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Colorado Avalanche (2-4-0) at Calgary Flames (1-2-1)
7 p.m., Scotiabank Saddledome
TV: Sportsnet West
Radio: FAN 960
Captain playing well already. With 76 points in 89 dates, Colorado is his second-favourite opponent. (Iginla has registered 82 points versus Edmonton.)
The Lines
C. Glencross A. Tanguay J. Iginla
M. Cammalleri M. Backlund L. Stempniak
J. Hudler M. Stajan R. Cervenka
S. Begin B. Jones B. Comeau
The Pairings
M. Giordano J. Bouwmeester
T.J. Brodie D. Wideman
C. Butler C. Sarich
The Goalies
M. Kiprusoff
L. Irving
The injuries
D Anton Babchuk (shoulder), LW Sven Baertschi (lower body)
An off-season signing, the Hull, Que., native has been money in the bank. The ex-Islander has produced three goals in five games, going plus-five.
The lines
J. McGinn M. Duchene P.A. Parenteau
J. Mitchell P. Stastny D. Jones
C. Kobasew M. Sgarbossa M. Hejduk
C. McLeod M. Olver P. Bordeleau
The Pairings
E. Johnson R. Wilson
R. O'Byrne J. Hejda
G. Zanon T. Barrie
The goalies
S. Varlamov
J.S. Giguere
The injuries
C Ryan O'Reilly (holdout), RW Gabriel Landeskog (head, neck), RW Steve Downie (knee)
1. CAPTAIN KAPUT — RW Gabriel Landeskog may be only 20 years old, but he's an integral part of the Avs' lineup. He's their captain, he's their star. Now, after being clobbered Saturday by San Jose D Brad Stuart, he's sidelined indefinitely with head/neck injuries. Last season — 22 goals, 52 points, plus-20, 219 hits, 82 games — Landeskog bagged the Calder Trophy as the circuit's top freshman.
2. AVALANCHE OF MEMORIES — Bob Hartley got his pro-hockey start in the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche system, coaching AHL Cornwall and AHL Hershey, before joining the Avs and capturing the 2001 Stanley Cup. "It's always special," said Hartley. "I spent nine and a half years in that organization. I grew up with Pierre Lacroix and all those guys. That is a very special place for me." This marks the fourth time he's faced the Avs. He's 2-0-1.
3. ON A ROLL ALREADY — RW Lee Stempniak is off to a brisk start, a good sign for any player ... but especially for him, one of the streakiest chaps in the NHL. In his second season with the Flames, Stempniak leads the Flames with five points, including three goals, in four dates.
4. LAST WHALER SKATING — Colorado G Jean-Sebastien Giguere is the only former member of the Hartford Whalers still going. "I didn't spend a lot of time there, but it'll always be special to me, the team and the organization," Giguere, drafted 13th overall in 1995, told the Denver Post. "It was too bad the team had to move, because they had a lot of great fans. But those things happen sometimes." Giguere was subsequently shipped to the Flames. But after three fruitless seasons here, he moved the Anaheim and became a mainstay for the Ducks. Now 35, he's backing up G Semyon Varlamov.
5. INS, OUTS, WHAT-HAVE-YOUS — Colorado summoned C Michael Sgarbossa from AHL Lake Erie. The rookie played Wednesday in Vancouver ... Calgary LW Alex Tanguay has 499 career assists, which ties him with Marc Savard and Randy Carlyle for 126th on the NHL's all-time charts. With 505 career helpers is Ivan Boldriev ... The special-team good news is that the Flames' power play is seventh. The bad news is their penalty killing — 27th, at 68.8 per cent ... Calgary's centremen have thundered up to 23rd in faceoff efficiency. They'd been dead last after two dates. Last season, they were 30th.


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Food producers can't afford to underestimate new food distribution systems dominated by powerful retail chains, says Terry N. Barr, chief economist of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.
According to Barr, the American public wants to know more and more about its food. "This puts demands on retailers, and it will put demands on agriculture as well."
Based in Washington, D.C., Barr has been with the NCFC since 1985 and previously worked l4 years for USDA, where he specialized in coordinating forecasts and making economic analyses of farm policy.
The traditional system, where farmers grow a product and processors or packers send it through to wholesale and retail for some generic market, is on the way out, he said during the recent Agribusiness Management Conference in Fresno, Calif.
"It doesn't happen that way any more. First we identify the consumers, then we find out what traits they want in their food, we produce and bundle for those traits, and we send it on in the system with ensured traceability."
With a nod to the swelling numbers of senior citizens, Barr said after a lifetime of planning for retirement, when people reach age 60 the last thing they want is to die from food poisoning. "That's why all the concern for food safety."
While retailers, ever morphing into fewer, larger entities, navigate these changing times, producers need to pay attention to what retailers are saying and doing. Super retailers, those a decade ago bent on owning food production from "dirt to plate", today shrink from the slightest risk of associating their coveted brands with suspected outbreaks of E. coli or listeria.
Collaborative networks
But these chains, through what he calls collaborative networks, still want to control their suppliers. And since they have the clout of electronic data exchange, shelf space, and access to consumers, they can, and do, impose their will on producers.
Wal-Mart checkout stands, for instance, link directly to suppliers, sharing real-time data to control "just-in-time" purchases, avoiding costs of maintaining inventory and running out of stock. Every time a bag of dog food is sold, the supplier knows it, and stocks can be replenished within a few days.
"Agriculture," he said, is going have to figure out how to become part of retailers' just-in-time systems and how to organize to create the critical mass these units will need."
Not only will producers have to accommodate supermarket chains, they will have to deal with other changes in ways people get their food. The food service business, expected to prosper with an aging population, and more emphasis on convenience foods and away-from-home eating are changing what is expected from producers.
"It's all about retailers putting together value chains and taking advantage of transportation, logistics, finance, communication, and verification. This is what a Wal-Mart or a SYSCO is all about. They don't want to own all the value chains, but they do want to combine them in their networks."
What's more, he added, pressure for export markets from international sources is mounting, and little in the farm bill promotes new export markets.
China as competitor
He predicted China will become a very formidable competitor. It is naïve, he continued, to imagine that U.S. exports will replace the massive agricultural production capacity of China. He expects, in fact, China will displace U.S. exports to the Pacific Rim, at least until the purchasing power of China's consumers is great enough to absorb more of what they produce.
Around the world, he said, one problem "is the speed at which we've been able to employ the low labor force has been much faster than our ability to raise the purchasing power of that labor force." He expects it will take a decade to adjust.
"All this tells me our farmers are either going to find new markets or get the resources we don't need out of agriculture. If the population demographics are right, we won't need all the production, and if land values keep rising, we aren't going to be competitive anyway."
Barr cautioned against relying too long on a new business strategy once it is in place. "Your strategies may last only a year, and you will have to adjust to these big virtual collaborative networks. We are going to learn a lot of things over the next decade about how people want to consume food. Changes in how food is delivered will force changes back through the system to producers."
Co-op attitudes
The changes also summon adjustments in attitudes of farm cooperatives, Barr said. "We need to focus on who the actual consumer and customer are. One problem with cooperatives, and much of agribusiness, is they think farmers are their customers. In today's world their customer is the consumer, and farmers have to provide the bundle the consumer wants."
At the same time, Barr said, he sees more opportunities than ever before for producers to reposition themselves to the changes.
"Profitability in agriculture still will have to be on the basis of productivity. But we may have to rationalize land values, particularly the increases over the last five years, to see if they are consistent with the value of agricultural production.
"Agriculture will probably have to spend less time focused on production technology and more on marketing strategies. That's part of the fundamental shift we face. Farmers love their tractors and equipment and irrigation systems, but at the end of the day that's not what will keep them viable as we go forward," Barr concluded.


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It is often alleged that spectacle lenses with an AR coating attract more dirt than uncoated lenses. This is not correct: both become equally dirty. However, dirt or marks such as fingerprints or water stains are more noticeable on coated lenses, as they impair the antireflection properties of the coating. The better the AR coating, i. e. the better the reduction of reflections, the more evident this effect becomes.
It was for this reason that a hydrophobic (water-repellent) coating was developed for lenses with a multilayer (Super ET) coating to make it more difficult for dust and dirt particles to adhere to the lens. This markedly simplifies lens care.
Clean Coat is applied to the AR coating and smoothes the lens surface so that dust and dirt particles have greater difficulty adhering to it.
Clean Coat has also better "wetting" properties than AR coatings. This term is used to describe the behaviour of water on the lens surface.
A drop of water displays the property of contracting and adopting the shape of a sphere. This is the result of the cohesion forces which act between the water molecules and hold them together.
If the force of adhesion between the lens material and a drop of water is greater than the force of cohesion between the water molecules, the individual water molecules will try to deposit themselves on the lens. The greater the force of adhesion, the more direct the contact between the water molecules and the lens surface becomes. The drop of water loses its spherical shape when it touches the lens and spreads over its surface.
The application of Clean Coat to the lens surface reduces the adhesion between the lens material and the drop of water to such an extent that the cohesion of the water molecules is greater than the adhesion. When the drop touches the lens surface it retains its spherical shape and drips off in much the same way as water drips off the surface of a freshly polished car.
This hydrophobic behaviour is attributable to so-called alkylsilanes which consist of a chain of hydrocarbons and at least one SiOH group.
Due to its strong affinity to the base material, the SiOH group ensures good adhesion of the hydrophobic coating. The water-repellent or hydrophobic effect is created by the hydrocarbon chains.
The application of Clean Coat to lenses with a multilayer Super ET coating is the latest innovation to be implemented in the field of coating technology at ZEISS. The extremely thin (5 – 7 nm), optically ineffective coating was introduced for all Super ET products in 1995.
Like an AR coating, Clean Coat is applied to the lenses in vacuum installations. Substances are deposited which make the lens hydrophobic. Separate processes are used for plastic and glass lenses. While Clean Coat and the AR coating can be applied to plastic lenses in a single coating installation, glass lenses receive the coatings in two separate installations.
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Jeremy writes to oss4lib-list:
Saturday, July 8, 2000, 2:30-5:30
Join LITA's Open Source Systems Interest Group for its program,
Practical Solutions for Libraries: Open Source Software
Learn how and why libraries are thinking outside the box and developing their own services from within, using the Open Source model. Libraries are primed not only to use Open Source to their advantage in the future, but are currently using it to enhance Reference services and Reserves services. This program will present current projects using Open Source software in libraries: OSCR (Open Source Course Reserves), Jake (Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment), and Avanti, an evolving Open Source Integrated Library System. The program will conclude with a broad view of Open Source by Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly & Associates. See what Open Source software can do for your library and why it is of importance to the profession.
[Wow, the OSSIG really outdid itself, getting Tim O'Reilly to join us. This should be a fantastic event... hope to see you there. :P]


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Loyola University Maryland's annual security and fire safety report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Loyola University Maryland; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as policies concerning sexual assault, and fire safety policies.
View the report
Download the report
For more information, contact the departments of public safety or environmental health and safety at 410-617-2000.
On November 8, 1990, the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 [Title II of Public Law 101-542] was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. The Act is now known as the "Clery Act" in memory of Jeanne Clery, who was assaulted and murdered in 1986 in her residence hall room, while enrolled as a student at Lehigh University. Modeled on Pennsylvania law, the act amended Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, adding campus security and crime statistics reporting for postsecondary institutions which participate in Title IV student aid programs.


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BEIRUT, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes struck a target in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria on Monday, security sources said.
It was not immediately known what the target was or the exact location of the air strike, which was in a mountainous area near the border.
The Israeli army declined to comment but an Israeli security source confirmed that there had been "unusually intense air force activity in the north", referring to Lebanon.
The eastern Lebanon border area is frequently used by smugglers. Israeli planes have struck in the area several times in the last two years, and security sources say the targets may have been trucks of weapons destined for Lebanon's Hezbollah group from Syria. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny and Dan Williams; editing by Andrew Roche)
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LSU Hospital Executive Leaving for Arkansas
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A former LSU health care administrator is heading to Arkansas.
Roxane Townsend will become the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' vice chancellor of clinical affairs and CEO of its 434-bed medical center Feb. 1.
Townsend told The Advocate on Thursday that concerns about the direction of health care delivery under Gov. Bobby Jindal influenced her decision.
She said, "I cannot be effective here. I'm not sure what they are doing is going to be best for the state."
Jindal is pushing to move patient care to private hospitals and away from LSU facilities.
Townsend had been the LSU System's assistant vice president for health systems until September when she was ousted during a leadership shake-up. Under terms of her contract, she could have stayed working at LSU.


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Rochester Institute of Technology is recognized in several categories for educational quality and value in the 2014 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges. Since U.S. News began ranking colleges in 1983, RIT has consistently been listed among the top regional universities.
RIT ranked seventh in the "Best Regional Universities (North)" category in the latest report among hundreds of schools that offer a full range of undergraduate majors and master's programs. RIT also received the second highest peer assessment score, which is a survey of presidents, provosts and deans from other universities judging a school's academic excellence.
In the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category, RIT ranked fourth among regional universities (North). The formula used to determine which schools offer the best value relates to a school's academic quality to the net cost of attendance for a student who receives the average level of financial aid. "The higher the quality of program and the lower the cost, the better the deal," according to U.S. News.
In the "Focus on Student Success" category, RIT was listed as one of only 13 colleges nationally recognized for excellence in the "Internships" listing. RIT's cooperative education program, which began in 1912, remains one of the largest in the nation and has been recognized every year since U.S. News began the category in 2002.
RIT was also cited as an "A+ school for B students" recognizing that RIT has a long history of admitting well-qualified students who may not be at the very top of their class and providing a value-added education through its innovative, specialized academic programs and strong emphasis on experiential education.
In further rankings:
• RIT's Kate Gleason College of Engineering ranked No. 65 nationally for undergraduate engineering programs among universities where the highest degree is a doctorate.
• RIT's Saunders College of Business was ranked No. 72 nationally among best programs for undergraduate business education.
"There are more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States and we're pleased to be recognized highly in several categories," said RIT President Bill Destler. "We will continue to grow our reputation as a place where innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship flourish. RIT is positioned to move strongly upward in the ranks of great universities both nationally and globally."


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Hwang Woo-suk accuser questioned
Prosecutors harvest evidence
The whistle blower in the South Korean stem cell research fraud scandal has today been questioned by prosecutors, Reuters reports.
Roh Sung-il was director of a fertility clinic in Seoul, and together with disgraced Professor Hwang Woo-suk was a co-author of one of the discredited research papers.
Key data was fabricated in work that claimed to have made breakthroughs in human therapeutic cloning.
Once revered as a national hero, Hwang and his team are now the subject of a criminal investigation into the misuse of state funds. The professor has also been accused of ethical misconduct in coercing female employees to donate eggs to his research.
Having claimed he has the victim of a conspiracy, public opinion in South Korea turned against Hwang after television appearances by Roh in December claiming Hwang's work had produced no cloned embryos.
Prosecutors told Korean news agency Yonhap: "We decided that to figure out the truth of the case, we needed to summon Roh." They plan to question Hwang soon.®


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On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at approximately 2:26 PM, Waterloo Police were dispatched to Essex Drive and Idaho Street on report of an attempted child abduction.
The victim, a nine-year-old girl, was walking home from Highland School, 812 Idaho Street, when a black van stopped her at the intersection of Essex Drive and Idaho Street. A white female passenger got out of the van and grabbed the girl by the collar of her coat. The girl got away and the female got back in the van and took off.
The passenger was described as a white female, middle aged with grey hair, 5'9, medium build wearing a black shirt and black pants. The driver of the van was described as a black male, middle aged, with grey hair. The black van had no windows. Possible license plate on the van includes the numbers similar to "1050"
The van was last seen driving south on Idaho Street towards Dubuque Road.
Anyone with information about the van or suspects are asked to call the Waterloo Police Department at 319-291-2515.
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B. Donabell Peckham, 81 - February 27, 2008
B. Donabell Peckham, 81, of Gothenburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at Gibbon.
Services were held Monday, Feb. 25, at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel at Gothenburg with the Rev. Mike Larson officiating. Burial was at the Peckham Cemetery.
Peckham was born March 26, 1926, at Jay Em, WY, to Dan Gillman and Viola May Canaday Pierson. She attended elementary schools in Wyoming and graduated in 1945 from Campion Academy near Loveland, CO.
She attended Union College in Lincoln to work on her teaching certificate and took special work at the Southeast University Center at Torrington, WY.
Peckham taught at rural elementary schools in Colorado and Wyoming prior to marriage.
On June 7, 1959, she was united in marriage to John S. Peckham at Torrington, WY. She moved to Gothenburg to her husband's family farm, and became a mother to four girls, then three more children were born into the family.
After her marriage, she stayed at home to raise her family and kept busy not only with her own children, but she was a foster mother for many years, and also babysat many neighborhood children as well. She was honored as Gothenburg's Mother of the Year in 1978.
Peckham had a special place in her heart for bottle lambs and baby calves, and raised a big garden putting up lots of canned goods, according to family members.
She was a life-long member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and served in many capacities including clerk and community service leader.
Peckham enjoyed working with her hands whether it be crocheting dolls, sweaters, tablecloths and afghans or hand quilting wall-hangings and quilts or making clothes, said family members. She especially enjoyed creating one-of-a-kind quilts with no duplicates of each piece of material. She also enjoyed many years as a member of the Sod House Quilters and Hobby Club.
?She was preceded in death by: her parents, Dan and Viola May; two sisters—Rosella Pierson and Edna Loomer; two brothers—Walter and Eugene.
Survivors include: her children—David, Darlene and Shawn Peckham of Indianola, Douglas and Teresa Peckham of Gothenburg, Deea, Jon and Myla Kaufmann of Gibbon; three sisters—Ruby Scheller of Colorado, Maysie (Ray) Helms and Eunice (Ed) Horn, all of California; a brother, Donald Pierson of Wyoming; two sisters-in-law—Ethelyn Pierson of Torrington and Eileene Pierson of Riverton, WY; brother-in-law, Don Loomer of Walla Walla, WA; four step-daughters and families—Carolyn (Dave) Nelson, Jacque (Tom) Shotkoski and Marilyn (Don) Hays, all of Lincoln, and Barbara (Lennie) Devine of Grand Island; numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
Memorials are suggested to ADRA's (Sewing Machines for Under-Privileged Women Fund), www.adra.org.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blase strauser.com. Arrangements have been placed in the care of Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Gothenburg.
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For the last two years, Parisian Big Beat electronica experts Daft Punk have retreated from live performances to toil over and perfect the soundtrack for December's sci-fi epic "Tron: Legacy."
But a holiday movie showcase on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank on Wednesday revealed something else about the duo's participation. Included in 23 minutes of the still-unfinished movie that the studio screened: a Daft Punk cameo.
In the scene, a pale white dandy called Castor portrayed by Michael Sheen ("The Queen," "Frost/Nixon" ) reclines on a small divan waving a translucent walking stick. He glances over to a glass partition where two suspiciously familiar-looking robots stand over a computer mixing board.
"Change the scheme..! Alter the mood…! Electrify the boys and girls if you'd be so kind..," the fey and somewhat sinister Castor implores, prompting Daft Punk (or at least two guys wearing the duo's signature headgear — robot masks without which they have almost never been photographed) to trigger a barrage of digital fireworks.
The Disney showcase also provided as up-close a listen to the highly anticipated soundtrack as has yet been available (the CD is set for release by Walt Disney Records on Nov. 22 but you can hear snippets on tronsoundtrack.com). Recorded in part with a 100-piece orchestra at London's AIR Lyndhurst Studios, the group's scoring efforts reveal a mastery of formal musical composition and finesse for arranging live instruments that may surprise fans most familiar with Daft Punk's groundbreaking synthesis of Acid House, electro, synth-pop, heavy metal and techno.
In an early sequence in "Tron: Legacy," protagonist Sam Flynn (played by Garett Hedlund) finds himself inside a deserted video arcade that was featured prominently in the movie's 1982 progenitor "Tron." As Flynn searches for traces of his missing father (Jeff Bridges), the score surges with foreboding violins and booming horns to achieve an almost Wagnerian effect. It's a palette of organic sounds applied with a subtlety quite unlike anything the duo has recorded before.
It's also a far cry from the soundtrack that Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter produced for the 2002 French revenge drama "Irreversible." For that film, the musician created a sonic realm of moody, dread-inducing techno that is heavily reliant on the kind of repetitive sampling, electronic bass booms and digital manipulation for which Daft Punk is known.
In a later scene where Flynn is getting outfitted with matte black body armor for "the games" — think: neon-hued battle royale-meets-demolition derby by way of "American Gladiators" — by a phalanx of femme-bots, Daft Punk's tuneage goes ambient. It's an Art of Noise-meets-Giorgio Moroder-meets-Aphex Twin kind of vibe.
But the mood changes quickly. In the next sequence, Flynn suddenly finds himself fighting for his life; he's dropped into a deadly game where contestants try to off one another by ricocheting glowing Frisbees around a glass stadium. Here, Daft Punk employs what can only be described as — sorry, music-writing police — a soundscape that mashes up Metallica's "Enter Sandman" with something Ennio Morricone might have composed for a spaghetti Western.
On Daft Punk's most recent album, 2005's "Human After All" — and specifically on such songs as "The Prime Time of Your Life," "Television Rules the Nation" and "Robot Rock" — the group makes pointed use of digitized, robotic voices to underscore the idea of machines making machine music.
In one of the last scenes shown at the Disney showcase, however, a sequence where Flynn makes his escape in a glow-in-the-dark SUV driven by an apparently sympathetic character named Quorra (Olivia Wilde), the group uses classical instruments and decidedly non-electronic trills to highlight the humanity of two people struggling to survive in amid a digital realm's killing fields. And for this, Daft Punk rips a page from the Hans Zimmer playbook. As the SUV careens around sharp turns, bumping "light cycles" off the grid and dropping spherical cluster bombs, violins surge and tremulous flutes blare.
And Daft Punk reveals a hidden depth. Having taken two years away from the payday of live performances, the group really seems to have a firm grasp of all the bells and whistles of soundtrack composition. But there is another takeaway too. Despite the fact that the duo goes around dressed as robots and creates the kind of grinding electronica that can rattle the fillings out of your teeth, Daft Punk seems to legitimately want you to feel something.
Human after all, indeed.
— Chris Lee
UPDATE: An earlier version of this post had an incomplete quotation from the film.
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Manchester residents slam pay hikes proposed by charter commission
By TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
MANCHESTER - The Charter Commission might want to think again about big pay raises for the mayor and members of the school and aldermanic boards, based on the outcry at a public hearing Wednesday.
About a dozen residents turned out for the meeting, which was designated to give the public a chance to respond to the dozens of measures the commission has debated and voted on over the past months.
While several of the speakers slammed the proposed pay hikes, there was less consensus on other issues, including changes to the tax cap and whether the mayor should be removed from the school board.
The nine-member commission has voted in favor of proposals to raise the mayor's pay from $68,000 to $108,000, a 59 percent increase. Last week, it voted 5-4 to back a proposal to eliminate the health and dental coverage for the aldermen and the school board, while increasing their stipends to $15,000, around a four-fold increase.
"Our elected officials keep letting us know we're broke, and yet we're raising salaries," an incredulous Glenn Ouellette told the panel.
Several speakers said they believed the mayor's pay was too low, but they argued that a 59 percent increase was too steep. The proposal to eliminate the health benefits for the aldermen and school board while raising their stipends was roundly criticized.
"I can't comprehend why part-time employees get benefits to begin with or are allowed to pay into the system. Paraprofessionals can't, part-time librarians can't," Ian Poirier said.
Others at Wednesday's hearing urged the commission to avoid any changes to the tax cap, which so far have not been advanced by the panel.
"The tax and spending cap, we voted for it, we went out in the cold," Patrice Benard said. "Just try to mess with that and you'll be sorry."
Albert Jernigan urged the panel to work together, rather than try to advance individual or group agendas.
"You guys are a team, not nine separate individuals," he said. "I'm just a regular citizen who has high taxes and wants to see them reduced. There are over 100,000 people in this city, and your motions, at the end, should say this is to benefit the city of Manchester and nothing else."
The commission must submit a preliminary list of charter changes to state election officials next month.
Several of the speakers were affiliated with the group Citizens for Manchester Schools, which has pushed for greater school funding.
One of its members, Nick Want, made a "compromise" proposal, after a vote to remove the mayor from the school board failed. "Perhaps the mayor can contribute, but not at the chairman level," Want said. "The process we have today is clearly not working ... You guys have the opportunity to nudge us onto a slightly different path."
However, Keith Hirschmann, the former alderman and a member of the last charter commission 10 years ago, told the panel that he believed the mayor should remain on the board.
"We have a weak mayor form of government. He can be overridden," he said. "I think most would choose to have the mayor be a part of the school system."
A different but familiar issue was raised by Howard McCarthy, a frequent contributor during the public comment periods at meetings. He again urged the panel to extend the time each person is allotted to speak from three minutes to five, at the least.
He posed the rhetorical question to the commission: "Your words may be majestic and grandiose, and my words only pathetic?" Underscoring his point, he spoke for nearly six minutes before concluding his remarks.


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The Wanted Perform 'Glad You Came' on 'TODAY'
The Wanted hit the American breakfast TV circuit today (April 24) to celebrate the release of their self-titled EP in the States.
The U.K. boys, dressed casually (and rather sexily) in jeans and leather jackets, performed their mega smash 'Glad You Came' on the 'TODAY' show right after talking about the adulation they receive thanks to their largely female fanbase. "The sun goes down, the stars come out…" Come on, you know you can't resist the urge to shake it and sing along whenever this song is performed.
The Wanted performed the song perfectly as the camera panned to the fans (most of them ladies) who were lined up outside of Rockefeller Plaza and singing their faces off.
One thing we notice about the boys? Each member is better looking than the next. The choreography of their routines is pretty sweet, too. It's not dazzling but it's believable.
There is more the Wanted on the way today. We know, you can never have too much and we're getting a triple dose. They will premiere the video for the brand new single 'Chasing the Sun,' which picks up where 'Glad You Came' left off, tonight on MTV at 7:53PM ET as part of an 'MTV First' special with MTV News' Sway.
Still want more of the Wanted? Well, we've got it.
There is also behind-the-scenes footage of the shoot for 'Chasing the Sun,' where the boys are on the rooftop ready to give their "master performance," as Tom Parker says. They are having fun as they film, but how can you not be when they are giving piggyback rids to hot girls; are good looking; are famous; churn out massive hits; and are continuing the party with a new single and video?
It's good to be the Wanted.
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Let's be honest: We could come up with any host of "brains." There's pregnancy brain, which I believe is a real thing, but there's also mommy brain. And yep, you guessed it, there's also infertility brain. We could break it down even further with working-mom brain. I've suffered from all of them, individually and together.
I bet there's also daddy brain, if men wanted to get in on this.
One of the joys of being pregnant is all the excuses you get to make—for eating stuff you shouldn't; forgetting stuff you normally wouldn't; saying things you ought not to. Last year when I forgot to get Hanukkah decorations before the stores sold out, I didn't have a legitimate excuse to fall back on.
This year, I mindlessly scheduled a girls' trip to Scottsdale—this weekend—the first weekend of Hanukkah. Start the voting for Mother of the Year! In my defense, I'm taking a much-needed three-day getaway with my BF from middle school who's also pregnant with her second child, and who also went through fertility treatments earlier this year at the same time I did.
We were dealing with our respective fertility issues together—then she found out she was pregnant, au naturel, about three months before I did. So when I got my good news, she was one of the first people I told—we immediately decided to take a little fertilitymoon together to celebrate. She lives in New York, and I'm in Chicago—we haven't spent more than 24 hours together since she visited me in college. Needless to say, I cannot wait to spend the next three days reliving our silly, permed, hairsprayed, acid-washed, scrunchy-socked preteen years together.
But when we scheduled this, neither one of us realized we'd be gone for the first night of Hanukkah—a pretty big deal to us Jewish moms. But at least I'm not alone in my absent-mindedness.
(And I still forgot to get the Hanukkah decorations.)
So, I'm putting a rush order on a bunch of crap toys on Amazon for Hanukkah, which starts on Saturday. What do you get a three-year-old the months leading up to the arrival of a new baby sibling? I like to get him something for all eight nights of Hanukkah (we've got Christmas trees and that Elf on a Shelf thing to contend with). Speaking of, is there a Jewish equivalent? Sounds wacky and fun.
Here's what's on my list so far (I don't get to the stores much so if there's a hot new toy for toddlers I need to know about, please share below!):
- Star Wars Playskool figures. (Jay has successfully converted our son into a Star Wars fan, at the ripe age of 3.)
- Light Saber with Star Wars sounds
- Lego Walkie Talkies
- This cash register looks cool (Preston loves playing "store")
- Fisher-Price Triple Hit Baseball
- Baby Alive Wets and Wiggles (I heard this was a good way to prepare him for a new baby entering our lives…too girlie?)
- Fiddlesticks/Tinker Toys/Whatever They're Called
- And this, because I can't resist its awesomeness. Am I crazy to get him a drum set when we have a new baby coming?
I'm a total sucker for kids' toys, but I'm also trying to be mindful of how our sleek city condo is on the verge of exploding—and that's before we start preparing for this baby. Regardless, I want to make this Hanukkah special for Preston, since it'll be the last one he doesn't have to share with a sibling. (Not that he asked for any of the stuff I listed above. When I asked him what he wanted, he said, "I don't need a new toy." When I pressed him, he said, "A new puzzle?" Awww. He's getting puzzles, books and educational toys from our family.) And p.s. I just ordered the Hanukkah decorations and a bunch of Jewish stuff to help teach him about the significance of Hanukkah.
What are on your little ones' wish lists? What am I missing on mine? I may have pregnancy brain, but at least I remembered to post this blog while there's still time to tweak the list!


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The Rapids held an on-field presentation to send off Pablo Mastroeni in grand fashion to the biggest sporting event in the world! This was Mastroeni's last home game before he departs to the USA training camp for the 2006 World Cup.
Mastroeni was named to the US World Cup team just last week as part of the Americans' 23-player sqaud that will take on the world. The Rapids' Team Captain who is heading to his second consecutive World Cup (he also was with Team USA at Korea/Japan 2002) becomes the only Colorado resident to represent the Centennial State in the most-watched TV event in the world.
"This is definitely the pinnacle of my career said Mastroeni. "The first time around was amazing but it keeps on getting better. We have a tough group but I think we have the talent to come out of the first round. In the World Cup there are no small opponents and every game will be the most important one. It is simply a privilege to be able to play for my country and all American and Rapids soccer fans."
(To read more about Mastroeni's selection to the US National Team World Cup squad CLICK HERE).
The ceremony was held live on the field for fans to witness and was also broadcast live simultaneously on Altitude Sports & Entertainment.
First up as part of the ceremony on behalf of Kroenke Sports Enterprises Rapids VP and Managing Director Jeff Plush presented Pablo with Colorado and USA flags to take with him on his trip to Germany.
Next up on behalf of the Rapids team Clint Mathis presented Pablo with a framed US National Team jersey that had been signed with good luck wishes from all his Rapids teammates and the Rapids coaching staff.
Lastly on behalf of the fans members of the Rapids' Supporters Clubs presented Pablo with a giant banner that read "Good Luck Pabl Do Colorado and the USA Proud"! The banner had been out for fans to sign at the supporters clubs' pregame tailgates at the last 2 home games and was decorated with hundreds of good luck wishes from the fans!
The Colorado Rapids also announced as part of the ceremony that the club will be hosting official viewing parties for every single 2006 World Cup match so fans can follow not just Pablo and the USA this summer but catch every single World Cup game live and with other soccer fans!
Stay tuned to ColoradoRapids.com for more info. on the Rapids World Cup viewing parties coming soon!


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A white paper released by Genworth Financial expressed concern that as families trim their budgets, they may be cutting away important purchases that they shouldn't do without. More than half of adults—118 million people—don't have life insurance, the paper found.
According to the paper, "Getting Over the Gap: Insights on Life Insurance Coverage in the U.S.," which is based on data collected in Genworth's 2012 LifeJacket Study, even people who have life insurance may not have enough. The study found the average policy provides a death benefit of $152,000, down $3,000 since last year. The paper noted, "that's just a few years of income replacement."
The paper identified four groups that should look into their insurance needs and make sure they have adequate coverage: unmarried parents, women, large families and people with common health problems, like asthma or depression.
Despite natural caregiving tendencies found in many women, and despite the fact that many women outearn their husbands and male counterparts, they are less likely to have their insurance needs covered. According to the paper, 49% of married women without children don't have insurance, compared with 44% of men. Among married people with children, 43% of women don't have insurance, compared with 34% of men.
On average, married mothers have $169,000 in coverage, compared with $215,000 for married fathers.
The paper referred to research from LIMRA found that women are less likely to have insurance even when they have high levels of income; those with $100,000 or more in annual income are less likely to have insurance than men at the same income level.
While married couples had low levels of coverage, unmarried couples were even more likely to need more insurance. The study found 59% of unmarried mothers don't have life insurance compared with 43% of married women. Unmarried fathers are even more likely to not have coverage: 69% of unmarried men don't have life insurance compared with 34% of married men.
Those gaps were large even when respondents had steady income. Sixty percent of unmarried fathers who brought home between $50,000 and $250,000 didn't have insurance, compared with 27% of married fathers. The gap was smaller among mothers: 46% for unmarried mothers and 37% for married.
When low income and multiple kids at home were combined, the gap between parents with insurance and without nearly doubled. A little over half of parents who make between $50,000 and $250,000 and have five or more children at home have insurance. For parents with five or more children, but who make less than $50,000, just 36% have insurance. The paper acknowledged that busy parents on tight budgets likely see insurance as "an expensive luxury." However, the 2012 Insurance Barometer Study by LIMRA and the LIFE Foundation found consumers usually overestimate the price of insurance by three times.
The paper acknowledged that young people in good health will likely get the best rates, but said that having a health condition doesn't preclude someone from getting coverage. The paper found many respondents may not understand exactly how their condition affects their coverage. More than 13 million men who responded to the survey said they had high cholesterol, yet just 36% were uninsured. Among men with the far less common asthma, 56% are uninsured. In fact, asthma was the least common condition reported in the survey, but the most likely to prevent men from purchasing insurance.
Among women, hypertension and high cholesterol were the most common conditions, with more than 12 million respondents reporting they were sufferers, and 43% were uninsured. Depression and anxiety were slightly less common, but 53% of women with those conditions were uninsured.
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New technology to dial in Summit County snow forecasts
September 30, 2012
When a winter storm rolls in, weather forecasters know when and generally where snow is coming.
But if they could determine the speed and nature of the snow, the amount of moisture, the size of the flakes – they could get a more accurate sense of the storm and whether a dusting or a powder day is to come.
Now they can.
Once stuck reading pulses on a single plane, new technology installed in National Weather Service stations across Colorado is reading two planes, giving weather watchers a more accurate picture of the precipitation.
"It's more of what's happening right now," said Matthew Aleska, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction. "We can better forecast how many inches with the dual-polarization radar. It will help with what type of snow, that affects snowfall amounts, and snowfall rates within the storm."
Grand Junction and Boulder's National Weather Service Centers, both of which watch Summit County, are now equipped with the upgraded dual-polarization radar ahead of the winter season.
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The new technology sends out both horizontal pulses and vertical pulses, creating a more accurate picture of what's going on in the atmosphere, forecasters say.
"It does a little better job," National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Fredin said. "It's still weather forecasting, it's always a challenge, but it's a nice improvement."
Existing Dopler radar systems send out only a single horizontal pulse signal at different atmospheric levels. The new dual-polarization radar sends out both vertical and horizontal pulse signals, returning better data on the precipitation currently in the atmosphere.
"It scans the shape of the hydrometeors," Aleska said. "That allows us, for the near-term, to project better forecasts and basically to provide better warnings."
The new dual-polarization technology systems in Colorado are part of a nationwide upgrade. Officials say every NWS office in the country will eventually have the new radars.
The new radar in Grand Junction sits at 10,000 feet, atop the Grand Mesa, but weather watchers are unsure how the elevation may impact the data it collects.
It is still unclear how the new technology will work with mountain weather systems.
The new technology won't have much precipitation to pick up on in Summit County, at least for the next few days, however.
Current NWS forecasts call for sun and warm temperatures to continue through the first part of the week.
Highs are expected to climb into the mid-50s to low 60s today, Tuesday and Wednesday, possibly dropping off a bit on Thursday. But sunny skies and starry nights are in the forecast through the week.
Summit County can expect some wind and overnight temperatures in the low 30s, according to the NWS forecast.


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Texas A&M finalized the nonconference portion of its 2015 football schedule Thursday, with three home game in Kyle Field as well as a Sept. 5 contest in Houston against Arizona State to open the season.
The Aggies' other 2015 nonconference games, all scheduled for Kyle Field, include contests against Ball State (Sept. 12), Nevada (Sept. 19) and Western Carolina (Nov. 14).
Including a neutral-site game in Arlington against SEC rival Arkansas (date TBD), the Aggies will play nine of 12 regular-season games at venues in Texas during the 2015 season. A&M's SEC home games in 2015 are against South Carolina, Alabama, Auburn and Mississippi State.
A&M's only trips outside the state during the 2015 season will be for road games at LSU, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. Dates for SEC games on the 2015 slate have yet to be finalized.


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Child, 4, found in meth lab bust
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Police say they found a child and arrested seven people inside an active meth lab in New Hampshire on Wednesday night.
Tilton Police Chief Bob Cormier said there was a cook under way when police burst into the lab at 286 Laconia Road.
When clandestine lab officers from the DEA and Tilton police officers entered the home, they found a one-pot meth lab about to explode. Members of the bomb squad helped destroy the lab.
Cormier said a 4-year-old child was inside when the police arrived. He was taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
Laconia Road was shut down for about an hour and was expected to be reduced down to one lane throughout Wednesday night, police said.
Cormier said the adults will face a number of charges.


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According to the NHTSA, motorcycle deaths in the United States dropped by 16% in 2009 compared to the number of deaths in 2008. With 4,462 deaths in 2009 and 5,312 deaths in 2008, this makes for the first time motorcycle death tolls have dropped in the past decade; however federal officials are reluctant to call this a victory in rider safety.
"While we are pleased that the number of motorcycling fatalities dropped dramatically in 2009, a one-year drop isn't a trend. We need to determine why, and ensure that the decline continues," said Ed Moreland, AMA Senior Vice President for Government Relations.


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The City's involvement in the criminal and civil cases against Joseph Phan, who embezzled more than $1 million from Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), edged closer to conclusion Friday when King County Superior Court Judge Catherine Shaffer sentenced Phan to 90 months in prison, the prosecutor's recommendation.
"I'm proud of the hard work of our assistant city attorneys in recovering ratepayer assets, which wouldn't have been possible without the full cooperation and assistance of SPU and Director Ray Hoffman," City Attorney Pete Holmes said.
A little over a year after the former SPU engineer was charged with diverting the money from water-main-extension projects into a private bank account, the City had been made whole. Roughly half of the money came from the city's insurance firm, Zurich, while the remainder was recovered by seizing Phan's bank accounts, real estate, a retirement account, a college fund and personal property.
At the sentencing, Hoffman told the judge of the serious impact Phan's deceit had on SPU customers and employees alike. The discovery of one of the largest embezzlements in Seattle history also sparked thorough reviews and changes in SPU accounting practices. Phan was fired in 2011 when internal audits found that he had accessed his own city utility account to record payments for his home and a rental property totaling more than $1,000 when none had been made.


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Big 12 M5: 03.14.13 EditionPosted by Nate Kotisso on March 14th, 2013
- The first set of fireworks at the Big 12 tournament were set off last night as Texas Tech beat West Virginia 71-69. After losing a 14 point lead earlier in the game, junior Dejan Kravic's putback with 0.4 seconds left was enough for the Red Raiders to live to play another day. For Tech, third time's the charm seeing how they lost both of their regular season meetings with the Mountaineers. A dramatic win like this can only help the chances for interim head coach Chris Walker to get the full-time gig. The job would be essentially his if Texas Tech would somehow upset Kansas later on today.
- Staying with the Red Raiders and this story is a real head scratcher. Remember Trency Jackson? He was a junior college transfer who started 11 games for them this season. Upon his transfer, Jackson obtained a special waiver because he "didn't have enough transferable hours Texas Tech was willing to accept in advance of enrolling." Usually in a case like this, the academic adviser at the transfer's new school would be notified of this and would hatch a plan with the transfer to get those hours squared away. But that never for happened for Jackson. He was suspended for being academically ineligible but the problem was Texas Tech never told him he was until after the spring semester begun. It seems that Tech REALLY dropped the ball here and now will be interesting to see how this lack of oversight will affect Chris Walker's prospects of getting the head coaching job. Jackson has since transferred to Western Kentucky and will hopefully be eligible to play by December.
- Texas closed up the night with a 70-57 win over TCU. The game was further proof that, even against a team like the Horned Frogs, Myck Kabongo makes a world of difference for the Longhorns. Kabongo made the most impact for his team, totaling 16 points, four rebounds and six assists. UT also got major contributions off the bench from sophomores Julien Lewis (19 points) and Sheldon McClellan (12 points). I feel like had Texas had the luxury of Kabongo all season long, they'd be in contention for an at-large bid (they've gone 6-3 since his return). Texas has to deal with Kansas State coming up tonight.
- On Wednesday afternoon, Jeff Goodman sized up each Big 12 coach's hot seat on a scale of one (meaning they're safe) and ten (meaning they best be looking for a new job). According to Goodman, every coach is essentially safe and much of that has to do with the unique situations going on in the league: Texas missing the tourney for the first time since the late 90s, Travis Ford finally cashing in on his talented basketball team, Trent Johnson's first year at TCU etc. The only man truly coaching for a job is Chris Walker of Texas Tech as they look for a permanent leader going forward. Hopefully, we'll see all 10 coaches return next season.
- Congratulations to Baylor's Pierre Jackson who was named the District VII player of the year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Those not familiar with the "District VII" distinction (as I wasn't), District VII is in reference to all Division I basketball programs housed in the states of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana which means Jackson was voted the best player in those states. He is not the first Bear with All-District VII honors in consecutive season (Curtis Jerrells, Lawrence Roberts and Darryl Middleton were the others) but he is the first player from the school to be named District VII Player of the Year. Freshman Isaiah Austin also joined Jackson as a first team All-District VII honoree.


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very community has a street that functions as the main artery of its population. 5th Avenue in New York, Michigan Avenue in Chicago, and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., come to mind, as does the Champs-Élysées, abroad.
In New Orleans proper, St. Charles Avenue connects uptown with downtown and plays host to the towering oaks, sprawling mansions and glittering Mardi Gras festivities for which New Orleans is known. In neighboring Metairie, home to Ralph Brennan's café b, the oft-traveled Metairie Road's vibrant cluster of locally-owned businesses, mix of modest and ritzy residences, and family focused amenities merits its inclusion among such iconic streets that are the lifeblood of their community.
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Dreamworks Animation Skg Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) shares declined 3.7 percent on over 2.3 million shares traded Wednesday. The company reported it will delay the release of "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" to March 2014. The company is now scheduled to release only two films in 2013, "The Croods" on March 22, 2013 and "Turbo" on July 19, 2013.
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|2012-11-07, 10:29
|Link #38048
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
*Cecilia is shot down by Madoka*
Gentarou: What's so funny?
M: Hahaha! Look at yourselves. All of you are so weak. Not soldiers, not warriors. Just arrogant civilians given a little toy. You should have just stayed at home and done your homework or something hahaha!
Gentarou: Don't laugh!
M:*laughs harder*
Gentarou: What's wrong about being a civilian? What's wrong about doing homework? What's wrong about going to school? Everyday is fun. We laugh, we cry, we cheer and we whine. Every day we learn something new and experience things that make us whole. We gather up our memories and emotions that eventually lead us to each of our paths. Someday we'll become adults. But not like the ones you know. We won't forget who we are, who we were. Those memories we gather here today. WE WON'T FORGET OUR YOUTH!
|2012-11-07, 18:42
|Link #38050
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
|2012-11-07, 19:08
|Link #38052
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
Depends, really, is by this point Karon is 'mainstream'? Is this draft is to make her part of ensemble? If that so, then yes, Karon please!
EDIT: I need to make the antagonist OCs completely sympathetic. Can you help? Mostly with the motives and whatnot.
|2012-11-07, 19:55
|Link #38054
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
yes, yes, Ikaron please.
Well, the current list is
> Chess-master with personal vendetta against the main antagonist (Louise)
> Girl who doesn't even have memory (Aeon) she was using Charlotte's should-be-disposed original body in fact...
> Young girl conscripted as I.S. pilot due to the family debt (Helen)
> Cadet rep that did what her country demanded to (Amalia)
> 'Evil' counterpart of Laura, well, not so much evil and more like raised horribly right to the core (Celeste)
All does Heel face turn later, but only after fought with the protagonist.
|2012-11-07, 23:45
|Link #38057
Just another Idiot
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Delusion world
Should I swap the the Cake Party with Boxed and shipped to ISA?
To add a little mystery on how he got there.
edit: and jump straight into the action while the cake party is more of a flashback
I am trying to add element of sadness in. (remember: looking for sad and yet hopeful song few post back?)
Which is why there is a slight shift in term of theme.....
While it would still be light-hearted with the characters fooling around but there will be elements of darkness....which due to obvious reason (touchy subject), the characters try to avoid as much as possible.
Also adding fatal flaw to Watt (and hopefully other original characters)....Good Qualities turned into serious flaw due to excessive.
Characters such as Watt are aware (due to being the cause) and is trying to change but will still display shades of the flaws....
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|2012-11-08, 01:16
|Link #38059
Just another Idiot
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Delusion world
I don't get the question....
Could you define what you mean by Entropy?
But Seriously,
Anything powered by normal stuff: Not much.... depending on how much energy we are talking about.
Even if we did have something like that, it is going to be ungodly expensive and difficult to make and to maintain (due to being one of its kind)
With that in mind, where do you get the fund from?
Yea... One sucky thing about real life is:
Nothing last forever (If you look at the sheer amount of things at work, your mind would explode....heat loss, fragile stress, sheer stress...etc, Most engineers don't take all of them into account because that would make their mind explode or take years to design.... Every design have risks due to uncertainty which an engineer could not predict, they could only try their best to minimize the amount).
Everything need maintenance.... otherwise they would break down.
Even with maintenance, the older the said machine, the higher the maintenance cost.
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What is blood pressure? Blood circulating through the body moves with a certain force - that's your blood pressure. This force can be affected by how strongly the heart is pumping and by the size of the vessels the blood is moving through. Blood moves through large arteries into smaller vessels called arterioles, which can expand and contract. When they expand, blood pressure goes down. When they contract, blood pressure goes up.
How is blood pressure measured? The pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) at two points - when the heart beats (systolic) and when the heart is between beats (diastolic). Usually blood pressure readings are stated with the systolic in front of (or over) the diastolic - for example, 110/75 mm Hg. Systolic and diastolic pressure are both important, but after you reach 50, systolic becomes more important because it gives a measure of how flexible your blood vessels are - or are not.
DASH diet
DASH, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, stems from an eight-week clinical trial that tested the effects of three different diets on 459 adults, 133 of whom had high blood pressure.
One diet was fairly similar to what many Americans eat; another had more fruits and vegetables and fewer snacks and treats.
The third - which came to be known as the DASH diet - was rich in fruits and vegetables but also included a lot of low-fat dairy products and whole grains, as well as less saturated fat, total fat and cholesterol.
Those in the DASH group reduced their blood pressure readings more than the two other groups.
The effectiveness of the DASH diet in reducing bad outcomes - as opposed to just blood pressure - isn't as clear. But a 2008 report suggested that it does lower the risk of heart disease and stroke, and two studies published last year found that it lowers the risk of heart failure.
Excess salt can lead to excess fluid retention in the blood. This makes the circulatory system fuller and the pressure inside it greater. Also, salt can make small blood vessels called arterioles contract, which shrinks the circulatory system, again increasing the pressure inside it.
A Jan. 21 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded that if everyone in the United States consumed half a teaspoon less of salt every day, every year the number of new cases of coronary heart disease would drop 60,000; stroke, 32,000; and heart attack, 54,000 - and the number of deaths from any cause each year by 44,000.
But the relationship between salt and high blood pressure is complex.
In some salt-sensitive people, blood pressure responds dramatically to changes in salt intake. In others, not so much.
It's hard to tell who's salt sensitive and who isn't - there's no simple test. But many factors seem to matter, including family history, race/ethnicity (African-Americans are more likely than others to be salt sensitive), age, weight and diet.
Given the ambiguities, most medical experts say that limiting salt consumption is a good general rule. Between 1,500 and 2,300 mg of sodium a day are considered plenty for healthy adults - that's a teaspoon of salt or less - and if you're older than 50, or you're African-American, or you have other risk factors for salt sensitivity, you should stick to the low end of that range.
Potassium, fish oil, fiber
One relatively unsung hero in the battle against high blood pressure may be potassium. Results haven't been unanimous, but a good deal of research suggests that healthy doses of the mineral can be very good for your health - and that includes by cutting blood pressure.
One 2001 study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine and based on data from more than 17,000 U.S. adults, found that people who ate 8.5 servings a day of fruits and vegetables (about 4,100 mg of potassium) had lower blood pressures than people who ate 3.5 servings (1,700 mg) - on average, 7.2 systolic units and 2.8 diastolic units lower.
Other studies have found a blood pressure-lowering link for both fiber and fish oil. A review of 25 trials published in 2005 found that dietary fiber was associated with average reductions of 5.95 systolic units and 4.2 diastolic units in trials lasting at least eight weeks.
Most studies about the effects of exercise on blood pressure have looked at aerobic exercise, although some evidence shows that resistance training may also be effective. Recommendations call for exercising every day (or at least most days) for 30 to 45 minutes. (Moderate exercise may be just as effective, and possibly more, than higher intensity exercise.) Blood pressure can drop in just a few weeks of regular exercise. It can also pop right back up if you stop exercising.
Just why exercise lowers blood pressure isn't clear, but there are several possible explanations:
•Exercise makes your heart stronger, so it doesn't have to pump as hard, which in turn lowers the force on your arteries.
•High blood insulin levels have been linked to high blood pressure - and exercise is known to reduce insulin levels.
•Regular exercise also reduces the level of adrenaline in the body, and that, in turn, lowers your heart rate and blood pressure.
Here's our standard, boilerplate reminder: It's always important to consult your doctor before beginning an exercise program - especially if you already have high blood pressure.
Weight loss
As people gain weight, their blood pressure tends to go up. Fortunately, as they lose weight, their blood pressure also goes down - but only so far, says Dr. Karol Watson, co-director of preventive cardiology and director of the hypertension clinic at UCLA.
"If your body weight is normal, getting below doesn't help," she says.
Even modest weight loss is effective at lowering blood pressure for those who already have high blood pressure and also for those in the high normal or prehypertensive range - that area where your readings are elevated but not high enough to be defined as clearly high.
The way you lose that weight may matter, however.
For some people, at least, losing weight by following a low-carbohydrate diet leads to a greater reduction in blood pressure than losing the same amount of weight by following a low-fat diet and taking the prescription-strength "fat-blocker" orlistat (Xenical, Alli), according to a Jan. 25 report in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Though the association between weight and blood pressure is well established, it isn't well understood. Many believe it's related to food. "If you're overweight, you're usually not eating the healthiest diet," says Dr. Mitra Nadim, director of the Hypertension Center at the University of Southern California.
But a 2002 study suggests that it may also be related to decreases in amounts of angiotensin-converting enzyme, or ACE, which plays an important role in blood pressure regulation.
Stress reduction
Everyone agrees that stressful situations make your blood pressure take off. It's the fight-or-flight, prepare-to-do- something-dramatic response your ancient ancestors had when being charged by a woolly mammoth. You're likely to have it when, say, the Super Bowl is about to start and you can't find the remote.
Your body releases stress hormones that make your heart beat faster and your blood vessels constrict, with the result that your blood pressure rockets. When the stressful situation is resolved, though, your blood pressure comes back down.
Some scientists suspect that getting stressed out too often can lead to chronic high blood pressure. That's still not proven. But even if it doesn't, whenever your blood pressure is higher than it should be, it increases wear and tear on your blood vessels. So a plethora of stress, leading to a plethora of blood pressure spikes, can do the same sort of damage that high blood pressure itself can do.
Some - but not all - stress-reduction techniques have been shown to lower high blood pressure.
For example, a number of studies have found that reducing blood pressure may be as simple as breathing — slow, regular breathing. In one, researchers studied 66 patients with Type 2 diabetes and uncontrolled high blood pressure. All of the patients continued whatever treatment they were already on, and half of them also used a device that induced slow, regular breathing by playing musical tones that set a rhythm for the patients. They used the device 15 minutes a day for eight weeks.
Blood pressure went down for patients using the device, but it did not go down for the patients who didn't use the device.
Another study showed that people with high blood pressure could lower it by taking six slow breaths a minute. The slow breaths seemed to improve the body's ability to adjust blood pressure on a moment-by-moment basis.
Alcohol, smoking and caffeine
Is a bad habit ever a good thing? It can be - kind of - if your aim is to lower your blood pressure now. One way to lower your blood pressure is to reduce your alcohol consumption. It's a winning strategy - but only, of course, if you were drinking a lot in the first place.
Many studies have documented the link between alcohol and blood pressure. A 2001 review of 15 alcohol-reduction trials with 2,234 participants concluded that on average, cutting back on alcohol led to reductions in blood pressure. The greater the alcohol reduction, the greater the blood pressure reduction.
Some scientists believe that red wine, in moderate amounts, may improve vascular function and have a less harmful effect on blood pressure than other forms of alcohol - maybe even a positive effect. But this was not supported by a 2005 study that found drinking red wine and beer increased systolic blood pressure by about the same amount.
Any time you smoke a cigarette, it can produce an immediate - but temporary - surge in blood pressure because of the nicotine. But there's no evidence that smoking increases your chances of developing chronic high blood pressure. Still, smoking and high blood pressure appear to have a synergistic (greater than additive) effect on the risk of hemorrhagic stroke. So quit, already.
Like nicotine, caffeine can make your blood pressure shoot up temporarily, especially if you're not used to it. But, as with cigarettes, there's no definitive evidence that drinking a cup of coffee every day - or maybe a couple of cups - increases blood pressure over the long term. And some research suggests that if you do consume a lot of caffeine, you get used to it, and your blood pressure doesn't react so much anymore.


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<?>[A]Work In Progress: Android in XNA (like zWAM) Alpha 0.1 release
By: Linda B <3
February 4th, 2015
10:17 am
Name: Android test project ok
License: Do What You Want With It Public License
Programming: by Linda Alliance
Version: 0.1 Alpha release
I'm Linda and I'm currently developing an Android-like app for the Zune HD. The goal is to replicate the Android OS like you're running it on your Zune HD! It's kind of like the Zune Wide Application Menu "zWAM", the only differences are that I don't hate the rebooting of my Zune and that I don't have to rely on third parties to provide apps. Additionally I won't just leave the ZuneBoards out of nothing.
Q: Is this THE real Android???
A: nah. It's meant to work just like it, and do everything it does. I don't have any experience with Unix programming nor do I want to as I <3 .NET
Q: Are those pics real?
A: Yep. They are NOT "concept art" or something.
Q: Can it run apps?
A: yes it can! : D
Lockscreen: swipe to unlock
Homescreen: swipe right to left to go to the next homescreen.Do this within a specified region, namely:if you divide the screen vertically in 4 pieces, it's the third one. Just below the horizon and above the black bar at the bottom.
Black bar at the button: left is Go Back, middle is Go To Homescreen
and the right one isn't working but is for multitasking.
Press the App Launcher icon (between the 3rd and 4th piece) to start the App Launcher.
App Launcher: tap on an app to start. Use the black bar at the bottom to go back, to leave, or for multitasking (which is not working.) From top left
to bottom right I've divided the App Launcher screen in pieces. All apps
get a name for their position. For example: the first app in the first row
I call app 1. The first app in the second row is app 5, as each row can have
4 apps max. If you touch on the place of app 16 (there really isn't app on that spot, but I just wanna name the spot) then you go to the second homescreen.
Q: Can this app access the Internet? Does the browser work?
A: both nah. XNA Framework doesn't have any support for Internet connectivity and even actively blocks you if you try to. They'll throw an "System.SecurityException" error :c
Q: In your app I see that the apps are developed by "Linda Alliance".
What's that?
A: I started my own team, my own alliance. I'm part of that alliance.
Q: Where can I download this?
Download it on my OneDrive: http://1drv.ms/1togsuJ
Alternatively you can download here if it's not working : http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=...79989338196605
The default lockscreen
The "Gallery" app which you can use to change the background
The "Omegle" app which you can use to talk to the computer (computer is stranger2)
The App Launcher. Remember: the bottom right place, where the 16th app would be, you have to click there to go to the next app launcher screen
The home screen.
I look forward to your feedback and how you enjoy the app! I will continue updating it. Sincerely, Linda : ) : )
Lock Widgets 2.5 available for homebrew users
By: Locke
July 31st, 2012
10:09 pm
It may be a little difficult to run your homebrew apps now, but for those that can, the homebrew scene is still churning out apps to help enhance your Windows Phone experience beyond the vanilla capabilities of the system. If you've got an AppHub account or an unlocked ROM, you can still get the best of what the homebrew community has to offer, such as Lock Widgets.
Nokia Lumia 900 gets a price cut
By: Locke
July 20th, 2012
10:41 pm
Nokia has been working hard to keep their phones affordable, keeping the Lumia line competitive and relevant, like when T-Mobile offered the Lumia 710 for $200 off contract. The Lumia 900 is the next to see its own price drop.
Mirror's Edge comes to WP7
By: Locke
July 14th, 2012
10:34 pm
The Windows Phone Marketplace has come a long way since its inception, but there's always room for more quality apps. If you're a Lumia owner, you should be looking at Mirror's Edge.
Windows Phone 8 to have more powerful notifications
By: Locke
July 13th, 2012
10:28 pm
We all love live tiles; they're a powerful notification tool that aren't a drain on your battery and can quickly and easily display relevant information from an app. But what if an app needs to notify you of something and you don't have it on your start screen?
The Tale of Pandora, or Why API Support Matters
By: Locke
July 7th, 2012
2:24 am
Yesterday I made a little mention of Pandora when I was talking about the return of MetroTube to the Marketplace. It's kind of old news by now that Pandora likes to break third party apps, but bear with me for a moment because I'm just using that as a springboard into a wider point that is begging to be made.
MetroTube is back on the Marketplace!
By: Locke
July 6th, 2012
7:00 am
You may remember how we applauded MetroTube last year as the best YouTube app available, especially important considering the service's ubiquity and the poor feature set of the official app. Sadly, it was pulled from the Marketplace about a month later by its developers, Lazyworm Apps, but it's now seeing a triumphant return!
Camera Extras expands your camera functionality
By: Locke
June 30th, 2012
6:50 am
Usually once you get past how the screen looks, one of the first questions that comes to mind in evaluating phones these days is 'well, how good is the camera?' Nokia, ever committed to increasing the value of their brand, has released a new app with four new improvements for the default camera functionality.
Watch the new Windows Phone 7.8 Start Screen in action
By: Locke
June 27th, 2012
9:34 pm
Ben Rudolph-or as you may know him better, Ben the PC Guy-has been the de facto face of Windows Phone ever since CES 2012 with the launch of Smoked by Windows Phone. As the single most recognizable face in Windows Phone media, it's fitting that he put together a video showing off the new Start Screen due for Windows Phone 7.8, as well as some of his thoughts.
Windows Phone 8 is finally here
By: Locke
June 21st, 2012
11:24 pm
The early rumors of Windows Phone 8 were coming right off the heels of CES this year, such as the leak featuring Joe Belfiore himself. Fittingly, the same man has announced Windows Phone 8 today, and many of the rumors surrounding the upcoming OS have found themselves vindicated. So what exactly does this announcement entail? Let's see!