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1. Not only is Dana Perino hot, she might be smarter than we thought
She says that Palin's message is mixed.
2. Glenn Gould on PBS' American Masters
"Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould" aired last night. I was born to the Goldberg Variations and am also somewhat related to Bach what uppp.
3. Musicians that died this year
4. DADT repealed, if you live under a rock
The NYT reports: "In the years since President Bill Clinton first enacted "don't ask, don't tell" in 1993, some 17,000 service members have been discharged under the policy."
5. Beautiful cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" by Fran Healy of Travis
Fran Healy covers Joni Mitchell
Remember this song? So good.
6. Larry David lets us know what tax cuts really mean
I may not be able to stomach Curb Your Enthusiasm, but this is a gem: "Life was good, and now it's even better. Thank you, Republicans. And a special thank you to President Obama and the Democrats. I didn't know you cared."
7. Ricky Gervais explains why being an atheist is the best
I won't even excerpt this, just read the whole thing. But don't watch his movie The Invention of Lying. Also about God, it's a little upsetting.
8. Another young person sails very far
Stop making me look bad, it's embarrassing.
Teenage sailor on solo voyage reaches St. Maarten [SI]
9. The Original You've Got Mail
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New Survey: Intergenerational Family Connections Matter
By Amy Goyer , May 13, 2014 11:00 AM
The Beatles might have gotten by with a little help from their friends, but I couldn't do it without my family - especially when it comes to caregiving for my parents. Knowing my sisters will help is invaluable, whether I'm having trouble coordinating Dad's care and my work schedule or I'm simply feeling tired and overwhelmed. We support Dad and each other through this difficult time.
I'm not alone in my reliance on family. According to a new report released today from Generations United and the Alliance for Children and Families, 4 in 10 family members rely on each other for child care or caregiving; 60 percent spend time doing chores or home maintenance for relatives; and 3 out of 4 support their families socially and emotionally.
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Multigenerational family interdependence doesn't stop there, according to the report, which was published in conjunction with the 20th annual United Nations International Day of Families. Half help out with transportation. Financial, legal and medical choices can be complicated and confounding, but 48 percent spend time helping family members grapple with these decisions.
And 61 percent give money for basic needs (housing, food, clothing, transportation), while:
- 41 percent contribute for medical expenses
- 32 percent contribute money for education
- 25 percent help with the cost of caregiving or child care
"In fact, families are at the core of the building blocks needed for caring, supportive and thriving people of every age." - Intergenerational Family Connections: The Relationships that Support a Strong America
These supports can be critical for family members of all ages, whether vulnerable children, young adults planning for the future, or older relatives who need support to stay in their homes as they age without becoming isolated.
I was always impressed with the way my grandmother Clara stayed in close touch with her sisters via letters and phone calls throughout their lives. I witnessed her talking through many family dilemmas, joys and challenges; she was a strong role model for all of us regarding the importance of family. But today's families have even more sophisticated means of staying in touch.
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The survey found that half of adults use technology to stay connected; 7 in 10 say it has had a positive effect on their family relationships. I believe we'll increasingly see emails, texts, Facebook posts and video chats becoming common ways for families to stay in touch. I often wish the technology had emerged sooner, as I know Grandmother Clara would have relished seeing real-time videos and photos of her grands and great-grands.
The report calls for developing policies and practices that strengthen and grow family time/money exchanges, with an emphasis on families with lower incomes; exploring the strong family connections in Hispanic families (who were significantly more likely to contribute time and money in all categories); and improving access to technology.
It was my great honor to speak on a panel at the launch of this report today. You might hear about the demise of the American family, but these results show that family support is alive and well in the 21st century. We rely on each other and that's something that shouldn't be taken for granted.
Amy Goyer is AARP's family, caregiving and multigenerational issues expert; she spends most of her time in Phoenix, where she is caring for her dad, who lives with her. She is the author of AARP's Juggling Work and Caregiving. Follow Amy on Twitter @amygoyer and on Facebook.
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I more or less followed the recently concluded series involving South Africa and Sri Lanka on TV, the one dayers particularly. Since they are our first opponent in the upcoming ICC Champion's Trophy, I would like to share a few pointers about them that I observed.
South Africa - our first opponent in ICCCT
by Mohammed A Alam
Published: 2nd September, 2004
I more or less followed the recently concluded series involving South Africa and Sri Lanka on TV, the one dayers particularly. Since they are our first opponent in the upcoming ICC Champion's Trophy, I would like to share a few pointers about them that I observed. We should always keep in mind that they faced Sri Lanka at home, a very tough proposition, still the Proteas are not what they used to be even a year ago. Saying that, they still pose a very large challenge for us and a victory against them will be very very tough indeed.
While they are batting:
They have obvious problems in their line-up and very suspect against tight quality spin bowling.
Their batting as of now starts and ends with no. 1, 2, 3 - Smith, Gibbs and Kallis. Gibbs is totally out of sorts now though he can break out any moment. He is that type of player. I could see that he was clearly struggling against the Lankan seamers, who kept a consistent line, and frustrated him until he went for rash shots to get himself out.
Smith and Kallis, specially kallis, will be tough opponents. Not much we can do except bowling tight, fielding defensive, only to put pressure on them psychologically. Smith tends to get some mad rush of blood from time to time. I hope we can catch him doing just that. Kallis, on the other hand is as cool as they come. He is the heart and soul of their batting. If we can keep the damage inflicted by him to a minimum, we can have a fairly decent chance of containing the rest of the batters to follow.
Their middle order is extremely brittle! Ever since Gary Kirsten and Jonty Rhodes retired they have never effectively replaced them. You have a combination of players like Jarrsveld, Rudolph, Duminy who are 'average' at best. They are not settled in their position. They keep rotating the no 4, 5,6 spot. They had no clue how to play good spin bowling. We need a steady dose of Rafique and Rana in tandem operating against them. Even Rajin and Ash should try their hands.
Rafique had good times against SA
Following after them are Boucher and Pollock. Though they are good hitters, you can cancel out that threat if we can manage to strike the middle order relatively early. Instead of accelerating, we must make them build the innings, something the Sri Lankans did admirably. If the said two comes into bat with a healthy run behind them, we will be in trouble. And, Klusener will follow to tack on another 20-30 runs in space of 15 balls or so. Their tailends are not worth mentioning, though Boje is capable of some fours and sixes.
Our team, I hope, will do their homework by watching the videos of the recent series. We must be sharp while fielding. Hold on to the catches. Their running between the wickets is not top notch. It will be tremendous if we can get one of the top three run out. Smith is a lethargic runner and his calls are not sharp. Confusions are plenty when he is between the wickets.
Overall, their batting right now won't scare any top-level teams in the world partly because their lack of depth in quality batsmen who can adjust to adverse situations, accelerate when needed, and rebuild when necessary. They are far better in seaming conditions, something that will work against us in England, as opposed to spinning conditions of the sub-continent. Still, we must make spinners the priority against them. That is their weakness. We need to give ourselves the best chance. Like us, The South Africans love collapsing!! Just take a look at the scorecards of the series. You will see wickets in bunches. I give us a better chance against them than the West Indies. The Caribbeans have far better one day players in their arsenal than the Proteas.
While we are batting:
Here I will only talk about the South African bowling threat. It starts and ends with POLLOCK!! He is a supreme one day bowler. He is the only bowler who consistently took wickets in his first spell against Sri Lanka. He has tremendous control of his line. Rarely he veers from his line of just outside the off stump. To make matters worse, he can swing it both ways.
One weakness though: he is not as effective against left handers. We don't have any left handers in our line up. So, its a mute point. He can very easily take two wickets in his very first few overs and effectively ruin it for us. That means, either we will lose Nafis or Ash or worse yet, both of them at the top of the innings. We must be extremely vigilant from this terror called Pollock and if that means 3 RR in the first ten, so be it. We must keep the wickets at any cost. We need Ash and Nafis to survive Pollock, because things are much rosier after him. Those two can easily handle their other bowlers.
Ntini, is fast, but horribly inaccurate. He can be belted all over the place. After, Pollock, I think Klusener will be their best bowler in English conditions. The guy is fiery, gives all he has and well disciplined. His bowling is much better than his batting these days. Kallis is ok and nothing to be afraid off. Their other seamers are , well, put it this way : pedestrian. And then, Boje. Decent bowler. They don't have Nel.
In the end, our batsmen must stay patient. Preserve the wickets initially, avoid going after Pollock and wait for the change. They will probably bowl Pollock six-seven overs wanting a breakthrough. Javed Omar should pace that period with his junior mates. We must work to build partnerships. In one dayers, partnership is what that matters.
Not much is expected of us against South Africa. I disagree. I think they are our best option right now, if we play our cards right. I would throw in at least 24 overs of spin against them.
Go on the attack against their middle order. Field to attack the stumps for run-outs. When we bat, guard against early wickets to Pollock and build partnerships. Stay in the wicket and runs will come..
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Connor Sammon has praised Derby's youth contingent, which has added an 'eagerness' to the Rams squad, according to the striker.
The Rams included four Academy graduates in the 18-man matchday squad in the 3-1 defeat of Leeds on Saturday, with Nigel Clough's starting midfield four boasting an average age of just 20-and-a-half.
Sammon, 26, told the club's official website: "We have got a young group of players here, and it can sometimes be disappointing coming off the park like we did a couple of weeks ago having been beaten 4-1 against Leicester City.
"However, we came back in the following Monday and put it totally behind us. Training was brilliant all week and we just regrouped and looked ahead at the next game.
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We research on the issues involved in populating our virtual environments with crowds. This is not only a technically interesting challenge, but we know from our experimental work that empty environments, places without people don't work.
We are very interested in making our virtual characters 'realistic', so that you will want to engage with them. But what does 'realistic' mean in this context? It does not mean photo or geometrically accurate realism. It does mean virtual people that carry out those tiny gestures and movements that we take so much for granted in everyday experience that we don't even notice them.
We carry out research on real-time rendering, and are particularly interested in how real-time can be maintained even in the context of global illumination for realistic lighting.
We are very interested in visibility algorithms. Why? - because our virtual environments are often very large (for example a model of the whole of London). Without intelligent processing of the model there is no chance for real-time interaction.
Our ultimate goal is a theory of virtual reality: to make it 'work' in a given application context and with given resources, what is the best approach to take, what is the best algorithm, interaction and rendering style to use? We don't know if any group will ever have a solution for this, but the quest is a driving force.


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Jean SibeliusBorn 8 December 1865. Died 20 September 1957
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Jean Sibelius (Swedish pronunciation ), born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957), was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely recognized as his country's greatest composer and, through his music, is often credited with having helped Finland to develop a national identity during its struggle for independence from Russia.
The core of his oeuvre is his set of seven symphonies, which, like his other major works, are regularly performed and recorded in his home country and internationally. His other best-known compositions are Finlandia, the Karelia Suite, Valse triste, the Violin Concerto, the choral symphony Kullervo, and The Swan of Tuonela (from the Lemminkäinen Suite). Other works include pieces inspired by nature, Nordic mythology, and the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, over a hundred songs for voice and piano, incidental music for numerous plays, the opera Jungfrun i tornet (The Maiden in the Tower), chamber music, piano music, Masonic ritual music, and 21 publications of choral music.
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Gareth Davies: how to make a melody soar
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Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius Symphonies
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor – excerpt (2017)
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A perfectly formed Sibelius jewel for violin and piano
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In Tune Sessions: Jamie Barton
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Sibelius the Finn
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Symphony No.7 (Op 105) in C major
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Jean Sibelius Tracks
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Humoresque in E flat major, Op.89 no.5
Petite Suite
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Suite Champetre Op 98b
Serenade D major, Op.69 no.1
Illalle, Op.17 no.6
Symphony No 5; 3rd movt.
Skogsraet [Wood nymph] Op.15 vers. for orchestra [tone poem]
Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)
Spring Song
Prelude: The Tempest, Op.109 no.1
The Oceanides
6 Impromptus, (Op.5)
Symphony no. 2 in D major Op.43
Pohjola's Daughter
Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt)
Pohjola's daughter - symphonic fantasia, Op 49
Musette (King Christian II Suite)
Humoresque No 1 in D minor, Op 87
Finlandia, Op 26
Belshazzar's Feast Suite, Op 51
Symphony No 5 E Flat Major Op.82
Impromptu [Andante lirico]
Symphony No. 7
Finlandia, Op 26
Karelia - suite Op.11
Kullervo Op; 7 - Kullervo goes to war
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)
Romance for strings in C major, Op 42
Suite mignonne, Op.98'1
Luonnotar, Op 70
Symphony No. 5
13 Pieces for Piano, Op.76: 2. Etude
Symphony No.2
The Landscape Breathes
Kullervo goes to war (Kullervo)
5 Esquisses for piano, Op 114
The Diamond on the March Snow
Finlandia Op 26
Symphony No. 6 in D minor Op. 104
Humoresque No. 1 in D minor, Op.87
Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)
Overture in A minor
Autumn Evening, Op 38 No 1
Past BBC Events
Proms 2018: Prom 20: Ten Pieces Prom
Proms 2018: Prom 19: Ten Pieces Prom
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Model Behavior Storms Social Media
Runway models, long cast as expressionless figures showcasing Fashion Week's finest wears, are finding their own voice on social media. Sometimes that can land them big endorsement deals. Or, it can backfire. Leslie Yazel explains. Photo: facebook.com/officialKateUpton.
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AVO International, one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of portable test and measurement equipment, is moving to enhance its already-strong market position by focussing on a single brand name.
The change in the organization's name from AVO International to Megger follows detailed market research, which revealed that the Megger name was more widely recognized than AVO in all of the company's geographic and product markets.
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MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) — Navy's contract for job search and assistance to help Sailors separating by the Enlisted Retention Board (ERB) is well underway, an official said Feb. 17.
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Iglesias day to day with right arm contusion
TORONTO -- Red Sox shortstop Jose Iglesias, one of the best early-season stories on the team, left Friday's game against the Blue Jays with a contusion in his right arm after the third inning. The Red Sox consider him day to day and will re-evaluate him prior to Saturday's matinee.
Iglesias sustained the injury when he was hit on the arm by 93-mph fastball from Josh Johnson in the top of the second. Though he appeared to be in a considerable amount of pain, he stayed in the game until the top of the fourth, when Pedro Ciriaco pinch-hit for him.
Ciriaco wasted no time making an impact, banging an RBI single to left.
Iglesias, who is hitting .583 over the first four games, was likely going to be optioned to the Minors in a few days anyway.
Stephen Drew, Boston's starting shortstop, played the second game of his Minor League rehab assignment on Friday in Portland, going 1-for-3 with an RBI.
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From the series: Introduction to Deep Learning
Shyamal Patel, MathWorks
Explore deep learning fundamentals in this MATLAB® Tech Talk. You'll learn why deep learning has become so popular, and walk through 3 concepts: what deep learning is, how it is used in the real world, and how you can get started.
Deep learning is a machine learning technique that learns features and tasks directly from data. This data can include images, text, or sound. The video uses an example image recognition problem to illustrate how deep learning algorithms learn to classify input images into appropriate categories. Lastly, the video explores the three reasons why deep learning has surged in popularity over the last five years.
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Deep learning is getting lots of attention lately, and for good reason. It's making a big impact in areas such as computer vision and natural language processing.
In this video series, we'll help you understand why it's become so popular, and we'll address three concepts:
So, what is deep learning?
Deep learning is a machine learning technique that learns features and tasks directly from data. Data can be images, text, or sound. In this video, I'll be using images, but these concepts can be used for other types of data, too.
Machine learning teaches computers to do what comes naturally to humans: learn from experience. Most machine learning workflows use training images that represent examples of what the system is trying to learn.
Computers learn from these images through feature extraction. This is where information like edges, texture, and color is extracted to form a reduced representation that easily describes the object. These features are then used by a machine learning classifier to learn a task. Deep learning is often referred to as end-to-end learning.
Let's look at an example:
Say I have a set of images, and I want to recognize which category of objects each image belongs to – cars, trucks, or boats.
I start with a labeled set of images, or training data. The labels correspond to the desired output of the task. The deep learning algorithm needs these labels, as they tell the algorithm about the specific features and objects in the image.
The deep learning algorithm then learns how to classify input images into the desired categories. We use the term "end-to-end learning" because the task is learned directly from the data.
Another example is a robot learning how to control the movement of its arm to pick up a specific object. In this case, the task being learned is how to pick up an object given an input image.
Many of the techniques used in deep learning today have been around for decades. For example, deep learning has been used to recognize handwritten postal codes in the mail service since the 1990's.
The use of deep learning has surged over the last 5 years. This is primarily due to three factors:
1. Deep learning methods are now more accurate than people are at classifying images.
2. GPUs enable us to now train deep networks in less time.
3. Large amounts of labeled data required for deep learning has become accessible over the last few years.
Most deep learning methods use neural network architectures. This is why you often hear deep learning models referred to as deep neural networks. One of the most popular types of deep neural networks is known as a convolutional neural network. It is especially well suited for working with image data. The term "deep" usually refers to the number of hidden layers in the neural network. Traditional neural networks only contain 2-3 hidden layers, while some recent deep networks have as many as 150.
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Vehicle crashes sparked by disputes between motorists - like the one Thursday night that hospitalized an Amarillo woman - are a rarity, authorities said Friday.
Michael Hart, 36, of Amarillo, is accused of ramming his car into a sport utility vehicle driven by Angie Marquez Chavarria, 47, on westbound Interstate 40 near the Crockett Street exit Thursday, causing the SUV to flip off the road. Chavarria suffered critical injuries and remained hospitalized Friday.
Hart, who is charged with aggravated assault, was released from jail on bond Friday. He was traveling with his wife and three children when the collision occurred, police said. They were unhurt.
Authorities said Hart and Chavarria earlier exchanged words after an encounter at the Sam's Club gas pumps in the 2200 block of Ross-Osage Drive. Chavarria had driven away and Hart apparently was following her when the collision occurred, police said.
"We don't often encounter auto collisions that are linked to road rage," said Sgt. Brent Barbee, an Amarillo police spokesman. "Disagreements between drivers far more often result in an exchange of words and gestures. Maybe one will swerve at or tailgate another, but very few actual collisions, or in this case, an assault. On rare occasions, the parties will step out of a car and fight, but again, not very often."
Police are investigating the collision as an assault, Barbee said. Alcohol is not considered a factor, he said.
Hart could not be reached for comment.
Road rage, a term that emerged in the 1980s to describe anger caused by driving in difficult conditions, is now in the Oxford English Dictionary. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines road rage as a criminal act with the element of assault, but the agency said aggressive driving, which includes tailgating, weaving and speeding, is a traffic offense. Road rage is not listed as an offense in the Texas Penal Code, but it is in some other states.
In 2009, the American Automobile Association Foundation's Traffic Safety Culture Index showed 78 percent of respondents rated aggressive drivers as a serious or extremely serious traffic safety problem.
The collision that resulted in Chavarria's injuries had its genesis in a dispute about a place in line at the Sam's Club pumps just before 9 p.m. Thursday. Hart claimed Chavarria, who was driving a Honda CR-V, cut him off at the gas pump. Witnesses said the two exchanged angry words and at some point Chavarria left, traveling west on Interstate 40, said Amarillo police Sgt. Jerome Godfrey.
Hart was driving a Ford Escort with his wife, 36, and children ages 12, 10 and 9. He told officers that Chavarria had rammed him, but Chavarria's 17-year-old daughter and a witness unconnected to either driver said Hart used his Ford Escort to ram the CR-V, Godfrey said.
Hart was arrested after he called 911 and reported the collision. His bond was set at $15,000.
Aggravated assault is a second-degree felony under the state penal code and carries a penalty of two to 20 years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine.


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JayralhJust in case you don't know and theres no one around the Stac unit is behind the cricket pavilion.
Good bats - I think most were TK made - but the last I heard of the proprietor was that he was pawning his parents jewellery to keep the wolves from the door
Someone posted a picture of him on here on here last year I think receiving an award for inventing a shoe for cows feet.
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Popped into Cricket-Hockey near Salisbury yesterday. They're still stocking their FUNKY brand but have gone big on all the major players. They try and stock everything available from the suppliers they use and they have a huge bat stock. (It might be the largest in the country.) I like the fact that you can see full stock availability from the website. Didn't realise how big their hockey, snooker and darts stocks are too. All in all a good place to while away some time.
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Black Eyed Susan by Jennifer Armstrong
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Exploring space is an expensive proposition, but perhaps it doesn't have to be that way. That's the thinking behind NASA's PhoneSat program, which successfully launched three cell phones into space April 21, with the goal of using them as inexpensive satellites.
Earth's newest satellites cost no more than $7,000 each, and can go as low as $3,500 depending on how they are configured. For this mission, the satellites comprise modified Google-HTC Nexus One smart phones running the Android operating system. They have been equipped with protective cages, high-capacity batteries and a new transmitting antenna. This all fits within a four-inch cube. Additionally, the phone's ability to receive and transmit calls and text messages has been disabled.
"Smart phones offer a wealth of potential capabilities for flying small, low-cost, powerful satellites for atmospheric or Earth science, communications or other space-born applications," said Michael Gazarik, NASA's associate administrator for space technology in Washington, D.C.
The launch is being used as a technology demonstration program, to see if standard off-the-shelf smart phones can be modified to work in space. As such, the phones on this mission have been programmed to transmit a variety of data types to see what works and what needs more work. The phones are even trying to use their standard on-board cameras to take pictures of the Earth in sections, which will be stitched together into a one large image.
NASA is asking for help from amateur radio operators around the world, who are needed to intercept the signals the phones are sending. The phones are operating under the call sign KJ6KRW on a frequency of 437.425 MHz with a modulation of AX-25 AFSK and a data rate at 1200 bps.
Signals include audio files, picture files and data bursts. Anyone who receives a signal can send it into NASA, and the file, user name and location of the radio will be posted online. The two PhoneSat 1.0 satellites, named Graham and Bell, transmit every 28 and 30 seconds. The slightly more advanced PhoneSat 2.0 beta satellite, named Alexander, transmits every 25 seconds. A map shows where they are above the Earth and which stations have already received data packets.
NASA officials said that they expect the satellites to remain active for about two weeks, before their orbits decay and they burn up in the atmosphere.
So far, the PhoneSat program seems to be going well. NASA says that amateur radio operators have already intercepted and recorded over 200 signals from the cell phone satellites. If they continue to perform well, NASA says PhoneSat models could be used for climate research and other projects that require an orbiting satellite, but which in the past required expensive equipment that could delay important information gathering and which might have been deemed cost prohibitive.
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Big Time Deal
A year ago during the summer draft, the Phillies went for a 6-5 high school pitcher out of Annandale, NJ, in the second round. Power arm was the scouting report, 95-98 mph.
Little did anyone know that 13 months later, this 18-year-old pitcher at Class A Lakewood would be the key player in a six-player trade that brought a Cy Young Award winner and a right-handed bat to the Phillies.
Jason Knapp has a high ceiling and that's what appealed to the Indians. Ruben Amaro Jr., rebuffed in Toronto, didn't waste any time and moved on to Cleveland. When the dust had cleared, the Phillies had acquired LHP Cliff Lee and right-handed hitting OF Ben Francisco. You know the specifics of the deal.
Amaro's been shopping for both and found them in one-stop shopping.
Amaro may get the credit for pulling the trigger but he quickly pointed out that credit belongs to scouting director Marti Wolever and his band of scouts. Scouts are the unsung heroes in a successful baseball organization. They are constantly looking for gems by scouting thousands of players. Long hours, lonely trips.
Because of the scouting staff, the Phillies minor league system is as deep and strong as it has been in many years. It resembles the farm system from the 1970-80 era, the most successful era in franchise history. Right now we are living in an era that will surpass that one.
Parting with a young pitcher with such a power arm isn't easy. The late Hugh Alexander, who scouted in baseball for some 50 years, once said, "Never hold up a deal because you don't want to part with a player in Class A ball."
The trade was huge in many ways:
–The core of super prospects (RHP Kyle Drabek, OF Dominic Brown and OF Michael Taylor) remains in the organization.
–Lee improves the rotation big time, a top of the rotation winner. With Pedro Martinez soon to join that rotation, two current starters will move into the bullpen, which is thin right now because J. C. Romero, Chad Durbin and Clay Condrey are all on the DL.
–Lee is signed through 2010, so he's just not a two-month rental arm.
–Francisco gives the Phillies a right-handed bat and adds depth to the outfield. He can play all three positions. Should an injury happen to Raul, Shane or Jayson, Francisco is an experienced replacement. And, at age 27, he's got his career ahead of him.
–John Mayberry, who has a high ceiling, can return to playing every day at AAA. It is best he plays rather than sit on the bench in the bigs.
–Lee is financially less costly. That enables the Phillies to have some financial flexibility going forward.
So, on paper, the Phillies have improved themselves. Baseball is played on the field and not paper. No better example than last night, Petit was 0-5 with a high ERA, and he shut out the Phillies.
Winning another championship is the goal. Adding Lee and Francisco improves those chances.
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Head of generation with GDF Suez Australian Energy, Luc Dietvorst, has defended the company's handling of fire in the Hazelwood mine saying its now focusing on putting out the fires and bringing relief to communities in the Latrobe Valley.
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Mr Dietvorst says progress has been made in fighting the fire, currently burning an estimated half a metre into the coal underground and on the northern, southern and eastern battens of the mine.
He says the company should not be judged by the events of the last few weeks.
"Hazelwood has been part of the Morwell community for a long time. We understand, sympathise and acknowledge the problems that are happening out of this," Mr Dietvorst says.
He says the mine has fire fighting equipment in the bulk of the affected areas but in the initial stages of the fire, power to the mine failed and in turn disabled the equipment.
"That's why the fire ran away from us," he adds.
GDF Suez Australian Energy has a fire fighting plan for the mine that is reviewed annually by an external agency, says Mr Dietvorst.
"We have a plan and the plan works," he added.
There have been concerns raised about the structural integrity of the mine on the northern side.
Mr Dietvorst says these are not genuine.
"We are on top of the stability issues we have in the mine. We have a full plan in place at the moment," he says.
Even though GDF Suez Australian Energy has not put forward any representatives at two of the community meetings in Morwell so far, Mr Dietvorst says the company has kept the community informed with published notices in newspapers and on television.
"Communications in these events are handled by the [incident control centre] in this case it was the fire authorities that were doing communications," Mr Dietvorst says.
He says the company was advised not to attend a meeting held yesterday because of miscommunication about the nature of the gathering.
"The nature of that meeting changed because it was going to be a protest meeting but it changed to a community meeting," Mr Dietvorst says.
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Chris Casny's Homebuilt Hot Rod Never Rode On The Safe Road
It's gone now. Chris Casny's '27 Nash/Ford (it's really a little bit of everything) roadster, well known in Southern California just as, "the boattail," has been sold to a Texas collector and is off to the Lone Star State.
For the past year and a half, Chris' completely handbuilt car has been spotted at just about every traditional hot rod event around–from the the West Coast Kustoms Cruisin' Nationals in Paso Robles to Back to the Beach and the Primer Nationals in Ventura. But even before then, the roadster was known worldwide on the Internet. Participants on the Jalopy Journal's HAMB message board witnessed the boattail's progress from conception to completion, and even contributed to its creation.
The cowl was purchased at the Pomona swap meet two years ago, and was the starting point for the whole car (and the single piece of Nash sheetmetal on it). At the time, Chris didn't know what it was from, so he posted a photo on the HAMB and soon had his answer.
The rear of the car really is no boattail at all, but the hood from a '52 F-1 panel truck that Chris had driven in the past. Just about everything in between is completely handcrafted. There was no long planning period and no concept illustrations, he told us. Every detail moved from imagination to fabrication as quickly as he could make it happen. "Once I cut up the hood and cowl there was no turning back," he said. "I knew people were going to either love it or hate it. I was never that guy who takes the safe road."
Although Chris did all the work, he is quick to give credit–and thanks–to the many HAMB members who helped with encouragement and technical assistance. "Without these guys I could not have done it. When I had a problem, they would give me advice. When I needed motivation, they gave me a good kick in the butt and told me to continue building. Thanks brothers and sisters." In return for the free advice, Chris reciprocated by posting photographs of the ongoing project and providing step-by-step information on how he built a lot of the pieces.
The one-man, nine-month, $9,000, one-of-a-kind roadster was finished just in time for the Back to the Beach show in the spring of 2007. Since then we've seen Chris and the boattail all over the place–and finally got to shoot this feature just days before the car headed to Texas.
"This was the first time I built a car from scratch and it was a real struggle," Chris admitted, "but it was worth it. The amount of pride you have when you drive a car you worked so hard for is amazing. And I can safely say, I did not just assemble this car, I built it!"
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As with everything else on the boattail, Chris built the Ford 302 engine, retaining the stock internals and feeding fuel and air through a single Edelbrock 600cfm four-barrel on an Offenhauser 360-degree intake manifold, and firing the mixture with an electronic ignition. That custom Nash air cleaner cover was a hubcap in a former life; the valve covers are from Cal Custom. The zoomie headers are packed with homemade baffles built from 1-inch diameter 16-gauge, punched with a pneumatic chisel. The '92 Ford AOD transmission, built by Larry at Crabtree Automatics in Burbank, is one piece Chris didn't build or modify himself–although using an old water pump handle for a shifter was his idea.
Wheels & Tires
The Moon Saturn discs were snap-ons before Chris removed the clips and machined them down to fit. He drilled and tapped into the 16-inch Ford steelies and attached each cover with three aircraft fasteners. The rims are reversed, so the valve stems are accessible on the inner side. The skinny Firestone bias-plies are 6.00s and 7.50s.
Body & Paint
The '27 Nash cowl in front and the rear-facing '52 Ford panel truck hood in back establish the shape of the roadster body. The fabricated sheetmetal shell was constructed around a 3/4-inch square tube frame that Chris created. During construction, the roadster had owner-built operable doors, but when his wife, Gloria, got in by stepping over the doors, Chris decided to weld them shut. The grille is believed to be a from a Twenties-era International Harvester tractor. The '59 Cadillac taillights were contoured into the rear, with Dietz headlights added in front. The Jaguar gas filler cap and the ornament on the deck were selected because they fit the contours, and the overall style of the car. Chris shot everything in monochrome silver basecoat. The windshield posts draw a lot of attention wherever the car goes. Chris says he couldn't find Hallock-style posts that would work with the cowl so, being a furniture maker by trade, he decided to carve his own posts out of mahogany.
Chris built the seats from half-inch plywood, working from cardboard templates, then adding the webbing, foam, and batting. The covers are made of green waterproof tarp material from an army surplus store–all attached with staples and glue. Gloria taught him how to use a sewing machine so he could stitch up the door panel pockets, decorated with embroidered emblems from Nash apparel. The sanitary dash contains only a speedometer and a small quad gauge. The Nautalloy Aquabird aluminum steering wheel is a boat wheel from the Fifties. Seems appropriate, doesn't it?


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At the Mother and Child Clinic in Shijaia, Gaza, some 40 women sit patiently in the waiting room. Most are wearing black niqabs (the Islamic head–to–toe veil and dress). Many clutch babies in their arms. Others closely monitor their older children, who wander around the crowded room. A few are visibly pregnant. The women have come for the free, first–rate medical care.
A nurse enters the waiting room and calls out the name of the next patient. A woman and her 4–year–old son walk over to the nurse, who escorts them to the examination room. Moments later, the doctor arrives, greets the boy, Muhammad Jendeya, and his mother, Sobhia, with a smile and asks about the boys health.
Muhammad suffers from anemia. Two years ago, a medical team from the clinic visited the family as part of its outreach services and diagnosed the disorder.
We had not followed up with any doctor before the team visited us, admits Mrs. Jendeya, who studies at the Islamic University in Gaza. She lost her husband in the January 2009 war between Hamas and Israel and now struggles to provide for her family on her own.
Since the diagnosis, the doctor insists upon seeing Muhammad once a month to monitor his condition.
We give him folic acid and vitamins and he is improving, says the doctor.
The clinic, run by the Near East Council of Churches (N.E.C.C.) with funds from CNEWA–
Pontifical Mission, specializes in pre– and post–natal care and pediatrics. Thanks to CNEWAs benefactors, the clinic in Shijaia reopened at its current location in the spring of 2009 after the previous facility, located in the same town, was demolished during the January 2009 war. Though no one was injured, tens of thousands of dollars worth of machinery and supplies were destroyed.
The clinic in Shijaia is one of three the N.E.C.C. runs in Gaza. Together, they serve close to 200,000 residents in densely populated and underserved areas where access to quality health care is all but absent.
Established in 1952 to help provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the N.E.C.C. continues its mission. In addition to the clinics, it provides other vital services, such as education, job training and community development programs.
The council and several other Christian institutions in Gaza serve as a lifeline to its 1.5 million inhabitants, two–thirds of whom are Palestinian refugees. The vast majority of the population is Sunni Muslim. Nevertheless, the Christian–run institutions operating in Gaza provide vital social services each year to hundreds of thousands of residents — regardless of religion.
Since 2001, Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza, restricting the flow of supplies. In 2007, Egypt and Israel intensified the blockade after Hamas assumed control of the territory. The blockade prevented humanitarian assistance from reaching Gazans. Though Israel eased the blockade in 2010 and Egypt reopened its border with Gaza in 2011, it devastated the already fragile society.


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Keywords:Weightless technology? white space? transceiver chip? M2M? internet of things?
Developed by Weightless SIG Promoter Group Member, Neul, and dubbed 'Iceni', samples are available today to select partners to begin testing and development of new white space-enabled solutions. More details of the silicon can be found on the company's website.
Capable of tuning across the entire UHF TV white space spectrum (470 – 790MHz), the single chip solution draws very little power while delivering reliable, secure, long range wireless connectivity for next generation M2M applications using the Weightless Standard.
"This is a seminal moment in the evolution of Weightless technology" said Professor William Webb, CEO of the Weightless Special Interest Group. "For the first time designers around the world can begin developing next generation M2M solutions using Weightless technology with silicon designed explicitly to be compatible with the Standard."
Developed by the team behind the world's first single-chip Bluetooth device, Iceni operates within white space spectrum to access the high quality and license free UHF spectrum. Iceni and Weightless together dramatically reduce the costs and increase battery life in machines connected to the network opening up applications that are not technically or commercially feasible using alternative technologies.
Weightless is a major opportunity for silicon vendors," said James Collier, CEO of Neul. "With a forecast of 5-10 billion devices to be shipped per year, this is a market that is bigger than cellular, and one that will support as many as a dozen major silicon vendors. The Weightless SIG already has silicon companies as members, and we expect a number of them to develop their own silicon."
The machine to machine or Internet of Things market is widely forecasted to be worth over a trillion US dollars in value and to enable tens of billions of connected devices by 2020.
Visit Weightless' website at www.weightless.org
Visit Neul's website at www.neul.com/
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Mandy Moore is scrubbing up for another medical show, the season finale of "Grey's Anatomy,"
Details of the May 20 episode are being kept top secret, but it will be two hours, and TVguide.com reports that Mandy will play a patient named Mary treated by Chandra Wilson.
It's a nice return for Moore who has been quiet of late. And a familiar medical setting. In 2006, Moore guest-starred on two episodes of "Scrubs" which coincided with her dating of "Scrubs" star Zac Braff.


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I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, his athletic accomplishments on the football field brought him through college and into the NFL. Now it seems like quarterback Tim Tebow gets as much attention for his strong Christian faith as he does for winning football games, and that has some people wondering if the two, his faith and winning ways, are related. We will speak with an initially skeptical sports fan who's thought a lot about this question in a few minutes. But first we want to start the program today by reflecting on the end of a conflict that has embroiled this country and the nation of Iraq for nearly nine years.
The U.S. officially ended its military campaign in Iraq with a flag casing ceremony that took place yesterday in Baghdad, and in the coming days the last remaining U.S. troops in Iraq are expected to pack their bags and head home. Earlier this week, President Obama traveled to Fort Bragg in North Carolina to mark the end of the war and to thank the troops for their service.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I'm proud to finally say these two words, and I know your families agree: welcome home. Welcome home.
MARTIN: The war has claimed the lives of nearly 4,500 Americans and the death toll among Iraqis is many times that. The human cost coupled with questions over why the war started in the first place has left people wondering how history will judge the conflict in Iraq. To talk more about this, we decided to call upon two former colleagues, both Democrats, both members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who were on opposite sides of the decision to go in the first place. Congresswoman Barbara Lee represents a district that includes Oakland, California in the U.S. House of Representatives.
She voted against the Iraq war and was also the sole member of Congress to vote against authorizing the use of force to combat terrorism following the attacks of September 11th. Also joining us is Albert Wynn. He is a former member of Congress representing Maryland. He was just one of four members of the Congressional Black Caucus to vote in favor of the Iraq war resolution in 2002. And I thank you both so much for speaking with us.
REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA LEE: Glad to be with you.
ALBERT WYNN: My pleasure.
MARTIN: Now, obviously we don't want to rehash all the details from nine years ago, but I do think it would help if we just looked back for a moment to ask about just what was the atmosphere at the time in which you were making the decision. I was particularly interested in whether each of you in your own way thought it was an easy decision at the time. Was it a clear decision at the time or was it one with which you wrestled? And Congressman Wynn, why don't you start?
WYNN: Well, it was a very difficult decision on my part. I think the administration clearly manipulated the intelligence; either that or our intelligence community did not provide us with accurate information, leading us to believe that there might be a real threat of weapons of mass destruction. Representing the suburbs of Washington, D.C. at the time, which would have been a prime target if there had been weapons of mass destruction, I was in a very difficult situation.
I, Congressman Hoyer, John Kerry, current Secretary Clinton, all of us came to the same conclusion, based on the presentations we received, that there was a legitimate threat. That was a mistake and certainly as soon as we saw that there were no weapons of mass destruction, we should have gotten out.
MARTIN: Congresswoman Lee, what about you? Do you remember - and you remember, you had already taken a very hard vote. You were the sole vote right after the September 11th attacks against authorizing the president to act unilaterally using military force. So that was already a tough vote that you had taken. Did it seem clear to you at the time or do you remember wrestling with it?
LEE: I never believed that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq because of the briefings and the hearings and all of the information that we had. It just didn't make any sense. And so what I did - and I was on the Foreign Affairs Committee at that point - I offered a resolution. I said, okay, if you really believe that there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, then why don't we give the U.N. time to complete their investigations. And unfortunately there were only 72 votes for that amendment and so, quite frankly, I knew then that this was really going to be the beginning of the waging of war against a country that for many, many reasons should never have been part of this entire doctrine of preemptive war which the Bush administration had totally embraced.
MARTIN: So, how do you feel now? How does each of you feel now that the war is officially over? And Congresswoman Lee, why don't you start? How do you feel now?
LEE: Well, first, let me just say, I'm the daughter of a 25-year veteran, so I don't take going to war lightly and I just have to say our troops have done everything we've asked them to do. They have performed in a way that no other force in the world could perform, and so I'm very, very happy. I'm excited that they're coming home, and believe you me, we've got to do so much to ensure their economic security and to ensure that they don't become homeless veterans and to ensure that their families are taken care of, because they've paid a big price and they've done their job. They've done it well, and I just have to say welcome home, as the daughter of a veteran.
MARTIN: Mr. Wynn, how about you? What are your thoughts now that this is over?
WYNN: Well, I agree very much with the last comment she made about how we treat veterans who have made the sacrifices that they have made. I think we also should learn a lot of lessons. We had an opportunity to withdraw after it was clear there were no weapons of mass destruction. We didn't do that. I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?
MARTIN: If you're just joining us, this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. We're reflecting on the official end of the war in Iraq with former Congressman Albert Wynn and current Congresswoman Barbara Lee. They were on opposite sides of the question of whether to go into Iraq to begin with. Mr. Wynn, do you think that any good came of the Iraq conflict? I understand that Congresswoman Lee, you were against it from the beginning. Congressman Wynn, you came to believe that your vote was a mistake?
WYNN: Yeah.
MARTIN: Was a mistake. So do you think anything good came of it?
WYNN: Obviously, the emergence of democracy in Iraq is a good thing and I'm certainly pleased about that, but here's the point. We probably could have gotten to that as the Arab Spring has shown without the engagement of the United States in the way we did. So while I applaud the democracy in Iraq, I think the cost certainly outweighed the benefit which could have occurred eventually anyway, and a different approach to promote democracy abroad certainly would make more sense.
MARTIN: Hmm. Congresswoman Lee what about you? Do you think that any good came of it despite your misgivings?
LEE: Well, I tell you, I agree with Al. I think that the Arab Spring and what has taken place in the Middle East really is an example of what people will do when they know that they want democracy. The United States has got to stop playing policeman and -woman of the world, and you know, our troops, again, they have performed with skill and bravery and they've done everything we've asked them to do. What for me is the best thing out of this is that they're home, and so to me, you know, losing 4,500 men and women, 32,000 wounded, countless Iraqi civilians and refugees, a country that was in shambles - and so when you look at it in total, you know, we have spent quite a bit of money, quite a bit of blood and treasure in Iraq, and I think history will show if that was - if the outcome made sense.
MARTIN: Well, you - but you use the term police officers of the world or policemen of the world. Those were not the terms that were used at the time to argue in favor of going into Iraq. The argument at the time was that this was a necessary step to ensure the safety and security of the United States.
LEE: Well, you know, people using fear as a tactic always works and, you know, if the truth had been told, you know, if there were other reasons that they wanted to go into Iraq, then they should have said that. They should not have deceived the American people.
MARTIN: Do you think it was deliberate? I mean, obviously a number of administration officials have written books about this that have been published in recent months. None of them says that they deliberately misled the American people...
LEE: Well...
MARTIN: ...they say they may have made a mistake or, you know - but I'm just - do you really believe that was deliberate?
LEE: When you look at the doctrine of preemptive war, you know, let's start a war to preempt what we think may happen in the future, then you have to really wonder what the plans were for every part of the world that they wanted to invade or go into. So who knows whether they intentionally lied? But, in fact, we do know that the outcome was that they did not tell the truth.
MARTIN: We're down to our last couple of minutes. I want to give you each a closing thought so, Albert, I gave you the first word. I'm going to give Congressman Lee the last word. You started off by telling us the question that I was going to end on so I just want to ask you if you want to expand further. And it's really the question going forward, is are there lessons that our leaders, or that we as citizens, should learn from this?
WYNN: There are lots of lessons. One, we have to have full intelligence and it has to be thoroughly scrubbed before we make these decisions. One comment I want to make: People don't realize part of the reason we're out is because the Iraqis wanted us out. Because the plan was to leave three to five thousand U.S. troops in Iraq. The Iraqis said, no, we want you all out and we will not give you any kind of military immunity.
So there's still some in the Defense Department that believe we ought to be there. This is...
MARTIN: Well, there's some dispute about that too. I mean, you know, Senator John McCain argues that the administration never - this administration, the Obama administration, never seriously consider leaving a residual force there and he disagrees with that. So...
WYNN: Well, good for...
MARTIN: ...there's a difference of opinion about that.
WYNN: ...good for the Obama administration on that score, but there was clearly a signal from the Iraqis they wanted us all out. The lesson is there's a lot that we don't know about sectarian disagreements. For example, we didn't know what the Shiites wanted, what the Sunnis wanted, and the implications of that in terms of our involvement. We were just talking about democracy.
Well, they're talking about sectarian divisions that they needed to resolve. So we need to know more about what's going on in the world. We can operate effective foreign policy through other means as exemplified by Libya. We need to be very cautious and reluctant to approach foreign policy through the use of mass armies.
MARTIN: And Congresswoman Lee, your final thought? What do you think that we as - you as a political leader or we as citizens should have learned from this experience over nine years?
LEE: Well, we should have learned that our foreign and military policy should be about global peace and security, smart security, rather than using the military option that quickly. And we need to be more prudent in terms of how we make these decisions. But also I have to just say it's a process of - the withdrawal process, I'm very proud of the fact that we were able to build bipartisan coalitions here in Congress.
And so I think we have built a strong peace coalition in this Congress to really begin to look at new missions, new strategies, and new ways that should put us on the pathway to peace rather than using war as an option.
MARTIN: Barbara Lee is a member of the United States Congress. She is a Democrat. Her district includes Oakland, California. She was kind enough to join us from the studios at the House of Representatives. Albert Wynn is a former member of Congress representing Maryland. He is currently a partner at Dickstein Shapiro, LLT. And he was kind enough to join us here in our Washington, D.C. studios. Thank you both so much for speaking with us.
LEE: Thank you.
WYNN: Thank you, Michel. This was great. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.