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Penn State York is one of the stops when the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) goes on the road with Congressional town hall meetings to several college campuses to gauge reaction during the last week before the state primary on April 24.
Starting Monday, April 16, PCN will pre-empt the "PCN Call-In" program to air live Congressional town hall meetings hosted at universities and colleges across the state beginning at 7 p.m. for the entire week. The Penn State York campus will be featured on Friday, April 20.
The 90-minute live program will allow college students, area residents, professors, local political reporters and area representatives to discuss and share reaction about what is going on this election year within their congressional district. All nine Democratic and Republican candidates that are running for office within the 4th Congressional District will be attending and will have an opportunity to briefly share their platform with the audience.
Discussing the issues within the 4th Congressional District will be a guest panel comprised of Scott Fisher, opinion page editor for the York Daily Record; Keegan Gibson, managing editor for Politics PA; Dr. Michael Jarrett, professor of English at Penn State York; and a representative from Centro Hispano Jose Hernandez.
The town hall meeting, which will be held in the Community Room of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center on campus, is open to the public, but for those unable to attend, participation is possible through email and Twitter. Comments and questions during the event can be sent to email@example.com or tweeted using the hash tag #pcntv2012.
Other collegiate locations scheduled throughout the week include the University of Pittsburgh -- Johnstown, Bloomsburg University, Cheyney University and the Lower Bucks Campus of Bucks County Community College.
PCN will air LIVE primary coverage beginning at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24. PCN will have LIVE reports from the headquarters of key statewide races. The network will once again be partnering with the PA Business Council for election numbers throughout the evening. Several political experts will provide in-studio commentary and analysis of the election numbers. For more information about PCN's primary coverage and channel allocations, visit www.pcntv.com.
PCN is a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization created and supported by cable television companies. PCN receives no state or federal funding. Network programming is distributed on more than 150 cable systems in Pennsylvania serving more than 10 million Pennsylvanians in 3.3 million homes.


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Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III told fans on Saturday that he's continuing to make good progress in rehabilitation from reconstructive knee surgery, and he expects to play in the opener against the Eagles on Monday, September 9.
At the Redskins' draft party on Saturday, Griffin did some jumping jacks and told the crowd he expects to play in the first game of the regular season.
"We're having a great draft right now, and I'm all in for Week 1, just like you guys are right now," Griffin said, via the Free Lance-Star. "You guys saw me jumping. I mean, I can run a little bit. I'll be good. No worries. I'll take it slow, but in the same time, I'll be ready to go."
Griffin and the Redskins have stated repeatedly that he won't rush his recovery, but they've also stated repeatedly that he is progressing faster than doctors expected when he had the surgery in January. It will be an upset if he's not starting for the Redskins against the Eagles.


text: Try this one: http://www.beowulf-underground.org/cgi-bin/BUarticle.pl?storid=15449.124100& mode=detailed Joseph E. Rose, Jr. BRISK System Administrator Illgen Simulation Technologies, Inc. (210) 348-6886/ Cell: (210) 710-9060 San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A "What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." --Goethe "There are two ways to treat life; As if everything is a miracle, or as if nothing is." --Einstein -----Original Message----- From: beowulf-admin at beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-admin at beowulf.org]On Behalf Of Stacie D Bubb Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 12:32 PM To: beowulf at beowulf.org Subject: Channel Bonding to create lots of output Well, I've been gone from the list for a while, but I had to come back to ask something. My team is looking to create a cluster to generate lots of http traffic to stress-test our product. Having some Beowulf experience from school, I've been asked to look into feasability and the whole how-to thing. Yes, I know where the How to Build a Beowulf paper is ;-D My question is, has anyone else had any experience in building something similar to this who might be able to offer me input and advice? We're looking into the Channel Bonding "ifenslave.c" program that is on the site, and I'm trying to figure out what it does before I load it onto the computers. From what I can tell (which I'm not sure how much that is even), this will bind our ethernet cards together so that we can write a program to actually run the stress, pushing out lots of http traffic, in a distributed fashion, utilizing the cpu's of the attached computers. Anyone have any advice, input, etc. for me? I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!! Stacie Bubb Software Test (919)254-5677 t/l 444-5677 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list Beowulf at beowulf.org http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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An authority on rope suggested to me that vines that climb up trees go up clockwise just as the first course of rope is laid in its manufacture. Do all vines go "right-handed," like rope? Of course, a right-handed vine is only right-handed when looking up from the ground. Looking down from its top it is left-handed or counterclockwise.
I also wondered if the rule might apply to trees. Forty years ago when teaching college in Oregon I noticed that many Oregon conifers, in particular Douglas firs and true firs, spiral up as they grow. Their trunks are twisted and the twist is always to the right. Such twisting of the grain is often hidden by the bark, which appears to go straight up, but is readily seen once the bark is removed.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the sun after rising in the east arcs to the south then swings back to the west, where it sets. The growing tip of a vine, or apical meristem, that is following the sun as it grows upward would circle the tree in a counterclockwise direction. Right-handed vines, or twisty tree trunks, would not be chasing the sun.
Then there is the Coriolis effect, which when applied on a grand scale is responsible for the Gulf Stream moving to the right as it courses northward in the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern tropics to the coast of Ireland. Because a vine rotating around a tree trunk is so small in scale compared to a current in the Atlantic Ocean, it is doubtful that vining is a function of the Coriolis effect.
On Monday I went looking for curling vines and twisty tree trunks in the Morton Wildlife Refuge in Noyac. There were several woody vining species, or lianas, to observe — wild grape, poison ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, Virginia creeper, and Asiatic bittersweet among them. This last species was by far the most common and so I was able to make a statistical study of its curling habits.
I looked at more than 100 bittersweet vines in a half-mile of trail, all of which went up the tree in a clockwise rotation. In some instances there were three different bittersweet vines curling around each other, all of which were right-handed or clockwise. A few wild grapes circled upward in the same fashion, but the majority of them were opportunistic, taking the most straightforward route to get to the top. Wild grapes have tendrils, little curlicues that fasten onto tree branches to help them climb.
Poison ivy, like the unrelated Boston ivy and Virginia creeper, has holdfasts resembling the round suction-disc toes of tree frogs to give it purchase on tree trunks. It goes straight up. Bittersweet is like a snake. It has no special tree-climbing appendages, thus to get purchase it has to "strangle" its host, and some literally do just that, frequently leading to the host tree's death by cutting off the flow of nourishments and water up and down in the conductive tissues lying just beneath the bark. Bittersweet vines are cross-ribbed, giving them extra holding power.
Except for a black cherry or two, the twisted-trunk trees were Juniperus virginiana, eastern red cedar, one of the evergreen conifers native to Long Island. Roughly 5 percent of the hundreds of junipers covering the refuge had twisted trunks and, as in the bittersweets, all were twisting clockwise. I was beginning to think that all vines and trunks that twist as they go upward were right-handed.
The adaptive value of the bittersweet twist was obvious, but what was the function of twisting in the junipers? Many arborists and foresters believe that a twisted trunk makes a tree stronger and better able to withstand gale-force winds. To test that hypothesis on the eastern red cedars, I examined trunks in quiet stands well away from the edge of Peconic Bay and those along its edge, where winds were expected to hit with more force. The outcome? The percentage of twisted trunks in the quiet groves was just as high as along the shore.
At the end of the walk, along the edges of the Morton Wildlife Refuge parking lot a stone's throw from Noyac Road, I encountered patches of Japanese honeysuckle. Lo and behold, their vines were all left-handed, turning counterclockwise as they climbed. Thus, at least in Noyac, not all vining species are right-handed.
Monday night I visited the Web and read about an amazing woman botanist, Angela Moles from Australia, who went around the world studying vines and their climbing habits. She studied 1,485 vines of several different species. Ninety-four percent of them were left-handed. In other words, the main reason for one vine's penchant for curling one way and another's for moving in the exact opposite direction is primarily genetic.
With respect to trees, the preponderance of twisted trees is found among the coniferales. In fact, a cultivar of one oriental species, Juniperus chinensis torulosa, is always twisted. Perhaps that's why it's known in American horticultural circles as the Hollywood juniper. But for almost every conifer species that exhibits twisting, say, the bristle-cone pine of the Western mountain ranges, the most venerable of all trees, left-handedness and right-handedness is as it is in the human species — there are both left-handed and right-handed individuals. Whether it is genetic or environmental in the bristle-cone has yet to be determined.
But the question begs an easy solution. Take seeds from left-handed and right-handed bristle-cones, plant them and record their development, a process that could take 50 years or so. These long-lived trees are extremely slow growing.


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Kim Kardashian Reveals What She Loves Most About Kanye West
In a sit-down interview with the queen herself, Oprah, Kim Kardashian revealed what makes her relationship with Kanye West work. Is it the fame? The money? The ego? The penchant for design?
Not necessarily. In a preview for her interview on 'Oprah's Next Chapter,' Kimmy K. says that she thinks West's age (a ripe 35 years old) is what makes the duo tick. "Before, all my boyfriends were younger. I always dated five years younger," Kardashian, 31, told the Big O. "Now I just love that I'm with someone that's a couple years older than me."
Of course, there are other influences at play. Kardashian and West are both fashion-conscious, each having their own clothing lines. They also like to demonstrate their affection with their dollars. K-Dash gifted Yeezy with a Lambo for his birthday (worth about $750,000), while West gave Kardashian's mom, Kris Jenner, a $200K Bentley. The couple also have a history, having been friends (and, if Amber Rose is to be believed, friends with benefits) for years.
Fans will have to tune in to see Kim's response to Oprah's big question: "Is Kanye West the new fairy tale?" Considering the pair have been talking about marriage and kids, the answer may be pretty clear — though they have a much more expensive alternative to glass slippers in their love story.
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YORK, Pa. – The York College men's swimming squad defeated Susquehanna Saturday but came up short against both Dickinson and Capital Athletic Conference foe St. Mary's College in a quad meet at the York College Natatorium. The Green and White bested Susquehanna 126-76 while Dickinson and St. Mary's edged out the Spartans by a count of 132-72 and 114-90, respectively. The victory coupled with the two losses gives the Spartans a 4-2 overall record in this young season, including a 3-1 mark in the CAC.
York's 400 medley relay squad of Bryant Hughes, Jamie Hicks, Andy Woods, and Steven Mercer started things off strong for the Spartans with a second-place finish as their effort resulted in a final time of 3:49.01. The Green and White remained a dominant force in the relay events as the 400 freestyle relay team of Shane Bonner, Richard Janosky, Alex Diehl, and Cody Latchford capped off the afternoon with a time of 3:22.42 which also earned them a second-place finish.
Latchford was able to build on last week's successes as the freshman came in second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:50.02. He later recorded a 2:04.66 in the 200 backstroke to snag fourth.
Jack Gottschalk took third in both the 1000 freestyle and 500 freestyle with times of 10:33.31 and 5:10.84, respectively.
Janosky secured a third-place finish in the 50 freestyle at 22.67 while Diehl posted third in the 100 freestyle with a 50.62.
The Green and White will look to rebound from their first two losses of the season and focus on the positives of today's meet as they return to training. The Spartans next host Washington & Jefferson at the York College Natatorium next Saturday, November 19, at 2:00 pm.
PHOTO: Members of York's squad huddle up follow a race during York meet against Mary Washington and Hood earlier this season. Courtesy of Aaron Frishkorn - York College (Pa.) Athletic Communications practicum student.
Meet recap written by Sean Gale - York College (Pa.) Athletic Communications practicum student.


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NBA Gets a Slam Dunk with Cisco TelePresence
Telepresence is travelling outside of the boardroom and onto the basketball court—not only changing how the NBA conducts business, but also how its fans consume sports information.
Similar to the transformation happening in the workplace, the rise of mobile devices and online access is changing how we experience and interact with sporting events. Attuned to these changes, the NBA is committed to collaboration technologies–like Cisco TelePresence and WebEx–to enable new forms of effectiveness and innovation, while positively transforming the fan experience. And they are making an impact; NBA TV had its highest viewership ever during the 2011-12 season, and NBA.com and its team sites already have more than 140 million video streams this season.
How'd they do it? By providing fans with the best experience possible and creating compelling content. Each week, NBA TV communicates with sports analysts, journalists, experts, and players via telepresence, allowing them to bring fans the latest news and updates from around the league. These video interviews are then loaded to NBA.com for fans to view on demand.
With Cisco TelePresence, NBA TV is not only able to deliver high-quality video to NBA fans wherever they are, but also provide fans with better interviews. If a guest can't make it to the studio, telepresence is the perfect substitute. Its life-like quality makes guests feel as comfortable, engaged and animated as they would in person.
Aware of the benefits of in-person communications, the NBA took things up a notch at the NBA D-League player draft each of the last two years. Instead of hashing out deals over the phone, the NBA added to the event's excitement and suspense by using Cisco WebEx to give opposing teams the opportunity look each other in the eye and engage via video.
Telepresence and WebEx aren't the only Cisco technologies the NBA has deployed. Check out their use of Cisco Connected Stadium Wi-Fi for example. At the 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend in Orlando, Florida attendees received a seamless user experience thanks to Cisco Wi-Fi. The wireless network wasn't strained and fans got the instantaneous connectivity they desired so they could upload photos and videos quickly and easily.
The NBA is improving the fan experience by making it possible to share, connect and experience the latest and greatest in basketball from anywhere, on any device. To hear more about how video technology is a slam dunk for both the fans and the NBA check out the video clip below.
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Ludum Dare 18 Jam
As we did for Ludum Dare 17, we decided to participate to Ludum Dare 18. In this case, there were two options, the classic : one developer has to develop a game in 48hs from the scratch; and the jam which allows multiple developers to develop a game in 72hs reusing any code and assets they want.
We tried to make the games for the main competition but as we ran out of time we decided to continue and participate to the jam instead.
Our entries are Dude, that's my bullet from ruben01 and Grappling Hookus from arielsan.
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Frances King, who has been headmistress of the Sussex school since 2008, is leaving to run a school in Switzerland after becoming frustrated with the national disapproval faced by fee paying schools.
The sector has gone through a "bruising time" and The Government "cannot afford to be supportive", she told The Times.
Despite the fact that the country's independent schools are increasingly sought after by parents from across the globe, at home we find it impossible to celebrate their success and heritage, she said.
Mrs King will leave this summer to become director of Collège Alpin Beau Soleil in Switzerland.
She is saddened by the UK's attitude toward the independent sector but claimed she could not see that changing.
The Oxford-educated headmistress said: "It is quite hard work to continue to be always on the negative side of public opinion.
"We are putting our heart, soul and effort into this provision. We are making sure we have got a good amount of money put into bursaries and, as much as we can afford in our situation, we are trying to ensure we are widening access."
But it is difficult providing top quality education whilst feeling that the whole country is against you, she complained.
Her comments echo those of Vicky Tuck, former headmistress of Cheltenham Ladies' College.
She left the £31,000-a-year girls' school in the summer of 2011 after 14 years at the helm to take charge of the International School of Geneva, saying she had been made to feel that running a private school in England was "slightly immoral".
Anthony Seldon, the master of Wellington College in Berkshire, said last week that there was "jealousy and hostility" towards privately educated publics, describing positive discrimination to favour state school pupils was "the hatred that dare not speak its name".
Public school was once seen as the most reliable route into the top universities but this year Cambridge reduced its intake from independent schools by 200 places, with 63 per cent now coming from the state sector.
Many elite institutions across Britain have reportedly agreed to official targets which could see public school pupils turned away in favour of similarly bright state school pupils with lower grades.
It means that while parents would once desperately fight to send their children to the best independent school they could afford, some are now withdrawing them at 16 to avoid tarnishing their application form.
After taking over Roedean five years ago Mrs King oversaw a merger with St Mary's Hall senior school, Brighton. The sale of the site for £10million helped get the finances back into shape.
She was previously head of Heathfield School for Girls in Ascot, where she also oversaw a merger, and the latest career move will allow her to see another model of education, she said.
She predicted more closures or mergers of private schools.
Being "blunt" she admitted that there are probably too many boarding schools left over from the days of British Empire, when children were sent home to be educated.
The attitudes have now changed and many parents have decided they want their children at home with them.
Strong schools like Roedean will continue to thrive but others will be forced to close their doors.
The school, which charges more than £30,000 a year for senior boarders, has faced dwindling admissions in recent years as the recession hit domestic demand and attitudes towards single-sex schools changed.
Mrs King faced controversy when she admitted that half the pupils at the school, which educates girls' aged from 11 to 18, are now foreign.
But other private schools will also be forced to recruit from abroad to survive the current climate, she believes.
She is one of several heads of independent schools leaving to run schools overseas.
Christopher Ray, the high master of Manchester Grammar, has announced he will run the British (Embassy) School in Abu Dhabi from the summer. Helen Wright, headmistress of St Mary's Calne in Wiltshire, left last month to take charge of Ascham School in Sydney, Australia.
Nick Clegg, himself privately educated, hinted yesterday that he would send his eldest son to a private school but accepted his decision would "be subject to public commentary, criticism and so on."


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Intel ISEF students imagine the future at White House Frontiers Conference
Envision what the United States and the world will be like in 50 years and beyond. That was the challenge President Barack Obama encouraged participants to take on at the daylong White House Frontiers Conference in Pittsburgh in October. The conference brought together "change-makers of tomorrow," including researchers, business leaders, technologists, philanthropists, local innovators and students. Six Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) finalists were among that group — and they had the experience of a lifetime.
"The best part of the conference was the tangible atmosphere from the scientists and
innovators all around me." — Jiwoo Lee, Intel ISEF 2016 finalist
"This conference not only opened my eyes to the creativity involved in scientific research, but also showed me that we can and should drive new sets of innovations in whatever field we are working in." — Surabhi Mundada, Intel ISEF 2016 finalist
"The White House Frontiers Conference really changed my views and my ideas on not only space but all areas of science." — Amber Yang, Intel ISEF 2016 finalist
"The spirit of discovery that was concentrated in that one room still blows me away." — Syamantak Payra, Intel ISEF 2016 finalist, Broadcom MASTERS 2014 semifinalist
"Attending the White House Frontiers Conference has made a lasting impact on my life." — Aarushi Pendharkar, Intel ISEF 2016 finalist
"The conference showed me how important it is to take this extra step of bringing your work out into the world — to real people and communities who could benefit." — Mihir Garimella, Intel ISEF 2015 finalist, Broadcom MASTERS 2013 finalist


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|Fixed star: SADALBARI
|Constellation: Mu (μ) Pegasus
|Longitude 1900: 23PIS00
|Longitude 2000: 24PIS23
|Declination 1900: +24.04'
|Declination 2000: +24.35'
|Right ascension: 22h 49m
|Latitude: +29.23'
|Spectral class: -G6
|Magnitude: 3.7
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Star Names, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889.
[A scanned copy can be viewed on this webpage]
Mu (μ) Pegasus, Sadalbari, is a star in the Winged Horse.
Lambda (λ), and and this star mu (μ Sadalbari) were Sa'd al Bari', 'the Good Luck of the Excelling One'; but the 13th century Persian astronomical writer Al Kazwini designated it as Sa'd al Nazi, 'the Good Luck of the Camel Striving to Get to Pasture'.
[Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889].
Pegasus was born from the blood of Medusa (see Algol) after Perseus had cut off her head, and was afterwards tamed and ridden by Bellerophon. Being weary of earthly affairs Bellerophon attempted to fly to heaven but fell off, and Pegasus continued his course, entered heaven and took his place among the stars. [Robson*, p.56.]
*, p.56.]According to Ptolemy the bright stars are like Mars and Mercury. The constellation gives ambition, vanity, intuition, enthusiasm, caprice and bad judgment. [Robson
The constellation portends events concerning ships and the ocean and also changes in the weather. In medieval times it was said to indicate vain individuals with a great deal of ambition, but with very poor judgment. [Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology, George Noonan, 1990, p.22.]
http://thanasis.com/pegasus.htm]., as exemplified in the legends of Perseus and Bellerophon, is concerned with the innate ability possessed by some people to negotiate difficulties by rising above them, on the one hand, and the danger of overreaching themselves, on the other. Pegasus, by birth, is the child of Medusa and Neptune, symbols of 'wisdom' and 'emotion,' respectively, which shows the dichotomy of his nature. As in the story, Bellerophon attempted to fly to Olympus (overreach his potential). He believed that Pegasus was subject to his will. However, it was Pegasus who made it to Olympus, while Bellerophon was tossed back to earth, lame and reproached by others. It is unwise to take any situation for granted as the 'lesser' person (or, in this case, beast) may be the very one to teach us the much needed lesson in humility. Pegasus is also indicative of a specific mission in life which the inquirer will always find the time and energy to pursue, although the path may be sewn with difficulties (the Chimaera) and limitations (Bellerophon's doubt or arrogance). So, the Pegasus Syndrome is the seeming ability to "fly over any situation," though the reverse may be a lesson in humility, being "taken down a peg," as it were. [Rich's Pegopedia
"Pegasus the winged Horse will appear and gallop aloft in the heavens. It will bring forth people endowed with swiftness of movement and limbs alert to perform every task. One man will cause his horse to wheel round in caracoles, and proudly mounted on its back he will wage war from on high; horseman and soldier in one. Another will possess the ability to rob the racecourse of its true length such is his speed that he will seem to dissemble the movement of his feet and make the ground vanish before him. Who more swiftly could fly back from the ends of the earth as messenger or with light foot to the earth's ends make his way? He will also heal a horse's wounds with the sap of common plants, and will know the herbs which bring aid to an animal's limbs and those which grow for the use of man." [Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD, book 5, p.350-353.]
*[Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923].


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September 16, 2008
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Wabash College invites you to hear nationally recognized Lincoln scholar, Ronald C. White, Jr., give the Brigance Forum Lecture. His talk will take place at 8 p.m., Wednesday, September 24, in Lovell Lecture Room (101) in Baxter Hall. The title of his talk is "Lincoln's Greatest Speech."
White is the author of Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, a Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, and a Book-of-the-Month Club and a History Book Club selection. He is a Fellow at the Huntington Library, Visiting Professor of History at University of California-Los Angeles, and Professor Emeritus of American Religious History at San Francisco Theological Seminary. He is working on a biography of Abraham Lincoln, which will be published by Random House in January 2009, the year of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial.
The Brigance Forum is an annual public lecture or debate in memory of the late William Norwood Brigance, teacher, scholar and leader in the Speech Association of America. In his 38 years at Wabash College, "Briggie" taught generations of Wabash students how to be more effective when they spoke and, through his textbooks, he taught thousands more in American high schools and colleges.
As editor of History and Criticism of American Public Address and as editor of the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Brigance gave direction to the scholarship of the field. As president of the Speech Association of America, he guided the profession through the expansion of the postwar years. The Brigance family, friends, former students whom he taught, and those who continued the tradition of speech at Wabash after him, have, through their contributions, endowed this program as an ongoing memorial to William Norwood Brigance.
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Advocating for Linux on the Front Lines and in the Kernel
Mar 4, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Well March has arrived here in the Linux blogosphere and with it, widespread hopes for the rebirth and renewal of spring.
Linux Girl wishes she could say things have been calm and tranquil over the past few days, but of course they haven't -- this is the Linux community we're talking about, after all.
There have been many trials and tribulations for Linux fans recently, as is pretty much the norm, but surely the one weighing heaviest on Linux Girl's mind is the fate of Linux Advocates, a fledgling site that may be compared to the springtime chick of the Linux news world.
'Candid and Unbiased'
Founded just about a month ago by lifelong Linux advocate Dietrich Schmitz (with some help, it should be said, from Linux Girl), Linux Advocates is a young startup here in the Linux blogosphere that's designed to operate as a nonprofit. Original reporting and quality writing from community insiders are part of what it promises, as is a dedication to interpreting the news from a Linux perspective.
"Whereas most Linux sites seem to either regurgitate Linux stories from elsewhere or walk a fine line in terms of corporate advertisers and 'partnerships,' Linux Advocates will, by virtue of being a nonprofit and maintaining an independent status, be unencumbered to provide candid, unbiased, accurate and meaningful information from a Linux perspective," the site explains.
To keep itself going -- not to mention Schmitz himself, who has been left unemployed for over a year by the current economic mess -- Linux Advocates is now in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign.
Unfortunately, things are getting urgent.
'This Site Will Go Offline'
"I am happy to report that we had a banner start-up month recording 19,323 pageviews for February, 2013," wrote Schmitz in a post on Friday. "For a first month, I'd say that is a general measure of success.
"However, this site cannot continue unless we reach our funding campaign goal," he added. "In fact, if I cannot reach that goal, this site will go offline, I shall deplete all personal funds, file for welfare, and declare bankruptcy."
An Indiegogo campaign is now under way to help this Linux advocate keep himself -- and this promising young news site -- afloat.
'Your Arguments Are Crap'
Of course, there are virtually countless ways to advocate for Linux, whether you're a passionate blogger like Schmitz or the father of Linux himself.
Speaking of the latter, Linus Torvalds drew considerable attention last week for his own attempts to protect the free and open source operating system.
"Stop arguing about what MS wants," Torvalds exclaimed in a heated debate on the Linux kernel developers mailing list. "We do not care. We care about the *user*.
"You are continually missing the whole point of security, and then you make some idiotic arguments about what MS wants you to do," Torvalds added.
"It's irrelevant," he said. "The only thing that matters is what our *users* want us to do, and protecting *their* rights. As long as you seem to treat this as some kind of 'let's please MS, not our users' issue, all your arguments are going to be crap."
The 'Secure Boot' Saga
The topic of discussion, of course, was none other than the ongoing Secure Boot saga -- specifically, a request from Red Hat developer David Howells to extend Linux support for Secure Boot to the Linux kernel itself.
That, it appears, is not going to happen at the kernel level as long as Torvalds has anything to say about it.
Meanwhile, from PCWorld to Slashdot and beyond, there's been virtually no limit to what others have had to say about it as well.
'Simply Not of Any Interest'
"I agree with everything Linus said, and with the way he said it, which I believe I need not belabor even though it would bring me joy," Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza told Linux Girl, for example.
"Microsoft's private assurances are simply not of any interest to anyone, nor should they be," Espinoza added. "Indeed, Microsoft has a history of only keeping promises to which it is held most forcefully, and acting literally criminally whenever it suits them, and it suits them often.
"Anyone who trusts Microsoft at this stage is worse than a fool, he is an idiot by the very definition of the word down to its Greek etymology," Espinoza concluded.
'Sheer Nonsense'
"The idea of making Linux dependent on M$ is sheer nonsense," agreed blogger Robert Pogson. "Red Hat should be suing M$ for anti-competitive actions rather than signing on with the program.
"Where is the US DoJ when they are needed?" Pogson wondered. "If 'secure boot' is to be a global standard, M$ should not be controlling it."
In short, "it's a good thing Linus is awake," he concluded. "I worry what would happen should Linus be hit by a bus. Will Greg and the guys be too polite to shoot down such outrageous ideas?"
'Just Take Away the Power Button'
Indeed, "of course Torvalds is completely correct," Linux Rants blogger Mike Stone concurred.
"None of this Secure Boot garbage belongs anywhere near the kernel -- it doesn't even belong anywhere," Stone explained. "It's Microsoft's attempt to make their Swiss Cheese OS more secure by taking capabilities away from the end user.
"Here Microsoft, let me help you out: Just take away the power button," he offered. "A computer that can't be turned on is the most secure computer in the world, and it never needs to be upgraded!"
In all seriousness, though, "we should be petitioning the Justice Department to investigate Microsoft for anti-competitive practices, not bend over backwards to work around the obstacles they're putting in the way of their competition," Stone concluded.
'Too Big a Concession'
"The disrespect for the consumer is amazing," Google+ Alessandro Ebersol agreed. "I wonder how this UEFI locked boot didn't get Microsoft on the anti-trust prosecution's crosshairs..."
Similarly, "I side with Linus," agreed Slashdot blogger yagu. "There's no reason to 'pollute' the Linux kernel with things Microsoft-pandering.
"I hate that Microsoft has so much power in the Trusted Computing debates and how that plays out in new hardware," yagu told Linux Girl, "but there are ways to work with that in Linux without incorporating it into the kernel."
The kernel "should be about being an OS," he opined. "It's a fine distinction what constitutes 'OS' -- always has been -- but in my opinion, extending or modifying the Linux kernel to Microsoft's whims is too big a concession."
And again: "Linus is right," said Google+ Gonzalo Velasco C. "There is no point in butchering Linux for the sake of Microsoft's badly designed secure boot system."
'An End-Run Around My Freedom'
Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien saw it similarly.
"Linus will never win the Miss Congeniality award, for sure," O'Brien said. "But this is the kind of issue worth a lot of debate. I don't want Microsoft to be in a position to control Linux in any way, and Secure Boot as implemented by them looks like an end-run around my freedom."
So, "I look at this argument through the lens of, 'Who is trying to protect my freedom here?'" he concluded. "I think Linux is doing this more than Garrett."
Besides, "deciding what should be included in the mainline Linux kernel is not a democratic issue," Robin Lim, a lawyer and blogger on Mobile Raptor, pointed out. "Red Hat should just integrate support for Secure Boot in their own version of the Linux kernel or find some other work around."
'Vote With Your Wallet'
Slashdot blogger hairyfeet, however, had a different take.
"If Torvalds wants to give away HIS labor? Fine and dandy, but what right does he have to force others to give away theirs?" hairyfeet asked. "There is a reason for Secure Boot, you know -- just go to the pirate bay and look up 'Win 7 all versions pre-activated,' which uses a hacked bootloader to completely defeat WGA and any other attempts at stopping piracy.
"Whether Mr. Torvalds wants to accept it or not, piracy is now a billion dollar business," hairyfeet pointed out.
"It's not like Linux users don't have choices," he added. "Now is the time to stop whining and vote with their wallets. AMD has moved to Coreboot, which is FOSS, and opened up their hardware, so if you care about having a FOSS system, there is your answer -- and of course there are also ARM systems in any form factor you can name."
Bottom line? "Time to stop acting like a spoiled brat, Mr. Torvalds, and vote with your wallet like us mere mortals do," hairyfeet concluded.


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John's reflections on politicians and businessmen would lead one to believe, not unreasonably, that Bill Clinton is the supreme politician of our time. No one excels at, or luxuriates in, the groin kick more than Clinton. Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal recalled:
One of our favorite Bill Clinton anecdotes involves a confrontation he had with Bob Dole in the Oval Office after the 1996 election. Mr. Dole protested Mr. Clinton's attack ads claiming the Republican wanted to harm Medicare, but the President merely smiled that Bubba grin and said, "You gotta do what you gotta do."
Yet, contrary to John's conclusions, Bill Clinton was not well suited to dealing with Saddam Hussein or Osama bin Laden, to pick two foreign leaders who posed the most difficult challenges to the United States during his presidency. In dealing with Saddam and Osama, Clinton was the master of the empty gesture.
Let's return to John's first point about the necessity of mastering political skills to rise to the top of the American political system. Who among postwar American presidents has executed the low blow on his way to the top as John McCain has against Mitt Romney? Not Truman. Not Eisenhower or JFK — the presidents whose military service gave them a prestige most like McCain's.
Johnson and Nixon present cases that conform more or less to John's description of political ambition and ruthlessness. With the 1964 daisy ad, LBJ struck the lowest blow in postwar American politics, but it was not struck by Johnson personally. Johnson himself barely acknowledged Goldwater's existence in the presidential campaign of 1964. Nixon's 1968 and 1972 campaigns also mostly performed their wiles through the services of third parties rather than through the candidate himself.
Given the circumstances of his ascent Ford is a special case. Carter, Reagan, and Bush all obviously displayed the ambition necessary to become president. In his winning 1976 primary campaign and in the national campaign against Ford, Carter struck no particulary low blows, though Carter's nastiness was visible, as it was in the 1980 campaign against Reagan. (Carter himself declared that he didn't "think [he] would ever take on the same frame of mind that Nixon or Johnson did — lying, cheating, and distorting the truth.")
Reagan's 1980 campaign was mostly free of low blows. In his own way Carter tried to recycle the LBJ daisy ad, portraying Reagan as a man who could not be trusted with his finger on the nuclear button. In the course of the campaign Reagan awkwardly responded to a heckler with a statement tying Carter to the Klan; Carter implied that Reagan was a racist. In retrospect, the campaign seems almost high-minded.
John's observation that success in politics at the highest level requires extreme ambition and ruthlessness is certainly correct. But does it require the kind of low blow that McCain has been administering to Romney? If so, the great politicians do a better job of it than McCain has.
Although McCain's military service provides some insulation against reaction to his low blows against Romney, it is not even clear to me that they have enhanced his candidacy in any way. On the contary, given his own record on the point in issue regarding support for the surge, I am struck by the lack of necessity for McCain's tactics, as well as by their revelation of the least attractive qualities of his otherwise sterling character.
McCain's low blows seem to me to betray his hatred of Romney more than his poltical skill. I doubt they are the mark of a great politician, and I doubt that he will hate his Democratic rival as much as he hates Romney.
JOHN adds: All interesting points. My claim would be more that Romney is an amateur, rather than that McCain is a particular master of the art. And I'm afraid Paul is right that when primary season is over, we will have seen the last of McCain's most aggressive side.
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Romania's Princess Margarita and her husband, Prince Radu, were honored guests last week in Israel. The visit culminated in a touching meeting at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum between the princess and 10 Holocaust survivors who, as children, were saved from the Nazis by her grandmother, the Queen Mother Elena.
It was Princess Margarita's first visit to Israel. At age 62, she is the oldest of King Michael's five daughters, and his declared successor, though full parliamentary approval is still lacking.
Her visit to Yad Vashem was marked by a special ceremony along the "Avenue of the Righteous," an exhibit honoring those Gentiles who, at great risk to themselves, did their all to protect Jews from the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. Queen Mother Elena was officially honored as a "Righteous Among the Nations" back in 1993.
Both Prince Radu and Princess Margarita had said a visit to Israel was a dream of theirs. Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin said he was glad they finally made it.
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The 18th Texaco/Havoline West Coast Nationals
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday — the best days of the week. We won't get an argument on that viewpoint. We spent three of those best days in the latter part of August at the 18th Texaco/Havoline West Coast Nationals, held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California, and produced by the Goodguys.
Dry, sultry heat in the triple digits welcomed spectators and participants throughout the event. No worries. We all kept cool in the shade, sipping vendor-supplied beverages, when the hot sun and hot rods were simply too much to take. The event showcased over 3,500 rods, customs, and classics through 1954. More vintage hotted pickups of high quality were displayed this year than last. At such a large venue, one never knows whether an awesome truck is going to slip past one's attention. Fueled by the prospect of finding the coolest custom in the nation, we tirelessly walked the show each day.
We were rewarded with meeting many nice hobbyists who have the same high regard for the hot-rod hauler hobby that we hold. Within the swap meet and cars for sale corral we had to admonish ourselves from spending non-existing cash on some rust-free pickup projects. We were even more tempted by the multitude of new and perfect components on display at the vendor and manufacturer exhibits. Despite the high heat, both the exhibits outside and within the air-conditioned buildings were well attended. Meguiar's, an outside exhibitor, had the intelligence to provide a water-misting tent throughout the show. Kids had their own play area and could put together scale model customs right outside the model, pedal, toy, and miniature race car display. As with every year, an arts and crafts festival captured the imagination of those inclined to working with their hands and hearts, but not necessarily on hot-rod haulers.
There was the Friday Night Hot Rod Bash, which included the Spot Light Cruise and Dance Party, featuring live rock 'n' roll. Never one to miss a cruise or party, CCT's editor, with his comely wife, attended the night's festivities. Unfortunately, CCT's feature editor wasn't there to shoot some photos. Thankfully, he was on hand for the awards presentation on Sunday. Some seriously sweet custom vintage trucks picked up several awards, most of which you'll find in the following photos.
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NINE years after celebrity self-help guru Paul McKenna inspired her to become a full-time hypnotherapist, Hari Vaudrey will join him on stage.
The Witney mum-of-three is one of six international therapists, including Mr McKenna, who will be teaching the new "Havening" technique for managing stress at a conference in London this weekend.
It will complete a full circle for Ms Vaudrey, 44 – who previously struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – after she watched him treat a fellow sufferer using the power of the mind.
She said: "To be picked with Paul McKenna is a pretty big deal as he's the biggest self-help author in Britain.
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"It's a really amazing opportunity to be able to work with such world-class people and it's a great endorsement of my work.
"There's a lot of interest in this nationally and internationally so it's exciting to be involved from the beginning."
It was after suffering from PTSD following the birth of her first child Sami, now 11, that Ms Vaudrey first investigated hypnotherapy.
During the birth she caught an infection at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital which left her unable to walk properly for several weeks. The mum said she felt like she had been "physically attacked" and was left struggling to look after her baby.
The trauma was then triggered during her second pregnancy with nine-year-old Amba, when she found herself sobbing uncontrollably for no reason.
Ms Vaudrey said: "I was having flashbacks to the awful birth and feelings of panic like I was driving at full speed into the same brick wall I'd hit before.
"I didn't know I was suffering from trauma and I wasn't depressed so I didn't go to the doctor."
The trauma stopped when she gave birth to Amba with no problems. Her third daughter, six-year-old Asha, was also born peacefully.
Shortly after the second birth, she attended one of Mr McKenna's weight loss seminars and watched him treat a woman with a similar problem as her own, resolving the woman's issues within minutes.
Ms Vaudrey had already written to the NHS and met Prime Minister and Witney MP David Cameron to discuss the national shortage of midwives, and believed hypnotherapy could help suffering mums.
She enrolled on a course and now has her own office at the Anderson Clinic in Witney's Corn Street, having been a qualified hypnotherapist for seven years.
Ms Vaudrey, a former bursar at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, said: "I thought I was lucky because my problem got resolved, but what about people who have repeatedly bad experiences? It affected the way I saw things and I wondered how many women don't recover from this, so I decided to help them.
"It's similar to what war veterans have when they come back. You have emotional outbursts you can't control and don't know why you have them.
"Seeing Paul McKenna 'cure' someone was a lightbulb moment for me."
Ms Vaudrey has helped a 50-year-old Oxford woman to stop having flashbacks of finding her mother hanged. She has also removed anxieties from another woman in her 40s who was gang raped as a teenager.
She was picked for the Havening technique's training conference after completing 30 case studies on the treatment.
"Havening" works by using a series of eye movements, as well as tapping and stroking a patient's arms, to release brain chemicals that can remove negative emotions and free them from anxiety.
The conference, which is open to the public, will be held at the Novetel hotel in Paddington on Saturday and Sunday, 9am-5pm.


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The Klikiss, a now-extinct alien civilization, left behind vast technological information that has been discovered by two xenoarchaeologists. One discovery, a device that converts gas planets into life-giving suns is quickly put to the test with unimaginable results. Arising out of the test is a new alien species that threatens every human. Mankind is left with the dim reality, either fight the new alien life form or face humiliation, death, and extinction.
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I truly enjoy originality, new concepts, and game changer stories, especially EPIC ones. The Saga Of The Seven Suns is SO original, that you may find yourself listening to it a few times to catch everything. I know I did. Now, that's not to say that the story is hard to follow - Quite the opposite. It's just that the story has such richness of the different civilizations, politics, religions, sciences and races, you'll want to revisit it a couple of times. There are wonderful machiavellian plots and subplots that are a wonderful change in pace from the typical scifi romp.
This first audiobook in the series lays groundwork, but in a very enjoyable way. I consider the sign of a great storyline, is one you won't mind hearing. This is such an audiobook.
This doesn't take place on one world, or one solar system - This reaches literally across the stars, and Anderson provides a well-rounded initial book in this series. I loved this series so much, that I have ALL of the audiobooks therein, and THAT my fellow Audible listener, is the VERY BEST proof that this is a MUST READ series. Enjoy!
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- chris
- 15/04/2005
Slow start but the sequels are worth it
I actually just finished the 3rd book in the series, and I am rating this one higher than I normally would only because of the sequels. This book has a slow start and is riddled with cliches, with some extraneous dialog and plot handholding, plus a contrived and overdone love story thrown in for good measure. Overall though, it's pretty good, so I took a chance on the next one. That one starts slow too, but becomes a real page-turner as the incredible scope of the story is revealed. The book after that is even better. Now I'm eagerly waiting for #4.
So give this one a chance, if only for what comes after. If this book was by a first-time author it probably never would have made it to print. The first part of this book gives no hint as to how big the epic really gets, and the huge backstory and careful plotting that went into the making of it. This really is the tip of a cosmic iceberg.
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- Ron
- 06/03/2007
Great imagination, horribly written
This is one of those books I hate and I love. The back story is imaginative and engaging, and the plot is predictable a mile away but still fun. However, the characters are kleenex-thin, the dialog is spiritless and there is not a lick of style or humor anywhere in the book.
Much better series in this genre are Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan, Hyperion by Dan Simmons and The Gap by Stephen R Donaldson. Check those out before you go further in this series.
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- Gurmukh
- 14/01/2008
Very Engaging
I've been looking for a nice SciFi Space Epic to sink my teeth into. After finishing the book, I'm so far pleased with my purchase.
The characters, plot, and ideas infused in this book were genuinely interesting enough to keep my attention, and the book is quite long giving a good amount of entertainment for your money.
I must warn however that it's by no means a fast paced book as you might expect. The story actually meanders along at a comfortable walk. To me all the fleshed out details were worth the slowed pace, but others may be put off by it. Certainly not all stories can pull off such a leisurely pace - but I believe this one does a fair job of it.
There are a lot of characters and side plots populating this story, so it takes some focus and attention to process it all.
The narrator is decent. He's not the best, but he does a fair job on character voices and has a relaxed narrator's voice.
One thing kind of bothered me: this universe is apparently populated by complete morons. Let me explain.
They performed an experiment to ignite a gas giant and turn it into a sun. Then they observed strange spheres leaving the depths of the gas giant and fleeing into space. Soon after processing plants around gas giants all over are attacked and destroyed by spheres rising from the depths of the planets. Then the spheres return to the original gas-giant-now-sun and destroy it's now melting planets that the humans intended to colonize.
A five year old could put the pieces together and tell you that the aliens are upset because one of their worlds was destroyed. But not one single person in this entire book is smart enough to figure it out. The aliens actually had to spell it out for them. You'd think a space faring civilization would have at least a few people who could recognize the extremely obvious.
In any case, I am enjoying looking forward to the second book. If you have the patience for it's more relaxed plot, I recommend this book.
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- Emanuel
- 09/05/2012
Excellent Start!
This one was well done in my opinion. I loved the story and the reader. Cant remember any profanity but there were a couple of sex scenes that could have been left out, they added nothing to the story. The story held your interest without going to slow or give to much away to fast. Character development could have been given a little more attention, but this is said, from a guy who drives and listens to Audible at the same time, while paying more attention to my driving then the story. As it should be. All in All, if only the sex scenes could please be left out, I would have to give this one a "9.5" out of "10". look forward to book 2.
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- Michael
- 08/09/2008
At first I was a bit overwhelmed by the # of characters and the "one chapter, one character" approach which means the book shifts plot lines a lot. However, once I became familiar with the different characters and started to see how the plot lines were moving in parallel (as well as crossing places) I was hooked. This is a really interesting and great book.
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- Robert
- 28/01/2005
Imaginative and fun throughout
I first got hooked on this series back when Anderson was giving away free signed copies on his website. I'm currrently listening to the third book in this series, Horizon Storms, and continue to not be disappointed. This series in incredibly imaginative; the universe Anderson has created is vast and complex. If you are a fan of Anderson's writing in the newer Dune novels, or any epic Science Fiction for that matter, you should give this series a chance.
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A bus carrying teenagers from a youth camp in northern Michigan was just minutes from home when it came speeding off an Indianapolis interstate, struck a retaining wall and flipped on its side.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? The brakes on the bus carrying teenagers home from a youth camp in northern Michigan failed as the vehicle exited the Indianapolis interstate, causing it to strike a retaining wall and flip on its side, according to a newspaper report Sunday.
Bus driver Dennis Mauer, 68, told the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police that the brakes failed and he wasn't able to keep the bus from crashing Saturday afternoon, the Indianapolis Star reported. Three people died and several were injured.
The investigation into the crash, which happened on an Interstate 465 exit ramp, is ongoing, authorities said. Indianapolis Fire Department Lt. Ato McTush said Saturday that investigators had not determined whether the church-owned bus had mechanical issues.
The bus was nearly finished with a 365-mile journey, overturning just a mile from the Colonial Hills Baptist Church. At the church, parents were waiting to pick up their children after a weeklong camp filled with prayer, zip lines and basketball when a bus carrying younger campers pulled in, its passengers screaming.
Jeff Leffew, 44, of Fishers, had sent four daughters to Camp CoBeAc, near Prudenville, Mich. Only one daughter was on the bus that pulled into the parking lot, and he raced to the crash site in northern Indianapolis. What he found was a surreal scene, with clothing and other items strewn about and windows missing from the bus.
"You're just praying that it's not as bad as it looks," said Leffew, a deacon at the church.
His daughters escaped with just bumps and bruises, but others weren't as fortunate. Indianapolis fire officials said a husband and wife were dead at the scene, along with a third person whose age they didn't describe. Twenty-six people were taken to area hospitals, and one teenager remained in critical condition on Sunday.
Indianapolis Public Safety Director Troy Riggs called the crash a "great tragedy."
"They were not that far from home. ... That only adds to the tragedy," Riggs said at the crash scene. He said there was no indication that the driver had a medical emergency.
Witnesses described a horrifying scene.
Duane Lloyd told WTHR that he heard a loud noise behind him as he was traveling near the intersection and saw the crash around 4:15 p.m. ? about the time youth pastor Chad Phelps had tweeted that the group would arrive at the church.
"I heard a skid. I looked back. I see this bus in the air and people falling out of the bus," Lloyd said. "I could have gone my whole life without seeing that."
He said people approached and tried to help.
"People were literally trying to lift the bus," Lloyd said. "You just try to do what you can do."
Sasha Sample, 28, told The Indianapolis Star some victims were lying in the road, while others were able to limp to the side.
"Everybody had boils and scrapes on them," she said. "People were trying to climb from under the bus."
Sample, a nurse, said she borrowed a belt to make a tourniquet for the bus driver's arm but wasn't able to help the man next to him, who was already dead.
"I couldn't do anything for him," Sample said. "So you triage. You help those you can."
Fire officials said 37 people were on the bus, and the injured included children and adults. Three teenagers were still at IU Health Methodist Hospital, spokeswoman Sally Winter said Sunday, including one in critical condition. Five teenagers remained at the Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health; a toddler had been treated and released.
Many of the patients had head, arm and leg injuries, fire officials said.
Families of the bus passengers gathered at the church Saturday evening to comfort each other and pray.
Mayor Greg Ballard described many as "remarkably positive" despite their sorrow, but said there will be difficult days ahead.
"Some of the teenagers are hurting pretty bad and you can see that in their faces," he said.
Bob Taylor, who retired as the church's pastor four years ago, said members of the congregation would come together Sunday and take comfort in their faith.
"Our church family will meet tomorrow and pray together and sing songs together and just trust the Lord to give his grace," he said.


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The Beloit College Alumni Association aims to unite all graduates and former students of Beloit College into an integrated body to the end that they may:
- communicate more effectively with each other and with the College on matters of mutual interest
- stimulate and facilitate concern for continuing education among the alumni
- solicit gifts and bequests and contribute financial support for the College
- arrange for alumni reunions
- bring the College to the attention of prospective students
- promote fellowship among the alumni, faculty, staff and students
- foster and perpetuate a sense of pride and enthusiasm among its members for Beloit College
- and develop broad understanding of Beloit's role as an independent liberal arts college.
Meet the Alumni Board of Directors
Membership & Benefits
All graduates of Beloit College, non-graduates who attended for two consecutive semesters or more, and exchange students are automatically lifetime members of the Beloit College Alumni Association. Honorary membership may also be awarded by the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Members of the Alumni Association receive the following benefits:
- Free subscription to Beloit College Magazine
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Teen in Tinker Bell Costume Denied Entry Into Disney World
April Spielman wanted to make her boyfriend's 16th birthday special. So the 15-year-old woke up at 4am and put on a painstakingly detailed Tinker Bell costume which she had spent the last few months preparing. When that was done, she accompanied her beau, who was dressed as Peter Pan, on his maiden trip to Disney World.
Their first stop at Disney Hollywood Studio was uneventful. But when they headed over to the Animal Kingdom, they were denied entry because Spielman's Tinker Bell costume was too good.
Disney's stated policy forbids adults to wear "costumes or clothing that can be viewed as representative of an actual Disney character." This is because they don't want kids to confuse visitors dressed as characters like Tinker Bell with the actress Disney has trained to play Tinker Bell at the theme park.
Disney officials did give Spielman the chance to enter the Animal Kingdom, as long as she covered up the costume with a T-shirt they provided her. So she did, but told WKMG in Orlando that it just wasn't the same.
"They were talking how the little girls, it ruins their dreams," she recounted, while crying. "But it ruined my dreams because I just want to be Tinker Bell."
You can watch Spielman's entire weepy interview below. Do you think she has a point? Or does Disney's policy make sense? (And is Spielman a little too old to get so worked up about not being allowed to play dress up?)


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"Lines between the organic and the man-made become blurred and a larger narrative is evoked."
There's a lot going on in Allison Renshaw's paintings, so take a second to breathe. Renshaw, who received an MFA from MICA, lives and works in Encinitas, California. Her works create a "universe…that is seemingly random and difficult to decipher. This chaotic quality becomes a visualization of today's open-source culture of sampling and recycling." I love that element of controlled chaos with these. She definitely pulls it off. Renshaw is represented by Quint Contemporary Art in La Jolla, CA.


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BASKING RIDGE, NJ – Somerset County Park Commission Lord Stirling Stable, located at 256 South Maple Avenue in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, is offering an Introductory English-style horseback ride on Sunday, July 7, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. Registration is in progress at the Stable office. Space is limited.
Participants will enjoy a brief group lesson with one of Lord Stirling Stable's riding instructors followed by a one-hour guided trail ride through Lord Stirling Park.
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(I asked this question in stackoverflow.com, but I am now thinking my mistake may be mathematical rather than programming).
I am simulating geometric brownian motion, using closed-form solution for the value after an arbitrary (not necessarily infinitesimal) step dt. My drift = 0, standard deviation = 1, initial value = 1.
Of course, the expected value at any future point of such GBM is 1.
But, after 100 steps, I find my GBM process to be in the range between 10^-30 and 10^-15. Typically, it's around 10^-23, and falling consistently. It seems like each step my process tends to fall by a constant factor of around 1.7. If I double my standard deviation, my process falls twice faster (~3.4 times each step).
I'm sure something is wrong with my setup. Here's my Python code, which is nearly readable as pseudocode:
import math
import random
p = 1
dt = 1
mu = 0
sigma = 1
for k in range(100): # repeat loop 100 times
dW = random.normalvariate(0, math.sqrt(dt)) # draw a standard normal random value
p = p * exp((mu - sigma * sigma / 2) * dt + sigma * dW)
Edit: I fixed normalvariate to use sqrt(dt) rather than dt * dt. Thanks El Moro.


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The Giants listed six players as out for Sunday's game against the Eagles on their final injury report of the week, but that number has dropped to five.
It's not because anyone is feeling better all of a sudden, though. Guard Chris Snee has been placed on injured reserve, ending his season and likely sending him toward surgery on his hip. Snee's spot on the line will be taken by David Diehl against the Eagles and his spot on the roster now belongs to linebacker Jon Beason.
Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News reports that there are likely more moves coming for the Giants before Sunday. The Giants may have to elevate Charles James from the practice squad because of their injuries at cornerback and Vacchiano reports they'd like to activate safety Will Hill after Hill returned from a four-game suspension this week. Because of the short numbers, Beason may be active despite never practicing with the team.
One spot that could open up is the one belonging to center David Baas. Vacchiano reports that Baas may need surgery on his neck that would end his season. Tight end Adrien Robinson is another possibility as he's been ruled out for Week Five and has yet to be active this season because of a foot injury.


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Sly Cooper to Catch a Thief is a must read book! One reason why you should read this book is because of its suspenseful events. Is Dimitri really trying to steal the priceless work of art? Will Inspector Fox finally catch Sly Cooper? Another reason why you should read this book is because of its interesting characters. Sly is a master thief, but he is in love with the inspector even though she is trying to put him behind bars. Bently is a very intelligent turtle and he is the brain behind every plan. The last reason why you should read this book is because it has exciting actions. Sly picked up a guard and smashed him onto the ground. The inspector called the whole squad to get Sly but he jumped off the ledge of the bridge. Sly Cooper to Catch a Thief is an unbelievable book because of its suspenseful events, interesting characters, and wild actions.
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