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Highly efficient, ultra low-power energy harvester and battery charger enhances flexibility, simplifies design, extends application reach
GENEVA, Dec. 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is opening new avenues for energy-harvesting applications with its latest IC integrating all the functions needed to power electronic circuits and recharge batteries using either a solar cell or Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG).
Harvesting ambient light or thermal energy to power small electronic devices such as wireless sensors, smart-building and industrial equipment controls, wellness and wearable monitors, protects the environment by reducing CO2 emissions, while eliminating batteries and power cabling, so finally enabling the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. In the future, hundreds of millions of these devices operating from tiny quantities of harvested ambient energy are expected to be deployed in environments such as office buildings, houses, hotels, industrial sites, transportation infrastructure and electric vehicles.
ST's SPV1050 is ideal for applications with power requirements from a few microwatts to several milliwatts, and is equally suitable for both indoor and outdoor consumer and industrial applications using either solar or thermal energy.
The ultra low-power energy-harvesting IC also provides more functions than competing devices, which aids miniaturization and saves bill-of-materials costs. Both 1.8V and 3.3V regulators are available to power a companion microcontroller or wireless transmitter directly without requiring additional components. Maximum Power-Point Tracking (MPPT) continuously optimizes energy harvesting, or can be disabled. The battery-charging circuitry supports a wide variety of battery types including lithium-ion and lithium-polymer, lithium thin-film solid state, NiMH and NiCd, as well as supercapacitors.
"Energy harvesting delivers environmental benefits and helps reduce equipment ownership costs, and is used increasingly as energy-conversion efficiency rises and typical system power demands fall," said Matteo Lo Presti, Group Vice President and General Manager, Industrial and Power Conversion Division, STMicroelectronics. "The tremendous operational and energy-harvesting efficiency of the SPV1050, combined with its unparalleled flexibility and feature integration, enables engineers to realize many new opportunities in industrial and consumer markets."
Inside the SPV1050, a buck-boost converter allows the device to connect to either TEG or indoor/outdoor solar-energy harvesting modules by providing a wide input-voltage range from 180mV to 8V. Average operating efficiency of 90% allows fast battery charging even at low input power levels, while minimum MPPT accuracy of 90% maximizes energy extraction from solar or TEG sources. In addition, the integrated battery-charging controller uses highly accurate under-voltage and end-of-charge thresholds, and provides safe control logic to prevent excessive discharging for longer battery life.
The SPV1050 is sampling now and scheduled for production in Q1 2014. It is available in a 20-lead QFN 3x3x1mm package or in 20-bump WLCSP tested and unsawn wafers. Budgetary pricing is $1.15 for orders of up to 1,000 pieces.
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2012, the Company's net revenues were $8.49 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
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Another collection of wicked, warped and wild stories about medieval history and life in the SCA.
From jester to king, Guillaume sees the Current Middle Ages from every angle. In his second collection of humorous stories and insightful reflections, Guillaume mixes his usual assortment of irreverent tales with a "behind the scenes" look at SCA royalty, including:
- Spitting Distance from Chivalry
- Christmas Crazies: Forgotten Medieval Holiday Folklore
- Of Arms and the Knight I Sing
- To Find the SCA, Just Turn Right at Spiderman
- Fangs for the Memories: Medieval Halloween Monsters
- Reigny Days and Mondays
Enjoy these excerpts:
I need to begin this chapter with an explanation. During our reign (as King and Queen of Caid), several strange, bizarre, amusing incidents occurred in rather spontaneously — in fact, you might say the entire reign was made up of such incidents. While these incidents had very little to do with the formalities of being on the throne, they were, as we say in the world of journalism, "too good to pass up." Thus, after the end of the reign, I asked someone called "The Inquisitor" — a shadowy, retiring entity with a nearly omniscient awareness who, nevertheless, chooses to reside in the coat closet in our guest bedroom — to set down his recollections of these incidents in writing, just as the great medieval chroniclers such as Matthew Paris or Geoffrey de Villehardouin would surely have done had they run out of real news to cover.
So, with that in mind, here's the first of a three-part series called "Chronicles of the Inquisitor," that details events that took place (thankfully) outside the public eye during our reign.
The first incident that I must relate to you occurred at a meeting of the revered Order of the Laurel, which Guillaume, being king, was allowed to attend. The order's appreciation of his presence was expressed by the first item of business that Mistress Angelina, secretary of the order, had put on the agenda: "Debate regarding whether or not to duct tape king's mouth shut."
Fortunately, royal participation in the meeting turned out to be a very minor issue. Guillaume, with his considerable attention span, was captivated by the intellectual discussion of the arts and sciences for almost 13 full seconds. After that, he began to search for something to amuse himself with which involved either breaking furniture or setting something on fire.
Glancing around the room, Guillaume saw that a party held in the home of the meeting host had resulted in several unused piñatas being strewn around the room. One of these piñatas was shaped like the animated dog "Blue" from the cartoon Blue's Clues. As the Laurels' discussion of the arts and sciences continued, Guillaume felt that he could add to the order's body of knowledge by quietly demonstrating that Blue was hollow and that the king's entire hand could fit inside Blue's head.
At nearly the same time, Guillaume also spotted another "leftover" item from the previous night's party: a six-pack of Silly String aerosol spray cans. It was not long, therefore, before Guillaume in his finite royal wisdom put these two pieces of data together by placing an entire can of Silly String inside Blue's head.
At this point, the meeting reached a lull and the members of the order turned to the king to ask whether it would be the royal pleasure to continue with the next item of business, or to take a short refreshment break. Guillaume looked at them all momentarily with an expression of great compassion, then held up the piñata and said, "I think we should take a break, 'cuz Blue's allergies are bothering him. Tell us how you feel Blue."
Then he made an appalling "Ah-choo!" sound and sprayed green Silly String out of the piñata's nose, striking members of the Order of the Laurel who were sitting as far as 20 feet away.
This joke was met with the uproarious sound of horrified silence, so Guillaume repeated it several times just in case anyone had not fully appreciated the subtle humor of their king causing slimy green string to shoot out of the nose of a papier-mâché dog.
The Laurels' appreciation of this prank was so great that in less than a minute Mistress Angelina was considering whether a simple majority vote would be sufficient to add "beat king to death" to the agenda. Fortunately Mistress Maria Theresa devised a more expedient way of calling for a recess by acquiring her own can of Silly String and conducting an experiment (remember: it's arts and sciences) to determine whether string sprayed into the king's right ear would, in fact, shoot out through his left ear.
Just for the record: It did not.
(Enjoy more irreverent, insightful and appalling details of Guillaume's experiences on the throne in Here Comes the Reign, Sir Guillaume!.)
Phase I: Stupidity
Riding along through the snow with the wind in my face, 20 miles away from the nearest automobile or telephone, I began to imagine I was a medieval knight out on a sleigh ride, bundled up in a heavy cloak, gliding through an icy forest, knowing that a blazing hearth was waiting for me on my return to the castle …
Unfortunately, there were a few problems with my little winter fantasy, as I steered my snowmobile down a frozen hillside in Idaho last December.
First, a medieval knight would not have been out in weather approaching 40 below zero because he would not have had a GoreTex parka and battery-powered, heated gloves to keep him from freezing to death. He would have been at home, in front of his blazing hearth, whipping his servants for neglecting to put enough cloves into his hot mulled wine.
Second, a medieval knight would have been riding on a sedate, horse-drawn sleigh, not a neon green, high-performance snowmobile powered by a 1,000 cc racing engine capable of 0 to 60 mph acceleration in under 4 seconds.
Third, and perhaps most important, while daydreaming about a medieval sleigh ride, I had neglected to notice that the inside of the Lexan visor on my helmet had frozen into a solid sheet of ice, thus preventing me from seeing that I was headed directly toward a 40-foot fallen log which had cleverly camouflaged itself with a coating of approximately .03″ of snow.
A moment later the tinny buzz of my snowmobile's engine was replaced by the sound of crunching plastic and aluminum, followed almost instantly by the sound of wind rushing past my head as I flew through the air and the staccato rhythm of snowmobile parts hitting the ground all around me.
When I finally plopped down into a snow bank, my first thought was, "Well, that wasn't as bad as standing up to a Drafn shield charge. Heck, I didn't even get a scratch." Then I stood up and brushed away the snow … and I noticed my left hand was sort of twisted around at a 45-degree angle and pointing off to the side like I was trying to hail a taxi in a Salvador Dali painting.
Fortunately, just at this time Felinah, who was riding her own snowmobile, drove up and — drawing upon years of medical training and diagnostic experience — said, "Um, you don't look so good."
Phase II: Immobility
Six hours later, I was in the surgical recovery ward of Rexburg County Hospital. There were two pins in my arm holding together the various hunks of bone that formerly were my wrist, and my left arm was encased in fiberglass and nylon.
Lying there, half-dazed on medication which I'm sure was originally developed for livestock use, I began to wonder what would have happened to a real medieval knight with a similar injury after taking a bad fall from his horse during a battle or tourney. Contrary to popular opinion, not all doctors in the Middle Ages were ignorant butchers. A wealthy duke or baron would likely have enlisted the services of a physician who'd studied anatomy in Italy and seen surgical procedures performed by doctors trained in Greece or Persia. For a loud-mouthed Belgian knight who had insulted the king once too often, however, medical care would probably have come in the form of a country hack who studied anatomy behind the barn with Geraldine the milkmaid, and whose training in surgical technique consisted of helping his father cut fence posts with an axe.
I imagined a crippled knight, trying to survive one-handed without any discernable job skills other than the ability to whack people with a sword. I imagined a once-great warrior reduced to relying on the generosity of friends and relatives, or perhaps begging in the street for his meals.
Then I began to imagine how, exactly, I was going to put on a pair of pants with only one arm.
(Follow along with Guillaume's painfully funny account of recovery, rehabilition and repentance in Here Comes the Reign, Sir Guillaume!.)
When my book This Sovereign Stage was published recently, I was thrilled by the response among the SCA's academic community. Several of the most respected historical experts in the kingdom, including Mistress Maria-Theresa and my own mother, applauded my scholarly observations of theater in the Middle Ages with comments like: "Danny Kaye's The Court Jester is not a primary resource," and "Hamlet wasn't a Scandinavian breakfast sandwich," and "Don't you think you should have done some actual research before writing this book?"
Clearly, I realized, they had missed the point of my writings about the medieval theatrical tradition. My book wasn't about painstaking research and historical detail. It was based on one overarching premise that served as both a philosophical thesis and an analytical presupposition, thereby creating de facto donnée for my belles-lettres, which was this: Medieval theater was really bad.
Thus, in order to dispel any rumors that my research into thespian history was either faulty or, God forbid, fabricated, in this chapter I would like to present an overview of theater and drama from antiquity to the Middle Ages. Then, when I get finished, I'm going to go eat my Hamlet and bacon.
Classics on the Boards
Experts have a hard time agreeing on when the art form we know as theater began. (That's primarily due to the fact that "experts" tend to be a bunch of self-important blowhards who would probably have a hard time agreeing on what kind of pizza to order for lunch.) Most believe that the origins of drama are lost in the mists of time, probably around 30,000 years ago when one Neolithic caveman accidentally hit another with a mastodon bone and a crowd of onlookers laughed themselves silly.
One of the earliest documented theatrical presentations began in Egypt around 2500 B.C. when priests created the Memphite Drama. This multi-part ritualistic show, performed on the first day of spring, was a re-enactment of the murder of the god Osiris by his brother Seth. (Thus creating a form of theatrical interaction that can be seen today on The Jerry Springer Show.) The Memphite Drama was staged annually for more than 1,900 years — a record for continual performance that was only recently surpassed by the Broadway run of Oh! Calcutta!
Theater as we know it, however, began in Greece in the 6th century B.C. There, presentations of tragic drama were performed as part of the City Dionysia, a festival whose name is derived from the fact that naming a festival after a mythological god sounds much more sophisticated than calling it, "six days of drunken riots."
Although early stage productions focused on themes of death, betrayal, horror, sacrifice and grief, the Greeks soon invented the concept of "comedy" when audiences, having sat through several hundred hours of suicides, incest, betrayals and anguish, realized that they needed to (as theatrical scholars say) "lighten up."
The greatest of all Greek comedy writers was Aristophanes, whose works include The Clouds, The Wasps, The Frogs, The Dingoes, The Police, The Rolling Stones, and that cult classic, The Thesmophoriazusae. But undoubtedly the greatest of all Aristophanes' work is The Birds, which includes such brilliant comic scenes as the two main characters being startled by a slave jumping out of a thicket and, in response, defecating on stage. (As God is my witness, I'm not making that up!)
Roman Around the Theater
Greek theater came to an end in 404 B.C. when the Spartans invaded Athens after learning that matinee tickets for Miss Saigon were sold out. After this, theatrical performance moved to Rome where it took on a very different aspect.
In Rome, dramatic productions were staged as part of the Imperial festivals, which took place approximately every 48 minutes. This was good in the sense that there was lots of theater in Rome, but it was bad in the sense that stage plays had to compete with other forms of entertainment, such as gladiators, chariots, prisoners being fed to wild animals, exotic dancers, NAASCAR races, and Britney Spears concerts. And lets face it, when you have a choice between watching people in masks mince around a stage for three hours or seeing someone get eaten by a bear … well, let's just say there's a reason that PBS has to beg for donations while guys with names like A-Train and Ultimo Dragon get paid millions of dollars to appear on the WWF Smackdown.
The most popular type of Roman theater, however, was called mime — a form of comedy that, as we would say today, was "intended for mature audiences only." In mime performances, viewers laughed at such delightful, humorous presentations as simulated sex on stage, obese people eating massive quantities of food, fist fights, actual sex on stage and public executions. Mime performances also included jugglers, acrobats, tightrope walkers, dancers and clowns — just to make sure the audience didn't get bored if there was a slow spot in the sex and violence.
In Roman theater, however, nothing could compare with the most popular target for comedic ridicule: Christianity. Many mime performances featured distorted parodies of baptism and mass, which is undoubtedly why playwrights and actors suddenly began to find themselves out of work when Christian emperors rose to power in the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D. At the Trullan Council of 692, when Pope Sergius placed a ban on all forms of theatrical performance, His Holiness is said to have proclaimed, "Let's see thou laughest at excommunication, vile stage monkeys!" …
(Read more in Here Comes the Reign, Sir Guillaume!.)


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) He looks unassuming as he steps on the mound, the lithe kid with the limber arm. He tugs at his hat, bounces a rosin bag playfully in his hand, toes the rubber and proceeds to throw what can only be described as a blur toward the plate.
The unsuspecting hitter never lifts his bat off his shoulder. The ball smacks the catcher's glove and the radar gun on the outfield scoreboard blinks: 102 mph.
No wonder he's nicknamed ''Ace.''
It doesn't seem natural what Yordano Ventura does. Only the biggest, burliest pitchers are supposed throw triple-digit heat. Certainly not a 6-foot, 180-pound-dripping-wet rookie who signed for $25,000 out of the Dominican Republic and not long ago was playing shortstop.
Yet there he is, standing on the mound at Kauffman Stadium, watching as another failed hitter walks slowly back to his dugout, shaking his head in disbelief.
''That kid's special,'' Orioles star Adam Jones says, ''to say the least.''
And it's no wonder the Royals were concerned when Ventura left Monday night's start against Houston because of elbow discomfort. Ventura departed after Jose Altuve fouled off a pitch in the third inning.
Manager Ned Yost and trainer Nick Kenney went to the mound and Ventura was led off without attempting another pitch.
Ventura will have a MRI on Tuesday. He lasted 2 2-3 innings, giving up five runs and seven hits.
Before his outing Monday night, people were interested how Ventura could throw so hard at his size.
Glenn Fleisig, an expert in medical and mechanical engineering, has been studying pitchers for years at the American Sports Medicine Institute, the nonprofit founded by renowned surgeon Dr. James Andrews. While Fleisig has not examined Ventura specifically, he may be able to explain in general terms what makes the right-hander stand out.
''More than anything it has to do with the timing of the different motions,'' Fleisig says.
''You watch it by the naked eye,'' he continues, ''and it looks like the guy steps, his body moves forward and he throws. But if you do it in slow motion, it's really a sequence of events.
''When a pitcher's stride foot lands, his arm, totally not connected to his leg, has to be at a certain position, and his hips and trunk has to be at a certain position. And if we break these things down to a very small fraction of a second, the best pitchers are sequencing right.''
In science, that sequencing is called a kinetic chain. Ventura's is nearly perfect.
''What a pitcher has to do to maximize his ball velocity is maximize his timing of different body parts,'' Fleisig explains. ''That's not the only thing but it is the most important thing.''
Another important element is what Fleisig calls functional strength.
Even though Ventura is about as husky as a foul pole, the muscles, ligaments and tendons that it takes to throw hard have been honed over the years, and not just by pitching.
Unlike youngsters in America who specialize at a young age, Ventura played shortstop - and other sports - along with pitching as a child, and that developed his musculature into that of a well-rounded athlete.
''His body just figured it out right,'' Fleisig says.
This matters because, while many pitchers throw hard, very few throw as hard as Ventura. And the difference between a 95 mph fastball and one that hits triple-digits is astounding.
Alan M. Nathan, a physics professor at the University of Illinois, has found that a pitch released at 95 mph will cross the plate in about four-tenths of a second, and that each additional mile per hour trims that flight time by about 1 percent.
While that may not seem like much, keep in mind the margin of error for putting the ball in play is about seven milliseconds.
''So if a pitcher throws at 100 mph but the batter perceives the pitch at 98 mph, the batter will swing late by about 8 milliseconds,'' Nathan concludes, ''and that is outside of the margin of error for hitting the ball fair.''
In other words, Ventura makes batters swing and miss a lot.
''I'm thankful I have a good arm,'' Ventura says with a shrug, ''and I'm going to keep working hard to be healthy, but nobody has ever explained to me why I'm able to throw so hard.''
During a September call-up last year, Ventura was clocked throwing a four-seam fastball at 102.816 mph - the fastest thrown by a starter since the PitchFX system began tracking the velocity and trajectory of pitches in every major league ballpark during the 2006 playoffs.
This year, the 22-year-old leads the major leagues in average fastball velocity by a wide margin, ahead of power pitchers such as Stephen Strasburg and Justin Verlander. He had a 2.80 ERA through his first nine starts, with 56 strikeouts in 54 2-3 innings.
While there may be a scientific explanation for the way Ventura brings the heat, Royals general manager Dayton Moore offers another suggestion: ''I think it's God-given,'' he says.
In truth, the reason Ventura throws hard may be a mixture of science and dogma.
''He was throwing hard at 18, 19 years old,'' Royals pitching coach Dave Eiland says. ''That's not something where you can go, `Deliver the baseball this way and you'll throw 100.' It's genetics. It must be God-given, you know?''


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The Comforts of Fall
Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the weather, the clothes, and of course, the food. Food and fashion are both incredibly seasonal. As the heat of summer is replaced by the cool days and chilly nights of autumn, my thoughts turn to warm fuzzy sweaters and a crackling fire to warm my body, and to favorite comfort foods to warm my soul.
The hallmarks of fall and the flavors of the season go hand in hand. The jewel tones of autumn leaves are kissing cousins to the beautiful hues of apples, pumpkins, and squashes. The rustling and crunching of leaves underfoot is connected to the crackling sound of a fire in my sensory memory. And the coziness of a favorite sweater or scarf is not unlike the feeling one gets when enjoying a bowl of homemade soup or a cup of hot cocoa.
When the temperature begins to dip and Mother Nature prepares herself for winter, I am inexplicably drawn to hearty, warming dishes, perhaps as my own way of steeling myself against the impending cold weather. There is nothing like coming in to the warmth of a kitchen filled with the delicious and tantalizing smell of baked goods, spices, or a simmering stew after an invigorating walk in the crisp autumn air.
Comfort foods evoke warm feelings and memories of family, friends, and good times. They make one feel safe and cared for. Nurturing and nourishing, these foods have universal appeal, yet each person has their own specific dishes that hold a special place in their heart and palate. Whether your favorite is Mom's macaroni and cheese, homemade vegetable soup or freshly baked apple pie, fall is the perfect time to indulge. Think of it as girding yourself against winter. So, get into the kitchen and whip up your favorite - share it with someone you love, and enjoy all that fall has to offer.
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Jazz continue playoff push with win over Warriors
Oakland, CA – Mo Williams scored 25 points and the Utah Jazz held on late for a 97-90 victory over the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena on Sunday.
Williams was 11-for-19 from the field and the Jazz received double-doubles from Al Jefferson and Derrick Favors to post their seventh win in eight games.
With the victory, Utah vaulted itself into the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference and holds a one-half game lead over the Lakers, who lost to the Clippers earlier on Sunday. Jefferson posted 19 points and 12 rebounds, while Favors added 12 points and 13 boards.
"I can't say enough about this group of guys," Jazz coach Ty Corbin said. "This was all about them and them wanting it, and the way they came out. Although we made some mistakes in the game, everybody laid everything they had in them out there on the floor."
The Warriors could have clinched their first playoff berth since the 2006-07 season with a win, but their late comeback attempt fell short. Stephen Curry scored 22, Klay Thompson had 20 and David Lee finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds in defeat.
"We still control our own situation, which is good, but you don't want to have this feeling again," Curry said. "We've got to get it done and there's no excuse for us not to."
The Jazz looked like they would cruise to victory after Gordon Hayward's triple created an 11-point cushion with 4:20 remaining, but the Warriors continued to fight.
Thompson and Curry went back-to-back from long distance and a layup from Draymond Green made it a three-point game with 2:35 left. They remained behind by that same margin after a missed shot from Jefferson with a minute left, but Green and Jack each missed shot attempts on the ensuing possession.
Williams then buried a deep 3-pointer with 14 seconds left to all but seal the victory.
Earlier, a 3-pointer from Curry had the Warriors ahead 38-29 with eight minutes to play in the second, but the Jazz roared back with a 27-10 push to close out the half.
Hayward tied the contest at 41-41 with a dunk, then added a 3-pointer just over a minute later to create a four-point edge for Utah. Randy Foye and Williams each connected on a 3-pointer in the final minute and the Jazz took a 56-48 lead into the break.
Golden State trimmed its deficit down to one with just under five minutes left in the third, but couldn't get the lead back and never came closer the rest of the way. Jefferson scored seven during an ensuing 10-1 run and Utah took a 77-69 lead into the fourth.
Game Notes
Utah captured the season series, 2-1 ... The Jazz improved to 12-27 on the road ... Golden State lost for just the 12th time at home ... The Warriors are now just up by one game over idle Houston for the sixth spot in the West ... Both teams are in action again on Tuesday, with Utah hosting Oklahoma City and Golden State playing at home against Minnesota.


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I find that these days I can't open up a magazine or an internet page without seeing an advertisement for a lash-growing serum, eyelash extensions, false eyelashes, or mascara that promises "sky high lashes". What is the obsession with eyelashes and what can we do about it?
Eyelashes are there to protect your eye from any dust or debris and they also create a barrier for the eye in case something comes towards it – it touches your eyelashes and your eye instinctively closes to protect itself. You can lose up to 5 eyelashes a day so they can look sparse at times, but as long as you have some there for protection there is not a problem. So, really the length or volume of your lashes doesn't matter much – the length and fullness we desire so much comes more with vanity and what we "should" have.
You can naturally decrease the loss of your eyelashes by being gentle with them. Do not tug, pull, or rub your eyes because this can cause breakage of the lashes. Be careful of what mascara you apply to your lashes as some are extremely drying , such as waterproof mascara which should be used for special occasions only. You can find healthier, more natural mascaras at your health food store or even by reading the labels at your drugstore and finding a more suitable mascara. And if you are using an eyelash curler to enhance your lashes be sure to use it on clean eyelashes only and don't be too rough with it, curl only once for a few seconds. You can also create a more eye opening look and skip mascara by using a swipe of oil or powder on your brow bone as a highlighter.
Unless you have a condition which causes your eyelashes to fall out in clumps, in which case you should see a doctor for a prescription, you can keep your eyelashes in tip-top condition by applying a natural lubricant such as olive oil or natural Vitamin E carefully to your lashes regularly. This will help to moisturize your lashes and keep them healthy.
I know that everyone still wants to have long, luscious lashes – but you can achieve this look by using the methods above. Just remember that anything you put near your eye can end up IN your eye, which can be dangerous and keeping your eyelashes healthy is the best way to keep them looking nice, so skip the medicaly, chemically formulas and your lashes – and eyes – will thank you for it!


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Suites Above Massive Indoor Water Park
High above Fort Mackenzie—the four-story waterlogged treehouse that feels like a mixture of Swiss Family Robinson and Pirates of the Caribbean—a 1,000-gallon bucket slowly fills with water. Suddenly, the big bucket topples, drenching those gathered below in a torrent of water. Heated to a balmy 84 degrees, Great Wolf Lodge's indoor water park sports 17 splash-filled attractions, including a wave pool, a six-story funnel slide, the Crooked Creek lazy river, and two Hot Springs warming pools.
The 80,000-square-foot aquatic arena is merely one of the many activities at the hotel's multi-entertainment campus. During the MagiQuest live-action adventure, kids wield magic wands and journey through a kingdom to meet mythical creatures, including a pixie, a dragon, and a Bob Dylan. Scooops Kid Spa gives manicures and pedicures to pintsize patrons sitting atop ice-cream-cone stools and banana-split thrones—free ice cream predictably and happily completes each visit.
The family-friendly suites vary in size, but all are large and able to accommodate at least six guests. Loft suites have a semiprivate living area with a corner gas fireplace; Black Bear and Wolf Pack condos have full kitchens and extra bedrooms. With all accommodations, you can take in views of the surrounding area from a private balcony.
Wisconsin Dells: Picturesque Scenery and Family Entertainment
Before the Dells became synonymous with water parks and amusement rides, the Midwestern destination's claim to fame was its scenery. Visitors in the mid-1940s came to see the craggy rock formations that frame both sides of the Wisconsin River. These bluffs—or dells—are still visible today from the downtown area, which is rife with kitschy attractions, from mini-golf courses to go-kart tracks.
But it's safe to say that most visitors nowadays come for the water parks. In fact, the Dells area likely has more water slides per capita than any other spot on the planet. The fun doesn't stop in the cooler months, either, thanks to a slew of indoor aquatic centers, many of which are nearly as elaborate as their outdoor rivals.
For a break from all the chlorinated excitement, take a stroll along the river, where you'll find antique stores, candy shops, and a Bavarian-themed village. At a handful of German restaurants, you can wash down plates of schnitzel with pints of lager to the sounds of glockenspiels. The H.H. Bennett Studio museum makes for an interesting side trip. Exhibits recount the early history of the Dells through the life of the 19th-century landscape photographer whose work originally attracted tourists to the area. Just down the road, in the town of Baraboo, Victorian buildings and quaint shops lie on the outskirts of Devil's Lake State Park, where 500-foot bluffs present a challenge for intrepid rock climbers.


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Santa Fe Sneak
The upcoming Santa Fe Film Festival will present a special "sneak preview" night at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque this Thursday, Nov. 15. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the NHCC (1701 Fourth Street SW) will screen the Spanish-language (with English subtitles) film August Evening. Filmmaker Chris Eska will be present and SFFF director Stephen Rubin will introduce the program. August Evening tells the story of an aging, undocumented farm worker named Jaime (Pedro Castaneda) and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe (Veronica Loren), as they struggle to survive and find love in Mexico. Tickets go on sale the day of for $10 each. For more information, visit www.santafefilmfestival.com.
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No Country For Old Men
With its quick, brutal flashes of violence, its off-kilter characters and its deadpan funny dialogue, No Country For Old Men is unmistakably the work of indie auteurs Joel and Ethan Coen. Except that it isn't, exactly. The film is based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy. The plot, dialogue and characters of this modern-day, neo-noir Western are lifted--frequently word-for-word--from McCarthy's text. The result is a seamless blending of artistic worlds, a bloody, funny, beautifully shot, faultlessly acted thriller that has to rate as one this year's best films.
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Punk's Not Dead
Energetic documentary proves music may evolve, but it won't roll over and die
It's difficult, if not impossible, to encapsulate an entire life story, artistic movement or historical era in 90 minutes or so. Thankfully, Punk's Not Dead, an energetic new music documentary by Susan Dynner, doesn't really make the attempt. Instead of trying vainly to be the end-all, be-all of punk rock filmmaking, this short, sharp doc acts as more of an endearing tribute to the (as yet) undying spirit of punk.
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"The Roping Show" on RFD-TV
OK, I admit it. I'm scared. I fully support the Writers' Guild in its strike against the major movie and television studios. At the same time, with many shows being yanked off the air and many others preparing to go into semi-permanent reruns, I'm a little worried about my job. Three months from now, if the strike is still going on, am I going to have to be penning pithy, philosophical columns about reruns of "Deal or No Deal"? I'm gonna have to do some serious channel surfing to find fresh stuff to write about.
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"Drawn Together" (Comedy Central 11:30 p.m.) CC's rude-as-hell reality cartoon does the season finale thing with tonight's "American Idol Parody Clip Show."


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I enered the DARPA challenge again. This time I actually converted a pickup truck to steer to waypoints, but I neglected to include the work I had done on my vision system in the video I had to submit, and I didn't advance to the next round.
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Perfecting the Plastic Package
The 19th annual DuPont Awards find innovation the world over. The awards honor not just the packaging but also the technology and processes, equipment and converters that create the end-use packages. Nominations are accepted from both packaged goods marketers and from companies directly involved in the creation of the packages. Take a look at this year's winners.
Bakelite, the first plastic based on a synthetic polymer, will mark its 100th anniversary in 2007, and natural polymers were understood a hundred years earlier. Where would food packaging be without plastic?
Rather than ponder the question, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (www.dupont.com/packaging), Wilmington, Del., prefers to give awards to the best use of plastic (not necessarily its own) in food and consumer goods packaging. Winners of the 19th DuPont Awards Competition were revealed in August, and will be honored again in a display at Pack Expo Intl. in Chicago's McCormick Place Oct. 29-Nov. 1.
Twenty-six international food and non-food packaging innovations received awards from among 135 entries. All of them use plastic to some degree. Only the food and beverage winners are included here. The highest award given each year is the Diamond Award.
This year there were two Diamond winners:
Tetra Wedge Aseptic Clear 200 Slim (Jumex Mundo Nautix)
Tetra Pak Inc. Research & Development
"The world's first aseptic transparent stand-up-pouch," this one was designed especially for children's on-the-go drinks. Judges said the package "has a unique soft and squishy feeling and see-through look, which 6-12-year-olds find fun and cool, according to market research in North America and Europe. The aseptic process ensures convenient, safe and portable products with high quality taste and nutritional value without the need for preservatives or hot filling."
Labatt Blue Cold One
Labatt Breweries of Canada, Alliance Labeling Inc., Shikatani Lacroix Design
This can is wrapped with a thin, insulating layer of plastic, which keeps beer cold for longer periods of time, protecting it from warm hands, condensation and outside temperature. It also makes the cans more comfortable to hold. The wrap is DuPont Cool2Go, a product made by placing a polymer insulation between two layers of DuPont Teijin Films' Melinex film.
Gold Winners
Tradewinds Tea in PowerFlex container
Amcor PET Packaging, Tradewinds Beverage Co.
PowerFlex is the first truly panel-free and rib-free polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container that accommodates hot filling up to 185°F. The use of vacuum panels for hot-fillable PET containers, while accepted industry practice, has held back PET from penetrating premium beverage markets. Amcor developed an ingenious, patented base design that handles the vacuum while keeping the sidewalls free of ribs and panels. The base incorporates a unique diaphragm that draws upward as the liquid cools. The sidewalls create a container with a premium look and feel as well as one that provides maximum freedom for label size, material and application.
Heinz Fridge Door Fit ketchup bottle
Heinz North America, Product Ventures Ltd., Graham Packaging, Seaquist Closures
This redesign will change consumer perception of larger-size containers. The bottle and closure system was designed to provide consumers with a more convenient means of storing, handling, and dispensing ketchup from large (46 and 64 oz.) containers. The package provides consumers with ergonomic grip points while also fitting easily on the door shelves of refrigerators. And the custom-designed closure has a lock-back feature for improved dispensing control and cleanliness.
Chips Ahoy! chocolate chip cookies in Snack 'n Seal packaging
Kraft Foods Inc., Sonoco Products Co., Spear USA
Snack 'n Seal is a patented packaging system that provides consumers with ease of opening, resealability and increased product freshness. The package consists of a thermoformed tray in a horizontal flow wrap, which incorporates an innovative reclose feature in the top panel. The top panel has a precision die-cut opening to which a pressure-sensitive label is applied. The package contains a widely used high-barrier film structure with technology that had only formerly been used for baby and home care wipes.
Silver Winners
Barilla Restaurant Creations stacked pasta sauce jars
Alcoa Packaging
The shrink sleeve is the most popular label currently in the market because of its ability to fit interestingly molded, contoured containers while conveying brand image in a significant manner. Alcoa improved the graphics for more shelf impact and developed an "anti-wet" overcoat to virtually eliminate the appearance of air bubbles that could become trapped between the label and glass and be visible within the clear portion of the label. PET film was chosen because of the severe differences in shrink diameter down the length of the product profile.
Amcor FlexCan
Amcor Flexibles (Norway and Denmark)
The Amcor FlexCan is an easy open and recloseable, stand-up container that's ideal for products that typically are not finished in one serving or use. A peelable lapseal of polyethylene makes it easy to open, and an adhesive tape provides recloseability. A wide opening makes it easy for the consumer to get a handful of nuts directly from the pack or to pour some into a bowl. The design allows the packaging to be printed on all sides, including the bottom and top.
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"My Grandson, My Pride And Joy" Watch
Handcrafted in stainless steel with sleek black face. Water resistant to 99 feet, with engraved sentiment for a grandson. Gift box.
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You take pride in the fine man that your grandson is becoming! Give him a meaningful expression of your love with this grandson watch that carries a loving sentiment. This handsome watch is handcrafted of stainless steel with a black watch face, a seconds subdial, date window, and a unique compass-bezel outer edge. Etched on the back is a heartfelt message: "My Grandson, My Pride My Joy." Watch face is accented with a red and blue rondel, and sleek silver-tone hands and hour markers that glow in the dark. As seen on Lifetime Television's "The Balancing Act."
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What to Do on a Rainy Day in Tyler, Texas
The past few days here in the East Texas area have been quite gloomy and soaking wet. But, don't let the weather get you down. There is still plenty to do around town. The city of Tyler has plenty to offer that will keep you entertained and out of the rain.
Here is a quick list of the top five things to do in Tyler on a rainy day. These are just suggestions. If you haven't done the things on this list already, you need to take this rainy day as a chance to experience all the great things Tyler has to offer.
1. See a Movie
Times Square Cinema is a great local movie theater. It has a more comfy feel to it than the gigantic movie theaters of this day. The smaller theater and more comfortable seats create the perffect atmosphere for a rainy day movie.
2. Eat at a local restaurant
If you are just leaving Times Square Cinema, you have three great choices for eating some local food. Right next door to the theater is Cork. They have great food ranging from a well priced lamb plate to a delicious roll of sushi. This is a unique Tyler restaurant that you must try soon.
Down the walk a little from Cork and Times Square Cinema is Julians. They have been an Tyler staple for years now. There asian bistro style is hard to compete with and there draft beer selection is an adventure all on its own.
For a little more of a walk, you can get some great seafood from Breakers. They have all of your favorite seafood dishes and then a multitude of California style favorites. They are a definite must try in Tyler.
3. Play Pool
XLN on Fifth street can be a fun place o spend a rainy afternoon. Games of pool and darts can make the slow hours of a wet Thursday speed up a little. Now, if they ever got a skee-ball table I believe XLN would be a little slice of heaven. You can also play pool over at Clicks Live at Troup and the Loop
4. Take the Kids to the Discovery Science Place
When the kids can't go outside to play, where can you go? The Discovery Science Place, of course. And don't worry, this place has a little fun for you too, mom and dad. The Discovery Science Place is packed full of fun and education. It will be a great place to escape the rain.
5. See Some Art
While you are downtown, stop by the Gallery Main Street. Tyler's downtown gallery, this place is packed full of great art that you and the kids can enjoy. A little bit further into town, you can find the Tyler Museum of Art.
The TMA is located on the TJC campus. The TMA building has held some of the great art masters of our times and before. But, TJC isn't the only school giving a great opportunity to see art. The University of Texas at Tyler has its own gallery.
The Meadows Gallery, on the backside of the Cowan Center, is full to the brim right now with great ceramic pieces. With constantly rotating shows, The Meadows Gallery is a happening art spot in Tyler.
5. Grab a Coffee and a Conversation
Sometimes, there is nothing better to do on a cold and rainy day than to go to the local coffee shop. Brady's Coffee Shop is the perfect place to go this rainy afternoon. Some of the best coffee you will ever have is housed in this little local joint. And, some of the best conversations come with that cup of joe. Don't miss out on this Tyler gem.
Well, now you know what to do with this moist and miserable day in East Texas. Go out and enjoy our fair city, Tyler.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution has signed Malian midfielder Kalifa Cisse on a free transfer from England's Bristol City. Cisse will officially be added to the Revolution's 2013 roster upon receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and his U.S. P-1 Visa, and he will occupy an international roster spot.
Cisse, 28, most recently played at English Championship side Bristol City and has a total of eight years of professional experience in Europe. He is the second off-season signing the Revs have announced this month ahead of 2013, joining the announcement of Andy Dorman's re-signing last week.
"We're very pleased to add a player of Kalifa's stature and experience, having played in the top divisions in Portugal and England," Revolution General Manager Michael Burns said. "We were fortunate to have him in for a training period a few weeks ago, and not only did his quality show as a player, but we had the opportunity to see his interaction with our players and coaches. We believe he has the ability to make a significant impact on our club, both on and off the field, in 2013."
"Once I decided to leave Bristol City it was important to take my time and make sure the next move was the right one," Cisse said. "A number of European clubs were interested, but as soon as I met the Revolution coaches, the team and the staff, I could see everyone has a winning mentality. I felt everyone was going in the same direction, so it was an easy decision for me to sign here. I've come to New England to make an impact and help the team win titles."
Cisse began his professional career in Portugal with GD Estoril-Praia on Jan. 3, 2005, following a youth training stay at France's Toulouse. He made six appearances with GD Estoril-Praia, before moving to Portuguese Liga club Boavista ahead of the 2005-06 season. Cisse made 42 appearances for Boavista, spanning two seasons, before moving to England and signing with Reading FC – which was entering its second-straight season in the Premier League – in the summer of 2007. He made his Reading (and EPL) debut on August 15, 2007, in a home loss to Chelsea, and recorded his lone Premier League goal on Dec. 29, 2007, in a 6-4 loss to Tottenham Hotspur.
Cisse played three seasons for Reading, including two years in the Championship after the team was relegated following the 2007-08 season. He scored seven goals and added two assists in 76 total appearances, including a goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers during the 2008-09 season that was voted the club's goal of the year.
After three years in Reading, Cisse moved to Championship side Bristol City in the summer of 2010, where he played the last two seasons, making 61 appearances and scoring two goals.
A dual citizen of France and Mali, Cisse has earned five caps for the Mali national team. He made his international debut on June 22, 2008, when he came on as a substitute against Sudan in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier. He also appeared against Liberia on Oct. 9, 2010, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, as well as in friendlies against Congo (Nov. 17, 2010), Ivory Coast (Feb. 8, 2011) and Tunisia (Aug. 10, 2011). Cisse also appeared at the 2003 FIFA World Youth (Under-20) Championship for Mali.
Transaction: New England Revolution (MLS) – Signed M Kalifa Cisse
Pronunciation: kah-LEE-fuh SEE-say
Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: January 9, 1984 (Dreux, France)
Hometown: Dreux, France
Height: 6-2
Weight: 180 lbs.
Previous Club: Bristol City (ENG)
Nationality: Mali, France
Status: International
How Acquired: Signed by the Revolution on November 19, 2012
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Short lesson in archaic English verb forms:Strangelove wrote: Like OMG dude, I totally LOVETH to smiteth infidels!!
(just ask Spidey)
SMITE, present tense
1st person singular: I smite
2nd person singular: thou smitest
3rd person singular: he/she/it smiteth
1st/2nd/3rd person plural: we/you/they smite
The Swedish pop group The Ark made a song called Calleth You Cometh I.
I cringe every time I hear it. If you don't know how to use archaic forms – stay the hell away from them!
By the way, when was the last time you heard someone use the informal second person pronoun?
Seems English speakers have been formal at all times for centuries now.
Strangelove wrote:We agree executing POWs and mass-murdering civilians is on a whole new level compared to what Israel is doing.Per wrote:Not on the same level, just as shop lifting and bank robbery are both crimes but not on the same level. It is however a war crime and a violation of the Geneva convention to forcibly remove a civilian population in an occupied territory and replace it with your own citizens.Strangelove wrote:
Is building a house on land your family has owned for hundreds (thousands?) of years on the same level as executing POWs and mass-murdering civilians by way of say, chemical weapons? Cuz that's pretty strong language there Bucko!
Point was, most civilized folk reserve the phrases "gross violation of the GC" and "war crimes" for the former.
Point taken. Strike "gross".
Strangelove wrote: BTW did you know ~100 of the ~221 settlements are NOT officially recognized by the Israeli government and are illegal under Israeli law?
Yup. I'm actually quite impressed by how the Israeli supreme court consistently tries to uphold the law in an environment where anyone who ever criticizes anything the Israeli govt says/does is either portrayed as a traitors (if they're Israelis) or anti-semites (if they're not Israelis).
(I'm always intrigued at how Israeli spokesmen can paint the Swedish artist Dror Feiler, who was raised on a kibbutz and whose parents were irgun members, as an anti-semite, but I guess they just never did a thorough background check on him. He favours a two state solution based on the internationally accepted pre-1967 borders, and I guess that's enough to make most Likud members start frothing at the mouth… and yeah, he went on that Ship-to-Gaza cruise. Still.)
The Israeli supreme court even ruled parts of the "security wall" illegal. I totally agree with their ruling. The wall in itself is not illegal, and I can see that it can help improve security, but it should follow the accepted border and not cut deep into occupied territory.
As for the settler movement; some of those settlers are at least as extreme as Hamas. It was one of them who murdered Rabin, btw, and their actions jeopardize the lives of Israeli soldiers that have to step in to clear up the mess they create. From what I understand a majority of Israelis are willing to give up all the "minor" settlements if a two state solution is negotiated but want to keep some of the major ones near Jerusalem. I bet that could be easily solved by instead offering something the Palestinians want, eg compensation for properties confiscated, etc.
I know, that's what I've been saying! I'm even going as far as saying that the majority of Palestinians (somewhere between 80-90% according to DNA studies) are the direct descendants of the biblical Jews.Strangelove wrote: You DO realize there has always been a population of Jews in the Holy Lands at any given point in the last 3000 years?
It wasn't a COMPLETE diaspora I hope y'know.
The Romans are not known to ever have ethnically cleansed an area. They conquered land and subjugated people, but they did not tend to commit genocide (well, apart from the occasional village…) or forcibly exile people. They crushed a rebellion in what is now Israel and leveled the temple. They probably rounded up and executed hundreds - if not thousands - of Jewish rebels, and as a consequence a sizable chunk of the population fled for their lives, causing the diaspora. Others were enslaved as punishment for the rebellion, and some slaves were probably transported to the Roman heartland, ie Italy, but the vast majority of Jews stayed put where they were. They were first "Hellenized", ie became part of the Greco-Roman civilization. Then hordes of them were forced to convert to Christianity by the Crusaders. Then they became swallowed first by the Caliphate, the Mamelukes and then the Ottoman Empire. After almost a millennium of Muslim rule, most of the Jews left behind in the "holy land" had converted to Islam, albeit there were still quite a few of them following Mosaic tradition and also a booming Christian community. Some 15% of Palestinians are still Christian today, and Yassir Arafat (albeit a secular muslim) made it a point to always attend mass on Xmas morning. The Ottomans btw encouraged Jews to return to the area, leading to a growing Jewish community during that period. Then the British arrived and created Palestine. The British were less inclined to accept Jewish immigrants and made that process harder. Then WWII happened, the weakened UK started to lose grip on their colonies, and Europeans with a bad conscience pressured the UN into creating a Jewish homeland in Israel. The English huffed and puffed but finally agreed. And then the whole mess we have today started.
I can certainly see the Jews yearning to finally be the majority again in a country, but the solution we ended up with failed to see that the Palestinians were not "true" Arabs that had moved into some void left behind when every single Jew left the area. In fact, the Palestinians are as much heirs of Abraham as the European Jews are*. They just switched from Arameic to Arabic in their everyday conversations and started reading the Quran. Is it right to disinherit people just because they switch church?
Pretty sure that I would. Anti-semites, racists and homophobes never seem to be able to keep their mouth shut, eh?Strangelove wrote: Hey Per, you'd tell us if you secretly hate jews, right buds?
And for the record, I have made a personal effort in bringing peace to the Middle East by teaching an Israeli soldier to slowfox! Israelis doing military service have to carry their guns with them at all times. I actually once saw a guy windsurfing with a gun strapped to his back… hope he had greased it up real good… Anyways, I was at a night club in Eilat when a group of young women with assault rifles entered. One was quite a looker, so as the music slowed down I went over and asked her up. She agreed and handed the gun to her friend, like most girls do with their handbags or purses, and then we took to the dance floor… Ah, the memories…
*in fact, Ashkenazi Jews seem to have roughly 30% "European DNA", so their blood is more diluted than that of the Jews that turned Palestinians, who have roughly 15% "Arab DNA"…


text: With two good starts to their seasons, the Central basketball teams have faltered out of the gate in Iowa Conference play, dropping their first two games to Coe and Wartburg. This afternoon is a match-up against Luther, who has been tough in conference play so far. The 1 – 1 Lady Norse feature a strong scoring attack, led by Taylor Johnson who has had two 30-plus performances this season. Central's women will be looking to slow them down offensively and on the boards, as the Norse come in average around 46 rebounds per game. The Norse men are 2 – 0 so far in the Iowa Conference, shooting almost 47 percent from the field and 40 percent from the three-point line. The Dutch men broke out of their offensive slump versus Coe and shot the ball well, but couldn't contain Wartburg on Wednesday, falling by eight. Coach Craig Douma wants a better 40 minute effort on defense from his guys this afternoon. Today's college basketball action in Pella will be aired live on 92.1 KRLS and streamed live at kniakrls.com, as Cory Houser and Justin Webster call the back-and-forth action, with pregame coverage starting at 1:45 p.m., and first tip at two.


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The most glaring opposition comes from President Barack Obama, despite his recent opaque comments in an interview with Barbara Walters about how enforcing marijuana prohibition is not a "top priority." He has tragically escalated the policies of his like-minded predecessor, George W. Bush, for four years by taking hostile actions against legal, legitimate medicinal marijuana businesses in direct contradiction to his campaign promises. Continued hostility should be expected from the Obama administration until proven otherwise.
Fortunately, Colorado voters aren't doing this alone. Gov. John Hickenlooper recently announced a 24-member task force assigned with recommending needed legislative actions. Congresswoman Diana DeGette is sponsoring a bill (HR 6606) with bipartisan support that would prevent federal statutes from pre-empting state laws on marijuana. Voters in Washington State passed a similar marijuana legalization initiative; meaning two states are waging this fight--for now.
Amendment 64 allows possession and transfer without remuneration of up to one ounce of marijuana, and home cultivation of up to six marijuana plants for adults over 21. It also calls for Colorado policy makers to adopt laws taxing and regulating marijuana, a critical step towards creating a legal, commercial market. But a failure of the legislature to follow through could work to perpetuate prohibition-enabled black and gray market operations.
The best way for policy makers to avoid this scenario would be to swiftly establish the tax and regulatory components of the new system, so marijuana is regulated akin to alcohol. Unlike alcohol, though, the policies must be clear and effective on both sides of the cash register. Colorado's regulations on alcohol are no model. The state has anachronistic regulations on alcohol, such as forbidding franchising for liquor store owners, preventing direct sale from wholesalers to consumers, and forcing grocers to sell lower concentration alcohol. Sensible regulations on both sides of the cash register terrify black market operators (like drug cartels and gangs), because it means competition from legitimate businesses. For consumers, the biggest issue will likely be additional legislation on driving under the influence of marijuana, even though it is already illegal. A bill is being written to prohibit driving with five nanograms of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) -- the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana -- per milliliter of blood. This proposal is problematic. Inactive THC can stay in one's system for days or weeks, so the test can't differentiate past use from present intoxication. As the bill is still being written, new language reportedly would allow drivers to prove their sobriety. Nonetheless, many remain justifiably wary.
Predictably, many are salivating at the thought of new tax revenue that hasn't even been collected. Besides new state and local sales tax revenue, the legislature is tasked with selecting an excise tax rate of up to 15 percent. However, the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) amendment to the state constitution requires voters to approve all tax increases. The attorney general has indicated the language in Amendment 64 "did not comply" with TABOR. Hence, separate voter approval of the excise tax is expected. Colorado imposes relatively low excise taxes on alcoholic spirits and beer (44th and 46th respectively, among all states, according to the Tax Foundation). Low excise taxes would be prudent for marijuana, too. The higher the excise taxes, the greater incentive black and gray market operators have to stay in business. Black and gray market operators have proven resilient throughout the so-called "War on Drugs," while policy makers obstinately continue ineffective prohibition that squanders countless dollars and ruins lives. Instead, the people of Colorado tasked policy makers with adopting more sophisticated drug policy by legalizing recreational marijuana and industrial hemp. While early signals are encouraging, implementation risk looms large, and voters are watching.
Harris Kenny is a Denver-based policy analyst and Leonard Gilroy is the director of government reform at Reason Foundation (reason.org). They wrote this article for the Independence Institute, a free-market think tank in Denver.


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Let's clear up a few misconceptions about this Luis Castillo deal:
1) The Phillies owe Castillo nothing unless he makes the major league roster. This is a minor league deal. They have 10 days to look at him, explore other moves, and ponder how he fits into the Opening Day roster, which does not need to be set until March 31. Depending on how the contract is structured, Castillo could also start the season in extended spring training (he could have an out clause that allows him to become a free agent if he isn't on the active roster by a certain date).
Amaro did say Castillo will not be in the Phillies minor league system -- "He's not going to the minors," were the GM's exact words -- so this is essentially a brief try-out.
"It's kind of a low-risk situation for us," Amaro said. "We'll see if he's somebody who can contribute to our club."
So, to repeat: nothing is guaranteed right now. The Phillies are essentially getting a free look at Castillo. I don't think they would have brought him in if they did not think he was a serious candidate to make the 25-man roster. And if they decide he can help the club, they will owe him only the veteran minimum of $414,000. Remember, Castillo is getting $6 million this year regardless of how much the Phillies guarantee him.
Worst case scenario, the Phillies never end up purchasing Castillo's contract and adding him to the roster, and he becomes a free agent, and the Phillies are out no dollars.
So what can the Phillies see in 10 days that their scouts haven't seen over the last couple years and through this spring training?
"I think it's best to get him into camp and get familiar with him and get to know him as a person," Amaro said.
2) Brian Schneider spoke in glowing terms about Castillo today. There's no doubt the second baseman suffered from an image problem during his time with the Mets. But Schneider said there was no image problem inside the clubhouse.
"I just think it's New York," Schneider said of the issues fans had with Castillo. "He never disrespected anyone in the clubhouse. To me, he was a great teammate."
Schneider labelled Castillo as "quiet," but "a great guy."
Asked if he approved of the move, he responded, "Obviously, it can't hurt. It's kind of a risk/reward thing. He has a chance of being a real good pick-up."
Castillo posted great contact and on base numbers in 142 games in 2009, but was hampered by foot injuries last season. Scouts who have watched him this spring have said he has lost a step both offensively and defensively. That said, those scouts weren't necessarily comparing him to the other infielders they have in camp.
"I think the change will be good for him," Schneider said. "I respect him as a player, but I respect him more as a person. I think he'll fit in great in this clubhouse."
Said Amaro: "He's a veteran guy who's had some success in the past. He takes pitches, can do some things on the bases, extend an inning offensively."
Amaro acknowledged the conventional wisdom that Castillo's defense is not what it once was. But the Phillies aren't asking the guy to be better than Chase Utley. They are, at minimum, asking him to be better than the fifth guy on their bench, which right now could be a 28-year-old Rule 5 pick who has never played in the majors, or a guy like Josh Barfield.
Another former Castillo teammate, pitcher Brad Penny, took to Twitter to defend him after the Mets released him. Penny said the Mets made a bad move in releasing Castillo.
Amaro said all the reports from his people have been positive.
"All of our indications from people we talked to were very positive about the guy," Amaro said.
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Hello world!
Too many blog posts start with "It's been awhile since I've posted here", so I'm gonna skip that part and pretend that we've been talking regularly all along, OK ?
Firstly, yes, I'll be at IOD this year! I've missed a couple due to being completely heads-down on helping get this cool new product out, so it will be great on a personal and professional networking level to reconnect with many of you. I'm there to help represent an IBM product called IBM Content Analytics affectionately known as "ICA". It's part of our Enterprise Content Management suite. ICA integrates very well in an enterprise but at its core it is a standalone product - no prereqs. I hope that we get a chance to chat about it if we run into each other at IOD, I promise to keep it fun and friendly. :-)
The value proposition for IOD is one of unlocking insight with business value from your text content. Of course there is amazing technical capability behind it, and that's where my time is spent. Remember those old ads for the Evelyn Woods Speed Reading courses (kinda funny that it's still around, huh!)? Conceptually, it's like this ICA system knows how to do that, because it can just go and "read" anything and everything you've got, and then tell you what the important things are across the whole smash of documents. You aren't searching, you're being presented the hot terms, words, phrases, words that come from a list you provide, and how they are trending over time (you get to choose the date for analyzing trends - received date? incident date? date extracted from text? hire date? birth date? -- get the picture?). ICA also shows you how other terms, phrases, words correlate to what you've already identified. Right away out of the box, ICA will show you insight -- and it connects to all different enterprise sources. We've got a great suite of built-in capability for text analytics and intuitive visualizations for your insights. And then on top of that, ICA is completely customizable, too - make it find the insights/concepts you are interested in, display them how you need to, get instant results for a document, export analytics results to your favorite reporting tools, and oh, so much more!
My technical lead focus on 2010 has been on the ICA tooling and customization capabilities - how to add new custom text analytics, how to use the LanguageWare Resource Worbench to customize ICA, and how to make sure the sources of text are represented the way you want them. In that vein, I led a team of brilliant capable students in an Extreme Blue project this summer who really helped us to show how you can unlock the value in your data using this platform. And I've been having a lot of geeky fun designing and giving demos to lots of different clients.
Come learn more if you'll be at IOD. It's easy to search this ECM roadmap for Content Analytics sessions, and that's where you'll find me hanging around, plus I'll be at the Expo pedestals. Or let's catch up over a beverage - it's been too long!


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Drunk driver using cell phone arrested in Buffalo
A 47-year-old man spotted using a cell phone while driving on William Street was stopped by Erie County Sheriff's Deputies Daniel Harris and Richard Retzlaff at the intersection with Pine Street about 10:45 p.m Wednesday and ended up being charged with driving while intoxicated after he refused to take a breath test. Elton Deas was issued an appearance ticket for a Buffalo City Court arraignment in several weeks. His home address was not disclosed by the sheriff's office.


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On Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2011, the Kalamazoo Turn 2 programs once again took part in their annual year-end trip. The trip gave all participants of Turn 2 programs in Kalamazoo an opportunity to celebrate a year of hard work and accomplishments. Programs in attendance included Youth in Action, Proud 2 Be Me-Washington, the Kalamazoo Jeter's Leaders, T.R.A.M - Extra Innings at Derek's Dugout, Proud 2 Be Me-Douglass and participants from the annual Kalamazoo Baseball Clinic.
This year's trip was to Chicago to watch an exciting game between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. After everyone received a T-shirt provided by Turn 2, the participants loaded up the buses headed to Chicago in order to catch the first pitch. They enjoyed snacks on the bus on their way to the game. This provided a good opportunity for participants of the programs to talk to each other and discuss all their accomplishments throughout the program year.
Once they arrived at U.S. Cellular Field and settled into their seats, they were able to enjoy a great game. It was a close contest up until the sixth inning when the Yankees began to run away with it. The final score was 7-2 Yankees. One of the many highlights of the game was when Derek Jeter came up to bat and there was a collective roar and wild ovation from the programs, as they were able to see the foundation founder do what he does best.
On the bus ride back to Kalamazoo the participants talked about how much fun they had at the game and also discussed their excitement for the upcoming program year, which was set to kick off in the early fall. It was another amazing trip to cap off another extraordinary program year! A special thank you to all of Turn 2's generous sponsors that help provide snacks and goodies for the trip!
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - An estimated 6.6 million people in low- and middle-income countries were receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS at the end of 2010, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO said in a statement received here Friday that of this, an estimated 420,000 to 460, 000 were children.
It said the number represented the largest-ever annual increase in the number of people accessing HIV treatment - 1.4 million more than a year ago.
"The impressive new estimates are an important milestone in the public health response to HIV that began 30 years ago," said Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. "But we have much to do to reach the goal of universal access, and doing more of the same will not get us there. We need further innovation in HIV, including simpler and more accessible prevention and treatment approaches for all those in need."
The new HIV treatment figures show a 16-fold increase in the number of people receiving ART between 2003 and 2010. While this is an impressive achievement, about nine million more people were eligible for ART but were not receiving it in 2010.
The figures are included in the "AIDS at 30" report released Friday in New York by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Closing the remaining gap through more effective HIV programmes is a central theme of the new WHO Global Health Sector Strategy on HIV/AIDS for 2011-2015 that has been endorsed by the 64th World Health Assembly just ten days ago.
"Innovation in finding more optimal ways to deliver HIV services is key," said Dr Gottfried Hirnschall, WHO's Director of HIV/AIDS Department. "For example, by linking HIV with other health services such as for maternal and child health, tuberculosis, drug dependence and primary care, we will greatly increase the coverage of HIV interventions and also achieve broader health outcomes."
The Global Health Sector Strategy on HIV/AIDS for 2011-2015 will guide actions by WHO and its member countries to strengthen health systems and address inequalities and human rights violations that are impeding access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care services.
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Fundamentalist Muslims and Americans just need to spend some time together.
Take No Chances
The FBI is here to freak us out.
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A kid in footy pajamas can rule the world.
No Patience
With aging comes a loss of patience.
The Truth About Kids
Nobody really cares that kids can do somersaults.
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Michael Jackson rides around on a jetpack when he takes his kids to the mall.
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599: Apocalypse
Title text: I wonder if I still have time to go shoot a short film with Kevin Bacon.
According to Wikipedia, Paul Erdős (26 March 1913 – 20 September 1996) was a Hungarian mathematician who published more papers than any other mathematician in history, working with hundreds of collaborators.
An in-joke developed among mathematicians called the Erdős number (similar to a Bacon number for film actors, which we'll discuss in a minute). By definition, Erdős has an Erdős number of 0. Everyone who has co-written a mathematical paper with Erdős has an Erdős number of 1. Everyone who collaborated with them (but not Erdős himself) is assigned an Erdős number of 2. In general, if k is the minimal Erdős number of all the people you've written papers with, your Erdős number is k + 1. The Erdős number is the length of the shortest "chain" from you to Erdős.
Not everyone has an Erdős number, meaning that they don't have any chain linking them to Erdős. Most non-mathematicians do not have an Erdős number.
In this comic, the apocalypse happens. Cueball quickly writes a math paper and gets everyone from the math dept. to sign it. Then he gets the resurrected Erdős to sign it. This way everyone from the math dept. has an Erdős number of 1.
Paul Erdős described people who had stopped doing mathematics as "dead."
The title text mentions a similar (and less esoteric) meme called "Six degrees of Kevin Bacon", or simply Bacon numbers. This time, the chain's center is actor Kevin Bacon, and the links are formed by two people appearing in the same movie. Unlike Erdős, Kevin Bacon is not dead, so those of you wishing to get a Bacon number of 1 still have a chance.
- [Scene of meteors showering the earth.]
- Beret Guy: The apocalypse! The skies burn, the seas turn to blood, and the dead walk the earth!
- [Cueball and Beret Guy.]
- Cueball: The dead what?
- Beret Guy: Walk the earth!
- [Cueball running.]
- Cueball: I have to go.
- [Cueball scribbling at a table. Mathematical symbols and equations are above Cueball's head.]
- Scribble scribble
- [Cueball running, paper in hand.]
- [Cueball opening door labelled "Math dept."]
- Cueball: The dead return!
- Cueball: Everyone, quick, get your names on here!
- [People lining up.]
- Woman signing paper: At last!
- Man in line: I hope there's still time!
- [Cueball running.]
- [Cueball at a cemetery.]
- Rising dead: Hurrghhh
- [Cueball finds a man rising from his grave.]
- Cueball: Paul Erdős?
- Erdős: Yes?
- Cueball: We need you to sign this.
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Imagine the result if the ressurected Erdős also appears in that proposed short film with Bacon. They'd both immediately get Erdős–Bacon numbers of 1, for themselves, and then every traditionally Erdős-numbered person and every single Bacon-numbered person would be guaranteed to end up with an Erdős–Bacon number of no more than their existing (Erdős|Bacon) number plus one! It would make a mockery of the entire system!!! ...and that's why the end of the world is a Bad ThingTM 220.127.116.11 18:42, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- (Because there are pedants out there, I wish to immediately acknowledge the intrinsic error in such a statement... Anyone who hasn't acted XOR hasn't co-authored a paper can't get a finite Bacon||Erdős number to add to their finite Erdős||Bacon number, and someone who co-authored a paper with someone who acted with a second Baconised person cannot count that particular link as part of either chain, unless otherwise qualified, and therefore would count for both... Although the intermediary person might get a chance to connect to both if the original guy gets Erdős-connected by a different route. But way to ruin my own joke.)
- ((Oh, and my Bacon number is no more than 3, by way of an uncredited film appearance alongside Ian McKellan. I haven't checked to see if anyone else that's relevent has less than his presumed value of 2, but I'm not Erdőlised at all yet. Maybe that's my next goal in life. I know someone with an E-number of <=3, but obviously that's not enough to be worthy of geting an EB# of 7 or less for myself. 184.108.40.206 19:15, 23 May 2013 (UTC) ))
Without the title text it could be seen as a reference to Erdös' signature. Erdős used to sign things pgom (poor great old man) then ld (living dead) then ad (archaeological discovery) then ld again (legally dead) then cd (counts dead) so it could be them trying to see if he'd sign living dead. FlyingPiggy -- FlyingPiggy (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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I was testing MAGMA a bit and stumbled across the following issue concering the function dormqr (as well as sormqr and some others). I hope some can confirm and/or solve my issues:
(a) The testing code "testing_dormqr.cpp" has to be modified, the array W may be too small depending on the input parameters. The length should read in line 73 as
lwork_max = max(max( m*nb, n*nb ), 2*nb*nb);
(b) The MAGMA functions for dormqr/sormqr seem to calculate wrong results for small matrices, i.e. executing "./testing_dormqr -m 4 -n 1 -k 4" procudes an relative error of the order of unity.
(c) Origin of the problem: I think, the problem seems to be the file "dormqr.cpp": In line 203, the LAPACK function gets called, but with an offset of one in the vector tau. I think, this offset is the cause of the error.
(d) Other affected functions: ?unmqr


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