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Industries Increasing Efficiency through Improved Software
Commission staff convened a technical conference on June 25-27, 2012, to discuss opportunities for increasing real-time and day-ahead market efficiency through improved software. The technical conference was held in the Commission Meeting Room and Meeting Room 3M-3 at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
This conference brought together diverse experts from ISOs/RTOs, decentralized market utilities, the software industry, government, research centers and academia for the purposes of stimulating discussion and sharing of information about the technical aspects of these issues and identifying fruitful avenues for research. This conference was intended to build on the discussions initiated in the Commissions June 2010 and June 2011 staff technical conferences on increasing market and planning efficiency through improved software.
The conferences held in June 2010 and June 2011 produced presentations on several advanced approaches to market modeling which appear to have significant promise for potential efficiency improvements: stochastic modeling; optimal transmission switching; AC optimal power flow modeling; and use of active and dynamic transmission ratings. Significant computational impediments to efficiently and reliably implement these approaches must be understood and overcome before benefits can be realized. In this conference, we explored research and technical steps that would be needed to implement these and other advanced technologies in the future.
In particular we solicited proposals for presentations on topics and questions such as the following:
- Stochastic modeling for unit commitment and operating reserves:
Given the difficulty in formulating and solving full-scale stochastic unit- commitment problems, what interim steps might be taken to more intelligently incorporate information about uncertainty into unit- commitment and dispatch? Specifically:
- How can uncertainty be described in a manageable set of scenarios or constraints that improve unit-commitment and dispatch while allowing good solutions to be achieved in the required timeframe?
- If a stochastic unit-commitment model is used, how should day-ahead prices be calculated, given that the stochastic formulation no longer produces as part of its solution a single set of deterministic shadow prices for power at each location?
- How would a stochastic day-ahead unit commitment mechanism alter current market software for other processes (for example, reliability unit-commitment processes)?
- What steps toward better incorporation of uncertainty into unit- commitment might be taken over the next 5 to 10 years?
What methods can be used to calculate requirements for
contingency reserves and regulating reserves?
- How can reserves calculations more completely capture the uncertainty and variability of the system, including forecast error?
- How can outage probability be captured in contingency reserve calculations, and how good is the available data?
- What methods can be used to determine reserve zones?
Optimal transmission switching:
- Simple optimal DC transmission switching appears to represent a potentially solvable technical problem using existing computational resources if transmission operators optimize only a small number of transmission switch positions. It is less clear whether transmission switching model formulations that include realistic representations of reliability requirements are solvable. What is the performance of these more complex model formulations?
- What additional computational impediments, if any, exist to implementing optimal transmission switching over a small number of switches while maintaining reliability?
- What steps toward optimal transmission switching might be taken over the next 5 to 10 years?
- AC optimal power flow modeling:
- What is the current state of computational capability with respect to dependably solving AC optimal power flow problems, including analysis of power system reliability?
- Discussions during previous conferences have centered on concerns that current system data quality might not allow for an AC optimal power flow model to be properly formulated and solved. What are the specific data concerns, and what needs to be done to address them?
- What steps toward use of AC optimal power flow modeling might be taken over the next 5 to 10 years?
- Adaptive and dynamic transmission ratings:
- Previous presentations examined the use of post-contingency analysis when determining transmission ratings, including consideration of availability of ramping capability. How can (or have) adaptive transmission ratings been implemented?
- Previous presentations also examined how transmission ratings might be updated in real time in response to ambient conditions. How have such dynamic transmission ratings been implemented?
- What are the data or computational challenges associated with implementing adaptive or dynamic transmission ratings?
While the topics suggested above were largely forward-looking, we also encouraged proposals for presentations on best practices and other analyses of current operations with respect to these and related topics.


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European Commission
Brussels, 26 March 2013
EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding and Ronan Dunne of Telefónica stress importance of EU data protection reform
In the margins of an event on the EU data protection reform, Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner will meet Ronan Dunne, CEO of Telefónica UK to discuss the importance of the Commission's proposed reform of EU data protection rules (see IP/12/46 and IP/13/57) for the ICT sector.
Ahead of the meeting Vice-President Reding and Mr Dunne said:
"We share the view that a single Data Protection Regulation, which strengthens and builds on the existing EU data protection framework, is essential to facilitate a level playing field for the ICT industry.
What we need for Europe is a deal that is good for citizens and that is good for business.
The new rules will help realise the potential of the internal market for digital content and services and will enhance European industry's competitiveness while at the same time, encourage more consumers to embrace internet and take-up digital services, in line with the Digital Agenda goals."
Vice-President Reding added: "The European Commission is designing rules that strengthen data protection and are at the same time good for businesses, especially for SMEs. Our rules make sure that there is no unnecessary administrative burden for companies. We have for example proposed that a group of undertaking may appoint one single data protection officer.
We are also creating a 'one-stop-shop' for data protection in the EU. Data protection compliance will be simpler than ever before. The Commission has calculated that the revamped rules can save companies up to EUR 2.3 billion per year. The benefits of such a one-stop-shop should also be available to groups of undertakings, such as Telefónica to make exchange of information within such a group easy."
Ronan Dunne, CEO of Telefónica added: "The key challenge for all of us is to get the right regime - one that respects citizens' rights to privacy whilst enabling the innovation that will lead to the creation of the next wave of internet applications for the 4G networks we are now building."
The European Commission will continue to work closely with the telecoms industry to create the right legal framework for a competitive telecoms sector that can take advantage of the EU's Digital Market.
The European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO) of which Telefónica is also a member already expressed its support for uniform EU data protection rules that create a level-playing field (see MEMO/13/86). Work in the European Parliament on the data protection dossier is progressing swiftly: last week the Legal Affairs committee (JURI) backed the main innovations of the EU data protection reform (see MEMO/13/124). The votes in the JURI Committee followed the publication of the draft reports on the reform of the EU's data protection rules by the LIBE Committee's rapporteurs on 10 January 2013 (MEMO/13/4) and the votes in the ITRE (MEMO/13/124), EMPL and IMCO Committees. The LIBE Committee (which is the lead Committee) will then vote on its own report in spring 2013.
The Council of Ministers is also working full-speed on the reform proposals with the Irish Presidency of the EU aiming for a political deal by the end of their Presidency. At the Justice Council in March, Justice Ministers and the Commission agreed to continue work on a risk-based approach calibrating the obligations of businesses to the nature of the data and to the purposes of the processing (see SPEECH/13/209). Significant progress was also made on addressing the issue of flexibility for the public sector within the proposed Regulation.
Further information
Press pack – EU data protection reform:
European Commission – Protection of personal data:
European Parliament – Report on the Data Protection Regulation:
Homepage of Vice-President Viviane Reding, EU Justice Commissioner:
Follow the Vice-President on Twitter: @VivianeRedingEU
Ronan Dunne – Chief Executive Officer Telefónica UK Limited
Ronan joined O2 prior to demerger from BT in 2001 and became CEO of Telefónica UK in January 2008. Prior to O2, Ronan held senior financial positions in Banking and the Corporate sector, most recently at Exel plc. He was born and educated in Ireland and moved to the UK in 1987.Ronan is Chairman of Tesco Mobile, Telefónica's highly successful joint venture with Tesco and a non executive former director of Amobee Inc, the company defining mobile advertising. Ronan chairs Telefónica UK's Sustainability Taskforce and sits on Telefonica Europe's Executive Committee.
Ronan is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) and of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT).
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Paris-Roubaix: Johan Van Summeren gives Garmin-Cervelo big win
Cancellera nets second with late-race attack
Johan Van Summeren soloed over the finish line in the Roubaix Velodrome, surviving from an early break which foiled the favourites in the Hell of the North. The Garmin-Cervelo rider took the biggest win of his career, ahead of Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) and Maarten Tjallingii.
Crashes reduced the favourites to Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek), Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) and Alessandro Ballan (BMC) by the end. The group had been unable to work together and make a definitive move. Cancellara finally was able to break from them and work his way up, but it was too late, and he had to settle for second.
With tears in his eyes, Van Summeren said, "When I was in the lead group, I knew I had a chance to win. To win ahead of Cancellara – he is such a great rider. I had wonderful legs, it was a great day."
Fast run-up to the cobbles
With an average speed of 45km/h in the first two hours, there was little room for breaks to form. There were attempts, including riders like Bradley Wiggins (Sky) but none got away. There were several crashes including Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervélo), but the Australian was able to continue in contrast to another outsider, Vladimir Gusev (Katusha). The Russian abandoned early in the race.
Ten brave men gap the peloton
Just before the first pavé sector, after almost 100km of racing, a group of eight received some space from the peloton. The group featured David Boucher (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Martin Elmiger (AG2R), Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun), Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank), Mitchell Docker (Skil-Shimano), Nelson Oliveira (Radioshack), David Veilleux (Europcar) and Timon Seubert (Netapp).
The eight attackers gathered a lead of one and a half minutes. In the peloton there were some counterattacks at the first pavé sectors. While a move from André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) with Koen de Kort (Skil-Shimano) and Gorazd Stangelj (Astana) bridged up with the leaders after 136km, Oliveira dropped back into a chasing group with Luca Paolini (Katusha), Sébastien Turgot (Europcar) and Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo Bank-SunGard). They were eventually caught by the peloton while speeding towards the famous Arenberg forest. The gap from the 10 remaining leaders on the peloton was 2:40 with 100km to go.
Storming towards the Arenberg forest
In the 10 kilometres before the key pavé sector of Arenberg, the speed in the peloton increased. The result was that the gap between the leaders and the peloton dropped, but also that several crashes occurred in the peloton; Haussler and Roger Hammond were the main casualties. BMC's team leader George Hincapie had bad luck as he punctured shortly before the forest. Elmiger and Tjallingii led the breakaway group over the terrible cobbles of the Trouée d' Arenberg, having just under two minutes left on the peloton.
Arenberg cobbles and Quick Step setbacks
The Arenberg Forest
Riders were all over the place in the famous passage through the forest. Geraint Thomas (Sky) received a wheel from teammate Wiggins when he flatted. Suddenly the TV camera focused on favourite Tom Boonen, who was standing next to his bike in the middle of the forest. The Belgian's hopes of equalling Roger De Vlaeminck's record of four wins were ruined by a chain problem. It took ages before Boonen eventually received a new bike and by the time he left the forest, the gap on the main peloton was one minute. When seven men set up an attack in the peloton, others went down, including co-favourite Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM). Quick Step's bad luck continued when their other leader Sylvain Chavanel punctured out of the main peloton.
In front there were still 10 riders left with one minute on a first chase group of seven riders: Lars Boom (Rabobank), Johan Van Summeren (Garmin-Cervélo), Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Baden Cooke (Saxo Bank-Sungard), Lars Bak (HTC-Highroad), Matthew Hayman (Sky), Manuel Quinziato (BMC) and Fréderic Guesdon (FDJ).
Game over for Quick Step
Quick Step's run of bad luck wasn't over when a Rabobank rider went down on the cobbles of sector number 14 at Sars-et-Rosières, taking down Boonen and many others within him. Once again, Boonen needed a lot of time before he got back on his bike and this time his chances on winning this race were down to zero. Meanwhile Chavanel was able to work his way back to the main peloton at the feed zone after 190km. Just before the first chase group bridged up with the 10 leaders, Van Summeren and Roelandts suddenly went down, but both Belgians were able to continue and get back in the front of the race.
In the meantime, Quick Step concluded its unlucky day in the north of France with a crash from Chavanel, leaving them without riders in front of the race. In the chaos after the Arenberg forest a counterattack with John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad), Grégory Rast (Radioshack), Tom Leezer (Rabobank) and Gabriel Rasch (Garmin-Cervélo) was closing the gap to the 17 leaders.
Cancellara unleashes his devils on Mons-en-Pévèle
Van Summeren on the attack
At 60km from the finish line, a cease-fire in the peloton shed some light on the race situation. There were 21 leaders in front. They built up a gap of one and a half minutes on the peloton that still included former winners Cancellara, O'Grady and Ballan. Two crashes in the peloton marred the fun for Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) and Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), and later also Leukemans once again.
Just before the cobbles of the renowned tenth sector, the five-starred cobbles of Mons-en-Pévèle Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) and Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Cervélo) anticipated the debates in the peloton. A smart move because on the cobbles there was a huge effort from Cancellara with only Hushovd, Flecha and Ballan able to follow.
Meanwhile several riders dropped out of the lead group. Greipel and De Kort were among them. Vaitkus and Vanmarcke were quickly caught back and the latter delivered some top work to bring the group of seven closer to the leaders, who were riding one minute ahead of them, with 40 kilometres left to race.
At sector number 8, Pont-Thibaut à Ennevelin, the top favourite accelerated again and this time only Hushovd was able to hold the wheel from Cancellara although after the cobbles, Ballan closed the gap on the duo. Sixteen riders were leading the race with Cancellara, Hushovd and Ballan trailing by only half a minute.
The attacks in the lead group were flying around, without severe damage although two riders got dropped. Behind them, there was no cooperation in the elite chase. Cancellara didn't receive support from Hushovd or Ballan, and the Swiss was clearly not interested in a Flanders-scenario.
As a results, several riders managed to return to the trio including Leukemans, while the leaders gained a gap of almost a minute when taking on sector number 6 in Cysoing.
A little later former Paris-Roubaix winner Guesdon flatted and dropped out of the lead group. Just before the infamous sector number 5 at Camphin-en-Pévèle ,it was Danish strong man Bak who accelerated. Rast, Tjallingii and Van Summeren had something left in their tank and they joined the Dane in front of the race.
Cancellara gives chase
With 15km to go, the gap had grown to a minute, and Cancellara decided to keep on fighting. He took off, but the others were not about to let him go alone. The time trial world champion flew along, dragging Hushovd with him, overtaking any of the former lead group. His efforts were in vain, though, as he was unable to make any kind of clear break.
At the same time,Van Summeren took off from the lead group, pulling away in a strong solo effort. Tjallingii gave chase, but the Belgian was too strong and couldn't be caught.
Eventually Cancellara was able to break away and catch Tjallingii and Bak, but was not able to come further ahead.
Van Summeren glanced back at the flamme rouge, and saw no one behind him. He entered the Velodrome and rode the closing lap in the blazing sunshine, raising his arms in victory as he crossed the line.
Van Summeren proposed to his girlfriend after the finish
|1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
|2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek
|3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
|4 Grégory Rast (Swi) Team RadioShack
|5 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad
|6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team
|7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
|8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
|9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
|10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
|11 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ
|12 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
|13 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
|14 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
|15 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil – Shimano
|16 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar
|17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
|18 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
|19 John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad
|20 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
|21 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
|22 Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
|23 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
|24 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
|25 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
|26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
|27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil – Shimano
|28 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
|29 Kevin Ista (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
|30 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
|31 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
|32 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
|33 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ
|34 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
|35 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
|36 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
|37 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
|38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
|39 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar
|40 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
|41 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack
|42 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
|43 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard
|44 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana
|45 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
|46 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
|47 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
|48 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team RadioShack
|49 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo
|50 Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad
|51 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil – Shimano
|52 David Boucher (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
|53 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
|54 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
|55 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
|56 Jean-Lou Paiani (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
|57 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
|58 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
|59 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
|60 Rony Martias (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
|61 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar
|62 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Team Europcar
|63 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
|64 Timon Seubert (Ger) Team Netapp
|65 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
|66 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil – Shimano
|67 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
|68 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
|69 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
|70 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Netapp
|71 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack
|72 Bjorn Selander (USA) Team RadioShack
|73 Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp
|74 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
|75 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
|76 Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack
|77 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
|78 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
|79 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
|80 Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
|81 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
|82 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
|83 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil – Shimano
|84 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
|85 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
|86 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
|87 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
|88 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
|89 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
|90 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
|91 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
|92 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
|93 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard
|94 Martin Mortensen (Den) Leopard Trek
|95 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ
|96 Simon Zahner (Swi) BMC Racing Team
|97 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
|98 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
|99 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
|100 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
|101 Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
|102 Michael Barry (Can) Sky Procycling
|103 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
|104 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
|105 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
|106 Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
|107 Michaël Baer (Swi) Team Netapp
|108 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp
|DNF Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek
|DNF Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek
|DNF Stuart O'grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
|DNF Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
|DNF Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek
|DNF Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek
|DNF Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
|DNF Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo
|DNF Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling
|DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling
|DNF Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
|DNF Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
|DNF Matt Brammeier (Irl) HTC-Highroad
|DNF Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad
|DNF Gatis Smukulis (Lat) HTC-Highroad
|DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
|DNF Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
|DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
|DNF Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
|DNF Jens Debusschere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
|DNF Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto
|DNF Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team
|DNF John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team
|DNF Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team
|DNF Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
|DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Katusha Team
|DNF Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
|DNF Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha Team
|DNF Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha Team
|DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team
|DNF Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha Team
|DNF Steve Houanard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
|DNF Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
|DNF Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
|DNF Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
|DNF Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
|DNF Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
|DNF Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
|DNF Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
|DNF Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
|DNF Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
|DNF Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
|DNF Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
|DNF Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
|DNF Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
|DNF Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
|DNF Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) FDJ
|DNF Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ
|DNF Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
|DNF Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil – Shimano
|DNF Roger Kluge (Ger) Skil – Shimano
|DNF Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil – Shimano
|DNF Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
|DNF Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
|DNF Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
|DNF Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
|DNF Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
|DNF Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
|DNF Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
|DNF Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
|DNF Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) Lampre – ISD
|DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
|DNF David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
|DNF Nelson Oliveira (Por) Team RadioShack
|DNF Jesse Sergent (NZl) Team RadioShack
|DNF Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
|DNF José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
|DNF Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
|DNF Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team
|DNF Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team
|DNF Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team
|DNF Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
|DNF Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana
|DNF Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana
|DNF Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
|DNF Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
|DNF Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
|DNF Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
|DNF Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
|DNF Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
|DNF Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
|DNF Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
|DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Netapp
|DNF Steven Cozza (USA) Team Netapp
|DNF Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Netapp
|DNF Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
|DNF Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
|DNF Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
|DNF Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
This article was originally published on Cyclingnews.com


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Roy Hodgson admits he is powerless to stop Manchester City taking their England players on a post-season trip to the United Arab Emirates.
Hodgson wants his England squad to have a full week off after the end of the season, but the likes of Joe Hart and James Milner will travel to the UAE for an 'exhibition match' between City and Al Ain four days after the club's final game of the campaign.
Hart and Milner - both of whom are expected to be in Hodgson's World Cup squad - will definitely travel with the City squad, but manager Manuel Pellegrini has promised not to select the players for the game.
Hodgson would prefer the duo did not to make the 16-hour round trip at all.
The England boss wrote to every Premier League club asking them to keep their players free from May 12-19, but City have not agreed to the 66-year-old's request.
"I sent out a letter on FA paper to the clubs, giving them our programme and asking them to be aware that my intention was that, from the last game of the season, the players should be totally free until we meet up - to get a break from football," Hodgson said.
"That's what we would like. But the bottom line is that we have no control over it.
"I've done what I can do. I'm an England manager and I've said to the clubs that, as England manager, I think it best that they have a week away from football at the end of the season, to relax and clear their minds so that from May 19 they can settle down and put a lot of thought and a lot of focus and physicality into trying to win the World Cup.
"But if the clubs say "we're not interested in that, we want to do something else", then there's nothing I can do about it."
City insist the trip to the country where the club's owner Sheikh Mansour hails from, will be like a holiday for the players.
The squad will travel first class to the UAE, they will relax by the beach and play the odd round of golf.
Liverpool have also scheduled a post-season friendly against Shamrock Rovers in Dublin, but they have promised that no England players in Hodgson's squad will take part in the game, which is taking place at the Aviva Stadium on May 14.


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Estate of Alexander Clark
Appraised by Isaac Estill, Saml Clark, and Nimrod Tacket
Returned to Greenbrier, Virginia Court April 1795
Twenty head of sheep
One bay mare
One dark bay mare
One dark bay horse
One black horse
One bay horse
One sorrel horse
One bay mare
Nine head of grown cattle
Eight head of young cattle
Six calves
Eighteen hogs
One cuting knife steel and hay fork
Too spinning wheels one big wheel and chack reel
One pair of stilyards
One drawing knife too hand saws and brod ax
Five syths and hangings
One crosscut saw
Sundry kind of tools such as chisels, augers
Drawing knives and plains
One set of shoemaking tools
Double [tun?] nails
One flax hackle
Four set of reeds and weaving gears
Cotton cards one pair
Too saddles and bridles
Wooling yarn
One spaid one frow one dung fork and five bills
One rifle gun
Two set of plow irons one lock chain five hoes
One set of harrowteeth and too axes
One brass lock and too pairs of sheers
One looking glass
One potrack
Too pair of horse gears and too carring saddle
Three pots one skillet one flat and one frying pan
Sundry barrels and bags
One loom and tackin
One washing tub turnig lath thre sickles
One pair of kne and too stock buckles one lance
and one pair of horse [plumes and neasscoss?]
Sundry kinds of crockery ware
Puter and tin ware
Sundry kinds of coper ware
Twenty six gees
Sundry kind books knives and forks
Sundry kinds of wearing clothes
Sundry kinds of womans cloths
One chest and box
Four beds and furniture
Half a dozen of chairs and one s[???]t
Twenty nine head of hogs
One coverlid one blanket one set of spools
One ogger one bridle and one Iron wedge
One Bible one sermon book
Valuation: 235L 1S 5D
Source: Greenbrier County Virginia Will Book 1:93-94, Greenbrier County Commission, Lewisburg, WV.


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Non-Macro Bug Shots
Pretty butterfly
Here are a couple butterfly's and a damselfly.
A few butterflys / moths. The last one is the elusive Karner Blue Butterfly (the only time I have seen it).
Baby Praying Mantis that is! 100's of them!! they were all over the bushes in the garden!!
They are so tiny!
Just enjoying the necter of the coneflower
I believe this is called a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth. Taken a week or so ago on a Butterfly Bush. I am not really into insect, but lately I have taken a liking to Dragonfly's, and this moth was pretty interesting. I was pretty happy to get a in flight shot.
Is this what they mean by a flower bed. Caught this bumblebee early in the morning napping.
I was out shooting bugs this weekend and managed to get this dragon fly. Once I got it on the computer I was amazed at the detail in the eyes. This pic is basically off the camera except for a crop. I really like my macro lens, thanks Trish! :D
I got this one while at Greenwood Park yesterday.
It was hang'in around our cooler and wouldn't leave.
As you can see it became my best friend! :D
Any idea as to what one it is?
White Moth on Pink Lady's Slipper wild flower.
Got a little lucky with this shot, wish it was a littler sharper though.
From our walk through Pennypack park yesterday.
I took this today while out riding the mountain bike. I like the fact the bee is straddling the flower and another plant and the center of the flower looks strange and interesting.
Yesterday I took Madison upto Magic Wings. I was only able to get a few shots in between chasing a 2 and a half year old.
Monarch Butterfly helping to spread pollen from one flower to the next as it flies around and lands on different wild flowers sipping nectar at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge on Friday 7-3-2009. Shot this from inside my car with the Sigma 50-500mm resting on the window opening.
Saw him on my way into the house tonight..
Some shots of a couple busy bees.
caught itself some lunch! And it wasn't going out without a fight. I had to manually focus because the 28-135 didn't want to focus for me. :cool: But it was neat to see them up close through the zoom:
Spotless ladybug
Carrion beetle
Caught this bee working overtime to grab the last of the pollen before fall and the first killing frosts come. I did some playing with the image in Paint SHop making a second layer and applying Gaussian blur before merging at ~70 % opacity. I was trying to get the colors to come out a little bit...
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Hello ladies and gentlemen, your pal Muldoon here with a pretty cool little giveaway from the folks at Brigade. Heard of a little film starring the actour of actors, Mr. Sean Penn along with Frances McDormand, and Judd Hirsch. The Paolo Sorrentino directed film hits the BluRay world today (March 12th, baby) and tells the story of... closure? Here's a better idea of the film:
When legendary Goth rocker Cheyenne (Two-time Academy Award® winner Sean Penn), long-retired in Dublin with his firefighter wife, Jane (Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand), learns his estranged father is dying, the childlike recluse travels to New York to seek reconciliation - only to arrive too late. Upon discovering his father's unfulfilled quest for revenge against an ex-Nazi war criminal taking refuge in America, Cheyenne embarks upon his own journey of reawakening in this engaging and unpredictable road adventure from internationally acclaimed director Paolo Sorrentino.
So yeah, "Muldoon where's the lovely swag?" Well, I've been gifted with three (3) copies of the film to hand out to you fine folks. All you have to do is shoot me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject "This is the place" with a tiny, tiny sentence of your thoughts on Sean Penn, Star Wars sequels, or Jurassic Park. I'll let the winners know by tomorrow at 4:00PM central standard time.
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I've never been much of a hunter. I have never shot a deer, pheasant or duck, but a few clay pigeons have fallen victim to my "dead eye" over the years.
So, when I found out my wife had been deer hunting I was a little confused.
It all started with a flat tire…
I've never been much of a hunter. I have never shot a deer, pheasant or duck, but a few clay pigeons have fallen victim to my "dead eye" over the years.
So, when I found out my wife had been deer hunting I was a little confused.
It all started with a flat tire…
A couple of Monday mornings ago I got a call from my better half saying she had a flat tire on our Chrysler minivan.
She pumped it up, but told me she was not sure how long it would last. So, I came and checked it out. I could hear a slow leak, but it appeared the tire was holding well enough to get it to the tire shop.
After dropping it off and going to take care of some other business we returned to hear something I am sure has never been spoken by a tire guy before.
There was a deer antler in my rear passenger side tire.
Now I will admit I am not the most observant of people, but as I heard that I thought to myself how on earth did I miss an entire deer antler.
I was handed a piece of a deer antler about an inch long that had poke through the tire and had wedged itself in tight.
I was amazed the tire did not pop when it hit the tire. I was also amazed my better half did not feel it when she struck the rest of the animal.
OK, my wife did not hit a deer, but through a freak incident she did run over a part of a deer antler that got stuck in the tire.
That is the kind of deer hunting story I am going to be able to tell people for years to come.
Several weeks ago I shared with you the story of Randy and Wanda Wandersee and the work people from this community did to help make over their home to help address health issues that were impeding Randy's home life. It was a great experience for me to see people like that who were willing to help someone else out in that way.
The help, however, continues, as many of those same people, and a few others I presume, are putting on a benefit for the Wandersees this weekend to help cover some of their expenses due to Randy's health.
That benefit is being held Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Redwood Falls American Legion hall.
As part of the benefit a chili and soup lunch is being served, with a cost fo $5 for a single bowl and $8 for an unlimited bowl.
According to information shared by Wanda, Randy is what doctors call a medical mystery, as they can't specifically pinpoint what ties all of his medical issues together, which leaves the future very uncertain. To help offer some certainty in the life of this family, I want to encourage you to show up Saturday and offer your support for this family which has demonstrated in so many ways a willingness to help others when they are in need.
In addition to the lunch, a silent auction is being held, and donations are being accepted for the auction. If you want to donate an item, call (507) 430-9544.
There is also a bake sale and a business boutique going on. This is going to be a good time for people to get a good start on their Christmas shopping.
A concert by the band Driven is also going on that night at the Legion.
It sounds like a pretty big event, with plenty to do for all who attend. So take a few moments out of your Saturday and share them with a family from this community who could certainly use a lift.
Today is a unique day in Minnesota. It is known as Give to the Max Day.
According to its Web site, Give to the Max Day is a "collaborative venture to transform philanthropy in Minnesota by growing overall giving and moving more of it online."
Through its engaging web platform launched in November 2009, this event helps nonprofit organizations of all sizes reach new donors, increases giving through fun and engaging campaigns and significantly reduces overall fundraising costs.
If you visit the Web site www.giveMN.org you can find ways to help your favorite local charity raise more funds.
On the site if you click on "donate" you can then type in your zip code and all of the local groups which have signed up are listed for you. From there you can select the organization you would like to donate to.
I have seen a lot of worthwhile causes, from the Redwood Area School District's continued effort to raise money for its Carts on Wheels program to funds requested by Dakota Wicohan in Morton. Take the time to take part in Give to the Max Day today.


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Explore how to develop your sound inspired by rapper, record producer, and Wu-Tang Clan frontman RZA. We'll share how RZA developed his trademark beats that revolutionized hip-hop in the 1990s. You'll brainstorm and sketch out ideas to create your music story and sound profile. Then you'll get hands on with ROLI Blocks, GarageBand on iPad Pro, and more to find your unique sound.
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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
February 2007
On Thin Ice
Despite advances, retrieval algorithms for ice clouds remain slippery
Results: As part of a science team supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers specializing in ice cloud properties found that thin clouds (optical depth less then 0.3) are often below the detection level of most remote sensors. Yet, these clouds may play a significant role in the radiative heating in the upper troposphere, particularly in tropical regions where cirrus clouds persist at extremely cold temperatures. This data gap represents one of the key uncertainties in climate model simulations—how ice crystals in cirrus clouds absorb and reflect radiant energy, and in some cases, enhance the amount of radiant energy emitted towards the Earth's surface. The team's recent studies are summarized in the February 2007 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Why it Matters: Upper tropospheric clouds, like cirrus clouds, are found at altitudes of about 9 miles above sea level. An important aspect of understanding the radiative feedbacks of upper tropospheric clouds is being able to measure the size, shape, density and other microphysical properties of the ice crystals within the cloud. The microphysical properties of cirrus clouds are difficult to measure and model because they are highly variable in nature and their ice crystal size distribution and habit are not well characterized. However, these clouds are important modulators of the Earth's energy balance and climate because they reflect less incoming solar radiation and absorb more infrared radiation than water clouds, in essence enhancing the "greenhouse effect."
Radar reflectivity and lidar backscatter of cirrus clouds observed on March 9, 2000, at the ARM Climate Research Facility's Southern Great Plains site demonstrate the optical depth range of cirrus clouds. Because they can be so thin, it is challenging for sensors to accurately retrieve their microphysical properties. Enlarged View
Using satellite (VISST) and aircraft based measurements, a comparison of ground-based retrievals of ice water path (IWP) and visible optical depth obtained on March 9, 2000 indicates the range (blue shading) and average (red line) of the cloud properties retrieved by the various ground-based algorithms. The largest discrepancies are apparent when optical depth is less than 0.3. Enlarged View
Methods: Using measurements obtained from both passive and active remote sensing instruments, scientists rely on a variety of complex mathematical formulas—called "retrieval algorithms"—to estimate the microphysical properties of clouds. As part of an ongoing intercomparison of retrieval algorithms for upper tropospheric ice clouds, the researchers examined the ice water path and optical depth derived from 14 different algorithms. The ground-based algorithms were compared with in situ measurements made by airborne sensors and satellite based algorithms.
Next Steps: Though researchers have made significant progress in the evolution of ice cloud retrieval algorithms in the last decade, the addition of satellite-based lidar and radar capabilities reinforce the need to understand the uncertainties and assumptions that underlie the algorithms that scientists will use to characterize the global distribution of clouds. The science team will use these results to help develop combined retrievals that choose the best algorithm based on atmospheric conditions. Additional challenges facing the improvement of algorithms for upper-tropospheric ice clouds lie in the characterization of the ice crystal size distribution and particle shape.
Research Team: Jennifer Comstock and Sally McFarlane, PNNL; Robert d'Entremont, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.; Daniel DeSlover and David Turner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Gerald Mace, University of Utah; Sergey Matrosov and Matthew Shupe, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Patrick Minnis, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; David Mitchell, Desert Research Institute; Kenneth Sassen, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
Source: Comstock, J.M., R. d'Entremont, D. DeSlover, G.G. Mace, S.Y. Matrosov, S.A. McFarlane, P. Minnis, D. Mitchell, K. Sassen, M.D. Shupe, D.D. Turner, and Z. Wang, 2007: An Intercomparison of Microphysical Retrieval Algorithms for Upper-Tropospheric Ice Clouds. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 191-204.
Sponsor: This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research.


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You will, from time to time, see people ask for more regulation of markets. I don't really need to cite any examples, do I? They're all over today's newspapers, claiming that unregulated or deregulated or free markets are responsible for the collapse of various businesses.
There is no such thing as an unregulated market, however. The term "free market" is a bit of misnomer. Participants in a free market are not free to do anything they want. If you fail to make a product that people choose to buy, that is a freedom you will find unavailable in a free market.
Let us be clear: there are markets which are regulated by politicians, and there are markets which are regulated by customers. There are no unregulated markets. There are no free markets. There are only markets in which customers are free to reward or punish businesses, and markets in which customers are prevented from rewarding or punishing businesses.
Which kind of that market do you want? One where you are free to buy or not buy? Or one where you are hampered?


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Up, Up, Down, Down
So I'm confused. Stowaways was the story arc where Erin started having hallucinations, correct? So that means that this current Arc of Erin discovering that Elliot and Mol are dating is "Chapter 2" right?
I hate Dante.
Needs more Vergil.
Just another Friday night drink then.
I've seen stranger looking people down at my local, and weirder arguments.
I'd have guessed roughly the same (would just have guessed that the whole Elliot & Mol dating, and the whole fallout w/ Erin the end of the arc).
Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start!
What code is active?
Erin's Hallucinations now have extra lives.
So many miscarriages, were just swimming in aborted fetuses. (I am so sorry that was awful)
91 comics is ONE CHAPTER?
Ctrl Alt Delete didnt even go that long.
Ya know maybe you should do an arc about a miscarriage. Because I have to tell ya that really worked for the last webcomic that did it.
Heh, 'Cerebus Syndrome' and 'Miscarriage Arc' on posters in the background...
Cerebus syndrome isn't bad, as long you don't suddenly start talking about how women are ruining the world...
A link for those who didn't get it...
love to know what there arguing about prolly who's picking up the tab
If this were happening while I was having a drink, I'd turn to see them fight.
If UMvC3 is any reference, the both of them can really just go burn.
Preferably from a well-placed Penance Stare.
The Flames of Revenge?
Couldn't even melt a marshmellow.
Perhaps, but I question why Ghost Rider is punishing Kirby in the first place. He's not the "sinning" type.
Dante and Vergil on the other hand, are probably brimming with it.
The only way this strip could be any more of a 'bum-er' is if she was hallucinating Kurosu Jun from Persona 2.
Ahhhhh, the specter of continuity...He That Demands Chapters!
I hate you.
Not the sinning type? Kirby is a mass murdering, cannibalistic, anarchic, regicider, skin-wearing lunatic. I don't even want to know what Penance Stare would do to him.
What? It's just TvTropes, just go there and read the page, then 5 pages linked to from there...then 20 pages linked from this five, then...
Will Buckley Jokes ever get old...No I dont think they will
THis. Kirby is the scariest because he disarms you with cute then EATS AND WAERS YOUR FACE!
How about you just don't do any personal storylines and just make your comic about games?
So... Kratos and Dante arguing in the background about who's hitting the sack with Erin later that night?
(Older comic ref)
Two years of comics and we're only now getting to Chapter 2.
Damn...missed by 2 posts...oh well, it's a bit redundant now but I'll post what I was going to post anyway:
But...but... I liked all the one off throwaway jokes with no overarching storyline... I don't give a shit about some imaginary characters personal life.
Eh, chapters are overrated anyway. I like that Oblivion poster, though I can't make out the tinier script.
Kratos looks more like Kratos the Dante dose
just sayin
other wise o.o not much else to say about it, since it just one pic
Long chapter.
When you think about what Kirby can do already, it has all the makings of a baby Eldritch Abomination.
Hehe. Cerberus syndrome posters.
If nothing else, he's hit that "gluttony" cardinal sin often enough to where he's going to be doing some hard time in Circle #3.
Yay! Dante's in this (Props to the Author for using the real one, not Angry Kevin). I love Dante, he's just awesome!
Looking forward to seeing what sort of role he ends up playing in the coming Arc.
And suddenly I'm starting to think I'm not welcome here....
Awww, poor Erin - she looks so sad here :(
I LOVE this, there needs to be more visually driven stuff in this comic ala Romantically Apocalyptic. I think two or 3 well done pannels can say more than a messy mass of speech bubbles. But i guess that is just my taste, personally i think the whole "Issue of the week" thing has kind of driven the comic away from what it does best. Not to sound like im asking for more of the same BUT the original comic worked becuase it worked jokes into a loose narrative about her crummy work and i think there was a lot more to be mined from that. Grounding something in a natural building of story and character over time is the best way to keep enriching your readers.
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Sunday, December 02, 2012
Happiness Flow Chart
5 comments:
- Wanda's Wings said...
The thing is knowing what to change!
- December 02, 2012 5:50 PM
- kenju said...
Good chart!!
I am still looking forward to reading your book. It has decided to hide from me, but as soon as I find its hiding place, I'll begin.
- December 02, 2012 7:13 PM
- AdHoc said...
What Wanda said.
The chart is a good reminder though
- December 02, 2012 8:09 PM
- Mary said...
Hi Deb, Haven't been here in a long time, what a great chart. Happiness is such a wonderful thing, and to change your thinking to positive thinking really helps in your depression. I have come a long way since my first blog, and am now a survivor from incest. I am now advocating for childhood abuse, have had one of my poems made into a song, not that it has gone anywhere, but has been all over facebook, and used on many abuse sites, to bring awareness to childhood abuse. I see myself in a different light now, I am not at fault for anything that happened to me. My depression is very much under control now, although I still take meds for it, but it doesn't consume me anymore. Trying now to come back here to the different bloggers I have come to know and love, been a long time, I have kept up my blog, but I find many of the bloggers I was in contact with are not blogging any longer. All the best to everyone
- December 04, 2012 8:57 PM
- Barbara altman said...
I love your happiness chart. We tend to become what we think about. If the emphasis is placed on depression, we will become more depressed. If it is placed on happiness, happiness will be the result.
- December 23, 2012 8:53 PM


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These are a very small sample of what appears "In the News" from the Academy.
News or Magazine Articles Featuring Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring:
Renowned Washington Post columnist, television personality, author and Pulitzer Prize winner, George Will spent a few of days observing the Academy's 2004 school training.
Read all about Georges visit.
In February, 2003 writer Michael Kaplan and photographer, Charlie Samuels of UNLIMITED Magazine visited the Academy of Professional Umpiring school in Kissimmee, Florida.
Read the six page article here.
In 2007 Fox Sports contacted the Jim Evans Academy to appear in a Sports Science episode.
Our newest DVD video! Join Jim as he shows you 25 of the most interesting plays in baseball. Be prepared, starting with a 25 question rules exam, then each rule is broken down with the key elements! Extremely entertaining for the novice and educational for the umpire at any level. CLICK HERE for more information.
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ArtesMiami supports the Miami Art Museum.
ArtesMiami and its President continue to support the creation of the new Miami Art Museum (MAM). As a Trustee of MAM, Dr. Levitan attended the recent museum groundbreaking events. In the photo, from left to right: Pat Pepper (MAM Trustee); MAM Director Thom Collins; MAM Trustees Rose Ellen Green, Rafael Miyar and Dr. Aida Levitan.
ArtesMiami supports España-Florida Foundation
ArtesMiami supports the España-Florida Foundation, which is celebrating the heritage and presence of Spain in Florida, culminating in celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the exploration of Florida by Spaniards and the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine. The King and Queen of Spain visited Miami and endorsed the work of the Foundation. The Board and Advisors appear in this photo with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain.
National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL) Final Report Presentation
The Commission of the NMAL appear in the photo with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on the Fifth of May, 2011. Aida Levitan, President of ArtesMiami and a Commissioner, supported the public communications campaign for the national press conference.
Lydia Cabrera Award presented to Luis de la Paz on April 9, 2011
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Family's dwarf pony 'Chicken Nugget' shot to death at close range
A 5-year-old girl and her family in Liberty County, Texas are devastated and seeking justice after they woke up to find their pet pony, Chicken Nugget, shot to death in his pen.
Rylee Brett has known Chicken Nugget since she was born, her mom, Kylee Brett said on Thursday.
"They grew up together, and Chicken Nugget was her first love," Kylee said of her daughter.
Now, Kylee and her husband, Kade Brett, are left trying to console their child and wondering how someone could walk up to a horse pen in the middle of the night and shoot a pony in the head at close range.
"There is no mistaking that they did it out of hatred," Kylee said. She said the family had received no answers on Thursday afternoon.
Liberty County Game Warden Jake Noxon is looking into the case, the Liberty County Sheriff's Office said Thursday. Noxon was not immediately available to comment.
The Brett family lives on a family ranch in Hull, Texas, a large property with several homes.
Chicken Nugget was in his pen at the home of Kylee's father-in-law, John Brett, early Wednesday, Nov. 8, when the shooting occurred.
John woke up Wednesday and found Chicken Nugget dead when he went to check on the horse.
Kylee said the family has had Chicken Nugget for eight years, since the horse was a foal. He was meant to be a therapy horse, but Chicken Nugget had dwarfism and was too fragile for that kind of work.
His disability didn't stop him from playing with Rylee, though. Kylee added that the horse would let the little girl sit on his back when she was a baby, and was able to pull Rylee around in a little push car.
Chicken Nugget was also well-known around town, Kylee said. She hopes that sharing the pony's story will help law enforcement determine who shot him.
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Bipartisan bill puts the focus on intrusive questions at initial court appearance.
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate effort would shield victims of sexual assault in the military from intrusive questions at initial court appearances, Sen. Barbara Boxer announced Tuesday.
The issue concerns Article 32 proceedings, the rough equivalent of a grand jury in civilian courts for serious crimes such as sexual assault. Boxer's measure, whose co-sponsors include Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., an Air Force reserve lawyer, would limit the hearings to determining whether there is probable cause that a crime was committed.
The proceedings now encourage "fishing expeditions" that can humiliate alleged victims of sexual assault, Boxer told a small group of reporters.
"There are no boundaries," said Boxer, D-Calif.
The issue of sexual assault in the military seized public attention earlier this year after a Pentagon report showed a 30% spike in reports of unwanted sexual contact among troops from 2010 to 2012. Several high-profile sexual assault-related incidents coincided with the announcement, including an Air Force commander tossing out the rape conviction of a subordinate. Sexual assault in the ranks had become a "crisis," according to top military brass.
Congress has intervened, calling the chiefs of the services to Capitol Hill to explain their response. In turn, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has started initiatives that include re-screening of military sexual assault counselors and victims advocates.
A proposal by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would remove decisions about the prosecution of sex crimes from military commanders and place them in the hands of trained military lawyers. Boxer supports the measure, but less comprehensive changes have the backing of Senate leaders.
"The current system is a disaster," Boxer said.
Meantime, Boxer's bill seeks to address the grand-jury like hearings that have also generated controversy. At an Article 32 hearing earlier this year regarding a sexual assault at the Naval Academy, a military defense lawyer called the alleged victim the "sexual aggressor." Two of the accused Midshipmen were ordered to face courts-martial.
Boxer's amendment would also allow victims to avoid public testimony. They could be allowed instead to offer sworn statements. The measure would also require the presiding officer of the hearing be an officer of equal or higher rank than the defense lawyer. Testimony would be recorded.
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Did you just realize that summer is around the corner and you haven't done a single one of those "New Year's Resolutions" to get more fit? You're not alone.
But here's the good news: it's not too late! If you can commit to 15 minutes every single day for four weeks, I can guarantee you will be on your way to a better and stronger body by the Fourth of July, no matter what your age.
A few years ago I turned 50 and realized that I had been letting myself go: packing on the post-menopausal pounds and not doing any regular exercise, and it was all really starting to show. Unsure of what steps to take, I did what so many of us do under these circumstances: nothing. When the weight gain inched towards 15 pounds, though, I decided that drastic measures were required.
In desperation (and in the name of research – I was just starting to write The Best of Everything After 50), I called the best trainers in the country to get onto a program that would really work . The most amazing thing came out of the whole process: in addition to daily cardio to burn calories, exercise heart and lungs, and keep weight down, I learned that there are THREE EXERCISES that really get the job done. So I started doing them . . . every day.
Discussion: Do you exercise regularly?
Result? I went down an entire pant size, my arms developed curves I never thought I would ever have, and I can now do 20 or more push-ups. I am stronger, feel more powerful, and am doing everything I can to fight osteoporosis. Before starting, I got the green light from my doctor, which is strongly recommended, especially if you're over 50.
Just as I challenged myself a few years ago, here's my challenge to you:
Commit to doing these three exercises every day for four weeks – it will take you less than 15 minutes a day – then connect with me on Facebook letting me know how you're doing. Trust me, I'll nag and push you to keep going!
I know you will see a change in your body, just like I did. But, even more importantly, you will be stronger. The best part of all is you can do this program in your own home, whenever you want. No trainer, no cost … just you and your yoga mat. Yay!
Here's what you'll need:
- Yoga mat
- Sneakers
- Form fitting workout clothes (so you can check on your form)
- Timer
Here are the rules:
- Do these every day
- Do one set in the very beginning, but work up to three sets
- Do these moves as a "circuit" (move very quickly from one exercise to the next so you're getting a cardio workout, too)
- Get the green light from your doctor
- Follow the directions on how to do each exercise exactly as outlined below (or check out my new series on the AARP YouTube Channel – The Best of Everything – -to see how they're done. Click on the highlighted link or here.)
- Remember to breathe
- Take a 10 second rest between each set
Other things you can do to help with your overall fitness program:
- Try to do some kind of cardio exercise every day for at least 30 minutes–walk, run, elliptical, swim, bike, Zumba … whatever you enjoy doing. I'm a huge fan of the "walk/run" program. Check out the video about how to get started by clicking here.
- Eat small, healthy meals throughout the day (every two to three hours) which include whole grains, dark leafy greens and no processed foods or sugar — also drink lots of water and green tea
- Enjoy yourself!
Here are the three exercises that will transform your body:
THE PLANK: This is probably the best exercise you'll ever do. It's a Zen-like position that is highly effective because it works your entire body.
How to do The Plank: Hold your body in a "plank" position, simulating the "up" part of a push-up (see YouTube video below), but stay there, holding perfectly still, for 30 to 60 seconds. Keep your abs tight and your back flat the entire time. Try to lengthen your whole body, reaching back through your heels and forward through the top of your head. Your heart will be pounding, your arms will be shaking, but try to make it to 60 seconds (or more).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klHhRDE9WSQ?list=SPXQ-JEOv9JjFKRGps038tctU_B_6DgSvd&w=426&h=315
THE PUSH-UP: Nothing symbolizes fitness quite like the simple push-up. It tests your entire body by engaging every part of it — arms, chest, abdomen, hips and legs. Doing them is the easiest, fastest and most effective way to get fit. They are the gold standard. You may need to start with a modified push-up (on your knees), but eventually, you'll build up to the full push-up. How low you go is not the most important thing. Keeping the proper form is (see YouTube video, below, to see how to do the full and modified push-up).
How to do The Full Push-Up: Make your entire body straight, like a plank, with your toes and the balls of your feet on the mat, and hands directly under your chest. Using your arms, go down to the count of four, and back up to the count of four. Do 12 to 15 reps.
THE SQUAT: This is one of the best exercises for working the lower body, thighs, hips and butt. The movement is as if you are sitting in a chair.
How to do The Squat: Stand with your feet under your hips, shoulder width apart. Extend arms in front of you, for balance (or hold onto the back of a chair). To the count of four, slowly bend your knees, with your chest and butt out, stopping once you are almost "sitting in a chair." It's essential that you push your butt out as much as possible as you're going down, to keep the pressure off your knees. Do 15 reps.
And lastly . . . remember this: We can't control getting older . . . but . . . we can control how we do it!
Questions? I want to hear from you! Let me know how you're doing with the exercises. For more tips on living your best life after 50 (or 60, or 70…) check out The Best of Everything After 50: The Experts' Guide to Style, Sex, Health, Money and More and www.bestofeverythingafter50.com. Keep me posted on how you're doing by subscribing to me on Facebook and "tweeting" me on Twitter at @BGrufferman. Check out the full video series-The Best of Everything-on the AARP YouTube Channel.
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text: On 18 Feb 2003, Ashley Pittman wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 01:55, Mark Hahn wrote: > > > >What's the best way to install Linux RedHat in a 40-node > > > >Beowulf whose nodes don't have neither floppy nor > > > > why *install* at all? so far at least, I'm booting my new cluster > > entirely diskless. each node actually has a disk, but nothing is > > installed on it - everything is PXE and NFS. obviously, this is > > more network-intensive, but is it really an issue if your jobs last > > for more than a couple minutes? > > I've often wondered that, at the very least if you are going to install > then you should just download a tgz of the root partition rather than > the hassle of automagically installing/configuring packages. With kickstart it is actually easier to do the latter. A single kickstart script can install all the nodes, typically, and have a boilerplate DHCP entry. It reduces an install (once set up) to: a) boot via pxe to a set of bootable kernel images with timeout to the primary hard disk image (e.g. grub), if there is one. b) select the network/kickstart install kernel, set up to automatically default straight into dhcp/kickstart. c) in four to five minutes the system reboots itself (in the %post step) into operational mode, ready to run. At ANY TIME you can reinstall this way, or you can use grub to reboot directly into the install kernel AS the default and reboot into a reinstall from anywhere, anytime, over the network. You never "fix" a node's installation if it is corrupted or being upgraded, just reinstall it. Package based installs are also trivial to update or to add new packages to, and timely updates are ESSENTIAL to cluster (or LAN) management. See for example, the "yum" tool, which pretty much totally automates package management including the installation of new packages and their fully automatic updating from a designated install server. Anything from a new kernel to a new package to a security update in an existing package automagically propagates to the nodes once placed in the install server tree. With a tgz-based installation, you might as well just rebuild the tgz image and do a full reinstall. This is enough work that (of course) it will get put off, which can be disasterous with security updates. > I guess as long as it works it's worth taking the path of least > resistance for installing nodes, it's not like you do it every week > anyway so if it takes an extra twenty minutes who cares? It is a question of scaling. An extra twenty minutes or human time per node is generally unacceptable, because if one has 128 nodes to manage that is over an FTE-week of additional work and folks care very much indeed! An extra twenty minutes of system time per node is "bad", as it costs you a work-week of node productivity. An extra twenty minutes (or even eight hours) setting UP to do an install isn't such a bad thing, as that time is DIVIDED by the number of nodes and not multiplied. It is a very GOOD thing if the eight hours invested in setting up a kickstart-based install reduces the time spent per node in future installs to sixty seconds of systems person time plus five minutes for the actual install (running in parallel on many nodes at once) so that all 128 nodes can be reinstalled in two or three hours of work instead of forty. A similar argument holds for diskless installs, BTW. One may put "a lot of energy" into maintaining the diskless image, but that energy is divided between all the diskless nodes and can signficantly reduce the overall time required to update or manage a cluster. I honestly think that kickstart/package based installs are competitive in efficiency, and local installs arguably scale slightly better in certain aspects of performance (lower overall network load, smaller memory footprint, avoidance of access bottlenecks when all the nodes try to load the same library at the same time). However, diskless nodes are cheaper, and disks are one of the most common sources of hardware failure and hence cost a lot of management time on top of their up front cost. > I really think diskless is underrated though, particuarly for small > clusters. > > > > As long as your network cards' support PXE (most do nowadays), then it is > > > > is that really true? great if so! I haven't looked, but tend to only > > expect builtin eth to support PXE... > > > > > The only potentially laborious step is collecting the MAC address first and > > > tweaking each BIOS to enable PXE booting. > > > > dhcpd can allocate IPs from a pool; if you don't need stable IPs, > > ou don't need to collect the MAC... > > You can of course have a pool of ip's for unknown mac's and then when a > node first boots it can work out it's network position and create a > static entry in the dhcp config file for itself. And in any event, it is only one minute of admin time per node even if done by hand, done once per node/NIC. Not QUITE trivial, but not even worth automating for small clusters. rgb > > Ashley, > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Robert G. 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Vegan diets are all the craze but vegan fashion is a term that is gaining traction as the likes of Vaute begin to hit the runway. The emerging label by Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart had its first ever NY Fashion Week premier yesterday, marking it as the first animal-rights all vegan fashion label to show during New York Fashion Week. The young designer is building upon the outerwear and tee line she's had for several years to show off a ready-to-wear line that includes tops, satin dresses, skirts, pants and sweaters made from vegan and eco fabrics for both men and women. Hilgart paired her looks with vegan men's shoes by Novacas for Brave GentleMan and vegan women's heels by Love is Mighty Check out Ecouterre's exclusive photos from the presentation.
A mix of innovative fabrics dominated Vaute Fall/Winter 2013 collection. Hilgart has been working on research and development to introduce several fabrics such as luxe organic cotton velvet, recycled Thinsulate, 100 percent recycled satin and organic fleece. Her motivation- "I want to show that we don't have any excuse to wear animals," explained Hilgart. The new fabrics were combined in different ways to serve different functions. For instance, a purple velvet coat was quilted with recycled Thinsulate, making it both warm and breathable. Organic cotton button-up tops featured recycled satin pockets and collars, offering a variety of textures in one garment. Waxed canvas gave a short overall-type dress its own structure not to mention an interesting sourcing story- Hilgart found the material from a supplier in upstate New York that has operated as a family business for over 20 years, providing the rugged fabric mostly for the farming community in the surrounding area.
While a variety of fabrics were on display, the collection was united by a somewhat playful, yet edgy look dominated by a palette of blacks, blues, greys and tans. Hilgart was heavily inspired by anime, specifically the all famous "Sailor Moon" series. Perhaps the signature piece of the collection is a 100% recycled satin high-waisted dress that is enlivened by a big playful bow attached to the back and a cut-out heart in the center of the chest. A pair of organic cotton velvet overalls worn over a printed organic cotton collared shirt were reminiscent of a sophisticated version of children's wear. Iron-on star and "V" patches added a whimsical touch to the otherwise clean designs. One shirt even stated, "Meow or never friends forever," a tribute to the fact that the show was sponsored in part by the Humane Society of the United States. Several of the models held live dogs that were up for adoption, adding a hint of activism to the show.
When asked if Hilgart had a favorite design from the collection, she answered, "I surprised myself with [the] sweater dress, which I really love because I think it's really fun to wear as a dress even when it's cold out. I love slouchy. I'm a little '80s inspired." The overalls and a waxed canvas version of both a men and women's biker jacket were also updated throwbacks to the 80s. Staying true to her animal-free commitment, Hilgart also carefully accessorized her collection. Vegan shoes by Love is Mighty and Novacas for Brave GentleMan gave the models an extra sophisticated, edgy vibe while hand-knit hats and scarves by Pick Up Stitch softened their look slightly.
Stay tuned for a soon-to-come exclusive interview with Hilgart to find out more "behind the seams" information regarding the brand's latest developments.


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Fantasy Football – a classic Portfolio Optimisation problem
England out the World Cup, German colleagues, customers, collaborators (actually not just Germans, Americans, Scots,…) and so called friends all sending me mocking e-mails and texts.
"I hear OXO are making a new product. The packaging is white with a red cross and they're calling it the laughing stock."
How could I channel my frustration? NAG Blog to the rescue.
In my last blog I promised to reflect on my early career at NAG which isn't that long ago compared with some of colleagues.
My commute to the NAG office is longer than I'd like, but there is a positive side…
· Valuable thinking time
· Audio books - I recently enjoyed "No One Would Listen" by Harry Markopolos. The exclusive story of the Harry Markopolos–lead investigation into Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme.
Back to "thinking time," on one commute into Oxford I'd been pondering the previous day's internal training course. I was recalling my senior technical colleague's wise words. That wise colleague was David (some of you will have met him). He had given an internal training course to the Sales and Marketing group. His presentation was a simple introduction to the topic of Optimisation and he had touched on modern portfolio theory even explaining the efficient frontier.
Some of you may be lucky enough to have heard this talk before….
Imagine an English ice cream manufacturer. He might run a very profitable business, but recognise that his business is very dependant on long sunny, dry summers. Wishing to diversify and minimise his risk he chooses to start another business thus protecting himself against a cold, rainy summer with an umbrella company.
Subsequently he went on to talk about stocks and shares and the benefits of diversification. This struck a chord with me. I learnt early on in my adult life the importance of diversification. Remember GEC that became Marconi. Where did Marconi go wrong? As a result of shares options I had a portfolio dominated by Marconi and consequently suffered a very large paper loss. Oh, why didn't I meet David earlier? He went on to speak about how diversification can be achieved by holding a selection of stocks from a spread of geographic regions, industry sectors etc.
Of course this whole training course was aimed at helping us understand NAG's Optimisation Routines . For those of you wishing to learn more about NAG's optimisation routines you should refer to the NAG Library Manual and the appropriate chapter introduction.
Anyway, as I drove back into work that morning I had that light bulb moment. Fantasy football is like portfolio optimisation! Well, you can imagine how I sprinted into the office from the work car park eager to share my discovery with David.
Me: "Remember your lecture about optimisation and portfolio optimisation? Fantasy football is like this, isn't it?"
David: "What is Fantasy Football?"
Me: "Well
·You have a set of rules.
· You have a limited pot of money that you can spend to pick a squad of 15 football players.
·You then have to pick X Goal Keepers, Y defenders, …
· You can only pick Z players from any one team
· Players win points by
o Keeping a clean sheet
o Scoring a goal
oAssisting a goal
· Players lose points by
oConceding goals
o Getting red or yellow cards."
o Getting red or yellow cards."
Pause for thought.
Me: "These are constraints aren't they?"
Patronising nod from David
Me: "And this is an Integer problem, isn't it?"
Laughter. David: "Well, at least you were listening last week. Now, go and get on with your work."
Me: "No, you don't get it. You're going to help me program this up and we'll see how the NAG Optimisers perform! I bet they won't beat me. I've won the office fantasy football competition two years in a row. I would be interested to see how it performs though."
Two or three days pass. I find a way of getting all the historic data from "The Official Fantasy Game Of The Premier League" into an Excel spreadsheet.
A week later I manage to persuade David to code up one of NAG's optimisation routines to optimise my portfolio of football players. What does this mean? Well one is supplied with a list of players. Each player has a value and their previous season's points total is listed. So one might choose a strategy which optimises a squad of 15 players based on a maximum spend of £100 million. A more risky approach might be to assume you will always have 11 fit players so you pick the 4 cheapest players and then look to maximise your return from an optimal 11.
Fortunately NAG supplies Visual Basic Declaration Statements and C Types with its DLLs. This makes these libraries easy to use for VB programmers who could easily code up one of NAG's Optimisers to pick a Fantasy Football side. Yes, NAG's Libraries are easy to link to Excel and we include a simple Portfolio Optimisation example on our website.
Let me explain this screen shot.
The two teams that were picked entirely by NAG's Solvers were David's "Too Hot" and Sven's "Old NAG's Best 15."
· "Too Hot" was based on picking the four cheapest players (with the highest return) and then the "Optimised 11"
· "Old NAG's Best 15" was based on optimising the entire 15 i.e. taking no account that only 11 players can be picked and used in each match.
In my next blog I'll share with you how "Too Hot" and "Old NAG's Best 15" finished the season.


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With the dissolution this week of a preliminary injunction, Costa Mesa is one step closer to clearing the political battlefield that emerged when the City Council agreed to explore outsourcing city services.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Luis A. Rodriguez on Tuesday ended the 18-month-old order that prevented the city from outsourcing some of its services to private companies.
The injunction took effect after the Costa Mesa City Employees Assn. sued the city.
Attorneys for the Orange County Employees Assn., which represents the CMCEA and its nearly 200 employees, argued that the city didn't go through the proper legal steps before it issued layoff notices and didn't meet with employee groups before issuing the layoff notices, per their contracts.
The number of pink slips slowly decreased from more than 200 in March 2011 to 70 in December, the month the layoffs were negated.
"When the last of the layoff notices were rescinded on Dec. 19, the city had asked the CMCEA to drop its lawsuit, which sought to prevent the outsourcing and related layoffs," the city stated in a news release Friday. "The association has not dropped the suit."
OCEA spokeswoman Jennifer Muir said the case is in the hands of the lawyers from both sides.
"We hope that the work gets done quickly," she said, adding that the associations "hope to get back to the table to begin working with the city immediately on a number of issues."
In December, Mayor Jim Righeimer said he's still interested in pursuing outsourcing for some city divisions, such as the jail, payroll, park maintenance and street-sweeping services.
OCEA General Manager Nick Berardino said in December that he's very happy with the layoff notices now behind them.
"We are looking forward to working with the city," Berardino said, "and we are confident that there are better days ahead for all of us."
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The Enterprise Lab is managed by the University of Nottingham's Institute for Enterprise. It provides entrepreneurial students and graduates from all disciplines with the advice and support they need to explore and develop their business ideas.
Since our services are aimed principally at students (aged 18-22) the logo should appeal to this market but at the same time must not alienate our academic colleagues or the established businesses with which we're also associated.
Our current logo (if you can call it that) is simply made up of text in the form 'Enterpriselab'. The new logo needs to incorporate the name but can include an additional graphic element. The two words 'enterprise' and 'lab' don't have to be combined in the way they are at the moment.
The new logo should be clean and modern in style without being 'trendy'. It should represent an enterprise led, forward thinking organisation which serves an enterprising, entrepreneurial market. We'd love to see these qualities represented graphically.
• Clean, simple, modern design
• Must look good printed as well as on screen
• The Business School and institute corporate colours (primary and secondary palettes) are detailed here http://www.irisassociates.com/notts…lours.html but we would consider alternatives
Don't Wants
• Anything cartoony or character based
• Anything featuring mortar boards or other traditional university/academic paraphernalia
• Anything which replicates or borrows from the University of Nottingham logo. We especially don't want the castle motif to be reused.
• Drop shadows or 3D effects which make the design difficult to print or photocopy
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The Last of Us sales have passed the 7 million mark ahead of the game's remastered PS4 release later this month.
Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer announced the new figure during a presentation dealing with the next-gen version of the game, attended by IGN Spain. He also confirmed new multiplayer DLC is coming later this year that's set to be Cross-Buy between PS3 and PS4 consoles.
At least one new multiplayer map pack is being worked on, though this in turn could lead to more down the line. Both the single-player Left Behind and the recent multiplayer expansion Grounded were expected to be the last in their respective categories, though it seems this isn't the case. Sadly, the developer confirmed it isn't currently working on new single-player DLC.
Other news from the presentation confirmed the control scheme can be modified, and you'll be able to lock the framerate at 30fps for added stability should you wish, though Meyer was quick to advise against this. Any paid in-game content already purchased (like skins) should be Cross-Buy, so if you've bought them on PS3 already you won't need to grab them again. Finally, Day 1 DLC offering screenshot tools like those we saw in Infamous: Second Son should also be coming.
The last update we got on Last of Us sales figures was back in March when it passed the 6 million mark. Considering the game's set to get relaunched and with the promise of new DLC, it's anyone's guess where this figure will stop.
Luke Karmali is IGN's UK News Editor. You too can revel in mediocrity by following him on Twitter.


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Covance Sr. Medical Director / Medical Director - Oncology - US in Helena, Montana
Job Overview
Reporting to the Executive Medical Director, the primary role of the incumbent will be to serve as a physician providing subject matter and drug development expertise. He/She will be expected to be a key contributor to the medical strategy and execution of clinical programs. Furthermore, the Sr. Medical Director will play a key role in people leadership/management, client relations, and business development representing Covance in proposals and industry meetings as needed. This is a remote home-based role with travel (US and Global) as needed.
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Board Certification history
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Previous experience in medical practice/patient care
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Job Number 2018-24328
Job Category Clinical Operations Entry Level
Position Type Full-Time
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