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Dr. Robert H. Dorff
Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Area(s) of Expertise: National Security Strategy and Policy
Phone: (717) 245-4126
Dr. Robert "Robin" Dorff is Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) and Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs. He joined KSU as Dean of CHSS in July 2012 from the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC), where he was Research Professor of National Security Affairs (2007-12) and also held the General Douglas MacArthur Chair of Research since 2009. Dr. Dorff held faculty positions at Michigan State University and North Carolina State University. He has served on the USAWC faculty as a Visiting Professor (1994-96) and as Professor of National Security Policy and Strategy in the Department of National Security and Strategy (1997-2004), where he also held the General Maxwell D. Taylor Chair (1999-2002) and served as Department Chair (2001-04). Dr. Dorff has been a Senior Advisor with Creative Associates International, Inc., in Washington, DC, and served as Executive Director of the Institute of Political Leadership in Raleigh, NC (2004-06). Dr. Dorff remains extensively involved in strategic leadership development, focusing on national security strategy and policy, and strategy formulation. His research interests include these topics as well as failing and fragile states, interagency processes and policy formulation, stabilization and reconstruction operations, and U.S. grand strategy. He has published and lectured frequently on these topics and has spoken all over the United States and in Canada, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Dr. Dorff holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
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SSI books and monographs by Dr. Robert H. Dorff
Conflict Management and Peacebuilding: Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy
October 16, 2013
Edited by Dr. Volker C. Franke, Dr. Robert H. Dorff.
View the Executive Summary
The authors examine the utility of the U.S. Government's whole-of-government (WoG) approach for responding to the challenging security demands of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. They specifically discuss the strategic objectives of interagency cooperation particularly in the areas of peacebuilding and conflict management.
Conflict Management and "Whole of Government": Useful Tools for U.S. National Security Strategy?
April 17, 2012
Edited by Dr. Volker C. Franke, Dr. Robert H. Dorff.
Intended to facilitate dialogue between academic experts, military leaders, policymakers, and civilian practitioners, this edited volume provides a state of the art analysis of current whole of government (WoG) approaches and their effectiveness for coordinating stabilization and peacebuilding efforts. It explores the question: Can "smart power"—using the right tool for each operational context—successfully shift the burden of stability operations to civilian actors and enable the timely scaling-down of military deployments?
National Security Reform 2010: A Midterm Assessment
August 31, 2011
Edited by Dr. Joseph R. Cerami, Dr. Robert H. Dorff, Mr. Matthew Harber.
This book includes a summary report of three panels, along with selected papers, from an April 22, 2010, colloquium in Washington, DC, on "2010: Preparing for a Mid-Term Assessment of Leadership and National Security Reform in the Obama Administration."
Educating International Security Practitioners: Preparing to Face the Demands of the 21st Century International Security Environment
July 01, 2001
Authored by Dr. Robert H. Dorff, Brigadier General Daniel J. Kaufman, Dr. James M. Smith, Dr. Linda P. Brady.
The authors examine the challenges of the 21st century international security environment to which future strategic leaders and policy practitioners will need to respond.
SSI articles, editorial, and briefs by Dr. Robert H. Dorff
Strangely Silent: The Missing Strategic Debate in the 2010 Mid-Term Elections
December 08, 2010
Preparing for a Mid-Term Assessment of Leadership and National Security Reform in the Obama Administration
August 27, 2010
National Security Strategy Reform: Rebalancing the President's Agenda
September 16, 2009
Leadership and National Security Reform: The Next President's Agenda
October 22, 2008


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Bronze Foundry Enriches Maori Cultural Experience
The creation of a bronze foundry – a workshop for casting metal – at NZMACI extends the skills of the Institute's artists, while also adding to experience.
The creation of a bronze foundry – a workshop for casting metal – at NZMACI extends the skills and knowledge of the Institute's artists, while also adding to the Māori cultural experience for visitors. "...we are trying to push the limits of the material." Located adjacent to Te Wānanga Whakairo Rākau (National Wood Carving School), the casting process begins with a silicone mould taken of a wooden carving, with wax then poured into the mould and, once set, removed and encased in a ceramic shell. The wax is melted and removed, before the bronze is poured.
Once the bronze is set, the ceramic shell is removed, revealing the new bronze artwork. Making it a process unique to Rotorua, NZMACI casters will also be making use of the unique natural environment in Te Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley, using water from the sulphur-chloride pools to patina the bronze. NZMACI Director Karl Johnstone says casting processes have been used for thousands of years and, other than the refinement in some of the processes, little has changed. "We are trying to push the limits of the material, including its ability to capture the finest elements of carving. Our artists and guides will be able to share the Foundry story with manuhiri (visitors)." The Foundry is now in the final steps of the first bronze pour phase – an exciting development.
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Te Puia is home to the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Insitute and the world famous Pohutu geyser.

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- Introduction from
Dave Doherty
- Company
- Statistics
& Surveys
- Digi-Key Links
& Resources
- Quality
& Compliance
A Message from the President
Digi-Key is one of the fastest growing distributors of electronic components in the world.
Since its founding in 1972, Digi-Key has been committed to offering the broadest selection of in-stock electronic components, as well as providing the best service possible to its customers, aiding engineers through the entire design process, from Prototype to Production®. This has led the company to be highly ranked year after year in industry surveys, in North America as well as Europe and Asia, in categories covering such facets of business as availability of product, speed of service, responsiveness to problems, and more.
Our top rankings in so many categories prove we are customer-driven. Our service and support systems have been specifically designed to respond to the needs of our customers. These systems are continually reviewed and modified to respond to changes as we work to achieve the "ultimate" level of customer service.
Digi-Key is unique in many ways that translate into better service for you, our customers.
1. Authorized Distribution
- Digi-Key is an authorized distributor of electronic components for more than 800 industry-leading suppliers. This means Digi-Key customers can rest assured that the product they order is authentic and comes to Digi-Key directly from the manufacturer.
- In an effort to educate customers and significantly decrease the amount of counterfeit product on the market, Digi-Key gained membership in ECIA (Electronic Components Industry Association) in North America, ECSN (Electronic Component Supply Network) in the United Kingdom, and CEDA (China Electronics Distributor Alliance) in China.
2. Breadth of Product
- At any given time, more than 1,000,000 products are in stock and ready to be shipped from Digi-Key's headquarters in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA. That means there are no lead times for in-stock products.
- Having so many products in stock in our expandable distribution space of more than 700,000 square feet (65,032 square meters) allows us to ship 99% of all orders the same day they are placed. On average, Digi-Key ships nearly 15,000 orders per day.
3. Support/Resources
- Whether you need assistance finding the right part or recommendations for your design, Digi-Key's Customer Service, Applications Engineering, and Technical Support teams and resources are at your disposal 24 hours a day, seven days a week via telephone, or e-mail.
- Additional resources include PTM® product training modules, TechZoneSM technology zones, Browser Resources, Mobile and Social Center, white papers, datasheets, and more.
- Digi-Key's Production Business and Supply Chain Management services are available to help customers get their jobs done and get their products to market quickly and efficiently.
Digi-Key's website is the top-rated and most-visited website in the electronic distribution industry. Content and services we offer on our website continue to rapidly evolve, and we are committed to providing you with full access to Digi-Key's products and services through the Internet.
We welcome your comments and suggestions.
Thank you for choosing Digi-Key.
Dave Doherty, President
Digi-Key Company History
Digi-Key is one of the fastest growing distributors of electronic components in the world.
It was Dr. Ronald A. Stordahl's interest in ham radio that provided the springboard for what has become Digi-Key today.
While in college he assembled and began selling a digital electronic keyer kit for sending radiotelegraph code for ham radio operators. It was called the Digi-Key.
After obtaining his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Stordahl returned to his hometown of Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The keyer kit was discontinued and he began selling electronic components in 1972. The Digi-Key "keyer" is long gone, but Digi-Key has become one of the fastest growing electronic component distributors in the world. We continue to operate on the premise of providing our customers – you – with superior service, focusing on the key areas of product selection, product availability, on-time delivery, and responsiveness.
From the start, Digi-Key used direct marketing as its exclusive means of reaching potential customers. In its first ten years, marketing efforts were focused on the electronic hobbyist. Then, in 1982, the company began directing catalog mailings to the commercial market. As a result, the commercial user has grown from 20 percent of total business to more than 98 percent.
Over the years, Digi-Key has done business with some interesting customers. Components purchased from Digi-Key are found in satellites orbiting the earth. We've sold components to Paramount Pictures for use in science fiction movies. Barry Goldwater once purchased a digital clock kit. Disneyland and the Space Agency are also included on our customer list. In fact, 99 of the top 100 electronic companies in the United States have done business with Digi-Key.
In just a few short years, Digi-Key moved from being the 16th largest to the 4th largest among the more than 300 electronic distributors in North America. Today, Digi-Key is the 4th largest electronic component distributor in North America and the 6th largest worldwide. It is Digi-Key's customer-centered business philosophy that continues to drive the company's rapid growth.
"The good idea still remains," according to Stordahl, "Along with a great group of people dedicated to providing the best possible service to our customers. Service is the key."
Industry Survey Results/Methodology
Electronic Specifier is Europe's premier publisher of information resources to the Global Electronics Industry, with a portfolio that includes 6 magazines in 3 languages as well as 15 websites and vertically targeted microsites across 6 languages. The Electronic Specifier audience members were surveyed to identify distributors with whom they have done business and to capture their performance ratings across several business-related and technical support factors.
Digi-Key was a "factor leader" across a variety of categories:
- Overall performance
- Breadth of product line
- Availability of product
- BOM (Bill-of-Materials coverage)
- Supply chain services
- Global distribution services
- Customer service
- Accuracy of orders
- Correct documentation with orders
- Range of value-added services
- Prototype and design
- Availability of leading edge technology
- Active components
- Passive components
- Connectors
- Useful website
- Value of overall content
- Value of technical information
- Product search engine
- Product ordering mechanism
- Ease of navigation
- Organization of site
- Access speed
Electronic Specifier collected data March 3-14, 2017, with three email reminders and 347 completed respondent surveys across a total audience population of 65,000, +/- 5.2% at the 95% confidence level; i.e. an accurate and reliable portrait of the Electronic Specifier audience's attitudes and perceptions regarding distributors.
Resources & Links
Need more info about Digi-Key? Find it all here from press releases, events and contact information to educational resources, videos, and more.
News & Events
Educational Resources
My Digi-Key
Additional Info
- Counterfeit Policy
- Environmental Policy and Activities
- International Websites
- Quality Statement
- Site Map
Contact Digi-Key
Registrar: SAI Global
VP, Operational Excellence: Teri Ivaniszyn
Calibration: Traceable to NIST
Labor Surplus Area Concern
Pennington County is not a labor surplus area.
Affirmative Action Compliance
Digi-Key Electronics does have certified an affirmative action plan as required by FAR 52-22-26.
Employment of Vietnam-Era Veterans
Digi-Key Electronics complies with all applicable provisions in regard to the employment of Vietnam-Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974.
Employment of Disabled Individuals
Digi-Key Electronics complies with all applicable provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Certification of Non-Segregated Facilities
Digi-Key Electronics does not and will not maintain or provide for its employees any segregated facilities. It does not and will not permit its employees to perform their services at any location under its control where segregated facilities are maintained.
Standard Form 100 (EE0-1) Reports
Digi-Key Electronics annually files form 100 with the Federal Department of Labor.
Clean Air and Water Certification
Digi-Key Electronics is not listed on the Environmental Protection Agency list of violating facilities or any other list of violators.
Drug-Free Workplace Certification
Digi-Key Electronics has a drug-free policy statement.
Digi-Key Fast Facts
|Annual Sales:
|$3.16 billion plus
|Number of Employees:
|4,000 plus
|More than 1 million square feet
|Products Stocked:
|1.7 million plus
|Manufacturers Represented:
|800 plus
|Internet Orders/Year:
|3.7 million plus
|Telephone Calls/Year:
|2.9 million plus
|Orders Processed/Year:
|5.3 million plus
|Customers Served/Year:
|693,000 plus
|Sites Served/Year:
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There's always something exciting happening at Appvion. And whether it's new products or new business partnerships, you can read about it here.


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BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins made a bold prediction yesterday about the tablet market.
"In five years I don't think there'll be a reason to have a tablet anymore," said at a conference, according to Bloomberg. He continued, saying, "Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet as such. Tablets themselves are not a good business model."
Tablets are a pretty good business for Apple. It sold 19.5 million units last quarter, generating $8.8 billion in revenue.
For BlackBerry, they've been a terrible business. Practically nobody bought the PlayBook, an over-priced 7-inch tablet from BlackBerry that didn't come with built-in email. It never followed up the PlayBook with a second model.
Heins has talked in the past of using a smartphone to power laptops and tablets.
In March he said, "This is your personal computing power. Think about what you can do with that. How many personal computing devices do you carry? Why not unify this to one device that executes all your computing needs?"
In other words, your smartphone could dock into one place and your hardware just becomes peripherals.
It's an enticing idea. Motorola tried doing it a few years ago, and nobody bought it.
It turns out there are advantages to having multiple devices. The computing power of a dedicated tablet or PC is advantageous over the computing power of a smartphone running those devices. Also, multitasking is a pain if you just have a phone doing everything.
But, maybe Heins is right! Maybe in five years we have one gadget to rule them all.


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Paul Kuck is the founder of Fitness Tutor (www.fitness-tutor.com) and owner of a personal training studio in Singapore that focuses on helping busy professionals transform their body and health. He has more than 10 years of experience working as a personal trainer, manager, speaker and writer. Kuck has a master's degree in exercise and nutrition science, and is an ACE-certified clinical exercise specialist. He can be contacted at email@example.com.
Are you struggling to find new clients or prospects to fill your pipeline? I'm sure many of you are. Marketing personal training services is no different from marketing other services. In fact, it is easier to market a fitness business because this market is far from saturated. Also, various authorities are encouraging a healthy lifestyle for the public, and more people are looking for a fitness solution to improve their body, enhance their self-esteem or improve their health.
However, you still need to do the right things to see results. Handing out brochures and name cards are not the best ways to go. Here are some tips that work:
1. Speak up, be heard and be known. Speaking is one of the best ways to establish you as an expert and generate qualified leads. Not only that, you can also easily sell front-end products (fitness assessments, books, videos, etc.), which can lead to more sales of back-end products. There are many ways to land a speaking gig. You can join a speaker's bureau, promote your services to companies or create your own venue.
2. Start writing. Writing is another effective way to tell people that you are the obvious expert and increase your visibility. Magazines, trade journals and newspapers are some of the publications that you can write for. Make sure your articles are interesting and easy to read (e.g. use shorter paragraphs and bullets).
3. Cross-referring works like a charm. Every business refers business to others and gets business in return. They have their own preferred business partners. You should do the same. Start building a list of five to 10 service providers who serve the same market as yours. Physiotherapists, hairdressers, sports coaches and equipment retailers are a few examples. Remember that a referral partner wants to work with those who can refer clients to them, so you should proactively do so. It must be a win-win situation for everyone.
4. Be an expert. Establish yourself as an expert available to take calls from reporters and editors. Develop relationships with them, and let them know you are a good source that they can turn to for information and story ideas. Once you are able to achieve that, your name will show up everywhere, and readers will notice and remember you as the expert that they can rely on when they need your services.
5. Differentiate yourself. I know about 20 financial consultants who all want to sell their products to me. I often ask them, "What makes you or your products different from my other 19 financial consultants?" If there's one who can answer the question in a satisfactory way, then there is a great chance I will sit down and listen to him or her. Similarly, in the business of personal training, you must set your business apart from the sea of competition out there. Think about what makes you unique (or what you can change about you to make you unique), and make this the entire driving engine of your marketing efforts. Differentiating your business makes it unique and interesting and a lot easier to target your desired niche market.
6. Periodically send a newsletter to your prospects and clients. The newsletter can be electronic, a hard copy or both. What matters most is that you must deliver one with great value and send it out frequently, at the minimum each quarter. Newsletters are a great way to stay on top of your prospects' minds.
7. Have a Web site. If you haven't got one, you are losing out big time. Just about all service providers have a Web site of their own, so this is not an option. People are turning to the Internet for information. Your Web site is like a brochure and therefore should contain basic information such as your credentials, programs and location. Also, include frequently updated fitness information--this is one trick that gets visitors to return regularly.
8. Get referrals from existing clients. This is by far one of the easiest and the least expensive marketing tricks you can do. If you are not already getting most of your business from referrals, you need to work hard in this area. Getting referrals is not that difficult--you just need to ask for them. A simple question such as, "Do you know someone else who might be interested in enrolling in a fitness program?" at the end of a completed session with a client works fine. It works especially well when the client starts to tell you how your program is helping them.
9. Be there and everywhere. Here's the ultimate tip: If you have already identified a certain market to target, relentlessly appear before them in as many ways as you can, using some of the methods above but not just relying on any one method. Appearing in many ways reinforces a strong impression in the public's minds that you are the person to see when their fitness wants and needs arise. This works far better than doing a mass-marketing approach (such as advertising and sending flyers) that people see, hear and forget. You want people to come to you and say, "I've heard a lot about you."
At the end of the day, don't have the expectation that business will come tomorrow. Just like a fitness program, it takes consistent efforts, skills and patience to see results.


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Cow Skull. Domestic Cow, Bos taurus, from the Rich Neck Plantation Site, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1750-1765. OH: 5 ½"; OW: 18"; OD: 12."
Environmental Archaeological Materials
Eastern Oyster. Crassostrea virginica, from the Anderson Armoury Site, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1730-1755.
Ham. Rear limb of a Domestic Pig, Sus scrofa, from the Anderson Armoury Site, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1730-1755.
Colonial Williamsburg's collection of historic-period environmental remains is a treasure. Since the 1960s, archaeologists have recovered a vast number of faunal remains, oyster shells, and archaebotanical remains from sites located in and near the Historic Area. Together they provide valuable information on a broad array of issues concerning early Virginia colonists and their relationship to the environment, including the changing landscape, agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, provisioning in Williamsburg, dietary practices, and cuisine, among others.
The zooarchaeological collection is one of the largest in eastern North America, including more than 1.1 million bone fragments from over 160 sites. The strength of this collection lies in the breadth of urban and rural sites representing poor and wealthy households and European and enslaved African-American occupants. Over the last 50 years, both scholars and students have taken advantage of this strength, pursuing questions related to butchery practices, dietary patterns, cuisine, seasonality, provisioning, animal husbandry, and landscape ecology.
Oyster shells are another exceptionally important part of the environmental collection, and on-going research is beginning to provide information on a number of factors related to human-landscape interaction. Analyses are showing that historically oysters were harvested from nearby streams and waterways, and that by the turn of the 19th century these local oyster populations were being impacted by provisioning rural plantations and urban residents.
The archaeobotanical collection is increasing with each new research project. The earliest portion of the collection was retrieved in the 1950s and 1960s, and features unique objects such as a sealed bottle with preserved cherries from the Wetherburn's Tavern site. Starting in the 1980s, Colonial Williamsburg's archaeologists began systematically collecting soil samples, from which specialists used various techniques to extract seeds, pollen, and phytoliths (microscopic silica inclusions produced in many plants). These archaeological collections are providing information on dietary practices and changes in Williamsburg's urban landscape.
For information on archaeological research at Colonial Williamsburg click here.


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Ever wonder what a day "in the field" actually looks like for a Kiva Fellow? I know I had so many questions before I touched down in Kenya, as did my friends and family back home. To answer these questions about where I'm working and what I'm doing all the way in Mombasa, I made a short video about a typical day in the life of a Kiva Fellow.
While my day-to-day activities vary by week, most of my time recently has been filled with a combination of borrower visits, website design, loan officer training, and filming what I see. Then of course, there's all the patient waiting around when the office's electricity takes it daily hiatus.
Check out the video to get a peek at a day's work at Kiva Field Partner Milango Financial Services in Mombasa, Kenya.'
Many thanks to Kiva's video editor Jenny McAllister for all her help!
Devon Fisher is a Kiva Fellow working with Milango Financial Services in Mombasa, Kenya. You can find and fund Milango borrowers here.


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This is a great, great win for the Knicks. Playing the 4th game in 5 nights, the Knicks showed some signs of fatigue early in the game. Overall the Knick defense wasn't very good, allowing Denver to shoot 55% for the game, but they continued to fight and grind the entire game. Jason Kidd was reminiscent of god, JaVale McGee was hilarious and Steve Novak hit a pair of three point bombs to spark a fourth quarter comeback. The defense bore down when it had to and Melo sealed the game with some clutch buckets in the final minutes. This is a game that great teams win. New York didn't play it's best, but that was good enough tonight. A great win for a seemingly great 15-5 Knicks team. Oh yeah, they're 8-0 at home this year.
Here are my notes from the game:
- My thoughts on JaVale McGee's performance tonight: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sorry, I couldn't help mys… BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Sorry, I think I'm don…HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Okay now I'm actually done. He is talented, but holy crap he does some stupid things. Whether it was the pull up 20 footer or dropping the ball out of bounds, McGee made a series of 4th quarter plays that let the Knicks right back into the game. Thanks JaVale!
- Melo was a warrior tonight. He shot just 10/24, but with some help from the officials he was able to shoot 16 free throws in the game. Clearly his jump shot wasn't as lethal as usual, largely due to the thumb and some rust me thinks, but he battled all night. In vintage Melo fashion, he put in two big buckets in the final minutes that put Denver to rest. He wasn't great tonight, but he played hard and he finished the game at a very high level.
- Jason Kidd did his best Jesus Christ impersonation tonight. I have been so so so so wrong about him. He was absolutely the best player on the floor tonight. Kidd scored 17 ponts on 4/7 shooting and got to the free throw line twice after pump faking the Nuggets into fouling him from downtown. His 4th quarter steal and dish to Ronnie Brewer was one of the big plays in the game, I thought. He was the best player on the floor tonight.
- Mike Woodson is a wizard coming out of time outs. Ever since he took over as the head coach of the team, Woodson has been fantastic and drawing up out of bounds plays. Tonight was no different. He drew up a great play in the third quarter to get an open three and then he drew up this beauty (gif courtesy of our friends over at the Knicks Wall):
- The BullDuck point guard guy didn't play very well tonight, but I believe that had a lot to do with fatigue. I mean he did shoot the ball thirty times last night. He'll be fine. However, Denver did do something interesting tonight. They took their best defensive player, Igoudala, and put him on Felton. This is designed to keep Felton from penetrating the paint and forcing him into long jumpers. It's not a bad strategy, especially if you have another elite defender like Gallinari to guard Melo, and it kept Felton in check tonight. It'll be interesting to see if other teams start to do this.
- JR Smith… I don't know what to think of JR Smith. He was 5/19 shooting, but then he hits a big three down the stretch in clutch time. I would make the argument there is no need for clutch time if he's not previously 4/18 shooting, or whatever he was. He just wastes so many offensive possessions. So he has this awful shooting game, but then he was a +12 and grabbed 9 rebounds. So really, I don't know what to make of JR.
- Tyson Chandler was a beast tonight. His one handed dunk off a Felton oop made me jump out of my chair and I accidentally dropped my iPad. Now there is a dent in it. Chandler's 12 rebounds were huge and he did a good job of not letting Kenneth Faried dominate the glass.
- I missed watching Sheed throwing up a ton of terrible threes. Wait… no, no I didn't.
- I was surprised Chris Copeland didn't play. I would've thought this to be a good game for him to get some run.
- The Knicks are a ridiculous 19-1 under Mike Woodson at Madison Square Garden.
- Yes… Yes it is very weird:
This was a game the Knicks would've lost last season by 30 points. This team is for real, it would seem, and they won a huge game tonight. Tonight's game was a game that great teams win. Coming off a loss, the second night of a back-to-back and the 4th game in 5 nights. They were tired and they were banged up, but they persevered and picked up their 15th win of the season.
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The traditional ArtWalk and the first-time ARTcrawl meshed well together Friday night, providing hundreds of visitors an overwhelming buffet of art, music and activities throughout the downtown area.
The traditional ArtWalk and the first-time ARTcrawl meshed well together Friday night, providing hundreds of visitors an overwhelming buffet of art, music and activities throughout the downtown area.
A good example was along Pollock Street, where Carolina Creations featured paper artist Lou Plummer and next door at Studio 323, the New Bern ArtWorks & Company hosted 18 potters. In James Reed Lane between the two galleries, potter Ben Watford, painters Dan Wilson and Donatella Cristiforetti created works for the crowd, while several nonprofits handed out information.
Amid what became a crowded pedestrian intersection, a flash mob appeared across the street outside Christ Episcopal Church. Led by dance teacher Jane Peeler, about two dozen adults and students performed �Stomp Out Genocide.� That�s a global video project created by local sculptor and anti-genocide activist Mitch Lewis.
Activities ranged from a concert at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center to the North Carolina History Center four blocks away, with the Craven Arts Council hosting an exhibit and performers from the upcoming Storytelling and Folk Music Festival.
For those looking for an indoor venue, the monthly jazz show was on tap at the Rivertowne Ballroom on Pollock Street.
The ease of downtown walking was a benefit to those who wanted to visit the many venues.
James Reed Lane led to a short walk to the Greater Good Gallery and its adjacent Isaac Taylor Garden on Craven Street. The outdoor venue featured live music and working artists such as Curt Wright, Susan Spirko and Lee Hood. Spirko was near the entry gate, offering anyone the opportunity to add some brush strokes to a �community painting.�
A right turn walk from James Reed Lane provided artists such as James Herring, portrait painter, along with street musicians in Bear Plaza. Shops all along Middle Street hosted painters and musicians, and Bear Town Market hosted one of its ongoing outdoor benefit concerts.
The size of the event surprised out-of-town visitors Lisa Aggas from Florida and Janet Elliott from Texas. They are quilter friends and staying at a time share at Fairfield Harbour.
�We came into town to have dinner with friends and thought there are a lot of people out on a Friday night,� said Aggas �We plan to do the whole event.�
They were looking at the artwork of Eric Lonstad and his Carolina Swamp Critters, on exhibit at the New Bern Farmers Market.
�This bird is going to Texas,� said Elliott, after she purchased one of Lonstad�s carvings.
The next ArtWalk will be Nov. 8.
The ARTcrawl, featuring artists from the Community Artists Will and New Bern Bohemian Artists, plans to have monthly events, with the next one scheduled Oct. 11.
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Happy Birthday!
Smell good today! I've had Antaeus for ages, never liked it.
But just resently I've been wearing it more often, and finally
I get it ... it's divine, über masculine!
Abie, I see you're into exploring some women's stuff. Have you tried Chanels like Coco, Mademoiselle, Sensual, #19? I enjoy wearing them all from time to time. Say, where's that perfume shop that's about to close down? ;-)
Hi Abie, hope you're keeping well.
Do you know if and where +- 5ml sprays for decanting are available in Cape Town?
Thanks and have a great day!
Hi, thanks for pointing me to those South African sites. There seem to be good deals there. I'm trying to be disciplined, but it doesn't really work.
Which are the ones you're looking for? I haven't been able to access that page.
I sent a Jellybean a frag that isn't available in South Africa, and he sent me one that isn't available in the U.S. He was honest, communicated clearly, and was a pleasure to do an intercontinental exchange with. Thanks Jellybean!
hey jellybean !
i just recived Narciso you sent me , thank you so much !!!! I realy appriciatte that .....
I got note from post office,and when I saw in one filed it was wriiten South Africa i was like WOW , this is not true.. ) ..
thanks again.
I hope I will soon be in position to send to you something, i would be very glad.
And lastly, about Narciso .. He didn't left to good impresion on me. As I was reading rewievs about him I was expectin so much more that this. He is so pine tree to me, so for so older people.. and definetly lacks of a good drydown IMO ....
anyway,BIG thank you jellybean
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The bq25504 is the first of a new family of intelligent integrated energy harvesting Nano-Power management solutions that are well suited for meeting the special needs of ultra-low power applications. The product is specifically designed to efficiently acquire and manage the microwatts (µW) to miliwatts (mW) of power generated from a variety of DC sources like photovoltaic (solar) or thermal elec…View Design
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The DC2042A is a versatile energy harvesting demo board that is capable of accepting piezoelectric, solar, 4mA to 20mA loops, thermal-powered energy sources or any high impedance AC or DC source.View Design
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The SolarMagic™ reference design kit RD-195 includes the SM73201-ARC-EV PCB which is a UL1699B compliant Photo-Voltaic Arc Detect System with a minimal footprint of less than 50mm x 30mm. The reference design utilizes National Semiconductor's advanced Analog technology along with an innovative dynamic filtering technique to effectively detect the signature of Arcing conductors in the presence of …View Design
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Términos y Condiciones de Sculpteo
SCULPTEO : General Terms and conditions
These general terms and conditions govern relationships between SCULPTEO, a simplified joint-stock company with a capital of 2,548,134 Euros, registered in the Créteil trade and companies register (RCS) under number 514 971 654, whose head office is situated at 10 rue Auguste Perret, 94800 VILLEJUIF FRANCE, VAT Number FR48.514.971.654 hereinafter referred to as "SCULPTEO" on the one hand, and any individual or corporate entity wishing to make a distance purchase from the SCULPTEO website "http:// www.sculpteo.com", hereinafter referred to as the "CUSTOMER", on the other hand.
The parties agree that orders made to SCULPTEO via the Internet will be governed exclusively by these general terms and conditions. SCULPTEO reserves the possibility of modifying its general terms and conditions at any time. In this case, the terms and conditions applicable will be those in force upon the date the order was made by the CUSTOMER. These general terms and conditions prevail over any other general or specific conditions to which SCULPTEO has not expressly agreed.
Article 1 – Characteristics of the goods and services proposed
- SCULPTEO proposes a personalised 3D reproduction service. Based on an image supplied by the CUSTOMER, SCULPTEO will create a concrete object: interior decoration, figure, robot, miniature, maquette (hereinafter referred to as the "OBJECT").
- SCULPTEO also produces 3D images shown in the catalogue published on the website "http:// www.sculpteo.com" available to CUSTOMERS.
- The 3D OBJECTS printed by SCULPTEO are solely intended for decoration or pleasure. The OBJECTS do not have any utilitarian or functional purpose.
- SCULPTEO reserves the right to refuse any order of OBJECTS causing an offense to public order or good practices, as well as any OBJECT clearly infringing a third party intellectual right. In particular, this list not being exhaustive, firearms, objects presenting racist, pornographic, violent content without being a piece of art, as well as any mark, brandname, figure clearly infringing any third party intellectual property right will be refused. SCULPTEO is solely responsible for judging if an OBJECT comply with the provision in this article. In the event that the CUSTOMER think that his OBJECT has been refused even if it complies with this article, he is invited to contact SCULPTEO to explain his case.
Article 2 – Price
- The prices of the OBJECTS shown on the catalogue published on the website "http:// www.sculpteo.com", as well as the prices indicated for personalised orders, are given in Euros, including tax. Postage and packing costs should be added. The VAT amount, as well as postage and packing costs, will be indicated on the invoice.
- All orders are payable in the currency selected by the CUSTOMER when he created his order, whatever the country in which the order is made. The currency is selected between the set of proposed currency on the website.
- SCULPTEO reserves the right to change its prices at any time. Invoices for the OBJECTS will be drawn up based on the prices in force at the time the order was validated by SCULPTEO, as provided for in Article 4 of these general terms and conditions.
- For orders and deliveries made outside of the French territory, but within the European Union, the provisions set out in the French General Tax Code ("Code général des impôts") with regard to VAT are applicable.
- For any delivery outside of EU territory, customs duties and formalities will, unless indication is given to the contrary on the order form, be covered exclusively by the CUSTOMER, who undertakes to verify the possibility of importing the products to the delivery country.
Article 3 – Order
CUSTOMERS wishing to purchase an OBJECT available on the "http:// www.sculpteo.com" website catalogue, or wishing to have an OBJECT manufactured based on a model they have designed themselves, must, without fail:
- fill out the identification sheet on which they indicate all the requested contact details;
- fill out the online order form, giving all OBJECT references (catalogue reference, size reference, etc.);
- validate their order after checking that their invoicing address and delivery address are correct;
- make payment in accordance with the established conditions;
- confirm their order and payment.
- Confirmation of the order implies acceptance of these general terms and conditions, recognition that the CUSTOMER is fully aware of these and renunciation by the CUSTOMER of the use of their own purchase conditions or any other conditions.
- The CUSTOMER's "click" on the "validate" button when making the order constitutes an electronic signature between the parties and has the same value as a written signature.
- CUSTOMERS wishing to purchase an OBJECT available on the "http:// www.sculpteo.com" website catalogue, or wishing to have an OBJECT manufactured based on a model they have designed themselves, must, without fail:
Article 4 – Validation of the order
- A confirmation email summarising the order (description of the OBJECT, price, manufacturing date, delivery date, etc.) will be sent to the CUSTOMER by SCULPTEO.
- The OBJECT sales contract is concluded when SCULPTEO, after having had the possibility of checking the detail of the order and its total price, as well as correcting any errors, has confirmed it. SCULPTEO reserves the right to reject the order and reimburse the CUSTOMER. Reimbursement is made by any means of payment within a 15 day timeframe.
- SCULPTEO will send an email confirming its acceptance of the order.
- Data recorded and kept by SCULPTEO constitutes proof of all transactions carried out between SCULPTEO and its CUSTOMERS.
Article 5 – Availability of objects
- In the event the materials used in the manufacture of OBJECTS are unavailable: Permanent unavailability: SCULPTEO undertakes to offer OBJECTS with similar characteristics or to refund the missing OBJECTS within 30 days in accordance with the French consumer code (article L121-20-3). Temporary unavailability: SCULPTEO will inform the CUSTOMER about restocking deadlines. The CLIENT can choose to maintain the order with these new deadlines or to cancel it. In that case, SCULPTEO will offer to refund the missing OBJECT without delay and no later than 30 days in accordance with the French consumer code (article L121-20-3).
- SCULPTEO reserves the right to suspend the OBJECT personalisation service at any time for a duration determined by SCULPTEO, or in the event failure in stock of primary materials or breakdown in the equipment used to manufacture the OBJECTS.
Article 6 – Delivery of the objects
- SCULPTEO will endeavour to ensure that its French deliveries take place within the time periods set out in the email confirming the order and deliveries abroad as soon as possible following receipt of payment for the order. The timeframes indicated upon validation of the order are average usual timeframes and correspond to the time required for handling and delivery.
- SCULPTEO undertakes to inform the CUSTOMER of any foreseen delays in delivery.
- The OBJECTS will be delivered to the address indicated by the CUSTOMER on the order.
- Ownership of the OBJECTS, and the associated risks, will be transferred to the CUSTOMER as soon as they take possession of the OBJECTS.
- Any irregularity concerning the delivery (damages, OBJECTS missing compared to order delivery, damaged parcel, broken OBJECTS ...) must necessarily be specified in writing on the delivery order,giving sufficient details in the section entitled "Acceptance with Reserves" aimed specifically for this and must be signed by the CLIENT. To ensure that these reserves are taken into consideration, the CLIENT must also confirm the irregularity to the transporter within three (3) working days following delivery, by means of a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt specifying the irregularity. The CLIENT must send a copy of this letter by ordinary mail to SCULPTEO.
Article 7 – Payment
- Cards accepted for payment are: Carte Bleue, MasterCard and Visa.
- Payment is made online directly using the secure payment module on the specialist company PAYBOX SERVICES's website for card payments or PayPal (Europe) Ltd for "Paypal account" payments. The bank card number and expiry date are encrypted and transmitted to the specialised company PAYBOX or PayPal (Europe) Ltd. Secure services are provided using the SSL encrypting procedure (Secure Socket Layer), with no access granted to SCULPTEO or any third party. In particular, SCULPTEO does not use any technical intermediary for the transmission of payment data. This information will not be reused.
- SCULPTEO does not keep payment card informations of its customers.
- The order amount is debited from the CUSTOMER's account upon validation of the order by SCULPTEO.
- Data recorded and kept by SCULPTEO constitutes proof of the order and of all transactions carried out. Data recorded by the payment system constitutes proof of the financial transactions.
- Invoices will be available on the SCULPTEO website in the "Your Account" section.
Article 8 – Right of cancellation
SCULPTEO's main vocation is to satisfy its CUSTOMERS. SCULPTEO undertakes to do its utmost to meet its CUSTOMERS' expectations. If you wish to cancel an order or make a comment or criticism about the services proposed by SCULPTEO, you may contact us at the following addresses:
- By email email@example.com
- In the USA: +1-800-814-1270; - or in France: +33 1 83 64 11 22;
- Postal address:
Customer Service
10 Rue Auguste Perret
94800 Villejuif
SCULPTEO makes all OBJECTS to measure. As these are "personalised" products, the right of cancellation can only apply in accordance with the provisions of article L 121-20 of the French Consumer Code. In particular, cancellation is excluded (article 121-20-2, 3rd paragraph) for orders "for the supply of goods made in accordance with customer specifications or clearly personalised".
Article 9 – Guarantee / Liability
- SCULPTEO provides its CUSTOMERS with a guarantee that the OBJECTS are manufactured in France, in accordance with French legislation and the applicable French quality and safety standards.
- 3D OBJECTS printed by SCULPTEO are solely intended for decoration or pleasure. Therefore, SCULPTEO shall not be held liable in case the OBJECTS are used for a purpose other than decoration or pleasure.
- SCULPTEO will do its best efforts so that the 3D images shown in the catalogue published on the website "http:// www.sculpteo.com" are as faithful a representation of the OBJECT as possible. However, because of the digital presentation method on the Internet, it is possible that the impression of the CUSTOMER is not exactly the way the OBJECT really is. Therefore, the OBJECTS delivered may vary slightly from their presentation on the website "http://www.sculpteo.com". Differences may result from the colour quality of the photographs, the difficulty of showing on screen the texture of a material or, without limitation, technical adaptation. These differences should not be interpreted as lack of conformity and shall not justify a cancellation of the sale except in circumstances where differences concern an essential feature of the OBJECTS and affect its quality.
- The OBJECTS benefit from the legal guarantee provided for in articles 1641 and following of the French Civil Code.
- SCULPTEO cannot be deemed responsible for consequences inherent to the individual CUSTOMER, such as allergic reactions to the materials used for manufacturing the OBJECT, or if the personalised OBJECT fails to satisfy the CUSTOMER due to his own personal taste.
- SCULPTEO may not be held responsible in the event of failure in the stock of primary materials, delay in delivery, strikes (including transport strikes) or force majeure or, in a more general sense, for any event not exclusively and directly attributable to it.
- The illustrations shown in the catalogue on the "http:// www.sculpteo.com" website are not contractually binding.
- CUSTOMERS access, use and navigate the SCULPTEO website at their own risk.
- For all the stages of website access, order processing, delivery or post-delivery services, SCULPTEO is bound only by a best effort undertaking. SCULPTEO may not be held responsible for any inconveniencies or damage inherent to Internet use, in particular service failure, external intrusion, the presence of IT viruses, or any qualified occurrence of force majeure, in accordance with case law.
- CUSTOMERS recognise and accept that, within the full scope of the applicable regulations, SCULPTEO cannot be held responsible for direct, indirect, fortuitous damage, or compensation for moral harm, costs, losses, decrease in turnover or profits, or liabilities of any nature which may arise from the use or, on the contrary, impossibility of using, the website or its contents (even if the occurrence of harm in question was known to, or could have been foreseen by SCULPTEO). In any event, SCULPTEO's liability shall be limited to the total amount paid by the CUSTOMER for their current order.
- CUSTOMERS transmit their images in the form of a file and undertake not to transmit files containing viruses or programmes which destroy data. CUSTOMERS must keep a copy of the file and SCULPTEO cannot, under any circumstances, be held responsible for the loss or destruction of files transmitted by the CUSTOMER.
Article 10 – Intellectual property
- The images, drawings, designs, texts, names and logos appearing on the "http:// www.sculpteo.com" website are the property of their authors and are thus protected by intellectual property rights and usage rights held by SCULPTEO and/or creators bound to SCULPTEO by a specific contract (see Specific Conditions).
- All CUSTOMERS who send SCULPTEO an image, drawing or design (the "IMAGE") guarantee that they are the author or holder of all intellectual property rights for this IMAGE and that they have not infringed any intellectual property rights by sending this IMAGE. The CUSTOMER undertakes to indemnify SCULPTEO against any claims by third parties. The CUSTOMER will retain ownership of the IMAGE sent to SCULPTEO. The CUSTOMER grants SCULPTEO a licence for the single use of their IMAGE to carry out their order.
- CUSTOMERS have the possibility, if they wish, of granting SCULPTEO the right, free of charge, to use and reproduce their IMAGE in the catalogue appearing on the "http:// www.sculpteo.com" website so that the rights to use their image can be sold to another CUSTOMER for the creation of an OBJECT. To do this, CUSTOMERS choose the "For Sale" sharing mode for their IMAGE). In this case, the CUSTOMER must accept the Specific Conditions, under the terms of which they give SCULPTEO the authority to reproduce their IMAGE on the "http:// www.sculpteo.com" website and to manage, in their name and on their behalf, all aspects of their commercial relationship with another potential CUSTOMER wishing to buy the right to use their IMAGE with a view to having an OBJECT created by SCULPTEO. If a CUSTOMER orders an OBJECT chosen from the catalogue, the CUSTOMER who has created the IMAGE will be paid by the end CUSTOMER for the right to use their IMAGE and SCULPTEO will be remunerated by the IMAGE creator in its capacity as an intermediary, in accordance with the terms defined in the Specific Conditions.
- The CUSTOMER also has the possibility of granting SCULPTEO a non exclusive licence for their IMAGE, free of charge, (by choosing the "Public" sharing mode for their IMAGE). This licence gives SCULPTEO the right to produce OBJECTS based on the IMAGE for its other CUSTOMERS in accordance with the same methods as for the CUSTOMER who owns the IMAGE as well as to assure the promotion of this IMAGE by making it available on SCULPTEO's website or any partner's website. The CUSTOMER may revoke this licence at any time by modifying the sharing mode for their IMAGE, or by directly erasing it from the catalogue appearing on the "http:// www.sculpteo.com" website. Orders confirmed by SCULPTEO in accordance with the procedure described in Article 5 above before the revocation of the licence will not be affected.
- Any reproduction, exploitation or use, whether in France or abroad, of all or part of the "http:// www.sculpteo.com" website and/or any OBJECT for professional use (on whatever basis, even partially) or duplication on any media, website, free, paid or commercial blogs, is forbidden unless prior consent has been given by SCULPTEO and constitutes a counterfeiting offence punishable under articles L335-2 and following of the French Intellectual Property Code.
Article 11 – Personal data
In accordance with the French law on Information Technology, Files and Freedoms of 6th January 1978, nominative information relating to CUSTOMERS may be the subject of automated handling.
SCULPTEO reserves the right to gather information on CUSTOMERS, including through the use of cookies, and, if it wishes, to transmit the information gathered to its commercial partners.
CUSTOMERS may object to the divulgation of their contact details by informing SCULPTEO. In the same vein, users have a right to access and rectify data concerning themselves in accordance with the law of 6 January 1978.
The automated handling of data, including the management of website users' email addresses, was the subject of a declaration submitted to the CNIL (French data protection authority) on 5 January 2010, registered under number 1404840.
Article 12 – Settlement of disputes
These online general terms and conditions are governed by French law.
The parties will endeavour to resolve any disagreements which may arise between them concerning the interpretation, partial or total execution or non-performance of these general terms and conditions in an amicable fashion.
The CUSTOMER should contact SCULPTEO as a priority in order to obtain an amicable solution.
In the case of a professional CUSTOMER, the disagreement will be submitted to a mediator from the Professional Chamber of Mediation and Negotiation (Chambre Professionnelle de la Médiation et de la Négociation - CPMN), due to its professional, independence, neutrality and impartiality guarantees. To submit the case, one of the parties should give the mediator the authority to organise a meeting which the other party must attend within one month of the request. To organise this meeting, the mediator will send a letter with acknowledgement of receipt to each of the parties. The parties will share the costs of involvement of the mediator between them in an equitable manner and undertake to participate in at least one meeting with the mediator, seeking to resolve the dispute using the most appropriate solution, with his/her assistance.
If the parties cannot come to an agreement, this arbitration clause will be reputed as honoured.
In the absence of an amicable agreement, any dispute will be submitted to the competent court of the place of the defendant's domicile or, at his discretion, at the delivery place of the OBJECT. Nevertheless, in case the CUSTOMER is considered as a professional, the courts under the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal of Versailles will be solely competent.
For more information or if you are not entirely satisfied with services provided by SCULPTEO, contact our Customer Service Department:
- By email firstname.lastname@example.com
- In the USA: +1-800-814-1270; - or in France: +33 1 83 64 11 22;
- Postal address:
Customer Service
10 rue Auguste Perret
Last update : July 2nd 2015
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SculpteoCEO: Clement Moreau
514 971 654 RCS Creteil
10 rue Auguste Perret
+33 1 83 64 11 22
+1 800-814-1270


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Multiple attempts were made to download files which seemed to be done only for hosting purposes. In one very specific attack, the attacker used over 50 commands to investigate the server and then attempted to download several files. The following shows one attempt to download a music file, and two attempts to download legitimate Windows applications (not related to cracking activities):
Other files that attackers attempted to download seemed to be intended to help in the exploitation of the server. A common action was to fetch a PHP shell application such as c99 shell (see Appendix B) to allow the attacker to issue shell commands, view the filesystem and perhaps to connect to local databases. Some attackers tried to download the eggdrop IRC bot or the psyBNC IRC proxy.


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The star Fomalhaut is an autumn star for the Northern Hemisphere (spring star for the Southern Hemisphere). From our northerly latitudes, it's sometimes called the Loneliest Star. It's also famous in astronomical science as the first star with a visible exoplanet. Follow the links below to learn more about the star Fomalhaut.
Fomalhaut as a star, and a word about the Main Sequence
Fomalhaut's candidate planet, Fomalhaut b
Fomalhaut history and mythology
Fomalhaut as a star, and a word about the Main Sequence. As determined by an analysis of its light, Fomalhaut is classified as an A3V star. It's considerably hotter and heavier than our sun, as indicated by the "A3." Imagine you could place our sun and Fomalhaut side by side in space – say, at 10 parsecs or 32.6 light-years away. In that case, Fomalhaut would outshine our sun in visible light by nearly 17 times. The "V" in Fomalhaut's classification is called a luminosity class, and it designates the largest category of all, ordinary stars like our sun in the mature and stable part of their life spans.
These numbers and letters refer to what astronomers call the Main Sequence, a way of categorizing stars by mass and luminosity. The Main Sequence follows the rather odd progression of OBAFGKM. Os are the hottest and most massive stars, and Ms are the coolest and least massive stars. In addition, there is a numerical subdivision running from 0 to 9 with each letter. Our sun is a G2V, as is Alpha Centauri. Since Fomalhaut's designation is significantly to the left of the sun's in this sequence, you know it is hotter and more massive than our sun.
Fomalhaut's actual distance from Earth, as determined by analysis of data from the Hipparcos mission, is 25 light-years. Fomalhaut's mass and radius are, respectively, a little more than twice and a little less than twice solar values. Being hotter than the sun (about 8500 kelvins or nearly 15,000 degrees F, compared to 10,000 degrees F for the sun), this star burns its fuel faster and has a shorter lifetime. In fact, it is estimated that Fomalhaut may have a lifespan of only about a billion years, a tenth of that of our cooler sun. Currently, Fomalhaut is likely less than halfway through its life.
Fomalhaut appears to the eye to be a single star like the sun, but there is another faint star a couple of degrees below (south of) Fomalhaut that is at about the same distance and moving through space in the same manner. This other star was recently found to be a companion to Fomalhaut, despite the fact that the two stars are separated by about a light-year. In 2013, researchers found that Fomalhaut is actually a triple star. It is one of the widest triple stars known. Read more about the third star in the Fomalhaut system.
How to see Fomalhaut. Fomalhaut, sometimes called the Autumn Star by people in the Northern Hemisphere, appears in a part of the sky that is largely empty of bright stars. For this reason, in skylore, Fomalhaut is also often referred to the Lonely One or Solitary One or the Loneliest Star.
White Fomalhaut is more or less opposite the sun in early September, and so it shines in the sky all night long during the autumn months. Finding Fomalhaut from latitudes like those in the U.S. is simple. Just face south on an autumn evening and look. Fomalhaut is the brightest star in front of us on autumn evenings, as we face south. It is typically less than a third of the way up in the sky (higher from far southern Texas or Florida, lower from more northerly locations).
Fomalhaut is part of the faint constellation Piscis Austrinus the Southern Fish. It's part of a round pattern of stars, supposedly the open mouth of the Fish. But don't expect to see a fish in these stars.
In early September, Fomalhaut reaches its midnight culmination, meaning that it is highest in the sky to the south at local midnight. Finding Fomalhaut at the time it culminates is easiest, but this happens at different times on different dates. Here are just a few times and dates of culmination, but keep in mind that the times are only rough, although they are adjusted for Daylight Saving Time as needed:
July 15, 4 a.m.
August 15, 1 a.m.
September 15, midnight
October 15, 10 p.m.
November 15 , 7 p.m.
December 15, 5 p.m.
Fomalhaut is the 18th brightest star in the sky. It is probably is the most southerly bright star that many North Americans know. Granted, a few bright stars farther to the south are visible from tropical and subtropic northern latitudes, but these brighter stars lurk near or beneath the horizon as seen as from middle and far latitudes in the northern hemisphere. Fomalhaut can be seen from as far north as 60 degrees latitude (southern Alaska, central Canada, northern Europe), where it just skims the southern horizon.
From the Southern Hemisphere. Those at far southern latitudes on Earth see Fomalhaut high in their sky, for more of the year, than we do on the northern part of Earth.
Fomalhaut's candidate planet, Fomalhaut b. The star Fomalhaut, which is known to be surrounded by several debris disks, holds a special place in the search for planets beyond our solar system. In 2008, scientists announced a visible planet for Fomalhaut. It was the first extrasolar planet visible to the eye in photographic images. In 2008, when astronomers made this announcement, we knew other planets were out there, orbiting distant suns. But, prior to the images of Fomalhaut b, all extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, made their presence known indirectly, for example, in some instances, by their gravitational tugging on their stars.
This planet, now called Fomalhaut b, was believed to have at least the mass of Neptune, and no more than three times the mass of Jupiter. Calculations reported in January 2013 indicated that the planet has a 1,700-year, highly-elliptical orbit.
And yet a controversy continues to surround this planet candidate.
That is, in 2012, the work of some astronomers showed that the emission observed from Fomalhaut b can be completely explained by starlight scattered by small dust. These astronomers argue that Fomalhaut b is indeed a planet, surrounded by dust in Fomalhaut's observed dusty disks. Meanwhile, in the same year, the work of other astronomers suggested that the light of Fomalhaut b cannot be explained as due to direct or scattered radiation from a massive planet. One possibility they suggest is that, instead of being a real planet, Fomalhaut b might be the aftermath of a collision during the past 100 years of two small Kuiper belt objects, each with a radius of only about 50 kilometers.
Yet other groups of astronomers questioned whether a gas giant planet could exist within 40 AU of Fomalhaut. Spitzer Space Telescope imaging suggested that the object Fomalhaut b might merely be a dust cloud.
That same year, 2012, studies confirmed that, while Fomalhaut b does exist, it is shrouded by debris, so it may be a gravitationally-bound accumulation of rubble rather than a whole planet.
Time will tell, as more observations continue to be made of this fascinating system.
Fomalhaut history and mythology. As mentioned above, Fomalhaut is sometimes called the Loneliest Star. It really does look lonely because it's as the only bright star in a large area of sky.
Fomalhaut is Alpha Piscis Austrinus (the brightest star in the Southern Fish), and the name Fomalhaut derives from the Arabic Fum al Hut, meaning Mouth of the Fish. Strangely, another Arabic title for the star means The First Frog.
In the sky visible from the Northern Hemisphere, the constellation Aquarius the Water Carrier resides above Fomalhaut's constellation Piscis Austrinus. You can see a zig-zag line of stars that goes from Aquarius to Piscis Austrinus. In skylore, this line of stars represents water from the Jar of the Water Carrier, trickling into the open Mouth of the Fish, as shown in the illustration above.
According to Richard Hinckley Allen, Fomalhaut was one of the four guardians of the heavens to the ancient Persians, and given the name of Hastorang. (The other guardians were Aldebaran in Taurus, Antares in Scorpius, and Regulus in Leo.) Allen also says that Fomalhaut was a source of worship at the temple of Demeter at Eleusis in ancient Greece. In about 2500 BC, Fomalhaut helped mark the location of the winter solstice, meaning that it helped to define the location in the sky where the sun crossed the meridian at noon on the first day of winter.
Oddly, although Fomalhaut's spectral type indicates a white to bluish white color, some writers have referred to it as red. There being little likelihood that this star has dramatically changed colors in historic times, the reference to a red Fomalhaut is puzzling. It may be due to a simple error, repeated unquestioning by later writers. Or it may be due to the reddening affects of Earth's atmosphere, which filters out the bluer colors when an object is near the horizon. This causes, for example, red sunsets.
Bottom line: Look for the star Fomalhaut in the constellation Piscis Austrinus the Southern Fish on Northern Hemisphere autumn evenings (Southern Hemisphere spring evenings). Because it's the only bright star in its region of sky, Fomalhaut is sometimes called the Loneliest Star. This star is famous for its planet, Fomalhaut b, which was the first extrasolar planet seen via images at wavelengths visible to the human eye.
Fomalhaut's position is RA: 22h 57m 39s, dec: -29° 37′ 19″.
Larry Sessions has written many favorite posts in EarthSky's Tonight area. He's a former planetarium director in Little Rock, Fort Worth and Denver and an adjunct faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He's a longtime member of NASA's Solar System Ambassadors program. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including Space.com, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy and Rolling Stone. His small book on world star lore, Constellations, was published by Running Press.


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|MLBPA Press Release
Jackson, 23, was acquired by the Detroit Tigers in a December 2009 trade with the New York Yankees, and the 2009 International League Rookie of the Year quickly made his presence felt in the Motor City. Jackson finished the season leading all Major League rookies in hits (181), runs (103) and stolen bases (27), while finishing second among rookies in total bases (247), doubles (34) and games played (tied with 151).
Posey, 23, was drafted by the World Series-bound San Francisco Giants in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft. The catcher helped backstop the Giants pitching staff to a Major League-best 3.36 ERA, while batting .305 with 18 homers (tied for fifth among all rookies) and 67 RBI (tied for third among all rookies). He finished second among all rookies in slugging percentage (.505).
The Players Choice Awards annually honor the outstanding player, rookie, pitcher and comeback player in each league, while the Player of the Year and Man of the Year awards bestow top honors without regard to league. Balloting for the Players Choice Awards was conducted in September under the supervision of accounting firm KPMG.
2010 Players Choice Award winners in all categories will designate charities to receive grants totaling $260,000 from the Major League Baseball Players Trust, the charitable foundation created and run by the players themselves. The Players Trust raises funds and attention for issues affecting the needy and promotes community involvement. Since 1992, the Players Trust has recognized the outstanding on-field and off-field performances of Players Choice Awards winners by contributing $3 million to charities around the world. For additional information, please visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com or visit the Players Trust channel on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/MLBPlayersTrust.
Below please find the complete list of 2010 Players Choice Awards finalists as well as the ESPN Radio broadcast schedule for the awards announcements. Go to www.ESPNRadio.com to find an ESPN Radio station near you or to listen live.
2010 Players Choice Awards finalists (winners in bold, underlined)
American League:
Outstanding Player: Jose Bautista (Toronto), Miguel Cabrera (Detroit), Josh Hamilton (Texas)
Outstanding Pitcher: Felix Hernandez (Seattle), David Price (Tampa Bay), CC Sabathia (NY Yankees)
Outstanding Rookie: Wade Davis (Tampa Bay), Neftali Feliz (Texas), Austin Jackson (Detroit)
Comeback Player: Freddy Garcia (Chicago White Sox), Vladimir Guerrero (Texas), Francisco Liriano (Minnesota)
National League:
Outstanding Player: Carlos Gonzalez (Colorado), Albert Pujols (St. Louis), Joey Votto (Cincinnati)
Outstanding Pitcher: Roy Halladay (Philadelphia), Ubaldo Jimenez (Colorado), Adam Wainwright (St. Louis)
Outstanding Rookie: Jaime Garcia (St. Louis), Jason Heyward (Atlanta), Buster Posey (San Francisco)
Comeback Player: R.A. Dickey (NY Mets), Tim Hudson (Atlanta), Aubrey Huff (San Francisco)
Either league:
Player of Year: Carlos Gonzalez (Colorado), Josh Hamilton (Texas), Joey Votto (Cincinnati)
Man of the Year: Torii Hunter (LA Angels of Anaheim), Brandon Inge (Detroit), Troy Tulowitzki (Colorado)
ESPN Radio broadcast schedule for 2010 Players Choice Awards
Monday, Oct. 25 - AL/NL Comeback Players - Scott Van Pelt (1-4 p.m. ET)
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Treatment for Stage IV Prostate cancer
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I have been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. Is it better to start total androgen ablation right away or first just leuitinizing hormone?
David J Vaughn, MD, Medical Director of the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
In general, most believe that total androgen blockade such as luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist plus anti-androgren therapy or orchiectomy plus anti-androgen therapy is not significantly superior to LHRH agonist monotherapy or orchiectomy monotherapy. A recent meta-analysis suggests about a 2-3% improvement in survival for total androgen blockade. One needs to balance this against the cost and toxicity of the anti-androgen, which are not negligible. The only caveat is that prior to initiating LHRH agonist therapy a period of anti-androgen blockade prevents a flare in symptoms.


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Where are you starting from?
The dietary restriction programme is not a weight-reducing approach as such. Its two aims are: health promotion (whether this be prevention of normal / common age-related health problems, or recovery from current ill health); and promotion of life extension. It is clearly quite impossible to guarantee that either of these aims will be achieved, and so anyone who is applying the methods must understand that they alone will able to judge whether or not they are sufficiently impressed by the evidence to become motivated to apply the programme, and ultimately whether they are pleased with the results.
Although the aims are not weight reduction, dietary (calorie) restriction almost always leads to this, and we must be clear that changes in weight are often an important guide to the way you are responding to the programme (and therefore to how efficiently you are applying the methods).
Assuming your age and health status do not bar you from applying the diet, your first step is to establish an important guideline, and this requires that you determine your 'set point' weight level.
How do you find your 'set point'?
If you have remained fairly stable since your 20s or early 30s, note down your average weight during that time. This is your 'set point. If you have steadily gained weight since that period of your life, then note down what your average weight was in your 20s or early 30s. This is your 'set point. If you have experienced a rapid weight gain (or loss) then this should be investigated by a health professional before you adopt any of the methods outlined. There could, for example, be a hormonal or other imbalance which requires attention.
Once you have established your 'set point' weight level you need to keep it in mind as the dietary approach progresses, ensuring that at no time does your weight fall below it by more than 25 per cent. For example, if your 'set point' is 60 kilos (1321b/9.5 stone) you must not let your weight drop below 45 kilos (991b/7 stone). If your 'set point' is 80 kilos (1761b/12.5 stone) your weight should not be allowed to drop below 60 kilos (1321b/9.5 stone). Simple arithmetic, using the 'set point' as your guide, will give you your absolute limit of weight loss below which safety is being risked.
On the other hand, in order to achieve benefits from the diet you should try to ensure that if your 'set point' and your present weight are the same, that after 12 months you have achieved at least a 10 per cent reduction in weight (which is also a 10 per cent reduction from your 'set point'); and if your 'set point' and weight
are different (because you have gained weight since your 20s), that within a year you should have achieved at least a 10 per cent reduction in what your weight was at the start of the diet. (This will not, however, be a 10 per cent reduction in weight from your 'set point, which might take much more than a year to reach.)
So if your 'set point' and your weight at the start were the same, at 60 kilos (1321b/9.5 stone) you must try to reach a weight of 54 kilos (1191b/8.5 stone) within a year. If your 'set point' and weight at the start were the same, at 80 kilos (1761b/12.5 stone), you should reach 72 kilos (1581b/11.5 stone) within a year to begin to benefit from dietary restriction. If, however, your 'set point' is 60 kilos (1321b/9.5 stone) and because of weight rise since your 20s your present weight is now 70 kilos (1541b/11 stone), your weight should have reduced to 63 kilos (1391b/10 stone) by the end of the first year. Your 'set point' being 60 kilos determines that for benefits to begin to be gained you need to stabilize your weight loss at under 54 kilos, so this (life extension) target may not be reached for several years. Nevertheless, during this time a host of health benefits should start to be noticed.
Remember that the 'set point never changes, since it is based on what your weight was in the past (unless you are still in your 20s in which case it is your present weight, as long as this is stable). If you have not lost either 10 per cent of your 'set point' weight after 12 months, or 10 per cent of your total weight after 12 months (if your 'set point' and starting weight were different) you should reexamine how efficiently you are applying the rules of dietary restriction.
Your 'set point' is your baseline
Your 'set point' weight is a key number. It gives you a marker from which you can assess whether you are achieving successful modification of metabolic rate through calorie restriction, by keeping a check on weight loss, and it also allows you to monitor the speed with which this is happening. It is important that any weight loss is not fast. The aim is a slow reduction of anything from 1-41b a month (depending on how much body fat you are starting with) from your 'set point' weight (or starting point weight, if these two figures are different).
To recap, the safe long-term (it could take several years) target you are aiming to reach is a reduction to not less than 10 per cent and not more than 25 per cent below your 'set point' weight. At that time the full benefits of dietary restriction will be operating (reduced free radical activity, more thrifty energy processes etc.). Never allow your weight to drop below 75 per cent of your 'set point' weight.
How quickly?
The time it takes you to reach your target weight should be anything from 12 months to several years. The older you are when you start the programme the longer you should take to achieve this target weight. One of the joys of this approach following a 1,800 to 2,000 calorie per day diet) is that it is highly unlikely that you will ever drop below 75 per cent of your 'set point' weight. By the time you have reached the safe weight level your metabolic machinery should have adjusted to the reduced energy intake, becoming ever more efficient, and maintaining you at this optimum weight indefinitely.
Daily protein and fat requirement
Apart from your 'set point' weight you also need to record your present weight, since you will need it as a guide to your ideal protein and fat intake. If you have remained stable in weight since your 20s, then your 'set point' weight will also be your present weight. If you have altered in weight since your 20s you should now record your present weight. You use this figure to calculate how much protein and how much fat you should consume daily as part of your restriction diet. The guidelines for this are: 0.8 to 1.0 grams of protein daily for each kilo of your present body weight, and 0.4 to 0.6 grams of fat daily for each kilo of present body weight.
Protein calculation
It is now time for some simple arithmetic. Multiply your present weight in kilos by 0.8 and by 1.0. Let's say you weigh 60 kilograms:
60 x 0.8 = 48
60 x 1.0 = 60
You need to eat not less than 48 and not more than 60 grams of protein daily, until you start to lose weight, at which time you will need to recalculate your protein intake based on your new body weight. You should do this about once a month, taking your new body weight as your main number and multiplying it by 0.8 and 1.0 for your new daily protein requirement.
Note: If your body weight is different from the example given above (of someone weighing 60 kilos) you need to use your weight in this calculation.
Fat calculation
To discover your fat requirement take your present body weight and multiply this by 0.4 and 0.6. If your present body weight is 60 kilograms:
60 x 0.4 = 24
60 x 0.6 = 36
You need to eat not less than 24 and not more than 36 grams of fat daily, until you start to lose weight, at which time you will need to recalculate your fat intake based on your new body weight. You should do this about once a month (until you reach your target weight at which time it will stabilize at that level), taking your new body weight in kilos as your main number and multiplying it by 0.4 and 0.6 for your new daily fat requirement.
Guidelines will be given later in this chapter on how this protein and fat content of your diet might be made up.
Reminder: It is essential that you readjust your protein and fat intake as the weight loss progresses, to match your present body weight at all times. Each time fat and protein levels are reduced to match your reduced weight it is also necessary that you then increase your intake of calories from other sources (complex carbohydrates such as whole grains, fruit and vegetables, for example) so that the 1,800 to 2,000 daily intake of calories is maintained. Help is given in the next chapter on how you might best work this out.
1,800 or 2,000 daily?
If you are over 50 years of age it is suggested that you do not allow weight loss to occur too fast (especially if you are overweight) and that you therefore stick to 2,000 calories per day. Younger people (20 to 50) can usually afford to lose weight a little faster and can choose between either 1,800 or 2,000 calories a day. This is not a crash diet. It's aims are not to produce weight loss as an end in itself but quite simply to improve health and to encourage life extension.
An almost automatic by-product of the method will be a loss in weight, which is used as a guide to how efficiently your body is adjusting to caloric restriction, the one and only proven method for achieving life extension to date, with a host of positive health benefits added as a bonus.
Calculating calories
We all know the expression (taken from the title of a famous diet book) that calories 'don't count'. This expression was used to point to the fact that people who tried to slim using calories as their sole guide, and who applied diets of 1,00.0 calories (often less) for lengthy periods, frequently failed to achieve their objectives. This was often because dietary change was too quick ('crash' diets) and restrictions too great. It also had much to do with the thoroughly unbalanced way the limited calorie intake was made up.
The life extension diet does not try to aim at weight loss. It is essentially a slow process and it does not reduce intake of food to ridiculous and unsustainable levels. When weight reduction is too fast, compensating mechanisms are triggered in the body which try desperately to retain weight levels. Life extension diets, because they use only a moderate reduction in food intake, and because they insist on adequate protein, fat and all other nutrients apart from calories, and because the quality of the food eaten is seen to be at least as important as how much is eaten, do not produce this type of defensive reaction and are sustainable for years (indeed, for a lifetime - a long one it is hoped).
Once established, the natural life extension diet is easily maintained, does not produce the sort of social difficulties which extremely limited diets do, and allows a normal life to continue with no feeling of deprivation. The need to count calories in this instance is therefore not the same as in strict crash diets, but rather as a means of giving a pattern to eating which is easy to follow. The way this is done is by means of what has become known as an 'exchange diet' about which I have more to say below.


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After one of the most valiant comeback wins I've ever seen, if not, the most valiant comeback I've ever seen (there are a lot more valiant comebacks I've seen), and essentially mutilating my caps lock button on my keyboard, the Knicks snagged another win last night, this time from the Spurs, to keep their undefeated record put at 6-0. Tonight, the Knicks are in Memphis to face the roughhousing 6-1 Grizzlies, who are in first place in the Southwest Division. The Grizzlies have won 6 games in a row, two of them being consecutive wins over last year's NBA Finals recipients, the Thunder and the Heat. Four of the six games the Grizzlies have won in a row were determined by 10+ point margins. Here is some stuff to watch for:
Matchups: One of the most intriguing matchups to look for tonight is gonna be Carmelo Anthony up against the walking double-double aka Zach Randolph. Randolph has notched a double-double in all 7 games the Grizzlies have played this season. Melo, who is coming off of a horrid shooting night, will be probably getting battered and bruised under the boards, but Melo will hopefully, and I think he will, mesmerize Randolph with his shooting abilities tonight creating space on his isos because it's very unlikely that Randolph knows how to play defense when it's not paint defense. Melo should take some precautionary measures, though, if he's gonna attack the rim because the Grizzlies are the definition of hard in the paint (no Waka Flocka Flame reference intended). Tony Allen is probably gonna be scrambling all over the floor due to the Knicks having an abundant of shooters, but Allen will probably be defending a very efficient JR Smith for the majority of his minutes. JR should brace himself, primarily on the perimeter because Allen's lockdown perimeter defensive prowess is, well, you know, unstoppable, giving no one little to no breathing room for shot creation. Ronnie Brewer is going up against premier scorer Rudy Gay. Brewer has Tony Allen's perimeter defensive characteristics, and that will probably be a huge factor in determining Gay's scoring from beyond the arc. Tyson Chandler going up against Marc Gasol will be a defensive marquee matchup. Raymond Felton will be going up against point guard sleeper, Mike Conley. As long as Felton attacks the rim aggressively like he has been all season, then Felton will have a great night.
CRASH THE BOARDS, Although, That Might Be Difficult: The Knicks have been playing outstanding defense so far this season, but despite the great defense, the Knicks are last in the league in rebounds per game and the second worst in rebounds allowed per game. As it says in the bullet title, it may be very difficult to grab rebounds against a team that has a league leading rebounder in Zach Randolph and a superb rebounder in Marc Gasol. Carmelo Anthony is the Knicks leading rebounder with an 8.2 RPG average, which makes me a little worried, but hopefully Tyson Chandler rejuvenates tonight under the glass.
Bench: Hopefully Steve Novak can bounce back from his previous ghastly shooting night. Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas should be getting some significant minutes because the starters were definitely flushed from last night. Containing Wayne Ellington and Jerryd Bayless on the perimeter is imperative. Bayless' has shot.556 from three so far this season, while Ellington has shot .458 from three. Get cracking on the perimeter, second unit. And I forgot, I HAVE THE NEED FOR SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED.
Lastly, on a side note, if Hamed Haddadi gets any kind of minutes, preferably garbage time minutes, I will go bonkers.