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The checks will be distributed to eligible students at VA regional benefits offices across the country starting Oct. 2, VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced Sept. 25.
"Students should be focusing on their studies, not worrying about financial difficulties," Shinseki said. "Education creates life-expanding opportunities for our veterans."
Starting Oct. 2, students can go to one of VA's 57 regional benefit offices with photo identification, a course schedule and an eligibility certificate to request advance payment of their housing and book allowance. Because some students don't live near one of those offices, officials said, VA expects to send representatives to schools with large veteran-student bodies to work with veteran service groups in helping students with transportation needs.
A list of VA regional offices is available at http://www.vba.va.gov/VBA/benefits/offices.asp.
"I'm asking our people to get out their road maps and determine how we can reach the largest number of college students who can't reach us," said Patrick Dunne, VA's undersecretary for benefits. "Not everyone has a car. Not everyone can walk to a VA benefits office."
Although VA officials said they don't know how many students will request emergency funds, about 25,000 claims are pending that may result in payments to students.
The funds VA will give to students now are advance payments of the earned benefits for housing and books, and will be deducted from future education payments. VA officials said students should know that after this special payment, they can expect to receive education payments on the normal schedule: the beginning of the month following the period for which they are reimbursed.
"This is an extraordinary action we're taking," Shinseki said. "But it's necessary, because we recognize the hardships some of our veterans face."
More than 27,500 students already have received benefits for housing or books under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, or their schools have received their tuition payments, officials said.
(From a Department of Veterans Affairs news release.)
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A Streetcar Named Desire at BAM
Last Friday, the 27th of November, Tennessee Williams' formidable play A Streetcar Named Desire opened at BAM's Harvey Theatre to a sold-out audience. The staff at New Directions were lucky enough to attend the dress rehersal that afternoon, which, due to prevailing illness amongst the cast, was the first time the actors had done a full run-through of the play.
Under the direction of Liv Ullmann, the production was a tour de force from start to finish. The two-story set design opened the cramped Kowalski apartment onto the audience, with the upper story left stark and minimal—a gray, outer wall of the upstairs apartment featuring just a single window. The levels were joined by the fire escape, and there also featured two doors onstage— both within the Kowalski kitchen—effectively used throughout the play to convey emotion (with characters like Stanley stomping through and slamming them), as well as forming literal and liminal thresholds between the prison-like interior of the apartment and the outer world of New Orleans. In the blank space beyond these doors, this outer world was perfectly evoked through the use of sound effects and lighting.
Within these spaces, the actors played their parts with staggering virtuosity. Joel Edgerton ensnared the audience with his Brando-inspired portrayl of Stanley Kowalski, a man unafraid to mark what little territory in the world is his with aggressiveness. From the outset, his Stanley was commanding and comedically ignorant, forceful and violent, a man who feels he has to shout in order to be heard. Uncouth in his relationships both with women and with men, Edgerton gave Stanley his due dose of machismo, aptly defining the role in relation to his female counterparts— his passion-fuelled marriage to Stella, and his relentless bullying of Blanche. Indeed, Robin McLeavy gave a brilliant perfromance as Stella, a woman who is young and benign in the face of her husband's truculence. She portrayed Stella's gentle and unassuming nature with poise, and infused the role with emotion, particularly in the final scene, her tearful breakdown over Blanche further highlighting Stanley's sadistic nature.
But it was Cate Blanchett, as aging Southern Belle Blanche DuBois, who stole the show. From the opening, Blanchett captured Blanche's nervousness and charm, and injected as much humour as she did tragedy into the character, particularly in relation to Blanche's obsession with her fading looks and her fondness for alcohol and young men. She played the part with creativity and precsion, seemlessly bringing to life one of Williams' most fatal heroines, a woman tormented both by her ruinous past and by the brutish figure of Stanley. Indeed, it was in her scenes with the male leads (Stanley and suitor Mitch (played by Tim Richards)) that Blanchett deftly cut to the core of Blanche's character; a displaced woman on the edge, who is desperate for security and admiration, yet is ultimately abused and abandoned by the men in her life. The drunken rape scene that culminates in Blanche's inevitable demise was harrowing, the climax of the scene drowned out by the sound of the passing streetcar, a flickering of lights and an eventual blackout.
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It doesn't matter how much planning goes into a match sometimes, there often seems to be a factor that just can't be anticipated.
Such was the case last Saturday when Fire left back Gonzalo Segares played substitute striker Federico in on goal before going down following a clumsy challenge from Montreal's Sanna Nyassi. Puppo's effort was cut out by Impact keeper Donovan Ricketts but Segares remained on Olympic Stadium's makeshift surface.
"In the tackle my foot got twisted and I rolled my ankle," Segares told Chicago-Fire.com this week. "It was really painful and I may have been able to keep going but the team was looking to push the game."
Already down 1-0 through Davy Arnaud's 56th minute header, Frank Klopas took little time to call upon Hunter Jumper, the team's sizable left back selected out of the University of Virginia in January's MLS SuperDraft. Though a solid player, this likely wasn't the circumstance Klopas or the 23-year-old defender envisioned in the 68th minute of the match.
Perhaps luckily for Jumper (pictured right), a familiar face was entering at the same time.
"Going into it, it was pretty surreal because obviously there was a huge crowd," said Jumper. "Right when I was going in Andrew Wenger [who Jumper had played many an ACC game against] came off the bench for Montreal too. While we were standing there waiting to go in, almost at the same time we said to each other, 'This is pretty funny.'"
Even funnier, it was once again Jumper's job to mark the former Blue Devil for the final 22 minutes and stoppage time.
You could say he did a great job locking down the left side. He also helped with a leading pass up the left that eventually led to Dominic Oduro's 71st minute equalizer, helping the Fire escape the unfriendly confines of Olympic Stadium with an important road point.
"In that situation you never want to come out," said Segares. "With twenty minutes left we were feeling the momentum shifting and beginning to feel the momentum up top. It's difficult to leave your team in that situation and atmosphere but I think that Hunter came in and did a great job."
According to Jumper, the trial by Fire in front of the Olympic Stadium record crowd of 58,912 worked out for the best.
"It feels really good to have the game out of the way, especially in an environment like that -- it's a dome, there are 59,000 people. I feel like from here on, the speed should settle down and next game the crowd will be on our side, rooting for us and not against us."
For better or worse, the situation shows the planning for the future that was done at January's MLS SuperDraft. Having a player like Jumper able to come in and not drop off a bit should give Klopas more ease on the left side of defense.
Returning to training this week, Segares looks to be fit ahead of Saturday night's home opener against the Philadelphia Union.
"I'm feeling alright, my ankle is a little bit sore, but I think it's better than what I expected," he said. "I've been working with the anti-inflammatory medication and stuff to settle it down but practice has felt good so far this week. I'm really excited for Saturday. We hope that people will definitely be on the stands to come and support us but most importantly, we need the three points to get to the top of the Eastern Conference."


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'Downton Abbey': Season 4 premiere date set
PBS announced on Tuesday that the fourth season of its popular costume drama, "Downton Abbey," will kick off on Jan. 5, 2014.
The news dashes any hopes that American and British viewers could watch the show at the same time.
In Britain, the series is shown in the fall, and American fans have been frustrated by a litany of spoilers. Last year, for example, the internet was buzzing with the heartbreaking news about the death of a key character -- Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) -- long before the episode aired in the states.
Season 4 of "Downton Abbey" will cover eight weeks and conclude on Feb. 23. New cast members include Gary Carr, Kiri Te Kanawa, Tom Cullen, Julian Ovenden, Nigel Harman, Joanna David and Harriet Walter. In addition, Shirley MacLaine will reprise her role as Martha Levinson.
In other PBS news, "Call the Midwife," will return in January, for its third season.


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With rising concerns about energy costs and CO2 emissions, energy use in IT organizations is under growing scrutiny. According to a 2007 Gartner report, the information and communications technology (ICT) industries produce 2 percent of global CO2 emissions on a par with the aviation industry!
Data storage, which has been seeing double-digit capacity growth for years, is an important factor in that equation. With such concerns in mind, three years ago The Green Grid a consortium of IT vendors and end users embarked on a high-profile quest to make IT more energy efficient. The results of that endeavor and of parallel efforts in government havent been spectacular, however, leaders and analysts say the groundwork is being laid for substantial long-term performance improvements, primarily through establishing what to measure and how.
In April, The Green Grid announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energys Save Now and Federal Energy Management Programs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) ENERGY STAR Program, the European Union Code of Conduct, Japans Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industrys (METI) Green IT Initiative, and Japans Green IT Promotion Council (GIPC) regarding guiding principles of data center energy efficiency metrics. All the parties have adopted the idea of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) as the preferred energy efficiency metric.
Rona Newmark, a member of The Green Grid and an executive at EMC (NYSE: EMC), said the focus on metrics is based on the simple notion that what you measure can be improved, and the specific concern that the overall effectiveness of power usage needs to be considered rather than looking at individual devices or systems. The result, said Newmark, has been a series of best practice recommendations developed by both vendors and user organizations. Where the best practices have been applied, he said, they have already driven 20-30 percent improvements in efficiency simply by not comingling hot and cold air, by using virtualization to improve utilization and by shutting down equipment that isnt used regularly.https://o1.qnsr.com/log/p.gif?;n=203;c=204660765;s=10655;x=7936;f=201812281308090;u=j;z=TIMESTAMP;a=20400368;e=i
A few years ago, if you talked about hot and cold aisles, most people thought in terms of the intensity of utilization rather than where air was flowing, said Newmark. Now, in contrast, those new ways of thinking are permeating the industry. Although the focus of The Green Grid has been holistic, Newmark said some specific attention has been given to storage, too.
One of the fundamental understandings that has come out of this process is the realization that the power draw of disk drives varies proportionally with the rotations per minute, not with disk capacity, said Newmark. Therefore, two drives with the same spindle speed will use nearly the same amount of energy, even if one is of considerably higher capacity.
The energy used in seeking and reading or writing is marginal in comparison to the energy used for rotation, she added. Thus, the increased use of 10,000 RPM and 7,200 RPM SATA drives has not only lowered the cost of purchased storage capacity, it has lowered energy use as well. The increased use of solid state disk (SSD) in place of Fibre Channel drives has also resulted in reduced energy consumption, she said.
There havent been any big banners advertising this, but those fundamental shifts are playing an important role in cutting energy use, she said.
In addition, architectures such as MAID (massive array of idle disks) and other systems in which some drives are spun down when not in use also offer potential savings. Though that clearly wouldnt work for applications such as online transaction processing (OLTP) and other demanding uses, said Newmark. Likewise, tape, which usually has low energy usage, is also a potential component in efforts to reduce energy consumption.
Greg Schulz, founder and analyst at the StorageIO Group/a> and an activist on green issues with the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) even before the Green Grid was announced, said there is still a common myth that MAID is the only green solution out there. But, in fact, there are many other ways to avoid or reduce power consumption.
Spinning down disks can sometimes lead to increased energy use due to decreased throughput. It is like having a fuel efficient car stuck idling in traffic, Schulz said. In some cases, it may be possible to improve PUE by adding faster drives or processors. In a similar way, some vendors are looking at smarter power management, sometimes called intelligent power management (IPM), which tends to consider operational effectiveness along with power usage.
While saluting the work of The Green Grid on PUE and standards, Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Mark Peters said their role remains primarily that of a cheerleader bringing attention to an important issue. For Peters, the smart money is on solid state. This is not because SSD is so efficient as the SSD manufacturers would have you believe, but because it enables really effective automated tiering, he said. Peters stressed that it is important to make a distinction between storing and using data. With SSD, you can put IO functions where they belong, in the fastest medium. SSD will handle IO and big fat disks will store things, according to Peters.
To be sure, tiering has been around for a while, but the difference now is automation, which makes it much more practical, he said. This is something that large and small vendors are jumping on, in fact there has already been a flurry of announcements in this area, such as FAST (fully automated storage tiering) from EMC.
I believe we are in a hockey stick situation with this, where the adoption of tiered storage and SSD is about to take off. It is coming fast and you wont have a choice because it will become universal, Peters said.
And, he noted, when tiering becomes a bigger factor in storage management, tape will probably still play a role perhaps even a growing role. Unless someone comes up with the ability to store data in a sugar cube, tape will remain the cheapest, high capacity medium with the greenest footprint.
Alan R. Earls is a writer specializing in business and technology. He is based in the Boston area.
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Health Canada Approves Updates to TYSABRI® (natalizumab) Product Monograph to Include Anti-JC Virus Antibody Status Français
May 23, 2012, 09:17 ET
TORONTO, May 23, 2012 /CNW/ - Today Biogen Idec announced that Health Canada has approved a product monograph change for TYSABRI® that will help enable individual benefit risk assessment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The new label identifies anti-JC virus (JCV) antibody status as a risk factor for developing an uncommon, but serious, brain infection known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). This marks the third risk factor identified to help physicians and people with MS have more confidence in their treatment decisions when considering TYSABRI, a highly effective treatment for relapsing remitting forms of MS.
"This label change marks an important advance in assisting people with MS and their physicians to make better informed decisions concerning the challenges of balancing effectiveness with safety," said Dr. Virender Bhan, Director, Dalhousie MS Research Unit, Halifax, Nova Scotia. "TYSABRI is an important treatment option for appropriate patients so the ability to confidently address PML risk stratification may allow for earlier treatment to reduce the frequency of clinical exacerbations and delay the progression of physical disability."
Infection with the JC virus (JCV) is required for the development of PML. The new label states that anti-JCV antibody negative status indicates that exposure to the JC virus has not been detected, while patients who are anti-JCV antibody positive have a higher risk of developing PML. Patients who are anti-JCV antibody positive, have received prior immunosuppressant (IS) therapy and have received treatment with TYSABRI for more than two years have the highest risk of developing PML.
"TYSABRI has benefited thousands of patients worldwide who are living with multiple sclerosis, an often devastating disease affecting people in the prime of their lives," said Paul Petrelli, General Manager, Biogen Idec Canada Inc. "Biogen Idec's use of novel research and scientific expertise has allowed us to gain a better understanding of the benefit-risk profile for TYSABRI. Our development of a risk stratification algorithm and subsequent efforts to support the commercial availability of anti-JCV antibody testing reflect our commitment to providing patients and their physicians with additional guidance to help them make more personalized treatment decisions."
Biogen Idec's quantitative risk stratification algorithm, which was presented at a number of major international medical meetings, shows that patients who were anti-JCV antibody positive were at an increased risk for developing PML with varying degrees of risk depending on prior IS use and TYSABRI treatment duration. Irrespective of MS treatment, approximately 55 per cent of MS patients are anti-JCV positive.
The Canadian label update follows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Commission approvals of anti-JCV antibody status as an additional factor to aid in stratifying patients at risk for developing PML. Through the third quarter of 2011, globally there have been approximately 59,000 anti-JCV antibody tests administered commercially and through clinical trials.
About TYSABRI
TYSABRI is approved in more than 65 countries. TYSABRI is approved in Canada as monotherapy treatment of patients with the relapsing-remitting form of MS, and is generally recommended in MS patients who have had an inadequate response to, or are unable to tolerate, other therapies for MS.
TYSABRI has advanced the treatment of MS patients with its established efficacy. Data from the Phase 3 AFFIRM trial, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that after two years, TYSABRI treatment led to a 68 per cent relative reduction (p<0.001) in the annualized relapse rate when compared with placebo and reduced the relative risk of disability progression by 42 to 54 per cent (p<0.001).
TYSABRI increases the risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), an opportunistic viral infection of the brain, which usually leads to death or severe disability. Infection by the JC virus (JCV) is required for the development of PML and patients who are anti-JCV antibody positive have a higher risk of developing PML. Factors that increase the risk of PML are presence of anti-JCV antibodies, prior immunosuppressant use, and longer TYSABRI treatment duration. Patients who have all three risk factors have the highest risk of developing PML. Other serious adverse events that have occurred in TYSABRI-treated patients include hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., anaphylaxis) and infections, including opportunistic and other atypical infections. Clinically significant liver injury has also been reported in the post-marketing setting. A list of adverse events can be found in the TYSABRI product monograph.
TYSABRI is marketed and distributed in Canada by Biogen Idec Canada Inc.
Multiple Sclerosis in Canada
Canada is known for having one of the highest prevalence of MS in the world.1 Currently, more than two million people are estimated to suffer with MS worldwide,2 including between 55,000 and 75,000 Canadians. The overall weighted estimate of MS rates in Canada is 240 per 100,000 people3 causing three or more people per day to be diagnosed with MS.4
About Biogen Idec Canada Inc.
Biogen Idec Canada Inc. is the Canadian affiliate of Biogen Idec. Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen Idec discovers, develops, manufactures and markets therapies for diseases with a focus on neurology, immunology and hemophilia. Founded in 1978, with a presence in Canada since 1998, it is the world's oldest independent biotechnology company. Patients worldwide benefit from its leading multiple sclerosis therapies and the company generates more than $5 billion in annual revenues.
1 "MS Experts estimate number of Canadians with MS is 55,000 to 75,000." Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, accessed January 6, 2012, http://mssociety.ca/en/research/medmmo-prev-may_02.htm.
2 Hans-Peter Hartung, "Impact of mobility impairment in multiple sclerosis 1 - Healthcare professionals perspectives." European Neurological Review: 110.
3 "MS Experts estimate number of Canadians with MS is 55,000 to 75,000." Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, accessed January 6, 2012, http://mssociety.ca/en/research/medmmo-prev-may_02.htm.
4 "About MS." Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, accessed January 6, 2012, http://mssociety.ca/en/information/default.htm.
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I'm building an iPhone app that often ends up in a point that is in the middle of the ocean. I want to be able to find the nearest landmasses, which in some casses are thousands of miles away.
So far I've thought of calling the maps API on the regions NW, NE, SW, SE - i.e. the ocean coordinate +10 lat, +10 long etc. until I come up with a response that isn't ZERO_RESULTS (I could obviously keep expanding the bounding box until I found something). I'm currently trying to find info on the antipode to San Francisco, which is approximately -37, 56.
The clear limitation on this is that it is in no way scalable, since Google has a request limit of 2,500 per day and I would probably be making 4+ of them per entry by a user (and I expect a user to make at least a few of these requests per use).
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T-Shirt Necklace
Martha shows Queen Latifah how to craft a unique necklace using a recycled T-shirt.
The last time you made a necklace, it probably involved macaroni.
Here's an idea inspired by a project on the blog Cucumbersome.com: Turn an old shirt into a piece of wearable art that's quite grown-up.
Tools and Materials
T-Shirt Necklace How-To
1. Lay the shirt on a flat surface; cut off the hem and discard. Then cut the body of the shirt horizontally into strips approximately 3/4 of an inch long. (They will actually be loops.)
2. One at a time, pull the loops open and stretch until the fabric starts to curl. Stack the loops on top of one another so that all the T-shirt side seams are in the same spot.
3. Once you have the thickness you desire, wrap the seams with a scrap piece of fabric (about 6 inches long) from the same shirt. Tuck the end of the scrap under itself.


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For Dr. Zaher Sahloul, the holy month of Ramadan has tested his strength and recharged his spirit.
Gathering with thousands of other Muslims in Bridgeview's Toyota Park on Sunday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, a day of prayer and festivities to break the Ramadan fast, Sahloul made the same supplications he had offered for the last 30 days.
He asked God to grant a sense of responsibility to politicians who condemn Islam just to win votes. He prayed for his brethren whose sacred spaces have been targeted by vandals. And he grieved for his homeland of Syria, which suffered more bloody violence this weekend.
But he also thanked God for getting him through the 30-day trial and preparing him for even greater ordeals to come.
"You always try to find solace and reflect on your faith and your understanding of the faith to connect it to what's happening to you," said Sahloul, 47, of Burr Ridge. "There are plenty of things in the Quran to connect to what's happening in Syria. We believe patience is the best virtue in a crisis you have no control on. The whole fasting is about patience … because God wants you to be patient. … This will help you deal with crisis and calamity."
Through the past decade, Sahloul, a physician specializing in pulmonary critical care, has emerged as one of just a handful of high-profile leaders who speak for Chicago's Muslim community. This year, he has served simultaneous presidential terms with the Council for Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago and the Syrian American Medical Society.
But few people know the tale of how a young medical student from Syria who sought a better medical education in the U.S. has become an activist both on the American Muslim landscape and in the land he left behind.
Sahloul came to Chicago in 1989 to improve his medical education by specializing in internal medicine and pulmonary care at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Like many of his countrymen, he intended to go back to Syria, but he never did. He met his wife, Suzanne, an American citizen of Syrian origin, and began working at St. Anthony Hospital in an underserved community on the West Side; he has been at the hospital ever since.
He worshipped at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, where a majority of Chicago's Arab Muslims go to pray. After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he found himself thrust into leadership roles that he never expected and eventually became the mosque's president.
"This country also has given me a lot. I grew as a person. I grew as an activist and as a community leader," Sahloul said.
That sense of activism has led him back to Syria. In July, right before Ramadan began, he directed a delegation of doctors in Turkey, taking care of refugees who have fled violence in Syria. Those medical missions have divided the medical society's leaders, some of whom believe they amount to a condemnation of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Sahloul believes a professional humanitarian organization has no choice but to help. No one expected the conflict to last this long or become this bloody, he said. Syrians expected the U.S. to support a revolution, he said, but the Syrians are on their own.
"Seventy-five percent of the (refugees) are women and children. ... These are people who are afraid about their safety, and they need to be treated," Sahloul said. "As a doctor, you treat whoever is in need, whether they are the enemy or friend. This is our responsibility. If we do not do that, there is something wrong with us."
Sahloul does not know when he will return to the region. In the meantime, he has plenty to keep himself busy at home.
Just a few weeks ago, Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh told a town hall crowd that the threat of radical Islam existed in the Chicago suburbs. Sahloul expected politicians to mention Islam during election season. He also expected fallout, pointing to the vandalism of Muslim graves and damage done last week to a Morton Grove mosque and Lombard school as inevitable consequences.
"When you demonize the Muslims, unfortunately that will energize their base," Sahloul said. "This type of language does not help. It creates an atmosphere of fear and suspicion."
He found comfort in the words of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who refuted Walsh's comments to Sahloul last week and told an audience that her department remained committed to keeping faith communities safe.
"Communities of faith have been one of our most steadfast allies in our efforts to secure our nation and combat violent extremism," Napolitano told the crowd gathered in Washington, D.C., to break the daily fast with a meal known as iftar.
After a long day at the hospital, a difficult conversation with a dying patient's family and a flight to Washington, Sahloul sat in the crowd wondering if he was in the right place. It was the Night of Power, when Muslims believe God decides everyone's destiny.
"I wasn't sure that was the divine purpose of this visit," he said. Then, he realized, he was in a city of strangers where he could enjoy and embrace anonymity. He went to a mosque and stayed up the entire night to pray.
"In a mosque where you know many people, you spend the time talking to people between prayers," he said. "You don't connect with the Almighty. That helped that night to be special for me."
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Step aside, First Lady!
According to an inaugural source and The Hollywood Reporter, Lady Gaga is set to headline the private ball for President Barack Obama's campaign staffers on January 22.
But Gaga isn't the only artist offering her services to honor the president's second term kickoff. Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Usher, fun., and Cyndi Lauper are also set to perform.
Cue Obama's jams! Listen to the President's official playlist here
Sprinkled among the performances at various events are celeb appearances like inaugural committee co-chair Eva Longoria along with Chelsea Clinton, singer-songwriter Ben Folds, Star Jones, Angela Bassett and gospel singer Yolanda Adams. Not to mention Harvey Weinstein, Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis and producer and campaign booster Colleen Bell.
As for whose footsteps Lady Gaga is following in?
None other than Jay-Z, who reportedly edited his own lyrics back in 2009 to, wait for it, "99 Problems but George Bush Ain't One."
We're guessing Gaga will have something special of her own on tap for the White House little monsters contingent.
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How to make: Strawberry-rhubarb jam
Most people I know buy jam when they want jam. This makes sense in the winter, when fresh peaches, cherries and berries are in short supply, and when jam is the easiest way to make those fruits a part of your life. But it makes absolutely no sense in the summer. When juicy warm-weather fruits are abundant and cheap, it's a no-brainer to make jam with them, a process that's insanely easy (and fairly quick) and yields results that taste fresher than any store-bought jam.
Jam's reputation for being difficult is mysterious. Is it fussy and time-consuming to preserve jam in shelf-stable jars? Sure. (To be fair, it's also exciting! The risk of botulism and other dangerous bacteria makes home-canning feel as dangerous as Tipper Gore thought Prince's "Darling Nikki" was.) But it's child's play to make jam that's intended to be eaten right away, kept in the refrigerator for a few weeks, or frozen for several months. Literally all you have to do is cook fruit with sugar until it starts to break down and thicken.
One could make the semantic argument that such a combination is rightly called a conserve, since it doesn't contain pectin, the plant-based gelling agent that thickens commercial jams. But if jam is good enough for the National Center for Home Preservation, it's good enough for me. Jam has the added appeal of its delightfully uncertain etymology: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it's probably a literal reference to the act of jamming fruit together, but observers have noted the word's similarity to the French j'aime -- "I love" -- since the 18th century.
Not having to sterilize lids and boil jars is one major advantage of making refrigerator jam. Being able to use less sugar than you otherwise would is another. Canned jams often contain a 1-to-1 ratio (by volume) of fruit to sugar, which acts as a preservative and inhibits mold. With refrigerator jam, mold isn't as much of a consideration, so you can use one-half as much sugar and allow the fruit flavor to dominate. There's also the matter of cost: Your $5 jar of Bonne Maman starts to lose some of its panache when you realize you can make equally good homemade jam for one-half the cost.
No combination highlights the advantages of homemade jam over store-bought more than strawberries and rhubarb, the darling duo of the pie world. They require slightly more preparation than, say, blueberries; in addition to rinsing them, you have to hull the strawberries and peel tough strings off the exterior of the rhubarb stalks. (Nick the end of the stalk with a paring knife, and then pull away the fibers with your fingers.) But the final product, half an hour later, exudes more sweet-tart brightness than any pie. Serve it hot on top of ice cream or cake, or cool it before spreading on bread or swirling into yogurt. Or take a cue from John Ayto's Diner's Dictionary, which notes in its entry on jam: "Up until the nineteenth century, fruit preserves might just as often be eaten on their own, as a dessert."
Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam
Yield: About 2 1/2 cups
Time: 25 to 30 minutes
1 pound strawberries, trimmed and roughly chopped
1 pound rhubarb, trimmed and roughly chopped
1 cup sugar
Combine the strawberries, rhubarb, and sugar in a medium pot over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the strawberries and rhubarb begin to break down, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool and serve. (Store leftover jam in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a few weeks, or in the freezer for up to several months.)


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Listen to Justin Bieber's 911 Call
Justin Bieber placed a call to 911 upon being chased by five paparazzi on the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles on Friday, July 6. The audio is now available for your listening, uh, pleasure. The Biebs was traveling south in his chromed Fisker Karma with the paps in hot pursuit when he called for help.
He says he does not know the people following him and doesn't make it clear that he is a celeb and that's why they are tailing him. "I have like five cars following me… They're driving really reckless," The Biebs said. "They will not stop following me."
He says that his last name is "Johnson," and the 911 operator seems to not know that a Fisker is a tricked out, electric car, as she asks him to repeat the description, asking, "What kind of car is that?" To which he replies, "Uh, a Fisker."
The 'Boyfriend' singer is calm, detailing the Toyotas and Hondas tailing him. He even said that he was trying to go fast "to lose these people" and while he was ticketed, the cops instructed him to call 911 if they persisted.
The Biebs was doing 80 mph and was cited for speeding, with L.A. City Councilman Dennis Zine calling the cops on the teen in the first place, saying he was driving like a maniac and should be stripped of his driving privileges.
Bieber also said, "When I tried to explain it to the police officers, they were just being not nice about it. He let all the paparazzi around my vehicle when he was giving me the citation."
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Metropolitan Mar Demetrios Visits Campus
Ever since our Dean, Fr. John Behr, made his extensive tour through the churches and seminaries of India in the Fall of 2009, St. Vladimir's has been strengthening its friendship with the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church in a series of cordial exchanges. Most recently, in August 2010, Fr. John welcomed His Grace Dr. Yuhanon Mar Demetrios, Assistant Metropolitan of the Delhi Diocese, to our campus, and in turn attended and spoke at a reception for His Grace at St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Bronx, NY.
Mar Demetrios is the Professor of New Testment at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam, India, and also is Secretary of the Inter-Church Relations Committee of the Orthodox Church in India. As well, he is a member of the WCC Committee on Education and Ecumenical Formation. He has authored several books and articles, including the volume, Gospel of Mark: An Interpretation, and many articles about the Virgin Mary. Formerly, Bishop Demetrios served St. Mary's Church as a layman and a deacon, in the position of Sunday School Headmaster and Youth Leader.
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How the racing wheel has evolved in strength and light weight
Like so many other parts on our race cars, the wheel has undergoneconsiderable development and improvement over the last 20 or so years.The wheel is under more stress than we might realize and it is the lastpiece of metal between our car's suspension and the racing surface.
The reason we needed to further develop the strength of the circle trackracing wheel is because of the forces that act on it and the way inwhich those forces concentrate on small areas of the wheel. Toillustrate the point, if we have a 2,800-pound car and a 50/50front-to-rear weight percentage distribution, we have 1,400 poundssupported by the two tires at each end of the car. During cornering, thetires resist the lateral forces by gripping the track surface, and eachtire transfers this force to the wheel. The wheel is the firstmechanical part on the car that resists the cornering forces. Here ishow the wheel accomplishes that task.
Defining the Wheel Forces
Even with the left side rules in place allowing a higher than 50 percentleft-side weight, the right-side tires end up supporting around 60percent of the race car's weight because of the weight transfer duringcornering. So, the right-front tire and wheel could end up with (1,400 x0.60 =) 840 pounds of vertical weight.
We can consider that the right-front tire will also resist approximately60 percent of the lateral forces acting at the front of the car. If theg-force at mid-turn was 1.5, a common average for most medium-bankedasphalt tracks and well within range for higher-banked dirt tracks withsome degree of grip, then the right-front tire/wheel combination is nowresisting 1,260 pounds of lateral force. That is a lot for our wheels toresist.
But, in reality, the 1,260 pounds is resisted by only around 6-8 inchesof rim on the inside (towards the inside of the track) of the wheel atany given moment in time. Why? Because the tire contact patch is thefirst part of the car to resist the lateral forces. The force is thentransmitted up to the rim, but only that part of the rim directly abovethe contact patch. The part of the rim at the top of the wheel resistsnothing. In this snapshot of time, there is very little force on therest of the rim on this wheel except that part directly above the tirecontact patch. The wheel is spinning, so all parts of the rim experiencethe force, but only 6-8 inches at a time.
Now imagine if we could mount the wheel horizontally and hang 1,260pounds off the edge of the rim that is attached to it by rollers thatare only 8 inches wide. Now, we spin the wheel with the weight rollersstaying stationary and acting on the entire length of the rim, 8 inchesat a time. If the wheel and rim portion are not strong enough, theconstant weight that is exerted on that small portion of the rim willdistort it and eventually reshape the bead area so that the tire couldeventually slip off the rim. On the racetrack, this would result in asudden loss of tire pressure and a quick trip to the wall.
In addition to the load at the wheel rim, a torsional, offset load isalso exerted on the wheel center and that causes a good deal of flexthrough the center piece and into the shell of the wheel. This works toweaken the area where the center is welded to the shell.
Knowing this, we now see why wheel companies have worked very hard tomake their wheels stronger and lighter. While it might seem like the useof stronger and lighter to describe a design sounds like an oxymoron,there is a way to design a wheel so that it is truly stronger andlightweight. That is accomplished by knowing where strength is neededand where we can sacrifice some thickness of the metal withoutcompromising the integrity of the structure. Let's study the parts ofthe whole wheel so we can see where the strength is needed.
There are two main parts to a wheel, the center section and the shell.The shell, or outer portion, can be formed by either a rolled process orby a spun process. If a wheel shell is rolled, the starting piece ofmetal is a round tube and is placed inside of a shaped die. The tube isthen rolled and stretched to conform to the die. This process is fastand economical, but it is inherently hard to maintain a uniformthickness and a true run-out shape due to the way the dies are used andthe wear that can occur over a period of time. The rolled process isfine for trailer wheels and other non-racing applications, and we cansometimes get by using these lower cost wheels for circle track racing,but sources tell us that even though all racing wheels will fatigue andfail at some point in time, the wheels that are produced by the spunprocess might last as much as twice as long.
The spun process is done a little differently. The original tube ofmetal is larger than the die and placed outside of it. It is then spuninto the die and tightly against it. Since the die is machined perfectlyand the shell is forced to conform to that shape, the result is a muchbetter, almost perfect run-out with control of critical thicknesses inareas where we would see the most flexing and stress.
Spun wheels are more expensive due to the extra time in the process, theexpense of the CNC machinery, and the quality control that isincorporated.
In choosing our wheels, we can sacrifice a little weight and still havestrength by buying a heavier wheel at a lower cost if money is an issue.But if the budget allows, we should opt for the lighter, truer, andstronger spun wheel for all of the right reasons. In no event should weuse a light wheel that may not have sufficient strength to endure thelateral forces that may be encountered. Time will tell, because if yourwheel is not strong enough, it will eventually give up.
Center Section
The center section is stamped and then spun to create the shape that isneeded. The critical areas that need to be stronger (as in thickermetal) are where the wheel stud holes are located and where the edge ofthe center piece is welded to the shell. The metal between the studs andthe shell mostly spreads out the forces and can be of less thickness.
Modifications have been incorporated into the design of the centersection in order to accommodate the handling of the wheel, especially tohelp speed up the pit stops during a race. Reshaping the holes in thecenter section can help a crew member grab and hold onto the wheel as itis placed on the hub. Developing a deeper dish shape moves the holescloser to the outside of the rim so the tire handler does not have toreach as far into the shell to grab the holes in the center section aswell as providing for better brake rotor cooling. The back side of thecenter piece where the holes are located can also be cambered to allowthe studs to "find" the holes easier, and that lets the tire changerlocate the wheel on the studs quicker.
Another reason the wheel stud hole areas need to be made thicker forsome of the touring series teams is because they make pit stops duringevery race and those teams glue the lug nuts onto the wheel right beforethe race starts. After the race, the glue must be removed from theholes. Most teams use a metal wire wheel. Using this type of tool does agreat job of cleaning the wheel holes and removing paint and glue, butthe process also removes a small amount of metal. If the team uses thewire wheel long enough, that area of the wheel will become thinner andweaker. A small crack that originates here can grow all the way to theshell and cause a total failure of the wheel.
Shell Strength
The two areas of the shell that need added thickness for strength arethe rim area located next to the bead and the middle where the centerpiece is welded to the shell. As in the design of the center piece, thepart of the shell that lies between the rim and the middle where thecenter is welded can be thinner than other highly stressed areas. In thespun process, this area is shaped so that some of the metal is forcedinto areas of high stress for added strength and that is one of theadvantages of this process.
Again, we need to imagine where the forces are located and strengthenthose areas as a priority. Racing wheels must maintain strength at bothrims because the wheel might be used on either the left or the rightside of the car. Mostly the "inside" rim, meaning the rim closest to theinside of the racetrack, is loaded from the lateral forces that occurwhile cornering. It would be a good idea to inspect those areas fordeformities after each race. At least one racer has noted that thefailure of the rim was noticeable once they knew what to look for.
The most common failure for racing wheels is in the area of the center,either where the center section is welded to the shell, or where thewheel studs come through the wheel. That is why most higher qualitywheels add strength to both of those areas.
Back Spacing
Back spacing refers to the distance from the outside edge of the rim tothe back of the center piece where it meets the hub face. This spacingcontrols both the track width and the lateral location of the chassis.If we need more or less left side weight, we can use different offsetwheels on each side to accomplish those goals. We cannot widen the carbeyond the rule specifications, but we can take the track width to themaximum by using lower back spacing.
Another use of split back spacing would be to line up the driveshaftfrom a top view. A lot of attention is now being paid to reducinguniversal joint angles, from any view, and the rear end can be relocatedlaterally by the use of different offset wheels. This may necessitateusing odd offset wheels at each end of the car on each side, but ifperformance is enhanced, then it is worth the trouble it takes to keeptrack of the wheels.
High amounts of back spacing can result in increased brake rotor heatdue to the rotor being placed farther into the wheel shell and out ofthe flow of air that would normally help cool the brakes. This, in turn,serves to heat the wheel excessively and that heat is transferred to thegas inside the tire. As the gas heats up it expands, and the tire willgrow in pressure more than if the rotor was located farther outside thewheel.
Pressure Bleeders
Some tracks and sanctioning bodies allow the use of tire pressurebleeders. These units will hold a certain pressure, but pop off andbleed gas as the pressure rises above a pre-set level.
This allows the team to start out the race with pressures closer to theoptimum race pressure and still maintain that ideal level once the gasinside the tire expands due to the heat. If a team is not allowed to usebleeders, they must anticipate the rise in pressure and start out with amuch lower pressure so that as the heat and gas pressure grows, it willnot exceed the optimum pressure needed for producing a proper contactpatch footprint.
Some teams use two-valve stems when using a bleeder system so they canfill or deflate the tire with a standard stem while not disturbing thebleeder valve.
Lug Nuts
There are several types of lug nuts that can be used. The standard typeof racing lug nut is fine for everyday use on most short tracks. If pitstops are a must, a spring mounted lug nut is available that staysattached to the wheel and also has a flanged back side which makes italmost impossible to hang and get stuck in the lug socket.
There are specially designed racing lug nut sockets that have widerradii to help prevent the lug nut from getting stuck in the socket, acommon occurrence during fast pit stops. These are a necessity for anyteam, whether pit stops are normally required or not. We never know whenan unexpected problem will require a quick stop to replace a flat tire.
Final Thought
Maintain your wheels and inspect them often. Don't let a fatigued orbattered wheel cost you a race or possibly a front clip. It would be agood idea to rotate the wheels from side to side occasionally due to thefact that the stress is only being felt on opposite sides of the wheelfor left- and right-side wheel mounts. Replace your wheels after hardcontact with the wall whether they are bent or not. Small cracks mayhave developed that the eye cannot detect. After all, it's yourinvestment and especially your driver's health we are most concernedabout.


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One reason, why I blog about emacs is that I'm often learning new things from people who leave a comment on my blog. My latest cool toy, thanks to a mention from foo is ibuffer. I had heard of it already (and had a vague idea of what it does), but had not investigated it any depth.
So, what does ibuffer do and why is it cool? It is a powerful substitute for
list-buffers which by default is bound to
C-x C-b. You can get started by typing
M-x ibuffer <RETURN> h (for help).
The main features provided are:
- sorting (with a
- filtering (with a
- marking (with
%prefixes) and
- processing (which covers a multitude of sins)
I like to sort the buffers lexicographically before I begin with
s a. If it turns out I always do this, I'll customize
I've come up with a few simple recipes so far:
* s(mark star buffers)
D(delete all marked buffers)
* r k(remove read-only buffers from ibuffer)
% n(mark buffers by regex)
U(regex replace)
One thing that ibuffer doesn't have is a function that compares two marked buffers. However, its easy enough to add one.
(defun ibuffer-ediff-marked-buffers () (interactive) (let* ((marked-buffers (ibuffer-get-marked-buffers)) (len (length marked-buffers))) (unless (= 2 len) (error (format "%s buffer%s been marked (needs to be 2)" len (if (= len 1) " has" "s have")))) (ediff-buffers (car marked-buffers) (cadr marked-buffers)))) (define-key ibuffer-mode-map "e" 'ibuffer-ediff-marked-buffers)
We might as well replace the default binding for
C-x C-b.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-b") 'ibuffer)


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BOSTON, Mass. -- In their first meet of the season, the Brandeis men's track and field team competed at the Boston University Season Opener. The Judges sent 10 runners to the meet that comprised of mostly Division I and II squads.
The top performance of the meet came from rookie Omar Scruggs (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Prep), who placed fourth in the 800-meter run. His time of 1:57.38 was less than 1.5 seconds behind the winner from Division I Northeastern. Sophomore Matt Becker (Mendon, Mass./Nipmuc Regional) was second in his heat in the event, 14th overall, with a time of 2:08.03.
Senior Vincent Asante (Bronx, N.Y./High School for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry) won his heat and placed 11th overall out of 35 competitors in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.92 seconds, just two-hundredths of a second off his best time from 2012-13.
The Judges had three other top-20 finishes, all coming in the 500-meter run, where sophomores Trevor Tuplin (Weymouth, Mass. / Weymouth) and Brandon Odze (Melville, N.Y. / Half Hollow Hills East) and rookie Josh Romanowicz (Peru, N.Y.) achieved the feat.
Brandeis is back in action next semester at the Dartmouth Relays on Jan. 12.


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By Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs Office
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Today, the Navy released an update to the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) award plan for active component (AC) and full time support (FTS) Sailors in NAVADMIN 212/16.
This update, NAVADMIN 284/16, increases 16 SRB award levels, decreases 49 awards, adds 49 new eligible skills and removes seven skills eligible to receive bonuses from the Navy's most recent SRB NAVADMIN released this past October.
SRBs serve as an incentive for those Sailors with critical skills to remain in the Navy.
Sailors can keep abreast of changes through the Navy's SRB webpage at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/career/enlistedcareeradmin/Pages/SRB.aspx/ and review the NAVADMIN, which contains a complete listing of changes to skills award levels eligible for SRBs.
Award levels are adjusted as reenlistment requirements for specific ratings and skill sets are met and are posted on the Navy Personnel Command (NPC) SRB webpage.
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Ben Skinner | Same Same - There There
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Language and meaning is just as important to the work, however, with witty and often ironic statements pointing to the ambiguity of words to communicate ideas across varying contexts and situations. Same Same (2014) is a ongoing series of brick sets made by pouring plaster loosely mixed with pigment into moulds with recessed lettering. The swirled, mixed pastel sculptures are presented in pairs with common double-word phrases such as BYE BYE, KNOCK KNOCK and THERE THERE. Stacking the bricks on top of one another creates a playful echo between the words that elicits new meaning from the simple combinations.
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By: Becca Trabin
Eddie Pepitone performed on Friday night at Underground Arts–an enormous, multi-purpose art space in the basement of the Wolf Building on 12th and Callowhill, where Corey Cohen Comedy Productions (C.C.C.P.) has recently been putting up comedy shows. C.C.C.P. has brought Hannibull Buress, Neal Brennan, Todd Barry, and Dave Wait to Philly since opening two years ago. With openers Lisa Yost, John Nunn and Alex Grubard, Pepitone performed to a warmed-up crowd, one that was about twice the size of the crowd at his Ric Rac show last spring.
Pepitone hit the stage dancing and kept himself and the crowd amped up throughout the hour-long set. He brought in a young, hip audience, many of whom know him from his performances on Marc Maron's WTF. A lot of his stuff was material he did last year, but most was still as funny.
Pepitone can get away with a lot. He does characters in his bits, and each one is just him flatly barking at the back of the room with all his heart. Lesser comics might get pegged as one-trick ponies for doing the same basic yell over and over, but Pepitone kept the audience wanting more. He periodically broke character and laughed along with everyone while trying to deliver his tags. It came off as well-earned and joyful. Pepitone does his thing so well that he makes other angry comics seem like the poor man's Pepitone.
And if watching a guy spew his well-crafted rage upon us for an hour wasn't already fantastic, the crowd was invited to stay for experimental electronic band Black Dice's show across the hall afterward.


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Jan. 26, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Led by Jen Gottschalk's eighth double-double of the season the Santa Clara women's basketball team defeated the Dons of San Francisco, 57-50, Saturday night at the Leavey Center. Gottschalk registered a team-best 16 points and 12 rebounds as the Broncos improved to 15-4 on the season and 4-1 in West Coast Conference action. The Dons are know 12-8 overall and 3-2 in league play.
"I was very pleased with our efforts in the beginning of the first half," said head coach Michelle Bento-Jackson. "Our whole focus is defense and we set the tone defensively right from the tip. Of all the numbers, outside of having more points than them, I am most proud that we held USF to a low field goal percentage. Our goal is to keep our opponents below 36 percent. We did a pretty good job tonight of forcing them to make tough shots."
Chandice Cronk added 15 points for SCU while being the only player with a perfect in-game free throw percentage (4-for-4). Tracey Walker was also a huge help for the Broncos off the boards as she pulled down 10 rebounds.
Despite a scoreless first three minutes, the Broncos climbed to a 10-0 lead on a jumper from Maggie Goldenberger. It wasn't until the 11:38 mark that the Dons scored on a deuce from Dominique Cater to make the score 10-2. USF began to chip away at Santa Clara's lead but the Broncos remained on top. They created an 11-point game with 4:34 led on a three-point goal from Nicole Gall. SCU then claimed its largest lead of the first half on a layup from Gottschalk, 26-13. The Broncos closed out the first half on a trey from Cronk, 26-13, with five seconds left. Both Gottschalk (4-for-4) and Goldenberger (3-for-3) were perfect from the field in the first half.
Elizabeth Doran opened the second half for the Broncos with a three-pointer, 32-16. The 16-point lead was the largest of the game. However, the Dons' newfound energy from the break helped them bring the score within two-points, 36-34, on a jumper from Necolia Simmons. Yet, USF could not knot the score. With 7:58 remaining, Cronk dropped a three to give Santa Clara a six-point edge, 42-36. The Broncos continued to control the scoreboard with a series of layups and free throws from Cronk and Gottschalk. Two made free throws from Cronk with 15 seconds left were the last scoring efforts of the game and gave Santa Clara their fourth straight conference win.
For the Dons, Carter registered a game-high 21 points and four steals, while Heidi Heintz had 11 points.
The Broncos return to action on Wednesday, Jan. 30 against the Pilots of Portland. Tip off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Chiles Center in Portland, Ore. Santa Clara then travels to Gonzaga for a 2 p.m. contest on Saturday, Feb. 2.


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International Association of Buddhist Universities
Call for Journal Articles
This is a call for papers for the 4th Volume of the Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU), published by the generosity of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University through the International Association of Buddhist Universities. The volume aims to be a special edition, covering Buddhist Critical Thinking Skills. This specialized theme should be of great interest to our university students and professors training and working in the field of Buddhist Studies and those involved in the education process. We encourage interdisciplinary studies and welcome articles from scholars in all fields related around the theme of Buddhist Critical Thinking Skills.
In order to prevent a collection of articles all being an introductory survey of ideas, it was determined for scholars to begin by reading a selected text, and build upon that knowledge towards a higher level of wisdom. Towards common ground for the special edition, it is asked that scholars easily download (registration to the site is necessary) and read the following text: http://www.academia.edu/2344610/Buddhist_Critical_Thinking_Skills - this is the text: "Buddhist Critical Thinking Skills", by Dr. Dion Peoples, of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University and the Manager of the IABU Secretariat. The groundbreaking text was developed for the sake of Buddhist education and training Buddhist students in the methods of the Buddha; therefore, a critical assessment of the tools offered by learned scholars is a very appropriate theme for a special edition of our JIABU. Acceptable articles, determined by the academic peer-review committee, will be selected and published, if exhibiting:
• Thematic relevance
• innovative theoretical perspectives,
• clarity of organization,
• an accessible prose style,
• and significant research in primary resources
• a higher extension of wisdom from what has already been written about.
Please remember to produce an endeavor that deals with relevant topic material, Buddhist texts and the readers in meaningful ways. Please send all proposals and articles as Microsoft Word Files (.doc or .docx).
Call for Papers issued: 11 January 2013
Final Full-Article Deadline: 31 May 2013
Publication of the JIABU: Soon after, upon final formatting.
We must have your fully-perfected articles by the final deadline date to ensure that the article is considered for publication. Once the academic peer-review committee completes their selections, and the editorial-team has completed any additional formatting/revisions, the 4th Volume of the JIABU will be released.
• Submitted papers are refereed and selected on the basis of quality and relevance to the main theme of Buddhist Critical Thinking Skills for this Special Edition, 4th Volume of the JIABU.
• Papers should be from 10-15 pages (not strict on these specifications), submitted in the preferred font: 'Times EXT Roman' (for papers with Pāli/Sanskrit diacritic markings).
• Please download this font: http://www.bcca.org/services/fonts/ --and compose your article in this font. Articles will be returned if there are any undisplayed diacritical-markings.
• Papers may be rejected for specific circumstances, but may be rewritten, following committee recommendations.
PLEASE SEND FINAL PAPERS or any questions, to:
Editorial Committee Manager:
Dr. Dion Peoples: email@example.com
We, thank you, for your interest in this specialized theme, and we hope that this topic: Buddhist Critical Thinking Skills, becomes a valued and often discussed theme in the future. We would be honored to receive your thoughtful and valuable contribution to Buddhist Studies.
Yours sincerely,
Most Ven. Prof. Dr. Brahmapandit
Rector, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Chairman, International Association of Buddhist Universities
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If you were to read my most recent bio, it would likely say that I am the Coordinator of Contextual Learning and Coaching for the Children, Youth, and Family Ministry Master's degree, that I am a pastor, that I love my call to walk alongside seminary students as they are called to learning, and that I have served in two vibrant ELCA parishes in the Twin Cities to shape Children, Youth, and Family Ministries. This has, indeed, been my calling at Luther for the past five years!
As we begin the Spring semester at Luther in 2014, I would like to expand and personalize what you see above. As you can see, much of my biography still rings true! I am a pastor, ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America in July of 1998. My call to word and sacrament ministry continues in this work and has been fundamental to my vision of the everyday; an everyday where God reaches out to humanity through the various means of grace. I live and participate fully in this sacramental way of life. It may transpire at an altar in houses of worship - and equally so - at kitchen (or cafeteria) tables where people break bread and grow together in faith.
I treasure this specialized call of walking alongside seminary students in their formation as Christian public leaders. One of the greatest privileges of my role over these past five years at Luther has been seeing the church in her multiple contextual expressions: sometimes ministry in a congregation, sometimes ministry in a food shelf, sometimes advocacy work in a non-profit, sometimes chaplaincy in a juvenile detention center. The changing face of the church is fascinating, and the growing variety of contextual sites continues to expand and invite our wonder as well. The Spirit is at work among us!
So What's Next?
Not only will I be leading the contextual process for those concentrating in Children, Youth and Family Ministry program, I will also be expanding my work to address contextual engagement for those in the MA professional degree programs.
The most notable shifts or changes in my role at Luther seminary have to do with my role and new location of serving on the Contextual Learning team located on the third floor of Northwestern Hall. Not only will I be leading the contextual process for those concentrating in Children, Youth and Family Ministry program, I will also be expanding my work to address contextual engagement for those in the MA professional degree programs. The theological, theoretical, and practical reflection required of today's Christian public leader will be nurtured and fostered through our emerging contextual courses. I look forward to engaging students in those vital intersections with fellow staff and faculty.
As an example of the many connections I am facilitating, I will lift up first-year MA student, Yu Yi (Jennie).
Highlighting Connections: Yu Yi (Jennie)
Jennie comes to Luther Seminary via her home of Shanghai, China. As a corporate executive, Jennie has had a fruitful career prior to coming to Luther. Yet, her role of leading a house church in Shanghai with her husband led her discernment down the path of theological education and Christian public leadership training at Luther Seminary.
With an interest in doing thesis work around young adult faith formation, Jennie has discovered the Mandarin Scholars' Fellowship at the nearby University of Minnesota Saint Paul campus. In cooperation with the Hospitality Chinese Center, Jennie is merging her experiences with "house church" back home with the dozens of Mandarin scholars who happen to be studying in our neighborhood. Jennie reflects on a recent gathering:
"We had prayer and dinner, prayer and music, prayer and Bible teaching (either in Chinese or translated to Chinese), and prayer and sending. [Our fellowship is] modeled after the Fellowships often found on University campuses in China. [...] Meanwhile it will have some new elements from Luther Seminary and the American church."
As I walk alongside Jennie in the intentional work of reflecting upon one's ministry experiences, I look forward to joining so many others in this important, formative, and holy work.
Lastly, I look forward to working more closely with my colleagues in the Contextual Learning office. Among the collaborative work emerging, is some intentional development work with the concurrent internship pathways for MDiv students. I look forward to preparing leaders for mission and service in God's world and invite your prayers and partnership in the work before us! Blessings!
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We have just got our fist batch of capacitive touch LED dimming controllers. Mind you they are going fast.
The front is a glass panel single capacitive touch system.
There are various models, Dimming single colour strips (see photo), Colour temp change (used with colour temp strips) or RGB (used with RGB strips)
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I have a system running over Tomcat which executes a backup batch job every day, it calls
pg_dump.exe from Java and stores its output to an SQL file.
When I'm executing Tomcat from the shell, it works perfectly, but when I start Tomcat as a Windows service the
pg_dump.exe process stays there doing nothing, the SQL file is never written and the dump is never performed.
Is there any additional parameter or configuration required for Windows services? because it works without problems on a Unix-box.
Update: I'm using a Java class to call the operation.
Process p = new ProcessBuilder(
"-U", "myuser",
"-h" , "localhost",
storeToFile( p.getInputStream() );
- Tomcat 7.0.23
- Postgresql 9.1
- Windows 2008


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In a seeming effort to figure out just how depraved and pathetic sports fans truly are, Puma commissioned researchers at Bristol University to figure out whether fans of soccer team Newcastle United care more about their team or their wives/girlfriends. The study didn't bother with female subjects because, as everyone knows, contact sports are strictly for schlubby, inconsiderate misogynists who spend weekend afternoons zonked out in front of flatscreen TVs the size of basketball courts.
To really figure out what these male soccer fans cared about most, researchers hooked up some electrodes to their tootsies (that's science-speak for feet) and asked them to cut up pictures of their SOs and team pictures of Newcastle United. Then, showing test subjects how truly little respect they had for them, researchers asked the men to stick pins in one of two voodoo dolls representing both Newcastle's best player and their SO. In case you think this isn't a reliable way to gauge a sports fan's true allegiances, consider that sports fans — the really pathetic, I-can't-wear-my-jersey-because-it's-bad-luck fans — are some of the most superstitious people ever, some of who would seriously consider performing small animal sacrifices if they were just sixty percent certain that it would help their team win.
Before the study, participants had told researchers that they loved their SOs and Newcastle about equally, but the study revealed that, subconsciously, these guys all loved their wives/girlfriends waaaaay more (as much as five times more) than a soccer team whose members couldn't give two fucks about the beer-crazed denizens shouting inaudible anthems from the nosebleed section.
Love or Soccer? Puma Commissions Scientific Study to Find Out What's More Important [Advertising Age]


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May 8, 2013, 12:10 pm
Join columnist Esther Cepeda for a live chat on the Gang of 8 immigration bill
Esther Cepeda, a Washington Post columnist who writes frequently on immigration and the experiences of Hispanics in the United States, will be online at noon MT on Thursday to discuss the compromise immigration plan as the legislation begins moving through the U.S. Senate.
Cepeda was born in Chicago to a computer scientist and a secretary, who came from Ecuador and Mexico to join family and work blue-collar jobs in pursuit of a better life. Having spoken only Spanish until she entered kindergarten, Cepeda absorbed English by watching "Sesame Street" and by reading newspapers, of which there were four or five in her home every day.
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With cold temperatures grounding flights throughout much of the country Monday, the United States Senate has delayed a key test vote on a temporary extension of unemployment benefits to over one million jobless Americans.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid abruptly postponed the Monday afternoon vote to 10:30 a.m. ET Tuesday after more than a dozen senators were unable to travel to Washington, D.C. Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said on the floor that 17 senators had not yet been able to make their way back to Capitol Hill as thousands of flights nationwide were cancelled due to cold weather.
After Cornyn called the vote "a political exercise" and said it should be postponed "to a later time when we could have a real debate," Reid requested the rescheduling and no senator objected.
It is still unclear whether backers of the measure may not have enough support to bring the bill to the floor for debate.
President Barack Obama is expected to speak at the White House following the vote to urge Congress to reach a compromise that will extend emergency unemployment insurance.
The three-month extension, sponsored by Democrat Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Republican Dean Heller of Nevada, would retroactively restore the federal aid payments to long-term unemployed Americans that expired at the end of 2013. Those benefits previously kicked in when state jobless aid ran out, meaning that about 1.3 million Americans who had been receiving benefits for more than 26 weeks – or even fewer, in a handful of states – lost them on December 28.
The test vote tomorrow will require 60 votes to pass. As of Monday, the GOP's Heller and moderate Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the only Republican members who publicly supported moving forward with the aid package, along with 55 Democratic or Democratically-aligned members.
Supporters of the extension have been scrambling to win over more Republican support.
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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, accompanied by fellow Senate Democrats, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, to discuss efforts to "boost the economy and prevent Americans from abruptly losing their jobless benefits at the end of the year."
"Hopefully, hopefully we can get four more Republicans," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation.
Reid said that Heller – who stands squarely in the middle of the Senate GOP in terms of his conservative vote record – isn't always a dealmaker on economic issues.
"Remember, Dean Heller is not some maverick that is out spewing socialism," Reid said. "Here is a guy who is really a conservative person and he wants to extend unemployment benefits."
But so far, the most likely GOP supporters have been silent or said they'll vote against bringing the legislation to the floor. The conservative Heritage Foundation and anti-tax group Club for Growth both urged members to vote no, saying that the program should at the very least be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.
That's something the White House says it's not open to for the three-month extension, calling the situation "urgent" for the jobless.
"The president believes we should pass this right away with no strings attached," said Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, during a briefing with reporters.
President Barack Obama pushed passage of the benefits extension during his two week vacation in Hawaii. In a radio address Saturday, Obama said that the GOP reluctance to extend the aid amounts to "punishing families who can least afford it."
Even if Reid and Heller are able to muster enough votes to pass the jobless aid extension, House GOP leaders have little appetite to pass it, saying the current plan isn't fiscally responsible.
While there may be no silver lining for Americans who remain out of work and without federal unemployment benefits, Democrats believe that there might be a political upside for their party if the extension fails.
Appearing on ABC's "This Week," top Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York said the "tectonic plates" of American politics have shifted over issues like income inequality and jobless aid.
"If, on the first day of the new session, the Republican Party says they won't even support an unemployment benefit extension … they're going to show themselves so far out of the mainstream, it's going to hurt them in the election," he said.
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Creative Conversation With Matthew Rosenberg
Matthew Rosenberg has been a steadily rising star in comics for the last few years. After acclaimed run for his work on the gorgeous We Can Never Go Home, he broke down more doors over at Marvel with his Civil War II: Kingpin mini-series. The reception of which lead to the ongoing Kingpin series he's currently got the fourth issue of coming out. He's a creator who's worked on almost every side of comics. He's as versatile and knowledgeable a comics creator as there is and with the debuting Secret Warriors #1 coming out next week, Matthew Rosenberg will shock the world with his first team book amidst the turmoil of Secret Empire.
A former Forbidden Planet comics slinger like yours truly, we talk about the series he learned to read from, when he knew comics was going to be his way in the world, and what to expect from the mix of characters he's getting to write in Secret Warriors!
MK: Welcome to another Creative Conversation. I am joined today by THE Matthew Rosenberg. Thanks for coming in and talking with me today, sir.
MR: Thanks for having me
MK: One of the questions that's always fun to jump in with is, do you recall the first comic or run that stuck with you?
MR: Well the first comic I remember ever holding was an issue of Fantastic Four that my brother had. I remember carrying it around with me and just staring at the art, but having no idea what was actually going on. The first run I ever read was [Chris] Claremont's X-Men. I basically learned to read with those books.
MK: Did you ever figure out what issue of Fantastic Four it was?
MR: No, actually. I've gone back and tried, but once I learned to read I was a big Fantastic Four fan, so all those blurred together in my adolescent brain.
MK: I'm in a similar boat with an issue of John Ostrander's Suicide Squad.
MR: Yeah. I am 99% sure it was John Byrne stuff. But who can say for sure.
MK: Well, no one can say it wasn't John Byrne (laughs). You talked about Claremont's X-Men run as what you learned to read on, is it safe to say that run is one that's influenced you as a comics creator?
MR: Yeah. I think it's safe to say that it heavily influenced me as a person. I feel like every issue I read of that book exposed me to new ideas and ways of thinking. A lot of my core beliefs go back to that run. And, obviously, my love of comics comes from there as well.
MK: That's amazing to have that connection so early on. Did you have any other runs early on that helped you fall deeper in love with the medium?
MR: The Marvel Star Wars and GI Joe books were really important to me. I still have complete runs of both. The Mike Zeck Punisher stuff was major for me. Claremont and [Frank] Miller's Wolverine stuff felt insane to me in the best way. And the original TMNT was really mind blowing for me.
MK: Tell me you've been begging Marvel to work on a Star Wars book.
MR: Begging is a strong word. But yes. I am begging.
MK: I'd love to see you on a Boba Fett or Han Solo series.
MR: Those books have been amazing though, Jordan and Heather who edit the Marvel Star Wars line do a great job of curating it. They aren't just letting any old riff-raff in the door, which hurts me as a creator, but makes me so happy as a fan. Yeah. There is so much I want to see. I always joke about how much I want to do a podracing comic with Daniel Warren Johnson on art. But I really want to do a podracing comic with Daniel Warren Johnson on art.
MK: I'd read it! Do you remember when you decided that you weren't just going to be a fan anymore but that working in comics was what you wanted to do? And was writing always the path you saw for yourself?
MR: Yeah. I was working in music for a while and was just getting really burned out. I love music and hate the industry. At that point in my life, the only other thing I was really passionate about besides music was comics. They were a constant for me for almost my whole life. So when I just couldn't take doing music stuff anymore I started thinking more about making comics. I knew I couldn't draw, but I wanted to be creative. My whole family are writers. My mom, my dad, my uncle, my brother. So, as much as it's possible, writing is in my DNA. And I just sort of dove in from there, with no real idea what I was doing.
MK: You jumped in though! I mean one of the coolest things about your journey, knowing you as long as I do, is that you've seen a lot of different sides of comics that not every creator is familiar with. Can you talk a little bit about how you found your way in and the different aspects you've gotten to work on?
MR: Yeah. I'm sort of obsessive about stuff. I like to know how things work. So, I studied all aspects of comics I could. I was reading coloring guides and watching lettering tutorials, tracking down interviews with editors. But then I really wanted to know about things more hands on. I quit my day job and took a job at Forbidden Planet so I could really see how books were bought and sold. It's so crucial for comic creators to understand their readers and their partners in retail. And it was eye opening. From there, I took a job at a few small publishers just doing whatever I could. Retail outreach. Publicity. Social media. Pre-production. Editing. I don't ever like asking someone to do something for me, without really knowing what I am asking of them. So all of that was incredibly helpful. And it also helped me build relationships and open doors when I was ready to be making publishable work. Or semi-publishable work.
MK: I'd argue it's all damn publishable! I mean you've been hitting home runs with characters like Kingpin and Rocket Raccoon, and now you're getting your own team book in Secret Warriors, out on shelves May 10th! You're really building a home at Marvel it feels like. How did this series come about? Did you go to Marvel with the idea for this team or was it a little more of meeting in the middle?
MR: Well thanks. I hope Marvel fans like what I'm doing. As for Secret Warriors, it's a bit of a funny story. Wil Moss, who was my original editor on my Kingpin mini-series got put in charge of the Inhumans. I am a big Inhumans fan but a huge fan of Quake. I immediately emailed Wil to say that I had an idea for Quake that I wanted to pitch. I sent in the pitch and Wil was really enthusiastic, but he came back and said, "What if Quake was part of a team? We need a new team book." And from there it all came together in bits and pieces. I feel really lucky because I love our cast. Ms. Marvel is bar none one of the best books at Marvel right now. Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur has been a favorite of mine since it began. Inferno is a great part of Charles Soule's Inhumans run. And obviously Karnak is one of the great Marvel characters. So getting all of these wildly different together it just felt like we had a chance to do something really different and not what folks expect. I'm pretty proud of it.
MK: It's a very cool mix of characters. What are you excited and hope readers will take away from the first issue on May 10th and from the rest of the first arc?
MR: I really hope people like what we do with the characters. I tried to be really faithful to who they are and what they are about, but we are putting some of them in very new and tough situations. I love them all, and really believe in them, but I want to see them tested. And I hope fans do, too. This book is a little darker and crazier than I think people are expecting. Things are really scary in the Marvel Universe right now, and our Secret Warriors are figuring out the best way to fight back. And that's not always easy.
MK: Team books like this are always so compelling because of the relationships between teammates. Who do you think would butt heads the most, who might be the wild card, what makes these characters the best fit for this team? If they are.
MR: Well the first part is easy. Quake and Ms. Marvel butt heads the most. Ms. Marvel is a hero through and through. She wants to inspire. She wants to lead by example. And Quake was a spy and a weapon trained by Nick Fury. She knows that sometimes you have to do things that don't sit right with you because they have to get done. I think Moon Girl is a real wild card. She's not a team player, per se. She's smarter than everyone else. And she is really just a kid. As for why they are each the best fit for the team? They aren't. That's sort of a real point in the book. They are six characters who are thrust together because of awful circumstances. They each have their own reasons for being there, their own agendas, and their own way of doing things. It's a stretch to call them a team.
MK: That's awesome.That's just juicy to think about and see how they can coexist, if they can.
MR: Yeah. I think people will be surprised at where things end up. Or not.
MK: I love you bringing up Quake being Nick Fury's apprentice. I remember it was you in fact who got me to read Jonathan Hickman's run on Secret Warriors where that relationship developed.
MR: Yeah. Hickman's Secret Warriors is one of my all-time favorite comics. The way he has Quake and Fury working together, this troubled family dynamic, is so beautiful and heartbreaking.
MK: Totally agree and now she's kind of in the Nick Fury role herself.
MR: It is something we are going to go into as the series goes on. Fury is gone and Quake is still very new to all of this. She's tough and capable, but she never had the chance to grow into it. Fury dropped her in the deep end.
MK: To bring things back around a little as we head into the home stretch. you talked about how your whole family are writers. Why write comics? What is about comics versus say film or T.V. or the stage that sets it apart for you as a creator?
MR: I love all types of writing. People in my family have written novels, essays, movies, T.V. shows, plays, you name it. But for me, comics has always been my love. Everything about it from the worlds and characters, to the the tactile feel of a comic, to comic shops and culture. I find it all energizing and inspiring. That's what attracted me.
MK: Thank you for that. If you could go back, what advice would you give the Matthew Rosenberg who was just starting out?
MR: Save more money. Sell more of your stuff you don't need
MK: Fair. Totally fair. Which creators are on your personal Mount Rushmore of Comics?
MR: Oh man. Okay. Brian Michael Bendis. Frank Miller. Brian K. Vaughan, Chris Claremont. The Hernandez Bros., Osamu Tezuka, Charles Schulz. My Mount Rushmore is bigger than the other one. Wait! I want to change my answer
MK: Do you need a lifeline?
MR: I'd put Bill Watterson over Schulz. It's blasphemy, I know
MK: I don't know if it's blasphemy. Calvin & Hobbes can be read at eight and twenty-eight and fifty-eight and mean something incredibly important and different at each age.
MR: True. I think Peanuts works on that level, too, in some ways. But Calvin & Hobbes always felt more like a narrative to me. Peanuts was much more of just moments in time. Oh, and Alan Moore. I'm bad at this
MK: You're not bad at this, you just need a bigger mountain And last but not least, if you were working in a shop and someone came up to you saying, "I've never read comics before, what should I read first?" What five books would you tell them to pick up?
MR: Y: The Last Man. V For Vendetta. American Splendor. Powers. Love & Rockets.
MK: It's a good list…It's a good list. Well thank you, sir, for taking the time to talk with me today. I can't wait to read the first issue of Secret Warriors!
MR: Thanks so much for having me.
Make sure you pick up your copy of Secret Warriors #1 coming out next Wednesday, May 10th!


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One of the ubiquitous uses of Excel (or spreadsheets more generally) is for mapping purposes.?
To help people with spreadsheet mapping exercises, I've published the following files:
- http://hl7.org/fhir/definitions.xlsx.r4.zip
- http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/definitions.xlsx.r3.zip
- http://hl7.org/fhir/DSTU2/definitions.xlsx.r2.zip
I also added this to the ci-build at?http://build.fhir.org/definitions.xlsx.zip, so it will be present for all future versions of FHIR.
These spreadsheets are to help people who want to do spreadsheet based mapping, as a starting point.?
Note that spreadsheet mappings are limited in scope. In a typical mapping exercise, 90-95% of the elements map fairly straight-forwardly, with perhaps some code mapping for things like (1|2|9) to (M|F|U) – these things can reasonably and easily be expressed in a spreadsheetsand it's the? easiest approach. But the other 5% typically involve structural re-arrangements, and/or decisions about managing specific instances in the target (new resources, when to create new items in a repeating list etc) – and spreadsheets aren't an appropriate way to try to express these things.?
- the FHIR Mapping Language
- MDMI (and see MDHT)
- Writing your own code…