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In his book, The Obree Way, Graeme Obree has created a text that not only details the techniques he used to become a record-breaking cyclist, he's given us a glimpse into the focused mind of a champion. Even those having no interest in racing or cycling at speed will find that The Obree Way provides fascinating and valuable insights into how analyze a problem, gather data, focus the mind, train the body and achieve real results.
Though my current favorite form of riding (visiting scenic sites at a take lots of pictures and visit lots of coffee shops pace) is far removed from Mr. Obree's specialty of covering more ground in an hour on a bicycle than any other human on the planet, I found myself fascinated, charmed and informed by this compact book.
It becomes clear in a very few pages that Mr. Obree pays attention to the small details. His style of writing is like his riding, simple, direct and to the point. Whether he is writing of trainers, time management, pedal technique, breathing, stretching or nutrition, all his chapters follow a basic "here is the problem, here is what I've observed, this is what I do and this is why" format. He has clear opinions, based on years of experience, and he states them clearly.
Obree cuts through a lot of the marketing hype, pseudo-science and flat-out mythology that might be great for selling the latest cycle magazine or frame design by looking at his own data and drawing his own conclusions. It is refreshing to find a data-driven fellow like Obree to be somewhat skeptical of gadgets. He writes of power meters that they are:
"another distraction from the path of true self-improvement. I have the same opinion of computers for road use and heart-rate monitors, but for one exception. The heart-rate monitor can be useful when going out on a proper recovery ride to not let team-mates force you to ruin your recovery by going too fast. The reason is simply that these appliances complicate the job of training on the road and they are hard to use as instant feed-back training aids in that training environment."
One of the great services Obree does in his book is to point out important but often neglected truths of riding. While much has been written about training, breathing and eating, Obree looks at the full cycle, so to speak. Resting is recognized and explained at least as fully as his training excercises. He has an entire chapter detailing his three-phase "Obree Method" of breathing. When he talks of nutrition you can tell he's not saying things based on whatever company is sponsoring his race. For example, he writes:
"My preferred food is sardines on toast with side servings of broccoli and carrots. I prepare this before leaving since the effort of mashing up the sardines can seem like a mammoth task if I do the ride as I described. It may not seem appetising on departure but on return it appears to be a culinary delight! The secret is to put a bit of tomato sauce in the mix. This gives the perfect balance of carbohydrate, protein, vitamins and essential oils such as omega3."
"There are loads of post-ride commercial mixtures available, but none that I have seen can match the nutritional content of this meal. Remember the human body is designed to chew and digest REAL food and chewing and forming small balls of food is a very important part of the digestive process that commercial drinks disregard. Be cynical; think it through for yourself, there is no profit in telling you that sardines, toast and veggies is one of the best meals you can eat."
My sense from reading this book is very much that Obree is his own man although the following passage made me think for a fraction of a second that maybe he's been bought off by the global marzipan cartel:
"After a quest taking years I discovered that the best long distance food is marzipan. This has the advantage not only in that it doesn't produce crumbs but also it has perfect consistency to be pushed to the outside of the mouth on either side almost like a hamster. This means it can be chewed on while breathing heavily even on high output stretches such as climbs. The other benefit is that energy content is incredibly high. Commercial energy bars also have a high energy content but these must be tested on training ride to monitor your personal affinity with them."
(Just kidding there!)
Obree does not own a car, a fact he briefly notes in the book's introduction, and while he does describe various aspects of his time-trial bikes, I found his comments on his training bike to be interesting and wise:
"Depending on where you live in the world it would be highly recommended that you have full length mud-guards. The most important thing is that when you want and need to train you are not constrained by weather or darkness. Lights will be a must of course and the choice of wheel and tyre is important as well. Your training bike should have reliable cheaper wheels with full spoking normally 32 spokes. The choice of tyre is important since the last thing you want in the middle of a good effort is a puncture. Not only does it destroy a good effort but there is the problem of getting cold in the middle of nowhere sorting a puncture that could be avoided. I choose the widest possible tyre that will fit into my bike."
"With good care your training bike will be a vehicle of effort you can rely on. I personally, living on the west coast of Scotland, would not feel safe unless I had at least 2 spare tubes and a patch repair kit. I also carry an emergency kit of tools but if you are not mechanically minded then the fully charged mobile phone has to be your fallback position."
"One very important issue in any frame or bike that you buy is tyre clearance. A lot of frames leave little clearance for wider tyres and carbon frames are bad for this in general. It would be easy to believe that a narrower tyre will be faster than a wider one but this is most certainly not the case. The narrower a tyre is then the longer the footprint on the road and this causes more resistance than a shorter, wider footprint from a wider tyre. Not only this but a wider tyre will puncture less easily and give a smooth ride."
Obree's chapters describing how to select, set up and use a bike trainer are hype-free and results oriented. Looking at Mr. Obree's results and after having read his whole book, I would certainly follow his guidance if I was looking to train for competition. His voice of experience rises clear and true above the marketing noise.
The chapter on stretching is compact an clear. Obree writes:
"In my whole career I did a routine of just 4 stretches and trust me, if I had not, I would never have been the rider I was. You would never accept having a stiff bottom bracket so don't accept having a stiff body! The benefits are remarkable when you consider also that it has been shown that a suppleness programme reduces sports injuries considerably."
Obree does not advocate stretching before an event, but rather that it be a simple evening exercise taking 10 or 15 minutes. Suppleness is the goal and stretching is a means to that end. Again, Obree writes:
"The last word on all of this is that gaining this suppleness is a lot more work than maintaining it. Persevere with it and the accumulation of tiny gains makes a real difference. To be honest, maintaining the suppleness I had in my racing career would take as little as five minutes – but only if I stuck to the schedule every night!"
Obree concludes his book with his thanks and this note to the reader:
"Please trust me that this body of honest work is given in the best of spirit, I have been the guinea–pig in the quest to refine my training on every level and I can commend it really does work. Knowledge and understanding is a constant quest. This book is not definitive and keeping an open mind on new findings and developments is not only a good thing but essential if you are serious in your search for new and better ways to improve your cycling and athletic performance."
Like the rest of The Obree Way, those words are true.


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ATP, a provider of safety and compliance information to the aviation industry, has added the digital avionics technical publications from Avidyne Corp. to its database of technical and maintenance libraries. All Avidyne avionics libraries from ATP can be accessed via the new ATP Aviation Hub online service, as well as the NavigatorV desktop platform, company officials said.
This is the first time Avidyne's technical documents have been made available via ATP's content services and software applications. The publication of Avidyne's technical libraries by ATP is the result of an agreement announced between the two companies in January 2011.
"The addition of Avidyne's digital technical publications is part of ATP's ongoing effort to help maintenance operators increase productivity, save time and reduce operating costs, while also allowing them to have immediate access to current maintenance and regulatory information," said Rich Marino, president of ATP.
Adds Patrick Herguth, Avidyne's Chief Operating Officer: "ATP has set the standard for electronic and online delivery of technical publications. The addition of Avidyne's extensive digital avionics technical publications to ATP's libraries ensures that our dealers and customers around the world will have easy access to the most accurate technical data for Avidyne products."
For more information: ATP.com, Avidyne.com
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I'm back to show a bit of Dusty Attic!! This layout features the Birds on a Wire chippie!! The photo is of my daughter and a younger friend of hers.
I just did a very simple treatment to the chippie. I used black ink for the wire and colored in the birds with a marker and added a bit of sparkle to them.
Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!


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Beyonce's little sis Solange Knowles wins the award for "Person I Most Love To See At Fashion Shows" for two reasons: 1. She always grooves and smiles to the runway music (a rare reaction, let me tell you) and 2. She wears daring yet low-key outfits that are so fun to scope out. Ladies, come check out Solange's pro print mixing skills and overall fabulousness and tell me whether you dig her personal style...
Solange started the week off in very on-trend florals and neon at Fashion's Night Out. Love those Alexander Wang loafer pumps too.
A few days later, Fashion Week in full swing, Solange showed up to the Band of Outsiders presentation wearing little red shorts and a geometric print top. Her retro camera is putting my oversized Fashion Week handbag to shame.
That night she attended a Fashion Week party for Total Management wearing a yellow and purple outfit and fab coral lipstick. You ladies seeing the pattern here?
For Mulberry's 40th anniversary party, Solange wore a dress by Mary Katrantzou and carried Mulberry's Fox Lock bag. The whole '70s thing? It works on this stylish lady.
And gals, I saved the best for last. Yesterday Solange attended the J.Crew presentation (among other shows) with big sis Bey wearing a top and pants by the brand. Hel-lo awesome outfit I literally want to snatch off her body.
__Okay ladies, what's the verdict? Are you loving these outfits like me or are they too much from your perspective? If you like them, which one is your fave? Let's hear it! __
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=== Add the default update site ===
Make sure that you
Make sure that you the default update site for your version of Eclipse so that plugin dependencies can automatically be installed. The most current version of Eclipse is and the default update site for is: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/. Go to Help > Install new Software > Add, fill the name to easily identify the update site later - for instance, Software Repository - and fill the location with the url.
=== Eclipse Marketplace ===
=== Eclipse Marketplace ===
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zh-CN:Eclipse Eclipse is an open source community project, which aims to provide a universal development platform. The Eclipse project is most widely known for its cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE). The Arch Linux packages (and this guide) relate specifically to the IDE.
The Eclipse IDE is largely written in Java but can be used to develop applications in a number of languages, including Java, C/C++, PHP, Perl and Python. The IDE can also provide subversion support and task management.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Plugins
- 3 Enable javadoc integration
- 4 Troubleshooting
- 4.1 Autocompletion and javadoc render crash
- 4.2 Crash on first boot or when choosing Help > Welcome
- 4.3 Ctrl+X closes Eclipse
- 4.4 Eclipse 4.2.0 not respecting dark/custom gtk themes resulting in white background
- 4.5 Tooltips have dark background color with Gnome 3.6 Adwaita theme
- 4.6 Toggle buttons states are the same for selected/not selected
- 5 See also
Install the eclipse package from the official repositories. This base package has Java development support built in.
Many plugins are easily installed using pacman (see Eclipse plugin package guidelines for further informations). This will also keep them up-to-date. Alternatively, you can choose either the Eclipse Marketplace or the internal plugin manager.
Add the default update site
Make sure that you check that the default update site for your version of Eclipse is configured so that plugin dependencies can automatically be installed. The most current version of Eclipse is Kepler and the default update site for Kepler is: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/kepler. Go to Help > Install new Software > Add, fill the name to easily identify the update site later - for instance, Kepler Software Repository - and fill the location with the url.
Eclipse Marketplace
To use the Eclipse Marketplace, first you need to install it (hey, that fells familiar. I wonder why?). Go to Help > Install new software > switch to the default update site > General Purpose Tools > Marketplace Client. Restart Eclipse and it will be available in Help > Eclipse Marketplace.
Plugin manager
Use Eclipse's plugin manager to download and install plugins from their original repositories: in this case you have to find the needed repository in the plugin's website, then go to Help > Install New Software..., enter the repository in the Work with field, select the plugin to install from the list below and follow the instructions.
- If you install plugins with Eclipse's plugin manager, you are advised to launch Eclipse as root: this way the plugins will be installed in
/usr/share/eclipse/plugins/; if you installed them as normal user, they would be stored in a version-dependent folder inside
~/.eclipse/, and, after upgrading Eclipse, they wouldn't be recognized any longer.
- Do not use Eclipse as root for your everyday work.
Updates via plugin manager
Run Eclipse and select Help > Check for Updates. If you have installed them as root as advised in the section above, you have to run Eclipse as root.
For plugins to be updated, you should check to have their update repositories enabled in Window > Preferences > Install/Update > Available Software Sites: you can find each plugin's repository(es) on the respective project website. To add, edit, remove... repositories just use the buttons on the right of the Available Software Sites panel. For Eclipse 4.2 (Juno), check you have enabled this repository:
To receive update notifications, go to Window > Preferences > Install/Update > Automatic Updates. If you want to receive notifications for plugins installed as root, you should run Eclipse as root, go to Window > Preferences > Install/Update > Available Software Sites, select the repositories related to the installed plugins and Export them, then run Eclipse as normal user and Import them in the same panel.
List of plugins
- AVR — AVR microcontroller plugin.
- Aptana — HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript/Ruby/Rails/PHP/Pydev/Django support. Also available as standalone application.
- Eclipse CDT — C/C++ support.
- Eclipse PDT — PHP support.
- EGit — Git support.
- EPIC — Perl support.
- IvyDE — IvyDE dependency Manager.
- Markdown — Markdown editor plugin for Eclipse.
- MercurialEclipse — Mercurial support.
- Mylyn — Task lists support.
- PHPEclipse — Alternative PHP support.
- PyDev — Python support.
- Subclipse — Subversion support.
- Subversive — Alternative Subversion support.
- TestNG — TestNG support.
- TeXlipse — LaTeX support.
Enable javadoc integration
Want to see API entries when hovering the mouse pointer over standard Java methods?
Online version
If you have constant Internet access on your machine, you can use the on-line documentation:
- Go to Window > Preferences, then go to Java > Installed JREs.
- There should be one named "java" with the type "Standard VM". Select this and click Edit.
- Select the
/opt/java/jre/lib/rt.jaritem under "JRE system libraries:", then click Javadoc Location....
- Enter "http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/" in the "Javadoc location path:" text field.
Offline version
You can store the documentation locally by installing the openjdk7-doc package. Eclipse may be able to find the javadocs automatically. If that doesn't work, set Javadoc location for rt.jar to
Autocompletion and javadoc render crash
For some reason, libxul may crash Eclipse with a traceback like:
# Problematic frame: # C [libxul.so+0xd07552] NS_InvokeByIndex_P+0x5e9a
To fix this issue, you can try installing libwebkit and adding the following lines in your
If that does not work (or if you do not want to use libwebkit) download:
Unpack it into
~/.local/xulrunner (or another location) and add this line to your Eclipse configuration file
Now everything should just work fine and tooltips should display correctly. To prevent overwriting this configuration on update, append
/usr/share/eclipse/eclipse.ini to the
NoUpgrade line in
/etc/pacman.conf as follows:
NoUpgrade = usr/share/eclipse/eclipse.ini
Crash on first boot or when choosing Help > Welcome
See #Autocompletion and javadoc render crash.
Ctrl+X closes Eclipse
Part of this bug. Just look in
~/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/workbench.xmi and delete the wrong Template:Keypress combination. Usually it is the first one.
Eclipse 4.2.0 not respecting dark/custom gtk themes resulting in white background
Remove or move to backup sub folder all of the .css files from: /usr/share/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.2.0.v201206081400/css/
Solution source: http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/m/872214/
Tooltips have dark background color with Gnome 3.6 Adwaita theme
Comment out the second-to-last line in
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0/gtkrc like this
#widget "gtk-tooltip*" style "tooltips"
Related bugs:
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688285
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=381010 (WONTFIX)
Comment out the last line in
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0/gtkrc like this
#widget "*swt*toolbar*" style "null"
To apply the fixed theme, use
gnome-tweak-tool to select a different theme and cycle back to Adwaita.
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The Uniform Trade Secrets Act ("UTSA") defines a trade secret as:
- information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process,
- that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to or readily ascertainable through appropriate means by other persons who might obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and
- is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
The UTSA has been enacted, in one form or another, by 40 states and the District of Columbia. Prior the the development of the UTSA, improper use or disclosure of a trade secret was traditionally a common law tort. Sections 757 and 758 of the Restatement of Torts (1939) set forth the basic principles of trade secret law that were widely adopted by U.S. courts. In particular, § 757, comment b, listed six factors to be considered in determining whether information constitutes a trade secret:
- The extent to which the information is known outside the claimant's business
- The extent to which it is known by employees and others involved in the business
- The extent of measures taken by the claimant to guard the secrecy of the information
- The value of the information to the business and its competitors
- The amount of effort or money expended by the business in developing the information
- The ease or difficulty with which the information could be properly acquired or duplicated by others
There are three essential elements to a trade secret claim:
- The subject matter involved must qualify for trade secret protection; it must be the type of information trade secret was intended to protect, and it must not be generally known.
- The holder of the trade secret must establish that reasonable precautions were taken to prevent disclosure of the secret information.
- The trade secret holder must prove that the information was wrongfully acquired by another; that the information was misappropriated.
Use of a trade secret belonging to another does not always consitute misappropriation. There are two basic situations in which obtaining the use of a trade secret is illegal; where it is acquired through improper means, or where it involves a breach of confidence. Trade secrets may be obtained by lawful means such as independent discovery, reverse engineering, and inadvertent disclosure resulting from the trade secret holder's failure to take reasonable protective measures. The misappropriation of trade secrets is considered a form of unfair competition, and is discussed in the Restatement (Third) of Unfair Competition.
Unlike patents, trade secrets do not last for a specific term of years. Trade secret protection continues indefinitely until public disclosure of the secret occurs. Additionally, patent law requires public disclosure of the means to reproduce an invention in exchange for a limited monopoly over such invention. Thus, an inventor must choose between either patent or trade secret protection; the same invention cannot be protected by both simultaneously.
In some circumstances, misappropriation of trade secrets is not only a tort; it is a federal crime. As a result of shortcomings in the federal law and the threat of economic espionage sposored by foreign governments, Congress enacted the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 ("EEA"). See 18 U.S.C. §§1831-1839. The definition of "trade secrets" employed by the EEA is substantially the same as the definition provided by the UTSA, but the definition of "misappropriation" is unique to the Act and has no parallel in existing trade secret law.
Customer lists, and lists of particular contacts at customers' locations, qualify for trade secret protection if they cannot be ascertained from other generally available sources.
Particular manufacturing details that are not publicly available often qualify as protectable trade secrets. For a discussion of practical intellectual property issues, particularly trade secrets, see The Gates Rubber Co. v. Bando Chemical Industries Ltd., United States Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, Oct. 19, 1993, 9 F.3d 823, 28 USPQ2d 1503.
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On September 21, 2011, President Barack Obama spoke before the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly and held a series of meetings with world leaders in New York City. In his address to the UN General Assembly, President Obama spoke about the remarkable changes that have occurred throughout the world since the last gathering of this group. The President said:
"This year has been a time of extraordinary transformation. More nations have stepped forward to maintain international peace and security. And more individuals are claiming their universal right to live in freedom and dignity."
Following the address, President Obama met with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and pledged America's commitment to the pursuit of peace in the Middle East. The President also met with Japan's new Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda. The two leaders discussed the ongoing recovery from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated that country earlier this year, and the importance of the strong Japan-U.S. relationship.
The President also spoke at the annual luncheon hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for world leaders, where he saluted the work of those who served in U.N. missions all over the world, "who risk their lives-- and give their lives -- so people can live in peace and dignity."
Late in the day, the President and his senior foreign policy advisors met with some of our closest European allies. President Obama met with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, and both men stressed the importance of the U.S.-U.K. relationship. The two countries have worked closely together on issues related to Libya, Afghanistan, and the ongoing Middle East peace process.
In his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Obama said he would be relying on France to help deal with numerous pressing international issues, "including trying to find a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also trying to find a coordinated world strategy, global strategy, to deal with a economy that is still far too fragile."
W.W. writes:
@ Erdogan : Obstacle to peace are built from a lack of evolution - there are no excuses for Violence
any protest can be done with common sense and in the case of the flottillia to break the israeli block of Gaza it could have been arranged a sporty event like an American trimaran cup with prada vassels sailing around.
A lack of dialogue it what bring all of us to argue and a lack of evolution in our believes is what brings us to fight and kill for the sake of an unexisting god
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Establish special measures for Greece is very important, but people, experienced in the past because of the financial crisis, a dangerous choice to re-think the possibility is very low. Through political cooperation with Greece to find a way to calm the crisis, the most important thing, but people like me can do to ordinary citizens, to travel to Greece to think. Greece's economy had relied heavily on the tourism industry, the industrial structure of this work motivate people, rather than the bribe did not recognize it as a crime, I think tomorrow is going to come any money. And the Greeks feel the biggest problem now, the inability of leaders to think and corruption. Whenever we talk about Greece, the idea of noblesse oblige to talk about the lack of back story. America's richest people like to think we should give back to society. Starting today, noblesse oblige and the recovery of the nation's trust to the people to believe that the basis to impose austerity. I know she is a great way to default. However, if you bring in this way, Greece and countries with economies sparkling phase of processing to be similar, the problem of the economic crisis in countries like Greece, for their own situation, I think is difficult to talk openly. There are many elections in 2012. Politicians are afraid ...
Personally, I object to is select the default. Once again to ask for help from Germany. Many times we are in France, the French president's reelection effort in order to emphasize that, if he would agree to easily. We helped him many times.
If you are short of money, using Libya as a decoy, to engage in Germany, Iran would like you to talk to you hope for.
I am opposed to is default. Today, but if morejjeum favor. However, now in Europe with Greece and the countries of the economic situation, but, I think is reluctant to reveal publicly. Spain's housing construction policies, like the wrong economic policies in countries where there are also. They were supposed to choose civil engineering,,,,
When stumbling block dominoes, difficult to stop. If you try to stop it, I think is completely collapsed. Please, are encouraged to believe my story one more time. As in the case of Brazil (By the way, former President Lula, Does he complain to me? wondering? who are said we help Brazil and Lula?)


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Physicists Set Regional Meeting In Socorro
SOCORRO, N.M. September 13, 2012 – New Mexico Tech will host the regional conference of the American Physical Society in October for the first time.
"The conference being held here is a result of a few years of increasing engagement with the regional section of APS," local organizing committee chair Dr. Richard Sonnenfeld said. "As a result we hope students from the Four Corners region to become more aware of Tech when it comes to making plans for graduate work."
The two-day conference will be Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27. The event consists of six half-hour keynote talks featuring top scientists from universities and national labs, parallel sessions, a banquet and optional tours of the Very Large Array.
"We have a great set of plenary speakers in several areas ranging from the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson to quantum computing," Sonnenfeld said. "I had hoped that we would get good participation from Los Alamos and Sandia, and the results are even better than I'd hoped."
Dr. Kerry Emanuel of M.I.T. will deliver the keynote address at the banquet, discussing "Hurricane Science." Other major topics include "APS goes to Comic Con and Related Tales," magnetism, material science and solar system evolution. Some of the institutions represented include Arizona, Arizona State, University of Denver, Colorado State, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of New Mexico and the University of Utah. New Mexico Tech speakers include professors Dr. Michelle Creech-Eakman and Dr. Lisa Young.
"I'm really excited about the diversity of scientists that will be represented at this meeting," committee member Dr. Sharon Sessions said. "This conference not only opens up the possibility of interdisciplinary collaborations, but also provides an excellent opportunity for students to engage in a conference at a scale that fosters scientific discussions with some of the top researchers in the region."
The conference will also have parallel sessions on sub-topics, including particle physics, condensed matter physics, dark matter, the Kepler Mission, instrumentation and other topics. The parallel sessions typically feature 20-minute talk by a distinguished speaker, with other 10-minute talks from graduate students and faculty. Conference organizers are accepting abstracts through Friday, September 21.
"First and foremost, the conference is about keeping up to date with the latest developments in the broader field of physics," Sonnenfeld said. "The Physics Department at Tech is world-class in its specialty areas – astrophysics and atmospheric physics; however, Tech faculty members generally are not able to provide students with the latest developments in other sub-fields, like particle physics or solid state physics.
This conference presents an inexpensive way for Tech students to get a good snapshot of the entire breadth of physics in two days. Conferences are also about the accidental discussions that happen over lunch or in the halls."
Organizer Dr. Raul Morales-Juberias emphasized the uncommon opportunity that Tech students can experience by having the conference in Socorro.
"This is beneficial to students, especially the undergraduates," said Morales-Juberias. "It's not common for undergraduates to go to these conferences. So, to have this in their back yard is great for them. They get to see the front-end of science from top-notch physicists."
Registration is available online. The cost is $80 through September 21 and $95 after that date. Registration for students, retirees and high school teachers is $40 through September 21 and $55 after that date.
In addition to the Physics Department personnel, Tech faculty from Materials Engineering and Electrical Engineering are helping plan and organize the event, as well as scientists from the NRAO in Socorro.
Major sponsors of the event include Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, NIST/JILA and Aerojet Corp. Local sponsors include the President's Office, the Office of Academic Affairs, the R&ED Office, the Graduate Studies Office and the City of Socorro. The Student Government Association is also sponsoring the event, offering to pay half the registration fee for Tech students.
By Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech


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Adam's Comfort & Warmth
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- Name:
- Adam
- Location:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Square Feet:
- 936
- Division:
- Small
- What I Love About My Small Home:
- I love that my place isn't defined by a specific time. it can kind of be whatever I want it to be. It's a personal space where nothing is too precious, which (I believe) allows a level of comfort and warmth.
- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space:
- I work on different projects in my home. This can require a larger space to spread out. Most of my furniture is on wheels, which allows me to drag the furniture around to accommodate for the larger projects. Works out pretty great as a dance floor too.
- If I am the Grand Prize winner of Small Cool, the item(s) or project(s) from my home design wishlist that I'd like to spend my winnings on are::
- Whether I make it or buy it, furniture! I'm obsessed! Third times a charm?


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Emmet Dalton goes to prison
Emmet Dalton, the only survivor of the Dalton Gang's disastrous attempt to rob two Kansas banks, begins serving a life sentence in the Kansas State Penitentiary.
Born in 1871, Emmet was the youngest of the three Dalton brothers, who banded together to pursue a life of crime. Initially, his brothers Bob and Grat were reluctant to include Emmet in their crimes because of his youth–when the two elder brothers traveled to California to rob trains in 1889, they refused to take along the 18-year-old Emmet. After returning to Oklahoma several years later, though, Bob and Grat judged Emmet sufficiently mature to assist them in a string of train robberies that made the three brothers and their gang famous throughout Oklahoma and Kansas. By then, Emmet had a sweetheart named Julia Johnson, but he gave up his dreams of a normal family life to remain with his brothers. "What had I to offer Julia?" Emmet later mused. "I rode away. An outlaw has no business having a girl, no business thinking of marriage."
Emmet's wild days riding with his two older brothers were short-lived. On October 5, 1892, the brothers attempted a daring dual robbery of two Coffeyville, Kansas, banks in broad daylight. The plan might have worked had the citizens of Coffeyville not been alerted to the arrival of the bandits. While Emmet and Bob were stuffing $21,000 in grain sacks in one bank, the townspeople quietly surrounded the building. When the boys tried to leave, a barrage of gunfire forced them back inside. They fled through a rear door and managed to reunite with Grat and the other team of robbers, who were also under attack. In a back street-later named "Death Alley" by the proud citizens of Coffeyville-the gang was blasted by heavily armed townspeople. Bob and Grat were hit first. Emmet tried to pick up Bob, but as he reached down from his horse a bullet slammed through his hip and a load of buckshot hit him in the back.
Bob, Grat, and two other gang members died, and the people of Coffeyville propped them up for a famous series of grisly photographs. Townspeople carried the wounded Emmet to a nearby hotel and he lived to stand trial. Sentenced to life in prison, he began serving his time in the Kansas State Penitentiary on this day in 1893.
After 14 years in prison, Emmet won parole and returned to society a reformed man. He finally married Julia Johnson and began a successful career as a real estate agent. When the couple later moved to the booming Los Angeles area, Emmet even found work in Hollywood as an authenticity consultant for western movies. He died in 1937.


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There are two main issues surrounding the increase in the migration of unaccompanied children (UAC) and asylum seekers in recent years that have recently reached crisis proportions. The first is the treatment of those children who are apprehended by Border Patrol and how American policy is reacting to the surge.
The second is explaining why UACs are coming. Below I will lay out three different theories that attempt to explain the surge in UACs. Each theory has some merit and I present evidence in support and opposition to each one.
First Explanation: Family Reunification
Immigration by stages and family reunification could explain part of the UAC border surge. Stage migration works like this: First, the single breadwinner of the family immigrates to find work in the United States. After getting established, finding employment, and figuring out how to function in his new country, the initial immigrant then sends for the rest of his family. Sometimes the initial immigrant's spouse will come alone while leaving the children in the care of extended family. Often times, after the second parent is working, they will then have the funds to send for the children to join them in the United States.
This pattern of family separation through stage immigration and eventual reunification is a desperate strategy undertaken by poor people who don't have any other options. Regardless, it explains part of the surge in unaccompanied children who are joining their unlawful immigrant parents and families who previously arrived in the United States.
Smuggling prices for unauthorized immigrants from Central America are higher than for unauthorized Mexican immigrants. Mexicans pay about $4000 to be smuggled to the United States by land and $9000 to be smuggled in by sea. Guatemalans pay about $7000. But since Guatemalans are so much poorer than Mexicans, on average, it can take many more years for them to save for the trip, often meaning that both parents are more likely to come to the United States first to work and send money back to Guatemala to finance the sending of their children. As a result, many of the children would come alone.
The price of human smuggling has risen substantially due to increased U.S. border enforcement. The higher price of migrating and the relative poverty of Central American migrants mean that families are more likely to be separated during the migration process, explaining part of the surge in UACs from Central America. Ironically, increased border enforcement and crackdowns on human smugglers have probably caused more family separation and eventual reunification – partly explaining the scale of the current UAC migration.


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After two solid jazz recordings, this effort by Dianne Reeves finds her returning a bit to her eclectic ways. She sounds joyous and swinging on "Exactly Like You," and making one wonder why she still spends so much time singing R&B and pop. Other highlights include the sexy and saucy "That Day," a spacy version of "Blue Prelude," and the folkish "The Twelfth of Never," but there are also several less interesting numbers that are only worthwhile due to Reeves' attractive voice. The singer is assisted by a small group that includes pianist Mulgrew Miller and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. ~ Scott Yanow


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I was out today working on some food plots and I was shocked to find a fresh dead deer in the middle of the food plot. I called neighbor property owner who hunts and he told me he knows of another found in a creek little over a week ago and that one was within 1/2 mile of me. He also told me he was told of someone else in peoria county who found around 10 fresh dead deer last week as well!!! Anyone know of or having the same thing in there area? This is in peoria county. Also , few years ago I found 15 dead on our property from EHD when Illinois was hit hard with it. It scares the crap out of me as I have passed on all deer four years in a row trying to recover from the last go around with losing so many deer. This last year they finally had turned around where this year I was now gonna take some deer this year. I sure hope Illinois doesn't go through another hard hit year! We have enough problems without this again and again.
Anyone have any idea about this type of thing happening in the spring? I have only seen it early fall so my gut tells me something else is going on. Input about this would be great, thanks!
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Canon EOS 6D Digital SLR Camera
The Canon EOS 6D Digital SLR Camera is an affordable full frame alternative to beefier bodies, like the Canon 5D Mark III, with the added benefit of having built-in WiFi and GPS, which gives you much greater control over the camera especially when paired with the Canon EOS Remote app for Android and iOS. The entire camera also sports a smaller form factor than many other full frame DSLRS, making it a better choice for travelers. If you're used to a larger form factor and better grip ergonomics, pair this 6D with the optional Canon BG-E13 Battery Grip for 6D, which provides a second grip point with easier button access and allows you to shoot longer on spare batteries. The 6D is also a versatile video camera with options to manually adjust your video exposure settings and audio levels. A 4GB file partition is automatically created when shooting video for longer continuous recording times. This camera is well suited for wedding, portrait, and event photography (especially when using Silent Shutter Mode). It is also great for landscape photography but may be a bit sluggish for wildlife and sports shooting. For full frame high continuous FPS shooting, the Canon 1D X is recommended.


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To send a Sports Short announcement about your community or recreational sporting event, please email email@example.com, mail 150 Venture Drive, Dover, NH 03820 or fax us at 603-749-7079. If you are e-mailing your announcement, please paste it in the body of the email. Do not send email attachments. DO NOT SEND COPY IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS and please submit in paragraph form. Please note: If your item is time sensitive, do not send at the last moment (i.e. the day before or the day of the event). It is suggested that you submit your item at least 10 days before the event to insure that it receives proper placement in a timely manner.
ROCHESTER — The Rochester Elks Sports Hall of Fame Committee is currently seeking nominations for the 23rd Hall of Fame event to be held in May, 2013. Nominations are being accepted for athletes and contributors who are at least 21 years old. Forms are available on the website at www.rochestershof.com or at the Rochester Elks Lodge and may be submitted online or mailed to PO Box 385, Rochester, NH 03866. Nominations must be received before Jan. 1, 2013 to be considered for the 2013 class.
ROCHESTER — Spaulding High School is seeking candidates for assistant wrestling coach that may or may not have prior coaching experience at a public or private high school. Please submit cover letter, resume and three current letters of recommendation to: Kevin Hebert, Athletic Director, Spaulding High School 130 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867. Applications can be found at www.rochesterschools.com and applications can be emailed to Kevin Hebert at firstname.lastname@example.com.
DOVER — Dover Baseball is pleased to announce that we have secured five spots at USA Training Center in Newington for this winter. This is a 15 week program that will run from Jan. 1 to April 15. The cost for 15 weeks is $100. The sessions will be run by Dover Baseball coaches. Register by visiting www.dovernhbaseball.org.
HAMPTON — Lighthouse Lacrosse is offering indoor skills and scrimmage sessions beginning Jan. 6 at the Seacoast United facilities in York, Maine, and Hampton. More details and registration information is available at www.lighthouselax.org/boys-indoor-skills. Space is limited to 20 per group so register early.
The York facility will offer sessions for ages 8-10 (U11), 11-13 (U13) and 13-15 (U15). U11 will run 10 to 11 a.m. and includes skills/scrimmage time. The fee is $95/player. U13 will run 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. - includes skills/scrimmage (11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.) and fitness (12:15 to 12:45 p.m.). The fee is $130/player. U15 will run 12:15 to 2 p.m. - includes fitness (12:15 to 12:45 p.m.) and skills/scrimmage (12:45 to 2 p.m.). The fee is $130/player. Fitness sessions for U13 and U15 provided by ELITE Fitness (plyo, agilities, core strengthening, footwork, etc). All sessions in York are 8 weeks in length (Jan. 6 through Feb. 24).
The Hampton facility will offer sessions for ages 8-10 (U11) and 11-13 (U13). U11 will run 3 to 4:30 p.m. - includes skills (3 to 3:30 p.m.) and 7v7 scrimmage (3:30 to 4:30 p.m.). The fee is $130/player. U13 will run 4:30 to 6 p.m. - includes skills (4:30 to 5 p.m.) and 7v7 scrimmage (5 to 6 p.m.). The fee is $130/player. All sessions in Hampton are 8 weeks in length (Jan. 6 through MarCH 3 – there is no session on Feb. 24).
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Lodge of Elks No. 97 will conduct local qualifying for the 39th Annual Elks Hoop Shoot, the national free throw shooting contest for youngsters ages 8 through 13, on Dec. 9 at the Connie Bean Community Center in Portsmouth.
The Connie Bean Center is located inside the new Portsmouth Middle School, at 155 Parrott Avenue.
This competition is free and open to all area boys and girls who will be between the ages of 8 and 13 on April 1, 2013. Registration begins at 11 a.m., with the competition to follow. All youngsters will receive a T-shirt and certificate of participation from the Elks.
The boy and girl in each age group with the best scores advance through four tiers of competition to qualify for the national finals, which will be held this year at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
All participants must present a valid birth certificate on the day of the event. For more information, contact event organizer Stan Maddock at 603-817-2784.
SOMERSWORTH — Winter indoor youth soccer on Saturday mornings with coach Connie Roy will take place Jan. 12 through Feb. 16, 9-9:45 a.m., ages 3-4; 10-11 a.m., ages 5-6; 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. ages 7-10. Sessions will be held at the Works Health and Fitness Center. Call or or stop by the program desk to register 603-742-2163, ext 41
Space is limited, The fees are for members $79 and for non-members $89. The website is www.theworkshealthclub.com.


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Getting around Curacao is usually the combined effort of public transport and taxis or rental cars. There are two types of buses in Curacao: traditional metro-style buses and smaller passenger vans. The larger buses (konvoi) run infrequently between major points in the city, while the vans may be more frequent and flexible about routes to get you closer to your destination. Most of the larger hotels also operate free shuttles to the shopping districts in Willemstad. Hiring a car in Curacao is a good way to see the entire island, and cars are available from the airport or in town. Note that streets are often poorly marked and road hazards may include pedestrians, donkeys, goats and iguanas.
Local time is GMT –4.
Electrical current is 120 volts, 50Hz. Two-pronged flat plugs are used.
The official currency is the Netherlands Antilles Guilder or Florin (ANG or NAFl), which is divided into 100 cents. US currency is accepted everywhere and the Guilder is tied to the US Dollar. Large notes in US Dollars and Guilders may be hard to cash or find change for. Most major credit cards are widely accepted. Banks and exchange bureaux will change foreign currency and ATMs are available.
The international dialling code for Curaçao is +599. The outgoing code is 00 followed by the relevant country code (e.g. 0027 for South Africa). There are no internal area codes. All local telephone numbers begin with 9 and are typically seven digits. Telephone cards for use at public phones can be purchased at post offices, roadside snack bars and petrol stations. The island is covered by a GSM 900/1800 network. Internet cafes are available.
911 (Police); 912 (Ambulance)
Everything about travel documents
Taxis and buses run between the airport and Willemstad.
Avis, Budget and Hertz are among the car rental agencies on site at the airport.
Taxis are available from the plaza to the right of the arrivals hall exit.
The airport has a 24-hour automatic currency exchange machine, banks and ATMs. There is also duty-free shopping, bars and restaurants.
There is a parking facility with 300 bays positioned immediately outside the airport terminal. The first 30 minutes cost ANG 3, up to one hour is ANG 4, and each subsequent hour is ANG 1 up to ten hours. The daily rate is ANG 18.50.
Free wifi is available in the terminal. There are also paid internet workstations on the ground and second floors.


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WASHINGTON— Despite the discovery of a sophisticated new Al Qaeda airline bomb plot, U.S. congressional and security officials suggested no immediate need Tuesday to change airport security procedures, which already subject shoeless passengers to intrusive pat-downs and body scans.
The CIA, with help from a well-placed informant and foreign intelligence services, conducted a covert operation in Yemen in recent weeks that disrupted a nascent suicide plot and recovered a new bomb, U.S. officials said.
Officials said the bomb represents an upgrade over the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Dec. 25, 2009. This new bomb was also designed to be used in a passenger's underwear, but this time Al Qaeda developed a more refined detonation system.
FBI experts are picking apart that non-metallic device to see if it could have slipped through security and taken down an airplane.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials sought to reassure the public that security measures at airports are strong. They said there are no immediate plans to subject airline passengers to new security screenings.
"I think people getting on a plane today should feel confident that their intelligence services are working, day in and day out," John Brennan, the top counterterrorism adviser to President Barack Obama, said on ABC television's "Good Morning America."
Just last winter, Al Qaeda's Yemen branch boasted that it had obtained a supply of chemicals used to make bombs. Chemicals can eliminate the need for electrical equipment to detonate explosives.
"Hence, no wearisome measures are taken anymore to attain the needed large amount of chemicals for explosives," the group wrote in its online magazine, "Inspire."
Working with an informant close to Al Qaeda in Yemen, the CIA caught wind of the bomb plot last month, officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.
The would-be bomber was supposed to buy a plane ticket to the United States and detonate the bomb inside the country, officials said.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters Monday night that she had been briefed about an "undetectable" device that was "going to be on a U.S.-bound airliner."
Before the bomber could choose his target or buy his ticket, however, the CIA swooped in and seized the bomb.
The fate of the would-be bomber remains unclear. Rep. Peter King, the Republican , chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told CNN on Tuesday that White House officials told him "He is no longer of concern," a point Brennan echoed on a round of appearances Tuesday on television news shows.
"We're confident that this device and any individual that might have been designed to use it are no longer a threat to the American people," Brennan said.
The plot was a reminder of the ambitions of Al Qaeda in Yemen, the most active and dangerous branch of the terrorist group. While Al Qaeda's core in Pakistan has been weakened over the past decade, instability in Yemen has allowed an offshoot group to thrive and set up training camps there. In some parts of the country, Al Qaeda is even the de facto government.
Though analysis of the device is incomplete, U.S. security officials said they remained confident in the security systems that were in place.
"These layers include threat and vulnerability analysis, prescreening and screening of passengers, using the best available technology, random searches at airports, federal air marshal coverage and additional security measures both seen and unseen," Department of Homeland Security spokesman Matthew Chandler said.
"The device did not appear to pose a threat to the public air service, but the plot itself indicates that these terrorist keep trying to devise more and more perverse and terrible ways to kill innocent people," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said during a news conference in New Delhi with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna.
It is not clear who built the bomb, but because of its sophistication and its similarity to the Detroit bomb, authorities suspected it was the work of master bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri or one of his students. Al-Asiri constructed the first underwear bomb and two others that Al Qaeda built into printer cartridges and shipped to the U.S. on cargo planes in 2010.
Both of those bombs used a powerful industrial explosive. Both were nearly successful.
But the group has also suffered significant setbacks as the CIA and the U.S. military focus more on Yemen. On Sunday, Fahd al-Quso, a senior Al Qaeda leader, was killed by a missile as he stepped out of his vehicle along with another operative in the southern Shabwa province of Yemen.
Al-Quso, 37, was on the FBI's most wanted list, with a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture. He was indicted in the U.S. for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in the harbour of Aden, Yemen, in which 17 American sailors were killed and 39 injured.
Al-Quso was believed to have replaced Anwar al-Awlaki as the group's head of external operations. Al-Awlaki was killed in a U.S. airstrike last year.
The new Yemeni president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, has promised improved co-operation with the U.S. to combat the militants. On Saturday, he said the fight against Al Qaeda was in its early stages. Hadi took over in February from longtime authoritarian leader Ali Abdullah Saleh.


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November 4, 2008
South Philly Pizza Pretzels Recipe
* 1 Soft Pretzel from PretzelsDirect.com
* Tomato Sauce
* Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1. Slice pretzel in half like you're slicing a bagel.
2. Spread tomato sauce on inside halves of pretzel.
3. Sprinkle cheeses on top of sauce, like you're making a pizza.
4. Place pretzel halves in oven with broiler on or in a toaster oven.
5. Toast until cheese is melted.
6. Enjoy!
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"If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it." – John H. Kennell, MD
Doulas (trained support people for childbirth and postpartum) are associated with some great things: shorter labors, less interventions, fewer c-sections, and a more positive birth experience overall.
But did you know that having a doula can help you meet your breastfeeding goals, too? I'm happy to share just some of the evidence on how doulas can help you beat the Booby Traps.™
Can't afford a doula? Read on for some suggestions on finding a low cost or volunteer doula, and also for some evidence that having a trained close family member or friend can make a difference in your breastfeeding success.
Studies showing that doulas are your BFF:
A 2009 randomized controlled trial in a California hospital assigned mothers either standard care during labor or the addition of support from a doula. Mothers with doula care also got two home visits from a doula. Here's what they found:
- Mothers who had doulas were less likely to experience a delay in their milk coming in.
- 68% of women receiving doula care and 54% of women receiving standard care were breastfeeding at 6 weeks.
- For women with a "prenatal stressor" (history of substance abuse, tobacco use during pregnancy, depression or anxiety disorder, chronic health condition, pregnancy-induced, hypertension, gestational diabetes, or other serious pregnancy complications) mothers who had doulas were more than twice as likely to be breastfeeding at 6 weeks.
A 2009 study on the effect of doulas (called "Birth Sisters" in this hospital) on exclusive breastfeeding at a Massachusetts Baby Friendly Hospital found that mothers who had a Birth Sister had higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding, delayed their first formula feedings, and fed less formula overall.
What if a close friend of family member is trained as your doula? A 2007 randomized controlled-trial found that when a mom's close female friend or relative was "minimally trained" as a doula and supported her, she was more likely to initiate breastfeeding.
What special magic do doulas have that results in better breastfeeding outcomes?
This is an interesting question. Is it that doulas actually support mothers in breastfeeding (by providing encouragement and practical help), or is it that they help mothers have births that are more supportive of breastfeeding?
The authors of the California study I mentioned above looked at this question and point out that in one randomized controlled trial, "the doulas did not provide any direct assistance with breastfeeding, yet by 6 weeks postpartum the intervention group was signi¢cantly more likely to be exclusively breastfeeding: 51.4% versus 29.3%."
Can't afford to hire a doula?
I asked Ananda Lowe, co-author of The Doula Guide to Birth: Secrets Every Pregnant Woman Should Know, to offer some suggestions for moms who can't afford to hire a doula. She writes:
Most doulas-in-training offer a reduced fee until they are certified. A trainee has enough education in birth to be a valuable presence at a woman's labor. Contact the national doula organizations to find a trainee or an experienced doula, at www.cappa.net, www.dona.org, www.ictcmidwives.org, and www.tolabor.com.
Otherwise, ask a friend who had a positive birth experience or a natural childbirth to be at your birth. Our culture thinks of birth as a private event between a woman and her mate, but hospitals are full of staff who are strangers. In past eras, it was a woman's experienced female friends who guided her through birth. I strongly encourage women to bring a friend or two to their labor. Birth is such an intense experience, and hospital procedures can seem so overwhelming, that it is probably asking too much of a pregnant woman and her mate to get through labor alone.
Did you have a doula for your birth? Would you recommend it?
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This has been the year of death and tears for me and certainly a year I hope never to repeat. My mother, best friend, and now Sasha, my beloved canine companion all died this year. I put Sasha to sleep to release her from further suffering. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my entire life. I cried oceans of tears that I never knew I had.
In less than a week Sasha was diagnosed with a liver tumor that spread to her spleen and kidney failure. Not a pretty picture. It was only going to get worse. I knew it was the end when Sasha couldn't even keep water down. I don't know where I got the strength, but I knew I had to help take her out of her misery.
As I was clutching Sasha in the last hour of her life and made the final decision to take her to the vet, I felt so alone and like I was carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. My emotions were raw. Who was I to play God? Who was I to decide who should live or die? Boy, did I need a hug to get me through this ordeal.
Enter, Louise Harrison, sister of the late Beatle George Harrison and AT & T. I called Louise sobbing about my precious Sasha and told her I really needed a "Harrison Hug" now. And with AT & T's help, Louise reached out and touched me, "Here," she said, "I'm giving you a Harrison Hug over the telephone."
Last summer, I met Louise in Branson, MO at Liverpool Legends, the fantastic Beatles Revival show she manages. Somehow, we just clicked on a spiritual level when Louise was drawn to my crystal Buddha charm. I told her the Dalai Lama blessed it, and she asked if she could hold it.
"Let me give you a Harrison Hug," Louise said when we said our goodbyes. I was one of the lucky ones to get a Harrison Hug. Over the years the Harrison Hug has circled the world helping heal many souls. Louise says it was a way of keeping George's name and legend alive.
"One of the last times towards the end when George hugged me, he said, 'pass it on', after he died, I thought why not pass along his hug to console other people," Louise explained. And now Louise shares the Harrison Hug with people she hand picks and instructs them to pass it along. Louise mentions a letter sent from a woman in Argentina who wrote how ecstatic she was to receive a Harrison Hug on her birthday.
The Harrison Hug sure came in handy and helped me over the hump giving me the strength to make that dreaded drive and Sasha's last ride to the vet. I guess you could say I had a little help from a friend to get me through this traumatic ordeal. And so, Louise is right, when she says, "George's love is circulating the globe."
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The Oromo people are the largest ethnic group in East Africa. A friendly people with a rich culture and much wisdom. They speak Affan Oromo or Oromiffa. They are located in Southern Ethiopia.
Most of Ethiopia's long distance runners are Oromo.
by Dhuga January 13, 2005
The Oromo (Oromo: Oromoo) are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia, in northern Kenya, and to a lesser extent in parts of Somalia. With 30 million members, they constitute the single largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and approximately 34.49% of the population according to the 2007 census. Their native language is Oromo (also called Afaan Oromoo and Oromiffa), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
The Oromo were formerly called Galla by non-Oromo Ethiopians, and one may encounter this name in older texts, but it is considered a pejorative term.
by Gudeta Tuffa July 01, 2010
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Jroodnat necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 58 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
Black Lab Projects B.V.
Black Lab provides IT consultancy services. Our consultancy and advice practice is no-nonse and built on years of knowledge in the IT industry. We deal with latest technologies like cloud architecture, security and IPv6.
We need a design for a business card. size of the card is width 9cm, height is 5,5cm. Templates in Photoshop and Illustrator are provided. Templates are in Dutch but the red line is the maximum cut line and light blue is the safety margin for the cut
The businesscards will be printed via an online service, so an all black card might not be pretty since the paper will be white.
Challenge for the designer is to use Black but not a full black card. Since Black lab can be interpreted in multiple ways (dog or labratory) the design can be a bit mysterious. Like MIB but not cartoonish.
Details that need to be on the card are:
Black Lab Projects B.V.
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Jeroen Roodnat
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Strained pulley tendon benches Miller
Prospect could throw in eight weeks after right finger surgery
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com | May 28, 2008 2:00 PM
CLEVELAND -- Oft-injured top pitching prospect Adam Miller is on the shelf again, and this time, his season could be over. Miller, who went on the Triple-A Buffalo disabled list Monday, had surgery performed on the middle finger of his right hand Tuesday by team hand specialist Dr. Tom Graham in Baltimore to repair a strained pulley tendon. The 23-year-old Miller will be shut down from throwing for eight weeks, according to head athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff. Miller will then begin a return-to-throw program in either Winter Haven, Fla., or Goodyear, Ariz., which renders his Minor League season in jeopardy. "It's a challenging injury," Soloff said. "It was a very challenging procedure to perform." Miller actually suffered the injury a year ago and missed six weeks of action with the Bisons while resting the strain. The Indians felt Miller could get by without surgery. But as a result of the strain, Miller's tendon would bowstring, and his skin sagged when his finger bent. That caused the skin to rub up against the baseball, creating two hardened calluses. Between those calluses, a hole developed in the skin. Graham found that Miller's tendons were starting to fray and his finger's pulley system -- in layman's terms, the system that allows his finger to bend -- was not working properly. "Closing [the hole in] the skin would not be enough [for Miller] to pitch at a high level," Soloff said. Miller was pitching at a high level before the surgery. He was 0-1 with a 1.88 ERA in six starts for Buffalo, after missing the first three weeks of the season because of a Spring Training setback in which a blister formed on the finger. The Indians, who took Miller with the 31st overall pick in the 2003 Draft, had high hopes that he could remain healthy this season and make his first appearance at the big league level, either out of the bullpen or in the rotation.
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Don't look for testing of the anthrax vaccine to begin in children any time soon.
Controversy arose last year as experts debated whether such studies should be done to learn how to treat children in case of a bioterror attack.
But a presidential commission says the government would have to take multiple steps — including more safety research in young adults — before it would be ethical to consider tests in children.
"The safety of our children is paramount, and we have to get this precisely right," said Dr. Amy Gutmann, who chairs the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, which released its report Tuesday.
More than a decade after the anthrax attacks, the government has a multibillion-dollar stockpile of drugs and vaccines to fight an array of threats. There's no information on whether those so-called countermeasures would work in children like they're expected to help their parents, or even what dose to use. Yet if a large attack were to occur, children undoubtedly would receive those untested products.
Worried about how to handle an emergency, a government advisory group recommended studying the anthrax vaccine in children if independent ethics experts agreed it could be done appropriately. The Obama administration put that question to the panel.
Tuesday's answer: Children don't gain any benefit from pre-attack research with the anthrax vaccine or other countermeasures. So the panel said such studies would be ethical only if they presented no more than minimal risk to participants — like the risk from a routine medical check-up. Determining that would require, among other things, more testing in adults, the panel added. Something that proved safe in 18-year-olds, for example, might be a candidate to study next in 16- and 17-year-olds.
However, the government should plan now for how it would study children who receive those treatments in the event of an attack, the panel said.
The Health and Human Services Department, which requested the advice, said it would review the findings.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Merrick Monroe popped the tab on a Pabst Blue Ribbon, giggled and took a swig.
If Portland's boil order was going to forbid drinking tap water during Friday's work hours, Monroe pledged to find an alternative. She discovered it in the back room of Bridge City Comics, where she passed an otherwise quiet Friday afternoon as cashier.
"After I got into work, I was texting with my boss and we were joking about stuff, like, what are we gonna drink?" Monroe said. "He said there's plenty of PBR and bottles of water in the back, so, I guess I'm drinking PBR."
On Saturday, the city lifted a 24-hour boil order, the largest in the city's history. The news was welcomed by an array of coffee shops, restaurants and bars that had to close or serve limited menus on Friday evening and Saturday morning.
Tests discovered the presence of the E. coli bacterium in the city water supply over a three-day period beginning Tuesday.
Water customers were told to boil all drinking water for a full minute, avoid getting water in their mouths during showers and throw out anything made with tap water during the previous week.
Two city reservoirs will be drained and cleaned. The city hasn't yet identified the source of the contamination, and the water bureau advised customers to run all taps for two minutes to purge potentially contaminated water.
The boil order set off a rush on any water but tap water. Store shelves cleared of water jugs, bottled water and soda cans.
At the Stash Tea Bar in northeast Portland, manager Devin Kelly said she had to bring in special machinery to bring the tea water to a boil — typically a no-no for specialty tea.
"We typically don't suggest serving tea with boiling water, so we brought in some boiling kettles," Kelly said.
Officials said 670,000 people were affected by the boil-water notice, including some Portland suburbs.
On social media, Portlanders took the boil order with typical aplomb.
Some mockingly photographed shopping carts overflowing with distilled-water jugs. Others turned it into a kind of anti-advertising for the city that has perhaps too much appeal to rootless millennials.
"This is how we live in Portland now," wrote Brandon Doughan, attaching an image of a bottle of water in a puddle. "DO NOT MOVE HERE"
Monroe wasn't alone in her PBR consumption — as with most things Friday (and most things Portland), the city-wide health crisis was ultimately converted into a drinking opportunity.
"All of Portland ordered to boil water?" said food critic and magazine web editor Allison Jones. "I'll take that as citywide permission to get schwasted before noon."
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Storage vendor NetApp has found a replacement for the Australia and New Zealand managing director role from its internal ranks after former MD Peter O'Connor left in August 2012.
NetApp's professional services and systems engineering director Michael DeLandre served as acting MD while the company searched for a replacement.
Subsequently, the vendor's northern region sales manager Steve Manley was promoted to the role this week.
Manley, who has worked at NetApp since 2008, will be responsible for defining the strategy and direction of the company's A/NZ business with senior management in both countries reporting to him.
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According to Manley, the vendor has a "strong company culture" that ensures people are at the centre of the organisation.
"I'm looking forward to leading the team as we continue to work alongside our partners to drive business success for our customers with tailored solutions that meet their needs," he said in a statement.
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Brian Reich necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 46 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
I have this crazy idea that we need to re-think the way we create, support, and sustain ventures. That means we re-considering what kinds of companies and organizations are needed today, in response to the massive changes we are seeing in our society as a result of the influence that technology and the internet are having on our culture. It means re-structuring how ventures, both for-profit and social in nature, are funded and managed. That means re-assessing what success looks like for new companies and organizations, and how we measure progress against our needs in society. And it means re-building the whole infrastructure of innovation... from how we teach it, promote it, cover it in the media, what skills we value, who gets to serve as gatekeepers, and more.
I am putting together a 'solutions book' that outlines what a new future would look like for ventures, innovation, and related issues. The 'solutions book' will be a series of essays and ideas from smart people, like you, that tackle different parts of this discussion and spark a new focus and conversation. The book, when complete, will be introduced and distributed as a part of the WeMedia conference (http://www.wemediamiami.org)).
Since 2004, We Media conferences have informed, inspired and ignited companies, organizations and individuals seeking to understand and profit from the "power of us." We Media brings together leaders who share insights and experiences shaping the world of the connected society and its new marketplaces.
The target audience are the people at WeMedia -- and the people who will pay attention to what WeMedia is doing to change the way we think about ventures. They include: the innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders shaping an enlightened age of media, technology, business, communications and connections -- and particularly the people who are serious about re-thinking and re-considering how startups and innovation are pursued.
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I need a mark that can be used online...think website header and blog post -- as well as offline... because the book will be available in hard copy (or at least PDF). It will be used in presentations, and down the line, possibly on a business card, sign, or similar. The starting point of the project is the 'solutions book' (a printed/made available online as PDF document), but the project will grow -- to include other deliverables, as well as other topics.
I want something creative and fun, that captures the idea of 'big thinking' and 'real solutions.' This is not an exercise in vanity. We want to change the world with this conversation - and the look/feel that helps to frame the presentation of the book/project will help to shape how seriously this effort is taken.
The working title of the project is 'WeThink' -- so you can use that to shape the concept/mark around. IF you have a better title (or want to try out some other versions -- like WeSolutions, or WeIdeas) feel free, but the main focus right now is WeThink.
The project is using words like: Re-Think, Re-Consider, Re-imagine, Re-envision, Re-organize, as well as organize, structure, communicate, adapt, shift, change.
The ideas will be big, exciting, bold, but also specific and actionable. We want a concept/logo that reflects huge potential and measurable results.
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Japan's Orix Inks Another U.S. Deal with Robeco Acquisition
Orix Corp. has just struck another deal in the U.S., a market no stranger to the Japanese financial services firm.
On Tuesday, Orix, the country's largest financial services and leasing company, said it has agreed to buy Rabobank Group's asset management unit, US.-listed Robeco, for about €1.94 billion ($2.6 billion).
Orix is known in the U.S. for acquiring boutique investment bank Houlihan Lokey in 2005 for around ¥50 billion ($539 million). In 2010 it bought an 83% stake in Ohio-based Red Capital Group, a commercial-mortgage originator, as well as Mariner Investment Group, a hedge fund and alternative investment manager based in Harrison, N.Y.
For Netherlands-based Rabobank, it's the latest move as part of a plan to streamline its overseas business and exit markets where it lacks scale, and focus on agriculture and food related businesses. It is also freeing up capital to meet stricter rules under Basel III, although it did not receive any government money during the financial crisis, and remains one of Europe's best-capitalized banks.
In July, Rabobank said it would cut up to 3,000 jobs in the Netherlands in the next few years.
Also on the block is its Indonesia unit, Rabobank International Indonesia, which has attracted interest from buyers such as China Construction Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., the WSJ reported this month.
Orix Corp. agreed to pay €1.94 billion for Robeco. An earlier version of this post incorrectly said it agreed to pay €1.94.


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Comet and Walmart battle for Game
Bidding begins
Walmart and Comet have emerged as bidders for troubled high street games retailer Game.
The US retail giant is rumoured to have offered 12p per share for the company, while Comet owner OpCapita is also believed to have expressed an interest in acquiring Game, MCV reports.
Paying 12p a share would value Game at £40m. But no matter which company eventually snags the retailer, it has a serious mission ahead to turn things around.
Game has faced a difficult times recently after a number of major publishers refused to take the risk of stocking the outlet with their releases. Game's shares subsequently dropped as low as 0.5p each.
The firm was then forced to put itself up for sale or face administration when its bank comes knocking for payments due in a couple of weeks' time.
It was announced this morning that finance giant Goldman Sachs swooped to buy Game stock on 12 March, acquiring just over 13m shares. This entitles it to 3.78 per cent of Game's voting rights. Investment firm Blueshore Global took an eight per cent share yesterday. ®


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Law's double helix
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," ─ that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
John Keats
Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819)
The concluding couplet in John Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819) — "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. — is arguably the most famous pair of lines in Keats's body of work, perhaps in all of English poetry in the Romantic tradition. The suggestion that truth and beauty might be one has proved so seductive that mathematicians and physicists often rely on unproven links between truth, beauty, and symmetry to frame their hypotheses.
Keats may have stated the unity of truth and beauty in memorable literary terms, but mathematics may be the discipline that relies most heavily on it. Often enough, though not invariably, the unity of truth and beauty holds. What is beautiful is true, and what is true in turn is beautiful. Exceptions do arise — the computer-assisted proof of the four-color theorem and Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's last theorem are salient examples of mathematical proofs that look more like rambling narratives or even telephone directories than odes.
Nevertheless, philosophers, poets, and physicists wax rhapsodic in lauding the points in intellectual space where truth achieves what Bertrand Russell called "a beauty cold and austere." Edna St. Vincent Millay echoed this sentiment when she wrote, "Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare." According to the physicist Hermann Weyl, the best scientific work has "always tried to unite the true with the beautiful." But when he "had to choose one or the other," Weyl "usually chose the beautiful."
How firmly does Keats's unity — the unity of truth and beauty — hold in law?
Read the rest of this post . . .True to the serendipitous way in which law itself arises, I stumbled unto what I believe to be the law's best description of Keats's unity in — of all things — a memoir described as a uniquely powerful first-personal account of science in action. In the opening pages of The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA (1st ed. 1969; reprint 2001), James D. Watson explained how the quest for beauty and the quirks of human culture both bent the trajectory of the quest for the double helix:
[S]cience seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders. Instead, its steps forward (and sometimes backward) are often very human events in which personalities and cultural traditions play major roles. To this end I have attempted to re-create my first impressions of the relevant events and personalities rather than present an assessment which takes into account the many facts I have learned since the structure was found. Although the latter approach might be more objective, it would fail to convey the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty. Thus many of the comments may seem one-sided and unfair, but this is often the case in the incomplete and hurried way in which human beings frequently decide to like or dislike a new idea or acquaintance.Law proceeds on terms somewhere between the extremes of Euclid's airtight Elements and the comprehensive computer-aided proof of the four-color theorem. As Francis Crick and James Watson discovered when they sought to unlock the structure of DNA, the quest for the social truth that law embodies may begin in "the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty." That gesture of "youthful arrogance," however, rarely if ever yields the truth on its own. No less than their scientific counterparts, lawyers follow an "incomplete and hurried" protocol by which they "frequently decide to like or dislike a new idea or acquaintance."
Like other outsiders, law students often envision the formation, interpretation, and enforcement of law as a straightforward, even logical process. They soon learn, as Oliver Wendell Holmes observed in the opening lines of The Common Law, that "[t]he life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience." Even as Watson acknowledged how science lurched "forward (and sometimes backward)" in response to "very human events in which personalities and cultural traditions play major roles," Holmes recognized that law does not so much observe syllogisms as reflect "[t]he felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow" citizens.
Two intertwined strands run through all law. One strand represents the cold mathematical logic that the LSAT purports to measure, the austere beauty of legal reason deduced without regard to the social circumstances in which law must be made, enforced, and lived. The other strand speaks in historical, even literary or lyrical terms. That manifestation of truth in law, as Holmes explained, "embodies the story of a nation's development through many centuries, and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics." That is all you know in law, and all you need to know.


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WSJ Ignores Experts To Downplay Harmful Economic Consequences Of Sequester
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A Wall Street Journal editorial downplayed the economic consequences of looming across-the-board government spending cuts and even claimed they will "help the economy." But the Journal's own MarketWatch agrees that the cuts, commonly referred to as the "sequester," would greatly harm the economy: it could halve U.S. economic growth and lead to one million lost jobs.
The Journal editorial, headlined, "The Unscary Sequester," claimed that "[t]he most disingenuous White House claim" about the sequester is that it "will hurt the economy." The editorial continued, "Reality check: The cuts amount to about 0.5% of GDP," and went on to claim that the sequester will actually help the economy "by leaving more capital for private investment."
Yet the Journal's own MarketWatch noted on Tuesday that the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the sequester "will halve U.S. growth in 2013." MarketWatch explained:
U.S. economic growth in 2013 will be 1.4%, the Congressional Budget Office estimated on Tuesday, up from a previously estimated decline of 0.5% pinned on the so-called fiscal cliff. CBO said however that growth would be about 1.5 percentage points faster in 2013 if not for fiscal tightening including the so-called budget sequester.
The Bipartisan Policy Center has also estimated that the full sequester would cause approximately one million job losses.
The editorial also supposes that the sequester would help economic growth, which ignores the fact that the 2012 fourth-quarter decline in GDP was largely due to a steep drop in government spending. While the report on the GDP decline showed that private sector investment had increased, it was not enough to lift GDP growth into positive territory because of the large drag on the economy imposed by lowered government spending. This discredits the Journal's claim that if government spending were decreased through the sequester, private capital would be able to sustain positive economic growth.
Indeed, while the Journal editorial dismisses the effects of the potential cuts by claiming that affected programs "are hardly starved for money," the threat of the sequester alone has already contributed to economic slowdown and negatively impacted government agencies. Experts have noted that the decline in government spending -- particularly in defense -- that contributed to the recent economic contraction was likely due to uncertainty caused by the sequester.
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The findings from the latest 2012 Carnegie Mellon CyLab Governance survey of how corporate boards and executives are managing cyber risks reveals the issue is still not getting adequate attention at the top. The survey, sponsored by RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), was the third survey conducted by CyLab Adjunct Distinguished Fellow, Jody Westby, and comparisons with the 2008 and 2010 data clearly show ongoing gaps in governance.
Using the Forbes Global 2000 list, the 2012 survey represents the first analysis of cyber governance postures of major corporations around the world. One of the most important findings is that boards and senior management still are not engaging in key oversight activities, such as setting top-level policies and reviews of privacy and security budgets to help protect against breaches and mitigate financial losses. Even though there are some improvements in key "regular" board governance practices, less than one-third of the respondents indicate their boards and senior executives are undertaking basic responsibilities for cyber governance.
Although improvements are shown in the formation of board risk committees and cross-organizational teams within their organizations, nearly half of the respondents indicated that their companies do not have full-time personnel in key privacy and security roles, and 58 percent of the respondents said their boards are not reviewing their companies' insurance coverage for cyber-related risks.
To help company boards improve corporate governance of privacy and security, the advance findings of the research included recommendations for organizations to undertake the key governance activities highlighted in this slideshow.
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Repetition in Design
Friday, January 25, 2013
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A series of oil paintings on canvas along with original sketches by Queens artist Gennadyi Gurman. Mr. Gurman is also QBG's Supervising Museum Instructor. This exhibit, in the Gallery of the Visitor & Administration Building is an exploration of life inside repetitive shapes.
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