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News out of Dallas this morning is that USMNT member and South Africa '10 hopeful, Kenny Cooper is headed to 1860 Munich of the Bundesliga 2.
My brother refers to Cooper as "my boy," but the reality is that I just like that he is a true striker. And Mark, everyone knows that Benny Feilhaber…well that adoration piece is coming shortly.
Cooper, for his part, wants the ball and he wants ownership of the goal scoring responsibility. In contrast, Landon Donovan has much more skill (and plays in a different way), but really has never taken that onus until the Confederation Cup this year.
I think the Bundesliga is going to be an excellent and crucial fit for Cooper. While the exposure is not the same as some of the other European leagues, the Bundesliga boasts a very high level of technical soccer. Further, the cross–see: Michael Ballack–and header is just as big in that league as it is in the English leagues.
Speaking of the English leagues, while Cooper was unable to hack it at Manchester United where he had a trial out of college, I'm curious why none of the team (maybe they did?) pursued him.
If Kenny can improve his technical proficiency, I think there are correlaries to such noted EPL strikers as John Carew and to a lesser extent, Peter Crouch.


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== International Office and Registration Office ==
== International Office and Registration Office ==
The [[Auslandsamt|International Office]]
The [[Auslandsamt|International Office]] is your next stop . There you will receive an entry form and a payment form for the semester fee. Payment of the semester fee is a requirement for matriculation. the the the semester may .
Next stop is the municipal [[Auslandsamt|Registration Office]], where your new address has to be registered. You can also do that at the registration points in your district of town or the [[Auslandsamt|Citizens' Bureaus]]. They have more customer-friendly office hours. Registration at the Registration Office has to take place within two weeks after arrival in Dresden. Since you need a confirmation of registration to be able to open a bank account in Germany, you should register as soon as possible. In order to register you need your passport and a copy of the lease. At the Registration Office you will fill out a registration form to get your confirmation of registration.
Next stop is the municipal [[Auslandsamt|Registration Office]], where your new address has to be registered. You can also do that at the registration points in your district of town or the [[Auslandsamt|Citizens' Bureaus]]. They have more customer-friendly office hours. Registration at the Registration Office has to take place within two weeks after arrival in Dresden. Since you need a confirmation of registration to be able to open a bank account in Germany, you should register as soon as possible. In order to register you need your passport and a copy of the lease. At the Registration Office you will fill out a registration form to get your confirmation of registration.
== Opening an Account ==
== Opening an Account ==
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First Questions After Arrival
While you were still at home you successfully mastered the first steps, you received the notification of admission, you went through all the necessary formalities and you have travelled to Germany.
For all foreign students, who have recently arrived to stay for a few semesters or a complete degree course, the first few days pose once more a big and exciting challenge.
How to find your place of accommodation from the railway station or the airport? Are there still some formalities to go through? How and where does one get one's student identification card? How about public transport facilities? These and other questions pose themselves to the newly arrived foreign student. Many things still have to be taken care of and some of them might be a bit confusing at the start.
The following information aims at answering the most important questions, hopefully helping you plan the first days in your new city of residence.
Securing Accommodation First
After having arrived in Dresden, Zittau or Görlitz, you surely would like to move into your room first. If you have been given a place in a university hall of residence, the first thing to do is to go to the Studentenwerk und find the contact person responsible for the division "Residential Life" to conclude your accomondation contract. Please keep in mind the office hours about which you have previously received information. All relevant contact information can be found in the confirmation notification you received via e-mail or through the post, provided you applied for a place in a student hall of residence.
To conclude your accommodation agreement, you will need to produce your passport, the notification of admission and the deposit mentioned in the confirmation notification. Please note that the rooms in the student halls of residence do not come with blankets, linen, towels and kitchen utensils. On the day of arrival you can buy the starter kits "Sleeping" and "Living" at the Studentenwerk Dresden at a moderate price. In your student hall special tutors are for your available as contact persons to assists you whenever you are in need of help.
If you failed to apply for a place at a hall of residence, you can of course still come to the Studentenwerk to apply for a room. However, for the time being you need to find alternative accommodation. Our International Guest House or youth hostels provide you with favourably priced accommodation facilities.
International Office and Registration Office
The Academic International Office is your next stop (as student of the University of Applied Sciences please turn to the registry). There you will receive an entry form and a payment form for the semester fee. Payment of the semester fee is a requirement for matriculation. Depending on the institute of higher education the amount of the semester fee may vary.
Next stop is the municipal Registration Office, where your new address has to be registered. You can also do that at the registration points in your district of town or the Citizens' Bureaus. They have more customer-friendly office hours. Registration at the Registration Office has to take place within two weeks after arrival in Dresden. Since you need a confirmation of registration to be able to open a bank account in Germany, you should register as soon as possible. In order to register you need your passport and a copy of the lease. At the Registration Office you will fill out a registration form to get your confirmation of registration.
Opening an Account
Next you should go to a bank to open an account. Most banks offer accounts for students that are without a fee. Yet again, please have your passport, application confirmation and notification of admission ready. After an account has been opened, please use the payment form from the International Office to pay the semester fee. Please do not forget to take along a copy of the payment form because you will have to show a confirmation of payment at the International Office. Please transfer enough money to your new bank account to cover the monthly health insurance payments and the rent for the lease of the hall of residence. At your bank you can of course change foreign currencies into EUR.
Taking out a Health Insurance
Next step: going to the office of a German health insurance company. As a rule, international students from EU countries get health insurance certificates called E 128 or E 111 that are acknowledged in Germany. Please show your health insurance certificate at the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse (AOK) or the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK). There you will receive a confirmation form concerning your health insurance for the Academic International Office.
International students from non-EU countries should take out a new obligatory health insurance in Germany. Once more, please have your passport and notification of admission ready. If you wish to pay your monthly health insurance payments by standing order, please submit your account data as well. Health insurance companies have student package deals that cost approximately 55 EUR. Again, there will get a confirmation form to be shown in at the International Office.
There is a special stipulation for international students over 30 years of age. They are obliged to take out a private health insurance in Germany. It is important to take out a "private Krankenvollversicherung für Studenten", a private complete health insurance for students. In Dresden two private health insurance companies offer such a health insurance. If this applies to you either go to the Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG or the AXA Colonia, Generalvertretung (general agency) Weber & Partner.
The Next Steps
After completing these steps, please return to your International Office and hand in the registration form, the confirmation of payment of the semester fee and the confirmation about your health insurance. A few days later, you will receive your confirmation of matriculation and your student identity card. The latter serves as semester ticket for tram, bus and S-Bahn, a type a train in urban agglomerations. For the duration of six months you can then use the public transport facilities of the Dresden region. Inquire as to the area of validity of the semester ticket, in case you travel outside of the city limits of Dresden. In addition you will need your student identification card to register at the university and college libraries, to get price reductions in several fields and to receive the university cafeteria key, the Emeal.
Now, please return to the Studentenwerk Dresden and hand in your confirmation of matriculation with the division "Residential Life" to confirm that you have a right to stay in a hall of residence (a procedure that needs to be repeated at the start of every semester). In addition, you should leave your bank account data and give permission for payment by standing order for the monthly payments of the rent for your room in a hall of residence.
There is yet another bureaucratic obligation: you will have to go to the municipal International Office for a residence permit (non EU citizens) or a freedom of movement confirmation (EU citizens). This registration is obligatory for all foreign citizens staying longer than three months in Germany. Therefore this visit to the municipal International Office had better take place as soon as possible after entry into Germany. The following documents are required at the municipal International Office:
- A filled out application form (obtainable directly at the municipal International Office or at the Academic International Office).
- Passport
- Visa (if applicable)
- Notification of admission
- Confirmation of matriculation
- A copy of the lease
- A copy of the registration confirmation of the Registration Office
- A copy of the confirmation of the health insurance policy
- Financial certificate
In addition you will need money for the obligatory charge or fee.
On a checklist, we have put together all the important offices that you might have to deal with. You can print the list and use it for your orientation.
Public Transport System in Dresden
In order to get around in Dresden, e.g., to some of the municipal offices mentioned above, you might wish to use the public transport facilities. This can be easily done, since your student identity card is also a ticket (semester ticket) in trams, buses and certain trains. The Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe (DVB), the local transport authorities, service twelve tram lines and many bus lines. In addition, there are a suspension railway, a cable railway and several ferries across the river Elbe. All the railway stations and Dresden Airport are connected to the tram and bus lines. It is advisable to obtain information about the public transport system before coming to Dresden. On the Internet you can find survey maps of the transport lines. Either use those maps or ask the service staff at the service points, to find the right connections to your destinations. The time tables with the departure times are to be found at any of the stops and, of course, on the website. The regional buses, maintained by the Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (VVO), the transportation authority Upper Elbe, can also be used with your semester ticket. Several S-Bahnen of the Deutsche Bahn (the German national railway company) have stops in Dresden. The airport shuttle connecting the airport to the railway stations of Dresden is an important one. This line as well as some other S-Bahn connections in the Dresden region are included within the range of validity of the semester ticket.
In Zittau and Görlitz there is no semester ticket for students as every facility is easily accessible.
Of course, destinations in Dresden, Zittau and Görlitz can be reached by bicycle or on foot. Especially when the weather is fine, it is worthwhile to avoid the main traffic arteries and stick to less frequented streets and footpaths (along the river Elbe) or to go through parks. You will be surprised how many beautiful "spots" still await discovery. In order to do this, you will need a map. We have prepared a marked map for you to download here, containing all the important destinations in Dresden. On the internet you can find several varying online maps that allow searching for addresses.
Aid and Assistance for the Duration of Your Studies
On this website the offers of assistance of several partners/facilities have already been mentioned. Most of these facilities offer help in the preparation and continuation of your stay in Germany. There is a distinction between institutional facilities, clubs and initiatives.
Institutional facilities have a clearly defined task profile and staff members to carry out those tasks. In this category belong all the Academic International Offices, the Studentenwerk, the municipal International Office, the civil servants responsible for foreigners and all organisations working for the state of Saxony or the city of Dresden. The Academic International Offices, for instance, offer tutor programmes and organise various events. Your International Office will keep you informed. They also organise excursions. Please use their offers because of their very moderate prices and because of the chances of meeting and getting to know people. The Studentenwerk offers you the FiF-Programme, bringing you into contact with German families for the purpose of language and cultural exchange.
A club consists of a group of persons associating with a specific common objective, such as the cultivation of common interests. To be officially recognised, in Germany a club needs rules or statutes, listing the purpose of the club and the committee members; further, the club must be entered in the Registry of Clubs. When entry has taken place, one can see the ending e.V., meaning "eingetragener Verein", registered club. You may have heard that the Germans love their clubs. Although perhaps a slight exaggeration, Germany is characterised by a lively club culture. Clubs form part of the German culture; they have objectives ranging from organisation of leisure time to citizens' commitment to causes on various levels. Best known and loved are sport and music clubs, but clubs dealing with intercultural issues or other causes equally abound. The diversity of the German club culture allows everyone to find a club to their taste. In a club, you can share your interests with other enthusiasts, make contacts and find friends. At the same time you get to know a part of the "German tradition", an active club life and the so-called Wir-Gefühl ("us-feeling") of the club members. Many clubs organise events, lectures, performances, workshops etc. that are also open to non-members.
In addition, there are initiatives by volunteers, concerning themselves with intercultural issues. Initiatives of universities and colleges such as the Erasmus initiative are especially relevant for you. This initiative organises theme nights, parties, excursions, contacts and aids and assists foreign students settling down in their new country.
Worth mentioning here is also the Linkpartner programme. This offers the excellent opportunity of getting into contact with German students before travelling to Germany, thus profiting from their experiences and the fact that they know their way around campus and city.
In summary, the following should be stressed: members or staff members of the various facilities are always willing to help and inform you. Please consult their websites as well. Whether it is about the preparation or arrangement of your studies or about student life in general, there are many and varied offers to choose from. International students in Dresden, Zittau and Görlitz are not left to their own devices. A large number of initiatives, clubs and organisations take it upon themselves to support foreign students friendly and competently.


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Lil Wayne was sitting courtside at a recent Lakers playoff game, cheering on his favorite player, Kobe Bryant, whom the rapper says has inspired much more than just his music.
"He's inspired not only songs, but he's inspired me in life in general just the way he attacks things, the way he never backs down, the way he fights through injury," Lil Wayne said.
"Not only do he fight through injury, and not only do he play through injury, he excel through injury. I take those type of things and I just apply them to my everyday life."
Lil Wayne's description of Bryant could not be more accurate.
This season Bryant scored at least 40 points in four consecutive games despite a torn ligament in his right wrist and he scored 30 points or more over a five-game stretch even though he wore a mask to protect his broken nose.
"I believe he's the greatest player to touch a basketball," Lil Wayne said.
Lil Wayne, one of the most revered artsts in hip-hop, said he grew up watching Bryant. The rap star and the basketball star have on multiple occasions publicly expressed their admiration for each other.
"I learned a lot from Kobe," Lil Wayne said.
Though Lil Wayne has a diamond grill and sits only a few feet from the sideline, he said he comes to games as an anonymous fan and doesn't expect any recognition from the players.
"This is the playoffs, I dont expect them to acknowledge me. I dont even expect them to notice me," he said.
When told by a reporter that some of the Lakers have said that Lil Wayne is one of their favorite artists, he cracked a hint of a smile.
"I hope so," he said.


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Category: main menu • length menu • Chinese cùn
length conversion
Amount: 1 Chinese cùn (市寸) of length
Equals: 0.000000033 megameters (Mm) in length
Converting Chinese cùn to megameters value in the length units scale.
TOGGLE : from megameters into Chinese cùn in the other way around.
CONVERT : between other length measuring units - complete list.
Conversion calculator for webmasters.
Length, Distance, Height & Depth units
Distance in the metric sense from any two A to Z points (interchangeable with Z and A), also applies to physical lengths, depths, heights or simply farness. Tool with multiple distance, depth and length measurement units.
Convert length measuring units between Chinese cùn (市寸) and megameters (Mm) but in the other reverse direction from megameters into Chinese cùn.
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Converter type: length units
This online length from 市寸 into Mm converter is a handy tool not just for certified or experienced professionals.
First unit: Chinese cùn (市寸) is used for measuring length.
Second: megameter (Mm) is unit of length.
0.000000033 Mm is converted to 1 of what?
The megameters unit number 0.000000033 Mm converts to 1 市寸, one Chinese cùn. It is the EQUAL length value of 1 Chinese cùn but in the megameters length unit alternative.
How to convert 2 Chinese cùn (市寸) into megameters (Mm)? Is there a calculation formula?
First divide the two units variables. Then multiply the result by 2 - for example:
3.3333333333333E-8 * 2 (or divide it by / 0.5)
1 市寸 = ? Mm
1 市寸 = 0.000000033 Mm
Other applications for this length calculator ...
With the above mentioned two-units calculating service it provides, this length converter proved to be useful also as a teaching tool:
1. in practicing Chinese cùn and megameters ( 市寸 vs. Mm ) values exchange.
2. for conversion factors training exercises between unit pairs.
3. work with length's values and properties.
International unit symbols for these two length measurements are:
Abbreviation or prefix ( abbr. short brevis ), unit symbol, for Chinese cùn is:
Abbreviation or prefix ( abbr. ) brevis - short unit symbol for megameter is:
One Chinese cùn of length converted to megameter equals to 0.000000033 Mm
How many megameters of length are in 1 Chinese cùn? The answer is: The change of 1 市寸 ( Chinese cùn ) unit of length measure equals = to 0.000000033 Mm ( megameter ) as the equivalent measure for the same length type.
In principle with any measuring task, switched on professional people always ensure, and their success depends on, they get the most precise conversion results everywhere and every-time. Not only whenever possible, it's always so. Often having only a good idea ( or more ideas ) might not be perfect nor good enough solution. If there is an exact known measure in 市寸 - Chinese cùn for length amount, the rule is that the Chinese cùn number gets converted into Mm - megameters or any other length unit absolutely exactly.
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Financially strapped Riverside closes drug treatment center
Riverside General Hospital, a historic institution crippled recently by scandal and mismanagement, surrendered its substance abuse treatment license Thursday as part of a bid to stay in business in a severely reduced capacity.
Effective immediately, the hospital will stop drug abuse and psychiatric treatment and provide only detoxification services.
The move came after the state's top health official traveled to Houston to tour the organization's three campuses for a first-hand look at problems from fire alarms and air conditioning to patient records and food-preparation conditions.
Losing its drug treatment license means closing the Barbara Jordan Recovery Center on Lyons Avenue in Fifth Ward, which had 81 inpatient and 26 outpatient clients Thursday, according to a count by Texas Department of State Health Services officials. Four children also resided there with their mother, who was in treatment.
The state agency has about $3.5 million in contracts with Riverside and will eliminate the roughly $3 million associated with the Barbara Jordan site, agency spokesman Chris Van Deusen said.
Dr. Kyle Janek, the Texas Health and Human Services executive commissioner, said he showed up because of the hospital's significance in Houston.
"They are part of an important safety net for us and before we take a dramatic action, I wanted to see myself what was going on," he said. "I told them I could not justify letting them stay open as a facility, nor can I justify state dollars going for care there."
State officials are working to place patients in other programs.
"Now they have to focus on what they can do with the resources they have," said Janek, a former Houston-area state senator. "There is a lot of interest in making sure this hospital survives."
Riverside, which was opened in 1927 to serve black patients, was known as Houston Negro Hospital until 1961.
Besides Barbara Jordan and its historic flagship on Ennis, Riverside's Casa Center near the Texas Medical Center is leased as a homeless veterans dormitory. A fourth location on Bellfort was closed by 2008 Hurricane Ike damage.
In the last few years, longtime hospital CEO Earnest Gibson III and 10 others associated with Riverside have been indicted for their alleged roles in a $150 million Medicare fraud scheme. In April, a Harris County judge froze the hospital's accounts at four banks at the request of two creditors who said Riverside owed them more than $7.3 million. Two weeks later, three conservators replaced the hospital's board of directors.
Earlier this year, state officials temporarily closed the Ennis campus because of insufficient staff.
Seeking a new start, the hospital rebranded itself as RC Health - short for Riverside Community Health System - and reopened its 20-bed medical detox unit on July 1 on Ennis under the new banner.
Last month, conservator William "Gerry" Hilliard - who oversees daily operations - said Riverside had about 200 patients and 130 employees, but was struggling to succeed financially because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is withholding $4 million for services rendered.
The federal program stopped all payments to Riverside in 2012.
Six weeks ago, activists who rallied outside the Ennis location warned that the operation was six weeks away from running out of money.
Among them was the Rev. Robert McKinley Gilmore, who said the closure didn't surprise him.
"We've been asking questions for months. It's almost like they wanted it to be closed," he said.
Hilliard, who has said he was working "to bring in some funding," could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
In the last month, Reliant Energy has sued for $309,000 in unpaid power bills and a federal judge denied the conservators' plea for Gibson, whose federal trial is weeks away, to be allowed to help an institution the new leaders admitted was teetering on financial collapse.
And on Aug. 8, a Friday payday, employees received a letter from Hilliard saying that payroll couldn't cover all employees until the following Monday. The note thanked them for their patience and stated that "Riverside will not close."
The Ennis location retains its general hospital license, for now, Janek said, but should seek to secure the more appropriate specialty hospital license in the next 28 days.


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IMO Couldn't the US just subpeona the information from the proxy administrator in Turkey? If this is correct does anyone know anyother countrys like this? I searched http://www.google.com/unclesam?hl=en...Y+&btnG=SearchTry to find proxies that originate in the country of Turkey. The US does not have any type of extraditions with that country. This means that the US cannot bully the ISP to release anything on the true IP from the proxy servers.
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Confessions of...a California Highway Patrol Officer
Summer driving season is almost here, which means you'll soon be on the lookout for a great roadside stand, a pretty rest stop—and that eagle-eyed cop on the side of the highway. We asked Keith Dittimus, a 30-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol—"CHiP"—what it's like on the other side of the flashing light.
Summer driving season is almost here, which means you'll soon be on the lookout for a great roadside stand, a pretty rest stop—and that eagle-eyed cop on the side of the highway. We asked Keith Dittimus, a 30-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol—"CHiP"—what it's like on the other side of the flashing light.
LIVING THE CHiPs LIFE
I grew up in the era of theCHiPsTV show, and for five and a half years I couldn't believe I got paid to ride a motorcycle—it was so much fun. A lot of the parades and a lot of the motorcade processions are done exclusively with motorcycles, so you get to do things that officers in a car don't.
In Japan and in many Asian countries, the CHiP is very, very popular, so when the tourists see the Highway Patrol officers at, say, Vista Point near the Golden Gate Bridge, they all want to take your picture. They'll point and go, "CHiP!" So you let them take a picture sitting on top of the motorcycle. It builds goodwill for the department, and you start to spend an inordinate amount of time—delightfully so—taking pictures with tourists. I'm probably on a couple thousand mantles.
During my 13 years in the Protective Services Division-PSD-I worked details for presidents Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, and their vice presidents. I had a funny experience with Nancy Reagan. We were in the Secret Service command room at a hotel. There was a knock. I opened the door, and she was standing there with a tin of cookies for the Secret Service guys. I'm just standing there, staring at her, like, "This is Nancy Reagan!" And she's like, "Well... would you take the cookies?"
Hollywood has done a lot to make the public believe that we live for high-speed chases. That couldn't be further from the truth. Anyone who's ever put on a badge and been in a close, hairy chase doesn't like them. Your adrenaline does go through the roof, but then you realize that there's a lot at stake. A close friend was in a pursuit years ago, and an innocent lady—a mother-was killed. He was torn up over it. That's the part the public has to realize—we're people just like everybody else. We have feelings.
So many people try to make excuses. One time I stopped a doctor in Marin County, and he said he'd been called to the local hospital to perform an emergency surgery. I was skeptical, but I didn't want to chance jeopardizing someone's life. I took his driver's license and told him I'd have CHiP dispatch confirm with the hospital while I followed him to the ER. We got about a mile down the highway before he pulled over and confessed that he was late for a dinner date. I can assure you, that was one expensive date! When a highway patrolman pulls you over, they're pulling you over because they observed you doing something. Just be honest and straightforward. A lot of times, you can walk away with a verbal warning and not get a ticket. We see so many dishonest people, when somebody finally is honest with you, it's gratifying enough to give them a break!


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"Unabashedly retro yet forward thinking at the same time" - Nick Tylwalk, GameZebo (4.5 out of 5). "Doesn't require taking mushrooms" – Joseph Bernstein, Kill Screen. All the way from the arcades of pixel-world comes in Space, a fast-paced procedurally generated infinite round-based action and match-three puzzle game hybrid with persistent upgrades, mad difficulty options, and a pumping soundtrack. in Space combines simple mechanics to create engaging gameplay, and with each unlocked ship comes different weapons that change how you play, from nega-beams and time manipulation to explosive sniper rifles. The entire game is wrapped in the aesthetic of an Atari 2600, with music by Matthew le Blanc. It features four modes, including Match Three and Survival, no load times, one boss fight, and enemies that will test the very fibre of your being. in Space, no one can hear you match three.
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- Ferrari news
Ferrari needs another step - Domenicali
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Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says the team needs to find another step forward to maintain a championship challenge despite progress at Spa.
Fernando Alonso was an impressive second in Belgium having qualified in ninth place, and while he limited the championship gains made by race winner Sebastian Vettel, Alonso admitted he would still have finished second to the Red Bull even if he had started on pole position. Domenicali said the response following disappointing results in Germany and Hungary was encouraging but that Ferrari needed to find more performance from its car.
"I think it's important, not only for Fernando - who deserves a very quick car - but also for the team because they are working very hard to make sure that we are able to fight up until the end for the championship," Domenicali said. "We had a very bad July for many reasons and I am very pleased to see that we are back on track but it is not enough.
"If you want to make sure that we are able to arrive at the end we need to have another step with regards to the performance of the car and this is what I am seeking from my people. This Is what at home everyone is trying to do as best they can and this is really the target that we have. For us it's important to get back on the trace of improving the car but for sure we have seen Red Bull has improved and we need to stay there because we can beat them by improving the car better than them and/or being there if there's an opportunity that comes because they may have a problem. Don't forget last year…"
Asked if the new parts brought to Spa were likely to benefit Ferrari for the rest of the year, Domenicali said that some would carry over to Monza but the majority were circuit specific.
"Some of them will carry through for the next races but some others of course were obviously the focus of the package with this race. At least I'm pleased to see that the car was back to a normal improvement in terms of performance; that was the most important thing for us."


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Samuel Arbesman is the scientist in residence at Lux Capital, a science and technology venture-capital firm. He is the author of Overcomplicated:Technology at the Limits of Comprehension.
There's no shortage of information about cities. From population and unemployment to crime and traffic statistics, urban and regional data is swirling all around us. We're exposed to ranking after ranking, from the best places to raise families, to the metro areas with the best public transportation or local restaurant scene, all the way down to less tangible measures like say, the worst-dressed cities.
But do we really internalize all this information in a meaningful way? Are our opinions of cities actually affected by statistics and rankings? Or is popular sentiment toward a city based more on nebulous, harder-to-quantify properties? Furthermore, how consistent are our opinions of cities? Do they vary from region to region?
Along with Andrew Mauboussin, a research assistant at the Kauffman Foundation and a rising freshman at Harvard University, I set out to add a bit of rigor to these questions by creating a simple city sentiment survey. I asked 310 individuals from the United States for their mental reactions when they hear the names of the 50 largest metropolitan regions in the U.S., and recorded their home ZIP codes.
Before we get to the results, some notes on methodology: I found my survey respondents via Amazon Mechanical Turk, an online labor market designed to allow the completion of tasks that are hard for computers to do but easy for people. Have a lot of photos that need captions? There are respondents on hand, called Turkers, who will complete these tasks for very small amounts of money. Recently, social scientists have realized that MTurk can be an amazing testbed for social experiments, ranging from behavioral economics to network science. It can also be used for surveys.
That said, MTurk is by no means a representative sample, but it can at least give us a starting point for thinking about our questions. So on a scale from one to nine (very negative to very positive), I asked 310 Turkers how favorably they viewed the country's largest metro areas. We then gathered up their responses and looked for patterns.
The overall rankings by all 310 respondents are mapped above. Blue indicates a more positive opinion, while red is more negative. The size of the circles are scaled according the actual ratings.
What we found is that our initial perceptions about cities are in fact often grounded in statistical reality. The positive or negative opinions of our survey respondents were correlated, often quite strongly, with such metrics as change in population, housing prices, and cost of living, and inversely correlated with measures like crime and unemployment. On the other hand, measures such as sales tax and traffic congestion appear to have little influence on people's perceptions of different cities.
So, which cities have the most positive associations? Overall, the top ten cities among our survey respondents were the following:
10. Austin, Tex.
9. Charlotte, N.C.
8. Orlando, Fla.
7. Boston, Mass.
6. New York, N.Y.
5. Portland, Ore.
4. San Diego, Calif.
3. San Francisco, Calif.
2. Denver, Colo.
1. Seattle, Wash.
And the ten cities with the highest percentage of negative reactions:
10. Salt Lake City, Utah
9. Milwaukee, Wis.
8. Columbus, Ohio
7. Jacksonville, Fla.
6. St. Louis, Mo.
5. Cincinnati, Ohio
4. Oklahoma City, Okla.
3. Cleveland, Ohio
2. Birmingham, Ala.
1. Detroit, Mich.
Overall, Detroit rates far lower than any other city, making it difficult to do certain analyses because it actually drags everything else down. However, certain patterns jump out.
If you look at the different regions of the United States, as divided by the Census Bureau into Northeast, Midwest, South, and West, we can see how respondents from different regions rank the top 50 American cities.
Every region rates coastal cities high, with Denver the only inland city making the top five according to any region. On the flip side, all regions rate inland cities near the bottom, with only the Midwest including two cities from the coast – Houston and Los Angeles – in its bottom five.
Further, if we search for cities that yield significantly divergent opinions depending on the region that's rating it, certain cities jump out. Just for example, San Francisco shows distinct sentiment differences depending on the region doing the rating. Respondents in the South and Midwest have less favorable views of the Bay Area city than it enjoys in the Northeast and West.
While certain cities are positively viewed by all regions, each region has a better view of its own cities than those cities of other regions. The South likes southern cities, the West western cities, and so forth. The Midwest appears to be the most self-hating (or at least the least positive toward itself) of the Census regions.
Of course, there are many more questions that can be asked of our respondents. Why do you like or dislike this city? Do you feel that your opinions are based on fact or something less well defined? But even without knowing any of these things, it seems that on the whole we're fairly adept at integrating the multitude of the city-based information we're exposed to on a regular basis into a snap judgment—though we Midwesterners have our work cut out when it comes to urban self-esteem.
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A proposal by Ben Carson's agency would eject immigrant families from public housing to make way for the "most vulnerable." Housing advocates aren't buying it.
In the beginning, it was a policy-shaking event that awakened a new generation of activists. But now even environmentalists have misgivings about it.
Researchers at Descartes Labs are using artificial intelligence to make a better map of the urban tree canopy.
Despite established urban tech hubs, some smaller cities are attracting high-tech jobs with lower living costs, unique talent pools, and geographic diversity.


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US Navy Unmanned Air Takes Off
Triton, Integrator and X-47B UAVs Hit Milestones in May. May has been celebrated in song and words as merry, charming, even lusty. Based on the just-concluded 2013 edition, the month might also be seen as uplifting, at least in an unmanned aviation sort of way, with a number of significant events taking place across US Navy unmanned aircraft programs big and small.
The biggest splash took place May 14, when the X-47B jet made its first launch at sea from an aircraft carrier.
Three days later, the aircraft returned to the George H.W. Bush off the Virginia coast for a series of touch-and-go landing approaches preludes to an actual arrested landing that should take place within weeks.
On May 22, the first MQ-4C Triton formerly known as the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) system took to the air over southern California, marking the first flight of the Navys version of the Global Hawk large, high-altitude UAV.
Tests continued at Californias China Lake Naval Weapons Center, where the MQ-8B Fire Scout is firing laser-guided rockets using the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS), giving the little unmanned helicopter a weapon already in use on UH-1Y and AH-1Z manned helos.
On May 15, the Navy announced that a new UAV, the RQ-21A Integrator, had received approval to enter low-rate initial production.
Built by Boeings Insitu subsidiary the company that also makes the widely-used ScanEagle the RQ-21A is aimed at giving special operations forces a tactical ISR capability.
In the Arabian Gulf, the now-familiar ScanEagle provided ship-based ISR throughout the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2013.
The ScanEagle system, which is not a Navy program of record and has no designation, is generally operated in the field by Insitu contractors.
And a small but effective demonstration program, the K-MAX battlefield cargo helicopter, was extended for a year to support Marines in Afghanistan.
All told, the events mark the steady evolution of unmanned air as the day comes when UAVs will become a routine element in naval operations.
Together, the events are yet another shot in the arm of success as the Department of the Navy methodically and logically integrates unmanned systems to our warfighter, Rear Adm. Mat Winter, program executive officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons, told reporters during a May 23 press call after the Tritons flight.
The aircraft provide the spectrum of ISR and warfighting capability, he added. And we also see that in Fire Scout, ScanEagle, UCAS and the kickoff of UCLASS.
■ The Carrier Jet. Unquestionably the event with the biggest significance was the first catapult launch of the Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D), an experimental aircraft designed to prove out technologies and procedures to operate an unmanned jet from a carrier.
The two-plane program will continue with flight tests through the year, shifting from ground-based operations at the Navys aviation test base at Patuxent River, Md., to at-sea operations. In particular, the Navy is working out flight deck handling procedures and launch and recovery operations, all aimed at the transition next year to the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program, the effort to develop an operational, unmanned carrier-based jet with combat capability. A new competition will be held for that aircraft, which may or may not be based on Northrops X-47B design.
■ The Long-range Surveillance Aircraft. The May 22 first flight of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C marked a major milestone, presaging the future pairing of the unmanned Triton with the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
Engineers intend to fly the MQ-4C about every 10 days, and the second flight is expected in early June. Two systems development and demonstration aircraft have been delivered, with three more systems development and test article aircraft in production, intended to carry out the types operational evaluation tests. The first Triton system is to become operational in 2016 with 5th Fleet in the Middle East. The Navy intends to buy a total of 65 aircraft, although procurement is spread out through 2027.
■ The New UAV. The RQ-21A is about twice the size of the ScanEagle but shares a similar catapult launch and skyhook recovery system. The aircraft has about a 25-pound payload capacity, and is designed to transition operations from ships to Marine forces ashore. Successful flight tests of the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) were carried out in February aboard the amphibious ship Mesa Verde. The Navy plans to buy 36 systems, each with five aircraft and a ground control station.
■ The Cargo Drone. The Lockheed Martin-Kaman K-MAX demonstration program has been operated in Afghanistan by Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2. Two of the little twin-rotor helicopters have been flying in-country since November 2011, carrying cargo in sling loads. Although the K-MAX is not a program of record, Marine and Navy officials continue to evaluate the programs performance.
Source: By CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS - WASHINGTON defensenews.com News - 4 May 2013
Photo: The U.S. Navy first MQ-4C Triton flies over southern California during its maiden flight May 22. (Bob Brown/Northrop Grumman)


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Last year we launched Shopify POS, our iPad point of sale system made for brick-and-mortar retailers and pop-up shops.
Shopify POS seamlessly integrates with your online store so your products, orders and customers are always in sync. Bridging this gap between online and offline selling was an important step forward in our mission to make commerce better.
Today we're excited to announce the release of a major update to Shopify POS which includes some great new features and improvements for merchants.
New, Lower Pricing and Better Rates
We've lowered the rate for credit card swiping for Shopify POS and Shopify Mobile to the following:
We've also reduced our payout time to three days for U.S. merchants with Canada to follow soon.
And it's not just our swipe rates we're lowering.
We've dropped the price for Shopify POS from $49/month per location to $49/month with unlimited locations and registers. That means you can use Shopify POS in all your retail locations and have multiple iPads deployed in each - all for one low monthly price.
Check out full Shopify POS pricing details here.
Gift Cards: In-Store and Online
Merchants using Professional and Unlimited plans can now sell gift cards at their physical retail locations with Shopify POS. Gift cards can either be printed at checkout or emailed to customers. Gift cards sold can also be redeemed through your online store and vice versa.
This is good news for merchants because gift cards are big business. According to a National Retail Federation survey, 81% of Americans will buy at least one gift card during the holidays. The same survey also found that 70% of customers who use gift cards will spend more than the value on the card.
In other words, people want to buy gift cards and now you can offer them both offline and online.
Plus, the ability to offer gift cards at your brick and mortar location also means you now have the option to create gift cards as store credit instead of issuing refunds.
More New Features
The latest version of Shopify POS also includes these new features:
Custom Barcode Printing and Scanning
Shopify POS now makes it quick and easy generate barcodes for your products, print labels, or print customized barcodes using the Barcode Printer app and an external printer. Pair this with an optional wireless scanner to make your store's barcode workflow quicker, easier, and more efficient.
Multi-Language Receipts
If you operate in a country where English is not the primary language, we've added the ability for you to offer your customers receipts in Spanish, German, French and Danish, and plan to add more languages in the future.
Tax Overrides
With our new tax overrides, you can set specific tax rates for individual products. This gives you the flexibility and control you need to fine-tune how you want to apply taxes to your products based on the what and where you sell.
Ecommerce Now Optional
Some businesses have told us they would like to use Shopify POS today, but only plan on selling online in the future. Our updated plans allow you to select a standalone point of sale option for just $49/month and add an ecommerce plan anytime afterwards.
When you're ready to take your business online, all your products and inventory will be automatically imported into your new online store.
A New Chapter for Commerce
Since launching Shopify POS, thousands of businesses have adopted it in their retail locations and pop-up stores. Whether they're re-inventing the furniture business or manufacturing the perfect shirt, merchants love the way Shopify POS sync's their products, orders and customers with their online store. Shopify POS also allows them to spend more time focusing on their business and less time wrestling with technology.
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A lot of high profile iOS games have been flooding the market recently, and while we'd love to review them all, many of them slip through the cracks. We'd also love to give each game its own dedicated review, but the nature of mobile gaming doesn't always make that feasible.
So here are three reviews for your money! First up we have the latest portable installment in GameLoft's Call of Duty clone, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus. Then we have the Japanese-but-not-actually-Japanese RPG Ash. Finally, we have a Christmas spin-off of Super Mega Worm, Super Mega Worm vs. Santa.
Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus (iOS)
Developer: GameLoft
Publisher: GameLoft
Released: October 7, 2010
Modern Combat: Operation Sandstorm is considered one of the best shooters on the iPhone, despite also being one of the most derivative games in town. As per GameLoft's modus operandi, the Modern Combat series is a shameless "homage" to a console series, which in this case is quite clearly Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare. GameLoft's always been able to get away with its borderline plagiarism, however, because the games tend to be good, and provide unrivaled console experiences on iOS devices.
Unfortunately, something went wrong somewhere between Sandstorm and Black Pegasus.
Modern Combat 2 isn't a terrible game, to be fair. In fact, it's tightly designed, surprisingly varied and packs in more action than the last game. For some reason, however, GameLoft decided we needed a big fire button that's placed too far toward the center of the screen.
Coming from a developer that is used to creating competent first-person iPhone games, it's surprising to see such a blatant issue. The button placement for firing affects the entire game, as trying to look around nearly always means you accidentally fire your weapon. The same is true for the grenade button, which is placed in such a way that you'll swipe across it and change grenade type when all you wanted to do with turn around and shoot the terrorists who are on your right.
Black Pegasus also tends to be rather glitchy. During one level, I loaded a checkpoint to find I was trapped in an elevator and the door wouldn't open. I had to restart the entire level and fight my way back to the elevator, where it finally decided to open. Add to this the fact that enemies can see and shoot you through walls, and you've not got a great game on your hands.
When it works, Black Pegasus is a decent experience, but it's not a patch on the first game. Controls are poorly placed and the whole game feels sloppy and rushed, which is abysmal behavior from what is usually one of the best iOS developers in the business. Oh, and nobody's playing the multiplayer.
There are better games out there for far cheaper. Get the original Modern Combat or N.O.V.A, which cost less and provide far more entertainment with far less aggravation.
Ash (iOS)
Developer: SRRN Games
Publisher: SRRN Games
Released: December 15, 2010
MSRP: $2.99 (on sale at press time)
It's surprising that traditional turn-based roleplaying games aren't so prolific on iDevices, since the slower, methodical pace is well-suited to touch screen controls. SRRN games is doing its bit for the genre, however, with Ash. From the pixel art style to the rather gorgeous music, Ash is practically a JRPG without the "Japanese" bit.
Ash tells the tale of a pair of mercenaries who are on the run from the obligatory evil empire. Of course, things don't stay that way forever, especially when rugged old boy Nicholas gets his arm turned black by a mutated bandit. While Ash's story isn't anything that will be held up as an example of stunning interactive narrative, it is decently written, with a few instances of humor that actually manage to amuse.
As far as the gameplay goes, Ash is an unapologetically old school experience, with a turn-based combat system and random encounters. The viewpoint has an echo of Dragon Quest, as does the game's focus on grinding. While the retro nods are appreciated, SRRN does appear to have gone a little bit too far in its attempts to chase tradition.
Even if we ignore the sheer volume of random encounters, the battles themselves are rather lengthy, drawn-out affairs. For a start, enemies dodge or "shrug off" attacks far too often, which means that even a monster with a handful of hit points can drag out a battle for longer than it should take. Add to that the randomized weapon damage which can range from powerful to ludicrously weak, and every minor fight feels like a slog, with rewards that usually aren't worth it.
The game's difficulty is also all over the place. Whenever you enter a new area, the monsters are easily more powerful than your party. However, as soon as you get to the next town and buy the latest equipment, the monsters instantly becomes pussycats who are unable to so much as threaten you. There seems to be no balance at all, and thus the focus of the game is squarely on grinding in order to scrap together pitiful amounts of gold before being able to afford the new weapons and armor. There are plenty of gamers who are into that, but it feels less satisfying in this game since the difference between having the right gear and not having the right gear is so absurdly dramatic that you feel you're just buying your way to success.
One other major issue is the total lack of a map. The overworld is rather large and sprawling, and wandering into the wrong area can get you assaulted by powerful opponents. Unfortunately, Ash only gives you vague hints about where to go and there's no map system, which means getting lost is all too frequent.
The game has two control systems, one of which sees you swiping the screen to move, and another that uses a virtual D-Pad. Of the two, the D-Pad is the best option, but even then, it's quite small and demands too much precision to be used efficiently.
Another strange issue is the jarring, conflicting art style the game has. The overworld sections are sprite-based, while the NPCs are all in a very simple anime style. Meanwhile, the monsters are highly detailed, static artworks. Having two different art styles for non-battle and battle sequences is fine, but the fact that three have been used gives the game a rather unfocused look. As already discussed, this is not a problem that the audio suffers from, since Ash has a really wonderful soundtrack that serves as the game's highpoint.
All of this sounds quite negative, and it's true that Ash has a lot of issues, but for the patient and forgiving there is a pretty good little RPG under there. With its charming dialog and competent battle system, this is a title that grind-lovers will like. It's just a shame that the grinding doesn't feel as rewarding as it should and that so much of the title feels cumbersome and archaic. The game's various battle systems are well made and there are no major technical problems. It's just a case of the game being imbalanced in all the wrong places and lacking in player direction.
If you are a huge RPG fan and need something to play on the go, there are frankly better titles out there, but if you've played all those, Ash will sort you out. Get it while it's $2.99 though, as I don't think that the game, at this current moment, deserves much more.
Super Mega Worm vs. Santa (iOS)
Developer: Deceased Pixel LLC
Publisher: Deceased Pixel LLC
Released: December 14, 2010
If you've played Super Mega Worm before, you know what this game is about. That said, if you've played Super Mega Worm before, you don't need this. It's basically the original game with a Christmas skin, but that doesn't mean it's bad. In fact, Super Mega Worm is a pretty good game. Now you have the choice of a festive version.
Super Mega Worm is basically Tremors, except everything looks 8-bit and you get to play as the subterranean, people-munching worm. The aim is to tunnel underneath the pitiful humans and their livestock, before popping out of the ground to eat them. The game is simple, but sowing carnage and terror as a gigantic arthropod is entertainingly cathartic. As the game progresses, the humans start to fight back, but you gain access to new powers, such as the ability to spit green chunks at enemies and destroy them.
Super Mega Worm vs. Santa brings all that fun to the North Pole, where penguins and elves become your prey. It's more amusing to decimate the forces of Christmas than it is rednecks and soldiers, so this festive edition to the game definitely scores brownie points for that. However, one wonders why this is its own game, and not just an updated skin for the original game. There's no reason for this to exist as its own title when the changes are almost entirely visual.
There are a few minor changes outside of the visuals, such as an "Ice Spit" ability, and some different enemy behavior, but they're still nothing that couldn't have been thrown into a free update.
Taken as an entity on its own, Super Mega Worm vs. Santa is a good game and if you've never played Super Mega Worm before, this comes recommended and I'd probably put it above the first title just because it's slightly more sadistic in its scenario. If you have the original title, however, then don't bother. You only need one of these games, not both.
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Modern Combat 2 reviewed by Jim Sterling
Has some high points, but they soon give way to glaring faults. Not the worst, but difficult to recommend.
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Have you ever picked up a bag of coffee and seen enticing food flavor descriptions like brown sugar, sweet potato, walnut, blueberry or even chocolate? During my early coffee years, I thought those descriptions meant those flavors were added to the coffee. Yet, every time I tasted the coffee I wouldn't taste any of those flavors. So what exactly do those flavor descriptions mean?
Descriptors listed on the bag are actually flavors the roaster tasted in the coffee while cupping it. "Cupping is one of the coffee tasting techniques used to evaluate coffee aroma and the flavor profile of a coffee." (CoffeeResearch.org) Cupping is a complex process that has specific protocols established by the Specialty Coffee Association of America. It is important to note that flavor descriptions on the bag are NOT flavors they add to the coffee. (When a flavor is added to the coffee it becomes a flavored coffee.) The descriptions of the bag give suggestions on natural flavor notes found in the roasted coffee.
So if cuppers were able to taste the different flavors in the coffee why can't I taste them? I asked BUNN Dr. Brew aka Randy Pope this question. Randy explained that while taste can be subjective, our tongue actually detects four basic flavor characteristics: sweet, salty, sour or bitter. How we describe those sensations is based on the flavors we encountered in the past. For example, if Randy were to cup a coffee and say it has flavor notes of chocolate. If I have never tasted chocolate I would not be able to decipher that the coffee had flavor notes of chocolate because I've never tasted chocolate before. (For the record, I've tasted chocolate before and this scenario is hypothetical.)
Also, Randy pointed out that if I sipped my cup as soon as it is finished brewing and it was piping hot I may not taste the flavors described on the bag. Why? Well different flavor attributes come out based on temperature so as the cup cools I may encounter different flavors! He suggested let it cool for a moment and then take a sip. You may be able to taste flavors after it's cooled that you didn't detect at the beginning.
Hey if you still don't taste those flavor descriptors, it's ok! Remember taste is subjective. As long as you enjoy the coffee and the experience I say drink up!
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Isn't it ironic that Alanis Morissette's 1996 "Ironic" single doesn't contain much irony?
Not really, it's just poor songwriting, but now a performer from New York has taken the time to help Alanis out with her new video, "It's Finally Ironic."
In the original video, Morissette convulses in the back of an Oldsmobuick while singing about allegedly ironic situations in her trademarked cat-being-strangled voice, but in Eliza Hurwitz and her sister Rachael's version, the lyrics have been rewritten to contain actual irony. The singing, however, doesn't get much better.
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An open system is a system which continuously interacts with its environment. The interaction can take the form of information, energy, or material transfers into or out of the system boundary, depending on the discipline which defines the concept (see below). An open system should be contrasted with the concept of an isolated system which exchanges neither energy, matter, or information with its environment.
The concept of an "open system" was formalized within the framework of thermodynamics. This concept was expanded upon with the advent of information theory and subsequently systems theory. Today the concept has its applications in the natural and social sciences.
In the natural sciences Edit
In the natural sciences an open system is one whose border is permeable to both energy and mass.[1] In physics a closed system, by contrast, is permeable to energy but not to matter.
Open systems have a number of consequences. A closed system contains limited energies. The definition of an open system assumes that there are supplies of energy that cannot be depleted; in practice, this energy is supplied from some source in the surrounding environment, which can be treated as infinite for the purposes of study. One type of open system is the so-called radiant energy system, which receives its energy from solar radiation – an energy source that can be regarded as inexhaustible for all practical purposes.
They are also known as OSM
In the social sciences an open system is a process that exchanges material, energy, people, capital and information with its environment.
See also Edit
- Complex system
- Dynamical system
- Glossary of systems theory
- HKB model
- Isolated system
- Maximum power principle
- Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
- Open system (computing)
- Open System Environment Reference Model
- Openness
- Open and Closed Systems in Social Science
- Phantom loop
- System theory
- Thermodynamic system
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Further reading Edit
- Khalil, E.L. (1995). Nonlinear thermodynamics and social science modeling: fad cycles, cultural development and identificational slips. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 54, Issue 4, pp. 423–438.
- Weber, B.H. (1989). Ethical Implications Of The Interface Of Natural And Artificial Systems. Delicate Balance: Technics, Culture and Consequences: Conference Proceedings for the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
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Family cherishes final photo of fallen deputy
As the memorial outside the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office continues to grow, one memento stands out: A picture taken of fallen Dep. Mark Burbridge the day before he died.
Cathy Pasley believes it might be the last photo taken of Burbridge. She said family and friends gathered for a diaper party for Burbridge's sister-in-law and Pasley's sister spontaneously snapped the photo.
"They were sitting there around the table and she was telling him how wonderful his smile is and he made a joke about it and said, 'Are you kidding?'" Pasely said.
That moment in time was captured 24 hours before an inmate attacked and shot Burbridge and another deputy, Pat Morgan, with one of their service weapons.
Burbridge passed away Monday. Morgan is recovering in the hospital.
"Just to see him joking around on Sunday and then we got the call on Monday around lunchtime about what had happened," Pasley said. "It's just unbelievable, so shocking."
Pasley said she had to share the photograph with the grieving community and wanted it to be part of the memorial.
"It's just so wonderful people feel the way they do about him. It's just so sad, so senseless. He's such a good guy," Pasley said.


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Late Friday, Walter "Killer" Kowalski suffered a heart attack in his nursing home outside Boston. He was admitted to Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett. Saturday night, his wife and his brother were optimistic.
"I had prayed all night that he would fool everybody and get over it," said Theresa Kowalski. "We have to wait and see, but he was better today, and even the nurses said there was an improvement."
Sounding tired after a full day at the hospital, Theresa shared the roller-coaster ride of an experience. "He was in very bad shape last night after a massive heart attack that they said affected his brain, plus he had pneumonia," she said.
"He wasn't himself all day yesterday and I asked if he was okay and he said he was. When the nurses put him in the chair at around 6:00, after they left I saw his face go slack and white and I screamed for the nurses. They started pounding on his chest and called 9-1-1 and took him to the hospital. The doctor told me it was a matter of hours or days.
"This morning when I went in, he looked better. His eyes were clear, and they said that his problems seemed to have dropped down a little bit"
"It seems like he is improving," said Stan Spulnik, of Ottawa, debating when to leave to go his his brother.
They both explained that Killer is having difficulty trying to speak, and continues to have heart rate problems. Four wrestlers came to visit today -- two from Connecticut and two from New York -- that prompted Kowalski to try to talk, which is a good sign, said Theresa: "That's something that he couldn't do at all yesterday."
The 81-year-old wrestling great had been hospitalized in the Everett Nursing Home in Everett, Mass., for a few months. Confined to to bed because of wonky legs, and problematic knees, doctors refused to conduct surgery of his knees due to Kowalski's age and the pacemaker installed in his heart.
Growing up in Windsor, Ontario, Walter Spulnik -- his birth name -- was a tall, skinny kid, weighing 160 pounds on a 6-foot-4 frame at age 14. He found his way to the local YMCA, where others convinced him that weightlifting would easily add pounds to his frame. It worked, and he grew into a 6-foot-7, 270-pound man.
Kowalski enrolled at Assumption College (now part of the University of Windsor), studying electrical engineering, and found part-time work with the Ford Motor Company in Detroit.
While at the YMCA, someone suggested that professional wrestling was a good career for him. Kowalski hooked up with Detroit promoter Burt Ruby, who saw something in the giant. Over the years Kowalski claimed his first match was against Lou (Klein) Bastien, in 1948.
St. Louis promoter Sam Muchnick saw something in "Tarzan" Kowalski, and matched him up against world champion Lou Thesz. A conflict with getting time off from Ford to wrestle abroad let to Kowalski quitting his "day job."
In those early years, known as Tarzan Kowalski, he fought to get better known. "He was a hell of an attraction," said Lou Thesz in 1998. "He had a great body back then. He was not a sophisticated wrestler, but every promoter wanted him because he made a lot of money."
"Killer Kowalski -- when I first saw him I thought he was the most magnificent specimen of a human being I'd ever seen in my life," Joe Hamilton told Rich Tate of Georgia Wrestling History. "He was working out at the gym and was six feet six and about 280 pounds, and he was ripped and just looked phenomenal. You know, back then they called him Tarzan Kowalski, and he looked like Tarzan should look like -- big and powerful.
"He was such a good looking guy. He 6-foot-8, weighed over 300 pounds, and had long hair and looked like Tarzan. He looked real good at whatever he did," said Paul "Butcher" Vachon. "The women just loved him and the men hated him. I heard about women fainting when Killer Kowalski came into the ring."
"Just because I get over-enthused about my work people hate me," Kowalski said in a 1961 article in Wrestling Revue. "Everywhere I go they throw chairs, newspapers, cigar butts, fruit and anything else they can grab. I have been burned, knifed, blinded by pea shooters and hit over the head with boards."
Though never recognized as one of the "big three" world champions (AWA, WWWF, NWA), Kowalski held claim to the world title out of Australia six times from 1964-67 and a variant of the AWA World title based out of Boston. He also held a plethora of other belts: NWA Texas tag team (by himsef!) in 1950, the Central States champ in 1951, the Pacific Coast tag team champ in California in 1951, the International champion in Quebec a remarkable 11 times from 1952-63, the Big Time Wrestling champ 1958-61, the Pacific Coast tag team champ in B.C. twice in 1961-62, the Stampede Canadian champ in 1962, the WWWF U.S. tag team titles in 1963, the Hawaiian U.S. Heavyweight belt in 1965-66, the IWA tag team belts in Australia four times from 1967-71, the NWA America's title in 1972, the Grand Prix heavyweight and tag team titles out of Montreal two times each from 1972-73, the NWA Southern title in Florida in 1975, and the WWWF tag team belts in 1976 (under a mask as the Executioners with John Minton, a.k.a. Big John Studd).
Retired from the ring since 1977, Kowalski has been a trainer of wrestlers for years. His biggest name students are Triple H, Big John Studd, Chyna and Mike Shaw (Makhan Singh, Norman the Lunatic, Bastion Booger).
"Kowalski had a great school. He spent a lot of time with us," said Shaw.
Kowalski was presented with the Iron Mike Award in 2002 by the Cauliflower Alley Club, considered the top award in professional wrestling. He was inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003, both the Wrestling Observer and WWE Halls of Fame in 1996, and the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in Troy, Michigan in 2007.
Though he never released an autobiography, Kowalski did publish a book of his photography in 2001, entitled Killer Pics.
SLAM! Wrestling will have much, much more on Kowalski in the near future, as writer Jason Clevett went to visit Kowalski and his wife Theresa at the nursing home last weekend.
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Sioux Falls Man Attacked by Acquaintances
A 42-year-old man was taken to a Sioux Falls hospital for treatment after two people reportedly attacked him Tuesday night.
Police Officer Sam Clemens says the man had been walking with his sister, but they separated as she went into a store at 8th and Spring around 9:15 PM. He says the woman heard her brother yelling for her, and police later learned the man had been approached by a man and woman he knows.
The man punched the victim in the face and then held him down while the woman also punched him.
Clemens says the man had several deep cuts to his face, but there was no word on whether he was kept at the hospital.
The victim knows both suspects, and they are still being sought.


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The Long-Term Survivor Dilemma
By Nelson Vergel
February 14, 2011
"Nelson, what am I going to do?"
This sentence is part of a conversation that I seem to be having everywhere I go with my seminars -- one that manifests from a communal concern that many of us are sharing as we age as HIV long-term survivors.
A long-term survivor and activist friend of mine in San Francisco sat down with me for dinner and shared his fear of financial doom as he gets older with HIV. Like many of us, he left his career over 15 years ago due to HIV-related disability during years when we thought we had little ahead of us. As years went by, he became part of the large group of us who were committed full time to getting healthier again. Overcoming side effects, fatigue and other issues became a full-time job for years. Thoughts of replacing this full-time self-care job for a remunerated one never crossed our minds. Short-term goals were all we had for years.
With the advent of friendlier drugs and long-term virus suppression, many of us are confronted with a dilemma faced by few healthy people our age. Fear of financial doom in old age has replaced the fear of death that was part of our psyche for so many years.
Many people with HIV on permanent disability struggle by on less than $1,000 a month to pay all their bills. Others who get payments from private disability policies from their last job will lose them when they reach age 65. But who thought we were going to live to be 65 anyway!?
"Nelson, I am afraid to live to see my 80s and be a broke old man." "I would like to make money but am afraid of losing my disability and health care." "I am 57 and have a 16-year vacuum in my resume." "Who is going to hire me at this age, especially now in a recession, even if I tried to do what I used to before disability?" "If I did get a job, I am not sure if I can hold it with my frequent bouts of fatigue." "Is my fatigue related to not having a full-time job?" These sentences come from different mouths connected by a communal energy that is bursting to be expressed, but too ashamed to admit it.
As lucky survivors of a whole generation eroded by death, most of us are looking forward to a full life while searching for clarity and courage to regain financial security as we age with this disease.
In my PozHealth Yahoo group of over 3,200 people, most of us have lived with HIV for over 15 years and are aging with HIV. Some of us have only gotten to an undetectable viral load in the past three years. A few are still struggling with multidrug resistance. We often discuss obscure back- to-work programs that are scattered around the country. Some mention disability back-to-work programs like PASS or a trial work period to try to see if one can hold a job before getting out of disability. Most people's denial, confusion, inertia, fear of future health issues and/or just plain lack of trust in the system have been barriers to accessing these options. Some now stand on a cliff with a halting courage, poised to jump into the unknown.
Most of us have learned that a life purpose is key to health. Some of us have opted for reinventing ourselves without losing our benefits by being volunteer activists, writers, advisory board members at research sites, going back to school while strapped for cash, or doing cash-paying odd jobs for which many are overqualified. Most wonder how or if this work can lead to skill building or networking to ready us for the jump.
As we speak more about the science related to aging with HIV in conferences everywhere, the communal anxiety of surviving and aging with HIV is not addressed.
The social aspects of surviving HIV while living under national poverty income levels and with fragile medication access through financially troubled ADAP systems need to be addressed much like we address access to care and scientific research in HIV.
This is a great opportunity for large nonprofits that are now losing their funding. They may want to redirect their missions to empowering those of us who want to become part of a financially productive work force. Survivor training programs that coach people about their options while addressing their anxiety of the unknown are desperately needed.
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Nelson Vergel is a chemical engineer who has become a leading advocate for sports nutrition, supplementation and the promotion of wellness in the HIV-positive community since his positive diagnosis in 1986. He is also the author of "Testosterone: A Man's Guide" and co-author of the book "Built to Survive"; the founder of the nonprofit organizations Body Positive Wellness Clinic and Program for Wellness Restoration; the Nutrition and Exercise forum expert at TheBody.com; and a bilingual speaker on lipodystrophy, wasting, exercise, nutrition, testosterone replacement, metabolic disorders, HIV medication side effect management and HIV salvage therapy. Nelson also moderates PozHealth, one of the largest HIV health discussion listservs online.
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A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart is interrupted. The decreased blood flow leads to damage or death of the affected heart muscle. Other names for heart attack include coronary attack, myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis, and coronary occlusion.
A severe heart attack can lead to major disabilities or death. Those with less severe heart attacks may have a long recovery and return to normal life.
Causes of Heart Attack
Oxygen is necessary for all cells in the body to survive, and working muscles like the heart have some of the highest demand for oxygen. Oxygen-rich blood is delivered to the heart muscle through a series of blood vessels called the coronary arteries. Damage or blockage to these arteries can slow or stop blood flow to the heart muscle. Cells in the heart start to die if they are without oxygen-rich blood for more than a few minutes. Heart cell death results in permanent heart muscle damage. The amount and severity of damage to the heart muscle will depend on how much blood flow was interrupted and how much of the heart was supplied by the blocked blood vessel. A smaller artery may only supply a very small area of the heart. Damage to this small of an area may not greatly impact the heart; however, a blockage in a larger artery may damage a larger section of the heart that can greatly impact the function of the heart.
Blockages or disruptions in the blood flow of the coronary arteries may be caused by:
Atherosclerosis is the buildup of plaque in the arteries that occurs over time. Items in your blood, such as fat and cholesterol, can stick to the walls of your blood vessels and gradually develop a hardened plaque on the artery walls. The plaque growth narrows the arteries, which can slow and eventually stop the flow of blood through the artery. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is when this process occurs in the arteries of the heart.
CAD is the leading killer of men and women in the United States. A heart attack is often the first sign of CAD.
Blood vessels have muscular walls that can tighten or loosen to help blood flow. Problems with nerves, blood vessel structure, injuries, or stimulants can cause these muscles to spasm and tighten, making it difficult for blood to flow through the blood vessel. Although spasms can cause problems on their own, they may be more likely to cause blockages in blood vessels with current atherosclerosis.
A thromboembolus is more commonly known as a blood clot that can travel through the body until it becomes trapped in smaller blood vessels. Blood clots can develop for a variety of reasons including injuries, blood clotting disorders, or pieces of plaque breaking off and floating in the blood. A heart attack occurs when the clot blocks the flow of blood in one of the coronary arteries.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Michael J. Fucci, DO, FACC
- Review Date: 03/2017 -
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Author Notes: It was the first of many evenings without George Clooney. We flew over the gorgeous hills north of Florence on the flight from Paris. I think we passed over Lake Como. Being under strict orders from my friend, Marci, to Find. George., I took as mental a note as I was capable of. On the flight to Paris, I'd been trapped in a window seat on the wrong side of the restrooms since approximately Newfoundland by a nice nurse of the missionary persuasion. She'd been traveling between family in the U.S. and the Ivory Coast for 40 years. She knew how to sleep on a plane. I can be quite polite. So I was a little ragged when I flopped into Florence at 3:00 in the afternoon, 18 hours after I had first taken off (though it was a couple of days before I was capable of doing the math).
Leaving the airport was like walking into a pizza oven. Hot. Seriously hot. I took a taxi to the daughter's apartment, where the kind concierge was expecting me and let me in. I forced myself to stay awake until the daughter arrived a couple of hours later, but don't ask me how. I was determined to start living on Italian time from the start so as not to miss one precious moment of the whole experience. I suspect a shower was involved, and probably a change of clothes. Lordy, it was hot. How few clothes could I get away with? I was never going to see most of these people again, right?
When the daughter and her roommates arrived home, the first thing she did was take me for a walk along the Arno and around her neighborhood: the favorite café, the nearest market, and most important, the best gelato place. With free wifi. Have I mentioned it was hot? I didn't exactly hang on the daughter's arm, beg abjectly and weep, but I did suggest that perhaps we for just the first night we could have dinner Americanly early rather than Europeanly late. The daughter, who was getting by on the 10,000 calorie a day extreme dancer's diet, was up for it.
She took me to their favorite student-priced restaurant. Its name? Friends, I could barely remember my own. I felt myself disintegrating, practically hallucinating. I wasn't sure I could make myself understood in English, let alone Italian. I was easy pickings. I don't recall what the daughter ordered (pizza would be a safe guess). But I will never, ever forget this pasta. I took the first bite. My mouth dropped open. I gasped. I gently set my fork down in my plate and folded my hands in my lap. I very slowly said, "This. Is. The best thing. I have ever tasted. In my entire. Life." The daughter, who'd been eating like that for a month, sort of shrugged – oh, that old thing – and tucked into whatever she had ordered. If this re-creation – I believe one says "avatar" these days – comes even slightly close to the one I tasted that night, you may get to experience some of what I did. And I really don't believe it was the fatigue talking. Make it with and for people you love. Buon apetito. —boulangere
Serves: 2 with leftovers; easily doubles or triples
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
1/2 package spaghetti or bucatini
Sea or kosher salt
Good olive oil, and lots of it
1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes of whatever colors are to hand, halved
2 or 3 good sized cloves garlic, minced
1 can tuna packed in olive oil, not drained, opened, homage to Pierino who appreciates the value of very good canned tuna
A couple of generous handfuls of spinach leaves, stems pulled off
Juice of 1/2 lemon, Meyer if possible
Sea or kosher salt and pepper to taste
A good Parmesan or Romano cheese
- A note about the tuna: Italian tuna packed in olive oil is heavenly. There are many brands available. Ortiz is heavenly; Roland offers a decent one. That said, I live in Montana. When I want pasta, I don't want it when Amazon or anyone else can get tuna to me. I'm happy to to stop into World Market and buy Tonnino yellowfin for $2.95 a can. And a note about the cheese. No, it is not traditional to serve fishy pastas with cheese. But if you have to have Parm with your pasta, by all means go ahead. Just use it sparingly.
- Start heating a large pot of generously salted water (it should taste like the ocean). This comes together fast. Good for evenings when you need dinner to almost make itself.
- I had this over a spaghetti that was more like what we consider bucatini, so if you can find bucatini, grab it. No delicate, frail pasta allowed. The pasta has a front and center seat here. It's not a mere conveyor of other flavors, it's right out there with its arms around them all. Pull out about 1/2 of it from the package. Check the cook time. Set a timer for 3 minutes less than the recommended cook time. Drop the pasta into the water and begin making the sauce. Multi-tasking necessary here: keep a set of tongs to hand to gently move the pasta around so that it doesn't sink and stick, and also to move the sauce ingredients about.
- Set a skillet over medium-high heat. It should be large enough to hold the sauce and pasta at the end. Force yourself to add 2 or 3 times as much good olive oil as you usually would.; we're not "filming" any pans here. This is all about the bold flavors of delicate ingredients. Use a good 5 ounces.
- When the oil is hot (it'll shimmer, or ribbon), add the halved tomatoes. They'll cook along quickly, releasing those precious juices to concentrate in all that lovely olive oil. If the skillet is too spattery, turn the heat down a bit. As the tomatoes begin to soften, add the garlic. When it's very fragrant, add the tuna and its oil. Break up any large chunks with a wooden spoon. Turn down the heat to a good simmer.
- When the timer goes off for the pasta, use tongs to lift it out of the boiling water and drop it directly into the skillet. Please trust me, it wants to be way more dente than al. It's going to cook some more in the skillet. Dip out a couple of good ladles of pasta water and add to the skillet. Move everything around and together with your tongs. Toss in the spinach and add the lemon juice. Move everything around until spinach is just wilted. Taste the sauce before you season to taste with salt and pepper. Use your tongs to lift pasta out onto plates. Divide any remaining sauce between them. Grate some good cheese over the top. Serve with slices of focaccia or baguette so that not one drop of sauce is left behind. You'll be a happier person for it.
- As noted, this all comes together very quickly, so be on your toes. Thank God I didn't have to make anything my first night in Florence, and thank heaven the daughter took me to it. It was worth the price of the entire trip to have tasted it. With my daughter. I was in heaven. George was on his own.
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Lee Marshall emailed in this photo of a stylish snowman and his dog that he made with the help of friends Kimberley and Geoff in Mirfield, West Yorkshire
Thankyou very much to all who have sent in photographs of the snow. Here is our 2nd gallery of some of those we have received. If you have a photograph you would like to be considered for a future weather gallery, perhaps of a snowman you have built or a snowy scene, please email it to firstname.lastname@example.com: Lee Marshall