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Vegetation modeling studies continue to show the potential for significant
disruption of ecosystems under climate change (high confidence6).
Migration of ecosystems or biomes as discrete units is unlikely to occur; instead
at a given site, species composition and dominance will change. The results
of these changes will lag behind the changes in climate by years to decades
to centuries (high confidence6).
Distributions, population sizes, population density, and behavior of wildlife
have been, and will continue to be, affected directly by changes in global or
regional climate and indirectly through changes in vegetation. Climate change
will lead to poleward movement of the boundaries of freshwater fish distributions
along with loss of habitat for cold- and cool-water fishes and gain in habitat
for warm-water fishes (high confidence6).
Many species and populations are already at high risk, and are expected to be
placed at greater risk by the synergy between climate change rendering portions
of current habitat unsuitable for many species, and land-use change fragmenting
habitats and raising obstacles to species migration. Without appropriate management,
these pressures will cause some species currently classified as "critically
endangered" to become extinct and the majority of those labeled "endangered
or vulnerable" to become rarer, and thereby closer to extinction, in the
21st century (high confidence6).
Possible adaptation methods to reduce risks to species could include: 1) establishment
of refuges, parks, and reserves with corridors to allow migration of species,
and 2) use of captive breeding and translocation. However, these options may
have limitations due to costs. [4.3]
Terrestrial ecosystems appear to be storing increasing amounts of carbon. At
the time of the SAR, this was largely attributed to increasing plant productivity
because of the interaction between elevated CO2 concentration, increasing
temperatures, and soil moisture changes. Recent results confirm that productivity
gains are occurring but suggest that they are smaller under field conditions
than indicated by plant-pot experiments (medium confidence6).
Hence, the terrestrial uptake may be due more to change in uses and management
of land than to the direct effects of elevated CO2 and climate. The
degree to which terrestrial ecosystems continue to be net sinks for carbon is
uncertain due to the complex interactions between the factors mentioned above
(e.g., arctic terrestrial ecosystems and wetlands may act as both sources and
sinks) (medium confidence6).
Contrary to the SAR, global timber market studies that include adaptations
through land and product management, even without forestry projects that increase
the capture and storage of carbon, suggest that a small amount of climate change
would increase global timber supply and enhance existing market trends towards
rising market share in developing countries (medium confidence6).
Consumers may benefit from lower timber prices while producers may gain or lose
depending on regional changes in timber productivity and potential dieback effects.
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Four Inducted Into UTC Athletics Hall of Fame
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's all-time
women's basketball scorer, the second UTC student-athlete to win
a track and field event in a Southern Conference Championship, a 30-year
athletics administrator and a football player from the 1950s make up
the UTC Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2003.
| Kirk (1984-88) is the all-time
scoring leader in the school's women's
basketball history after compiling 2,376 career points. Remarkably, she averaged
20 or more points per game in each of her four years, including a 23.4 point
average as a senior.
Kirk led the Lady Mocs to back-to-back SoCon Championships in 1984-85 and 1985-86. She was voted the SoCon Player of the Year four times, named All-SoCon Tournament in 1985, 1986 and 1987 and earned Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors in 1986. She received AWSF Freshman All-America accolades in 1986 and was selected to the 1980s SoCon All-Decade Team.
One of the many impressive school records Kirk holds is points in a single game. She pinned a record 45 points on North Alabama her senior season. Overall, she registered 14 career games in which she scored 30 or more points against such competition as Florida, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech and Southern Conference opposition.
Kirk is the school's career leader in points, points per game (21.2), rebounds (1,086), field goals made (964) and attempted (1,912) and free throws made (418) and attempted (781). In season statistics, Kirk ranks first on the school charts in total points (654), points per game (23.4), field goals made (272), free throws made (121) and free throw attempts (212).
| Campbell-Goodwin (1986-90) was the second-ever UTC runner,
male or female, to become an individual event champion at the SoCon Championships.
As a sophomore, she won the 10,000-meter run and set a school record in
the event which stood for over 10 years
Despite several injuries, Campbell received All-SoCon honors in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field during all four years of competition. In 1993, the Conference selected her as one of the top female runners in the first 10 years of female student-athlete participation in the league.
Campbell graduated with honors in 1990 and was the recipient of the Dayle May Award for the graduating student-athlete with the highest grade point average.
|There have been few UC/UTC athletics staffers
who have touched as many individuals
as Tinkler did during her 30-year career (1968-98) as an academic
advisor to the school's student-athletes. Tinkler's career in higher
education brought her to the University as an instructor in the Department of
English. As it turned out, her true calling was working with the student-athletes
in their academic endeavors. She not only served as a guide through their individual
academic careers, but also as a lighthouse for their respective lives in and
after college, setting their journeys off on the right course.
One former student-athlete described Tinkler as teacher, professor, psychologist, coach, mother and priest. The many roles and responsibilities she was required to take on grew throughout her career as she was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Academics in 1984.
Although retired from the University in 1998, Tinkler remains active with campus and community events. With a personal data base like an historian, she was recently made a member of the Century of Chattanooga Football committee, and she also organized a Homecoming reunion last football season. She can be seen at just about every home and away Mocs football game and home men's basketball game, and she communicates weekly with hundreds of former student-athletes via email and other means.
|Referred to as "the greatest halfback
in a 10-year period" by legendary UC Head Football Coach Scrappy
Moore, Jerry Ward (1952-55) was an outstanding football
player. Prior to his Chattanooga career, he received scholarship offers
from such schools as Tennessee, Auburn and Vanderbilt.
As a senior in 1955, Ward earned Small College All-America recognition. He was also the recipient of the Edwards Memorial Award as the Most Valuable Player. That year, he led the team in rushing, receiving, scoring, kick returns, punting and interceptions.
He helped the Mocs win 21 games over his four year career, including victories over such teams as Memphis State, Louisville and Tampa in 1952; Tampa, Xavier and Dayton in 1954 and Mississippi Southern, North Texas and Memphis State in 1955.
|Ian Mayne received the
A.C. Scrappy Moore Award as the student-athlete who best personifies the
Athletic Department's motto of Success with Integrity through Academic
Achievement and Community Service.
The junior cross country and track runner was an All-SoCon performer at the 2003 SoCon Cross Country Championships leading the Mocs to a first-place finish. He finished 10th overall and was 35th at the NCAA Southeast Regional. He competed in the Canadian Senior National Championships in November and placed 51st overall.
Mayne also excelled in the 2003 outdoor track season, earning All-SoCon honors in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a third-place finish. He is co-president of UTC's Student-Athlete Council. The Pre-Med major made a 4.0 grade point average last semester.
Dag Gray
Ron Wade
|Dag Gray and Ron
Wade were also honored. Gray received the Gordon L. Davenport
Award for an individual who has shown outstanding commitment to UTC Athletics,
and Wade was given the Joe Morrison Award for a UTC constituent who has
achieved notable life accomplishments.
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DTP PMC and Project Lead Meeting Minutes: May 7, 2007
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- John Graham
- Samir Nigam
- Linda Chan
- Brian Payton
- Der-Ping Chou
- Hung Hsi
- Rob Cernich
- Sheila Sholars
- Announcement: Visual SQL Query Builder demo by Jeremy next week, first half of this meeting. Please feel free to invite others who might be interested.
- DTP 1.5RC0 testing status
- 5/7 build (today's) is a I-build candidate
- Tested with:
- Eclipse 3.3M7
- Works as expected in smoke tests this morning
- Build test against these versions, no errors found
- Promoting to I-build status today at 5EST, unless any serious bugs are found
- On track for DTP 1.5RC0 promotion to Europa this Friday
- Continue to test and make only well-tested changes this week
- Update EMF and GEF versions as newer ones become available
- (Sheila): Accessibility statement forms
- Discussion of proposed feature breakdown
- See BZ 185820 for the proposal
- Target: RC1 or RC2 at the latest
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The first North American TTXGP round is this weekend, piggybacking off AMA Pro Racing's stop at
Infineon RacewaySears Point. Lightning has been quietly putting in impressive lap times this year. On the #80 bike is veteran Banana rider Michael Barnes, whose 1'47 lap times would place him in the back third of the AMA Supersport class this weekend. Meanwhile on the #89 bike is WERA top-man Tim Hunt, who has had the dubious task of learning Sears Point on a 240hp machine. Hunt's times have been seven to eight seconds off Barnes, though were ahead of Rapp's before his crash.
While Lightning has shown considerably more polish than in past rounds, the team has had its own setbacks with reliability, including one incident which saw the chain adjuster bolts on the Lightning Mk. II sheer apart, dropping the chain off the sprocket, and locking up the rear wheel of Barney's bike. Barnes was not pleased with this, but fared better than the two Steve's on-board the 2012 Brammo Empulse RR.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Sep 2010 20:24 UTC
Well, this was rather unexpected. As it turns out, Commodore USA's CEO Barry Altman isn't particularly pleased about the article I wrote earlier today in which I placed a considerable amount of scepticism with regards to Commodore USA and its business (and website). He (not his lawyer) sent us a threatening email demanding we take down the article, post a new correction article, the whole shebang. The entire email - as an image, you'll want the original formatting - after the break. Our reply? We refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram.
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by Raffaele on Thu 2nd Sep 2010 09:58 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Not the best move"
"Evidences said you fail at failing.So, that means that he succeeded? "
Dunno! :-D
He could claim it a success if he wants to... :-P
Actually I can't easily abandon my grammar attitudes as italian native speaker.
In my language double negative still makes the phrase stating negative... :-)
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Hello together, sorry for my Bad English
I have Problems with Mission witch have more then 5 Waypoints, before i start my Multicopter, ich creat the Route on the PC. After this i power the AP2.5 and send the Waypoints to the AP (Xbee), start the engine -> Stable -> Auto.
You can see that the AP fly the first 6 Waypoints correct,
after the 7. it fixt the way to the 8. but it never came to the 8. Waypoint after a time he will fix the 9.
I Stopt the Automode and switcht to the RTL Mode but the copter has crasht into the grassland.
In the Log i have more than 8 GPS Stelits, The Ap Version is 2.9.1b
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Yes here are the logs
Te Waypoint radius is 2m, but the overlap are not witch next. it is at 1 and 14. or 6 and 12.
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When Windows Server 2012 was released in October 2012, I was hauled out to Redmond to help introduce the new operating system. During my talks with the Windows Server 2012 product managers (you can still watch those HERE) I learned a lot about the thought and process that went into the new server release. Windows Server 2012 was the beginning of what Microsoft now coins the "Cloud OS," and now with R2 released we're starting to see more and more of their vision take shape.
R2 represents significant advancements to even the initial Windows Server 2012 release, enough to warrant an entire 215 pages just cover the new, technical aspects. Microsoft Press has released, as a free eBook, Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Technical Overview. This latest release digs into the changes and additions that are represented in the R2 refresh.
Here's the chapter layout:
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This isnt really a security question but is still networking
Having a bit of a problem with one of my worksations. I am running Xp somebody decided to access "network places" and make shourtcuts of our shared information. But she didnt use the shortcut options and just moves the icons out of network places onto the desktop and now there are nowhere to be found and she cant access the our network. ANY IDEAS????
Should I reinstall the all the workstation agian on her computer???


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My best guess is Echeveria haagai tolimanensis, http://www.drought-smart-plants.com/echeveria-haagai-tolimanensis.html#a...
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Blooming succulent
My best guess is either a dudleya or echeveria, but those could both be wrong. Succulents can be pretty confusing. Many of them look very similar to one another, so if anyone recognizes this little plant, please help set the record straight. Anyway, whatever it is, the flowers are rare -- and sometimes wonderfully showy, like this example. This particular plant has only bloomed once in the past few years. Fortunately, the camera was handy and now we can enjoy it whenever.
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My best guess is Echeveria haagai tolimanensis, http://www.drought-smart-plants.com/echeveria-haagai-tolimanensis.html#a...
It's a guess. A semi-informed guess, but a guess.
so until someone says nuh-uh, you win the hat tip!
Thanks for the ID!
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but it really is a guess. Many succulents are hard to tell apart. Especially since their growth can vary from compact to "lanky" depending on growing conditions.
Insanely et al.: Speaking of growing conditions, I've had good luck with cacti as long as they aren't overwatered and get good light. My cacti experience is in coastal California. I don't know if having superbly well-drained soil can get around that in wetter climates. Good luck!
For months, I have been pondering where I can plant a cactus corner. I love the Sonoran desert look for a small dry garden somewhere, but it doesn't really fit in with the roses and orchards I have here. Perhaps an enclosed area away from all other plants. I just need the right location.
A few yrs ago, I bought a packet of cactus seeds. I planted them in pots and lo and behold, they sprouted. Now I have about 28 very cool cactus plants in pots that really would like a home in the dirt.
Anybody have any experience with cactus gardens?
but I think you can find a better source ;-). I have some cacti, but they're not in a special area, mostly in pots so they don't get waterlogged when the monsoons hit. The San Pedros seem fine with water, but some of the other ones rotted a few years ago when we had torrential rains.
I hope it works out for you. They really are wonderful plants. I just planted seeds for this purple prickly pear, which should be pretty interesting. And fun to say, too!
Your comment about all being in pots reminded me that Martha Stewart has a cactus garden that uses them in containers. It was sublime. She's a clever gal.
I grow cactus on my septic drainfield in PNW and it's wet here EXCEPT in the summer! I do prop up the plants w/ river rock mulch. I get some rot that I have to cut away, so the plants never get large. My cactus look out of place too, but I interplanted them with bearded iris and santolina so it doesn't look quite so weird.
Ah the septic field is ideal. That is perfect drainage and moist in summertime.
Great idea!
The grey, grey-green, and pale pink. Really pretty!
Because I have a big yard and most of it is wild native stuff and plenty of
really nasty weeds, I kinda worry about having to pull weeds from around those thorny
cacti. I guess a landscape fabric would help.
Joel, yes, drainage is the most important. I could build up an area and set some boulders and that would help on the drainage too. Mix in some gravely soil.
Maybe I can enclose it on 3 sides with something solid so it is retained and really raise up the soil.
Humm, good project.
My expanse of farmland is the back deck, so I'm a container gardener. Makes for easy soil control, though. Good luck with your new cactus project!


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Cahana Advances To Second Round
By ODU Athletics
May 24, 2004
ATHENS, GA -- Four-time CAA Player of the Year and the ITA East Region Senior Player of the Year, senior Nataly Cahana (Qiriat Bialik, Israel) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Tournament on Monday morning at the Dan McGill Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia.
Cahana, ranked 30th in the most recent ITA Poll, defeated Jessica Ferguson from Louisiana State in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the second round of NCAA play for the third time in her career. Ferguson was ranked 57th had helped the 19th-ranked Tigers to a berth in the team tournament.
The Lady Monarchs' top singles player will face #42 Margarita Karnaukhova of Sacramento State on Tuesday. Karnaukhova upset ninth ranked Agata Cioroch of the University of Georgia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, to advance.
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The 2011 MotoGP Championship heads to Jerez, Spain this week, as the premier class gets ready for its second race of the season. 2011 so far has been a tough year for motorcycle tracks. First there was concern over whether Donington Park would get FIM homologation in time for World Superbike's visit (spoiler alert: they did).
Then there was concern over New Jersey Motorsports Park, which filed for Chapter 11 protection, as the east coast venue sorts itself out financially with its creditors. MotoGP hasn't been immune to this issues as well, as both Brno and Jerez have seen some concern of their future outlook.
While Brno is looking for help from the national government to make the dollars and cents make sense, Jerez was in a similar predicament except that the track has missed its last loan payment, and had its assets frozen my a local magistrate. Concerns over Jerez can now be put to ease though as the Andalusian State Government has announced that it will underwrite the popular Spanish racing venue through 2016.


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After graduating from Sawyer Business School, Beverly Flaxington (BSBA '83, MBA '84) applied her knowledge and experience to author three business-inspired books, including two best-sellers, and her newest publication, Make Your SHIFT: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make to Get Where YOU Want to Go.
"When I was a student, we had a number of classes on "real-world" business management courses," Flaxington said. "I learned first-hand how important it was to tie theory to what was really going on with a business, and its people. In addition, I thrived in my English classes and learned that I really enjoyed writing."
Make Your SHIFT is the subsequent novel to Flaxington's previous book called, Make the SHIFT: The Proven 5-Step Plan to Success for Corporate Teams. Both books discuss strategies and techniques for achieving goals in the business setting and encourage readers to move past their own nature, the aspect that holds goal setters back the most.
This newest publication is structured into two basic parts. The first part describes details of Flaxington's trademarked five-step process, SHIFT, and how it can be put into action. The second part discusses a relaxed approach to making change, including necessary methods, tools, and tips to make transitions more productive.
Her first book, Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior, has been translated into several different languages, and Flaxington travels the world to speak about its contents.
She was recently interviewed on JAM'N 94.5FM, where she discussed her secrets to human behavior and how to prevent bullying. "I wrote the book because of the need that I saw out there to teach people how to deal with what we call 'difficult people,'" Flaxington told radio host Gwen Blackburn. In the book, she emphasizes the importance of trying to understand other people's differences rather than rejecting them.
Flaxington said her time at Sawyer Business School really helped inspire her to coach change in a business setting.
"The school gave me a well-rounded approach, but it was so steeped in what really works on the day-to-day, that it has stuck with me to find ways to convey information that really helps and brings about change," she said.
In addition to her writing, Flaxington is also a current lecturer in the Sawyer Business School. Offering advice to current business students, she said, "Focus on relationships. Learn about yourself and about others. Learn how to listen, how to connect, how to frame your comments in terms of what matters to others. No matter how smart you are, or how good your product or service is, the 'people element' is critically important."
Whether it's authoring her books or back in Suffolk classrooms, Flaxington is always taking her own advice and staying productive, as she is currently working on her next publication. "I am working on a book right now that is a compilation of my blog postings," she said. "The next one will be based upon my trademarked selling method, the Five Secrets to Successful Selling. I love to share workable and useful ideas!"


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If I was Ballard I would ask to play with the 1st or 2nd line instead of the scrubs on the third line. The D's +/- are based a lot on how well the forwards come back and right now the Canucks are horrible in their end. I like your comment on Luongo, Sturm so far is been nothing short of a complete failure, will wait until the 10 game mark to see how it changes.ukcanuck wrote:malhotra =4
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After 5 games here are your the goats. bring out the firing squad blind in one eye, hobbled by knee surgeries, slowed by fat wallet syndrome, the worst trade in Canucks history and who ever said Danes could play NHL hockey anyway ?
Then there is Red light Roberto, 3 11 3.61 85 .871 over three games !? Thats 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11...wow how do we get this millstone off our backs?
fuck it, its only 5 games in lets see in 25 where we are at.
Although if i was Ballard I would be wanting to work on my plus/minus after the long stay with beethoven last season I dont think I'd want the worst minus on the team at any point of the year.
Luongo - for freaks sakes man, stay up and quit flopping around no the ice.


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HIV and Death ... In Memory of Dr. Bob
By Ibrahim
October 14, 2011
Weeks ago, we were saddened by the death of Dr. Robert Frascino. Dr. Bob insisted on delivering a message of tolerance towards all people and not only HIV-positive persons, responding to questions that sometimes drifted away from medicine to politics. He was a firm believer that a doctor has no choice other than to eradicate any moral judgments on the human body. Dr. Bob decided to declare his status to everyone, hoping this will help fight the stigma and prove that "HIV is not a death sentence."
Many HIV-positive persons identified with him because "he understands what it's like." He exceeded his goal by declaring his status, and many stopped stereotyping an HIV-positive person as a synonym for drug addict or less educated person. He proved that HIV is not part of what decides your success in life. By doing so, he confirmed to many that we "the humans" were crafted so well, to succeed regardless if we are physically or "biologically" challenged. As long as the spirit of giving, happiness and belief is inside us, we can even become great doctors!
However, for some, the reaction to the news of Dr. Bob's death was shock and fear. Dr. Bob was the faith leader when it comes to the belief that HIV-positive persons should not expect much difference in their life span (if they commit to medications and other health issues). Many felt betrayed by his death. After all, Dr. Bob was the living proof and now the proof is gone. Little we know, when we say: how could he die? Didn't he promise that it will be just fine? Didn't he joke and make fun of every stupid concern we expressed? Didn't he smile a lot and post his pictures smiling at the face of death-threats made by this stupid Virus?
Some even went too far to state: How could he die when he himself was an HIV specialist? Or did he miss the math when he said that an HIV-positive person can live as normal a life as any other HIV-negative person? Well Dr. Bob certainly did not live a life as normal as many other HIV-negative persons. He lived a better life, filled with giving away hope and love to those who needed it most. His example should make us ask: Can an HIV-negative person live a life similar to an HIV-positive person like Dr. Bob?
The notion that death is attached to HIV is the essential point of complaint, which Dr. Bob made against the argument of stigmatizing HIV. Death is related to nothing but the natural and normal stage of every cycle in life. By moving beyond this reasoning and questioning death, we are doing exactly what Bob did not want us to do: panic and get scared. However, this in fact mirrors an important issue that we often do not talk about a lot: death! and how it is what really scares us most in this whole thing of HIV. Our fear of death would likely be much less were it not for our awareness of how ugly deaths due to HIV tend to be received by others.
Questioning the death of Dr. Bob revealed a fear that is entrenched in some of us, but we did not want to confront it yet: our fear to have a shortage of years we planned to live. Here the issue of living happily becomes irrelevant in our mentalities, which are already overwhelmed with measuring things by their numeric numbers. Life becomes measured by the hours, even those we spend sleeping. The concept of counting life in accordance to the happy moments becomes inefficient in our industrial world.
In the Middle East, there was a famous singer called Um Kalthoum; she was known to sing long meaningful poems. In one of the verses -- which became an adage -- she sings ( in Arabic): "Before I met my love, my years were a loss, how dare they count them now for me!"
When I was first diagnosed, I visited a group that helps dying people leave in peace! Yup, I was pretty dramatic even then. I was so sure that it would be a short time before I died. I could not trust anyone anymore, so being told that I will live long enough was just another lie. While I was so sure that within a few years I would progress to death, I was still worried about the ones I love: How can they handle not seeing me? In that meeting I asked about it, and the answer was interesting. The group leader asked me -- in response to my question -- if my love was tangible, or by the spirit. I responded: of course by the spirit ...
"Do you not love them now that you are far away from them and cannot touch them?"
I answered happily: "Of course, I still love them in spite of the distance."
And Voilà, here was the answer. Death can take away the touchable body, but can never take away the most important things, such as love, because they are not tangible. While we might not touch Dr. Bob again, his passion and spirit shall shine forever.
Ok, I am becoming too depressing again, let me switch topics. One thing everyone can agree with: Dr. Bob was the funniest doctor you could meet. He answered questions ranging from fear of having sex with a Zucchini and a pencil to even political questions that carried many crazy issues. I remember how one time someone posted a letter to Dr. Bob, filled with hate and racism towards Muslims and blacks. To my surprise, the answer that came from Dr. Bob was filled with funny spirituality ... and Dr. Bob promised the hateful writer to say a prayer for him so he can be healed from this hate. I guess it's time for us to say back a prayer for you ...
Salam to all, especially to the spirit Dr. Bob!
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian opposition leader running for Moscow mayor has been briefly detained by police during a campaign rally.
Alexei Navalny, who is also an anti-corruption blogger, was detained late Sunday at an event for infringing "the rights and legal interests of other citizens," an unnamed police official told Interfax news agency.
Navalny was detained immediately after leaving the stage of a campaign event, and released a short time later. About 10 technicians who were working to dismantle the stage were also arrested, according to members of the Navalny campaign.
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Why should anyone care?
Is this all just meaningless conjecture or disinformation on the part of 'deluded conspiracy theorists' who enjoy espousing and discussing fantasies?
Or is there actually substantive evidence for Hitler surviving the war, our governments having knowledge of this, and might that fact help shatter the "official history" in regards to who was really behind the Nazi party and World War Two?
The kosher tale
Establishment historians tell us that Hitler and his wife Eva Braun committed suicide in the Führer's bunker on April 30, 1945 as the Soviet army was advancing on Berlin. But their bodies were never truly found and positively identified.
The story goes that the Soviets burned the bodies of Hitler and Braun in a bomb crater located in a garden just outside the bunker, buried them in the same bomb crater, exhumed the bodies in 1946, and then took portions of Hitler's remains to Moscow where they were kept in secret for decades. [1]
Ooops...Skull fragment of "Hitler" held by Soviets is not genuine
In 2009, American researchers analyzed the skull fragment held by the Russian State Archive in Moscow claimed to be from Hitler and determined through DNA analysis that it could not possibly be that of Hitler, and was actually that of an undermined woman. [2]
This bombshell gives credence to the claims by many over the years that there is evidence Hitler may have survived the war, escaped capture, and lived out his life in seclusion.
"Operation Paperclip" - Hundreds of top Nazi scientists emigrated to U.S.
The United States not only plundered German technology following the war, but also the talented German scientists and engineers who developed the technology. In August 1945, the U.S. Government authorized "Project Paperclip," a program to bring selected scientists and engineers from Nazi Germany to work on America's behalf during the Cold War, developing highly classified technology including that in rocketry, missiles, and aeronautics.
"Officially", this program was to exclude those who had been a Nazi party member or an "active supporter" of Nazism, but this was circumvented by simply creating new identities for the scientists or expunging information from their official dossiers. [3] By 1955, more than 750 German scientists were granted U.S. citizenship and emigrated to the U.S., with around 75% of those being "committted Nazis".
Josef Mengele, Adolf Eichmann, and many other top Nazis "escaped" to South America
Josef Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death" for his alleged ghoulish experiments at Auschwitz, spent most of his postwar life in Argentina before dying in Brazil in 1979.
The crypto-jew Adolf Eichmann was abducted in 1960 outside Buenos Aires by Israeli commandos. Eichmann had been living under the fake name Ricardo Klement. He was allegedly hanged 2 years later in Khazaria/Edom/"Israel", after a kangaroo trial for his alleged involvement in Holohoax crimes.
Declassified FBI documents contain references to Hitler living in South America after WW2
The FBI has declassified numerous documents to and from J. Edgar Hoover and other FBI agents regarding information that Hitler was in Argentina after the war. Specifically, one FBI agent was contacted by an alleged eyewitness who while in Argentina helped Hitler in his journey. He claimed that Hitler arrived in Argentina by submarine two and a half weeks after the fall of Berlin, and was being aided by top Argentine officials in hiding out in the foothills of the Southern Andes.
Read the FBI documents here (over 200 pages of documentation). [5]
Argentine journalist Basti investigates
Based on seven years of meticulous research, Argentinian journalist and researcher Abel Basti has written two books documenting the evidence that Hitler escaped and lived in Argentina after the war, including the 2003 book "Hitler In Argentina" and "Hitler's Exile", published in 2010.
In his books, Basti produces eyewitness accounts of people who claimed to see Hitler in Argentina and reproduces documents, affidavits, photographs and blueprints concerning the presence of Hitler in Argentina as well as the sites that sheltered Hitler, Martin Bormann, Joseph Mengele and Adolf Eichmann. 6
His books have been bestsellers across South America, but suppressed in the United States and elsewhere.
2011: British authors publish research
British journalist Gerrard Williams and author, film-maker and photographer Simon Dunstan released a book in 2011 titled "Grey Wolf: The Escape Of Adolf Hitler", which they claim produces an 'overwhelming amount of evidence', including de-classified documents and forensic tests, to show that Hitler died an old man in South America. They claim that in all around 30,000 Nazis fled to South America. [7]
While the main thesis of the book appears to be accurate, the authors support the Holyhoax canard (see this interview with author), so their entry into this area should be viewed with some healthy skepticism. [8]
So of what importance is this to us?
From the perspective of "official history" promoted by the jewish-controlled 'mainstream' media and Establishment, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were responsible for the "mass murder of 6 million jews", "started World War Two in an attempt to conquer the world", and were "the most wanted men in all of history." If Hitler had survived the war and escaped to South America, would not the Allied nations -- including the United States, Britain, and other powers -- have done absolutely everything in their power to locate and capture Hitler? Well...yes, IF the "official history" regarding the Nazi party, the "Holocaust", and the true origins and purpose of World War II were accurate. But it is not.
In order to understand why Adolf Hitler, Joseph Mengele, and other top Nazis would be allowed to survive the war and live out their lives in secrecy, with the complicity of the "mainstream" Establishment media and Western Governments, one must understand true history. The reality is that World War Two, like virtually all major wars of the last several centuries, was planned and fomented not by individual nation states, but rather by a cabal of very powerful jews connected to international banking, for the purpose of advancing the jewish "new world order" agenda.
This ruling international cabal of jewish bankers controls, and has controlled going back to at least the 1800s, the governments of virtually all Western and European nations, including the United States. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party were merely puppets of this cabal, as were Franklin D. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin and the Soviet Government. Further, Adolf Hitler and most of the top Nazi party leadership were actually of jewish ancestry (as were Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin). And the notion of the "Holocaust" and "systematic murder of 6 million jews in gas chambers" is a laughable and crumbling mythology. What really happened is that some nominal "persecution" of jews -- and even better the illusion of a massive horrific one -- was wanted and needed by the elite jewish powers-that-be in order to scare jews to leave Europe and establish the nation of "Israel" in Palestine.
Adolf Hitler and the other jewish top Nazi party leadership served their masters well in dragging Germany into the war and nearly destroying the German nation. As a reward, they were allowed to escape Germany after the war and live out their lives in peace and comfort.
Other Articles of Interest:
- Adolf Hitler's DNA shows North African and Ashkenazi Jew ancestry
- Adolf Hitler - A puppet of International Jewry tasked with the destruction of Germany
- Occultist Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party tools of the Ruling Jewish Establishment; "persecuted" lesser jews as pretext for creation of the Jewish state of "Israel"
- Nazi Party Was Controlled Opposition - Top Leadership Jews and Crypto-Jews
- Hitler's personal doctor was jewish
- The myth of Adolf Hitler the 'brave WWI hero' - Hitler actually ridiculed and despised as a "rear area pig" by his regiment
- MUST SEE Documentary - The Nazi-Zionist Connection: The Final Solution to Adolf Hitler


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Lafayette Little League Heads To New Mexico In Hopes Of Getting To World Series (Audio)
After dominating the State Tournament, the competition gets much tougher for the Lafayette Little League Junior All Stars (13-14 year olds) as they look to win the Regional Tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and advance to the Little League World Series in Taylor, Michigan (outside of Detriot).
Originally, the team from the Hub City was set to play Friday on Talkradio 960 AM and www.talkradio960.com. But, after two teams dropped out of the tournament, it's been decided that Lafayette will now play West University Little League (Houston) at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 3. The pregame starts with James P. Bitterman at 9:30 a.m. on Sportsradio ESPN 1420 AM and espn1420.com.
Lafayette is coming off an impressive state tournament in which they won all of their games by way of the mercy rule. Five of the players on this team were a part of the group of players that made it to the Little League World Series when they played as 11-and-12-year olds. According to Bitterman, Houston will pose a tough challenge. He points out that of their 15 players, none of their names match the coaches' names (in Little League baseball it's very common to see dads coach their sons) and says this "should be an outstanding game."
Relive the last time that five of these players represented Lafayette by playing in a Regional Tournament in 2011. Down by 5 in the Southwestern Regional Finals, 400 miles from home, they were part of a Lafayette Little League team that pulled off an incredible comeback to advance to the Little League World Series (11-12 year olds), which was called on the mic by James P. Bitterman. CLICK BELOW to watch:


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Harriman's Devonia Street was once bustling with health-care providers who wanted their practices close to the hospital.
That all changed when Covenant Health built a new facility for Roane Medical Center. While others abandoned offices to again be near the hospital, a pair of Harriman women are taking advantage of one of the empty buildings to realize a longtime dream.
The Cumberland Business Incubator on Roane State Community College's Cumberland County campus will have a grand opening for its new Maker Space from 10 a.m. to noon CDT April 8.
The campus and Incubator are at 2569 Cook Road, Crossville.
A Maker Space provides the equipment and tools entrepreneurs need to develop prototype products.
The incubator received a $50,000 prize last fall to create the space. The prize was awarded through the U.S. Small Business Administration's Growth Accelerator Fund competition.
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Roane County is offering an opportunity for businesses and communities to show their awareness and support in the fight against cancer.
The community is urged to Paint the Town Purple on April 6-10 by decorating businesses purple, including putting up purple-themed displays in storefronts, swapping out white bulbs for purple bulbs, or selecting a day for everyone to wear purple at work or school.
Businesses can also ask for donations for purple items sold in their stores.
What goes up must come down.
Unemployment rates that took drastic jumps in January took big dips in February, according to the numbers released late last week by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Roane County's unemployment rate fell by 0.8 percent to reflect a jobless rate of 7.2 percent in February.
That means 21,200 workers in the county's 22,830 labor force were employed during the month.
Copeland's of Kingston is one of more than 125 restaurants throughout the state that has been chosen for "Tennessee Back Road Restaurant Recipes," the third in a series by Anita Musgrove.
Owner Jeremy Copeland shared his recipe for bacon-stuffed mushrooms to be included in the third of the State Back Roads Restaurants cookbook series.
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URS/CH2M Oak Ridge LLC, known as UCOR, is accepting proposals from area schools for educational grants with a specific goal of enabling new instructional methods in science, technology, engineering and math.
UCOR Education Mini-Grants will be awarded directly to teachers and schools for specific projects.
Schools in Roane, Anderson, Loudon, Knox and Morgan counties are eligible to submit proposals.
I hope that some previous readers have noticed the absence of my "Out to Lunch" articles in the Roane County News since the first of the year.
Although my wife, Carol, and I had flu shots, we got a new version of the flu after Christmas.
For a few weeks, we didn't care if the sun shined. I also lost my appetite for a long time after surviving the flu bug.
Then snow and ice prevented us from driving in and out of our house on top of Midtown Heights. No mail or newspapers for several days a couple of times.
Roane County's unemployment rate increased by 1.1 percent in January, according to statistics released late last week from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
The county's jobless rate for January was 8.0 percent, state statistics show.
That means 20,920 workers in the county's 22,740 labor force were employed during the month.
The increase was a big blow to county statistics, which had been reflecting decreases over the past few months, both on a monthly basis and from figures reported a year ago.
Oak Ridge Utility District raised $4,714.69 during its recent "Have a Heart, Heat a Home" fundraiser that helps people pay their utility bills.
The fundraiser offers a selection of Valentine's Day gifts in February, and the money raised this year "is a significant increase over 2014," said Nikki Bradley, ORUD's customer development and marketing manager.
All proceeds from the sales benefit Project SAFE, which helps low-income families struggling to pay their winter heating bills and facing the loss of energy service.
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STOCKTON - Serge Lara stood next to his young son and took photos with his cellphone as the Stockton Thunder players unveiled a large American flag in the middle of the ice.
STOCKTON - Serge Lara stood next to his young son and took photos with his cellphone as the Stockton Thunder players unveiled a large American flag in the middle of the ice.
The 38-year-old United States Air Force technical sergeant thought it was the perfect way to debut Military Appreciation Weekend at Stockton Arena.
"That was an absolutely phenomenal way to start," said Lara. "It's just great."
The two-day event began Friday when the Thunder played the Ontario Reign and continues at 7:30 p.m. today when it hosts the San Francisco Bulls. Tickets were given out to military members and their families, and $2 of every ticket sold will benefit the Welcome Home Heroes Foundation, an organization designed to support U.S. veterans and their local families for housing and financial needs.
The team wore camouflage jerseys, and there were displays around the arena and video packages honoring soldiers. After the pregame introductions, every Thunder player helped unroll the flag at center ice before the national anthem.
Lara, a native of Langhorn, Pa. who is stationed at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, brought his son, Cayden, 5, with him.
"It's the first time we've been to a Thunder game, and we really appreciate what people have done," Lara said.
Thunder president Dan Chapman said the franchise had been looking for an opportunity to do a major promotion in support of the armed forces.
"We've always done smaller tributes tied to the military, they have always been well received," Thunder president Dan Chapman said. "We realized we wanted to take it to another level, so we decided to do military jerseys and built this promotion around it. Our fans have really rallied around this event."
A group of vocal Thunder supporters in Section 101, who sit behind the visitor's bench wear shirts emblazoned with "We Make Players Cry," organized to buy groups of tickets and donate them to military families. Holly Ratto, one of the organizers in Section 101, said about 300 tickets have been gathered for the two games.
"We saw that the promotion was on the schedule, and we tend to be a patriotic group," Ratto said. "We started to discuss ideas about how we can help. And the idea which stuck was to find a way to get tickets. We donated money, found others to donate money, and the Thunder worked with us to make this happen."
Technical Sergeant Ryan Padgett of the United States Air Force attended the game with his wife, Krisha, who he admitted was the bigger hockey fan in the family.
"She loves it, and it's a lot of fun," said Padgett, 30. "It's really nice when a community gets together and tries to do something nice for us."
The first 5,000 fans in attendance on Friday received a commemorative poster from the event and the first 500 children ages 12 and younger were given a United States flag. On Saturday, the first 2,000 fans 13 and older will receive a commemorative red, white and blue cap.
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Jeff Ireland must have mentioned the fact the Dolphins have only two running backs on the roster at least four times this afternoon during his annual pre-draft presser.
I think that's where they're going, but that's for another time and another post.
Ireland made the point that running backs that are successful long-term in the NFL are not necessarily late-rounders like many so-called experts have been saying. "They're going to be first and second rounders," he said.
Having said that, Ireland said he doesn't feel like he must take a RB. "I don't want to reach for a player to fill a roster spot," he said.
The Dolphins general manager was asked about quarterbacks available to the Dolphins, particularly Ryan Mallett. "I have spent a lot of time with him," Ireland admitted. "We've been very thorough about him much like we are with every player we're considering drafting. Sometimes when there's information out there you want to dispel rumors and get as much information as you can with any player out there. That's why we went through the process. He's a nice young man. Very talented kid. He's got a bright future."
Ireland was not about to shut down any possibility today. He actually said he might be willing to trade up in the same breath he admitted he's "restricted" with eight draft picks but only two in the first three rounds.
Ireland admitted the fact free agency has not happened is a factor for teams, including the Dolphins. He said it will not affect the manner in which teams set and prepare their boards. But it will have an impact on the strategy the teams use on draft day because everyone will be trying to fill needs that perhaps in previous years they had already addressed in free agency.


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We are British, and let's face it we can be fickle. We might have a thing for an underdog one year, but the minute they start realising their potential and being successful we enjoy nothing more than taking them down a peg or two.
Here then are ten things we changed our mind about in 2012. These are things that we accepted as wisdom for at least some of the year, but revised our opinions on. Some in a negative way, but a surprising number in a positive way.
What have I missed?
10 Draw Something
There was a time last Spring where you couldn't go anywhere in public without seeing iPhone-toting 20/30 somethings trying to guess what each other were drawing. The company was snapped up by Zynga for $180 million and its future seemed assured. And then, quite weirdly, we got bored with it and Draw Something became not the must have app of 2012, but rather this year's Chatroulette.


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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say 17 officials and workers have been punished after two people died during the forced demolition of a building.
The official Xinhua News Agency says a cement board fell from the illegally constructed building as It was being demolished Friday in Renhuai city in southwest China's Guizhou province, killing two workers and injuring three others.
Xinhua said Saturday that local residents carried the bodies to the city government building, causing a disturbance.
It said three officials were criminally detained for dereliction of duty, five others were suspended, and nine workers involved in the demolition were detained.
Forced demolition is common in China, as local governments try to remake their cities. But it is rare for officials or demolition workers to be punished.


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Gene Giovannoni
July 28, 1920 - August 23, 2013
Born Eugene Giovannoni in Stockton, CA. Gene was a Warehouse man and Warehouse Foreman for 34 years for John Breuners Furniture Company. Gene was the type of person if you needed something done, he would somehow get it done for you and done correctly. Gene met the love of his life, Eileen Toolan while stationed in England during World War II. He was stationed with the 64th Fighter Wing in England. Gene was also part of the Normandy Invasion of France right after D-day. After the war, they settled in Stockton, CA to start a family. Gene loved sports and became a Little League volunteer for the Oak Park Little League. He helped build the two diamonds that Oak Park still uses today to play their games on. He was a member of St. Luke's Church and was very proud that he helped start the St. Luke's Fall Festival that still takes place each year. He loved his friends and family and his Wednesday night Bocce games and dinner with friends afterwards. He and his wife traveled extensively after retirement to England, Italy and numerous trips to the different Caribbean Islands. They made lifelong friends they traveled with for years.
Gene is preceded in death by his wife Eileen Giovannoni, his parents Dario and Emma Giovannoni, his sister Flora Giovannoni and his son Eugene Giovannoni, Jr.
He is survived by his son John Giovannoni (Judy), nephew Donald Giovannoni, Sr. (Faye) of Carson City, Nevada, his grandchildren Gina Giovannoni, Ricky Giovannoni (Carmen) of Oroville, CA, Eileen Randolph (Garette) of Stockton, CA, Stephen Giovannoni (Nicki) of Modesto, CA. He also has 5 great grandchildren Marissa, Kyle and Rylan Giovannoni and Garette and Calista Randolph. A great niece, Flora Giovannoni, great nephew Donald Giovannoni, Jr (Diana), his loving cousin Leann Marracci of Stockton, great-great niece Solia Rose Giovannoni, great-great-great niece Adriana Rose Giovannoni. Gene enjoyed life, his family and the friends he made at the Italian Athletic Club, Karl Ross Post 16, Sirs, Knights of Columbus and the Elks Club. He was past president of the Elks and the Italian Athletic Club.
There will be visitation Thursday Aug. 29, 2013 from 12 pm to 6 pm.
A Rosary will be said Thursday Aug. 29, 2013 at 6 pm, DeYoung Mortuary on California Street.
The Funeral Mass will be on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 at 1 pm, St. Luke's Catholic Church with committal immediately following with an Honor Guard at San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to your favorite charity. Online guest book at deyoungchapels.com.


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As many of you are probably aware EK is one of the most respected names in the water cooling industry. They have a long history of producing really good products that enable extreme performance for their customer's computers. They produce everything from fittings to full water cooling kits and today we will be taking a look at their new water block for the Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 motherboard.
I have to inform everyone that this was the first time that I had ever attempted to water cool a motherboard. My reason for attempting this is due to the fact that I wanted to reduce some of my motherboard temperatures and attempt higher CPU overclocks. This was not an easy process and took several hours complete. Many thanks go out to FrozenCPU and Mark for providing the water block for review.


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Since Ben Affleck was announced as the new Batman last Thursday, we've been talking about it… a lot. But before we leave the topic behind and go back to speculating about the rest of the superhero universe, we had to deal with the wild suggestion that Sean made to the entire staff a few days back. Now that Ben Affleck is Batman… he should bring his old buddy Kevin Smith along with him. Sean stands by it, and Katey debated him to figure out what the hell he was thinking. Check out the Great Debate below!
SEAN: Katey, the biggest story of last week, and possibly of the year to date, is the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman in Zack Snyder's as-yet-untitled Batman vs. Superman movie. And obviously, when you drop a "stone" of this size into a metaphorical "pond," it sends ripples. So many questions need to be answered in light of this casting. Why would this established director backpedal to the realm of superhero blockbusters when his last foray ended horribly? How much screen time will Affleck actually get as The Batman? And how can we prevent Snyder's sequel from disappointing, a la Man of Steel. I made a suggestion, which you found so ridiculous, we had to debate. I suggested that Affleck recruit his close friend and former colleague Kevin Smith to help guide this production. Before you tear me a new one, let me explain.
KATEY: Start talkin', O'Connell, because I need answers!
SEAN: Smith, obviously, is known for his stoner comedies, Clerks and Mallrats and the like. He and Affleck have a rich history. The actor carried what Smith probably still feels is his best film, Chasing Amy, and also co-starred in Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back and other efforts. They are friends, and former collaborators.
But Smith ALSO is a renowned Batman fanatic. He has been writing Batman comics for years. His story arc, Batman: Cacophony was packaged into a trade paperback that spent weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. He hosts a respected weekly podcast titled "Fatman on Batman." Smith, if nothing else, knows the character of Batman inside and out. In addition, he knows how to write for Affleck. I think bringing Smith on board the project in a small role -- consultant, co-writer ... something -- can really help Snyder figure out how best to use this new Batman.
But you are vehemently opposed. Tell me why.
KATEY: Well, I'm vehemently opposed to Smith in general-- I loved him so hard when I was in high school (like lots of people) and then just completely turned on him around the time I had to unfollow him on Twitter. So part of this is just me getting over my general distaste for him personally at this point-- which I admit, is not a valid reason to want him to work on a Batman movie!
But your argument for bringing him in seems to boil down to two things. 1) He and Affleck know each other and are theoretically still cordial, though I bet Affleck unfollowed him on Twitter too. And 2) Smith is a big Batman fan. But I'm not seeing any argument that says Smith as a filmmaker, or as a storyteller, should have a hand in this.
SEAN: My argument leans more toward point No. 2, and it goes beyond Smith being a "fan." I think that his experience writing for DC Comics, and writing for Batman specifically, can help correct several of the mistakes that Warner has made with Batman in recent years ... specifically the way that the hero was treated in The Dark Knight Rises. If you listen to Smith's "Batman" podcasts -- and if you are a Batman fan, they are a must -- you learn a lot about the character, the motivations, the legacy of the series and the history of the hero. I have been surprised by Smith's deep Batman knowledge, and he often catches me off guard on a podcast by bringing up elements about Batman and the past Batman films (going back to Burton and Schumacher) that could have worked better with simple changes.


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2011 was the year of the foundry (TSMC, Globalfoundries, Samsung) at DAC in San Diego. The foundries had bigger booths, bigger events, were on more panel sessions, and had more marketing influence than any other year that I can remember.
The attendance numbers from EDAC suggest a modest increase in EDA vendors and total attendees for 2011 compared to 2010, ironically the EDAC web site doesn't even have their own Press Release posted yet after 8 days (did you all go on vacation after DAC?).
Enjoy reading my trip reports.
- Sunday Night at DAC
- Magma, ARM, Globalfoundries
- Nimbic (formerly Physware) – 3D Field Solver in the Cloud or Desktop
- FineSim adds RF analysis and Tcl Circuit Checks
- IPL Alliance focuses on iPDKs and Analog Constraints
- Physical IP group at ARM
- Tanner EDA at DAC
- Extreme DA at DAC
- Synopsys IC Validator
- Circuit Simulation and IC Layout update from Mentor
- DRC tool guns for Calibre at DAC
- An Affordable 3D Field Solver
- Hardware Configuration Management at DAC
- Circuit Simulation Update from Cadence at DAC
- Reduced IC Leakage at DAC
- Cadence Spinout at DAC
- RLCK Reduction Tool at DAC
- Ciranova Update at DAC
- EDA Interoperability at DAC
- One Trillion Transistor IC Layout at DAC
- Berkeley Design Automation at DAC
- Blue Pearl at DAC
- Synopsys, ARM, Samsung, Globalfoundries (Part 1)
- Synopsys, ARM, Samsung, Globalfoundries (Part 2)
- CyberEDA Adds a Transistor-level Debugger
- QuickCap for IC Extraction at DAC
- HSPICE gets Faster, better Convergence


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Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second-largest in the world after Nestlé SA.[1] With 97,000 employees in over 70 countries, the firm operates in two main segments: Kraft North America Commercial and Kraft International Commercial. In addition to these two geographical divisions, Kraft's products are divided into one of five categories: snacks & cereals, beverages, cheese & dairy, grocery, and convenient meals.
Headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, Kraft Foods Inc. began as a cheese manufacturer. The company is now the largest North America-based food and beverage company and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA.
Beverages As a beverage manufacturer, Kraft produces primarily coffee, aseptic juice drinks, flavored water, and powdered beverages. The company's most popular brands of beverages in North America include Maxwell House coffee, Kool-Aid, and Country Time powdered beverages.
Cheese & Food Service
As a cheese & food service manufacturer, Kraft produces primarily natural, processed and cream cheeses. The company's popular brands within North America cheese & food service include Kraft Singles, Philadelphia cream cheese, and Velveeta.
Convenient Meals As a convenient meals manufacturer, Kraft produces primarily frozen pizza, packaged dinners, lunch combinations and processed meats. The company's popular brands within North America Convenient Meals include DiGiorno, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, and Oscar Mayer hot dogs.
Grocery As a grocery product manufacturer, Kraft produces primarily enhancers and desserts. The company's popular brands within North America Grocery include Jell-O, Grey Poupon, and A1 steak sauce.
Snacks & Cereals As a snacks & cereals product manufacturer, Kraft produces primarily ready-to-eat cereals, cookies, crackers, salted snacks and Chocolate confectionery. The company's popular brands within North America Snacks & Cereals include Oreo, Planters nuts, and Ritz crackers.
With the acquisition of Cadbury, Kraft now owns the second-largest market share for gum - Trident and Dentyne - and the top market share for cough drops - Halls. The new brands also have majority market shares in Canada and Latin America.
European Union Salesfddgd Kraft Foods sales products from each of the five major food product categories, featuring brands familiar and unfamiliar to North America. With the acquisition of Cadbury, Kraft now owns the leading gum, chocoldfgdfgate, and candy brands in much of the EU. Its candy and gum brands are sold throughout the continent, but it also has significant presence in the chocolate markets of Poland, Russia, and France.
Developing Markets, Oceania, & North Asia Sales The Developing Markets, Oceania & North Asia segment manufactures and sales many of the popular North American brands across each product category as well as some foreign brands. With the addition of Cadbury's brands, Kraft now has majority market shares in Australia, New Zealand, India, Thailand, and Malaysia for chocolate, gum, and/or candy.
Kraft's developing markets strategy is based around growing ten "power brands" in ten countries. Tang, Oreos, and Jacobs Coffee are some of the brands that have are particularly successful abroad and have allowed developing markets' to account for 21% of Kraft's total revenues.[2]
Middle East and Africa Sales The Middle East and Africa region is a rapidly growing market for Kraft. The company plans to continue growth by increasing investments in the region and producing more of its power brands locally. The purchase of Cadbury has given Kraft the leading share of the African confection market.
With the purchase of Cadbury (CBY) for $19 billion, Kraft is expected to have annual revenues of more than $50 billion. The acquisition makes Kraft the world's largest chocolate and sugar confectioner, with a solid second place in the gum category thanks to Cadbury's Trident label.[3] Perhaps more important than Cadbury's brands is the company's geographic reach; Kraft now has inroads into many developing world markets where it formerly had no presence. In India, for example, Cadbury (CBY) has had a presence for the past 60 years, selling chocolate, snacks, dairy, and other candies.[4] The merger is also expected to affect players further down the supply chain, such as cocoa producers. It is possible that the producers may consolidate their operations in response to expected increased pressure for lower raw material prices.[5]
As part of the deal's approval by European regulators, Kraft sold Cadbury's Romanian and Polish divisions. In Romania, Kraft sold Cadbury's Kandia-Excelent chocolate, soft cake and candy business to Oryxa Capital, an investment fund.[6] In Poland, Kraft sold Cadbury's E. Wedel brand of chocolates and candies to Lotte Group, however Kraft will retain Cadbury's other brands and two factories in the country.[7]
Kraft's five largest customers accounted for approximately a quarter of its net revenues, and the company's ten largest customers accounted for approximately a third of its net revenues. The company's largest customer, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), accounted for approximately a sixth of revenues. Manufacturers like Kraft Foods are becoming increasingly dependent on a small number of retailers for sales volume, which gives these retailers (i.e. Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)) significant leverage to bargain for lower prices. This can negatively impact any firm whose goods are sold in supermarkets.[8]
The company uses hedging techniques to minimize the impact of price fluctuations in its principal raw materials; however, such techniques do not completely protect Kraft Foods. Kraft is a major purchaser of milk, cheese, plastic, nuts, green coffee beans, cocoa, corn products, wheat, pork, poultry, beef, vegetable oil, sugar, other sweeteners and numerous other commodities. If the company is unable to increase its prices to offset increased cost of commodities due to consumer sensitivity, Kraft Foods may experience lower profitability. Raw materials prices to watch are:
Dean Foods Company (DF), Kraft, and other companies that sell dairy products in the U.S. are being harmed by an increase in natural & organic food consumption. Dairy farmers in the U.S. commonly use artificial growth hormones to increase milk production, which is not in keeping with organic practices. Companies such as Whole Foods Market (WFMI) benefit from organic demand.
Kraft Foods Inc., is the largest food, beverage, and candy company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The company's principal competitors include Pepsico (PEP), General Mills (GIS) , and Nestlé SA. Kraft produces foods and beverages across a wide variety of product categories, making way for competition with many specified, smaller companies.


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Exclusive: See Lena Dunham's Ideal Bookshelf
It's stocked with Clowes, DuMaurier, and Gurley Brown.
To paraphrase an episode title from HBO's Girls, all reading women do. Have a stocked bookshelf, that is. Lena Dunham especially. Just in time for the show's second season premiere, Vulture has an exclusive look at her entry for the book My Ideal Bookshelf (Little, Brown), which came out in November. Edited by Thessaly La Force, the book asked authors, musicians, chefs, and other notables to discuss the books that mattered most to them. Then artist Jane Mount illustrated an imaginary bookshelf stocked with said books. Dunham explains her bookshelf, which did not appear in the November edition, thus: "I chose a mixture of the 'great' books that have formed me (Nabokov, Beat writing, notable American poetry) and the fringier ones (my dad's copy of How to Disappear scared me senseless, and the Clueless book series allowed me to go everywhere with Cher). I love children's books and graphic novels, especially ones with scrappy girls at the center. Also, I still miss my pet rabbit Chester — my facialist says that rabbit souls vibrate on my frequency."
- Fodor's Flashmaps
- How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, by Doug Richmond
- Birds of Britain, by John D. Green
- The Portable Beat Reader
- Love Poems, by Anne Sexton
- Sayonara, Mrs. Kackleman, by Maira Kalman
- Ghost World, by Daniel Clowes
- Enter Whining, by Fran Drescher
- Rebecca, by Daphne DuMaurier
- Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, by Mark Epstein
- Stories Rabbits Tell, by Susan E. Davis and Margo Demello
- Shopgirl. Steve Martin
- Long Time Relationship, by Julie Doucet
- A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Eloise in Paris, by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
- Having It All, by Helen Gurley Brown
- Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
- The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Vol. 1 & 2


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Ex-Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has not been shy to discuss the prospect of a Cristiano Ronaldo to Manchester United transfer – and he's been at it again, according to the Daily Express.
The report carries quotes from the former Madrid chief, taken from an interview with Sky Sports News, in which Calderon claimed Manchester United have already held talks with the Bernabeu hierarchy this summer.
Ronaldo 's future has been the subject of intense speculation, despite his sensational goal record at the club. Questions remain over his happiness in the Spanish capital, with player and club seemingly at loggerheads over a contract renewal.
And Calderon, who earlier last week spoke about Ronaldo's contract situation, has now claimed talks have been ongoing between United and Real Madrid.
Speaking to Sky Sports News, Calderon said: "It seems that Manchester United are interested in having him back.
"I know there have been talks where they have expressed interest."
This claim comes shortly after a Daily Star report that suggested a Ronaldo return to Old Trafford was moving ever closer.
And another report from the same paper today claims Real Madrid are lining up Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez - paving the way for Ronaldo to depart.
It suggests Liverpool are planning for life without Suarez by targeting Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa, and Madrid want another striker having sold Gonzalo Higuain to Napoli.
With Ronaldo refusing to commit to the club, Madrid chiefs want to bring in his replacement - Bale - and another forward - Suarez - before sanctioning the sale of the Portuguese star back to United. The report suggests Madrid want all deals completed within the next 14 days - and with Bale not travelling with Tottenham to Monaco for preseason, that part of the deal is progressing forward well.
It's a saga that has run on all summer already, but has been provided greater oxygen by the recent publicity generated by Calderon.
The former-president has been very forthcoming with what he believes to be going on behind the scenes at the Bernabeu and Old Trafford.
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Undefeated prospect and former NCAA Division I wrestling champion Bubba Jenkins (3-0) is Bellator MMA's newest signee.
Bellator officials today announced the new deal, which they labeled a "long-term promotional agreement."
"Bubba Jenkins is MMA's top young prospect, and we have the optimal developmental program to maximize that talent," Bellator CEO and Chairman Bjorn Rebney said. "Our mission is to sign and develop the world's best fighters. Bubba's development will be strategic and disciplined, taking all appropriate preliminary steps prior to his facing the rigors of the toughest tournament in sports."
Jenkins won the 2011 NCAA Division I title at 157 pounds while competing for Arizona State University. He turned pro in December 2011 and has since earned three first-round submission wins in three trips to the cage.
Jenkins recently served on UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones' coaching staff on "The Ultimate Fighter 17."
Bellator officials said Jenkins will get a number of non-tournament bouts before hopefully earning a spot in a future bracket.
"After sitting down with Bjorn, I really felt comfortable with the opportunity laid out for me, and this is where I want to be," Jenkins said. "Bellator is doing a lot of great things right now, and I want to be a part of it.
"I'm not here to step on any toes. I'm here to develop as an elite fighter, get my shot in the tournament and eventually compete for a world championship."
For more on Bellator's upcoming schedule, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.


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Village census count released with some adjustments; total count remains the same
The U.S. Census Bureau released yesterday the supplemental population count information for American Samoa in 2010 which does not change the total census count released last year, but the new data provides specific population counts for each village in American Samoa with Tafuna the most populous village — no surprise.
Data released by the federal agency states that "geocoding error" placed populations incorrectly in Sua county on the Eastern District and this population "correctly belongs" in Tualauta county. Initial population count for Tualauta was 20,249 while Sua County was 3,932. The corrected count has Tualauta at 20,858 and Sua county at 3,323. Tualauta remains the most populated county.
Geocoding errors can occur when a living quarter such as a house, apartment, or military vessel is placed in an incorrect location, the Census Bureau says.
"The total population count of 55,519 released on Aug. 25, 2011 remains the same for American Samoa," according to the census bureau, who last year announced that the territory's population declined by 3.1% or 1,772 people between 2000 and 2010.
Some lawmakers questioned the accuracy of the 2010 census count following concerns raised in a September report by former ASG chief statistician Meleisea V. Filiga, who said that he found it hard to believe, and difficult to accept, that the territory's population declined by 3.1% in the past decade, when the local population is "young and vibrant" and the number of births are above a thousand every year.
The Commerce Department has defended the count saying that DOC does not see an adequate or convincing basis for serious questions raised on the outcome of the census count.
Also released yesterday was the census count for each village in the territory, with Tafuna the most populous village at 7,945; followed by Nu'uuli with 3,955; Pago Pago at 3,656; Ili'ili at 3,195; Pavaiai at 2,450 and Aua at 2,077.
Villages with population over 1,000 (but below 2,000) are Fagatogo, Faleniu, Leone, Malaeimi, Mapusagafou, Vaitogi and Vatia. Villages with a population count below 10 are Maloata (8), Sili (5) and Rose Atoll (zero). And for those curious about Swains, the Census Bureau says there are 17 residents of the privately owned atoll.
A Samoa News review of the census data, shows some other interesting information.
For example, Ta'u village in Manu'a is counted differently with two villages — Luma and Siufaga (which were referred to in past years as sub-divions of Ta'u village). Also listed are the names of villages that Samoa News is trying to locate or identify: Anua (18); Leusoali'i (117); and Maia (153).
Download attachment for the pdf spreadsheet distributed by the Census Bureau.
According to the Census Bureau, the demographic profiles for American Samoa and other U.S. territories are scheduled for release this summer, and the summary files are scheduled for release in the fall.


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Cloud compute and cloud storage providers all have some form of SLA. We all hope they are buying quality back-end storage platforms to store their data on and that they are taking appropriate measures to protect that data, but how do we know? What's needed is a third party service that can make those assurances in a digital fashion.
The problem is especially concerning when you are using software as a service provider. For example, if you are using a provider to host your CRM or accounting application, what are you going to do if they go away one day or they suddenly raise their rates? Contrary to popular opinion, you can't simply turn off the service and go to the next guy -- they have all your data and more importantly, your history.
Some of these services, at an extra cost, will provide you with a backup, which is false comfort. Just like any DR situation, what good is the data without the application? I suppose you could run out and hire an Oracle programmer and dissect your information out of the database, but that is going to take some time and money.
The same holds true for storage service providers; how do you know for a fact that they are protecting that data? I speak with many cloud storage providers whose recovery strategies are just barely OK and certainly not perfect. These are companies that are holding your backups or archives, and if they lose your data when you need it most, you may be able to take legal action, but as I said in my last entry, that's not going to bring your data back.
What is needed is a cost-effective, third-party service that can hold a snapshot of the entire environment, data and the application. The service could interface with the cloud provider so that they could be one replication hop that is updated daily. You could log in to make sure your data is there but the secondary service would not be designed for real time access unless you declare the need to use it because the primary service is down or the relationship is ending.
While this would not allow you to recreate the service elsewhere it would provide you with historical access until you have the time to find a new service or bring the application back in-house.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 31st Jul 2012 22:52 UTC, submitted by Dan Knight
Low End Mac's Sebastian Patten takes a look at MorphOS 3. "MorphOS is for Amiga users. Period. And it's for those Macintosh users who like to experiment and experience a new operating system on their PowerPC Macs. That's where I see myself, and I had a lot of fun playing around with MorphOS on my eMac. It is not a full OS X replacement, but it can come close to it, depending on your computer needs."