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A slew of better-than-expected economic reports helped U.S. equities erase most of the previous session's losses during today's session. The S&P Case-Shiller 20-City home price index was reported to have risen 12.1% in April from a year earlier, topping analysts forecasts of an 11.1% increase. Durable goods orders also beat expectations, rising 3.6% in May from April versus the expected 3.2% uptick. In separate reports, new home sales rose 2.1% to a seasonally adjusted 476,000, while the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index rose to 81.41 - the highest level in five years [see The Cheapest ETF for Every Investment Objective].
Global Market Overview: Equities Recover, IYR And XHB Rally On Upbeat Housing Data
Following today's upbeat economic reports, all three major U.S. equity indexes rallied to close in positive territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA, B) gained 0.70% after its underlying index rallied nearly 150 points. The S&P 500 ETF (SPY, A) rose 0.96%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq ETF (QQQ, A-) closed 0.63% higher.
In Europe, markets were broadly higher after a Bank of England official emphasized that central banks will not be raising interest rates any time soon; the Stoxx Europe 600 jumped 1.5%. Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 0.72%, while China's Shanghai Composite managed to close down 0.2% after an earlier sell-off.
Bond ETF Roundup
U.S. Treasuries traded lower today following yesterday's steep sell off and soft government auction of 2-year notes. Yields on 10-year notes rose 5.5 basis points to 2.531% after rising as high as 2.661%, while 30-year bonds and 2-year note yields rose 7 and 2 basis points, respectively [see also Seven Simple & Cheap ETF Model Portfolios].
Commodity Roundup
Crude oil futures traded slightly higher today, settling just above $95 a barrel, ahead of weekly supply data. In other energy trading, natural gas and gasoline futures traded lower. Meanwhile, gold futures traded slightly lower on a stronger dollar.
ETF Chart Of The Day #1: (IYR)
The Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund (IYR, A) was one of the best performers today, gaining 1.84% during the session. Following today's better-than-expected Case-Shiller 20-City home price index report, this ETF jumped during the morning hours. IYR inched higher throughout the day, eventually settling at $65.19 a share [see Aggressive Portfolio].
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ETF Chart Of The Day #2: (XHB)
The SPDR Homebuilders ETF (HAO, A) also posted a strong performance today, gaining 1.44% during the session. Encouraging new home sales data allowed this ETF to gap significantly higher at the open. XHB slid sideways for the remainder of the day, eventually settling at $28.83 a share [see Kitchen Sink ETFdb Portfolio].
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The best-performing retirement strategy over the trailing 5-year period has been the Ready To Retire ETFdb Portfolio, which has gained 26.09%.
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|Эффективность Моделирующей Психотерапии
|42. Калибровка эффективности психотерапии
|41. Две методологии оценки эффективности психотерапии
|40. Сессии знаменитых психотерапевтов
|38. Где доказательства «доказательной терапии»? Дж Шедлер
|37. Поиск психотерапевта
|36. How to Ruin the Swish Pattern: "Let me count the ways"
|35. Авто фокусирование «самости» из текущих контекстов
|34. Как помочь человеку с артритом/артрозом суставов
|31. Wholeness Process
|30. Таксономия причин кажущейся эффективности психотерапии
|29. Опрос: что самое главное в психотерапии?
|27. О посттравматическом синдроме
|26. «quick fix» внутри «overwhelming work»
|25. Пришло время попрактиковаться
|25. Therapy Isn't Brain Science
|24. Симметричное анти-почесывание
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|24. Симметричное анти-почесывание
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Therapists were doing helpful work long before neuroscience made its official debut and the field developed a collective case of "brain fever." In fact, at this stage of its development, neuroscience may be irrelevant to what needs to happen in therapy.
Some years ago, during the heyday of the self-esteem movement, I was invited to teach at a large weekend drug and alcohol conference. Most of the presenters talked about how critical it was to build up clients' positive self-concepts to help them stop using drugs. But while everyone seemed convinced that self-esteem was important, when I asked my workshop group what exactly self-esteem was and, more important, how they could help clients enhance theirs, the room went quiet.
"OK," I said. "Let's imagine that I'm hooked on drugs. Help me improve my self-concept. Help me out. What should I do?"
"Well, you could use operant conditioning," someone suggested.
"Great!" I responded. "Condition me. Show me what you can do to help me improve my self-esteem."
The room got quiet again. "I'd start by helping you heal your past traumas," another person eventually volunteered.
"OK," I said. "Let's imagine that I was sexually abused as a child. Show me how to build up my self-concept in a way that'll heal that."
Again, the room went quiet. My point in keeping up this line of questioning for almost 20 minutes was to make a clear distinction between what psychologist and communications theorist Paul Watzlawick called descriptive language—which tells you about something—and injunctive language—which tells you what to do. It's the difference between describing a meal to someone and handing over a recipe.
The newest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual has more than 900 pages describing the different kinds of disorders that people have, but not a single page telling us what to do to resolve them. As therapists, we're useless to our clients if all we can do is describe what's wrong with them. We need to create vivid, living experiences for them that'll help them change. All the expert knowledge in the world about therapy or different psychiatric conditions isn't worth a thing if we don't know what to do with it.
Nothing reflects this fundamental truth more than the current infatuation with brain science. I think it's wonderful that we now have at least some understanding of neural connectivity, synapses, brain chemistry, and mirror neurons—all of which help us understand our ability to change the way we think and act, and to experience empathy and compassion. I have great respect for the value of doing valid research in such an inherently complex field. However, what I've found in a close reading of original neuroscience studies is that many of the uncertainties and complexities in brain science research don't appear in the popularized material written for the general public—and for therapists. Even if we set aside all the uncertainties and assume that current neuroscience studies are valid and won't be revised substantially by further research, the key question remains: What can neuroscience tell us about what to do differently when we're working with a client?
In recent years, I've listened to many of the current experts in neuroscience talk about their interesting discoveries, and I've watched therapy demonstrations by the few who've tried to apply findings from the brain-imagery lab to actual therapy with a client, but so far, I haven't seen any persuasive direct application of neuroscience to the practice of therapy.
Physicists found a while ago that the cosmos is made up of subatomic particles that interact in peculiar ways, and they went on to develop detailed and sometimes frighteningly effective recipes to put that information to practical use—think cell phones and hydrogen bombs. However, brain science has yet to translate its findings into effective or practical recipes for therapists. For instance, a lot of therapists are enthusiastic about the fact that they now know that a panic attack involves overactivation of the amygdala, but this knowledge doesn't make them better therapists. Would they do their therapy any differently if they were told that a panic attack actually involved overactivation of the liver—or even the pineal gland, which Descartes believed to be the seat of the soul and the place where all thinking originated? I don't think so.<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next > End >>
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The practice facility for both the Timberwolves and the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA has been renamed the Life Time Fitness Training Center.
The Timberwolves' practice jerseys will bear the Life Time logo, which will also be seen throughout the practice facility, including the basketball court, media backdrops, basket stanchions, chair backs, walls and weight room.
"As a healthy way of life company, Life Time Fitness is far more than a health club or gym," Bahram Akradi, chairman, president and CEO of Life Time, said in a statement. "Basketball is among the many interest areas we address to meet members' interests and passions. Within our focus on basketball, we saw a logical opportunity to extend our existing relationship with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx with a broader set of sponsorship elements."


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker women's basketball team captured a 65-58 SAC win over Queens University of Charlotte on Wednesday (Jan. 8), at the Timberlake Lawton Gymnasium. With the win, the Cobras improve to 7-4 on the year, and 5-2 in conference action.
The navy and yellow scored the first points of the game, and never surrendered the lead. Coker would eventually take a 33-27 lead into halftime.
In the second half the Royals would pull within two points of the Cobras at the 14 minute mark and then again at the 10 minute mark, but Coker's offense would separate each time to make it a two possession game. Clutch free throw shooting would then help the Cobras hold on to the lead and the win.
Priscilla Fenty was the games leading scorer, with 19 points on the night along with a team high five rebounds. Tanesha Stenson was next for the Cobras with 16 points, and led the team with four assists. Jessica Cohen also reached double-digits with 14 points.
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Richard D. Marshall, 88, of Bluffton, IN, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at 3:15 p.m. at his home.
Mr. Marshall, a lifelong resident of Wells County, graduated from Bluffton High School in 1946 and went on to serve in the United States Navy Reserves. He was the co-owner and co-operator of Graden Tire in Bluffton for 43 years, retiring in 1992. He also managed many rental properties in Bluffton, and he sold real estate in Wells County for 30 years, most recently with Shaw Real Estate & Auction Co.
He founded Boy Scout Troop 148 and was its scoutmaster for five years. He was registered with the Boy Scouts of America for more than 75 years, receiving the Order of the Arrow, Silver Beaver Award and numerous other scouting recognitions.
He was a member of the Bluffton Masonic Lodge 145, where he became a master mason in 1949, and was a member of the Scottish Rite in Fort Wayne. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bluffton, where he has served as an elder, trustee and a deacon. He was also a member of the Bluffton Elks Lodge.
He was born May 26, 1926, in Wells County to Homer M. and Lula B. Dedrick Marshall. He married Jean J. Graden on Nov. 27, 1949. His wife survives.
Other survivors include a son, Patrick Marshall, of Fort Wayne; a daughter, Kay (Rod) Stine of Huntington; and five grandchildren, Stefanie Stine and Sarah Stine, both of Huntington, and Kiersten Marshall, Tessa Marshall and Nicole Keller, all of Fort Wayne.
Calling is from Thursday, July 17, 2014, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home, 308 W. Washington St., Bluffton. A Masonic memorial service will be take place immediately following at 8 p.m. A funeral service will be Friday, July 18, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home, with Rev. Laura Sherwood officiating. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton.
Memorial gifts may be made to the First Presbyterian Church or to Boy Scouts of America.
Online condolences may be made at www.thomarich.com [2].
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text: J Bickhard wrote: > So, I was thinking of making a cluster, but wondered: what are the > practical uses of one? I mean, you can't exactly run Windows on these > things, and it looks like they're mostly for parallel computing of > complex algorithms. Technically you can run windows on it, though this raises additional questions, which are better served answered elsewhere. > > Would an average Joe like me have a use for a cluster? That is the important question, but the answer is a function of what you need to do in a computational sense. If you are cranking on excel spreadsheets all day long, yeah, chances are, a cluster doesn't make sense. If you are performing very detailed and time sensitive calculations that require hundreds of billions of operations to arrive at an answer, that is more likely the domain of something cluster-like. The real answer is "it depends" and in most cases, the "average Joe" (or <Joe> :) ) probably doesn't need one. Going forward, many average Joe's workloads will likely be handled on local accelerators such as GPU or similar systems. Clusters provide massively increased processor cycle density per unit time. If this is what your application needs, then by all means, look into clusters. > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics, Inc. email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/jackrabbit phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615


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text: On 04/11/2008 10:26:31 PM, manu wrote: > On 04/10/2008 06:30:17 PM, manu wrote: > > Hi all, > > I already reported on that sooner, but now I have a log (with > stb0899 > > verbose=5) so I hope it makes it a bit easier to debug. > > Still the same behaviour: one transponder (freq=11093 MHz) is > ALWAYS > > > perfect (fast lock perfect picture even with bad weather) and for 3 > > other transponders (11555 MHz as in the log, 11635 Mhz and 11675 > MHz) > > the lock is much less frequent and if it locks the picture is much > > worse even in not so cloudy weather. It is as if the card was much > > more > > picky with the other 3 transponders. Is it normal to have such > > discrepancies on the same sat? > > Sometimes just locking on the "good" transponder and then switching > > back to a bad one gives good results: good lock and better SNR and > > picture (seen in mythtv). > > Anyway here is the log, I hope this is of some help. > > May I add also that rmmoding budget_ci,budget_core,stb0899 and then > modprobing them back gives better picture/locking sometimes. > Bye > Manu Any thought on this? InMythtv, going to a channel on a goodn transponder and then switching back to a bad one will give a lock and better picture, so... Bye Manu


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Sometimes, football is simpler than we think. Jay Cutler returns, and suddenly, the Chicago Bears look like world beaters again.
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Chicago's offensive line didn't pass protect that much better, but Cutler's ability to extend plays and make throws that other quarterbacks just can't were the single biggest factors in the Bears' 28-10 win over the Minnesota Vikings.
This game was over by halftime, when the Bears built a 25-3 lead. At that stage, Cutler had two incompletions on 17 attempts. The Vikings had just three first downs. Many of Cutler's throws -- like his touchdown toss to Matt Spaeth -- were into small windows under heavy pressure.
So Cutler was the big difference in moving the Bears to 8-3. What else mattered?
1. The Bears dominated time of possession. While three turnovers helped, the Bears did a nice job possessing the ball with short passes and plenty of runs. The runs weren't always that effective, but Chicago stuck with them.
2. Christian Ponder isn't built to play from behind. The Vikings' young quarterback struggled with pressure throughout the game. He's took quick to leave the pocket, and his accuracy was not good with defenders around him. Ponder had to throw 43 passes to get 159 yards. That's awful. He really missed Percy Harvin.
3. The score of the game didn't help, but the Vikings still didn't use Adrian Peterson enough. They had a third-and-2 inside the 10-yard line in the second half. Peterson was dominating the game at that point. Minnesota called two consecutive passes. Both fell incomplete, essentially ending the game. Peterson had an early fumble, though, which has happened too much lately.
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4. The Bears won, but this could be a costly game. The following starters were hurt: Running back Matt Forte, cornerback Charles Tillman, wide receiver/return man Devin Hester and starting guards Lance Louis and Chris Spencer.
5. The Vikings still are tied for the last playoff spot in the NFC at 6-5, but it's easy to see that quickly turning into 6-7 with games against the Green Bay Packers and Bears coming up next.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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text: On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Rajiv wrote: > Dear All, > Is there any software available for application deployment- both linux > and windows. I would like to install packages from master to all the > clients through a management console. Again, I don't know about Windows -- most software running on a WinXX box will be proprietary, and simply cannot be installed in the way you describe without either a lot of knowledge and/or Windows-specific tools. After all, you've got all those CD codes and serial numbers and other proprietary bullshit to manage, and you're at serious risk of lawsuit if you fail to manage them perfectly. Windows does remote install these days, as I understand it, although I doubt that it remotely approaches kickstart in its ease of use and transparency. In linux, there are a variety of solutions, depending on whether you use RPMs or Debian. With Red Hat and descendents (Fedora, Centos) you can use kickstart, which is a lovely tool for installing clusters. Kickstart run on top of PXE and DHCP makes installing most systems a matter of turning them on (after making a single host specific MAC address entry in a table or two, and even this can be automated). It makes reinstalling non-servers at any time just as easy. Servers, of course, require knowledge, experience, wisdom, and time to do right, which is why sysadmins get paid and are worth a very decent salary. To install packages from a master to clients, there are both shrink wrapped tools and general approaches. For fairly obvious reasons, I'd suggest yum and possibly a mix of rsync and any of the packages that let you execute an ordinary shell command on a list of hosts). This is both because yum manages dependencies for you and because once installed it also manages automatic updates and even upgrades from your repository. Altering a client configuration is often just a matter of e.g. making an entry in a table that is read in by a script that calls yum update whatever, that is itself pushed out in an installed rpm that yum updates. Add an entry to the table and wait a day, or use the shell distribution tool if you are in a hurry. I don't know about "management consoles", though. Again, this sounds WinXX-ish -- you're hoping for something to hide all the detail of several distributions, packaging systems, software installation tools, and operating systems and still make them all work transparently for you without your needing to know what they are doing. Not in this Universe, at least not unless you pay a real expert a lot of money (for their software) and are willing to live with something that doesn't work horribly well at best anyway. Your best bet is to learn the specific systems you're working with well enough to make them dance through hoops, and not to rely on interfaces that are very expensive to maintain (and which to my experience NEVER work anyway). rgb > Regards, > Rajiv Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - The main union at Lonmin's South African platinum shafts told striking miners to return to work on Wednesday, potentially defusing a two-day wildcat action that had raised fears of a fresh wave of labor violence.
Leaders of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) told thousands of strikers at a rally to return to their posts, pending negotiations between the union and an independent mediator.
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The miners looked likely to return for Wednesday's night shift as instructed.
Further outbreaks of violence could damage the export competitiveness of South Africa's mining industry, with a possible credit downgrade for Africa's biggest economy, analysts at ratings agency Moody's said in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Tensions have been running high over looming job cuts and wage talks in the sector, complicated by a turf war between AMCU and its rival, the established National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), that contributed to deadly strikes at Lonmin and other platinum producers last year.
Addressing the rally at a dusty football pitch near Lonmin's Marikana mine 120 km (70 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa told strikers that the union would press for Lonmin management to recognize it as the majority union.
Lonmin spokeswoman Sue Vey told reporters earlier that the company had not been issued with any formal demands relating to the two-day walkout at all its 13 shafts.
"It seems to be union rivalry," she said.
The rivalry started early last year at another platinum producer, Impala Platinum , and spread to other mines.
Since the start of the unrest, more than 50 people have been killed in labor violence, including 34 striking Marikana miners shot dead by police last August - the deadliest security incident since apartheid ended in 1994.
An NUM spokesman said on Tuesday that the latest strike appeared to stem from anger over the killing of an AMCU member in a Rustenburg tavern on Saturday.
Police kept a low profile on Wednesday, with only one mine security guard watching as the striking workers made their way to the football pitch.
"The police are shivering," shouted the marchers, wearing the signature emerald green shirts of the AMCU.
(Additional reporting by Joshua Nhlapo; Writing by Sherilee Laxmidas and David Dolan; Editing by Jon Herskovitz and David Goodman)


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Ok, I don't do these very often but it's the beginning of a new week and I'd really like to know who is reading the blog, who is having an exciting/terrible week and who is stalking me.
So it's getting to know you day! 5 questions…
1. Who are you and what do you want to eat right now?
Chinese War-Tip Dumplings
2. What is on your lemming (must buy) beauty list right now?
Clarins Instant Radience Primer – but its only 15mls for £21.50! So I might skip it!
3. What did you learn last week?
That I am going to be a Wu-Shu Kung Fu master…eventually. That beef steaks take longer than 2 minutes to cook. That cleaning is easy when someone else is doing it. That I can't spell radience.
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It's a song I made up to the tune of Beyonce's 'All the Single Ladies' and it uses the word 'Cubby' a lot.
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Copy & Paste, let me know about you! All of you, the lurkers, the boys, the arch enemies… 🙂


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These Mickey favors are the perfect way to make any baby shower special!
This listing is for one sheet of personalized Stickers or Tags.
* Stickers are printed on high quality matte labelstock with a very strong adhesive backing. All you have to do is peel and stick!
* Cardstock Tags are printed on high quality 110lb cardstock, Cut out and hole punched for easy attachment of a ribbon
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Former governor William F. Weld today endorsed Republican Gabriel E. Gomez for Senate, saying the son of Colombian immigrants would bring a unique perspective to Washington.
"After getting to know Gabriel and watching his campaign it is clear to me he is exactly the new American leader that this state needs in the Senate," Weld said in a statement released by the Gomez campaign. "As a son of immigrants, a Navy SEAL and a successful businessman, Gabriel has a unique set of experiences and skills that will bring an outsider's perspective to Washington, D.C."
Gomez, a newcomer to politics, is running for the Republican nomination for US Senate against two better-known candidates: former US attorney Michael J. Sullivan, and state Representative Daniel B. Winslow. The primary is April 30.
Weld's endorsement is symbolically significant because his socially moderate, fiscally conservative views helped the set the template for Massachusetts Republicans for the past two decades. He was governor from 1991 to 1997, when he resigned to pursue an ambassadorship to Mexico.
"We need a fiscal conservative who is talking about solutions for getting our economy back on track and moving the country forward," Weld's statement said. "This primary has three excellent candidates, but Gabriel's common-sense ideas and remarkable leadership make him the obvious choice for those that believe deeply in the need for a big tent Republican Party."
Gomez said he was thrilled to have the support of "one of the most respected and trusted voices in the state."
"Governor Weld is a fiscal conservative who has cut taxes and balanced budgets," Gomez said. "I admire his independence, character and ability to work across the aisle."
The Gomez campaign said Weld, beyond issuing his statement, does not plan to hold a press conference or event with Gomez.Michael Levenson can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @mlevenson.


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Two trains 140 meters and 160 meters long run at the speeds of 60 km/hour and 40 km/hour respectively in the opposite directions on parallel tracks. Find the time in seconds which they take to cross each other.
Let's solve this using geogebra. First we will have to represent the two trains.
1) Scale the x - axis from -100 to 300 and the y axis from 0 to 6.
2) Draw a slider called t with Min = 0 and Max = 11 and increment 0f .001, Repeat = Increasing (once).
3) Create points A,B,C,D and E anywhere on the graph in quadrant 1.
4) For A enter (11.1111111*t, 3) in its definition. For B enter (11.1111111*t + 160, 3).
5) Draw a line segment between A and B.
6) For C enter (-16.66667 t + 160, 1) in its definition. For D enter (-16.66667 t + 300, 1).
7) Draw a line segment between C and D.
8) For E enter (-16.66667 t + 300, 3).
9) Draw a vector colored red from D to E and Hide E.
10) Move the slider and you should see AB and CD moving in opposite directions and carrying the vector with them. These represent the two trains relative length and speeds.
11) Run the animation of the slider until the red arrow is directly under A and then press pause. Adjust using the shift arrow keys and eyeball the best answer. Read t or time from the slider.
12) Check the first drawing for how it should look before the run and the second one for after.What did you get? Do you agree with the algebra answer of 10.8?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Do you agree with the algebra answer of 10.8?
10.8 seconds? Yeah, Id say so.
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this problem can be solved using the equation:
here s=140+160=300m
first we convert velocity into meters per second
so we get v=(10*1000)/3600
now using t=s/v
we get t=10.8 seconds
Hi all;
Geogebra solutions like post #1 would be nice.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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Long-term Effects of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy on HIV-Infected Children
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00260806
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 2, 2005
Last Update Posted : March 18, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
HIV-infected children are often given HAART to reduce HIV-associated disease. The long-term effects and toxicities associated with this chronic therapy in children are unknown, but severe cardiotoxicity has been suggested in animal models.
The P2C2 HIV-infected pediatric cohort received non-HAART regimens in various intensities. Yet, this cohort has exhibited persistent and significant depression of LV contractility compared to uninfected children (after 5 years of follow-up). These same echocardiographic measures have proven to be independently predictive of mortality. Most of the children in the WITS HIV-infected pediatric cohort have been exposed to HAART at varying times and at varying regimen intensities. By assessing LV structure and function, with the same echocardiographic protocol in the WITS cohort as was used previously in the P2C2 cohort, the study will be able to determine the incremental effects of HAART and non-HAART regimens on LV structure and function. The study will also test the hypothesis that HAART exposure results in impaired mitochondrial function that results in cardiomyopathy. This will be assessed by comparing the parameters of LV structure and function that define cardiomyopathy to the frequency of mitochondrial DNA mutations in cells from these same patients. A nested-case-control study design of mitochondrial mutations will be used to assess the relationship between HAART, mitochondrial compromise, and LV structure and function. Treatment intensity for both HAART and non-HAART regimens will be captured through a cumulative score based on an existing 8-point ordinal scale. Intensity will be measured at three points in time: 1) in utero; 2) during the first year of life; and 3) after the first year of life. Analysis of the longitudinal echocardiographic and mitochondrial data will provide valuable information about dose intensity and the comparative impact of HAART versus less aggressive drug regimens. It will also provide information on the impact of therapy during different stages of child development. Similar longitudinal data on viral load and duration of HIV will enable the investigators to control for the effects of HIV infection on cardiovascular toxicity. The findings will help determine the need for cardiovascular follow-up, prevention, and therapeutic trials.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|71 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|HAART Associated Cardiotoxicity in HIV-Infected Children
|Study Start Date :
|August 2004
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2006
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2006
Children perinatally infected with HIV with exposure to highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART).
Children with perinatally acquired HIV infection enrolled on the P2C2 Study, not exposed to HAART therapy.
- Cardiac systolic function [ Time Frame: Measured from 2 years of age to 18 years of age ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study participants will be children perinatally infected with HIV who were enrolled in the Women and Infants Transmision Study (WITS).
This cohort will be compared to the historical Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovacular Complications Study (P2C2 HIV) cohort of perinatally HIV-infected children not exposed to HAART.
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-infected children
- Mothers of children understand and are willing to provide informed consent
- Mothers of children are capable of answering in English or with the help of an interpreter
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV-infected child who is too young (less than 2 years of age) or otherwise unable to undergo an echocardiogram without sedation
- Mothers of children have maternal diabetes or phenylketonuria
- Mothers of children have a recognized Mendelian or chromosomal defect
- Mothers of children are/were actively receiving chemotherapy for cancer during pregnancy
- Mothers of children used lithium carbonate, anticonvulsants, amphetamines, or angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors on a chronic basis
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00260806
|United States, Florida
|University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33101
|United States, Illinois
|University of Illinois - Chicago
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|United States, Maryland
|Clinical Trials and Surveys Corp. (C-TASC)
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21210
|United States, Massachusetts
|Boston Children's Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Boston Medical Center
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
|United States, New York
|State University of New York (SUNY)
|Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11203
|Columbia University
|New York, New York, United States, 10027
|United States, Texas
|Baylor College of Medicine
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Puerto Rico
|University of Puerto Rico
|San Juan, Puerto Rico
|Principal Investigator:
|Steven E. Lipshultz, MD
|University of Miami
|Responsible Party:
|Steven E. Lipshultz, MD, Voluntary Professor, University of Miami
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00260806 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01HL078522 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|December 2, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 18, 2014
|Last Verified:
|March 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents


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This week's column should be titled "Eelgrass for Dummies" — because the topic has been a sticking point around the harbor for years, and we all have to understand it better if we ever want to obtain dredging permits for our docks.
In my column dated Jan. 11, I discussed Regional General Permit 54, which helps residents acquire a dredging permit without going through all the sediment-testing and agency negotiations. I should also point out again how lucky we are to have Doug West as our Harbor Commission chairman and Chris Miller as our harbor resources manager leading us to the goal line.
To continue with the football analogy, I see the harbor in the red zone at first and goal. The goal is to receive a Newport Harbor amendment from the National Marine Fisheries Service's Southern California office, which will allow us a "Newport Specific Plan" that will supersede the Southern California eelgrass mitigation plan, then blend this plan into our RGP 54 permit for April 2014.
I lost you, didn't I? The problem now with our RGP is that most people cannot use it because of the cost of the mitigation of the eelgrass under their docks. What our harbor commissioners and resource team are proposing is the "Newport Specific Eelgrass Plan" that will manage eelgrass on a harbor-wide basis, manage thresholds for total eelgrass population and reduce the burden for individual mitigation.
This means if we can grow 19.6 acres of shallow-water eelgrass, from our bulkheads to the end of our docks, we can impact 1.5 acres a year. I do not recall the exact average amount of eelgrass under impacted slips, but I recall something like a couple of square yards per dock. The last harbor eelgrass survey showed that we have more than 15.45 acres of shallow-water eelgrass at this time.
Within the next couple of weeks, Miller and West will be meeting with the National Marine Fisheries Service and selling this plan to them. If they can make the sale, it is my understanding that most of the other agencies will fall in line and we could just end up with a usable RGP by March of next year. So the next time you see West or Miller, make sure they understand we are all behind them.
Reader Harry Crowell recently sent me a list of questions regarding eelgrass, and I passed those questions off to Mike Josselyn of WRA Environmental Consultants. Here are those questions, with Josselyn's answers.
Crowell: Can you explain exactly why this eelgrass is becoming so important?
Josselyn: Eelgrass is considered an important habitat for fish and invertebrates, and the EPA considers any area supporting eelgrass to be a "special aquatic site" and subject to special attention during permitting. The National Marine Fisheries Service also must evaluate impacts to eelgrass as Essential Fish Habitat.
Crowell: Exactly what is the value of eelgrass within Newport Bay?
Josselyn: Eelgrass provides habitat to a variety of fish in the bay, provides stability to the sediments and is a food source for some fish and invertebrate species. Eelgrass only grows in sheltered habitats along the California coast, and where it is found has generally been considered a productive marine habitat.
Crowell: How long has eelgrass been growing in the bay?
Josselyn: It is a native plant in California and has been found in aboriginal middens along the California coast. It is likely to have been in Newport Bay to various levels for thousands of years as sea level rose and flooded the river valley that is now Newport Bay.
Crowell: When was it first known that eelgrass was in the bay?
Josselyn: I have seen early photographs of the beaches within the bay, and it appears to be present. The population of eelgrass has been monitored since 1993 and most recently by the city since 2003.
Crowell: Has the eelgrass been in larger amounts in the past?
Josselyn: Detailed and consistent surveys in the bay have only been started by the city in 2003 and only in shallow-water areas. Those first surveys found about 30 acres in the shallow portions of the bay; however, surveys in deeper water indicate that large areas of eelgrass also occur in navigation channels.
Go to my blogsite at lenboseyachts.blogspot.com to learn how you can legally grow eelgrass in your own backyard.
Sea ya.
LEN BOSE is an experienced boater, yacht broker and boating columnist.


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In an eerie if incongruous reminder of the anthrax attacks after 9/11, a preliminary test appears to indicate that an envelope sent to a U.S. Senate office contained the poisonous protein ricin.
Politico and CBS report that the recipient was Mississippi's Roger Wicker. Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana suggests that someone may already be in custody.


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•Friday vs. Hillsboro, 7 p.m.
•Thursday at Greenville, 5 p.m.
•Tuesday vs. Hillsboro, 5 p.m.
•Thursday at Raymond, 4 p.m.
•Tuesday at IHSA Regional, TBA
•Thursday vs. Marquette, 4:30 p.m.
•Monday at EAWR, 4:30 p.m.
•Tuesday vs. Shelbyville, 4 p.m.
•Thursday at Staunton, 5:30 p.m.
•Tuesday vs. L-wood, 4:15 p.m.
JV Football
Kyle Hawkins, a 2010 graduate of Vandalia Community High School, will be playing in a doubleheader at VCHS with his college club baseball team on Oct. 7.
The Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville club team will battle McKendree University in an exhibition doubleheader at the high school at 4 p.m. that day.
Hawkins will start one of the two games for SIUE.
Last spring, Hawkins was 10-1 for SIUE, with an earned-run average below 2.00, helping SIUE to a 14-2 record.
The team missed the club World Series by one game.
Seth Marler, a senior at Vandalia Community High School, dressed up as a Vandal during spirit week, and served a mascot during last Friday's game against Litchfield.
VANDALIA – In a quick game that lasted less than 90 minutes last Thursday, St. Elmo beat Brownstown for third place in the Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournament at Vandalia High School.
The top-seeded Eagles were coming off of a tough eight-inning loss to No. 4 Beecher City in the semifinals, and coach Ryan Beccue was glad his team came away with the 4-1 victory.
VANDALIA – The fifth-place game of the Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournament started with a no-hitter and ended with a slew of runs.
Mulberry Grove senior Nate Ketchem carried a no-hitter through the first four innings of last Wednesday's game against Ramsey, but the teams combined for 15 hits and 15 runs in the final three innings of a 10-8 Aces win, their third of the season.
"Nate was going after guys," said Mulberry Grove coach Chad Nelson. "He would get ahead, and then go off-speed late in the counts."
The Patoka Jr. High baseball team recently won a regional championship, the second title in school history.
Mark Herrin pitched a complete game, striking out 16 and allowing just three hits in the 7-0 victory against Rome, to move the Mohawks to 16-2 for the season.
The next game is on Saturday at Coulterville at 3:30 p.m. against either Century or New Simpson Hill.
The St. Peter Lady Saints volleyball team placed fourth at the Holly Reeb Tournament in Belleville on Sept. 14-15.
VANDALIA - Despite losing seven fumbles during the game, Vandalia came away with a 47-6 win against Litchfield for homecoming by scoring a touchdown on its other seven drives.
Ryan Ambuehl scored four times during the game, rushing for three touchdowns and catching a 24-yard pass from Tim Ritchey, who later threw another 24-yard touchdown pass to Luke Smith.
Alex Newsom added a pair of rushing touchdowns, including a 49-yard run on Vandalia's first play from scrimmage.
The Vandal defense played well, recording 13 tackles for loss.
VANDALIA — Patoka beat Beecher City, 7-2, Thursday night to win the Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournament.
Clinton Hood picked up the win for the second-seeded Warriors, keeping the No. 4 Eagles at bay all game.
In the third-place game, St. Elmo beat Brownstown, 4-1.
Connor Beasley picked up the win and had two RBI for the top-seeded Eagles.
PANA — A subpar attack against a very disciplined Pana volleyball team led to Vandalia's first loss of the season Thursday night.
The Lady Vandals made too many errors in a 25-10, 25-19 loss, said coach Allison Smith.
Senior Sierah Ruffner had six kills, and senior Shelby Foster had three service aces to lead the Lady Vandals (15-1) in the nonconference game. The conference date is in Vandalia on Oct. 18.
The next game is on Monday at Taylorville.
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Beating the bad guys is just part of the superhero gig. With a little help from his new, by-the-book rookie partner, Ben explores the quirkier side of things in the alien underground and discovers enemies from his past looking for a re-match, all while a mysterious hunter is hot on his trail!
Khyber the Huntsman is a skilled tracker and ruthless villain who prides himself on his patience, taking time to study his targets and wearing them down with this persistence.
This is Fourarms, a familiar face but back with a new look. He has super fighting strength. He can leap high in the air and use his big smack to create a powerful shockwave.
When Ben transforms into this dinosaur-like alien, he has super strength, armour-like skin, and the ability to grow 60 feet tall.
With lightning-quick reflexes and the power to reach speeds of 500 mph, XLR8 is Ben's fastest alien.
This is the armadillo-like alien with a yellow, armored body and a horned helmet. He has incredible digging capabilities and can generate shock waves and earthquakes by punching the ground.
Kickin' Hawk comes from an alien race that resembles giant roosters. He's an incredibly tough fighter with devastating kicks.
Ball Weevil uses a sticky ball to collect random junk. When he's ready to attack, he kicks the debris ball, which explodes on contact. The bigger the ball, the bigger the boom!
This is the indomitable Cannonbolt. He can roll into an almost indestructible ball, bounce around creating powerful shockwaves or spin into a fierce tornado.
This is the firey Heatblast, burning hot as ever. He can fire balls of flame from his fists, fly through the air on a fire board and he's immune to heat or cold attacks.
This is the electrifying Schocksquach, a yetti-like alien with super strength. He generates huge amounts of electricity which he can fire at his enemies through bolts of energy.
This is Rook, Ben's super-skilled new partner and sidekick. With his proto tech armour he can resist enemy fire or fire grappling hooks and his proto tool can transform into different kinds of weapons.
Gravattack is literally a small planet, complete with a molten core center. Has gravity-based powers which he can use to create gravity fields which increase or decrease the gravity of others, making them light as a feather, or weigh 100 tons!
Exclusive to young Ben, Feedback has the ability to absorb energy attacks and channel them as a blast of his own. He can also use the plug-like digits at the end of his fingers and dreadlocks to drain energy from opponents.
Bloxx, a shape shifting alien made up of many segments. He can stretch, fold and build his body into almost any shape - a shield, a container, extra long arm or even a catapult.
The young Ben Tennyson is a very special kid! He can turn himself into ten different aliens thank to the Omnitrix, a magic watch-like device.
Ben may be the galaxy's greatest hero, but his new Omnitrix is just as unpredictable as ever. He's looking forward to being a solo superhero. Unfortunately, Grandpa Max has other plans.


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We all know that separates are the way to go when it comes to peak performance, but there's plenty good to be said about HTiBs. They're simple to set up, there's no question about compatibility or how each part will interact with the next, and they're generally less expensive.
A home-theater-in-a-box may not be the best solution for your main viewing area, but Onkyo's latest HTiBs look like a pretty good choice for a secondary viewing area. The HT-6300 and HT-7300 have very similar capabilities. Both systems incorporate 3D ready receivers with four HDMI 1.4 inputs. They both handle lossless Dolby and DTS audio codecs, and they both upscale video to 1080p courtesy of a Faroudja DCDi Cinema processor.
Both the 6300 and 7300 come with a 290 watt subwoofer and a receiver capable of delivering 130 watts at six ohms to seven channels. The primary difference between the two systems is that while the 6300 features six bookshelf speakers, the 7300 replaces two of those with floorstanding speakers with dual woofers. The HT-6300 runs $749 while the HT-7300 sells for $899. Both systems are available now.


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Dr. McGinnis is a physician, epidemiologist and long-time contributor to national and international health programs and policy. An elected Member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies, he has since 2005 also served as IOM Senior Scholar, Executive Director of the IOM Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care, and founder of the IOM initiative on advancing a continuously learning health system.
He previously served as founding Director, respectively, of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) Health Group, the World Health Organization's Office for Health Reconstruction in Bosnia, the federal Office of Research Integrity, and the federal Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. In a tenure unusual for political and policy posts, he held continuous appointment through the Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton Administrations at the Department of Health and Human Services, with policy responsibilities for disease prevention and health promotion (1977-1995).
Programs and policies he conceived and shepherded include the Healthy People process setting national health goals and objectives (1979-present), the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (1984-present), the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (with USDA, 1980-present), the Ten Essential Services of Public Health (1994-present) developed by the Public Health Functions Steering Group (of leading public health organizations), the RWJF Active Living family of programs (2000-present), the RWJF Young Epidemiology Scholars Program (2001-present), the RWJF Health and Society Scholars Program (2002-present), and the current Learning Health System initiative of the IOM.
International posts include service in India, in 1974-1975, as Epidemiologist and State Director for the World Health Organization's successful smallpox eradication program, and in Bosnia, in 1995-1996, as Chair of the joint World Bank/European Commission Task Force on Post-War Reconstruction of the Health and Human Services Sector.
Perhaps best known for his research and publications on the fundamental determinants of health, Dr. McGinnis also brings national and international experience with health policy to Nemours. He adds dimensions to Board consideration and support as the organization strives to raise the bar on standards for the health and health care of children.


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I'm tryin to do some jdbc connection stuff.
I keep getting an error that says "SQLException: Io exception SO Exception was generated."
The error is attached to the line below.
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The name of the DB is Sample1.world and info is a java.util.properties object that holds my username, etc.
I cant find what an SO exception is anywhere! Does anyone here know what it is?


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South Africa: On The Ball Between World Cup Matches
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Maybe it was impetuous of me to hand that money over to the young woman in Soweto. Possibly it was imprudent to slip on the harness and ride the caged industrial elevator to the top of that mural-covered utility tower turned bungee venue. Certainly it was unsettling to stand on the ledge, wind whistling in my ears and the township sprawling 300 feet below.
"Five!" chanted the young men behind me. "Four! Three! Two! ..."
But there's no thrill without risk, right? This is what I told myself, and this must be what the high pooh-bahs of soccer were thinking when they brushed aside worries about crime, public health and infrastructure and decided to stage the FIFA World Cup in South Africa from June 11 to July 11. Thousands of Americans must be thinking that way too: Although the U.S. has little chance of winning the 32-team competition, Americans have bought more than 130,000 tickets, outpacing every country but South Africa itself.
In other words, lots of people will be taking leaps of faith around here in the days ahead.
So I've just auditioned 10 adventures and excursions in and around Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria — animal encounters, coastal walks, big-city explorations and the one flying leap, all within easy range of a World Cup venue. I stroked a cheetah, groomed an elephant, tasted crocodile (nothing like chicken) and checked out four stadiums. How often in life does a traveler behold the beautiful game and the Beautiful Game, furry cheek by stubbled jowl?
I did most of my exploring in the company of a guide or a group or local friends, and instead of walking anywhere at night, I took taxis. I did feel the gaze and heard the whispers of panhandlers and hustlers (in Cape Town's Greenmarket Square, for instance). And a few statistics lingered in my memory: The World Health Organization estimates South African life expectancies at 50 years for men, 53 for women. The CIA estimates 18 percent of South African adults are infected with HIV. Although most U.S. visitors to South Africa have no problems, the U.S. State Department says, "criminal activity, often violent, is prevalent throughout the country."
Fortunately, being here is much more pleasant than reading the stats about being here. In fancy restaurants and in a squatters' camp, I got genial welcomes. Everywhere I turned, I found another World Cup countdown calendar, another squad of security guards in training, another entrepreneur grumbling about FIFA (the global organization that controls World Cup events and merchandise), another crew scrambling to finish a street improvement. Pride and anxiety all around.
More than 300,000 international visitors are expected during the competition's 64 matches in 10 stadiums in nine cities. (So if you don't already have lodging reservations, stay home until the Cup competition is over and prices drop.) Surely, all will hear the call of the vuvuzela (a plastic horn, beloved by local crowds, that sounds like a trumpeting elephant) and all can hope for a glimpse of shibobo (when an attacking player dribbles the ball between the legs of a defender).
Here are the adventures, including what happened on that ledge in Soweto.
—Cape Town
The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is bound to be near the top of your Cape Town to-do list. The views are spellbinding (the mountaintop is about 3,500 feet above the sea), and the cost is a doable 160 rand (about $21) for an adult round-trip ticket. But you might never get up here.
The cableway closes in rainy or windy conditions — 50 to 80 days a year, management says — and in the South African winter months of June and July, clouds often obscure the view. On my rainy three-day visit earlier this month, the service never opened. (And if the cableway closes, that means hiking conditions are difficult or impossible.)
Instead of setting aside a specific day for Table Mountain, leave your itinerary loose enough for day-swapping. That way, if you wake up to a clear morning, you can defer other plans (the South African Museum, perhaps, or the Castle of Good Hope) and head straight to the Lower Cable Station on Tafelberg Road, about 15 minutes' drive from the city center. The cableway ride itself takes about five minutes. For weather updates and more info: 21-424-8181, www.tablemountain.net.
—Near Cape Town: Cape Point
Cape Point isn't the southernmost tip of Africa (it's the southwesternmost), but because of its dramatic shape, it's where you sense the continent running out. A towering rocky promontory shames Ireland's Cliffs of Moher; stunted scrub slopes feel as remote as any quarter of South America's Patagonia. Clouds rippled across the sky at breakneck speeds; a wind-raked, roiling sea churned with the overlapping tensions of the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Oh, and the baboons. They roam free, know no fear and will grab food and open your car doors and scramble in if you don't lock up.
From the Cape Point parking area (which likely will be busy), walk or take a shuttle bus to the 1860 Cape Point Lighthouse on the high ground. Then, if you're not acrophobic, ditch the crowds by taking the Light House Keepers Trail. The sign says this route is a 90-minute round-trip walk, which daunts most tourists who have bus drivers waiting. But if you're reasonably fit, you can cover the ground in 45 minutes.
Clued in by guide Rob Salmon of Cape Convoy, I grabbed a sandwich to go from the restaurant (more nice views) and set off on a narrow trail cut into a steep, scrubby slope. The trail ends at Dias Point, a far finger of land that features another lighthouse (from 1910) and drop-dead views up and down the coast. On the way back to Cape Town, take Chapman's Peak Drive, a 9-kilometer, 114-bend coast road built by convicts from 1915 to 1922, that rivals California's Highway 1 through Big Sur.
—Near Cape Town: On the water
Even if it's only for 45 minutes, you need a spell on the water. My plan was to take a boat out from Gansbaai (about 1,500 rand, or about $200; www.whitesharkprojects.co.za), about two hours' drive east of Cape Town, climb into a cage and hope to see sharks up close near Dyer Island, a.k.a. Shark Alley. The area is one of the world's best for sighting sharks, either below the surface or breaching, and April-September is said to be peak season, not only for sharks but also for watching Southern right whales from the shore at nearby Hermanus. But as is common in winter, a storm scrubbed that excursion.
So I settled for a quick zip on a tourist boat around Hout Bay (about 45 rand, about $6). There were seals on rocks out there, but the real appeal was Sentinel Rock, looming in the mist, and the boiling, foamy waves. Once you've risen and fallen on 10-foot swells (some days, they're 30 feet), it's easier to picture all the ships that have wrecked around here. You can also sign on to a shark excursion (www.apexpredators.com) from Simon's Town, about 45 minutes from Cape Town.
Easier still, you could take a Robben Island excursion (about three hours) or dinner cruise from Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, a glitzy gathering of restaurants and shops just a couple of blocks from the new 70,000-seat Cape Town Stadium at Green Point (which will host eight World Cup matches).
—Near Cape Town: The Cape Winelands
Winemaking in the Cape area dates to the 17th century, when Dutch settlers and French Huguenots began planting here. Now scores of wineries thrive around the cities of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschoek, amid scenery more dramatic than most of the California wine country. Although the serious wine person will debate which tasting rooms deserve visits, let me offer these words to the not-so-serious: Go to Stellenbosch (about 30 miles outside Cape Town) and check out the palatial tasting rooms, cellar and grounds of erstwhile golfer Ernie Els (www.ernieelswines.com), built in 2004.
Besides well-regarded red wines, you can admire photos of Els' sporting triumphs and bask in the Napa-on-the-Atlantic grandeur of it all. Then, for less grandeur and more action, head to the nearby Spier winery (www.spier.co.za), a vast enterprise where the tasting room is joined by a 155-room hotel, several restaurants, swimming pools, spa, craft market, horse stables, amphitheater, eagle-rehabilitation center and a cheetah outreach project where you can see fast cats up close and, for a few dollars more, pet one.
—In Johannesburg: Law, disorder and rugby
Just about the worst move you could make in Johannesburg, many locals say, would be to linger after dark in crime-ridden Hillbrow, the neighborhood next to Ellis Park Stadium. But if you have tickets for one of the matches at the stadium (perhaps the June 18 contest between the U.S. and Slovenia), remember: This is where, in 1995, South Africa's then-President Nelson Mandela (now 91 and retired from public life) donned a green athletic shirt and walked onto the field to show solidarity with the nation's mostly white national rugby team as it faced a World Cup final match. This is the boundary-breaking moment the movie "Invictus" was built around, and white South Africans still marvel at the power of that moment.
Near Ellis Park is a spot you can visit — Constitution Hill, where South Africa's highest court meets in a chamber partly built from recycled prison bricks. With cattle hides stretched across the justices' tables, windows showing the feet of passersby and an open visitor area, the symbolism of the 2004 design is a virtual demand the jurists work with transparency and humility. Tours are offered every day but Sunday (www.constitutionalcourt.org.za).
—In Johannesburg: Soweto
For the World Cup faithful, the center of the universe will be Johannesburg's dramatically upgraded Soccer City Stadium, site of the tournament's first match (South Africa versus Mexico on June 11) and its final one on July 11. Locals call it the Calabash, because its pixilated red-and-brown exterior reminds them of a traditional pot for preparing food or brewing beer.
But if you're curious about South African society, another vital stop is just a few miles away: Soweto. Born in the early 20th century as a residence for black male laborers, the township received global attention in the 1970s and '80s as a site of profound poverty and key battles in the campaign against apartheid. Now it's a big chunk of Johannesburg (40 to 100 square miles, depending how you count) with two malls, a major hospital and an estimated 2 million or more residents, some in spacious residences with water and electricity that would look at home in Simi Valley, others in squatters' shacks. (Imagine if Tijuana were part of San Diego.) Sign on for a daylong tour and you'll see Vilakazi Street, where Mandela lived in the 1940s and '50s and where Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu lives now.
I took away a more personal impression from the Motsoaledi Informal Settlement (a.k.a. squatters' camp), where about 20,000 people live in shacks and unemployment is estimated at 60 percent. "There is no electricity here," resident tour-guide Mandla Shongwe explained. "People are using paraffin for cooking, so there are a lot of fires, especially in winter." Still, Shongwe said: "There is a difference between living in poverty and living in misery."
—In Johannesburg: The Apartheid Museum
Make time for this. South Africa's history is a tangled, bloody, inspiring, irony-and-surprise-ridden story, especially the apartheid years from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. This provocative museum (www.apartheidmuseum.org), opened in 2001, is the place to take it in. Allow two or three hours, even if you don't usually linger in museums.
—Near Johannesburg: Critters up close
Some of the best wildlife game-viewing in South Africa is at Kruger National Park — which is convenient if you're headed to watch a match in the nearby city of Nelspruit, or if you've set aside a few days for travel around the country. But for travelers who want to grab game encounters closer to Johannesburg, Pilanesburg Game Reserve (www.pilanesberg-game-reserve.co.za) is an easier choice, about 90 minutes from Johannesburg or Pretoria, next door to the Sun City casino and entertainment complex. Or, if you'd need to stick within an hour of Johannesburg but still want to reach out and touch an elephant or get a big, wet trunk-kiss from one, there's the Elephant Sanctuary (www.elephantsanctuary.co.za) at Hartbeespoort Dam.
—Near Johannesburg: Pretoria
Johannesburg's first gold boom occurred in the late 19th century, and much of the money has since migrated to its well-secured northern suburbs, where many of the best hotels and restaurants are. (For a taste of that good life, have a sunset drink amid the tribal designs and face-painters of the massive Moyo restaurant at Zoo Lake in the Randburg area, then head for dinner at one of the flashy eateries at Melrose Arch.)
If you keep traveling north 30 more miles, you'll hit Pretoria. This leafy city is the seat of South Africa's executive government, home to the stolid old buildings around Church Square, and the century-old Loftus Versfeld Stadium, which will host six World Cup matches, including U.S.-Algeria on June 23.
After downtown Joburg and Soweto, Pretoria feels like a different country, its history dominated by Afrikaner farmers (aka Boers), mostly descended from Dutch, German and French immigrants, who came to South Africa centuries ago. These are the white farmers who fought the British for control of the country in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the dogged fighters whose leaders instituted apartheid in the 1940s.
In all of South Africa, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more potent symbol of those old ways than the Voortrekker Monument at the edge of town. It's a solemn stone box atop a series of steps, built in 1940 to commemorate the Boers' defeat of Zulu forces in the early 19th century. It gave me the willies.
—Near Johannesburg: The high-up lowdown
For an easy bird's-eye view of downtown Joburg, try the 50th-floor observation deck of the Carlton building, which rises above a mall. Or you could do what I did. We were in Soweto, driving by the Orlando Towers, a pair of concrete cooling towers (picture Three Mile Island) that helped deliver electricity to the city from the 1950s until 1998. Since then, the towers have been covered top to bottom by colorful murals. And since 2008, the towers have been rigged with gear for bungee jumping and something called "power swinging," which is like rappelling (so you go down feet first, not head-first). The tower spoke to me.
Soon I was stepping into the orange shipping containers that serve as the operation's offices, watching a couple of other jumpers, inquiring about prices (360 rand, about $48, for a power swing, 60 rand, about $8, for a ride to the viewing platform) fatalities (none so far) and traffic (40 jumpers on a busy Saturday). Then I was up top, trying to keep cool.
"Look," I wanted to say. "I can see Desmond Tutu's house from here." But what came out was:
"Um. Feeling some nerves."
"Perfectly natural," said the jump master. Then came the countdown. And then I took the big step and plunged in free-fall for a purported 3.5 seconds (it felt like less). As tension on the ropes increased, my fall slowed and I swung back and forth, those enormous murals growing and shrinking and coming and going at crazy angles, the sound system throbbing below. Eventually the Earth came up to gently greet me. It was a hoot. I hope the World Cup works out the same way.


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John Carmack sat down to talk with us about the current world in graphics including all the discussion about Intel and ray tracing, what id has in mind for the next engine following id Tech 5 / Rage and how the multi-GPU world is panning out.
In recent months a lot of discussion has been circulating about the roles of ray tracing, accelerated physics and multiple-GPU configurations in the future of PC and console gaming. Here at PC Perspective we have heard from Intel on the subject many times and just recently sat down with NVIDIA's Chief Scientist David Kirk to discuss the ray tracing and rasterization debate.
Many of our readers, as well as comments across the web, asked for feedback from the developers. It makes sense - these are the people that are going to be spending their money and time developing games to sell on next-generation architecture so surely their opinions would be more grounded in reality than a hardware company trying to push their technological advantages. With that in mind, we spent some time talking with John Carmack, the legendary programmer at id Software famous for Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake and the various engines that power them. What started out as a simple Q&A about Intel's ray tracing plans turned into a discussion on the future of gaming hardware, both PC and console, possible software approaches to future rendering technology, multiple-GPU and multi-core CPU systems and even a possible insight into id Tech 6, the engine that will replace the id Tech 5 / Rage title.
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Also note that in some areas the language of this text might seem less refined than you might expect simply because we are using a transcription of a recorded conversation.
PC Perspective: Let's just jump right into the issue at hand. What is your take on current ray tracing arguments floating around such as those featured in a couple of different articles here at PC Perspective? Have you been doing any work on ray tracing yourself?
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The injury to Texas Tech quarterback Baker Mayfield's knee caused no structural damage and should not end his season, Red Raiders coach Kliff Kingsbury said on Monday.
The freshman got hurt in the third quarter of Tech's 54-16 win over Kansas this past Saturday. He was helped off the field by his teammates and then later went to the locker room on crutches.
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03-11-2011 03:40 AM - edited 03-11-2011 03:44 AM
This is getting interesting.
I have t510 and the same audio problems. On this topic http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T410-Extremely-Annoying-Audio-Issues/td-p/2... people suggested that the nvidia driver is causing problems, and that the solution is in testing phases. I run this new latency program that they've suggested here. It's called "Latency Mon" and true enough, it said: "Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 1993 Responsible driver: nvlddmkm.sys. I guess it is nvidia drivers fault.
In regard to "drivers" sorted by "ISR count", this "hal.dll" is of the charts, exactly what people with x120e are reporting.
I've noticed that my audio issues are the most serious from the moment I turn on my pc, till Think Vantage (or whatever its name) finishes its checkings. In that interval I cannot listen to any audio at all because of all this interruption noises. After think vantage does its job, it becomes bearable. Only 2 or 3 times in a minute.
So, will this nvidia fix solve also this hal.dll thing? (sorry if this question sound ignorant, but i'm no expert in this things, and it's the first time i had a problme like that).
Why is this happening to Lenovo? Will all new PC's come with this audio issues. Now if feels like it's not model dependent, but Lenovo dependent.
Lenovo guys, wish you luck with solving this issues! I really like everything about your machines, (except for this minor glitch).
Just as a heads up, waking from Hibernation does not cause the audio stutter like it does when waking from sleep.
This might be a tentative solution for those who need to have the laptop in a state of low power usage without wanting to turn off the laptop till a better solution comes along.
Again, this is my experience. Howlingblindowl or someone else who is suffering from this issue, can you try a hibernate > wake from hibernate on a new boot to see if the Audio Stutter occurs? Of course, restarting the computer before trying this test would be appreciated so that a previous issue caused by waking from sleep doesn't creep into the test .
hal.dll is a windows system file
03-11-2011 08:38 AM - edited 03-11-2011 08:43 AM
That's weird. LatencyMon doesn't even show hal.dll in the list for me.
Does applying BlackViper's Windows 7 SP0/SP1 Safe services configuration help?
EDIT: My bad; should be sorting by DPC.count. Posting without sleep isn't fun.
Waking from hibernation still causes audio stutters for me.
Just got my x120e as well. Only installed Chrome and noticed it right away. Studdering issues 1-2min with robotic noise. Just confirming other's experiencies. There should be no reason to have to uninstall (though it may fix it temp wise) the Lenovo Power Mangement software.
This seems like an issue that a driver is causing. Let's keep this thread going and get Lenovo to look into it. The review units sent out to folks (Mags, Websites) had this issue too. They shouldn't have shipped it this way,
03-11-2011 03:22 PM - edited 03-11-2011 03:25 PM
Gah, I have no idea... I just tried waking from hibernation and sleep five times each with a restart of the system before every attempt and 0/5 waking from hibernation resulted in the audio stutter while 5/5 waking from sleep did (verified that the audio did not stutter before hibernating / sleeping). Tried Hulu, Youtube, and Audio files played back through Foobar2000 v1.1.5.
My Lenovo X120e:
Bios 1.08 "8FET24WW" (Does anyone find it strange that on the Lenovo site, the X120e only has Bios 1.04 "8FET20WW"? Lenovo Drivers Page)
4GB DDR3 PC3-10600 RAM (2GB stock + 2GB Crucial CT25664BC1339)
Patriot Inferno 60GB SSD
No Bluetooth
2x2 a/b/g/n wireless
32Wh Battery
Installed AMD SATA Controller 184.108.40.2065 over the Lenovo provided AMD SATA Controller 220.127.116.11
Installed Catalyst Drivers 11.2 for E-350
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1
Internet Explorer RC
Latest Flash (10.2)
Everything else is as Lenovo provided for Drivers / Software (Haven't uninstalled Power Manager or Toolbox)
Installed the Factory Lenovo Image by using the Lenovo Recovery CD/DVD onto the SSD
03-11-2011 05:36 PM - edited 03-11-2011 05:37 PM
hal.dll is actually used by Windows to manage all of your hardware.
You are right in that HDAudBus is the audio bus
storport is a new driver developed by Microsoft for controlling the the hard drive's operations. (Similar to a SATA driver)
USBPort.sys is fairly selfexplanitory.
i8042prt.sys is actually used for all input devices (Trackpad, trackpoint, USB mouse, usb keyboard, your laptop keyboard)
ndis.sys is a driver service related to your managing network connections.
Really commonly power settings will be what causes the computers to be slow or non responsive. If you adjust your power plan using the lenovo software or uninstall the lenovo software and adjust it using Windows' Power Plans, you should notice a big difference.


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For my last night of my recent visit to New York's Finger Lakes, I stopped in at Red Newt Bistro for dinner, where chef and owner Deb Whiting produces some of the freshest, wine-friendly food in the region.
The wine list is also excellent, with more than 150 Finger Lakes wines covering all the top quality-oriented producers. There's some vintage depth too, and prices are modest, giving diners a chance to really explore the region's vinous offerings.
On this night, I opted for a bottle of the Anthony Road Riesling Finger Lakes Martini Reinhardt Selection 2005. This is the top bottling from winemaker Johannes Reinhardt, who selects his best lots of fruit along with owner John Martini for what is, in essence, the winery's reserve bottling.
The wine has held together very nicely since its release two years ago, still offering some bright, snappy apple and slate flavors, along with additional hints of honeysuckle and blanched almond. It came off as fairly dry in mouthfeel, with a nice invigorating finish. 88 points, non-blind.
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