 and March 13 and died between March 4 and April 9 of severe complications, the report said.
The virus, which has been traced to a reassortment of genes from wild birds in east Asia and chickens in east China, "raises many urgent questions and global public health concerns," the U.S. researchers wrote.
It's particularly concerning because the virus clearly has the potential to cause severe disease, it has genetic characteristics that suggest that it might be better adapted than other bird flu strains to infect mammals -- including humans -- and people have no resistance to it, the U.S. scientists reported.
The virus doesn't make birds sick, so it may spread widely and remain undetected until people become ill.
In addition, previous vaccines developed to fight other H7 strains did not invoke strong immune responses in humans, the U.S. scientists wrote. Even so, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they received an isolate of the virus from China on Thursday and were continuing to rush efforts to create a vaccine, a process that could take several months.
Scientists are expected to start growing more of the virus to share for use in several ways, including not only developing a vaccine, but also creating a blood test that can detect previous human immune system protection against the virus, and testing to see whether the virus remains susceptible to antiviral drugs.
CDC officials also will use it to create a diagnostic test that could be used to detect infection in travelers who return to the U.S. from China with symptoms of flu, or those who've been in contact with someone who's been sick.
Officials with CDC and the Food and Drug Administration are working to quickly expedite approval and manufacture of the kits, said Mike Shaw, associate director of laboratory science for the CDC's flu division. About 400 diagnostic kits, which each can perform 1,000 tests, may be complete by Monday, he said. They could be shipped as early as next week to public health labs across the country.
The CDC has urged local public health officials to watch for signs of sick travelers from China. So far, about 10 people who recently traveled from China to the U.S. have been tested for the H7N9 virus because of suspicious symptoms, officials said.
"So far, everyone that has been tested in the U.S. has been negative," Shaw said.
The virus remains contained to China and there is no evidence of sustained person-to-person transmission, both good signs, scientists said.
But as the U.S. researchers concluded, vigilance remains high.
"We cannot rest our guard," they wrote.
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Dr. Astrid Bochow
2013 Fellow at Institute of Advanced Study Konstanz
2012 Visiting Scholar at Oxford University (October till December)
Since 2010 Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany
2009–2010 postdoctoral researcher at Freie Universität Berlin, funded by Fritz-Thyssen Foundation
2003–2008 PhD researcher in the framework of the Collaborative Research Centre on African Studies at University of Bayreuth, Assistant to Prof. Dr. Erdmute Alber
2002–2003 researcher at GIGA
1996–2002 studying Social Anthropology and Literature in Berlin and Marburg
2008 PhD at University of Bayreuth
2002 Master at Freie Universität Berlin
She is steering committee member of the Religion, HIV/AIDS and Social Transformation Research Network (www.religion-aids-africa.com).
Research Concentrations
Sexuality and intimacy, youth, and Pentecostalism in Kumasi Ghana (2004 to 2008); HIV/AIDS, relational ethics and health ethics among educated professionals in Gaborone, Botswana (since 2009); humanitarianism, anthropology of health and wellbeing, anthropology of religions and elites in Africa; West Africa (Ghana); Southern Africa (Botswana and South Africa)
Functions within the Center
Fellow of the Institue for Advanced Study Konstanz (April 2013–March 2014)
Research project "Ethical Dilemmas – Elites, Reproduction and HIV/AIDS in Botswana"
Selected Publications
Valentine's Day in Ghana: Youth, Sex and Fear between the Generations. In: Erdmute Alber, Sjaak van der Geest and Susan R. Whyte (eds.), Generations in Africa. Contrasts and Connections, Hamburg: LIT: 418-429.
Intimität und Sexualität vor der Ehe. Konversationen über Ungesagtes in Endwa und Kumasi, Ghana. Hamburg: LIT.
( with Rijk van Dijk): Christian Creations of New Spaces of Sexuality, Reproduction, and Relationships in Africa: Exploring Faith and Religious Heterotopia, special issue, Journal of Religion in Africa, Volume 42, Number 4.
Let's Talk about Sex! Reflections on Conversations about Love and Sexuality in Kumasi and Endwa, Ghana. Culture, Health and Sexuality, special issue: Sex, Secrets and Honour: Acts of Concealment and Disclosure (ed.: Anita Hardon), (first published online September 2012)
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Milan earn two-goal advantage against Barcelona
Wednesday 20 February 2013
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AC Milan 2-0 FC Barcelona
Eliminated by Barça in their last two knockout round meetings, Milan hold sway this time thanks to goals from Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari.
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A splendid defensive display allied with second-half goals from Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari earned AC Milan a 2-0 win against FC Barcelona in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League last-16 tie.
Having faced the Azulgrana four times in the competition last season, Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri's inside knowledge paid off as his team prevented the visitors scoring for just the second time in any competition this term. Their resilience was rewarded with Boateng's 57th-minute opener, Muntari icing the cake late on to confirm a fourth defeat of the campaign for the Spanish Liga leaders.
Muntari was not so accurate with the first effort of the game, his 25-metre volley flashing well over Víctor Valdés's goal. At the other end, Lionel Messi dribbled past Philippe Mexès with delightful movement only for his left-footed shot to ricochet behind off Muntari.
Milan stayed patient in the face of Barcelona's sustained possession and only pressed hard when the Catalans reached dangerous territory. It was then that they attempted to counterattack, a tactic which nearly paid off on the quarter-hour when a lovely touch from Boateng sent Stephan El Shaarawy free down the left. Though the Italy forward cut into the box, a heavy touch combined with Carles Puyol's timely intervention spelt the end of the chance.
However, the subsequent corner, cleverly delivered low towards the near post by El Shaarawy, was turned towards goal by Boateng but slipped just wide. Barça reassumed control yet remained frustrated by a disciplined home defence, leaving El Shaarawy to go close to converting Boateng's inviting cross from the right.
It was, therefore, little surprise when Allegri's charges took the lead. Riccardo Montolivo received a free-kick from 30 metres out and though his shot struck Cristián Zapata on the edge of the area, the ball fell perfectly for Boateng. The Ghana midfielder beat Valdés with a precise left-footed effort to register his club's 400th European Cup goal.
Milan continued to stand strong at the back thereafter, prompting Andrés Iniesta to try his luck with a long-range drive which flew narrowly wide of Christian Abbiati's left-hand post. With nine minutes left, the hosts rubber-stamped their first victory against Barcelona in their last eight attempts. Substitute M'Baye Niang played in El Shaarawy, who in turn showed delightful poise to tee up Muntari, whose first-time volley left Valdés with no chance. Barcelona have work to do in the 12 March return.


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Shiho MiuraBorn in Tokyo in 1976.Beginning to ride on a motorcycle triggered my encounter with Leather. I discovered the color and time of each owner of leather items worn by the riders were inscribed in his.Leather craft is originated in the floral designs so-called arabesque design.Based upon a beautiful stream of arabesque design, figures, animals ,landscapes ,etc are tooled on leather by a skill named Figuring.Attracted by leather, I stepped into the World of Leather that is so large and deep. Among many skills, I was badly fascinated by such skill of Carving as can tool images out of the unfigured leather. Leather that really breathes. I take delight in inspiring further life into it. Carving is, in fact, an important treasure for my destination .


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As the sun sets, a giant mechanical figure surveys a smoldering battlefield, while a smaller figure admires the damage. Tell us your tale of this battle and its aftermath.
This digital painting by Tomas Honz is titled simply "Done." As always, we invite you to come up with a story inspired by this image and post it in the comments.


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News from the world of Maths
A nice new interactive map shows how papers published in various maths related areas relate.
A team of Australian researchers has delivered dire news for polar ecosystems, predicting that in some regions biodiversity may be reduced by as much as a third within decades. It's the result of a tipping point induced by global warming.
This year's British Science Festival will take place from 7 - 12 September at the University of Newcastle and there's plenty of (mostly free) maths on offer.
Why are drug induced hallucinations so compelling that they apparently provided much of the inspiration for early forms of abstract art? Researchers suggest that the answer hinges on an interplay between the mathematics of pattern formation and a mechanism that generates a sense of value and meaning.
Number theory is famous for problems that everyone can understand and that are easy to express, but that are fiendishly difficult to prove. Here are some of our favourites.
Rollercoasters, the London Eye, planes, bikewheels and boomerangs - no it's not our plans for the summer holidays, it's just a normal afternoon at a Maths Inspiration gig.
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Shed some light on Census night tomorrow8 August 2011 | NSW/111
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is encouraging everyone in Australia on Census night, Tuesday 9 August 2011 to accurately complete a Census form.
ACT Census Head Stephen Collett says that it's vital that every person is included in the Census as the information provided is used in planning the future of our country.
"The Census lights the way forward for planning services we use every day like roads, schools and hospitals.
"More than $4,000 per person was given to the states and territories in the 2010-11 Federal Budget. This was worked out using Census data."
Mr Collett says the Census counts everyone in Australia on Census night, whether they are working, travelling, partying or at home.
"The Census is an important snapshot of the nation and counts everyone wherever they are on Census night. Only those who are overseas do not need to complete a Census form.
"If you're away from home on Census night, make sure you're counted at the place where you are staying. So if you are staying with relatives or friends, make sure you're included on their form.
"If you can't fill out a Census form on Census night, fill it out as soon as possible and answer the questions as if it were Census night.
"If you're travelling "off the beaten track" on Census night collection points with Census packs are available. You can find out where by visiting our website or calling 1300 338 776.
"If you're staying at a hospital, hotel, motel or hostel, ask the managers for an eCensus envelope or paper Census form.
"If there is no one staying at your house on Census night or you need more forms, please call the Census Inquiry Service on 1300 338 776," Mr Collett adds.
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1984 NBA Draft: Best First Round in NBA Draft History?
The 2013 NBA Draft is just two days away- will any first round selection in 2013 blow up like several of the first round selections of the 1984 NBA Draft did?
HoopsVibe Very Quick Call: It generally takes a couple years for any draft to pan out, but at this point it seems unlikely.


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I am trying to install MAGMA on a login node of a cluster. The login node does not have physical GPU card attached, it just has CUDA module installed. I can compile cuda codes on the login node and run the cuda programs on the cluster nodes with real GPU hardware. The problem is when I tried to install MAGMA, I typed:
it failed and reported the following error:
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make[1]: Entering directory `/home/hsu224/MAGMA/magma_1.1.0/control'
icc -O3 -DADD_ -DGPUSHMEM=130 -I/usr/share/Modules/modulefiles/cuda/include -I../include -I../quark/include -c magma_zf77.cpp -o magma_zf77.o
magma_zf77.cpp(21): catastrophic error: could not open source file "/usr/share/Modules/modulefiles/cuda/4.0.17/include/cuda_runtime_api.h"
#include </usr/share/Modules/modulefiles/cuda/4.0.17/include/cuda_runtime_api.h>
compilation aborted for magma_zf77.cpp (code 4)
make[1]: *** [magma_zf77.o] Error 4
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hsu224/MAGMA/magma_1.1.0/control'
make: *** [libmagma] Error 2
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Something Hasbro's bitched about is deco costs, and man, these all are REALLY good looking in that department, not to mention articulated. Ankle joints are the one joint I feel is disposable anyway so I think that's alright (as long as the foot is sculpted flat, not bent at the ankles or anything). That deco is pretty ornate when you look at it closely though.
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happy monday morning!
i am really enjoying living in our new little town. it reminds me of where i grew up in the mountains of maryland, which i've always missed and longed to return to. there are hills here and windy roads and rivers and creeks! i love it!
there are also rodeos and mule races. not really our style, but we've decided to embrace the culture here. we were planning to go to the rodeo saturday night along with the rest of the town, but it started at 8pm...the kids' bedtime. so we went to dinner instead.
but because jay had already told the kids about the bull rides before checking on the times, they were bugging us about going. we promised we'd drive by on the way home from dinner, and ended up finding a hill above the arena to watch some of the bull rides from. the kids loved it and we didn't have to pay a thing!
we're all looking forward to a labor day weekend of mule madness! we'll probably pay for this one since events go on all weekend long.
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Michael Kay Reacts to Andy Pettitte's Prodigal Return
*Special cap tip to the one and only Prince of New York, whose new book, Paul Lebowitz's 2012 Baseball Guide, (a must-have for any serious baseball fan or fantasy baseball junkie) has just come out on Kindle.
Don't do any baseball drafts until you've read this tome. It's a tradition I've come to love. Goes well with beer.
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Switzerland and Germany Take Gold in Junior Cross-country Competition
Canada took its first medal of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships on Thursday in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, with Peter Disera's silver medal in the Junior Men's cross-country. Switzerland and Germany took the first individual world titles of the Worlds, when Alessandra Keller of Switzerland became the Junior Women's Cross-country world champion, while Lukas Baum of Germany won the Junior Men's Cross-country title.
Both world champions won in similar fashions - attack in the first half of the race to open a gap and then ride their own pace and avoid making mistakes in the second half. The heat and dust took their toll on riders as the races progressed, and some riders who started well faded in the final laps.
Emilie Collomb of Italy took the lead at the start of the Junior women's four lap race, but Keller and Sarah Bauer of Germany came through the end of the first lap together only a few seconds back, and Keller then surged into the lead on the second lap. By the halfway point in the race Keller was 22 seconds up on Collomb, and Bauer was still dangling six seconds back of the Italian. The three riders maintained their positions for the remainder of the race, with the gaps growing, so that Keller took the world title by 46 seconds over Collomb, and one minute and one second ahead of Bauer.
"I did not know what to expect," said Keller. "This is my first year as a Junior, so to win is incredible. The Italian girl was very fast at the start, but I rode at my own pace and was able to catch her in the second lap. After that I just focussed on my own riding."
Marine Lewis was the top Canadian finisher in the race, in 15th place, a strong result for her first ever world championships.
"I didn't really have a goal, because it was my first championship," explained Lewis. "I didn't know what pace to expect, so I just went as fast as i could, and did the best that I could. I'm happy with my result."
Note: We have published an interview with Marine Lewis.
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Peter Disera, Lukas Baum, Gioele Bertolini
Peter Disera, Lukas Baum, Gioele Bertolini
Peter Disera finishing 2nd
The Junior men's race saw one rider at the front for almost the entire five laps - winner Lukas Baum. Behind, there was a constant reshuffling of the chase, but Baum was clearly in a class of his own. The German rider came into the race as a strong favourite, after winning the European title a few weeks ago, to go with his national title earlier.
Baum was riding with Frenchman Raphael Gay on the first lap, as the pair opened a 25 second gap on a chase group containing Peter Disera (Canada), Jan Vastl (Czech Republic) and Georg Egger (Germany). However, Gay crashed in lap two, taking down Baum with him. Baum was able to quickly get on his bike and continue on in the lead alone, but the French rider had flatted, falling to ninth before getting a wheel change in the pits. Sam Gaze, the New Zealand rider who had been one of the favourites, rode near the front on the first lap before pulling out on the second, a victim of the heat.
Disera, Egger and Vastl rode together until they were also joined by Gioele Bertolini (Italy) on lap three. This group stayed together until Disera was able to open a gap on the fourth lap, when Egger crashed behind him. The Canadian steadily extended his lead through the remaining lap and a half to take silver, with Bertolini taking bronze, only a few seconds ahead of a resurgent Raphael Gay.
"With my coach, Wolfram Kurschat, I have been preparing all year for this race," said Baum. "I knew I was strong, but then when [Gay] crashed on the second lap, I crashed into him, and went over him and my bars went sideways.. After that I had to be more careful in all the technical sections because my bars were not straight."
"I must have done something right," quipped Baum, when asked about his near perfect season.
Disera's medal is the first Canadian medal for a men in cross-country since Max Plaxton won bronze back in 2006. "I'm not sure if it's fatigue, or the high of being on the podium, but I feel like I'm floating," commented Disera afterwards.
"This is a record breaking, extremely successful year for me. I left it out there. I woke up this morning and had this small belief in the back of my head that I could see the podium. On the fourth and fifth lap I was telling myself 'C'mon, you can do it'. It was more about 'don't panic, don't freak yourself out, don't spend matches before you need to'. I just rode my own race, just picking my way through traffic one by one."
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John Glais has a dream, he wants to compete in the NEW Red Bull King of the Air contest to be held in South Africa in February 2013. To that end he has been training hard in nuclear wind and wave conditions in his home waters off Brittany, France.
Producing jumps like ...
A boost John threw in a storm on December 27, 2012 off St. Malo, FR. This jump is about 17 to 20 m (roughly 55 to 66 ft.), high in 30 to 45 knots+. He was riding a Cabrinha 7 m Chaos kite.
Photo: Isabelle Borde https://www.facebook.com/john.johnn.589/
St. Malo in Brittany has a long history of sailors going down to sea, John joins that lot with a new twist.
St. Malo in pre-kiting days
John is sponsored by Cabrinha and KiteAddict and likes to fly a 7 m Chaos kite in prime jumping conditions. He described his favorite winds to be 40 kts with nice 1 to 2 m swells or kickers" to boost huge jumps off of. He likes the Chaos for these extreme jumps for the excellent lift the kite produces and speed. I asked if it was too fast as smaller kites can be at times? He said, no, but fast enough to be able to counter over-rotations and other problems at altitude including throwing some kite loops in to stabilize landings when needed. John also loves to ride Cab Switchblades but for this extreme service in high wind for mega jumps, prefers the Chaos. He started seven years ago and says he likes to ride "old school" style. This includes big airs, board offs and related moves John trained as a kitesurfing instructor through the FFVL and earned a five year degree in Sports Instruction at University. John currently teaches sports in St. Malo. He intends to open a kiting school in Brittany instructing kitesurfing, air style, wake style, race, waves kiting, etc.. . You can find him on Facebook under John Johnn.
The mood of the sea on December 27, off St. Malo.
Applicants to the South African King of the Air contest are to submit a video as a part of the selection process. Here is John's excellent clip on vimeo.com.
The video title pretty much tells the tale, so how about it Red Bull?
This great video was put together by JP.PROD. You can see more of his videos on Facebook under JP PROD
p.s. - the occasional downside of going big is slamming down very, HARD. Going up can be easier or less painful at any rate than coming back to the surface at times. Also, high sustained wind in a days long strong storm is not the same as violent conditions in hazardous squalls where the wind can go to lethal levels in seconds. Have a care and kite within your abilities.
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- All welcome: Worship nature from this house
ADDRESS: 4621 Old Blue Ridge Turnpike
NEIGHBORHOOD: Syria
SIZE: 1,200 fin. sq. ft.
LAND: 0.33 acre
CURB APPEAL: 6 out of 10
LISTED BY: David Thomas of Roy Wheeler Realty Co. 951-5155, 960-8878
If a picture (or in this case a photograph) paints a thousand words, then why can't real estate listings get a little more descriptive? Houses start to look eerily the same as one scrolls through page after page of properties with nothing to distinguish one listing from another. With most of the houses, anyone can imagine the interior layout without even walking inside. Exceptions to the rule do exist, but trying to find one this week drove us further than we normally go, into the wilds of Madison County.
Don't get too excited. The picture of the house shows a simple structure, square, with nothing more than two entrance doors along the front. It was built as a non-denominational house of worship in 1901– the original sign, "Rose River Fellowship, Everyone Welcome"– now hangs inside. The current owner believes that the two front doors were intended to separate the sexes.
But it could not have been much of a separation since they walked into one vast, open room. The original bones of the structure have been left pretty much in tact. The room's walls and ceiling are covered in three-inch beaded pine board, broken only by a chair rail about three feet up. Four large original windows with wavy glass let in plenty of light. But churches are not built for living, and so several adjustments were required to turn the place into a home.
Along one wall, a brand new open kitchen has been installed complete with breakfast bar and Viking range. A small room constructed in one corner hides unsightly power boxes as well as a backup generator which some country (and not-so-country) folk find necessary to protect them from dramatic weather changes.
The usual climatic fluctuations that Virginians experience every year prompted the owner to install an industrial air conditioner with exposed ductwork reminiscent of a college cafeteria. A cold snap demanded the installation of a 65,000-BTU gas-fired furnace. Ceiling fans ensure that the air circulates where it's needed and not around the rafters.
The back half of this large room has had the most work. An open loft reached by an exposed staircase is now just one long space that could easily be turned into two bedrooms. With a pretty low ceiling, though– headroom is only about six feet– one imagines only the vertically challenged or an adolescent would find it livable. Below this, the usual amenities: one modest bedroom (complete with woodstove) and a very standard utility closet with water heater and stackable washer/dryer unit across the hall. Same for the one bathroom: nothing fancy but certainly serviceable.
The hall leads to a spacious and relatively new back deck. A small tributary of the Rose River gurgles past and probably provides many moments of peaceful communion with nature. The real Rose River runs about 50 feet beyond that– trophy fishermen travel many miles to cast for rainbow and brook trout that spawn there. Even on the frigid day of our visit, rubber-clad sportsmen were spotted casting their long lines into the crystal-clear stream.
The land makes all the difference. The fenced one-third acre around the house is enough to allow for privacy and decent views, but the location of the house means it might be better used as a retreat for intrepid outdoors folks. Besides world-class fishing (Herbert Hoover set up camp near here 75 years ago to avail himself of the waters), there is also the Shenandoah National Park with Old Rag Mountain and White Oak Canyon close by. All these can be accessed and explored, leaving enough time to gussy up for a homestyle dinner over at Graves Mountain Lodge, all within an hour's drive from Charlottesville.
Since real estate listings are getting more and more homogenous, the opportunity to check out something slightly off the beaten track is always welcome. Combine that with affecting scenery that has people driving hundreds of miles to view, and you have a pretty sweet deal.
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Cramming: How bogus fees hit your phone bill
No longer do scam artists need a credit card number. Now, they just need your name, phone number, and a mouse click.
Until he got a notice saying his phone was about to be cut off, Jim Cudahy didn't know he was being charged an extra $14.95 each month on his Embarq bill, which he was automatically paying through a bank draft.
When he called to ask about the charge, Embarq said it was from a third-party provider for an additional voicemail account. The problem was: Neither he nor his wife remembered ordering anything of the sort.
After racking their brains to figure out what triggered the charge that had been on their bill for 10 months, his wife recalled signing up last December for an online grocery coupon.
And that's when they learned about "cramming," the practice of slipping unauthorized charges on telephone bills. When Cudahy told acquaintances what happened, he learned another popular example of cramming is a supposed IQ test on Facebook that has people unwittingly signing up for a $9.99 a month charge.
Cudahy is alarmed by how widespread cramming is and by how easily a charge can end up on one's phone bill, and he feels particularly violated that it showed up on Embarq bill.
"It seems with your home phone company," he says, "there should be some level of trust."
Embarq spokesperson Vernon Fraley says that he too was once a victim of cramming, having found a $10 monthly charge on his account after what he thought was a simple magazine subscription.
Fraley says that third-party billing is a legitimate practice that can provide convenience to the customer while allowing smaller companies to compete in the telecommunications biz without the overhead of their own billing. A legitimate example, he says, would be international calling.
Officially, no charge can appear on a customer's bill without the customer's authorization. However, the sneaky part in cramming is that the authorization lies in the fine print, so the customer may have no idea that in clicking a pop-up ad or taking an online survey, she's also opened the door to an ongoing charge.
"It's unethical and unscrupulous," says Fraley.
So how did the company that billed Cudahy get past Embarq's gatekeepers?
Fraley says Embarq holds third-party vendors to high standards. Before they are approved to begin placing charges on customers' bills, prospective third-party vendors must provide sales and marketing materials, show appropriate state registrations, and meet all regulatory guidelines.
"The customer needs to read the phone bill to make sure it's accurate," says Fraley. "There is recourse. We provide a number to call to dispute a charge."
Fraley notes that customers can also block third-party charges from their phone bills. And vendors are required to promptly resolve customer inquiries.
Indeed, Cudahy confirms that he had no problem– "they didn't put up a smidgen of a fight"– getting a refund.
The firm that charged Cudahy is ESBI– Enhanced Service Billing Incorporated. In 2001, ESBI settled a Federal Trade Commission complaint for cramming and claiming customers had to pay unauthorized charges. As part of the settlement, ESBI was barred from illegally billing customers in the future.
Yet ESBI appears to continue to bill for third-party providers of services that victims say are nonexistent and/or unauthorized. A Google search turns up numerous complaints about allegedly bogus billings from ESBI to Verizon and AT&T customers, as well as Embarq's.
ESBI gives out virtually no contact information on its sparse website. A call to the company using the number on Cudahy's bill reached customer service reps in San Antonio, Texas, who, though unfailingly polite, refused to give out any company data.
"We are unable to provide that," says Alice, a supervisor, who also was unable to provide her own last name or a phone number where her company's upper management might be reached.
According to the FTC, ESBI was sold in 2003 by Platinum Equity LLC to another private equity company, Abry Partners in Boston. Abry had not returned a phone call at press time.
Telephone companies are regulated by either the Federal Communications Commission for interstate matters or the Virginia State Corporation Commission if intrastate. And unauthorized charges that are not phone-related go to the Federal Trade Commission.
The FCC provides a fact sheet on cramming and in Virginia, most complaints go to the SCC, which in 2008 received 114 complaints about cramming (and 56 on slamming, the unauthorized changing of a telephone service provider).
Of last year's 114 cramming complaints, 9 were about Embarq, 9 were ESBI, 1 was for Enhanced Services, which sounds like ESBI, and 49 were complaints about Verizon.
So far this year, the SCC has received 111 cramming complaints: 22 about Embarq, 5 on ESBI, and 59 for Verizon.
The SCC has information on cramming on its website, and advises customers who don't get satisfaction from calling the company that put the dubious charge on their phone to call the SCC at 1-800-552-7945.
The SCC also provides a copy of a May 25, 2007, letter from Embarq that says it requires a "significant" deposit from third-party providers and tracks the number of monthly customer complaints, and that "fraudulent billing" can result in contract termination.
That's not enough to placate Jim Cudahy. "I'm taking steps to switch to Comcast," he says. "I don't want to be associated with Embarq. To click on a pop-up, that's one thing. But that the phone company is involved, that's another thing."
And as for the online grocery coupon that his wife signed up for that launched the months of unauthorized charges, Cudahy has another revelation: "She never got the coupon!"
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What is really crime is how those other fees appear without our consent. The govt loves to spend our money much like these scammers.
it amazes me that it takes any person 10 months to catch on to the scam. This garbage was tried on my daughter's cell phone bill to the tune of $9.99 a month. When you pay for a flat rate for an unlimited phone and data plan on a Blackberry, it's not real hard to notice that somebody has tacked on $9.99 since the last billing cycle.
Yep, they're counting on people not noticing. It's really sneaky and underhanded. I'm the only person in my household and somehow I got signed up for some voice mail service to the tune of $40 a month, billed through Verizon. I never sign up for sweepstakes or coupons or anything.
At first Verizon said I had to contact the company (I think it was ESBI). I told them I wasn't going to do that, Verizon is asking for my money, Verizon allowed the charge, Verizon can take away the charge. Supposedly they blocked third-party billing on my account, time will tell.
You'd be suprised how it can go unnoticed. Our cell phone bill wasn't a set amount, and for almost a year, we were charged $9.99 a month for something or another. When I contacted the cell-phone company, they helped us cancel the charge but couldn't refund our money. When I contacted the company itself, they said there was a double opt-in process and for that reason, they would refund our money. After a report to the Better Business Bureau, we got about half back ... we still don't know where we supposedly signed up for this, but you can bet that I pay a lot more attention to our cell-phone bill now.
Don't people bother to look at their bills?? Ya, 3rd party vendors can charge on your phone bill, thats the law. So don't go blaming the phone company. The same goes for your bank account. Think about it, we do clearing house transactions all the time, credit card payment, mortgage payment, insurance payments, car payments and others. The bank accepts them because thats the law. Someone has your bank routing number and account they can debit a small amount and you probably will not miss it.
@hah! Other fees like what? The taxes? Those taxes are voted upon by congress, the problem is they are rolled into large bills.
Where I really get mad are all the little user fees, that the FCC allaows them to tack on. Then they lie to you and say the FCC tells them they have to put them on. Which is not true.
We the consumer only exist to provide loser non-competitive corporations money to give CEO's outrageous salaries for being losers.


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Simple Halloween projects won't frighten you away
Zombies and ghouls prefer things a little funky, preferably with tatters and smudges. That makes Halloween a perfect occasion for do-it-yourself decorations.
We dug up a couple of simple projects that don't include frightful lists of materials or scary instructions. Children can help, or even complete, most of the steps, and you'll have most of the supplies at home.
Upcycled Bones
Designer and trash-to-treasure king Danny Seo describes his "Flinstonesque" bones as a foolproof project in his latest book, "Upcycling Celebrations" (Running Press, $18).
Masking tape
Plaster gauze strips (available at craft stores)
Bowl of water
Take several newspaper sheets and crumple, roll and twist into the shape of a bone.
Use masking tape around the center to help shape it and to hold loose edges.
Dip plaster gauze strips in water and wrap around the newspaper until the whole thing is covered.
Allow to dry.
Spider webs
Put a creative spin on paper snowflakes, and you have quick, cheap and easy spider webs. Graphic designer and How About Orange blogger Jessica Jones is the mastermind of this project. Find a diagram at www.HowAboutOrange.blogspot.com.
Black plastic garbage bags
Clear tape
Lay a trash bag out flat and trim off the sides and bottoms so you have two big rectangles. Cut each into a square. It doesn't have to be perfect, Jones says.
Fold one of the squares in half diagonally to form a triangle.
Fold that triangle in half two more times. Use a few pieces of tape to fasten the layers on the loose side to help hold the slippery plastic while cutting.
Use a black permanent marker to sketch guides on the plastic. Draw a stem from the point to the edge of the triangle, then draw scallops coming of the stem.
Cut out the negative shapes and unfold. For a bigger display, tape several webs together.


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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Upcoming Appearance: Maury Wills
Hey Quakes Fans! Dont forget to come to the game this sunday and have your kids get the next Fly Guy book courtesy of Scholastic books! 1,000 lucky kids will get a copy of the new Fly Guy book. Its also Valencia Commons Dodgers fun in the SUN-day with Dodgers Legend Maury Wills!
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- BrooklynTrolleyBlogger said...
How are you feeling these days?
- July 18, 2012 at 2:29 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
Getting better everyday. Just need to eat more! :)
But I do have more dr. appointments coming up so hopefully everything is fine.
Thanks for asking!
- July 18, 2012 at 6:00 PM
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text: Prospects draw 2-2 at Peace Arch June 11, 200812:00AM PDT Previous Next Vancouver Whitecaps Prospects Men claimed their first draw of the Pacific Coast Soccer League season after a 2-2 result away to Peace Arch United on Wednesday evening. After claiming their first win in the Men's Premier Division during the past weekend, Bart Choufour's side tried to build on Sunday's victory at Khalsa Sporting Club by taking a another maximum-point haul at South Surrey Athletic Park. The young visitors had a strong opening quarter of the game, with Choufour having three Whitecaps Residency players in centre back Anthony DiNicolo, midfielder Devin Gunenc, and forward Marcus Johnstone in his starting 4-3-3 formation. The first chance of the game fell to Whitecaps striker Gavin Barrett on 14 minutes, but he struck his shot just wide of the target after getting in behind the Peace Arch back-line. Two minutes later, DiNicolo won the ball with a strong tackle before playing the ball to Max Maund. He found Johnstone, whose shot brought a fine save from former Whitecaps goalkeeper Didar Sandhu. The Prospects kept the pressure on their hosts, and on 32 minutes, the Whitecaps took the lead. Barrett and Johnstone combined well on the edge of the box before Barrett converted his own rebound after Sandhu saved the forward's initial strike. Three minutes later, Peace Arch drew level from a corner, as Liam Breen headed home to make the scoreline 1-1 at halftime. The Prospects had a bright start to the second half, but against the run of play on 57 minutes, Peace Arch took the lead when Matt Ormerod converted a fiercely-driven free kick from the edge of the Whitecaps box that Ben Leggett failed to deal with in front of his own goal. Undeterred, the Prospects made sure there would be a share of the spoils on 67 minutes, as Barrett took a Gunenc through ball before placing his finish into the top corner of Sandhu's goal for the 2-2 final. Choufour admits having the availability of players from the Residency squad in the last couple of games has been a boost. "The Residency players have given us that little bit of an edge that we need," Choufour told whitecapsfc.com. "We have players that can play in the team, but they are sometimes a bit naïve, so when we bring in players that have a bit more experience, it helps us." The Prospects Men return to PCSL action on Sunday afternoon at Simon Fraser University's Terry Fox Field, as they host PSSA Rapids in a 12:30pm kickoff. Peace Arch, meanwhile, visit PSSA Rapids in their next game on Saturday afternoon. Whitecaps Prospects Men - line-up v Peace Arch United Coady Nett (Michael Branion-Calles 45'); Branden McLean (Ashley Ankiewicz 73'), Anthony DiNicolo, Ben Leggett, Rhys Volkenant; Devin Gunenc, Max Maund, Ben Hemphill; Gavin Barrett, Marcus Johnstone (Nat Blaiklock 45', Jordan Whitehead 80'), Milad Mehrabi (Lawrence Buchan 60') Previous Next


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October 1: Winter Paradox (Eastern Hemisphere), Contagious Disease Appreciation Day
- 1/0 AD - I was born... My name is "undefined"
- 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Bands.
- 1987 - Malaysia :the smartest guy born in Sibu.
- 1890 - 'Yosemite Sam' National Park established.
- 1919 - Woodrow Wilson falls down the White House stairs and is the first President to lose use of his left big toe.
- 1928 - The Soviet Union introduces its first Five-Year Plan, which is to come up with another five year plan in five years.
- 1930 - "October 1 day" celebrated in Paris. Rioting ensues.
- 1960 - Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom. This event is celebrated by a solemn ten seconds of not sending spam emails.
- 1962 - Riots in Mississippi as Alabama wins the "America's most racist state" award. Alabama's victory brought to an end Mississippi's 30-year winning streak.[1]
- 1963 - Intelligent design is no longer taught in schools after the California State Board of Education is created.
- 1964 - The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley. Previously students had been charged up to a nickle per syllable for each word uttered.
- 1971 - Orlando, Florida founded after settlers discover Walt Disney World.
- 1975 - Muhammed Ali declared the eventual winner against Joe Frazier in a fight dubbed the "Battle in Guadacanal".
- 1979 - The Hunt For Red October officially began. It was supposed to start on September 28th, but they waited a couple of days to save them changing the name.
- 1998 - Raccoon City is destroyed by three cruise missiles and repeated aerial bombardment in an attempt to contain a T-Virus outbreak
- 2003 - Bournemouth recognised as a city by the British government, entire world shocked.
- 2004 - In a desperate bid to diversify its business Microsoft engineers and a team from Wigan University, England invent the pineapple chunk.
- 2005 - Official Reminder: September has now ended. Now is an appropriate time to wake up Billie Joe from Green Day.
- 2007 - 12 men celebrate Man Flu by going on an all night bender, only 5 survive, a doctor prescribes reruns of Match Of The Day and plenty of Nuts magazines.a.j hastings willingly raped by 24 men
- 2007 - Punch me in the Nuts Barney is launched and instantly becomes a sell-out.
- 2009 - Swine Flu kills everybody but the Republican leaders. They die soon afterward due to the fact they never learned how to feed themselves.
- 1973 - Richard nixon crowned worlds sexiest man; Rioting ensues.


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Perspectives on the 'First Freedom'
Saturday Book Pick: 'Religious Freedom: Why Now?'
Religious liberty is under assault around the world. Citing a 2009 Pew Research Center study, this new book, Religious Freedom: Why Now?, reports that most of humanity lives in countries "in which religious restrictions — whether imposed by government or social groups — reach high levels of severity."
In many countries, religious repression enables dictatorships to exercise control over their citizens, who can have no other loyalty but to the incumbent regime. In some countries, a prevailing religion forges an alliance of altar and throne to protect its privileges at the expense of others. In the West, secularist hostility to religion in the public square leads to downplaying the right to public expressions of faith — although morals are supposedly a matter of "choice."
This tightly written academic report on religious freedom emerged from a three-year task force of the Witherspoon Institute at Princeton University. It makes the case for why religious freedom is necessary. That case is advanced from five perspectives: anthropology, politics, morality, law and strategic interests. It then argues why vigorously advancing religious freedom also lies in America's national interests.
The bases for religious freedom all converge on one point: the human person. Awareness of the reality and dignity of the human person is the starting point of religious freedom. Anthropologically, religion as a human impulse to know and relate to Something bigger than one's self is a phenomenon found in all times and cultures. To interfere with so pervasive a human experience necessarily abridges something that most people have always deemed integral to their human fulfillment. Politically, religious freedom necessarily checks a government's power: "When citizens are free to have an ultimate commitment to something more than human, something beyond the authorities of state and society, the power of the state is thereby limited." At the same time, religious freedom disciplines religious people to treat their non-coreligionists with respect: "While it invites [religious] ideas and actors into civic and political life, [religious freedom] requires them to accept the constraints imposed by the foundational principle of equality under the law." Morally, religion is just not religion unless it is done freely. Legally, democracies have progressively recognized that — far from being a marginal special interest — religious freedom is a central human right. Strategically, religiously free countries are free and democratic, as well as generally free of homegrown terrorism.
In many ways, the case for religious freedom made in this book tracks John Courtney Murray's: a focus on the dignity of the person to respond freely to God and resistance to the omnicompetent state. This study is certainly not light bedtime reading. For those interested in a public defense of the why of religious freedom, however, it provides much food for thought.
Register correspondent John M. Grondelski writes from Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
Defending an Embattled Right
By Timothy Samuel Shah and Matthew J. Franck
The Witherspoon Institute, 2012
86 pages, $9.95
To order: winst.org/publications


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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Google Maps Symbols Take Off
I have a feeling that the new Symbols feature in the Google Maps API is going to revolutionise online mapping.
I've been playing with it for only a couple of hours and I can already see loads of possibilities. Here is my first attempt at playing with the new Symbols feature (and the new Transit Layer). Press the two 'Take Off' buttons below the map to see how symbols can be made to animate along a polyline.
I'm sure many of you can do much better. If you've already started playing with the new features in the Google Maps API post a link to your examples in the comments below.
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- Darren Wiens said...
Cool! Here's my attempt at animating draggable directions (might have to refresh first).
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The Christmas concert, which began as the name of "Christmas…
Rome Welcomes Pope Francis
So, we finally have a Pope.
The world was surprised to learn the election was so quick, but was even more surprised to learn that the new pope – who will go under the name Francesco, or Francis in English- was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, who wasn't included in any of the preliminary lists made by Vatican experts and probability whizzes at the gambling companies around the world. As the Roman saying goes, whoever enters the conclave as a pope, leaves as a cardinal.
With hindsight, the election of archbishop Bergoglio, who will become the first pope to arrive from outside Europe, is a smart one. An austere man who chose his papal name inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi, he is sure to bring warmth and vigour to the church he is called to lead, that without mentioning the immense reserve of devotion and support he will find in Latin America, where the majority of the population is catholic.
Next Sunday, Pope Francis will offer his first Angelus, the public blessing the pope offers every week at noon. It will be a great opportunity to be part of a historical event! If you need help with your accomodation in Rome, don't hesitate to contact us, or check our website to get the best rates in the Eternal City!


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SUL's Branner Earth Sciences Library was featured in the August 11th edition of the Stanford Report.
The article highlights Branner Library's early begnnings, how the library "remains a vital and vibrant part of what is now the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences," and the importance of the library's team of expert staff members who support its many endeavors.
Read the article, Stanford's Branner Earth Sciences Library marks its centennial written by Kathleen J. Sullivan.
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Sonos Studio NYC isn't just for New Yorkers– it is for music lovers everywhere.
Open to the public today through October 5 for a weeklong exploration of the intersection of music, art and technology, Sonos Studio NYC will play host to live performances, panel discussions, workshops, screening and Q&As with some of music's most progressive artists and thinkers.
If you can't be here with us, tune in to catch some of the programs as they happen. You can listen to more than a dozen events this week, including performances by Aloe Blacc and Flight Facilities, wherever you are in the world.
Here's the full schedule:
Join us from home
To access the Live from Sonos Studio NYC station on TuneIn, open your Sonos App and select Sonos > Radio (TuneIn) > Live from Sonos Studio from within your music menu and instantly stream in any room of your home.
You can also access the TuneIn station directly at tunein.com/sonos, or join the conversation with #SonosStudioNYC.
Wherever you are, we are thrilled to have you join us as we bring you Sonos Studio live from New York.


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1. 25 Under 25: Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez, 18
Why her star shines bright: With a starring role on a hit, Emmy-winning TV series (Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place), a new movie career (Ramona & Beezus, Monte Carlo), her very own fashion line called Dream Out Loud and her second album, A Year Without Rain, due out this fall—it seems like there's nothing that Latina's October cover girl Selena Gomez, can't do!
2. 25 Under 25: Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato, 18
Why her star shines bright: Like Selena, Demi has a hit TV show on Disney (Sonny With a Chance), and a successful music career (she spent the summer touring with the Jonas Brothers and has released two chart-topping albums back to back). Lovato is also the star of Disney's most successful TV movies—from Camp Rock (10.1 million viewers), & Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (8 million viewers) to Princess Protection Program (8.5 million viewers).
3. 25 Under 25: Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez, 12
Why their star shines bright: Rico plays hopeless romantic, Manny Delgado, Sofia Vergara's son on ABC's Emmy-winning comedy, Modern Family—and he's a scene-stealer! He's also starting his own clothing line for plus-sized people. "It's for people who can't find clothes," Rico told us.
4. 25 Under 25: Lourdes Leon
Lourdes Leon, 13
Why her star shines bright: Lourdes is a stylish teenager whose mom (Madonna) is one of the biggest stars on the planet. Clearly pursuing a career in Hollywood, Lourdes has already teamed up with Madge to create a clothing and accessories line called Material Girl, which is currently sold at Macy's.
5. 25 Under 25: Victoria Justice
Victoria Justice, 17
Why her star shines bright: If Selena and Demi are the Queens of the Disney channel—then Victoria Justice is the Queen Bee at Nickelodeon. She stars in her own show—Victorious—which is one of the network's biggest draws and Justice is also releasing an album for the show in early 2011. Her own debut album—separate from the show—comes out in late 2011 and features music she wrote herself. As if she weren't busy enough, Victoria is also the spokesperson for the United Nations Charity, "Girl Up" and she'll visit 3rd world countries like Guatemala and speak to teen girls about being empowered.
6. 25 Under 25: Mark Indelicato
Mark Indelicato, 16
Why his star shines bright: To us, Mark will always be Justin Suarez—Betty's (America Ferrera) awesome younger brother on ABC's Ugly Betty. But the Puerto Rican actor—who just started his senior year of high school—has taken on a new role: Intern at Teen Vogue. And he says he wants to work for Vogue editor, Ana Wintour someday. How fierce is that?
7. 25 Under 25: Tristan Wilds
Tristan Wilds, 21
Why his star shines bright: After his fantastic performance as troubled youth Michael Lee on HBO's critically acclaimed series, The Wire—Tristan joined the CW's 90210 as Dixon Wilson, a smart student athlete who gets all the ladies. But Tristan's not just a TV star—he's had solid roles in movies like Half Nelson and The Secret Life of Bees (opposite Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah). Up next: He'll star in the drama, Red Tails with Oscar winner, Cuba Gooding Jr.
8. 25 Under 25: Sarah Ramos
Sarah Ramos, 19
Why her star shines bright: Ramos is currently starring in the hit NBC series Parenthood, but this teen actress has been wracking up Young Artist awards ever since her face first graced the small screen back in 2003 on American Dreams. In addition to her amazing acting abilities, this young Latina has also written a few sitcom pilots—talk about being multi-talented!
9. 25 Under 25: Naya Rivera
Naya Rivera, 23
Why her star shines bright: Glee's only Latina star will have a much larger role this season—since the hit Golden Globe winning comedy recently promoted Naya from guest star to series regular.
10. 25 Under 25: Odette Yustman
Odette Yustman, 25
Why her star shines bright: After her major movie debut in the thriller, The Unborn (2009), Yustman is set to star opposite Kristen Bell, Sigourney Weaver and Jamie Lee Curtis in the upcoming comedy, You Again. Yustman will also star opposite Richard Gere in the action drama, The Double.
11. 25 Under 25: Paz de la Huerta
Paz de la Huerta, 25
Why her star shines bright: For the past few years, Paz has been starring in indie films like Choke (2008), The Limits of Control, and Enter the Void (2009). This fall, she'll have her first starring role on television, playing the part of Lucy—Steve Buscemi's coquettish girlfriend on HBO's upcoming series, Boardwalk Empire—which is backed by Academy Award-winning director, Martin Scorsese.
12. 25 Under 25: Maiara Walsh
Maiara Walsh, 22
Why her star shines bright: She played Meena Paroom on the Disney channel sitcom Cory in the House, and is currently a recurring star on ABC's Desperate Housewives as Gaby's (Eva Longoria Parker) troubled niece Ana Solis. Up next: She'll be guest starring on the CW's The Vampire Diaries this fall.
13. 25 Under 25: Sara Paxton
Sara Paxton, 22
Why her star shines bright: Sara, who's part Mexican, has starred in successful movies like Sydney White, Aquamarine, and The Last House on the Left. She has no less than five(!) new movies coming out in 2010, including Shark Night 3D.
14. 25 Under 25: Jake T. Austin
Jake T. Austin, 15
Why his star shines bright: Jake can currently be seen starring as Selena Gomez's younger brother, Max Russo on the Disney Channel series, Wizards of Waverly Place. Until recently, he was also the voice of the lead character Diego on Nickelodeon's Go Diego Go! Jake has also lent his voice to movies like The Ant Bully and has starred in the hit children's movie, Hotel for Dogs.
15. 25 Under 25: Seychelle Gabriel
Seychelle Gabriel, 19
Why her star shines bright: After a memorable performance in The Spirit as Young Sand Saref—opposite Eva Mendes—Seychelle, who's Mexican, had a recurring role on Weeds. This past summer she had her biggest role to date—as Princess Yue in the action adventure movie, The Last Airbender. Next up: She will appear as a series regular on the TNT sci-fi action/drama series Fallen Skies, produced by Steven Spielberg and premiering in 2011.
16. 25 Under 25: Francia Raisa
Francia Raisa, 22
Why her star shines bright: Francia is best known for her scene stealing role as the bitchy but loveable Adrian Lee—a pregnant teenager on ABC Family's hit teen drama, The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She also starred in successful TV movies like Bring It On: All or Nothing and ABC Family's The Cutting Edge franchise.
17. 25 Under 25: Alexa Vega
Alexa Vega, 22
Why her star shines bright: Best known for her role as Carmen Cortez in director Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids franchise, Alexa has a bunch of movies coming out in 2011, including the highly anticipated comedy, From Prada to Nada —a Latina spin on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility—and she'll reteam with Rodriguez for Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World, due out in August of 2011.
18. 25 Under 25: Madison de la Garza
Madison de la Garza
Why her star shines bright: No one holds their own opposite talented comedienne Eva Longoria Parker like her on-screen daughter Madison de la Garza. As Juanita Solis, Gaby's (Parker) rebellious daughter, Madison is a barrel of laughs!
19. 25 Under 25: Michael Trevino
Michael Trevino, 25
Why his star shines bright: After making girls fall in love with him as Ozzie, Naomi's (AnnaLynne McCord) boyfriend on season 1 of the CW's 90210, Michael landed the role of Tyler Lockwood—a badass who becomes a werewolf—on the CW's hit show, The Vampire Diaries.
20. 25 Under 25: Carlos Pena
Carlos Pena, 21
Why his star shines bright: He's one of the stars of Nickelodeon's music-themed teen sitcom, Big Time Rush, which has more than 3 million viewers! Carlos also had a hand in the band's hit song, "The City Is Ours."
21. 25 Under 25: Diego Gonzalez-Boneta
Diego González-Boneta, 20
Why his star shines bright: This Mexican singer and actor got his start on the telenovela, Rebelde, but has since had recurring roles on the CW's hit series, 90210, and ABC Family's hit series, Pretty Little Liars.
22. 25 Under 25: Josie Loren
Josie Loren, 23
Why her star shines bright: Josie plays fan favorite Kaylie Cruz on ABC Family's hit series, Make It or Break It, and she lends her time and celebrity status to The American Cancer Society.
23. 25 Under 25: Christian Serratos
Christian Serratos, 20
Why her star shines bright: This young Twilight star got her big break starring in one of the highest grossing movie series of all time! But she started out starring in Nickelodeon shows like Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Zoey 101. The gorgeous Latina used to figure skate competitively but stopped: "My coaches were talking about the Olympics and it was really crazy," says Serratos, "Now, I just do it for fun." Look for her in the last Twilight installment Breaking Dawn.
24. 25 Under 25: Snooki
Snooki, 21
Why her star shines bright: Snooki drinks too much, has casual sex and passes out often—yet we can't help but find her inexplicably endearing and funny. And we're not alone: She's expected to be one of this Halloween's most popular costumes!
25. 25 Under 25: Levi Johnston
Levi Johnston, 20
Why his star shines bright: In a perfect world, Bristol Palin's baby-daddy wouldn't be famous, but we all know the world isn't perfect. Even though Levi and Bristol broke off their engagement in 2009, Levi stayed in the spotlight—first by appearing in Playgirl and now by starring in a new reality show that chronicles his run for Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska in the 2011 election.


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The world depends on mariners. Mariners depend on SCI. And we depend on you.
On Thursday, July 1, SCI celebrated its first anniversary of managing the International Maritime Center in Oakland, CA.
Photos by the Rev. David Rider, President & Executive Director.
SCI maintains a staff of professional chaplains with interfaith and cross-cultural backgrounds. Chaplains and volunteers assist thousands each year, extending a hand of friendship and hospitality.