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Kalleum, the technical marvel which men believed would raise civilization up to new and dizzying heights became the very thing which caused them to flee in terror and hide far beneath the surface of the sea. Yet still they could not abandon the very cause of their doom, for that which drove them from the open skies also became a tether to survival beneath the dark and turbulent ocean.
I've studied the old histories, read all the old clippings. Most of it's on the old paper, the kind they used to make out of plants that grew landside and not the pressed seaweed we use today.
According to the old reporters, we went from horse and mule, wagon and locomotive, to subaquatic pod and Kalleum-powered rail. Men used to be able to wander the open plains and choose where to set down their roots. Now they must make do where Builders & Co. chooses to put up walls. Well, excepting the bandits who hide out in all the sea caves (and only the gods know where else.)
— Hector Vardan, Professor of History at the University of Rawlwick
Discovery and the Early Days
Those early days must have been heady times. Humanity had stumbled upon a substance so full of power and the potential to change the world. How could they not be excited? With minimal processing, a pound of Kalleum holds more electrical and thermal power than a ton of coal. It could be used to heat water for great steam turbines as easily as it could be harnessed to light the, then new, incandescent light bulbs.
I have read numerous notes and letters between the great minds of the day discussing the various uses and ramifications of the new super fuel. At first, no one considered its use as a tool of war. Why would they? No one would have thought to throw balls of flaming coal at an enemy. The naive scientists of that time considered only its peaceful applications; envisioning a world of ease and plenty for all.
It was only later, when the dust settled and the world began to die, that these minds thought back to what they had opened the world up to and felt shame. Each and every one of those early scientists were found guilty of mass murder. Some were put before the firing squad while others were hung. I understand a few lost their heads to the guillotine.
The world had its vengeance. And yet it still died.
— Hector Vardan
They call it Kalleum. Most likely after its discoverer, though that tidbit was long ago purged from the collective memory; polite folk simply do not talk about it. He must have been mad, this inventor, mad and also something of a genius. How he thought to combine the various metals and minerals which make up Kalleum, or how he figured out just the right process of heat and electrical stimulation to put it through, we will likely never know. Some incautious souls propose that he was highly admired and respected amongst the scientific community, whilst others propose that he was likely an eccentric and an outcast forced to prove himself in the most dire of ways.
But no matter the story, it is, and has always been, called Kalleum. Humanity is ambivalent toward Kalleum, for it is both the thing which makes life for us possible and the thing which could destroy us by its absence. To understand where we are today and why, one must understand how we got here. And that part of the story is not only a part of polite conversation, but also a thing pushed by every schoolteacher in every classroom in every corner of the sea. This is why one does not taunt the gods by delving too deeply into the mysteries of nature, they say.
Once the wonder of Kalleum was discovered, scientists around the world began to experiment with it. On its own, exposed to the air, it is little more than a lump of metallic rock with a rainbow of hues reflecting from its surface.
Attach wires to it, however, and it immediately sends out electrical current. It must be suspended by these wires, otherwise it sends out electrical shocks commensurate with its size. (School children of old used to play a game of "Touch the Kalleum" whereby a thimble-sized piece of the stuff was held by one child while a friend touched wires to its surface; the one to let go first was the loser.)
Placed within water, a lump of Kalleum will begin to heat, causing the fluid to boil and turn to steam in short order. Again, the amount of heat produced is proportional to the amount of Kalleum present. Once the water is gone, the rock reverts to its inert state.
Many experiments were accomplished with the use of this magical substance. Patents were filed and men began to fill their pockets with the sale of wondrous machines. The possibilities were endless and every day the newspapers were filled with exciting new prospects.
On a larger scale, the use of Kalleum paved the way for electrical lighting and cheap mechanical energy. Prototype horseless carriages running on steam were produced, lamps of incandescent lighting began to line the streets of the larger cities. Factories and mills were able to boost output. Industry was booming.
Disaster Looms
According to the journals of many heads of state, most of which have been retrieved in the past few years by the brave scavenger crews willing to risk landside now and then, the threat of war was long expected. Though they played the threat down to the populace, many had already begun to bolster their militaries. It was not long before the subject of Kalleum as a weapon became a topic of serious discussion.
When the war started they did not use their new weapons straight away. Mostly, I suspect they were uncertain of its effectiveness against the tried and true methods. Once Kalleum weapons appeared, however, the war ended in short order.
— Hector Vardan
As technology spread so did the need for more territory. Kalleum dependent nations sought more and more natural resources, causing tensions to grow. It was inevitable that war would erupt.
In the beginning the war was quite a bloody affair. With the use of steam-driven tanks, the first subaquatics, and more efficient firearms, man had become highly efficient at killing his fellows.
The war began to drag on. In the end, out of desperation, the two largest nations did the unthinkable and began using Kalleum in the creation of super weapons. The death toll skyrocketed. Entire battlefields were devastated in mere minutes. Peace was negotiated shortly after.
The World Dies
Within the library of landside documents are a number of faded photographs, a technology we have since lost, showing the incredible devastation which followed the war. Many are simply greyish-brown blobs that are difficult to make out. One album in particular, however, is fairly well preserved. There are pictures of bodies laying in the streets, bloated and decomposing; wheat fields turned to ash; trees collapsing under their own rotting weight; what appears to be an extended family walking alongside a covered wagon toward a dust-choked horizon, a young woman looking back to glare at the photographer.
We have adjusted quite well here, beneath the sea, but my heart breaks when I think of the hardships faced by those who had to watch their world shrivel up and die, normal people whose only hope lay in a plan of pure madness.
— Hector Vardan
That was not to be the end of it, however. Kalleum could be turned into an effective weapon, certainly, but its release into the atmosphere had a devastating effect upon all life that was exposed to air. Cities that survived the fighting were soon clogged with the rotting corpses of the dead. It laid waste to the countryside, killing off both farmer and field.
The spreading death could not be stopped. Some attempted to go underground or hole up in caves, but the airborne Kalleum still managed to follow. Crops and animal life were dying off as well.
Only one place seemed unaffected: the aquatic realm. The only effect airborne Kalleum had upon the water was to cause small, inexplicable fires to start on the surface and then quickly burn out. Sea life remained untainted by the calamity.
A New Home
The struggling survivors fled beneath the waves, using Kalleum-driven steam engines to carve out tunnels below the sea floor. Techniques were developed to extract air from water, using the electrical charge from Kalleum to split the water via electrolysis. At first they survived off of the sea life itself but eventually new crops were planted in great caverns lit by huge banks of incandescent bulbs. These helped provide more air.
The caves were mined for material to build structures upon the seafloor rather than relying on the sometimes unstable tunnel systems.
Today man not only lives below the surface of the great seas; he thrives.
Steam is ever present in our undersea world. It is piped through the walls to keep us warm in these frigid depths. It is used to turn the great turbines which circulate much needed air between the argodomes and the rest of the inhabited areas. It propels the subaquatics of all sizes, from two-man pods to intercity rail and military vessels.
I have been on numerous expeditions outside my home city of Eridos, and each time I return, I am amazed at the sight of the great domes and tubes of the city encrusted with sea life at every point. But nowhere as much as the great heat sinks, where steam meets ocean cold.
— Kristoph Palomer, Geologist for K&C Mining Co
Two words describe the underpinnings of modern technology: Kalleum and steam. While electricity is used in some narrow ways, such as lighting or electrolysis, it is little understood and mostly feared. Better to trust in devices which have palpable parts that can be seen and easily understood. For that, there is steam. And for steam, there is Kalleum.
The Settlements
The cities and towns of this new world dot the oceans and seas near coastal edges. Some reside along continental shelves, while others are somewhat deeper. Materials technology is not advanced enough to survive the true ocean depths, however.
Seen from the outside, the largest of these settlements are rather magnificent structures. Large domes and rounded rectangles are joined by mile upon mile of cylindrical tubes and pipes. Even the smaller settlements are impressive in what they have accomplished.
With very few exceptions, every settlement has at least one of the following:
- Kalleum, steam, and electrical plant: This is where Kalleum is stored and used to produce power.
- Agrodome: The source of most air and some food.
- Residential zones: These vary greatly, depending on how well off the residents are.
- Environmental processing: Providing air quality, dealing with waste, generating fresh water, etc.
Some also have additional factories, plants, processing facilities, educational institutions, entertainment zones, and areas with much finer residential domes.
The larger settlements tend to be connected by underwater rail, steam-powered subaquatics that travel safely within long steel tubes. Lesser settlements can only be reached by individual subaquatic. The more frequented areas tend to be served by regular passenger transports while the outlying towns are lucky to see the occasional merchant or itinerant traveler.
There are traveling packs of entertainers who make the rounds, slowly bringing news and fresh faces to places who see too little of either, though even they avoid some of the less lawful places.
All underwater vehicles are referred to as subaquatics. They are propeller driven by steam engines heated with small chunks of Kalleum.
Two-Man Pod
The two-man subaquatic pod is as it sounds. The smaller models have one seat in front of the other with bubbled domes on top to allow a view of the surrounding water. The larger ones have the seats side by side and have larger bodies for carrying small amounts of cargo.
Passenger Transport
Akin to a stagecoach, passenger transports vary in size and can carry half to a dozen people along with their luggage and some extra cargo.
Cargo Transport
Similar to passenger transport, but designed for hauling cargo. Used for everything from hauling material from the smaller mines to merchandise for traveling salesmen to entertainment caravans.
The most efficient form of transportation, rail is similar to the landside railways but they ride through covered tunnels in order to keep the tracks safe from debris and sea life.
Just like the landside counterpart, rail is good at hauling both large amounts of cargo and passengers. The extensive infrastructure required for their operation limits them to heavily traveled routes, making it a chicken-and-egg problem for settlements that have potential for growth.
Transportation and the Mines
The old tunnels where men first made their homes after traveling to the undersea are still used as bases for mining. The great steam-driven machines continue to churn through the rock, revealing deposits of ore of all types.
Over the years, these tunnels have continued to grow and expand. Many have been left behind and are home to both pirate and vagabond. Security patrols are ever present around the mines themselves to guard against threats, both human and animal. For their own safety, these patrols avoid straying too far from the mines.
Rail exists between many of the mines and a particular city, although some of the smaller operations must rely on cargo transports. No matter the route, they are all plump targets that tend to be heavily guarded.
Landside Travel
A few amphibious vehicles have been built which are able to go on land for brief periods of time. The range of each vehicle is severely limited by the amount of air that can be kept onboard. There is a rush to develop filters which could potentially keep out the airborn Kalleum for extended periods, allowing these vehicles a much greater range. As it is, they must remain airtight and be inspected before being allowed near an underwater settlement.
Due to the threat of airborn Kalleum, it is incredibly risky to travel landside. More than one intrepid crew has been lost to a crack in the seals. Some souls are still quick to volunteer, however, for the thrill of seeing something new and the potential for uncovering something of great value cannot be denied.
Daily Life
Outside of adaptations to life under water and the technological marvels of Kalleum and the harnessing of steam, daily life is similar to how it was on land. Beyond that needed to survive, technology has progressed little in the hundred and fifty years since man moved to the undersea and thus is not much different from North American and European technology of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Food Production And Industry
August Weerly tapped his cane against the metal fittings on the tunnel wall while he waited for the entrance to the Hallum Agrodome to open. The tune of Milady Besmith had not left his head since watching the stage production of the same name the previous evening. Tap-tap tap-tap-tap tap-tap went the cane as the great, round steel door unlocked and began to turn aside.
Weerly's man finished with the door and beckoned inside. August entered against the sudden blast of freshly-scented air. As heir to the Hallum Agrodome Operating Co, he had every excuse to make his weekly checks of the facility operations. In truth, he cared little for managing the day-to-day operations; he simply loved the place.
As always, Hugo Cartwell, foreman of the dome, met August just within the entryway. The man nattered on about the usual numbers: production, operating costs, percentages for air production, sales, blah, blah, blah. August simply wandered along, gawking at the sights (though only inwardly; outwardly he appeared the shrewd and hawk-eyed manager.)
Hallum Agrodome continued to be one of the largest and most productive of its ilk. The steel and stone dome rose up high, buttressed by many columns and girders. Very little open space existed within, for every possible space was crammed full of tier upon tier of growing plants, plus all of the many components necessary for such an operation. Great wires of electricity and tubes of nutrient-rich water kept the lights on and the plants happy. Ladders and catwalks allowed workers to see to it all. Great fans driven by steam engines wafted air through the room and out into feeder tubes for the rest of the city.
The trio passed rows of lettuce, cabbage, beets, numerous herbs, and every other kind of crop imaginable. Pleasant, to be sure, but August's favorite of all were the orchards: full of apples, pears, walnuts, peaches, oranges, and many other varieties. Their branches rose up among the higher rows of crops, intertwining with raised beds of things such as spinach and leeks. Hugo assured him the trees would be trimmed back before the following week.
As usual, August made only a cursory look at the sheep pens and chicken coops. The wool and mutton, eggs and poultry may have added a pretty penny to the family fortune, but its stench overpowered the other, more delicate scent of growing plants elsewhere in the facility and he could never wait to get past them.
The great agrodomes are wonders of engineering. The largest structures in any settlement, they tower above the sea floor. Under their high ceilings great electrical lamps shine down, providing life-giving light to the plants below.
In the larger cities, domes of moderate size have been built and made available for parks, though only the well todo are able to wander and admire the beauty to be found therein.
Despite their impressive size, even the largest of domes are unable to supply enough foodstuffs for the full underwater population. The great bounty of the sea holds more than enough to cover the difference, making up a significant portion of the average diet in the outlying settlements.
A tunnel collapse in the Eastric mines more than a year ago took the lives of nearly 500 men and flooded several adjoining digs before it was brought under control. The widespread devastation was blamed on a lack of planning and poor practices; The Eastric & Sons Mining Co was sued out of existence by its rivals. Many of the nearby mines have only recently come back online, hopefully in time to avert a serious shortage of the much needed minerals for the production of Kalleum.
Meanwhile, workers in the Gantrallic mines attempted to strike against brutal working conditions. This was brought short when Gantrallic & Co sent in a security team to knock heads and deal with the leaders of the short-lived strike.
In other news, the city of Rawlwick is debating sending its military forces into the abandoned Yellowrock mining complex in order to flush out the notorious scofflaw Bernard Gross and his team of outlaws. Bernard has been blamed for the theft and destruction of many thousands of dollars of property, mostly that of the wealthier families of Rawlwick. There is a substantial reward for his capture and incarceration.
Mining is critical to humanity's continued existence. Without the products of the mines, the settlements and cities would no longer be able to expand and the existing areas would eventually grind to a halt without the constant production of fresh Kalleum. Shortages do occur, generally causing greater hardships amongst the poor and threatening the profits of the rich.
There are less than a half-dozen mining interests, as the investment necessary to begin such an endeavor is way beyond the means of most. Each are run with a strict eye toward profits and a healthy dose of paranoia. There is both great risk and great reward in mining. Without the products of the mines, there is no civilization. Yet mining carries great risk, from collapsing tunnels, leaks, or wasting resources on mineral poor digs. Working in the mines themselves is incredibly rough and full of dangers. The life expectancy of a miner is generally quite low, as is the pay they receive (some are even sent to the mines as punishment for crimes and given nothing but minimal housing and food.) They are, by necessity, a rough bunch.
Many, many miles of abandoned tunnels exist. Rumors abound of outlaw settlements living in such places. To survive, such settlements often resort to theft and piracy, although there are stories of one such place, named Paradise by those who whisper of it, where they are rumored to have the know-how to maintain themselves without such piracy. It is said that the citizens of Paradise live out peaceful lives in a utopia where all are considered equal. Many of the educated class consider it nothing but the fanciful imaginings of poor folk who have nothing else to cling to.
The mines provide the raw materials and the factories turn those raw materials into something useful. The most important, of course, being the production of Kalleum. No single city or settlement exists which does not watch the production of Kalleum closely. This is done for two primary reasons: money and fear. There is a great deal of money to be made in controlling the amount of Kalleum that is produced; making sure there is enough to keep everything running but not so much that it becomes too cheap a component of life. Fear is still a component, for even though none have ever sought to replicate the weaponization techniques of old, it is still capable of producing a great deal of energy and thus could be used to cause great harm to the vulnerable cities beneath the waves.
Outside of Kalleum, the factories produce every material and item necessary for the continuation of life. Without the factories there could be no new settlements or any of the items which make life both livable for all and comfortable for those who can afford such things.
There are three main categories of settlements large enough to be called a city: one of the few original settlements, a major hub of mining and/or manufacturing, and the outlying areas large enough to earn the title yet too small to be served by subaquatic rail.
Four of cities have the distinction of being considered "original" cities: Jenten, Rawlwick, Delan, and Faxton. These four were the first places to become habitable and allow mankind to find his way out of the deep tunnels. Each is the headquarters of the main mining and manufacturing concerns. These are the dwellings of the oldest and most powerful families. Each is a sprawling monstrosity of domes, tubes, and random structures. These cities are also home to the largest gap in wealth. The rich enjoy park domes with manicured grass, extensive flowerbeds, and ornamental trees. Meanwhile, the poor live in squalor, finding what shelter they can amongst the aging structures that were built when the cities first sprung up from the sea floor. One other thing makes these four cities unique: they are the only places with universities. Outside of the elementary education available to most youth, there are very few opportunities for intellectual development. Each of these four cities has a single university, all expensive, highly competitive against each other, and the exclusive purview of the richer families.
For each of the original cities there are at least a half dozen other major cities connected by subaquatic rail. Each one is usually known for a particular specialty. Some supply the mines with men and equipment and are built for refining the extracted materials. Others are built around factories, clusters of agrodomes, or food processing plants. The food processing plants are usually as much about supplying produce from the agrodomes as they are about processing seaweed or packing up fish. The majority of population in these cities are working class folk. Few are rich but there is often enough work to go around and to keep families fed.
The outliers, cities small enough that they are only served by subaquatic pods, live amid hope and fear. Stability can be a shaky thing, for if they don't produce enough for sale to the other cities, they will see traffic begin to ebb and the populace begin to trickle away. On the flip side, any small city able to garner lucrative contracts with a larger city may soon see the construction of a subaquatic railway and the influx of more trade.
For every city there are at least a dozen smaller settlement. Most struggle to maintain their independence and few have any aspirations beyond mere survival. They tend to feed themselves mainly from the bounty of the sea and are forced to be as efficient with their Kalleum supplies as they possibly can. Poverty and corruption tends to be rampant in these smaller settlements, far away from the reach of the more civilized cities. Despite this, many prefer to live by the strength of their own arms to being near slaves to the rich and powerful of the cities.
Each settlement has its own set of laws and form of government. This can range from election of public officials by the working folk to appointed theocrats followed blindly by the faithful. Visitors to these settlements are often viewed with suspicion. Some are outright hostile to any interloper; it can be a fair trick escaping such a place with one's possessions, or even one's life, intact.
One settlement in particular stands out: Jasper, often referred to as "Near Land" due to its proximity to landside and position as a jumping off point for landside explorers.
The biggest threats to life under water come from sea quakes and structural collapse. Some of the smaller settlements have disappeared in this fashion. Even a few of the larger cities have suffered catastrophic damage to limited sections once or twice. To prevent widespread catastrophe, cities sections are separated by huge doors capable of being closed and sealing off floods. The mines, of course, are particularly susceptible to such dangers and a well-run operation takes all precautions to prevent total losses when catastrophe strikes.
Campaign Use
Plot Hooks
- There is always a need for those willing to perform guard duty over the mines and the rails.
- Less than lawful minded PCs will find plenty of opportunities to steal from the rich and the powerful.
- There are reports from sea hunters that some monstrous creature dwells in the depths and has been seen coming closer to the nearest settlement. There's a bounty posted on it.
- One of the outlying settlements has devolved into a cult certain that humanity was supposed to be destroyed on landside. They are working to recreate weaponized Kalleum and turn it loose upon the various cities.
- A few hardy souls will occasionally brave landside to scavenge amongst the ruins. Up above it is a changed land. Most things are dead but others have been changed. Adventure and reward await the brave, though death is never far behind.
- A few scientists believe that they may be able to reverse the course of the airborne Kalleum on landside. They need some research material left stashed away by one of the original scientists who worked on Kalleum in the early days.


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The National Caravan Council's (NCC) Events division is expanding its second annual Motorhome and Caravan Show at The NEC in Birmingham, England, into an additional hall this year.
Exhibition News reported that his year's show, which runs Oct. 16-21, will now stretch across 882,000 square feet. An NCC Events spokesperson attributed the decision to demand for more space from exhibitors.
NCC took over The NEC tenancy slot from former International Caravan and Motorhome event organizer Clarion Events and ran its first edition last October. Following a drop in admission prices, the organizer reported record-breaking attendance of 93,323 visitors, up 22,000 year-on-year. NCC plans to retain its pricing structure this year.
The NCC also ran its first London Motorhome, Caravan and Camping Show in February, attracting 35,598 paying visitors. This represented 82% of total attendance.


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Annual Meeting Photos!
October 1, 2009
The NISE Net recently had our Annual Meeting in San Francisco, and we were joined by some of our partners from around the country.
Meeting attendees spent some time helping us think of new, innovative nano programming. In the photo above, attendees are embodying particles forming a crystal in a workshop led by Redshift Productions.


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THEY can be the difference between life and death, but about 200 more defibrillators are needed in Oxfordshire. The Oxford Mail is backing a senior ambulance manager's campaign for more of the devices to be installed by rural communities
WHILE this week's Oxford Mail reported on the need for more defibrillators, South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) divisional responder manager Dick Tracey also wants to know about those used by businesses and community groups.
Mr Tracey, who is responsible for securing public access to defibrillators, said it is essential they are registered so more people can use them.
The devices require no training and give voice instructions, providing vital help in rural areas as paramedics have to travel long distances and therefore ambulance response times are poorer.
He said: "There's an awful lot of companies, organisations and clubs that have quite wisely bought a defibrillator, but what they haven't done is told us about it.
"They, maybe, don't feel there's a need, but if we know about that defibrillator, then if someone goes into cardiac arrest we can direct them to it.
"You can only imagine the anxieties that people will experience during an incident.
"It could be that they actually forget there's a defibrillator in their reception, but if we're aware we can remind them when they call 999.
"Or, if someone collapses outside a club or office building, then we can tell a person who calls that there's one next to them.
"There's many advantages to letting us know."
There are about 120 defibrillators in the county but Mr Tracey wants to see this rise to at least 320 by next May.
He wants every person to be within 10 minutes of a device wherever they are in the county.
Since the Oxford Mail first reported on his campaign last month, there has been a surge in interest and another 23 machines are to be installed.
Community groups, parish councils and individuals have come forward and raised money for the machines, which cost £1,800 and can be fitted on walls in a secure box.
Under the NHS Constitution, ambulances have to reach the most seriously ill patients within eight minutes for 75 per cent of calls.
Latest figures, for April 1 to May 15 this year, show this was 92 per cent in Oxford, but 52 per cent in rural West and South Oxfordshire.
In Cherwell the figure was 84 per cent and 70 per cent in Vale of White Horse.
But Mr Tracey said: "There's no correlation between the two and defibrillators are important everywhere. "The reason is that if someone can be given a shock even just a minute before the ambulance arrives, they've given that person a better chance."
- To register a defibrillator, email email@example.com
Sarah Roberts with Millie
Campaign launched for county's schools
A CAMPAIGN to fund defibrillators in schools is spreading through Oxfordshire, with Crowmarsh Gifford Primary School, near Wallingford, the latest to benefit.
Sarah Roberts, 45, set up the Millie's Dream charity last September because her seven-year-old daughter Millie was born with a congenital heart disease, which affects its rhythm.
She is under the care of Great Ormond Street Hospital and had an operation in January to implant a Reveal Insertable Cardiac Monitor to record heart activity.
Miss Roberts, from Henley, realised the need for defibrillators after former Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba collapsed during a game in March 2012 after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Her charity, which has Olympic gold medallist Katherine Grainger as a patron, has since raised more than £25,000 to buy 28 defibrillators for primary and secondary schools in South Oxfordshire.
Many are installed outside so they are publicly available.
The first devices were donated to Henley and its surrounding villages, but physiotherapist Miss Roberts is building her campaign to reach the rest of the county.
She said: "When Muamba collapsed it was so apparent that he would never have been with us if he didn't have defibrillator support and a fantastic surgeon. I started thinking what would happen if something happened to Millie or anyone else in the family so decided to set up a charity.
"Oxfordshire has got hundreds of tiny little hamlets which are so far away from the nearest ambulance station and they only need 15 people to donate £100 to get this life-saving equipment."
SPORTS clubs have been targeted for improving first aid access by the widow of a footballer who died on the pitch.
Nikki Rouse-Thompson, 42, of Aston, West Oxfordshire, set up the Legacy for a Legend charity after husband Paul died from a rare form of heart failure in July 2012.
She has raised £12,000 for three defibrillators and first-aid training for teams in the Witney and District League along with her husband's friend Steve Hawkins.
Mrs Rouse-Thompson said: "The whole package should be available to people who play sport because people do walk around with heart conditions they are unaware of and if the heart is under pressure then these events can happen.
"But the equipment is not just beneficial for football players because anyone may need to use it.
"We are also looking at where defibrillators are kept. We are trying to get them close to football pitches, but also so they can be accessed by anyone in the village."
Mr Thompson collapsed in Burwell Meadow, Witney, during a pre-season training session with Witney Royals Football Club.
Despite attempts by team mates and paramedics to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead on the field half-an-hour later.
An inquest recorded that he had two minor heart valve abnormalities, which contributed to his death.
Mother-of-four Mrs Rouse-Thompson, a registered nurse, pictured, said he was given a shock by a defibrillator used by a St John Ambulance volunteer living nearby, but it came too late.
She said: "We don't know if it would have helped, but it came after a while.
"The lady only had it by chance, otherwise we would have had to wait until the paramedics arrived.
"For me, that's what highlighted the need for defibrillators to be close to football grounds."
Mrs Rouse-Thompson's charity, which is in partnership with the Oxfordshire Community Foundation, is in the process of donating defibrillators to the football pitches at Burwell Meadow, Milton-under-Wychwood and Ducklington, while she hopes to have another three devices in place by the end of the year.
She has worked with SCAS to find out which villages do not have devices positioned close to football grounds.
The charity has also used qualified first aid trainers to teach about 40 people involved in football teams for free, but is disappointed more people haven't taken up the offer.
Mrs Rouse-Thompson, who has lobbied for support from the Oxfordshire FA, said: "We would have liked more people to come forward for the charity.
"I don't know whether it's because people don't want the responsibility in case something happened.
"It's not something to be scared of. Even if one life can be saved then it's the greatest gift, not just for that person, but to their family and friends."
- For more information visit legacyforalegend.org.uk
Fundraiser: A village shop owner wants to raise money for up to six defibrillators in East Hendred, near Wantage.
Martin Johnson, pictured, who runs Hendred Stores, is organising quizzes, a barn dance and a collection bucket.
The 59-year-old, who was fitted with a pacemaker two years ago because of a slow heartbeat, said: "It made me realise how important it is. I go on holiday to France quite a lot and they are commonplace there – almost every 100m you see a defibrillator, so for the price of them it's absolutely essential."
Mobile phone app
A MOBILE phone app is available to show where the nearest defibrillator can be found.
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust was the first in the country to launch such an app last November.
Users of the free app – also available for tablet devices – type in where they are to find out the location of the nearest device. The app gives advice on what to do when someone suffers a cardiac arrest and a button to transfer the user to 999.
To download the app for Apple devices, visit southcentralambulance.nhs.uk, or search "AED locator UK" in the Apple app store.
The app is not yet available on Android devices.
Go to: www.southcentralambulance.nhs.uk/
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How Could a Mac Pro be Slower than an iMac?
Running tests for this week's personal technology column on Apple's new high-end Mac Pro desktop computer, one result startled me: In some cases, the Mac Pro was actually beaten by its far more affordable all-in-one sibling, the iMac.
To be clear, in most tests, the Mac Pro shines, especially when you throw really intense jobs its way, like rendering Ultra HD video (aka 4K) or completing many graphics-intense tasks all at the same time. But when it came to importing a slew of gigantic raw photo files into Adobe's Lightroom software, the Mac Pro was consistently a bit slower than a top-of-the-line iMac.


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'Check It' Campaign to Promote Mission Focus, Stewardship
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2006 - Everyone within the Defense Department makes an important contribution to the overall mission, so it's critical that every member -- military, civilian and contractor alike -- ensure they do their jobs right. That's the message behind "Check It," a new Defense Department campaign that Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England will launch later this week.
Check It aims to raise awareness about the importance of internal management controls. That's a fancy term used in financial and private-sector circles that basically boils down to the lesson most people learned as kids: If you're going to do a job, do it right.
The goal of the Check It campaign is to remind the defense community that the country is counting on every one of them to make sure the job gets done and gets done right, said DoD comptroller Tina Jonas, whose office is sponsoring the Check It campaign. That applies whether they're directly supporting the war effort or making sure all DoD's operations run as efficiently and effectively as possible.
"It is really important as a team in the department that we are all working together to make sure that we do our job right," Jonas said. That will ensure the mission gets accomplished in the most effective, efficient and safe way possible, she said.
Within DoD, cutting corners or overlooking critical details can cost more than dollars, Jonas said. It can cost lives.
"In our business, we have got soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines out there doing their job every day," she said. "(If) we don't ours correctly or we miss something or are imprecise, it can cost a life."
The program applies at all levels throughout the department, from top commanders to the most junior troops, and throughout the civilian workforce. "We want each person to do their job the way it should be done, correctly, for a better outcome for a better mission," she said.
For a warfighter in the field, it might be rechecking to ensure a weapon has been properly loaded, she said. For a pilot, it's going through the standard pre-flight checklist.
But Jonas emphasized that Check It goes beyond those with direct combat missions. For someone working in security, it might mean pausing to think, "Did I close that lock the way it should be closed?" she said. For someone processing payroll actions, it might mean considering: "Have we taken the quality checks we need to make sure a paycheck is done on time and in the right amount?"
Jonas said she's impressed by the DoD workforce and hopes to see its members extend their passion for the mission to a passion for ensuring it's carried out the best way possible, each and every day.
"So it would be a passion for making sure that we check it, that things get done right, and that we all do the very best we can to accomplish the mission," she said. "And that is what the Check It campaign is really all about."
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"Amen, I say to you, what ever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me."
Matthew 25:40
We reach out to others in charity, and work for justice in long term solutions for the poor and vulnerable, through:
Committee Meetings
All parish members interested in the Social Justice Ministry are encouraged to attend the meetings which are held monthly.
The meetings discuss and plan for parish activities promoting social justice. The Ministry is responsible for researching and recommending organizations and activities to which a portion of the Sunday Community Fund collection is given.
For information contact the Rectory at 301-649-3700.
Parish Needs
The Social Justice Ministry responds to specific needs of the St. Andrew's community though referrals to social service agencies and through coordination of parish assistance in concert with the Health Ministry. A portion of the Community Fund collection is for our parish community. If you have specific needs, please call the rectory at 301-649-3700.
Goal 1: To Reach out in Charity
Every month, parish members are asked to prepare a pre-cooked but frozen casserole which is delivered to SOME for distribution.
Volunteer needs: Prepare casserole and leave at church on the 3rd Thursday of each month, or drive the collected food to SOME on the collection day.
Here are a few SOME Casserole Recipe Suggestions to use for your monthly donations. You are not limited to these recipes but may make any casserole you wish that would fill a 9 X 13 inch pan. Thank you!
Nonperishable Food Collection on Sunday
On the 2nd Sunday of each month (Community Sunday), parishioners are asked to bring nonperishable foods (canned goods, boxed goods) to the Sunday Masses for delivery to food pantries in the area.
Volunteer needs: Bring nonperishable food on Community Sunday.
Focused Parish Service Projects
Throughout the year there are projects which focus on special community needs. A collection is made of Christmas presents for an adopted parish. Blanket and coat collections have taken place during the winter.
Please call the rectory for information about the parish projects or other needs or concerns.
Goal 2: To Work for Long Term Solutions
Archdiocesan Legislative Network
This organization communicates with the Maryland legislators to advocate for passage of legislation affecting important and long term solutions to issues such as partial-birth abortions, assisted suicide, death penalty, education, food stamps, and health care. Parish members meet with the legislature and advocate for these issues on President's Day in February in Annapolis.
Volunteer needs: Join the network throughout the year, and particularly during the legislative advocacy meetings.
Contact: Archdiocese of Washington, Director of Charity and Justice, 301-853-5340
Action in Montgomery County (AIM)
AIM is an advocacy group consisting of Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and other faith groups who advocate for social justice in Montgomery County. The current issues include all day kindergarten, senior services and affordable housing. Annual conventions and small group meetings within faith groups, with the county executive, and with the county council members are held.
Volunteer needs: Participate in the advocacy conventions, forums and meetings.
Contact: AIM Office, 301-388-0700.
Individual and Family Volunteer Activities in the Community
This organization provides food, clothing and other services to those in need. It is located in Silver Spring, at 8210A Colonial Lane. Volunteers are needed to distribute clothing on Wednesday or Saturday mornings. To assist in food or other services, call the center at 301-585-6463.
Arcola Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
The nursing home on Arcola and University Blvd. needs volunteers to assist residents in recreational activities. Call the volunteer coordinator at 301-649-2400.
The nursing home on 11901 Georgia Avenue needs volunteers to help residents in social activities, bingo, etc. Call the volunteer coordinator at 301-942-2500.
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home
St. Ann's, located at 4901 Eastern Ave, Hyattsville, provides residence and services for mothers and infants. Volunteers are needed for recreational projects, direct assistance to infants (feeding and care), and mentoring to expectant and new mothers. Call Franciena Turner at 301-559-5500, Ext 168.


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Snowball Metrics is, crucially, a bottom-up initiative. It is owned by research-intensive universities around the globe, to ensure that its outputs are of practical use to them, and are not imposed by organizations with potentially distinct aims such as funders, agencies, or suppliers of research information.
The universities aim to agree on methodologies that are robustly and clearly defined, so that the metrics they describe enable the confident comparison of apples with apples. These metrics are data source- and system-agnostic, meaning that they are not tied to any particular provider of data or tools. The resulting benchmarks between research-intensive universities provide reliable information to help understand research strengths, and thus to establish and monitor institutional strategies.
The aspiration is for these metrics to become global standards that enable institutional benchmarking, and to cover the entire spectrum of research activities.
The agreed and tested methodologies are available free-of-charge to be used by any organization:
The complete HESA-HERD discipline denominator mapping is available here.
Snowball Metrics cards for all recipes from the third recipe book can be downloaded here.
Snowball Metrics is an academia-industry collaboration. The universities involved are following the recommendations outlined by the sector in the 2010 report on research information management, and collaborating with an industry supplier of research information, Elsevier, to ensure that the methodologies are technically feasible before they are shared with the sector.
Snowball Metrics was initiated in the United Kingdom, and the project partners are:
University of Oxford
University College London
University of Cambridge
Imperial College London
University of Bristol
University of Leeds
Queen's University Belfast
University of St Andrews
The creation of the United States Working Group was stimulated by a 2012 report from the Research Universities Futures Consortium, and is composed of:
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
Northwestern University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Arizona State University
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kansas State University
A Working Group has also been formed in Australia / New Zealand, composed initially of the following universities:
University of Queensland
University of Western Australia
University of Auckland
University of Wollongong
University of Tasmania
Massey University
University of Canberra
Charles Darwin University
The universities above are ordered by their Scholarly Output in 2013.


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Singer Chris Brown dodged questions about a string of controversial recent Twitter.com messages during his appearance on NBC's "Today" on Friday, insisting he was only there to play music for his fans.
Brown performed on the New York stage where One Direction stopped traffic a week ago, but he wasn't so eager on chatting between songs with "Today" host Matt Lauer.
When he was asked about tweets he sent out earlier this month, in which he launched into a tirade after being sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service stemming from the 2009 attack on ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
He raged, "N— done 6 months community service wit police and the DA racist a— crying to the judge that I didn't do it. F— the SYSTEM!"
Interviewer Lauer asked Brown about the messages, but he refused to answer, stating he only wanted to talk about his music.
Smiling, Brown politely said, "It's not my music… I'm just putting out the music right now."
He went on to assure fans, who had gathered to catch his free outdoor show, that he wasn't quitting music when asked about other tweets, in which he stated he wanted to step away from the spotlight because he was "tired of being famous for a mistake he made when he was 18."
He continued, "As far as how I work, I'm just going to continue to work for my fans and make sure they have fun."
He also brushed off questions about his health after reportedly suffering a seizure earlier this month, stating, "I'm good, I just needed some rest."
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The Crimson has set a new record for most Ivy League awards won in a single season (Gil Talbot).
CAMRBDIGE, Mass. – Christine Clark and Temi Fagbenle have been rewarded for their efforts in a weekend sweep of Princeton and Penn by being named Ivy League player and rookie of the week, respectively.
The wins helped lift the Crimson into a tie with Penn for second place in the conference standings and pulled Harvard within two games of Princeton for the conference lead. The Crimson also improved to 10-0 at home this season and moved its winning streak at Lavietes Pavilion to 13 games.
Harvard has now earned 17 weekly awards from the Ivy League this year, surpassing the previous single-season record of 15 set by Princeton in 2009-10. Fagbenle's nine rookie of the week honors tie her with Harvard great Allison Feaster '98 and current Princeton Tiger Niveen Rasheed for the second most in league annals, behind only Diana Caramanico's '01 total of 10 from 1997-98. Clark, meanwhile, has received four player of the week nods this season and is tied for seventh in conference history with seven awards for her career.
Clark provided steady offense for the Crimson all weekend as she averaged 16.0 ppg on 81.3 percent shooting. The junior was a perfect 6-of-6 from the field against Princeton on Friday to total 14 points, and on Saturday she was 7-of-10 from the floor en route to a game-high 18 points. Clark also added seven rebounds against the Quakers and averaged 4.5 rpg on the weekend.
Fagbenle turned in 11.5 ppg and 8.0 rpg against the Tigers and Quakers beginning with a nine-point, nine-rebound, three-block performance on Friday. Fagbenle totaled 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting on Saturday while also registering seven rebounds and three assists.
Clark will enter the final weekend of play ranked second in the Ancient Eight in scoring (16.0), ninth in assists (2.4) and 11th in rebounding (5.2). Fagbenle currently boasts the league's best field goal percentage (57.3) while also ranking third in blocked shots (1.3), fourth in rebounding (7.6) and ninth in scoring (12.5).
Harvard will embark on its final Ivy League road trip of the season this weekend to face Columbia Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m. and Cornell Saturday, March 9 at 7 p.m.
2012-13 Ivy League Honors
Nov. 12 – Temi Fagbenle, ROW
Nov. 19 – Victoria Lippert, POW
Nov. 26 – Christine Clark, POW
Dec. 3 – Victoria Lippert, POW
Dec. 10 – Temi Fagbenle, ROW
Dec. 17 – Temi Fagbenle, POW & ROW
Dec. 31 – Temi Fagbenle, POW & ROW
Jan. 7 – Christine Clark, POW & Temi Fagbenle, ROW
Jan. 14 – Christine Clark, POW
Jan. 28 – Temi Fagbenle, ROW
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Sitting low with a sparkle of light in its industrial setting, Stefano Tringali's 2010 GTI evokes a certain mood – it's sexy. Not in a Ferrari F40 way, but there's definitely something seductive about the lines of the sixth generation GTI, especially in its Shadow Blue, and stanced accordingly.
In a scene saturated with redundant taste and style, standing out isn't easy, and while the VW scene is still more active than ever, it's also endlessly adapting. Yet Stefano instinctively knew what would work, and in a parking lot packed with wild colors and poor fitting panels, simplicity takes the win.
"After spending about $16000 on a Mk5 GTI, I wanted to tone this one down," he said. "I originally wanted Shadow Blue on the Mk5 but it wasn't available, so I petitioned VW to bring back the blue GTI, and they listened!"
There aren't many people who appreciate a navy blue car. It's hard to keep clean, impossible to avoid swirl marks and difficult to photograph, but Stefano appreciated the challenge; hell, he's as overwhelmed by the outcome as we were.
"I love the color. I'd been back and forth about buying another GTI, but I saw the color and fell in love," he explained. "I saw its potential even though I wanted to keep it stock."
We'd all be lying if we picked up a new ride and told everybody it would stay stock forever. After all, you're reading this because you can't help yourself either. Embrace it – Stefano seemed to have no problem surrendering…
Starting with the body, he took a minimalist approach. All mods are subtle but meaningful, particularly on the front-end where a badgeless grille was installed and the hood notch filled.
The shaved front bumper then received matching slats in the front intake and over the foglights to match the grille, losing the GTI's honeycomb mesh in the process.
The bumper was then completed with a painted Euro lip, while elsewhere Stefano fitted Thunder Bunny skirts and a carbon fiber rear diffuser, modified to perfectly accommodate Volkswagen Touareg exhaust tips work. Check out that impeccable rear-end: Volkswagen should have thought of it…
Thankfully, Stefano's ride doesn't fall into the low 'n slow category. The 2.0T benefits from a stage 2 APR tune and full 3" custom exhaust with Magnaflow muffler. It was topped off with a BSH intake and complimented by painted accents and a re-badged engine cover.
Filling the fenders, Stefano went with a set of 360 Forged S12 wheels but, like most Dub guys, he swaps wheels more than his socks.
"I've been through six sets of wheels since Jordan did the photo-shoot, and should have the seventh by the end of the month!" he exclaimed. And the plans don't stop there.
The wheels are 10" wide all around, which wasn't easy to squeeze inside the stock fenders, but running very stretched 215/35 tires made it possible.
Getting it low, while not necessarily enhancing the performance, was made possible with a custom air suspension kit, front sway bar delete and frame notch to clear the drivshafts.
We'd always choose strut and spring over air, and Stefano was the same. "I was a hardcore static suspension guy, but a friend was parting out his car and I couldn't pass up the deal!" he laughed. Fine, we'll admit, an application like this it just works.
Take a peek inside and you'll spot something interesting. "It [the false floor] was originally going to be [covered in] bottle caps, but I was working in retail at the time and we recieved a box of brand new, uncirculated 2011 final run United Shield pennies," Stefano stated. "The polished copper just got to me."
So any thoughts about shaving weight were forgotten as the trunk floor was covered in shiny pennies, highlighting the half-submerged eight-gallon air tank.
The shift knob was also decorated in money, and the contrast between the copper and blue seems to work pretty well. If nothing else, a car packed full of change offers good luck to its occupants.
I've been through six sets of wheels since Jordan did the photo-shoot, and should have the seventh by the end of the month!
2010 Volkswagen GTI
Stefano Tringali
Fort Lauderdale, FL
2.0L four-cylinder 16v FSI turbo with stage 2 APR software, 3" custom exhaust with Magnaflow muffler, 2012 VW Touareg exhaust tips, BSH Intake, painted engine accents, wheel center cap on engine cover
stock six-speed manual
Air Lift front struts, Firestone rear bags on custom mounts with Tokico shocks, dual Viair 444s compressors, eight-gallon air tank, quick connector for air tools, AutoPilot V1 air controller, notched subframe, front anti-roll bar removed
Wheels and Tires
19x10" ET38 f, ET24 r 360 Forged Spec 12 wheels with pearl white centers and copper-painted barrels, 215/35 R19 Falken FK452 tires
Front bumper shaved and honeycomb grilles replaced with slats, hood notch filled, badgeless grille, painted Euro lip, Thunder Bunny side skirts, carbon rear diffuser, rear wiper delete, 6k HID Xenon head- and foglights, Euro R LED tail lights
Custom mount for air ride controller, penny shift knob, false rear floor covered in pennies


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Career Highs
Goals: 4 (Boston University 3/21/09)
Assists: 1 (several times)
Points: 5 (Boston University 3/21/09)
Ground Balls: 4 (several times)
Draw Controls: 7 (Quinnipiac 3/7/09)
Caused turnovers: 3 (several times)
Junior · 2011
Team captain … Started in all 16 games … Fifth on the team in goals (14) and points (17) and fourth in assists (3) … Scored two goals and an assist in win over Holy Cross … Also had two goals in win over New Hampshire and in Harvard's upset of No. 10 Dartmouth in the Ivy League tournament … Won 14 draw controls and collected 20 ground balls this season … Tied for fourth in caused turnovers (10).
Sophomore · 2010
Started all 15 games at midfield … Sixth on the team in goals (11) and sixth in points (14) … Scored multiple goals twice and have two or more points in a game five times … Second on the team in caused turnovers (12), third in ground balls (23) and fifth in draw controls (20).
Freshman · 2009
Received honorable mention All-Ivy League honors ... Ranked third on the team with 23 goals, fourth with 29 points and second with 31 draw controls ... Led the Crimson with 29 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers ... Dished out six assists during the season ... Made collegiate debut in season opener versus Holy Cross ... Scored first collegiate goal against Massachusetts ... Scored four goals against No. 12 Boston University and Columbia ... Tallied five points in game at BU ... Picked up four ground balls in three contests... Gathered seven draw controls versus Quinnipiac ... Caused three turnovers against No. 13 New Hampshire and BU.
Before Harvard
Participated in cross country, indoor track and field and soccer ... A two-time All-American and Academic All-American by US Lacrosse ... First-team all-state in lacrosse as a junior and senior and three-time first-team all-state in cross country ... Was the No. 1 runner on cross country team ... Named the Milford Rotary Soughen High School Athlete of the Year ... Received the William Loeb Scholarship Athlete Award presented by the Union Leader Charitable Fund ... Wendy's Heisman Female New Hampshire state winner ... A three-time Union Leader Female Lacrosse Player of the Year, a two-time Nashua Telegraph Female Runner of the Year, and Nashua Telegraph Female Student-Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Class Valedictorian ... Member of the National Honor Society and secretary as a junior and senior ... Community Council representative and treasurer for four years ... Dartmouth College Book Award recipient and R.I.T. Kodak Young Leaders Award winner as a junior ... Sunday columnist for the Nashua Telegraph ... Organized "Coats for Care" drive to benefit local soup kitchens.


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JGE 1997 - Volume 45
SeptemberA Laboratory Exercise Introducing the Concept of Effective Discharge in Fluvial Geomorphology
Richard Orndorff, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
John Stamm, California State University - Monterey
Full Text (Acrobat (PDF) 523kB Mar6 06)
Students generally leave their introductory geoscience classes with the notion that strams behave like conveyor belts wherein all flow regimes contribute more or less equally to the work done in the transportation of sediment. This view ignores both the frequency distribution of flow regimes and the exponential increase in stream capacity with increasing discharge. The reality is that some flows transport much more sediment than others. Low flows occur frequently but lack the power to move much material. Extreme flows can move large quantities of sediment in short periods of time but occur so infrequently that they do not transport a great deal of sediment in the long term. It follows that there is an intermediate flow, referred to as the effective discharge, that is frequently enough and powerful enough to move the most sediment in the long term. This exercise introduces upper-level geoscience students to this concept by asking them to calculate by asking them to calculate the effective discharge of a stream using statistically and empirically based solution technologies. The expectation is that the exercise will foster a more realistic view of the relative importance of various flow regimes in the transportation of sediment.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1997.html#v45p326
A Geotechnical Approach to Weathering Simulation
Peter Hodder, University of Waikato
Full Text (Acrobat (PDF) 384kB Mar6 06)
As ricks weather, their surfaces may become more pitted or smoother depending on the mineralogy of the rock being investigated. A laboratory device which measures surface roughness (the Shore scleroscope) enables quantitative measurements of the change in surface roughness with time in laboratory simulations of weathering. The data can be interpreted in terms of the kinetics of diffusion and surface reaction-controlled processes, and students can then suggest the likely processes involved in the early weathering of reocks. In a specific example, smooth granite surfaces weather (that is, become rougher) ten times as fast as smooth marble surfaces, while rough granite surfaces become smoother at about the same rate as marble. This approach could be used as a complement to the more usual laboratory simulations of weathering that monitor the changing compositions of solutions in contact with rocks over time.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1997.html#v45p359
A Spreadsheet Approach to the Hydrological Cycle
Seth Rose, Georgia State University
Full Text (Acrobat (PDF) 351kB Mar6 06)
I have devised a spreadsheet approach that is designed to help students better understand the terrestrial of "basin" hydrological cycle. Students are assigned problems to create spreadsheets accounting for the flux in and out of the major surface and subsurface "reservoirs." The effects of hydroclimatic variation upon runoff are tested in the spreadsheet model. The assignment is given to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in order to promote proficiency in the use of the spreadsheet, a potentially important too in the geoscience curriculum.
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NovemberLeonardo da Vinci's Tree and the Law of Channel Widths - Combining Quantitative Geomorphology and Art in Education
Russell Shepherd, Shepherd Ecogeo
Beverly Ellis, Urbandale Community Schools
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About 1500, Leonardo da Vinci sketched a tree with arcs through each yearly growth of branches. In his mirror-image handwriting, and including an equation, he noted that the sum of the thicknesses of all the new branches produced each year will equal the sum the thicknesses of branches from each previous year, down to and including the trunk. He wrote further that the same relation exists between a main watercourse and its branches. Leonardo's tree and notes clearly ilustrate the principle of stream ordering in drainage-network composition. Indeed, Leonardo combined network morphometry and hydraulic geometry, which together have thus far been inadequately investigated. Leonardo's tree drawing marks the discovery of quantitative drainage-network analysis, which was rediscovered by R.E. Horton more than four hundred years later. We use it to combine science and art in K-12 education.
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Given a ring $R$ with a filtration by two-sided ideals $F^0 \supset F^1 \supset F^2 \supset\cdots$, one can form the associated graded ring $gr R = F^0 / F^1 \oplus F^1/F^2 \oplus \cdots$.
When $R$ is commutative, so is $gr R$. Now, the natural condition in the graded world is to be graded-commutative (that is $yx = (-1)^{pq} xy$ when $x$ resp $y$ has degree $p$ resp $q$).
Are there natural/well-known/simple conditions on $R$ ensuring that $gr R$ is graded-commutative?
Thank you very much!


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It lasted roughly one thousand years (give or take a few centuries). It generated mind-boggling advances in science, technology and medicine. It saw magnificent cathedrals rise at Chartres, Salisbury, Florence and scores of other cities and towns. It witnessed the first rumblings of a kind of proto-democracy in England and elsewhere. It wholly transformed the political and economic underpinnings of an entire continent. In light of all that, it's odd that the long, long period of European history commonly known as the Middle Ages should be associated in so many people's minds with one rather simple phenomenon.
Namely, jousting.
Then again, maybe jousting's preeminence in modern visions of the medieval world isn't that odd. After all, there's a very good reason why movies, TV shows and even video games set in the Middle Ages routinely feature jousting — in its myriad guises — as a standard plot device. At some utterly elemental level, it's just plain entertaining to watch people knock each other off of logs into rivers and streams, or to see someone splinter an enormous wooden pole against an opponent's shield, helmet and breastplate while riding a huge horse decked out in full heraldic regalia.
(Leave it to Game of Thrones, meanwhile, to forgo the customary pageantry and chivalry and, instead, to feature — early in the show's first season — an elaborate jousting scene that ends abruptly with a knight flat on his back, knocked from his mount, a foot-long splinter of wood sticking out of his neck as he bleeds to death in the dirt.)
The medieval world, then, evidently has an enduring appeal. But as a LIFE feature from 60 years ago reminds us, the urge to celebrate and recreate those days of yore — complete with troubadours, falconry, greasy cooked meats, lively jousts and fair maidens in tall hats — is hardly a recent contrivance. In fact, in its May 19, 1952, issue the magazine treated its readers to an article on a "college joust" in West Virginia that makes clear people have been dressing up and quite happily getting Medieval on each other for a long, long time:
Looking for a spring ceremony more exciting than their junior prom [LIFE wrote], the students of Bethany College in West Virginia this year turned to jousting and, on a sunny day in May, held a King Arthur tournament. Opposing Arthur's knight were Robin Hood's followers — this despite the historical fact that the famous outlaw lived probably seven centuries after the famous king. The local utility company contributed two telephone poles for a jousting log and the funeral parlor lent a tent with scalloped edges as an ornament for the field. For jousting, the combatants used staffs, with which they belabored each other, and pies, which they threw at each other. There was also an egg-throwing contest and a search for the Holy Quail. The tournament ended when everybody had exhausted themselves. That night, after a banquet and dance, Merlin went out to the tennis courts and amazed revelers by magically filling the sky with rockets.
And not a jagged, jugular-puncturing splinter of wood to be seen anywhere in the entire proceedings. Well done, lords and ladies of Bethany. Well done, indeed.
Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter @lizabethronk.


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Monday, July 14, 1913. State legislators may get a chance to vote in favor of Sunday baseball later this month after a committee of mayors, including Troy's Cornelius F. Burns, meets with Governor William Sulzer in Albany today. The Record reports that Burns, a first-term Democrat, has joined with Rosslyn M. Cox of Middletown, J. H. Dealy of Amsterdam, Thomas H. O'Neill of Auburn and Daniel Sheehan of Elmira to draft a memorandum calling on the governor to recommend an amendment to the state penal code. The amendment would replace the statewide ban on Sunday baseball with a "home rule" option giving municipalities the right to allow or forbid "public sports, exercises or baseball games." Jurists and legal experts have interpreted the state "Blue Laws" dating back to 1789 as banning professional baseball during the Christian Sabbath. Most recently, Attorney General Thomas Carmody announced that Sunday baseball would be considered illegal if admission were charged, if games were open to the general public, or if they disturbed the peace of the day. Carmody's statement has cowed the New York State League, which includes Troy, to cancel all Sunday games in New York. The league's two Pennsylvania teams still play home games on Sunday. A poll of 32 mayors prior to today's meeting shows that 27 favor a home-rule amendment. The committee itself takes a stronger position in favor of baseball. While admitting that "good people" may oppose the plan, the committee warns that maintaining the statewide ban would "deprive the people of the enjoyment of certain innocent recreations and amusements, all of which, we believe, are along the line of promotion of public health and good morals." Echoing comments made yesterday by NYSL president John H. Farrell, the committee argues that conditions have changed greatly since 1789. More specifically, the mayors assert that spectator sports provide a necessary safety valve for "the great spirit of industrial unrest, which is now and has for some time been prevalent throughout the nation." Contributing to the unrest, the mayors claim, is the feeling that working people, many of whom put in six-day weeks, lack opportunities for recreation. Against the religious claim that the Sabbath should be a day of rest, the committee contends that "recreation in this sense is rest." After meeting with the governor, Mayor Burns tells our reporter that "it seemed to be the consensus of public opinion that Governor Sulzer had been much impressed with the weight of arguments presented." Sulzer himself tells the mayors, "I'm with you on this proposition." On the diamond, Troy defeats Syracuse, 3-0, to stay one game behind Utica in the NYSL standings.
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Ruling on voice ID experts in Zimmerman trial awaited
SANFORD, Fla—A ruling on whether voice identification experts will testify at George Zimmerman's trial is expected soon.
Circuit Judge Debra Nelson told lawyers for both sides Friday morning that she wanted to end court proceedings early to study her notes from a hearing about the experts and issue her decision. Defense lawyers are trying to keep a state witness from testifying that he can hear Trayvon Martin screaming stop in the background of a 911 call.
Attorneys in a Frye hearing held over more than four days tried to convince Nelson that experts either could explain their theories on the call or should be thrown out as junk science.
Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. The neighborhood watch volunteer says he killed the Martin teen in self-defense after being attacked. Prosecutors say he profiled and murdered Martin.
Opening statements for the trial start Monday. Six women will serve as jurors for the case. Two women and two men will be alternates.
Lawyers discussed the issue of whether or not jurors would hear from voice experts for several hours.
Assistant State Attorney Richard Mantei argued Thursday to keep the experts in and allow jurors to weigh their differing views. "Let them (the jury) decide," he said, adding that Florida law favors allowing jurors to determine what to believe when issues are contested.
One of the most important prosecution witnesses may be Alan Reich, a voice identification expert who says Trayvon is heard screaming and saying the word "stop" in the background of a 911 call placed by a resident the night of the shooting. The screaming stops abruptly when a gunshot is heard.
Don West, one of Zimmerman's attorneys, however argued that prosecutors' experts were using questionable scientific methods. He claimed that defense attorneys can't find anyone else who can hear what Reich hears.
"He's making it up," West said, claiming that there's no method anywhere in the world that can reliably test the seconds long screaming from the 911 recording.
He added that trying to determine whose voice is on the call is a "waste of time."
An FBI official called by the defense said the recording was too short and didn't meet the standards needed to be evaluated. Another defense expert said you can't identify a voice that is screaming no matter how long the recording.
James Wayman, a defense forensic voice expert, said Reich's report was baffling, and methods used by another prosecution expert, Tom Owen, have never been used to evaluate recordings like the 911 call.
"A lot of this appears to be like magic," said Wayman. "I was baffled."
Meanwhile, Friday, the Judge Nelson told prosecutor to "stay away" from using the term "racial profiling." She made the decision after saying case law suggested the phrase "racial profiling" should not be used in court.
John Guy, a prosecutor, told Nelson the state doesn't plan to only mention race during the trial. "There are a number of ways people can be profiled," he said, explaining that race, age, dress, and the time someone is present somewhere can be used to profile someone.
State prosecutors can use the words profiling, vigilante, confronted and "wanna-be cop." A defense motion had tried to keep prosecutors from using the words at trial.
Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, argued that the term "profiling," which will be allowed, closely connects with race. "It's like peanut butter and jelly...Profiled. Racial," he said.


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You're in for a treat today. Today, we're looking at a collection of Halo 4 art by Nicolas "Sparth" Bouvier, aka one of the most talented concept artists in the world, regardless of the industry.
Sparth's ability to convey not just the look of a sci-fi setting but its mood is legendary, so it was a boon for 343 that they were able to get him to help out on Halo 4.
Most of these images are enormous environmental scenes, and nearly every one succeeds in making you feel the place, and actually see the motion.
You can see more of Sparth's art on his personal site, and you can purchase a book collecting some of his best stuff here.
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This page provides the required docuware for the GMF Notation 1.5.0 Release Review, as part of the upcoming Indigo Simultaneous Release.
The GMF Notation Project provides a standard EMF notational meta model. The notational meta model is a standard means for persisting diagram information separately from the domain model. It can also be used as a basis for diagram interchange and was based on the principles in the OMG Diagram Interchange Specification
New in this release
No significant events have occurred with the Indigo release. GMF Notation is undergoing it's participation in the Eclipse Simultaneous release as it has for each and every release. This is the sixth yearly June release of GMF Notation.
Accordance with project plan themes and priorities
See the GMF Notation project plan at http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=modeling.gmp.gmf-notation
Non-Code Aspects
- Documentation hosted at [GMF Documentation | http://wiki.eclipse.org/GMF_Documentation]
APIs have not changed this release.
- The project lead certifies that the requirements for Eclipse Quality APIs have been met for this release.
- Metamodel definitions and corresponding implementations are considered APIs.
- API Tooling has been employed.
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Tool Usability
- Tools haven't changed.
Nothing has been deprecated.
Bugzilla snapshot for Indigo:
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UI Usability
Nothing has changed.
GMF Notation is a "+1" component in the simultaneous release.
M1 08/16/2010 M2 09/27/2010 M3 11/08/2010 M4 12/13/2010 M5 01/31/2011 M6 03/14/2011 API freeze M7 05/02/2011 Feature Freeze RC1 05/16/2011 RC2 05/23/2011 RC3 05/30/2011 RC4 06/06/2011 Indigo 06/22/2011
- Interaction in Bugzilla
- Minimal activity on the GMF newsgroup
- Minimal collaboration with other projects at Eclipse besides with GMF Runtime.
- None of the committers attended at EclipseCon 2011
Commiter Changes
Anthony Hunter, Lidija Grahek and Alex Boyko continue to be the committers on GMF Notation.
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The GMF Notation component leadership verifies that:
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- all non-Committer code contributions, including third-party libraries, have been documented in the release and reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.
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NAIA Wrestler of the Week ? No. 7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chris Padilla of Missouri Baptist has been named the NAIA National Wrestler of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Padilla, who is the final weekly honoree for the 2013-14 season, was selected based on his performances from Feb. 17 – 23 and was chosen out of a pool of nominees from the four Qualifying Groups.
Padilla, a native of Fresno City, Calif., won the 125-pound championship and was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the event last Saturday at the NAIA East Qualifying Group Tournament. The senior, who entered the event unranked in the 125-pound weight class, knocked of three nationally ranked wrestlers in No. 5 Javier Carbajal of Cumberlands (Ky.) (7-5), No. 4 Myron Bradbury of Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (6-5) and No. 3 Cody Steiner of Campbellsville (Ky.) (8-5) en route to the title. Additionally, the finish secured Padilla an automatic berth into the 2014 NAIA Wrestling National Championships. Overall, Missouri Baptist finished seventh out of 12 teams.
On the year, Padilla owns a 17-8 overall record, including a 9-1 mark against NAIA opponents.
For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Scott Brasil, Menlo (Calif.); Emilio Rivera, Concordia (Neb.); Blake Fruchtl, Hastings (Neb.); Tyler McMichael, Midland (Neb.); Trever DeVestern, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.); Josh Manu, Missouri Valley; John Walters, West Virginia Tech; Jameel Bryant, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Jake Williams, Cumberland (Tenn.); Courtney Freeman, Cumberlands (Ky.); Cody Steiner, Campbellsville (Ky.); Zach Skates, Oklahoma City.
2013-14 NAIA Wrestlers of the Week
Week 1 (Jan. 15): Joe Cozart, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Week 2 (Jan. 22): Javier Carbajal, Cumberlands (Ky.)
Week 3 (Jan. 29): Ryak Finch, Grand View (Iowa)
Week 4 (Feb. 5): Keaton Thomas, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Week 5 (Feb. 12): Jameel Bryant, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Week 6 (Feb. 19): Jake Ekster, Missouri Valley
Week 7 (Feb. 26): Chris Padilla, Missouri Baptist


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The seemingly endless death spiral finally landed MGM in Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. The silver lining here, of course, is that we can now get on with the business of watching James Bond save the world.
For those who really care about the legalese, inside-baseball and tedious wonkery, you can read the details over at Bloomberg, but what matters to movie fans is that MGM plans to have the next Bond film in theaters by Nov. 2012, with another coming every other year afterward.
Presumably, Daniel Craig will find time to return to the fold, but who will direct is up in the air. Sam Mendes was on board for a while, but with all the delays it's unclear what his status is. Chirs Nolan earlier this year said he'd "love to do a Bond" film, a job for which "Inception" showed he was more than qualified.
And of course the studio's other big franchise, "The Hobbit," is already moving forward, with its own unique financial and labor issues more or less under control.