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Well I am a bit confused with the two terms, are there differences between them?
The terms free software and open source software do mean different things, though the categories of software they refer to are almost exactly the same.
What is free software?
Free software is defined in terms of freedom (not price), and is not the same thing as freeware. The idea is that there are certain freedoms on the part of users that free software respects (but which non-free software, also called proprietary software, does not respect). This includes the freedom to use and study the software, as well as to distribute and improve it.
The Free Software Foundation is an advocacy and activist organization for free software, funds and otherwise supports the GNU project (which develops a significant fraction of the software that goes into GNU/Linux distributions such as Ubuntu) and is the organizational author of many of the most popular free software licenses including the GNU General Public License. The FSF defines free software as software that respects the four freedoms, which I quote here [linkifications mine]:
(0) The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
(1) The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
(2) The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
(3) The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
Another useful and important source about what does and does not constitute free software is the Debian Free Software Guidelines (from the Debian project, the GNU/Linux distribution from which Ubuntu is derived, see also this article).
One need not subscribe to any particular ideology to use and advocate for free software. But the ideological basis of free software is the idea that these freedoms are inherently good (or at least good for important political reasons external to technical questions of software quality and profitability), that people have the obligation to respect these freedoms, and that software should be judged in significant part by whether or not it respects these freedoms. Not all users of free software are adamant about these freedoms, and some believe in their importance but only to a limited extent, but many users are dedicated to them, and comprise the free software movement.
What is Open Source?
Some proponents of free software thought it was good for other reasons -- specifically, the idea that, because of the way freedom facilitates collaboration, free software has an advantage over proprietary software and often tends to be technically superior. Some thought that freedom is inherently important but not as important as developing technically good software, or that freedom is as important or more important than developing technically good software but that it was important to advocate for the adoption of free software on other grounds in order to be effective.
Thus, the open source movement was born. One of the ideas that went into this movement is the notion that advocacy targeted at businesses should emphasize the technical merits and profitability of open (free) development models, rather than talking about ethical or political issues. The Open Source Initiative was formed as an advocacy organization for the open source movement and to identify and formally approve licenses as open source. The OSI's Open Source Definition is based directly on the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which should be no surprise, as the actual category of software that is considered free is almost exactly the same as the actual category of software that is considered open source.
The old Open Source Initiative FAQ expresses both the substantial similarities and differing viewpoints between free software and open source ideologies:
How do the ideologies of free software and open source compare/contrast in practice?
While the ideologies behind free software and open source software are different--or are at least stated quite differently -- identifying specifically how the terms differ as they are practically used in communities is a bit more complicated. Since they refer to almost exactly the same category of software, people tend to choose whichever term they think is best, whether that be for reasons of clarity, ideology, social approval, habit, or other reasons. Furthermore, while free software and open source ideologies are distinct, there are also viewpoints that seem to bridge the two, or at least to blur where one ends and the other begins. For example, in his foreword to the paperback compendium edition of Eric S. Raymond's The Cathedral and the Bazaar (ISBN
This arguably does not make direct reference to ethical and political issues. But consider one of the somewhat similar considerations cited by Peruvian Congressman Edgar Villanueva in explaining his push for the the state to use free rather than proprietary software (English translation by Graham Seaman, also hosted here, with original here):
Since the practical consequences of adopting free software include political and moral ramifications (in this case, Villanueva argues, the intellectual and economic empowerment of the Peruvian people), there is some overlap in free software and open source thinking (as well as almost complete overlap in software recommendations).
One of the initial, explicit goals of the open source movement was de-emphasizing explicitly pro-liberty advocacy, as articulated early in this article:
But another original motivating reason for adopting an alternative term was the idea that the term open source was less confusing than the term free software, since the English word "free" can also mean "gratis," i.e., "having a price of zero". See this foundational essay. That attracted some people who were themselves more drawn to free software for ethical or political reasons than out of the belief that it was a better development model or business model, but who agreed that the term "free software" was lacking and ought to be replaced. While this term has proven confusing, the term "open source" has proven confusing as well, and Richard Stallman (founder of the Free Software Foundation) has argued that the term "open source" is inherently more confusing and less adequately descriptive.
What term should I use?
As I (start to) write this, there are five answers already posted to this question. Two of them (this and this) are basically correct in their characterizations of open source, and one of them is basically correct in its characterization of free software and another one almost correct. (Please note that these answers may have been edited, so this should not be taken as judgment of them in their present state.) While I admit that the sampling here is hardly conclusive, I would suggest that each of us should use whichever term s/he prefers for reasons other than clarity, since both terms are surrounded by substantial confusion.
For situations where it is desirable to refer simultaneously to the (already overlapping) concepts of free software and open source software, there exist the synonymous terms F/OSS (Free / Open Source Software), FOSS (Free [and] Open Source Software) and FLOSS (Free / Libre / Open Source Software). See this article on those terms, as well as this article on the more general topic of alternative terms for free software.
Is there free software that is not open source?
Probably not. Going by the Free Software Definition and the Open Source Definition, freedom 0 probably requires OSD criteria 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10; freedom 1 requires OSD criterion 2 (and possibly 7); freedom 2 probably requires OSD criteria 1, 7, 8, and 9; and freedom 3 probably requires OSD criteria 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 10.
Is there open source software that is not free?
Going by the definitions, yes, because with the exception of the requirement to provide source code, the Open Source Definition concerns itself only with what a license may require. In contrast, as per the Free Software Definition, for software to be free it must actually be possible to exercise the four freedoms.
Practically speaking, the vast majority of open source software is also free software. However, the phenomenon of tivoization renders some open-source software non-free, at least in practice. When software is designed to run on a particular device, and that device is designed to prevent modified versions from actually working, users are not able to exercise freedom 1.
The relatively recent issue of devices running open source software that is in practice not free has reignited disagreement between proponents of open source and free software concepts. The open source movement touts FOSS's technical merits. But what about when software's functionality is not actually under the control of its user? Richard Stallman writes [ellipsis mine]:
There are divergent ideas about precisely what freedoms software must respect in practice in order to be free. But disputes over whether or not tivoization makes software non-free are still disputes about freedom. For example, Linus Torvalds thinks tivoization (a term he dislikes) of Linux should not be prohibited, but this is out of the belief that it does not actually prevent people from freely using the software (on another device).
How do free software and open source apply to Ubuntu?
Most of the software in Ubuntu is free software and open source software. A fraction of the software in Ubuntu is neither. (None is one but not the other.) The Ubuntu project aims to produce a system that is as free as possible while still fully usable by as many users as possible.
When you install Ubuntu, you are given the option to install non-free software to perform functionality like playing MP3 files. In Ubuntu, Additional Drivers suggests and facilitates installation of non-free drivers for some devices like video and network cards. Non-free software (like Adobe Flash and Skype) is also available in the multiverse and partner repositories. Furthermore, depending on one's definition of "includes," Ubuntu might be considered to include non-free software in that the Software Center provides the ability to install proprietary payware.
While these and other factors render Ubuntu (and most other highly popular GNU/Linux distributions) not completely free, and arguably there are distributions that are more thoroughly free, Ubuntu and its community have brought free software--and support for it--to thousands (if not millions) of people who would otherwise likely never have used it, and has contributed positively to the spread of free software around the world, and to people's ability to use free software in their own language. The Ubuntu philosophy is stated in terms of freedom and in terms of users' capabilities:
It then goes on to discuss and praise both the free software and open source movements and to say:
Whether you consider your goals to be aligned with free software, with open source, with both, or even with neither, you are encouraged to use Ubuntu if it serves your needs. And so long as you are willing to practice humanity toward others by following the code of conduct, you are encouraged to participate in the Ubuntu community!
"Free" can mean one (or both) of two things: "free" as in "costs nothing" ("gratis," "free as in beer"), or "free" as in "free to be modified" ("libre," "free as in speech").
"Open source" merely means that the source code is made available by developers, and is not necessarily "free as in beer" nor "free as in speech" (although it can be either or both).
Here's a useful Venn diagram: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html
There is no authority which can define the meaning of a word. It is defined by how it is used, and therefore the meaning of a word can change over time or a word can mean different things to different groups of people at the same time.
That said: wikipedia, the Free Software Foundation, The Debian Project, The Ubuntu Project, GNU all agree on one thing: "free software" is about freedom, not cost. Free Software can cost money, or not.
There is not that much agreement on the term "Open source software". While some say that just means that the source code is made available (some sentences on wikipedia) and GNU. Others would argue that free software and open source software are about the same ideas, e.g. opensource.org. However, the right to distribute the modified software is not necessarily seen a part of the "open source software" (wikipedia but contrary to this, again the Open source definition).
To put some of the examples from other answers into those categories: skype: neither; Fedora: free software and open source software; Google Chrome: neither (as far as I know), but Chromium is free software and open source software;
Many groups have devoted their time and effort into confusing people about these terms. Especially the Free Software Foundation, which seems to use the term "open source software" purposefully differently than the Open Source Initiative. And the Open Source Initiative, which introduced and heavily promoted a new term (open source software) to essentially mean the same as the already established term "free software".
You can also read more here.
I'd say that an illustration of the difference, which shows that Shuttleworth is more open source than free software, can be found in the following quote (in response to cooperation with proprietary companies):
I think a free software opinion might indeed not be so confident that things will become free in the long term, and not consider it so relevant anyway when it comes to cooperation. You can compare it to thinking that slavery is bound to disappear because it is not efficient: people work better when they are free, with more innovation and no risk of revolt. It's true, but you can also be opposed to slavery as a more abstract principle.
The term
There is two articles find on GNU related to this which are:
On OSI FAQ:- What is "free software" and is it the same as "open source"?
I am here attaching the details on:
How Free Software and Open Source Relate as Categories of Programs
/----------------------------------------------\ / | | \ / | | \ / | | \ | | | Source license is GNU *GPL, Apache, | | original BSD, modified BSD, | free | X11, expat, Python, MPL, etc., | | and executable is not tivoized | open source | | | | \ | | \ | | \ | | / \---------------------------------------------- / | tivoized (tyrant) devices | O | / ----------------------------------------------/
Remarkable (quoted) Notes:-
In the easy way, just like this :
Free Software : Download it, install it, use it with no notification like "Your application will expire in 30 days" or something. Some notification just like this : "Please insert the license key for it to work"
Free Software is free to download without spending money. And sometimes, the dev of the apps may published the premium version, which offer more function than the free one and need money for it.
But for open-sourced apps, it will helps you a lot if your an apps developer. When you are using an app (and it is an open-source app), you want to customize it to suit your daily task and republish it, feel free to do it. The original developer will not sue you for that. In open source apps, we use several terms like GPL2, GPL3, LGPL, etc...


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I developed a doc sharing website for my company using Sharepoint2010 and SQLServer 2008 R2.
The website is on a virtual machine powered by Hyper-V
Now, I am thinking the disaster recovery plan.
The options I came up so far are:
- Back up the virtual machine
- Use CA or Stsadm backup the farm, and use sql utility to back up actual sharepoint databases
Thanks in advance.


text: Hello people! My last tutorial was How To Draw A Kitten , this one doesn't vary much, as you've probably already guessed, it involves something about cats(duh).How To Draw Cat Eyes is what I hope some of your will learn from this , I would be surprised if you learned something else ... Anyway,I dislike descriptions , so, I hope you have fun with this. Good luck!


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Fifty years ago, Dwight D. Eisenhower used a silver shovel to break ground for the presidential library in Abilene that would bear his name and hold his papers. He chose May 1st in 1962 as the dedication day for the new building because it would have been his mother's 100th birthday.
So much more than books: the library at the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum
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I have a hardwood floor I've recently finished staining. I'd like to apply polyurethane but I don't think I can cordon off the entire area for the duration. Is it alright to apply the sealer in sections?
Surface finishes are notoriously difficult to get smooth when the process is interrupted. The glossier the finish, the harder to have sections blend.
If you are talking about preliminary coats, especially if they will get a light sanding between coats, this is probably ok. For the finish coat, I would strive hard to do it all in one shot.
If you simply cannot, try to find a transition area that will be less noticable, such as an area covered by rugs or furniture. You also might try cutting the transition from one section/session to another along a long board line, but this is hard with poly.
I highly recommend NOT seperating the coats. You will see a visible line where you stop and start again and the sheen won't exactly match. Definitely go with a water-based polyurethane as Mike suggested for a quicker dry time. I know it's exciting to want to complete the project but don't be afraid to be patient with your floors. They're a lifetime investment and worth the care and additional wait.


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|Media makers have faced many technological challenges as the field has evolved. The early portable video technology introduced in the 1960s offered a very limited control over the recording and playback of images. When introduced, editing systems were expensive and the process laborious. Tools providing "special effects" such as colorization, superimposition and the like, were available only in expensive broadcast studio situations.
Tools List - a list of texts in the biblio database that provide descriptions of video and audio instruments.
Texts - includes articles, essays, manuals and other writings which offer insights into the desires of the image-makers, and the ways the electronic image was defined. This list is also from the biblio database.
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KILLEEN (November 14, 2012)—Charges were pending Wednesday against a vandal who was caught pink-handed after spray-painting a local church.
The man was arrested after an employee of Central Christian Church at 1301 Trimmier Rd. in Killeen saw him through a window that had been spray-painted pink
Officers arrived just after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday and found the man behind the church.
One of the messages the man left on the church read, "Metal = Death."
The man claimed to be the ambassador to Guam, church members said.
"He had a huge container of Bud Light, he had his shoes and socks off he was on his knees and he was just going to town having a good time and he was surprised by the police who roared up and captured him," Pastor Mark Bushor said.
Bushor said a church member was working to clean up the graffiti.


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Emergency Numbers to Have on Hand for Your Rabbit
Part of the Rabbits For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Your pet rabbit can get hurt or feel sick, just like you do. So that you're prepared for an emergency — your bunny may eat something he shouldn't or injure a paw — write down emergency contact numbers right away when you bring your bunny home. You need to have numbers for these helpers handy:
24-Hour emergency pet hospital
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ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center 888-4ANI-HELP (888-426-4435)
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I have a script doSmth in /usr/bin. Is it possible to print the directory the script was called from is printed out by the script?
So If I call doSmth from /home/me the output will be /home/me.
When you invoke a command in the shell, the new process inherits the working directory of the parent. Here are two ways get the working directory:
By "directory it was called from" you seem to mean its working directory. You can change this inside the script using e.g.,
If you'll need the initial working directory after changing it, just save it at the top of your script (before changing it)
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Jury selection in the trial of a Paducah woman charged with murder and driving under the influence is set to begin Wednesday.
The Paducah Sun and WPSD report that Marshall County Circuit Judge Dennis Foust declined on Monday to grant a motion to change the venue for the trial, which would have delayed proceedings.
The attorney for 20-year-old Tiffany Pittman asked for the change, noting that 15 potential jurors or their friends out of a pool of 80 had signed an online petition started by the victim's family for stricter DUI laws. Prosecutor Mark Blankenship said that still leaves a pool of 65, which is enough to seat a jury.
Pittman is accused of killing 46-year-old Jimmy Harper, who was hit head-on last year while driving to work.


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MASSILLON - Most coaches will tell you the best thing about being 4-0 is the chance to go 5-0.
For his club to seize that opportunity in Massillon, Reno Saccoccia predicts it will need to play a "perfect game."
Big Red and the Tigers, 3-1, will do battle for the 46th time Friday. The Stark Countians hold a commanding 38-5-2 lead in the overall series. However, since the rivalry was restored in 2009, the Red is up 2-1. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. inside Paul Brown Stadium.
"We have to play a perfect game on every snap," Saccoccia said. "We can't let down for a minute. We need to be solid on offense, defense and special teams.
"On offense, we're not going to score every time we get the ball, but we can't be three downs and punt either. We need to get some first downs and maintain or gain field position. Defensively, we can't give up big plays. They are a big play team. Very seldom are they in third down and anything and they're deep."
The Tigers own victories over Akron Butchel (52-21), Maumee (34-12) and Massillon Perry (41-21). The loss came at the hands of Canton Glen Oak (26-24). Massillon was down 20-3 in that contest after three quarters but rallied for three fourth quarter scores to make it close.
"Glen Oak had them down to the point where people leaving the stadium," Saccoccia noted. "They came within a minute of winning the game. So we know we can't have any letdowns."
Liberty at Weir
WEIRTON - After three straight losses to open the season, the Weir High Red Riders thought they may have a chance to pick up that elusive first win for 2012 last week when they journeyed to Grafton, which had lost two of three games themselves.
That wasn't to be as the Riders came home licking the wounds from a 27-6 loss, but they were in the game into the third period finding themselves behind by only 13-6.
The Red Riders get a second chance this week. Facing another Class AA school that also has not won yet this year, Liberty Harrison. The Mountaineers invade the new Jimmy Carey Stadium for a 7 p.m. kickoff Friday evening.
"I like our chances," said head coach, Tony Filberto, about the Mountaineers. "We see some things where we might be able to make that first win happen."
Filberto says he continues to see improvement in his Red Riders, especially last week on defense.
"We had some trouble offensively because both of our starting backs were out with injuries. We had three freshmen starting on offense last week," Filberto explained. "We just couldn't get our running game going and couldn't get the pressure off of (William) Larch's back. He still got the bulk of our yardage, but his numbers were down."
Larch, who was the leading rusher among players in all 11 schools covered by the Herald-Star/Daily Times after three games, but because he was held under 100 yards rushing for the first time this season he dropped behind Maurtice Hython of Harrison Central, who has 691 yards rushing. The Grafton defense penned Larch in and limited the sophomore quarterback to just 56 yards on the ground.
St. Clairsville at Harrison Central
CADIZ - Whether it's playoff points, OVAC and Buckeye 8 standings implications, perfect records or even a "Coal Bucket," it'll be on the line when St. Clairsville and Harrison Central clash Friday night.
"We just keep playing undefeated teams, which keeps the kids excited, but makes the coaches a nervous wreck," laughed Red Devils head coach Brett McLean. "You can't come into any game in (the Buckeye 8) sleepy or not ready to go.
"Every week is a new mountain to climb, per se and this week is a real test."
The Red Devils, who are ranked sixth in the state's Division IV AP poll and on top of the Region 15 computer rankings, are coming off a 48-6 victory against then-unblemished Indian Creek and have yet to be really challenged since the first half against Wheeling Park in the opener.
"They're really, really good," said Harrison Central head coach Justin Kropka. "I've been looking at their film since Saturday, and I am still trying to find a chink in their armour."
The Huskies, who are ranked 13th in the Division IV AP Poll and third in the computer rankings, are coming off a cherished victory against Martins Ferry.
Madonna at Cameron
CAMERON - It has been a while since Cameron has beaten Madonna, but that doesn't mean that the Blue Dons are taking the Dragons lightly, not this year anyway. The Blue Dons travel to Cameron for a 7:30 p.m. start Friday.
"They sort of mirror us in a lot of ways," said Madonna (2-1) coach, Doug Taylor. "They have scored a lot of points despite losing two games and they have come back from big halftime deficits in both of their wins. Like Fort Frye last week, we have to take care of business because they can score a lot of points."
The tough Madonna defense was able to contain the Fort Frye Cadets last week allowing just one touchdown. The Cadets had averaged about 40 points a game prior to that. Cameron is averaging more than 29 points a game.
"We take a lot of pride in our defense," Taylor said "We spend a lot of time working on defense. Our offense gets a lot of publicity, but we work hard on defense and even our special teams contribute greatly to our offensive production."
Taylor pointed out that Cameron veteran coach, Jim Rogers, has a lot of weapons in his arsenal this year starting with sophomore quarterback, Logan Routt (6-8, 180).
"They probably pass the ball 60 percent of the time and that tall quarterback is one of the reasons why," Taylor added. "We have to pressure him because with that height it gives him a huge advantage at finding receivers especially if he has a lot of time back there."
Valley at Toronto
TORONTO - As with the halfway point of the season approaches, the Toronto Red Knights are still looking for that elusive first win. Things can easily turn around for head coach Eric Meek and the Red Knights as they showed over the previous two seasons. They're hoping they turn around this week against Valley, Friday at 7 p.m. at Clarke Hinkle Field.
"We're getting into late September and we haven't tasted the thrill of victory yet," said Meek. "It would be nice to do that this week.
"We've started slow in the past and turned it around. We won four of our last six two years ago and five of our last six a year ago so there is hope.
"The key is to improve at the end of the season.
"If we can improve as the year goes on that is all I can ask as a coach."
One thing Meek has said since preseason was that his Division VI squad needed to avoid the injury bug as much as possible to give his young team a chance to gain experience. Though the Red Knights came out of last week's 49-7 loss to Central banged up it still looks like they are at close to full strength.
"The only one I'm thinking will be out is Kyle White with a concussion," said Meek. "I'm hoping everyone else will be ready to go.
"Tyler Miller is also out, and he's been out for a few weeks. We're hoping to dress 28 guys this week for Friday. That would give us 28 of 30 kids suited up this week."
Central at Oak Glen
NEW MANCHESTER - Things are a little different in the Oak Glen football camp than they were a couple of weeks ago. The Golden Bears are preparing this week for the aerial invasion of Steubenville Catholic Central and also looking forward to the annual homecoming celebration at the new football field on the Oak Glen campus. Game time Friday is 7 p.m.
"Our goal is to come out of the first half with a winning record," Central head coach Steve Daley said. "Both teams are 2-2 and one team fortunately is going to and unfortunately, someone is not. That's our focus right now and what our preparation needs to be this week."
First-year Oak Glen head coach Ian Whittington admits his Golden Bears (2-2), smarting from its second straight loss, will have its hands full containing the vaunted Crusader passing attack.
Central quarterback, Brenton Colabella, already has thrown for more than 1,000 yards in just four games, two wins and two losses. As a sophomore last year, Colabella passed for 1,941 yards and 18 touchdowns.
He already has 14 touchdown passes this season and leads the Ohio Valley quarterbacks with 1,168 yards completing 69 of 110 passes.
"They are a skilled football team and bring a heck of an aerial show," Whittington said. "They get a lot of yardage and score a lot of points.
"Colabella is the real deal. He's the best quarterback in the valley. I remember he passed for over 300 yards and three or four touchdowns against us last year, but we managed to win the game. I recall that we sacked him 11 or 12 times last year, which is an Oak Glen defensive record. We'll have to do that again this year if we expect to win."
Edison at Buckeye Local
YORKVILLE - Two Buckeye 8 teams coming off Week 4 losses are set to meet Friday with the Edison Wildcats traveling to Buckeye Local for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
The 2-2 Panthers come into Week 5 looking to get above .500 for the first time this season and kickstart some momentum heading into the second half of the season.
"It's important for us to pick up a win this week and be above .500 at the midway point," said Buckeye Local head coach Phil Pest. "We have Martins Ferry in front of us the following week so a win this week would give us some momentum. We play at home and we play very well at home so it is definitely important for us to pick up a win this week."
The Wildcats (1-3) are looking to move away from a loss that felt strongly self-inflicted last week against Union Local.
"We hurt ourselves more than we helped ourselves last week," said McKenzie. "First of all I don't want to discredit Union Local because the fact is they played hard and didn't quit.
"We hurt ourselves with 12 penalties for 129 yards to their three penalties for 25 yards. When you have six turnovers and a discrepency in penalties like that it's going to be hard to beat anybody."
Wheeling Park at Brooke
WELLSBURG - Without a doubt, Brooke and Wheeling Park have travelled in some fast company during the first four weeks of the 2012 season.
That obviously has a lot to do with the Bruins 0-4 record while Patriots are 2-2 heading into the renewal of their longtime rivalry Friday night at Brooke Memorial Stadium.
Except for the hard-luck, 35-34 opening game loss to Parkersburg (2-2), Brooke has fallen to three straight still undefeated rivals, St. Clairsville, University and Steubenville. Park also was toppled by the Red Devils and the Hawks while their two victories came against West Virginia Class AA power Bridgeport and Brashear out of the Pittsburgh City League.
''We are 2-2 but it is not the end of the world,'' Patriots coach Chris Daugherty said. ''We had opportunites in both our losses to hang in there and possibly win those games if some things had gone our way.''
Brooke's first-year coach Sean Blumette actually came away from the 34-13 loss to Big Red feeling encouraged.
''The kids' focus and intensity was there last week,'' he said. ''Regardless of the score, Steubenville knew it had played a football game. Outside of us giving up some big plays, I thought we did very well. Hopefully we can build on that as we go through the rest of the season.''
Both coaches are anticipating a typical Wheeling Park-Brooke backyard battle similar to last year when Bryce Ingram sparked the Patriots into a comfortable early lead only to see Alec Buchmelter's passing arm nearly bring the Bruins all the way back in a 26-20 setback. The Bruins were knocking on the door for a possible game-winning TD and extra point before being turned away.


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Ad hominem attacks are only one of the fallacies poisoning the climate debate. Campaigners regularly use guilt by association, straw man arguments and appeals to emotion, motive, and authority, to divert the public from considering the arguments of skeptics.
So rather than become embroiled in such unpleasantness, many of the world's leading climate experts stay out of the public debate, a serious loss to societies grappling with this important issue.
President Obama's argument that there is a consensus among experts that we face a human-caused climate crisis is wholly unfounded. There has never been a reputable worldwide poll of climate scientists that demonstrates that a majority of them believe that our carbon dioxide emissions cause dangerous climate change. None of the national science academies that have issued declarations in support of the climate scare have demonstrated that a majority of their scientist members actually agree with their academy's position.
Not only are today's computerized climate models (the basis of the alarm) not known to properly represent climate, they cannot be programmed to do so since we do not know the underlying science well enough to know what to program the computers to compute. Yet, on this basis, the developed world is revamping its entire energy infrastructure.
Obama must seek input from all reputable experts, regardless of their scientific opinion. Considering what's at stake — a human-induced eco-collapse if alarmists are correct, or, if skeptics are right, a waste of trillions of dollars and a loss of millions of jobs — no other approach is acceptable.
Tom Harris
International Climate Science Coalition
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Given the value $N$ and the percentage $p$, where $N = G + G \times (p/100)$, $d$ is the percentage you need to subtract of $N$ to get the base value $G$.
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The 5 Ballsiest Double-Crosses Ever Pulled Off
We've all been double-crossed by someone at some point. Maybe the cab driver tried to charge us more than the meter said, or the stereo we ordered on eBay was actually a box full of cat crap, or our Russian girlfriend turned out to be a guy from Nigeria -- hey, we've all been there, and we've all wanted to punch the other person in the junk when it happened.
But some people turn betrayal into an art form, screwing over those who trusted them in ways so unbelievably insane that we can't help feeling a little bit of admiration for these guys. It's still not enough to save their junk from our screaming, reeling uppercuts, but it's something.
#5. Lawyer Frames Guatemala's President ... for the Lawyer's Murder
Rodrigo Rosenberg was a successful Harvard-educated attorney in Guatemala who was shot dead while riding his bicycle back in 2009. Sadly, this is literally an everyday occurrence in Guatemala: They love riding bikes almost as much as they love assassinations. But then things took a turn for the weird. At his funeral, they presented a video that Rosenberg himself had made before he died, claiming that in the event that he was murdered, the president of Guatemala would be responsible. Here's a version with subtitles:
The video went viral, and Guatemala lunged into a crisis. Politicians, members of the media and thousands of citizens called on the president to resign, while Rosenberg became a martyr. The government denied everything, but naturally the public wasn't buying their shit. The director of a respected newspaper wrote of the ludicrous denials that "The only thing missing now is for the president and his henchmen to say that it was Rodrigo himself who ... paid the assassins to murder him."
The Double-Cross:
And that's exactly what happened. It's not that we're buying the lazy government coverup; the evidence was so overwhelming that even the guy who wrote those words, and Rosenberg's own son, had to admit that the attorney had committed suicide in one of the most insane political conspiracies ever.
"Here is the exact location where you will have found my body in the case of this possible future murder ..."
Shortly after the video was released, President Alvaro Colom allowed the United Nations to carry out an investigation and refused to resign, because it turns out that the YouTube comments section isn't grounds for an impeachment. To everyone's surprise, the investigation ended up revealing that the hit men who killed Rosenberg were using cellphones bought by Rosenberg himself, that he'd withdrawn the exact amount of money the hit men were paid days before his death and that he'd made threatening calls to himself from his own house to make his story look legit. Eventually, two cousins of Rosenberg's ex-wife confessed to having helped him hire the hit men.
"I mean, we were going to kill him anyway because he's an asshole, but then he told us that insane plan."
So why did he do it? Rosenberg had been having an affair with the daughter of a client of his, both of whom had been recently killed. His client had been involved in shady dealings, and as we mentioned, Guatemala is all about murders and cycling. Already deranged over the loss, Rosenberg blamed a political plot for his lover's death and decided to bring down the entire government as revenge. And he would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for that meddling U.N. and their pesky dog.
#4. Corporate Whistle-Blower Scams the Company He Was Blowing the Whistle On
Mark Whitacre was an executive at Archer Daniels Midland, one of the most important agricultural businesses in the U.S., and many people believed that he was on the fast track to becoming president of the entire company. However, after discovering that ADM was engaged in an illegal price-fixing operation, Whitacre jeopardized his career to do the right thing and become an FBI informant, wearing wires and spying on his colleagues and bosses for three years.
The evidence he amassed allowed the FBI to take down an international cartel and send top executives at ADM to prison, including its vice chairman, Michael Andreas, and one of its most respected vice presidents, Mark Whitacre. Wait, what?
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He's a complicated man. And the only one who understands him is the FBI.
The Double-Cross:
Oh, did you think the double-cross was going to be Whitacre courageously informing on his own company? Nope, the real double-cross was that at the same time, Whitacre was also stealing millions of dollars from ADM right under the FBI's nose.
When Whitacre's role as a corporate mole became public, ADM did what powerful corporations do when threatened by someone, which is to dig up as much dirt on him as possible. In Whitacre's case, they didn't have to dig very far -- it turned out that he had been embezzling from ADM for several years, with the bulk of the theft occurring while Whitacre was "bravely" informing for the FBI ... and demanding that they pay him for it.
Because his $350,000-a-year job in 1992 wasn't quite cutting it.
Even after being found out, Whitacre insisted that the whole thing was somehow the FBI's fault in an interview with Fortune magazine ... that he later admitted was completely phony, thus screwing the publication as well.
The fact that Whitacre thought that he could get away with stealing almost $9 million from his company in the middle of an FBI investigation suggests a seriously testicularly skewed balls-to-brains ratio. Due to his extracurricular activities, Whitacre lost his whistle-blower's immunity and was sent to prison for a whole decade, while the two other ADM executives he originally blew the whistle on only got three years apiece.
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"I'm a screwing machine, baby! But not in the fun sense!"
Don't feel sad for Whitacre, though, because his dramatic story of cunning and intrigue was turned into a Steven Soderbergh movie called The Informant! ... where Matt Damon portrays him as a hilarious moron.
#3. London's Greatest Hero Turns Out to Be Its Worst Villain
Jonathan Wild was the closest thing early 18th century London had to a police commissioner. There was no official police force back then, and the politicians were helpless to fight back against the criminals that ran rampant across the city -- basically, imagine Gotham at the beginning of Batman Begins, except everybody's wearing slick top hats and there's much less racial diversity. Luckily, London's helpless citizens could count on the protection of the awesomely named Jonathan Wild, the best known "thief taker" in England.
And his mighty "taking" stick.
Besides organizing large and efficient groups of bounty hunters who broke up gangs and sent criminals to the gallows, Wild also specialized in retrieving stolen property: If someone ransacked your home, it was customary to go to Wild and tell him what was missing and the details of the case, and he would get it back, for a fee. It was like filing a police report directly to Boba Fett.
The Double-Cross:
Except that Wild was the one who stole your shit in the first place.
"No, ma'am, you're missing the green lamp. The red one is in your pantry ... I assume."
Wild's group of thief catchers was actually just a group of thieves, period -- they'd break into homes and steal stuff, and Wild would then scam the owners into buying their own things back. Sometimes he'd charge surplus phony fees to get the stolen property back from "fencers" (actually his own warehouses), and other times the victims would be so thankful that they'd just straight up give him extra money for doing such a great job.
Any thief who crossed Wild or operated outside his massive criminal empire was turned over to the authorities to be imprisoned or hanged, which helped preserve his image of legitimacy. In this way, Wild became the supreme crime boss in London while disguised as its master policeman. It is possible that as many as 120 people were executed after being exposed by him. So Jonathan Wild was the father of not only the modern police force, but of modern organized crime as well.
His entire life was irony.
However, like Al Capone, Wild was not taken down because of the people he'd killed, but for a much more minor offense: When a thief Wild had sold out accused him of a petty crime, an investigation confirmed it, and Wild was promptly convicted and hanged. That petty crime? Accepting money for stolen property. Dang, and we thought the RIAA was severe ...


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In English, if someone has been gone for a while and has recently returned, it's common to greet them by saying, "Welcome back!" (or "Welcome back from your trip!", etc). What is the most natural way to say this in Spanish? Bienvenido de regreso sounds a little awkward to my (non-native) ears. Is that the only option, or is there something more common people would say in these situations?
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In Spain is not usual to use "Welcome back!", at least I do not use it.
In my experience, I have a friend who had gone to Scotland to live four months ago, last week he arrived to Spain and all of us said "¡Bienvenido!".
If I translate "Welcome back!" I would say "¡Bienvenido de nuevo!" interpreting more than translating it, or "¡Bienvenido otra vez!".
I think that expression, at least in Spain, has no translation from English.
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"¡Bienvenido de regreso!" is fine too, I don't know why but I prefer to use "vuelta" instead of "regreso".
No, "¡Bienvenido de regreso!" is definitely not correct, as Zhen points out it is a cacophony. In all cases of translation, if you are not trying to convey spoken language (a truly hard task, as you need to know both the source and target dialect pretty well), then you should guide yourself by the use in the written language. In that same venue, "¡Bienvenido de vuelta!" isn't correct either. But, the use of the imperative verb conjugation (one of the subtle uses of the accusative case in the Spanish language), is perfectly legal and will make you sound both warm and educated: "¡Se bienvenido!", "¡Seas bienvenido!"
Usually, in a return, we would use "Que alegria que regresaras!" (It's a pleasure to have you back) or "Gracias por regresar!" (Thanks for comming back) but there's no language translation exact to Welcome Back! The exclamation point and welcome do refer to happiness about the event being expressed and because of this, I offered happy sentences that could be used in such situations.
Generalmente en paises de habla hispana no se tendría en cuenta el hecho de que el individuo ha regresado "de nuevo". Si quien pregunta sigue insistiendo en la necesidad de traducir "Welcome back" literalmente, los comentarios anteriores son algunas buenas sugerencias. Sin embargo, este tipo de discrepancias son las que hacen especiales a los idiomas, pues cada uno de ellos percibe la realidad de maneras ligeramente diferentes.
In general, people in Spanish-speaking countries wouldn't take into account the fact that the individual has "come back again." If this thread's poster still wants to translate "welcome back" literary, the above comments are some possible suggestions. However, this kind of discrepancies make languages special, for every language perceives reality in slightly different ways.
Too long, it's just an idea:
I think the correct answer should be: Bienvenido otra vez!


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The 12 Most Horrifically Misleading Euphemisms
#6. "Normal Involuntary Attrition"
If You Didn't Know Better...
You'd be confused. Normal involuntary attrition? "I guess if it's normal I don't need to get it checked out by my doctor. I've dodged my end of life decision making yet again."
What it Actually Refers to...
You are being shit-canned.
It says something about us that we have as many terms for firing people as Eskimos have for snow. "Layoff" worked as a euphemism for a while (a term almost as comfortable-sounding as "put to sleep") but we've caught wise to that one. "Downsizing" got a nasty reputation as a douchebag word from the get-go.
To stay ahead of the curve, companies have to make up new ones almost weekly. Actual examples include:
"Negative employee retention"
"Assign candidates to a Mobility Pool"
"Initiated a Career Alternative Enhancement Program"
#5. "Budget Reinforcement"
If You Didn't Know Better...
The budget is falling apart? Public servants are spending too much and we need to crack down and become more responsible? Some kind of behaviorist experiment involving operant conditioning?
What it Actually Refers to...
At some point, the Ministry of Finance in Sweden decided that they were tired of taxing their citizens, who suffer the greatest tax burden in the world. They were much more comfortable with the idea of "recruiting budget reinforcements" from the bank accounts of their citizens. And that, friends, is how you get away with a 52% income tax. That, or by sending a government-sponsored woman to the home of every male each morning to wake him up with a blowjob.
A friend told us they do that in Sweden, we haven't confirmed it yet.
#4. "Public Diplomacy"
If You Didn't Know Better...
The genius of a good euphemism is making the term so dull that you don't even want to find out what it means. "Public diplomacy?" It sounds like a conference table full of old men pouring over some 500-page trade agreement. BO-RING!
What it Actually Refers to...
But propaganda is for Commies and Nazis! Democracies need other words for talking about how they manufacture consent among the masses. Words that are creamier, more vanilla and topped with melted Swiss-chocolate neutrality.
#3. "Non-operative Personnel"
If You Didn't Know Better...
Is this hospital jargon? Personnel that aren't qualified to perform a medical operation? That can't be operated on? A person who isn't "working," like a broken stereo or something?
What it Actually Refers to...
We could spend the rest of the day doing military euphemisms ("collateral damage," "friendly fire"), they seem to have entire buildings full of people who think these up full-time. So, personnel that is not relevant to military operations because they've been killed get a term that sounds like it should apply to a non-working carburetor.
#2. "Uninstalled"
If You Didn't Know Better...
You'd think this was computer and/or appliance related.
What it Actually Refers to...
Gotcha! You've been shit-canned again!
#1. "Transfer Tubes"
If You Didn't Know Better...
You'd think it means those pneumatic tubes for sending office messages that you sometimes see in the movies, like 1984. What a marvelous futuristic world it would be if messages were sent via a series of interconnected tubes!
What it Actually Refers to...
Body bags.
Yes, we slipped another military euphemism in. We told you, they have an endless supply. And after all, what are body bags, if not tubes for transferring non-operative personnel from where they died to where they will be buried?
Of course, the term could just as easily describe a garden hose. Or a straw. Because the term can describe anything, it really describes nothing. You might as well use a word in a foreign language.
That's a sign of a great euphemism, folks!
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The problem, from Boolos and Jeffrey's Computability and Logic, states the following definitions:
"If a function $f(a)$ (from $A$ to $B$) is defined for every element $a$ of $A$, then it is called total"
"A correspondence between sets $A$ and $B$ is a one-to-one, total function from $A$ onto $B$."
"Two sets are said to be equinumerous if and only if there is a correspondence between $A$ and $B$."
Then, it asks the reader to show that if $A$ is equinumerous with $B$, then $B$ is equinumerous with $A$. So far, the work I've done is to show that, for a function $f : A \rightarrow B$, there exists a function $f^{-1} : B \rightarrow A$ that is onto (which follows from $f$ being total), and one-to-one (which follows from $f$ existing). However, it remains to be shown that $f^{-1}$ is total. This seems to require that $f$ is onto, which doesn't seem to be stated by the problem. I would appreciate any hints on how to show that $f^{-1}$ must be total, given the constraints.


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So, between accepting the lower offer and donating $100,000,000 to a new arena, Kohl turned down $2 hundred million to keep the team in Milwaukee. Regardless what happens, he gets a thank you from me.Hide replies
What is the real difference between $550 million and $750 million for a man of Kohl's age, anyway? I do credit Kohl for wanting to keep the Bucks in Milwaukee, though.
Are you serious?? The difference is $200M. That's always a ton of money.
And some people would rather let the Bucks go elsewhere so that they don't have to spend $10 a year in increased sales taxes.
It's hard for me to imagine getting to an age where $200M was insignificant.
Waterdog, you do know that the current BMO Center and the new arena hosts more than just the Bucks, right? You want Marquette to go away, too? How about concerts and NCAA tournaments? You want all the jobs to go away, too, right?
Way too many people are dollar wise and pound foolish, Mr. Dog. The large majority are on the other side of the political aisle than the Senator. Kohl has done everything in his power to keep the Bucks in Milwaukee. That can't be ignored when remembering his legacy as Bucks owner.
$200 is a lot of money. Given what Ballmer paid for the Clippers, Kohl might have held out for even more. Very glad he didn't. THANK YOU HERB KOHL!!!
$200M, that is...
If Kohl wanted to draw out the process, remove all strings related to keeping the team in Milwaukee and milk every penny out of his investment, I'd bet he could have gotten more than $900M for the Bucks. Bucks fans are grateful and I'd hope that others will be when the new arena is built.
packfan - waterdog is on the same side as you. He was criticizing those people who complain about the one tenth of one percent tax.
The BMO center is perfectly adequate for all the other tennants.
It is only the Bucks making demands - and that means it is Only!!AboutBasketball...
I haven't figured out yet if the $150 mil debt owed to the NBA came out of the $550 mil sale price or if the new guys paid that separately.Hide replies
I believe Kohl had been quoted as saying it came out of the $550.
I didn't always agree with Kohl's political positions, but I will be the first to admit, the guy is true to his word and is a stand up person who has been and still does have Wisconsin's best interests in mind.
Thanks Herb!
At least if he sold it to them the people of Milwaukee wouldn't be looking at another tax to pay for a sports facility that is never going to go away. If the Bucks do not like the arena as it is have them build a new one or better less move to Seattle and do not let the door hit their butt on the way out.Hide replies
Its not only the Bucks, it's the NBA. It all comes down to realizing what value an NBA team has to the city. There are only 29 cities that house a NBA franchise. You obviously, don't see the value for the city, not only basketball fans.
veritas, it's not the Bucks, it's the NBA. The NBA has mandated that the Bucks build a new stadium. If a new stadium is not built, or at the very least in the process of being built, by 2017, the NBA will buy the Bucks back from Lasry & Edens and move them somewhere else.
Well if it is between another huge tax payer tax (that will end when Hell freezes over) or the Bucks. I say Bye Bye Bucks. Milwaukee should have learned it lesson with Miller park. The only person who really made out from that tax was Bud selig
53223,tell us how huge your tax for Miller Park you have paid.You must be totaling every penny in tax going to Miller Park when you buy things.This amount must be huge by your reaction to the Bucks.Give us your total!
I'd say it worked out for the better for Ballmer. He now has a much more valuable franchise without needing to relocate it.Hide replies
Except his goal was to buy a team and move it to seattle. And it is a valuable franchise....but he also paid 4 times as much for it. Not really seeing how it works out for the better.
I think this is working out great for Lasry and Edens. I believe Lasry has to sell his 20% stake in the Nets, which is probably worth much more now than two days ago. Also the Bucks are worth more now, so they have already made a profit. I am totally for a new arena, but now maybe the new owners could kick a little more in?
That being said, Kohl and Edens and Lasry have pledged $200,000,000. Assuming the cost is $500,000,000 they are pledging a higher percentage of cost than percentage of time they will be using it.
Another little puff piece to show us what a swell guy the Senator is. Why it was only a few days ago when we were told how wonderfully generous his $500 gifts to Bucks employees were. Assuming the Bucks have 300 employees that magnificent outpouring of generosity cost Herb $150,000. Considering the $550,000,000 sale price that amounts to .027% of his take. 99.973% for Herb and .027% for the peons. Ah to be a senior member of the party running on the income inequality issue.Hide replies
HD,sounds like your jealous?Knowing Herb Kohl I will state this wealthy man(for which you seem to be jealous of or hate because of his political beliefs)has helped and done more for people privately than you could ever imagine.Leave your jealousy and anger off the board.
Lets cut to the chase its about politics and race when it comes to the Bucks and Milw will lose money when they leave they should leave now and stop wasting their time MILW will always be an HAM and EGGER TOWN and as far as the NHL MILW CAN NOT AFFORD IT THAT ,S FOR REAL CITIESHide replies
Yep, that's showing some real vision. I bet you said the same thing about Miller Park
Look at Indianapolis 20 YEARS AGO AND LOOK AT IT NOW THEIRS VISION MILW IS LIGHT YEARS FROM THAT AND WITH THIS COMPANY SPOKESMAN SCOTT WALKER WERE GOING BACKWARDS
So he said no to a extra 200 mil so that the team won't move. But sold it to a group of guys who will want the tax payers to pay the 800 mil to 1 bil for a new area....wow what a guy lets give him a parade.Hide replies
Warlock,800 to 1 billion?And exactly where are your very reliable figures on cost coming from.Also like the name,shows what kind of person you are.Scary!
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There are some technologies like LINQ and WPF which are nice, but installation of .NET 3.5 is still slow procedure. It's important to understand - among Windows users how many of them have .NET 3.5 installed?
Is there any good up to date stats gathered about .NET Version availability/usage? I've searched a lot, but can't find.
Update: .NET version IS present in web-agent strings for FF and IE at least. So there SHOULD be somebody who have that information. Anyone with access to really large web-site logs?
Update 2: I also understand Vista means that user have 3.5, but XP is still dominating the market.


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The IDT program welcomes and invites qualified applicants from diverse fields and interests. Applicants desiring admission into the IDT graduate program must formally apply to the School of Graduate studies declaring Instructional Design and Technology as their area of study. Furthermore, applicants must indicate whether they are applying for the General Instructional Design and Technology Emphasis or the Technology Specialist Emphasis.
Applicants may qualify for admission to the general Instructional Design and Technology Emphasis under the following conditions:
- Applicants must meet the general admission requirements of the School of Graduate Studies. Currently, the School of Graduate Studies admits students with an overall undergraduate G.P.A. Of at least a 2.75 (or a G.P.A. of at least 3.0 for the final two years of undergraduate coursework). If undergraduate requirements are not met, the departmental admissions committee will consider for admission applicants who have completed at least 12 semester hours of graduate coursework with a cumulative graduate G.P.A of 3.2 or higher from a regionally accredited university. All others will be denied admission.
- Applicants must submit a 1000 word structured essay that describes their interest and career goals as they apply to the field of instructional design and technology. (Structured essay questions are available here.)
- Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation from individuals who can attest to the applicant's academic potential at the graduate level.
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In addition, applicants for the state-approved Technolgy Specialist Emphasis must also meet the following conditions:
- If seeking State of Illinois certification through the IDT Department, applicants must submit verification of Illinois teaching certification and successful completion of the Illinois Test of Basic Skills (within five years of admission if certified prior to July 1, 1988, or if not certified in the State of Illinois). If not seeking State of Illinois certification through the IDT Department, a signed statement attesting to that fact is required.
- Applicants must show evidence of meeting National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) by submitting a self-assessment of competencies.
Applicants should also be aware of the following:
- Applicants who lack basic competencies in microcomputer application software may be required to take IDT 503.
- Applicants to the technology Specialist Emphasis who have identified NETS-T deficiencies may be required to take IDT 504, or they may be required to complete a faculty approved plan of selected professional development activities.
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A team of undergraduate students from the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in the Tisch School of the Arts has taken second place in the Fantastic Scholastic 8 Recording Competition, sponsored by the microphone and audio electronics manufacturer Shure Incorporated. The competition was open to teams of students enrolled in college programs focusing on audio engineering in the United States.
The NYU students are Jacob Blumberg ('12), Spencer Doren ('13), Phoebe Ryan ('13), Vaughn Sulit ('12), and Damian Wiesman ('13). The team's faculty advisor was Jim Anderson, professor in the Clive Davis Institute. Ryan's original composition, You Are Not Alone, was used for the recording the team was required to submit. As runner-up, the NYU team won a selection of professional-quality microphones and headphones for the school. Team members were also given their own microphone.
A total of ten teams were selected to compete in the finals. Each team was required to submit a recording of a live ensemble using only Shure microphones supplied by the company. Recordings were judged on a variety of criteria, including clarity of sound, microphone technique, mixing, and performance/production.
The other teams were: Clemson University, Delta State University, DePaul University, Middle Tennessee State University, New England School of Communications, Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, University of Miami Frost School of Music, University of the Pacific, and William Paterson University.
For more information: www.shure.com/americas/news-events/contests/fantastic-scholastic-8-recording-competition
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More than 850 Geneseo students are involved in undergraduate research projects each year.
GENESEO, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo will benefit from a grant the National Science Foundation has awarded the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). The highly competitive grant, administered by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), will fund a major conference in North Carolina next June for Geneseo and other COPLAC institutions to share best practices in undergraduate research, strengthen their programs and build capacity for future collaborations.
"Undergraduate research is a hallmark of the Geneseo experience and we are delighted to learn of this opportunity through COPLAC," said Carol Long, Geneseo provost. "Sharing best practices in research will strengthen programs on all COPLAC campuses and we look forward to participating and benefiting from the exchange."
The grant also supports a follow-up meeting in 2012, when a team leader from each campus will return to assess progress and report on new initiatives. Kurt Fletcher, professor and chair of Geneseo's physics department, will serve as the college's team leader for the initiative.
"This grant is enabling 23 of the 26 COPLAC campuses to take their undergraduate research programs to the next level," said William Spellman, director of COPLAC. "Within our consortium there are campuses with thriving undergraduate research programs as well as those that are just beginning. With the direction of the CUR facilitators and mentoring between COPLAC campuses, we hope to advance each campus's program."
More than 850 Geneseo students per year are involved in undergraduate research projects. About 130 present their findings at academic conferences or serve as co-authors of papers accepted for publication.
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5 Powerful Sci-Fi Technologies Wasted by Their Own Movies
#2. The Giant Robots in Real Steel Are Only Used for Fighting
The Tech
You may know Real Steel under its unofficial but way more honest name: Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots: The Movie. It is 2020, and apparently people punching other people just doesn't do it for us anymore, so according to the film's history, we began to create remote-control robots to take the hits for us. As the sport evolved, so did the bots, and soon enough we were commanding giant mechanical gods in the ring.
But without actual human beings suffering terrible pain, where's the thrill?
Quality- and price-wise, these things pretty much range the same as cars do today, except for being all electric-powered. We see our hero working with all kinds of robots, from a used million-dollar bot going for $45,000 to an old sparring bot he finds in a robot junkyard. The fights range as well, from trashy backyard brawls against garage-made mecha-Frankensteins thrown together for a few hundred bucks ...
Somehow, this is actually less corrupt than real boxing.
... to multimillion-dollar World Robot Boxing pay-per-view matches.
So in the future, this is an incredibly popular sport -- even the Army gets in on the robot-sparring action.
The Bullshit
Hold the damned phone. We still have an army? Of people? In a future where powerful, fully controllable fighting robots exist?
"Sir, I'm just saying, couldn't we at least try using one of them for landmine duty?"
This isn't a world where robots existed and then someone came up with the idea of making them fight: They were created exclusively for that. And in fact, all through the movie, we never see robots being used for anything else. Not a single goddamn thing. It's our world, just like it is now, except that robots box. Somehow, in the space of 10 years, humanity went straight from not having yet perfected robotic technology to misusing it for frivolous entertainment, skipping the part where we do anything useful with it.
You might argue that we don't want them to take jobs, except that each one still has to be controlled remotely. This is a future where no person should ever have to do a dangerous job ever again ... and yet even the ref who has to stand between deadly killer machines is human.
Also, why the hell would you need a referee if the fighters are robots?
And it's not like these robots are super expensive or hard to find. You can literally go into a robot junkyard and pick up a fully functional one that someone just threw away, like our down-on-his-luck main character does in the movie. By the way, we know the guy is going through a rough time because at the beginning of the movie, he has resorted to fighting his giant bot at the local fair for pocket change. There should be a law that states you officially can't call yourself poor if you have at least one giant robot in your household.
#1. The Laser in Tron Could Change the Way We Travel
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In the first Tron film, our hero, Flynn (Jeff Bridges), uses an experimental laser that deconstructs his body and transfers it into the computer world where, for some reason, conflicts are settled American Gladiators-style. So, first Flynn is shot with the laser and disintegrated bit by bit ...
... and then a digital version of him appears inside the computer:
"Ah man, this is gonna make whackin' it to Internet porn awkward."
The process is reversed at the end of the movie. In the sequel, Tron: Legacy, it's revealed that, after he makes it out of the computer, Flynn decides to pour all his efforts into using this device to build "the perfect computer program." Flynn spends years as the rightful head of ENCOM (the company that made the laser) and toils away in the basement of his arcade, using the laser to go in and out of the computer until he accidentally gets trapped inside. Flynn's son goes in to bring his father back, but in the end he comes out with a hot digital chick instead, as a consolation prize.
The whole franchise was basically a stealthy Weird Science remake.
The Bullshit
OK, let's back up for a second. So the laser can take people and turn them into information, then put them back together in the real world? Well, there's already a name for that in science fiction: It's called a "transporter." They invented the transporter from Star Trek and then just stuck it in a basement.
Along with Flynn's Playboy collection and his Creedence LPs.
Out of all the things you could do with a machine that disintegrates people and then puts them back together, "going into a computer and making programs from the inside" has to be one of the least useful. All you'd really need is another laser somewhere else and an Internet connection, and you'd be beaming motherlovers around the world in seconds, at no cost.
Flynn clearly thinks he's using the laser for the greater good (unlike the greedy people who made it, who use it exclusively to punish former employees) -- but really, who gives a shit about creating a "perfect program" when you could make every existing transportation method pointless? And rid the world of petroleum, and solve global warming?
Not to mention end prison overcrowding.
OK, sure, not everyone in the world would be willing to turn themselves into megabytes and risk being accidentally thrown into a game of Pong, but honestly, all of that still sounds way better than going to the airport.
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Questions about uncharged teenagers are raised
March 10, 2013
COLUMBUS — Two high school football players go on trial this coming week on charges of raping a nearly passed-out-drunk 16-year-old Weirton girl during a night of partying in Steubenvill....
So far, everything about this case smells like a "Big Red Coverup". The victim deserves justice. Any and all witnesses should be compelled to testify. I believe the Ohio AG has let the victim down by not arresting the others who offered the homes and alcohol and those who witnessed, but failed to stop the rape as accomplices. Also, the coaches who instructed witnesses to delete rape photos from their cellphones should have been dismissed long ago by the school administration.
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A lot of silence the past month has been a little errie.
No one is talking.
Has this all been forgotten?
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You show me any evidence that the coaches instructed the players to delete anything off of the phones. I agree with you on anyone who knew what was going on or what went on should be held accountable. That includes all of Jane Does girlfriends they are just as guilty. But know the WVa judge said they do not have to testify. alk about home cookin in WVa.They could come over and testify if they wanted to BUT maybe they know the truth would hurt the prosecution. Actually I think they just do not want to be in the public eye. Protesters and all.
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After reading how the coaches and parents provided the party houses and tolerated the use of booze and drugs, it is no wonder the boys don't know how to behave themselves. They have mistakenly learned that they are above the law. When the courts start charging the adults for facilitating the crimes of the kids, parents and coaches will start behaving like responsible adults.
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Since the football team seems to have more coaches than players, I think they can fire the ones trying to be a BFF to the boys instead of the role model they should be. Those coaches and parents who allowed these parties need to be charged, too. This wasn't the first party these kids went to and got smashed so their parents and coaches had to know what was going on or they were even more incompetent than has been written. Wonder what would have happened had these kids killed someone in a cart accident after leaving the party house. Instead, they are drinking, drugging and raping young girls. Shame on all the adults who allowed this to happen.
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Shame on all the adults who are responsible for allowing &/or promoting these booze parties that lead to using drugs and raping young girls. You had to know what was happening or you are a completely negligent parent/coach who keeps their head where the sun doesn't shine.
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One of the things that has bothered me from the start of this mess is that no females came forward and/or did anything to help JD. I have to wonder if the reason for this is that it is just so common that they just go along with it...if so they all have a serious moral issue.
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Why does this story begin by saying "charges of raping a NEARLY passed-out-drunk 16-year-old Weirton girl"?? Should it not say "TOTALLY passed-out-drunk 16 year-old Weirton girl"??
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From the very beginning, I asked where were the other girls?
Where were the people that had "some" sense?
Where were the adults?
With all the texting, twitting that went on why didn't someone hit 911?
I am not 100 % positive, but I thought one of the three testimonies mentioned a coach providing and another instructing the deletions.
If I am wrong on that I am sorry; no intent to hurt anyone. Because it was mentioned here, I just thought I remembered that.
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I'm not real electronically savvy but I thought DELETED information was never really deleted, you just have to find it and forensic experts can do that if anyone is interested.My sympathy to all involved.
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Matt, I do not believe that any evidence has been presented saying that anybody told the kids to delete evidence from their phones. The rest of your post is senseless. "Home-cooking"..do you think that the judge ruled the way that he did to protect a WV girl from the big bad Ohio court? If you think that then you know nothing about this judge. The law says that these kids do not have to testify in a juvenile preceding and he is following the law. Now if they were tried as adults this would not be the case. As far as JD's friends being "just as guilty" as everyone else, were they present when the alleged crime took place? If not they would not be "just as guilty" as someone who witnessed it.
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And one more think regarding you ridiculous and childish "home cooking" comment MajorMatt..You do realize that if there was a witness who could bolster the prosecutions case from WV that was asked to testify, but did not want to, the judges ruling would keep them from testifying also.
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johnnyboy; they are all guilty. The night was disgusting. No one did anything to stop it; adults were providers, contributors, and irresponsible.
Again I say, no matter of anyone's past; the actions that night were criminal. Period.
Not defending anyone that night accept the girl that was abused.
If 15 guys from WV came in and said she was a#$% #$%^ $%^&; it doesn't matter; they raped her that night.
NO ONE ASKS to be RAPED; and abused.
Lets keep our eye on the ball here.
NO ONE called 911; someone provided the booze and the the houses.
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Yesterday while in a group with some real ID friends, one of them shared a quest with me which was simply called 'Redeem iCoke Prize Voucher'. When I click on the map icon within the quest to find where to hand this in it always shows me my current location.
As you can see, the reward for this quest is a White Murloc Egg companion.
What is this quest and where can I hand in it?