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EYES ON LONDON: Prickly heat, Venus Williams
LONDON – Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:
With tennis players getting a respite from the traditional all-white outfits usually donned at Wimbledon, Venus Williams is going all out to flaunt some red and blue as well.
The defending Olympic doubles champion arrived in London with her hair done up in thin braids, with extensions inserted in various variations of red, white and blue. To that she added plenty of blue eye makeup and bright red lipstick, for a distinctly patriotic look.
"I'm here to represent the U.S., from head to toe basically. Hair right down to the finger nails," Williams said at a news conference with the American team. "It's just so much fun, I think we all find how proud we are of where we come from when these weeks come around. It's just fun and amazing to just represent, we all feel that way."
— Mattias Karen — Twitter http://twitter.com/mattekaren
You'd have to forgive the organizers for smirking at this one.
So many people feared the games would be a washout. Yet now the Dominicans are saying it's too hot.
"The apartments in the village don't have any air conditioning and at least since we've been here it's been really hot," says Edwin Rodriguez, the country's gymnastics federation president.
Relief is probably on the way. Forecasts suggest the hot spell should end by the weekend.
— Dionisio Soldevila — Twitter http://twitter.com/dSoldevila
Venus and Serena Williams love London. Not surprising, given how many Wimbledon titles they've won here. But they were not buttering up the host city as they arrived for the Olympic tennis tournament. Rome, says Venus, is her favorite city. Serena likes Paris.
Do the fashion-conscious sisters go in for London shopping? Not really.
"In terms of shopping, the pound has always been so strong," Williams says. "We stay away from a lot of the shopping here. We get it done where the American dollar has a bit more impact."
— Warren Levinson — Twitter http://twitter.com/warrenlevinson
Dominican gymnast Yamilet Pena, who has high hopes of winning a medal, almost didn't get into the country Tuesday.
There was a discrepancy between her passport details and her Olympic credentials and she was barred from entering for four hours — "but it's all been solved now," says Edwin Rodriguez, the country's relieved gymnastics federation president.
— Dionisio Soldevila — twitter — http:/twitter.com/dSoldevila
It's hot out.
Today has officially been the hottest day of the year in Britain. A temperature of 85.5 Fahrenheit (29.7 Celsius) was recorded in the southeast of the country near Gatwick Airport outside London. True, if you're in Arizona (where parts of old London Bridge now sit), that's not too bad. But for London, it's pretty intense.
After initially predicting a chance of rain Friday, forecasters now say the hot, dry conditions might hold out for that evening's opening ceremony.
London is expecting 1 million visitors a day during the games and up to 3 million extra journeys each day on an already beleaguered transit system.
And having spent 6.5 billion pounds ($10 billion) upgrading London's network since it won the bid in 2005, organizers need that investment to pay off or risk spoiling the experience for tourists — and grumpy locals — who could get stuck on trains and in queues when they should be getting stuck into the Olympics.
On Monday night, two train links into the Olympic Park were temporarily down as organizers held their test event for the opening ceremony.
— Gerald Imray — Twitter http://twitter.com/GeraldImrayap
Standing outside Buckingham Palace and peering through the railings are three ladies in bright white T-shirts with 'I love London' emblazoned across the front.
The mother and two daughters from Fuzhou, China, had planned to come for the Olympics but couldn't get any hotel rooms or tickets so they decided to come earlier instead with the intention of absorbing a bit of the pre-Games atmosphere.
"We just came to see how everything looks, from the London Eye, the Houses of Parliament, all the way here," said 25-year-old Yang Pei. She says it feels similar to China shortly before the Beijing Games in 2008.
— Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb
Londoners are flocking to St. James' Park to make the most of the sunshine — something you just have to grab when you can. They would usually only have the ducks and pigeons to watch but now they can look across the park's lake at the hustle and bustle of workers preparing the Olympic venues and facilities.
— Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb
Could romance blossom on the Olympic badminton courts at Wembley Arena? China's coach seems to think so.
China's team is familiar with the courts — it won all five events in the arena at the 2011 badminton world championship — but not the new color scheme.
"The pink color — it's romantic," said coach Li Yongbo. "It's like a place where boyfriends and girlfriends meet."
— Mike Corder — Twitter http://twitter.com/mikecorder
The North Korean women's soccer team is eligible to play at the Olympics despite being banned from the next World Cup after five players tested positive for steroids.
Team officials at the time said the players failed the test because they'd been given musk deer gland therapy after getting struck by lightning during training.
It seems they're taking no chances this time. Says coach Sin Ui Gun: "There is a hall with some games machines and table tennis. They love to spend the time inside because in Glasgow, as you know, it rains quite heavily on us."
— Frank Griffiths — Twitter http://twitter.com/frankgriffithsap
The most decorated woman in the history of British gymnastics isn't ready to call it quits, but 27-year-old Beth Tweddle says she won't be around for Rio in 2016.
The three-time world championship gold medalist plans to keep on training after the games because "I wouldn't know what to do with myself," but says she'll cede the stage to "the younger generation" well before Rio.
— Will Graves — Twitter http://twitter.com/WillGravesAP
What do you do to calm the nerves before the biggest meet of your life? If you're the British men's gymnastics team, you play practical jokes on each other.
It was Kristian Thomas' turn on Monday night. The 23-year-old was complaining he couldn't get his air conditioning to work. Teammate Louis Smith fixed it. Sort of. Smith purposely neglected to hook up the exhaust fan. When Smith returned to the room a couple hours later, Thomas was drenched in sweat, then laughter when Smith figured out what happened.
— Will Graves — Twitter http://twitter.com/WillGravesAP
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink. Sweltering photographers working at the Olympic pool found one crucial thing in short supply Tuesday — water. Sure, the pool was full of the stuff (the average Olympic pool holds 2,500,000 liters or 660,430 gallons of the stuff if the Internet is to be believed) but it's not for drinking. An official at the pool says the venue is not yet officially open and for now there's a drinking fountain outside.
— Mark Baker
A writer at Building Design magazine branded it "a contorted mass of entrails". The BBC said: "a catastrophic collision between two cranes." Others, though, are giving it a thumbs-up.
Will the ruby red steel tower that rises above the Olympic Park — conceived as London's answer to the Eiffel Tower in Paris — win over the public? Remember this: The Eiffel Tower, one of Europe's most loved landmarks, was once loathed. It was built in the 19th Century as a temporary structure for a world fair. And Parisians weren't impressed.
— Rob Harris — Twitter http://twitter.com/RobHarris
Stores and pubs around London are getting in the spirit of the Games — but don't call 'em the Olympics.
With concerns running high about running afoul of Olympics branding rules and confusion over what is or isn't allowed, locals are getting creative in promoting their Olympic offerings. One pub in Camden placed chalkboards on the sidewalk saying "the torch with no name will pass us by" and "can you guess why we'll be open Thursday," highlighting their hours and specials for the torch relay day.
Bartender Georgie Fisher said she'd written the boards for the Lyttelton Arms after hearing she might not be allowed to use the O-word. "My boss said specifically not to use it and instead to try to think of something sassy," she says. http://bit.ly/Qxmo0B
— Cassandra Vinograd — Twitter http://twitter.com/cassvinograd
Special Olympic road lanes don't open until Wednesday, but some cab drivers are already baffled and fearing the worst. "If I go into a bus lane, I'll get fined 100 pounds ($155). If I go into an Olympic lane I'll get fined 130 pounds ($200). If I turn right where I'm not supposed to, it's 60 pounds ($93)," said Rahmid Mohamed, slamming on his brakes to avoid an angry cabbie who swerved in front of him to avoid white barricades.
— Paisley Dodds — Twitter http://twitter.com/paisleydodds
It must be one of the last frontiers for Olympics fever.
The chief of Asia's broadcasting union is in North Korea on Tuesday for talks on providing the country with TV and radio coverage of this year's games.
During the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa, North Korean state television aired unprecedented coverage of three matches as well as snippets from the opening ceremony — but not the games played by wartime enemies South Korea and the United States.
— From AP staff in Pyongyang, North Korea
Standing in front of the official Olympics countdown clock to soak up the atmosphere, Robin Marsh from Bromley in Kent is looking forward to the games.
"There is a real buzz. Everyone is really excited," says the 18-year-old graphic designer.
Marsh is going to the athletics with his whole family. But what about his friend who couldn't get tickets to see anything he wanted?
"I think if you live in the greater London region, there is just a great feeling for something historic," said Danny Vance, 18, a Christian minister, also from Kent. "This is only going to happen once in your lifetime, so there is definitely a sense that we are involved with something very important for our country. And you can feel that."
— Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb
Traffic jams are building up across London — and the skies are pretty clogged, too. An incoming plane from Mexico circled the city repeatedly just now as the pilot waited for an available runway. But it was a stroke of luck. With sunny skies, passengers enjoyed a unique view of London's monuments.
— Luis Ruiz
British Airways doesn't want your money — unless you're flying INTO the country. The airline has been calling on the British people to stay home, sing the national anthem and get behind Team GB.
Their ads are on TV and on billboards around London. One broadcast ad shows a plane taxiing through the streets of London, picking up fans to take them to the games.
— Alon Bernstein
On Friday in London, sprinter Jeneba Tarmoh will meet her half brother for the first time. It's been in the works since she made the U.S. Olympic team as a member of the relay pool.
Tarmoh says her brother John Mannah was born in Sierra Leone and moved to London with his father when he was 8 years old. Her mother ended up relocating to San Jose, Calif., where Tarmoh grew up.
Although she's never met him, Tarmoh has talked to her sibling on the phone. He's 15 years older than her.
Her plan: to catch up over dinner at his house.
"It's going to be great running and meeting my brother for the first time, having my nieces and nephews watch me in my element," Tarmoh says.
— Pat Graham — Twitter http://twitter.com/Pgraham34
What are the odds of a UFO sighting during the opening ceremony? Or of the final torch bearer tripping as they ascend to light the flame? Or would you prefer a more traditional wager on who will win gold? London betting houses are offering odds on almost anything and the industry expects to handle a record 100 million pounds ($155 million) in wagers over the next three weeks or so. Will aliens make an appearance on Friday night? You can get odds of 1,000 to 1 on that. Do they know something we don't?
— Paul Haven — Twitter http://twitter.com/paulhaven
You know something major is happening when you hear this: For the first time since the funeral of King George VI in 1952, Big Ben is temporarily changing its tune to celebrate the start of the Olympics. For three minutes, starting at 8:12 a.m. (0712 GMT) on Friday, the famous bell at the British Parliament will ring more than 40 times.
People across the country are being urged to join in the fun, ringing doorbells and bicycle bells as loudly as possible.
The melody will even stretch to Antarctica, with British researchers ready to ring.
— Ian Phillips — Twitter http://twitter.com/phillipsian
How hot is it in London right now?
Seems parts of the pavement outside Olympic Stadium are melting, and crews are out there to repair cracks before the foot traffic arrives en masse.
Warned one worker: If anyone in high heels comes around, there are going to be problems.
— Rob Harris — Twitter http://twitter.com/robharris
In Istanbul, Turkey, the Turkish women's basketball team got a strong sendoff to its first Olympics. With music blaring and 70 members of the hotel staff cheering and waving Turkish flags, the team boarded a bus to the airport. Turkey qualified for its first Olympics by finishing in the top four at the final qualifying tournament.
"That's pretty cool. They might surprise some teams in London. They are pretty talented." says U.S. basketball player Diana Taurasi, who watched the sendoff as she headed to practice.
— Doug Feinberg — Twitter http://twitter.com/dfeinberg
Beach volleyball will be what people flock to see at London's Horse Guards Parade landmark once the Olympics begin, but right now it is very much business as usual.
London is all about tradition, and at 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday is the changing of the guard at Horse Guards Arch.
Wojtek Delik, a 28-year-old restaurant worker from Poland, was watching the ceremony for the very first time with friends Tuesday.
"I think it's quite cool, you can see modern times mixed with old times so it's quite good, in London, in a big city like this," he says.
Household troops, typically dressed in red tunics and bearskins, have been guarding the Sovereign and Royal Palaces since 1660.
— Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb
It's never too early to get a look at the competition.
At gymnastics training, Russian coach Alexander Alexandrov stood in the doorway watching the US women vault. He got quite a show, too, as the Americans landed one Amanar — one of the toughest vaults you'll see in the women's competition and the Americans' biggest advantage — after another.
— Nancy Armour — Twitter http://twitter.com/nrarmour
Danny Boyle has let 60,000 people in on the secrets of his Olympic opening ceremony — and then begged them to keep the information to themselves.
Tens of thousands of spectators who attended a technical rehearsal for Friday's ceremony entered the stadium to be greeted by signs imploring them to "Save the Surprise." Boyle, the Academy Award-winning director of "Slumdog Millionaire," addressed the crowd with a personal plea not to blab, for the sake of future viewers and the 10,000 volunteer performers who have been working on the spectacle for months.
Many details have already leaked out out of the ceremony, titled "Isles of Wonder" and inspired by Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and by two centuries of British history and culture.
And Boyle left some gaps in Monday's run-through where extra-secret segments will appear on Friday.
Most of those who saw the show seem to be keeping mum. Many tweeted enthusiastically, but vaguely, about the contents of the show, which mixes grand spectacle with British humor and irreverence.
Many of the spectators streaming out of the stadium afterward said they had been wowed — even those who had been skeptical at first.
— Jill Lawless — Twitter http://twitter.com/JillLawless
The Aussie team's chief says the Brits might just do a better job than the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Nick Green tells Australian reporters Tuesday that in his opinion London 2012 will be "the best Olympics ever." The predominantly Australian media responded with mock shock.
Australia's games 12 years ago have until now been considered among the best. But, says Green, "London's learned a lot out of Sydney ... my view is it'll be the best ever."
— Gerald Imray — Twitter http://twitter.com/GeraldImrayAP
Olympic fever hasn't swept through all of Britain — at least not yet.
Most people in Edinburgh, Scotland, are focused on the upcoming Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, an annual festival and demonstration that takes place on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. But that doesn't mean there wasn't a cheer inside pubs such as Maggie Dickinson's on Grassmarket on Monday when Edinburgh's own cycling star Sir Chris Hoy — already Scotland's most successful Olympian — was chosen to carry the British flag for the Opening Ceremony.
Hoy won his first Olympic gold at the Athens Games, but cemented his legacy in Beijing, where he became the first Brit to win three gold medals in a single Olympics since Henry Taylor in 1908. Hoy was chosen to carry the Union Jack at the Closing Ceremony in 2008, and will now carry it for the Opening Ceremony on Friday after a vote of the 542 members of the British team. Hoy will be trying to defend his gold medals in the keirin and the team sprint when the track cycling program begins.
Just how popular is Hoy in Scotland? The Scottish National Velodrome being built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be named in his honor.
— Dave Skretta — Twitter http://twitter.com/APdaveskretta
The British government has just announced it is deploying an extra 1,200 more troops to protect Olympic venues. There's no indication that the step was taken as a result of any specific threat.
British troops stepped in earlier this month after the private security company hired to protect the games failed to hire the number of guards it promised.
— Danica Kirka — Twitter http://twitter.com/danicakirka
Only boring, mean people can be a part of the Olympic Games. That goes for athletes, volunteers, journalists — everybody.
Don't believe it? Just look at those bulky credentials around everyone's necks.
The International Olympic Committee requires that mug shots have a completely colorless facial expression. They say it's needed for security purposes, but it sure makes us all look miserable — or worse.
U.S. women's soccer player Sydney Leroux put it best when she tweeted a photo of her credential. She said: "I look like I would burn down your house."
— Joseph White — Twitter http://twitter.com/JGWhiteAP
So where will the Olympics flame burn? Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal says the ruby-red sculpture that towers over London's Olympic Stadium is not the cauldron that will hold the ceremonial flame. Mittal had floated the idea, but plans arrived too late for consideration.
The lighting of the cauldron is always a big moment for the Olympics, and organizers usually withhold details to ensure drama. But usually there is some structure — somewhere — that hints where the flame will burn.
Suspicion had long fallen on the ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower, but Mittal says the tower is art, not a fire vessel for the games that start Friday.
— Danica Kirka — Twitter http://twitter.com/danicakirka
AP's Joseph White reports in from Scotland:
Yes, I'm at the Olympics — but I'm some 400 miles (640 kilometers) from center stage.
Glasgow is hosting some of the soccer matches but the Scottish city doesn't have much of an Olympic vibe. In London, one can hardly walk 20 feet without spotting a special Olympic traffic lane or a billboard or some sort of notice; in Glasgow, there is a lonely sign at the main train station telling fans where to queue to catch the subway to historic Hampden Park, plus some Olympic-themed banners lining the streets.
The action starts with a pair of women's matches Wednesday — two days before the opening ceremony in London — and the locals have given away thousands of tickets to schools and other youth so the 52,000-seat stadium won't feel so empty.
The two cities can't even agree on the weather.
London had a beautiful sunny day Monday, while Glasgow was so wet and dreary that the U.S. women's team had to take their team photo in the stadium's VIP seats instead of on the field to stay dry. Tuesday in Glasgow, however, is sunnier.
— Joseph White — Twitter http://twitter.com/JGWhiteAP
Kati Elliott has got a nail for you.
The 20-year-old manicurist can paint 240 different designs — all versions of national flags — at the P&G Salon in the Olympic media village. The company has similar salons in the athletes village and in central London at the US Olympic family home, where they cater to athletes' moms.
On a recent day, Kati was sporting designs for Great Britain, Sao Tome and Principe, USA, Myanmar and South Africa, all on one hand. The most complicated design? She thinks it's the U.S. Virgin Islands, which packs an eagle, state colors and a shield all into one nail.
— Sheila Norman-Culp — Twitter http://twitter.com/snormanculp
From AP's Fergus Bell, a Londoner:
At 8:47 a.m. the Olympic Torch passed along the route near my house, and I was able to experience the torch relay as it was meant to be experienced. And what is that, precisely?
Hundreds of excited men, women and children lined the residential suburban streets. Next came the huge police presence: I counted at least six police motorcycles before I caught a glimpse of the procession.
One poor woman innocently reversed out of her driveway at the wrong moment and was promptly surrounded. The police were good-natured; with three days left, they've probably seen it all.
Then you see the runner. Well, not quite.
First you have at least three buses representing various Olympic sponsors adorned with toned promotional staff cheering about the runner behind. When members of the crowd do finally catch a glimpse of the runner decked out in the official white torch relay uniform, they rush in, cameras out, as they cheer and shriek.
And then it's over. In moments, it's all gone. The cheers echo down the street as everyone disperses, each carrying a big grin.
— Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb
Talk about a water trap.
U.S. PGA Tour players Sergio Garcia and Dustin Johnson previewed golf's inclusion at the 2016 Olympics by hitting purple balls toward a floating green on London's River Thames in late evening sunshine.
The tee box was on a barge and the floating green bobbed under the giant Olympic rings on the historic bridge. Using lob wedges, Garcia got three of his five shots on the bright green artificial turf island from around 75 yards while Johnson got two — or maybe it was three.
The pair struggled to see where those little magenta balls — the official color of the London Olympics — landed. Curious Londoners peered over the edge of the bridge in bright evening sunshine to see what was going on. Some waved flags.
Golf will be included at the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, returning for the first time since 1904.
Said Garcia just before the stunt on the choppy water: "Courses usually don't move this much, but it's definitely going to be fun."
— Gerald Imray — Twitter http://twitter.com/GeraldImrayAP
EDITOR'S NOTE — "Eyes on London" shows you the Olympics through the eyes of Associated Press journalists across the 2012 Olympic city and around the world. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.


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[A] pedestrian happening upon the monument at issue here needs no training in religious doctrine to realize that the statement of the Commandments, quoting God himself, proclaims that the will of the divine being is the source of obligation to obey the rules, including the facially secular ones. In this case, moreover, the text is presented to give particular prominence to the Commandments' first sectarian reference, "I am the Lord thy God." That proclamation is centered on the stone and written in slightly larger letters than the subsequent recitation. To ensure that the religious nature of the monument is clear to even the most casual passerby, the word "Lord" appears in all capital letters (as does the word "am"), so that the most eye-catching segment of the quotation is the declaration "I AM the LORD thy God." What follows, of course, are the rules against other gods, graven images, vain swearing, and Sabbath breaking. And the full text of the fifth Commandment puts forward filial respect as a condition of long life in the land "which the Lord they God giveth thee." These "[w]ords … make [the] … religious meaning unmistakably clear."And here is O'Connor's concurring opinion that determined the outcome in McCreary, the case that involved a framed copy of the text of the Ten Commandments, displayed on a courthouse wall. It's nicely short. Here's a key passage:
To drive the religious point home, and identify the message as religious to any viewer who failed to read the text, the engraved quotation is framed by religious symbols: two tablets with what appears to be ancient script on them, two Stars of David, and the superimposed Greek letters Chi and Rho as the familiar monogram of Christ.... It would therefore be difficult to miss the point that the government of Texas is telling everyone who sees the monument to live up to a moral code because God requires it, with both code and conception of God being rightly understood as the inheritances specifically of Jews and Christians.
The First Amendment expresses our Nation's fundamental commitment to religious liberty by means of two provisions–one protecting the free exercise of religion, the other barring establishment of religion. They were written by the descendents of people who had come to this land precisely so that they could practice their religion freely. Together with the other First Amendment guarantees–of free speech, a free press, and the rights to assemble and petition–the Religion Clauses were designed to safeguard the freedom of conscience and belief that those immigrants had sought. They embody an idea that was once considered radical: Free people are entitled to free and diverse thoughts, which government ought neither to constrain nor to direct.We need to consult the main opinion in McCreary to see the particular details that led her to this conclusion, but we can see that the main concern is the purpose in setting up the display. The majority opinion -- written by Justice Souter -- basically adopted the district court's view that the state had a religious purpose when it posted the Ten Commandments in two courthouses. The additional historical documents that were put up alongside the original posting did not transform the display into a history lesson. They were simply a sham, meant to avoid the original problem posed by the posting the Ten Commandments in isolation.
Reasonable minds can disagree about how to apply the Religion Clauses in a given case. But the goal of the Clauses is clear: to carry out the Founders' plan of preserving religious liberty to the fullest extent possible in a pluralistic society. By enforcing the Clauses, we have kept religion a matter for the individual conscience, not for the prosecutor or bureaucrat....
Given the history of this particular display of the Ten Commandments, the Court correctly finds an Establishment Clause violation. The purpose behind the counties' display is relevant because it conveys an unmistakable message of endorsement to the reasonable observer.
So now we've looked at the two most interesting Justices in the two cases. The rest of the Justices did pretty much what we expected them to do. I'll have a little more to say about them later.


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|Lenovo ThinkPad W530
|Intel Core i7-3920XM (2.90 GHz, 8MB L3, 1600MHz FSB)
Intel Core i7-3820QM (2.70 GHz, 8MB L3, 1333MHz FSB)
Intel Core i7-3720QM (2.60 GHz, 6MB L3, 1333MHz FSB)
Intel Core i7-3520M (2.90 GHz, 4MB L3, 1333MHz FSB)
Intel Core i5-3360M (2.80 GHz, 3MB L3, 1333MHz FSB)
Intel Core i5-3320M (2.60 GHz, 3MB L3, 1333MHz FSB)
Intel Core i7-3610QM (2.30 GHz, 6MB L3,1333MHz FSB)
|15.6" 1366×768 Widescreen
15.6" 1600×900 Widescreen
15.6" 1920×1080 Widescreen
|Up to 32GB
|Up to 1TB
|Optical Drive
|NVIDIA Quadro K2000
NVIDIA Quadro K1000
|10/100/1000 Ethernet
ThinkPad b/g/n Wireless (1×1)
Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (2×2 AGN)
Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 3000 (3×3 AGN)
|Optical Drive
|Graphics Chip
|Intel works. Nvidia works. Optimus function works with Blumblebee. (Works fine with nvidia-352 without need of Blumblebee)
|VGA Out
|Works - select output source manually with nvidia-config
|Bulti-in Microphone
|Headphone Jack
|Microphone Jack
|Not Tested
|Card Reader
|ExpressCard Slot
|Fingerprint Reader
|Works, a bit tricky
|Smart Card Reader
|Not Tested
|Docking Station
|Touch Pad
|Track Point
|Works in Ubuntu 11.04/12.04/12.10/14.04 and Fedora 17 and Archlinux
|Hibernate In Ram
Everything works, a bit configuration and you get a powerful system.
Auto Switch with Optimus works with Blumblebee
The Fingerprint also works, but a little tricky.
Hibernate, Suspend, Resume works really well with a 1 line addition to your Grub configuration to suspend / hibernate in ram ⇒ I used pm-utils
Some people get problem with brightness settings, i never got the problem. Everything worked the first time.
Finally, I'm really happy with this system, everything is working!
Out of the box most things seem to work using Xubuntu 11.04. The DisplayPort is working, but you need to be using the NVidia GPU.
To get the Nvidia chip to work I had to switch to 'Discrete' video in the BIOS before booting, and installing the closed source drivers. I did not get Optimus to work using the Bumblebee project - getting stuck on a 'device fell off bus' error. The device does work well with bbswitch though.
The fan is very quiet, even under load. Under heavy load it's running just a tad quieter than a MacBook Pro, but this is a 'by ear' judgement without any measurements.
For the dock the power supply is important. I'm using a 135W power supply. and while running a little warm it is getting the job done. The Lenovo store now has a dock with the 170W supply, so make sure you get that one.
Some references Ubuntu forums
Find a new driver from here Driver download
Ubuntu 14.04: it works like a charm. Installation of nvidia-352 drivers allow switching between graphic card.
Support is not as good as I expected, seeing that Lenovo told me the system supports Linux. The keyboard seems good enough, if a little lightweight/plasticky. I'm quite happy with it though, but have a look at photos of the key layout if you make constant use of home/end/insert/delete/pgup/pgdn to confirm that it matches what you are used to.
The screen is matte and does the job. I'm not a screen critic, apart from preferring a matte finish for glare, so your opinion might vary. The screen's backlight packs a wallop though, and it has the 'thinklight' built in, which would be very handy in the dark if you have no backlit keyboard. Just to mention that the 'thinklight' does work in Linux as it uses a fn+space combination to switch. I expect it uses a BIOS call directly.
I consider the fan to be very quiet, even under load. Using a SSD this system is quite speedy and responsive, and I would say much better value than the Dell XPS15.
I have to mention that the speakers are horrible. I rarely use them as I prefer earphones, but on the odd occasion I wanted to use the speakers I was very dissapointed. Very low volumes with poor quality sound.
I have 32GB of RAM in this machine and it runs wonderfully. Note that I'm almost permanently on an external screen as this is the way I prefer to work.
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Whenever the nvidia card is enabled and the nvidia drivers are installed, the microphone mute and thinkvantage button stop working.
To fix the "low volume" problem, this worked for me: http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/adding-an-alsa-software-pre-amp-to-fix-low-sound-levels/
On ubuntu 13.10, I had a problem where the backlight wasn't working when I updated to the Nvidia drivers. I found my solution here:
Has anyone successfully installed a dual boot of Fedora 19 and Windows7 on their Lenovo W530? I would like to know how to get my Fedora installation DVD(containing .iso file) to boot. I am trying to select the correct boot device but I keep failing and Windows continues to boot. Thanks
I am running Fedora 18 on a W530 with 2 500GB SSD disks and 32GB RAM. Typically it is docked with two external monitors (both DVI). I always run with discrete graphics w/ latest nvidia drivers.
Set up tripple-headed, but this is a sore point. Every time I dock and undock Gnome3/Xorg does a horrible job managing the displays. So I created a couple scripts to set them up and assigned key combinations to trigger them - Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L = Laptop config, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D = Desktop.
A big problem has been plaguing me.. Every once in a while I can no longer interact with Xorg. The mouse moves, the apps are still running, but I can't click on anything or use the keyboard. When it happens I have to Ctrl+Alt+F2, log in text console, pause any VM's if I am running any, and reboot. This seemed to happen as soon as Gnome3 implemented the slide-a-grey-screen-up-to-wake-up-the-display-after-inactivity. This happens rarely, but it is bad enough I'm going to switch to Arch this weekend and away from Gnome.
After struggling with Fedora on this laptop I switched to Ubuntu. I have been so much happier. Everything just works now. Of course there were issues during setup with the graphics card and lcd dimming, but the tripple monitor setup works perfectly with docking/undocking and no more suspend/resume issues.
I'm running it on Linux Mint 14 no special instructions, just put the cd in. It goes super fast and I got everything going except the special keys. I have not tested the miniDP and the color sensor which I'm not planning to use anyway.
some usb port power problems on my laptop, still unresolved.
nvidia works 13.04 with some minor tweaks:
Running Arch Linux, and I have the Display port as well as the docking port's DVI working, though it is tricky. The VGA is not working though, neither on the laptop nor the dock.
Tried to install openSUSE 12.3, but was unable to get by the disk partitioning step. openSUSE installer insisted on deleting the installed Win7 partitions.
Any one with experience in dealing with it, please post (here or in the openSUSE wiki).
17ef:1003 Lenovo Integrated Smart Card Reader
The above smart card reader works fine just using the standard pcscd in Fedora 18 (only tested to the point of reading smartcards with pcsc_scan)
If you get the card falls off the bus error you might want to checkout this thread : http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2576162#post2576162
Hi all,
I am using LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) and almost everything works….
The only point is the sound card , despite all my efforts no sound comes out of the speakers ….I ve checked the mixer settings , aplay -l shows the expected cards but no sound….lsmod show the snd-hda-intel…
Discrete GPU works, may need to add nox2apic to your kernel in grub. Otherwise the system appeared to hang on boot with discrete graphics enabled.
Backlight works with discrete GPU, you need to enable it by adding this to your video device settings in xorg.conf:
Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
Here (Upek 147e:2020, lsusb -v):
btw, fingerprint-gui ubuntu deb can be installed on debian (sid → oneiric):
NVidia Optimus work perfectly for me, i just used Blumblebee and default configuration found over Google
Haven't tried using forcing the discrete graphics on all the time on this W530, but I do have Optimus working just fine using bumblebee. I did have to switch to the xorg-edgers PPA for updated nvidia drivers.
I can't get discrete mode to work. Maybe anyone else had / has the same problem. I described my everything in detail over at the gentoo forums (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7130546.html#7130546) as I'm using gentoo! Any suggestions welcome : )


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Speculation around a Windows Mobile version of the App Store started soon after the very successful launch of the iPhone 3G on July 11, 2008. Now, the blogosphere has more viciously erupted, thanks to new Microsoft job postings. What's interesting here, and what many bloggers have missed, is that Microsoft made the decision for its own App Store-like service long before it was clear that the App Store would be a success.
Microsoft has reposted a July 30, 2008 job posting for a Product Manager under Marketing for Windows Mobile. More specifically, the new job posting details a Windows Mobile marketplace "for developers wishing to distribute and monetize their Windows Mobile applications" that will have an initial launch "to the developer community this fall" and a commercial one together "with the launch of WM 7." The idea of consumers paying for Windows Mobile applications through the marketplace, and third party developers receiving revenue for them was noted in the July posting, meaning Microsoft has been toying with the concept for quite some time.
The really juicy part is that the updated second job posting also notes "integration of the marketplace offering into broader Microsoft services, offerings or discussions." Furthermore, a third job posting for a Product Unit Manager says that the following responsibility is critical: "You will also work closely with the SkyLine, SkyMarket and SkyBox teams, as well as with the Office Live team to ensure that we are leveraging all the resources across Microsoft." All in all, it seems Microsoft has been hard at work trying to link up the cloud with Windows Mobile 7, along with its other services, but I'll reserve judgment until we see something tangible and when it's clear what will happen to the Windows Mobile Catalog.


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Maybe "Baby Got Back" was your anthem in the '90s but, if things have gone, errrrr, south since then, give your booty some much-needed TLC. "Genetically, women tend to store more fat in their hips, butt and legs," says NYC Pilates instructor Brooke Marrone.
Luckily, defying gravity isn't as difficult as it seems. "This workout targets both the big and small muscles of your butt," says Marrone, who created this equipment-free routine exclusively for SELF. "Your butt is comprised of three main muscles so the following routine is made up of exercises that hit all three with each move." Just incorporate the below moves into your regular exercise routine to get that bad-ass butt you've been lusting after.
Curtsey Lunge
Start with your feet shoulder width apart. Take a big step back with your right leg bringing it slightly over your left leg as you land. Make sure your left thigh is parallel to the floor in your lunge and your shoulders remain over your hips with your abs tight. Push up from your left heel and return to the starting position. Alternate legs for 30 reps.
Get the rest of the workout after the break.
Single-Leg Bridge Drops
Lie on your back, knees bent with your feet flat on the floor and shoulder width apart. Raise your hips off the floor creating a straight line from your shoulders to your knees. Bring one knee into your chest without letting your hips drop and extend that leg straight up to the sky. Keeping your core and glutes engaged, drop that straight leg halfway down so your knees are in line with one another then bring it back to your starting position. Repeat 10 times on each side.
Side Centers
Come onto your elbows and knees keeping them about two feet apart. Make sure your elbows are under your shoulders and your knees are placed under your hips with your abs engaged and your shoulders down. Extend your left leg out strong and straight and lift it up to the sky activating your glutes. Bring the leg as far to the left as you can tapping your toes to the floor while keeping your body stabilized. Bring your left leg back up to the sky with power and do the same movement on the right side. Alternate legs for 30 reps.
Plie Squat
Start with your feet slightly wider than your hips and toes slightly turned out. Bend your knees and lower into a squat making sure your butt never drops below your knees and your shoulders remain over your hips. Make sure to keep the weight in your heels and keep your knees in line with your toes. Return to your starting position giving your butt a good squeeze without locking your knees. Repeat 25 times. Bonus: For an extra burn, do little pulses in your squat at the end of your set.
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SOCHI, Russia—Twenty years ago, in Slovakia's first Winter Olympics appearance as an independent nation, Peter Stastny was given the honor of carrying the country's flag into the opening ceremony of the Lillehammer Games.
In an odd twist of hockey fate, Stastny's American-raised son, Paul, played against his father's homeland Thursday and confirmed the quality of his own international hockey credentials.
Paul Stastny contributed two of six goals scored by Team USA during a frantic second period as the Americans went on to a 7-1 rout of Slovakia at Shayba Arena in both teams' Olympic tournament opener.
Stastny, who plays for the Colorado Avalanche, scored Team USA's third and fifth goals. Phil Kessel of the Toronto Maple Leafs recorded a goal and two assists for Team USA, which began the tournament with some questions surrounding its scoring potential. Kings forward Dustin Brown scored a goal and had a +2 defensive rating. Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler, who got some power play time, had no points but was +2.
U.S. and Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick made 21 saves to earn the win in his first-ever Olympic appearance. He had served as the backup goalie for one game during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic tournament, which ended with the U.S. winning a silver medal and Canada winning gold.
Slovak goaltender Jaroslav Halak, who plays for the NHL's St. Louis Blues, was replaced by Peter Budaj after yielding five goals on 25 shots.
Budaj didn't have much better luck or much better help, as the U.S. capitalized on Slovakia's inability to clear the puck out of danger in its own zone.
The U.S. had only a 1-0 lead on a wicked shot by John Carlson after one period. Slovakia tied it 24 seconds into the second period on a play that appeared to have been offside, but the U.S. responded with goals at 1:26 by Ryan Kesler from the right circle, at 2:32 on a rebound by Stastny, at 8:16 by David Backes off a scramble in front, by Stastny again in front at 13:30, a redirection by Kessel at 14:20, and a one-timer by Brown at 15:17.
The U.S. will next face Russia, on Saturday.
Teemu Selanne's injury not believed to be serious
Sochi's ice makers tested by variety of sports in Games
Joss Christensen leads U.S. sweep in men's slopestyle skiing


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The Tiny House Movement
David Brancaccio learns about extreme downsizing with residents of tiny houses.
Fixing the Future is a one-hour PBS special, developed in collaboration with YES! Magazine, that profiles people and communities using innovative approaches to create jobs and build sustainable prosperity in our new economy.
In this segment, host David Brancaccio talks with people who have chosen to downsize their homes and offices to prioritize what they really need.
- : David Korten and David Brancaccio discuss what economic transformation has to do with building stronger, happier communities.
- : How Dee Williams built her 84-square foot dream home.
- :No fortune? No skills? No problem. How a novice builder used mud–and teamwork–to make a house from scratch.


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We hadn't seen any pictures of Axl Rose lately — we still imagine the former Guns 'N Roses frontman growing his fingernails long and collecting jars of his own urine, Aviator-style, while he watches Velvet Revolver videos and flicks a lamp on ... and off ... and on — but this more recent one struck canonical New York City blogger The Minor Fall, The Major Lift as pretty much precisely what would happen to Mark McGwire if he continued on his current rapid rate of deflation.
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This great little video was passed along to me by one of my fellow OurChurch.Com staff. Have a look.
There are so many important lessons we can take away from this clever video:
1) Words have power. Words inspire. Words stir people to action. Words are how ideas spread. Words have been key to the rise of every nation and every movement in human history.
2) Choose your words carefully. As in the video, the difference between the success and failure of an initiative is often in the words used to communicate it. Think: "Just do it" "The Purpose-Driven Life" "I have a dream" "We hold these truths to be self-evident." Think about your organization's slogan, your church's Easter invitation, the title of your blog posts. Are they going to connect with people? Stir people to action?
3) Release your words. Words are useless if they're not spoken or written. Who can you encourage today? To whom do you need to offer forgiveness or ask for forgiveness? What words have you been holding inside of you that you need to let out?
4) Give a voice to the voiceless. I love the way the woman uses her talent and idea to help the man in the video. She could have tossed a few coins in the can, but what she gave was far more valuable. Those of us who are communicators, those of us who know how to write or blog or use social media or create graphics or videos… it's our responsibility and our privilege to use the power of words where it's most needed. To spread mercy and justice and the gospel to the dark corners of the world.
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Tori Amos — pop siren and dazzling keyboard technician — gave a special, one-night-only concert on Friday at New York's (Le) Poisson Rouge. Over the past few years, classical musicians in search of the below-Fourteenth Street crowd have gravitated to this cabaret venue on Bleecker Street, so it makes sense that Amos, who has partnered with the Deutsche Grammophon label, would embrace the quirky venue for a chamber concert with string octet. Tickets were free and available exclusively through a lottery on LPR's website, though I noted at least one lucky, ticket-less fan who waited out the line, which wrapped around the block, and gained standing-room admission.
Amos was promoting her latest album Gold Dust, a collection of greatest hits in newly orchestrated renditions, marking the twentieth anniversary of her breakout success with Little Earthquakes. For fans who grouse that the updating on Gold Dust is too subtle, that the new versions sound suspiciously similar to the old versions, this concert was a revelation.
In the live show at (Le) Poisson Rouge, Amos's interaction with the string players felt substantial and collaborative. The crescendos in "Cloud On My Tongue" were excitingly synchronized, and she sprinkled extra measures of music throughout the song, exposing the seams between verse/chorus, giving the piece a sense of expansiveness and showing off the instrumentalists. Even a fan-favorite like "Hey Jupiter" got the revisionist treatment: Amos deconstructed the song and put it back together, turning a teary, haunting ballad into an up-tempo cabaret number, with plucked strings and percussive keyboard effects. It sounded like a cross between Gotye and Kurt Weill. Going solo for some selections, Amos proved that she could turn a beautiful composition that had seemed too earthbound on record into a buoyant success — most notably "Taxi Ride," her tribute to makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin, who died in 2002.
Of course, Amos's prowess in a live setting is well documented. Rolling Stone acknowledged her undeniable onstage allure in 2003, placing her at No. 5 in its list of the "20 Greatest Live Bands" and branding her "a one-woman wrecking crew." With the industry-wide decline of CD sales, Amos is one artist who has benefited from the increased importance of concerts and tours in bolstering a recording artist's profile. Luckily, NPR Music sponsored and broadcast the LPR concert, and it is now available in streaming fashion in their online archives.


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Senate passes stop-gap spending bill
Snarling to the end, the Senate wrapped up past midnight Saturday morning, voting to keep the government operating and then sending its members home like warring armies withdrawing in the cloak of dark.
A six-month, stop-gap spending bill – adopted 62-30 – was sent onto the White House for President Barack Obama's signature and will serve to keep agencies funded past Sept. 30 and through November's elections into next spring.
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Funding will be set at $1.047 trillion as prescribed by the 2011 debt accords. But little else about the measure is a source of confidence. And the late-night squabbling only underscored the trademark dysfunction of this 112th Congress, which has shredded all comity and its own standing with voters.
Five votes were delayed until past midnight because of a partisan dispute over the scheduling of a simple procedural roll call on an otherwise largely innocuous sportsmen's bill.
Republicans were furious that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) insisted on the vote to help Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, fighting for his political life in Montana. But hard as the GOP pushes against Reid, his own boxing instincts take over, and he punches back still harder.
Indeed, for Senate Republicans, Friday's finale had more than a touch of bitter frustration.
Polls show that the GOP's high hopes of capturing control of the chamber may be slipping away. At the same time, the floor debate saw repeated, sometimes emotional clashes between the isolationist tea party wing and a cadre of internationalists led by the likes of Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was soundly beaten, 81-10, on his proposal to suspend aid to Egypt, Libya, and Pakistan in retaliation for attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions and the imprisonment of a Pakistani physician for helping the CIA locate Osama bin Laden. But his more powerful tea party colleague, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) bluntly warned: "Sen. Paul will be back and I will be behind him." Paul himself was at once disparaging toward his Senate colleagues and speaking past them, like a populist preacher addressing his congregation outside.
"The learning curve around here is so slow that we will get 10, maybe 20 senators to place any restrictions on foreign aid" Paul allowed. "You should be mad, and I think Americans are mad," he exhorted his audience. "You should be frothing. You should be upset and you should tell your senators."
"There needs to be an American Spring. An American Spring where you tell your leaders you are sick and tired of your money going to fund dictators."


text: We know that Maya Rudolph is great at impersonations from her SNL days (her Whitney impersonation is almost as missed as Houston herself), but can she do them rapid-fire? Unsurprisingly, she can. Remember: The key to a good impression isn't voice mimicry, it's capturing the essence of whoever it is your impersonating and capturing essences — in this case those of Nicki Minaj, Rihanna and (best of all) Gwen Stefani — is what Rudolph does best.


text: The Lorton facility is a good place to visit as its roots go back to the turn of the 19th/20th Century. Located a couple of miles off I-95 south of Washington DC in Lorton Virginia. It saw use as a reformatory, penitentiary and max security. Some of the buildings will be preserved, some will not and some have already been torn down.


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Now that August is upon us, it's time to start winding down the summer activities and to begin the transition into Back to School mode. Of course, we understand that the kids have been with you (constantly) all summer so, in an effort to ease the shocking withdrawals, we've compiled a list of ways to help you 'cope' with your kids going back to school.
1. Treat Yourself
After spending the summer months exhausting every possible snack option in your arsenal, it's time to treat yourself. Pick the best possible sinful snack that you can imagine, fix it up and eat it gone before the kids get home … or take the last bite as they walk in the door.
2. Bubble Bath
You've spent months frantically running around; balancing chaos and acting as your family's personal chauffeur so, we believe you're entitled to ultimate relaxation. Two words; bubble bath. Yes, shut the door, dim the lights, draw a bath, grab a book and drift away.
3. Go Shopping
We're certain you've been shopping in the last few months but we're also pretty sure it included a temper tantrum in protest of the items you wanted for your kids and again when you deny them the things that they wanted for themselves. Now, without kids hanging all over you and begging for everything in sight, enjoy some much needed retail therapy of your own. If you're shopping online, don't forget to coupon codes!
4. Vacuum the Car
If you find that all this relaxing has you wanting to do something a bit more productive, it might the perfect time to vacuum the car. Just imagine how rewarding it will be to watch a summer of beach sand and scattered cheerios erased before your eyes, once and for all.
5. Watch YOUR Show
Now that the kids are back in school, you don't have to watch one more minute of elementary daytime television programming. By all means, grab that remote, leave Shaun the Sheep and SpongeBob in the dust and finally watch the show of YOUR choosing.
6. Listen to YOUR Music
The premise here is the same as above … no more One Direction, Carly Rae Jepsen (or any other Top 40 for that matter) on constant repeat. Now is the time to pick YOUR radio station or put on some vintage Zeppelin and get the Led out!
7. A Moment of Silence
We're guessing that the last few months have been a brimming dose of over stimulation. That said, now that the kids are back at school and launching their constant assault of questions at an underpaid teacher, revel in a true moment of silence and just soak up the lack of sound.
8. Talk to An Adult
After three months of speaking plainly, so that a five-year-old could understand it, it's time to have an ultra adult conversation. Yes, call the smartest person you know and challenge them to a rousing debate or simply pick their brain about something beyond your comprehension.
9. Finish That Project
Remember those Pinterest DIY inspirations that you were so excited about last spring, then put aside to entertain the kids for the summer? Well, now is the time to resume all your personal projects and see them through to completion. Or not. That's okay too.
10. Naptime
Because summers are infamous for late nights and early mornings, Back to School means getting back to a steady sleep routine. Sure, you can worry about the kids at night but make sure that first Monday's schedule marks 'NAPTIME!' for you.
11. AppTime
Once your adult naptime has been completed, feel free to ease into the rest of your afternoon with a mobile app that you've long neglected. Whether you're catching up on a backlog of 'Words with Friends' games or whether there's an 'Angry Bird' that needs to be itched, the time is yours!
12. Adult Friendly Restaurant
Because you've spent all summer eating at restaurants with a "kid friendly" menu or where "kids eat for free," it's time to treat yourself to an adult restaurant, with an adult atmosphere. Now, we're not saying it's suddenly time to start eating caviar and escargot but it is most definitely time to dine somewhere quiet and sophisticated.
13. Just Celebrate
Let's be honest, it doesn't really matter what you do to deal with your newfound freedom from the kids … whether it be something from the list above or a creation of your own, all we ask is that you take the time to celebrate!
We hope you've enjoyed this list of ways to 'cope' with your kids going back to school. Although the house will be awfully quiet, we trust you'll find a way to make the best of it.


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Let $\mathbb{F}_p$ be the finite field with $p$ elements. One can show that over finite fields, there are just two non-degenerate quadratic forms.
So here I want to pick any non-degenerate symmetric matrix $B$, and then look at the special orthogonal group defined by
$$ SO_{n}(\mathbb{F}_p,B):=\{ A\in SL_n(\mathbb{F}_p): ABA^T=B \} $$
Is it true that the commutator subgroup of $SO_{n}$ is the whole group? In the other words I would like to know if $SO_{n}$ over finite fields is a perfect group.


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Ryota Igarashi picked up his second win last night, both of which he received after retiring just one hitter (he almost had a third earlier in the season, but the stars didn't line up that night). This served to remind me that nothing highlights the uselessness of pitcher wins as a statistic more than the one-out win. Think about it: the other pitchers on the staff combined to get 26 (or more) outs and one pitcher comes in, records one out, and gets all the credit (and I didn't even mention the offense's role, which is obviously more important as well). It's a loophole, but boy does it highlight how silly the stat is.
That being said, let's take a look at one-out wins using Baseball Reference's Play Index tool. First, the obvious: the one-out win is much more common than it once was, most likely due to the heightened focus on pitch counts and increased specialization in the bullpen. There were 545 one-out wins from 2001 through last night, 431 in the '90s, 233 in the '80s, 144 in the '70s, 142 in the '60s, and 150 prior to that (the Play Index goes back as far as 1919, so that's a little more than 40 years). Seeing as how there were more one-out wins in the past 20 years than in the previous 70, it should come as no surprise that most of the leaders in this fluky stat are all from that era. In an interesting coincidence, quite a few of them have ties to the Mets.
11-15 (tie, six one-out wins): Hector Carassco, Alan Embree, Al Hrabosky, Scott Schoenewies, Mike Stanton.
8-10 (tie, seven one-out wins): Buddy Groom, Joe Hoerner, Dan Plesac.
2-7 (tie, eight one-out wins): Paul Assenmacher, Dennis Cook, Pedro Feliciano, Goose Gossage, Felix Heredia, Scott Radinsky.
1 (nine one-out wins): Jessie Orosco.
Quite a few LOOGY-types up there, which makes sense when you think about it. They tend to come in two face a key lefty hitter late in close games, so it figures that they'd be the pitcher of Even Jesse Orosco's one-out wins (largely) fit this pattern: eight of the nine came in the '90s after he'd transitioned from closer to LOOGY. Even the one that he got with the Mets came in 1986, a year he split the closing duties with Roger McDowell. Goose Gossage and some of the others don't fit this usage pattern, but I think it's safe to say that luck played as much of a role in their one-out wins as it did for the LOOGY's
One final point for the record: only one of Pedro Feliciano's one-out wins came on a Ryan Howard strikeout. I would have bet money that the number would have been higher given that he's faced Howard in 38 plate appearances, but I guess that's why I shouldn't gamble. I was in attendance at CBP that day, so that was sweet.


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Im using a late model laptop with bluetooth.
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… Huh. Bow and spear. Seems kind of an odd combo. But hey I think spears are awesome yet totally under-represented medieval weapons so I'll let it slide.
On another note, despite what Laz says, is he the absolute only one who actually cares about the treasure proper? Man those other guys suck at looting ancient ruins. Once again it's up to Laz to show them the way.
Aaaaand once again, Lazarus shows how little he implements that supposedly high IQ of his. Seriously, who yells "Score" out loud in unexplored territory? BESIDES LAZ?
I would. Definitely.
Suuuuuuuuuure you don't, Link.
Um, Eshita's the one with the sword! If the elf HAD a sword, he'd probably use it to defend himself against Eshita's sword, as opposed to a flimsy piece of wood that Eshita's already shown she can break.
Yes, spears are for a slightly longer distance than swords. I see a sword (or maybe sword shaped hole) in the top left, but that might just be a different sword.
Oh, no, I think that's where the sword they're talking about WAS. Probably some kind of magical artifact sword sacred to Eshi's tribe.
Well, bows tend to be flimsy by design. You'd be surprised by just how hard it is to chop through a solid shaft of hardwood.
Also, spears are fairly useful against horses and for forming defensive positions but lousy in a sword fight. This elf must be pretty confident in his abilities with it to not have a backup…
Well,, at least you can choke up on a spear and use it as a staff – which isn't all that bad against a sword in single combat, even if it isn't nearly as good as I've seen some people claim.
Ah well. It's when you get your choices on everything that you know you"re walking into a trap.
Now I'm like, well duh! Truly thknaful for your help.
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Well it is certainly useless against a sword when used like that. I've personally played with one. What neither of you realize is that the spear, not the sword, was the staple of midevil combat. A spear is best used with two hands, swinging arcs that incorporate both the tip and the haft, and a style that utilizes the reach that it has.
Also the hiltgaurd on her blade is backwards, the guard is supposed to face with the blade, not against it
Spears are mostly used in large armies, essentially creating a field of spikes that thwart horsemen's attempts to just ride over the foot soldiers. One-on-one combat, it will keep the attacker with a sword from reach, but depending on the training and weight, the faults are the recovery after a committed swing or thrust, the closer the sword-wielding opponent is to the defender, the less the spear is effective. At that point it would be good to either parry with the end for distance and use the blunt end until you find enough room to switch the spear tip back around, or incorporate dirty finding in close quarters.
This is Melee 101 dismissed.
History 101
Spears were common for 3 reasons; one was that they were easy to make. A spear could be mandate in a couple of hours instead of weeks (before the y started casting them) second was that it had reach and that it could take down a horse or other large animal. Third was that it was so damn useful and it required little training to be used in armies. Much like crossbows.
How you think spears are used is what an infantryman uses on the battlefield when he has no room to properly swing it. One on one fighting that is not how it is properly used.
For one on one, it would be used more like a quarterstaf with the tip being used more for slashing than piercing
Secondly the sword you are thinking of is a precision weapon, what I see in the panels above is akin to a machete, They were not a precision weapon and were most commonly used for hacking and slashing, there us little piercing edge on them. That being said they can be used to cut down trees.
Finally you have the human aspect, it doesn't matter what you use in combat it's HOW you use it. The better fighter will usually win.
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THEN the japanese and chinese guys went with martial arts and screwd up all that you just said with kung fu related stuff.
As I said, it's how you use it. If you want to argue particulat fighting styles, fine by me. But I haven't seen anything that shows one particular fighting style that they are using.
And still Kung Fu still relies on skill and time spent training. The better fighter will still usually win.
Unless he/she trips, fumbles, drops his/her weapon, etc…
Mabye its just me, but what hes holding looks a bit short for a spear. Perhaps it's a shorter version better suited to close combat? (like a staff with a pointy end)
Did he just call her a furry goblin. This will end poorly.
Did no one notice the sword silhouette on the top left hand corner of the first panel?
This fight could have been easily avoided if people were more observant.
Oh well, now he just needs to get an upgrade through some ridiculoausly long but important side quest.
Aaaaaand Laz is going to be the one to say, "HEY! What did you come here for? Something completely different? Then we have mutually acceptable goals. That means you don't need to kill each other, idiots!"
You know the situation is bad when Laz is the voice of reason.
And a spear with a telescopic shaft. Nice. You can pull all kinds of weird moves with something like that. Like collapsing it and then performing a thrust so it shoots out to full length right towards the enemy's eye. And the wu-shu school of martial arts has some killer spear moves, so maybe Link has a few roots in the far east…?
Am I the only one who thought of Portal 2 with Eshita's second line?
Nope. That went through my head too. She now has GLaDOS's voice to me.
i didnt even think of that
She's likely refering to the stone with the cavity in it in the top-left of the first panel. Looks like a scimitar, hopefully not Persia-themed lol
Yeah…there's not much a bow can do while blocking a sword other than break g.e.m..Though I'm still rooting for you!!
Plus I like the vote incentive. I don't think they meant for those to be used that way. That's definitely a wrong place wrong time situation.
I can't help but wonder if perhaps….the sword in question belonged to a hero defeated by a single, simple lie.
nope, sry, that hero was infact defeated by a SERIES of simple lies.
close but no big money
in all the webcomics ive read (and thats alot) and all the movies ive seen (thats alot) barely anyone is interested in the treasure its always something else
That's because the 5 tons of Au carelessly scattered about is cursed and there for dramatic effect… and most importantly HARD to walk off with. Plus you can't mount a pile of cursed treasure over your mantelpiece like you could a holy hand grenade or +5 "Stabbity Bilbo."
The old "exploding coins" trick, is it?
Um, is the pommel on her sword backwards for a reason?
he was just a friend, but she spent all the time that I was not with her, with him. After going out for a year we had a storng bond and talked about everything together even when I was about to be deployed into Afghanistan, but I knew there was something up with her and this guy.. So one night I got into my car and asked one of her friends where she was at and she said she was at the mall with his other guy and his friends. After getting to the mall I saw that she, and her friend were sitting on a bench with about four other guys and she was leaning on him and acting as if they were going out but I didn't want to think that, so I left.It had been a tough night for me that night, because I loved her with all my heart and soul and was wanting to become engaged with her until the next day when I called her and said I needed to talk to her. We started talking and then I came out front and started talking about the other guy to her in a mature manner, and she said that he was just a friend. I then explained to her about what I saw in the mall and her attitude changed..Like really changed and she got all defensive and such. I got mad and asked her if she was cheating on me and she said she wasn't and I hung up the phone. About two hours later I called her on my way back from work and I apologized and said how sorry I was for accusing her for everything, and we both said we loved each other and that we should talk about this more tomorrow and get this all out of our systems. So I went to bed. I woke up in the morning the next day and called her.. And then she was acting different then she usually acts, I asked her whats up and she said that we should see other people. When she said that I felt like I was going to die and my gut hurt really bad. I hung up the phone and fell apart, I was slipping into a depression and didn't talk to anyone for a few days. I never talked to her again.Now, a year later I was online in a chat room with my new friends I have made and then someone joined that chat, it was her old best friend. He was shocked and didn't believe that it was really me.. So we got to talking to each other a lot and brought her up. At this point I had almost forgot about all of what happened and moved on until he talked about her and I had this really weird feeling like I was about to me sick.. He said that she had had about 4 other boyfriends after me, and one of them was double her age and that she had gotten pregnant from him and after knowing this all of the feelings I had for her came back to me. For this website I used to talk to her a lot on, he said she had a new name and he told me it. I disregarded it and said I don't want anything to do with her, when in my heart I love her so much. After this he had not been on for about four days, and I was talking to a few of my friends online until we all joined this chat room and she was in it. I didn't think I would ever see her again, or talk to her again but it happened. I didn't say much but she asked if I was in the marines, and I told her that I was and she said It was good to talk to her again, I said the same. I then left the chat room. Now that is my story and what happened.. I am a solider and cannot be distracted, because a distracted solider is a dead solider. I don't know how to let her go and to stop thinking about her.. What am I going to do?
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In October 2012, Apple announced an update of the 27" iMac. From the front this machine looks similar to the edge-to-edge glass face of its predecessor, but the new rear aluminum case tapers to a mere 5 mm at the edges. Laminated to the cover glass is a 2560x1440 16:9 widescreen IPS display. External ports include four USB 3.0, two Thunderbolt, and Gigabit Ethernet. Late 2012 models feature quad Core i5 and i7 processors.


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CDL A Team Truck Driving Job
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The tooling industry has come a long way since the economic downtown of 2008. Indeed, it remains a critical component for those industries which manufacture durable goods: automotive vehicles and parts, consumer electronics, household appliances, and more. Positive growth in this area in North America and Asia, as well as the slightly slower growth rate in Europe, can be attributed to a number of factors. Aside from being dedicated to continual improvement, the profitable tooling companies invest in the right people, processes, and technology. The industry still presents its fair share of challenges, though. Today we will explore answers to questions of how you can get ahead in this industry by focusing on those three things, especially the right technology.
Tooling is a critical component of the manufacturing process
Given that the automotive industry is the largest end user of tools and dies, it is natural that the tooling industry has seen a rapid growth in demand as car and light-truck production has increased rapidly since 2009. The results of a recent survey by OESA show 3 straight years of increasing optimism by suppliers to the automotive industry and reported a 5% increase in the utilization rate to an average of 85% pushing them to add capacity.
Even though the overall current scenario is positive for the tooling industry, there are a number of key challenges faced by the tool and die shops:
Source: Harbour IQ
So how do the tool and die shops stand out in such a competitive environment? How do they safeguard their existing business and go after winning new business? Questions such as "How can I deliver high quality molds to my customers faster than my competitions?" and "How can I help my customers design products right the first time?" are quite common among toolmakers.
The best-in-class tool and die shops have adopted a number of strategies to differentiate themselves. Implementing the right technology along with a combination of people and processes has been the key. These tool shops used integrated CAD/CAM/CAE software along with design automation to eliminate manual and mundane tasks so that they can respond faster. They used simulation and Design for Manufacturability to optimize the manufacturability of the part and tooling. They implemented PDM/PLM systems to manage tool designs and find the right data quickly.
Harbour IQ recently conducted a survey of over 90 tool shops and found that their favored software for CAD work is NX from Siemens PLM Software. These shops have to work with CAD data from multiple sources and with tools such as Synchronous Technology in NX, it gives them an unmatched ability to work with multi-CAD data.
Another major benefit of using NX for the moldmakers is the embedded tooling expertise in the form of NX Mold Design. It provides a structured workflow based on expert best practices, automation of mold-specific design tasks and libraries of standard mold components.
As seen in the accompanying video, Mold Wizard in NX provides a step-by-step process that promotes the most efficient workflow, while integrating complex elements of design technology into automated sequences.
Some key capabilities in NX Mold Wizard:
NX Mold Wizard
Prominent tooling companies in North America, Europe and Asia have been using NX CAD, Mold Design and NX CAM solutions to stand out from the competition by improving their mold-making processes and increasing profitability.
Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing, an award-winning Canadian mold manufacturer, has streamlined the mold design to manufacturing process by employing NX CAD and Mold Design as an integral part of their workflow. The results speak for themselves:
To conclude, while moldmaking is still a highly skilled trade that requires a lot of expertise, it has come a long way in terms of the procedures and equipment used. Many tool shops have validated that it is possible to run a profitable and growing business even in a challenging environment by a commitment to continuous improvement and an investment in the right combination of people, processes and technology.
For additional information and to see the Cavalier Tool success story, visit the NX Tooling webpage.
Himanshu Iyer
Product Marketing, NX
Siemens PLM Software
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We want to take a moment to alert you to a fantastic new teaching tool: Recession Trends. As the website's "about us" explains, "The Recession Trends initiative, a collaboration between the Russell Sage Foundation and the Center on Poverty and Inequality, is dedicated to monitoring the social and economic fallout of the ongoing downturn."
There are many ways you could use this informative website in the classroom. For example, you could ask students to form a research question about the recession (e.g., Did crime rates rise during the recession?) and use the website to help answer it. Specifically, the website includes a graphing utility with data on each of the 16 domains covered regarding the recession (housing, poverty, immigration, crime, health, etc.). The graphing utility is found here, and the domains are listed on the right-hand side. Note that students likely would need a few minutes to explore the domains before picking a research question that could be answered using the website.
This could also be paired with the Office Hours podcast with David Grusky, one of the creators of the website. A teaching activity to accompany the podcast, which was posted earlier this year, is below.
In this episode of Office Hours, TSP's Sarah Shannon speaks with Stanford University Sociology Professor David Grusky about the social and economic effects of the recession. This entire podcast could be assigned to students, though you could also considering assigning part of it (the first 20 minutes, for example).
Grusky and Shannon cover many topics in this 50-minute conversation, so there are many avenues for discussion. Here are a few basic questions that cover some of the main points.
1) How does the most recent recession differ from past recessions? In other words, what makes it a "great" recession?
2) How does the recession affect inequality in the United States?
3) What are some of the responses to the recession, and how do they differ from responses to the Great Depression?
4) Why does Grusky see a danger in the focus on tax-based solutions to the current economic problems?
5) Grusky and Shannon speak specifically about college students several times throughout the podcast? How is the recession impacting students, and what is the bottleneck that they mention?


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Self-Documenting Systems (Actually Coupling Facilities) - One Year On
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About a year ago I posted: A Small Step For RMF, A Giant Leap For Self-Documenting Systems . A year on I've encountered some customer data that's made me go "huh?", related to this. In the referenced post I mentioned R744FLPN, the Coupling Facility's LPAR Number. For the first time I've seen data where the match - with SMF 70 Logical Partition Number (in Logical Partition Section) -... [More]
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I mentioned APAR OA21140 before - here . It's quite an old APAR and so it will (in all likelihood) be on your systems. I'd like to draw your attention to a subtle 1-byte field in the SMF 74 Subtype 4 (Coupling Facility Activity) record: R744FLPN. It's the partition number for the coupling facility. (If you've seen any one of several of my presentations I'll've talked about this field.) Here's... [More]


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Pope: Mary is always in a hurry to help us
(Vatican Radio) Early on Sunday the feast of the Holy Trinity Pope Francis made his first Pastoral visit to a Diocese in Rome. The Parish of Saint Elisabeth and Zechariah gave the Pope a rapturous welcome as he arrived by helicopter to celebrate Mass and administer the Sacrament of Holy Communion to 16 children. Also in a first for a Pope on a visit to a parish, the Holy Father heard the confessions of a least 7 people.
The Pope addressing the children and the congregation present underlined the importance of praying to the Madonna. Mary, the Holy Father said is always in a hurry to help us, teaching us to understand God. She was there, the Pope added, to help her cousin Elizabeth when she was expecting her baby and she is always there when we need her.
The Holy Father also focused on the theme of the Holy Trinity during his Homily telling the parishioners present that The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are one. The Father, the Pope explained is the principle figure, he created everything, he created us. Jesus, meanwhile, said Pope Francis is the saviour. He came down to earth to give his life for us. Lastly, observing the importance of the Holy Spirit, the Pope said, he loves us.
The Christian life the Pope continued means talking to this Trinity. The Pope Francis also said it is the he son who walks with us. The Holy Father described how Jesus gives us the strength to carry on our journey even in difficult times; he is never far from our side.
After greeting the many parishioners following Mass, the Pope returned to the Vatican by helicopter for the recitation of the Sunday Angelus.
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A head-on collision between a dump truck and a Volkswagen Jetta on County Road 208 Wednesday afternoon left one person injured.
St. Johns County Fire Rescue officials said the wreck happened about 3:50 p.m. Wednesday when the dump truck and car slammed into each other near County Road 13-A. County Road 208 was blocked for about an hour.
St. Johns County Sheriff's spokesman Kevin Kelshaw said in a news release that the Volkswagen driven by Stacy L. Forson crossed the center line and crashed into the Mack dump truck. The 30-year-old Forson was trapped in the vehicle and had to be extricated by emergency workers.
There were no passengers in the car. The driver of the dump truck, 56-year-old James Shaw of Weleka, was not injured.
Forson, of St. Augustine, was taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital in critical condition.
Kelshaw said the investigation is continuing but charges are pending against Forson. He added that "alcohol is a factor in the crash."