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An Inventory of Inhumanity
Middle C
In the attic of his college-owned Victorian house, Professor Joseph Skizzen sits surrounded by horror. The walls are all covered with "atrocity pictures, some of them classics," like the naked girl running along the Vietnamese highway. But there's also a set of Goya etchings, "in poor reproductions to be sure," and then Grünewald and Grosz as well as "machine-gunned refugees…photographs of instruments of persuasion…buffalo hunts, seal cubs as they were being clubbed…[and] notable assassinations." He keeps a pair of scissors in every room of the house, ready to snip any suitably appalling bit from the newspaper, and now has boxes of clippings about executions and rigged elections. Bookshelves hold the Newgate Calendar along with volumes on all forms of "racial cleansings from then to now." Special exhibits in what he calls his "Inhumanity Museum" get stuck to hanging strips of flypaper, an upended forest beneath which the professor must duck his head.
Almost forty years ago William Gass told The Paris Review that in order "to produce my best work I have to be angry…. I write because I hate. A lot. Hard." The protagonist of Middle C is a naïf in comparison to his creator, and though he has a bit of the gusto with which Gass has in other works defined his own disgusts and dislikes, he can't quite rise to jeremiad. Skizzen makes his list of wretchedness in something closer to sadness than hatred. He does, however, share Gass's obsessive care with language, and his real work in this curatorial project lies not in assembling its contents but in putting together its catalog, in the struggle to write the one sentence that will pose his museum's lesson:
The fear that the human race might not survive has been replaced by the fear that it will endure.
Joseph Skizzen caught himself looking at the sentence as if he were seeing his face in his shaving glass. Immediately, he wanted to rewrite it.
In German die Skizze is a sketch or an outline, a rough draft, and that's exactly what the professor has produced. The cadence is deliberately off, and Gass will keep it that way, putting the leading character of his third novel through several dozen skizzens spread over many chapters, and with each one immediately subject to criticism:
One's concern that the human race might not endure has been succeeded by the fear it will survive.
"One"? A word that distanced responsibility. A cowardly word, "one." Why not another number? Why not the can in a corner pocket?…
Some of these revisions will go on for a page of boldface type; some won't limit themselves to just one sentence. Yet Gass will finally allow the character to tighten it into epigram; at the end, he will get it right.
The professor calls himself Joseph…
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It's hockey jargon; the most common penalty for fighting (on ice) is five minutes in the penalty box.
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NOTE: This information isn't a substitute for medical advice provided by your doctor. If you think you might have hypertension or elevated blood pressure, be sure to discuss your blood pressure concerns with a doctor or nurse, who can help you factor in other important information, such as other medical problems you may have. In particular, the information below may not always apply to those who are very old, very frail, or have multiple chronic medical conditions. View the full blood pressure chart.
Definitions of blood pressure terms
Systolic (the upper number in the reading) is the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats; it measures how hard the heart muscle is working to pump blood throughout the body.
Diastolic (the lower number in the reading) is the pressure of the blood against the blood vessel walls between heartbeats when the heart is relaxed.
What a blood pressure reading of 178/110 means
Readings between 140/90 and 180/110 usually indicate STAGE 2 HYPERTENSION, which puts you at high risk for life-threatening problems such as heart attack and stroke.
Often people don't notice any symptoms, even when blood pressure is very high. Over time, however, uncontrolled high blood pressure leads to chronic damage of the body's arteries and organs. Common results of this damage include enlargement of the heart, which can cause heart failure, and chronic kidney damage, which can eventually require dialysis.
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Don't make a decision based on one blood pressure (BP) reading alone; lie down and rest for a few minutes before getting additional readings when you're calm.
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Call your doctor if several BP readings are above 180/110.
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fundacion Azteca, the non-profit arm of Grupo Salinas welcomes the latest member of its Esperanza Azteca youth orchestra system, the Esperanza Azteca Kol Shalom Orchestra, located in Mexico City. The Kol Shalom orchestra gave its inaugural concert today at the Ollin Yoliztli auditorium.
Kol Shalom, which means "voice of peace" in Hebrew, is the first Esperanza Azteca orchestra that is completely funded with its own endowment.
Ricardo Salinas Pliego congratulated the young musicians and their parents, noting that music is a unique tool to create ties between youth and their families, adding that it is also key in boosting self-esteem and confidence. The event also commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the official establishment of the Jewish community in Mexico.
The concert included in attendance Rafael Zaga, president of the Central Committee of the Jewish Community in Mexico; Esteban Moctezuma Barragan, Executive President of Fundacion Azteca de Grupo Salinas; as well as Perla and Carlos Jinich, members of the Kol Shalom board of trustees.
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The orchestra performed to standing ovations a program that included pieces by Orff, Telemann and Saint-Saens.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- The Oregon House voted Tuesday to extend a tax on hospitals and nursing homes that provides a big portion of the state budget for health care.
The 54-5 vote sends the measure to the Senate, where Republicans are threatening to block it. GOP lawmakers want to use the bill as a bargaining chip to extract steeper cuts to public-employee pensions.
Even if all 16 Senate Democrats support the bill, at least two Republican votes will be needed to reach the supermajority required to raise revenue, and the so-called provider tax could be the last bit of leverage for the GOP.
Gov. John Kitzhaber released a statement calling for "swift action" in the Senate.
"This bill is an essential part of the overall state budget and a critical step in ensuring that we deliver efficient, effective services for seniors and Oregon's most vulnerable citizens," Kitzhaber said.
The measure would extend a decade-old tax on hospital revenue for two more years. The tax revenue, estimated to be $745 million, is ultimately returned to hospitals, but it generates $1.3 billion in federal matching funds that help pay for the Oregon Health Plan, the state's Medicaid program that provides health coverage for low-income Oregonians. Some of the federal money also returns to hospitals in the form of payments for services provided to Medicaid patients.
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Strikeforce Snatches Up Sobral vs. Mousasi For Aug. 15 Event
(In light of this fight being moved from a ring to a cage, "Babalu" would now like to amend his statement about where Mousasi will be peeing.)
Good news, fight fans. Attempts at salvaging the wreckage of the cursed S.S. Affliction have already resulted in the resurrection of one main card bout. The scheduled fight between Renato "Babalu" Sobral and Gegard Mousasi has now officially been picked up by Strikeforce for their August 15 event in San Jose. Strikeforce sent out a press release announcing the addition this afternoon, and confirming that Sobral's Strikeforce light heavyweight championship will be on the line. Naturally, this puppy has been added to the televised portion of the card, so the outlook just got a little brighter for Strikeforce despite some recent holes appearing in the lineup.
So there's one good fight we'll still get to see. Now Strikeforce's big question is what to do about Nick Diaz, who lost his scheduled opponent when Joe Riggs had to pull out. At least two good welterweights just had their calendars free up when the Affliction cancelation left Jay Hieron and Paul "Semtex" Daley without a place to beat each other up. Might one of them swoop in to try their luck against Diaz? We're expecting to hear something on that one soon, so don't wander off…


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I'm going to go back to the blocks after my December 1st meet as I want to work on being able to pull 440 from the floor by the time my other meet comes around in April.
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A Marine recruiter has been charged with sexually assaulting young female recruits in Rowan County.
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It's been around for a bit, but it is still in its beginning stages.
Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is also the name of the open source software which enables the use of this currency.
Bitcoin is a decentralized currency (*cough*the way it should be*cough*)
These are the basic features of any Bitcoin-like network.
- Bitcoins can be transferred between arbitrary nodes on the network.
- Transactions are irreversible.
- Double spending is prevented by using a block chain.
- Transactions are broadcasted within seconds and verified within 10 to 60 minutes.
- Transactions can be received at any time regardless of whether your computer is turned on or off.
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- Hard limit of about 21 million Bitcoins.
- Bitcoins are divisible to 8 decimal places yielding a total of approx. 21×1014 currency units.
- Transactions are cheap, and mostly free (Transaction fees).
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The network has been running for more than 45 months yielding to some impressive security features.
- Long block chain (more than 204.000 blocks) with lots of processing power securing transactions.
- Only one major incident (fixed in August 2010).
You can generate your own bitcoins by using processing power of CPUs and GPUs. Some people invest $20,000 into Bitmining rigs, in that they purchase 15 high power computers and leave it mining coins 24/7. You make your $20,000 back fast and are then making money doing nothing. Like I said, Bitcoin is still in its early phases.
Bitcoins are also great to invest in. If you go look at the charts... the value of BTC is going up. It started off valued very low, at around $1-2 / 1BTC.... now, 1BTC = ~$25
Bitcoin is a great digital currency and it isn't failing. There is about $300 million USD in value of all the bitcoins currently circulating around in the still early stages.
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CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The family of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, who hanged himself in prison, will claim his body later on Thursday, Franklin County, Ohio, coroner Dr. Jan Gorniak said.
Castro committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging himself with a bed sheet in his cell at an Ohio prison where he was serving a sentence of life plus 1,000 years for the abduction, torture and confinement of three women over about a decade.
"I spoke with the family today and I haven't heard of any complications whatsoever regarding services and burial," said Craig Weintraub, the defense attorney for Castro.
"It is all going to be private, the service and the burial," he added.
Gorniak said she did not know where the body was going after being released from the coroner's office.
Pedro Castro, the brother of Ariel who was briefly detained by police in May but released and cleared of any wrongdoing in Ariel's crimes, said he did not want to comment when reached by telephone on Thursday.
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We all want to feel safe and secure in our homes and to know that our property is protected, so for many, a home security alarm system is the answer. There are both positives and negatives to installing some of the common home security alarm systems available, which are outlined below. Before looking at the pros and cons, read this article to understand how the two basic types of home security alarm systems work.Read more
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Thunder beat Bulls to move to within a game of league's best
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder faced the National Basketball Association's best team, the Chicago Bulls, at home Sunday afternoon in a nationally-televised game on ABC. The Thunder, riding a six-game win streak, had already defeated the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers in the past four games, and is vying for the best record in the NBA.Oklahoma City, in front of yet another sellout crowd, led from start to finish as they easily defeated Chicago 92-78.The Thunder defense played really well, holding the Bulls to just 78 points on 32-percent shooting."We played our best defense of the year," Thunder Coach Scott Brooks said. "We challenged every pass, challenged every look and every shot. We came out with good energy and toughness, and I thought it was important that we did that in this game."Oklahoma City led by 10 at halftime, but it was the third quarter that really put the Thunder in position to get their 40th win of the season. Chicago shot just 24 percent from the field, while OKC was shooting 55 percent. The Thunder opened the third quarter on a 15-2 run, and held the Bulls to just 12 points as they took an 80-51 lead entering the final quarter."We just picked up the intensity, I think," Thunder star player Kevin Durant said. "Every possession, we've just been trying to scramble as hard as we can on the defensive end and move the ball on the offensive end. We've got to keep it up."The Bulls once again played without All-Star point guard Derrick Rose for the 10th straight game. They are 7-3 in those games."We know it's going to be tough for those guys without Derrick, but they've been playing very well," Durant said.Durant finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds while Russell Westbrook added 27 points, five assists and four steals. The two combined to go 21-of-34 from the field.Oklahoma City moved within a game (40-12) of the Bulls for the best record overall in the NBA. The Bulls are 42-12. More notable for OKC is the fact that they now hold the tiebreaker over Chicago if the two teams should finish with the same regular season record. If the two teams then faced each other in the NBA Finals, OKC would have homecourt advantage.The Thunder faced Memphis at home Monday night and will travel to Miami to face the Heat Wednesday night in another tough match-up against a top Eastern Conference team.


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Causes of orgasm problems in women can be physical or psychological and include: not being stimulated sufficiently, worrying about sexual performance, and mood disorders such as depression.
Causes of orgasm problems in women can be physical or psychological and include:
Some women don't need an orgasm to enjoy sex. However, for other women and their partners, being unable to have an orgasm can be a problem.
According to the Sexual Advice Association, sexual problems, including orgasm issues, affect around 50% of women and become more common as women get older.
If you're unable to have an orgasm, go to a genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic or see your GP. They can check for any physical reasons that may be causing the problem.
If the cause is psychological, it may help to see a sex therapist or doctor. Your GP can refer you, or you can see one privately. Look for a therapist who is a member of the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) or a doctor from the Institute of Psychosexual Medicine.
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At Kineo, we're in the business of accrediting and awarding recognition of quality in training. So of course we hold ourselves to the highest quality standards for our industry.
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ISO 9001:2015 is the global standard for quality management systems.
The standard is based on a number of quality management principles including quality in customer experience, a management team focused on quality, systems and approaches that ensure quality is embedded at all levels.
Using ISO 9001:2015 helps ensure that customers get consistent, good quality products and services.
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Ladies looooove Trandoshans. Jockin' the Wookiees and slappin' the ho's.
I have a couple of their "scene" ornaments, like Ben's presentation of the lightsaber to Luke (2007), Vader vs Luke (2008), OWK and QGJ vs Darth Maul (2009), and the Emperor and Darth Vader (2010).
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We dare you to find a school with a more active student body. From competitive athletes to thrill-seeking skiers to leisurely hikers, CC students run the recreational gamut. Whatever your skill level, athletic interest, or outdoor pursuit, you're likely to find it here.
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Dive into varsity athletics, dip into club sports, or just slip on your tennis shoes, grab a broom, and prepare for a few spills on the broomball ice (a quirky CC intramural favorite - no skates or skills required)!
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Feeling ambitious? Get your heart pumping outdoors. Hike up the Manitou Incline, shred back-country powder, or scale one of Colorado's 54 "Fourteeners" (peaks over 14,000 feet). Fancy a gentler pace? Stroll through Garden of the Gods Park or spend an ORC weekend soaking in Colorado's bubbling hot springs. Welcome to the heart of the Rockies!
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Join the roaring stands of gold-and-black-clad students and Colorado Springs locals to cheer on Tiger Hockey at the World Arena. Relax on the grassy hills aside Stewart Field and let our DI Women's Soccer team compete with a staggering view of Pikes Peak for your attention.


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Z-Scores and Normal Distribution
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Objective: Students will be able to estimate percentages from normally distributed data using a z-score.
Big Idea: Get beyond the empirical rule... students will be able to find any percentage or probability for normally distributed data.
Warm Up and Homework Check
I include Warm ups with a Rubric as part of my daily routine. My goal is to allow students to work on Math Practice 3 each day. Grouping students into homogeneous pairs provides an opportunity for appropriately differentiated math conversations. This lesson's Warm Up- Z-Score asks students list all of the percentages they can find on a normal distribution using the empirical rule. Please watch my Video Narrative for more information on this warm up.
I also use this time to correct and record the previous day's Homework.
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This lesson begins with a task that shows students the need for finding a population percentage other than those found through the empirical rule. The average height of women in the U.S. is 65 inches (5'5") with a standard deviation of 3.5 inches. First I ask the students to identify the percent of women between 58" and 72" which are two standard deviations in either direction. I then ask my students to find the percent of women between 60" and 70" which lie between one and two standard deviations in either direction. They quickly find that they do not have to tools to do a problem like this.
I then give them an easier problem designed to push them towards intuitively deriving the formula for finding z-score (Math Practice 1). The number of miles walked by a group of student last week had a mean of 20 with a standard variation on 4. This problem is nice because all miles lie on quarter deviations which are easy for students to visualize. I ask them a variety of questions that build to this idea. We then name and formalize this formula.
The remainder of the lesson focuses on the women's height example. I ask a variety of questions that highlight the many problems that can be solved with a z-score. Each student will receive a copy of the z-score percentages table at this time. I found this z-score table on the website for the University of Texas in Dallas.
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I use an exit ticket each day as a quick formative assessment to judge the success of the lesson.
Today's Exit Ticket asks students to find the probability that a woman will be 6'2" given the statistical information from the lesson.
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This assignment gives students the opportunity to find the z-score and use the z-score table in a variety of contexts such as bird watching, basketball wins, and test scores(Math Practice 4).
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This past week the Mount community participated in the annual March for Life in Washington, DC. The seminarians joined hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered to protest the culture of death on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. As in previous years, a number of seminarians traveled to the nation's capitol on Sunday night to join in the 33rd annual National Prayer Vigil for Life which began with a Mass celebrated by the Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The next morning most of the seminary gathered for a Youth Rally and Mass celebrated by Donald Cardinal Wuerl held at Washington's Verizon Center. Those not at the Verizon Center were a part of the schola which sang at a Mass held simultaneously at the D.C. Armory and celebrated by Cardinal DiNardo.
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Solving Systems of Equations using Inverse Matrix Operations
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Objective: SWBAT model a system of equations using matrices and solve for the unknowns using inverse matrices.
Big Idea: Students find their love for matrices when they learn how much easier solving systems of equations can be!
To begin class, I ask students to answer the warm-up Clicker Questions located on page 2 of the Flipchart. Here, I ask students to EXPLAIN why we can do this. I will remind my students to explain using precise mathematical language. I often receive answers like, "Yes. It will solve for x. Then we get x=b/a." In this instance, I will push students to use terms like "multiplicative inverse", to name properties, etc.
Once students text in their answers, we will discuss the results as a class. If necessary, I will emphasize the fact that a and 1/a are inverses, so when multiplied together they produce a factor of 1. At this point, Grade 12 students should be able to articulate this clearly.
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Throughout this sections students will persevere is solving problems and will use matrices to reason abstractly and quantitatively (MP1, MP2). I plan to guide students through the notes on pages 4-12 of the Solving Systems using inverse matrices Flipchart. On page 5, I will ask students to practice converting each system to matrix form (HSA-REI.C.8). After giving them time to work, we will review the answers as a class and take the time to clarify any misconceptions.
Next, I will walk students through the example on page 6 (HSA-REI.C9). If students are having difficulties accurately representing a system using matrices, I encourage them to complete each equation by using coefficients for all variables, including representing terms with coefficients of "0" and "1". For example, the system on Page 9 would look like this:
1x + 1y + 1z = 2
2x + 1y + 0z= 5
1x + 3y - 3z = 14
The examples on Page 7 provide the opportunity for students to practice. If time allows, I may do a Commit and Toss activity with these problems.
After giving the students the chance to demonstrate that they can set up the systems correctly using matrices, I will show my students how to solve linear systems using the matrix capabilities of their Ti graphing calculators (MP5). I like to demonstrate this process using a Document Camera, by placing my calculator under it.
Page 10 introduces a real world application, the Bead Store Problem. I give students time to work on this problem and then we work together to verify the correct solution.
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The Commerce "Claws" and Obama Care
In 1937, the Supreme Court abandoned its attempt to set limits to the Commerce Clause power and to enforce theTenth Amendment. No longer would the Court be in the business of drawing a line between the federal and state authority, as it had been intended to do. Instead, it would allow Congress to do almost anything it wanted to do on the basis of the Commerce Clause.Details


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Engaging and mentoring students in studying the Holocaust and in grappling with its meaning and lessons for today is a vital part of the mission of the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education.
In partnership with The 1939 Society, one of the largest and most active Holocaust survivor organizations in the United States, and with the support of the Samueli Foundation, Dana and Yossie Hollander and others, the Rodgers Center annually sponsors an art and writing contest for middle and high school students.
Focusing on themes central both to the Holocaust and to ethical decision making in our world today, the contest gives students from public, private and parochial schools the opportunity to share their creative works in response to survivors' oral testimonies.
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For a five year period that ended in 2006, Scott Dixon was the youngest-ever winner of an Indy car race. The native of Auckland, New Zealand was just 20 years old when he triumphed in a CART-sanctioned race at Nazareth Speedway in 2001.
Dixon joined Target/Ganassi Racing's IRL IndyCar Series team in 2003 and - still just 22 - won on his debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He qualified fourth for his first Indianapolis 500 and led 15 laps but lost his chance for a top five finish when he embarrassingly spun and crashed near the start/finish line while warming his tires behind the Pace Car.
"My fault," he said. "But the whole month was a huge experience for me. I never knew that it was this big - the atmosphere is awesome."
Dixon went on to win the 2003 IndyCar Series championship. But for the next two years, Ganassi Racing and the other Toyota-powered teams were outclassed by Honda-powered entries. Dixon was Toyota's top finisher at Indianapolis in eighth place in 2004, and he crashed out after running as high as sixth in the 2005 '500.'
With Honda power like everyone else in 2006, Dixon finished sixth at Indianapolis. A year later, he was one of three drivers contending for victory at Indy and was running second when rain ended the race after 415 miles.
The 2007 race had been red-flagged earlier after 113 of the 200 laps were completed. Teams were not allowed to work on their cars during the rain delay, but several elected to immediately pit during the two yellow-flag laps that preceded the restart. Target/Ganassi Racing pitted Dixon in a strategic move to put him out of sequence with the main pack.
Dixon dropped to 14th place, right behind Dario Franchitti, who had pitted at the same time with a punctured tire. That pair now had about 20 laps more fuel than the leaders, and after a cycle of green flag pit stops, Franchitti and Dixon were running 1-2 when a heavy downpour brought an end to the race after 166 laps.
"Every time we come to Indy, this race means so much to us," he said. "If you come away with anything less than first place, you feel incomplete or depleted. We have to work harder next year to make sure we stay near the front and control this race."
True to his word, Dixon went on to dominate the 2008 Indianapolis 500. After establishing himself and Ganassi Racing as the overwhelming favorites in the two-week buildup to the race, Dixon delivered by leading 115 of 200 laps to take a relatively unchallenged win over Vitor Meira and Marco Andretti.
Dixon also earned his second IndyCar Series championship crown in 2008.
"I was shocked, almost dumbfounded," Dixon said after his Indy 500 triumph. "It's such a strange feeling. I don't show emotions too much and it's almost like you are in a dreamland. It's kind of crazy. It's like you're waiting for someone to pinch you to wake you up when you're sleeping in your bed back home.
"I was definitely yelling a lot in the radio and punching my fist in the air and I think I almost took out three cars on the cool down lap," he added. "The last 30 laps you feel quite alone out there, thinking 'It's down to me, I hope I don't mess up.' It is such a special moment but all you want to do is get back to the pits and see the people who helped you get there. This is sweeter that winning a championship because you work for three weeks and it comes down to one day when you have to make everything happen. We know now how much work goes into winning this race."
Dixon led the most laps at Indianapolis in 2009 (73), but he lost the lead to eventual winner Helio Castroneves on a restart after one of the day's eight caution periods, then dropped to seventh after a slow final pit stop. He ultimately finished sixth.
Dixon's fifth place finish at Indianapolis in 2010 was followed by another lost opportunity in 2011 when once again the Ganassi machines looked like the cars to beat. Dixon again led a race-high 73 laps but both Ganassi drivers ran out of fuel on the last lap despite running wildly different pit stop strategies.
Dixon made his final stop with 21 laps to go, but the car didn't receive enough fuel and he ran dry in the final run to the flag, leaving him fifth for the second consecutive year.
"We stopped 10 laps later on than anybody else on any strategy so there's no way we should have run out of fuel," he said. "I definitely leave here thinking that I should have won my second '500.'"
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An unsettling of your stomach that can be caused by several different things. A night of drinking, a spicy meal, or any type of dairy product. This may also cause your stomach to boil, brew, or induce violent and explosive bowel movements and diarrhea.
I just polished off a pizza and a 12 pack of Old Milwaukee's Best Light. I guarantee that at about 5am tonight I'm going to have serious GPB. Yeah, that's Gastric Pummeled Belly.
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Google PageRank is a fundamental building block of the Google algorithm. While the relative weight and importance of PageRank is debated by search engine optimization (SEO) professionals, there is little doubt that Google considers the measure to be important. From the very beginning of Google's rise to the dominant search engine, its search algorithm has placed varying levels of emphasis on PageRank.
Started as a fairly simple and elegant formula, PageRank determination has undergone a number of changes over time. Exactly what those changes entail has been a source of debate within the SEO community. The generally agreed upon PageRank calculation involves more factors than simply examining the sending page's PageRank level and the number of links on the page. To more fully understand how Google calculates and assigns PageRank, it's necessary to consider the changes made since the inception of the formula.
Search engine optimization experts believe that many more factors have been added to the Google PageRank calculation formula. While many of the potential additions to the formula are speculative, there is some evidence as to their being included in the consideration. They include sending and receiving page themes, and sending and receiving page topics. In fact, on and off page topic consideration has opened up an entirely new SEO field called Topic Sensitive PageRank (TSPR).
Search engine optimization experts who are searching for ways to increase their Google PageRank have many more factors to consider than previously thought. Because Google has obviously changed their PageRank formula, we need to examine the many possible factors used in that new calculation, including Topic Sensitive PageRank.
Understanding the many factors considered in calculating Google PageRank will enable you to raise the PageRank levels for all of your web pages.
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PageRank was originally designed as a form of voting system. A link to a page was considered a vote for that page. Higher PageRank pages were viewed by Google as being more important. Their votes were given more value by Google. In some cases, much more value.
Adding incoming links to your web pages will add PageRank. Every inbound link adds some PageRank, regardless of its own level. PageRank flows from one page to another, adding to its store of importance. That simple idea has undergone some alteration over time, as we shall see.
Not all incoming links provide the same inflow of value. It may take many PR2 incoming links to increase your targeted page to PR5. On the other hand, it might only take one PR6 page to give you the same result.
Google has published their original PR calculation formula:
PR(A) = (1-d) + d(PR(t1)/C(t1) + … + PR(tn)/C(tn))
While we are not certain if this formula is still the one used by Google, it is probably at least very similar.
In the formula, PR(A) is the PageRank of the page = (1- d) where d is a damping factor considered to be about 0.85 + d(PR(t1) where t1 is the PR of the incoming link page + …+ PR (tn) is the Page Rank of all of the linking pages. Each page is divided by C, which is the number of outgoing links from each page.
Note that the PR flow from a page is divided equally between all of the links on the page. If a page has one outgoing link, that receiving page gets the entire flow. If there are ten links on the page, the PR flow is divided ten ways, lessened by the 0.85 damping factor.
Simply put the formula is this:
PR(A) = .15 + .85 * the PR share of every incoming link page.
Based on the formula, the more incoming links from higher PR pages the better. On the other hand, fewer outgoing links from the sending page, the better too. You get less PR if it's divided among more outgoing links. Everyone gets their share of the PR pie. Your piece simply becomes smaller if there are more mouths to feed!
You can theoretically gain more total PR from a PR4 page, where you are the only recipient, than from a PR8 page divided 100 ways.
The bottom line is to add, within the context of an overall linking program, as many incoming links as you can. They all add PR to varying degrees.
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The original PageRank formula may still serve as a general guideline for providing an estimate of the potential PageRank from a donor page. The originally published formula no longer tells the entire story. It has only served as a very rough estimate for quite some time. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that all discussions of the Google PageRank formula are purely speculative. No one knows the precise calculations involved, and Google isn't talking.
Since the original PageRank formula was published, Google has made some important changes in its method of PageRank calculation. In the past, the PageRank of any given web page was important in its own right. Little emphasis was placed on the relevant relationship between the sending and recipient pages. With the addition of a number of possible extra dampers, along with Topic Sensitive PageRank, simply having an incoming link from a page doesn't ensure the full transfer of PageRank.
It is becoming apparent to most Google watchers that all incoming links do not provide equal levels of PageRank transfer. By that I mean you don't appear to receive as much PageRank flow from a page that is not about a similar topic as your receiving page. On the other hand, a page sharing the same or at least complementary topics will receive a greater amount of PageRank inflow.
The old idea of any PageRank will transfer to your page simply doesn't appear to be the case any longer. While all incoming links transfer some degree of PageRank, as per the original formula, there are now additional layers of calculations being made regarding the inflow levels. The reason for the change is probably to make search results more relevant. Improving search results is an overarching goal for the Google team, and algorithm and formula changes are ongoing as a result.
While PageRank may not be the most important or even a major portion of the Google algorithm, it still carries some weight. The Google algorithm, especially since the infamous "Florida update", has placed more emphasis on links, link anchor text, and relevance. The changes to the PageRank formula reflect those alterations as well.
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Topic-Sensitive PageRank is a theoretical attempt to make the system of PageRank potentially more accurate. Instead of a single PR ranking, the TSPR calculation would create several different PageRanks for each particular topic. The topics used for the tabulations would be representative of the theme of each specific web page.
The idea would be to use a number pre-calculated and topic-biased vectors to create a number of PageRanks for each web document. In that sense, the PR would be theme sensitive.
Instead of the PageRank being based on all incoming links, the Topic-Sensitive PageRank would be heavily weighted toward links that were related to the page's main subject area. Links from sites not directly on topic with the specific web page would be assigned much less weight in the calculation.
In the Topic-Sensitive PageRank system, heavily linked pages bearing no informational relationship with the search term will be given less weight for that topic. On the other hand, pages receiving only a few incoming links, but from very related sites, will be given much more consideration for that term. The result will be a higher TSPR for that site, for that specific search query, despite a much lower PR under the current system.
Similar to the previously used Google PageRank system, the Topic-Sensitive PageRank might also be pre-computed, to save time in the search query processing. Since there are multiple themes to calculate, each page would be scored against multiple topics. Instead of one PR number, there would be many numbers based on the total number of themes used in the computation. That appears to many Google observers to be what is happening with PageRank calculations at the present time.
Keeping these additions to the original Google PageRank formula in mind, we have a much more complex system of calculations being utilized at the present time.
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A very basic and highly simplified example might help to explain the newly implemented process. Keep in mind that the numbers used are purely for illustration and are in no way indicative of the actual formula. They are only to show the importance of topic to the new PageRank calculation.
A sending page with no topic relationship at all to the receiving page, divided among many outgoing links would transfer PageRank of 1 point. The PageRank passed along would be the minimum amount.
A donor page with no topic relationship, but few outgoing links, might transfer 2 points.
Having a topic relationship with the receiving page, but with the outgoing page dividing its PageRank between many links, might pass along 3 points of PageRank.
A page with close topic relationship to the catchment page, and few outgoing links, might send along 4 points of PageRank.
As seen in the theoretical example, topic relationship is vital to the newer PageRank formula. The number of outgoing links from the page remains, as always, an important factor in the calculation. Nothing has changed in that respect. The more ways the donor PageRank has to be divided, the less power there is to go around.
There is little doubt among search engine professionals that the method of calculating Google PageRank has changed over time. The mystery remains, however, in how the formula is currently being applied.
Clearly, the original PageRank formula has been replaced. The newer mathematical basis is quite likely Topic-Sensitive PageRank based. That means, in its most simple form, that pages with similar content will help another web page much more than pages with no topic relationship at all.
The refinement of the PageRank formula is an ongoing process at Google. In their attempt to make PageRank more relevant and to remain a viable part of their overall search algorithm, the Google engineers continue to fine tune their calculations.
Expect more changes to the PageRank formula over time. Those alterations will likely be made with a goal of being more topic sensitive to the receiving page.
Keeping those theme and topic relationships in mind when adding incoming links will help the careful website owner achieve the most benefit from the new Google PageRank formula.


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Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition (WTS), is a good start to a server-based networking environment, but most companies also need helper software to flesh out the support capabilities (e.g., client-side device support, sound, load balancing) that WTS lacks. Most companies choose Citrix MetaFrame. However, MetaFrame is expensive and requires purchase of the entire product package. So when implementing a thin-client solution for its manufacturing plants, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS) broke with convention and chose a less expensive and more modular option: Network Computing Devices' (NCD's) ThinPATH suite of WTS helper software.
SPS is Motorola's semiconductor design and manufacturing division; according to Motorola, the 15,000 SPS employees represent about one-tenth of the company's employees worldwide. The division's Bipolar Manufacturing Complex (BMC) is a set of factories on three sites in and around Mesa, Arizona. The BMC operates around the clock (i.e., two 12-hour shifts) and employs approximately 850 factory workers, 50 office-support personnel, and 10 fabrication-support personnel. BMC factory-floor workers need continuous access to operation instructions and chip cookbooks, which contain step-by-step recipes (i.e., instructions) for each stage of the semiconductor manufacturing process. These instructions and cookbooks reside in an Oracle database application running on a VMS server at each factory site.
PC's aren't the best clients for the SPS factory floors. The factory floors are clean rooms: Anyone entering the room must undergo a rigorous and expensive cleaning process. Keeping nonfactory workers (e.g., PC repair folk) off the floor is desirable, but PCs—with moving parts that can malfunction—aren't low-maintenance. The PCs' internal fans can create dust particles and blow them throughout the factory. Also, space is at a premium on the floor, and whereas terminals are potentially light enough to mount on a wall, PCs aren't.
SPS already used a server-based computing method to deliver recipes to the factory floors. The BMC's Mesa factory used 115 X terminals to connect technicians to the manufacturing database on the VMS server. (Figure 1 shows the original arrangement.)
The X terminals on the factory floor connected to the VMS server, then to the production databases, through the X-11 protocol on a 10Mbps Ethernet network. Through the VMS server, clients could access printers that attached directly to the IP network. This configuration worked, but it had problems. First, because of the X-11 protocol's high bandwidth requirements, connections were slow and were sure to get slower as the BMC increased the terminal count to 250 on the same 10Mbps network. Second, Motorola is designing the next generation of its factory-operations applications for Windows rather than UNIX. To make that software rollout easier to manage, SPS needed a platform that could handle access to both OSs; NCD's ThinPATH suite of helper software fit the bill.
Divide and Conquer
Duane Gordon, senior NT engineer for SPS, had only a few months to manage the switch to WTS—requirement gathering began in June 1999, and the cutover date was September 1999—so he divided deployment tasks between implementing the servers and deploying the terminals on the factory floor. Heading up the server-implementation team with Gordon were systems analyst Peter Zeiszler; Thin Client Computing's Steve Greenberg, who provided outside expertise in server-based computing; and Gary Colvin, then systems engineer for NCD's western region. B.J. Hiatt (the group lead for BMC) and the Mesa Fab Support Group were in charge of terminal deployment.
Server implementation. The rollout wasn't simply a Windows version of the existing X network. Gordon's team kept the VMS server and Oracle application in place, but used one of two inhouse terminal emulation packages, depending on a worker's position in the manufacturing process, on each WTS machine to provide client access. Placing the Window Manager on the WTS servers instead of the slower X terminals improved performance, because the RDP protocol uses less bandwidth than the X protocol does. But users needed—and got—more than Windows-based access to existing applications. The new WTS machines support Hummingbird's Exceed 6.1; Microsoft Word Viewer, Excel Viewer, and PowerPoint Viewer for Office 97; and Adobe Acrobat 4.0 Viewer. Client access to Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 was also crucial because Motorola operational requirements include support for viewing Web-based documents. Factory-support personnel can use such documents to provide factory workers with up-to-date documentation in a standard format (i.e., HTML), but the VMS system didn't provide a client-side browser. The new application suites also support browser-based email (i.e., Netscape's Messenger Express) and multimedia training videos in .avi format delivered from BMC's Tempe site to Mesa factory workstations across a 45Mbps Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) ring that connects the BMC factory sites.
Because of application incompatibilities, not all the servers in the server farm can run all applications simultaneously. For example, the Tempe Final Manufacturing (TFM) facility combines two fabrication areas, both of which needed access to a manufacturing application that pointed from the farm's WTS machine to a port on a UNIX middleware system. The application couldn't point twice to the same port from the same server, so the team installed the application on two servers, one for each instance of the application. Gordon's group then used NCD's ThinSTAR Management Service (TMS) to statically load-balance the terminals, based on terminal IP address, across the two servers.
To provide fault tolerance, the server team clustered the NT 4.0 file and print servers and domain controllers but didn't need to cluster the WTS machines. (Factory-floor workers use stateless applications, so even if a WTS machine crashes while a user is writing a record to the database, only that record is lost. The user can reconnect to the server farm and restart the session on the next available server.) The team used NCD's ThinPATH Load Balancing to load-balance the WTS machines. Network administrators manage the WTS machines from an NT server running ThinPATH Manager's ThinPATH Configuration Tool 1.01 and TMS 2.14.
Gordon originally planned to have six servers in the server farm to support the floor's 250 clients. However, after the farm was up and running, monitoring showed that the servers performed well with as many as 125 clients running on each, so Gordon reduced the number of servers in the farm to three. The servers are performing fine, and Gordon has no immediate plans to build the farm back to its originally planned proportions. (If users need more server capacity, Gordon can easily use the images he's already created to build additional servers.)
Load-balancing the servers had an advantage other than preventing server overload: flexibility. Earlier in the year, SPS moved its data center to a new building across campus. Moving a server means taking it offline for a day as someone packs up the server, moves it, reassembles it in its rack, reconnects it to the network, and returns it to the server farm. By load balancing the servers, SPS was able to support users without any interruption during the move.
Terminal deployment. Hiatt's terminal-deployment team originally installed NCD ThinSTAR 200 terminals with NCD's locally installed X client (as well as RDP support) so that workers could use the same terminals to connect directly to the VMS machine and the WTS machines. (When ThinSTAR 400s became available, the team upgraded the terminals to that model.) The team gave each terminal a dedicated IP address and a generic user account. (Workers don't have personal user accounts because a user's identity is less important to the applications than the user's location in the manufacturing process.) Using TMS, the team remotely edited the terminal configurations to stop using the X client to connect to the VMS machine and to start using RDP to connect to the WTS server farm. Figure 2 shows an approximation of the final clients-and-servers arrangement. ThinSTAR terminals on the factory floor connect to the WTS server farm, which in turn connects to the VMS server.
Shaking Out the Bugs
Implementing the new terminals and software wasn't a trouble-free process. Some bugs appeared during deployment.
First, the new implementation had a serious problem with profile corruption. Because of a problem in the way that WTS handled profiles, the user profile binary (i.e., ntuser.dat) sporadically became corrupted (WTS Service Pack 5—SP5—subsequently fixed this problem but wasn't available at the time.) When a user with a corrupted profile attempted to log on to a server, the server blue-screened and crashed. Because the servers were load-balanced, when the user made another attempt to log on, the next server crashed—and so on until all the servers in the farm had crashed. One user with a corrupted profile could bring down the entire server farm in the time it took to make three aborted logon attempts.
To resolve this problem, the team hand-tuned each profile separately. Using the name associated with each profile, administrators logged on, created a new user profile, and logged out to save the changes. After recreating every profile, the team copied the profiles to the local profiles directory (i.e., %systemroot%\Profiles\SessionID\profile) on each terminal server. To finish the process, the team configured WTS client accounts to get user-profile information from the local profile path rather than from a profile server, thus forcing WTS to apply local profiles instead of roaming profiles. This solution worked because the required user-profile settings were location-specific rather than user-specific. In other words, users logged on with a machine account rather than unique user accounts, so the deployment team could set up user account names for locations rather than for users, and the profiles didn't need to roam. After the team arranged the profiles on one server, the team could use Symantec's Norton Ghost to duplicate that server and ensure that the settings remained consistent across all servers in the farm.
Although this solution worked, it wasn't ideal because network administrators needed to copy any profile changes to every server in the server farm for load balancing to work properly. For the remaining parts of the rollout at the two remaining BMC factory sites, Greenberg plans a different strategy: a profile replacement application. He likes Tricerat Software's Desktop 2000, which doesn't depend on profiles. Instead, the software replaces the usual NT shell with a shell that exposes only applications that an administrator explicitly chooses. Because Desktop 2000 lets you expose applications on a per-user or per-terminal basis, it should work well for the factory floor.
Second, the solution to the profile problem led to another problem: the Ghosted servers weren't showing up properly in the TMS Terminal Server Administrator window. (The management window is in TMS rather than in WTS's Administrator window.) The servers appeared but were grayed out (i.e., unavailable). Running Browstat forced an update to the WINS database, thus making the servers available, but another glitch existed. Although the server-implementation team changed the SIDs on the Ghosted servers, performance-monitoring tools couldn't distinguish among the servers until the team manually edited each server's Registry to change the machine names.
Third, the X client caused a few headaches. Initial ThinSTAR 200 connections used the terminal's X client rather than RDP so that factory workers could continue working with their VMS applications while Gordon's team set up the WTS machines. SPS had some concerns (e.g., about speed) with the X clients; NCD resolved these problems with new builds, but the scenario still wasn't as seamless as RDP connectivity turned out to be. Now that the X client resides on a terminal server, SPS is having problems with VMS responsiveness: The VMS server seems to be flooded. So far, SPS hasn't been able to determine whether the problem lies with the network, the VMS server, or the WTS machines.
Let's Do It Again
The BMC implementation was the first WTS system that SPS implemented, but it wasn't the last. Gordon's group has since rolled WTS out to the other BMC factory sites, implementing NCD ThinSTAR 400 terminals as the standard client because those terminals have higher video resolution than the ThinSTAR 200s and support multimedia delivery (with the help of the ThinPATH tools). Several other Motorola factories also plan to convert to the WTS and NCD software solution for application delivery. As Gordon says, "The reduced bandwidth requirements of Terminal Server \[WTS\] let us administer the system either through Motorola's intranet or through dial-up or high-speed remote access—a huge benefit when supporting a 24 х 7 solution." Motorola is also using Citrix MetaFrame thin-client technology to deliver NT/UNIX interoperability to engineers who work from home.
According to Gordon, the thin-client user experience has been as positive as the administrator experience, and independent evidence suggests that he's right. During an airplane flight after researching this case study, I found myself sitting next to an engineer who works for Motorola. We got on the subject of the security folks' responsiveness to letting engineers access needed tools. "No problem," he said happily, "we get anything we need. For example, we just got this really cool capability where we can dial in from home and use our applications on our home computers—well, running on the servers at work, but I can see what's happening on my home computer. It's great."


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FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas football team had four members named to the SEC All-Freshman Team, as voted by the conference's coaches, it was announced Thursday.
Offensive guard Alvin Bailey, center Travis Swanson, kicker Zach Hocker and defensive tackle Byran Jones were named among the best freshmen in the SEC at their position.
Bailey and Swanson each started all 12 games in the regular season for the Razorbacks, blocking for the first season in school history with a 3,000-yard passer and a 1,000-yard rusher. Hailing from Broken Arrow, Okla., and Kingwood, Texas, respectively, Bailey and Swanson were the only non-seniors to start on the offensive line. They joined three seniors to pave the way for an offense that leads the SEC and ranks third in the NCAA with 338.4 passing yards per game and ranks 10th in the country with 489.3 yards of total offense per game. The offense has already broken Arkansas single-season records with 5,871 yards of total offense, 4,061 passing yards, 34 passing touchdowns and 277 completions.
Hocker is a perfect 55-for-55 on point after touchdown attempts this season and 13-for-16 on field goals to total 94 points. His PAT total is the third-highest single-season mark in program history, and his point total ranks eighth in the SEC this season. The Russellville, Ark., native scored points in all 12 games, including a 51-yard field goal at South Carolina that is the longest by a freshman in Arkansas history and the longest by any Razorback since 1988.
Jones appeared in 10 games with five starts. He was Arkansas' starting nose guard in all four October games, as well as the regular-season finale against No. 6 LSU. The Junction City, Ark., native made an immediate impact, registering his season-high of five tackles in the Razorbacks' season-opening victory against Tennessee Tech. His season total of 23 tackles, which includes one full tackle for a loss, ranks fifth among UA's defensive linemen.
The eighth-ranked Razorbacks earned the first BCS bid in school history and will conclude their season in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 4 against No. 6 Ohio State. The game kicks off from inside the Louisiana Superdome at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.


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Luna pairs with Jupiter and glows with Earth's light
A nascent crescent moon emerges from the lingering glow of sunset at week's end and then appears roughly 10 degrees higher and remains visible a half-hour longer night by night. Saturday evening, the moon forms a near perfect triangle with blazing Jupiter to the east and orange Aldebaran to the south, each less than 10 degrees from the other.
Sunday the moon pulls within two degrees of Jupiter, and the pair remain visible until 10:30pm. Even just a few days old, the waxing moon, at magnitude –10.6, is exponentially brighter than Jupiter at magnitude –2.1. Below Jupiter, look for the stars of the Pleiades cluster, shaped like a miniature dipper.
As Jupiter dips toward the northwest horizon, Saturn climbs into view in the southeast. As the ringed planet nears opposition at the end of the month, its visage only improves. Binoculars will reveal the planet's rings as a pronounced bulge, while even a modest telescope will bring them into enough detail to differentiate several of the larger rings.
Any telescope you use is likely stronger than that of Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who in 1655 first discerned the band encircling Saturn to be separate rings. Huygens also discovered Saturn's largest moon Titan, the only satellite known to have an atmosphere, albeit one of methane. At magnitude 8, Titan is invisible to the unaided eye but is easily seen even with good binoculars. Watch Titan this week as it inches from west to east across the face of Saturn.
Spring's waxing crescent moon offers its own rare sight: earthshine, which appears as a faint glow on the un-illuminated face of the moon. While the moon's normal glow is a result of sunlight reflecting from its surface, earthshine occurs when sunlight is reflected from the planet's surface back to the moon.


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What are you doing? – Twitter
It's Monday. You've got stuff to do.
Better make your To-Do list.
You make To-Do Lists, don't you? Do they work for you? Do they give you a sense of accomplishment?
Well, you're not alone.
Many people's To-Do lists don't help them at all. In fact, many people tell themselves that they're just not capable of Getting Things Done.
Here's my theory:
It's not the people.
It's the list!
Face it. Some lists just go bad. It starts with one hit, and just gets totally outta hand after that. An out of control To-Do list is just gonna bring you down.
Here are the three most common symptoms of To-Do lists under the influence…
1 – This is your To-Do list. This is your To-Do list on speed.
Some To-Do lists are all hopped up on Benzedrine. These are the ones that burn, burn, burn – desirous of everything at the same time.
Hey. Kerouac wrote On the Road in 20 days. So, you can sure get your stuff done in one, right?
Need more than one page for your To-Do's? Got a color code system you don't get anymore? Or do you just know you're never getting all this crap done?
Well, then your list is poppin' Bennies.
And here's what this might look like:
To-Do List for Today
– Pick up dry cleaning
– Make doctor's appointment
– Do laundry
– Write 75 thank you notes
– Call Aunt Jean re vacation
– Book vacation
– Get kitty litter
– Write project outline
– Plant bulbs
– Call plumber
– Send off 3 proposals
– Interview VA's
– Take dog to groomer
– Clean house
– Buy birdseed
– Do yoga
– Answer emails
– Get groceries
– Get manicure
– Send out invitations
– Meditate
– Order books from amazon
– Learn google analytics
– Meet with realtor
– Call mom
– Book flight to Anaheim
– Listen to podcasts
– Mow the lawn
– Get oil changed
– Vote!
– Research outsourcing
– Write eBook
– Rotate tires
– Upload photos to Flickr
In fact, you don't even have time to read this post. You gotta go gotta go gotta go and never stop going till you get there.
"Where we going, man?"
"I don't know but we gotta go!"
2 – The Cheech and Chong To-Do list
Maybe your list isn't into all that rapid fire motion, man. It doesn't get it, man. Why not relax a little? Your list is gonna get there. Someday. It's just a list, man.
There's some things, yea. Priorities? Huh? No, man. Just things.
What things?
Well, like, uh…
Blog! I gotta figure out the blog thing! Yea, I hear some people are gettin' rich on that sh**. So, that's on there.
And I guess I gotta go through that in-box at some point. That'd be good to do.
Bills! Gotta pay the bills. Here's the list…
– In-box
– Blog
– Bills
– Store
– Job
If your To-Do list has a thing for cheeba, most likely there's not a lot of attention to detail, or how long something could take, or why it matters, or what comes first, or who even cares. It's all just there. Sitting there. Waiting to be done. Getting the munchies. Dude.
3 – The Electric Kool-Aid Acid To-Do List
This is the list where nothing gets crossed out.
After all, why would you want to put a line through anything and ruin it like that? It's all beautiful. Cross marks through words? That's just, well, not beautiful. Big things are beautiful. Dreams are beautiful. Ideas are beautiful.
Why break it all down into small steps? I mean, the word "break" is just so not about peace and love! You can't worry about how to proceed. You just gotta have a vision. Hey… You're either on the bus…or off the bus.
This to-do list looks like this:
– Sell house
– Move to remote island
– Write novel
Great ideas. Big plans. Beautiful dreams. This is the list that eventually gets you to singing…" Woh-oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?"
Admitting that your list has a problem is the first step towards Getting Things Done.
Wanna know the other eleven?
Stay tuned!
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