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UW Adjunct Professor Finalist for Prestigious Conservation Award
Steve Amstrup, a senior scientist with Polar Bears International and an adjunct professor in the University of Wyoming's Department of Zoology and Physiology, has been selected as a finalist to receive the Indianapolis Prize.
Presented by the Indianapolis Zoo, the $100,000 prize recognizes outstanding achievement in animal conservation. Amstrup is among six finalists, narrowed down from 28 nominations. The award will be presented at the Indianapolis Prize Gala scheduled next September.
Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential scientists working on polar bear conservation, Amstrup led the international team of researchers whose reports became the basis for the 2008 listing of polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
"Steve Amstrup has provided enormous leadership in polar bear conservation through his work with bears in the field, with scientists from many disciplines, and with decision makers at the highest levels of government," says Eric DeWeaver, program director of the Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics Program at the National Science Foundation. "His work on polar bear conservation is tremendously important -- not only for polar bears but for the entire Arctic ecosystem -- and for the multitude of species around the world that are now at risk from global warming."
An adjunct professor at UW since 2006, Amstrup's first link with UW was when he developed some research projects in Alaska with Merav Ben-David, now a professor at UW. He has co-advised Ben-David's graduate students and helped secure funding for student projects.
He also worked with Ben-David and UW Zoology Professor Hank Harlow to assemble a collaborative project involving eco-physiological challenges facing polar bears in a declining ice environment; has given guest lectures to both faculty and student groups at UW; and has visited with several students about the life of a field research biologist. "My interactions with UW are always energizing experiences that I thoroughly enjoy," Amstrup says."I value the privilege I have been given to serve UW in this way."


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Our brand is one of our most valued assets — that's why we built the Brand Center. It's designed to help you apply the AkzoNobel brand correctly and consistently across all media, providing useful resources such as an image bank, brand guidelines, and a stationery tool so that you can create customized letterheads and business cards.
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Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
 Thursday Speaker Series
 Kathryn Babayan, University of Michigan
Abstract: Professor Babayan's talk examines practices of collecting, a site where historians rarely venture to study the epistemological keys of understanding the dynamics of state formation. To probe the relationship between collecting, literacy, and didacticism, she will talk about a body of visual and literary sources copied, assembled, and bound into a book by owners and household scribes in 17th-century Isfahan. These new habits of collecting allow her entry into their libraries of the mind. Through a visual and artistic archive, Professor Babayan will trace the story of how literacy transformed mediums of communicating friendship in Isfahan. How did the culture of literacy establish relationships between Isfahanis and a range of material objects, texts, and images, shaping in this process communities of collector-selves and their households?
Biography: Kathryn Babayan is Associate Professor of Iranian History and Culture at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan. She specializes in the cultural and social histories of early modern Iran. She is the author of Mystics, Monarchs and Messiahs: Cultural Landscapes of Early Modern Iran (2003); co-author of Slaves of the Shah: New Elites of Safavi Iran, with Sussan Babaie, Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe, and Massumeh Farhad (2004). More recently, together with her colleague Afsaneh Najmabadi, they have co-edited a volume entitled Islamicate Sexualities Studies: Translations Across Temporal Geographies of Desire, (2008). She is currently working on a monograph that explores cultures of literacy in early modern Isfahan.
Free and open to the public.
This lecture is part of the Thursday Speaker Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.


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I currently am using a FastBloc LE for hardware write blocking when acquiring drives and am in the market for another write blocker. I'm interested in any devices that you currently use or have used in the past that you would purchase again, and those that you would never use again even if it was given to you.
Below are some devices I have been looking at.
This one looks promising for write blocking flash cards, now if they would only make something similar for USB drives. (I know XP SP2 gives the ability to disable write operations to any connected USB device, but I don't use that for acquisition.)
The price for this device is almost too good to be true, anybody ever used one?
Finally I am interested in recomendations for purchasing a high quality SATA to EIDE converter/adapter. I have not yet had to acquire a SATA drive, but that is only a matter of time.


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St John's College - Annapolis, Maryland
St. John's College is a community dedicated to liberal education. Such education seeks to free human eings from prejudice and unexamined opinion to help them reflect on the nature of things and on the ends and means of human endeavors and to enable them to make thoughtful choices in public and private life. Students at St. John's pursue such an education by participating in the activities of its community of learning. The central activity is the reading and discussion in small classes of the great works of the West. This study is supported by and intertwined with the study of the elements of languages mathematics science and music. In Santa Fe there is also a program that focuses on the great works of the East. At St. John's College we seek to develop in our students an awareness of fundamental alternatives for understanding the human condition a desire and capacity for lifelong learning and an ability to deal with complex issues through both cooperative inquiry and independent thinking.
School Information60 College Ave
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Locale: Suburb: Large
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Carnegie Basic: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts & Sciences
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: American Academy for Liberal Education
Common name(s): SJC
Students & Faculty
Total Tuition $65,409.00
SAT Scores:
25th-75th percentile
ACT Scores:
25th-75th percentile26-32
Note: 25th-75th percentile ranges show the range of scores achieved by the middle 50% of students who were admitted to the school.
Other Requirements:
Degrees & Programs
|Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies


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Oct. 30, 2004
WATERFORD, Conn. - Senior All-America Ben Schmeckpeper led one of MIT's most dominating performances at the NEWMAC Cross Country Championships with a crushing victory that resulted in the Engineers' seventh consecutive team championship. Schmekpeper broke the tape in 25:07, hammering out a 45-second victory for the individual title.
MIT totaled 23 points in Saturday's win, the lowest score for Tech's championship teams since Dan Feldman and Chris McGuire's one-two punch capped MIT's second league banner in 1999. Schmeckpeper became the fourth MIT harrier to win the inidividual title and the Institute's sixth champion in seven career races. Wheaton All-America Stan Pyle defeated Schmeckpeper at last year's final, although the MIT senior enjoyed a convincing victory in this season's rematch.
Ranked No. 22 in the Division III National Poll, MIT has relied on a strong supporting cast to remain among the nation's elite. In Waterford, the Engineers swept fourth through eighth in the individual standings, completing their top-five scoring before any other squad could finish its second man.
Leading the chase pack for MIT was Carlos Renjifo, who earned his highest career finish at NEWMAC's with a time of 26:24. Junior Fivos Constantinou finished fifth (26:27), while freshman Kevin Brulois (26:30) and Eric Khatchadourian (26:35) finished sixth and seventh, respectivley to complete the scoring. John Brewer gave MIT some added insurance with an eighth-place finish.
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy finished second to the Engineers with 52 points. Springfield College (87) closed in third, while Wheaton totaled 100 points en route to fourth place in the team standings.


text: Description The Cicero API allows organizations to integrate data about legislative districts, elected officials, and elections into websites, databases, and mobile applications. This donation provides organizations with 5,000 credits for Cicero queries, one credit per query. See below for more information. Benefits for Organizations If you have experience developing applications compatible with Representational State Transfer (REST), you can: Stamp your constituent database with associated districts and elected officials at the local, state, and national levels Provide lookup tools on your website to find information about legislative districts and elected officials Run advocacy campaigns by leveraging Cicero's database of up-to-date contact information for elected officials and information about upcoming elections Match constituents to nonlegislative districts such as watersheds, school districts, and census-defined geographies Develop mobile applications that leverage GPS coordinates for advocacy Append legislative district information to your Salesforce Nonprofit Starter Pack records For a complete description of the Cicero API and the data it provides, see the official product page. Access resources and see what's going on in the Cicero community. Technical Skills Required A web or software developer who has experience with REST will be needed to implement this API for use with your website. Credit Information Azavea sends a warning when an organization is about to reach its credit limit. Unused credits expire one year from the date of their receipt; at that time, organizations can request a new donation through TechSoup. Organizations with current paid accounts can use this donation to add credits. Choose Carefully The administrative fee for this product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged. Obtaining This Product You will need to take further action to obtain this product after TechSoup approves your donation request. TechSoup will send instructions to your organization email address.


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3 Prides on the Rise: Richmond, St. Louis & Colorado Springs
Three cities forge a path for Pride celebrations, proving that you don't need to be on either coast to revel in rainbow realness.
Beyond the Parade: An Insider's Guide to NYC Pride
It's time to start fluffing your wigs and polishing your marching (or runway) boots -- 2018 New York City Pride is almost here!
Psychedelic Tourism Thrives in Peru Despite Recent Killing
Every year thousands of tourists visit jungle retreats in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador to try ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic elixir made of native plants that is thought to heal some mental illnesses.
6 Travel Trends From 'Portrait of American Travelers'
Now in its 28th year, MMGY Global's "Portrait of American Travelers" offers an insightful and actionable survey of the emerging vacation habits, preferences and intentions of Americans.
What's New, Buenos Aires? Discovering Argentina's Hot Spot
With a forward-thinking attitude with world-class cultural institutions, thriving gay nightlife and amazing hotels, you've got plenty of reasons to put Buenos Aires on your wish list.
Slumber Party: Puerto Vallarta's Almar Resort
The newest and only luxury beachfront LGBTQ hotel in Puerto Vallarta will make your cup - make that tub -- bubbleth over.
'Great Gatsby' Writer's Home Offers Museum and Airbnb
You don't have to be a literary scholar to stay in this apartment upstairs from the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.
Beyond Vision: An Exhibit to Touch, Hear and Smell, Too
"The Senses: Design Beyond Vision" features works that invite visitors to touch, hear and smell - often in combination (while looking good too). It's on view at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum through Oct. 28.
Study Says We Need to Spice Up Our Travel Habits
From the Empire State Building to the Golden Gate Bridge, a new study of 2,000 Americans found that while many far-flung places are yet to be checked off, many Americans are also missing out on things much closer to home.
Sofitel New York Offers $100K Tony Awards Package
As the big night quickly approaches, Sofitel New York, the Official Hotel Partner for the 72nd annual Tony Awards, invites guests and its Broadway neighbors to celebrate the people and stories that bring Broadway theater to life.
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TreeFree needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 223 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
TreeFree Mobile
My partner and I have extensive experience in Digital Media and also have a deep passion for our planet. With Digital Books gaining more and more market share and as new e-readers are introduced into the marketplace we feel it is a great time to launch this initiative as a way to promote this new technology and also give back to the planet.
Our target market will be anyone who enjoys books and embraces technology. We will be able to provide digital books on either their laptops, cell phones or e-readers. We will launch eventually into e-textbooks providing a low cost solution to students but starting now with 1.5 million books for home use or commuters...
This same audience will use TreeFree Mobile because they know they can get a great product at a great price and contribute to green projects - yet to be named....(rainforest reclamation, etc)
Where looking for a slick logo - the TreeFree portion of our name we would like more pronounced and the Mobile to be more subdued...
I stumbled on a website where you can see the how the word "bottle" is understated: http://www.hydrosbottle.com/
We're thinking the color of the TreeFree could be green for obvious reasons - Mobile should be another color - our website will probably be black so the green will "pop"
We were thinking just the name but maybe try throwing in a graphic that illustrates our business (tree, etc)
In terms of formats we would like JPEG and a Layered RGB File. In addition to this we would also need CMYK format - EPS file - Basically give us anything you can and you think we'll need -
Go for it - No holds barred - Can't wait to see what you call come up with -
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text: ctierney at hypermall.net wrote: > Quoting Mark Hahn <hahn at physics.mcmaster.ca>: > > >>last year, there was lots of buzz around IB as an up-and-comer, >>with some undercurrents of doubt related to latency, memory >>consumption on large nets, proliferation of stacks, etc. >> >>this year, the picture was a lot clearer, with at least some >>progress on all these. lots of vendors pushing IB, including >>some starting to push IB for storage. IB-storage vendors seem >>to be regarding it as a faster FC, though - to me, that's a huge >>step backwards, since FC was never really inter-operable, at least >>not in the sense that ethernet is inter-op. >> >>further, there was also LOTS of 10G ethernet this year, and I have >>to wonder: will 10G squeeze IB out of the market? > > > That depends. Do you think that iSCSI (or some other variant) is finally > going to take off as it was supposed to? IB has some QoS features that > may be important when using IB for multiple purposes, like HSN and FC. > I don't know if that is true, just a theory. > > Also, 10G is still quite expensive (except Myrinet 10g). > Fibre-media converters are still expensive and as far as I have heard, no > one is pushing 10G over copper. IB is quite cheap compared to 10G, but > it is a new technology and adoption outside of HPC is slow. The volume > isn't there yet to bring pricing where it should be. > Chelsio's T210-CX4 TOE NIC has been around for about a year. Like the Myricom product it utilizes the 10GBase-CX standard. It essentially pushes 10GbE over InfiniBand cabling directly using the XAUI interface (normally used for on-PCB communication on 10G devices). There are also several vendors which provide interface modules for switches. Of course with 10Gbase-CX you lose the advantage of common and relatively cheap UTP cabling and are limited to 50ft per link. It seems to me to be a stopgap standard that will be overtaken by 10Gbase-T in a few years time. I don't have a quote on the pricing but it should be competitive with IB. If anyone insight on the economics and performance of 10GBase-CX vs. IB in cluster applications I'd be interested to hear it. Olli-Pekka -- Olli-Pekka Lehto, Systems Specialist, Systems Services, CSC PO Box 405 02101 Espoo, Finland; tel +358 9 457 2215, fax +358 9 4572302 CSC is the Finnish IT Center for Science, www.csc.fi, e-mail: Olli-Pekka.Lehto at csc.fi


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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani soldier was killed and another injured in a gunfight between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir on Sunday, a disputed incident that could heighten tensions between the nuclear neighbors after a period of rapprochement.
The Pakistani army said Indian troops had raided their Sawan Patra checkpost in Kashmir, a hotly contested area both countries claim as their own. The Indian military denied its soldiers had attacked a Pakistani position.
"Pakistan army troops effectively responded and repulsed the attack," a Pakistani army spokesman said in a statement.
The two sides then exchanged fire across the Line of Control, an internationally recognized line in Kashmir patrolled by troops from both countries, he said.
Indian army spokesman Colonel Jagadish Dahiya said Indian troops had not crossed the Line of Control. "However, there was a ceasefire violation by Pakistan. Our troops retaliated by firing," Dahiya said.
"None of our troops crossed the Line of Control. We have no casualties or injuries."
Another spokesman for the Indian army said its post at Churuda, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of major city Srinagar, came under "unprovoked" heavy mortar and automatic gun fire for about five hours early on Sunday.
"We did retaliate," Colonel Rajesh Kalia said.
There were more than 75 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in 2012, killing eight people. Most of the violations were exchanges of fire between the two sides.
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since 1947, when they became independent from Britain. The two countries share many similarities in language and culture, though most of Pakistan's citizens are Muslim and most of India's Hindu.
Kashmir, and the human rights abuses committed there by Indian troops, is a politically explosive issue in Pakistan. Pakistani security forces have long trained militant groups to attack Indian soldiers.
The two countries fought their most recent war in 1999, when Pakistani troops crossed the Line of Control and occupied Indian territory in Kargil, but were forced to withdraw.
After a period of quiet, relations between the two countries nosedived again in 2008, when a militant squad rampaged through the Indian city of Mumbai, killing 166 people. India accused Pakistan of sheltering the masterminds behind the attack, charges that Pakistan denies.
The two countries have been slowly repairing relations in recent months. In November, India executed a Pakistani man who was the last surviving perpetrator of the Mumbai attack.
Last month the two countries signed a deal designed to ease visa restrictions for some citizens to travel between the two countries.
Tension between the two countries has also spilled over into nearby Afghanistan, which borders Pakistan. India offers military and economic aid there, but many Pakistanis fear this is an attempt to lessen Pakistan's influence.
The United States has repeatedly urged Pakistan to move against al-Qaeda and militant havens along its Afghan border. Pakistan says it does not have enough troops because so many of them are patrolling the border with India.
Some U.S. officials also believe Pakistan is unwilling to move against the militants because some elements in Pakistan's security forces would prefer to be able to use the militants to counter Indian influence in Afghanistan after most foreign combat troops have pulled out by the end of 2014.
Additional reporting by Arup Roychoudhury in New Delhi and Ashok Pahalwan in Jammu, India; Writing by Katharine Houreld; Editing by Daniel Magnowski


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Movie Magic
|Two junior co-eds went to the movies one night. After 15 minutes passed one girl leaned over and whispered to her friend, "What should I do? The guy sitting next to me is masturbating."
Her friend replied, "Don't do anything. Just ignore it."
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The first one says, "Because he's using my hand!"
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Trial Comparing Three Different Devices for Kidney Stone Removal During Percutaneous Surgery
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00952315
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 6, 2009
Last Update Posted : February 16, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Kidney Stones
|Device: Cyberwand Device: Stonebreaker Device: Lithoclast Select
|Not Applicable
Large kidney stones can be removed by a surgical procedure where a small puncture is made through the back into the kidney (percutaneous nephrolithotomy or PNL) but the stones usually need to be broken into smaller pieces before they can be removed through the small surgical incision. There are a number of FDA approved devices commercially available used to break up the stones including pneumatic, ultrasonic, and a combination of the two. Each technology has advantages and disadvantages.
In the last few years there have been new, improved versions of these devices introduced. These improved versions have addressed previous issues of probes clogging or breaking and cumbersome handpiece design. These include the Cyberwand (Cybersonics, Erie, PA), a dual probe ultrasonic device, Swiss Lithoclast Select (EMS, Switzerland) combining the pneumatic and ultrasonic modalities, and a novel device by LMA (Gland, Switzerland) called the StoneBreakerTM, a portable pneumatic device powered by CO2 cartridges.
We propose to compare each of these devices in a randomized study to see if one is better than another at removing kidney stones quickly and efficiently.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|270 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Factorial Assignment
|Single (Participant)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Three Different Modalities of Newer Lithotrites For Intracorporeal Lithotripsy
|Study Start Date :
|August 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|October 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2017
Active Comparator: Stonebreaker
Stonebreaker will be used to break up the kidney stone. Duration will be timed and documented.
Device: Stonebreaker
Stonebreaker will be used to break up the kidney stone. Duration will be timed and documented.
Active Comparator: Lithoclast Select
Lithoclast Select will be used to breakup and remove kidney stone. Duration will be timed and documented.
Device: Lithoclast Select
Lithoclast Select will be used to break up and remove the kidney stone. Duration will be timed and documented
Active Comparator: Cyberwand
The dual probe Cyberwand device will be used to fragment and remove the kidney stone. Duration will be timed and documented.
Device: Cyberwand
Dual probe lithotrite Cyberwand will be used to remove kidney stone. Duration will be timed and documented.
- Time to removal of a single, targeted kidney stone [ Time Frame: 1 - 3 months ]
- Device complications such as probes clogging or breaking [ Time Frame: 1-3 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Scheduled to undergo percutaneous nephrolithotomy for at least one kidney stone measuring 2 cm or greater
- Stone easily visible/measurable on plain abdominal imaging (KUB) or CT scan preoperatively
- Age 18 years or older
- Able to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Size of single largest stone less than 2 cm
- Pregnancy
- Active urinary tract infection
- Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy within the last three months
- Complex stone anticipating multiple access sites
- Stones that are not clearly able to be measured on KUB or CT scan
- Inability to give informed consent
- Age less than 18 years
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00952315
|United States, Arizona
|Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
|Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85054
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|United States, Indiana
|IU Health Physicians Urology
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
|United States, Minnesota
|Mayo Clinic Rochester
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|United States, North Carolina
|Duke University
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|United States, Tennessee
|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
|United States, Wisconsin
|University of Wisconsin
|Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
|Canada, British Columbia
|University of British Columbia
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1M9
|Canada, Ontario
|The University of Western Ontario
|London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4V2
|Principal Investigator:
|James E Lingeman, MD
|IU Health Physicians Urology
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Indiana Kidney Stone Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00952315 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 6, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 16, 2017
|Last Verified:
|February 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Indiana Kidney Stone Institute:
kidney stones
intracorporeal lithotriptors
kidney stone removal
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Calculi
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Urinary Calculi
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical


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Leap of Faith by © Angi Sullins and Silas Toball
Would you would like to know how to create this piece of art?
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Express yourself with art journaling in the 21st Century! Combine online interaction with the mixed-media artist's love of art journaling- and you have the winning combination of Digital Art Wonderland. After an introduction on how digital applications are appropriate for the concept of journaling, you will be guided step-by-step through eight tutorials, each one giving them new techniques for not only scanning original art and doctoring it up digitally, but also the how-to for creating digital art from scratch. In addition, you'll be walked through the process of setting up a blog, adding personal design touches, networking with social media, designing with type, writing styles and more. Plus, for those of us who may not be into blogging, this book provides information on printing digital art.
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Dear passenger in 4A,
I smelled you the minute you walked on the plane and immediately I said a prayer. The flight attendant had already informed us that the flight was completely full and so I knew it would be only a matter of time before the seat next to me became occupied. There were only a few people left boarding the plane and you were one of them. As soon as you opened up the overhead bin above me to shove your bag in I knew I was doomed. I saw the sweat pits but even if I had been as blind as Ray Charles I knew what I was in for. The stench was atrocious. Seriously…why? How do you not realize how unpleasant you smell and how could you possibly think it's ok to board a plane for 5 odd hours and subject the rest of us to unrecycled air filled with your stench. It's just plain wrong! I realize that you aren't from America and that perhaps where you are from there is nothing uncommon about that type of body odor. Perhaps I should give you a pass but no. You live in New York now. You told me so. That makes you subject to the same standards I hold other Americans to. And how do you add insult to injury? By deciding your sitting position of choice is with your hands raised above your head. That's right…relax and let your pits breath why don't you.
As soon as you sit down I get the feeling that you are overly excited to be sitting next to me. This does not make me happy. You even had a brief conversation about how pretty I was with the flight attendant. Ewww. You see, I'm a nice person but I really hate being all chit-chatty on planes. I don't care about the gem show you were visiting in Tucson. I don't care about what you do for a living in New York. I don't care how Continental has very friendly flight attendants. I don't care whom you voted for and why you think Obama has a good chance against McCain. I. Just. Don't. Care. And why, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, did I tell you that I run track. I know better. I am a normal person with a normal 9 to 5 job that doesn't require any further explanation or details. What do I run…How many hours do I practice…How do I make money…Where do I run at…Do I have a strict diet…How fast do I run the mile…What do I think of Marion…Am I going to the Olympics…you hit them all. You also fail to realize that I am no longer in any way trying to be polite. I don't look up from my magazine. I give you one-word answers. I am borderline rude and yet still you trudge on. So now I'm pissed. Maybe it's not exactly your fault that you smell but it is definitely your fault that you are making this plane trip a living hell. I would rather be sitting in the back row of the plane by the restrooms in a middle seat that doesn't recline than sitting here next to you.
I finally decide to watch the movie even though I previously had no interest in doing so. I figure if I have headphones on and seem thoroughly engaged you might leave me alone. It does nothing for my nostrils but I am looking for small victories at this point. I quickly realize though that even this is not a deterrent for you. You tap me to ask me the name of the film. don't know. You continuously look over at me every time there is a part in the movie that you find comical and laugh as if we are sharing an inside joke. we aren't. I finally figure my best bet to escape you is to just sleep. You aren't noticing my body language as I have scooted as far away from you as possible and angled my body towards the window. You are not respecting my reading or watching a movie. It's all utterly pointless.
So I doze off. Unfortunately I wasn't able to stay asleep too long and guess what awaits me when I open my eyes. Your feet. Your nasty, repulsive, offensive, revolting, disgusting, bare feet that are perched in front of us. I swear your toenails were straight out of a Freddy Kruger movie. How in the world do you think that's okay? As I go back to reading my book you ask if you can ask me a question. Well you just did but continue since it makes no difference obviously if I say yes or no. I guess since I'm a runner and I, ummmm, use my feet, you think that maybe I have a problem with dry, cracked feet. I don't. But I guess you assume if you bring YOUR feet up so that I can get a closer look as to what you are referring to, I just might recall having had that same problem and be able to recommend a fantastic foot cream that will solve all your problems. OH, DEAR JESUS.
I must thank you for taking the last twenty minutes of the flight to finally fall asleep and put me out of my misery. You were also very kind to give me your chocolate as you saw how fast I devoured mine and knew that I was hoping for another. But beyond that kind sir, you were without a doubt my worst experience ever.


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As we settle into winter weather, it's nice to have a quick "go-to" meal that is both tummy warming and delicious! Here is one of my favorite mid-winter recipes! Happy Cooking!
Whole Grain Penne with Broccoli Rabe and Garbanzo Beans
Serves 2 to 3
This "any night of the week" dish is full of good taste and easy to prepare for a weeknight meal.
1/2 cup water, plus more as needed (see note)
1/2 pound whole grain or whole wheat rotini pasta
1/2 vegetable boullion cube, crumbled
1 bunch broccoli rabe, cleaned, trimmed and chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
1/8 to 1/4 crushed red pepper, to taste
1/2 teaspoon organic tamari
Sea salt, to taste
2 to 3 teaspoons wheat germ (optional)
Pour the 1/2 cup water into the bottom of a large skillet. Add the crumbled boullion cube and bring to a simmer. Stir the boullion cube into the simmering water until it is dissolved. Add the broccoli rabe, garlic, garbanzo beans and crushed pepper to the large skillet. Cover and simmer for 6 to 7 minutes, adding a bit more water as needed if the pan becomes dry. Add the tamari. Cover and simmer a few more minutes, or until broccoli rabe is tender, but still firm. Do not overcook!
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir in the penne. Decrease the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until the penne is tender, but firm. Drain the pasta well.
For each serving: Place about 1 cup (or more) of the cooked penne into a pasta bowl. Sprinkle with optional 1 teaspoon wheat germ. Top with generous portion of the broccoli rabe mixture, making sure to include some of the broth (this will flavor the penne). Season with sea salt, if desired.
NOTE; If you'd like to add a bit of olive oil, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of olive oil with the 1/2 cup water.


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In his role as the head of the film department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ian Birnie said his professional relationship with his boss was distant verging on nonexistent. And the majority of the museum's curatorial staff showed little or no interest in the film department during his tenure.
The final insult came Saturday when he was officially demoted to a contract position with the awkward title of "consulting curator" for the film department.
If he's angry about the situation, however, Birnie hides it well.
In a wide-ranging interview this week, he said that he has made peace with the museum's decision, though he added that the recent events "have been hard on me." He said he is pleased that the film department is finally getting the public's attention following the museum's July revelation that it would be ending its 40-year-old weekend film series. And though he suggested that his time as a consultant could be short-lived, he still has ideas on how the museum could strengthen its film program.
Birnie was first told by LACMA his job was coming to an end in June. "I was definitely surprised. I had no warning," he said. "In large institutions, you don't have much say in it. No one likes to have change thrust upon them. But I'm not going to play sour grapes."
Birnie insists that he's trying to maintain a positive outlook, especially in light of recent news that LACMA is receiving a $150,000 gift from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., Time Warner Cable and Ovation TV.
The donation effectively gives the imperiled film program -- which was scheduled to end after an Alain Resnais retrospective in October -- a stay of execution through June 2010.
Uncertain future
Birnie has spent the last few weeks planning film programs for those extra eight months. But the good news for the film program doesn't necessarily mean that LACMA will hire him back.
"There has been no discussion of that, but they haven't said they won't do it," Birnie explained. "They have to come up with a foundation going forward, and by next spring, there might be a new temporary definition in place."
Michael Govan, the director of LACMA, said in a statement that Birnie will be working as a programmer for the museum "through this year while we look for longer-term support." Govan, who was not available for an interview Wednesday, added that Birnie will be involved in future curatorial discussions about the fate of the film program.
Responding to pressure from Save Film at LACMA -- a group of local film fans -- as well as a letter of protest from director Martin Scorsese that ran in The Times, Govan last week discussed plans to raise an endowment for the film department.
He has told various people that LACMA plans to raise $5 million to $10 million toward the effort, though the museum's press office said the range is actually $5 million to $6 million. He also said he would like to increase the department's annual budget to $500,000 from its current level of around $350,000.
"There wasn't much of a relationship with Govan before," he said. "We were in the back pocket of LACMA so there was no reason to have one.
"Now the controversy has provoked a relationship. The involvement of someone that senior is good. It's going to take input from Govan on a semi-regular basis. The worse thing is for Govan to lose interest in this."
Though some have expressed skepticism over the museum's big-budget approach to its film problem, Birnie said he is optimistic about the future. He has even drawn up an informal wish list of changes he'd like to see take place.
Top among his desires is a new screening room that would supplement the programming at the museum's Bing Theater. He would also like to expand the department's two-person team, which consists of Birnie and Bernardo Rondeau, the department's coordinator, who is still on staff.
Little funding
LACMA's film program has operated on a shoestring since it was founded by Phil Chamberlin in the late '60s. When Ron Haver took over during the '70s -- running the program until his death in 1993 -- the department grew in scope and size but seldom exceeded a staff of a few people. Birnie took over in 1996 after working 17 years in New York at various film institutions and festivals.
LACMA's skeleton film crew pales in comparison to the film department of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which employs a staff of about 25, including nine film curators.
MoMA, which declined to disclose budgetary figures, maintains a permanent collection of prints. LACMA typically rents prints for its screenings, which can cost from $350 for a readily available studio movie to a few thousand dollars for a rare foreign import, Birnie said.
Both museums say they are fighting a generational shift that has seen the popularity of repertory cinema decline in recent years. "It's a problem -- you don't want empty houses," said Rajendra Roy, the head of MoMA's film department, on the phone from the Venice Film Festival.
Roy said that even MoMA is trying to shift its traditionally esoteric programming to include filmmakers with more universal appeal, such as Tim Burton and Spike Jonze.
At LACMA, Birnie said that he recently replaced a planned retrospective of Russian gloom auteur Andrei Tarkovsky, which was scheduled for the fall, with a more upbeat series on Audrey Hepburn. (The Tarkovsky retrospective will run in 2010.) "I didn't want to end the year on a down note," he explained.
Birnie's 'knack'
Those who admire Birnie's work at LACMA single out his intelligent and adventurous choices in programming movies.
"Ian has a knack for organizing programs that allows classics and more obscure works to both feel vital," said Kyle Westphal, a member of Save Film at LACMA.
For now, Birnie said that he is planning only for the short run since his contract with the museum doesn't guarantee long-term employment. "Maybe they'll renew it, maybe they won't," he said.
"I'd be quite happy not to go to any more budget meetings."


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Beaufort County librarians on front line to help you
The library's online catalogs can be daunting, but have no fear. There are lots of Beaufort County librarians out there on the front lines, and a few like myself, behind-the-scenes catalogers, who are here to help you find those library materials you're looking for.
Looking for gardening tips? Doing a DIY project or repairing an automobile? Learning a foreign language? Traveling to Machu Picchu? Need a pie recipe? A Pilates DVD? Crocheting ideas?
We've got you covered.
From the library homepage at www.beaufortcountylibrary.org, click on the link at the top left corner, Search the Catalog. Click the first down-arrow, where it says Search, All Formats, and pick from the menu: Book, Large Print, Audiobook, Music Recording (CDs), Magazines, DVDs or Braille.
If you select Book, you will get Hardcover, Softcover, Mass Market Paperback, and Large Print Books. If you want Large Print only, you would just select that one. Next, type your search terms (e.g., author and title) in the blank search box.
The catalog is preset to Keyword, which is the most overall useful search, as it pulls from words in the entire catalog record -- the summary/abstract, table of contents, title and subjects -- all in one search. You can insert the author's name(s) and title of the work; the title of a movie and last name of an actor; or an audiobook title and first/last names of the narrator. If the word or name is unique enough, you don't need to type the entire title or name. And if you're having trouble remembering the title and/or author, try Googling as much as you know about the book or film, and you might be surprised at what a sleuth you are.
Beside Keyword is another drop-down menu that allows you to do more specific searches. There are Series, Title and Subject searches too. If you find you're not getting a good number of results, go back to Keyword searching.
The catalog is preset to search all of SCLends, our statewide consortium of 17 county library systems (see them listed at the bottom of the search screen). They are all free to you with your library card. If it's not at your local library branch, you can click on Place Hold, which will prompt you to log into your account with your library card number and password, and select the branch where you'd like to pick it up.
If the item is checked out from all locations, it might take longer for you to get it. If it's a brand new item, it will not leave the owning library system for six months, so that their patrons get a crack at it. If you're only interested in what Beaufort County owns, then use the drop-down menu next to SCLends and select Beaufort County Library to search all of our holdings or, more specifically, one of our five branches, if you need it right away.
I encourage you to have fun with this. Trial and error is a great teacher. And, of course, when you aren't finding what you need, we are here to help. Come by or give us a call, and we'll set you on the right path to explore our vast catalog of more than 2 million possibilities.
Brendagael Beasley-Forrest is a catalog librarian at the Beaufort library.


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Legendary San Diego Padre Tony Gwynn died at the age of 54 from cancer on Monday. Current and former players and baseball writers took to social media to remember the Hall of Fame player.
With 3,141 hits, Gwynn ranks 19th all-time in MLB.
Having trouble viewing this story on your mobile device? Try this link: Tony Gwynn Remembered.


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FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
Two better-than-expected reports on the U.S. labor market, coupled with a round of strong manufacturing data from China, lifted stock-index futures on Thursday.
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Today's Markets
As of 8:35 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 14 points to 13043, S&P 500 futures climbed 0.75 point to 1408 and Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 8.3 points to 2649.
The markets capped October on a weak note, with the Dow sliding some 2.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fared worse, tumbling 4.5%.
November was off to a tepid start, with markets in Asia and Europe rising modestly. China's official PMI gauge showed manufacturing activity expanding slightly in October after contracting slightly the month before. A separate PMI reading from HSBC showed the manufacturing sector in the world's No. 2 economy contracting at the slowest pace in eight months.
Hongbin Qu, the bank's chief economist for China, said in the report that the data show "industrial activity continues to bottom out following a modest pickup last month."
On the U.S. front, traders will get a look at the job, manufacturing and construction market.
The ADP National Employment Report showed the U.S. private sector added 158,000 jobs in October, more than the 135,000 expected. The Labor Department said new claims for unemployment benefits fell to 363,000 last week from an upwardly revised 372,000 the week prior. Claims were expected to rise to 370,000 from an initially reported 369,000.
Planned job cuts by U.S. firms soared 41% to 47,724 to a five-month high in October from September, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The all-important monthly jobs report from the Labor Department is on tap for Friday.
The Institute for Supply Management's PMI gauge is on tap for 10:00 a.m. ET. The U.S. manufacturing sector is expected to have expanded at a very slightly slower pace in October than it did the month before.
On the corporate front, earnings season marched on Thursday. Pfizer's (NYSE:PFE) adjusted third-quarter profit of 53 cents a share came in line with Wall Street's expectations. However, the drug maker's sales of $14 billion missed forecasts of $14.64 billion. Pfizer's board also announced a new $10 billion share repurchase program.
ExxonMobil's (NYSE:XOM) quarterly results are due ahead of the opening bell as well. After the close of trading, results are expected from American International Group (NYSE:AIG), Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) and LinkedIn (NASDAQ:LNKD).
Oil futures were modestly higher. The benchmark contract traded in New York rose 12 cents, or 0.09%, to $86.32 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline gained 0.21% to $2.636 a gallon.
In metals, gold advanced $7.10, or 0.41%, to $1,726 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 rose 0.48% to 2516, the English FTSE 100 gained 0.54% to 5814 and the German DAX climbed 0.5% to 7297.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 edged up 0.21% to 8947 and the Chinese Hang Seng drifted higher by 0.83% to 21822.


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Laura Letinsky
Before the colors deepened and grew small
From 5 September to 15 November 2008, Galerie m Bochum is showing for the first time photographic still lifes from Laura Letinsky's series "Hardly More Than Ever" (1997-2006) and "To Say It Isn't So" (2006/07). The Canadian artist was born in 1962 and nowadays lives in Chicago.
Laura Letinsky
began to take pictures of the remains of meals using her 4 x 5" camera for the first time in Berlin, in 1997. These feature items such as dirty dishes, empty packages or fruit peels. Letinsky has since developed her own pictorial aesthetic in her still lifes, one based on a painterly quality that expresses a special kind of languid beauty. Gentle color gradients reflect subtle lighting conditions and contrast with sculptural objects that stand out starkly from their surroundings, seeming to take on a life of their own. These still lifes evince a contemporary approach to the world of things, leading to pictures in which symbolism no longer plays the prominent role it once did in 16th-century Dutch and Flemish still life painting – a tradition echoed by the formal qualities of Letinsky's photographs.
The obvious staging of the objects as well as the concealment of any point of spatial reference repeatedly challenge our faculties of perception anew. Letinsky keeps viewers guessing by utilizing the laws of perspective. Tabletops frequently take on the look of whole landscapes leading off into infinity, or they might give more of a flat, two-dimensional impression, with objects seeming about to slide off. Some works even negate any spatial reference, the things shown appearing to be suspended in an indeterminate space. The carefully chosen and arranged objects might stand out from an almost monochrome background like precious treasures. Or they almost disappear with their light or neutral colors, calling for a keen gaze to make them out in the picture space.
The still, almost nostalgic beauty of the ensembles of opened presents, cookie crumbs or empty candy wrappers arouse in us a sense of longing. Running through this work is a lyricism evoked by the irretrievable loss of a momentary situation, a sense of the transience of life's pleasures on the edge of banality.
"The title
Hardly More Than Ever
is a play on words, either lifted or inspired by Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons, and other writing. I love the way she dislodges language from it's expected usage and exploits it's sound and association as revelation (revealing and uplifting). It's associated with phrases like 'I love you more than ever', yet the qualifier 'hardly' could go both ways, i. e. a little more than ever or 'hardly' as in 'barely', or 'not as much'.
To Say It Isn't So
, I have similar associations. 'To say it, isn't so' with a comma separating the clauses would mean that to say something, doesn't make it so (something I tell my 10 year old son all the time although if one knows their language theory, particularly the notion of the performative utterance, to say something can make it so).
A lot of this is suggestive and playing with language in the way that I hope my work 'play' with photography (photography as visual 'language')."


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Scientific American published an article summarizing what I've written about for a couple of years: the IPCC's projections aren't 100% correct. Gasp – the horror! But, contrary to what skeptics think, the direction the IPCC's reports were wrong are opposite of what they claim. The projections time and again underestimated future changes. I think a valid complaint, and one I've made many times myself, is that the IPCC process is too conservative – it takes too long to get the kind of consensus they're looking for. Rapidly changing conditions are not well handled by the IPCC process. When there is conflicting evidence of something, the IPCC has tended to say nothing in an effort not to upset anybody. The good news is there are indications this is changing. The list:
1. Emissions
This is the biggest one. Too many studies focused on moderate emission pathways, when yearly updates showed our actual emissions were on the high range of those considered by the IPCC. I actually posted on this two days ago: CO2 Emissions Continue to Track At Top of IPCC Range. This has implications for every other process that follows.
2. Temperature
More accurately, energy in the climate system is the variable of interest. It is easy to point out that temperatures since 2000 haven't increased as much as projected. It is also easy to compare observed trends since 1980 and claim AR4 models over-predicted temperature rise. This conflates a couple of issues: the AR4 wasn't used to project since 1980. More importantly, the difference between observed trends since 1980 and projected temperatures from half of the AR4 models was less than 0.04°C (0.072°F). That's pretty darned small. With respect to the trend since 2000, the real issue is energy gain. The vast majority of energy has accumulated in the oceans:
More specifically, if the heat is transported quickly to the deep ocean (>2000ft), the sea surface temperature doesn't increase rapidly. Nor does atmosphere or land temperatures change. This is true at least in the short-term. When the ocean transports this heat from the deep back to the surface, we should be able to more easily measure that heat. Put simply, the temporary hiatus of temperature rise is just that: temporary. Are we prepared for when that hiatus ends?
The relatively small increase in near-surface air and land temperatures is thus explained. The IPCC never claimed the 4.3° to 11.5°F temperature rise (AR4 projection) would happen by 2020 – it is likely to happen by 2100. Expect more synergy between projected temperatures and observed temperatures in the coming years. Also remember that climate is made up of long-term weather observations.
Additionally, aerosols emitted by developing nations have been observed to reflect some of the incoming solar radiation back to space. Once these aerosols precipitate out of the atmosphere or are not emitted at some point in the future, the absorption of longwave radiation by the remaining greenhouse gases will be more prominent. The higher the concentration of gases, the more radiation will be absorbed and the faster the future temperature rise is likely to be. These aerosols are thus masking the signal that would otherwise be measured if they weren't present.
3. Arctic Meltdown
This is the big story of 2012. The Arctic sea ice melted in summer 2012 to a new record low: an area the size of the United States melted this year! Even as late as 2007 (prior to the previous record-low melt), the IPCC projected that Arctic ice wouldn't decrease much until at least 2050. Instead, we're decades ahead of this projection – despite only a relatively small global temperature increase in the past 25 years (0.15°C or so). What will happen when temperatures increase by multiple degrees Centigrade?
4. Ice sheets
These are the land-based sheets, which are melting up to 100 years faster than the IPCC's first three reports. 2007's report was the first to identify more rapid ice sheet melt. The problem is complex cryospheric dynamics. Understandably, the most remote and inhospitable regions on Earth are the least studied. Duh. That's changing, with efforts like the fourth International Polar Year, the results of which are still being studied and published. Needless to say, modern instrumentation and larger field campaigns have resulted in advances in polar knowledge.
5. Sea Level Rise
It's nice being relevant. I just posted something new on this yesterday: NOAA Sea-Level Rise Report Issued – Dec 2012. The 3.3mm of sea-level rise per year is higher than the 2001 report's projection of 2mm per year. Integrated over 100 years, that 1mm difference results in 4″ more SLR. But again, with emission and energy underestimates, the 3.3mm rate of SLR is expected to increase in future decades, according to the latest research. Again, another mm per year results in another 4″ 100 years from now. Factors affecting SLR that the IPCC didn't address in 2007 includes global ocean warming (warmer water takes up more volume), faster ice sheet melt, and faster glacial melt. Additionally, feedback mechanisms are still poorly understood and therefore not well represented in today's state-of-the-art models.
6. Ocean Acidification
The first 3 IPCC reports didn't even mention this effect. In the past 250 years, ocean acidity has increased by 30% – not a trivial amount! As the article points out, research on this didn't even start until after 2000.
7. Thawing Tundra
Another area that is not well-studied and therefore not well understood. The mechanics and processes need to be observed so they can be modeled more effectively. 1.5 trillion tons of carbon are locked away in the currently frozen tundra. If these regions thaw, as is likely since the Arctic has observed the most warming to date, methane could be released to the atmosphere. Since methane acts as a more efficient GHG over short time frames, this could accelerate short-term warming much more quickly than projected (See temperatures above). The SciAm article points out the AR5, to be released next year, will once again not include projections on this topic.
8. Tipping Points
This is probably the most controversial aspect of this list. Put simply, no one knows where potential tipping points exist, if they do at all. The only way we're likely to find out about tipping points is by looking in the past some day in the future. By then, of course, moving back to other side of the tipping point will be all but impossible on any time-frame relevant to people alive then.
There are plenty of problems with the UNFCCC's IPCC process. Underestimation of critical variables is but one problem plaguing it. Blame it on scientists who, by training, are very conservative in their projections and language. They also didn't think policymakers would fail to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Do policymakers relying on the IPCC projections know of and/or understand this nuance? If not, how robust will their decisions be? The IPCC process needs to be more transparent, including allowing more viewpoints to be expressed, say in an Appendix compendium. The risks associated with underestimating future change are higher than the opposite.


text: On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Greg Lindahl wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 09:05:15AM +0100, Nicolae_Popovici at mksinst.com wrote: > > I am trying to use the rtl8139-diag program > Is it still the case that these cards lock up under heavy use in Linux > and Windows? They're cheap in more than one way. That's a little like the phrase "are you still beating your wife". There are tens of millions of rtl8139 chips out there, and almost all configurations work. You don't hear from the people with working systems, only from the ones that don't work. Some revs of the chip acted differently than others. With bad match of PCI timing (it's not clear if it's the NIC or motherboard, but it's the combination that is bad) the forwarding pointers on the Rx ring would be corrupted. The result was some combinations would run reliably at 100% load, while there were problem machines where nothing but frequent full resets would allow continued operation. -- Donald Becker becker at scyld.com Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Scyld Beowulf cluster system Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993


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kotaku.com: I can tell you exactly when I ruined Pokemon for myself. It was when I enlisted the help of an Action Replay and an obscure program that let me do just about anything in the game. It was like playing god. Pokemon god. And having this powerful ability completely changed how I see cheating.
When it doesn't block achievements/trophies, which is almost never.
Uncharted 2 letting me buy a rocket launcher instantaneously and not penalizing me by blocking trophies was pretty sweet hehehe.
I remember playing BattleTanx on the N64, and I had the immortality cheat enabled. I never made it past a bonus level that consisted in killing as much tanks as you could before you died, wave after wave. I had to quit because I got bored of not being able to move on....
GTA...come on they added a whole new level of fun to the game.
Ulimited Ammo/health fair enough but the flying car cheat, All pedestrians riot, all pedestrians want to kill you were great
Cheating enabled by the game devs (like GTA for example) is acceptable. Cheating, especially in MP online, is right down awful.
I also got that Pokemon cheat, infinite everything, shining Arceus and shit. It was fun for a couple of hours, then you realize there is no goal in the game since you have everything and can do everything. Those cheats are bad. But those that give you op stuff like in AOE? They're fun, and they're not game breaking.
Never, If you can't play and appreciate what someone worked years on then either stop playing or find a new hobby. It's annoying when gaming online and it's even more annoying when PC elitests have to change everything in a game for it to be "enjoyable".
Of course when a developer puts in a "cheats" menu or changing options like in GTA or Saints Row then it's fine because it's not really cheating but using a different option. The second you mod or use glitches to gain the advantage then it's not okay.


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And Is It Bad For Our Future?
When I announced my fourth pregnancy, I have to admit that I braced myself for some not-so-supportive comments about overpopulation and burgeoning birthrates. Were my husband and I being totally irresponsible in bringing another life into the world?
Turns out, I might be worrying too much
Contrary to popular belief, in the U.S. and even worldwide, the birthrate among women is on the decline.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2012 statistics on birth in the U.S. (the most recent complete statistics available), the general fertility rate declined to 63 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 for a grand total of 3,952,841 births in the U.S. that year.
Interestingly enough, birthrates actually declined for women in their "prime" childbearing years, aged 20 to 29, while births did increase for women who were aged 30 to 44 years old.
But the main indicator of fertility is calculated by a total fertility rate, estimated by the number of births over a woman's lifetime, which declined 1 percent to 1,880.5 per 1,000 women from 2011, when the rate was 1.9 percent. Most recently, the highest birthrate was 3.71 percent in 1960. Even as recently as 2010, the fertility rate was 2.01 percent. And according to USA Today, our current low birthrate is actually too low — the replacement level for births needs to be at 2.1 percent. Even more troublesome, the CDC reports that the birthrate has actually been below replacement level since 1971.
So what is causing the decline?
Well, for one thing, the age of first-time mothers is on the rise, which subsequently results in fewer births as fertility declines with age. The CDC's data from 2012 shows that the average first-time mother now gives birth at approximately age 26, and the fertility rate for women aged 40 to 44 was at a whopping 10.4 percent.
Other experts cite economic recession as a reason for the decline, pointing back to the 1970s, when the birthrate declined to 1.7 percent as more women headed back to work to make up the income gap.
Sam Sturgeon, president of Demographic Intelligence told USA Today that he isn't sure if the difference can be made up, simply because people's attitudes towards what makes up the "perfect" family have changed throughout the years.
"The two-child family is still kind of the ideal culturally," he said. "However, you can only delay so long and it will have an impact on the number of children we have."
And of course, the workplace has to be credited with a lower birthrate for women as well. Without widespread change that supports family-friendly policies in the workplace, it's not exactly easy for women to take time off to pop out some more kids.
It will be interesting to see what happens when current baby boomers and retirees leave the workplace, without a fresh crop of workers to replace them.
But as for me?
I guess I can stop feeling badly and raise a toast to doing my part to replace that declining birthrate. Four kids, anyone?
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Portage is probably Gentoo's most notable innovation in software management. With its high flexibility and enormous amount of features it is frequently seen as the best software management tool available for Linux.
Portage is completely written in
Most users will work with Portage through the
$ man emerge
When we talk about packages, we often mean software titles that are available to
the Gentoo users through the Portage tree. The Portage tree is a collection of
Whenever you ask Portage to perform some action regarding software titles, it will use the ebuilds on your system as a base. It is therefore important that you regularly update the ebuilds on your system so Portage knows about new software, security updates, etc.
The Portage tree is usually updated with
# emerge --sync
If you are unable to rsync due to firewall restrictions you can still update
your Portage tree by using our daily generated Portage tree snapshots. The
# emerge-webrsync
To search through the Portage tree after software titles, you can use
For instance, to search for all packages who have "pdf" in their name:
$ emerge --search pdf
If you want to search through the descriptions as well you can use the
$ emerge --searchdesc pdf
When you take a look at the output, you'll notice that it gives you a lot of information. The fields are clearly labelled so we won't go further into their meanings:
* net-print/cups-pdf Latest version available: 1.5.2 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 15 kB Homepage: http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/ Description: Provides a virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files. License: GPL-2
Once you've found a software title to your liking, you can easily install it
# emerge gnumeric
Since many applications depend on each other, any attempt to install a certain
software package might result in the installation of several dependencies as
well. Don't worry, Portage handles dependencies well. If you want to find out
what Portage
# emerge --pretend gnumeric
When you ask Portage to install a package, it will download the necessary source
code from the internet (if necessary) and store it by default in
# emerge --fetchonly gnumeric
Many packages come with their own documentation. Sometimes, the
(alsa-lib is just an example, of course.)# emerge -vp alsa-lib [ebuild N ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.14_rc1 -debug +doc 698 kB
You can enable or disable the
Once the package installed, its documentation is generally found in a
subdirectory named after the package under the
# ls -l /usr/share/doc/alsa-lib-1.0.14_rc1 total 28 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 669 May 17 21:54 ChangeLog.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9373 May 17 21:54 COPYING.gz drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8560 May 17 21:54 html -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 196 May 17 21:54 TODO.gz
(Alternatively, use equery to locate interesting files:)# equery files alsa-lib | less media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.14_rc1 * Contents of media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.14_rc1: /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/alsalisp (Output truncated)
When you want to remove a software package from your system, use
However, a
# emerge --unmerge gnumeric
When you remove a package from your system, the dependencies of that package
that were installed automatically when you installed the software are left. To
have Portage locate all dependencies that can now be removed, use
To keep your system in perfect shape (and not to mention install the latest
security updates) you need to update your system regularly. Since Portage only
checks the ebuilds in your Portage tree you first have to update your Portage
tree. When your Portage tree is updated, you can update your system with
# emerge --update --ask world
Portage will then search for newer version of the applications you have
installed. However, it will only verify the versions for the applications you
# emerge --update --deep world
Since security updates also happen in packages you have not explicitly installed on your system (but that are pulled in as dependencies of other programs), it is recommended to run this command once in a while.
If you have altered any of your
# emerge --update --deep --newuse world
Some packages in the Portage tree don't have any real content but are used to
install a collection of packages. For instance, the
If you ever want to remove such a package from your system, running
Portage has the functionality to remove orphaned dependencies as well, but since
the availability of software is dynamically dependent you first need to update
your entire system fully, including the new changes you applied when changing
USE flags. After this you can run
All this is handled with the following three commands:
# emerge --update --deep --newuse world # emerge --depclean # revdep-rebuild
# emerge gentoolkit
As we stated before, Portage is extremely powerful and supports many features that other software management tools lack. To understand this, we explain a few aspects of Portage without going into too much detail.
With Portage different versions of a single package can coexist on a system.
While other distributions tend to name their package to those versions (like
There are also packages that provide the same functionality but are implemented
differently. For instance,
Software in the Portage tree can reside in different branches. By default your system only accepts packages that Gentoo deems stable. Most new software titles, when committed, are added to the testing branch, meaning more testing needs to be done before it is marked as stable. Although you will see the ebuilds for those software in the Portage tree, Portage will not update them before they are placed in the stable branch.
Some software is only available for a few architectures. Or the software doesn't work on the other architectures, or it needs more testing, or the developer that committed the software to the Portage tree is unable to verify if the package works on different architectures.
Each Gentoo installation adheres to a certain
[blocks B ] mail-mta/ssmtp (is blocking mail-mta/postfix-2.2.2-r1)
!!! Error: the mail-mta/postfix package conflicts with another package. !!! both can't be installed on the same system together. !!! Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.
Ebuilds contain specific fields that inform Portage about its dependencies.
There are two possible dependencies: build dependencies, declared in
To fix a blockage, you can choose to not install the package or unmerge the
conflicting package first. In the given example, you can opt not to install
You may also see blocking packages with specific atoms, such as <media-video/mplayer-bin-1.0_rc1-r2. In this case, updating to a more recent version of the blocking package would remove the block.
It is also possible that two packages that are yet to be installed are blocking
each other. In this rare case, you should find out why you need to install both.
In most cases you can do with one of the packages alone. If not, please file a
bug on
!!! all ebuilds that could satisfy "bootsplash" have been masked.
!!! possible candidates are: - gnome-base/gnome-2.8.0_pre1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) - lm-sensors/lm-sensors-2.8.7 (masked by: -sparc keyword) - sys-libs/glibc-188.8.131.5240808 (masked by: -* keyword) - dev-util/cvsd-1.0.2 (masked by: missing keyword) - games-fps/unreal-tournament-451 (masked by: package.mask) - sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r11 (masked by: profile)
When you want to install a package that isn't available for your system, you will receive this masking error. You should try installing a different application that is available for your system or wait until the package is put available. There is always a reason why a package is masked:
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy ">=sys-devel/gcc-3.4.2-r4". !!! Problem with ebuild sys-devel/gcc-3.4.2-r2 !!! Possibly a DEPEND/*DEPEND problem.
The application you are trying to install depends on another package that is not
available for your system. Please check
!!! The short ebuild name "aterm" is ambiguous. Please specify !!! one of the following fully-qualified ebuild names instead: dev-libs/aterm x11-terms/aterm
The application you want to install has a name that corresponds with more than one package. You need to supply the category name as well. Portage will inform you of possible matches to choose from.
!!! Error: circular dependencies: ebuild / net-print/cups-1.1.15-r2 depends on ebuild / app-text/ghostscript-7.05.3-r1 ebuild / app-text/ghostscript-7.05.3-r1 depends on ebuild / net-print/cups-1.1.15-r2
Two (or more) packages you want to install depend on each other and can
therefore not be installed. This is most likely a bug in the Portage tree.
Please resync after a while and try again. You can also check
!!! Fetch failed for sys-libs/ncurses-5.4-r5, continuing...
(...)!!! Some fetch errors were encountered. Please see above for details.
Portage was unable to download the sources for the given application and will try to continue installing the other applications (if applicable). This failure can be due to a mirror that has not synchronised correctly or because the ebuild points to an incorrect location. The server where the sources reside can also be down for some reason.
Retry after one hour to see if the issue still persists.
!!! Trying to unmerge package(s) in system profile. 'sys-apps/portage' !!! This could be damaging to your system.
You have asked to remove a package that is part of your system's core packages. It is listed in your profile as required and should therefore not be removed from the system.
Sometimes, when you attempt to emerge a package, it will fail with the message:
>>> checking ebuild checksums !!! Digest verification failed:
This is a sign that something is wrong with the Portage tree -- often, it is because a developer may have made a mistake when committing a package to the tree.
When the digest verification fails, do
Instead, wait an hour or two for the tree to settle down. It's likely that the
error was noticed right away, but it can take a little time for the fix to
trickle down the Portage tree. While you're waiting, check
Once you see that the bug has been fixed, you may want to re-sync to pick up the fixed digest.


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The St. Louis Rams landed their left tackle of the future when they selected Greg Robinson with the second overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
When that future actually begins remains to be seen. The effective and well-compensated Jake Long isn't going anywhere and the Rams appear to be comfortable with Joe Barksdale at right tackle. On Monday, Rams general manager Les Snead acknowledged that Robinson's NFL career might start on the inside.
"The goal is to get the five best guys out there on the offensive line and he might play guard," Snead told SiriusXM Radio.
With the recently re-signed Rodger Saffold entrenched at right guard, that means Robinson should be lining up next to Long at left tackle -- a shoulder-to-shoulder apprentice program, if you will.
Jeff Fisher could end up using Robinson as a chess piece in 2014. The former Auburn standout provides an answer at guard and insurance at tackle if St. Louis were to encounter trouble with Long or Barksdale.
It's a fantastic luxury for a coach to have.
The "Around The League Podcast" wrapped up the draft by picking our winners and losers.


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Ruth Anna Martin, 80, Wabash, died at 4 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, at her home. She was born Aug. 24, 1932 in Wabash County, to Esta and Mabel (Robertson) Martin.
Ruth was a 1951 graduate of Peru High School. She married Raymond A. Martin in Wabash on Dec. 22, 1954. She worked in the Dietary Department at the Wabash County Hospital 17 years, retiring in 1990. Ruth was a member of the Wabash Christ United Methodist Church, and a 53 year member of the Wabash American Legion Auxiliary Unit 15, serving as president in 1966 and 1984. She enjoyed NASCAR, the Chicago Cubs, and an Indiana University basketball fan.
She is survived by her husband, Raymond A. Martin, Wabash; three children, Diana Blair and Gary Wayne Martin, both of Wabash, and Linda (Randy) Sexton, Roann; three grandchildren, Randall Sexton, Bunker Hill, Todd Blair, Wabash, and Adara Sexton, Louisville, Ky. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and a brother.
Funeral services will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service on Monday, April 29 at 10 a.m., with Pastor Bruce Hostetler officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash.
Friends and family may call from 4-8 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Wabash American Legion Auxiliary Unit 15 Girls State Program.
The memorial guest book for Ruth may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.


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In most cases people will take into consideration the quality of carpet and the type when out purchasing carpets. A carpet pad has significant influence on the quality of carpet which will be a laid in your home. Carpet padding will add insulation to the home. The insulating properties of the pads can insulate the home against heat loss and too much sound when people will be walking in their homes. There are several factors you need to take into consideration when looking for a carpet padding which you can have in your home.
This is a measure of carpet padding resistance to heat flow. It is a measure of how well carpet padding will prevent heat from flowing from one area to the other. This includes keeping warm areas warm and cold arras cold. R values usually fall between R-0.2 and R-2. You can as well find high values. When about to purchase carpet padding, R factor is among factors listed. Carpets have R values as well; the combined R values make the combined R values for carpets and pads. Wool carpets tend to have high R factor when compared to those exhibited by carpet padding.
Dense carpet padding has higher insulating properties when compared to thin padding. The density is listed as weight per cubic foot of carpet padding. A carpet padding designed for residence is usually between 5 and 8 pounds/cubic foot. High grade carpet padding can be denser. You can find them at 30 pounds per cubic foot or even higher. Some manufacturers can list the density in ounces per square yard.
A thicker carpet pad will insulate better than a thinner pad. A carpet pad will be 1/2 inch thick and can be as thin as ¼ inch. Thick padding will be the right choice when trying to increase the insulating power, but you will be restricted on the thickness in some areas. Going for a carpet pad which is too thick can make the carpet flex and buckle in some areas. You should avoid thick padding in high traffic areas such as hallways and stairwells. You can restrict them to low traffic areas where they will not make the carpet fall apart. Always ensure you have the right thickness of the padding so that you will avoid unnecessary tearing of your expensive area rug or carpet.
You should be cautious when about to buy carpet padding. A thicker and denser carpet will insulate your home from heat and sound. You should be careful of how thick a carpet padding should be in certain areas in you room. You should check the manufacturer's recommendation before purchasing any carpet padding. Buying wrong carpet padding can make the carpet wear out easily. It will also affect the warranty which you will be offered for your carpet. Be careful when buying padding for radiant heating and Berber carpets. Thick padding can reduce the effectiveness of radiant heating in your home. For Berber carpets, you need padding which is specifically designed for the carpets.