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The lecture as a learning device
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Analytical Chemistry v71, p817A-819A
According to this review of learning literature, in large science classes, 92% of the time is spent on lecture, ~4% on student questions and ~4% in silence. During a lecture, students are attentive 56%-60% of the time, based on self-reporting and observation. Student notes record 40% of the lecture material in a 15-min. lecture, 25% in a 30-min. lecture, and 20% in a 40-min. lecture. A class which used a think-pair-share technique for 2-3 minutes for every 12-18 minutes of lecture remembered more of the lecture material directly after the class and twelve days later than the control class that got the same lecture without the TPS breaks.
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My original idea for this assessment as to build fruit out of Lego, such as a yellow banana and a red apple inside a small blue and white fruit bowl. After completing this, my Lego piece did look reasonable for this assessment, until Luke changed the assessment, which made it a lot easier to come up with something.
When Luke gave us the opportunity to change the assessment according to what would be easier for us, majority of the class jumped at it.
I chose clay because it's much easier to work with when having to build an object, in this case a child's toy. Lego was limited, as were the colours that came with it.For my packaging piece i decided to use Sculpey as a business that i would design packaging for, Sculpey being a business that sells clay-baking kits for children. I designed my packaging to cater for 'Little Monsters' which i designed and created myself. My target market was children from the ages 8+, boys and girls.
My packaging states that some of the pieces included inside the box may be a choking hazard, but are non-toxic. I included various colours of clay as well as over 50 pairs of eyes ranging from sizes small to medium and then to large.
When my packaging is made it stands 30.65mm high, with a 363mm length on the longest side and a 173mm width. I designed my box to be this size and shape as clay lays flat and straight, as will the eye balls positioned next to the clay as shown in the image below:
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Mcrosoft's Hotmail and Outlook email services are having a bit of trouble with email at the moment, which is a pretty major issue for an email service.
The current status of both brands of webmail is that they are down, although Messenger, SkyDrive and other Microsoft web services are still going strong.
"We're having a problem accessing email," the company says on its status page.
"You might not be able to see all your email messages. We're working to restore the service right now."
The last updates were made some hours ago, with Microsoft adding that "Fixing the problem is taking longer than we hoped". It aims to provide further updates by 13.12 GMT.
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Ok, so I've just had a read through this page after a way to improve my current backup solution on my Debian server. Tar seems to be offering a quite nice multi-volume feature, although when I try it out, it asks me to
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The Institute for Policy Studies: Architects of American Decline By John J. Tierney February 2011 Institute for Policy Studies By The Heritage Foundation Staff April 19, 1977 The Institute for Policy Studies and America's Enemies By Cliff Kincaid 1983 The IPS and the Media: Unholy Alliance By Cliff Kincaid April 9, 1983 The Marxist Influence By Devvy Kidd February 18, 2005 Institute for Policy Studies By UndueInfluence.com 2001
Book Review of Covert Cadre: Inside the Institute for Policy Studies By Joshua Muravchik October 1, 1988 Clinton Ties to IPS By 'Lectric Law Library July 27, 2006 Book: Covert Cadre: Inside the Institute for Policy Studies By S. Steven Powell
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See also: Samuel Rubin Foundation Cora Weiss Richard J. Barnet Marcus Raskin Phyllis Bennis The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is a left-wing think tank that was founded in 1963 with seed money (derived from a fortune made in perfumes and cosmetics sales under the Faberge trade name) from the Samuel Rubin Foundation. (The Stern Fund -- whose assets originated in the fortune of Sears, Roebuck president Julius Rosenwald -- also contributed substantial money to help bankroll the nascent IPS.) Samuel Rubin (1901-1978), who established the foundation that bore his name, was a dedicated socialist and a Communist Party USA member. His daughter, Cora Weiss, headed the Samuel Rubin Foundation from its inception. Cora's husband, Peter Weiss, served as chairman of the IPS board of trustees from the group's founding until the 1990s. He has also held prominent positions with the Center for Constitutional Rights, the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, and the National Lawyers Guild. To serve as the nominal co-founders and the official co-directors of IPS, the Weisses selected Richard J. Barnet (a State Department lawyer) and Marcus Raskin (an assistant to McGeorge Bundy, President Kennedy's national security adviser). The FBI would later identify Barnet as a "communist" and "a potential espionage agent" who not only had "known contacts with intelligence agents from Soviet and Soviet bloc countries," but was "willin[g] to use his position of influence with the IPS to discredit and undermine U.S. policy, both foreign and domestic." Raskin, too, had numerous socialist and communist ties. The Capital Research Center describes Barnet and Raskin as "two disgruntled minor officials in the Kennedy administration who found the American system of government unsatisfactory and who decided to wage political war against it." IPS's founders and leaders presented their new Institute as a benign, independent, "progressive" group committed to participating in the democratic process. Their true objective, however, was to transform the United States by pushing its public attitudes, laws, and foreign policies decisively leftward. Toward those ends, IPS worked with agents of the Castro regime and championed numerous environmentalist, pacifist, and anti-war positions in the 1960s and 1970s; it opposed the Reagan administration's efforts to roll back Communism in the 1980s; it joined the vanguard of what IPS hailed as the "anti-corporate globalization movement" in the 1990s; and it furnished policy research assailing the U.S.-led war in Iraq during the George W. Bush administration.
According to a Capital Research Center (CRC) analysis, IPS holds a "political outlook" that is "classically Marxist" and portrays capitalism as the chief cause of human suffering, not only in the U.S. but worldwide. "Since its founding in 1963," CRC elaborates, "IPS has attacked capitalism as the scourge of the poor, the economic system that props up the nation-state, and the cause of war and 'imperialism.' Only the business class—the 'bourgeoisie'—prospers under capitalism. The rest of the world suffers."
As soon as IPS opened its doors in 1963, it immersed itself in the anti-Vietnam War movement. In 1965, Marcus Raskin and IPS associate fellow Bernard Fall edited The Vietnam Reader, which became "a textbook for [anti-war] teach-ins across the country." Two years later, Raskin and IPS fellow Arthur Waskow co-authored "A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority," a document that helped launch the draft-resistance movement. Further, the Institute organized congressional seminars and published a number of books that challenged what IPS disdainfully termed "the national security state." When several leading black activists joined the IPS staff in the mid-sixties, the Institute, in addition to its other functions, assumed the pose of a support base for the civil-rights movement, particularly for the movement's more radical fringe elements. IPS fellow Bob Moses, for one, organized trainings for field organizers of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. A number of Black Panther Party members also found safe haven at IPS. One IPS employee, Jean Wiley, had formerly been a personal secretary to black militants H. "Rap" Brown and Stokely Carmichael. Also in the 1960s, IPS staked out a spot near the forefront of the emerging feminist movement and has remained there ever since. Institute fellow Charlotte Bunch organized a major women's-liberation conference in 1966 and later founded two feminist periodicals, Quest and Off Our Backs. In the 1970s, IPS staffer Rita Mae Brown published Rubyfruit Jungle, a lesbian coming-of-age novel. And in the early 1980s, the now-famous socialist Barbara Ehrenreich led IPS's "Women in the Economy" project. As IPS began to establish itself as a major force on the Left, the organization's Washington, DC headquarters quickly became a resource center for national reporters, most of whom bought into the idea that the Institute was an independent liberal entity. IPS also became a place for KGB agents from the nearby Soviet embassy to convene and strategize; they frequently tried to recruit IPS members. Before long, IPS had evolved into the leading central agency of Soviet/Marxist/socialist disinformation. This term refers to false or inaccurate information (e.g., forgeries, rumors, and fabricated intelligence) that is spread deliberately to deceive. Unlike traditional propaganda techniques designed to engage emotional support, disinformation is intended to manipulate its audience at the rational level by either discrediting certain information or supporting false conclusions. A common disinformation tactic is to mix a measure of truth and observation with false conclusions and lies, or to reveal only part of the truth while presenting it as the whole. Another technique is to destroy the credibility of particular entities or individuals by feeding them false data which, after they subsequently repeat it, can be easily disproved. IPS deliberately used terminology designed to suggest that it was a scholarly rather than a political entity, as evidenced by its references to Institute personnel as "fellows" and "scholars." Throughout the Cold War, IPS personnel published a constant stream of op-eds, letters, and articles in such prestigious publications as The New York Times and The Washington Post, where the Institute was consistently identified as an "independent" or "non-partisan" think tank or research center. By means of this approach, IPS was able to promote the causes of America's enemies (e.g., North Vietnam, Cuba, and the Soviet Union) without preaching Marxist doctrine. Starting in 1964 (and continuing to the present day), IPS held seminars designed to persuade U.S. congressmen and their staffs to support pro-Soviet and socialist policies, as well as other policies opposed to American interests. For example, IPS's "Housing and Property" seminar promoted preferential mortgage-lending policies for nonwhite minorities who were underrepresented among homeowners. One such seminar in 1969 -- which brought together speakers from big-city tenants councils, neighborhood legal services, FHA insurance, savings-and-loans entities, and the Shannon and Luchs Realty Company -- was among the earliest in a long chain of events that would eventually result in the U.S. housing crisis of 2008. Also in 1969, IPS conducted "Experimental Education" seminars for federal legislators and their aides; a notable guest speaker at these events was Bill Ayers, a Weather Underground leader. In the 1960s IPS sponsored the Venceremos Brigades, which, organized and trained in guerrilla warfare techniques by Fidel Castro's intelligence agency, covertly took hundreds of young Americans to Cuba to help harvest sugar cane and interact with Havana's Communist revolutionary leadership. Cora Weiss, meanwhile, helped establish the radical disarmament group Women Strike for Peace, which, throughout the Cold War, sought to block American efforts to develop a nuclear deterrent against Soviet aggression. From its beginning, the young IPS disseminated much of its ideology by way of numerous "front" groups and spin-offs masquerading as educational institutes. When a new issue emerged in the '60s or '70s -- feminism, for example, or a NATO upgrade -- new IPS fronts and spin-offs sprang up seemingly overnight, like mushrooms. Most of them had IPS figures as board members, officers, or fellows. Many were mere shadow organizations, existing in name only -- possibly nothing more than a box of letterhead and a few titles to use in full-page newspaper ads protesting U.S. policies -- for the purpose of making the left-wing movement appear to be more extensive than it actually was. To enhance one another's perceived credibility, these phantom organizations (which often shared the same mailing address) routinely referred to each other, cited each other's positions and research, etc. Such IPS spin-offs were (and continue to be) often short-lived, targeting specific policy issues in the name of broad causes (peace, etc.). When the issues changed, the organizations disappeared. American officials were bewildered by the number, the sudden appearances, and the proliferation of such groups. Other IPS spin-offs, by contrast, were viable and enduring entities unto themselves.
IPS has long been as hostile toward U.S. intelligence agencies as it is toward capitalism and the American military. In 1970 Marcus Raskin told the group Federal Employees for Peace that "government agencies such as the FBI, Secret Service, intelligence services of other government agencies, and the military should be done away with, in that order." The Center for National Security Studies (CNSS) was a 1974 IPS spinoff and strove to compromise the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence agencies. In 1975 Morton Halperin became the director of CNSS. Meanwhile, the Transnational Institute (which IPS had created in 1973) came to the aid of Philip Agee, a onetime CIA agent who had since allied himself with Fidel Castro's Cuban intelligence apparatus. In 1975 Agee published Inside the Company: CIA Diary, a book revealing the identities of some 250 CIA operatives, one of whom was subsequently murdered. Agee then promptly took refuge in Britain; but when Britain announced soon thereafter that it planned to expel Agee, the Transnational Institute invited him to Amsterdam. According to The New York Times, "[Agee's] example inspired several more books and magazines, including the Covert Action Information Bulletin, written by close associates and sometimes with Mr. Agee's help, which published the names and often the addresses of hundreds more agency officers working under cover around the world." Some of the noteworthy organizations that were launched and/or financed by IPS during the seventies and eighties included the following:
Between the mid-1970s and early 1980s, scores of ostensibly independent organizations shared many of IPS's major policy views; sometimes these groups actually grew out of IPS or were founded by key IPS leaders. in many cases, the groups shared officers, board members, fellows, and rank-and-file members with the Institute. To view a list of many groups, both transient and long-enduring, that were allied with IPS during the '70s and early '80s, click here. During this same period, a number of charitable foundations gave financial support to IPS. These included the DJB Foundation, the Field Foundation, the Janss Foundation, the New World Foundation, the Ottinger Foundation and Trust, the Samuel Rubin Foundation, the Shalan Foundation, the Stern Fund, and the Stewart R. Mott Foundation. Also during this period, Cora Weiss played a leading role in many IPS activities, particularly those involving opposition to U.S. and NATO military and defense policies in the name of "peace" and "disarmament." She headed one of IPS's most successful operations: its association with the famous Rockefeller-built Riverside Church in Manhattan, thereby exploiting the church's distinguished reputation to enhance her own projects. In 1978 Weiss was invited by Riverside's liberal activist minister, William Sloane Coffin, to run the church's disarmament program, which, in the name of "peace," sought to help consolidate Soviet nuclear superiority in Europe. In 1982 Weiss helped organize the largest pro-disarmament demonstration ever held. Staged in New York City, the rally was attended by a coalition of communist organizations. During her decade-long tenure at Riverside, which was situated across the street from the headquarters of the National Council of Churches, Weiss regularly received Russian KGB agents, Sandinista friends, and Cuban intelligence agents. In a 1978 National Review article, Brian Crozier, director of the London-based Institute for the Study of Conflict, wrote: "The IPS is the perfect intellectual front for Soviet activities which would be resisted if they were to originate openly from the KGB." Five years later, 12 U.S. senators and 70 members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to then-Secretary of State George Shultz describing IPS as an organization "which has for 20 years consistently supported foreign policy objectives that serve the interests of the Soviet Union." In Target America: The Influence of Communist Propaganda on U.S. Media -- James L. Tyson's 1981 expose of the Soviet Union's massive "propaganda campaign designed to weaken and demoralize America from the inside"[1] -- the author states that then-IPS fellow Saul Landau "figured prominently" in "anti-intelligence activity and elsewhere in the work of the Far-Left Lobby." Tyson reveals that Landau, in a letter to a friend in Cuba, once wrote: "I think that at age 40 the time has come to dedicate myself to narrower pursuits, namely, making propaganda for American Socialism ... we cannot any longer just help out third world movements and revolutions, although obviously we shouldn't turn our backs on them, but get down to the more difficult job of bringing the message home." On other occasions, Landau advocated on behalf of "Revolutionary Socialism."[2] (Now an author and filmmaker, Landau remains an IPS senior fellow to this day.) Throughout the 1980s, IPS continued to undermine American efforts to combat Communism and Soviet interests. In 1985, for instance, as President Reagan pressed Congress to fund the Contras, anti-Communists who were fighting the Communist Sandinistas in Nicaragua, IPS fellow Peter Kornbluh arranged for Senators Tom Harkin (an IPS board member at the time) and John Kerry to fly to Managua to meet with Sandinista leaders. Persuaded by the Kerry-Harkin report on the allegedly happy atmosphere in Managua, Congress denied the funding for the Contras, though it reversed itself a few weeks later when Sandinista President Daniel Ortega met with his Soviet friends in the Kremlin.
Also in the '80s, as President Reagan built up American defenses and promoted the missile-defense program popularly known as "Star Wars," IPS was closely linked to many of the Left's most prominent anti-war and anti-nuclear groups. Among these were Business Executives for National Security, the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE), European Nuclear Disarmament, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Nuclear Research and Information Service, Promoting Enduring Peace, and the World Information Service on Energy. IPS's involvement in the various anti-nuclear and peace movements of the 1970s and 1980s, coupled with its crusade against "corporate-driven globalization," paved the way for the Institute to embrace the agendas of radical environmentalism following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in 1989-1991. By 2011, IPS would emphasize "the urgency of the climate crisis," the potential for "environmental collapse," and the need for "transformational policies" that could bring about "solutions to global warming" while "protecting the 'commons'." In 2001, IPS convened the meeting (which was held in the office of People For the American Way) that ultimately led to the creation of the massive United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) anti-war coalition. The Institute subsequently became a steering committee member of UFPJ. IPS endorsed a May 1, 2003 document titled "10 Reasons Environmentalists Oppose an Attack on Iraq," which was published by Environmentalists Against War. That same year, it was reported that IPS, in conjunction with the National Organization for Women, was making some of its Washington, DC office space available (at no charge) to the feminist antiwar group Code Pink, headed by Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans. The consistently anti-American positions adopted by IPS are frequently expressed in tandem with the Institute's condemnations of Israel. In February 2005, for instance, IPS fellow Phyllis Bennis published a commentary depicting the United States as a cynical manipulator seeking only to extract favorable deals for its ally, Israel, no matter how negatively those arrangements might affect the Palestinians. Bennis further denounced Israel for its efforts to "demolish Palestinian homes" (a reference to IDF demolitions of the homes of Palestinian terrorists and their enablers); for its "assassination policy" (a reference to IDF's targeted killings of Palestinian terrorist leaders); and for its "land-grab known as the Apartheid Wall" (i.e., the anti-terror security barrier designed to stop the infiltration of suicide bombers from the West Bank). Central to IPS's worldview is its unyielding opposition to free-market economies. Viewing capitalism as a breeding ground for "unrestrained greed," IPS claims that it seeks, through its reports and programs, to "create a more responsible society." In their 2004 book Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World Is Possible, IPS director John Cavanagh and IPS board president Jerry Mander called capitalism "a system in crisis," and they appealed to "an alliance of leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers, and writers" to take up the ideological cudgel against globalization. Similar sentiments have been purveyed by such IPS-affiliated scholars and ideologues as Norman Birnbaum (a New Left sociologist), Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Richard Falk, and Gore Vidal. In 2010, IPS helped organize the massive "One Nation Working Together" demonstrations which were held in New York and Washington. Beginning in early 2012, IPS rented out three of its offices in Washington, DC to Occupy Wall Street, which shifted its main base of operations to the nation's capital. The Service Employees International Union pledged to pay the $4,000-per-month rent for those offices for at least the next six months. Notable current members of IPS's board of trustees include Robert Borosage (who served as the Institute's drector from 1979 to 1988), Harry Belafonte, John Cavanagh, Barbara Ehrenreich, Jodie Evans, Marcus Raskin, and Katrina vanden Heuvel. IPS's current major campaigns are listed below, along with their stated objectives. The actual, underlying agendas of these campaigns, however, are to depict America as a nation that: abuses nonwhite minorities and the poor; seeks to bully the rest of mankind militarily; creates immense suffering both at home and abroad through its capitalist economic tradition; and countenances industrial practices that inflict great harm on the natural environment.
Financial support for IPS comes from such foundations as the Arca Foundation, the Ben & Jerry's Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Compton Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Educational Foundation of America, the Energy Foundation, the Fannie Mae Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Foundation for Deep Ecology, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, George Soros's Open Society Institute, the Ploughshares Fund, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Surdna Foundation, the Tides Foundation, the Town Creek Foundation, and the Turner Foundation. Notes: [1] James L. Tyson, Target America: The Influence of Communist Propaganda on U.S. Media (Chicago: Regnery Gateway, 1981), p. 2. [2] Ibid., pp. 201, 209.
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|An environmental menace? The San Isidro Restaurante,
in a 60-year-old building on Monserrate.
But the summit of Monserrate, one of Bogotá's most popular tourist destinations, is pristine forest, a court just ruled, and the San Isidro, as well as other restaurants and handicraft shops located there, will have to close.
The businesses' closing will throw hundreds of people out of work, and deprive visitors of a meal
|Dining with a view.
(Photo from Trip Advisor)
The San Isidro, which is fighting this absurd ruling, is ranked 11th among Bogotá restaurants on Trip Advisor and says it employs almost 50 people, who would lose their jobs if the ruling is carried out. More importantly, one of Bogotá's most important icons will lose part of its attraction.
|This French dish Chateaubriand Portobelo - whatever it is -
will disappear from Monserrate's summit
if the restaurants close.
|Pristine natural territory? The summit of Monserrate, with the church.
|The Externado University cut down forest to
build these towers, which block residents' view
of the hills. That apparently does not count
as environmental damage.
While they're worrying about Monserrate, the city might also consider reopening the hiking trail to the summit. The trail was closed for a long time for reconstruction, then reopened briefly, only to be closed again early this year because of supposed damage from forest fires. The trail provided exercise, good family recreation - and free access to the summit for many Bogotanos.
|Prohibited! The popular hiking trail has been closed most of this year, and shows no sign of reopening.


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Unfinished Business ("UB") is designed to restore many of the cut items, quests, and encounters from the game's final release, as well as try to tie up some of the "loose ends."
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It's been nearly eight and a half years since a totally new component was added to Unfinished Business, but that streak is at an end! Kulyok has adapted the original design notes for the Murder of Acton Balthis into a full subplot for Haer'Dalis, and you'll find it in the new Unfinished Business v20.
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For many years, there have been two models of how to make computers and other digital devices. One is the component model, championed by Microsoft. The other is the end-to-end model, championed by Apple.
In the component model, many companies make hardware and software that run on a standard platform, creating inexpensive commodity devices that don't always work perfectly together, but get the job done. In the end-to-end model, one company designs both the hardware and software, which work smoothly together, but the products cost more and limit choice.
In the first war between these models, the war for dominance of the personal-computer market, Microsoft's approach won decisively. Aided by efficient assemblers like Dell, and by corporate IT departments employed to integrate the components, Microsoft's component-based Windows platform crushed Apple's end-to-end Macintosh platform.
But in the post-PC era we're in today, where the focus is on things like music players, game consoles and cellphones, the end-to-end model is the early winner. Tightly linking hardware, software and Web services propelled Apple to a huge success with its iPod. Microsoft, meanwhile, has struggled to make its component model work on these devices and, in a telling sign, is using the Apple end-to-end model itself in its Xbox game-console business. Now, Apple is working on other projects built on the same end-to-end model as the iPod: a media-playing cellphone and a home-media hub.
The jury is still out on whether the end-to-end model will prevail in the long term. Many at Microsoft, and some outside analysts as well, believe the new devices will eventually succumb to the component model, and that Apple's success with the iPod will fade, just as its early dominance of the PC market did. Apple officials say history won't repeat itself if the company continues to make great products and avoid the business blunders committed by its past management.
I think the end-to-end model can prevail this time, both for Apple and other companies. Consumers want choice and low prices. But they also crave the kind of simplicity and integration that the end-to-end model delivers best.
Sure, you can get more variety in music players and in online music services if you opt for the Microsoft-based music instead of the iPod system. But the iPod, Apple's iTunes software, and the iTunes Music Store work so well together that users can just relax and enjoy the music. By contrast, the hodgepodge of players, software and online music stores on the Microsoft side frequently have trouble synchronizing between computers and players. Apple sells as many or more songs than the many stores that use Microsoft software.
Critics attack the iPod and iTunes as "closed" and "proprietary," because the songs Apple sells at its iTunes Music Store play only on iPods, and iPods can't play songs purchased from other music stores. But both the iPod and iTunes handle the two most common open audio formats, MP3 and WAV, and the most common open video format, MP4. They work well even if you never buy a song from Apple. And iTunes and the iPod work on Windows computers, not just Macs. So how is that closed?
Even the Mac isn't as closed as its critics charge. It's still designed to work with Apple's own operating system and software. But it can handle all the common files Windows uses, can network with Windows machines, and can use all of the common Windows printers, scanners, keyboards and mice. The Mac gives you the same access to the Internet as Windows. Heck, the newest Macs can even run Windows itself.
You do get a choice of more software with Windows. And that's great for hard-core gamers and users of corporate, or niche, software. But for mainstream users doing typical tasks, the Windows choice advantage is illusory. Mac users can choose among thousands of third-party programs, including multiple Web browsers, word processors and email programs. They can run Mac versions of popular software like Microsoft Office and the Firefox browser. How much more choice do you need?
Microsoft is hedging its bets. It has, in effect, created a little Apple inside Microsoft with the Xbox group. The Xbox team shunned Windows and wrote its own operating system and user interface, and built its own hardware. (The new Xbox was even developed using Macintosh computers.)
Some Microsoft officials dismiss this anomaly by claiming that the game-console business is a special case. But now, Microsoft has assigned the Xbox team to create a portable music player it hopes can knock off the iPod. Why? Because the company is frustrated that the component model, which separates hardware and software, has failed in the music market. It's looking for more integration.
Still, the end-to-end model isn't a lock. If Apple can't keep churning out cool products at reasonable prices, it could crash and burn. Unlike Microsoft, it doesn't have much help from other companies to succeed. But the iPod experience has shown that the PC model may not be best for all digital devices.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Damon's Nose
57 comments:
- AnonymousSun Mar 25, 08:40:00 AM
Great photo, Tess, and funny (poignant) poem. I especially like the garble-monster--ReplyDelete
AT the risk of uninvited self-promotion, I have written and recently published a whole comic novel on a similar subject. It is called NOSE DIVE, and it is a lot of fun--in this case the girl's not so involved with Matt Damon and Bob Hope as with various female songstresses--B. Streisand, Julie Andrews, Lady G. Here's the link (I hope)
Nose Dive
It is a fun topic. k.
Thanks for the link K...sounds like a very witty and entertaining book!ReplyDelete
Tess, this is writing of a very high quality indeed. You really are one of the very best Blogging poets currently in business (and I am not just saying that because you are my honorary little sister)ReplyDelete
How many poems can there be, dedicated to the art of nose-blowing; not too many I guess. Well done Tess; another winner!ReplyDelete
Sniffs are better than snorts! Nose blowing can be distracting in public. Would rather frequent the Rest Rooms.ReplyDelete
Good picture choice,Tess! And a fun verse!
Does anybody really like their nose??? She does kinda look like she's contemplating going under the knife! Love the poem.ReplyDelete
the humor is delightful.ReplyDelete
i never thought of someone who doesnt cry often doing it out of vanity.
i rarely cry, but i want to. only movies bring it out.
Very, very entertaining. My oldest daughter has allergies and we "CRINGE" when she "blows". Fun reading... love his voice. (Kept waiting for his cigarette butt to drop off :)ReplyDelete
hilarious- snort!ReplyDelete
Margaret I love how R.A.D. begins and ends staring at Damon's picture...too funny!ReplyDelete
You raise the commonplace to the profound with this one! Love it!ReplyDelete
"...mine foghorns out a cute G..." One of your best lines, Tess.ReplyDelete
This is awesome! What a wonderful post. : )ReplyDelete
The genteel art of blowing ones nose. Who would have thought it could be turned into poetry and... so well too!ReplyDelete
Fabulous :)
RAD reads your poetry very well.ReplyDelete
Who knew we can write about Damon's nose ~
Thanks for the prompt ~
So funny...I'm watching the Bourne Identity as I'm reading this! Worlds are colliding!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSun Mar 25, 03:44:00 PM
Loved the tone of this poem.ReplyDelete
A sweet beat to her.
Tess, this is so funny and witty. I'll never see Matt Damon in quite the same way again. Am I the only one who thinks RAD sounds like the gorgeous Bill Nighy?ReplyDelete
Nice little fun one, Tess. I like the "hanky-snort" and the reference to Hope.ReplyDelete
snort, honk - as others have said - it will be hard to look at Matt Damon quite the same from now on ... I've always maintained tho', his nose is what keeps him from being totally handsome - cute yes, a hunk? not entirely ... fun poem ... great picReplyDelete
Thanks for the prompt Tess...and your poem, the schnoz is a sacred subject and you held it sacrosanct...ReplyDelete
I like the flashback... an exquisite piece, Tess.ReplyDelete
Nice poem with a smile. Very well done this take on the photo.ReplyDelete
This is just incredibly clever!ReplyDelete
lol, very clever. Personally I am an ugly crier, and a very loud sneezer.ReplyDelete
"bless you"...Tess....as I smile at my great nose...nicely doneReplyDelete
- AnonymousSun Mar 25, 10:51:00 PM
like walking around with your own trumpetReplyDelete
This is just about the best line of poetry ever: "With a random hanky-snort"ReplyDelete
Mine used to be, what I saw as large, but has shrunk as my ears have grown.ReplyDelete
Amazing how the excess spray made those human like faces on the glass!ReplyDelete
I have known a few fog horns in my time! thanks!ReplyDelete
You and R.A.D. make quite the pair! His readings of your wonderful poetry are a match made in heaven!ReplyDelete
I love Duane Michals image and all his images. Nice selection. I have missed you, but my words have been 'missing' haven't been able to string two together to save my soul. Giving it a try again.... the words seem to be reentering the room where I am, slowly, with caution.ReplyDelete
Somehow, I'm thinking that even "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" would sound mellifluous if R.A.D. read it!:)ReplyDelete
this was fun Tess - very cool...! Mine sounds like a Husqvarna chain saw, in need of tightening and lacking proper lubrication... :)ReplyDelete
What a hoot! Love it!ReplyDelete
Ah-titilating-choo! Fun read. I have my nose chopped in a second had I the money...!!ReplyDelete
Interesting take Tess, sounds of snorts shaped by the schnoz!ReplyDelete
So yours is a G. All you need now is two others with a D and a B to make beautiful music together!
Dear Tess: Hahah~ funny..noises off~talk about a brass band~! Creative~! Ronaldo is primo~ReplyDelete
Great fun. A nose blowing experience? Matt Damon? I always wanted to fix his nose, but...maybe I should be more appreciative. :)ReplyDelete
Delightful sense of humor. Love the reading by RAD.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMon Mar 26, 10:19:00 PM
Tess Kincaid's poetry is fun to read ... I always blow my nose first ...ReplyDelete
What note does your nose blow, R.A.D.? Thank you for another lovely delivery of my words...ReplyDelete
Love the humour!ReplyDelete
Anna :o]
Even Matt has to blow that nose doesnt he?ReplyDelete
I like where your reflection takes the reader Tess
hope all is well
Nose blowing is almost a fine art....especially when you have extreme alergies like me.....love this Tess!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTue Mar 27, 11:53:00 AM
With a really good blow mine is A flat Tess ... just a semitone higher than yours ... quite discordant if we blew together ...ReplyDelete
A cute G. Then no need for a tuning fork.ReplyDelete
And everyone starts humming. Ha!
Wonderful, tk!
the art of nose blowing...a Cute G...the gift of a celebrity nostrils...bkmReplyDelete
- AnonymousTue Mar 27, 09:15:00 PM
Not quite right in the head darling ...ReplyDelete
You're just now noticing?ReplyDelete
that was very hilarious. Enjoyed reading it :) :)ReplyDelete
Superb - and I am a connoisseur of the art of nose blowing!ReplyDelete
So fantastic! Your bringing Bob Hope into the poem was such a surprise.ReplyDelete
R.A.D., with his cigarette, in his b&w world, is super.
- AnonymousFri Mar 30, 02:24:00 PM
yowsa - another gem from the pen of the TessReplyDelete
A heartfelt thank you, dear readers. I so appreciate all your kind comments every week. You make it very easy to share my stuff.ReplyDelete


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When I shop for my roses, I tried to stay within the trend and since I don't only service brides and weddings, I have to keep other events in mind. First communions, baptisms, gender reveal parties, baby showers are also main reasons people come to babybaharcollection for centerpieces. Pink seemed to be the hottest color last season and this season peach and ivory roses been dominating event decorations.
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Posts Tagged 'Art of Empire'
Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire
Getty Villa
It's the first exhibition of neither Greek nor Roman art at the Getty Villa. So why is there an exhibition of Aztec art on display next to rooms full or red-figure amphorae and marble portrait busts?—The Getty curators rationalize that when the Old World met the New World, European explorers rationalized the new civilizations they came in contact with by referencing what they already knew something about: the Greek and Roman civilizations. Or as stated by the Getty: "The premise of The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire is a unique one: that just as classical antiquity colored Spanish perceptions of Mesoamerica, the experience of Aztec civilization piqued curiosity about Renaissance Europe's own ancient heritage". I'm not going to discuss whether I was convinced of this after seeing the show, but will discuss the display of this idea.
There are mere weeks remaining to go see Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire at the Getty Villa, and if you are not planning on going to Mexico City anytime soon, I would suggest you go. The artworks on display are on loan from the collections of the National Museum of Anthropology and the Templo Mayor Museum. Monumental, multi-ton, stone sculptures and delicate votive figurines have traveled from Mexico to Los Angeles as a way to celebrate the bicentennial of the Mexican Revolution.
Another star attraction is the Florentine Codex, which has traveled even farther, from the Medici Library in Florence, Italy. This is the first time the codex has been in the Americas since it was brought to Europe centuries ago. These loans are displayed alongside objects from the Getty's collection (mostly small figurines) as well as documents from the special collection of the Getty Research Institute.
The temporary exhibition space at the Getty Villa is an awkward space. The row of adjacent, small-sized galleries combined with the large scale works on loan from Mexico could have been disastrous, but the exhibition designers and curators did a successful job stuffing the herd of Mexican elephants into these small rooms. (Click here to see what it took to display these elephants.)
The exhibition space is also odd because of the hallway that links the rooms; it is architecturally unavoidable because it circumvents the inner peristyle garden of the Villa. The wall title of the exhibition and several large-scale works were placed in this window-lined hallway and lure visitors into the rest of the exhibition.
The rooms were organized thematically: Tenochtitlan, First Encounters, The Florentine Codex, Parallel Pantheons, and Art and Empire. This was predictable technique, but the content of the rooms was not. Seeing Aztec objects displayed next to European objects, like a painted screen depicting the Spanish conquest, was a totally new and unprecedented exploration of history and art.
Located in the center of the room, the looming terracotta Tzitzimitl (Demon) sculpture dominated the first space. The surrounding walls had a variety of objects, maps, scrolls, and other documents. This was simultaneously a display of masterpieces of Aztec art and also a subtle (and possibly unappreciated) display of the impressive collections of the Getty Research Institute.
At the end of the exhibition was my favorite room. On one wall was a painted reproduction of sketch of the Templo Mayor. It was a light element of the exhibition design that was sophisticated and smart. In this room was another looming figure: the unavoidably menacing sculpture of a warrior in an eagle costume. This theme of the Imperial Eagle (Imperial for both the Roman and Aztec civilizations) was continued by two other objects in the room. A massive stone eagle from the Templo Mayor was placed literally face to face with a Bronze statue of an imperial Roman eagle. This confrontation of cultures was direct and beautiful.
As stated before, you should go see this exhibition because the works on loan are rarely seen outside of Mexico. But you should also go see the exhibition because never again will you see these objects like this; in dialogue with objects from the Getty. And finally you should go see this exhibition because contained in it is a brief peek into the extensive collection of the Getty Research Institute, which is a hushed but vital portion of this show.


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I hope this is the place to post this. It isn't exactly a map, but a means to create one from the specs in the factory manual. Appologies if I've missed where I should post it, or if there's one of these already available.
I recently needed to convert the specs in my factory manual for use on the Megajolt. I created a simple spreadsheet to help me out, so I thought I'd post it here as it may help somebody else out.
The attachment is a zip file that contains two spreadsheets, both are the same, but one is in .odf format for us OpenOffice users and I've also saved a copy as .xls for those of you that use Microsoft Office. As it was created in OpenOffice, I can't vouch 100% on how it will look in Microsoft Office, especially the chart, but as the chart is simply eye candy, it doesn't effect the results, but the functionality should be the same in either.
All this does is take the centrifugal and vacuum advance specs from your factory manual, adds the static advance and creates a grid of values for the Megajolt. It has a simple inHG converter as in my experience (old cars) the specs are generally in inHG. This will take a inHG value and show its equivalent in kPa and Absolute pressure for the Megajolt. It can also be advanced, or retarded by a certain percentage. I guessed this would help if a small overall advance retard might be needed for say higher, or lower octane fuel. I know this a simplistic view, but that is what this sheet is for, to get a starter map sorted from the specs that can then be tweaked further.
First enter your factory static advance value, then find the centrifugal and vacuum advance specs in your factory manual and enter them.
Centrifugal advance:
Edit the RPM reference values to the same as the ones used in the manual, then enter the centrifugal advance values at those RPMs in the column to the right.
Vacuum advance:
Edit the kPa reference values to those used in your manual and in the column to the right, enter the values at those kPa's
The correct reference RPM and kPa values as well as the map values will be filled in in the lower map grid.
NOTE: You may need to convert inHG in your factory manual to kPa, then to absolute pressure for the Megajolt. I've included a converter in the spreadsheet an
d it is based on the following except it rounds to the nearest whole number.
1 inHG = 3.38638866667 kPa (lets round that down to 3.4 kPa)
If your spec lists a value as 14 degrees at 7 inHG...
7 (inHG) x 3.4 = 23.8 kPa. To convert that to absolute pressure, 102 (atmosphere) - 23.8 kPa = 78.2 (round up/down) 78 kPa megajolt reference value.
Final values to enter would be 14 degrees at 78 kPa.
The conversion 1 inHG = 3.38638866667 kPa was taken from: http://www.convertunits.com/from/inch+of+mercury/to/kilopascal
The conversion to Megajolt values from kPa was taken from : http://www.autosportlabs.org/viewtopic.php?p=6740&highlight=inhg#6740
This helped me quickly build starter maps based on the high, mid and low areas of the range in the specifications of my Spitfire Mk1 (1963) before tweaking commenced. I've re-tweaked the spreadsheet tonight, so if you come across any problems with it let me know and I'll get it looked into. The values already entered into the sheet are the ones that I initially used for the spitfire.
Hope it is of some help to somebody and if the chart is broken in Microsofts Office, maybe somebody could fix it (surface chart best) and re-post it here. Sorry, I don't own Microsoft Office, so can't test it.
I've just uploaded the latest version of these sheets. The Microsoft office version has now been tested and updated for that platform.
I've added two 2D charts. One to graphically show the curve for the mechanical advance and another for the vacuum. This means that the layout is also slightly different. Update any value and watch your curve change.
The values in the spreadsheet are the values that I'm currently playing around with for my mk1 spit.
***UPDATE-2*** (6 April 2010)
I've just uploaded the latest version of the sheets.
I've improved the converter to include a drop down selection of what you're converting from and added PSI to the list of what it can be converted from/to.
There are a few other cosmetic changes too. I've colour coded the inputs...
Blue = RPM and kPa reference values to be input
Yellow = Actual degree values at the above (Blue) reference values
Green = The converter input value
Red Text = Drop down unit list to select value to convert from
Red Background = Cells where referenced kPa is in boost territory (turbo)(greater than absolute 102kPa) will have red backgrounds
I've removed/moved a couple of headings and changed the vac-adv chart title to ABS kPa.
Apart from the improved conversions, the basic functionality is the same, but it's now easier to edit and navigate with these small cosmetic changes.
***UPDATE 3*** (18 April 2011)
Thanks to Spandit there is an update to the xls version of this spreadsheet. With his modification, you can paste the values directly into the Megajolt software, or create a new file.
For details of the changes and to download the file that he's attached, you should check out his post further down this thread. (for me it is the first post on page two of the thread).
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I just read this in Variety (thanks for the tip, FuzzyDave!):
Fans of witchcraft, crazy couplings, mermaids and half-men/half-women rejoice! Passions has been renewed for one full year, and starting in the fall, its episodes will be airing on DirecTV.
In an effort to bring in more women viewers (DirecTV already scores with the men ans all the sports offerings), DirecTV will be airing 52 weeks' worth of brand-new Passions episodes, however, instead of airing five days a week, production will be scaled back to four days a week. Also, its budget has been slashed by about one-third, so we might see some scaling back in the cast as well. No word yet on what else will be different, or who will be coming aboard or jumping ship, but as soon as we know, we will pass the word along to you.
For now, at least until Fall 2008, we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief. Whew!


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If you hadn't noticed from Volvo's "naughty" S60 ad campaign from last year, the company wanted you to know that its midsized sedan, with its turbocharged six and all-wheel drive, could hang with ultimate driving machines and made progress through technology. In a series of commercials featuring the new S60 in full-on hoonage mode, complete with a hard-driving guitar soundtrack, Top Gear-esque quick edits and the sound of tires begging for mercy, you'll eventually get the message that, no, this is not your father's Volvo.
At the end of the commercial titled, "The Slalom Test—Naughty Level 2," the question is posed: "Want it even naughtier?"
Yes, we do, Volvo, because we're a little jaded.
Well then, say hello to Polestar. Unfortunately, Polestar isn't what you get when you combine a pole dancer with a porn star. (Sometimes they do both, don't they?) Polestar Racing is essentially Volvo's equivalent to AMG or BMW M and, according to the literature, is known more formally as Volvo's "Official Racing and Performance Partner." Since 1996, Polestar has raced Volvo 850s, S40s and S60s in regional and worldwide Touring Car racing series, with titles in both the Swedish and Scandinavian Touring Car Championships in 2009 and 2010.
They've been racing the C30 since 2008, so they know it inside and out. This one was built to showcase Polestar's expertise and promote their line of Performance Power Optimization products. Volvo gave them free rein to create a vision of the ideal roadgoing C30.
And instead of just building something naughty, Polestar got raunchy. They took a turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder and replaced the pistons and con rods with beefier pieces. Then they added a KKK 26 turbo and put in a bigger intake cam and larger intercooler to create an engine that puts out 400 hp and 376 lb-ft of torque.
That much power would be useless going through just the front wheels, so Polestar also took the Haldex all-wheel-drive system from a V50 and then adjusted the power distribution to get it to handle the way they wanted. Thinking even that wouldn't be enough to keep things under control, Quaife differentials are used front and rear. A reinforced Sachs clutch sends power through the six-speed manual gearbox, and the exhaust is a 3.0-inch stainless steel custom piece of work.
Stepping into the stiff clutch is like doing your last rep on the leg press machine with just one leg. Pressing the starter button is a lot easier and fills the interior with the booming, unfiltered, worble-n-woofle of the inline five. The shifter is light and gears are easy to find, but engagement with the clutch is either on or off.
Once on the move, it's easy to modulate the power. As you feel your way around the throttle's travel, you're rewarded in kind. It's more than willing to knock your head back and plaster you to the seat, if that's how you get off. Or you can play the sadist by punishing the tarmac and scaring your passenger. Master or servant, giver or receiver, it doesn't matter.
The turbo comes on shortly after 2000 rpm and its power curve is fatter than a deep-fried, triple-bacon-and-cream cheeseburger. It's juiciest at mid revs and sets the car up perfectly to explode out of corners using all four of its tires. For this, Polestar set up the suspension with Ohlins coilovers, ultra lightweight 8.75x19 BBS Forged Individual wheels and the new Michelin Super Sports in 235/35. It's a combo that produces astonishing levels of grip and stability, letting you dive hard and fast into turns without protest. After the apex, it's just a matter of pointing and shooting.
For brakes, Polestar went with Brembo six-piston calipers and 15-inch discs in front and four-piston calipers and 13-inch discs in rear. They're classic Brembo: firm pedal, hard-biting and fade-free. Polestar also put in a faster steering rack. It was direct and quick, but there were times, especially mid-corner, when I was trying to hold the line, the steering went light and lifeless when it should've been resistant. On a production car that's a no-no, but on a concept car it's an idiosyncrasy.
The interior is covered in various grades of suede by Swedish tannery Tärnsjö Garveri. Rough gray suede covers the dashboard, smoother suede of the same color covers the racy Recaro seats and black suede covers just about everything else. Body mods include canards to direct air over and around the front bumper and a hinged wing over the glass hatch. The front fenders get a little flare from extensions that are not unlike the SLR 722 GT racecar's.
Credit Volvo for letting Polestar build what's essentially an RS Cosworth on the Barry Bonds steroid program, an update of the Lancia Delta Integrale or the reincarnation of the Sport Quattro. Their C30 is the definition of car porn: titillating, lustworthy, addictive, but ultimately unobtainable.
Now, being that the Haldex also fits the C30, how about a limited run of all-wheel-drive C30s with a T5 turbo tuned to 300 hp to give VW's Golf R some competition? Wouldn't that be naughty?
From Hollywood to Goodwood
Polestar Marketing Director Hans Baath on being here and there with volvo
ec: You had a whirlwind tour of the US with your C30 and then got on a plane to the UK. What were some of your experiences over here that stand out?
HB: Before leaving for the US we knew that there is a substantial interest for Volvo performance cars and parts, but we were really surprised over the enthusiasm we received over the car. This is a one-off concept car, which is not for sale, but we got some really tempting offers.
ec: There have been a small number of tuners in the US that specialize in Volvo. What will make your efforts stand out, in particular the scene in California?
HB: We are of course aware that there are other enterprises working with Volvo cars in different ways. All of them with a slightly different orientation, focusing on different levels of performance for different customers. Polestar is Volvo Cars' official performance partner and focuses on delivering products developed in close cooperation with Volvo engineering. For the customer this means that when buying a Polestar product it comes with a full Volvo factory warranty, all data is measured and validated by Volvo, and so on. No other tuner apart from Polestar can offer that.
ec: The most common question has been if something like the Polestar C30 will see production. How realistic is that possibility and if not, could you go the route of a company like Ruf and how it handles its Porsche upgrades?
HB: It is a bit too early to make any prognoses about production of Polestar cars. The C30 is our first edition and we need to cover more ground before making any commitments. However, from a technical standpoint the C30 is based on off-the-shelf Volvo parts, meaning production would be fully possible.
ec: A invitation to run up the driveway at Goodwood is considered to be the ultimate. How did this come about?
HB: Here we must thank the people at Volvo Cars UK for their great work. The UK is a country with a special taste for performance hatchbacks, and especially after Jeremy Clarkson's enthusiastic Top Gear testdrive the interest for Polestar and the C30 has been massive. Volvo Cars UK has channeled the requests from the organizers to us and we tried to cover as much ground as possible.
ec: How many runs did you make, how was the car received by the public overall and what positives will you take from the appearance at Goodwood?
HB: We did six runs in total, four with ex-Volvo/Polestar STCC driver Alexander Storckenfeldt and two with present driver James Thompson, arriving on Sunday having raced in the STCC in Sweden on Saturday. The car ran in the Super Car class and it really stood out among the Ferraris, Lambos and Porsches. I personally think that the reason for the car being so recognized and well received is that it is just what you would not expect from Volvo. The characteristic five-cylinder turbo engine sound and the amount of grip produced by the Haldex all-wheel drive are both genuine Volvo attributes, but in the Polestar C30 they are expressed in a way people are not used to. This car is a not-so-Volvo Volvo.
2011 Volvo C30
2.5-liter I5, dohc, 20-valve, turbocharged
Six-speed manual, Quaife differentials
Suspension Ohlins coilovers
Brembo assemblies, six-piston calipers with 15-inch rotors (f), four-piston calipers with 13-inch rotors (r)
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An armed passenger aboard an Amtrak train outside Los Angeles was in custody early Saturday after a six-hour standoff with police ended when sheriff's deputies deployed tear gas.
Nearly 200 people were forced to evacuate the Pacific Surfliner and all Metrolink service through the Chatsworth Station was halted Friday night after authorities received a report of an armed man seen aboard Amtrak 790.
The man who barricaded himself in a rail car was arrested after tear gas was used, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau.
At about 6:19 p.m. Friday, the Metrolink Operations Traffic Center received a call from a passenger on the Pacific Surfliner that a gunman was seen on board the train, according to Ramon Montenegro, spokesman for the L.A. Sheriff's Department's Transit Policing Division.
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Deputies at the Chatsworth's station secured the train and evacuated passengers, with the exception of the suspected armed man who locked himself in a rail car, while the sheriff's department Special Enforcement Bureau and Amtrak police were dispatched to the scene, Montenegro said.
Amtrak spokesman Craig Schulz told City News Service all 187 passengers and five crew members aboard San Diego-bound Amtrak Train 790 "safely left the train." Buses were provided to take passengers to other train stations, Pacific Surfliner said in tweet.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger says he "stepped over the line several times" with women.
In an interview released Tuesday in Men's Health, the actor and former Republican governor of California says he was the "first one to say sorry." Schwarzenegger says he feels bad about it and apologizes.
Schwarzenegger was accused of sexual misconduct when he ran for governor in 2003 and he denied the allegations. He says that's why there were sexual harassment courses when he became governor to make sure no one, including himself, made that mistake.
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Schwarzenegger says calling political opponents "girlie men" was shortsighted even though he improvised it at the time.
He says he has not changed his views of masculinity. He says his mother was the woman he was originally most in love with.


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It's a double whammy. Last week we learned Steve Carell was officially leaving "The Office" at the end of next season. And now, in a video interview with CNN, Alec Baldwin says he won't return to "30 Rock" when his contract is up in 2012. He gives his reasoning to Alina Cho:
"As much as I like acting, I know that I would love to have a different life… A private life… I'd rather go do other things."
If you know your "30 Rock," you know simply getting Baldwin on the show in the first place was something of a minor miracle. Like Sean Penn and a host of other actors, Baldwin has spent a long time talking about "retiring" from acting one day. But there's a reason guys like Penn and Baldwin never follow through on their threats, and that is that they're really, really, really good at acting. Much better than most everyone else. And it's hard to leave a profession when you're so skilled at it. It's nice to be good at something. Take it from someone who isn't good at ANYTHING.
So I take this announcement from Baldwin with a grain of salt. After all, you never know if he'll need cash in the future for things like divorces or lawsuits against Fox News. However, "30 Rock" fans should prepare themselves for life at the show without Baldwin. I think one of the best solutions Tina Fey has to keep the show going is to replace Baldwin permanently with Will Arnett, who already has a recurring character on the show (who spars with Baldwin brilliantly), and who has Baldwin's same talent for grave deadpan comedy. It's the only solution, really. Because a world without Jack Donaghy is poorer one indeed.


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Chocolate Chip Banana Walnut Bread
this photo does not do the bread justice, I waited until there was only one slice left to photograph it… 😉
This bread is undeniably delicious and perfect for breakfast, a snack, or even as a warm dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It isn't too sweet to have in the morning, but you can reduce the flour and increase the sugar if you want it to be extremely sweet and dessert-like.
Wet ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2 ripe bananas
- 4 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp almond butter
- 3/4 cup sugar or NuNaturals Baking Blend
- 1 tbsp molasses
- 1 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cups wheat bran (you can just use more flour or ground flax, the purpose is increased fiber)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/3 – 1/2 cup chocolate chips (depends on your taste, I wanted less)
- 1/2 – 3/4 cup walnuts (depends on your taste, I wanted tons)
Whole wheat flour * when you choose white flour over whole wheat flour, you are losing over half of the B vitamins, fiber, folic acid, calcium, zinc, phosphorous, copper, and iron. Whole grains reduce your risk for diabetes and have also been linked to weight loss and maintaining a lower BMI.
Wheat bran * contains TONS of iron, B vitamins, magnesium, phosphorous and antioxidants! 1 cup has 25 grams of fiber and 9 grams of protein!
Bananas * High in potassium which helps the body eliminate excess salt and water (good for bloating)! Also help prevent muscular cramps and improve blood circulation. Bananas are high in zinc, which is key for healthy hair. They have also been linked to the prevention of stomach ulcers because they protect the stomach mucous layer. They are high in vitamins C and A, and phosphorus (which helps improve memory).
Cinnamon * High in antioxidants. Also aids in controlling blood sugar levels. Why does blood sugar matter? Spikes in blood sugar are bad for your health because they cause your body to increase insulin production. Insulin, among many other things, tells your body to store fat. Therefore, eating a sugary/high-in-simple-carbohydrate meal = blood sugar spike = insulin spike = store fat. Even worse, years of insulin spikes can lead to insulin resistance, which can then lead to diabetes.
Walnuts * contain the healthy monounsaturated fats!


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|Jan 31, 2013
Air Force award to FlexTech Alliance will accelerate development of new nanobiotechnology devices
|(Nanowerk News) Remote, wireless monitoring of physiological functions and structural performance in real time has long been a goal of many manufacturing industries. Achievement of that goal is now a step closer to reality with the announcement today of an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) award to FlexTech Alliance of San Jose, Calif. The Alliance has been selected to launch a new manufacturing consortium which will operate at the junction of nanotechnology, biotechnology, additive manufacturing, and flexible electronics. Bringing together world-class researchers and building prototype monitoring devices are the new nano-bio manufacturing consortium's primary goals.
|Under this $5.5M cost shared program, AFRL will provide $2.2M in funding and the consortium partners will provide the balance of the award. Lockheed Martin, GE and DuPont Teijin Films are among FlexTech Alliance's 20 consortium partners, along with researchers from the University of Cincinnati, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and other leading universities.
|Nano-bio manufacturing is the integration of multiple functions, such as sensing, communications, and power - all on a flexible electronics platform. In the medical field, for example, it could enable a small electronic patch to wirelessly monitor human performance. In another example, sensors could be embedded into aircraft surfaces to gauge stress and conduct real-time analysis of structural integrity. Global Industry Analysts, Inc. a market research firm, forecasts the worldwide nanobiotechnology market to reach $6B by 2017 driven by rising levels of government R&D funding, an increasing role played by venture capitalists, and technology advancements.
|"San Jose continues to grow as a center for developing new innovative technologies in electronics, bio-medical and nanotechnology research," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose). "My congratulations to the U.S. Air Force as they partner with FlexTech Alliance in a joint effort to help grow this industry, an effort which also will create jobs here in our district."
|The Air Force's initial interest is in monitoring pilots operating aircraft, as well as their support personnel, but companies in the broader health-care field are also eyeing this new technology for its commercial implications. All envision a future where incredibly lightweight, flexible electronics can instantaneously detect and transmit critical information.
|"Our mission is to deliver technology to the Air Force to monitor military personnel. While the Air Force's interests are obvious, real-time monitoring of the chronically infirm or elderly, for example, is an eventual commercial application, too," stated Michael Ciesinski, CEO of FlexTech Alliance.
|The nano-bio manufacturing consortium will provide shared assets to help companies and universities gain access to cutting-edge capabilities and equipment, and also help educate and train students and workers in advanced manufacturing skills. Consortium start-up is expected in the April 2013 timeframe.
|FlexTech Alliance's 20 consortium partners include GE, Lockheed Martin, DuPont Teijin Films and PARC along with researchers from Binghamton University, Cornell University, John Hopkins University, Princeton University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at San Diego, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and other leading universities.
|About FlexTech Alliance
|FlexTech Alliance is devoted to fostering the growth, profitability and success of the flexible, printed electronics and display supply chain. FlexTech Alliance offers expanded collaboration between and among industry, academia, government, and research organizations for advancing flexible, printed electronics from R&D to commercialization. To this end, the FlexTech Alliance, based in San Jose, Calif., will help foster development of the supply chain required to support world-class, manufacturing capability. www.flextech.org.
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P.S.: Wish You Were Here
The Western tourists had their own reasons for joining the sightseeing tour: One wanted a glimpse of ancient ruins, another liked to visit countries in the news.
But traveling Iraq for two weeks in the first organized tour since 2003 wasn't quite all they had hoped, what with the hours wasted at checkpoints, and visits cut short or scrapped altogether because of security concerns.
The eight adventurers included four men and four women from Britain, the United States and Canada. They said they made it from the northern city of Irbil to the southeastern tip of Basra - about 560 miles with side trips in between - without directly encountering the violence that has been a hallmark of Iraq's daily life for so many years.
"It's really affirmation in many ways that security has improved - the fact that we were able to travel to so many places," said David Chung, a 36-year-old employee of an investment management firm in New York.
The journey, scheduled to end Sunday after a tour of the ancient ruins of Babylon, gave the travelers a taste of the hardships facing Iraqis as they emerge from war, ranging from electricity shortages to traffic jams to the overwhelming presence of U.S. and Iraqi security forces.
The travelers got quizzical glances but said they never felt in danger, although explosions sounded near their hotel in Baghdad late Friday on the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion.
"We just would not have been allowed to come here if it was too dangerous," Bridgett Jones, a 77-year-old historical researcher from London, said as she drank a glass of red wine in the hotel lobby. "I never felt any hostility."
She said she bought the wine at a local liquor store.
Navigating the checkpoints proved the greatest hassle. Roberta Wong, a 58-year-old former librarian from Vancouver, said she counted 40 blockades from the southern city of Basra to Baghdad, a 340-mile trip, and 24 on the 217 miles from the northern Kurdish city of Irbil to the capital.
"You appreciated that they had to have the security. If they didn't have the security we couldn't have been here," said Jo Gilbert, 79, of Menlo Park, Calif. "But there's no way between the checkpoints and the speed bumps that you're going to get anywhere fast."
Gilbert (left) said she wouldn't recommend the trip to average tourists used to comfort.
The tourists also were disappointed that they didn't get to see Iraq's restored National Museum, infamously looted as U.S. forces seized control of Baghdad in 2003 and recently reopened to great fanfare. Iraqi authorities reneged on promises to let the group visit this time around.
"There were various sites that we couldn't get to because we were told they were too dangerous or because they were occupied by the Iraqi military," said Geoff Hann, the British managing director of Hinterland Travel.
The Westerners even went to the site of the destroyed golden domed shrine in Samarra, one of the holiest sites of Shiite Islam, where a 2006 bombing triggered months of sectarian violence. But the visit was short due to security concerns.
On Saturday, the tourists traveled south of Baghdad to see the Ctesiphon Arch, a Persian ruin on the Tigris River near Salman Pak - once one of Iraq's most dangerous towns.
They also went to the heart of the American effort in Iraq, the heavily-protected Green Zone, and had their picture taken with U.S. soldiers at the famous Crossed Swords landmark. The arches, depicting two hands holding swords, lead into parade grounds that Saddam Hussein had built after the Iran-Iraq war.
In a reminder of the dangers that still face Iraqis, a member of a Sunni group that has turned against al Qaeda in Iraq was killed Saturday when a bomb attached to his car exploded in a village south of Baghdad.
Some Westerners have tried to visit Iraq unofficially but usually have been expelled by the military. Shiite pilgrims from Iran and other regional countries frequently travel to holy sites.
But the current trip marked the first officially organized and sanctioned visit by Western tourists outside the semiautonomous Kurdish region since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003.
Hann, who plans more trips in the near future said Iraq is ready to receive tourists - but just barely.
"Administratively it's been difficult and the checkpoints have been difficult," he said, adding it "will take a lot of effort and a lot of hard work."
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Yesterday, I went to the Oakland location of Grocery Outlet. Hidden amongst the sketchy condiments and discontinued wines, here are a few of the treasures I found:
- Aseptic packages of Imagine's Creamy Butternut Squash soup, which is one of my favorite prepared soups and the foundation of many soups and other dishes I make... for 50 cents each!
- Westbrae organic chickpeas and other beans in some new-fangled aseptic-type packaging... for 99 cents each
- Tiny terra cotta planters at 5 for $1.00
- Mrs. Leeper's gluten-free meals-in-a-box (a GF version of "Hamburger Helper", etc) for under a dollar. I won't eat these, but I know this find will make someone's day.


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The Creation Of The Universe
Qarun was one of the people of Musa but he lorded it over them. We gave him treasures, the keys alone to which were a heavy weight for a party of strong men. Thereupon his people said to him, "Do not gloat. Allah does not love people who gloat." (Surat al-Qasas, 76)
As the above-quoted verse maintains, the treasures and status Qarun possessed in Egypt made him grow arrogant and insolent towards his people. To test him, Allah granted him an enormous fortune, and as is the case with all arrogant people, he was spoilt by them. He forgot that all possessions belong to Allah, and that He can take them back any time He wishes, and failed to recognise that these were granted to him as a test. Due to his arrogance, he thought that they were all given to him because he had "knowledge" and possessed superior qualities:
He said, "I have only been given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that before him Allah had destroyed generations with far greater strength than his and far more possessions? The evildoers will not be questioned about their sins. (Surat al-Qasas, 78)
This is the deviant outlook of the arrogant. Although it is Allah Who has given man whatever he has, the arrogant boast of their possessions and do not feel grateful to Allah or ask forgiveness from Him. They do not bother themselves with thinking, even for a second, that they could lose all these gifts in an instant. However, as we are to understand from this verse, many people, who were wealthier or more powerful than Qarun, perished on account of their arrogance. Like those of the past, Qarun received his punishment in this world. If he had been as powerful as he assumed himself to be, he would have been able to rescue himself. Yet, neither his status, nor his possessions, nor the people who admired him, nor the knowledge for which he boasted, could save him from Allah' s punishment:
We caused the earth to swallow up both him and his house. There was no group to come to his aid, besides Allah, and he was not someone who is helped. Those who had longed to take his place the day before woke up saying, "Allah expands the provision of any of His servants He wills or restricts it. If Allah had not shown great kindness to us, we would have been swallowed up as well. Ah! Truly the disbelievers are not successful." (Surat al-Qasas, 81-82)


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Graduate Council Meeting
February 16, 2004
I. The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m.
Voting members and alternates present were: K. Bennett, J. Belcher, N. Bourbakis, J. Brandeberry,
W. Carmichael, A. Chamberlain, R. Grandhi, R. Grubbs, B. Jung, H. Klein, M. Leffak, P. Martin,
S. McConnell, T. McKee, M. McLellan, S. Nelson, R. Ramsey, L. Ream, J. Rudisill, K. Scordo, E. Self, T. Sudkamp, J. Talbot, S. Thomas, J. Thomas (Chair), T. Traynor, J. Turchi, R. Williams
Non-voting alternates present were: G. Malicki, C. Ryan, L. Winfrey
Non-voting attendees were: S. Foster, E. Friese, A. Johnson, J. Kimble, J. Ovington
II. Approval of Minutes
It was moved and seconded that the minutes of the October 13, 2003 meeting be approved as written. Motion carried unanimously.
III. Report of the Dean (J. Thomas)
The Winter 2004 enrollment report indicates an increase of 5.7% in graduate headcount and 11.9% in graduate credit hours.
The Master of Public Health program was approved by RACGS at the November 11, 2003 meeting with a vote of 11-0. Final approval by the Ohio Board of Regents is anticipated at the March 11, 2004 meeting.
The Committee on Higher Education and the Economy (CHEE) was appointed by Governor Taft to address issues regarding program review and graduate program funding. Membership includes regents, trustees, and presidents. (President Goldenburg is a member.) This Committee will grant authority to the OBOR to close programs to avoid duplication. This likely will result in periodic review of all graduate programs. Initially, the Committee planned to base graduate program funding not on graduate heat count, but grant subsidy.
The Graduate Council Scholars program offers a $12,000 yearly stipend and tuition remission (for up to two years). The Graduate Student Affairs Committee selects recipients of the scholarship. Dean Thomas stressed that faculty furnish this information to the uppermost students. Only one student will be selected per program; nominations should be forwarded to Dean Thomas.
IV. Committee Reports
- Policies Committee (C. Ryan)
The Committee met on February 2 and February 13 and discussed the following issues:
A new program titled American Humanics Nonprofit Graduate Certificate in the Department of Urban Affairs. The certificate program was approved by the Committee.
A program development plan for a Masters degree in Information Systems. A reading committee will now be appointed to review the proposed program.
An alternative to the TOEFL. The Committee approved the International English Language Testing Systems as an alternative.
A modification to the Master of Science in Mathematics program. The program will now include a thesis option.
A new concentration in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management titled Supply Chain Management.
The Committee agreed that dual-listed courses must be presented to the Graduate Policies Committee and the Graduate Dean.
G. Malicki reported that an Electronic Graduate Catalogue should be available no later than May, 2004.
The Faculty Senate has established criteria for selection of the Chair of Graduate Council: the Chair should a) be the Graduate School Dean, or b) be a member of the full graduate faculty for five years, be a member of Graduate Council for two years, and be a member of the Graduate Council Policies Committee for two years.
The course inventory review procedure has been modified. The process will maintain the 30-day review period; however, concerns will be considered post 30 days. New courses will be included in the minutes of the Graduate Council; minutes will be posted on the Graduate Studies web-site in a timely manner. New courses will be announced on the list serve as well.
- Membership Committee (R. Grubbs)
The Committee met February 2 and February 9 and considered and recommended nine nominations for full graduate faculty membership and seven nominations for adjunct full graduate faculty membership.
The full member nominees are:
|Candace Cherrington
|Nursing/College of Nursing & Health
|Forouzan Golshani
|Computer Sci & Egr/College of Engineering & Computer Science
|Greg Graman
|Mgt Sci & Information Systems/Raj Soin College of Business
|Charles Gulas
|Marketing/Raj Soin College of Business
|Madhavi Kadakia
|Biochem & Molecular Biology/College of Science & Mathematics
|Ravi Penmetsa
|Mechanical & Materials Egr/College of Egr & Computer Science
|Rosemary Ramsey
|Marketing/Raj Soin College of Business
|Vikram Sethi
|Mgt Sci & Information Systems/Raj Soin College of Business
|Larry Weinstein
|Mgt Sci & Information Systems/Raj Soin College of Business
The adjunct full member nominees are:
|Prabir Kanti
|Chaudhury Mechanical & Materials Egr/College of Egr & Computer Science
|Ravinder Chona
|Mechanical & Materials Egr/College of Egr & Computer Science
|Qingyou Han
|Mechanical & Materials Egr/College of Egr & Computer Science
|Donald Loritz
|Biomed & Industrial Egr/College of Egr & Computer Science
|Steven Markham
|Psychology/College of Science & Mathematics
|P. Ruby Mawasha
|Mechanical & Materials Egr/College of Egr & Computer Science
|Paul McManamon
|Biomed & Industrial Egr/College of Egr & Computer Science
It was moved and seconded that the nominees be approved; the motion passed unanimously.
V. Research Report (E. Friese)
External awards from July 2003 through January, 2004 totaled $32.8 million.
From July, 2003 through January, 2004, 433 proposals have been processed.
Grant/contract research expenditures from July, 2003 through January, 2004 total $15.3 million.
The Wright Center of Innovation for Advanced Data Management and Analysis, sponsored by the Ohio Department of Development was awarded to Wright State University. The award totaled $11.1 million; local industry will match the award in the amount of $32 million. Dean Thomas was instrumental in the submission and award of the proposal.
The Research Incentive Program awards Research Initiation grants ($10,000) and Professional Development grants ($3,000). Proposals are due February 20; award announcements will be made mid-April. The Research Travel Program is an on-going program available to fully affiliated faculty and doctoral students in his/her last year of study.
All internal funding opportunities are available on the Research and Sponsored Programs web page.
IX. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m.
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The seeding of marine clouds to cool sea surface temperatures could protect threatened coral reefs from being bleached by warming oceans. Research, published in Atmospheric Science Letters, proposes that a targeted version of the geo-engineering technique could give coral a fifty year 'breathing space' to recover from acidification and warming.
"Coral bleaching over the last few decades has been caused by rising sea temperatures and ocean acidification," said Dr Alan Gadian, from Leeds University. "Our research focuses on how Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) could quickly lower sea temperatures in targeted areas."
There is a strong association between warmer-than-normal sea conditions and cases of coral bleaching. Bleaching is most likely to occur when a 1˚C temperature rise over a prolonged period, typically a 12-week period.
To brighten clouds unmanned vehicles are used to spray tiny seawater droplets, which rise into the cloud, thereby increasing their reflectivity and duration. In this way, more sunlight is bounced back into space, resulting in a cooling sea surface temperature.
While MCB was originally envisaged to be a global counter measure against warming, in principle the technique could be more targeted. In 2012 Dr. Gadian wrote how the use of MCB in the Atlantic could tame hurricanes.
The new modeling study focuses the impact of seeding marine stratocumulus clouds over the Caribbean, French Polynesia, and the Great Barrier Reef. The study shows how the projected increases in coral bleaching, caused by rising CO² levels, were eliminated while sea surface temperature cooled to pre-warming levels.
Mild and severe coral bleaching events were projected over a 20-year period for the three target regions. Without MCB the amount of coral bleaching was seen to be severe; however, simultaneous deployment of MCB eliminated the risk of extra bleaching.
"We estimate that MCB would have an annual cost of $400 million, however political, social and ethical costs make a true figure difficult to estimate, said Gadian. "Whatever the final figure, it will be less expensive than the damage the destruction of coral would wreck on neighboring countries, the local food chain and global biodiversity."
Public and political skepticism of geo-engineering projects remains a hurdle to their development; however, as the least disruptive form of Solar Radiation Management, the authors believe small-scale use of MCB for conservation would be unlikely to generate public opposition.
The authors propose field-testing of MCB on a scale of 100 square metres, which could demonstrate its use, without producing significant climate effects. Aside from cost, the main disadvantage of this technique is that it would not tackle ocean acidification, a direct result of CO² emissions.
"Reducing and removing atmospheric CO² remains the long term solution to acidification and warming oceans, however, even if this process began tomorrow the coral may be destroyed by the time we see the results," concluded Gadian. "Our results show that targeted use of cloud brightening could offer a short term breathing space, which could be vital for countries which rely on corals for their livelihoods."