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Charles Callinan recently took an unofficial visit to Boston College and things could only have gone better if the Jersey City (N.J.) St. Peter's Prep wide receiver left with an offer.
The 6-foot-4, 200-pound prospect did not get an offer from the Eagles yet but Callinan said he had an outstanding time with Boston College's coaching staff and he loved the campus.
"It was fun," Callinan said. "I went up for an unofficial and watched spring practice and hung out with the coaches and toured the campus so it was great.
"I didn't really expect the campus to be that nice. I hadn't heard that much about it but I got there and I really liked how the campus is all enclosed. It's not really spread out and I really like that. I like how the classrooms are right in the middle and the dorms are surrounding it so the campus is cool."
Callinan, who has offers from Connecticut and Rutgers so far, said he hit it off with coach Frank Spaziani and assistant coach Bill McGovern. His conversations with the coaching staff went great and that's why he likes Boston College so much.
"I talked a lot with coach McGovern and coach Spaziani," Callinan said.
"During practice coach Spaziani would come over and talk with me and my mother and tell us everything that was going on and how everything works. I was talking to coach McGovern pretty much the rest of the time about everything. He was answering my questions about BC and the campus and student life and how everything works out."
Boston College is showing a lot of interest in Callinan, who could also switch to defense if needed there, but the coaches said they're still reviewing his film. No offer has come yet but the St. Peter's Prep standout could learn within weeks.
If the Eagles offer, Callinan said he'd strongly consider another trip this spring or summer to get better acquainted with everything Boston College can offer.
"Coach McGovern said they're still in the process of evaluating my film so he said in the next few weeks I should know about an offer," Callinan said.
"If they offer I will definitely take a trip back up there for another practice or the spring game. It's a school I definitely liked and a school I'll consider as I make my decision."
This month, Callinan said he's hoping to visit Virginia and Notre Dame. Other than those two trips, nothing is planned at this point.


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By Nora CarrWith a sagging economy spawning budget cuts across the U.S., school leaders face tough choices. Cut teachers or professional development? Reduce spending on fine arts or drop-out prevention?
Meanwhile, rhetoric about "trimming the fat" and "bloated" central office "bureaucracies" increases exponentially on talk radio circuits. Frightened parents storm school board and city hall meetings, as well as the state legislature, demanding funding for their child's school, favorite teacher, or program. Looming layoffs in California, Florida, and New York City only spur more anxiety.
To maintain public confidence, many top officials rush to reassure parents that budget slashing won't harm classroom instruction or district operations. Given the scope of many districts' budget woes, such reassurance doesn't mesh with reality. As a communications strategy, it may simply add more fuel to the fire.
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Why Did It Take GM a Decade to Identify Ignition Switch Problems?
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General Motors (GM) recalled 588,000 more vehicles last week due to a decade-old ignition switch problem, as questions arose about why the giant automaker took so long to respond to the issue.
Last week's recall follows on the heels of 780,000-vehicle recall three weeks earlier to fix ignition switch malfunctions that shut down engines, cut the power-assist to brakes and steering, and disabled airbags. Problems caused by the ignition switches are now believed to have resulted in 31 crashes and 13 front-seat deaths. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) may investigate whether GM moved quickly enough to address the problem.
"The chronology shows that the process employed to examine this phenomenon was not as robust as it should have been," said GM North American president Alan Batey, in a press release issued by the automaker last week. The problem, which has been traced as far back as the 2003 model year, involved the "torque performance" of the ignition switch. Because the switch mechanism was out of specification, it could too easily pop out of its "run" position and move to "accessory" or "off" positions, thereby shutting off the ignition and disabling the airbags. The problem could be initiated by something as simple as a heavy keychain or the sudden impact of the vehicle hitting a pothole.
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Logic and memory shown on molecular scale Nov. 4, 2003 Electronic Engineering Times © Copyright 2003 Electronic Engineering Times. Rice University researchers have demonstrated that molecule-sized electronic devices can be used for both logic and memory, despite being randomly wired, error-prone and inaccurately formed at the nanoscale. "The dream of making memory and logic by programming disordered nanosized arrays via micron-sized addresses is now a reality," said Rice professor James Tour. Tour said his work demonstrates that today's chip makers can achieve increases of two to three orders of magnitude in chip density by leveraging the lithographic tools they already have to form random-access addresses into arrays of nanoscale molecular memories. Tour recently showed the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), which is helping to fund his research, that logic gates - not just memory - can be utilized at the nanoscale. "We have made nonvolatile memory from these disordered arrays, addressing the nano via the micro," said Tour. "We are more recently showing [to Darpa] that indeed we can program logic into these disordered systems as well." Tour and his team performed the research along with Pennsylvania State University professor Thomas Mallouk and North Carolina State University electrical engineering professor Paul Franzon. The problem with nanoscale devices - from carbon nanotubes to molecular switches - comes in using them after they are fabricated. Tour has fabricated a variety of molecule-sized electronic devices - from switches to memories to diodes to resistors - but like everyone else, his team had been unable to form working circuits from them. Individual components could be isolated and tested, but connecting them into circuits had remained illusive until now. By using a search algorithm to find interconnection patterns that perform desired functions, Tour's group was able to demonstrate that his method produced nanoscale functions. His memory nanocells were shown to retain their data for more than a week without refreshing. Tour cautioned that his work is still research, but pointed out that if only a few percent of the interconnections result in working devices, they might still lead to denser arrays than conventional micron-sized circuits. "State-of-the-art silicon is so sophisticated that there would need to be a world of improvement and testing [of our devices] before anything commercially viable could be manufactured," Tour said.
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@RavensInsider: Mike Mayock indicated he doesn't think Lane Johnson will last until the Arizona Cardinals' pick
@nflnetwork: For the first time ever, fans can listen to Mike Mayock's Pre-Draft Conference call (happening NOW): http://t.co/TIH4ZhbcnE
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@RavensInsider: If Ravens stick at 32, Mike Mayock forecasted potentially going with inside linebackers Manti Te'o or Kevin Minter. Says Te'o likely gone
@RavensInsider: Mike Mayock says U.Conn linebacker Sio Moore has gone up to late second-round early third-round. He visited Ravens
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@RavensInsider: Mike Mayock on Lane Johnson: 'His tape has improved every single day. You can see the physical, freakish ability.'
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Trade down if they can.
He also wouldn't trade Revis.
@RichCimini: On media conference call, Mike Mayock of NFL Network says he likes Mingo for #Jets at 9. If not Mingo, he sees a grd, Warmack or Cooper.
@RichCimini: Mayock on potential Revis trade: "If I'm the Jets, I'm not trading him. He's going to be one of the best corners of all-time." #Jets
I'm all for trying to sign him long term at the top CB value in the game. but if the top value is 10 million a year and he wants 15 million, I'm sorry I'm not tying my cap up in that fashion.
I also would like to know where this definitive info came that TB is willing to give him 15 million a year. There is zero way to know this unless tampering is going on.


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This is the 3rd one of these I have found out on my 4th floor balcony in 3 weeks. I live in south west london, uk. I recently put up some reed screening out there and am wondering if this is whats attracting them as I have never had many spiders out there before. I have also seen quite a few babies as well. If someone could please tell me what species this little dude is I would be most grateful. White/creamish markings on back, legs and underneath a pinkish colour. About the size of a 50p? Sorry the photos are not great quality.
Hi Angie,
The spider in your photo is a male lace weaver, 2 common species are Amaurobius similis & Amaurobius fenestralis...the latter getting it's name from its fondness for living on windows. These are very common spiders, often found on the exterior of homes.
Thank you for your swift reply! You have been very helpful. Is it usual to see lots of these in a short space of time? I have removed them and their webs on sight (I dont kill them, I quite like spiders but was worried these were the poisonous ones all over the media).
A. similis/A. fenestralis, collectively, are the most common spider that I see in my home, so personally, I don't think it unusual.


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Computer models suggest powerful storms could form in the late afternoon and early evening Thursday. The greatest risk is in Arkansas and adjoining parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee, plus southern Illinois and western Kentucky.


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a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jan 17, 2013 at 9:57 am
If I paid $656 per year for 30 years, it would be $19,680 -- far less than the six figure positive effect of our awesome schools on everyone's property values in PV. (And both the tax, and property profit on sale, are deductible for many people, too.)
a resident of Portola Valley: Brookside Park
on Jan 17, 2013 at 4:15 pm
We can see the negative of not funding locally on property values simply by looking at some of our neighboring cities. The price variance is significant, BUT more importantly, the tools provided the kids over the past 8 years has set my children up for success in many ways. $656 is a BARGAIN. I know familes that pay 3 times that just for tutoring services in cities that are coping with unreliable funding. Sacramento is greedy and to count on adequate state funding for local schooling needs is just living with your head in the ground. CA ranks 47th in the country when adjusted for regional differences.......
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a resident of Corte Madera School
on Jan 18, 2013 at 4:58 pm
PVSD has plenty of money to run an excellent school. State finances and more importantly property values are at a turning point, but this is actually not even a serious factor in that per pupil spending in PV is at levels well above the CA and nationwide averages.
The real problem in PV is the disconnected and amateur micro-management of the bloated admin and activist board. They like to "play school" at the expense of student learning. More money will only make this worse! The teachers will take their slice and the admin will spend the rest on consultants, "specialists," and more parent employees seemingly hired for the sake of the parents seeking employment rather than for student benefit.
Have the board and admin make an objective plan for measuring effectiveness of even one of their many endeavors- and show the results of that data to prove the achievement of the clearly defined objective - before giving them another dime.
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Jan 21, 2013 at 10:04 am
Google Measure C and D (existing taxes) and you'll see that C was a substantial increase from the original tax and D was supposed to be a bridge for 4 years until the economey was better. Now we need a 43% increase from combined temporary measures? There is a case for parcel taxes to keep the schools excellent, but as a basic aid district with good property values that seem to be going up (slowly), strong parent contributions and reasonable support for a parcel tax, a 43% jump is over-reach. My kids are in the district and better management will trump more money. Vote NO if this makes it to the ballot!!!!
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'Ram-Leela' Gets Mixed Reviews
This week's Bollywood release is "Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela," (loosely translating to "Battle of the Guns: Ram-Leela") starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone.
[The movie, earlier titled "Ram-Leela" was retitled a few days before its nationwide release, following a court order in response to a petition that had argued that the unqualified title "Ram-Leela" could mislead viewers into thinking they were going to see a religious film.]
Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, it is a romantic melodrama set in rural Gujarat and is a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet."
Mr. Singh and Ms. Padukone play a love-struck couple who decide to elope to escape their warring families.
Here's a round-up of what critics said about the movie.
Movie critic Rohit Khilnani, in a review for India Today, described the movie as a "spectacular show."
He regarded the chemistry between the two as the "biggest strength" of the film. The song and dance in the film left the critic thoroughly entertained. "There are many colour-soaked dance numbers," he said. He was very pleased with the performances of both the lead actors.
"In his fourth film, he has the presence of a star," the critic wrote in praise of Ranveer Singh.
The steady plot, the background score and the passion between Mr. Singh and Ms. Padukone appealed to the critic.
He added that not only did the movie live upto its hype, but it managed to surpass all expectations.
He gave the movie four-and-a-half stars out of five.
In a review for NDTV, Saibal Chatterjee didn't seem very enamored by Mr. Bhansali's seventh directorial venture.
He said that the director's belief that "excess makes excellent sense" didn't work.
"The director, true to form, also plays around with shadows, silhouettes and blinding flashes of light, but does so far too self-consciously for his labour to be truly effective," Mr. Chatterjee wrote.
He added that the film would suit the palette of an audience which enjoys "extravagant production" and "intense hues."
But for a moviegoer who doesn't "warm up all that easily to flashy and splashy narrative devices," the critic said the movie could be a disappointment.
He concluded his review making a reference to the portrayal of lust and sexuality in the movie. "All body, no soul," he wrote, giving the movie two stars out of five.
Raja Sen, in a review for rediff.com, thought that the movie was an "overplotted, b—– mess."
"Singh pushes himself but the part is too imbecilic, and he only does well when falling down and looking up at the camera," he wrote.
He seemed unmoved by Ms. Padukone's performance as well. "…when she's happy, she's too happy; horny, too horny; sad, too pouty," Mr. Sen wrote. He said watching Ms. Padukone in this movie was similar to watching Angelina Jolie in a bad film.
He gave "Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram-Leela," one star out of five.
"He [Sanjay Leela Bhansali] reimagines Indian exotica with abandon and skill in equal measure," wrote Sanjukta Sharma in a review for Mint.
"While the camera is brisk in scenes of conflict and violence, the scenes between the lovers are shot with elegant simplicity despite the over-populated frames," Ms. Sharma wrote.
On the downside, she said that the acting was over-the-top, the humour was rowdy and the dialogues, written to rhyme, like 'You are lover; I am killer,' were "ridiculous in parts."
She added that in spite of these disasters, there was a "method to the madness."
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Construction Products Price Adjustments Effective January 1, 2014
Announcement Number: IP2013-32
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Posted Date: November 26, 2013
Valued Construction Products Customers:
With superior network performance supported by industry-leading trends in average train speed, Union Pacific is uniquely poised to serve our customers' transportation needs. [1] Union Pacific is committed to continuing to enhance its rail network and support customer growth.
In the past five years, capital investments have totaled $15 billion and the anticipated 2013 investment is approximately $3.6 billion. Union Pacific is purchasing 100 new road locomotives and acquiring about 900 freight cars to serve as replacements for older cars and to meet expected business growth. Further, Union Pacific continues to invest in capacity and commercial facilities to support its diverse, growing business and to improve overall network fluidity. Additionally, the railroad will complete nearly 1,500 track projects across its 32,000 mile network in 2013 to improve train operating efficiency, reduce motorist wait times at crossings and enhance safety.
"We strive to create a strong value proposition with every carload we move. By investing in our network, we're providing our customers with an efficient supply chain. We will continue to provide customers with a level of service they can depend upon," said Kenny Rocker, Assistant Vice President Industrial Products Marketing at Union Pacific.
Effective January 1, 2014, Union Pacific will be making adjustments to the following rate documents reflective of current market conditions, with all rates subject to Union Pacific's carload mileage fuel surcharge provision. We are providing our customers with advance notice so you can plan for these adjustments.
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- UPRR 3295 - Fly Ash, Slag, Gypsum, Pumice, Calcined Plaster, and various other construction products
- UPRR 3251 - Brick & Concrete Products
- UPRR 9001 – Boxcars
- UPRR 9002 – Covered Hoppers
- UPRR 9003 – Flat Cars
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Equine Motor Neuron Disease (EMND)
Feeding Horses with Neuromuscular Disorders
A correct diet can make these sometimes-debilitating conditions manageable.
Photo by Elizabeth G. Davis, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM
Vitamin E Supplementation for Neurologic Disorders
One researcher reviews vitamin E supplementation in horses with neurologic disorders.
Photo by The Horse Staff
Equine Motor Neuron Disease: What We Know
Researchers and veterinarians are still working to better understand both the etiology and the disease itself.
Photo by Elizabeth G. Davis, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM
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A correct diet can make these sometimes-debilitating conditions manageable.... Read More
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Equine Motor Neuron Disease: What We Know
March 12, 2012
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Feeding Horses with Neurologic Disease
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Horses with neurologic disease often receive oral vitamin E supplementation.... Read More
Vitamin E for Neurologic Disease in Horses (AAEP 2010)
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You might already know that vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that helps protect cell membranes and tissues from damage by reactive free radical molecules. You might even know that it's been recommended to help treat several neurologic diseases in ... Read More
Target Vitamin E Deficiency Early to Improve Outcomes of Horses with EMND
August 13, 2010
The prognosis for horses with equine motor neuron disease (EMND) caused by prolonged vitamin E deficiency is usually poor, but veterinarians from the University of Minnesota showed that early diagnosis and treatment can help these animals.... Read More
Emerging Neurologic Syndromes Discussed at World Equine Vet Meeting
November 27, 2009
"The more we look for neurologic signs, the more we discover new syndromes," said I.G. Joe Mayhew, BVSc, FRCVS, PhD, Dipl ACVIM, ECVN, head of Equine Massey and professor of Equine Studies at Massey University in New Zealand, at the... Read More
Risk Factors for Spinal Cord Compression Found
November 28, 2008
A triad of factors, namely sex, breed, and age, are all associated with the development of cervical vertebral compressive myelopathy (CVCM) according to one of the latest studies published by researchers at the College of... Read More
Shivers in the Horse: A Review
July 24, 2007
Shivers has been recognized by horse owners for more than a century and refers to a chronic nervous or neuromuscular condition that in a 1962 text was said to be "as common as dirt." This statement referred to the period when draft horse populations ... Read More
EMND and Glucose Metabolism
October 01, 2005
Study results indicate horses with equine lower motor disease (EMND) had an increased glucose metabolism rate.... Read More
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Horseman's Day, as part of the annual American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, just keeps getting better and better. And attendance is strong no matter where the convention is held. Most recently, the locale was Denver, Colo., on... Read More
AAEP Convention 2004: Horseman's Day--Equine Motor Neuron Disease
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Ken Bedell, DVM, of Cornell University, addressed one of the newer maladies that has shown up in the horse world--equine motor neuron disease--at Horseman's Day at the 50th annual American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention in... Read More
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In a society that is trying to slow the aging process, free radicals and antioxidants are terms that are regularly tossed around. One might not realize their importance in horses, but researchers continue to pursue the details of how and why the... Read More
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Researchers at Oregon State University and elsewhere are continuing to examine the role of vitamin E in horse health, including disease prevention and therapy. In particular, vitamin E deficiencies and/or supplementation could be important... Read More
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 9:40 AM
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School board to discuss annual goals Thursday
Original post made on Jan 8, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 9:40 AM
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a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Jan 8, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Is this something new, having an outside professional (?) moderator lead the retreat?
Is it something that is a trend on these these retreats, or is it an admission that they are unable to keep on track themselves and need someone to help them toe the line?
I don't mean to be facetious, I am interested. I am also interested to know how much such a moderator costs.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:11 pm
Is it common practice to hold open session during the day time? Is it assumed that all public interested in attending the session do not need to work? or can just skip a work day?
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jan 8, 2013 at 7:31 pm
I believe it is customary to have a moderator - yes, a professional one. I am pretty certain they had one the last time or the time before that, when I dropped by.
I believe it is customary to have it during the day on a weekday, though I think it is a good point that they may limit attendance. I believe that there are usually only a handful of outside attendees - though given the dryness of the material, I'm not sure changing the time would make much difference. But it might.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 9, 2013 at 10:02 am
Hopefully there will be a public review of last year's goals, achieveents and lack of achievements as a part of this retreat. The lack of transparency at the PAUSD makes it difficult to know what the District is doing, and whether it is actually succeeding in its goals, or just spinning its wheels.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jan 11, 2013 at 9:45 am
As an ex-PAUSD parent and current and past taxpayer, I can't recall how much we get from the state of CA, but recent news reports indicate Governor Brown is exerting himself to take funds from "wealthier" districts and re-distribute ever more to poor ones and those that have "children who come from non-English speaking families." (The Daily News, 1/10/12, p. A4, and other reports)
I know CA's funding schemes for public schools are a bureaucratic mess. I know they change all the time. That doesn't mean the taken funds will go to appropriate uses or that this even makes sense. I particularly object to illegal aliens taking my taxpayer money. That also doesn't mean PAUSD should sit by while money deserving and or allocated to PAUSD gets diverted to other areas, like poor areas such as Oakland, which have a documented history of fraud in the schools to the extreme of having been taken over by higher authorities. I have a low confidence that diverted money to Oakland will go where it ought to go and result in anything meaningful.
What I am getting at is I assume PAUSD will keep as a principal goal the district's duty to local taxpayers to be vigilant at all times, especially concerning Brown's budget shenanigans and overspending. I recall enough to know that it is tricky for district budget/finance personnel to try to guess at the latest schemes of our state legislators and governor. I guess the next is the "May revise," and we don't want PAUSD to have money taken then, so the district needs to stay alert.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jan 12, 2013 at 4:44 pm
Perhaps one goal for next year would be that grades for the first semester are finalized in under one month.
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Exercise Helps Maintain a Healthy Brain!
People who exercise later in life may better protect their brain from age-related changes than those who do not, a study suggests.
Researchers found that people over 70 who took regular exercise showed less brain shrinkage over a three-year period than those who did little exercise.
Psychologists and Neuroimaging experts, based at the University of Edinburgh, did not find there to be any benefit to brain health for older people from participation in social or mentally stimulating activities.
Greater brain shrinkage is linked to problems with memory and thinking and the researchers say their findings suggest that exercise is potentially one important pathway to maintaining a healthy brain both in terms of size and reducing damage.
The researchers also examined the brain's white matter – the wiring that transmits messages round the brain. They found that people over 70 who were more physically active had fewer 'damaged' areas – visible as abnormal areas on scanning – in the white matter than those who did little exercise.
Additionally, the researchers from the University of Edinburgh found that the over-70s taking regular exercise had more grey matter – the parts of the brain with nerve cell bodies.
The Edinburgh team used MRI scans to measure the volume of brain tissue and the volume and health of the brain's white matter in almost 700 people.
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MIPS (Sunnyvale, Calif.), which rivaled fellow processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) at one time but has struggled over recent years, has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to identify and negotiate with potential acquirers of the company, the report said. The company's stock, which is traded on NASDAQ, jumped in price by more than 25 percent to close at $6.58 on Thursday (April 12).
MIPS, which originally stood for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages, was founded by computer scientist John Hennessey of Stanford University and enjoyed success in the 1990s licensing 32-bit and 64-bit cores to developers of computers and set-top boxes and its architecture has also enjoyed success in networking applications.
The company has built up a long list of licensors – including Broadcom, Cavium, Cisco Systems, LSI, Microchip and Toshiba – but has not enjoyed much success in the mobile phone and mobile computing markets of the last decade. The company was also been quite successful in capturing licensees in China but despite efforts to address mobile devices with Android initiatives MIPS has not made much headway in the hot markets of smartphones or tablet computers.
MIPS made a net loss of $449,000 on total revenues of $32.5 million in the six months ended on Dec. 31, 2011. This compares with a profit of $13.5 million on total revenues of $44.4 million in the same period a year before. In January MIPS CEO Sandeep Vij told analysts that the company was looking at ways of monetizing its patent portfolio.
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The press release doesn't mention much about the Mobility
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The new GPU is also fully
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When it comes to the A8Jr's other specs, it looks just like
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DVI connectors and an optional Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.
The 5.27 pound notebook should be available for purchase
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hi i was in my garden late at night and found this what i thort was a caterpillar untill on close inspection and i seen it had a tail can someone please tell me what it is? thanks in advence
It's a rat tailed maggot, the larva of a drone fly or Hoverfly.
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Discussion in 'Fan Art' started by Ptrope, May 3, 2013.
Love the Retro look.
Absolutely awesome work!! I'm actually feeling sad that I'll never get to read or own these amazing books. The so evoke my youth that it's unreal. Thanks, guys!
Another issue of Compelling magazine (I've decided to bump the timeline back by three years and will have to tweak the dates on issues done so far).
From September 1953, the first part of "The Way Of The Tyrant" about future dictator Colonel Green. The story contains a throwaway line about Khan Singh from "Last Days Of The Supermen" and it was here that Roddenberry had the first inkling of creating a future history.
Edit: Working late on little sleep is good for creativity...bad for spelling. Will have to fix Isaac's name. Goddamitsomuch!
BTW, Graveyard of Dreams was a great story, and The Cosmic Computer was a great novel that was derived from it . Always happy to find a Piper fan .
Hey, it wasn't unusual for names to be misspelled in the old pulps, even on covers. Not just pulps, either - Jethro Tull's first single was published as being from "Jethro Toe" .
...and the Al Stewart album Year of the Cat had "On the Bornder" listed on the back cover. It's on the CD too, as they just copied the pic lol.
Piper was awesome! I never did get through through the entire Terro-Human Future History. I may have actually stopped right around Cosmic Copmuter.....Sadly, due to real life stuff and a need to lighten my load, I've sold off pretty much my entire Piper collection. I still have two copies of the "Empire" collection....one of my favorite book covers.
True that, I'd forgotten. I think I'll just leave it that way because I really don't feel like going back to fix it.
In 1956, Pyramid Books released an expanded version of "The Way Of The Tyrant" titled "Tyrant 2022". This newer expanded edition chronicled both the rise and fall of Colonel Phillip Green and his hand in World War 3.
And here's my latest pieces and doing my part to keep this thread going. I sure would like to see more work by other people here. HINT HINT
This is my homage to Lou Feck's cover for the James Blish episode adaptations (book 8)
The next book was about an immortal who had assumed many identities throughout history. He would later be incorporated into Roddenberry's future history as Flint, still pivotal to history. Roddenberry would write a couple of books for Pyramid, elements of which would be incorporated into his magazine stories where his future history would slowly take shape. However the series grew to fame under the ACE Books banner.
Now it can be revealed - and we'll be nice and not eject MrArcas's work from the library:
The covers for The Seekers have inspired the authors of the Star Trek Vanguard novels:
The Trek Collective: "The Seekers" to become real books!
Of all covers, this one really mirrors the layout of an early 1970s novel cover. Well done!
I LOVE the covers!! I can easily imagine both on the racks of yesteryear!
Thanks TREK_GOD! Always good to see someone enjoy this stuff!
Right now, I've got roughly 18 covers in this fictional line of books and magazines done. And I'm still creating more.
On that note, here's the December 53 issue of "Compelling"
Having dealt with the weighty issues of tyrants, eugenics and doomsday, Roddenberry revealed in the November 53 issue of "Compelling" that Earth had not been totally devastated by World War 3. Having narrowly avoided extinction, humanity has banded together to heal the planet and ensure the survival of the species by colonizing other worlds.
This cover is notable for the fact that I built the ship you see here instead of photoshopping existing images. So it's first for me and I'm pretty happy with the results.
I saw that elsewhere and that is fucking awesome! Arcas' work is crazy brilliant and captures the feel of those old books.
But those images need to be downsized so that the whole book cover can be taken in all at once.
You'll be happy to know that the magazine cover I posted was posted at a slightly larger size than usual.
Where does on get the "old and worn cover look" filter?
Actually, if you're using Firefox, you can right-click the image and select "View image," and it will open in a new tab sized to fit the window . Sadly, IE doesn't appear to have this capability.
I like that ship, The Lensman - its design is ... compelling .
Forbin, I know that MrArcas uses some Photoshop brushes to achieve his perfect worn covers; there are some folks on DeviantArt who have them posted as freebies. I use Photopaint, which doesn't work quite the same way as Photoshop, even though it does use many of P'shop's filters, and I pretty much brute-force my wear and tear using scans of actual distressed paper and cover stock, and just work with the blending modes.
Well you learn something new everydayl.
Thanks! Right now I'm in the "exploring the solar system" phase of these covers, and I'm looking at having to do 3D work in order to make up for the lack of official images for me to 'Shop. Plus, I keep remembering little tidbits of history that would work as stories.
Prolly time to break out that chronology
There are filters, but I have been zero impressed with them.
I've used two methods....the method I'm currently using is Ptrope's method. I'm using actual scanned books with everything but the wear blacked out (sometimes I have to do some 'shopping on the cover to achieve that)
Then (if you're using Photoshop) in "Layer>Layer Style>blending options" I play with different settings until I get the seamless melding (usually "Lighten" works best)
In fact today I'm going to scan some old book covers that have black backs with wear, so it'll be easy to rubber stamp the text out.
In my opinion, this method is the best by far. It allows for far more subtlety in the aging, and frankly, it's the easiest once you have a little library of covers to work from as you can just flip and rotate or just use sections to get a little variety.
Method 2 is the method I discovered on my own years ago and have refined over time. It's actually fairly simple:
Set your background color to an off yellow (of just sample the color from an actual old book)
Cut your main image out, then repaste back in. Select the lasso tool and then just try to make irregular areas and cut them out. It works best with smaller wear as larger areas will just have a big piece of off yellow showing.
Here's an example.
The thing is that the edges tend to be fairly sharp, so you may want to blur them (I usually blur once or twice when I'm done). This is a little more time consuming, so make sure you save often.
As with anything, it takes a little practice to get just right.
Most of the filters I've seen pretty much look like this method. But it's possible my experience and know how with them is limited.
What is funny to me is my seventeen year old son's reaction to these covers. I was reading the thread and he came up behind me, declared them cool and asked if I was going to buy them so that he could read them after. I explained what they were and he said they were "very cool." High praise. I happen to agree with him. These are beautiful covers and I wish we could read the associated stories.
Thanks! I had personal experience to draw on there .
From November '53
More 3D work....I really like this one. When I started this project, I figured I could just do a "collection" cover and just mention these stories, although I didn't plan on doing anything set this early in the timeline.
Oddly enough, I've gotten inspired by this early pre-warp period and it'll be weird to finally get to more familiar territory. This was just supposed to be a brief prologue to the later era, but it's really come alive and I keep getting idea's for more covers for this era.
This one's for you Chesley Bonestell wherever you are.
"Under The Domes Of Mars" was published in the February 1954 issue of Incredible Tales. "Under The Domes Of Mars" tried to give a fair account of life on the colony, eschewing any life threatening scenarios. Instead it dealt with scientist Jackson Roykirk's attempt at navigating dueling bureaucracies in order to ensure his Nomad probe launched as planned.
Ringo felt it was too talky and that such stories were not Roddenberry's forte'.
Roddenberry's third and final "Mars" story was written in an overly lurid style, containing everything Marty Ringo wanted from his previous story. As a mild form of "revenge" he did not sell the story to Ringo, nor was it published in the pages of Incredible Tales (as that magazine was published quarterly)
It was instead published in the pages of Comet magazine where it went on to be very well received. This was also the beginning of his friendship with Comet magazine editor Mort Blumberg who encouraged him to send more stories his way. Comet would indeed publish several later stories, but Roddenberry always felt that Compelling magazine was his literary home.
"Martian Murder Mystery!" followed two police detectives as they tried to solve a series of strange murders on the colony. Late in the story they realize that the killers MO is similar to that of Jack The Ripper. An epilogue states that in the end, a total of eight women were killed, but that they never caught the killer or learned his identity.
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The increase would have amounted to an additional 51 cents to a customer's monthly solid waste bill.
The 2.9 percent increase was based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The CPI is published by the U.S. Department of Labor and measures the average consumer price for trash collection across the country.
Terry Schweitzer, district manager for Waste Management, equated the raise to a cost of living increase. He noted diesel fuel prices have risen significantly since the contract was signed in October 2009.
The CPI provides "a fair way to do business," Schweitzer said, and it provides a "solid, consistent and reasonable" basis to request rate increases.
Some aldermen were skeptical, however. Alderman Mark Tripp said in light of the current economy and the council's recent passage of a .4 mills increase in property tax — which he noted he voted against — he could not support a rate increase for Waste Management.
Alderman Martin Irwin said he would not support an increase until Waste Management indicated a willingness to move forward with amendments to the contract, discussed earlier this month at a meeting of the city's Solid Waste Committee.
Only Alderman Garland Steuber — the only sitting alderman who was on the council when the contract with Waste Management was negotiated — spoke in favor of the request. He said the cost of doing business was rising and it was "largely due to the efforts of Waste Management" that the city was not presented with a request for a rate increase before now.
The request failed 7-1, with only Steuber voting for its passage.
Alderman also considered Thursday a resolution expressing the city's support for a bond issuance to fund improvements to City Corp.'s wastewater treatment facility.
The $8.5 million bond would be paid for by City Corp. without increasing its rates, requesting any revenue from the city or establishing any new revenue source, according to the resolution.
City Corp. officials previously told aldermen the funds are needed to make necessary improvements to allow the utility to remove nitrates from wastewater.
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In other business, the council approved:
• A resolution authorizing an agreement between the city and the Arkansas Valley Alliance for Economic Development (AVAED). The contract costs the city $90,000 annually for services rendered by AVAED.
• A resolution authorizing an agreement between the city and the Boys and Girls Club of the Arkansas River Valley. The contract costs the city $50,000 annually for services rendered.
• A resolution authorizing an agreement between the city and Main Street Russellville. The contract costs the city $25,000 annually for services rendered.
• A second reading of two ordinances for removal of dilapidated structures on East B Street, North Boston Place, West Circle Drive, Marina Road and South Knoxville Avenue.
• The re-appointment of Dusti Yarber to the Advertising and Promotion (A&P) Commission, and Dennis Boys and Richard Perkins to the Planning Commission.
• The appointment of J.D. Stratton to the Recreation and Parks Commission and Hershel Hargus to the Planning Commission.
• The general capital budget, street improvement budget, street sales tax budget, special funds budgets and economic development funds budget for 2012.
• A resolution to issue a special use permit to allow automobile sales in a C-2 for property located at 2215 East Parkway Drive and Weir Road.


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These members will join the 2013 board: Beth Yesford (president), Randy Sparrow (treasurer), Patti Oliver (immediate past president), Denisa Cate (past president), Tony Almeida (director), Julie Jones (director), and Patti Dollarhide (IAB Chair).


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What a great job Evangel Assembly of God does for our community. At Power Lunch, not only do our teens get a warm meal, they also are fed the Word.
Thank you, other churches that help out our youth.
Now we are adding a youth building. How great will that be for our young people!
What a great pastor, Jeff McDonnell. Bless the construction workers, David Kimble and others, making it happen.
Sharon Goodall


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The 2012 Valero Alamo Bowl is just hours away. We're sure you have so many questions. We're here to help. (For an X's and O's breakdown, click through to Stewart Mandel's game preview.)
• What's all this, then? After a couple weeks of Beefo-come-lately bowls whose provenance might be described as "questionable," we're starting to break into the name-brand bowls. The Alamo has been around since 1993 and has featured at least one ranked team in 16-of-20 games since then (counting this year).
• Where will this game be played? The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
• When is it on television? Coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. ET on ESPN. Sean McDonough and Chris Spielman are your announcers, with Quint Kessenich on sideline duty.
• Whom does it feature? Since 2010, the Alamo Bowl has pitted the Pac-12's second-place team against the third choice from the Big 12.
• What about this year? The 9-3, 13th-ranked Oregon State Beavers are your Pac-12 representative, while the 8-4, 23rd-ranked Texas Longhorns rep the Big 12. That makes this the 2012-13 bowl season's first occurrence of ranked-on-ranked action.
• Does the bowl have a social media presence? The bowl has a Twitter account at @valeroalamobowl, and it's spittin' trivia like hot lava:
@beaverathletics fact: In 1921, there was attempt to make little beaver "Bevo" into the school mascot, but with little success #BevoBattle?
— Valero Alamo Bowl (@valeroalamobowl) December 3, 2012
• What wacky activities will be on offer during bowl week? The "Valero Alamo Bowl Bash," contrary to popular belief, is not set up to trash-talk the Alamo Bowl for not being played, Legends of the Hidden Temple-style, within the confines of the Alamo itself. It does feature "five gourmet action food stations." Like crab legs that walk off your plate by themselves? Precisely. Off the beaten path, you can explore San Antonio's native prehistoric wildlife for yourselves:
Take a short drive(4 miles) from downtown to see the San Antonio botanical garden, where dinosaurs lurk amidst the holiday blooms
— Valero Alamo Bowl (@valeroalamobowl) December 28, 2012
• What shiny baubles will be showered on the players? A goodie bag befitting an honest-to-goodness bowl: iPad mini, Fossil watch, Best Buy gift card, mini-helmet . . . and a "panoramic team photo," which could either mean a team photo taken at some sweeping south Texas vista or just a really wide-ass photo of all the players. We're looking into it.
• What's the pick? Stewart Mandel initially picked Texas to finally live up to its promise, but switched his prediction to Oregon State following the suspension of two Longhorns players.
• Please impart any miscellaneous knowledge you might have concerning the 2012 Alamo Bowl. Texas, it's been a weird year, but you've got a brass ring to reach for in this last game:
If my math is right, Texas can avoid being school's worst statistical defense by holding Oregon St to 260 yards or fewer in Alamo Bowl. — Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) December 27, 2012


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