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The long-awaited announcement has finally come. The Supreme Court of the United States will take up two cases involving same-sex marriage. Thus we could be in the final days of the discrimination wrought by the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.
The court will hear a challenge to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that California's Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. The 2008 ballot measure made same-sex marriage illegal there through an amendment to the state's constitution.
The court will also hear Windsor v. United States. Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer of New York had been together 42 years when they legally married in Canada in 2007. When Spyer died in 2009, Windsor had to pay the Internal Revenue Service $363,053 in estate taxes because DOMA prevents the IRS from recognizing her as a surviving spouse.
DOMA is doomed.
The main reason for my optimism is based in the fact that the Windsor case is not a quest for a special right of any kind. Windsor was legally married.
What she wants — what all similarly suited same-sex couples and those who aspire to marriage want for themselves — is to have her marriage recognized by the federal government and to enjoy the rights and responsibilities that go with that.
As The Washington Post reports, however, the Windsor case "would not require an answer to the broader constitutional question of whether (same-sex couples) must be allowed to marry."
On Election Day, the people of Maine, Maryland and Washington states said yes to marriage equality. The people of Minnesota beat back an effort to ban same-sex marriage through their state constitution.
While the rights of a minority should never be up to a popular vote, that voters in those states said "I do" to allowing gay and lesbian couples marry is a historic shift that should not be ignored by the Supreme Court.
Arguments will be heard in March. A decision is expected in June.
Jonathan Capehart is a columnist for The Washington Post.
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DeKALB - Northern Illinois Athletics' fifth annual awards banquet, "The Victors," is set for 8 p.m. Monday, April 28, at the historic Egyptian Theatre in downtown DeKalb. Huskie fans are invited to join in celebrating the accomplishments of NIU student-athletes at the red-carpet event; tickets are $20 and are available by calling 815-753-1923 or visiting EgyptianTheatre.org. Tickets will also be available at the door starting at 6:45 p.m.
An all-sports, ESPY-style awards show, "The Victors" will feature live performances, musical numbers and awards presentations by NIU student-athletes and staff. A total of 26 awards will be handed out, including male and female athlete of the year, newcomer of the year and coach of the year, along with Mr. and Ms. Victor E. Huskie, an award given to student-athletes who represent a commitment to developing as a champion in the classroom, in competition and in life. Results for the 2013 spring, 2013 fall and 2013-14 winter sports were considered in the nominations.
NIU coaches nominated student-athletes for the awards. Finalists are selected by members of the Huskie Athletics Student Services Committee. Winners for the awards will be selected by a vote from each team and each office within the athletic department. Fans can participate in selecting the play of the year award by voting at NIUHuskies.com.
Finalists for Newcomer of the Year (Male) are Aaric Armstead, men's basketball; Simon Formont, men's tennis; Tommy Hook, baseball; Shaun'Qae McMurtry, wrestling; and Jamaal Payton, football.
Finalists for Newcomer of the Year (Female) are Alex Elias, women's soccer; Ally Lehman, women's basketball; Megan Gilliam, gymnastics; Mary Grace Kelly, volleyball; and Jenna Radtke, volleyball.
Finalists for Team of the Year (Male) are baseball, men's basketball, football and men's tennis.
Finalists for Team of the Year (Female) are gymnastics, softball and volleyball.
Finalists for Athlete of the Year (Male) are Axel Lagerlof, men's tennis; Jordan Lynch, football; Alex Klonowski, baseball; and Jordan Threloff, men's basketball.
Finalists for Athlete of the Year (Female) are Sarah Angelos, volleyball; Amanda Corral, women's basketball; Kim Gotlund, gymnastics; Mackenzie Roddy, volleyball; Amanda Sheppard, softball and Nelle Youel, women's tennis.
Finalists for Coach of the Year (Male) are Rod Carey, football; Patrick Fisher, men's tennis; Ed Mathey, baseball; and Mark Montgomery, men's basketball.
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Finalists for Unsung Hero are Jamie Burr, cross country; Peyton Gunnison, women's golf; Shane Rosenberry, wrestling; and Jenna Thorp, women's basketball.
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Swindon Viewpoint was first constituted in 1958 and over the years we've used many generations of communication technology. More than almost any other broadcaster in the UK. Here is the brief history of the nuts and bolts that have helped to put images in front of your eyes during this time.
When Swindon Viewpoint began, video technology was in its infancy. Almost all television was produced on 16mm film and broadcast through a projection device. But film is expensive and challenging to work with, you couldn't easily record sound at the same time for example. Films were made in Swindon prior to Viewpoint, - as you can see from browsing our archive, but the medium wasn't well suited to access television for cost and technical reasons.
An Early Film Reel
Film played a part in Viewpoint's launch nonetheless, for the Viewpoint logo. It wasn't possible construct logos or do animation on videotape at the time.
Ampex developed the first video tape recording system in the late fifties; these machines used two-inch wide magnetic tape and were behemoths needing a fork lift truck to move them about.
A somewhat slimmed down version followed in the late sixties though it wasn't initially adopted for television. The picture and sound were recorded together on one-inch wide open reel magnetic tapes. These needed to be carefully threaded onto large and heavy reel-to-reel recorders.
One-inch open reel tape
EMI equipped Swindon Viewpoint at the outset with 1" video recorders made by Sony; at over 90lbs they still weren't portable. One went out in the Viewpoint Range Rover while the others were back at the Studio. They could record up to an hour on a fat 8-inch reel.
One-inch Tape machines; - most of Viewpoint' studio and location programmes from 1973 to 1977 are on this format.
The star turn however, - at least for public access, was that EMI also supplied us with several of the newly developed half-inch portapaks. As the name suggests, these used half-inch wide reel to reel tape and were much lighter, although at around 40lbs they were still cumbersome in today's terms and the battery didn't last long at all. The important point though was that, for the first time, members of the public could take them out and about and record for themselves what they were involved in.
The Sony 'Rover' half-inch black and White portable video recorder
Everything had to be brought back to base for editing and this was a hit and miss process involving hooking two machines together, spinning them up to speed and trying to transfer from one to the other the programmes segments you wanted, - in the sequence you wanted them. There was usually a glitch in the picture at the edit point! - Especially if a 'Time Base Corrector' wasn't used.
For the first time though, people could with a little dedication make their own TV, and Swindon Viewpoint was the pioneer in facilitating this. For an example of an early programme made on the half-inch portapak; watch Pinehurst challenges the Planners, or Playschemes in the Archive.
In 1977 Viewpoint went colour and moved to the more recent Umatic format. The 3/4" wide tape was now enclosed in a large cassette (or slightly smaller one for the portapak) and was therefore easier to load in the video recorder
Umatic cassette tape, (at the bottom right is modern DV tape for size comparison)
Arguably picture quality, or at least resolution, went down somewhat with the move to colour, although that didn't seem to dent its popularity at all. The cameras Viewpoint purchased were Sony DXC1610 single tube affairs.
Sony 1610 and Portapak Recorder
For outside work and public access these were married up to a Umatic portapak, if anything these were even heavier than the half-inch Rover! In the studio, programmes were recorded on the larger mains Umatic recorder. Umatic became a very popular format and was fairly reliable for its day.
The Viewpoint studio in the early seventies
Video still needed to be edited by copying segments of recordings onto another machine in the desired sequence, but with Umatic it became a little less hit and miss. The development of an edit controller meant the two machines could be locked together in electrical synchronisation (with the pictures on both machines starting and completing their scans at the same time) this meant less picture disturbance at the edit point. They could also be automatically back-rolled an equal amount and run up to speed together meaning a more precise edit point for the transfer.
Umatic Edit suite with two machines and a monitor for each
This setup served right up to 1986 when the funds raised from regular commercial rental of the kit was used to upgrade to Umatic SP, a development of the same format with much improved picture quality. At the same time 3 tube cameras were purchased, which radically improved the picture quality of programmes.
The Umatic SP format that arrived in 1986
The JVC KY1900
A 3 tube camera that made most of the Viewpoint programmes in the late eighties and early nineties, yes, the recorder was still separate!
Looking back over all these years: As well as the gradual improvement in size and weight of equipment, and in the picture quality attainable, another major factor has been a gradual improvement of cameras ability to get results in poor lighting conditions. Just look at the number of powerful lights needed on the ceiling of the early Viewpoint studio for example. Often out on location, community users found there simply wasn't enough light to get reasonable results. So bear all these things in mind when you watch productions from the early days of video technology. Those producers demonstrate quite considerable dedication when you take into account the handicaps of the medium at the time.
Nowadays of course we have tiny camcorders not much bigger than your hand that perform well in low light and give superb picture quality. They no longer need tape; the recording goes straight onto a small hard drive or memory card that then plugs directly into home computer software for easy and precise editing.


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5 Worst Things To Expect From The Sequester
The sequester is set to go into effect on Friday, unless Congress acts now. Presuming Republicans and Democrats remain deadlocked, actual consequences of the sequester will begin on March 27. According to a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, a majority of Americans are opposed to the sequester, but are unsure how Congress should solve the problem. President Obama is scheduled to meet with Congressional leaders on Friday at the White House to discuss a potential compromise.
If Congress doesn't act, massive irresponsible cuts will be implemented, affecting millions of Americans and reversing years of progress. These are five of the many consequences Americans will face if Congress doesn't reach a deal by Friday.
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The NFL's 2012 Associated Press All-Pro Team features just two players who were voted in unanimously: Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and Texans defensive end J.J. Watt.
It's no surprise that all 50 members of the media who have All-Pro votes chose both Peterson and Watt: Peterson fell just short of the NFL's single-season rushing record and is likely to win the Most Valuable Player award, and Watt is a lock to win the defensive player of the year award after a season that his coach described as the greatest any defensive lineman has ever had in NFL history.
What is surprising is that Peterson and Watt are the only unanimous All-Pros. Specifically, the decision of one voter not to include Lions receiver Calvin Johnson is a head-scratcher. Johnson didn't just lead the league in receiving, he led the league in receiving by a whopping 366 yards, while breaking Jerry Rice's record for receiving yards in a season.
And All-Pro voters select two wide receivers on their ballots, so whoever didn't vote for Johnson thinks there were at least two wide receivers who were better than Johnson last season. That's hard to understand. I contacted the Associated Press to ask which voter did not select Johnson, but I have not yet received a reply.
Whoever that voter is, I'd be interested in hearing his or her explanation. If you watched football last season and thought you saw two receivers better than Megatron, I have to question what you were watching.
UPDATE 2:30 p.m. ET: The Associated Press has confirmed that former NFL player Tim Ryan, who works for FOX Sports and SiriusXM, was the one voter who did not put Calvin Johnson on his All-Pro team.


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One-Pot Cioppino – the easiest recipe to make San Francisco Cioppino. This seafood stew is SO GOOD you'll want it every day!
I am thrilled to be a part of KitchenAid Cook for Your Mom campaign to celebrate this year's Mother's Day, which falls on May 13. KitchenAid believes that the best way of celebrating Mother's Day is to Cook for Your Mom, and For The Cure®. Why take mom out on the busiest restaurant day of the year when you can avoid the crowds, and show some serious love, by cooking her a homemade meal instead?
Mother's Day is a special day that everyone should observe. It's that time of year when you shower your mother with love—buying her flowers or expensive gifts, taking her out for dinner, or cooking a special meal for her. To echo the Cook for Your Mom campaign, I am sharing a perfect recipe with you that will wow your mom.
I am partial to seafood so when it comes to festivities and celebrations, I always go for a seafood feast. Mother's Day is no exception. All I wanted for this year's Mother's Day is to savor my favorite seafood dish—Cioppino.
Originated from San Franciso, Cioppino is a seafood stew with rich and briny flavors. I love it that there are a ton of seafood in Cioppino: fish, shrimp, clam, mussel, squid, crab, and scallop. But the sweetest thing about Cioppino is that you can pretty much create your own version. If you don't like a certain seafood, feel free to opt it out. For the seafood you like, add more to the stew. If you get good quality ingredients and the freshest seafood, Cioppino is guaranteed to please. I hope my Cioppino recipe inspires you to cook for your mom on the holiday and show her how much you care!
To tie-in with Mother's Day, KitchenAid is sponsoring a giveaway on Rasa Malaysia: one (1) lucky winner will win a very special KitchenAid KSM150PSPK Komen Foundation Artisan Series5-Quart Mixer (retail value: $349.99), in pink color! Head over to the giveaway page now to enter to win.
Happy Mother's Day!
About Cook for Your Mom and Cook for the Cure®:
Raising funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer—a cause close to the hearts of so many mothers—is a way to celebrate moms everywhere and make the day even more special. Through its Cook for the Cure® program, which has generated more than $8 million for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, KitchenAid offers several ways to support the cause as part of a Mother's Day celebration.
One option is to host a Mother's Day meal, ask guests to contribute to the cause and, in honor of mom, donate the funds to Komen using a donation form available at tinyurl.com/CFTCdonation. For the same amount that might have been spent on flowers, wine or a restaurant tab, families can make a meaningful contribution on her behalf.
Another option is to present mom with an individually-numbered serving platter created by KitchenAid and Villeroy & Boch, using artwork by Pépin, and asking her to pass it to a friend or loved one with a homemade culinary creation. Each time the platter is passed and registered at CookfortheCure.com, KitchenAid will make a $5 donation to Komen. Supporters of this "Pass the Plate" initiative can even track the travels of their platter via the web site. The platter is available for $24.95 at ShopKitchenAid.com and Villeroy & Boch stores.
And finally, for Mother's Day gift givers, KitchenAid offers a collection of pink products that celebrate and help support the Cook for the Cure program. They include the iconic KitchenAid Stand Mixer in soft or bold pink, as well as blenders, hand mixers and more than a dozen culinary gadgets.
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One-Pot Cioppino - the easiest recipe to make San Francisco Cioppino. This seafood stew is SO GOOD you'll want it every day.
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 small onion, diced
- 12 oz tomatoes, diced
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 tablespoon dried chili flakes
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 cup water
- 1 bunch Italian parsley leaves, chopped
- Salt to taste
- 8 oz halibut or other firm white fish, cut into cubes
- 4 oz scallops
- 4 oz shelled and deveined tiger prawn
- 8 oz little neck clams or Manila clams
- 8 oz mussels, bearded and scrubbed
- 4 oz cleaned squid, cut into rings
Heat the olive oil in a large, deep pot over medium heat. Saute the garlic and onion until they become aromatic, but not browned. Add in the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and chili flakes and continue to stir for about 1 minute. Pour in the white wine and water and simmer on low heat. Cover and cook for about 30 minutes.
Turn the heat up to high and add in the all the ingredients in Seafood and the parsley leaves. As soon as the clams and mussels are open, the stew is ready. Add salt to taste and serve immediately.
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Possibility is used when we are talking about the future, we often don't really know what will happen.
Expressing asking about possibilities:
- Would it be possible for (somebody) to …?
- Do you think it's possible that ... ?
- What possibility is there that ... ?
- Is there any possibility that ... ?
- What's the possibility of ... ?
- What are the chances of ...?
- Do you think you can…?
- Is it possible that ... ?
- Is it possible to ... ?
- Are you capable of…?
- Yes, it is.
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- I think so.
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- Not a chance!
- That's not possible.
2. Expressing Curiosity and Desire
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Curiosity is an emotion represents a drive to know new things.
Expressing curiosity is the expression how express curious about something or someone.
Expressing Curiosity:
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- What I'd really like to find out is …
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- Let time show us the truth.
b. Expressing Desire
Desire is a sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome. When a person desires something or someone, their sense of longing is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of the item or person, and they want to take actions to obtain their goal.
- I wish I could be...
- I want to...
- I'm interested in...
3. Expressing Views
- I support your decision.
- If I were you,...
- Personally I believe….
- In my view, ….
- It seems to me….
- From my point of view….
- I'd just like to say….
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- Personally, I consider….
- To be perfectly frank….
- If you ask my view about it, I will say that I agree with it.
Responding Agreement:
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- Exactly.
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All this time, we were under the delusion that individual rights were naturally occurring or gifts from God; but apparently rights come from the Veterans Administration, at least the right to own and bear arms. During a heated discussion over the defense budget bill, some folks stated they believe veterans are not protected by the Constitution; why else would these individuals be held to a different standard than the rest of the citizenry? The question recorded in an AP article:
"Should veterans deemed too mentally incompetent to handle their own financial affairs be prevented from buying a gun?"
I'm not sure that's a good question to ask; after all, if we're to use mental incompetence in handling financial affairs as our litmus test, wouldn't that exempt Congress and the Executive Branch as well?
In my best Arlo Guthrie tone of voice, "I mean… I meeeeaaaannnnn…," as we're headed for a financial cliff running full steam ahead toward national bankruptcy, these folks have the audacity to use financial incompetence as a measuring stick for mental stability?
"Currently, the VA appoints fiduciaries, often family members, to manage the pensions and disability benefits of veterans who are declared incompetent. When that happens, the department automatically enters the veteran's name in the Criminal Background Check System."
I should point out that it is a VA doctor or management team who declares these veterans incompetent rather than a judge in a court of law to determine mental competency. This is all done to protect the individual and society from dangers associated with firearms; so they are automatically denied the right to purchase any firearms since their name would appear on a background check even though these folks are not criminals. Doesn't that strike anyone else as warped?
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., has been trying to protect veteran's gun ownership rights through an amendment to the defense budget bill; however, VA administrators see it differently.
"VA officials have told lawmakers they believe veterans deemed incompetent already have adequate protections.
For example, they said, veterans can appeal the finding of incompetency based on new evidence. And even if the VA maintains a veteran is incompetent, he can petition the agency to have his firearm rights restored on the basis of not posing a threat to public safety."
Don't blink or you'll miss it, that part where a veteran who has lost his right to own and bear arms, having lost that right because a doctor or management team at the VA deemed him/her mentally incompetent to manage his/her financial affairs, not a judge in a court of law; that individual can petition the VA, an agency of government, to restore that right.
Rights don't come from government; they existed prior to the formation of government, entitlements come from government. If you don't understand this then you don't deserve to call yourself an American.
"Rights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another… It is impossible to discover any origin of rights otherwise than in the origin of man; it consequently follows that rights appertain to man in right of his existence, and must therefore be equal to every man." Thomas Paine
"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?" Thomas Jefferson
The foundation of America is set in our Republican Constitutional form of government which at its base uses reasoning acquired over the history of mankind; but summed up by John Locke:
"For nobody can transfer to another more power than he has in himself, and nobody has an absolute arbitrary power over himself, or over any other, to destroy his own life, or take away the life or property of another."
Individual rights cannot be arbitrarily removed from any individual; by executive fiat, by legislation intended to make society a safer place, by a doctor treating a patient or management team intent on providing a safer environment for family members.
Only a judge sitting in a proper court of law can limit an individual's use of rights.
In August a former Marine was arrested, "after authorities deemed his Facebook posts threatening". According to the original article printed in the Washington Times:
"Without a warrant or recitation of his Miranda rights, (Brandon) Raub was handcuffed and taken into custody. After a quick hearing, government officials confirmed that Raub's Facebook posts necessitated his detention, refusing to acknowledge legal objections that the words were wrongly interpreted. The former Marine will undergo 30 days of evaluation at Salem VA Medical Center."
Raub was held against his will; but considerable attention and pressure was brought to bear after news of this incident got around the internet.
"After a special hearing today (August 23, 2012), Circuit Judge W. Allan Sharret declared the commitment order granted to federal authorities for Brandon Raub's arrest and detainment was invalid."
It wouldn't be so bad if this were an isolated incident; but I'm hearing from many who are currently serving in the military that upon leaving the service they are being advised to be very careful in answering questions which relate to firearms ownership, because the VA medical personnel are flagging folks who "raise any red flags or concerns" and that these individuals names are automatically added to the Criminal Background Check System effectively preventing them from gun ownership.
If all of Congress decided to limit the rights of individuals to own and bear arms through legislation, to include the UN Treaty currently being considered, that legislation would not meet the requirements of our Constitution under our form of government because rights of individuals existed and continue to exist with or without government's approval, with or without your neighbor's approval or even your own family's approval.
That's the beauty of Constitutional protections; they don't limit individuals, they limit government. No, veterans don't have to ask the VA for the right to own and bear arms, not now, not ever; it's a right, not an entitlement.
This article has been cross-posted to The Moral Liberal, a publication whose banner reads, "Defending The Judeo-Christian Ethic, Limited Government & The American Constitution."


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What's a food trip without dessert? Or at least something sweet to keep your energy up for all the miles' worth of exploring. Here are some of the sugary bits that kept me happy in Barcelona and beyond.
This is the place for that traditional chocolate con churros you associate with Spain. This little granja (meaning 'farm' or 'dairy', what Catalans refer to as a 'milk bar') has been around for a long, long time, tucked away in a narrow lane among the warren-like streets of the Barrio Gotico/Catedral area. The chocolate is so thick and unctuous you can practically eat it with a spoon. Definitely an experience not to miss.They are on Carrer de Petritxol 2. Tel: 933026824. Going out of the Placa del Pi just turn into Carrer de Petritxol.
Barcelona has some very talented chocolate makers that can definitely hold their own among the best out there. Some of these are what I buy ever time I go (and what I ask for from my kind relatives when they visit Manila) and some I tried for the first time on this trip.
Kokoa – These guys carry my all time favorite truffles (shoulder to shoulder with Maison de Chocolat). Don't let the shiny gold wrapper, bright orange ribbon, and little flower on top fool you. Inside those foil wrappers lay individual hearts of darkness that can bring you to your knees. Despite the truffles being made from dark chocolate, they are called "Trufas de Vainilla". You will find Kokoa in on the basement of Diagonal Mar (two stores away from Toys R Us, kind of across Alcampo supermarket). Diagonal Mar is a shopping mall on Paseo Taulat and Josep Pla, or on Diagonal and Josep Pla. You can take the yellow line of the metro to the stop Maresme/Forum.
Vilaplana – This is where my cousin discovered catanies, and although I am not really fond of white chocolate, even I eat these little treasures. The catanies are caramel coated almonds covered in white chocolate and dusted with unsweetened cocoa powder. They are a delicious sensory mix of different tastes and textures – first the cocoa powder coats your mouth with unsweetened chocolate, then comes the smooth, milky white chocolate rebuttal, followed by your teeth cracking the sweet caramel coating, and finally the nutty goodness of the almond to round things off. These are my mom's favorite and what we brought home for her. They are on on Plaza de Sant Gregori Taumaturg and Carrer Francesc Perez Cabrero near Turo Park.
Blanxart – This was a small bar of dark chocolate I got simply because I liked the medieval looking wrapper (I can't help it, I like pretty things). It was a good, solid dark chocolate. We brought some back but it is now long gone, heehee. You can get Blanxart in a lot of specialty shops and chocolatiers about town (including the airport).
Xocoa – This was another new taste. I wanted to check this place out after hearing so much about it. A true Barcelonan venture, they are a happy marriage of age-old quality with a hip, modern delivery. The look is cool and retro and the selection runs the gamut from plain white, milk, and dark chocolate, to delicious and innovative flavor pairings. We got the milk chocolate with cacao nibs, dark chocolate with green tea (intersting!), and 90% cocoa dark chocolate (whoa!). You can find them at Carrer d'En Bot 4, Tel: 933188991 or Carrer de Petrixol 11, Tel: 933011197. They also have a small branch at the L'Illa mall.
Amatller – Casa Amatller is one of the three buildings that make up the famous "manzana de la discordia" (block of discord or apple of discord). The "manzana de la discordia" is made up of what is said to be the three finest modernist buildings in the entire city: Casa Batllo by Antoni Gaudi, Casa Amatller by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, and Casa Lleo-Morera by Lluis Domenech i Montaner. The three buildings can be found side by side on the Passeig de Gracia, each stunning façade competing for your attention (hence the discord). The building was bought in 1898 by chocolate industrialist Antoni Amatller, and you can buy their chocolates inside. Entranced by their gorgeous packaging, delicious looking offerings, and the girl at the register telling me my Spanish was very good, we happily purchased the following: Amatllons (which are what they call their catanies), more dark chocolate, and a block of chocolate for drinking (which is their own special blend with a touch of cinnamon). You can find them at Passeig de Gracia 41.
Taps from Cadaques
We visited Cadaques, the lovely seaside village where Salvador Dali lived, during our road trip along the Costa Brava. Unfortunately, as in our wedding, it wouldn't stop raining. To make things a little more, um, exciting, this little gem of a town is found at the end of a winding mountain road…not the best place to be during inclement weather, especially with the fog fast approaching. But we pressed on, it was our honeymoon after all, and what's a little adventure right? We searched for the tourist office where we could pick up our tickets for our entrance to Dali's house, only to find the office closed. Wet and soggy, we trudged around the town, taking silly pictures of ourselves and our umbrella. And we bought taps. Taps, a specialty of Cadaques, are like little sponge cakes shaped like champagne corks, powdered sugar dusting their heads. They are sublime! Light, tender, and sweet, the sides still moist and sticky with sugar, they were exactly the remedy for a cold rainy day. Anyone who goes to Cadaques should not leave without a box. You can get them at most bakeshops there.


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Wemade Entertainment is held '2012 Line-up announcement showcase' in Seoul on the 26th of April. At the event, the company reveals 8 brand new mobile games – Goblin Mobile, Fighters, Silkroad M, StarCity Mobile, Everyfarm2, Epic Island, Cafestoria Mobile, Braves.
Namgung Hun, CEO of Wemade, said "Some speculates that mobile devices will outperform video game consoles within 3 years, we agreed with it. Playing on hands does not mean the quality is behind PC games. We would rather show features for mobile devices that PC cannot present."
New games from Wemade Entertainment could be categorized in 3 different fields – Social game, RTS game, Minigames. Wemade Entertainment has been increased cooperated companies. The company acquired Ngonsoft and co-developed games with Mobicle, Dbros. It also has the subsidiary company Wemade Creativel and is the share investor of the popular smartphone messenger KakaoTalk. The company acquires Fever Studio, Link Tomorrow, Liny Works on the 23rd of April as well.
Wemade Entertainment reveals its integrated SNS brand 'We Social'. It does not have a separated platform, instead it will provide various services through KakaoTalk.


text: Hi all, I'm going to be building a AMD MP-based beowulf system this spring and have a question or about memory selection for the nodes. First question is which type of memory to choose: ECC, non-ECC, Registered or not. My understanding that registered memory is slower, but allows for more capacity (more chips) on a DIMM. This should not be an issue for me, since I expect that 512M in each node will be enough. Second question is if memory errors occur with ECC memory does Linux know about and report problems in the logs? (this does occur on Sun Solaris systems)? ... Dave Saint Mary's University Astronomy/Physics


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WASHINGTON — The Lakers are a better team with Kobe Bryant, obviously.
But will his two-year, $48.5 million extension ensure the Lakers enough financial flexibility to build a championship roster?
"I think we do," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said Tuesday in a conference call from Los Angeles. "The challenges are there. The collective bargaining agreement doesn't make it easier for anybody. It's restrictive and challenging. But yes, I do believe we can."
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Who says you have to have a white wedding? These bright beauties are proof you can have your color and eat it, too.
Okay, before we head to the Epcot bunker: they're actually hand-painted poppies, and they're beautiful!
Orange you glad I found this gorgeous cake?
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Such a great color. Everything should look that cheerful.
Or, if that's too much orange (never!), here's a way to stand out with classic black and white:
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For a more elegant style, this bakery muted the colors and added more feminine detail:
Those piped pearls are divine!
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Wedding in the garden, perhaps?
How about a classic design with a kick?
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Going green has never been more tasteful.
This blue beauty was inspired by sun-printing:
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Totally mod - and what a cool technique!
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Made by BethAnn at Studio Cake Design
Simply beautiful.
And if you can't decide on just one color, why not use them all?
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I love love love this striped summertime sweet. I only hope they used Fruit Stripe gum for wedding favors.
However, I don't think I've ever found a wedding "cake" I love more than this:
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Rainbow-colored cake spheres? Roy G. Biv would be proud!
Have a Sweet to nominate? Then send it to Sunday Sweets (at) Cake Wrecks (dot) com.


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Israeli officials were taken aback on Monday when the Obama Administration, which had previously vowed to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons, insisted that it would set no deadlines for Iranian compliance with international demands.
"We're not setting deadlines," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters after being asked how Washington would respond to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that the West must do more to halt Iran's defiant nuclear program.
Clinton's spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, later added, "...it is not useful...to be setting deadlines one way or the other, red lines."
"Without a firm and clear red line, Iran won't stop its race for a nuclear weapon," an unnamed Israeli government official told The Times of Israel. "Words like these don't only not deter Iran, they calm it."
The official's remarks echoed Netanyahu's warning earlier this week that the lack of international determination was only encouraging Iran to continue its quest for nuclear arms.
"I think what is important to realize is that Iran will not stop unless it sees clear determination by the democratic countries of the world and a clear red line," Netanyahu said in an interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) after Canada became the first Western power to sever ties with Iran over its threatening nuclear ambitions.
A recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) backed up Netanyahu's assessment, noting that in recent years Iran's nuclear research and achievements had accelerated, and that there was evidence Iran intends to build nuclear warheads.
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text: Greg You make a very persuasive case for an ABI. As an end-user of MPI, and with no ambitions to be anything else, many of the benefits of an ABI you suggest would be very useful. My recent experience of porting our MPI / Fortran codes to other platforms has been that getting the code to compile has been almost trivial (replace 'call flush(6)' by 'call flush_(6)' a few times, that sort of thing) but that getting to grips with the foreign environment (memory management, job submission, job start-up) is a real pain. So, to all you salesman in the group, come back and try to sell me the ABI when it's ready. Regards Mark Greg Lindahl wrote: > Those of you who were at the Open IB conference last week saw me give > a talk entitled "The Case for an MPI ABI". It seems that Patrick and I > have been channeling each other AGAIN; see what happens when I move to > California? > > The first question is: Does an ABI provide enough benefit for people > to care? To care enough to sit on a committee? > > If the answer is "yes", then I think we'll have one. The minimum > technical issues revolve around the contents of <mpi.h> and the names > of shared libraries. The amount of work for MPICH or OpenMPI to > support that part of an ABI is modest. > > If we wanted to go farther, I have a strawman proposal which addresses > a generic startup procedure which would allow user applications, MPI > implementations, and queue systems to all live in peace and harmony. > > This talk: > > http://www.openib.org/docs/oib_wkshp_022005/mpi-abi-pathscale-lindahl.pdf > > mostly talks about why we need an ABI, who wins and loses as a result > of having one, and the pieces that could be in it. Please give it a > look. > > -- greg > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > -- Mark Westwood Parallel Programmer OHM Ltd The Technology Centre Offshore Technology Park Claymore Drive Aberdeen AB23 8GD United Kingdom +44 (0)870 429 6586 www.ohmsurveys.com


text: On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 02:21:48PM -0600, Josip Loncaric wrote: > David Mathog wrote: > > > >Or is chilled water too cold for direct use in cooling > >computer equipment? (For nstance, causing condensation > >problems.) > Today's air cooled equipment is potentially/actually at the same power density and heat output as the Crays cooled with flourinert or the big water cooled mainframes were a few years ago. Price has dropped, processing power has improved - but so has the need for cooling. IMHO and without much direct experience. Use cooled water for chilled beams and aircon. and cool the equipment that way. If you need direct liquid cooling of rack parts / servers in the rack you've a whole host more problems, not least the fact that liquid and electricity don't mix and that air cooled units have holes in them. There _will_ be liquid coolant leaks eventually. Old style supercomputers were built on an "island" - if coolant leaked, there were dams to catch it and electricity came in above the level of the coolant overflows. Watch out for condensation on beams - make sure they are (a). the right way up (b) have drip trays underneath. [Fond memories of a lab. where, potentially, neither of these were true. Switch the chilled beams up and you'd get indoor rain from condensation :( As a result, I lived at 30-35 C all year, winter and summer] Big Peltier effect plates might help a lot - but they're almost as expenisve as the supercomputers if you want something to produce very meaningful cooling :( > I'm not sure that you'd be using pure chilled water to cool your CPUs > directly. Apple's liquid cooled Mac uses some kind of alcohol, I think. > > Since air cooling dominates today, there are also transitional > technologies to consider. A mixed air/water cooling scenario involves a > water-cooled rear door to cool the hot air coming out of a rack; this > doesn't cause condensation if that the liquid is not too cold. > > See http://www.designnews.com/article/CA500772.html for an example: > Altix systems can dissipate ~8KW per rack, so they use a water cooled > rear door, which works with chilled liquid of just under 60 deg. F. > Just in case any condensation happens anyway, they added a drain feature > to the rack. > > Given the rapid increases in packaging density (e.g. blade servers with > power densities much higher than SGI's Altix), I'm pretty sure that > large computer installations will want liquid cooling. Making this > transition is a challenge today, but within a few years, more plumbing > will be needed in high end computer rooms. > I walked into someone else's computer rooms the other day, having been invited to see the kit. Noisy - but virtually empty. However, all the power budget has been allocated and all the space will be taken up. Designed at least 6 - 8 years ago and based on best available guesswork at the time: no room for expansion or increased power needs now. Building a reasonable size computer hall takes a couple of years of planning and another couple of years to build - so the sysadmin needs to explain that they're really full, even though the hall looks 3/4 empty today, if they're going to plug the shortfalls in a couple of years. Not the best way to impress your funding authorities :( Andy


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Published by: County Borken
County Borken, 1988
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The following list of 440 Jews who perished in the Holocaust was taken from a book, "Es ist nicht leicht, darüber zu sprechen" Der November-Pogrom 1938 im Kreis Borken, ("It is not easy to talk about it" the November 1938 pogrom in Borken county). Borken is located north of the Ruhr in western Germany. The book was published by the county, and, although it focuses on events which took place in area towns in 1938, it includes lists of persons who died in the Holocaust in later years. Not all the persons listed were deported directly from Borken. Some had moved to other parts of Germany while others even left Germany but were deported from countries such as the Netherlands. So long as they had resided in Borken they were included. A few persons committed suicide rather than be deported and they can be identified by a local place of death. Persons who died of natural causes in the Nazi period were not included. The dates of death for those who who died in camps such as Theresienstadt are probably correct but the dates of death in camps such as Sobibor probably reflect the date of arrival of a transport, rather than an actual date of death.
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WTP 3.2.x Maintenance
WTP 3.2.x Maintenance Plan
WTP 3.2.1 is a WTP-only maintenance release, planned for end of July. It will be built on exactly the same pre-reqs from the June Helios release.
- WTP 3.2.1 will be available in our own webtools software repository, but not the Eclipse common Helios repository or EPP packages.
WTP 3.2.2 is for the first Helios simultaneous maintenance offering, delivered on the fourth Friday of September, 2010
WTP 3.2.3 is for the second Helios simultaneous maintenance offering, delivered on the fourth Friday of February, 2011.
For severe issues that require an immediate patch, see WTP Patches.
Typically, M-builds are declared bi-weekly, or weekly nearer the release date.
3.2.1 schedule
- 6/16 Map files branched, M (continuous) builds started
- Project lead review and approval until July 1
- 7/1 Declared M-build
- PMC 1 review: July 2 - July 8
- 7/8 Declared M-build
- PMC 2 review: July 9 - July 15
- 7/15 Declared M-build <== final build, unless blockers found
- PMC 3 review: July 16 - July 22
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- No new function or features (especially those that would require an increment in minor version field).
Exceptions to the above are sometimes required, but they require WTP PMC approval.
In general, we will avoid changing the interface or behavior of any public method even if non-API.
All bundle versions must be updated (with an increment in the service level field) when the first change is made to for a service release. Similar for any feature (directly or indirectly) that includes the bundle. If a bundle (or feature) does not change, it's version should not change.
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Visitors to London will be familiar with the blue plaques found on buildings everywhere throughout the city to mark where a noted historical figure lived or worked. The first blue plaque was mounted in 1867 on Byron's house in London, according to the English Heritage Website:
There are reportedly now almost 800 blue plaques in London. This Friday, October 3, at noon, a new one will be mounted to honor Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley at 24 Chester Square, the house where she died in 1851. Anyone in London that day is invited to attend—and Romantic Circles hereby invites anybody who attends to send us a report of the event.
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby should be working to speed about the licensing process and vetting potential developers' plans. What he shouldn't be doing is making sales pitches to competitors and offering untoward advice.
Recently, Crosby made a "passing comment" to two Springfield developers working on a proposal with Hard Rock International that seemingly attempted to steer them to consider the Boston market.
Springfield has four potential proposals for a downtown casino, while Boston has only one.
The Springfield competition has sparked an intense investment battle among the developers, producing improvements to plans almost on a daily basis. Some casino-industry watchers say the process, so far, has been good for the excitement it is stimulating in the Springfield region.
Boston, on the other hand, has produced only one potential developer for the Suffolk Downs racetrack site.
Crosby is of the mind that Boston's noncompetitive situation could lead to a diminished investment. While that may true, Crosby has to tread carefully in his approach to dealing with this issue.
He and the Gaming Commission have a duty to be ironclad neutral and to uphold the integrity of the process. No one can show even a hint of favoritism to any potential group bidding on the three Massachusetts licenses available.
We solidly support Crosby in his executive role.
Certainly, we'd like to see competition in all casino markets, but the developers should dictate where they want to site their proposals.
In a related matter, Crosby and commissioners should be focusing on speeding up the licensing process. He said in September that it might take another year before the first of the licenses is awarded. That is ridiculous. This is not rocket science. By Crosby's timetable, the first casino likely won't be built for another five years -- or 2017. There'll be another presidential election in between and Massachusetts still won't have a casino.
Focus on the task at hand, Mr. Crosby, instead of acting as a salesman.


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Definition - something that is difficult to do or deal with
The row in this expression is a line of planted crops, and the word hoe means "to work with a tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle to cultivate, weed, or loosen the earth around plants." This expression is often found today written (or said) as a hard road to hoe, a variant considered incorrect by most usage guides. Incorrect it may well be (we typically do not use a hoe on a road), but it has been in use for almost 200 years; a print, released in 1840 as a satire about Martin Van Buren's re-election campaign prominently featured the text "A Hard Road to Hoe! Or, the White House Turnpike, macadamized by the North Benders." Ya burnt, Van Buren.


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Pop princess on tour
At 28, Rihanna is one of the most successful musicians of all time with over 191 million records sold – more than U2 and Frank Sinatra. The pop/ R & B diva's Anti World Tour comes to Germany in July.
At 28, Rihanna is one of the most successful musicians of all time with over 191 million records sold – more than U2 and Frank Sinatra. The pop/ R & B diva's Anti World Tour comes to Germany in July.
A cheetah losing its spots in mid-sprint, surfers pulled along by sled dogs, an elephant in a crowded subway carriage: In his photos, Zulkarnain Ismail, a master of image editing from Malaysia, whips up a potent mix of reality and fiction.
Michelin-class vegan fare is still pretty hard to track down – unless, of course, you know exactly where to look!
Miso-honey avocado, daikon, bok choy and black truffle is just one of the many superb creations at the vegetarian-vegan restaurant Nix – the proud holder of a Michelin star since 2017.
The Gauthier used to serve 20 kilograms of controversial foie gras – every week. But now, restaurant owner Alexis Gauthier is planning to banish all animal products from his Michelin-listed restaurant by 2020.
What did the legendary L'Arpège have to lose when it switched to a mainly meat-free menu? Its three Michelin stars! Today, much of what it served here is entirely vegan – and Michelin is still awarding the restaurant top marks.
Neil Armstrong was the first so set foot on the moon in 1969. Fly Me To The Moon. The Moon Landing: 50 Years On opens at Kunsthaus Zürich April 5.
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During Songkran, Thailand's New Year's and biggest folk festival, people express the joys of spring by slinging bucketfuls of water at each other. These dousings symbolize purity and fertility. This year, the festival takes place April 13 to 15.


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The Matrix: Path of Neo Scheduled For Holiday Release
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There are a few reasons we're stoked about this announcement. First, the game should benefit from the added development time that has passed since the last game, which was rushed to market in order to coincide with The Matrix Reloaded release and suffered for it. Secondly, this game will allow us to play as Neo himself, as the subtitle "The Path of Neo" suggests, as opposed to secondary (and some might call the tertiary) characters Niobe and Ghost. Thirdly, it's not going to involve card-based combat, or monthly fees, ala "The Matrix Online", which is scheduled for release next month. "Path of Neo" is coming this Holiday season on PC, PS2, and Xbox. We'll be keeping a close eye on this one.
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Billboard Magazine Now Including Top Music Downloads
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It's nice to have a change from the regular listing of albums and singles Billboard is normally known for. USA Today reports that the company has actually been tabulating downloads, using Nielsen SoundScan, since 2003. Now that they've ironed out all the kinks and feel more comfortable they've begun publishing the lists. They are only tracking songs that have been legally purchased though, for obvious reasons. For top song swaps, you might want to check out BigChampagne.
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World's First Bluetooth Sunglasses: Oakley RAZRWire
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Wires on our devices are still a pain. Just last week, someone accidentally snatched my headphones right out my ear when they walked too close to me. If that wasn't enough, people who wear sunglasses are even more limited, because generally only one device can loop around your ear at any one time. Today at 3GSM Motorola and Oakley announced their new line of premium Bluetooth wireless technology, sure to keep you connected and cool at the same time. The Oakley RAZRWire is simply a pair of Oakley's that have an earpiece attached to the frame, allowing you to talk on your cell phone wirelessly. The device is expected in the second half of 2005, and will be available in three different frame colors. No word on the pricing, but the word "premium" should hint to that.
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Doom 3 Coming to Xbox and Resurrection of Evil Expansion For PC
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Prepared to be terrified this coming April when one of 2004's most popular titles gets an update and a port. id and Activision have now confirmed the rumors that have been traveling cyberspace for quite some time now: Doom 3 will be released for the Xbox and Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil will be the first expansion pack for the PC game. Both of these titles will be released on the week of April 4th. Doom 3 for Xbox is a port of the popular FPS game for the PC with a couple notable differences: a new co-op mode and Xbox Live game play. The PC expansion pack will put you against a new invasion of demons from hell (where else?) and will take place two years after the events of the original game.
Nintendo Trademarks V-Pocket
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New trademarks are always great fodder for the old rumor mill, and this one is no different. Nintendo has trademarked the name "Nintendo V-Pocket", with an emphasis on the "V" as you can se in the logo. Now, what exactly is it? Some think it may be related to the plan Nintendo may have to put the Palm OS on the Nintendo DS. Others believe it may have to do with the much talked about Nintendo DS wireless network that the Big N is supposedly cooking up. It could simply be the name of the GBA/Nintendo DS video player add-on. Whatever it is, I am 99% sure it is DS related, as the logo uses the DS style font. Of course, being that it is now February, prepare to hear the words "we'll see at E3" quite a bit.
Squeeze More Songs Onto Your iPod
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If you ever wished you could stuff your iPod with more music, here's your answer: Thanks to G4TechTV, you can "cram your 'Pod" with up to 30 percent more songs. There are two methods of doing this. First, if you remove the album art from your tracks, you can grab up to a 10% increase in space. This allows you to go from 80 full albums on an iPod mini to 88. Or you can invest some time converting your tracks to 96kbps AAC format, increasing your storage capacity to 100 full albums on the mini.
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Ever wonder what a computer thinks as you play chess against it? Now you can see exactly what computations the program checks through the use of Thinking Machine 4. This program allows you to play chess against a computer and see the machine's thought process visually on your screen. Watch thousands or possibilities shown on your screen as the program chooses the best move.
"The artwork is an artificial intelligence program, ready to play chess with the viewer. If the viewer confronts the program, the computer's thought process is sketched on screen as it plays. A map is created from the traces of literally thousands of possible futures as the program tries to decide its best move. Those traces become a key to the invisible lines of force in the game as well as a window into the spirit of a thinking machine."
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XBOX 2 To Be Released In Q4 2005
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According to Eurogamer, Microsoft's next generation gaming system which rumored to be called XBOX 360, will be released in the fourth quarter 2005 in the UK. What does that mean for the States? The U.S. launch date will most likely be on target with this launch window. Of course, we have been saying this for months. Expect retailers to start taking pre-orders shortly after E3, so start saving up now.
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Huron Jail Escapee Caught In Sioux Falls
An update on this morning's news report of an escaped prisoner from the Huron Jail.
Early this morning, Charles Leroy Beeney escaped from the Huron jail by holding a jailer hostage with a makeshift weapon. The 45-year old then stole a truck in Huron as he escaped. Huron schools were put on lockdown while the search was on.
Authorities put out a description of the stolen vehicle along with an updated mugshot to the media. The public's tips led Sioux Falls police to an area near East 15th Street and South Charlotte Avenue where they found Beeney in the truck. He was taken into custody without incident.


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DALLAS — If DeMar DeRozan is ultimately going to quiet his hometown critics and earn the $40 million he'll be paid over the next four seasons, he'll need to learn to become more ruthless on the floor and more demanding of his teammates when they need pushing the most.
The roster-depleted Dallas Mavericks were everything that DeRozan and his sluggish teammates, playing the second game of a back-to-back and fourth game in five nights, were not in the first quarter of the Raptors' eventual 109-104 defeat. They led exactly once, 2-0, on DeRozan's opening jumper. Toronto trailed by as many as 16 and by double digits nearly throughout until a late, futile comeback attempt.
By the end of the first quarter, Dallas — playing without Dirk Nowitzki, Shawn Marion, Elton Brand and Roddy Beaubois — led 36-24, shooting 60 percent, and kept the Raptors at arm's length the rest of the way. It was Toronto's fourth loss in five games, hardly the start preferred by a franchise seeking a resurgence under second-year coach Dwane Casey.
No, it didn't help that a sprained ankle sustained the night before in the blowout loss at Oklahoma City sidelined streaking point guard and leading scorer Kyle Lowry. But, don't talk to the Mavericks about injuries. This game was determined by hustle and one of Mavs coach Rick Carlisle's favorite words — disposition. Just peek at the halftime rebounding totals to see which team brought it: Dallas, near the bottom of the league in every rebounding category, 31, Toronto 13.
On a night made for DeRozan to pull up his teammates from the opening tip, to will his tired club to compete on the road, it just wasn't there. At the half, DeRozan had 10 points on 2-for-5 shooting while being guarded mostly by Mavs rookie forward Jae Crowder.
"I thought they did a good job," Casey said of the Mavs' defense. "We didn't have a heavy dose of going to him in the first half as much as we did the second half. We tried to get the ball moving from side to side a little bit more in the first half and I thought he got it going in the second half. I don't know if it was Crowder or just DeMar."
DeRozan finished with 24 points, getting to the free-throw line 10 times, with seven assists and six rebounds. He missed all three of his 3-point attempts.
Just 23 years old and in his fourth NBA season, DeRozan beat the Halloween deadline and happily signed a four-year, $40 million extension with the franchise that drafted him ninth overall in 2009 after one season at USC.
"It's definitely big because this is where I want to be at the end of the day," DeRozan said. "I've been here through the tough times and I definitely want to be here when things turn around so that's my big picture, how I look at it. And for them to keep me here, it's definitely a blessing."
The franchise, general manager Byran Colangelo and Casey could have waited until after this season, but they rolled the dice on an extension, believing DeRozan is on the cusp of transforming his off-the-charts athleticism into the total package.
"He's a core of our youth movement," Casey said. "We're banking on him, we're betting on him and I see nothing but good things. He's made strides this year from last year so we're banking on him continuing to make those strides going into the future."
The belief is that Lowry will make DeRozan better and there's already early proof of that. Other pieces such as Landry Fields, who has disappointed, rookie center Jonas Valanciunas, Andrea Bargnani and Amir Johnson can be blocks around their young wing.
"They're coming along well," DeRozan said of the pieces around him. "We had a tough couple games, close games … but but we're learning. I think it can't do nothing but help us; in the long run I think we're going to be just fine."
But in the short-term, if the Raptors continue to struggle, DeRozan and his new extension will get the scrutiny.


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Russell Howard, one of our funniest and most successful comedians, returns to his first tour for three years. Wonderbox follows his sell-out, thrice-extended, 2011 UK tour. In this new show, the star and creator of the award-winning hit TV show, Russell Howard's Good News, promises us more of his trademark brand of upbeat and razor-sharp comedy.
Don't miss the chance to see this unique comedian on his biggest tour to date; back on stage, on-top of the world, doing what he does best.
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BOSTON -- The former parent company of Tyngsboro's Beacon Power Corp. has officially shuttered its operations.
According to the Boston Business Journal, Satcon Technology Corp. failed to get bids from potential buyers that would satisfy its lenders, thus prompting it to shift to a Chapter 7 liquidation.
The company had filed for Chapter 11 in October.
Satcon made power-conversion systems for the renewable-energy market. It spun off Beacon Power, a provider of flywheel-energy storage systems that has also since gone bankrupt, in 1997.
In January, Satcon announced plans to cut 140 jobs, or about 35 percent of its workforce, and close a factory in Canada.


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The star jokes about her body and features (we can't believe it either!) in Allure's July issue
Norman Jean Roy for Allure
Amy Adams is gorgeous enough to catch Superman's eye in her role as Lois Lane in Man of Steel, but the star has superhuman powers of self-deprecation in real life.
"I've wanted to be in a superhero movie, and this was my best chance — as some mere mortal," she says in Allure's July issue. "Let's be real here. I don't look that good in Lycra. I do all right, but I hadn't anticipated that I was ever going to be cast as the girl in Lycra looking hot."
She goes on to joke about her refusal to adhere to Hollywood's super-strict diets and exercise routines, saying, "I just don't see the point. I'm just not going to be one of those people photographed in a bikini where people are like, 'OMG, look at Amy!' I mean, it might be OMG, but not for the reasons I want."
PHOTOS: Check out more stars who play up their features with bold beauty looks!
Despite what she may say, the star looks awfully sexy in her photoshoot for the magazine (below), which highlights her famous red tresses and lovely face — about which she cracks another joke. "I have no features without make-up. I am pale. I have blonde lashes," she says, though she sees the bright side: "You could just paint my face; it's like a blank canvas. It can be great for what I do."
For lots more from the Man of Steel beauty, visit Allure.com for her style evolution and on-set videos, and pick up the July issue of the magazine, on stands June 25.
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San Francisco
The 8th annual clarion alley block party was last weekend. which means, in part, that they added a bunch of new murals.
sara thustra (who had a great show at gallery ad earlier this year)
mary joy scott (who just had a strong solo show at needles & pens)
(wanna see the full mural?)
rigo23 (known, in part, for his huge public-icon murals, like sky, is finding success as a more conceptual artist in the international art world)
(in a related painting at his gallery paule anglim show this year, he defined "demoncracy" as "government of the vast majority by a tiny minority through war, usurpation and propaganda")
vitche (fresh from a strong show with mike giant at 5024).
(similar to his tshirt)
erik s foster (who is new to me)
there is a bunch more new work (listed here).
and, of course, there are a bunch of very good, older murals. i think they clean up some of the murals - which unfortunately get marked up - as part of the annual block party.
clarion alley runs between valencia and mission. it is one block off 17th, between good vibrations and community thrift.
worth checking out in person.
my photo set and slideshow are incomplete, but give you some idea.
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MIDDLEBURY - The Addison Central Supervisory Union's search for a new superintendent will continue after a third bid to locate a top executive failed to woo a finalist on Friday, Dec. 21.
District officials confirmed late Friday afternoon that both finalists - Burlington School District Superintendent Jeanne Collins and John W. Johnson, an executive with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - withdrew their names from consideration, citing personal reasons.
This means the ACSU board will need to regroup and decide its next move in its quest for a new superintendent to preside over public schools in Middlebury, Shoreham, Salisbury, Ripton, Bridport, Weybridge and Cornwall.
"While we are disappointed, we understand the challenges our large district presents and the challenges on one's family in making a major life change," said ACSU board member Peter Conlon, who chaired a committee that advanced the two finalists who interviewed for the job on Dec. 19.
"We will take this up at our next board meeting."
District officials acknowledged the board's difficulty in recruiting a candidate to take over for current Superintendent Gail Conley is at least partially linked to the size of the ACSU and its governance structure that demands a lot of evening meetings. The ACSU is governed by a combined total of nine boards made up of more than 50 citizen members. Collins, during her public interview, acknowledged her concern about by the prospect of many evening meetings requiring a lengthy commute from her Shelburne home.
Conley, who came out of retirement during the summer of 2011 to serve the ACSU, has agreed to continue as superintendent until July 1.


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Require use of accepted accounting principles to balance all state budgets
Will "require the use of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to balance every state budget, just as we require every local government and school district to do."
Even critics are not talking about the ball being dropped on this one
In his unsuccessful campaign for governor in 2006, Scott Walker said then-Gov. Jim Doyle told a "world champion" lie in claiming the state budget was balanced.
Walker said it actually was out of balance by $2.1 billion if you keep the state's books as other governmental units do -- using what are known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
In 2010, when he ran to succeed Doyle, Walker made an explicit promise, on his campaign website: To "require the use of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to balance every state budget, just as we require every local government and school district to do."
The promise dealt with some technical issues, but it was a bold pledge with potentially big ramifications for all Wisconsinites because balancing the budget using the GAAP method would cut state spending dramatically.
The state budget, under the Wisconsin constitution, must be balanced. But the cash accounting method the state uses allows gimmicks to bring the budget into balance. For instance, the state has in years past shifted payments to local governments into the next fiscal year in order to make the budget appear balanced in the present, said Robert Lang, director of the non-partisan Wisconsin Fiscal Bureau.
Walker balanced the budget, and in a way that eliminated the state's structural deficit, under the manner the state has long used.
But GAAP, an accrual accounting method, is a tighter standard that counts future liabilities that flow from past budget actions.
We examined Walker's first budget, the 2011-13 biennial budget, to see if he lived up to his promise to balance the budget using GAAP.
There's a chart every two years in the state budget demonstrating the bottom line under GAAP. The chart in the Walker administration's Budget in Brief shows that the 2011-13 budget was not close to balanced by that standard.
In fact, the document shows that based on GAAP accounting, the state would have been left with a deficit of $3 billion by 2012-13 under Walker's budget. That compares to the $2.9 billion GAAP deficit he inherited at the end of Doyle's term, the state's financial statements show.
Walker's critics didn't highlight those numbers -- it was not in their interest to call for even more cuts in the state budget.
The governor's office told us to judge this promise based on the next budget -- for 2013-15. Walker, though, promised to balance "every" state budget on the more stringent GAAP principles. He did not do that in his first budget.
We rate this as a Promise Broken.
Scott Walker, campaign web site promise, accessed Nov. 11, 2011
Governor Scott Walker, 2011-13 Budget in Brief, page 33, March 2011
State of Wisconsin, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, page 165, December 10, 2010
Walker for governor, campaign news release, Jan. 19, 2006


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Last night, when breaking the Buba repatriation story, we summarized it simply as follows "in brief: this is a momentous development, one which may signify that the regime of mutual assured and very much telegraphed - because if the central banks don't have faith in one another, why should anyone else? - trust in central banks by other central banks is ending." We are happy that the implicit message is so clear that everyone now gets it, including Bill Gross:
Gross: Report claims Germany moving gold from NY/Paris back to Frankfurt. Central banks don't trust each other?— PIMCO (@PIMCO) January 15, 2013


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The figures from the Bank of England showed that mortgage approvals rose to 55,785 in December from 54,011 in November.
This was above analysts' expectations and the highest figure since last January, when the imminent end of a government incentive for first-time home-buyers boosted demand.
Net mortgage lending increased by £1.036bn, the largest amount since April, and interest rates on new secured loans to households fell to their lowest since April as well.
The Bank of England has been hoping that the Funding for Lending Scheme - introduced in August - would boost the flow of credit to households and businesses and support an economy now perilously close to a "triple-dip" recession.
Rates offered on fixed-rate mortgages have fallen sharply in recent weeks. Yorkshire Building Society has become the latest lender to launch a 1.99 per cent two-year fixed-rate mortgage. Even on a five-year fixed rate mortgage, rates are now as low as 2.79 per cent, with Britannia. Last year, the best five-year deal was around 4 per cent.
Experts have suggested that as the effects of the FLS continue to filter through the best two-year fixed rate could fall as low as 1.5 per cent.
While analysts said the increase in mortgage approvals was a positive sign, Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight, said: "Mortgage approvals remain low compared to long-term norms - at 55,785 in December.
"Specifically, mortgage approvals have averaged 85,648 a month since 1993, while a level of 70,000-80,000 has in the past been considered consistent with stable house prices."
While the FLS may be helping to lower mortgage rates, evidence of benefit for businesses was less clear in the figures, though one measure of lending to firms posted its smallest annual percentage fall since November 2011.
Before the 2008 financial crisis, monthly mortgage approvals ran at around 90,000, but the number of home sales has slumped since then and the property market has largely ceased to be a major driver of consumer spending.
Last week similar data from the British Bankers' Association showed a tick up in mortgage approvals in December, although they were 4pc down on the year.
Overall net household lending rose by £1.685bn after stagnating the month before. Within that, unsecured consumer lending rose by £649m, the biggest rise since September and a much stronger increase than forecast.
A quarterly BoE survey found that British banks planned to increase the supply of mortgages in early 2013 after a record rise in the availability of this type of credit in the three months to December. The poll also pointed to an improvement in terms on which loans are extended.
Last week, research from Halifax suggested that mortgages were at their most affordable level in a decade, thanks to cheaper borrowing rates and lower house prices.
Mortgage payments absorbed 28 per cent of a new borrower's disposable income in the final quarter of last year, according to its analysis. At its peak in the third quarter of 2007, the proportion was 48 per cent.
However, the cheap deals remain out of reach for many would-be homeowners due to the banks' larger deposit requirements.
Average mortgage rates are near record lows of 3.38 per cent at the moment, according to the Bank of England, and house prices are 10 per cent below their 2007 pre-crisis peak. As a result monthly mortgage payments have fallen to just £580, which compares with the average monthly after-tax wage of £2,062, the Halifax said.
Today, Lloyds TSB became the latest lender to cut rates, although the reductions do not make the deals the best on the market in the most competitive areas of two and five year fixed mortgages.
On two-year fixed deals, those with a 40 per cent deposit will now be offered 2.79 per cent, down by 0.15 per cent, or 4.04 per cent, down from 4.34 per cent, for those with 20 per cent to put down.
Last week Lloyds Banking Group committed to lend £6.5 billion to help customers make their first step on to the property ladder in 2013. The pledge is expected to help around 60,000 people buy their first home by the end of the year.
Stephen Noakes, mortgages director at Lloyds, said: "Whilst the property market is likely to continue to be challenging, we remain committed to getting things right at the start of the chain, creating liquidity in the housing market and helping more people get on to, and move up, the property ladder in 2013. These major rates cuts to our mortgage products should provide real support to customers."
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