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text: Here is the link to our new Psat (dual APRS satellite designs)... www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/psat.html Bob, WB4APR > -----Original Message----- > > Should it be possible to launch two Leo > > satellites...(satellite A) retransmitts > > what it hears to the other Leo satellite > > (Satellite B)... I think in that way i > > could work NA every day? > > That is the intent of the APRS constellation > of satellites. All operating packet on 145.825. > We want to get as many of these satellties in > orbit as we can to not only provide continuity > of coveratge, but also dual-hop capabilities as > you suggest. > > APRS can inherently, auomatically, work via > dual hops, since it uses a generic path which > does not need to be configured for each > satellite callsign. > > That is also why the ISS moved to 145.825 > a year or so ago, to be on the same channel, > with PCSAT-1,PCSAT2,ANDE, RAFT, and others. > There have been several instances of dual hop > packets. The longest one recorded was from > Africa over the Atlantic to Maryland. See: > www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pec/pc2ops.html > > Unfortunately, only ISS and PCSAT-1 remain > in orbit and PCSAT-1 only works under some > conditions, and ISS only works under others. > But if you can find them both working at the > same time, then dual hops are possible. > > You can watch the downlinks from these two > birds and look for activity and dual hops > just by looking through the on-line real-time > downlink logs: > > www.ariss.net for the ISS > http://pcsat.aprs.org for the others > > You can see that ISS has been off the air > for 79 days except for a brief period 2 > weeks ago. And PCSAT-1 (W3ADO-1) continues > to limp along with some lucky packets during > northern hemisphere mid-day passes. > > Ideally, if we can get 6 to 10 small APRS > satellites on 145.825, we can provide near > continuous message/email/status capabiliy > from anywhere on Earth at any time. That > is why I encourage all Universities making > CUBESATS or other small satellites to > include a 145.825 1200 baud packet link so > their satellites can be used in this > constellation after their primary mission is over.. > > Our next Satellite from the Naval Academy > will actually be two-cubesats-at-once. > Both on 145.825 with APRS transponders. > > Please, if anyone is working with other > universities, see if they would consider > this global constellation mission for > their transponder... > > Bob, Wb4APR > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org.

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Say goodbye to leisurely summer mornings and hello to a.m. chaos.
Getting kids out the door and into their desks before the school bell rings can be a challenge. Here's how to feed them a healthy breakfast, simplify your routine and send them off without a hitch.
- Do as much as possible the night before. Pick out clothes, sign permission slips, check homework, put backpacks by the door (or even in the car) and pack lunches.
- If you can spare one of your fridge's crisper drawers, dedicate it to breakfast and lunch items you can grab and go. On Sunday, divvy up things like carrot sticks or homemade trail mix into enough plastic bags to last through the week.
- Never skip breakfast! Fortunately, it's possible to keep breakfast simple and healthy. For example, Yoplait Frozen Smoothie has a full serving of fruit and all you have to do is add milk and blend. If you pour milk into single serving cups the night before, even your smaller children may be able to help themselves to a bowl of cereal without wielding a big gallon container.
- Make a big batch of pancakes or waffles on the weekend, then freeze what's left for reheating during the week. A dollop of jam in a rolled up pancake or a smear of peanut butter on a waffle can be a quick alternative to sitting down with syrup and butter.
- Keep granola bars in your glove box for those days when you oversleep or just can't make time for a sit-down breakfast. Also, be sure to keep fruit on hand—a banana or a bunch of grapes are good grab-and-go options, as well.
- Keep a large wall calendar in a heavily trafficked area like the kitchen or entryway. Along with appointments, include a "to bring" list for each day. For kids it could include things like soccer gear or library books and for mom and dad it may be the grocery list and bank deposit.
- Or hang a corkboard or whiteboard on the wall for each child. Post their schedules, checklists, and have hooks underneath for backpacks.
- Give kids options, rather than asking open-ended questions. Green shirt or Blue Shirt? Cereal or frozen waffles? Ideally, this will lead to quick decision-making and less tantrums.
One more tip to beat the bell: Make sure your cell phone, car clock, watch or whatever you use is synced with the clocks and bells at school. If you're like most parents, it can come down to the minute and if your watch is two minutes behind, your child can end up with a tardy slip.


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In 1906, journalist David Graham Phillips scored a best-seller with his book The Treason of the Senate. "The Senate is the eager, resourceful, indefatigable agent of interests as hostile to the American people as any invading army could be," Phillips wrote.
There's a good case that the "millionaire's club" of 1906 was Audie Murphy compared to today's Senate.
The case against the Senate—and in particular against the misuse of the filibuster to paralyze the federal government—is brilliantly laid out in the Complaint filed last month by Common Cause in the federal District Court for the District of Columbia (It's good: download it and read it now).
The complaint is a great service to public education. But the remedy Common Cause is seeking—judicial invalidation of part of Senate Rule XXII—is not only beyond the authority of the courts, but would, if granted, create a precedent worse than the disease it attacks.
The Constitution gives each House the power to set its own rules, with no mention of courts. Asking judges to step in moves us further down the road of judicial involvement in every matter of policy and politics. Federal courts increasingly view themselves as the only legitimate policy-making arm of the federal government. Inviting them to direct operations of the Senate only feeds the current sense of judicial omnipotence. That black-robed hubris is as deadly an enemy of democratic self-government as is the dysfunction—and the "treason"—of the current Senate.
The Complaint is at its strongest in describing the growth and abuse of the filibuster. Under this strange procedural quirk, any objecting Senator can require a vote of 60 or more Senators before the body can vote on a given bill. As the Complaint notes, "[d]uring the 111th Congress that ended in December 2010, over 400 bills that had been passed by the House of Representatives—many with broad bipartisan support—died in the Senate without ever having been debated or voted on … ." That's not counting the hundreds of presidential nominations blocked by filibusters, even though the ongoing vacancies threaten to paralyze the courts and the federal bureaucracy.
The word "filibuster" originated as a term for swashbuckling rogues who conducted personal wars—like William Walker, the pro-slavery extremist who took over Baja California, and later Nicaragua, only to be disavowed by the United States. The filibuster is not in the Constitution; it wasn't permitted under Jefferson's original manual of Senate procedure. Painfully enough, it seems to be the historical legacy (along with the murder of Alexander Hamilton) of the third Vice President, Aaron Burr.
First used in 1841, it has been under almost constant attack since 1917, when a few anti-war Senators took to the Senate floor to try to block a bill to arm American merchant ships, a measure they saw—correctly—as a step toward war. But the attack has usually failed; a party in the majority tends to block limits because of the fear that it will end up in the minority again. (Republicans from 2004 to 2006 tried to block filibusters of presidential nominees; Democrats screamed bloody murder. When Democrats gained control in 2008, some members proposed filibuster reform, but were blocked by the leadership.) And abolishing filibusters entirely would, under the Senate rules, take a two-thirds vote.
So why shouldn't a federal court step in on the grounds that, as Common Cause puts it, "the Senate is incapable of restoring majority rule"? There are several reasons. First, the lawsuit proceeds on a flawed premise: that the "fundamental principle of majority rule [is] embedded in the Constitution." I wish that were true, but to find that premise in our Constitution takes some juggling of historical facts. That's particularly true when we are talking about the Senate, in which tiny Wyoming has the same two votes as California, nearly 70 times its size. That inequality, which empowers small-state voters, was written into the Constitution, and to get around the history, Common Cause argues that the original "equal suffrage" provision still preserved "a degree of majority rule," but that changes in population have made the Senate "less democratic and less representative" than in 1787. They don't ask the courts to proclaim majority rule in all things—that would do away with the electoral vote system and probably the Senate itself, and no court will ever go that far—but to find a line beyond which "undemocratic enough" becomes "too undemocratic." What standard of law does this invoke? Where is a court to find that line beyond in the judges' own personal views of democracy?
And that's the second, and greater, flaw in the idea of begging the federal courts to save the Senate. Contempt of Congress is endemic on the bench. We saw it in the ridicule heaped on the Affordable Care Act by extremist judges like Roger Vinson and Antonin Scalia, who want to strike down the ACA in its entirety on the grounds that it was passed by politicians, and that judges could do a better job.
Americans have a lingering belief, left over from the days of Earl Warren and Brown v. Board, that the federal courts are in the business of protecting the people. Over the broad sweep of American history, however, the federal courts have usually devoted themselves to reversing progressive victories. Inviting federal judges to restore democracy is like inviting the Taliban to protect religious freedom.
The "treason" of the Senate can only be tamed by the people—by the kind of sustained popular outrage that sparked Phillips's book in 1906 and led in 1913 to the Seventeenth Amendment and popular election of Senators. The filibuster will end when ordinary people want their Senators to stop using it. Common Cause's Complaint can, if widely read, help move us toward that happy time—but not if it convinces its readers that a court order will solve our problems.


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Christmas is definitely one of the most beautiful times of the year with all of the magnificent blinking lights on the trees, the wreaths and the carolers in the street with their songs of good tidings as well as joy.
Many people have such fond memories of Christmas past when as children they anxiously waited on Santa and left him cookies and milk beside the overstuffed chair by the chimney. Of course, there are also the memories of Christmas parades in small towns with Santa and the horses arriving at the end of the parade and mad rushes for the candy being thrown in the streets. Others remember Christmas plays at church and looking at the live nativity scenes of the Bethlehem characters and the animals.
It�s probably safe to say that most Americans have some memories of Christmas whether they have anything to do with the religious part of the holiday or not. The gift-giving and the partying and the traveling have become such a large part of the holiday that I�m afraid Jesus, Mary and Joseph and Bethlehem are often overlooked and forgotten.
I think the fact that Jesus is being left out of Christmas is very sad because as a Christian I believe that Christmas and Easter are the most important holidays that we have. Jesus is the Son of God, and He came to earth at Christmas as a baby to live, grow and preach and then to give His perfect life at Easter as a sacrifice for the sins for everyone who ever lived.
How many times have you been to the stores or the restaurants or the theater this year when someone wished you a �Happy Holiday?� How did you respond? Did you repeat it or ignore it or did you respond with �Merry Christmas?� I realize some employees are following instructions, but I am determined this year to only say the latter, because otherwise what holiday is being mentioned? It�s just like when people used to write �XMAS� and were accused of leaving Christ out of Christmas.
It is our task at Christmas and every day to share who Jesus is with those people around us and to do what we can to spread the news all over the world.
Recently my church, Shady Grove Baptist of Cherryville, presented a Christmas play about a missionary named Lottie Moon who spent nearly 40 years in China witnessing to the Chinese people. We had a marvelous cast, and a very good audience attended the performance. It was such a sweet occasion when God�s people came together to honor Him and remember the life of a dedicated lady. A big thank you goes especially to Mary Beth as Lottie Moon and to all who participated and attended. It was indeed a wonderful time.
That�s the kind of Christmas season I want to see. There�s nothing wrong with the presents and parties and Santa and traveling and such, but I want to hear the Christmas story from the Bible and hear the carols and see the smiles on the faces of children and the elderly in anticipation of the holiday. Our prayer from my husband, Tommy, and me is that you and yours will have such a blessed Christmas this year and a blessed and prosperous 2014.
The thought of a new year approaching brings me to the idea of making resolutions. I wrote a children�s book this year about New Year resolutions with the idea that God made us special and our resolutions should revolve around His plans for us. My wish is that we will consider that idea when trying to decide how to improve our lives and our world in the new year.
Cherryville resident Anne S. Haynes is a frequent contributor to the Life and Faith sections of The Gazette and The Star.


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Here's how to keep busy while waiting for warm weather
It is predictable that sometime in the next three weeks, you will be taking out the garbage at 5:30 p.m. when you suddenly realize that -- holy smoke -- it is still light out. Maybe you haven't noticed (or maybe you have), but since Dec. 22 or so, the days are getting shorter.
Despite what many housebound, cabin-fevered anglers might think, it is an undeniable fact that winter DOES end. Eventually.
Sadly, it is also an undeniable fact that there is a lot of cold weather left before you can stow the parka and drag the wind-proof fleece out of the closet. So meantime, there is a need for activities to fill the void created by the onset of winter.
Here are a few suggestions that may or may not serve that purpose.
Surf the web: Chances are you have already tried this, watching countless hours of You Tube videos showing the Montauk striper blitzes in October or of some full-bodied guy in a sweatshirt explaining the intricacies of rigging a live eel. Or maybe you tried your hand at one of the many free fishing action games available on the net where you use the direction arrows to "cast" to passing cartoon fish. Catching all the passing fish in the allotted time wins you a shot at a higher level of difficulty. (If these games don't drive you over the edge, nothing will.)
Create a worthwhile project: Maybe there is a river or stream near your house that could use a cleanup along the banks. This idea has two benefits: It improves the environment and it gets you outside in the fresh air. If there is no stream available, ask your spouse. He or she will surely have a project that will occupy your idle time.
Check out the tackle: Replace worn line. Clean and oil dirt- and salt-encrusted reels. Check for rusted guides on rods. Replace corroded hooks of lures. We could go on but you get the idea. It's got to be done.
Tie flies: (This activity is recommended only for fly fishers.) Now, not a half-hour before you are headed for the river or Long Island Sound in April, is the time to set up the tying vice and gather the feathers, bucktail and other paraphernalia needed for making those nymphs, dry flies and emergers needed to catch spring trout. Likewise for salties, there is nothing worse than having waded out onto a sandbar only to find you have used your last chartreuse Clouser or Deceiver, which, as might be expected, are the only flies the stripers have the slightest interest in biting.
Reading: A good book is a great way to avoid getting out of the recliner chair. "The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told," from Lyons Press, is the rare compilation that lives up to its title. Some of the sport's most fabled writers (Ernest Hemingway, Zane Gray, A.J. McClane) recount their fishing memories. If you're looking to improve your skills, Connecticut's own Lou Tabory is out with the latest update of his classic "Inshore Fly Fishing," also from Lyons Press. One tip: If the blurb on the book you are considering contains the phrase "everything you ever need to know about fishing for ..." skip it. It's a lie.
Actually fish: Winter fishing opportunities in both fresh and saltwater are not hard to come by. Cast a Sibiki Rig to the schools of herring currently pouring into area harbors and estuaries or drill a hole in the ice on a frozen lake for some sleepy trout perch. Or do what this angler who emailed us in mid-December did: "Went out in the snow today (in the Housatonic River in Shelton) in my kayak. Got 51 stripers up (to) 24 inches on split tails and small deep diving Rapalas." Now that's how to use winter down time.


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London, my London, looked little different this morning, when I tried to shake off the mares of the night before (Bojo and the BNP at City Hall) in the Regent's Park summer series 10k race. I did about as well as the Labour Party on Dismayday, leaden legs limping lumpenly to the finish line.
The sun was shining, the plane trees were fruiting, the bus lanes were still functioning, there was still the same myriad mix of people, united in our variety. This is the city I never dreamt I would stay in when I first arrived here from the provinces. And this is the city I have grown to love and call home.
For someone who likes nothing better than solitude and the wild open spaces, I have become curiously attached to this humming, heaving metropolis. It was only the other day that I was telling someone that when I go I want my ashes to be given to a turning tide on the riverside beach at a Waterloo sunset, when the golden sunlight reflects back from the river to the sky, from Westminster looking west to St Paul's looking east.
It's on this stretch of river that Ken Livingstone aimed the rockets from the old GLC's final firework display towards the parliament of Maggie Thatcher. It seems like an eternity ago now that he so ired the Tory harridan that she abolished London-wide local government altogether. Tony Blair brought it back and when he tried to keep Ken out of it, it was Ken that gave New Labour its first bloody nose instead.
Livingstone wasn't always the nicest man on London's political map – no one who rises so high in politics ever can be. He only became leader of the GLC in 1981 by executing a putsch against the man who had led Labour to election victory within 24 hours of the polls closing. He could be rough, tough, sharp-tongued and abrasive. Accusing a Jewish reporter of behaving 'like a concentration camp guard' wasn't the most politic of remarks; nor was his refusal to grit his teeth and apologise afterwards. He made lasting enemies, often unnecessarily, often in his own ranks. I was once on the receiving end of a hungover Ken's caustic; I know what it feels like, I always voted Ken without illusions.
But London without him at its helm is a lessened city. His backing for minorities, his belief in diversity, hoisted a rainbow flag to which we could rally long before such opinions became mainstream; when to say something like 'Everyone is bisexual. Almost everyone has the sexual potential for anything', as he did, was to invite political purgatory. To make the now obvious point that there would be no peace in Northern Ireland until you started talking to the 'men of violence' showed bravery at the time beyond the call of political duty.
When Thatcher and the hard-right Tories held sway over the government of Britain, when she spoke of the miners as the 'enemy within', or of people feeling 'swamped' by blacks and Asians, we could say of London, 'Not here, not us', and Livingstone would offer a different voice. When Blair took us to war under false pretences, and when that war brought bombers onto our tubes and buses, Livingstone led us in a different vision of London, what it is and what it represents.
London, despite everything, is a far, far better place to live than when I first arrived here when Ken was starting his climb up the greasy pole of politics. And many of the improvements of the past eight years – from the congestion charge and public transport to community policing and affordable housing – are down to Livingstone in particular.
I thought Boris Johnson was commendably gracious in his acceptance speech last night (when you're a winner you can afford to be). But the best we can hope for from him is that he doesn't mess up on what Livingstone has begun. It's hard to imagine Bojo being so brave or imaginative in his own right. And the people who voted for him to give Gordon Brown a kicking, or because they want the right to drive and park where and when they like in London, or because they think Livingstone had become too arrogant, or because they think there are too many immigrants moving in, or because they're sick to death of young yobboes, or because they're worried about their mortgages, or because they think bendy buses are a disaster, or because they're apoplectic about speed humps, or because they never see a police officer round where they live, or because they don't like that new skyscraper, or because the neighbours play their music too loud – well, it will be interesting to see how Bojo deals with that ragbag of complainants now that he has to do something rather than simply join them.
As for the Evening Standard, how on earth are they going to fill their pages now that they've won their 30-year war on Ken?
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Goodbye to Ken
London, my London, looked little different this morning, when I tried to shake off the mares of the night before (Bojo and the BNP at City Hall) in the Regent's Park summer series 10k race. I did about as well as the Labour Party on Dismayday, leaden legs limping lumpenly to the finish line.
8 comments:
- Morris said...
Couldn't Boris have settled for Lord Mayor instead, just a square mile for him to mess up and filled with people he'd feel more at home with. Not the gays and 'picanninies'that inhabit the real London.
- 3 May 2008 at 16:57
- Anonymous said...
Ugh....Feel like I'm in mourning. London has it's very own George 'W' clone. Boracist will act the fool while all the Torries get stuck in doing what they do best.
- 3 May 2008 at 19:00
- Janice said...
Do you think Ken will retire from politics now or take a breather and come back fighting?
- 3 May 2008 at 23:26
- gem said...
Thanks for this post.. just spent an increasingly depressing half hour scouring google for something - anything - containing some semblence of sense and truth regarding Ken Livingstone and the mayoral election. I don't live in London but I visit often and love it and think of it as a spiritual home, and am frankly appalled and horrified that Ken has been replaced by that tory clown. London can survive terrorist attempts, but can it survive Boris?
- 4 May 2008 at 18:06
- Jim said...
He should never have rejoined the Labour Party. I had a fantasy when he stood the first time that he would join up with some other independent dissenters and start a real electoral challenge to NuLab and the Tories. It didn't happen. I think he would still be Mayor if it had.
- 4 May 2008 at 21:24
- Portly Vale Man said...
Great article Steve but what's all this about scattering your ashes in the River Thames? I'm sure Longton's loss will be London's gain but are you really saying that the organiser of the Flat Cap March for John Rudge and the 843 Balloons Go Floating By at Ipswich doesn't want his final resting place to be at Vale Park? Have you told your family about this? Have you told Valemail?
- 6 May 2008 at 14:27
- Anonymous said...
I voted Boris last week but like your piece. I have a feeling you'll like Boris too when you get used to him.
- 11 May 2008 at 19:12
- angelneptunestar said...
The fans bemoaning the loss of Ken need to grasp the important point. The will of the people has triumphed and they wanted Boris Johnson.
Vox populi vox dei est.
Ken did some good things, but there were also serious concerns and these are always disregarded by Ken troopers. Ken has a good media career to look forward to, he needs to move forward and concentrate on that. He should stop hanging on, all this turning up at City Hall meetings is only delaying the inevitable.
- 21 May 2008 at 13:11


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PARIS - Concerns that Rafa Nadal's reign as king of Roland Garros might be in jeopardy due to an aching back proved wide of the mark on Monday as the world number one led a mini Spanish charge into the French Open quarter-finals. On the day that Spanish King Juan Carlos abdicated his throne, there was no danger of his compatriot doing the same in Paris as the eight-times champion produced a 6-1 6-2 6-1 demolition job on Serbian Dusan Lajovic.
Next up will be a man who beat Nadal the last time they faced each other across a net - fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. Ferrer stalled Kevin Anderson's bid to become the first South African man in 47 years to reach the last eight of the claycourt major with a 6-3 6-3 6-7(5) 6-1 win. The top half of the men's draw could have become an all-Spanish affair if Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and elastic-limbed Gael Monfils had not played spoilsport.
Seventh seed Murray and Fernando Verdasco walked out under sunny skies looking like clones - both kitted out in near identical canary yellow shirts and black shorts. Both players turned the air blue during a heated third set but it was Murray who buzzed around Court Suzanne Lenglen, stinging Verdasco with vicious winners for a 6-4 7-5 7-6(3) triumph. Frenchman Monfils kept the home fires burning with a 6-0 6-2 7-5 win over yet another Spaniard, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
But no one feels more at home at Roland Garros than Nadal. The top seed, who said he had to slow down his serve in his previous match after being troubled by back pain, left Lajovic with a sore head and aching joints as he went on a rampage to go 5-0 up in the first set before rattling off 17 straight points at the start of the second.
The winners flying off Nadal's racket appeared to leave everyone in such a trance that the umpire even fluffed his lines at one stage - telling the players 'to replay the point' in English before sheepishly repeating the instruction in French - drawing a rare smile from Lajovic. With enigmatic American pop singer Prince watching from the stands, it did not take 83rd-ranked Lajovic too long to discover why beating Nadal at Roland Garros is one of the hardest riddles to crack.
On the eve of his 28th birthday, a screaming forehand winner allowed Nadal to take his formidable French Open win-loss record to 63-1 and just three wins away from again sinking his teeth into the Musketeers' Cup. The result enabled Nadal to cross a major psychological hurdle as the last time he was going for five in a row in the French capital, he was beaten in the fourth round by Robin Soderling.
Another encouraging sign for Nadal was that his serve had once again picked up speed and there was no evidence of any discomfort. "My back can be pretty unpredictable," was all Nadal was willing to say when he was quizzed about the subject. While Nadal being in the final of the French Open is one of the most predictable sights in tennis - his only blip was in 2009 - Ferrer made it that far for the first time only 12 months ago. The odds of him repeating that run were boosted by his defeat of Nadal in the quarter-final of the Monte Carlo Masters weeks ago but as Ferrer knows only too well, beating his celebrated rival on the regular tour is completely different to toppling him in a best-of-five set match on red dirt.
"Tactically, I will have to be perfect. I hope that I will instil some doubts in Rafa's mind, but if we both play at our best level, he will be the better player," summed up Ferrer, who has beaten Nadal only six times in 27 meetings.
While three of the world's top five men are still alive, Romanian Simona Halep was the only seed among the top six women to reach the last eight with a 6-4 6-3 win over Sloane Stephens, whose exit ended American interest in the singles. Andrea Petkovic's decision to hold off trading in her tennis racket for a career in journalism paid off as she reached a grand slam quarter-final for the first time in three years with a 1-6 6-2 7-5 win over Dutch qualifier Kiki Bertens.
Hobbled by back, ankle and knee injuries that forced her out of the tour for several months over the past two years, the German considered quitting tennis in 2013 to try her luck as a magazine journalist. But having put that plan on the backburner for now, she will be eager to pen a happier tale this week by reaching her first grand slam semi-final.
She will next face 2012 runner-up Sara Errani, who continued the cull of top 10 players with a 7-6(5) 6-2 win over sixth seed Jelena Jankovic. "It's a big disappointment, especially when you see who is left in the draw. With all the seeds who left the draw early, it opened up... (but) I did not do so well," shrugged Serbian Jankovic.


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By helping themselves create space under the salary cap, the Patriots also helped one of their most bitter rivals. A little.
The new contract signed by quarterback Tom Brady will help make it cheaper for the Ravens to apply the exclusive level of the franchise tag to quarterback Joe Flacco.
If the Ravens go exclusive with Flacco, his franchise tender will be determined by taking the average of the five highest 2013 quarterback cap numbers at the time the tag is used. Before Monday, the five were: $21.55 million for Brady; $20.82 million for Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford; $20.35 million for Giants quarterback Eli Manning; $20 million for Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning; and $19.6 million for Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Brady has gone from No. 1 to off the list, which (as Albert Breer of NFL Network pointed out recently) nudges Saints quarterback Drew Brees from the on-deck circle with his cap number of $17.4 million.
Previously, the exclusive tag would have cost the Ravens $20.464 million under the cap for 2013. With Brady replaced by Brees, the number falls to $19.634. That's a savings of more than $800,000.
Of course, it likely won't matter, since the Ravens seem to be poised to apply the non-exclusive franchise tag and to hope Flacco will give them a chance to match any offers made before an offer sheet is signed. Still, if a few more of those big-ticket quarterback cap numbers fall from the top five, there's a point at which the Ravens could opt for certainty — especially since Flacco's cap number would remain the non-exclusive number of $14.6 million through April 19, giving them extra time to clear sufficient cap space.
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The developers at Are You a Human aren't shy about expressing their scorn for traditional CAPTCHA schemes. The company's website abounds with quips like "Hieroglyphics were fine for Pharaohs, but your users deserve better. Replace cryptic CAPTCHA with our awesome games." They've got a point; CAPTCHA can be awful. This week the company released new customization options for paying users of its PlayThru CAPTCHA alternative.
Whence CAPTCHA?
The term CAPTCHA was coined in 2000 by a group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. It's a somewhat strained acronym for the phrase "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart." The idea is to create a test that's easy for a human to pass, but difficult for a computer. Typical CAPTCHAs require humans to read and enter text that's been distorted in some way. This can, for example, prevent automated systems from signing up for thousands of fake email accounts.
The problem is, as the automated systems got better and better at solving CAPTCHAs, the CAPTCHAs had to get tougher, enough so that humans couldn't always get them right. According to Are You a Human, one in four people fail to decipher current CAPTCHAs on their first attempt. Click the image below for an infographic from the company that expounds on the evils of CAPTCHA.
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So what's the alternative? The PlayThru system displays a very simple game that's easily "won" by a human. Each game features a number of floating icons; you drag the appropriate icons to accomplish the stated goal. You may need to park a car, feed a baby, even plant a garden. If it tells you to make lemonade, you'll know to put the lemon and ice into the pitcher, but omit the banana and lipstick. Easy for you, very tough for a 'bot.
PlayThru also defeats a phenomenon known as CAPTCHA farming. A given distorted CAPTCHA image always has the same solution, no matter who solves it, or where. Scammers hire humans, usually in developing countries, and pay them to solve every CAPTCHA their automated systems encounter. With PlayThru, the human user must actively maneuver the floating icons. There's no "answer" that could be supplied by someone else.
According to sources at Are You A Human, "more than 10 million PlayThru games have been played on more than 3,500 sites around the world, including Quicken Loans, Fathead and AVG Canada." The company also surveyed users and determined that "98 percent of users preferred PlayThru over traditional text-based CAPTCHAs."
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Anybody can use the basic PlayThru system on any website at no cost. Subscribers to the new $19/month plan can choose among different sets of themed games, tweak the games' scoring algorithms, and display versions translated into Spanish, French, and German. An $80/month subscription adds advanced features that include reporting and white labeling.
I haven't actually encountered a site that's using PlayThru, but I look forward to my first. If you'd like to see the system in action, there's a working PlayThru demo on the Are You a Human home page. I played through a couple dozen just to get a feel for the system. I was impressed by the wide range of variation in the games. Who knows, maybe someday we'll see the last of text-based CAPTCHA.
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Ripley - I am a big Blue Bottle fan! We buy it every week at the Temecal farmer's market! And today, I went to the roastery, because I ran out and couldn't wait until Sunday!
Do you go to the Temescal market?
I usually go to the Lakeshore farmers' market, farther into Oakland.. which does not have good coffee, but is such a nice family + social scene, with music and kids and young people and usually a bouncy castle (not that I bounce but it's very festive), as well as plenty of organic goodies, baked goods and food stalls to eat breakfast from right there at the tables by the fountain.. I keep meaning to go to the Temescal one and now I know there is Blue Bottle Coffee there I just might!
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A good place for breakfast is
Citizen Cake
, it's near the City Hall.
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Oh yes, citizen Cake is good for breakfast, lunch or dinner! this is a reato run by a pastry chef and it's worth it just to get a look at the pastries! Well, - and taste them also! AMAZING!
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Wow--nice menus--interesting, reasonably priced (from what I understand San Francisco prices to be) and stylishly humourous!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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So - Harpospeaking - haven't heard from you...Where did you go?
What did you eat?
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Sory I haven't visited the forums for a while. Work was crazy after the holidays and I've been sick for the past three weeks. It started with tonsillitis and then a cold on top of that. The cold started to die down and then the tonsillitis came back. All this being ill and hurting when I swallow has greatly diminished my ability to enjoy food.
I plan on making up for it as soon as I'm better with some thousand layer lasagna recipe.
San Francisco was wonderful, by the way. Even in late December there were a lot of tourists, so we were in good company. Our first day began with a 2 hour wait to get into the Swan Oyster Depot on Polk Street. It was cold and drizzly and everyone in line was just anticipating what we were going to order. It's a tiny tiny place with one long bar and some stools. You go about ordering just like you would at a bar. You start with a bowl of chowder, then maybe some oysters or clams on the half shell and move on to whatever strikes your fancy. People spend about an hour there, maximizing the time and effort they spent to get a coveted seat at the bar. When it comes time to pay the bill, on the honor system, you have to recite to your server everything you ordered and pay up in cash. The couple from Japan sitting next to us had to recite their damage right in front of us: 1 dozen oysters on the half shell, 1 dozen clams on the half shell, 2 bowls of chowder, one seafood salad, 2 beers, 2 glasses of Chardonnay. I think I remeber their order so vividly because I was amazed at how tiny these people were. I wonder if they had fasted days before coming in.
I aready had it made up in my mind that I wanted chowder and a seafood salad. All the seafood is served cold and the guys prepare it right in front of you. One guy cracked open and scraped out the wonderful delicate roe of a sea urchin and used the shell for presentation. The sea urchin was the size of a small grapefruit!
The next day we took the bus to the Ferry Building and ate at Lulu Petite. We shared soup and sandwiches made on the most wonderful bread you can imagine. After browsing the farmer's market, we met up for our one day SF tour. We took a brief trip to Sausalito where I did some damage (bought a small painting) and was mesermized by the rotating hamburger grill at one tiny hamburger place. We hit Golden Gate Park, Lombard Street and the Golden Gate Bridge. It was pretty cold that day but the tour gave us a great overview of the city.
Since our hotel was in Nob Hill, we had easy access to Chinatown. We did a couple of trips to Chinatown and North Beach. We have plenty of Chinese food back home, so I was more interested in the Italian food. We didn't eat any place too too memorable, but the food was good and served in generous portions by stunningly attractive Italian waiters.
Our last day was spent window shopping in Union Square and in Chinatown. Just looked in here and there; after having bought a painting from an artist in Sausalito, no Kate Spade bag or Jimmy Choo shoes were going to impress me!
San Francisco is the kind of place that leaves you with a list of things you want to go back and see the next time you're there. There's no end to the restaurants and beautiful architecture and you could literally get lost at the farmer's market. It's definitely a keeper for a weekend getaway.
"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" --- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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harpospeaking, SF is one of my favorite cities. Although I'm green with envy now, thanks for such a nice description of your visit.
And I hope you are improving enough for that thousand-layer lasagna! That would be worthy of a photo.
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The agency's administrative investigation which preceded the lawsuit revealed that in 2005 the city rejected a U.S. Navy veteran, Larry Cook, for the new position of municipal infractions officer despite his extensive construction, electronic, communications and management experience. Instead, the EEOC said, the city chose the youngest candidate, a 25-year-old with little relevant experience.
Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The agency seeks back pay and liquidated damages for Cook as well as an order barring future discrimination. The suit, captioned EEOC v. City of Boone, Iowa (Civil Action No.04:10-cv-00233), was filed in federal district court in Des Moines and assigned to U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt.
"Older workers, who have given so much to our American economy, don't lose the right to earn a living because of their age," said EEOC Chicago District Director John Rowe, who supervised the agency's investigation. "Employers need to know that the federal government will enforce our national policy against age discrimination."
EEOC Chicago Regional Attorney John Hendrickson noted, "Age discrimination claims have risen sharply during these difficult economic times. More than ever, it is important for the EEOC to protect older workers and to shatter the myth that younger always means better."
The City of Boone, which is about 15 miles west of Ames and 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, had a population of 12,614 as of 2008.
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Bodybuilding is about developing a symmetrical body with even development of all muscle groups. But let's face it, nothing is more impressive than a set of massive biceps that peak the way Arnold Schwarzenegger's did, regardless of whether they overshadow the rest of the body. While heavy barbell curls are the key to packing on major biceps mass, no exercise puts on the peak like dumbbell concentration curls. Sit at the end of a bench and lean forward to place the back of your arm against the inside of the same-side thigh. Start with your arm extended and curl the dumbbell toward your opposite-side pec. Squeeze your biceps as hard as possible in the top position before slowly returning the dumbbell back to the start and repeating for reps. Perform all reps on one side and then repeat with the other arm. You can also do this exercise while standing and bending forward from the hips to let the dumbbell hang straight down. Because you turn your arm in toward your body when you do concentration curls, it helps to place more focus on the long head of the biceps, which makes up the mass of the biceps peak.
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WHEN TO CONCENTRATE: Concentration curls prevent you from cheating and force you to perform each rep with perfect form. Although that maximizes the focus on the biceps — especially the long head — it can limit the amount of weight you can curl. So leave concentration curls for later in the workout — after you've gone hard and heavy with barbell and other dumbbell curls.
FORM AND FUNCTION: The long head of the biceps originates on the back side of the scapula (shoulder blade). The short head of the biceps originates on the front side of the scapula. Both converge onto the same tendon, which attaches to the ulna and radius (forearm bones) to cause flexion of the elbow, such as during concentration curls, as well as supination of the forearm (turning the forearm out), such as during supinating dumbbell curls.
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NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he collected seven times the amount of signatures needed to get on the ballot for New York City comptroller.
Spitzer announced in a Sunday night interview with The New York Times he would seek the office of fiscal watchdog of the Big Apple and Monday he officially began collecting the 3,750 necessary signatures from registered Democrats to be eligible to be on the ballot of the Democratic primary in September.
In the Times interview, Spitzer said he was asking for the forgiveness of New Yorkers.
Spitzer resigned as governor in March 2008 amid threats of his impeachment by state lawmakers after he admitted he patronized a high-priced call girl service many times.
Spitzer, like many New York candidates, delivered his 27,000 petition signatures personally to the city's Board of Elections and easily met the midnight deadline Thursday, the New York Daily News reported.
"To those who said it was not possible over the course of 3 1/2 days to gather enough signatures to get a candidate on the ballot for citywide office, I'm proud that citizens in an outpouring of support have given us more than 27,000 signatures," Spitzer told the media at the Board of Elections.
New York City and state candidates routinely collect many more signatures than required by law, because attorneys from candidates and parties in key races might make a strong effort to disqualify as many signatures as possible.
Next on Spitzer's agenda is to board a plane for California for an appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Friday.
Scott Stringer, Manhattan borough president, is also running in the Democratic primary for comptroller.
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Welcome to Oklahoma's eGovernment News Report. We hope you enjoy the monthly report providing you with up-to-date information on Oklahoma's eGovernment achievements.
New Features on OK.gov Provide Citizens With More Than 300 Ways to Interact with Oklahoma Government Online
Oklahoma's official website, OK.gov, has recently been enhanced with two new features, the Oklahoma Media Center and Notification Center. These online services provide Oklahomans with access to Oklahoma government media and alerts in one centralized location at http://www.OK.gov.
From Amber alerts to a tour of the Will Rogers Museum, Oklahoma's new Media Center brings more of Oklahoma government online to its citizens. Visitors can get involved in their government by interacting with more than 300 different types of online media and social networking offerings through the Media Center located at http://media.OK.gov.
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In addition, the Oklahoma Notification Center, located at http://notifications.OK.gov, provides a single point of entry to sign up for all state agency notifications offered through many state agency websites. Notifications are automatically populated on this site by state agencies that simply select the 'Post to OK.gov' option within their Go Gov! Web Management Suite's System, a content management system that enables government entities to easily maintain their website without the knowledge of programming languages.
"OK.gov has always strived to provide Oklahoma citizens and businesses with one location in which to locate government information," said Mark Mitchell, General Manager of OK.gov. "We encourage all Oklahomans to learn about their government using this new technology offering on the portal."
State agencies are encouraged to provide their media and notification information through these two new areas on the portal if they are not already. State agencies can request access to posting by visiting the Media and Notification Centers and contacting the OK.gov marketing staff.
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The license renewal and registration period for many Oklahoma professionals is currently open. From accountants to veterinarians, online licensing services are available for a variety of professions in Oklahoma - reducing paper consumption amongst state agencies by nearly 738,000 sheets of paper. Professionals can access http://Licensing.OK.gov to see if their licensing body offers online renewals and registrations.
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In 2009, more than 83,800 professional license renewals/registrations were processed online through OK.gov's secure payment engine. Depending on the state agencies offering the online service, licensees have the option of paying for their license with Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX, and EFT payments. The payments are processed through a secure payment engine that abides by rigorous policies and procedures to ensure that their payments are safe, private, and secure.
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NIC, Chief Executive Officer Harry Herington, Oklahoma Interactive and local C.O.P.S chapter team up to raise awareness in Oklahoma on June 4th
Each year, approximately 150 police officers nationwide are killed in the line of duty and their families and co-workers are left to cope with the tragic loss. Harry Herington, Chief Executive Officer of NIC Inc., is riding across the country to raise money for the National C.O.P.S. program through Ride4Cops (www.ride4cops.com). The mission of Ride4Cops is to raise awareness of the inherent dangers of law enforcement and the sacrifices made by the families of fallen officers.
On Friday, June 4th at 2:00pm on the south plaza steps of the Oklahoma state capitol, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) Commissioner Kevin Ward, President of Oklahoma Concerns of Police Survivors (OKCOPS), Carol Botts, other OKCOPS members, Oklahoma Law Enforcement, family members of fallen officers, employees from Oklahoma Interactive, LLC (OK.gov) and parent company NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) will demonstrate their united support for the Oklahoma C.O.P.S. chapter by making a stop at the state capitol and participating in the Ride4Cops program. A motorcycle ride will then proceed at approximately 3:00pm to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial located on the west grounds of the DPS Headquarters, 3600 M. L. King Avenue in Oklahoma City.
Supporting the needs of the families left behind is the core mission of Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), a national not-for-profit organization.
"This is a wonderful opportunity that NIC's Harry Herington has provided for our chapter and the families who benefit from our services", said Carol Botts, OKCOPS President. "We appreciate any assistance that allows us to help rebuild a family's life after the tragic losses they endure when any one of our great heroes is killed in the line of duty. The public can find ways to donate to C.O.P.S. through our local chapter website at http://www.okcops.org."
Ride4COPS has committed to raising more than $125,000 during the next three years for C.O.P.S. Herington, a former police officer, intends to ride his Harley Davidson motorcycle to every capitol across the country to raise awareness and generate contributions for C.O.P.S. and other local organizations that support families of fallen law enforcement officers.
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Welcome and thanks for your interest in Indiana's second highest court, the Court of Appeals of Indiana. The court's long, proud history is rooted in Indiana's commitment to constitutional government and the rule of law. I am proud to say that every one of our judges, senior judges, lawyers and administrative staff is fully committed to those values and to serving all people by providing equal justice under law.
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The architectural program for the French Embassy in Beijing was complex due to the building's multi-functional nature and stringent security requirements. It called for the construction of the diplomatic residence, Chancellery and all diplomatic services, including the Consulate, on one and the same site. The key challenge of the project was to achieve coherency in a building that requires multiple and clearly distinct entryways; the embassy had to serve as both workplace and reception venue.
The architectural concept consisted of making all parts of the complex independent while connecting them underground. The end result provides a sharp contrast between exterior, where a mineral forecourt provides a transition to the street, and interior, constructed around a garden. The building, located in a new diplomatic neighbourhood between Beijing's third and fourth beltways, is on a corner with its main façade rising up to the west and a second façade overlooking the boulevard to the south.
Thanks to the autonomous nature of Alain Sarfati's architecture, the structure stands as an emblem of France while blending in harmoniously with the cityscape. The most important determining factor in the project was climate: a Beijing sky heavy with pollution, icy winds from the north that are often sand-laden, cold winters and very hot and humid summers. That is why a bioclimatic approach was adopted and used throughout the entire project. Respect for the environment governed the choice of building materials and their local provenance, mainly stone, wood and rubber.
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New Group Pavilion Opens at Palo Duro Canyon State Park
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CANYON, TX—Some 200 people from across the region turned out for the ribbon cutting ceremony of the long-awaited Mack Dick Group Pavilion in the bottom of scenic Palo Duro Canyon State Park on Thursday.
The ceremony was accented with a dramatic flair with the singing of the national anthem and other musical performances by members of the play "Texas"—complete with horses, cowboys and dancers—and a rendition of Texas Our Texas by Golden Spread men's chorus. Numerous speakers from TPWD senior leadership, the Amarillo Area Foundation and Partners in Palo Duro Canyon Foundation also participated in the day's agenda.
"The last great group facilities that were built in Texas parks, were done so back in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corp; it's been long enough," said Carter Smith, TPWD Executive Director. "It's befitting for a world-class place like Palo Duro Canyon State Park to have a world-class facility like the Mack Dick Group Pavilion."
Several years in the making, the new 4,080 square-foot building was constructed of stone and materials native to the Panhandle, and was made possible by a large donation from Amarillo-area businessman Mack Dick, for whom the multipurpose facility is named. It features meeting space, a commercial kitchen, restrooms, audio-visual equipment and stylish western furniture
Demand for the new Pavilion is high, as it has already been booked for numerous days this summer and even into the fall; expectations are that it will be popular for weddings, receptions, family reunions, parties, RV groups, and even corporate retreats.
"For people to come together and make this possible, I think it's going to allow generations of folks to come out and enjoy the canyon, and experience it in a way that continues the tradition of what the original vision of this park has always been," said Cory Evans, superintendent at Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
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You just got home from work, and you head to the fridge looking for something to eat for dinner. There are a couple of turkey cutlets that you took out of the freezer to thaw about a week ago. Are they still safe to eat?
Before you eat something that might make you ill, consult StillTasty, a Web site that can help you determine whether food should be eaten or thrown away.
StillTasty is an engine to help you determine whether the food in your fridge, left out on your countertops, or in your pantry is still good to eat. Additionally, the site has a wealth of questions and answers to common food-related questions. For example, if you're curious whether the pizza you left out overnight is safe or toxic, StillTasty not only has the answer, but also gives a full explanation of why it's not safe to eat at all. Sorry--if you bought too much pizza, remember to put it in the fridge before you head to bed!
The heart of StillTasty is its search engine, which matches you up with the food you're wondering about. Type a food item or ingredient into the search engine to see whether data from the Food and Drug Administration or the US Department of Agriculture suggests you should throw it out.
For example, I love chicken wings, but I often order more than I can eat in one sitting. Type "chicken wings" into the search bar, and select "cooked, except fried" for those wings you get from takeout places. StillTasty brings up a diagram that shows you can keep those wings in the fridge for three to four days, but if you love them so much that you're willing to freeze them, you can keep them in the freezer for two to three months. The site even includes some tips on how
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StillTasty is a comprehensive resource to help you determine whether the food in the back of your pantry or fridge is actually safe to eat. Regardless of whether "it doesn't go bad" like your spouse says, or whether you get into a debate with a friend over whether sell-by dates indicate when you should be purchased by or when it should be consumed by, StillTasty can help settle the argument. You'll waste less food and run a much lower risk of eating something sickening.