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Really? I thought for sure he was at least a Line mage.
I guess the biggest concern I have right now is Osmond. Since he's the headmaster of the school, I would assume he's a Square mage, but from the talks in the show, Square mages are EXTREMELY rare.
Don't forget, Henrietta is a Triangle mage but she only uses one element, water. Same with Wales and Fouquet. It would be more accurate to describe their composition like...
Instead of...
|2008-04-18, 10:55
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Senior Member
Lets not forget that not only mages but also spells are classified to their intensivity.
Being a line mage doesnt only mean that you can use two speels it also means that you can learn more powerful spells.
As Louise explained in Volume 4 all spells require willpower. If we hold one mages will power equal 8 then if he is a dot and is able to use only one elemnt his dot spell take all 8 willpower. However if he becomes a line mage his line spells (more powerful than dot ones) will cost him 8 but dot spells will cost him 4 now. So instead of casting one line spell he can now cast two dot spells. The same formulka hold for the later.
But the more powerful is the spell the more consumption f willpower it takes and the more time it takes to restore ones willpower.
Like Louise was able to blew off the enemies fleet in volume 3 mostly because she had "stored" an impressive amount of willpower )due to not being able to cast any spells before), but cannot do the same spell with same magnitute as her willpower needs to restore and it might take years to get back to the same amount of willpower as before.
Just a side not about dot and line as it is not only used to describe elements one can use but also the spells.
|2008-05-08, 22:35
|Link #105
Dango Master
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Location: Buenos Aires Argentina
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how far is the manga from the anime (Season 2)? And did they skip a lot of things of the manga in the anime?
Since season 3 is coming in July, im not sure if i should go for the manga at least until the ending of season 2 or just wait for the next season. I prefer watching animes than reading though.
|2008-05-08, 23:25
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Join Date: Dec 2006
The difference between the anime and novels is THIS big. The anime modifies the original story in various places, and it also skips a lot too.
The manga is following the novels, to the most part.
|2008-05-09, 17:36
|Link #107
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Location: Buenos Aires Argentina
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I just cant stop watching the ending of season 2 lol... loved
|2008-05-10, 01:24
|Link #108
Senior Member
Though manga is following novels more closely, the artwork, in my opinion, is a great turn off there.
Since i am not a great loli lover all characters look too childish in the manga for me (8-10 year olds) plus the whole design is not suited for serious scenes, it is alright at the beginning where it is moslt comedy but when the serious stuff begins with
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It doesnt look like they can handle it so well with such childish artwork.
So I would still recommend you to try the novels instead of manga. You can find those on baka-tsuki, and you better hurry before the first translated volume in english appears as then baka-tsuki will take off their fiorst volume and you will have to buy it instead of reading for free.
|2008-05-10, 21:36
|Link #109
Dango Master
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Location: Buenos Aires Argentina
Age: 29
im not interested in this kind of novels... and i already have too much to read for my studies so i rather watch anime when i can.
For now ill wait for next season since i still have many animes to watch xD
|2008-05-25, 18:24
|Link #110
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Join Date: May 2008
i Hope im posting this in the right section lol
i finished watching ZnT I and II and im kinda interested in the manga but now i see there is a novel? Is there really a difference between them(storyline wise)? I usually read my manga scans on onemanga.com but i only see 9 chapters? that cant be it since the last update was about 3 months ago?
|2008-05-25, 18:48
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Join Date: Dec 2006
|2008-05-25, 22:52
|Link #113
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: take a guess?
Age: 30
OHHH, the difference is HUGE between the novel and the anime. The Manga is nowhere near the current plotlines so it doesn't even come into the equation in my opinion. And the Novels in most people's opinion is much better than the anime. The novels have been license in US but are quite behind. Unless you can read japanese or chinese there is no real way to read the latest novels. If you really are dying to know what happens in the latest volumes and the major difference between them you can browse the novel discussion thread for summary.
|2008-05-26, 08:32
|Link #115
Senior Member
Well you can always go to baka-tsuki if you want the translations...We are finishing volume 4 right now. Sure it is not the latest novel volumes (latest volume 14) but again the Seven Seas haven't released a single volume up till now, so it is still better than nothing I guess...
|2008-05-30, 04:53
|Link #117
Certified Organic
Join Date: Dec 2005
ok i am a little confused
tabitha's father was murdered. he was going to be the next KING or the next LORD of his household?
if he was to be the next king, wouldn't that make tabitha and the current queen related? and wouldn't there be some tension there?
|2008-05-30, 05:01
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Join Date: Dec 2006
I don't think there is a queen. There is a king though.
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Third-year Michigan Law student Paige Fern has been awarded a coveted Skadden Fellowship for a self-designed legal project that aims to ensure foster youth in California are able to take full advantage of the state's education and foster care reforms.
The Skadden Foundation announced the 28 fellowships, awarded nationwide, this month. The fellowships, founded in 1988 by the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, are intended to fund new graduates in full-time work for legal and other advocacy organizations, and encourage graduates to build public-service careers based on helping poor, disabled, elderly, and homeless people, and other underserved groups.
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She also credited Michigan Law's Child Advocacy Law Clinic—as well as Michigan Law Professors Vivek Sankaran and Josh Kay, both former Skadden Fellows themselves—with providing practical skills and inspirational leadership. That makes sense, given that the Skadden Foundation reports that almost 90 percent of former fellows have remained, like Sankaran and Kay, in public-interest or public-sector work.
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Pendleton woman's story illustrates stakes of gene-patent court case
The question before the U.S. Supreme Court today – should human genes be patented? – sounds complex and legalistic.
But for cancer patients such as Kathleen Maxian of Pendleton, it's a matter of life and death.
"Everyone has genetic predispositions that put them at greater risk for some disease. If a patent limits access to that information, you are making a decision about someone's life," she said.
Maxian suffers from the late stages of ovarian cancer, and she wonders if it's all because of the policy of Myriad Genetics, which controls the patents behind two genetic tests that can detect a family propensity for breast and ovarian cancer.
Maxian didn't receive the second of those two tests. If she had had that test, she might have had her ovaries removed before they became cancerous.
"I shouldn't have this cancer," says Maxian, whose story goes to the heart of the concern over patenting genes. "If this can happen to me, it can happen to thousands of people."
Myriad's monopoly over such tests is at issue now before the Supreme Court in a case that could have huge ramifications for the multi-billion-dollar biotech industry, medical researchers, health care providers and patients.
"The implications of this case could be broad," said Randolph Clower, a patent law attorney with Phillips Lytle. "Will biotech companies be able to attract the investment needed for medical advances if there are restrictions on patents? Will the quality of health care decline if you can't protect certain inventions? What will this imply for other things isolated from natural products like those used in agribusiness?"
It's a case that finds the Supreme Court parsing established law to find the legal boundaries that will govern some of the world's most important medical research.
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It's unlawful to patent products of nature, and human genes are products of nature. But the biotech industry uses isolated fragments of human genes or constructs versions of human DNA in the laboratory, and it considers these to be inventions different enough from the real thing to be eligible for a patent.
Biotech firms argue that it's only fair that they get the monopoly benefits of a patent for any medical invention that's rightfully theirs. As a result, more than 40,000 DNA-related patents have been issued over the last 30 years for all sorts of medical tests, therapies and research tools.
It has become accepted practice to give companies exclusive rights for diagnostic tests and therapies they develop based on natural substances. But what should the law say when the information contained in those substances – genes – tells patients their risk of living or dying?
For Maxian, the answer is simple.
"Companies and their investors have a goal of making money," she said. "Our laws need to make sure that we have policies that look out for the people."
That's the argument being brought to the high court by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation on behalf of an assortment of national organizations of doctors, scientists, genetic counselors and other health care professionals. Women's health and breast cancer organizations and patients at risk of or diagnosed with hereditary breast or ovarian cancer are also involved in the case.
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Myriad's patents give it the exclusive right to perform diagnostic tests for two genes that everyone carries known as BRCA1 and BRCA2. A woman with mutations in these genes has a much higher risk of breast or ovarian cancer.
The legal challenge contends Myriad's monopoly on the BRCA genes allows it to dictate the terms of testing and bars other laboratories from testing the genes to verify the accuracy of Myriad's results. Though Myriad has not exercised its authority to block all research, the legal challengers say the company's claims also have had a chilling effect by dissuading researchers from using the patented genes for scientific studies.
Myriad and others in the biotech industry argue that isolating the gene fragments used in constructing the tests ought to be patent-eligible. Without patent protection, Myriad and its allies say, it will be much more difficult for companies to bring innovations to market, a process that can take many years and tens of millions of dollars.
In the shadow of those legal arguments stand women like Maxian.
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Maxian's sister, Eileen Kelly, developed breast cancer at age 40 in 2007 and underwent the Myriad test to see if she carried a BRCA mutation. The result came back negative.
BRCA testing at that time detected most, but not all, possible mutations with a link to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Myriad offered a supplemental test known as BART for the remaining mutations to high-risk patients who met certain criteria, such as a strong family history of cancer. Critics of Myriad, which has since combined the tests, say the criteria were too narrow.
Maxian, 52, developed ovarian cancer in 2009, and her doctors gave her a 20 percent chance of living five more years. That prompted her sister to go back and get the BART test, which picked up the genetic abnormalities.
Maxian said that, had her sister been given the BART test initially, the family would have learned that she, Kelly and others carry a mutation that placed them at high risk. Maxian could have had her breasts or ovaries surgically removed, procedures some women choose to have to prevent disease.
Maxian's sister is in remission. But Maxian is in her third round of chemotherapy and has gone through several surgeries, including a hysterectomy and the removal this year of lymph nodes around her liver. Her spirits are good, but the ordeal has taken a physical and emotional toll.
And all of that, she said, could have been avoided if the BART test, which costs about $3,000, had been made available to her sister.
Meeting the criteria
Myriad offered BART at an additional cost but also provided it free of charge to some women with a strong family history of breast or ovarian cancer.
However, Mollie Hutton, Maxian's genetic counselor at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, said the BART test was not always recommended, because of the professional consensus then about who should get the test based on the Myriad criteria.
At the time, women who did not meet the BART criteria could get the test for a fee, but most insurance companies did not cover it.
"We had a handful of cancer cases that were not picked up. It happened more frequently than people then believed it would," she said.
Now, though, the Supreme Court will decide whether Myriad should have that kind of monopoly control over such tests. In doing so, it will resolve a conflict between two court decisions in the case.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in 2010 that genes could not be patented.
But the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed that ruling in 2011.
It's unclear what the Supreme Court will do.
A question of ethics
Historically, courts have been fairly generous to patent-holders. But there is something bothersome to people about the ethics of patenting genes, said Mark Bartholomew, a University at Buffalo law professor.
Clower, of Phillips Lytle, said that by accepting the broad question – should human genes be patented? – the court has likely set the stage for rebalancing the interests of patent-seekers and the public.
"We assume there will be some limits. It's going to have a chilling effect on industry. We just don't know the degree," he said.
To Maxian and others, current law gives private companies control over an essential part of the body and will impede doctors' ability to examine patients' DNA to treat diseases with a genetic link.
That life-and-death power, she notes, has an effect on medical care.
"If you are going to patent something and limit access, you are making a decision about someone's life," she said.
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text: Photos: Memorials Grow, Vigils Kept By editor • Dec 16, 2012 TweetShareGoogle+Email View Slideshow 1 of 17 A woman kisses a stuffed animal before placing it on the memorial. Julio Cortez / AP View Slideshow 2 of 17 A memorial near the entrance to the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Mike Segar / Reuters/Landov View Slideshow 3 of 17 A sign reading "Pray for Newtown" hangs from a stone bridge over Hawley Pond in Newtown. Peter Foley / EPA/Landov View Slideshow 4 of 17 Firefighters and other volunteers organize a memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jason DeCrow / AP View Slideshow 5 of 17 At Newtown High School, residents greet each other before an interfaith vigil for the victims of the shooting. Evan Vucci / AP View Slideshow 6 of 17 Rachel Pullen (center) kisses her son, Landon DeCecco, at a memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School. Mario Tama / Getty Images View Slideshow 7 of 17 President Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of the shooting in Newtown. Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images View Slideshow 8 of 17 Mourners outside Newtown High School listen to a memorial service over a loudspeaker, on Sunday evening. David Goldman / AP View Slideshow 9 of 17 Manuel Moreno walks his daughter Jady, 6, to the Morris Street Elementary School in Danbury, Conn. Teachers and parents across the country were wrestling with how best to quell children's fears about returning to school. Mary Altaffer / AP View Slideshow 10 of 17 Mourners embrace as they leave the Honan Funeral Home, where the family of Jack Pinto was holding his funeral service on Monday. Mike Segar / Reuters/Landov View Slideshow 11 of 17 People arrive for the funeral services of Noah Pozner in Fairfield. Spencer Platt / Getty Images View Slideshow 12 of 17 Mourners gather outside the funeral service of Jack Pinto, 6, in Newtown. Monday was the first day of funerals for the victims. David Goldman / AP View Slideshow 13 of 17 Veronique Pozner waves to the members of the press as she leaves after a funeral service for her son, 6-year-old Noah Pozner in Fairfield, Conn. Noah was one of 20 students killed in the shootings on Friday. Jason DeCrow / AP View Slideshow 14 of 17 A mourner pays his respects at one of the makeshift memorials in Newtown. Mary Altaffer / AP View Slideshow 15 of 17 Candles are lit among mementos at a memorial for victims of the shooting on Monday night in Newtown. Mario Tama / Getty Images View Slideshow 16 of 17 A student looks for a place to leave flowers at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at the entrance of Newtown High School on Tuesday in Newtown, Conn. Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images View Slideshow 17 of 17 A mourner pays his respects at one of the makeshift memorials for the Sandy Hook elementary shooting on Monday in Newtown, Conn. Mary Altaffer / AP Originally published on December 18, 2012 9:57 am Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. TweetShareGoogle+EmailView the discussion thread.


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UC Davis ophthalmology resident Bobeck Modjtahedi has been awarded one of this year's prestigious Heed Fellowships. A graduate of UC Davis and UC Davis School of Medicine, Modjtahedi will finish his residency training at the UC Davis Eye Center in June and then continue postgraduate training at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital in Boston.
Modjtahedi is one of 20 physicians in the nation to receive a 2013-2014 Heed Ophthalmic Foundation award, which encourages and supports education and research in ophthalmology and the ophthalmic sciences for individuals with exceptional ability. Each fellowship includes a $10,000 merit award.
"We are all very proud of Dr. Modjtahedi," said Mark Mannis, professor and chair of the UC Davis Eye Center. "He combines a dedication to patient care with a passion for leading-edge research that benefits our profession and advances vision care for all."
In Boston, Modjtahedi will begin a two-year fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery, an area of ophthalmology that treats eye problems involving the retina, macula and vitreous fluid. These disorders include macular degeneration, retinal detachment and diabetic retinopathy. His research has focused on assessing ocular trauma as well as systemic disease processes that affect the eye, such as hyperlipidemia, a condition involving high levels of fats in the bloodstream and often related to elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Modjtahedi also plans to expand his research focus to novel diagnostic tools and new therapeutics in ophthalmology.


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Lygodactylus williamsi
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Lygodactylus williamsi Loveridge, 1952
Common Name(s):
Lygodactylus picturatus ssp. williamsi Loveridge, 1952
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Loveridge, A. 1952. A startlingly turquoise-blue gecko from Tanganyika. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 20: 446.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Flecks, M., Weinsheimer, F., Böhme, W., Chenga, J., Lötters, S., Rödder, D., Schepp, U. & Schneider, H.
|Bowles, P. & Cox, N.A.
Lygodactylus williamsi has been listed as Critically Endangered as it is only known from an extremely small area in Tanzania, with an extent of occurrence of approximately 20 km² and an area of occupancy of less than 8 km², within which it occurs as a severely fragmented population. This area is currently facing severe habitat destruction and fragmentation, and the species is heavily collected for the international pet trade.
|Range Description:
|This species is endemic to Tanzania and is found within the Forest Reserves of Kimboza and Ruvu. It is also known from two localities in the vicinity of these forests (Flecks et al. 2012). Its extent of occurrence is approximately 20 km², and within this area it has an estimated area of occupancy of 8 km².
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Tanzania, United Republic of
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|The subpopulation in Kimboza Forest Reserve was estimated to comprise approximately 150,000 adult individuals in 2009, based on the number of Pandanus plants in the reserve and the number of lizards per plant sampled (Flecks et al. 2012). This subpopulation is estimated to have declined by one third of its original size since 2004, based on a similar calculation of abundance derived in part from pre-collection literature (Flecks et al. 2012). Although population turnover is likely to replenish some of the losses due to off-take, both these estimates and the testimony of interviewees from the region indicate that the population is still in decline (Flecks et al. 2012). The status of the subpopulation at Ruvu Forest Reserve needs quantification.
Two further subpopulations outside of these forests occupy very small areas and do not contribute significantly to the total population. The four known subpopulations are not connected due to lack of suitable habitat in between (Flecks et al. 2012), and the population is consequently considered to be severely fragmented.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This diurnal gecko species inhabits tropical forest at the eastern foothills of the Uluguru Mountains (Doggart et al. 2001, Spawls et al. 2004), where it exclusively dwells on Screwpine, Pandanus rabaiensis (Lambert 1985, Weinsheimer and Flecks 2010). This tree is associated with swampy areas or limestone substrata within the forest area. Usually, one male, one or more females and several juveniles inhabit one Pandanus plant (Bayliss 1994, Flecks et al. 2012).
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Use and Trade:
|This species is heavily exploited for the international pet trade; at least 15% of the population in Kimboza Forest was collected between December 2004 and July 2009 (Flecks et al. 2012). Although no official import or export figures exist for this lizard, which is not CITES-listed, and specimens may be exported under false names further complicating the collection of these data, trade appears to be ongoing at a similar level (M. Flecks pers. comm. March 2012).
|Major Threat(s):
|The species is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation due to ongoing deforestation (illegal logging of timber, pole cutting, firewood collection, hunting activities, clearing for agriculture, and the increasing frequency of fires). The limestone formations on which the Pandanus plants grow are mined (Hymas 2000). Collection for the international pet trade directly affects the species at a scale likely to threaten the population (Flecks et al. 2012).
|Conservation Actions:
|There are no known species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. Although it does occur inside Kimboza Forest Reserve and Ruvu Forest Reserve, neither of these reserves is well-protected at present. There is an urgent need to control trade in this species, and CITES listing on either Appendix I or II is strongly recommended (M. Flecks pers. comm. March 2012). Lack of habitat protection represents a major threat to this lizard, and improved monitoring is required to ensure the security of the reserves from which the gecko is known (M. Flecks pers. comm. March 2012). The species is in need of special consideration in Tanzania's national wildlife and forestry management plans (M. Flecks pers. comm. March 2012). Research is needed to estimate the size and status of the population in Ruvu Forest Reserve, and to better-understand the effects of habitat fragmentation on this microhabitat specialist (M. Flecks pers. comm. March 2012).
|Flecks, M., Weinsheimer, F., Böhme, W., Chenga, J., Lötters, S., Rödder, D., Schepp, U. & Schneider, H. 2012. Lygodactylus williamsi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T14665363A14665385. . Downloaded on 18 September 2018.
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St. Mary Parish Officials Searching For Escaped Inmates
Police in St. Mary Parish are looking for two people who allegedly escaped from the St. Mary Parish Jail.
Police said 28-year-old Christopher Lee Horton and 36-year-old Joshua James Folks are at large.
Police said Horton was being held for second-degree murder and arson. Folks was incarcerated for theft and aggravated escape. Both men should be considered dangerous, police said.
Horton is described as a white male, 5-foot-11, and weighing 250 pounds. Folks is described as a white male, about 5-foot-9, weighing 178 pounds.
If you have any information, call the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office at (985) 828-1960 or the jail at (985) 836-5520.


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WASHINGTON D.C. - Solar system creation theorists got
more to chew on Monday when astronomers announced the
discovery a huge object called a brown dwarf orbiting a
star nearly as closely as Saturn is to our Sun.
Added to recent findings of extrasolar planetary
systems that are markedly unlike the one around the Sun,
the new finding makes our solar system look like an
oddball in the galaxy.
Brown dwarfs are large balls of gas, much more
massive than Jupiter but not heavy enough to generate
the thermonuclear fusion that powers a star. In recent
years, these strange, in-between objects have been found
in so many bizarre configurations that researchers are
scrambling to figure out whether they are dealing with
one class of object or several.
Lone brown dwarfs have been spotted wandering through
And scientists have struggled and argued over the
specific differences between brown dwarfs and planets,
especially how and where they are born. Finding a brown
dwarf in a region around a star thought to be reserved
for planets will only exacerbate ongoing disagreements.
"This finding suggests that a diversity of processes
act to populate the outer regions of other solar
systems," said Michael Liu, a University of Hawaii
astronomer who led the team that made the discovery.
Liu and his colleagues, a group of venerable planet
hunters, found the object using the Gemini North and
Keck telescopes at Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The results were
presented here at a meeting of the American Astronomical
So close
The brown dwarf is just 14 Astronomical Units away
from the star (1 AU is the distance from Earth to the
Sun). Saturn is 10 AU from the Sun, and Uranus, the next
planet out, is 19 AU. The object is between 55 and 78
times as massive as Jupiter, which is the largest planet
in our solar system.
Researchers say the configuration of a star and such
a large, close companion can't be explained by current
theories of solar system formation.
Stars are created by the gravitational collapse of a
cloud of material. Planets, however, are thought to
develop out of a flat, rotating disk of material left
over from the creation of a star. Planet evolve when
smaller rocks, like comets and asteroids, get together.
Jupiter and the other gas giant planets probably have
origins in such rocky cores, which grew large enough to
attract a huge gas envelope, most astronomers
"This [brown dwarf] companion is probably too massive
to have formed the way we believe that planets do," Liu
Many stars also are known to form as pairs, orbiting
each other.
There's little question that the newly found object
is a brown dwarf, said Alan Boss, a planet formation
theorist at the Carnegie Institution. It probably formed
out of the same cloud of material from which the star
formed, he said.
The presence of the brown dwarf might inhibit the
formation of planets, said Boss, who was not involved in
the research. Or, he said, it might actually foster the
development of planets, according to competing
theoretical models.
Further study of this and similar systems will be
needed to learn how they form, the researchers
Hunting planets
Hints of the brown dwarf were initially spotted a
decade ago by a team of extrasolar planet hunters.
Geoff Marcy and Debra Fischer at the University of
California at Berkeley, along with Paul Butler of the
Carnegie Institution, have helped find many of the 80 or
so known extrasolar planets. Their technique, which
notes slight wobbles in a star caused by large,
closely-orbiting planets, could not definitively
identify what they suspected was a brown dwarf farther
out from a star called HR 7672, which is 58 light-years
away from Earth.
Current techniques cannot find small planets, either.
The extrasolar planets that have been identified in the
past 5 years are all very large. Most are bigger than
Jupiter and orbit very close to their host stars. Some
are as close as Mercury is to our Sun.
Already, astronomers were struggling to explain how
planets so large could exist so close to stars. And they
wonder whether this is normal, or whether other solar
systems like ours might be the norm but simply have
eluded detection so far.
The answer bears on whether there are other
Earth-like planets out there, which might support
Answers won't come, however, until technology allows
for the discovery of small extrasolar planets, assuming
they exist. One space-based observatory that would do
this, called Kepler, was
Other researchers are working to stretch ground-based
observation techniques beyond current limits to allow
for the discovery of smaller planets and of large
objects orbiting far from stars. The new discovery
represents one of these efforts.
How it was found
Brown dwarfs generate enough heat to shine, but only
dimly and in infrared light.
The newly spotted brown dwarf was found using a
relatively new technique called adaptive optics, which
corrects for some of the blurring effects of Earth's
atmosphere and allows faint objects to be photographed
with resolution that can be 10 times better.
Liu imaged the primary star HR 7672 (also called 15
Sge) last summer, and he noticed a dim spot of light
next to it, described as being akin to a firefly next to
a bright searchlight. Follow-up images, using adaptive
optics, showed the faint object moved on the sky along
with the primary star, proving that it was in fact a
companion and not a background star.
HR 7672 is slightly younger than our Sun, but
otherwise is seen as a twin to the Sun, Liu said. The
researchers are now looking for similar groupings of
other stars and brown dwarfs.
"Now that we know brown dwarfs exist in the region of
giant planet formation, we would like to understand how
often these oddball pairings occur in the universe, and
what that can tell us about the alternate and divergent
ways in which solar systems form around Sun-like stars,"
Liu said.
James Graham and James Lloyd, also from the
University of California at Berkeley, contributed to the
Next up: Jupiter-sized planets
Boss said the results were a tantalizing appetizer of
a feast of observations expected in the near future from
adaptive optics systems.
"It's basically changing an astronomical image from
something that looks like a very fuzzy impressionistic
painting into something that looks like a photo-realist
painting," Boss said.
Ray Jayawardhana, a researcher at the University of
California, Berkeley, said he expects the technique to
provide direct images of Jupiter-sized planets around
other stars soon, possibly within two years. Several
groups are competing to achieve that goal, he said, and
already there are candidate objects that they are
examining more closely.
"It might seem crazy," Jayawardhana said, but it's
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The in-depth new Pew News Consumption Survey (see our three other article), among many other things, gave respondents a three-question current events test. The results showed, for example, that viewers of certain "fake news" shows (Stewart, Colbert) performed better than those who favor many "real news" programs (such as Dobbs, O'Reilly). But what about the overall test scores for all viewers/readers?
Only 53% correctly identified the Democrats as being in control of Congress, with 15% picking the GOP-- and 32% not even able to venture a guess.
They did even worse when asked to name our current, longtime (and quite famous) Secretary of State. Only 43% named Condi Rice, 3% IDed someone else -- and an amazing 55% could not even take a shot at it.
And how many could name the new British prime minister? Merely 28% named Gordon Brown -- and guess who finished second with 5%? Rupert Murdoch. Another 4% were sure it was Robert Gates.
Only 18% correctly answered all 3 questions.
TVNL Comment: They are not "sadly uninformed", they are "intentionally misinformed!"


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Mobile Phone Operator Lobbyists Say No Laws Necessary To Prevent 'Bill Shock'
from the because-it-doesn't-happen? dept
Over in the UK they've put in place laws to prevent such ridiculous bill shock situations, and regulators in the US are considering the same... but the lobbyists for the mobile operators, CTIA, are protesting that such rules are "unnecessary." That would be a lot more convincing if people didn't send in stories about ridiculous bills every few weeks. CTIA also claims that "Members have adopted internal practices and procedures to remediate billing concerns directly with their customers," but in practice those "remediation" practices seem to basically be "wait until the press starts paying attention, and then finally back down."


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Love & Hugs,
Samantha & Clementine
I will be VERY quiet - those human kittens are harder to keep track of than kitty kittens sometimes!
Have your tried sitting on her?
Make sure you only tippy toe around so you don't wake her up.
You're doing a great job!
Oh she naps like a kittie! Have purrty dreams Granddaughterbean!
Sam, Clemmie & Maverick,
You make wonderful babysitters!
Have a fun weekend. Hope mom feels better!
We think you should ever so carefully burrow under the blanket. If there's not room for both of you, then one should most definitely lie right on her head. We love that :)
Oh I know my mom would have loved such elegant sitters when she was little.
Your grandbean looks like an angel sleeping like that. And the two of you sure are doing a great job watching over her. :)
Have a great weekend, friends!
You girls are doing a great job sitting the Granddaughter bean!
Yes, time to walk guard duty around her. Make sure no mouse, no bug, disturb her innocent sleep. Guard well, Samantha and Clemmie...


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Fed sets final season dates for offshore salmon fishery
All fishing in offshore waters is totally controlled by the federal government, specifically, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. This agency sets, for example, the season dates, limits and allowable fishing waters.
The offshore salmon fishery opened a couple of weeks ago with its blessing, although the PFMC hadn't finalized season dates. Early biological reports indicate a banner year in ocean waters and, later, the river systems.
It appears everybody who wants to fish for salmon is going to have a wide-open fishery — recreationally and commercially.
There are different zones that have different restrictions. The PFMC will set date ranges, bag and size limits, etc., and the California Department of Fish and Game generally will mirror those.
The ever-popular Klamath Management Zone, which ranges from the Oregon border to Horse Mountain and covers the port in Eureka, doesn't open to salmon fishing until May 14, and the fishery will close Sept. 5.
The area from Horse Mountain south to Pigeon Point, which essentially covers offshore waters from Fort Bragg to well below Santa Cruz and Monterey, is open now and isn't slated for closure until Oct. 30.
As is and has been the case for many years, coho salmon — or "silvers" — aren't allowed in the bag. A keeper Chinook — or "king" — must be 24 inches. The bag limit is two per day.
A number of anglers are cited throughout each season for having a coho in their bag. Party boat operators and their deckhands readily know the difference, so those being cited are mooching or trolling in their own boats.
You can generally tell what kind of salmon you have when the fish is still in the water. The back of a Chinook as it nears the boat will appear almost purple. Silver salmon don't have that coloration. The inside of a silver salmon's mouth is nearly all white while a Chinook's mouth and gums are mostly black.
Don't get ticketed. If it's a silver salmon, let it go. Just re-bait and get back in the water.
Current fishing
You're looking at Easter weekend, when families enjoy outings, and if the weather remains sunny, look for most lakes to be well attended.
Offshore salmon: Really a variety in the catches. The Half Moon Bay fleet found a few fish but a number of shakers. The Bay Area fleet sneaked under the Golden Gate and did some trolling. Many shakers were caught and released, and keeper kings were found, up to an eight-pounder.
At Bodega Bay, the bite has appeared better. One boat, with only four anglers, trolled only three miles out and limited on kings. More northern waters, such as around Fort Bragg, have been rougher and has minimized boats going out and trying for salmon, though pots are still yielding nice crab for the boats that run combo trips.
Sacramento River: The local sections of the river are dropping, and boaters are venturing out in bigger numbers. Ramps at Tisdale and Knight's Landing remain closed, but most others are in full operation. If you want to fish the upper Sacramento, launch at Verona or Colusa.
The striper bite is getting good. While most anglers will drop anchor and soak bait such as pile or blood worms, and cut bait such as anchovy, you can do well by trolling a minnow imitator such as a Rebel or Rapala near the bottom, or drifting a jumbo minnow.
Lake Oroville: There already are post-spawn bass. Others are in the spawning process. Fish the shallows with Senkos and jigs. There have been spots hauled in that have hit four pounds. Coho salmon is hot around the spillway ramp across the front of the dam, and you can topline the top five feet and come away with a 50-fish day with some salmon more than two pounds.
Folsom Lake: With a great deal of water coming down the hill, the lake keeps rising, and bass keep following that rising shoreline for the foodstuffs the rising water level brings and the warmer water for spawning. Get around trees and flooded brush or grassy areas in the backs of coves. Bass are all over. You may have to change patterns until you find one to their liking, but you can hammer bass right now. Cranks, spinnerbaits and plastics all work, and you have to work them slow, make them mad to snap at it.
Camp Far West: Considerable water is coming down the Bear River so the lake is full and going over the spillway. Water isn't the most clear, but you can find a decent bass bite. Believe it or not, work a bright yellow Roostertail around the rocks of the dam and spillway and you'll be well bit. As everywhere, bass are in spawning mode, so get around the trees with plastics. Drifting minnows is always good for a bite and could also attract the occasional striped bass that still call the lake home.
Rollins Lake: It's a popular recreational lake, and Long Ravine is now open for camping, so look for more traffic. Water skiers and other water types won't take over the lake for a while, so the fishing can still be a worthwhile trip. DFG was supposed to have planted the region so the fishery, from shore and trolling, should be productive.
Clear Lake: Most purist bass anglers will snub using live bait, but those willing to soak a live minnow are whacking and stacking the bigger bass. On the other hand, there are dyed-in-the-wool bass anglers who will pick up a bucketload of minnows. It's springtime, and bass everywhere are either on their beds or moving that direction. Clear Lake is no different. The artificial bite is picking up, however, and a variety of lures work — jigs, swimbaits, worms. Crawdad color has been the most popular.
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Dates to try around Boston
Change it up
Dating can be stressful, overwhelming, even scary. But it can also bring lots and lots of cheer and smiles in your life.
Whether it's a first date or your 50th, changing things up is always welcome. Here is a roundup of some activities to consider when planning your next night (or day) out.
Brunch at East Coast Grill
This fiery eatery is probably most famous for its sporadic "Hell Night" events; essentially a dinner for masochists and freaks who like to singe their taste buds on hot pastas and other dishes.
Instead, attend this established eatery for brunch, where meals are more affordable, and more fun. The make your own Bloody Mary bar offers tantalizing ingredients, from fresh hot sauce to chili paste. Oh, and, don't forget to get a taste of the corn bread.
1271 Cambridge St., Cambridge, 617-491-6568, www.eastcoastgrill.net
After Hours at the Gardner
Enjoy jazz music, stroll around the museum's historic courtyard garden, and explore the new wing. Why not pretend that it's a Gatsbyesque party at your own mansion? And for you thirsty folks, a cash wine bar is available.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston, 617-278-5156. For more information, visit the Gardner After Hours site.
Tour Sam Adams Brewery
If you and your honey bunch can't get enough of the sudsy stuff, hops to it. (We heart beer puns.)
Company founder Jim Koch (right) probably won't be on hand to give you a tour of the Jamaica Plain facilities, but regardless, you'll learn about malts, yeasts, and the history of Sam Adams. One of the best parts? You and your date will be able to sample some brews.
Sam Adams Brewery, 30 Germania St., Jamaica Plain, 617-368-5080, www.samueladams.com
Belly dancing at the Middle East
Looking for some fun for cheap? Head to the Middle East for professional belly dance performances every Sunday night. Show off your dancing moves to your date during the open floor time. $5 suggested donation to take part.
The Middle East Corner: 480 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. 617-864-3278, www.mideastclub.com
Candlepin bowling
Forget bowling: If your date isn't a local (or even if he or she hails from Boston), share some laughs at the Flatbread Company, located in the renovated Sacco's Bowl Haven. It's a great place to have your old school fun with a side of tasty pizza and craft brews. Most of the original candlepin lanes remain and others were fashioned into a bar and tables.
Flatbread at Sacco's Bowl Haven: 45 Day St., Somerville. 617-776-0553, www.flatbreadcompany.com
A trip to the Sports Museum
For all you sports lovers, here's a date just for you. Brush up on your Boston sports history at the TD Garden's Sports Museum.
Make sure to check the Celtics and Bruins game schedule — if you time it correctly, you'll have a chance to watch a game and grab a bite with your date at one of the many sports bars around the Garden.
The Sports Museum at TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston
Moonlit stroll, cobblestone streets
Explore Boston's waterfront with your date free of charge by uploading a walking tour onto your own MP3 player. The hour-long tour starts at the Christopher Columbus Park and continues past Rowes Wharf and Long Wharg along the Boston Harbor (pictured). You won't be sorry — it's one of the most romantic walks in Boston.
After your stroll, wander through the cobblestone streets of the North End and stop in to grab a bite of gelatos or cannolis.
A scenic bike ride
Set out on an adventure with your date by renting a ride from Hubway Bikes. Starting up again in early spring, there will be 60 locations throughout Boston. There are a lot of paths to choose from but we suggest the Charles River bike paths for a romantic and scenic route.
Game night
Save the games for game night: check out Jamaica Plain's Milky Way Lounge for game night every Monday. Hungry? Indulge in 50-cent wings from 7 p.m. -9 p.m.
Milky Way Lounge, 284 Amory St., Boston. 617-524-3740.
Do some good
Show your date your soft side by helping out those in need. Volunteer together at The Greater Boston Food Bank and make a difference in your community.
The Greater Boston Food Bank, 70 South Bay Ave., Boston. 617-427-5200, www.gbfb.org
Tacos and beer
Do some hopping, and we're not just talking about drinking beer. Start with dinner at Lone Star Taco Bar. After a spicy and satisfying meal, indulge in craft beers at Deep Ellum. Your date doesn't have to hail from the Lone Star State to enjoy tacos or beer.
Deep Ellum, 477 Cambridge St., Allston, www.deepellum-boston.com
Lone Star Taco Bar, 477 Cambridge St., Allston
Go to Fenway, but make your own way
Sure, you may have been to countless dates at Fenway. This time, make it your own. Grab a burrito before the game at El Pelon, which is just a short walk away from the park. After the game, grab a few pints at Lower Depths, which is close enough to Fenway so you don't miss the action, but far enough to be away from the usual crowds.
El Pelon, 92 Peterborough St., Boston, www.elpelon.com
Lower Depths,476 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, www.thelowerdepths.com/
Cocktail hour
Forget the standard stuff: Take your special friend for some delicious sips at the various cocktail bars that are popping up all over town. Backbar has been open for a little more than a year, and hasn't failed to capture some noteworthy buzz.
The bar, which isn't the easiest bar to find, may well be one of the coolest. Custom cocktails are made right at the bar for guests to watch. On Mondays, try their signature ramen.
Pictured: The scene at the bar, with bartender Sam Treadway, left.
Backbar, 9 Sanborn Court, Somerville, www.backbarunion.com
Dine to impress
If you want to dress up and hit the new trendy spot in town, venture to the South End. For fresh and local American fare, try BoMa (pictured).
After you wine and dine, rock on with some live music at the Beehive.
BoMa, 1415 Washington St., Boston
Beehive, 541 Tremont St., Boston, www.beehiveboston.com
Fun on the waterfront
There is a lot to do and explore in the very new South Boston waterfront. Take your special someone for a real treat: Rosa Mexicano makes fresh guacamole at your tableside. Tell your waiter how spicy (or not spicy) you want your avocado goodness, and voila, ask and you shall receive.
Also consider Temacal Cantina, which is also in the Seaport area. The restaurant has a breathtaking waterfront view, and if that's not enough, menus are offered on iPads, which make an excellent talking point on a first date.
Rosa Mexicano, 155 Seaport Blvd., Boston, 617-476-6122
Temazcal Cantina, 250 Northern Ave., www.emazcalcantina.com
ICA First Fridays
This will take some planning, but it's well worth it. The already fun and a great spot for date night transforms itself on the first Fridays of every month (except January). Check the listings and see which Institute of Contemporary Art event appeals most to you and your date. Pictured from left: Stephanie Wilder of Waltham and Rob Colonna of Boston at the ICA First Fridays: '80s Night event.
If you don't want to plan that far in advance, the museum offers free admission on Thursday nights, from 5-9 p.m.
Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Ave., Boston, www.icaboston.org
Tour the Harbor Islands
Sometimes you need more than a few hours to really get to know someone. Embark on an adventure to one of the many Harbor Islands when the weather allows it.
Puppet shows? Kite flying? Hiking? The Harbor Islands offer many options to get a break from city life.
For more information, visit the Harbor Islands site.
Act like love birds
Hanging out with penguins? What could be more adorable than that?
Venture to this spot and hang out with seawater creatures at the New England Aquarium.
Check out the exhibits and different features the aquarium has to offer before making the trip.
New England Aquarium, 1 Central Wharf, Boston, 617-973-5200, www.neaq.org
Soul food and cinema
Swing by Kendall Square's Hungry Mother for southern soul food with a classy twist. The menu changes daily but features a variety of hearty selections like cornmeal-crusted catfish and bavette steak. While waiting for your meal, order movie tickets for Kendall Square Cinema and catch a movie after. They show everything from mainstream to art-house to indie to foreign.
Hungry Mother
233 Cardinal Medeiros Ave., Cambridge
Kendall Square Cinema
1 Kendall Square, Cambridge
Fondue and brew
For a variety of beers on tap and locally sourced pub fare, check out Grendel's Den in Cambridge. Split the cheese fondue for two ($25) and share a selection of fresh cheeses white wine & kirsch, French bread for dipping, and your choice of side salad. They also offer a select half-price menu from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every evening and 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Don't forget to try one of their choice brews or mulled wine.
89 Winthrop St., Cambridge


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Joint campaign prepares for Sentinel-2 and FLEX
Initial results from an extensive ESA field campaign, which is being carried out in support of the development of two Earth-observation missions prove encouraging and potentially pave the way for future monitoring of the Earth's surface.
Since one of the most important aspects of developing an Earth-observation mission is to make sure that the eventual data meets the users' exacting requirements, it is no surprise that huge efforts are put into field activities to evaluate the future performance of an instrument. This means that many airborne and ground measurements have to be acquired so that the final data products can be simulated and evaluated.
Within a multi-objective campaign, field data is being gathered in three separate periods this year from sites across France and Spain. The campaign is in support of preparation for the Sentinel-2 mission, being developed by ESA as part of the space segment for the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) programme, and the FLEX mission, which was selected in 2006 for assessment as the result of ESA's Call for Core Earth Explorer Mission Ideas.
Sentinel-2 is a multi-spectral imaging mission for high-resolution observation of land surfaces and will provide an enhanced continuity of the French SPOT (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre) missions and the US Landsat missions. As part of GMES, Sentinel-2 will provide information for land monitoring and emergency services.
The main aim of the FLEX mission concept is to quantify the photosynthetic efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems at a global scale through the measurement of chlorophyll-fluorescence. Chlorophyll-fluorescence radiation is emitted from vegetation in the visible and infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum and provides unique information about the photosynthetic activity of plants. Photosynthetic efficiency estimates will lead to a better knowledge of the role vegetation plays in the carbon and water cycles, and ultimately contribute to an improved understanding of climate.
In support of these two missions, the CEFLES2 (CarboEurope, FLEx and Sentinel-2) campaign is exploiting the synergies between a large collection of airborne and ground measurements performed in coordination with CERES (CarboEurope Regional Experiment Strategy), and includes participants from Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the Netherlands.
The CEFLES2 main campaign site is located within the CERES experimental area in Gascony in south-west France, with additional airborne acquisitions taken over Madrid and the Mediterranean coast. The first measurements were acquired in April and June 2007 and another set will be taken in September, so that different stages of crop growth are represented. The aim is to obtain reference datasets to address the specific needs of the development activities for Sentinel-2 and the FLEX candidate mission.
For Sentinel-2, the objective is to collect quality and coordinated airborne optical and in-situ measurements. Luis Alonso from the University of Valencia, Spain, coordinator of the ground team during the June campaign, said: "Hundreds of kilometres of airborne imagery over many types of landscapes have been acquired along with a complete set of ground measurements taken by a consortium of European laboratories. This campaign's unique dataset will be a major contribution for defining algorithms for Sentinel-2 and for testing the new data processing techniques that are needed for this satellite."
For FLEX, the objective is to measure vegetation fluorescence over a large variety of vegetation species and establish a relationship between measured levels of fluorescence emission, plant photosynthesis and ultimately carbon dioxide fluxes between the surface and atmosphere. Integrated airborne and ground measurements will provide well-calibrated photosynthesis responses to light, temperature and other variables.
"Plants form the very thin green layer on the surface of our planet that moderates the vast amount of all the matter and energy fluxes between the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth. Photosynthesis is the main energy conversion process", Uwe Rascher from the Jülich Research Centre, who is responsible for coordinating the ground measurements for FLEX, explained. "As a matter of fact, photosynthesis, which occurs within the cells of green leaves, adapts dynamically to environmental change, such as drought and extreme temperature. Regulations at these small scales actually have an impact on regional and global climate."
"With this campaign we are taking the first steps to develop a measuring tool to monitor vegetation florescence that will allow us to observe the capacity of photosynthesis of plant ecosystems in real time, and to better manage plant ecosystems under future climate scenarios", he added.
So far the campaign is proving very successful. Scientists are looking forward to the third part of the campaign in September, after which the results can be fully analysed. These results will further the development of the Sentinel-2 mission and the assessment studies for the candidate FLEX mission.
CEFLES2 campaign participants included - from Germany the Jülich Research Centre, Humboldt University and Trier University; from Italy the Istituto di Biometeorologia and Istituto di Fisica Applicata 'Nello Carrara' from CNR (Italian Research Center), Galileo Avionica and the University of Milan-Bicocca; from France the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique from CNRS (French Scientific Research Centre); from Spain the University of Valencia and INTA (Spanish Aerospace Technical Institute); Alterra from the Netherlands, along with participants from ESA.


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|Interaction Lab
This research examines the learning of cooperation within teams at the same time as competition between teams, using physical robots. Basic behaviors are given to the robots, which will learn to select the proper actions for given situations. I am interested in the strategies that will develop, and of course the trade-off between individual and team reward.
The reward function for learning will be based on position of the ball relative to the team's goal, personal possession of the ball, team possession of the ball, opponent possession of the ball, and goals. Perhaps some for blocking and/or stealing.
The behaviors, conditions, and messages that seem necessary to the task are listed in the illustration above.


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Following the tragic events in Las Vegas, which were seemingly made even worse by a product that most people didn't even know existed a couple of days ago, and ramped-up calls for new gun restrictions from Democrats, the National Rifle Association has just caved and called for "additional regulations" on "bump fire stocks" which effectively serve to allow semi-automatic weapons to function as fully-automatic.
Here is the full statement from the NRA:
More at: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-1...al-regulations
"In the aftermath of the evil and senseless attack in Las Vegas, the American people are looking for answers as to how future tragedies can be prevented."
"Unfortunately, the first response from some politicians has been to call for more gun control. Banning guns from law-abiding Americans based on the criminal act of a madman will do nothing to prevent future attacks. This is a fact that has been proven time and again in countries across the world.
In Las Vegas, reports indicate that certain devices were used to modify the firearms involved. Despite the fact that the Obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions, the National Rifle Association is calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law.
"The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."
"In an increasingly dangerous world, the NRA remains focused on our mission: strengthening Americans' Second Amendment freedom to defend themselves, their families and their communities."
"To that end, on behalf of our five million members across the country, we urge Congress to pass National Right-to-Carry reciprocity, which will allow law-abiding Americans to defend themselves and their families from acts of violence."
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text: Kahle's Kitchens was founded on solid business principles – create a unique product, manufacture it to the highest quality standards, and sell it at a fair and reasonable price. This philosophy, still in practice today, has guided Kahle's over the past 30 years to focus on continual improvements to our product quality and offerings. Kahle's is confident that you'll find a lifetime of beauty and functionality when you purchase our cabinetry and we back our commitment with a Limited Lifetime Warranty. Please see your local dealer for complete details.


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Eligibility Requirements
Academic Requirements
- Attainment of a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 at the end of the freshman year to be invited to join the program.
- Successful completion of a seminar/workshop.
- Work placements begin after successful completion of all required coursework in the calculus-ready sophomore year curriculum of the participating student's major with a GPA of at least 2.75.
- After the first work placement, students must maintain a 2.75 GPA to remain in the program.
- Maintain satisfactory progress toward degree requirements.
Program Structure & Conditions
- A minimum of three work placements is required.
- The job must be related to the student's academic major.
- No more than five work placements are allowed
- Two of the work placements must be non-summer work terms
- Placements can only begin after the completion of the coursework required in the calculus-ready sophomore year curriculum of the participating student's major
- Two approved internships may substitute for one work placement.


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|STS-125 Shuttle Mission Imagery
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|S125-E-007217 (14 May 2009) --- Astronauts John Grunsfeld (left) and Andrew Feustel, perched alone on the end of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' remote manipulator system, perform the first of five STS-125 spacewalks to perform work on the Hubble Space Telescope, temporarily locked down in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting shuttle. The two mission specialists are assigned to two of the remaining four sessions of extravehicular activity.
Curator: JSC PAO Web Team | Responsible NASA Official: Amiko Kauderer | Updated: 11/13/2012


text: People make fun of me all the time for saying that the 1960's cartoon pairing Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales had their moments. There were so many bad ones that people might not delve further to find some that are actually pretty funny! This one, for example, "Feather Finger", gives Daffy a logical reason to pursue Speedy, and has a great ending to boot!


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University of Minnesota,
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
and Dean
Faculty Leaves and Sabbaticals
Academic development leaves allow faculty to devote concentrated time
to studies, investigations, research, scholarly writing, and artistic
projects. Such leaves may also be used for curriculum development and
other improvements in teaching practice.
Standards, eligibility, procedures, and conditions for faculty development
leaves are defined by the Regents
Policy on Employee Development, Education, and Training.
Human Resources Policy on Faculty Development Leaves
Sabbatical Leaves
Sabbatical leaves provide eligible faculty with the opportunity to devote
one academic year to research and creative activity and receive at least
one half of their normal compensation. The sabbatical stipend may be
supplemented through the University of Minnesota Sabbatical Supplement
Program which can provide up to an additional 30% of the faculty members
base salary, although in recent years, depending on the number of sabbaticants,
the supplement has averaged about half that amount. Faculty may also
pursue other fellowships and research grants to supplement their income,
in keeping with University policies. The campus has limited funds to
assist disciplines in hiring replacement faculty members and so in making
plans faculty members should be aware that their discipline might not
be able to hire a full replacement.
A faculty member is entitled
to a sabbatical leave after six years of academic service,
with review and scheduling at the department/collegiate levels and
approval of the dean.
Application Forms
Download the Faculty
Sabbatical form.
Faculty Sabbatical Supplement Program
The Faculty Sabbatical Supplement Program provides supplemental funds to academic
units to support sabbaticals and development leaves for recommended tenured
faculty. A portion of this central fund is allocated to each college and campus
based on its proportion of the University's tenured faculty. This program
provides funds to supplement up to the lesser of 30% or $30,000 of the A- or
B-base salary (not including fringe) for faculty who are recommended to receive
this benefit. Salary supplement funds must be matched by 1/3 using college
or campus resources.
Sabbatical supplements are awarded using criteria and procedures established
by each college and coordinate campus. Faculty seeking this supplemental
award should contact the dean, director, or chancellor of their academic
Download the Sabbatical Supplement Program Application Form.
Single Semester Leaves
Single Semester Leaves
provide eligible faculty members with the opportunity to devote one
full semester to research and creative activity at full pay. The campus
is allowed to award a limited number of single semester leaves, normally
four, and competition has become quite stiff. In keeping with University
policies, it is assumed that the faculty member will devote all of the
leave to research and creative activity. The campus receives no additional
funding for this program and so in making plans faculty members should
be aware that their discipline will be unable to hire any replacement
Faculty are eligible for a single semester leave after two academic years of
service (probationary faculty) or after four academic years of service (tenured
Applicable UMM Policy
UMM Single Semester Leave Policy
Application Forms
Complete the Single
Semester Leave form.
Faculty Leave Report Template
Leave Report Template


text: Another funky file based on a groove, bass ,percussion and a few funky guitar licks. Guitars are modern, and each one has a certain modulated effect, as phaser , chorus etc. I included looped and fade out version. They differ just at a few seconds at the end, so i put just a fade out version in a preview file. Here are files included : 1. Funky Mama 2-looped (1:36) 2. Funky Mama 2-fade out (1:45)


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Money Men Tally Cost of Climate Change
NEW YORK (AP) — Climate change will exact enormous costs on U.S. regional economies in the form of lost property, reduced industrial output and higher health expenses, according to a report backed by a trio of men with vast business experience.
The report, released Tuesday, is designed to convince businesses to factor in the cost of climate change in their long-term decisions and to push for cutting emissions that are heating the planet.
The report was commissioned the Risky Business Project, which describes itself as non-partisan and is chaired by former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, former Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. and Thomas F. Steyer, a former hedge fund manager.
Among the predictions: Between $66 billion and $106 billion in costal property will likely be below sea level by 2050.


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I bought a JX3P recently and some of the keys do not work (or very low volume). So I tried to clean it, I removed all the keys, and the rubber then I cleaned the circuit (and the rubber) with a bit of alcohol. But still, it doesn't work.
Any idea ?


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execution timeout
require 'timeout' status = Timeout::timeout(5) { # Something that should be interrupted if it takes too much time... }
A way of performing a potentially long-running operation in a thread, and terminating it's execution if it hasn't finished by a fixed amount of time.
Previous versions of timeout didn't provide use a module for namespace. This version provides both ::timeout, and a backwards-compatible timeout.
(C) 2000 Network Applied Communication Laboratory, Inc.
(C) 2000 Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
Executes the method's block. If the block execution terminates before
sec seconds has passed, it returns the result value of the
block. If not, it terminates the execution and raises
exception (which defaults to Timeout::Error).
Note that this is both a method of module Timeout, so you can 'include Timeout' into your classes so they have a timeout method, as well as a module method, so you can call it directly as ::timeout.
# File timeout.rb, line 43 def timeout(sec, klass = nil) #:yield: +sec+ return yield(sec) if sec == nil or sec.zero? exception = klass || Class.new(ExitException) begin x = Thread.current y = Thread.start { sleep sec x.raise exception, "execution expired" if x.alive? } return yield(sec) rescue exception => e rej = /\A#{Regexp.quote(__FILE__)}:#{__LINE__-4}\z/o (bt = e.backtrace).reject! {|m| rej =~ m} level = -caller(CALLER_OFFSET).size while THIS_FILE =~ bt[level] bt.delete_at(level) level += 1 end raise if klass # if exception class is specified, it # would be expected outside. raise Error, e.message, e.backtrace ensure if y and y.alive? y.kill y.join # make sure y is dead. end end end
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