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A person who has been arrested and charged with a crime may be required to post bail (a bond) before being released from jail. A bond is insurance to guarantee an arrestee will appear in court for trial. If that person fails to appear for a court date, the bond money is forfeited. A bond may be posted in cash, by an arrestee or by someone on his/her behalf.
Most crimes are bondable offenses, except capital crimes (those crimes for which the death penalty may be asked). The amount of a bond is determined by a judge or from an established schedule.
To post a bond, first make sure the person is, in fact, in a Broward County jail facility. Please call (954) 831-5900 or visit the information window, open 24 hours daily, located in the lobby of BSO's Main Jail. You can also obtain information about an arrestee's charge(s) and bond amount.
There are two ways to post a bond:
Cash Bond: the total amount of the bond, in cash, is placed with the county to guarantee the arrestee will appear at the next court hearing. If the arrestee does not appear after posting a cash bond, the money will be forfeited. If a not guilty verdict is rendered or the case is dismissed, or at the conclusion of the trial proceedings, bond money will be refunded minus any fines and / or court costs.
Cash, cashier's checks or money orders are the only accepted methods of payment for bail. When posting bail, cashier's checks and money orders must be made payable to the Sheriff of Broward County. Personal checks and credit cards are not accepted.
Refunds for cash bonds can be made if the blue bond receipt and court disposition sheet that releases the bond are both presented. Bond payments and bond refunds are both processed at BSO's Cash Bond Unit, located within BSO's Main Jail.
Surety bond: A bonding company posts a bond that guarantees an arrestee will appear at the next court date. Broward County and/or the Broward Sheriff's Office does not participate in the contract between an arrestee and the bonding company. The bonding company normally charges a fee for each bond posted. Consult your local Yellow Pages for lists of bonding companies.


text: > I'm finally getting my home cluster together so I'm looking for some > inexpensive FastE NICS. I want inexpensive NICS that offer PXE and > decent performance for MPI codes (i.e. a good network load). Also, > in the next year or so, I'll be going with channel bonding so the NICs > should also handle bonding reasonalble well. Or perhaps GigE for home > use will be cheap enough by then. What's inexpensive? Depending on your price range you might consider the Intel pro/1000MT desktop (not server) PWLA8390MT for around $50 each. This is 10/100/1000 and I think it has PXE (the spec page says PXE and I think I remember seeing a boot screen at one point). I've hardly done any testing on these though, but I've seen one do > 700 Mb/second. This was in a dual AMD server type machine (but 64 bit/33 Mhz PCI slot, of course the Intel desktop NIC is only 32 bit). This takes the E1000 driver from Intel. Beware that FE might be lower latency than GB (and/or this driver/adaptor?). I don't have latency numbers for this adaptor but I've been seeing poorer latency on GB than FE. Anyone know why this is?

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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
US President Barack Obama's step-grandmother received emergency eye surgery from Israeli doctors in Equatorial Guinea last week, Israel's Yediot Ahronot reported.
Sarah Onyango Obama is the third wife of President Obama's paternal grandfather. She lives in a remote Kenyan village.
It was recently discovered that Sarah required surgery for an unspecified problem, and the nearest full-service hospital was the Israeli-operated Shalom Hospital in the Guinean capital of Malabo.
The elderly Obama was personally escorted by Guinean Health Minister Tomas Mecheba Fernandez, and after her treatment was quoted as saying, "All of Africa is talking about your [the Israeli] hospital and the fact that one doesn't need to fly to Europe to get medical treatment."
Israeli humanitarian aid groups and teams of doctors have for years been providing free and low-cost assistance to the poorer regions of Africa. In particular, free eye surgeries are performed at a number of facilities across the continent.
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Low Elo Podcast EP. 57 - The Meta Has You
Low Elo League of Legends Podcast presents to you episode 57 where we share our excitement regarding Thresh and anticipate the European LCS qualifiers. We also take a look back at IEM Katowice, Poland and talk about some of the bottom lane experiments we've been running.
This week, we ask you to share stories about the champions you may not be very good at but love to play anyways.
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You can follow this week's hosts at @EatGamer, @LowEloDave, ctf1990 and @RinTheYordle.
We would also like to remind listeners that we will be moving our stream from Own3d.tv to Twitch.tv. You'll want to subscribe to our channel to stay up to date with our streaming schedule but you can always find us at lowelo.com/stream.
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A growing number of Israeli and American commentators are accusing the Israeli government of exaggerating the Iranian threat, or at least of pushing the international community into a premature or unnecessary conflict with Iran.
But just last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a report that very much legitimized Israel's concerns and sense of urgency.
In the report, the IAEA noted that Iran has now installed no fewer than 2,140 centrifuges at its main underground uranium enrichment facility, giving it the ability to produce 200 kilograms (about 440 pounds) of weapons-grade uranium each year.
A bit of math reveals that given its current stockpile of enriched uranium, Iran only needs another 50 kilograms to build its first nuclear warhead. In other words, the Islamic Republic could potentially test its first nuclear bomb within three months.
These advancements have occurred in spite of a decade of international negotiations and sanctions.
And to those who continue to insist that Iran's nuclear program is purely peaceful, the IAEA would seem to disagree.
"The Agency has become increasingly concerned about the possible existence in Iran of undisclosed nuclear related activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile," read the IAEA report.
These public revelations of what Israel has been saying all along are concerning to Israel for two reasons:
For years the international community dragged its feet and responded only with half-hearted talks and sanctions to North Korea's nuclear program, despite repeatedly promising to prevent Pyongyang from going nuclear. In 2006, North Korea tested its first nuclear bomb, and it was then too late for anyone to do anything about it.
In 2007, the Obama Administration commissioned a national intelligence report that all but insisted that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program years earlier, with no intention of restarting it. Either American intelligence is less capable than the sleuthing skills of the IAEA, or the White House was deliberately trying to downplay what could be a very real existential threat to the Jewish state.
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Josh Miller's mother knows something her 8-year-old son does not — and she doesn't need to be psychic to know it. Lola Miller, of Lola's Psychic Readings on Park Avenue, said Josh does not know his dad is taking him to Game 6 of the World Series in Boston with other family members tonight. She said the tickets cost $900 for the pair, purchased from a private party.
WORCESTER — Josh Miller's mother knows something her 8-year-old son does not — and she doesn't need to be psychic to know it.
Lola Miller, of Lola's Psychic Readings on Park Avenue, said Josh does not know his dad is taking him to Game 6 of the World Series in Boston with other family members tonight. She said the tickets cost $900 for the pair, purchased from a private party.
ESPN reported Tuesday that the average list price on the resale market for a ticket to tonight's game was $1,860, according to TiqIQ, a ticket tracking company. Someone who wanted two of the best seats in the house paid $24,000 on StubHub Monday night for a pair of tickets in the first row in a dugout box between home plate and one of the on-deck circles, ESPN reported.
How much would you pay for a ticket to a ballgame in Fenway Park in which the Boston Red Sox conceivably could win the World Series at home for the first time in 95 years?
"That's a good question. I'd probably pay up to a grand for a ticket," said Colin Haynes of Holden. He had his sons, Benjamin, 2, and Sam, 6 months, in tow while waiting to get his hair cut at Kay's on Park Avenue. "I'd love to be there."
Mr. Haynes said he was at Game 1 of the 2007 World Series when the Red Sox played the Colorado Rockies. When asked to compare excitement surrounding the 2004, 2007 and this year's World series, Mr. Haynes thought the 2004 World Series takes the honors, though he is very excited about this series.
"This year, I think the team has a lot of heart," he said.
Wearing her Red Sox pin, Pam Morabito, owner of Kay's, said she has fond memories of her grandmother rooting for the Red Sox. She could hardly contain her enthusiasm for this year's Red Sox team. Most of the other customers in the busy barbershop could not either.
"I'd love to be there, especially the sixth game, because they're going to win," Ms. Morabito said.
If she had unlimited funds to spend, Ms. Morabito said, "I'd pay a lot of money." Instead, she will be in her easy chair at home on Wednesday night root, root, rooting for the home team.
"I hope they do it in six," she said. "I can't stay up (so late) anymore."
Tom Lockman of Paxton said he gives the Red Sox a 75 percent chance of winning the World Series. He grew up in Detroit, a Tigers fan, but became a Red Sox fan sometime after he migrated to Massachusetts in 1963. Mr. Lockman was able to catch a couple of games at Fenway this summer, but said, "800 bucks — that's a lot of money to pay. I'd pay a hundred bucks for a ticket."
Though Donna Brown of Worcester has been so busy she has not had a lot of time to watch the championship games, she said she would also pay about $100 to see Game 6.
Len Cirillo of Worcester said he was born in the Bronx and grew up a New York Yankees fan.
"I got so spoiled," Mr. Cirillo said.
He said he is not really a baseball fan anymore and did not care which team wins. He would not spend money on a ticket, he said, and he will not watch the game on TV either.
"The games are like watching paint dry to me," Mr. Cirillo said. "Watching baseball on TV is like watching a still photo. Watching in the stands is different."
Michael Horton of Shrewsbury would love to be in the stands for Game 6.
"Of course I would," Mr. Horton said at Fatt Cuts Barbershop on West Boylston Street. "I think anyone would."
Mr. Horton said he is psyched the Red Sox are coming back home one game ahead in the best-of-seven series. He has been staying up late watching all the games on TV, but plans to head to a bar in Boston with friends for Wednesday's baseball game.
"Probably The Greatest Bar near the TD Banknorth," Mr. Horton said. "So we can all party in Boston together."
Mr. Horton said he would consider ponying up $400 to $500 for a ticket to see the Red Sox play.
Though diehard Red Sox fan Schemelin "Chelo" Bonilla owns Worcester's Finest Barber Shop on Boylston Street, he stopped by Fatt Cuts to say hello to friends before he headed to his shop, where his friend Luis Montanez carved "Red" into one side of his beard and "Sox" into the other side with a razor in preparation for Game 6. Mr. Montanez wore his brand new 2013 World Series baseball cap on Tuesday. He also has caps from the series in 2004 and 2007.
"I would pay like 300 bucks," Mr. Bonilla said. "One of my buddies said he's going to hit me up. If it's in that range, I would think about it."
Rich Perez of Spencer said he will not think about watching the game.
"I'm a fan of the Yankees; I don't really care," Mr. Perez said. "Boston can get it for all I care."
However, Paul Labreck of Worcester said he would absolutely love to be at Game 6 and would spend up to $1,000 if he had the money to spend.
"I can't afford that, though," Mr. Labreck said. He will watch the game at home with his father. "I think their chances are pretty good," Mr. Labreck said. "I don't think there's stopping them."
So, what does the psychic see for the Red Sox?will they win the World Series? Ms. Miller read her tarot cards.
"They're going to have a hard time in the middle," Ms. Miller said. "There's going to be a big commotion in Boston. ... It's going to be all over the news, but it is going to go well."
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Sharon Begley
Maybe you have comforted a crying child by kissing her scraped knee and seen her tears turn to a smile and the pain recede. Perhaps you've stumbled half-asleep to the medicine cabinet, taken a pill for the headache that woke you, felt better -- and the next morning discovered your relief came from a calcium tablet.Or maybe you took your arthritic knee to a hospital where you had a completely fake procedure in which surgeons made incisions but didn't actually remove the cartilage whose deterioration causes osteoarthritis -- after which you had less pain and began walking better than you had in years. OK, you probably never experienced the last one. But scores of patients did. In the groundbreaking study, patients with osteoarthritis of the knee merely thought they had received arthroscopic surgery and their knee pain diminished as much as in patients who actually received the highly touted $5,000 procedure. It is tempting to say that "mere thought" or "mere belief" caused these patients to feel and function better, just as the child's trust in her mother made her knee feel better and our belief in little white pills made the calcium tablet relieve a headache. But doctors and scientists have learned there is nothing "mere" about how thoughts, beliefs, and the power of the mind affect the body. "What we believe and expect can significantly influence the outcome of a disease, how much pain we feel, even whether Parkinson's symptoms diminish," says neuroscientist Mario Beauregard of the University of Montreal, whose new book "Brain Wars" examines the basis for the placebo response in the brain. The first rigorous experiment to look for the mechanism underlying the placebo response was reported in 1978; Dr. Jon Levine and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, found that patients given a placebo and naloxone, a drug that blocks the brain's natural morphine-like compounds, experienced more pain than patients given only a placebo. "This study was the first to show that placebos relieve pain by activating the brain's natural painkillers," says Beauregard. "But it did more: It brought the placebo response in from the fringes of medical science." It also paved the way for a flood of placebo studies. Among the many findings is that people expect more from expensive remedies than from cheap ones. For example, in a 2008 study, patients who thought they were getting a $2.50 tablet felt less pain from mild electrical shocks on their wrists than those told the pill cost 10 cents. Expectations may seem like will-o'-the-wisps, but they have a real, physical signature in the brain. When we expect something good to happen, our brains release dopamine. In Parkinson's disease, production of dopamine in structures called the substantiae nigrae declines. Scientists led by neurologist Jon Stoessl of the University of British Columbia gave a small group of Parkinson's patients injections of a saline solution but told them it was medication. Sure enough, the patients' brains began producing more dopamine and their movements became better controlled and less shaky -- improvements equal to those in patients who received an actual Parkinson's drug. In Parkinson's disease, "the placebo effect is real, it's huge, and it's got a physiological basis," Stoessl told the journal "Nature." Natural painkillers and dopamine activation in the brain explain many placebo responses, but not all. There is a third way to invoke a placebo response, and it has to do with some famous dogs. About a century ago, Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov rang a bell over and over when giving his dogs food. Eventually, he rang the bell but did not feed them; the dogs salivated anyway. Might an association be formed between a signal and pain? In one experiment demonstrating this phenomenon, scientists showed 40 volunteers two male faces on a computer screen. When the volunteers looked at one face, they got a mild burn on their forearm; when they looked at the other, they got a more painful burn. The volunteers became as conditioned as Pavlov's dogs. In the next round when they saw the high-pain face and felt a burn, they rated it as more painful than when they saw the low-pain face and felt a burn -- even though the applied heat was identical the second time around. The perception of pain, says Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School, who helped lead the 2012 study, depends on "what the nonconscious mind anticipates despite any conscious thoughts." For all the progress scientists have made in understanding the placebo response, mysteries remain. No one knows whether certain personality types, ages, genders, or nationalities are more susceptible to the placebo response though Beauregard notes that placebos don't work as well in skeptical people as they do in trusting souls. Today, more and more doctors are applying the placebo effect by recommending relaxation therapy, meditation, and other mind-based practices. Some of the benefit from seeing a doctor and receiving a treatment comes from our belief in that doctor and our expectation that the treatment will work. Will we have the same expectations of an online visit, explaining our symptoms impersonally over the Internet? If caring from a human being -- remember mom making the skinned knee feel better -- triggers the placebo effect, can a computer? "The healer is a crucial component of the placebo response," says Beauregard. "It would be a shame if we lost that" as technology advances. (Sharon Begley is health and science writer for Reuters. This story first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com.)
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I've been processing with a couple close friends what I have written about in the last couple posts. As I drove away from a time with one of them, I felt God whisper something new to me. I heard Him say: "Misha, you have learned how to choose joy - and that is good. You look for beauty, you focus on it and that has been right. But now I want you to anticipate goodness. My goodness. I want you to live life anticipating My goodness."
Instead it forces me to live from my heart.
And not to protect it.
I've also been thinking about how anticipation is a lot like the role of an orchestra conductor. He, or she, is always listening for beauty. She can't see it until it is already happening, and even then she goes by ear. She hears the perfect pitch, she recognizes the familiar tune or instrument and points to it. She acknowledges and pulls it forward so that it is amplified and suddenly the whole audience can hear and appreciate it.
That is the definition, I think, of our call, our invitation: To anticipate the beauty of God and acknowledge it when we recognize it. And then to experience it, enjoy it and appreciate it with others.
I appreciate your patience with my writing on this site. I have wriggled around a lot this year trying to find a voice and a balance that has been difficult for me. But as I look forward, and like all the rest of us I can't see anything but days on a calendar page, I am choosing anticipation.
I will be venturing out in some uncharted territory of writing for me - I am going to write about the thing closest to my heart and passion: the connection between our bodies, hearts and spirits.
I hope you'll join me.


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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Tight ends are no longer an afterthought in Denver's passing game.
In 2009, they had all of 27 catches.
Last year, that number was just 30 - not a single one of them in the end zone - as they were basically used as big bruising blockers in Tim Tebow's read-option offense.
Enter Peyton Manning and exit the notion of such paltry production from the Broncos tight ends, who are oftentimes more of a slot receiver than a run-blocker in the four-time MVP's world.
``Last year we had to de-emphasize the tight end's role in the offense because of the style that we had to evolve to. And we were running the ball a heck of a lot more, so we spent the bulk of our time doing that,'' tight ends coach Tony Barone said. ``The focus this year shifted back to getting the tight ends more involved and being more of a focal point in the passing game.''
Fellow free agents Jacob Tamme and Joel Dreessen lead a new group of Broncos tight ends that has collected 70 catches for 657 yards and six touchdowns so far.
That's the kind of production Barone was accustomed to seeing in a full season from two Pro Bowlers - Atlanta's Alge Crumpler and San Diego's Antonio Gates - that he tutored before coming to Denver.
``This collection's already surpassed that after 11 weeks,'' Barone said. ``And so I think that speaks volumes to their talents and Peyton's being able to spread the ball around.''
Tamme and Dreessen signed with the Broncos after Manning picked Denver for his comeback, and they're a big part of Manning's re-emergence. With Tamme and Dreessen, offensive coordinator Mike McCoy has two transposable tight ends to move around inside and out to create mismatches.
``It's a credit to them because they can run some of those same types of option routes or whatever with good speed and good hands,'' Manning said. ``Those guys have made a lot of plays for us this year.''
After signing Manning, front office boss John Elway went looking for the tight ends to provide the Broncos with the kind of flexibility and production Manning enjoyed in Indianapolis, where he worked with the likes of Dallas Clark, Ken Dilger, Marcus Pollard, Bryan Fletcher and, oh yes, Tamme.
They targeted Dreessen, a seventh-year pro who had all the ingredients and who really hit his stride over the last two seasons in Houston, ranking second in the NFL in percentage (15.6) of catches resulting in touchdowns - 10 of 64.
``Joel was a guy that went to Colorado State, was from the area, was a free agent, was available, we liked him, he had the opportunity to be the No. 1 tight end here, been with a winning organization,'' coach John Fox said, rattling off the attributes.
To really capitalize on Dreessen's skills, the Broncos needed another equally adept and experienced tight end to produce now and also bring along raw second-year hoopsters-turned-tight ends Virgil Green and Julius Thomas. And they needed one with the smarts and flexibility to line up on either side of the line, out wide or in tight, because in the no-huddle or hurry-up offense teams don't have the luxury of swapping tight ends during the drive.
Tamme was their guy. He could be Dreessen's twin. Same size, same build, same skills, same speed, same hands.
A fifth-year pro, Tamme had one thing Dreessen didn't: experience catching passes from Manning. He played his first four seasons in Indianapolis, where he converted to tight end after playing wide receiver at Kentucky, and he collected 67 catches for 631 yards and four TDs in 2010, the last season Manning played for the Colts.
The Broncos considered themselves lucky to land him.
``Jacob was a guy that happened to be available, a guy Peyton had a great comfort zone with,'' Fox said.
Both signed on March 29, eight days after Manning's arrival.
``Not that Joel and Jacob have 8,000 years in the league, but they have had experience in a similar offense that we were building,'' Fox said.
They've provided both the progress and production the Broncos needed from their tight ends this year.
``When I came in for a visit and sat down and talked with everybody, it felt like the right place,'' Tamme said. ``It felt like a place where we had a chance to do something big, and we do.''
Dreessen said he wanted to be more of a factor, regardless of stats. He didn't mind sharing the spotlight with Tamme, either.
``I've seen it best when it's kind of tight end by committee,'' Dreessen said. ``You stay fresher, you're more effective for the plays you are in there for. Coming here, I knew it was going to take both of us to get the job done and be special.''
Tamme loved the idea of teaming up with Dreessen to create one of the NFL's best tight end duos.
``I'm not really a guy that's been concerned about getting X amount of catches,'' Tamme said. ``Maybe we give up a little bit as individuals, but if you put the numbers together, it's great. I think it's good for our team and it's definitely been good for both of us, maybe not in the way of getting the best statistics that you could ever have, but in the end that's not what it's about.''
Notes: DE Robert Ayers missed practice all week following the unexpected death of his father last weekend and he's questionable Sunday when the Broncos (8-3) host Tampa Bay (6-5). ... Manning's former tight end target, Clark, has 31 catches for 320 yards and three TDs for the Buccaneers this season. ... After Friday's practice, Manning met his namesake, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Littleton who's the captain of his hockey team. The QB signed a football for him that read: ``To Peyton, great name. All my best, your friend, Peyton Manning, 18.'' ... The Broncos hosted the St Kilda Saints of the Australian Football League at practice. The St Kilda Football Club is doing high altitude training at the University of Colorado in preparation for the 2013 season.
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HELIOS Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken, Wiesbaden
ESMO Designated Centre of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care
|Contact person
|Dr Daniel Stanze
Ludwig Erhard Straße 100
65199 Wiesbaden
|Tel: +49 611 439941 - daniel(dot)stanze(at)helios-gesundheit(dot)de
|Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden
The centre "Abteilung Palliativmedizin der HSK" (the Department of Palliative Medicine HSK) was founded in 2005 as specialist palliative care service within the setting of the HELIOS Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken, the major acute care hospital in Wiesbaden. The Department of Palliative Medicine is part of the Centre for Haematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care. The 10 bed inpatient unit opened in January 2006 and ambulant support services started in July 2006.
The multi-professional team of the department consists of palliative care physicians and nurses, a physiotherapist, a psychologist, a case manager, a chaplain and administrative support.
All members participate in continuous education in palliative care and many of them are active members of the German Society of Palliative Medicine (DGP).
The department hosted the 2007 Congress of the DGP in Wiesbaden.
The centre offers consultancy service to all patients within the hospital including a 24 hour on-call availability of palliative care specialists. Within the oncology day clinic a symptom control clinic is held regularly. The palliative care ward offers specialised, inpatient palliative care for up to 10 patients. An outpatient service offers 24/7 care in the outpatient setting in close cooperation with general practitioners, community nursing services and hospice services.
Quality assurance programmes are in place and participation in clinical trials and other palliative care research is carried out by members of the department.
Members of the department are actively involved in palliative care training of professionals.
Ongoing follow up of bereaved relatives and friends is provided.


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Outside the Lines Preview
Sept. 20, 2008
NORTHRIDGE, Calif -
Lymon Bostock, former Matador Baseball player and centerfielder for both the Minnesota Twins and California Angels, will be featured in the main segment of this week's edition of ESPN's television show Outside the Lines.
The episode will air on ESPN on Sunday, September 21st at 6:00 am PT, and re-broadcasted on ESPN News at 9:00 am PT.
Bostock played two seasons for the Matadors before being drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Known for his defensive prowess in centerfield, he fininshed fourth in the American League batting race in 1976 behind eventual batting champion George Brett, and finished in second place in the race for the same title one year later behind teammate Rod Carew. Both accomplishments took place in the first two full seasons played at the major league level.
Bostock was eventually signed by the California Angels (now known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) in 1978 before he was tragically killed by a deranged gunman later on that season.
Click on the link above to see a preview of this weekend's episode, and tune in to ESPN or ESPN News this Sunday to watch the entire story of an athlete whose equally known for his accomplishments on the field, and charitable actions off the diamond.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Ryan Blumenthal (Kennesaw, Ga.) of the Georgia College men's basketball team notched his first Bobcat Athlete of The Week honor with his impressive 19.7 points per game to kick off the 2013-14 season for the Bobcats.
The sophomore shooting guard began the season with 18 points in the home opener against Clark Atlanta University, hitting 10 of 11 free throws on the night. Blumenthal continued his hot hand into the weekend, playing in the Paine College Classic. Friday, Nov. 15 the sophomore gave 20 points for the Bobcats against Albany State University, knocking 4 of his 5 attempts at the charity stripe. The next night Blumenthal hit five three-pointers on his way to a 21-point game, in a winning effort against Paine.
The Bobcats' shooting guard ranks seventh in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) in threes made with seven and eighth in minutes played per game with 34.3. Blumenthal has a 42.2 field goal percentage along with a 35 three-point percentage.
The Georgia College men's basketball team will be back in action Monday, Dec. 2 at Francis Marion University and their next home contest will be Monday, Dec. 16 against Anderson University.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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The Mission Statement of the Iron Hill Museum is:
"The Iron Hill Museum is the primary resource for the study of human/natural history of the Iron Hill Area. Its programs, collections and library interpret the relationships between the people and the land. Our vision is to be one of the State's foremost history and science museums, telling the story of the people, places and events of the Iron Hill region and the Pencader Heritage Area."


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I don't know if any Asterix movies are ever shown in theatres in the US. However, there will be a new Asterix movie this year, and surprise surprise, it will be "Asterix and the Vikings". Here you can see a trailer (Real Player):
The language is French, sorry, "Freedom".
Additionally I learned the directors of this movie are Stefan Fjeldmark and Jesper Møller. I don't know these guys but their names are undoubtedly Danish. So I wonder if it is pure chance that LEGO is coming up with an own Viking line THIS year?


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The Baseball Writers of America have declined to elect anyone to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. It's only the second time in four decades that this has occurred.
As expected, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, the two biggest stars eligible this year, were passed over because of the taint of steroids. But there were at least two other players who, in my view, had strong Hall of Fame credentials — Mike Piazza and Craig Biggio.
Piazza has been suspected by some of using steroids, but as far as I know, there is no evidence that he used them. It seems unfair to exclude Piazza based on mere suspicion. This one of the the awful consequences of the steroid era.
I've never heard it suggested that Biggio used steroids. His non-selection may have resulted in part from a reluctance, perhaps unconscious, to vote for him while not voting for players who performed much better. That too would be unfair.
There will be three new Hall of Fame inductees, however. Old-timers Jacob Ruppert (who owned the New York Yankees and purchased Babe Ruth), umpire Hank O'Day, and barehanded catcher Deacon White were selected by a special committee. Unfortunately, all three have been dead for the better part of a century. White was born before the Civil War, O'Day during it, and Ruppert just after it ended.
The induction ceremony this summer will have very little resonance except with the descendants of Ruppert, O'Day, and White. The Hall of Fame is losing relevance fairly rapidly.


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LAS VEGAS — Phoenix Suns forward Marcus Morris already has a comfortable rapport with new coach Jeff Hornacek.
"I call him Big H," Morris said. "I enjoy playing for Big H."
And Morris is already allowing the rookie coach to coach him up. Coming off a 3-for-9 shooting performance, including 1-for-3 from beyond the arc in Thursday's game, Morris' errant shots continued into the team's Friday practice. Hornacek called him over.
"He's a shooter and he's definitely been helping me with my shot," Morris said. "Just this past workout, all my shots were short. He sent me through a little workout, a mini-workout to get my shots up, and I come out and make three 3s."
Morris, the twin brother of teammate Markieff Morris, went 3-for-4 from beyond the arc in Saturday's championship bracket quarterfinal victory over the Raptors. He put up a twin shooting line as his brother — 8-for-11 — and added six rebounds — three on the offensive glass — three assists and a blocked shot. And he did it in 18:31 of playing time.
If the Suns are selling hope this season as they continue a total rebuild with Hornacek in charge, the Summer League team is doing a pretty good job. Saturday's 103-98 win moved them to 5-0 and into Sunday's semifinal round against the Miami Heat.
Non-rookie of the day: While Marcus and Markieff (16 points, five rebounds) had big days in the win over Toronto, the Warriors' Kent Bazemore, who is a leading candidate to be the Summer League MVP, played the point throughout the fourth quarter, took over for 10 of his 26 points and led Golden State to its fifth straight summer victory (12th overall) over the Lakers. Bazemore, 9-for-20 from the field, acknowledged that his seven turnovers are an eyesore, but he got to the free throw line nine times and carried the team down the stretch for the big win.
Other notables: The Raptors' Quincy Acy finished with 28 points on 9-for-15 shooting, two assists and a blocked shot. The powerful forward out of Baylor is trying to prove he's more than a dunk machine, although he did have a monster throw down late in the game.The Heat's Jarvis Varnado, a 6-foot-9, 230-pound forward, came up with 13 points and 12 rebounds, plus two steals in Miami's win over Cleveland to get into the semifinals. He was 4-for-7 from the floor and 5-for-6 at the free-throw line. Cleveland's Justin Harper (21 points, five rebounds) and Cory Higgins (17 points, four rebounds off the bench) were also standouts. Toronto's Dionte Christmas had 15 points (6-for-11 FGs) and five rebounds.
Rookie of the day: Suns guard Archie Goodwin out of Kentucky put up a tremendous line with 20 points on 5-for-5 shooting overall, 2-for-2 from beyond the arc and 8-for-10 from the free-throw line.
Other notables: Former Marquette guard Dwight Buycks made a strong case to be the rookie of the day with 28 points on 11-for-20 shooting, plus four rebounds and four assists. He also contributed a pair of assists and two blocked shots. Charlotte point guard Abdul Gaddy out of Washington scored 17 points on 6-for-7 shooting and 5-for-5 from the free throw line in 19:28.
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Early Years
Powhatan was born Wahunsonacock and came to power in the town of Powhatan, a settlement located on the north bank of the James River just below the falls at modern-day Richmond. When John Smith met him face to face in 1607, the chief went by the name of Powhatan, after his hometown, even though he by then had been living at his new capital of Werowocomoco. Smith guessed him to be about sixty years old, which suggests an approximate birth date of 1550.
Nothing specific is known of Powhatan's early life. Among the Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians, succession to the status of chief, or weroance, was matrilineal, meaning that Wahunsonacock must have been the son of a sister of a Powhatan weroance, taking his place as chief on the death of his uncle. Despite his status, Wahunsonacock's childhood likely was no different from other boys; until he was about five, he went to the gardens, marshes, and forests with his mother, probably practicing archery, with her encouragement, on any creature that moved there. As an adolescent, having proved himself a proficient hunter, he endured the huskanaw ritual initiating him into manhood, after which he returned to his family and joined the ranks of the tribe's warriors and hunters. His status as an heir to the rank of chief probably made him a cockarouse, or member of his uncle's council.
Paramount Chief
In 1608, Powhatan ambushed the Piankatank Indians for reasons unknown to the English, who found it unnerving. They learned of the attack when visiting Powhatan at Werowocomoco, where they saw the hanging scalps of Piankatank men. The English also were told and reported that Powhatan's men had previously destroyed the Chesapeake at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and replaced the Kecoughtan Indians with loyalists on the north side of the James. Because of Powhatan's violence, some anthropologists have argued that the Powhatan paramount chiefdom is better understood as an empire. It is clear, however, that Powhatan did not possess the absolute power of an emperor, and he controlled no standing army. Instead, he looked for other ways to maintain control. Historians have noted that Powhatan moved populations—placing the remnants of the Kecoughtan Indians in Piankatank territory, for instance—and installed sympathetic chiefs. The weroance of the largest of the core groups, the Pamunkey, was Powhatan's own brother, Opechancanough. Powhatan, as paramount chief, also may have married the sisters of several of his subchiefs, making them his brothers-in-law and his sons the heirs to their chiefdoms.
Powhatan marshaled impressive resources, but they were limited by the energies of himself, his family, and his people. A good deal of his wealth came from tribute—he was offered annually as much as 80 percent of what his people produced, although he did not accept all of it; in the meantime, he and his family gardened, hunted, and made necessities like any other Powhatan family. Still, in many respects his was a life apart. He had a house in Werowocomoco and in each of his subject territories, visiting his residences from time to time in a kind of royal progression. His bodyguard, fifty of Tsenacomoco's tallest men, traveled with him. So did a dozen or so of his numerous wives. Wherever he slept, four men stood guard on each side of the house and called to each other at intervals throughout the night; failure to respond resulted in a severe beating. At all times Powhatan's subjects made sure to reserve the best of their food or other products for his consideration.
As paramount chief, Powhatan took the title of mamanatowick, a word that means "powerful spirits" or "powerful shaman" and suggests that his importance was more than just political or military. Archaeological excavations at Werowocomoco have uncovered an area of the capital, set apart by a double ditch, that contained a very large house, likely the dwelling of a chief. Such an area was, apparently, unique among Tidewater Indian towns. John Smith wrote that Powhatan's house had carved animal-like images at each corner, further suggesting his priestly status, although he stored most of his wealth at temples such as Uttamussak, a site a few miles to the west in Pamunkey territory.
Arrival of the English
The Jamestown colonists dropped anchor in the Chesapeake Bay on April 26, 1607, and after a brief skirmish with local Indians, began to explore the James River. They met various weroances who identified themselves as subjects of Powhatan and who undoubtedly sent the paramount chief reports of these visits. By June 25, Powhatan had sent an ambassador to Edward Maria Wingfield, the colony's president, promising peaceful relations and inviting the Englishmen to plant gardens. By September the colonists' stores of food were exhausted and they survived only on gifts of food from Powhatan's subchiefs, including Opechancanough.
In December, John Smith was captured by Indians while exploring the upper reaches of the Chickahominy River. That Opechancanough was captain of the raiding party suggests that the Indians were on more than a routine operation and that Powhatan may have ordered Smith's capture. In any event, after nearly a month, Smith was brought before the paramount chief at Werowocomoco. He described Powhatan as "a tall well proportioned man, with a sour look, his head somewhat gray, his beard so thin that it seems none at all, his age near 60; of a very able and hardy body to endure any labour." In another account, he wrote of Wahunsonacock as this proud savage, having his finest women, and the principal of his chiefe men assembled, sat in ranks … himself as upon a Throne at the upper end of the house, with such a Majesty as I cannot express, nor yet have often seen, either in Pagan or Christian; with a kind countenance he bade me welcome, and caused a place to be made by himself to sit.
And again: Sitting upon his bed of mats, his pillow of leather embroidered … with pearls and white beads, his attire a faire Robe of skins as large as an Irish mantle, at his head and feet a handsome young woman; … Powhatan carried himself so proudly, yet discreetly (in his Savage manner) as made us all admire his natural gifts considering his education.
Powhatan calculated that moving Smith and his men to Capahosic would keep them nearby and better under his control. It would also please the Paspahegh Indians' weroance, one of Powhatan's strongest warriors, who was upset to have the colonists in his territory. Powhatan also hoped the English could supply his people with copper and weapons. However, once Smith understood the proposal, he refused, citing his allegiance to James I.
In February 1608, Smith and Captain Christopher Newport visited Werowocomoco. Despite initial problems crossing a bridge into the capital, they counted the meeting as a political success. Powhatan fed them and their party lavishly, and Newport presented the mamanatowick with a suit of clothing, a hat, and a greyhound. Newport, the Virginia Company of London's direct representative in America, treated Powhatan as an equal, even as a superior, while Smith persisted in viewing the paramount chief as a trickster and, ultimately, a subject of the English Crown. He repeatedly urged Newport not to trust him, advice that Newport ignored.
Crowning of Powhatan
Relations between the Jamestown settlers and Powhatan quickly soured, with colonists reneging on their promises of metal tools for foods already sent, and the Indians acquiring them by way of theft. (Powhatan custom demanded gifts be rewarded with gifts.) That summer, the English explored the Chesapeake Bay without Powhatan's permission, making matters worse. In September 1608, after a trip back to England, Newport returned to Virginia with a plan to improve relations: the English would bestow on Powhatan various gifts—a scarlet cloak and unspecified "other apparel," a bedstead and other furniture, and a ewer and basin for washing—and formally present him with a decorated crown. Newport dispatched Smith to Werowocomoco to invite Powhatan to Jamestown, but the chief refused to go, telling Smith: If your king have sent me presents, I also am a king, and this my land, 8 days I will stay [at Werowocomoco] to receive them. Your father [Newport] is to come to me, not I to him, nor yet to your fort, neither will I bite at such a bait [fearing capture if he came to Jamestown].
In the end, the English gestures of alliance and goodwill failed. To the English, Powhatan was a subject who refused to behave as such. To Powhatan, John Smith was a weroance acting like a mamanatowick, roaming beyond the area granted him by Powhatan and demanding food and labor. Powhatan responded by ordering his people to refuse to trade with Smith or his agents, and to attack the English when and where they could. The English regarded this as treachery and reacted accordingly.
In December 1608, Smith received from Powhatan the offer of a shipload of corn in exchange for a grindstone, some guns and swords, a cock and hen, copper and beads, and men to build Powhatan an English-style house. Smith sent three Germans to begin work on the house and, in January 1609, traveled to Werowocomoco himself. This meeting with Powhatan was tense from the beginning. Against Indian custom, Smith refused to disarm himself in the chief's presence and the two men traded accusations about the events of the last year. As it happened, Smith was right to be wary: Powhatan excused himself from the meeting, a sign for his own men to kill Smith. They failed. That night, the chief presented Smith with a bracelet and pearl necklace, gifts intended to remind him of his obligations as a weroance. Smith, however, saw them as a bid to mollify him, and relations only worsened.
In November 1609, Powhatan invited a party of about thirty colonists, led by John Ratcliffe, to Orapax on the promise of a store of corn. The English were ambushed and killed; Ratcliffe himself was tortured to death. Powhatan's men, on the paramount chief's orders, took every opportunity to kill English stragglers and to steal what they could from the fort. As a result, the number of colonists decreased while Powhatan's store of copper, weapons, and English-made tools increased. In addition, he offered asylum to any English colonist who deserted Jamestown, and quite a number did so. The Indians had more food and cleaner water, and Powhatan's rule was less harsh. During the winter of 1609–1610, the English struggled to survive what came to be known as the Starving Time. The following summer, however, brought harder-nosed governors, better-supplied colonists, and more war; the English even began killing Indian women and children. English interests had reached their nadir during the Starving Time and were now, and forever more, on the rise.
Capture and Marriage of Pocahontas
Powhatan conveyed his attitude about the marriage to the one English visitor he allowed into his presence after this time, Ralph Hamor, who was then secretary to the colony. In 1615 Hamor traveled to Matchcot in an attempt to arrange a marriage between a younger sister of Pocahontas and Deputy Governor Dale. Powhatan made it plain that he considered the governor rapacious. Apart from the fact that his daughter was already married to a neighboring weroance, he told Hamor that no reasonable person would ask a chief such as himself for two of his daughters at once. A single marriage between them was a sufficient guarantee of alliance.
Later Years
After Pocahontas's marriage and the end of hostilities, Powhatan became less of a presence in the colonists' reports to London and, presumably, in their lives as well. They described him making a progress through Tsenacomoco as usual, hearing of the death of his daughter and expressing his grief, and, later, visiting up on the Potomac River, having left Opechancanough in charge of the allied groups. His death was reported to the colonists in April 1618. If his funeral followed custom, then his body was flayed, his flesh removed from the bones and dried, his skeleton rearticulated and his abdomen filled with valuables, and the whole covered with the preserved skin to achieve a semblance of the living form. The mummy was wrapped in white buckskin and placed in a quiocosin, or sacred building for ceremonial use, where it was watched over by his shamans.
Powhatan was succeeded first by his next-youngest brother, Opitchapam, who proved ineffectual, and then by Opechancanough, the last great Powhatan leader. Like his brother, Opechancanough had not been a great admirer of the English, and against the tide of greater English numbers, he planned the attack that started the Second Anglo-Powhatan War in 1622. The motivations behind the attack have been debated. While colonists saw the Indians as merely ungrateful and most modern historians have rightly argued that they were rebelling against oppression, there also may have been religious factors at work. Contemporary reports by the Virginia Company note that the attack, as originally planned, coincided with the redisposition of Powhatan's bones, suggesting that Opechancanough's assault was a part of the final mortuary celebration. In other words, in addition to its more immediate goals, the maneuver may have been a tribute of sorts to Powhatan's power—military, political, and spiritual.
Time Line
April 26, 1607 - Jamestown colonists first drop anchor in the Chesapeake Bay, and after a brief skirmish with local Indians, begin to explore the James River.
June 25, 1607 - By this date, Powhatan, the paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, sends an ambassador to Edward Maria Wingfield, president of the Jamestown colony, promising peaceful relations and inviting the Englishmen to plant gardens.
September 1607 - By this month, the Jamestown colonists, who landed in April, have exhausted their stores of food and survive only on gifts of food from Powhatan's subchiefs, including Opechancanough.
December 1607 - Late in the month, John Smith is brought before Powhatan, the paramount chief of Tsenacomoco. He later tells of his life being saved by Pocahontas; in fact, Powhatan likely puts Smith through a mock execution in order to adopt him as a weroance, or chief.
December 1607 - While exploring the upper reaches of the Chickahominy River, John Smith is captured by a communal hunting party under the leadership of Opechancanough.
1608 - Powhatan, the paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, ambushes the Piankatank Indians for reasons unknown to the English, who find it unnerving. They learn of the attack while visiting Powhatan at Werowocomoco, where they see the hanging scalps of Piankatank men.
February 1608 - Christopher Newport and John Smith visit Powhatan, the paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, at his capital, Werowocomoco. Powhatan feeds them and their party lavishly, and Newport presents the chief with a suit of clothing, a hat, and a greyhound. The English continue upriver to visit Opechancanough at the latter's request.
June–September 1608 - John Smith explores the Chesapeake Bay without Powhatan's permission.
September 1608 - Christopher Newport returns from England with a plan to improve relations with Virginia Indians by bestowing on Powhatan various gifts and formally presenting him with a decorated crown. The subsequent crowning is made awkward by Powhatan's refusal to kneel, and relations sour.
January 1609 - John Smith meets with Powhatan, the paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, at his capital, Werowocomoco. Against Indian custom, Smith refuses to disarm in Powhatan's presence, and the chief attempts, but fails, to have Smith killed.
Summer 1609 - John Smith unsuccessfully attempts to purchase from Powhatan, the paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, the fortified town of Powhatan in order to settle English colonists there.
October 1609 - John Smith leaves Virginia. The Jamestown colony's new leadership is less competent, and the Starving Time follows that winter.
November 1609 - Powhatan invites a party of about thirty colonists, led by John Ratcliffe, to Orapax on the promise of a store of corn. The English are ambushed and killed; Ratcliffe himself is tortured to death.
April 1613 - Powhatan's favorite daughter, Pocahontas, is captured and held hostage by the English, bringing a truce in the First Anglo-Powhatan War. The fight goes out of Powhatan, and during his apathy over the next year, his daughter is converted by the English.
April 5, 1614 - On or about this day, Pocahontas and John Rolfe marry in a ceremony assented to by Sir Thomas Dale and Powhatan, who sends one of her uncles to witness the ceremony. Powhatan also rescinds a standing order to attack the English wherever and whenever possible, ending the First Anglo-Powhatan War.
1615 - Ralph Hamor meets Powhatan at his residence in Matchcot in an attempt to arrange a marriage between a younger sister of Pocahontas and Deputy Governor Sir Thomas Dale. Powhatan expresses contempt for Dale and says a single marriage between his people and the English is sufficient guarantee of alliance.
April 1618 - The death of Powhatan, paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, is reported to the English colonists.
March 22, 1622 - Indians under Opechancanough unleash a series of attacks that start the Second Anglo-Powhatan War. The assault was originally planned for the fall of 1621, to coincide with the redisposition of Powhatan's bones, suggesting that the attack was to be part of the final mortuary celebration for the former chief.
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Huber, M. W. Powhatan (d. 1618). (2015, November 30). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Powhatan_d_1618.
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Huber, Margaret Williamson. "Powhatan (d. 1618)." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 30 Nov. 2015. Web. READ_DATE.
First published: April 5, 2011 | Last modified: November 30, 2015
Contributed by Margaret Williamson Huber, professor emerita in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Mary Washington, and author of Powhatan Lords of Life and Death (2003).


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To start, a couple from John Hawks. First, there's this post on a paper by Daniel Oppenheimer from Applied Cognitive Psychology titled "Consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity: problems with using long words needlessly."
Then there's this post discussing a paper on the distinction between short-term and long-term memory, and the distinction between memory for features (objects and attributes, in my language) and memory for relations between features. Omni Brain also posted on the paper, here (with a link to a pdf of the paper, too). Here's a bit from the press release:
For over 40 years, the chief paradigm has been that the hippocampus was important for creating long-term memory but not short-term or working memory," said Ingrid Olson, a member of Penn's Department of Psychology and researcher at Penn's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. "However, our data show that one type of working memory, working memory for the relationship between bits of information, is dependent on the hippocampus.Which leads Olson to claim:
While 'long-term' memory and 'short-term' memory have been useful distinctions for us, they may not exist in the same way for the brain.I'll have more to say about this article in a full post, but for now let me say this: the reason I think this finding is so interesting is not that it undermines the short-term/working memory vs. long-term memory distinction, because I don't think it does. Instead, I think it's interesting because it actually confirms some things that some people have been saying about working memory for a while, now, namely that relations are processed differently, that relations take up more processing capacity, etc.
Next up, a great post at Cognitive Daily on research purporting to show that sex and violence don't sell.
Then this post at Neurocritic (a great blog, by the way!) on neurogenesis and depression is a must read. The connection between neurogenesis and depression has been all the rage for the last few years, and the Neurocritic does a nice job of summarizing what we actually know. He concludes:
SUMMARY FROM THE NEUROCRITIC: Although it's all very trendy to consider neurogenesis as "The Reinvention of the Self" (see article in SEED), at this stage of the game, it's all very hyberbolic.
Finally, this post by Adam Roberts at The Valve titled "Why are the greatest composers all German?" While Roberts claims:
I've also little time for the Dawkins school of 'memes', ideas, concepts and beliefs that 'infect' human minds, such that 'religion' is thought of existing in a quasi-living manner like a virus, and subject to Darwinian constraints. I don't think I'm talking about memes.Anytime someone writes something like this:
Think instead of texts as animals, he says, living in an environment of readers, viewers and listeners. These texts compete with one another not for food and sexual partners, but for our attention. In this environment, the most successful pieces of music (for example) will win many listeners, and those listeners will 'keep the music alive' by playing it, buying copies of it, re-recording and replicating it. It is as simple as that. Mozart's music has prospered because it is best 'fitted' to its particular environment (us, or more specifically our taste in music). Salieri's music failed because it was less well fitted. It is not that Salieri's music is in any sense intrinsically 'worse' than Mozart's, any more than a dodo was intrinsically worse than a seagull. It is simply that one was adapted to its environment better than the other.I can't help but feel they're talking like a memeticist. In fact, because he doesn't really mention an analogy to genes, it sounds an awful lot like the "meme as virus" metaphor that he explicitly rejects. And it suffers from many of the problems that plague memetics. As such, it's a nice lead up to my post on memes (which, to those of you who requested it, is coming... I promise).


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By Jeff Case
We brought the sideline dancing/antics/gesticulations of Lakers rookie Robert Sacre to your attention earlier this week. Now, in light of referee Joey Crawford's animated call of a blocking foul on the Lakers' Chris Duhon, another entrepreneurial-minded NBA fan has made up a dance video of Crawford and Duhon (stay with us on this one).
In last season's playoffs, Duhon (then a member of the Magic) gained web-wide notoriety for his animated celebration of a late traveling call against Danny Granger that gave Orlando a 1-0 series lead. Although the Magic would eventually lose the series in five games (and Duhon would be shipped to the Lakers as part of the Dwight Howard mega-deal), a piece of NBA-related internet lore was born. Heck, since landing in L.A., Duhon has even explained what inspired his "travel dance".
Back to last night's Pacers-Lakers game and the similarities are striking. Close game? Check. Is the reigning dance champ involved? Check. Call that could swing the game either way? Check. Animated and memorable call of the foul (this time actually by an NBA official)? Check. Bonus: the Pacers were involved again!
All that said, the above-shown dance-off set to Soulja Boy's "Crank That" (which Duhon dances to) vs. Psy's "Gangnam Style" made us chuckle. Hope it does the same for you.
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NStar's top five executives, including former chief Thomas J. May, earned a total of nearly $15 million in 2012 — about $4 million less than in 2011, despite helping to engineer a merger with Northeast Utilities of Hartford.
The figures include three months of pay for each executive that NStar had not disclosed to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, citing a technicality that allowed the Boston firm to stop reporting financial information once it became part of Northeast Utilities last April. The combined company released the missing compensation details this week, as part of its response to a request from Attorney General Martha Coakley, the state's ratepayer advocate.
Coakley last month asked for a breakdown of the company's executive pay to ensure that no merger-related costs are charged back to ratepayers, which was a condition of the merger approval. Utility customers normally foot the bill for at least a portion of what executives earn.
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The same executives — May; chief financial officer James J. Judge; senior vice president of strategy, law, and policy Douglas S. Horan; electric distribution president Werner J. Schweiger; and Joseph R. Nolan, senior vice president of corporate relations — earned nearly $19 million combined in 2011.
In a statement, Northeast Utilities said the decrease in compensation can be attributed to a change in the estimated present value of pension payments that executives will receive at a later date — a number that fluctuates based on interest rates and market conditions.
For instance, the value of May's pension and deferred compensation decreased $1.2 million from 2011 to 2012.
Horan, who was terminated as the merged company eliminated duplicate positions, also accounts for much of the drop, earning nearly $885,000 in 2012 compared with his 2011 compensation of $2.7 million. He did, however, receive a severance payment worth $5.3 million that was not included in the summary of his 2012 compensation. That payment was disclosed elsewhere in the letter to Coakley.
As for the other executives, in total, May's 2012 compensation amounted to nearly $8 million, compared with $9.2 million the year before. Judge earned $3.1 million in 2012, but $3.3 million in 2011; Schweiger earned $1.7 million in 2012, but about $2.4 million in 2011; and Nolan earned $1.1 million in 2012, but $1.5 million in 2011.
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We received a terms sheet from them on favorable terms causing us to terminate advanced negotiations with other VCs. Several weeks later they had still not started due diligence. Finally I chased and they bombed out. We found another VC and survived but my perspective was this was a speculative terms sheet. We had some internal issues with an Irishman we didn't know about and not sure if that was anything to do with it but anyway, watch out!PRIVATE: Members Only


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Welcome back everybody; I hope your semesters are off to a great start! First off I would like to let everybody know who the new officers are for PHD Club.
Kaitlyn/Kate Florer – President
Emma Bretl – Vice President
Craig Van Pay – Vice President/Treasurer
Areanna Lakowske – Secretary
Taylor Saari – Officer of Communications
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October 5th @ 6:00 pm in MAC 210: Kris Ball will provide a NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) "In Our Own Voice" presentation on the challenge of living with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and addiction.
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Moderator: Otto Vondrak
The Man wrote:We really wanted the two running together and I feel the person we delt with did as well. All we asked was to sit down and iron it out and come to a compromise but the reply from the railroad did not have room for negotiation and we really hated to see that since we have always wanted to see back to back NYC RS-3's on the Adirondack. The story on both sides has a lot more to it than everyone knows and I'm sure nobody is clean in the deal but we didn't ask for much. Only what was owed to us. The Adirondack has already cost us two of our former locomotives and this one is the one we refuse to give up on. They tried to get us to sell it and we have said no way for a long time and stand firm in that position. At this point they don't want to work with us so we are forced to take another route. We have been approached by the trail advocates to get a larger platform to get the railroad a bad wrap and we refused to damage the corridor. I have said this before and I'll say it once again, keep the line but dump ARPS! They are doing more harm than good. I remember a time when it was about the railroad and now it's about egos and self interest.
The Man wrote:I appreciate your position only to an extent Noel, I feel that people should be warned about how Adirondack does things. Let's face it, they are in NO WAY well run and the comments on this site only go to prove that. I agree that it's a wonderful piece of railroad that needs to be preserved and run. I do not agree on the power issue as a locomotive is only as good as the railroad and the employees. You could have a SD-70ace that has been poorly maintained VS a well maintained Baldwin and it will complete it's tasks before the flying squad even gets to the broke down 70. In this particular case, many people are donating and volunteering for an operation that has deceived not only them but the public as well. Yes I'm a squeaky wheel but I would rather say something rather than let others get duped by these clowns. After all, would you rent something and be ok with not getting paid, treated poorly, sent nasty emails while going through a life threatening disease? Yes, that's right! While I was doing chemotherapy one of the directors actually sent me demanding emails to sell the engine that almost got him arrested! That's the kind of folks they are. I was so bothered by his actions I don't even want him to touch the engine ever again. I'm fighting for my life and he seemed to think I was remotely worried about the prospect of him running and or them owning a locomotive? Not one bit! So yes Noel, I am warning anyone I can about the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society and how they act. Not only do they have absolutely no respect for anyone or anything but they want the public, it's volunteers and employees to think that we did it all. Well Noel I'm sure you might be happy to forfeit your profits but I'm not so I'll make you a deal, you send me the payments and I'll keep my mouth shut for you. I really don't care who pays me so long as I get paid. I have a contract that will deal with that in the end.
tree68 wrote:ASRR is a far different operation than it was a few years ago when it was neck deep in debt due to the poor management that knew how to spend, but not how to bring in business.
Now it's being run as a business, and there are people who will chafe under such conditions. Especially those who saw the railroad as their personal playground.
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The Government Printing Office has long enjoyed a prime location adjacent to its main clients in Congress. But the way it deploys its excess office space is now under the scrutiny of Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Mica, who has actively sought to evict the Federal Trade Commission from its headquarters, also has been eying the GPO's office configuration, he said during a press conference last month called in response to the spending scandal at the General Services Administration.
But GPO staff say they have yet to hear a clue as to what Mica has in mind. Spokesman Gary Somerset says the agency on North Capitol Street is currently renting about 80,000 feet of space to the Capitol Police, the Architect of the Capitol and the Senate Sergeant at Arms, all at standard rental rates for the Washington area as set by the GSA. Another 75,000 to 100,000 square feet may be freed up in the next couple of years, he added.
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UPDATE: Ford's Q4 2012 earnings release is out.
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The auto maker reported earnings of $0.31 per share versus expectations of $0.25.
That is the highest pre-tax profit in over a decade.
The profits were driven by a boost in Ford F-Series pickup truck sales in North America.
Revenues came in at $36.5 billion, well ahead of estimates of $33.03 billion in sales.
"The Ford team delivered strong results once again, underscoring that our One Ford plan is working," said Alan Mulally, Ford president and CEO. "We are well positioned for another strong year in 2013, as we continue our plan to serve customers in all markets around the world with a full family of vehicles — small, medium and large; cars, utilities and trucks — with the very best quality, fuel efficiency, safety, smart design and value."
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- Strong full year pre-tax profit was $8 billion, or $1.41 per share, a decrease of $797 million from a year ago
- Full year net income was $5.7 billion, or $1.42 per share; excluding impact of 2011 changes in valuation allowance against deferred tax assets, full year 2012 net income was $307 million lower than 2011
- Positive Automotive operating-related cash flow was $3.4 billion for the full year and $1 billion for the fourth quarter — the 11th consecutive quarter of positive performance. Ford ended 2012 with Automotive gross cash of $24.3 billion, exceeding debt by $10 billion, and a strong liquidity position of $34.5 billion, an increase of $2.1 billion over 2011
- Ford had its highest fourth quarter pre-tax profit in more than a decade — when trucks and SUVs were a more significant portion of the U.S. product mix — at $1.7 billion, or $0.31 per share, an increase of $577 million from fourth quarter 2011. Ford has now posted a pre-tax operating profit for 14 consecutive quarters
- Total company fourth quarter net income was $1.6 billion, or $0.40 per share; excluding impact of 2011 changes in valuation allowance against deferred tax assets, fourth quarter net income was $565 million higher than 2011
- Total Automotive full-year pre-tax profit of $6.3 billion was driven by Ford North America results, which set fourth quarter and full year records for pre-tax profit and operating margin since Ford began reflecting the region as a separate business unit in 2000. For the full year, Ford North America's pre-tax profit was $8.3 billion with an operating margin of 10.4 percent
- Ford Credit reported continued solid performance with a full year pre-tax profit of $1.7 billion
- For 2013 outlook, Ford expects another strong year, with Total Company operating profit to be about equal to 2012, Automotive operating margin to be about equal to or lower than 2012, and Automotive operating-related cash flow to be higher than 2012
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Seems that the lens kit is the new 12-35mm f2.8 water sealed as the GH3 body.
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Well, I've searched around everywhere I can think of, but can't find the answer to this question,
which I think is an obvious enough one that I'm surprised not to find anyone else asking it.
I'd like to use IceWM with XFCE. The XFCE4 window manager is a very nice one, but IceWM
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I am enjoying XFCE so far and look forward to continuing to use it with IceWM
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Thank you.... I did find that your advice didn't quite get me where I wanted to be, because the session didn't remember the new window manager, but it was a relatively simple matter of forking off an icewm process in my .xinitrc.
So now I'd like to deal with the Xfce panel and root menu. I'm told that I can't delete the last panel, and the best I can hide it still shows it on the screen edge as while line about 5-10 pixels wide. Also, I'd like to let icewm's menu structures be shown, but Xfce's are apparently overriding them. Actually I'd like to keep the Xfce panel, as long as it could be hidden entirely until I (for example) move my cursor to a corner of the screen or something.
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Singles in America, Match.com's second annual comprehensive study on singles, dives deep into how single men and women — who make up a third of the U.S. adult population — are living and thinking in 2012. Over 5,000 singles participated in the survey, and with questions ranging from "How many times have you had sex in the last 12 months?" to "What are the biggest deal-breakers in a relationship?" the answers are sure to show a new side to singles! Unmarried Americans have a lot to say about everything from politics, sex, love and relationships — and how men and women are matching up in the dating world.
We found that today's singles defy traditional gender and age stereotypes, seek new things in romance and partnership, and can draw a parallel between their political affiliation and their own sexual satisfaction — in other words, how you vote in this year's election just may correlate to your bedroom behavior!
The Singles in America study was funded by Match.com in association with biological anthropologist, Dr. Helen Fisher; sex and relationship therapist, Dr. Laura Berman; evolutionary biologist with The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, Dr. Justin R. Garcia; and the Institute for Evolutionary Studies (EvoS) at Binghamton University. Each scientist will be contributing his or her own points of view on some of the most interesting topics throughout the upcoming weeks here on the Match.com blog. Here are just a few of the study's most groundbreaking results they will be covering:
Which political party has a better sex life? Conservative Republicans (40%) are significantly more likely than other groups to be very satisfied with sex while they're married. But they also had the least amount of sexual activity in the last 12 months.
Fidelity is regarded as a more important quality in the U.S. president than in a partner. 62% of men and 80% of women say that sexual fidelity in a relationship is a "must have." But almost 9 out of 10 respondents believe there are "no acceptable excuses" for infidelity by a political candidate (87% of men and 91% of women).
Republican and Democratic singles seek dramatically different traits in a partner. Liberal Democrats are more likely to search for someone with a sense of humor, similar lifestyle to their own, a sense of independence and someone whom they consider to be their equal. Republicans really are conservative when it comes to choosing a partner; they're searching for someone with the same background and political party as their own who is interested in marriage.
Men fall in love just as often as women do and are more likely to experience love at first sight. By age 30, 58% of men who say they have been in love and believe in love at first sight have experienced it, compared to 51% of women.
PDA approved? Men are more likely to show their love and affection in public. 41% of men would be very comfortable kissing in public, versus 31% of women.
Men are more willing to make a commitment without being in love or feeling sexually attracted to their partner. Men are more likely than women to be willing to make a commitment to someone who has everything they are looking for in a partner, but whom they are not in love with (31% of men and 23% of women). And they're also willing to make a commitment to someone who has everything they are looking for in a partner, but don't find sexually attractive (26% of men and 22% of women).
Men find loneliness just as stressful as women do. 31% of men and 33% of women report that they find loneliness to be "very stressful" or "somewhat stressful." And men are more likely to report that loneliness is a challenging aspect of being single (27% of men and 22% of women).
When it comes to cohabitation, men want to commit sooner than women. Contrary to popular belief, when dating a new partner, 46% of men and 26% of women would expect to move in together before they'd been dating someone for less than a year.
Men are far more concerned about their weight than their height. 55% of straight men and 63% of gay men are more concerned with their weight than their height (6% of straight men and 3% of gay men).
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The economy is stressing out singles, but it's NOT affecting their dating lives. While economy concerns rank as the number-one source of stress in singles' lives, 60% say that it has not changed their dating habits. And over 40% of those surveyed would date someone who was unemployed if they were already interested in that person.
Singles are seeking personal fulfillment, shedding age-old traditions in favor of deep biological imperatives — love. A smaller percentage of singles (11%) said they "must have" a partner from the same ethnic or religious background or who can give them marriage and children (23% and 26%, respectively). Instead, more singles are seeking someone whom they feel they can trust and confide in (93%).
Gays and lesbians are attracted to the same qualities in a partner as heterosexuals. Gays and lesbians are equally likely to seek a partner with a similar level of education (29% of heterosexuals, 23% of gay men and 31% of lesbians); has a successful career (33% of heterosexuals, 30% of gays, 28% of lesbians); is physically attractive to them (73% of heterosexuals, 75% of gays, 70% of lesbians); has a sense of humor (83% of heterosexuals, 82% of gays, 89% and lesbians) and who is confident and self-assured (74% of heterosexuals, 73% of gays, and 73% of lesbians).
For more findings regarding singles' new-found attitudes on love and relationships, check back with http://blog.match.com/singles-in-america/ for posts from Dr. Helen Fisher, Dr. Justin R. Garcia, Dr. Laura Berman, and some helpful infographics that summarize our findings in the coming days!


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Junior lefthander Alex Burkard (Alpharetta, Ga.) joined an elite class of Georgia College & State University pitchers Wednesday afternoon, as he was chosen by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Burkard was chosen in the 49th round with pick 1,494.
Burkard joins Michael Antonini (2006-07), Brandon Durden (2003-05) and Matt Goyen (2002-05) as recent lefthanded pitchers from Georgia College picked in the MLB Draft.
The 6-foot-7 230-pound lefthander just finished his fourth season with the Bobcats and would have senior eligibility should he choose to return next season.
Over three seasons, Burkard appeared in 19 games with a 1-0 record. He posted an 8.74 ERA and 33 strikeouts over 34 innings of work. Burkard's first win came in his sophomore season in 2009, allowing just three hits and one run over 5 1/3 innings, fanning five against Columbus State University. Burkard has been a part of two Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championship teams.
Burkard graduated from Milton High School, where he was named to the 2006 West All-Star Team.
With the addition of Burkard, three Georgia College pitchers have now been chosen in the five seasons current head coach Tom Carty has been with the program.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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The anti-establishment establishment
If you were to map the geographic center of the conservative uprising against the national GOP establishment, you might settle on a point somewhere in Alexandria, Va. — just within the ring of the Capital Beltway — where a pair of decades-old public relations firms work overtime to stoke and channel the fires of activist outrage.
One peek at any Washington reporter's email in-box would confirm the omnipresence of the two companies: CRC Public Relations and Shirley & Banister Public Affairs. During almost any given controversy, there's a barrage of indignant subject lines from both firms cementing the backbone of what the national press calls the "anti-establishment" message of the day. Call them the anti-establishment establishment.
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( Also on POLITICO: Karl Rove vs. the tea party)
Last week's uproar over the Conservative Victory Project, the American Crossroads-and Karl Rove-backed initiative to pick favorites in 2014 Senate primaries, was a vivid case in point. Unveiled in a Sunday New York Times story, the new Crossroads group triggered an immediate outcry on the right, led by a parade of CRC and S&B clients.
The rhetorical conflagration that followed neatly illustrates how quickly any given dispute can turn into a full-blown political firestorm — and how an authentic clash between the Washington establishment and the conservative grass roots plays out in practice through day-to-day duels between different groups of D.C.-area operatives.
( Also on POLITICO: Rove under fire)
The anti-Crossroads backlash kicked off in earnest on Monday, Feb. 4, the day after the Times story ran. Media-bashing conservative activist Brent Bozell took aim at the group in a statement fuming that "the days of conservatives listening to the moderate GOP establishment are over" (Subject line: "Bozell: Moderates With Their Disastrous Record Must Be Rejected by GOP.") When Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio dismissed Bozell as a "hater," a roster of movement conservatives signed a letter demanding that the group's president fire him. (Subject line: "Conservatives call on Steven Law to fire Jonathan Collegio over Bozell attack.")
Colin Hanna, leader of the group Let Freedom Ring, issued a message blasting "the establishment 'consultariat' in Washington D.C." seeking to control the will of primary voters. Former Pat Buchanan campaign manager Terry Jeffrey declared at the website CNSNews.com: "Karl Rove is Not a Conservative." By Friday, the activist group Tea Party Patriots had accused Rove's groups of wasting $300 million on the last campaign and formed their own super PAC, the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund — "aimed at holding big spending politicians accountable for their actions."
( Also on POLITICO: Marco Rubio as anti-Romney)
Every one of those activists and groups is a client of either CRC or Shirley & Banister. Virtually every shot they fired at Rove and Crossroads last week moved through the conduit of the PR firms' email servers, landing on the BlackBerrys and iPhones of reporters across Washington.
The promotion strategy appears to have worked. A Nexis search for news stories last week turns up 57 results for the name of American Crossroads head Steven Law — the man who announced the creation of the Conservative Victory Project, and who commanded a nine-figure budget during the 2012 campaign. Bozell, best known as the caustic founder of the Media Research Center and a more modestly funded nonprofit dubbed ForAmerica, got 55 hits over the same period.


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If Braindance and IDM were descriptions of the aims of that music. To appeal to the head, the intellect as well as the feet. Then there needs to be something else to describe dance music that is made entirely to exist within the mind. Something so personal that it would whither and shrink if experienced in a group.
Maybe this was the true calling of Braindance. Not as a catch-all for Aphex Twin's (and Rephlex's) output but an attempt at naming the next stage in the evolution of the clubber. The onanism of mind altering substances in a communal group giving way to a purely personal experience. A rejection of Ecstasy's insidious oneness and an embracing of a personal connection with the music, to the exclusion of the world.
Cold Name's ''Not In Love'' isn't in some undanceable time signature. It's not obtuse. It's perfectly possible to dance to its techno. It just doesn't seem to want you to.
Its drums envelop like a thick black ooze. Suspending you in an aural sensory deprivation chamber. Around you you hallucinate what it'd be like, being inside a bass bin at a mega-club. No, actually being the bin; at one with its wood and paper and rubber and plastic. Oscillating for the delight of the big room crowd singular in the knowledge of what you are and what you do. Divorced, in your distortions and pulsations, from everything else. As if all the bodies and the architecture were just a complex feedback chamber for your own personal enjoyment.
Inside your bass-bin-head you hear the words of Bob, and the occasional sound of fire being recorded in the red.
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