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At Lu'An's Changzhi City facility, the coal-to-liquids project will produce mainly diesel fuel and derivatives. Air Products' ASU trains will include design enhancements to minimize operating costs through energy efficiency. It is the second-largest ASU onsite order ever awarded to the company for a single project.
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supporting the gasification segment and the second supporting
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I ran into an expression calculating the expected value of $\exp(i t \sigma)$ where $\sigma$ is the total number of cycles in a uniformly chosen $S_n$ element. The expression is $$E_n (\exp(i t \sigma)) = \Gamma(n + \exp(it)) / (\Gamma(\exp(it)) n!)$$ where $E_n$ denotes the expectation under the uniform distribution on $S_n$. The paper then claims that using Binet's form of Stirling approximation one can get $$E_n (\exp(it \sigma)) = n^{\exp(it) -1}/\Gamma(\exp(it)) (1 + o(1))$$
Then here comes the derivation I cannot understand: using the last expression, they claim one gets the following central limit theorem $$\lim_{n \to \infty} E_n(\exp(it (\sigma - \log n)/\sqrt{\log n})) = \exp( -1/2 t^2)$$ for any real $t$.
I would highly appreciate anyone who can tell me why this is true. It appears to be related to some property of the Gamma function over the complex number. The relevant paper is Shepp and Lloyd: Ordered lengths in a random permutation John Jiang


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Kudelka steps down as AD
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Posted 21 May 2005 - 08:14 PM
A company can easily have more than one choreographer, as long as they don't openly hate each other.
Plurality of input would only be good. Think Balanchine and Robbins, for instance.
Yes, but Robbins didn't precede Balanchine... It seems there could be several "resident choreographers", but a choreographer artistic director taking over while Kudelka stepped "down" to resident choreographer? Come to think of it, who made the artistic hiring & repetoire decisions at NYCB, did Kirstein have a hand in that as much as Robbins? Did a triumvirate decide on promotions or was it Balanchine working more or less alone?
hmmm.... was Robbins' stepping down a semi-retirement at the time? Peter Martins choreographs, certainly... hmmm... but I'm not sure he was recognized as the equal choreographically of Robbins or Balanchine at the time he took the reins... perhaps this is what might happen at the National?
can't here provide the date, but jerome robbins stepped down from being co-ballet-master-in-chief of new york city ballet and continued in his role as un-official resident choreographer until his death.
Could the National attract a Kudelka level choreographer to take over as Artistic Director while Kudelka himself becomes "resident choreographer"?
Tudor became artistic director emeritus, didn't he? (I couldn't find his relationship described on ABT's company history page but I seem to remember seeing his name and "emeritus" on a program... and I don't believe it was "resident choreographer emeritus"...) But I'm not sure of the similarity between Tudor's role & Kudelka's... Is Kudelka semi-retiring? Is this a semi-retirement for Kudelka? Or is he hoping this will give him more opportunity to choreograph than he had as director...
Isn't this kind of evidence that the National will not be directed by a choreographer? I'm afraid I'm not particularly familiar with the choreographic oeuvre of the directors who suceeded MacMillan. Is this simply the result of not living in New York City?
MacMillan resigned as director of the Royal Ballet but continued as resident choreographer, and I'm sure there are other precedents.
Posted 22 May 2005 - 05:11 AM
Come to think of it, who made the artistic hiring & repetoire decisions at NYCB, did Kirstein have a hand in that as much as Robbins? Did a triumvirate decide on promotions or was it Balanchine working more or less alone?
Kirstein had no input into artistic decision-making at NYCB. He emphasized that himself in his book Thirty Years [of NYCB], saying that in the course of their association he never once suggested
either a morsel of music, or the casting of a particular dancer in a ballet, new or old. I have never attempted to arrange scheduling of repertory or tried a project or limited the cost of any new work. . . . I've never voiced disagreement over individual dancers, their arrival, presence, or departure. While I have admired a few contemporary painters or sculptors, I have never proposed any as collaborators after Pavel Tchelitchev's abdication from the theater.
Posted 22 May 2005 - 06:59 AM
I think it will be difficult for another choreographer to step in as AD. Kudelka always seemed to want *his* choreography to be the star of the company.
Posted 24 May 2005 - 05:43 AM
I think it will be difficult for another choreographer to step in as AD. Kudelka always seemed to want *his* choreography to be the star of the company
To be Canada's answer to Balanchine?
I am not sure there can be another "artistic director" with James there, certainly a "general manager", but an AD?
It is hard to let the reins go after so much time, unless you are truly willing to conform to someones elses vison for the company - then there is a new AD - otherwise there is simply a manager. Nothing artistic about that.
Posted 24 May 2005 - 06:27 AM
I think it depends on whether Kudelka is willing to step back like Robbins did and focus on his own work and stay out of the AD's aegis. If he is, and there's an explicit agreement that he's able to choose the dancers he wants -- which Balanchine allowed other choreographers at NYCB to do -- how much of the budget goes to Kudelka for new choregraphy, and the percentage of Kudelka works that will be produced in any one season, then it could work. However, if these issues are left up in the air and/or there's behind-the-scenes interference from the Board and/or Kudelka is unhappy and the Board sides with him because keeping him is the most important item on their agenda, that's a recipe for a very unhappy new AD.
I am not sure there can be another "artistic director" with James there, certainly a "general manager", but an AD?
It is hard to let the reins go after so much time, unless you are truly willing to conform to someones elses vison for the company - then there is a new AD - otherwise there is simply a manager. Nothing artistic about that.
It is also only fair for the Board to be explicit with the new AD what the limits are for changing Kudelka policy. For example, what if a new AD or a guest choreographer wants to hire Lamy as a guest artist? If that's off limits because it would look like Kudelka was overridden, even if a "new" donor appeared to create a fund to subsidize the fees for guest artists or some other saving face measure, the new AD should know before s/he takes the job, in my opinion.
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Posted 24 May 2005 - 06:33 AM
Helene, if my vote counted, you'd be general manager at the National!
Posted 24 May 2005 - 09:21 AM
It makes one wonder about institutions and the viability of choreographers... Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the 19th century, weren't all the major choreographers "resident" choreographers as opposed to artistic directors? Then in the 20th century, Choreographers took the helm... now in the 21st, it seems like we're returning to institutions and perhaps curated institutions at that?
Yes and No.
Just looking at the two big ballet companies in NY -- NYCB was, through its various incarnations, primarily a vehicle for Balanchine's work (yes, there was Robbins on and off, yes there were other choreographers both in residence and as guests, but they were tangential to the main thread) ABT started as a rep company, and even when they had significant choreographers in the organization, they stayed a rep company (as I understand it, Feld left, in part, because they would not commit the time and resources to him that he wanted). Joffrey and Arpino made a big chunk of the initial repertory (mostly because you can usually get yourself to work cheap) but the company was concieved of as a multi-choreographer repertory organization (Joffrey apparently was making shopping lists even when he was still a ballet student)
This idea of a curated institution is an interesting one -- in the last half of the 20th c, that's the question that got asked of alot of orchestras, as they became increasingly uncomfortable playing the music that was being written at the time. Dance was having a fertile time, so didn't really have to grapple with the issue, but we're certainly there now -- complicated by the difficulties of maintaining dance repertory (and the continued controversies in restagings/revivals) and the relative lack of the big dancemakers we were accustomed to before.
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How is the "time axis" of memories encoded in the brain? I guess the time of the event could be "stored" with each event, but how is this translated into neurons etc.?
I'm no expert on the topic, but was about to find the following;
In mammals, the hippocampus region of the brain is one of only 2 regions with the capacity for lifelong neurogenesis (the creation of new neurons). This happens continuously with the creation of new memories and experiences (neurons are even created just to mark time passing - even if no memories are stored alongside - so that a perception of 10mins and 10secs is possible, even if nothing memorable happens). As new clusters of neurons are generated, they gradually differentiate and mature to become fully functional, and in this way time and memory are interlinked, and experiences are clustered together [1].
In a human study where individuals were asked to recall whether news events occurred within 1 week of each other (some related, some not), same-week and separation judgements were more far more accurate for related events. Unrelated events were essentially guesses, whereas deductions could be made about related events. [2]. This lends weight to the above argument that memories are clustered in the brain with temporal information embedded within.
The hippocampus is also involved in imaging the future. (Inconsistent) findings suggest that activation of the hippocampus allows mammals to conceive a scenario constructed from previous memories and experiences, and to store these for later use [3].


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When Top-Tier Coaches Go Slumming
The enduring image of Bobby Petrino is of the former Arkansas football coach in a neck brace, his face ravaged from a motorcycle crash. Petrino became Western Kentucky's coach Monday and launched a new kind of rehab: restoring his reputation after that accident exposed a tryst with a woman he'd hired.
The bad news for the Hilltoppers is that embattled coaches who resurface in lower-rent coaching districts haven't always thrived. George O'Leary, who resigned five days into his Notre Dame tenure in 2001 after lying on his résumé, spent two years as an NFL assistant, then took over at Central Florida. The Knights went winless under O'Leary in 2004, but he's twice notched 10-plus wins.
Mike Price also got bounced from a plum job before coaching a game, getting fired from Alabama in 2003. Price went on to coach Texas-El Paso to seven losing seasons in nine years before resigning this fall. Dennis Franchione fled Texas A&M after he sold team information to boosters. He's led Texas State to a two-season record of 10-14. Hal Mumme resigned amid an NCAA investigation at Kentucky, though he was not implicated. Mumme's career has gone downhill since—from Southeastern Louisiana to New Mexico State to Division III—but his record is up. The McMurry Indians went 8-3 this year.
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Following the release of Ritual Union on Monday 25th the bands hotly anticipated third album debuts as 22 in the Official UK Charts!
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Aside from using 'military time' (19:00 for 7:00 PM), is there another approach to delineate between AM/PM time in Spanish?
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En español se usan las las abreviaturas a.m. (del latín ante merídiem "antes del mediodía") y p.m. (del latín post merídiem "después del mediodía"). Estas abreviaturas deben escribirse en minúsculas y con la puntuación indicada. Para las doce de la mañana (o del mediodía) se utiliza m. (del latín meridies "mediodía"). Así, por ejemplo:
Para más información sobre la hora en español, ver hora en el Diccionario panhispánico de dudas.
In Spanish, the abbreviations a.m. (from the Latin ante merídiem "antes del mediodía") and p.m. (from the Latin post merídiem "después del mediodía") are used. These abbreviations are written in lower case and using the indicated punctuation. For noon it is custumary to use m. (from the Latin meridies "mediodía"). For example:
For more information on the hour in Spanish, see hora in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas.
In speech in Mexico I only ever noticed
In English pronouncing the abbreviations is just as common in speech as in writing but I'm sure I never heard anyone pronounce them in spoken Spanish though it's clear from the other answers here that they are normal in written Spanish.
You use AM / PM in Spanish the same way you use AM / PM in English. In fact they mean the same in both languages:
In Spanish we have three major designations and one general designation in regards to expressing time. Gonzalo, A.M. is NOT Spanish, it is Latin for Ante. Sometimes it is easier to ask for gimeridio and post meridio, those two are more explicit and NOT abbreviated in becomes conversational Spanish. In the case of which a time may be 10 AM or 10 PM corresponding and . The general usage is when is and is usually for a situation where it is too late in the day for the activity though not particularity all that late in regards to your plans and so you would say meaning in the day. This instance is reserved for when you cannot or do not want to commit to a particular time frame and at the same time shifts the responsibility to your respondent to determine an appropriate time frame as well. Some would have to ask forgiveness; where is the Chrarisma when demanding?


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WELLSBURG - Visitors to the Wellsburg Applefest Saturday had an opportunity to sample an assortment of food and view a variety of entertainment, and the festivities are far from over.
The festival continues today with music by the National Pike Pickers at noon, Hit Play at 2 p.m. and Playing Mantis at 4 p.m. as well as the Apple Anything Contest at 1 p.m.
This year, fairgoers can serve as judges for the baking contest by casting votes for $1 each for their favorite apple pie, cake or other desert featuring the fruit.
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APPLE SCENE — Jerry Reitter of the Follansbee Community of Christ Church stirs a pot of hot apple butter while fellow church members David Nixon and his daughter Becka alternated in pouring in cinnamon, sugar and cloves. Jars of the church's apple butter are among many apple products sold during the Wellsburgh Applefest, which continues today on Charles Street and the city's town square. — Warren Scott
The contest is a fitting element of the festival, which was begun 35 years ago to celebrate the discovery of the Grimes Golden apple in 1802 at a farm owned by Thomas Grimes near what is now state Route 27.
The variety of apple was used to develop the better known Golden Delicious apple. Author Anna Egan Smucker, a Weirton native, was on hand at the Brooke County Museum and Cultural Center to read her book, "Golden Delicious: A Cinderella Story," about the discovery of that variety in Clay County, West Virginia.
Another Applefest guest with a connection to the Grimes Golden apple was Red McWilliams, a Washington state man who is a descendant of Grimes. An internationally known entertainer, McWilliams performed a mix of Celtic and folk music for Applefest visitors Saturday morning.
In addition to a mix of performers, other festivities included the crowning of the Wellsburg Applefest Queen and other royalty, a pumpkin-carving contest, a pet show and pony and amusement rides for children.
Michael O'Brien, who co-chairs the festival with Ernie Jack, said the Applefest's success is due in large part to the quality of the many vendors who participate. He said the committee works hard to ensure they feel welcome and their needs are met.
As a result, they return year after year and many have become like family or close friends.
The committee took time Saturday to recognize Frank and Mary Virginia Gaudio of Follansbee, who have sold toys and sand art to young Applefest attendees for more than 25 years.
O'Brien noted the pair has operated a booth at the festival even when health problems caused Frank to use a wheelchair. Mary Virginia said their daughter, Kathy Starr, now runs the stand.
But the two looked back on their participation in the fair with fond memories.
"It's a nice festival. You get a lot of good people here," Frank said.
In addition to many professional vendors, the festival has benefited a large number of civic groups, churches and charities.
Among them is the Wellsburg Kiwanis Club, who again was selling the small apple pies popular with many Applefest visitors.
Frank Haas, chairman of the fundraiser for many years, said the club has participated in the Applefest from the beginning. Initially they sold barbecue chicken dinners, grilling the chicken at the Betty Carr Recreation Site and hauling them to their booth on Charles Street.
Later they moved that endeavor to another date and decided to sell apple pies, purchasing them from various area bakeries over the years.
"The first year we ordered 400 pies and were scared we wouldn't sell them all. We sold out," Haas said.
Janice Smith, the club's secretary, said Saturday afternoon the group had sold about 800 of the 2,000 small apple and pecan pies they ordered and are likely to sell out before the event ends.
She noted proceeds go to various community projects and scholarships awarded to outstanding members of the Brooke High School Key Club, many of which assist at the booth each year.
Brenda Williams and Alana Jarrell were among members of Christian Life Apostolic Church of Beech Bottom who brought more than 200 standard size apple pies as well as peanut brittle, brownies and other treats to sell.
The church also sends a musical group comprised of members of all ages to entertain and is known by many for their spirited renderings of gospel songs.
The St. John Catholic Church youth group and its leaders were selling home-made biscotti, pizzelles, pasta and soups to raise money for a Christmas dinner provided to people served by the Holy Family Catholic Mission food pantry.
"This our fifth year (at the Applefest). We usually make a lot of money," said Kristin Newton, the group's leader.
O'Brien, who has served on the Applefest committee from its first year and served as co-chair for more than 25 years, said he's been blessed to have many hard-working volunteers behind the scenes over the years.
He also applauded city crews who help beforehand by cleaning and blocking the streets and setting up bleachers and picnic tables; as well as the city's police department, county health department and ambulance service.
Co-chairman Ernie Jack credited the festival's many years to positive feedback from the community.
"The loyalty and attendance of the people of Brooke County. Their positive comments keep us going," he said.
Shirlie Rogers said as coordinator of the Applefest Pageant for at least 30 years, she has seen three generations of families participate in the contest. She also has been part of the entertainment, as instructor and member of a group of senior dancers who have impressed many with their fancy footwork.
This year the group includes representatives of both the Brooke County and Greater Weirton senior centers.
Rogers said of the Applefest, "It's a special community event that brings people back to Wellsburg."


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Lawrence R. Fry, a lifetime resident of Inchelium, passed away May 21, 2011 in Colville at the age of 86. He was born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho on August 12, 1924, the son of Frank and May (Elliott) Fry. Lawrence attended the Kewa and Wilmont Creek schools as a boy. He married Nellie Hoffman on August 24, 1943 at Rogers Bar. They purchased the Moon Mountain Ranch near Inchelium, which they operated continuously. Lawrence was also involved in working family mining claims in the south county while working as a logger full time. In the early 1970's they built and operated the Shady Cove Resort on South Twin Lake until their retirement in the 1980's. Lawrence was active in his community serving on the Inchelium School Board, and the Ferry County Weed Board. He was a member of the Ferry County Cattlemen and was the stock contractor for the Inchelium Community Rodeo as well as being a member of the Rodeo Association board. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and working with wild horses when time permitted. Lawrence is survived by one daughter, Katy Burdett of Tampa, FL; three sons including Ronald Fry (Jean Seymour) and Don Fry (Shaundei) both of Inchelium, Richard Fry (Lavada) of Omak; one brother, Dean (Terrie) Fry of Omak; 12 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nellie, a son Larry, and grandsons Frank, Ronnie and Joe. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 25, at St. Michaels Mission Church, Inchelium with Fr. Joe Fortier as celebrant. Graveside services will follow at the Hall Creek Cemetery. The Danekas Funeral Chapel, 155 W. First Ave, Colville, is in charge of arrangements.


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When I bought my first sewing machine, everything about sewing was totally foreign to me.
I went through the manual step-by-step trying to figure out how to wind a bobbin. After much frustration, I scoured the internet high and low looking for online tutorials for my machine, the Brother CS6000i.
I know there's at least one person out there doing what I did…cuz you know…great minds do think alike.
Every machine is slightly different, so grab your manual and follow along.
Today I am going to share how to wind a bobbin on the Brother CS6000i Sewing Machine.
I don't know how experienced seamstresses or tailors do it, but I am guessing that having a few threaded bobbins lying around ready-to-go keeps a project moving along.
When you're buying bobbins, keep in mind that sizes vary depending on the machine.
It was easy for me to find the size for my machine at the local fabric store, and now I have a pretty decent stash.
Tutorial: How To Wind A Bobbin
Step 1
Load thread on the spool pin.
Use the handy illustrations on the top of the machine to get the thread placement just right.
Step 2
Wind the thread clockwise around the bobbin 4 or 5 times, then pass the end of the thread through the guide slit in the bobbin winder seat.
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quote: For the unitiated, you may ask why listen to Mr. Carmack. Well, he coded a hardware-optimized build of Wolfenstein 3D for the iPhone in 4 days, when it was estimated to take a full team of programmers two months to perform a basic (unoptimized) port.
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2015 Returning Student E-News
I hope that you are all having a great summer in the places that God has called you! I know from talking to several of you, God has placed you in some situations and communities this summer that have really challenged you and blessed you. Campus has been quiet this summer from student interactions, but has been lively as we gear up for a great year to come.
I wanted to take a moment and re-introduce myself to some of you whom I did not get a chance to meet this spring. My name is Dr. Chris Confer and I arrived at AU in early January and feel very blessed to serve you as your Dean of Students. I was a student here at AU in the late 90's and graduated with a Business Management degree and then went on to the Anderson School of Theology and graduated with a Masters of Divinity with an emphasis in Pastoral Care and Counseling. While at AU, I was an RA for 3 years, sang in the Chorale, participated in several intramural sports, and was one of the first graduates from the Fellows Program which was then called Christian Leadership, Understanding, and Exploration (CLUE). In seminary, I was the Graduate Assistant for Campus Ministries as well as an associate pastor at Maple Grove Church of God with Dr. Fred Shively. After seminary, I sensed a very strong call on my life to continue ministering to and with college students which took me to John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., where I served in a variety of Student Life roles for the last 11 years. While at JBU I received my Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Arkansas. I have found my sense of calling throughout my life working with college students. I love conversations about passions and calling and helping students to really understand who it is that God has created them to be and how He has commissioned them to serve in His greater kingdom. I am so excited to be back at AU and to have the opportunity to give back to the institution that has given so much to me through my formative years.
This fall we in the Department of Student Life are embarking on some new initiatives. One of those is that we have a staff member who will serve full-time as the director of Spiritual Formation. Becca Palmer has been charged with developing a holistic spiritual approach for our students here at AU and providing ways for students to grow in their personal faith as well as provide avenues for students to serve others. One new initiative this year is the introduction of a small group ministry across campus. These groups will be led by returning students, faculty, staff and persons in the community who have the deep desire to foster spiritual growth in current AU students. We have also extended the DC program to include freshmen male floors as well.
Becca will also continue to oversee the DC experience as well as Chapel Worship and all of our Campus Ministries. We believe that spiritual growth does not just come on the inside but rather that there is an outward expression or fruit of our faith that must be put into action. As the apostle James says, faith without works is dead. We hope that as you grow in your personal faith in the time you are here at AU, that you also have many opportunities to enact that faith through experiences in your residence halls as well as in the larger Anderson community and even around the world.
In the same vein of spiritual formation, the campus them this year is "On the Journey You Find Your Home." The theme was developed by a group of students and staff who spent the spring semester seeking out God's direction for us this year. Many of the chapel messages and activities that you engage in this year will be centered on this theme. The following is a poetic prose that helps to better illuminate the theme:
A boundless sky
A winding path
A moment to rest along the way.
To reflect
To converse
To dream
The road beneath our feet
Stretches beyond our vision.
The night sky, a drawn shade,
Pierced by light from another day
Descending, like Abram's hope,
On laughter
born in the midst of despair.
On promise
birthed in the midst of pain.
In the journey, we make our home.
An unlikely proposition.
After all, a journey suggests movement. Going somewhere.
A home suggests feet propped up on the living room table.
But home isn't merely a physical address—
The place we get our pizza delivered
Or wear pajamas in the afternoon
And drink milk straight from the carton.
It's the place where we belong.
Where we have a seat at the table.
A voice in the conversation.
Some have tasted the fruit of this reality.
Others have only dreamed of its sweetness.
None of us have arrived at its fullness.
In the journey, we make our home.
Through this process of becoming.
Along this way of discovery.
In the company of others.
We find ourselves.
At home.
--Todd Faulkner
I love the line that our journey is found "In the company of others." My prayer is that AU would emulate this kind of journey for each of you. As I have been on campus this spring I have heard the phrase often "you do you" and have found that it is a phrase that does not easily settle in my spirit. I firmly believe that Christ has called us to community, and to do community well means that we must be in relationship with one another. Therefore, isolation does not have a place in true community. As we journey together this fall, I hope that you begin to hear a new language about our community and what it is that we value. The Lifestyle Expectations will still be in effect, but several of us this summer have created a new paradigm for these called Raven Affirmations that center on the AU's core values. As you come back this fall, we want you to be focused on what it means to live into community together. For some of you it means that to be a Raven you have given up some of what you are fully entitled to in order to become part of the community. It also means that to be part of a community you will commit to speaking up when something is wrong with yourself or with others around you. This also means that you will engage in dialogue with others who may not share your points of view on issues but that you are willing to have the conversation to truly learn from each other's perspectives. There will be much more about these when you arrive this fall!
Finally, I am very excited about the Welcome Weekend that you are all invited back for! This year you can move back on campus on Friday Aug. 28th at 10 a.m. There will also be a FREE Sidewalk Prophets concert that night at 7 p.m. followed by the Meijer Extravaganza. Please make sure that you get your tickets for the concert early. You will just need to contact Reardon Box office and give them your Student ID number. You will also get a free CD of their newest album if you attend which will be released that night. For those of you who may not know, the band Sidewalk Prophets was formed here on our campus in the 4th floor of Smith Hall several years ago. They are a great group of guys and their hearts are centered on the Lord. There are many other GREAT events happening that weekend as well and we are so very excited to see you all back on campus in a few short weeks.
May God richly bless the rest of your summer and may you come back refreshed and excited for the great things that this year will hold!
Dean of Students


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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- The Department of Defense Education Activity has developed a contingency plan that would place teachers at military base schools on involuntary, unpaid leave if Congress is unable to reach a deal by March 1 to avert deep defense spending cuts.
The plan would furlough teachers and school support staff for 22 discontinuous work days -- no more than two per two-week pay period -- during the current school year, according to a Jan. 31 memo signed by DODEA Director Marilee Fitzgerald.
"Our planning does not assume that this unfortunate event will occur, only that we must be ready," Fitzgerald stated. "We will plan to furlough school-level personnel without risking a full-year of academic credit for our students."
The plan resulted from mandatory Defense Department guidance and is due no later than Feb. 8, according to the memo.
The Pentagon is bracing for $55 billion in 2013 budget cuts and roughly $500 billion in reductions through 2021, scheduled to take effect March 1. The generally unwanted sequestration cuts -- to both defense and non-defense discretionary programs -- were designed in 2011 to force Congress to agree on targeted budget cuts.
Because Congress failed to do so, the Pentagon is reviewing plans to furlough civilian workers worldwide, with narrow exceptions for those in combat zones, some public safety officials and others exempted by law.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a stopgap measure that would postpone sequestration, which earlier was delayed from its original Jan. 1 date.
DODEA officials in Washington declined to discuss further details of their furlough plan Tuesday, due to the uncertain nature of the budgetary situation.
"Our first priority is to mitigate the negative impacts that sequestration will have on our ability to provide quality educational services," DODEA spokesman Frank O'Gara said in a statement provided to Stars and Stripes. "No decisions have been made at this point."
Exactly how classes without furloughed teachers would function if sequestration happens is still being determined, sources familiar with those plans said.
Federal Education Association President Michael Priser said DODEA officials were considering doubling up classrooms, among other possibilities.
Priser added that the FEA, a union representing teachers at base schools, would lobby to exempt teachers from furloughs if sequestration takes effect.
"Obviously it impacts teachers and employees, and it would also have a serious negative impact on our … kids' educations," Priser said.
DODEA already has cut spending on training, travel and conferences, according to official statements. It also suspended a teacher transfer program and an administrator rotation system.
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When you visit Mine Creek Battlefield on a quiet day, you can almost see them there: 7,000 Confederate soldiers charging across a battlefield on horseback towards two highly outnumbered Union brigades cresting the hill. The Union forces freeze in their tracks against the odds, but are destined to carry the day.
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TORONTO - As far as coach John Leary is concerned, Friday's 50-37 victory over Weirton Madonna was a "big win for our program against a quality opponent."
Four players reached double figures (freshman Blaze Glenn paced the way with 15) as the Red Knights evened their record at 5-5. The victory total is one more than Leary's crew earned all of last season.
"I was very pleased with our kids tonight," Leary said. "We told them at halftime that Madonna would make a push and they did. When they cut it to four a couple of times, we kept our composure, didn't panic and answered the bell."
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TO THE HOOP — Toronto's Dillon Gault drives baseline against the defensive pressure of Madonna's Tyler Ewusiak during Friday's 50-37 win by the Red Knights.
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TO THE HOOP — Madonna's Nate Guio goes to the basket during the first half of Friday's 50-37 loss to the Red Knights.
A bucket in the paint by Madonna's Josh Martin squared the scored at 12 after one period of play. Glenn recorded seven of his total during the frame. Toronto opened the second with a 10-0 run fueled by sharp-shooting Tyler Owens and never trailed from there. The senior guard drained three consecutive triples to start the burst. Dillon Gault sank a free throw to put the Red Knights up 22-12.
The Blue Dons, to their credit, did answer with seven consecutive points. Hard-working Nate Guio canned a jumper, James Carnes scored on a reverse layup and Levi Shreve added a bucket in transition. Guio made it 22-19 when he went one for two from the line.
Baskets by Gault and Brad Melville gave the Red Knights a 26-19 halftime advantage. Owens finished the initial 16 minutes with 12 points, all coming from behind the arc.
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Toronto, 50, Madonna 37
Madonna 12 7 10 8 - 37
Toronto 12 14 8 16 - 50
MADONNA (2-6): Guio 5 1-2 11; Antinone 1 0-0 2; Jeter 0 1-2 1; Ewusiak 3 3-4 9; Retton 0 0-0 0; Bowser 0 0-0 0; Shreve 1 0-0 2; Carnes 5 0-0 10; Stakias 0 0-0 0; Martin 1 0-0 2; Blaire 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 16 5-8 37. 3-pointers: none; Rebounds 26 (Gio 12); Turnovers: 20.
TORONTO (5-5): Glenn 7 0-2 15; Chadwick 0 1-2 1; Owens 5 0-1 14; Melville 4 2-2 10; Gault 3 4-6 10; Rawson 0 0-0 0; Stewart 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19 7-13 50. 3-pointers: Owens (4), Glenn; Rebounds: 17 (Owens, Melville 5); Turnovers: 14.
"We're searching, we're building," said Mike Hagg, who again filled in for head coach George Vargo. "I told our guys they played with a lot of heart today tonight. That was evident by our defensive effort.
"We're not unhappy with our defense but our offense leaves a little to be desired. We have to figure some things out and have to find a way to get 55 or 60 points on the board."
As Leary noted, the visitors did "fight hard and play hard" to start the second half. Thanks to the play of Tyler Ewusiak (he turned a steal into two points then assisted on a Carnes hoop), Madonna got to within three at 32-29. An Owens deuce ended the third.
Melville took over in the fourth quarter, recording eight of his 10 points, as Toronto put the victory on ice.
"We played with our heads straight tonight," Leary noted. "We had a situation earlier in the year when we didn't do that. Even when we were up by 10 without about three minutes to go, I still wasn't comfortable. These guys are just not used to winning; they're still learning how to win."
Owens finished with 14 for the Red Knights, who went 19 of 47 from the floor. Like Melville, Gault also ended with 10.
"That's exactly what we like to see," Leary said of the balanced scoring attack. "They are a bunch of unselfish kids, they don't care who scores. When you get a bunch of kids that want to play together, they're very easy to coach.
"There are no egos involved so we can run things and do certain things and don't have to worry. They just want to win and they are hungry to win. We won four games all of last season but they worked hard. I'm really pleased to see them reaping some benefits so far."
Guio recorded his second double-double of the week for Madonna, scoring 11 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. The Blue Dons out-rebounded Toronto 26-17. Carnes added 10 and Ewusiak nine.
As a team, Madonna took 42 shots but canned just 16. The Blue Dons also were guilty of 20 ball-handling miscues.
"We rebound well, play solid defense, turn the ball over and we're just not putting the ball in the hole," Hagg continued. "We're getting some good looks. I'm not sure if we are rushing shots or what. We practice, practice and practice shooting. We just have to put the ball in the hole a little more."
Toronto returns to action Tuesday when it visits East Richland Christian. Madonna will host Morgantown Trinity on Wednesday.


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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from LPG are significantly less, so the conversion of any vehicle to LPG is a contribution to the environment and the reduction of global warming. Cleaner burning LPG can also reduce unwanted deposits inside the engine, leading to a longer useful life and lower maintenance costs.
In Costa Rica, LPG costs from 40% to 50% less than gasoline. The cost of the conversion can be quickly recovered, since fuel efficiency is equal or better, converting from gasoline to LPG will mean a $25 to $50 savings on each tank of gas. Read More


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Ideally I am looking for two text boxes added to the 'Add new post' admin page, and the data from those two boxes be displayed in the sidebar when viewing the post page. So the sidebar displays the data belong to the post.... Two widgets for each post. Possible?
Thanks a ton in advance!


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My question about the origins of the berkeley socket API was quickly closed by moderators as 'off-topic'. It's a specific question about software engineering, so while I don't understand why that would be considered off-topic, can some one suggest a more suitable forum other than stack overflow? It's not immediately obvious to me that there is one.
What is meta?
- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
- The community provides support, votes on ideas, and reports bugs
- Your voice helps shape the way Stack Exchange operates
Check the faq for what is on topic on Stack Overflow. Let's see how your question fits:
You don't have a programming problem.
No tool involved.
Again, you don't have a programming problem there.
So your question doesn't really fit on Stack Overflow.
There are a few open questions about the history of various computing terms/language features and such over at Programmers (I'm not active on that site, so take this advice with a grain of salt).
I don't have enough reputation to view your original post, but I suspect that you didn't really have a question about the practice of software engineering. Based on the word "origins," I think you had a question about history that happened to relate to software engineering.
There is currently no site on the SE network where such a question would be on-topic. (Side note: some people around here can get kind of prickly when you refer to SO or other SE sites as "forums.") If you were looking for a non-SE site to ask on, I don't know of one (and that would make your question off-topic for this site).
You could also try asking in chat, where the rules about being on-topic and constructive are much less strict. There probably isn't a room devoted to the topic of Berkeley sockets, but there are some pretty well-rounded people in the more active rooms who might just happen to know the answer you're looking for, or at least be able to point you in a good direction.
I would probably ask such a history question in a Unix/BSD/etc like mailing group or Usenet group. http://gmane.org/ is a great place to find mailing lists. Most are quite strict about on topic questions, but some, and some Usenet groups, are specifically dedicated to a broader range of discourse and people filter accordingly. They aren't a perfect substitute for Stack Overflow of course, but serve well in their niche.


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Valtteri Bottas says the Jerez test was positive for Williams, despite using a development version of their 2012 car and not posting very competitive times
Williams was the only team not to debut their 2013 car, the FW35, in this week's opening test in Spain, opting instead to prioritise more development time in the wind tunnel.
Last year's FW34 was modified to include a number of 2013-spec developments - particularly a Coanda exhaust - but Bottas and team-mate Pastor Madonado still did not manage to finish higher than eighth on the timesheets, finding themselves a good two seconds off the pace on each day.
Williams did rack up 92 laps on Friday's final day of testing, however, clocking a best time of 1:19.851, and Bottas said the experience was far from a waste of time.
"We've got some positive results and the whole test basically was really positve for us," said the rookie.
"We got a big amount of data to analyse so the guys will be working really hard now to find which are the best bits to put [forward] for the new car."
Asked why Williams failed to set a truly competitive time in a car that they were far more familiar with, Bottas replied: "There's a simple reason: the physics still exist - if you have lighter car with less fuel it goes a bit quicker!"
The Finn added that they were able to test a number of new parts in the old car, getting a good idea of which ones to take forward onto the FW35.
"Barcelona test one will be really important for us, new car, so a lot to go through. But this test has still been really valuable to understand the tyres," he told Sky Sports F1.
"The conditions were maybe not ideal for tyre testing but it's the same for everyone. We managed to test a lot of new parts in the old car here and we got some really good data. We have quite got quite a good understanding now which direction to push for and which parts to put in the new car."


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To the editor:
For the second time, Barack Hussein Obama has won election, or, in the opinion of his worshipful followers, apotheosis. After all, did his first campaign staff not refer to him as "black Jesus?" Was there not a 2007 Associated Press story lauding his "ascension" to the presidency? Was not a cable television special about the re-election titled "The Second Coming"?
We must say, considering the previous four years, "in his case praise is based on expectation rather than accomplishment." (Cicero, "De Republica," fr. 5) He has now attained the "flexibility" to form the country into his philosophical ideal, the path to which requires an extreme left turn. Now, we must ask, what are the expectations of those who are his disciples?
For many of them, permanent second-class citizenship of any holding religious morality is a priority. These must be considered irrelevant in any political process and be forced by law to surrender any exercise of individual conscience. One's religious morality must be left at the exit of the individual's house of worship in accordance with the example of Vice President Joe Biden. Any morality in conflict with the whims of the "chosen one" is not to be tolerated.
There also must be an expectation that the religious contingent of the United States will accept the restrictions on religious freedom and kowtow to the scriptural interpretations from the Oval Office. In this matter, Obama has already lectured New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan on which of the millennial old doctrines the Catholic Church should change. We must expect that effecting this change will become a papal priority.
One expectation is that under the health care law the expensive obstetric and geriatric treatments will be controlled by an unimpeachable central authority, most likely staffed by experts from Planned Parenthood.
Another expectation is that there will be no untoward consequences from the HHS mandate. The East Coast abandonment of Catholic involvement in foster care must be looked at as an anomaly. There is an obligation to believe that civil disobedience is not a viable option.
They expect no possibility the Catholic bishops will refuse compliance and close Catholic schools and charitable institutions rather than materially support inherent evil. Even if so, closure of Catholic schools will be a sop to the teacher's union. There is no expectation their evangelical brothers will ally in passive resistance, but this should be of little worry, even if this does occur. The only unemployed will be those troublesome religious extremists who believe God's law transcendent.
The last expectation will be the continued trivialization of Congress and that pesky duo of the Constitution and the Decalogue. What relevance will they have when they might contradict the dictates of the bureaucratic czars of the Obama Nation?
The population has spoken and the election is over. We have a duty to accept the results, but still (temporarily) the right to peacefully and publicly regret the dystopia to which they most likely will lead.
Ed Bednar


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Top 10 Reasons To Go
Top Ten reasons why AUGI members should go to Autodesk University
- Learn - Learn - Learn from AUGI members. Did you know that almost 70% of the presenters at AU are AUGI members? True - there are more of your AUGI community voices being heard at AU than any other group. Each and every class is packed with practical, proven advice and demonstrations. See how it is done - LIVE!
- The AUGI Annual Meeting - over 2000 members in one place at one time. It is the largest user group meeting of the year.
- The AUGI Beer Bust - Food, Fun and Foam. This annual event is back - have another round on us! Get your souvenir beer mug - a perennial collector's item. And you can only get it at AU.
- Top DAUG Contest - All new since 2009. Show your stuff and win prizes. Some are put off by competitions and others embrace them. Even if you are not the kind who thinks they will win, you should join the fun. You would be surprised at how close these challenges are. There is a fine line between top spots. (what line weight would that be?)
- Networking - meet up with old friends and make new ones. Meet at the AUGI Booth on the show floor. It is always a center of activity.
- AUGI Day - you have collected a lot of AUGI wear over the years. Now is your chance to show it off. And get more AUGI stuff... We will have prizes, give aways, swag and more. But you need to come to AU to get it.
- Get Connected - Matching faces to names, aliases and avatars. Ever wonder who "CADKitty" is? Have you met members of your ATP Team, Product Communities Teams, Wish List Teams? Could you pick "Steve_Bennett" out of a crowd? Rubbed elbows with "CADMama" lately? Shaken hands with the AUGI Board of Directors? Have you hung out with AUGI members from France or Japan or...? Met any of those folks that have helped you out in the forums yet? Now is your chance to meet them all.
- Las Vegas - The Happening Hot Spot. Registrations includes hotel - you can't beat that. Plus nearly all your food & entertainment is taken care of during the event.
- Talk directly to Autodesk. Now is your chance to voice your vision of the future in your tool of choice. AUGI will provide you with opportunities to meet with Autodesk.
- All AUGI - All Autodesk - All the time. They say that the best way to learn a foreign language is to be immersed in the surroundings, language and customs of the chosen culture. There is no better place to be immersed into the AUGI and Autodesk culture than at AU. It is a constant, non-stop, almost 24 hours a day (you can sleep if you want to) saturation of tips, trick, tools and technology that you need to learn.


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I've been playing Puzzle Quest 1 for a while now but I noticed that random battles along the road take a lot of time while I would like to continue just playing my quests. Is there a way to skip them? I have already captured many of them but they keep popping around.
If you train your mount to high levels, it will allow you to evade the enemies on your way. Precisely what level is required depends on the encounter monster.
I've read a bit online and it seems that by level 30-35ish you can evade almost all enemies this way, save for the few strongest types.
I found that the Fast Flying mount (Giant Eagle?) was really good at avoiding encounters.


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Michael Kaye first met Gordon when he was toiling away for long-time Costa Rica Expeditions client, International Expeditions in Helena, Ala. When International Expeditions became part of Grandexpeditions.com, Michael quickly snatched Gordon for a temporary assignment in Costa Rica. The temporary assignment that began in early 2002 continues to this day. read more...
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Isabel joined Costa Rica Expeditions in 1988. She is the staffs problem solver and everyones confidant. Isa has degree in Psychology. She applies her knowledge of theory with her innate people skills, much to the companys benefit. read more...
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Born December 11, 1941, a river guide for many years, Michael was the first to run Costa Rica's white water rivers. Michael and his wife, Yolanda started Costa Rica Expeditions as a white water rafting company in the fall of 1978. read more...
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Yolanda Kaye, born in 1951, in rural El Salvador, is the woman wise enough to be Michael's wife and survive. Really she has done more than survive; she is thriving. Doña Yoly as we all affectionately call her, is truly the great woman who is not only behind a great man but also behind a great organization. Her wise words, observations and willingness to listen to gardeners, cooks, account executives and executive team staff alike has provided many of us with a sound "put your feet on the ground and count your blessings" perspective. She is a world-class cook. read more...


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Obviously the size of the project you're working on will be a huge factor in how long you spend writing the design document/specification. But do you go through everything, picking out every tiny detail? Or do you take a more agile approach and start writing the software quite early on and solve the problems as they come to you?
I've always found that there's only so far you can go with designing. There will inevitably be some things that are missed, and at that point how well you can adapt to the situation means more than the specification itself.
Am I taking the right viewpoint on this? Is it actually an opinion, or is a perfect design spec always the best route to go?


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I have posted the question yesterday, then I was able to figure it out by myself. As I haven't found any complete guide, I'm writing down the steps just in case.
So the question is: "How do I install db2 express c on Mac OS X?".
First of all you need to edit/create the /etc/sysctl.conf and insert the following:
reboot. Then google db2 express c mac osx and download db2 express c 9.5.2 for mac osx. Once downloaded uncompress the file
enter the exp directory and start the installation wizard as root
before continuing you need to create 2 users, one for administration purposes and another one as instance owner. For the second user name use no more than 8 characters and use just letters, otherwise the node name won't be accepted later on. Follow the installation wizard steps: enter the username for the DAS and for the instance owner. Once the installation is complete, you need to switch to the instance owner (dbuser in our case):
add the following line to your .bashrc file:
exit and relogin. If everything went well you should be able to start db2 (as a root) and create the SAMPLE database
That's it!


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Wrigley Field upgrades still locked in rooftop squabble Wrigley Field upgrades still locked in rooftop squabble Looking at the A's proposed waterfront stadium Looking at the A's proposed waterfront stadium Gallery: Pitchers with multiple no-hitters Gallery: Pitchers with multiple no-hitters Gallery: Happy birthday, Ebbets Field Gallery: Happy birthday, Ebbets Field gallery with links do NOT pub gallery with links do NOT pub Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More The Strike Zone Maddux, Glavine, Thomas highlight 2014 Hall of Fame ballot by Jay Jaffe Add Favorite Favorite Added Twitter Email Posted: Thu Jan. 10, 2013 Greg Maddux thoroughly dominated hitters at the height of the Steroid Era. (Richard Mackson/SI)In the wake of Wednesday's Hall of Fame shutout, many people — including writers in the BBWAA — have called for changes to the voting process. Whether they're asking for clear direction from the institution and Major League Baseball about how to handle candidates linked to performance-enhancing drugs, elimination of the character clause, additional room on the ballot to list more than 10 candidates, more leeway for first-year candidates who don't meet the 5.0 percent minimum threshold, or changes to the voting body, there are no shortage of ideas out there, many of them good ones.Thus far, the institution itself sounds disinclined to change the process. Said Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson in the wake of the BBWAA's failure to elect a candidate, "Obviously, no one in Cooperstown was rooting for a shutout, but we have a great respect for the process. . . . We remain very confident and very comfortable with the electorate, as well as the guidelines we give [them]."One year without a new honoree may be considered a statement about an era rife with PED use or simply an historical aberration (it hasn't happened since 1996, and the last time before that was 1971). Continued logjams would increase the likelihood of the Hall taking action, as it did in the past decade, when the Veterans Committee pitched three straight shutouts and then added just one more old-time player over the next two cycles. Any change to the voting body — to include broadcasters, MLB.com writers, historians, BBWAA members with less than 10 years — is bound to encounter tremendous resistance, whether from outside the BBWAA or within.The most likely change may be in stripping the voting privileges from writers who haven't covered baseball in a long time; once a voter reaches 10 years of consecutive service with a BBWAA-affiliated outfit, he or she is allowed to vote even after moving on to cover another sport or retire to an armchair. Another idea less likely to encounter fierce resistance is the limit of 10 votes per candidate, which is completely arbitrary and connected to an era when Major League Baseball had about half as many players.Meanwhile, the ballot will only grow more crowded. Of the 37 candidates on this year's slate, 18 received more than 5.0 percent of the vote, and 17 of those 18 — all but Dale Murphy — still have at least a year of eligibility left. Joining that group will be a class of newcomers nearly as distinguished as this year's crop, though perhaps less polarizing and certainly with fewer connections to performance-enhancing drugs. No fewer than 28 players are eligible to be nominated based upon the basic criteria (10 years in the majors with at least one game played, five years since last appearing in the majors), though some of them will not survive the initial process to reach the ballot (Jose Vidro? Joe Borowski? Shawn Estes?). A quick rundown of the top candidates:• Greg Maddux (101.6 career WAR/54.7 peak WAR/78.2 JAWS) Maddux has been called "the Smartest Pitcher Who Ever Lived," a four-time Cy Young award winner who racked up 355 wins, the most of any right-handed pitcher since World War II. Maddux didn't overpower hitters in the manner of Roger Clemens, but he did have impeccable control, posting the league's lowest walk rate nine times. He led the league in ERA four times, threw at least 199 1/3 innings for 17 straight seasons (1988-2006) even with the 1994-1995 players' strike, and helped the Cubs, Braves and Dodgers to 13 postseason appearances, three pennants and one world championship. With a JAWS that ranks ninth among all starting pitchers (average 67.9/47.7/57.8) and third among those since World War II behind Clemens and Tom Seaver, he should sail into the Hall easily.• Tom Glavine (76.8/42.6/59.7) Maddux's teammate with the Braves for a decade was the prototypical crafty lefty, a pitcher who didn't dominate but could spot his fastball wherever he pleased, and expand the umpire's strike zone to an impressive (or maddening, depending upon your point of view) degree. He racked up 305 wins, reaching 20 in a season five times, and took home two Cy Young awards while helping the Braves reach 11 consecutive postseasons (1991-2002, interrupted by the 1994 strike), five pennants and one championship. His peak wasn't all that high — it's actually five wins below the standard for Hall starters — but he was exceptionally durable, and his JAWS exceeds the standard; he ranks 32nd among all starting pitchers, 17th among postwar ones. He won't be an automatic choice, given that voters have deferred on 300 game winners in the past, but it's quite possible that the writers will elect him so he can go in alongside his longtime teammate.• Mike Mussina (78.2/42.4/60.3) The Moose is two spots above Glavine in the JAWS rankings, with a similar above-career/below-peak shape to his line. In an 18-year career split between the Orioles and Yankees, he notched 270 wins, including 20 in his final season, and helped his teams to nine postseason appearances and two pennants. He'll have a tougher road to Cooperstown than the Braves' pair given "only" five All-Star appearances and the lack of a Cy Young award; he finished second to Pedro Martinez in 1999, but in the top five six times. Mussina's trajectory could parallel that of the Cy-less Curt Schilling, who debuted with 38.8 percent of the ballot this year, setting him up for a long, slow climb to 75 percent.• Frank Thomas (69.7/43.7/56.7) A two-time MVP who inspired so much fear in opposing pitchers that he drew over 100 walks 10 times, "The Big Hurt" was one of the best hitters of the era. He won two MVPs, one batting title, led his league in on-base percentage four times and in slugging percentage once and finished his career with a .301/.419/.555 line and 521 homers. Even after adjusting for his hitter-friendly surroundings, that comes out to a .331 True Average, good for 13th among hitters with at least 9,000 plate appearances, a cutoff that still includes Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle. While his oversized body and gaudy numbers will cause at least a few whispers about PED use, Thomas is the one player who willingly spoke to Senator George Mitchell for the 2007 Mitchell Report. He did spent more of his time as a designated hitter than as a first baseman, but he'll be compared to the latter group, among whom he ranks ninth, well above the Hall standards across the board (62.3/40.7/51.5).• Jeff Kent (51.9/34.1/43.0) A five-time All-Star who won NL MVP honors in 2000, Kent got a bit of a late start to his career; he didn't debut in the majors until age 24, didn't reach 500 plate appearances in a season until age 25, and didn't begin to shine until he was traded three times and landed with the Giants at age 29. He provided considerable pop for a middle infielder, batting .290/.356/.500 with 377 homers, including a record 351 as a second baseman. He helped his team reach the playoffs seven times, and hit .276/.340/.500 with nine homers in October. For all of that, Kent's merits are stronger in the traditional sense than in the sabermetric one due to subpar defense, which weighs down his WAR totals; he ranks just 18th among second basemen, well behind ballot-mate Craig Biggio (13th) as well as fellow contemporary Roberto Alomar (12th). He'll persist on the ballot for a long time, and could eventually get voted into Cooperstown, but he's no automatic choice.Beyond that quintet are a couple of outfielders who bopped over 300 homers in Luis Gonzalez and Moises Alou, as well as another pitcher who stuck around long enough to win 219 games and enjoy a late-career rebirth in Kenny Rogers. Even so, none of the remaining candidates comes close enough in terms of either traditional or sabermetric merits to garner too much support from voters.The holdovers who will suffer — or benefit — the most are those who played the same position as the above five, inviting easy comparisons. Biggio's chances of being elected should be helped by the direct comparison to Kent, while the bids of Schilling and Jack Morris (who's in his final year of eligibility) could be hurt by the presence of Maddux and Glavine, or even the crowding by Mussina. Given his home run totals and PED-free reputation, Thomas could make things harder for birthday twin Jeff Bagwell as well as fellow designated masher Edgar Martinez, who outhit him substantially in the DH role. The sheer presence of more strong candidates will make it harder for Mike Piazza and Tim Raines, both of whom received more than 50 percent of the vote, though the first-ballot squeamishness holding Piazza back should dissipate. With Clemens and Barry Bonds still on the ballot, interested parties will still make a great deal of noise regarding PEDs, but the volume should be lower than during the most recent cycle. Hopefully, a bit more distance from a messy era will put things in better perspective, but deep divides remain within the electorate, and there will be no shortage of debate. More The Strike Zone


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The strong showing from blacks and Hispanics at the polls on Tuesday that helped re-elect President Barack Obama and boosted several Democrats into office across the country will force the Republican Party to change its strategy in the future, says Dr. David Bositis of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
"This was not simply a re-election, but 2012 will be the last campaign where one of the major parties seeks to get elected, solely with the white vote," Bositis said during a briefing today on the Role of African American voters. "A successful political movement will have to appeal to a broader swath other than non-Hispanic white people."
The 2012 election was a clear showing that America is now multi-racial, multi ethnic country, he said.
According to the Joint Center, when Democrat John Kerry faced George W. Bush in 2004, 79 percent of American electorate was non-Hispanic white. By 2008, that percentage had dropped to 74 and this year, it was 72 percent.
At the same time, the share of African American voters and the share of Hispanic voters increased.
The share of African American voters has grown from 11 to 13 percent, while the share of Hispanic voters has grown from 6 to 10 percent, Bositis said.
The success of President Obama on Tuesday, especially in swing states, can be directly attributed to strong black voter registration and turnout at the polls, Bositis said.
President Obama won Ohio, one of the hard fought battlegrounds in 2012, by 2 percentage points. In that state, the share of black voters between 2008 and 2012 went from 11 to 15 percent, and 97 percent of all black voters in Ohio voted for Obama, according to exit reports, Bositis said. "That's very impressive," he said.
The Michigan voter turnout among blacks was also impressive, according to Bositis' analysis.
In Michigan, blacks accounted for a 12 percent share of the vote in 2008, and in Tuesday election, blacks accounted for 16 percent of the voters, according to the Joint Center.
The African American share of Tuesday voters in North Carolina and Florida was the same as 2008, but that point was also significant, given the fact that the number white, mostly Republican voters increased in those states in record numbers, Bositis said.
In North Carolina, blacks accounted for 23 percent of the voters and in Florida black voters accounted for 13 percent. That means that the increases among black voters remained consistent with others, Bositis said.
Overall, Romney defeated President Obama when it came to white voters — 59 percent to 39 percent, Bositis said.
"In the past, having only 39 percent of the white vote would have been catastrophic for candidate in the United States," Bositis said. "The African American vote made the difference."
The large turnout of black voters also boosted Democrats in other key races across the country, Bositis said.
This was a record year for black candidates running for federal office, with 59 Democrat nominees and 13 Republican nominees. That total of 72 is the highest ever, and ensures that there will be several new members in the Congressional Black Caucus.
In New Jersey, Donald Payne Jr., will be replacing his father. Ohio will send a second African American female to House of Representatives – Joyce Beatty.
Voters in Nevada elected Democrat Steve Hereford and in Texas, Marc Veasey was elected and will be the fourth African American serving as U.S. representative from that state.
One African American representative, conservative Republican Allen West of Florida, seems to be at risk of losing a spot in the House.
West ran a different district this time, and unofficial vote totals have him trailing Democrat Patrick Murphy in District 18.
"A lot of the voters in that went to the polls in support of President Obama, and I don't think voters who were voting for President Obama would be voting for Allen West," Bositis said.


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Zion sensed two newcomers but only saw one. Someone was on the ceiling. Zion had no times for games. He knew the biggest threats were Phinius and Scur. Phinius's yellow lightsaber was now in ruins on the floor but he still gripped his purple lightsaber and breathed heavily, exhausted from the battle. Zion smiled slightly. His job was easier now Phinius was denied two blades for combat. Zion twirled his blade around his fingers. He threw his lightsaber towards Scur. The blade cut a pole above Scur. He was then trapped under piping from above. Zion turned on Phinius.
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I'm using XUbuntu and was a bit saddened that I couldn't use Dropbox within Thunar file manager.
Can I make a custom context menu option to 'copy public link' in Thunar?
This solution works for me:
For me, it works like a charm, except that, when I click to "Open Dropbox Folder" from Dropbox panel applet, it opens Nautilus instead of Thunar.
edit: It is also useful to add a Dropbox folder link to Thunar's sidebar. This can be done simply by draging-'n'-droping Dropbox folder to the sidebar.
First you need to install xclip,
Now in Thunar click Edit>Configure custom actions, then click the green plus sign.
Under Name enter 'Copy Public Link', or something suited to yourself
Under Command enter
In the same window, under the Appearance Conditions tab, tick everything.
Now if you right click in Thunar you will see the dropbox option, I'd like to know if there's a way of limiting the option to just the public folder, that way it won't constantly be there in places it isn't needed.


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If one is to spend some time away from home and work in a hotel environment where neighboring users can at least be presumed to be mischievous (if not actually malicious), what are some measures that can be taken to stay safe from said users while still staying connected?
Available resources:
- Spare laptop
- Spare Windows license
- Work-provided VPN
- Personal "dumb" cell phone (not dumb as a rock, but it's not going to MIT any time soon)
- Work smartphone
- Various forms of removable media (USB HDD, DVD-R, Flash Drive, MicroSD, etc.)
Planned activities:
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- Social networking
- Online gaming
- Personal & work calls & SMS.
- Remote access (RDP w/ NLA) to personal & work computers.
I plan on leaving my "daily driver" personal laptop at home, and might consider going without the smartphone if I can get away with it. I'd like to be able to perform the above activities within a reasonable level of comfort, while ensuring that any data I handle (including my login credentials) stays confidential. Also, of course, I'd like make sure no malware finds its way into my systems - at least, not through anyone's fault but my own.
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(CBS/AP)-- Islamist militants attacked and occupied a natural gas field partly operated by BP in southern Algeria early Wednesday, killing two people and holding an unknown number of foreigners hostage while surrounded by Algerian forces.
U.S. officials believe that Americans are among the hostages, but how many exactly was still unclear, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
A militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in revenge for Algeria's support of France's operation against al Qaeda-linked Malian rebels groups far to the southeast. It said it was holding dozens of foreigners hostage.
In a statement BP said the site was "attacked and occupied by a group of unidentified armed people," and some of its personnel are believed to be "held by the occupiers."
Ireland announced that a 36-year-old married Irish man was among them, while Japan and Britain said their citizens were involved as well. A Norwegian woman said her husband called her saying he had been taken hostage.
A man who identified himself as Mokhtar bel Mokhtar told the al Jazeera television network in a phone interview that he was leader of the jihadist group which carried out the attack, and that the hostages included British and American nationals. His claim could not be independently verified, and he spoke only of six hostages.
The U.S. Embassy in Algiers said in a statement it wasn't "aware of any U.S. citizen casualties."
In addition to the two foreigners killed — one of them a Briton — six were wounded in the attack, including two foreigners, two police officers and two security agents, Algeria's state news agency reported.
Algerian forces surrounded the kidnappers and were negotiating for the release of the hostages, an Algerian security official based in the region said, adding that the militants had come from Mali. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
A group called the Katibat Moulathamine, or the Masked Brigade, called a Mauritanian news outlet to say one of its affiliates had carried out the operation on the Ain Amenas gas field, taking 41 hostages from nine or 10 different nationalities.
The group's claim could not be independently substantiated and there would be fewer than 20 foreign staff members on site on a typical day, along with hundreds of Algerian employees.
The caller to the Nouakchott Information Agency, which often carries announcements from extremist groups, did not give any further details, except to say that the kidnapping was carried out by "Those Who Signed in Blood," a group created to attack the countries participating in the offensive against Islamist groups in Mali.
He said the operation was to punish Algeria for allowing French jets attacking rebel groups in Mali to use its airspace.
French President Francois Hollande launched the surprise operation in its former West African colony on Friday, with hopes of stopping al Qaeda-linked and other Islamist extremists he believes pose a danger to the world.
Wednesday's attack began with the ambush of a bus carrying employees from the gas plant to the nearby airport but the attackers were driven off, according to the Algerian government, which said three vehicles of heavily armed men were involved.
"After their failed attempt, the terrorist group headed to the complex's living quarters and took a number of workers with foreign nationalities hostage," said the statement.
Attacks on oil-rich Algeria's hydrocarbon facilities are very rare, despite decades of fighting an Islamist insurgency, mostly in the north of the country.
In the last several years, however, al Qaeda's influence in the poorly patrolled desert wastes of southern Algeria and northern Mali and Niger has grown and it operates smuggling and kidnapping networks throughout the area. Militant groups that seized control of northern Mali already hold seven French hostages as well as four Algerian diplomats.
The natural gas field where the attack occurred, however, is more than 600 miles from the Mali border, though it is just 60 miles from Libya's deserts.
The British Foreign Office confirmed that "British nationals are caught up in the incident."
BP, together with Norwegian company Statoil and the Algerian state oil company, Sonatrach, operate the gas field. A Japanese company, JGC Corp, provides services for the facility as well.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the kidnapped foreigners possibly include Japanese employees of JGC.
"We are certain that JGC is the one affected," Suga said, adding that the government is now negotiating with local officials through diplomatic channels, asking to protect the lives of the Japanese nationals.
Statoil said that it has 20 employees in the facility. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said it could not confirm that any Norwegian citizens had been abducted. The Norwegian Newspaper Bergens Tidende, however, said a 55-year-old Norwegian working on the site called his wife to say he had been abducted.
Algeria had long warned against military intervention against the rebels in northern Mali, fearing the violence could spill over its own long and porous border. Though its position softened slightly after Hollande visited Algiers in December, Algerian authorities remain skeptical about the operation and worried about its consequences on the region.
Algeria is Africa's biggest country, and has been an ally of the U.S. and France in fighting terrorism for years. But its relationship with France has been fraught with lingering resentment over colonialism and the bloody war for independence that left Algeria a free country 50 years ago.
Algeria's strong security forces have struggled for years against Islamist extremists, and have in recent years managed to nearly snuff out violence by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb around its home base in northern Algeria. In the meantime, AQIM moved its focus southward.
AQIM has made tens of millions of dollars off kidnapping in the region, abducting Algerian businessmen or political figures, and sometimes foreigners, for ransom.


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Is the condition that a module is reflexive an open condition?
That is, if $X$ is a smooth projective complex variety, $T$ a quasi-projective variety, and $F$ a finitely presented module on $X \times T$ that is $T$-flat, then we can form the locus $T' \subset T$ of points $t$ such that the restriction of $F$ to $X \times t$ is reflexive.
Is $T' \subset T$ open?
If not, is it locally closed?
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Megann McManus, a second-year student at Rutgers School of Law–Newark with a demonstrated interest in protecting the rights of employees, has been awarded a 10-week summer fellowship by the Peggy Browning Fund. McManus will spend her fellowship working at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. in New York.
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The application process is highly competitive. In 2013 the Peggy Browning Fund will place nearly 70 law students in public interest labor law fellowships nationwide. The fellows were selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants from 139 participating law schools. Peggy Browning Fellows have not only excelled in law school but have also demonstrated their commitment to workers' rights through educational, work, volunteer and personal experiences.
A native of southern Arkansas, McManus received her undergraduate degree in theatre from the University of the Ozarks. After graduation she moved to New York City and landed an internship in the Organizing Department of Actors' Equity Association. Over the next seven years, she worked in various departments at Equity and was ultimately named director of staff development. Along the way she also earned Management Certification from the MIT Sloan School of Management and HR Management Certification from George Washington University.
The summer after her first year at Rutgers Law, McManus interned at the National Labor Relations Board, Region 2. This academic year she has worked as a legal intern for in-house counsel at IATSE, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts.
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Every time I run Dishonored under Steam I get a pop up asking me for my Administrator password (I run as a normal user account, I imagine a UAC prompt would come up if I was running as Admin). I think this is due to the Steam first-time setup being run every time.
Is there any way to correct this issue?


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- Skin Tone:
- Fair
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Very pretty
By btdt
from Southeastern PA
describe yourself Budget Buyer
- Blends Well
- Doesn't Settle In Creases
- Easy To Apply
- Lightweight
- Long-Lasting
- Silky Finish
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Comments about bareMinerals Bare Radiance Powder, Clear Radiance, .03 oz:
I love Clear Radiance. The soft pink is flattering and when I don't want to wear any make up, I put on a little Clear Radiance to brighten my skin. I makes me feel better when I look in the mirror! I also like Rose Radiance, and Pure Radiance, but the barely pink Clear Radiance just makes me happy.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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