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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp, in a display of technological one-upmanship with its South Korean rivals, unveiled a prototype of the world's joint largest OLED screen on Tuesday.
The half-inch thick, 56-inch television based on organic light-emitting diode technology is a mere inch bigger than ones unveiled by Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics a year ago in Las Vegas.
Sony Corp, which is cooperating with Panasonic in OLED technology - which allows for thinner screens that consume less power in theory - on Monday unwrapped its own 56-inch ultra high-definition model.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two Greeks were charged Friday with the fatal stabbing of a Pakistani immigrant, which rights groups and mainstream political parties have denounced as a racist attack amid a surge in anti-immigration sentiment that has gripped recession-ravaged Greece.
The suspects, both in their 20s, were charged with murder and weapons offenses. The men appeared before prosecutors who ordered their detention until they face a magistrate Sunday.
They were arrested early Thursday, shortly after the 27-year-old victim was attacked by two men on a motorcycle while cycling to work in Athens. Police said the suspects claim they had no intent to kill the man, and that the stabbing followed an argument over who had the right of way.
But several knives were found in the suspects' homes, while one contained dozens of pamphlets for the ultra-right Golden Dawn party, authorities said. Golden Dawn entered parliament last year, rising from the margins of politics to gain nearly 7 percent of the vote, and is now polling as the country's No. 3 party. It denies accusations from its political opponents that it incites racist attacks and maintains a neo-Nazi agenda.
The killing follows a spate of violent attacks on immigrants in Greece, which is the main gateway for illegal migrants to the European Union with up to a 10th of its population born abroad. The country is struggling with a three-year financial crisis, which has demolished living standards and eroded employment to the tune of 1,000 jobs a day.
All mainstream parties have condemned the murder, and the Socialists — a junior partner in the three-party ruling coalition — on Friday called for the isolation of people instigating such attacks.
"Justice will deal with the young suspects," a party statement said. "As for those who have poisoned society with their racist, neo-Nazi rhetoric, (they will be dealt with) by all democratic citizens."
Human rights groups have recorded more than 70 racist attacks in Athens between January and September 2012. Most were carried out after dark in public areas and involved more than one aggressor.
Amnesty International said Thursday the killing "is a result of the Greek authorities' failure to take decisive action against racially-motivated violence."
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama congratulated New Jersey's Republican governor, Chris Christie, on Wednesday on his landslide re-election victory.
White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on an Air Force One flight carrying Obama to Dallas that Obama and Christie had spoken by phone a day after Christie's victory.
Christie, a moderate and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, defeated Democrat Barbara Buono, who did not get much help from Obama in her uphill battle to defeat the Republican.
Obama and Christie bonded in the aftermath of the superstorm Sandy that swept across New Jersey a year ago when the Democratic president gave a well-received show of concern that may have helped him win re-election over Republican Mitt Romney. Obama and Christie visited the Jersey Shore together in May to promote the area's recovery from the storm.
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Dr. Anindya Ghosh
Dr. Anindya Ghosh has developed a national and international reputation for his research efforts in inorganic chemistry with particular emphasis on "green chemistry."
Dr. Ghosh has published a total of 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals (45 in total). Five additional articles are currently under review in various journals. In addition to these articles, he has published eight conference proceedings and/or featured articles. He has also been issued six patents and submitted an additional six patent applications which are still under review. He has been very active in submitting research proposals to various extramural agencies such as the NSF, NIH, DoE, DOD, PRF, and private industries. In 2012, the College of Science was awarded $400,000 from the NSF for the acquisition of 400 MHz NMR spectrometer, with Dr. Ghosh taking the role of principal investigator. In total, he has secured more than $1 million in funding from different agencies for his research. In addition, as a part of the VICTER (Vertically-Integrated Center for Transformative Energy Research) team at UALR, he was able to secure $1.82 million in additional funding through the NSF-EPSCoR program. Dr. Ghosh's work has led to a number of successes, which have application in the medical field, for UALR's Center for Integrative Nanotechnology.
Dr. Ghosh's real strength and advances have been made in the area of catalysis and green chemistry. Green chemistry is a general concept where the goal is to lower energy requirements, reduce chemical use of toxic materials, and in general accomplish synthetic goals with low cost and safe materials to produce a high quality product. Dr. Ghosh has been a leader in this area and has made significant advances using novel nickel, iron, and tin organometallic catalysts, and making use of reactions that can capture and make use of carbon dioxide.
Dr. Ghosh's degrees include a Ph.D. in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University, a M.S. in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, and B.Sc. in chemistry, with honors, from the University of Calcutta.
A seven-member panel of judges selected the three top winners from among the college-level winners in the areas of Research or Creative Endevours, Teaching, and Public Service.
To view other Faculty Excellence winners, you may visit the Faculty Excellence website.
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Students from across nation perform cyber security research at UALR
This summer, 10 scholars representing competitive colleges from across the nation are in Little Rock performing research that may prove vital to decreasing the tide of cyber attacks and increasing knowledge in the emerging field of cyber security.
The students were recruited through a National Science Foundation grant-funded project, "REU Site: CyberSAFE@UALR: Cyber Security and Forensics Research at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock." [Read more »]
UALR Team Participates in Continent-Wide Seismic Probe
A team of UALR geophysics students led by Dr. Hanan Mahdi, research assistant professor at UALR's Graduate Institute of Technology, will be part of a national seismic research project funded by the National Science Foundation to investigate deep seismic activity throughout the North American continent. [Read more »]
UALR Professor Co-Writes New Obesity Study
UALR Professor Robert F. Corwyn of UALR's Department of Psychology is a co-author of a new study published online in the journal "Obesity" providing further evidence that strict maternal control over eating habits - such as determining how much a child should eat and coaxing them to eat certain foods - during early childhood may not lead to significant future weight gain in boys or girls. [Read more »]
Nano Research Creates New Products to Market
Two new Arkansas start-up companies have announced exclusive license agreements with UALR to bring to market patent-pending technology developed by the University's Nanotechnology Center to provide anti-counterfeiting solutions for manufacturers. [Read more »]
Space Tomato Project Offers Potential for Drought, Disease Resistance
Arkansas - home of thousands of backyard gardens, farmer's markets, and a summer festival that pays annual homage to the tomato - also is home to a team of scientists based at UALR that is developing a tomato plant hearty enough to grow in space and surviving down-to-earth droughts and disease. [Read more »]
Undergraduate Research Lauded
The fourth annual UALR Undergraduate Research Expo on Monday, April 20, recognized and celebrated undergraduate research achievements in five areas: Arts; Engineering and Technology; Social Sciences; Life and Physical Sciences; and Humanities. Fifty projects involving 65 students were featured. [Read more »]
Other Research News
Faculty Profiles and Publications
Dr. David Belcher, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, invited the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Faculty to submit their research profile and publication.
Kathleen Thomsen Hall Charitable Trust Grant
A new grant opportunity is now available to UALR full-time faculty members and professional staff. This grant is made available through the Kathleen Thomsen Hall Charitable Trust administered by the Trust Division of Metropolitan National Bank. This trust was established to support contributions to the arts, sciences and education. Applicants in any academic field are eligible for this grant, but the trust stipulates that the sciences be given special consideration. [Read more »]


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Falling Gem Cuff
I've had these little jewels in my collection for a while. I purchased them at MJ Trimmings when I was in New York and I've been meaning to use them. So I created this "Falling Gem Cuff" yesterday.
I purchased the cuff at Hobby Lobby with my coupon, making it $3.
I laid out the gems in a fun formation. I wanted them to go beyond the cuff to create more visual interest. The cuff is not really leather, so it was quite easy to stitch through.
I stitched them all on.
It probably took less than 20 minutes and you don't need a sewing machine.
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- Remember my faux-armoire? Well look what this girl did to her pantry HERE using mine as her inspiration. It's really clever and cool.
- Talk about a rockin' dresser makeover. I would love to put THIS in one of my boys' rooms.
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Special Note: Today's Dawes FAN will be a solo acoustic performance from Taylor Goldsmith for more information go here
The Free At Noon Concert with Dawes is at the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, PA!
Dawes was an XPN Artist To Watch in April, 2010.
They live for the stage, pouring every ounce of their work into soul-bearing live performances; and show no signs of slowing down. The L.A. quartet's blend of classic '70s folk-rock and contemporary flair made their debut "North Hills" an instant hit, quickly pushing them onto everyone's radar. The combination of Taylor Goldsmith's lyrical and powerful voice and the backing folk-pop harmonies managed to capture the nuances of sorrow and optimism all throughout an overarching thread of mature condidence. Along with instrumental backing from Griffin Goldsmith (Tayler's younger brother), Wylie Gelber and Tay Strathairn (who replaced original member Alex Casnoff), this was a fine-tuned recipe for early success.
Two years since their debut, they are now preparing for the release of their sophomore effort, "Nothing Is Wrong," which is bound to evoke the same sense of nostalgia and anticipation that made their debut a standout. Going for more of a Springsteen/Petty American rock and roll sound, Dawes ultimately recorded the album at Echo Park studio between touring. According to the band, "the difference between this record and [2009's North Hills] is that this one has a much more live quality, because they were learned and arranged on stage."
MySpace: www.myspace.com/dawestheband/
Recent Release: Nothing Is Wrong
Release Date: June 7, 2011
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Forever enshrined in myth by an assassin's bullet, Kennedy's presidency long defied objective appraisal. Recent assessments have revealed an administration long on promise and vigor, and somewhat lacking in tangible accomplishment. His proposals for a tax cut and civil rights legislation, however, promised significant gains in the months before his assassination. While maturation, as evidenced in the handling of the Cuban missile crisis, was apparent, the potential legacy of the New Frontier will forever be left to speculation.
American Experience
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- Preparation
- Installation
- Cross-compiling the new Kernel
- Copying the new Kernel
- Extracting Sets
- Rebooting
- Booting into Sysinst
- Making Device Nodes
- Editing fstab
- Editing rc.conf
- Copying the new Kernel
- Rebooting to Windows CE
- Booting into NetBSD
Note: try the regular old 2.0.2 sysinst first, before following this howto. If you experience any strange errors or panics during the install process while partitioning the CF card, fetching the sets, or untarring the sets, try this howto. Another note: I've heard some people who used to have these errors have not received them when installing NetBSD 2.1. I'm gonna wait until 3.0 to do a fresh install, so we'll see how that goes in a few weeks.
You're going to need to boot the 1.6.2 sysinst in order to partition the Compact Flash card and untar the sets, so fetch the 1.6.2 pbsdboot.exe and gunzipped sysinst kernel (netbsd.gz) from ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.2/hpcmips/installation/. You'll also need the same two files from 2.0.2, so get them from ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-2.0.2/hpcmips/installation/. Place the 1.6.2 and 2.0.2 files in separate directories on the CF card, unless you want to name them pbsdboot-1.6.2.exe, netbsd-1.6.2.gz, etc.
Now that the CF card is all set to boot sysinst, place it in the MobilePro (if it isn't there already) and run the 1.6.2 copy of pbsdboot.exe. This is pretty straightforward, just make sure you select the 1.6.2 kernel to boot and set the hardware type as MobilePro 780. The path to the 1.6.2 sysinst kernel on my CF card is \Storage Card2\1.6.2\netbsd-SYSINST.gz. Keep in mind booting sysinst will effectively wipe out your Windows CE installation and all your settings.
Once sysinst is up and running, go through the install process normally, making sure to select "use only part of the disk", and keeping at least 10MB for the MSDOS partition at the beginning of the CF card. You can partition to rest to NetBSD, and it won't wipe out what you already have on the MSDOS part of the card (the two copies of pbsdboot.exe and netbsd.gz).
Cancelling the Installation
Once sysinst does newfs on the new partitions, and asks you where you want it to fetch the sets, cancel the installation and return to the initial sysinst menu. Configure the network from the utility menu if you're going to use it (usually to fetch the sets) and then run /bin/sh in the menu.
Mounting the new filesystem
Mount the new filesystem (usually /dev/wd0a) on /mnt by issuing the command
# mount /dev/wd0a /mnt
(simple enough, eh?).
Cross-compiling the new Kernel
Cross-compile the kernel and userland on another NetBSD box, after patching the source tree with the patch found at
in case that ever goes down it is mirrorated at:
Everything regarding the patch is covered on the NetBSD mailing lists. You can read the thread if you search the mailing lists for trouble installing NetBSD 2.0 on NEC MobilePro 780. Cross-compiling is a pretty simple procedure if you follow the instructions at
Copying the new Kernel
Place the cross-compiled sets and kernel in the /mnt directory of the CF card (provided you've mounted /dev/wd0a on /mnt).
Extracting Sets
Untar the sets you wish to install with
# tar pxzvf set.tgz
(the p flag maintains file permissions, I found this out the hard way :P). This will probably take a while.
Once that's done, run
# shutdown -p now
and boot Windows CE by pressing the reset buttton on the bottom of the MobilePro (you can reach it with the stylus). A nice hint is to hold down shift while Windows CE boots so you don't have to go through the initial touchscreen calibration and other equally annoying setup routines.
Booting into Sysinst
Run the 2.0.2 copy of pbsdboot.exe and make sure you select the 2.0.2 sysinst kernel to boot (path to mine: \Storage Card2\2.0.2\netbsd-SYSINST.gz).
Making Device Nodes
Once 2.0.2 sysinst is booted, run /bin/sh from the utility menu, and
# mount /dev/wd0a on /mnt
with the same command as before. Go to /mnt/dev and run
# sh ./MAKEDEV all
to make device nodes.
Editing fstab
Edit /mnt/etc/fstab to your liking. Mine looks like this:
/dev/wd0a / ffs rw,noatime,nodevmtime 1 1
/dev/wd0b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/wd0f /wince msdos rw 1 2
kernfs /kern kernfs rw
procfs /proc procfs rw,noauto
lordnikon:/home/brain/mobilepro/pkgsrc /usr/pkgsrc nfs rw,soft,intr,noauto 0 0
lordnikon:/home/brain/mobilepro/swap none swap sw,nfsmntpt=/swap,noauto 0 0
Editing rc.conf
Edit /mnt/etc/rc.conf, and make sure you change
or else your system will boot into single user mode.
Copying the new Kernel
Copy the new kernel (/mnt/netbsd) to the MSDOS partition of the CF card, so you can boot it with pbsdboot.exe.
Rebooting to Windows CE
# umount /mnt
# umount /mnt2
if you have anything mounted there, and shutdown. Use the reset button on the bottom of the MobilePro again to boot into Windows CE.
Booting into NetBSD
Run the 2.0.2 copy of pbsdboot.exe and select the kernel you copied to the MSDOS partition (path to mine: \Storage Card2\2.0.2\netbsd).
You're done!
Other resources:
- http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/hpcmips/install.txt - Building a Filesystem on a Compact Flash Card
- http://netbsd.org/Ports/hpcmips/ - NetBSD/hpcmips
- http://netbsd.org/Documentation/ - NetBSD documentation


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Not all of NASA's rovers are headed to Mars. A new Earth science rover nicknamed GROVER started roaming Greenland's ice sheet this week. The autonomous, solar-operated robot carries a ground-penetrating radar that will be used to examine how snow is accumulating on the Greenland ice pack. Its findings could help scientists understand how the massive ice sheet gains and loses ice.
The GROVER team, led by Goddard Space Flight Center glaciologist Lora Koenig, arrived in Summit Camp, the highest spot in Greenland, on May 6, 2013. After loading and testing the rover's radar and fixing a minor communications glitch, tests began on the ice on May 8, in spite of winds that blew up to 23 miles (37 kilometers) per hour and temperatures that were as low as -22 degrees Fahrenheit (-30 degrees Celsius).
The tank-like GROVER prototype stands six feet (two meters) tall, including its solar panels. It weighs about 800 pounds and traverses the ice on two repurposed snowmobile tracks. The robot is powered entirely by solar energy, so it can operate in pristine polar environments without adding to air pollution. The panels are mounted in an inverted V, allowing them to collect energy from the sun and sunlight reflected off the ice sheet.
You can track GROVER's progress by following @NASA_Ice. Read more about GROVER from Climate Central, CBS News, and Discovery News.


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Sandro not good enough - Sherwood
Tim Sherwood has told Sandro he isn't good enough to merit a place in Tottenham's squad on current form after the midfielder appeared to criticise his manager for leaving him out of the 3-1 win over Fulham.
Prior to Spurs' victory at White Hart Lane, Sandro seemed to take a swipe at Sherwood on Twitter by revealing he had been left out of the squad but wasn't injured.
Good morning Guys, just to let you know that i'm not injured ! Hope that we can win the game today.— Sandro Raniere (@sandroraniere) April 19, 2014
But in his post-match interview, Sherwood told BT Sport: "He's [Sandro] not selected, I don't think he's good enough to be in the side at the moment.
"When he shows me that he is and he's at a level with the other players then he can get back in the squad. But at the moment he's not at the level to be in the squad."
Asked whether Sherwood was frustrated that Sandro apparently decided to air his grievance in public, Sherwood replied: "I don't know, he's got his own reasons for doing it.
"He's got a good following. The fans like him here. I like Sandro, I like him as a player, but at the end of the day he has to work hard to get back in the side."
"I only pick players based on who can win the game, and at the moment, he's not good enough to be in the squad so he's left out."
Following Sherwood's comments, Sandro - who hasn't featured since the 2-2 draw at Benfica that saw Spurs exit the Europa League - then posted on Twitter again:
Lol lol lol ...— Sandro Raniere (@sandroraniere) April 19, 2014


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Learning Networks
Learning has become a lot more social. Whereas previously the focus has been largely on knowledge transfer, more recent pedagogic trends have emerged that recognise that this is not the only way to learn. Human interaction is a vital component in the process of acquiring new skills or knowledge, or for creative processes. Pedagogic theories like socio-constructivism or connectivsm explore and try to explain this and form the basis for a lot of our technology driven teaching and learning approaches.
Especially in the area of professional learning humans almost always act within communities, that is with people or experts with whom we discuss and share our knowledge. These communities of practice (CoP) or communities of interest (fanclubs etc.) are organised in online networks. For the purpose of learning, they are called learning networks. Learning networks show the right flexibility to support ad-hoc learning and other informal methods of knowledge building.
Learning networks, like other networks, are built upon links and connections, but, in learning networks, connections in turn depend largely on two human characteristics: trust and passion. While there is already a good stock of research looking into learning networks, these areas are still mainly unexplored. It is also still unclear what makes such a network successful. Mostly, success is understood in terms of scale, i.e. size of membership or volume of content, but this may actually be not the decisive criteria for a successful learning network. More research into these questions is required.
Being internet-based, learning networks utilise online social platforms, or, sometimes, purpose-built platforms. Twitter, Facebook and other social platforms have entered education and are increasingly used in courses. Because the internet is full of useful tools and technologies, more personal combinations of these are now possible that were not available before. This increasingly open way of providing tools for learning leads away from the traditional provision of tools and platforms to a personal learning enviroment that is centred around the learner, not around the institution.


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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Science Reporting in Parkinson's
Will eating berries lessen your risk of Parkinson's? What about coffee? What's the real story on coconut oil? Is deep brain stimulation a miracle surgery? All of us, whether or not we live Parkinson's, are faced each day with a barrage of headlines about what might help or harm our health. After such headlines appear, PDF often receives an influx of inquiries asking: Does this new drug/therapy/compound help Parkinson's? Is this new drug a cure? When will this new breakthrough be available? The Good News Scientists all over the world are conducting research into Parkinson's. They are publishing their work… Read More


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(Ontario Food Cluster) — The Ontario Food Cluster team attended the PLMA Private Label Trade Show last week. From left: John Frabotta, Brantford ON; Brian Morris, Hamilton ON; Aileen Murray, Middlesex County ON; Jack Adams, London ON; Matthew Slotwinski, Sarnia-Lambton ON.
Sparked by private label dollar share hitting a record high of $59.9 billion in 2011, members of the Ontario Food Cluster attended the PLMA 2012 Private Label Trade Show to highlight the cluster's reputation for reliable, sustainable sources of agricultural raw materials, state-of-the-art automated food processing methods, and world-class food safety.


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When you hear that Facebook is yanking Yahoo from its ranks and inching up on Google's traffic throne, you can't help but pay attention.
And if you work for a business or own one, it's likely that social media marketing is on your radar. More and more marketing dollars are beginning to shift toward social media marketing and this trend only continues to climb.
Here are 5 studies that show how Facebook is undoubtedly a leading online social contender and a key tool that is continually changing the landscape of online engagement and fan loyalty.


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Suppose we have a 5% chance to miss. Firing four times, we have a chance of missing all four shots equal to:0.05^(4) = 6.25 E -6Needless to say, that's an exceptionally small number. And yet these odds can happen repeatedly in games like Diablo and the aforementioned Fallout 3.
1) the problem isn't numbers (whether too few or too many). The problem is *always* hidden numbers.
It seems strange to me to criticize a game for having an element of randomness when it was designed specifically to have randomness.
In the end internet forums are probably the most imperfect place possible to have a conversation like this. It would be better to discuss it with a bottle of cognac and some cigars.


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Law officers honored at annual Plant City banquet
Officers who saved lives, broke up drug rings, nabbed drunken drivers and captured a fugitive were honored Tuesday at an annual banquet.
Nearly 400 people were on hand as four agencies named officers of the year at the East Hillsborough Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner. The event was founded after the 1962 death of a sheriff's sergeant in Plant City.
"No where does a community support its law enforcement more than Plant City does," said Bill Davis, a retired sheriff's major and chairman of the appreciation dinner committee.
The winners included:
Sheriff's Detective Anthony Collins, whose 2012 investigations helped bring down three major drug rings. Many suspects were arrested and seizures included crack cocaine, 40 pounds of methamphetamine and $39,000 in cash, Sheriff David Gee said.
"The people of Hillsborough County are really fortunate to have an officer like him protecting the streets," Gee said.
Collins started at the sheriff's office in 2004. He has served as a patrol deputy and goes undercover to break up major drug trafficking organizations, Gee said.
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Investigator Thomas Graef, who in the last year helped with security at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, investigated fatal boating accidents and helped nab a bank robbery suspect who was hiding in rural Manatee County.
"You can always count on Tom to do much more than his fair share," said Commission Capt. Leo Isambert, who called Graef an "awesome," dedicated law enforcement officer.
Graef joined the conservation commission in 2008 as a patrol officer. He was promoted to investigator last year.
Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Anthony W. Palese, who made more than 200 driving while intoxicated arrests in 2012. He is so dedicated that he uses off-duty hours and vacation leave to help other troopers and law enforcement agencies with their DUI investigations, highway patrol Maj. Michael Thomas said.
"He makes me look good all the time, especially in the area of DUI enforcement," Thomas said.
Palese, who is very humble about his accomplishments, also made 27 drug arrests last year, Thomas said. He has been a trooper since 2000 and currently works the midnight shift.
Plant City Police Department Senior Patrol Officer Paul Tester, who was credited with saving the life of a woman critically injured in a car crash.
"His heroic actions saved her life," Police Chief Steve Singletary said.
The woman was bleeding from a major artery after a July crash near Plant City Stadium, and he knew he couldn't wait for an ambulance to arrive, Singletary said. Tester used his bare hands to close the wound until paramedics arrived to take over.
Tester joined the department as a patrol officer in 1998. His assignments have included patrol officer and member of the street crimes unit. He currently he is field training officer and a member of the emergency response team.
Each of the award recipients received a plaque, $500 in cash and $300 in gift cards from the event's sponsors.
The East Hillsborough Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner traces its roots to July 21, 1962, when sheriff's Sgt. Ben Wilder was killed and sheriff's Deputy Perry Young severely injured by a domestic violence suspect later slain by officers. The organizers, chiefly Plant City business owners, sought to honor all officers each year for risking their lives to protect the community.
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What's Up Wednesday is a weekly blog hop created by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk to help writers stay in touch.
I finished Boy on the Bridge by Natalie Standiford last week. My review went up on Friday. I felt that it fell short of its potential. But now I'm reading Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. I have to admit that I was a little sad when I read the summary and found out it focuses on Scarlet rather than Cinder but I'm quickly falling in love.
What I'm Writing:
Nothing at the moment. I haven't started querying either. I'm swamped with work. It's not likely to get any better until next week so I think I'm going to forego the writing goal.
What Works for Me:
Musical motivation. I've listened to Fall Out Boy's new album an almost embarrassing number of times since it was released, but I regret nothing. Sometimes music gets me pumped up (like Fall Out Boy) and sometimes it helps me to settle down and focus (like my all instrumental playlist on Pandora).
What Else I've Been Up to:
Trying to get settled into a routine. The first few weeks of a semester are always the toughest scheduling wise because there's classes and work and lab time and somewhere in there sleep has to happen. Mine is starting to fall into place but I haven't quite gotten there yet. My Starbucks intake is also a little out of hand at the moment.
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Reality of lengthy prison terms robs crimes of romance
In September of 2009 when Robert Maday somehow escaped from two armed guards and surprisingly eluded police during a manhunt that spanned two days and several suburbs, the career criminal from Elk Grove Village captured imaginations and even some pop-culture admiration. Fan pages popped up on Facebook praising the oft-convicted thug for his daring.
That same phenomenon happened a week before Christmas when bank robbers Joseph "Jose" Banks and Kenneth Conley engineered an improbable escape from their 17th-floor cell in a federal prison in Chicago by rappelling down an improvised rope made of bed linens and catching a taxi as they embarked on a similar attention-grabbing odyssey.
"We are a society that is fascinated by crime and by people who commit crimes," explains an email from Kirk Miller, chair of the sociology department at Northern Illinois University and an associate professor who teaches and has written extensively about crime and criminal justice. "The origin of our cultural fascination with people who commit crime has developed over many decades. The media (both news and drama) have certainly helped to cultivate the folk hero aspects of criminals whose stories have somehow captured our popular imagination."
That romance of "clever" crooks on the run as "folk heroes" collided with reality Wednesday for Maday as he sat in a federal courtroom and heard yet another jury return with more guilty verdicts. Already facing 43 years in prison for crimes in which he admitted guilt, these new convictions could very well mean that the 42-year-old lifetime criminal will spend the rest of his lifetime behind bars.
In a letter to his girlfriend written from jail after his capture and introduced as evidence, Maday expressed some regret to the people he hurt. He also wrote about how "I really was close" to making good on his freedom fantasy. In a dose of candor, Maday finally acknowledged that he'll be lucky to spend any time with his girlfriend decades from now "at the end of a squandered wasted life."
The social media that buzzed with the exploits of Banks and Conley immediately after their Dec. 18 escape from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago didn't keep up with their story. Banks, 37, was caught two days later in the Lincoln Park neighborhood where he used to live and already faces up to 80 years in prison for his bank-robbery convictions. Conley, 38, lived on the lam for 18 days before he was apprehended during a tussle with officers in his old Palos Hills neighborhood, and already faced up to 20 years in prison for his last robbery.
The reality of the harsh sentences expected for Maday, Conley and Banks strips all the romance and daring from their crimes. Rightfully so. As Maday noted, these are sad cases of lives "squandered." The criminal ordeals have been nightmares and heartaches for the convicts' parents, siblings, other relatives and loved ones. The officers in charge when Maday escaped faced harsh disciplinary actions and ended up losing their jobs. The victims of robberies and carjackings suffer the fear and then the memories.
The dawning of the modern "criminal as celebrity" started in the 1930s, notes Miller, who mentions society's fascination with robbers such as Bonnie and Clyde and Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd.
Bonnie Parker was killed at age 23 in a police shootout that also killed Clyde Barrow at age 25. Floyd, elevated to Public Enemy No. 1 status after the shooting death of robber John Dillinger, made it to age 30 before police gunned him down.
Compared to those "celebrity" criminals, Maday, Donley and Banks are fortunate to just be spending their lives in prison.
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- To remove stains: use white vinegar
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Meet the Enrollment Assisters
Navigators. In-Person Assisters. Certified Application Counselors (CACs). Brokers and Agents. These are the people who will help consumers understand their coverage options and enroll in Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurance. The Affordable Care Act's success is based on the premise of participation by everyone.
Thus, enrollment workers will need to focus on both Marketplace private health insurance coverage (including the provision of information about tax credits and subsidies) and Medicaid expansion. See below to learn more about this army of many names, whose unshared job titles are partially a function of legislative detail.Choosing coverage is not to be taken lightly. Ryan White clients will need wise counsel to help decide on plans that are not only affordable but also work best for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Among the agencies receiving specific funding to conduct enrollment assistance are various HIV/AIDS-related agencies, such as AIDS Alabama, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Utah AIDS Foundation, Whitman Walker Health in DC, and--in California--Bienestar and the LA Gay and Lesbian Center. It's hard to keep track of how many others as enrollment assistance funding channels are varied. Agencies will be enrolling broad populations, not just persons living with HIV/AIDS. Based upon the experience of Massachusetts with state health care reform, helping consumers enroll and then retain coverage is challenging work.
Most Ryan White agencies will be busy helping clients transition to new coverage options, although probably not with special enrollment funding. There is ample flexibility around the use of HRSA Ryan White grant funds to provide outreach, enrollment, and benefits counseling. Their work is crucial as choosing coverage is not to be taken lightly. Ryan White clients will need wise counsel to help decide on plans that are not only affordable but also work best for people living with HIV/AIDS (see the Enrollment Mantra). A July 2013 Kaiser Family Foundation national roundtable discussion emphasizes this point.
Navigating by Ryan White
Both AIDS Alabama and AIDS Foundation of Chicago are conducting enrollment assistance in their respective states through collaborative teams of agencies. AIDS Alabama, a Part B sub-awardee, received navigator funding in mid-August to provide enrollment assistance across the state. (Navigators are for those states not running their own Marketplaces.) AIDS Alabama has an enrollment target of 500 individuals per month, primarily those between 100% of the federal poverty level ($11,490 for a single person in 2013) up to 400%.
These are the individuals eligible for tax credits/subsidies in states not expanding Medicaid eligibility. Transitions to Medicaid will be very limited as Alabama is not expanding Medicaid and is retaining its current eligibility standards. AIDS Foundation of Chicago, on the other hand, is targeting a very low income population in a state, Illinois, that is expanding Medicaid eligibility and will thus do more Medicaid enrollment assistance.
A significant proportion of Ryan White clients in Alabama are set to transition to individual health insurance coverage. AIDS Alabama's social workers are using an insurance marketplace pre-screening tool developed in North Carolina to project how many clients will be transitioning so they can be ready for the October 1 launch of open enrollment season. AIDS Foundation of Chicago is using the same pre-screening tool, modified for a Medicaid expansion state.
Lauren Banks, AIDS Alabama's Director of Policy and Advocacy, says that navigators are awaiting release of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) by the state and will become "experts on these plans." Adds Banks, "As navigators, we really have to be objective but we can absolutely [work with clients] to say this plan will probably work best for your needs. Once we are trained by CMS, we will learn how to approach" plan selection. AIDS Alabama will be convening numerous community events, home visits and "as many presentations as possible," with a goal to build trust within the community as a step toward getting people to sit down with a navigator and enroll.
Ryan White and Coverage Completion
Enrollment assistance provided to Ryan White clients will be much the same as that offered to everyone in terms of reviewing plan options to match individual health needs, meet usage preferences (e.g., participating providers), and manage costs. However, additional considerations unique to Ryan White clients include whether to pick plans that let them stick with their Ryan White clinicians and choosing plans that bring Ryan White premium and cost-sharing assistance.
Both grantees and clients also need to determine how Ryan White can help with premiums and out-of-pocket costs that are associated with Marketplace coverage options. Grantees will need to figure this out in relation to their Ryan White budgets. Clients will need guidance from enrollment assisters who know what Ryan White will provide. In other words, Ryan White clients will probably benefit most by getting enrollment counseling from their Ryan White providers.
Fortunately, most Ryan White grantees have staff--social workers, case managers, benefits counselors--who have experience helping clients with eligibility and enrollment. Depending on the agency and the state, many of these staff are familiar with Medicaid and private insurance plans, given that most Ryan White clients have public or private insurance, even before Affordable Care Act implementation. Regardless, new training will be necessary, according to Banks. "This is going to be a new system… It's a whole new ball game."


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GREENVILLE, Tenn. – In game that was rescheduled three times, the King University baseball team quickly jumped ahead at Tusculum College on Thursday evening. However, the Pioneers scored in all but one inning to top the Tornado 9-5 in the non-conference affair.
Tyler Gaby sparked the King offense, reaching on an error to start the game. He later scored on a Josh Huffman double to center field. Steven Todoschuk and Carl Roberts both followed with run scoring singles to give the Tornado a 4-0 lead after the top of the first inning.
Tusculum scored one run in the bottom of the first, and King matched it in the second inning. Jose Sola led off the second inning with a double and reached third on a ground out. Garrett Cook drove him in with a sacrifice fly to right field, and King (18-12) took a 5-1 lead.
However, Pioneer pitcher T.J. Miller settled in and shutdown the King offense while Tusculum (20-11) continued to chip away at the deficit. They scored twice in the second inning on a single by Vinny Ferrara and sacrifice fly from Jalen Schuffler. Matt Henriksen cut the Pioneer deficit to one with a solo home run in the third inning before Tusculum evened the score in the fourth inning with another sacrifice fly.
Tusculum took the lead for the first time in the sixth inning when Taylor Foster drove in Henriksen with a sacrifice fly. Ferrara followed with a run scoring single to stretch their advantage to 7-5. The Pioneers added runs in the seventh and eighth innings to take the game 9-5. Miller tossed five and one-thirds innings in relief to earn his second win of the year.
King had opportunities in the sixth and seventh innings, but stranded two runners in each frame. Gaby Huffman, Todoschuck, and Roberts led the offense with two hits apiece while Wes Houser earned the start on the mound and lasted five and two-thirds innings. House scattered 10 hits, giving up seven runs, only five earned. Mark Hode tossed two and one-thirds innings in relief, and gave up the final two runs on four hits.
King will be in action at home this weekend when they return to Conference Carolinas play, facing Erskine College. First pitch on Friday is slated for 2:30 p.m. while the teams will play a doubleheader starting at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.


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Emerging Renewables Program
The primary goal of the Energy Commission's Emerging Renewables Program is to develop a self-sustaining market for "emerging" renewable energy technologies in distributed generation applications.
The Emerging Renewables Program (formerly called the "Emerging Renewables 'Buydown' Program") was created to stimulate market demand for renewable energy systems that meet certain eligibility requirements by offering rebates to reduce (buy-down) the initial cost of the system to the customer.
In accordance with the changes to law under Senate Bill 1018, the Energy Commission is taking immediate steps to close out the Emerging Renewables Program. To this end, the Energy Commission will no longer accept new rebate reservation applications for systems using small wind turbines or renewable fuel cells. Applications for rebate reservations that were received and approved by the Energy Commission on or before June 27, 2012, were processed and issued rebate reservations. Applications for rebate reservations that were received by the Energy Commission on or after June 28, 2012, will not be processed.
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- Emerging Renewables Program Systems Verification Report 2004-2005, publication # CEC-300-2005-019. Posted: February 27, 2006 (PDF file, 102 pgs, 669 kb)
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Rain, storms on tap this week in Piedmont
Rain, storms on tap this week in Piedmont
It has been a wet start to the week, and more storms and rain are expected Tuesday.
Of Tuesday, WXII meteorologist Austin Caviness says, "Early fog then sunny, hot and humid with afternoon scattered storm chances. 30% Low: 64 High: 85."
Of Wednesday, he says, "Mostly sunny and warm, isolated PM storms. Low: 66 High: 85."
More scattered showers and storms are possible Thursday.
Make sure to stay with WXII for forecast updates. If you're on our main website, watch Austin's forecast above. Mobile users, tap here.


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Mexico's leading airline operator, Grupo Aeromexico, said on Thursday it has finalized an order for six 787-9 Boeing Dreamliners, part of an order valued at around $11 billion announced in July.
The first delivery is expected next summer. Aeromexico said the purchase of four additional Dreamliners has not yet been confirmed.
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Earlier this year the company placed an order for up to 100 new planes: 90 737 MAX 8 planes and 10 787-9 Dreamliners. In November, it finalized an order for 60 737's, with an option for the remaining 30 pending.
Aeromexico, which went public last year, is betting that Mexico's economy will remain robust in the coming years and analysts have said the order should help them serve new routes.
Aeromexico's operations got a big boost following the 2010 demise of debt-laden rival Mexicana.
(Reporting by Cyntia Barrera Diaz; editing by John Wallace)


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Colony Scout: Issues https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/ https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/redmine/favicon.ico 2011-11-13T04:46:19Z Robotics Club Redmine Task #1920 (Assigned): Get Old Boards and Funding Info https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1920 2011-11-13T04:46:19Z Priyanka Deo
Talk to Brian Kirby and ask him for the 10 or so new & populated colony III boards he has, so we can swap them with the old ones.

And how/where he got funding to make the colony III fleet.
 Task #1919 (Assigned): Power Up Rest of Scoutfly https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1919 2011-11-13T04:44:41Z Priyanka Deo
Power Up/ Test Rest of scoutfly, while waiting for power boards to come back.
From KWoo's email:

You can probably power everything up. You will have to jury rig a reset line to the AVR but otherwise you should be able to test out the boards. You need to bypass the power path chip and always assert the enable line on the regulator. Other than that you will get out 5V and 3.3V. That should allow you to power everything else on the board, assuming that it works (I [KWoo] didn't test that part).
 Task #1907 (Assigned): Check speaker magnet interference with IMU/Compass https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1907 2011-11-07T21:48:08Z Dan Shope firstname.lastname@example.com
Will placing a small speaker near the compass (less than 1" away) cause interference due to the magnetic fields?

If so, how can we mitigate this? - Calculations, numerical values of separation, etc.
 Task #1895 (New): Control Headlights https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1895 2011-10-29T21:52:26Z Priyanka Deo
Write functions to control the headlights (turn on, off, set color) from the ARM.
 Task #1894 (Assigned): USB Serial on ARM https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1894 2011-10-29T21:51:34Z Priyanka Deo
Write functions to read and write from USB Serial Port.
 Task #1879 (Assigned): Buttons on ARM https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1879 2011-10-26T20:46:26Z Priyanka Deo
Read button values. Publish to topic.
 Task #1877 (Assigned): Wireless on ARM https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1877 2011-10-26T20:43:39Z Priyanka Deo
Control wireless broadcasts using ARM
 Task #1876 (Assigned): Create Transmitting Protocal https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1876 2011-10-26T20:43:04Z Priyanka Deo
Borrow existing stuff from Colony

See for reference:
http://www.roboticsclub.org/redmine/projects/colonyscout/wiki/WirelessIdeas

Keep electrical capabilities in mind. Work with them!
 Task #1875 (Assigned): CliffSensor on ARM https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1875 2011-10-26T19:12:33Z Priyanka Deo
Read cliffsensor values on ARM. Publish to topic.
 Task #1874 (Assigned): Test AVR on ARM https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1874 2011-10-26T19:08:43Z Priyanka Deo
Using ROSSERIAL see if AVR can publish to ROS topics on ARM
 Task #1873 (Assigned): ROSSERIAL on ARM https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1873 2011-10-26T19:07:33Z Priyanka Deo
Find out how ROSSERIAL works. Implement it on ARM.
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Receive IMU data. Use functions and filtering available from ROS library to process received data.
 Task #1871 (Assigned): Make wiring kits for Scout https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1871 2011-10-23T08:06:38Z Priyanka Deo
Make connectors and wiring stuff for Scout. See attached pdf when ready.
 Task #1870 (Assigned): Create Scout Chassis https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1870 2011-10-23T08:04:49Z Priyanka Deo
3D Print parts for Scout and finish them. Make them out of plastic if we can.
 Task #1869 (Assigned): Print and Test Scoutfly https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/issues/1869 2011-10-23T08:03:13Z Priyanka Deo
Once Scoutfly is finished being designed, print the boards and test them to make sure they work.


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It's been a while since we've seen the Jolie-Pitt brood. So imagine our glee when they all showed up for the premiere of Angelina Jolie's new film, Maleficent, Wednesday evening.
Held at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, the kid-friendly event was perfect for family date night.
To complement their parents's dark attire, Maddox, 12½, Pax, 10, Shiloh, 8, and Knox, 5½, wore suit jackets and vests paired with trousers in hues of gray, khaki and navy. On the other hand, Zahara, 9, went for a more fun look — sporty gold and black tank, black velvet leggings, gold sneakers and face paint!.
The only person missing? Brad and Angelina's little girl Vivienne, 5½, who actually plays a young Aurora in the movie.
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We can imagine it takes a lot to wrangle six kids, so we'll take any Jolie-Pitt family sighting we can get it, especially if it means seeing how much Jolie's first child, Maddox, has grown up.
According to the actress, the almost 13-year-old already has a girlfriend. "She's great," she told ET News. "I won't embarrass him. She's lovely. She lives in England. She's very cool."
So how is the tween managing his long distance relationship?
"We go there as often as possible. It's really, really sweet. She's a great lady, so I'm lucky. So far, we're doing good."
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Got Lygus? You may indeed, without knowing it. Sampling alfalfa, cotton or even roadside vegetation with a sweep net will tell the tale quickly.
Research under way at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Lubbock is geared toward finding out more about lygus bugs and their potential impact on cotton.
"Lygus are an unknown quantity here," said Megha Parajulee, a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist. "They can damage cotton by feeding on young squares. In 2002, we began a study to determine which species of Lygus are common here and which host plants they prefer during their life cycle."
The study has revealed two species of lygus bugs in a 25-county survey area around Lubbock: pale legume bugs and Western tarnished plant bugs. The latter is more numerous and can pose a threat to cotton if its preferred food plants are not abundant.
"In our species survey we determined that Lygus prefer to live in and feed on flixweed and mustard from mid-March through mid-April," Parajulee said. "Then they move into alfalfa, pigweed and Russian thistle. They overwinter here in alfalfa and pigweed.
"They are opportunistic feeders. We believe they prefer these hosts plants over cotton, but there is a June through September window when they will move into cotton and feed on squares, blooms and bolls if they are forced to. That window closes after cotton plants attain about 350 heat units. The bolls then harden and become impenetrable to lygus bugs."
Lygus feeding can cause cotton plants to abort squares and small bolls, or stain and reduce the amount of lint. This damage means fewer dollars for farmers at harvest and in the market place.
Static populations
"Lygus populations on the South Plains have been pretty static for several years," said James Leser, a Texas Cooperative Extension cotton entomologist who works with Parajulee in this research. "Lygus and fleahopper damage was especially high in 1999, but has generally been much lower and spotty during the last six years. In 1999, combined damage from Lygus and fleahoppers averaged about 12 percent, and control costs added up to more than $7 million."
Lygus are difficult to control, often requiring two or more expensive applications, Leser said.
"Another species of Lygus is a real threat to cotton in the southeastern United States now that the boll weevil and bollworm have been taken out of the picture through eradication programs and by planting Bollgard cotton," Leser said. "The resulting reduction in sprays for these two pests has allowed Lygus infestations to reach damaging levels. I think they are becoming more noticeable in the Texas High Plains because we, too, are eliminating boll weevils and reducing bollworm infestations.
"But more importantly, our producers read about the eastern Lygus problems and assume they will have similar problems. Thus far this has not been the case."
By studying the host plants that lygus bugs prefer, their feeding behavior and patterns of movement, scientists hope to develop tools farmers can use to protect their cotton.
"We also are evaluating methods for sampling and detecting Lygus in the field. If we can combine accurate sampling with knowledge of how and when they move and feed, we may be able to control them before they move into cotton," Parajulee said. "We are also evaluating host plants in the lab to see which ones Lygus favor for reproduction. And we are evaluating cotton varieties for Lygus resistance and tolerance in the field as well as in the lab."
Knowing which varieties are more tolerant to lygus bug feeding damage and when bolls become safe from the damage may help researchers develop solid thresholds for spray treatments.
"All current treatment thresholds are from Arizona," Leser said. "It will be helpful to have treatment thresholds for Texas and to know which insecticides and doses will work best here. We are also looking for a simple, hand-held tool producers can use to gauge boll hardness in the field so they can tell when Lygus are no longer a threat."
The researchers are also studying how irrigation regimes may affect Lygus populations.
As the researchers gather more information about Lygus, they will step up their education campaign with area farmers. Leser's weekly "Focus on Entomology" electronic newsletter provides information about many important insect pests. Lygus will also be a featured topic in an ongoing series of Crop Production Guides Leser and other scientists are compiling. Extension's integrated pest management agents also provide lygus bug information to producers.
"Focus on Entomology" is available weekly during the cotton growing season on the Internet at http://lubbock.tamu.edu/focus/.
"This is a team effort that combines applied research with a strong Extension component," Parajulee said. "We hope one day to have more solid information about Lygus than questions."
The Plains Cotton Growers, Cotton Incorporated and the Texas Department of Agriculture fund their research.


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We are being taught RSA encryption in our school. The teacher told us to write a lame program in C++. It need not be ultra-strong 1024-bit encryption, just to make us familiar.
So, we need that GCD{ Φ(n), e} = 1
We were suggested to use the Euclidean algorithm by making the ratio of the two nos small and small until it can't be reduced further and at this stage, the least of the two becomes the GCD.
So, anyone has any idea how to convert it into C++ code?


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The author states that research is the first step. Writer should think on the material available for essay writing and also get the material from internet and books. Second step is analyzing the relevance of topic. Brainstorming for framing the ideas and questions and then answering them is the third step that should be considered.
According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that the introduction part of the essay may have been better if the researcher included a thesis statement. If given more time, the researcher would like to change the introduction a bit to include a thesis statement that brings out the main theme and focus of the essay.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
In yet another demonstration of how Israel differs from its enemies, an IDF soldier on Sunday posted to Facebook a photo (left) of he and his fellow army medics working to save the life of a wounded Hamas terrorist who only moments earlier had tried to kill them.
The soldier, Daniel Albo, posted the following caption along with the photo:
"Today, my unit and I saved the life of a terrorist who tried to kill us simply because we are IDF soldiers and Israeli citizens. We saved his life simply because we are human. Proud to serve in the IDF."
Around the same time, Israeli army officials announced the opening of a military field hospital along the northern Gaza border in order to provide medical care to wounded Palestinian civilians.
Hamas continues to deliberately place the local civilian population in harm's way as it attacks Israel, and the casualty figures are rising fast as a result.
In addition to trauma units, the IDF field hospital also has birthing rooms for pregnant Palestinian women who are unable to reach hospitals in nearby Gaza City.
These developments once again call into question widespread claims by Israel's detractors that her agenda is genocide.
Since the start of hostilities over two weeks ago, Israel has carried out over 2,000 aerial strikes, in addition to its large-scale ground offensive. In all those attacks, just over 300 Palestinians have been killed, at least 100 of those being armed gunmen engaged in combat with Israeli soldiers.
And now Israel is going out of its way to treat wounded Palestinians and even save the lives of injured terrorists.
It has been said before, and it must be said again: If, as its foes claim, Israel is seeking the eradication of the Palestinian Arab population, then the Jewish state is by far the worst practitioner of genocide in the entirety of human history.
Given the evidence, perhaps such claims do not reflect reality?
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Is that it's only 30 days long. Sigh. Since this is the last day of April, and therefore the last day of National Poetry Month 2007, it's sadly time to change the ringtone on your cell phone, return to downloading podcasts of This American Life to listen to on the way to work, and figure out what you're going to do every morning without FSG's roster of poets to ease you into the day.
But no, this blog will not go gentle into that good night! OK, yes, www.fsgpoetry.com will stop being a blog in the traditional sense, where groups of words are posted a few times a day. But please, keep us in your RSS feeds, or sign up for email updates (which will be the same thing that appears on the blog, only in convenient letter form), because once you teach a girl to blog, it's hard to convince her to stop entirely. I'll continue to post original content at least once a month, and I can only assume it will continue to be amazing.
And last, but certainly not least, I really appreciate everyone who read the blog all month, and commented, and listened to our audio or downloaded our screensavers. As a thank you, I've saved one of the best recordings for last. Here's C. K. Williams reading Robert Lowell's poem 'For the Union Dead' or as Williams describes it in his introduction: "one of the greatest poems by one of the great poets of the last century." Enjoy!


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Thawing permafrost reveals massive doses of mercury
9 Feb 18 - Rising temperatures are waking a sleeping giant in the North - the permafrost - and scientists have identified a new danger that comes with that: massive stores of mercury.
New look at Antarctic raises fears of higher sea levels
15 Dec 17 - Antarctic ice sheet models double the sea-level rise expected this century if global emissions of heat-trapping pollution remain high, according to a new study.
Why remote Antarctica is so important in a warming world
5 Dec 17 - The Antarctic Treaty was signed 58 years ago this week, protecting the continent for peace and science.
THIN ICE: Antarctic glaciers could flood the planet
24 Nov 17 - In a remote region of Antarctica known as Pine Island Bay, 2500 miles from the tip of South America, two glaciers hold human civilisation hostage.
HOT SPOTS: Ice cameras reveal Antarcticas warm underbelly
16 Nov 17 - A new map of the warmth coming up from rocks beneath the Antarctic provides key data for scientists to model how the ice sheet could react to climate change.
Ice cracks again close Antarctic research station
2 Nov 17 - A British research station in Antarctica is being shut down for the second winter in a row following concerns over growing cracks in the 150-metre thick ice shelf on which it stands.
Sea could rise 1.3m unless coal power ends by 2050
31 Oct 17 - Sea levels could rise 1.3m this century unless coal-generated electricity is virtually eliminated by 2050, according to a new paper that contains the latest understanding of Antarcticas contribution.
Changing climate is blurring the lines for map makers
30 Oct 17 - As soon as cartographers had finished drawing the Arctic ice sheet in 2013, their map was already out of date.
Starving penguins a sign that all is not well in Antarctica
17 Oct 17 - The awful news that all but two penguin chicks have starved to death out of a colony of almost 40,000 birds is a grim illustration of the enormous pressure Antarctic wildlife is under.
Antarctic sea ice levels hit record low - but why?
28 Sep 17 - Sea ice levels in Antarctica dropped to a record low this year, but experts say there is not a clear link to climate change.
New worry as key Antarctic glacier loses chunk of ice
27 Sep 17 - An enormous Antarctic glacier has given up an iceberg over 100 square miles in size, the second time in two years it has lost such a large piece in a process that has scientists wondering whether its...
Plastic chunks on Arctic icefloe show how pollution has spread
26 Sep 17 - A discovery by scientists is prompting fears that melting ice will allow more plastic to be released into the central Arctic Ocean with huge effects on wildlife.
Melting Arctic ice cap falls to well below average
21 Sep 17 - The Arctic ice cap melted to hundreds of thousands of square miles below average this summer, according to data just released.
Global warming doubles growth of Antarctic marine fauna
5 Sep 17 - Marine life on the Antarctic seabed is likely to be far more affected by global warming than previously thought, say scientists who have conducted the most sophisticated study to date of heating...
ARCTIC FIRST: Ship sails top of the world without icebreaker
29 Aug 17 - A Russian tanker has travelled through the northern sea route in record speed and without an icebreaker escort for the first time, highlighting how climate change is opening up the high Arctic.
Walruses mob beach as Arctic sea ice disappears
21 Aug 17 - A remote island off Alaska has been mobbed by thousands of Pacific walruses in the earliest known "haul out" for the species.
Scientists find 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet
14 Aug 17 - Scientists have uncovered the largest volcanic region on Earth two kilometres below the surface of the ice sheet that covers west Antarctica.
Trillion-tonne iceberg breaks away from Antarctica
13 Jul 17 - A trillion-tonne expanse of ice that has broken off Antarctica's Larsen C shelf isn't going to raise sea level on its own, but it can't be viewed in isolation.
Changing climate could mean end of the Emperor penguin
11 Jul 17 - Antarctica's iconic Emperor penguins might not be able to handle a changing climate and could be extinct by the end of the century, a new report says.
Scientists know how big the Larsen C iceberg will be
6 Jul 17 - Just three miles separate the Larsen C crack a rift slicing the front off a major Antarctic ice shelf from open water.
3 Jul 17 OPINION: The view from Antarctica
30 Jun 17 Antarctica's ice-free areas to increase by up to a quarter by 2100
19 Jun 17 Huge Antarctic melt raises fears of 3m sea level rise
19 Jun 17 Arctic icebergs freeze climate research plans
2 Jun 17 Massive Antarctic iceberg on the brink of breaking away
24 May 17 China declares no mining (for now) in Antarctica
23 May 17 Climate change is turning Antarctica green
22 May 17 ICE AGE: Is the disintegration of Antarctica unstoppable?
17 May 17 Warm Arctic fuels second-hottest April
15 May 17 US signs treaty to protect Arctic
4 May 17 New crack raises fears of major Antarctic ice breakaway
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Name: Kit
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Location: Minnesota
Dear Doctor Dick, I have a problem every time I have sex its great until its time to get to the end. To find my completion I always feel like I have to pee I feel the whole belly in knots thing I love having sex and but I don't enjoy the feeling that I am going to pee on the guy I'm sleeping with any advice?
Ahhh Kit darling, when you say; "sex its great until its time to get to the end" are you talkin' about an orgasm? I think so, right? Lots of women feel like they have to pee when they cum. In fact, lots of women actually do pee as they cum.
If I had to guess, I'd say you are experiencing what we in the business call — stress incontinence, while you are in the throws of your lovemaking.
Stress incontinence can happen just about any time. Anxiety, stress, working out, jogging, and fucking can all trigger this type of incontinence. Curiously enough, research shows that younger women actually have more stress incontinence during sex than do older women. While only 3% of women over age 65 reported incontinence during sexual activity, 29% of women under age 60 did.
Regardless of the cause of the stress incontinence — nervousness, exercise or sex there is one common denominator. It's always related to the strength of a woman's pelvic floor muscles. The weaker those muscles are, the more likely a woman will leak pee during physical exercise, fucking, sneezing or even laughing.
While many women experience stress incontinence from time to time, there's a relatively simple solution to the problem. Your pelvic muscles and the tissues surrounding them get stretched out and damaged with time. Pregnancies will also do a number on these muscles. They will also weaken with age. And if you are overweight, well that will weaken pelvic floor muscles too as well as add to the likelihood of stress incontinence.
So you might be asking right about now, what IS this simple solution? Why, it's Kegel exercises, of course. I have written so much about these exercises and how they apply to both women and men that I practically know my spiel by heart.
If you've not heard of Kegel exercises; you need to wake up and smell the coffee, darlin'! They are muscle contraction and relaxation exercises designed help restore tone to the muscles that surround the opening of your urethra, your vagina and your asshole. At the bottom of the pelvis there are several muscle layers, which stretch between your legs. They attach to the pelvic bones at the front, back and sides. Keep these muscles in tip-top condition and you will virtually eliminate stress incontinence.
These exercises will also help you:
• Increase awareness of sensations in your genital and anal area.
• Increase blood circulation in your genital and anal area.
• Aid in restoring vaginal as well as anal muscle tone.
• Increase the intensity of your orgasms.
Let's try this for starters. Imagine that you're trying to stop yourself from farting or trying to hold your pee. Notice the feeling of squeezing and lifting — it's a sensation of your pelvic muscles tightening and drawing up. Try it now, while you are listening to this. That's the beauty part of kegels; you can do them anywhere, anytime. If you're finding it difficult to isolate the muscle group, insert a finger into your vagina before doing a Kegel. If you feel pressure around your finger while you are tensing your PC muscle (that short for pubococcygeus muscle), then you're on the right track.
However, if you're tightening your abs, squeezing your legs together, clenching your butt, or holding your breath then you're not exercising the right muscle group. The object here is to isolate your pelvic floor muscles, because those are the ones you wanna be working.
I want everyone, not just you wooly, to work on both muscle strength and tone. Start with five strong prolonged squeezes (5 seconds apiece). Hold then Relax. Then do a series of 10 rapid contractions in a row. Doing three sets of these two types of Kegels twice a day for a week is your goal.
Let's go over that one more time. Start with five strong prolonged squeezes (5 seconds apiece). Hold then Relax. Then do a series of 10 rapid contractions in a row. Doing three sets of these two types of Kegels twice a day for a week is your goal.
When you've accomplished this you're ready to increase the set to eight or ten prolonged squeezes and 20 rapid contractions in a set twice a day for a week. The advanced kegeler is able to vary the type and duration of his/her PC squeezing; slow prolonged clenches to quick flutters.
Good luck
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With E3 now living in the past-tense, the DT Gaming writers who were present at the show took the weekend to gather their thoughts, relax, and sleep. Sweet, merciful sleep. With our thoughts collected, we began the long introspective look back at E3, beginning with the winners and losers.
This year the show was a bit muted compared to years past, but there were still some publishers and developers that stood out. For better and worse. Here's our list of the winners and losers of E3 2012.
Ryan Fleming
Winner: Sony
For me, the big winner was Sony. Its press conference was the best by a long shot, and Beyond: Two Souls, The Last of Us, and Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation were powerful exclusives. Wonderbook: The Book of Spells elicited what may have been the biggest gasp of the show when J.K. Rowling's involvement was announced. Sony also continues to validate its decision to support small, independent developers with games like The Unfinished Swan and Sound Shapes, and the plans it has had in motion for years with the Vita are finally coming together. The cross-platform compatibility of the Vita and the PS3 has been mostly an unfulfilled promise to this point, but Sly Cooper could be a landmark game in that sense. The Vita is also poised to do well with the Vita-exclusive Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation, an exclusive Call of Duty game, PS One hits on coming to the Vita, and a new white Vita. I have no idea why, but people love their white-colored gadgets. And then there is the upcoming God of War: Ascension, which was almost an afterthought.
More than anything though, Sony seems to finally be learning. It knows it has had issues when it comes to the online side of things, so it is going to further push the PlayStation Plus program by offering full PS3 games for free, including InFamous 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2. This was also the first Sony press conference I have been to in years — literally years — where Sony did not cram 3D down our throats. The technology is doing OK, but Sony put so much emphasis on it that it was beginning to alienate those of us without a 3D TV. It shows that Sony is learning. It wasn't a sexy or flashy conference from Sony, but it was a smart one.
Anthony John Agnello
Winner: Gearbox
It'd be hard to unequivocally declare any exhibitor, publisher, developer, or platform holder, at E3 2012 a winner. The dramatic changes in how games are made, played and consumed by the public at large are starting to take a toll on the powers that be, resulting in once powerful, both fiscally and creatively, companies flailing.
That said, Gearbox had two of the strongest looking games at E3. Aliens: Colonial Marines generated a ton of buzz on the show floor, for both its multiplayer and single-player content, even years after its initial announcement. Borderlands 2, meanwhile, continues to look sweeter with each showing on the road to its fall release.
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo were all plagued by bad choices. Sony for not showing greater software support for the Vita, Microsoft for failing to make Smart Glass' benefits clear to developers as well as consumers, and Nintendo for not showing off stronger first-party software for Wii U.
Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
Winner: Telltale Games
I agree with Anthony here. It's not so much a matter of who "won" E3, so much as it's a contest to see which company managed to bore us the least. I lost count of how many helicopters exploded, how many futuristic shooters included inexplicable archery, and how many times publishers blatantly lifted ideas from one another with an implicit promise that their version of the concept would be the one that people actually care about.
Given that this article won't allow me to just throw up my hands in disgust however, I'm going to say that Telltale Games won E3. Granted, it's a relatively small firm that was only showing one game, but Episode 2 of The Walking Dead is just fantastic. The first episode was a surprisingly excellent adaptation of Robert Kirkman's comic book series, and yet based on the 20 minutes of gameplay I watched from Episode 2, it adheres even more strictly to the source material. Plus, its tone is incredibly dark, which is exactly what I was hoping for. It's the only thing I saw at the show that exceeded my expectations, so it gets the win by default.
Adam Rosenberg
Winner: Ubisoft
I think Ubisoft scored the biggest all-around win at E3 2012. Certainly the biggest surprise of the show came from the publisher's press conference in Watch Dogs. Then there are the many Assassin's Creed 3 reveals — naval combat, Boston gameplay, a full-blown spin-off for PlayStation Vita — and the revelation of an entirely separate co-op campaign in Far Cry 3. Not to mention the reveal of Splinter Cell: Blacklist and the addition of bass guitar gameplay in an upcoming Rocksmith expansion. There's also ZombiU, one of the standout Wii U launch window titles in a library that seems surprisingly tepid based on what's been revealed so far. If Ubi has any competition on the "best of show" front, it's from Sony, if only for Beyond: Two Souls and The Last of Us. Sony's press conference is the clear winner of the show, but it's telling that some of the highlight moments during that event went to Ubisoft games.
As far as the show's losers go, the unenviable top spot here is held by Nintendo. Following 2011's bungled Wii U reveal, Nintendo really needed to put on a good show for this year's upcoming console release. We do know more about the launch library of software and we've got a better sense of what the hardware feels like, but no one — not even Nintendo — seems entirely sure of what kind of space the Wii U will occupy in the market. The online portal that is Miiverse only adds to the confusion; it's still not entirely clear how it works or what sort of value it will add to the new platform. With the Wii U arriving in less than six months from now — barring any last-minute delays, of course — I think we were all expecting to come out of E3 2012 knowing much more about the console than we do now.
Loser: All three console makers
Yeah I reiterate what I said in the first round: All three console makers were the big losers this year. Sony had some really strong PlayStation 3 games to show. Beyond may not seem to innovate much on Quantic Dream's formula, but it seems like a cool story nonetheless. Wonderbook and Last of Us are also promising. Where the hell were the Vita games though? With the exception of Assassin's Creed Liberation, not a single major original game was announced for the handheld [Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified was revealed, but with no details at all other than the name and a vague holiday release]. This week's new release Gravity Rush is a lonely slice of originality on the handheld, and I would have liked to see some stablemates for it at E3 last week.
I don't know how anyone (outside of the company's most die-hard, delusional fans) could claim that Nintendo wasn't the big loser of E3 2012. Sure, we all expected the company to show off a ton of new sequels to their core series — rehashing old series has been the firm's entire business model for the past two decades — but this was Nintendo's big chance to finally offer fans some facet of the Wii U to be genuinely excited about. Instead we get a new controller that liberally swipes design ideas from Microsoft, new games that certainly don't look "next-gen," and a touchscreen controller that, in almost every application, seemingly hinders gameplay more than anything else. The only novel thing the company had to show off was that Miiverse initiative which initially seemed promising, but quickly turned into just another iteration of Nintendo's eternal drive to sanitize online gameplay at the expense of fun.
Nintendo was the biggest loser, but only because it failed to meet expectations. Nintendo announced 23 titles coming out for its new system, which is remarkable. In another show, that would be an outstanding presentation, but that isn't what people wanted. And we aren't just talking the gaming press, Nintendo's stock took a huge hit following the lack of reveal at E3. We wanted and expected to know more about the console that is due out in a matter of months. Whether it is a tactical move or not, you can't help wondering if the console isn't entirely ready or if Nintendo is worried that the specs won't impress after months of scrutiny. That may be untrue, but you can't help thinking it.
Besides that, the Wii U has yet to capture our imagination. The Wii was a success because it allowed anyone to pick up and play with their friends. With the Wii U, the gamepad makes that harder to do. Many of the gamepad-specific games had one person be "it," as the other players were playing against them. That experience may be exceptional with five players, but it will be essentially unplayable with just two, or even three players. Nintendo needed to convince people the Wii U was the future of gaming, and it didn't. It may still in the coming days, but it certainly didn't ease concerns at this E3.


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NBA: 76ers' Bynum out 'indefinitely' with knee troubles
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – Andrew Bynum's troublesome knees will keep the Philadelphia center out of NBA action indefinitely, the 76ers said Saturday in an update on his status.
Bynum, a former All-Star with the Los Angeles Lakers who was traded to the 76ers last August in the four-team deal that sent Dwight Howard from Orlando to Los Angeles, has yet to take the court for his new team.
Almost a fortnight ago, the 76ers said Bynum might return in January, but on Saturday they said there are "no timelines" for his return.
"We've said all along that we need some patience, that this is hard to predict this healing process," 76ers general manager Tony DiLeo said. "Andrew is the indicator how his body reacts."
DiLeo said Bynum has "bilateral bone bruises and a weakened cartilage state" in his knees.
In the off-season, Bynum went to Germany to have non-surgical Orthokine treatment, which uses proteins derived from the patient's own blood, on his oft-injured knees.
In September, he was diagnosed with a bone bruise of the right knee, and he hurt his left knee earlier this month bowling, a low-key recreational activity that DiLeo noted isn't noted for producing injury.
"That's an unfortunate situation," DiLeo said. "This is something with this weakened cartilage state that this thing can happen. As he said the other day, he was just taking three steps and rolling the ball."
DiLeo said the 76ers knew when they signed Bynum it was a "calculated risk" because of his injury history.
"We also knew that we were getting the second-best center in the league, a franchise type player," he said. "We took that risk. His knees now and the MRIs are not the same as they were at that time.
"We are still looking at the big picture here, long term here," DiLeo said. "We're hopeful after this situation heals and when we can get him back on the court, we can plan on him in the future."
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Broadcast Live Fridays from the stage at World Cafe Live
Tommy Stinson is perhaps best known as the spiky-haired, charismatic bassist for hard rock outfit Guns N'Roses, but he's also now on top of a budding solo career. But Stinson is no spring chicken--he's been playing bass since the tender young age of 11, and not too much later, he was on stage with his brother in punk legend outfit The Replacements. Given his natural guitar talent, sophisticated song writing skills, and endless drive, it's little wonder he's been called "the hardest working man in rock'n'roll these days" by the press. He's currently playing bass for both GNR and Soul Asylum, and he also recently released his latest solo offering.
"One Man Mutiny" is certainly bluesy, perhaps partially influenced by one of Stinson's other groups, alt-rock outfit Bash & Pop. Also containing not-so-little hints of country, such as the pedal steel in a couple of the later tracks, "One Man Mutiny" is still based on solid rock'n'roll, gritty and visceral. Singing of relationships and liquor, Stinson is backed by the resonating vocals of his fiance, Emily Roberts. The album turns out to be a good showcase for the talent and the many influences of an iconic rocker. Also, Stinson is donating a portion of the proceeds from "One Man Mutiny" towards struggling Haiti schools--this is great music for a great cause.
Don't miss Tommy Stinson this weekend, stopping in at the World Cafe for a Live Friday performance. It's the Free at Noon, and there's no better way to start the weekend!
Website: tommystinson.com/
Myspace: myspace.com/tommystinsonofficial
Facebook: facebook.com/tommystinson
Recent Release: One Man Mutiny
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Label: Done To Death Music
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN


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Esk Hospital Staying
Despite rumours the Esk Hospital was to close, a public meeting in Esk was told last night the hospital is not shutting down, and will remain an important part of the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service.
Lesley Dwyer, the health service's chief executive, says while there are discussions about what services will be offered by the hospital in the future, the board is not discussing its closure or relocation.
As proof, she cited a recent project to replace the roof, at a cost of $600,000, admitting that one challenge for the health service is the 'ageing infrastructure' at the hospital.
While the meeting, hosted by the Somerset Regional Ratepayers Association, was cheered by the news, many in the crowd voiced their concerns about the need for additional general practitioner services in the town.
Jan Allan, secretary of the association, says the Esk area is relatively isolated from surrounding towns and the need to visit Gatton or Fernvale for medical treatment means it is a long drive, especially for older residents.
With GP services controlled at a federal level through the issue of Medicare Provider Numbers, Ms Dwyer says the hospital's doctors cannot act as GPs unless they are supervised by a doctor with a Medicare number.
"West Moreton Health has now commenced discussions with the local General Practitioner to further develop the current model of Esk Health Service medical officers working within the current general practitioner practice to further enhance this service," Ms Dwyer says.