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I can't believe I almost missed National Coffee Cake Day today. That's what I get for "coffee clotching" all day. You see, it was one of those dark, cloudy, damp, dismal Mondays in New York and the phone just wouldn't stop ringing. Who says it's National Coffee Cake Day anyway? It appears it's another one of those days proclaimed to be a "national" food day with very little support as to explain why. Quite frankly, I'm delighted! The notion of giving coffee cake a day of its own sits just fine with me. There's even a chance that a whole month is dedicated to coffee cake. Isn't that just wonderful! I'm still checking but, it seems that May, may just be Coffee Cake Month. We'll have to see. In the mean time, let's see what few little crumbs we can salvage to celebrat the rest of coffee cake day.
I don't know if I ever mentioned this before but, I'm not much of a baker. I suppose, I consider myself a sort of a "freelance" cook which to my taste simply means, I don't like following recipes. I know what you're thinking. She doesn't like following recipes but she has so many cookbooks. What gives? Nothing really. I have been known to follow a recipe or two in my day especially around the holidays. Like most families, we have traditional dishes we associate with personal milestones, holidays, celebrations and anything in between. Baking Panettone is one of those times when I must follow a recipe. Panettone is an Italian Coffee Cake prepared with yeast and a host of other ingredients. The sweet rich yeast dough is studded with raisins, filled with nuts and candied fruit. "Panettone" derives its meaning from the Italian word "panetto," a small loaf bread. With the addition of the "one" at the end, the meaning translates to "large bread." Nonnalina's Kitchen gives this definition:
A tall, fat cylindrical egg-rich cake studded with candied fruit and served traditionally at Christmas and Easter. A specialty of Lombardy. source
Where's the Coffee in Coffee Cake?
Since I'm not much of a baker, I decided it was time to brush up on my coffee cake lingo while trying to scoop up a few links and recipes for all to share. Thank goodness is was fairly easy, there's some very informative sites readily available on the history of coffee cakes. I even found a site that defogs the steaming question; Where's the Coffee in Coffee Cake? I was somewhat surprised to discover that the "definition" given to coffee cake is simply a cake that is served with coffee. Coffee cakes come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and flavors. They can be pound cakes, sponge cakes, yeast risen batter cakes or leavened by baking powder cakes. They can contain nuts, fruits or spices individually or all combined. They can be plainly decorated, glazed or streuseled. The one common denominator is {drum roll} they all go GREAT with a hot cup of coffee or a sweetly brewed cup of tea. A perfect example of a coffee cake is the traditional King's Cake baked for the official opening of Carnival Season in New Orleans. A nice thick piece of King's Cake and a hot cup of chicory coffee, oh my, it doesn't get much better than that; or does it? I think June Meyer who wrote the Hungarian cookbook titled June Meyer's Authentic Hungarian Heirloom Recipes now in its third printing, would claim title for her Hungarian Coffee Cake recipe. The recipe is on her website which I have provided a link for below. Just like the Italians have their coffee cake steeped in Panettone history, coffee cakes are as diverse as the countries they have travelled from.
The German as well as the Holland communities were prominent in New York, Delaware and in New Jersey and were well known for their coffee cakes in the colonial days. Their recipes are very similar to the recipes for the pastry that are used today. The Scandinavians were advocates of the coffee break and they desired something sweet with their coffee and thus contributed to the evolution of their tasty cake. The Scandinavians were just as proud of their abilities to produce the tasty cake and other varieties of pastries as the people who emigrated from Central Europe to America. In the book Listening to America, the author claims that in the year 1879 coffee cake became a well known term in America. Historians have gone through old cook books and have concluded that recipes for coffee cake were being published for everyday American homemakers during the late eighteen hundreds. There are numerous varieties of this type of cake and a couple of the popular varieties are the streusel version and the crumb cake and streusel variation. source
Coffee cakes are baked by every ethnic group and each has their own specialties... American coffee cake recipes (as well as European recipes) vary vastly from regions reflecting a melting pot of recipes brought from immigrants the world over. Interesting to note, is that many older recipes changed with the advent of commercial baking powder in the 1850's. Prior to that many of the treasured older coffee cake recipes were leavened by yeast, especially cake yeast. exellent resource
If you minus the cake, add an extra helping of gossip, and shave a few morning hours, I was pretty much coffee clotching all day today. Hence, the slow delivery of this post. "An afternoon kaffeeklatsch (coffee-and-cake gossip session) is one of Germany's most cherished traditions. According to Evan Jones in American Food: The Gastronomic Story, German women brought to America the concept of the kaffeeklatsch, a break in the day to meet for some coffee, a sweet, and a little gossip. He also notes, the Scandinavians were probably more responsible than anyone else for instituting the idea of the American coffee break that featured sweets, since so many of their simple pastries were called coffee breads, coffee cakes, or coffee rings. I have to say, all this gossiping around a pot of coffee sounds much like a kettledrum except, a kettledrum beverage of choice is tea and the sweets are usually baked dainties or sandwiches.
As a child of the 60's, growing up on suburban Long Island, I have vivid memories of afternoon coffee clotches. All the neighborhood mothers would gather at one house, drink pots of coffee, smoke tons of cigarettes and nibble on Entenmann's cake. those were the days when Entenmann's was still family owned and operated and you could go to the bakery factory in Bay Shore and buy "damaged" cakes for half price!) The words coffee klatch or coffee klatsch come from the German root word kaffeeklatsch German, from Kaffee (coffee) + Klatsch gossip defined as "an informal social gathering for coffee and conversation." I venture to guess, if I accused my daughter of participating in a coffee clotch at the neighborhood "play date" meeting at the park, she would vehemently disagree. After all, she doesn't drink coffee. Well, the sewing circle may be at the park, and the coffee cake may have been replaced with a quick trip to Cinnabon, the concept, is pretty much the same.
I have gathered quite a batter full of recipes and links to share below but first, I would like to mention some highlights of my discoveries and also offer a recipe for a coffee cake filling which I found quite intriguing. IMHO, the most comprehensive source, which I noted above as an excellent resource, for everything coffee cake related can be found at baking 911. It's the second listing below. Not only does the article go into the history of coffee cake, there is also an extensive list of traditional coffee cakes from all over the world. Resources #6 & #7 are from The Fresh Loaf. I singled them out because the notion of baking cheese pockets, which I believe can be frozen, would certainly be a charming addition to an at home modern day play group. I can just imagine those little ones getting their sticky fingers into those pockets. For all you tea lovers out there, I have included a recipe link for mini tea cakes carefully baked by T.W. over at Culinary Types. I only have one contribution to National Coffee Cake Day. It's from one of my kitchen shelf cookbooks titled The Best of Everything Cookbook (1971) Published by The Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, it truly is the best of everything compiled with over 500 recipes from more than 60 of the world's best cookbooks. The list of authors is a Who's Who of Cooking." There are recipes from James Beard, Julia Child, Helen Brown, Roy Andries de Groot, Dione Lucas, Ann Serrane, Mimi Sheraton and a host of others. I doubt the book is still in print but if you do happen upon a copy, give it a good look through. It really is a wonderful book and worthy of a place on the kitchen book shelf. I feel safe in making this claim, it's why I don't link to retail book stores to make money:)
The following recipe for coffee cake cheese filling is listed under the included recipe for the "cake" but I compared the recipe to the above recipe for Basic Coffeecake Dough and they are the same except for the one included in The Best of Everything Cookbook Makes 2 very large coffee cakes. The Cheese Filling recipe is from The Art of Good Cooking by Paula Peck.
|2 tbs. yellow raisins
1 tbs. cognac
1 C. cream cheese or cottage cheese or 1/2 c. of each
1/4 c. sugar
1 tbs. flour
|1 egg yolk
1 tsp. melted butter
1 tbs. sour cream
1/2 tsp. lemon rind
1/2 tsp vanilla
|Mix raisins with cognac. Cream together cheese, sugar, and flour. Stir in egg yolk, then melted butter, sour cream, lemon rind and vanilla. Add cognac soaked raisins.
Resources (follow the numbered links)
- 1. National Coffee Cake Day (Apple Nut Coffeecake)
- 2. Where's the Coffee in Coffee Cake
- 3. Basic Coffee-Cake Dough
- 4. Basic Yeast-Risen Coffee Cake
- 5. Coffee Cake Dough (German family recipe)
- 6. Coffee Cake (yeast)
- 7. Cheese Pockets
- 8. Raised Almond Coffee Cake @ Cream Puffs in Venice
- 9. Pecan Coffee Cake (why not bake this Pecan Coffee Cake for Pecan Day.
- 10. Mini-Bundt Coconut Tea Cakes with Cardamom & Rum Cream Glaze (T.W.'s mini tea cakes would be perfect with coffee or tea)
- 11. Italian Coffee Cake (Panettone)
- 12. June Meyer's Authentic Hungarian Heirloom Recipes (now in 3rd. printing)
- 13. Coffee Cake Wreath (lots of fillings)
- 14 What is King Cake?


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The importance of beta-chemokines (or CC chemokine ligands - CCL) in the development of inflammatory lesions in the central nervous system of patients with multiple sclerosis and rodents with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis is strongly supported by descriptive studies and experimental models. Our recent genetic scans in families identified haplotypes in the genes of CCL2, CCL3 and CCL11-CCL8-CCL13 which showed association with multiple sclerosis. Complementing the genetic associations, we also detected a distinct regional expression regulation for CCL2, CCL7 and CCL8 in correlation with chronic inflammation in multiple sclerosis brains. These observations are in consensus with previous studies, and add new data to support the involvement of CCL2, CCL7, CCL8 and CCL3 in the development of inflammatory demyelination. Along with our own data, here we review the literature implicating CCLs and their receptors (CCRs) in multiple sclerosis and experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. The survey reflects that the field is in a rapid expansion, and highlights some of the pathways which might be suitable to pharmaceutical interventions.
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this definitely is not an infographic. It also seems to only represent a fraction of the RTB ecosystem. Its missing Mediatrust , adknowledge, admarketplace and ThinkRealtime to mention just a few
You may add iPinYou, the leading DSP in China, given China is the 2nd biggest ads market.
iPinyou organized the global RTB summit in Beijing on May 30, 2012. There is a panel with four leading DSP players, Turn in USA, Brandscreen in Australia, MotionBeat in Japan, and iPinyou in China (http://www.ipinyou.com.cn/globalrtbsummit/su/index.html).


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Pumpkin Bites
It's Thanksgiving morning, and you've been up since 6 am preparing for the big feast. Your hungry in-laws stumble into the kitchen, following the faint aroma of turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes. The Macy's parade and the Bears' game will keep them entertained for a while, but the food is far from done. So how do you keep all of your hungry guests satisfied until turkey time? Serve these quick and easy pumpkin bites with some hot apple cider and you'll keep everyone in good spirits.
Don't forget to buy a good quality non-GMO verified canned organic pumpkin product for this dish (such as this one here from Farmer's Market.) "Pumpkin pie filling" is not the same product and usually contains syrups, sweeteners, salt, and spices.
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 can solid-pack pumpkin (15oz)
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large cage-free organic eggs
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 1/4 cups sugar, plus 2 tablespoons
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Powdered sugar, as needed
Step 1
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2
Grease and flour a 9×13 cake pan.
Step 3
Whisk together flour and baking powder in a small bowl.
Step 4
Whisk together pumpkin, oil, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, 1 1/4 cups sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl until smooth, then whisk in flour mixture until just combined.
Step 5
Stir together cinnamon and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in small pinch bowl.
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Fill the 9×13 cake pan with the batter, then sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.
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Bake until golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the mixture comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
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Cool in pan on a rack 5 minutes, then transfer the cake from pan to rack and cool to room temperature. Using a slicing knife, cut into 1″ squares. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve immediately. Makes about 80 "bites."


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Prejudice is a natural instinct, which can warn us of pitfalls, which we don't need lofty reason to know are sometimes unfounded. Take this record. The title, and the fact it's a self-produced 'personal insight' album by a 60-year-old reformed rocker, instantly sounds like a recipe for an adolescent blogger's innane rants set to music. Lumpen, barely tumescent, amorphophallic music. On this occasion, though, we're happy to have to confront our beloved prejudii and tape their mouths shut. To start with, it's a very angry record. The lyrics are preoccupied with Meat's thoughts of depression, past regrets and his musings on The State Of The World (spoiler: it's bad). Recorded on a portable studio by Meat during his last tour, this LP is the antithesis of his lavish Jim Steinman masterpieces. It is also the antithesis of sanity – take 'Mad Mad World/The Good God is a Woman and She Don't Like Ugly', which starts its humble life as a good ol' Southern rock song, before Chuck D of Public Enemy pops in to rap about the vengeance of She-God. Many of Meat's vocals were recorded as live, meaning there's also a rawness to his bellows, which for once makes them affectingly human, rather than bovine. It's unlikely to win Meat any new fans, and might even lose him a few and for that we salute it.
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A Boeing 767-200ER series aircraft hit between the 78th
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at 09:03.
The plane crashes caused considerable damage to principal
structural components and multiple floor fires above
the impacted floors.
WTC 1 collapsed at 10:29, 102 minutes after the crash.
WTC 2 collapsed at 09:59, 56 minutes after the crash.
Steel perimeter frame-tube system comprising external
perimeter columns, central core columns and concrete
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The Building
The twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) were among the
first skyscrapers built using the framed-tube concept to provide
lateral resistance to wind loads.
The steel framed-tube system comprised four major structural
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On 11 September 2001, two passenger planes were hijacked by
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and jet fuel spread across the impact floors and down internal
shafts, igniting multiple floor fires immediately. The resulting
fires spread throughout the upper floors above the impact floors
of the two towers. The twin towers collapsed shortly afterwards.
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The timeline for the collapse of WTC 2 according to FEMA 403
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The following post was published yesterday by Mike Taylor on his blog. It is reproduced here in full, courtesy of the CC BY license.
This morning sees the publication of the new Policy for open access in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework from HEFCE, the Higher Education Funding Council for England. It sets out in details HEFCE's requirement that papers must be open-access to be eligible for the next (post-2014) Research Excellence Framework (REF).
Here is the core of it, quoted direct from the Executive Summary:
The policy states that, to be eligible for submission to the post-2014 REF, authors' final peer-reviewed manuscripts must have been deposited in an institutional or subject repository on acceptance for publication. Deposited material should be discoverable, and free to read and download, for anyone with an internet connection […] The policy applies to research outputs accepted for publication after 1 April 2016, but we would strongly urge institutions to implement it now.
There are lots of ifs, buts and maybes, but overall this is excellent news, and solid confirmation that the UK really is committed to an open-access transition. Before we go into those caveats, let's take a moment to applaud the real, significant progress that this policy represents. For the first time ever, universities' funding levels, and so individual academics' careers, will be directly tied to the openness of their output. Congratulations to HEFCE!
Also commendable: the actual policy document is very carefully written, and includes details such as "Outputs whose text is encoded only as a scanned image do not meet the requirement that the text be searchable electronically." It's evident that a lot of careful thought has gone into this.
Now for those caveats:
The policy will not apply to monographs, book chapters, other long-form publications, working papers, creative or practice-based research outputs, or data.
This is a shame, but understandable, especially in the case of books. I would have hoped that chapters within edited volumes would have been included. Butthe main document notes that "Where a higher education institution (HEI) can demonstrate that it has taken steps towards enabling open access for outputs outside the scope of this definition, credit will be given in the research environment component of the post-2014 REF."
Next disappointment:
The policy allows repositories to respect embargo periods set by publications. Where a publication specifies an embargo period, authors can comply with the policy by making a 'closed' deposit on acceptance. Closed deposits must be discoverable to anyone with an Internet connection before the full text becomes available for read and download (which will occur after the embargo period has elapsed). Closed deposits will be admissible to the REF.
I would of course have wanted all embargo periods to be eliminated, or at the very least capped at six months as in the old, pre-watering-down, RCUK policy. But that was too much to hope for in the political environment that publishers have somehow managed to create.
More positively, it's a good sop that deposit must be made on acceptance — not when the embargo expires, or even on publication, but on acceptance. These "closed deposits" are like a formal promise of openness, with an automated implementation. We don't have good experimental data on this, but it seems likely that this approach will result in much better compliance rates than just telling authors "you have to come back six to 24 months after publication and make a deposit".
Third disappointment:
There are a number of exceptions to the various requirements that will be automatically allowed by the policy. These exceptions cover circumstances where deposit was not possible, or where open access to deposited material could not be achieved within the policy requirements. These exceptions will allow institutions to achieve near-total compliance, but the post-2014 REF will also include a mechanism for considering any other exceptional cases where an output could not otherwise meet the requirements.
The exceptions encourage weasel-wordage, of course, and some of the specific exceptions listed in Appendix C are particularly weak: "Author was unable to secure the use of a repository", "Publication is print-only (no electronic version)", and the lamentable "Publication does not offer a compliant green or gold option", which really means "HEFCE authors should not be using this publication".
But when you read into the details, this approach with specific exceptions is actually rather better than the alternative that had been on the table: a percentage-based target, where some specific proportion of REF submissions would need to be open access. Instead of saying "80% of submissions must be open access" (or some other percentage), HEFCE is saying that it wants them all to be open access except where a specific excuse is given. I'd like them to be much less accommodating with what excuses they'll accept, but the important thing here is that they have set the default to open.
Now for the most regrettable part of the policy:
While we do not request that outputs are made available under any particular licence, we advise that outputs licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Non-Derivative (CC BY-NC-ND) licence would meet this requirement.
I won't rehearse again all the reasons that Non-Commercial and No-Derivatives clauses are poison, I'll just note that works published under this licence are not open access according to the original definition of that term, which allows us to "use [OA works] for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers".
Yet even here, the general tenor of the policy is positive. While it accepts NC-ND, the policy adds that "where an HEI can demonstrate that outputs are presented in a form that allows re-use of the work, including via text-mining, credit will be given in the research environment component of the post-2014 REF".
One last observation: HEFCE should be commended on having provided an excellent, detailed explanation of feedback they received to their consultations. As always, reading such documents can be frustrating because they necessarily contain some views very different from mine; but it's useful to see the range of opinions laid out so explicitly.
No open-access policy document I've ever seen has been perfect, and this one is no exception. But overall, the HEFCE open-access policy is a significant and welcome step forward, and carries the promise of further positive moves in the future.


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The last "Tips" column (on avoiding injury), was a popular one. So let's continue this series with some tips on freelancing.
1. Be Musically Prepared
If there is sheet music, review it. If there are recordings, listen to them. As much as possible, be familiar with all the parts. Be acquainted with the melodies, harmonies, key rhythmic devices, etc. inherent in the music. If it's a sight-reading gig, then make sure you are a crack sight-reader before you take the gig. Don't risk an unfortunate musical incident.
2. Bring Two of Everything
Cords give out, bows fall apart, strings break. Carry backups. Power strips, extension cords, tuners, batteries…anything you might need. I don't carry two amps or two basses, but I would if it were reasonable.
3. Arrive Early
Arrive early, get setup and make sure all of your equipment is functioning (see above). Getting to the venue early will make things less stressful, not only for you, but also for your colleagues. Don't make them wonder if they have a bass player for the night. Being there ahead of time will furthermore let the contractor, or bandleader, know you are respecting the gig, and it's one less hassle for them.
In a practical sense, it also allows for the unexpected, such as bad traffic, parking issues, flat tires, etc. I suggest erring on the side of being too early, rather than cutting it too close. I plan my arrival early enough that even if everything goes wrong on my way to the gig, I won't miss the downbeat.
4. Dress Appropriately
Some gigs require specific dress (i.e. tails, tuxedo, white tie, suit and tie, etc.), and you should certainly make sure you dress appropriately for these gigs. In some situations, of course, the dress is explicitly casual, but in general you can't go wrong dressing professionally. If you arrive and you are over-dressed, ties can come off and sleeves can be rolled up. Finding a jacket and tie if you are under-dressed, however, may prove more difficult, however.
Since many of my gigs require tuxedo or suit, I also follow the "two of everything" idea with clothing: I've got both white and black bow ties in my glove box, for instance…just in case. Showing up in inappropriate dress makes you seem inexperienced or unprofessional, and it can mean that it's the last time you play with that group, or get hired by that contractor.
5. Be Courteous
For many gigs, the ability to get along with your colleagues is an important part of being asked back. You should assume that there are many, many other bass players out there who have the skills necessary to play any particular gig. If you aren't cordial, people may regret hiring you, no matter how well you play. In general, if you are difficult to deal with, someone else with the same skills and who is better at interpersonal relationships will get the next call.
How about you? What are your tips for successful freelancing? Please share in the comments.


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Watchwoman: Here's an inside look at the Watchwoman!!! While I'm not one to put all my stock in surveys, not surprisingly, as you can guess, we definitely fall in with the people who called themselves Conservative Republicans, declaring similarly what they like and dislike in their TV viewing. For example, we have yet to see one showing of "Jersey Shore" that Democrat libs like. Like the CR's surveyed in the item highlighted below, I think, we've seen every episode of "Castle" and that aligns with being a Conservative Republican. So do other choices of Conservative Republican selections match ours in the least favorite programs; for example, we have never seen, not one episode and for the most part, not even a few words of the following: Parks and Recreation, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, 30 Rock, The View, Glee, Modern Family, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Treme, Cougar Town, Weeds, South Park, TMZ, Dexter, The Walking Dead, The Office and regarding The Late Show With David Letterman, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and the other forgotten late-nighter on a station no one remembers, Conan – we've never watched one entire episode of any of these three, not ever, not once, only perhaps a few words if the station happened to be tuned in when the TV came on and then in just a few moments quickly turned Letterman and Ferguson off because we disputed or disliked intensely whatever it was they were saying. We have watched Letterman when he interviewed Bill O'Reilly and enjoyed seeing O'Reilly expose the useless folly of lefty-Letterman's commie-core beliefs. We especially don't like Saturday Night Live, which we consider equal to viewing yucky pornography. We DVR Myth Busters, Leno, The Middle, Hawaii Five-O, NCIS, The Mentalist, and never miss the BBC's Top Gear (for more reasons than just the fact that they don't like any commie cars). The only place we agree with libs is that we never watch CSI Miami anymore (we used to, but the filming camera is waaaaaaay too jerky — it's not edgy, it's downright annoying — and I can't stand to see David Caruso cock his redhead to one side one more time while pursing his skinny lips). We watch Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy daily, but while we thoroughly enjoy Pat Sajack and Vanna, their lighthearted banter and humor, we think the less-than-humorless Alex Trebek who manages to be just a half-beat off from being funny is an arrogant show off, with a voice and tonal quality of ultra-superiority, using his exaggerated accents of foreign words and names to display his I'm-so-much-smarter-than-any-of you, spouting a lofty self-induced opinion about himself that sounds very degrading to the one who just answered incorrectly — only when he supplies the correct answer, of course, he has a teleprompter giving him the right answers, but I guess that doesn't count in his own high-minded estate. So now you know more about Watchwoman than you were ever interested in, right? One of the perks of having a blog. Tee hee. – – – – – What are you and your family's TV viewing habits reflective of? Liberal Democrats or Conservative Republicans? I'd really like to hear your comments and I'm certain that others will be interested too. So please leave your comments below. Click on the "Leave a Comment" button below and spout off!!! Thanks. ▬ Donna Calvin
TV survey: Dems like 'sarcastic' comedies, Republicans prefer shows about work…
– The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report (Comedy Central): As you might expect.
– 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation (NBC): Literate media-savvy comedies score high among Dems in general, notes Experian-Simmons senior marketing manager John Fetto. "Sarcastic humor is always a hook for them," he adds.
– The View (ABC): Shows that skew female tend to do better among Dems, while male-friendly shows tend to do perform higher among Republicans.
– Glee (Fox)
– Modern Family (ABC): Last year, the progressive Glee and Modern Family scored surprisingly strong among both political leanings. Among conservatives this year, the shows still do fairly well, but have dropped out of their top ranks.
– It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
– Treme (HBO): GOP Kryptonite. Not only a Dem favorite, but so unpopular among Republicans that the report scores the show with a "*" because not enough conservatives in the study group had actually watched it.
– Cougar Town (ABC)
– The Late Show With David Letterman and The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson(CBS): Dems favor late-night programming, with one big exception that we'll see below.Also in the mix: The Soup (E!), Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Adult Swim), Raising Hope (Fox),Saturday Night Live (NBC), The Office (NBC), Project Runway (Lifetime), Shameless(Showtime), Parenthood (NBC), Conan (TBS).
– Swamp Loggers (Discovery) and Top Shot (History): Gritty documentary-style work-related reality shows on cable index really strongly with conservative Republicans. Swamp Loggersis particularly polarizing.
– The Bachelor (ABC): They also tend to gravitate toward broadcast reality competition shows.
– Castle (ABC): Ranks fairly high among Dems, too.
– Mythbusters (Discovery)
– Only in America With Larry the Cable Guy, American Pickers, Pawn Stars, Swamp People (History): If you're a Republican candidate looking to raise money, put ads on History.
– The Middle (ABC): Does well among libs, too.
– The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): "Did you hear about this? Yeah, this is true: Jay Leno is the late-night choice among conservatives… "
– The Biggest Loser (NBC)
– Hawaii Five-O, NCIS, The Mentalist (CBS): Popular crime dramas — except the left-wingLaw & Order franchise — tend to draw a conservative crowd.Also: Dancing With the Stars results show (ABC), Man vs. Wild (Discovery), Auction Kings(Discovery), Wheel of Fortune (syndi), Top Gear (BBC America).
– Weeds (Showtime): Female-centered drama, lots of drug use and a morally murky antiherohelp make this show the lowest-ranked series among righties.
– The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report(Comedy Central): But not disliked equally. Republicans prefer Colbert between the two (maybe some pretend he's being serious).
– South Park (Comedy Central): Aww, South Park is an equal opportunity offender! But, again, media-darling sarcastic comedies tend to be a turn-off.
– TMZ (syndication)
– General Hospital (ABC)
– Family Guy (Fox)
– Dexter (Showtime): Again, that antihero thing…
– Jersey Shore (MTV)
– The Walking Dead (AMC): Really? But it's about the Apocalypse!
Also: Divorce Court (syndi), The Big C (Showtime), Let's Make a Deal (CBS), Bridezillas(WE), My Fair Wedding With David Tutera (WE), Don't Forget the Lyrics (VH1).
– Swamp Loggers (Discovery): What are they doing on this show, feeding Nancy Pelosi to alligators?
– Dog the Bounty Hunter (A&E) and COPS (syndication): "Question authority."
– The Ultimate Fighter (Spike TV): Conservatives can make their own "cut and run" jokes…
– The Price Is Right (CBS): Annnnd a budget-crisis joke.
– CSI: Miami (CBS)
– Kitchen Nightmares (Fox): Odd. Who doesn't like a clean kitchen?
– Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family): Not popular among stalwart Republicans either.
– Ghost Hunters (Syfy), Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel) and The Haunted (Animal Planet): Libs don't believe in an afterlife? Or just don't believe in shaky night-vision reality shows that claim to prove an afterlife?
Read More: http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/12/06/republican-vs-democrat-tv/


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Wired vs Wireless Invisible Dog Fences
There is no doubt that the popular invisible level fence for pets creative is a good approach for your pet to safely move in your property, but allow them to play freely, without continuous work in the yard, which is for sure, so it is important for wireless fences.
Wired vs Wireless Invisible Fence – Installation
Wired: The cable pets are relatively easy to install. The best method is to leave the grass and leaves slowly exposed. To hide the destruction or degradation of the garden, it is better to be enchanted, which usually means that digging is an equation. This can require a lot of work and time, with much higher quality. The border features are sometimes rectangular and barbed, along with the perimeter of the upper boundary, so the balance of the PET creates a safety zone. Tracks, tracks and various rigid structures that cross valuable circuits are followed by an apron. You must throw your hair with special cutting tools.
Wireless systems work with the causal link of the sender over the symbol above its radius. This circular security zone may not enter any corner of your property. The wireless system sets the limit everywhere. Can not create firewalls with a wireless system. Judgment: Cable gates simply protect hats on 25 acres; The restrictions are definitely limited to your imagination. Currently, wireless technology limits wireless coverage to hundreds.
The Wired vs Wireless Invisible Fence – Operation
Wired: durable features. The lower unit is protected only from small rooms and is therefore located in a garage or garden. Redesigning borders takes a lot of time and requires a lot of manpower, especially when the wire is buried. If you intend to convert your home or property (confirm the extension of the associated category, add the pool), the cable system is an obstacle. Very reliable. Through the network or after cutting the cable, the boundary wire never limits the signal and the system also works cleanly. But if the cable breaks down, there is a problem finding … Read the rest..


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DBP5: Functional Connectomics: Terascale Reconstructions of Cortical Circuits
PI: Clay Reid, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology, Allen Brain Institute
Funding Source(s): 5R01NS075436-05, Large-scale connectivity and function in a cortical circuit; 6/15/11-4/30/16 (Reid)
How the DBP acts as a driver of test bed:
This project has driven the development of our image alignment software to register and analyze image stacks of 10 to 100 terabytes comprising millions of raw images, and successfully resulted in the publication of the largest-to- date (to our knowledge) network of cortical neurons in Nature 2016.
This work builds on two existing projects with similar goals: to understand the relationship between the function of a cortical circuit and the fine-scale connections within the circuit. A fundamental but unsolved question in neuroscience is how specific connections between neurons underlie information processing in the brain. Even the smallest local circuit in the cerebral cortex consists of tens of thousands of neurons, each making thousands of connections. Perhaps the biggest reason we have yet an incomplete understanding of the cerebral cortex, or any other complex neural system, is that we don't have an actual wiring diagram of any cortical circuit. But even if we had a wiring diagram, we would need to know what each neuron in a circuit is doing: its physiology. For the past decade, we have been studying neurons in the visual cortex whose responses to sensory stimuli have been characterized with two-photon calcium imaging. This approach allows us to image the function of literally every neuron in a cube ½ millimeter on a side. In collaboration with the PSC, we then use high-resolution and high-throughput anatomical techniques to uncover the connections between these functionally characterized neurons.
We have been addressing these questions in the mouse visual cortex, an emerging model of visual processing that is amenable to genetic manipulation and in vivo imaging techniques. By combining functional and structural imaging (serial-section electron microscopy; ssEM) at increasingly large scales, we are collecting datasets that provide, for the first time, a complete physiological and structural overview of this important circuit in the cerebral cortex. We have recently demonstrated that this combined approach is both feasible and powerful enough to address outstanding problems in cortical neuroscience. It is now possible to study cortical circuits on their own terms: in all of their complexity and with datasets that are in many senses complete.
We have these specific aims:
To reconstruct a recurrent network of functionally characterized layer 2/3 neurons.
Recent studies have found highly interconnected subnetworks of cells embedded in local excitatory circuits in visual cortex. We hypothesize that these subnetworks are related to the functional organization of visual responses, such that layer 2/3 neurons with similar functional properties are selectively connected to each other. This project requires a dataset three times larger than that reconstructed in our previous work, and presents new computational and data-handling challenges.
To reconstruct a feed-forward and recurrent multi-layer network of cortical neurons.
To reconstruct a multi-layered network in the cortex, a dataset 5 to 20 times larger than the previous (hundreds of terabytes of raw data) will require an essentially new way to view and handle the data—VOV architecture described in Specific Aim 2 of TR&D3 — and thus will further engage the unique expertise of the MMBioS team.
Publications resulting from this work:
- Lee, W. A.; Bonin, V.; Reed, M.; Graham, B. J.; Hood, G.; Glattfelder, K.; Reid, R. C (2016) Anatomy and function of an excitatory network in the visual cortex. Nature 532: 370-374 PMID: 27018655, PMC4844839


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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Pacific Biosciences today said that it has signed up a service provider in Asia and a distributor for its PacBio RS system in Korea.
The Menlo Park, Calif.-based single-molecule sequencing technologies firm said that DNA Link will be the first commercial service provider for PacBio RS sequencing in Asia, as well as the first installation of the system in Korea. Seoul-based DNA Link is a contract research service provider for genomics studies.


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Liz Baird: Introduction
I know that people don't value and protect things that they don't understand and things that they don't love. And I feel that my work at the museum helps benefit the public because I give them a chance to see, understand, and fall in love with the natural world in a way that they might not have ever had a chance to do. And if they love a space, they've seen the deepwater corals like we're seeing out here, then they're more likely protect it, make wise choices about how to use it in a sustainable fashion. To really start seeing this big planet as something that we all have a responsibility for. And if one little person gets excited about what we're doing and feels like we need to protect it, then I think this is good for the public and good for all of us.
Rewards of the Job
I find my work at the museum really personally rewarding. My hope is to give people fresh eyes for seeing the natural world and seeing the world around them. And sometimes it's helping them see something in their own backyard, like catching a toad and figuring out how to tell if it's a male or a female. And sometimes it's taking them to new places, like traveling with teachers to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. And sometimes it's using things like this research mission to show them things that they may never get a chance to see. And some people don't want to spend time on boats. And so by taking footage, by taking images, by telling stories from being at sea, I'm hoping that they a new eye for seeing what's going on out here. And when I see folks whose expressions change as they feel the smooth skin of a snake for the first time or watch with wonder when they see images from a dive, I feel like I've done what I want to do.
Magical Moments
The most fascinating thing I've ever seen or done is really hard to identify. I've been privileged to see lots of really amazing things and go lots of amazing places. One thing I love is bioluminescence. And I've loved that since I was a kid. We used to walk down the beach and see our glowing footprints behind us in the sand in North Carolina and marvel at the way that some of the things that washed up on the beach would glow. And seeing it from the submersible is just breathtaking.
But my first year at sea on a research vessel, I was on the night watch and that was a long, dark night. And sometimes we would take a quick break and go up to the bow and you could always see the bioluminescence spraying off the bow. It would be just igniting the bow. And one night I was up there and looked and realized that I could see the dark outlines of dolphins riding the bow wave. So their shapes were silhouetted in the bow as a black shadow and you could identify them completely. And then they would dart off into the ocean like shooting stars in the sea. It was…magical.
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Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra
Now let the tests speak for themselves! Here is the detailed configuration of our PC we used to benchmark the Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra 64mb:
For the testing we closed every running program by making a clean Windows Boot. The only programs that were running during the tests were Explorer & Systray. By doing so we're sure that performance would remain unaffected.
III Arena Test
This test uses 32 bit color
and is intended to show that when using the 3D Prophet II Ultra instead
of a 3 Prophet II Ultra 64Mb or Creative GeForce II GTS you'll really
gain a lot of performance.
ZDNet WinBench 2000
ZDNet has imposed its
benchmarking tools as the worldwide standard to test PCs and PC devices.
So we tested the Hercules 3D Prophet Ultra II with the ZD Winbench 2000
1.0 set of tools and we obtain the following results. Be warn that the
WinBench 2000 runs 123 tests that are used to determine the quality and
the performance of the 3D card. Note that the WinBench 2000 test program
now supports the Transform & Lighting features of DirectX 7 and
tested it.
As shown by this test the 3D Prophet II Ultra largely surpasses the Creative GeForce II GTS and Voodoo 5 5500 board performances. In terms of quality the card passed all the tests successfully as it supports a wide variety of 3D features.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000b test
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 is probably one of the highest 3D resource demanding game out on the market today. In consequence we decided to test the Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 (running the latest patch b).
As shown by the results of this test the performance gains are really few when comparing the 3D Prophet II Ultra to the competing 3D cards. However one of the enhancements for this card compared to other cards is the whole fluidity of the games when switching between many views when flying.
As you have seen there's no major difference between the three 3D boards even if the Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra continues to excel. Note that with the 1600*1200 16bit test the Voodoo 5 5500 obtains the fewest results since the drivers we used are bugged. Unreal Tournament intensively uses the core CPU and it explains why there's practically no difference except in high-resolution mode where the 3D Prophet II Ultra is a top-notch card.
Full Scene Anti-AliasingTo test the FSAA performance of the 3D Prophet II Ultra 64Mb we ran once again the Quake III Arena test and we get these results:
When one activates Full Scene Anti Aliasing, Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra remains at the head. However, this advantage is more than relative. Indeed, since the FSAA 2x of Voodoo5 is almost of the same quality than the 4x used by GeForce 2 enabled cards, we can almost say that Voodoo5 and 3D Prophet II Ultra are worth with regard to the performance (pure performances and quality) of the FSAA, with an advantage for the FSAA to Voodoo5 with regard to compatibility.
Game Tests
We tested the 3D Prophet II Ultra 64MB board with many recent games and for all of them we get a marvelous display quality: 3D scenes are sharp, brighter, clear giving life to our games. Sure the Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra 64MB also bring to this games more fluidity especially for Flight Simulator 2000 and Starlancer. The games we tested the board with were:
The board shown an excellent compatibility with games and we didn't encounter any bugs caused by the card as it can occurs with some other 3D cards.


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Former Dem Candidate Escorted From Town Hall After Screaming at Governor Christie (Video)
A former Democrat candidate for the New Jersey Assembly was escorted from a town hall today after screaming at Governor Chris Christie.
Governor Christie called William Brown an idiot as he was ejected from the room.
NJ.com reported, via FOX Nation:
The most-heated town hall clash of the year started today with a shouting match, drove Gov. Chris Christie to call a vocal opponent to the proposed Rutgers Camden-Rowan merger an "idiot," and ended with a stern talking-to by police.
Just four questions in, Christie called on William Brown, a 34-year-old law school student and veteran from Mt. Laurel, who explained, calmly at first: "I know that all my friends in the military no matter what state they're from respect that fact that I go to Rutgers. It's also true that none of my friends in the military no matter what state they're from have ever heard of Rowan."
Brown, a Democrat who ran an unsuccessfully for Assembly last year, says he's a Navy Seal who served in Iraq. As he testified before the Rutgers Board of Governors last month, he argued the Christie-sanctioned plan to rebrand the South Jersey campus under the Rowan name would rob students of opportunities afforded by Rutgers' reputation. The Republican governor began to explain that current students would still graduate with degrees from Rutgers.
But Brown shouted from audience: "What about my son? What about my neighbors? What about my friends?"
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RRB Secunderabad NTPC Result 2017:- The Indian RRB is going to declare the RRB CEN 03/2015 the Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) Online Computer Based Test (CBT) Result on the official website.
Now the Railway Recruitment Board Secunderabad has been conducted the NTPC Online Computer Based Test Examination from March to April 2017.
More than 91 Lakhs candidates have attempted in the RRB Secunderabad NTPC Computer Based Test Examination 2017.
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RRB Secunderabad NTPC Result 2017 would be announced after the month of June.
RRB Secunderabad Result
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The candidates are eagerly waiting for their RRB Secunderabad NTPC Result 2017 Technical Graduate Recruitment Computer Based Test Exam Result.
So we are informing all students that the RRB Secunderabad NTPC Result 2017 would be announced in the Month of June/July 2017
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Klavika Display: The oversized headline companion to the Klavika series
From extra stuffed to skeletal thin, Klavika Display is a collection of fonts for large sizes and an even larger impact. Available in four weights and two widths, the family is an addition to the Klavika and Klavika Condensed families but works equally well alone as a boastful display font.
Conceived as logical extensions to either end of the Klavika series, the weights of Klavika Display are bookended by our two favorite typographical extremes – Thin and Ultra Black. Drawn independently of one another, they are exaggerated caricatures of the original series and shine brightest at large sizes. When set as headlines, their tighter spacing will ensure they lock up and remain cohesive without appearing overcrowded.
While the Thin and Ultra Black weights are all pomp and circumstance, the intermediates have a wider range of possible use. The Extra Light and Black were designed to support the weight range of the original series and remain suitable for both light text and display work.
Wait, how extreme are the extremes? To give you an idea, the Thin Condensed weight has a stroke of only 9 units – nearly paper thin – while the Ultra Black has a stroke of 240! At those sizes, whether the fonts are presented on screen or paper, typographic care should be exercised when choosing sizes so the thinnest fonts don't crumble and the blackest don't gum up. On
the web, this is especially true since certain browser and operating system combinations (you know the ones) result in rendering environments that compound the issue. In the end, take care, think big, and if you plan to target browsers that don't use sub-pixel antialiasing, think really big.
- Credits
- Designer: Eric Olson
- Released: 2012
- Weights & Styles
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- Language Coverage
- Extended Latin
- Format Options
- OpenType
- Specimens
- PDF: Klavika Display
- Webfonts: Klavika Display
- License
- Desktop License Agreement
- Webfont License Agreement
- Trial Fonts
- Test and rent Klavika Display with Fontstand, a Mac app.
Upgrade Klavika Display
The purchase price of any single or pack can be credited towards the complete Klavika Display family when you're ready to upgrade.


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Lovee Covee Luxurious Baby Blankets
Eco-friendly baby blankets, swaddle blankets and nursing covers made with beautiful, luxurious and understated bamboo fabric. Product line includes: little lovee blanket, bamboo swaddle blanket & bamboo velour blanket. Celebrity fans: Sandra Bullock. Exclusive Offer use code lovee2011 for a 25% discount on any of the products offered on hopeblanket.com
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Ladybugs & Lullabies Girls Hair Accessories
Just in time for Spring and Summer, Ladybugs & Lullabies unveils their new Raindrops & Lollipops collection of fun, colorful and fashionable hair accessories for budding fashionistas. Ladybugs & Lullabies has been setting the trend in the world of girl's hair accessories with their collection of fun and stylish clips, headbands and beanies that will perfectly top off any outfit. From butterflies and bunnies to cupcakes and flowers, the Raindrops & Lollipops collection offers the perfect additions for any ensemble. Celebrity fans: Brooke Shields, Jennifer Garner, Isla Fisher, Matt Damon, Dennis Quaid. Exclusive offer: 25% off the entire site with coupon code CBS25 at ladybugsandlullabies.com.
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The first pilot course got great reviews from the attendees. The second pilot course will be on January 25 and there are still a few empty seats. There is no cost to attend this pilot, but you must be a new arrival to Luxembourg of less than 90 days and you must register to attend. Both working expats and accompanying spouses are welcome to attend.
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White Pearl Resort Mozambique Holiday
The 'Pearl' of the Indian Ocean, White Pearl Resort offers an exclusive retreat up in the hills overlooking the pristine beaches below. Enjoy your own villa with private plunge pool and butler. Sip cocktails from your deck and watch the sun set on another perfect day along the African coast. The villas are white washed and decorated in refreshing blues and sea greens, relaxing your senses and helping you make the very most of your getaway. Spend your days strolling along the beach, diving, snorkelling, indulge in a spa treatment or immerse yourself in local culture. Whether you want to relax or have the adventure of a lifetime White Pearl is the perfect place to do both.
- Tailor-made Itinerary from $5,090 Per Person
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- 7 nights at White Pearl Resorts
Upon arrival at Maputo Airport you will be met by a member of the Mahlatini team who will assist you onto your helicopter. From here you will be flown to the your resort.
Onward Transfer to Maputo Airport
Today you will be transferred back to the airstrip for your helicopter flight to Maputo Airport. Here you will connect with your onward flight home.
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- Arrival Airport: Maputo
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Nights: 7
- Return Airport: Maputo
- International flights from JFK
- Meals and accommodation as per itinerary
- All road transfers as indicated in the itinerary
- Helicopter transfers as per itinerary
- Complimentary bottled water in your suite
- Gratuities
- Personal travel insurance
- Any sightseeing activities mentioned
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- Beverages with the exception of all inclusive hotels
- Premium brands whilst all inclusive
- Outward Flight:
- Overnight from JFK to Maputo
- Return Flight:
- Overnight from Maputo to JFK
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- South Africa and Mozambique Safari and Beach Holiday, 16 days from $8,360 pp
- Kruger Safari and Benguerra Island Mozambique Beach Holiday, 13 days from $7,870 pp
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AirBuccaneers CD KEY (STEAM)
- Developer: LudoCraft Ltd.
- Genres: Action, Indie, RPG, Strategy
- Languages: EN, RU, PL
- Official website: http://www.airbuccaneers.com
Welcome to the ancient North, once the cradle of culture and peace, but is now corrupted by magic and inhabited by nasty bandits sowing destruction in airships.
Choose to be a vicious Buccaneer or an infamous Viking and take a glider to the skies. Your goal is to drop enemy vessels and secure dominance of the ancient North. Fire cannons, help others, board enemy ships or be the captain – whatever it takes to get your enemies out of the way. The success, as well as the bitter defeat, is solely dependent on how well you co-operate with your crew mates.
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- Heavy emphasis on teamwork. Solo players, time to team up!
- Board enemy ships and take them over!
- Four different types of ships: Battleship, Flying Fortress, Cog and Kamikaze
- Selection of weapons: cannons, rockets, gunpowder grenades, blockers, swords
- Persistent character development. Begin as a lousy low-life and rise in the ranks to immortal glory
- Four specialization classes: Captain, Defender, Guerrilla and Cannoneer
- Use Perks & Flaws system to build a character that always fits your playstyle
- Find out what really happened in the darkness of the past!
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- OS:Windows XP SP2
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DOVER, Del. — Could it really be true love between Denny Hamlin and Dover?
DOVER, Del. — Could it really be true love between Denny Hamlin and Dover?
So far, it's at least a crush.
His performance today will really determine the fate of this relationship.
Trying his best to adjust his approach toward his least favorite track, Hamlin's reignited courtship produced fantastic results Saturday when he turned a lap of 159.299 mph to win the pole at Dover International Speedway. Hamlin has been open in his disdain for the 1-mile concrete oval and knew he'd have to conquer his Dover demons to keep his driven bid for his first career Cup championship rolling along.
Hamlin, third in the points standings, turned to a sports psychologist for advice. The message for Hamlin was this, "Let your challenge for the week be to fall in love with this track."
Hamlin said the good karma, and a great No. 11 Toyota, all played a part in the turnaround.
"I think that right now we have everything rolling," Hamlin said. "That part of it is giving me a ton of confidence."
Hamlin is six points behind Brad Keselowski and seven points behind leader
Jimmie Johnson.
Johnson starts 11th as he chases history at Dover. He raced his way into the track's history books in June with his seventh win on the concrete, matching the mark held by Hall of Fame drivers Richard Petty and Bobby Allison.
No active driver owns the track like the five-time Sprint Cup champion. Johnson led 289 of the 400 laps and looked every bit like the driver who swept the two Cup races at Dover in 2002 and 2009. Johnson also won at Dover on Sept. 26, 2010 and he won the September 2005 race.
Dover has traditionally given Hamlin fits. He has an average finish of 20.5 in 13 career starts at Dover. He finished 36th or worse during a four-race stretch from 2007 to 2009. He's said he just doesn't like the track known as the Monster Mile.
Here's a curve. On Saturday, he talked about winning.
"We've got a car that's very capable of staying in the front and hopefully we'll have a shot to win," Hamlin said.
Hamlin won his 12th career pole, third this season, and, no surprise here, his first pole at Dover. He never had started better than third.
Hamlin praised crew chief Darian Grubb, who led Tony Stewart to the championship last year, for putting the No. 11 in position to take the pole.
"I think there's a lot of drivers out there that could be able to do what I do with the cars that Darian has been giving me the last few weeks," Hamlin said. "I'm going to give him pretty much all the credit and ride his back as long as it will hold me."
Nine other Chase for the Sprint Cup championship drivers filled the top 13. Clint Bowyer starts second and Martin Truex Jr. is third. Greg Biffle and Jeff Gordon start sixth and seventh. Kasey Kahne, Keselowski, Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick are ninth through 13th. Stewart starts 24th and Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 25th for today's 400-mile race.
"We didn't have a good car in practice and we didn't find any good speed or find any good balance," Earnhardt said. "It's going to be a tough day, I think. It's going to be a tough race for us. We are just going to have to work hard and see what happens."
Truex had a nice qualifying run on the site of his only career Cup victory. Truex, from nearby Mayetta, N.J., finished ninth and 17th in his first Chase races and is 10th in the standings, 34 points behind Johnson. He posted the fastest time in the first practice Friday and has the speed needed to race into contention for that long-awaited second win.
"We felt good about our car yesterday on long runs," Truex said. "We had good long run speed. That's what it takes here. We'll see if we can get it done tomorrow."
After Saturday qualifying; race today
At Dover International Speedway
Dover, Del.
Lap length: 1 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 159.299.
2. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 159.264.
3. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 159.2.
4. (22) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 158.758.
5. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 158.667.
6. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 158.541.
7. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 158.444.
8. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 158.297.
9. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 158.256.
10. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 158.151.
11. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 158.089.
12. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 157.992.
13. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 157.971.
14. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 157.971.
15. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 157.95.
16. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 157.819.
17. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 157.784.
18. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 157.653.
19. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 157.604.
20. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 156.958.
21. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 156.924.
22. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 156.829.
23. (26) Josh Wise, Ford, 156.631.
24. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 156.597.
25. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 156.542.
26. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 156.488.
27. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 156.297.
28. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 156.23.
29. (91) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 156.223.
30. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 156.182.
31. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 156.02.
32. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 155.885.
33. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 155.709.
34. (95) Scott Speed, Ford, 155.44.
35. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 155.38.
36. (23) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 155.253.
37. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 155.059.
38. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 155.025.
39. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 154.646.
40. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, Owner Points.
41. (32) T.J. Bell, Ford, Owner Points.
42. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points.
43. (37) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 155.025.
Failed to Qualify
44. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 154.759.
45. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 154.639.
46. (49) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 154.467.
47. (33) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 153.741.
48. (79) Kelly Bires, Ford, 153.682.


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Lecture Theatre F1.01 at Peninsula Campus, Monash University.
Getting There
F1.01 is in the middle of campus. Use the main entrance, turn left at first roundabout, then take right at roundabout, then next left to park. F Building is a short walk to the east from large carpark. Parking is by ticket, you will see free parking around campus, but it will be a longer walk. Map - http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/maps/6-Peninsulacolour.pdf


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Author Archives: Terry Cralle
About Terry Cralle
Terry Cralle is Co-founder and Corporate Vice President of the Keswick Sleep Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from Randolph-Macon College and received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at the Virginia Commonwealth University and completed a Masters of Science in Healthcare Management with an Emphasis in Healthcare Risk Management from the Finch University of Health Sciences at the Chicago Medical School. Terry is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality as well as a Certified Quality Auditor. Terry has had over 20 years experience as a healthcare consultant. She has published on clinical research topics as well as serving as Lecturer at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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DCI – The Digital Commons Initiative
DCI is a TransCoop-Project funded by the Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung. The two project leaders of the DCI (Prof. Dr. Jan Christoph Meister, University of Hamburg and Prof. Dr.Stéfan Sinclair, McGill University, Montréal/Canada) have both been engaged in Digital Humanities research for over a decade. In addition to their research in German and French language and literature, both also head teams engaged in DH tools design and development projects. These include Voyeur[1] and tapor[2] (Stéfan Sinclair), catma[3] and agora[4] as well as heureCLÉA and eFoto (Jan Christoph Meister).
Over the past decade the humanities have irreversibly "gone digital": Electronic archives, digital repositories, web resources and a host of platforms and collaborative environments provide access to vast amounts of data that re-present the humanities' traditional objects of study – texts, images, cultural artifacts, etc. – in digital format, while 'borne digital' material originating from electronic media further expands the scope on a daily base.
The use of digital resources has thus become routine practice across the humanities disciplines. This has also changed our perception of Digital Humanities (DH). Considered an area of experimental research up until the late 1990s, many of its methods nowadays impact on traditional humanities disciplines in a number of tangible ways. Most prominent among these are
- the digitization and distribution of scientific object material through electronic media;
- the development of specified digital research tools for humanists;
- the introduction of empirically based computational methods into the hermeneutic disciplines.
Despite the increasing relevance of visualization techniques, one of the dominant practices in the humanities' day-to-day business remains that of the analysis, exploration and interpretation of primary and/or secondary textual data. Here DH has enabled us to "go digital" by way of important developments that range from abstract data models to digitization standards, from document type definitions to abstract workflow models – and, last not least: through the development of software applications and systems that respond to our need for digital tools tailored to the specific requirements of one of the humanity's longest-standing research problems: "What does this text mean?"
Project outline: the Digital Commons Initiative
DH software tools cannot answer this question for us – but they can certainly help us to find answers to it. The first goal of the Digital Commons Initiative (DCI) is to identify such applications and methods, and more particularly to specify and define the key criteria for tools that we categorize as "common". Common tools and methods
- support literary as well as linguistic text analysis
- can in principle handle texts in any natural language.
The second goal of the DCI is to investigate how such "commonality" can be implemented in concrete systems development projects. In a first step we will combine two existing text analytical applications with different functionalities into a new "common" tool. This tool will then be integrated into an existing web platform and tested for its usability and robustness. By producing this prototype, the DCI project aims to formulate best practice suggestions for future development of "common" DH tools.
The DCI brings together
- German and Canadian Digital Humanities (DH) specialists with a disciplinary affiliation to Linguistics, Literary Studies and/or Media Studies, and with individual research interests in German, English or French language, literature and cultural studies projects, and
- DH systems designers and developers with practical experience in the building of textual analysis tools.
[1] Voyeur is a web-based text-analysis environment that has been designed to be integrated into remote sites. For details see www.voyeurtools.org
[2] TAPOR (Textual Analysis Portal) presented a first attempt to make a suite of online-analysis tools available via a web portal. This approach has meanwhile been superseded by the 'plug-in' model used in Voyeur.
[3] CATMA (Computer Assisted Textual Markup and Analysis) is a stand-alone tool developed at Hamburg University which integrates TEI/XML based markup and analysis functionality. In contrast to Voyeur, CATMA's emphasis lies on user controlled iterative post-processing (markup and the combination of 'raw data' and markup data based analyses). For information on CATMA see www.catma.de
[4] For information on AGORA see www.agora.uni-hamburg.de . The platform, which has a current active user base of approx. 15.000 individuals supports all humanities disciplines at Hamburg University.
Visualization of text data in the Humanities
a Digital Commons Initiative Workshop funded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation
The workshop will be documented on this blog.
The participants can twitter on it under the hashtag #Textviz.
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Starting off the workshop in the beautiful "Senatssitzungssaal" at the University of Hamburg.
After a quick round of introduction Jan Christoph Meister presents his view on visualization in the Humanities abording the big questions for this workshop:
- What are the goals for a visualization?
- How can it help understanding and evaluating the data?
- How can it be used later on by a user?
Chris Culy gives a talk about how to choose a visualization for a certain task.The talk will be recorded and later on published online. The slides can be found here.
Starting out from an example analysis of the Browning Letters, Chris Culy explaines how to get from the analysis of a corpus to a suiting visualization of the data.
Presentation of use cases.
Evelyn Gius, Frederike Lagoni, Lena Schüch, Mareike Höckendorff and present their PhD theses and explain what they would ask of a visualization.
Evelyn Gius presents her PhD thesis on the narration of work conflicts.
Frederike Lagoni presents her PhD thesis by the title "narrative instrospection in fictional and factual narration – a sign of discrepancy"?.
Lena Schüch presents her PhD thesis on the narrativity of english and german song lyrics.
Mareike Höckendorff presents her PhD thesis on the literature of Hamburg.
After a typical german lunch in the campus canteen the group meets again.
Based on the tasks of a visualization that Chris Culy presented in his talk a general discussion is started.
The results where collected in the table below (click to enlarge).
After laying the groundwork for the discussions of the coming days the meeting is dissolved for the day.
Second day of the workshop.
Chris Culy gives a presentation of some techniques and tools relevant for the use cases.
The slides can be found here.
Several examples of visualizations and their specific advantages and disadvantages are discussed.
The discussion turns to the question of the user:
- How can you get people to use visualizations?
- How can you help an unexperienced user to choose the right visualization for his / her data?
Eyal Shejter presents his topic modeling tool.
A discussion starts about the use of topic modeling:
- In which types of text can it be useful?
- For which kinds of research can it be useful?
- How do you need to adjust the parameters of the algorithm depending on the text type and the research?
Stéfan Sinclair presents a few projects like the "mandala browser".
Two groups are formed: one is working on a general list of visualizations for certain tasks …
whereas the other one is working on the specific project of Evelyn Gius' PhD thesis, trying to design a machting tool to visualize her data.
Both groups present their results to the whole group.
The group comes together for the final day of the workshop. This time on the 12th floor of the "Philosophenturm" with a splendid view over the city.
Based on the questions the second group, working on Evelyn's PhD thesis, encountered a general discussion is raised about how visualizations should adapt to the specific user group of researchers in the Humanities.
The group tries to collect a few conventions for visualizations of textual data.
After the lunchbreak the future of the project is discussed.
A list of desired implementations for Catma is discussed:
- MicroSearch
- Small Multiples
- Force-Directed Network
- Tree View
- Score View
- Some standart visualizations (bar graphs, pie graphs etc.)
- A Voyant connection
- A visualization dashboard
Small groups are formed which will try to create prototypes for the discussed implementations.
Shortly before the workshop comes to an end the results of the groupwork are presented.
The planned architecture for the catma implementations.
Andrew worked on a tree representation of the tagset used in Evelyn's PhD thesis.
Stéfan worked on the microview.
Jonathan and Matt worked on the Voronoi map.
Jan Christoph Meister closes the workshop by thanking all the participants for three very interesting and productive days.


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2 September 2002 - Ubi Soft® Entertainment, one of the world's largest video game publishers, today announces a major distribution agreement with Microsoft to relaunch Age of Empires® Gold Edition, Microsoft® Flight Simulator 98, Midtown Madness® , Microsoft® Combat Flight Simulator 1, Motocross Madness® 2, Microsoft® Pandora's Box, Links® LS Classic, Microsoft® Pinball Arcade, Crimson SkiesTM and StarlancerTM. All of these titles are scheduled for release in fall 2002. The agreement for all titles covers Europe (excluding the United Kingdom), Canada, Latin America, Australia and Asia Pacific (excluding Korea and Japan).
This new agreement allows Ubi Soft to exploit its knowledge and expertise it has already gained on the "budget" market. Microsoft's huge hits will now be available to a wider audience and while broadening its games catalogue, this agreement also enables Ubi Soft to enhance the performance of its activity.
Among the games selected for republishing are titles from Microsoft's best-selling franchises and games that have achieved sales success and critical acclaim. The award-winning Age of Empires franchise has sold more than 10.5 million units worldwide. Microsoft Flight Simulator and Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator are also award-winning, best-selling franchises that demonstrate category leadership year after year.
"We are delighted to distribute these legendary PC games and to team up with Microsoft," declares Alain Corre, managing director for Europe, Asia Pacific and South America, Ubi Soft Entertainment. "All of these great titles will serve to complete our already wide range of PC games and I'm sure a great number of fans will enjoy finding these games back on the shelves!"
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