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This turns out to be due to having [key=value] tags in my query FASTA file, and appears to be a new bug introduced in BLAST+ 2.2.29 (as BLAST+ 2.2.26 through 2.2.28 inclusive are not affected).
Update (31 October 2014): This was fixed in BLAST+ 2.2.30 (released yesterday).


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Florida National High Adventure Sea Base operates two facilities in the Florida Keys. Our first facility is located in Islamorada, FL approximately half way between Miami and Key West. Islamorada is known as the sport fishing capital of the world and home to North America's only living coral reef. Within a short drive of Sea Base are attractions like Johnny Morrison's World Wide Sportsman (where Ernest Hemingway's fishing boat is on display), the Dolphin Research Center, Fossil Reef State Park and Theater of the Sea. Only 74 short miles down the road is historic Key West, the southernmost point of the continental United States.
"Delivering ocean adventures that make a lifetime of difference" is the motto of the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base. To truly experience the Florida Keys and the abundance of its offerings one must set sail or motor upon the turquoise waters enveloping the horizon.
The Florida Sea Base owns and operates one of the largest Newton Dive fleets in the world. Each vessel can accommodate as many as 40 individuals per excursion and can be used for sunrise and sunset cruises, island tours, or snorkel excursions. Additionally, Florida Sea Base own a host of smaller vessels which can be used for island tours, Eco-excursions and sunset tours. The Florida Sea Base also offers guided kayaking and paddle boards excursions.
Located in Islamorada and on Summerland Key in the beautiful Florida Keys, Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas, and in the U.S. Virgin Islands the near shore reefs and crystal-clear waters offer unparalleled opportunities for long term and short term programs year round. Our Conference facilities are utilized for youth and adult Scouting Conferences and non-Scouting groups when available.
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Welcome to the Department of Anthropology at Beloit College! We're happy that you are interested in studying anthropology here, and we hope this website provides you with information that will be relevant as you embark on your adventure in anthropology at Beloit and beyond. Visit our Facebook page to see new photos and learn about our upcoming events.
Department History
Anthropology has been part of Beloit College for nearly as long as the field of anthropology has existed. The College's Logan Museum of Anthropology began in 1894, just two years after the first degree in anthropology was awarded in this country. Since that time, Beloit's anthropology department has developed into one of the best and most highly regarded undergraduate programs in the world. Anthropology at Beloit combines instruction in all four sub-fields—archaeology, and biological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology—with field research and the unique learning environment of the Logan Museum.
What is Anthropology?
Anthropology is the study of human cultural diversity as it has developed over time and across space, as well as in relation to biology and the environment. Anthropologists integrate perspectives from the other social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. What unites our discipline is a reliance on theory regarding social behavior and biological evolution. Within this framework, Beloit College students acquire both breadth and depth in anthropology.
What Makes Us Stand Out
More anthropology Ph.D.s earned their undergraduate degrees at Beloit than at any other four-year liberal arts college. These alumni and many others in a wide variety of fields attribute much of their success to their Beloit anthropology experience. Many factors contribute to Beloit's strength in anthropology:
- No other college of our type has an anthropology museum similar in scope, depth, or quality to the Logan Museum. Rarely are undergraduates able to work directly with, and conduct research in, collections of this quality.
- Beloit maintains a tradition of anthropological study dating to the late 19th century, long before most other institutions included it in their curricula.
- Students engage in field schools, museum programs, faculty projects, and independent studies, and this hands-on involvement was customary at Beloit long before undergraduate research became fashionable in higher education.
- The nature of anthropology as a discipline coheres with the overall strengths of Beloit College. Anthropology and the College both emphasize learning that is interdisciplinary, experiential, and global.


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Reductive yet expansive, abstract yet universally real, and with seemingly infinite possibilities, the unique tapestries of 3.25-by-4.25-inch Polaroid prints John Messinger has been making for the past year should, one might think, keep him occupied for many more to come.
With a Watermill Center residency just recently behind him, however, Mr. Messinger is ready for his next act. He will continue to work in this format, but the project currently occupying him is a book, "The Estate of Joseph A. Porter," to be published by Harper's Books this year.
Joseph Porter, a New York City homeless man, was the subject of Mr. Messinger's master's thesis at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. The pair spent two years together, sharing not only lives but creative visions, he said in his East Hampton studio recently. "I gave him a camera to use, I shared my journal entries; he shared his entries. We blurred the lines between observer and subject and fact and fiction."
At one point, Mr. Porter pitched a tent on Mr. Messinger's lawn in East Hampton. Eventually, though, he ceased all communication and withdrew his support for the photo-documentary project. Still, the man without a home listed the documentarian as his next of kin on an intake form at a city shelter, and when he died, Mr. Messinger inherited what there was of his estate: two undeveloped rolls of film, his diaries, and the objects he carried around with him.
The book will "make a portrait of this man," seen through the eyes of Mr. Messinger as a curator of his life.
"I think all documentary work is on some level a self-portrait of the docmentarian," Mr. Messinger said. He draws his influence in this, he said, from artists such as Walid Raad and Sophie Calle, who meld constructed histories into a documentary format to question the perception of truth.
"Historically, we look at a camera as an object by which we render reality. It's led to a lot of mythologies and idyllic ways of thinking about what a camera is and what it is capable of," he said. Only recently, with the advent of Photoshop and other photo-editing programs, has the realization that photographs are capable of lying taken hold. "On some level, though, cameras have always lied," said Mr. Messinger. "There's a selective curation of reality . . . we always ignore the presence and ideas and ideologies of the person behind the camera, and I find that fascinating."
Mr. Messinger is no stranger to romantic notions about photography. He has been actively involved with cameras since he was 9 years old and his godmother, who came to live with his family, put a darkroom in the basement and gave him one. He had always been artistically inclined by nature, but with other mediums he "found it terribly frustrating not to recreate what was in my mind's eye. Photography was such a revelation. I knew it was what I wanted to do."
Thinking he might one day work for National Geographic, Mr. Messinger, who teaches at the Ross School now, enrolled as a Ross student to concentrate on photography. He went on to earn a degree in photojournalism from Boston University and a master's of fine arts at the School of Visual Arts.
He has been working with the Polaroid tapestry structure for the past year. It started with a cross-country trip in a borrowed van and grew and deepened from there. The format worked within the close confines of the van. "I slept on a big bed in the back of the van," he explained. "The Polaroids can't be placed on top of each other while they're drying. It takes time for the emulsion to set, so I would lay them out on the back of the bed."
Seeing the photos laid out that way gave him the spark to connect them. It also limited the size of those early works to the size of the bed.
His goal for the trip was to find, see, and capture sites of historical or natural significance. He went to Spring Green, Wisc., where Frank Lloyd Wright had a hand in the local architecture; Angel's Landing in Utah, a natural rock formation captured frequently in the discovery of the American West; the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, and Detroit, a mecca for photographers looking for the abject and decrepit in the landscape, a trend some have taken to calling "ruin porn."
The initial series has been popular, but Mr. Messinger began to think that the critical eye he was taking to the project and the themes he was examining — "the ubiquity of the photograph and the proliferation of digital images in the digital age" as well as "the imperialistic male-centric dominance of the West"— were starting to get lost.
Citing Don DeLillo's "White Noise" and its examination of the self-perpetuating aura of "the most photographed barn in America," the artist said he began to feel that he was photographing the most photographed barn in America and "perpetuating the very thing I was exploring."
Arriving at the Watermill Center and surrounded by new and alien objects and surroundings, he said the one connection he still had to the outside world was his iPhone. "I started photographing my computer screen for the first time." It was the key to a deeper examination of "our relationship with technology and images in the digital age," he said. The series he created there is called "Facebook Makes Us Lonely."
"I'm not being professorial or wagging my finger at anyone," said Mr. Messinger. "I'm not above it myself. In fact, I'm exploring things that define my day-to-day." He found computer monitors fitting as subject matter because they connect people. "That's sad to me on some level, another kind of ruin."
In this digitized context, his Polaroid images can also be registered as pixels, which are also square in shape. The things he chose to photograph on the monitors allowed him to broaden the theme, such as screen savers, his own Facebook profile picture, and the precise color used to make a "green screen," what filmmakers use to animate live-action movies, "a blank space in which you can fill in your own reality."
For his 16-foot-wide tapestry, "I went into Photoshop and keyed in the code for the color of a green screen and photographed it 400 times." The color variation comes from distance from the screen and the light conditions in the room at the different times it was photographed. It was a way of reintroducing the human element into a process that is otherwise coolly mechanical.
For Mr. Messinger, Facebook is related to a similar overall concept. He calls his self-portrait "Echo and Narcissus in the Digital Age." "It's interesting to me how we co-exist with a virtual identity," he said. "Facebook is a hall of vanity mirrors and we all fall guilty to it. Our relationship to our virtual personality is as delusional as our relationship to ourselves."
Furthering these concepts, the screen savers in "While We Were Sleeping" and other works give machines the human quality of sleep, while also serving as a nightlight for adulthood as one drifts off staring at them. "At the same time, they suggest that what we see on those screens in our waking hours may change our perception of reality" in our unconscious hours, said the artist.
These explorations allowed him to interact with his initial themes in a way that truly fulfilled his original intent. "Bob said, 'If you run into blocks here, they're your blocks,' " said Mr. Messinger, speaking of Robert Wilson, the founder and artistic director of the Watermill Center. Conversely, " 'If you get to a good place, you're bringing that as well.' I ended up completely agreeing with him."
Mr. Messenger's work can be seen at Eric Firestone Gallery in East Hampton or on his Web site johnmessinger.com.


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We have just launched our Kickstarter campaign. We have a video in which I murder somebody.http://kck.st/14lbkfnIf you feel like contributing to it or sharing the link, I certainly would not mind, and if not, that's fine, too. That's how these things work, right? You can also "like" the movie's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/areyouyourbody as a way to stay updated on any news.
People asked me today how can you have the [nerve] to do something like that, and I said, I know that if I like it, there will be some other people who like it. In the time of the Greeks, Seneca said, the better a piece of art, the more rejection it will receive in its moment thats a social law.
Also, a big part of that momentum comes from sucking other people into your orbit, which happens with every project. You're asking people for favors, you're working closely with your collaborators and their friends become your friends, and then on top of that, people might see one of your movies and want to be involved with the next one.While writing/directing a movie can sometimes feel very lonely, you are, in fact, not doing it alone. That element of "other people" is everything.


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ESRL News
2007 Stories
2002 Drought Left Millions of Tons of Extra Carbon Dioxide in Earth's Atmosphere
November 26, 2007
A new NOAA study, appearing in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows how a prolonged drought in North America in 2002 cut the continent's natural uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) in half, leaving more than 360 million tons (330 million metric tons) more of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere. The amount not absorbed that year is equivalent to annual emissions from more than 200 million U.S. automobiles.
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NOAA Celebrates 50-Year Carbon Dioxide Record
November 26, 2007
Fifty years ago the U.S. Weather Bureau, predecessor of NOAA's National Weather Service, sponsored a young scientist from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to begin tracking carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere at two of the planet's most remote and pristine sites: the South Pole and the summit of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. This week NOAA, Scripps, the World Meteorological Organization, and other organizations will celebrate the half-century anniversary of the global record of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere -- often referred to as the "Keeling Curve" in honor of that young scientist, Charles David Keeling.
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Join ESRL in Celebrating 200 Years of Science, Services and Stewardship
November 9, 2007
On November 9, 2007 NOAA in Boulder will celebrate and commemorate NOAA science, from its beginnings in the early explorations of our hemisphere, through its evolution as a preeminent science agency, and forward to its future role in the understanding and prediction of the Earth system.
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Antarctic Ozone Hole Returns to Near Average Levels
November 1, 2007
The size of this year's Antarctic ozone hole is slightly above the 10-year average in both depth and overall area, NOAA scientists announced today. Last year's ozone hole broke records for both ozone loss within the critical layer and for the size of the area affected.
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Conference Marks 50th Anniversary of Global CO2 Record
November 2007
The 50th anniversary of the global CO2 record, begun by Dr. Charles David Keeling at the South Pole and in Hawaii in 1957, will be celebrated at a symposium in Kona, Hawaii, near the Mauna Loa Observatory, on 28-30 November 2007. This conference brings together leaders of business, government, and science to discuss the global CO2 record, climate change, and what is needed from future CO2 measurement systems to monitor the efficacy of mitigation efforts.
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IPCC and Al Gore Share Nobel Peace Prize
October 12, 2007
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for "their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."
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A.R. Ravishankara Selected Cochair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol
September 24, 2007
Dr. A.R. Ravishankara, Director of ESRL's Chemical Sciences Division, was selected on September 21 as Cochair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol.
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NOAA Observes the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol
September 16, 2007
Greenhouse gases likely accounted for more than half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States last year, according to a new study by four scientists at NOAA's Earth System Research Lab in Boulder, Colo. Last year's average temperature was the second highest since record-keeping began in 1895. The team found that it was very unlikely that the 2006 El Niño played any role, though other natural factors likely contributed to the unusual warmth. The findings will appear September 5 in the Geophysical Research Letters, a publication of the American Geophysical Union.
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Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-Record U.S. Warmth in 2006
August 28, 2007
Greenhouse gases likely accounted for more than half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States last year, according to a new study by four scientists at NOAA.
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Tall Tower to Track Front Range Carbon Emissions and Air Quality
July 31, 2007
A new sensor in what will be a broad nationwide network for tracking carbon is now monitoring the air over Colorado's Front Range. A 1,000-foot-high tower east of Erie is one of 12 "tall towers" being instrumented by NOAA to capture the regional ebb and flow of atmospheric carbon.
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Gulf of Mexico and East Coast Carbon Cruise
July 27, 2007
Researchers from NOAA, the University of Colorado and Columbia University perform research on direct measurements of air-sea gas transfer forcing and measurements of CO2 and ozone flux by eddy correlation as part of the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast Carbon Cruise (GEOMECC).
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Scientists Search Tropical Skies for Answers on Climate Change and Ozone Loss
June 26, 2007
Scientists from NOAA's Earth System Research Lab will be among 400 researchers in Costa Rica this summer to probe one of the most complex and least observed regions of Earth's atmosphere during the rainy season. Based in San Jose, Costa Rica, the NASA-led field study will shed light on key processes related to climate change, the stratospheric ozone layer, and global chemistry.
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Scientists Receive EPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award
May 17, 2007
NOAA scientists awarded EPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award award for "Measuring the effectiveness of the Montreal Protocol in Reducing Chlorine/Bromine Loading and Repairing the Ozone Layer".
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NOAA Lab Opens 3-D Earth Site in Online Virtual World
April 26, 2007
Soar through a hurricane on the wing of a research aircraft, rise gently through the atmosphere atop a weather balloon, or search for a hidden underwater cave on a side trip from a NOAA submersible. These and other virtual adventures are attracting large numbers of "avatars," or virtual selves, to one of the first government-sponsored, Earth-science "islands" in the rapidly growing online world of Second Life.
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New NOAA Climate Observatory in Russia Closes Gap in Arctic Research
April 19, 2007
The Earth System Research Laboratory will expand its Arctic observation with the addition of a new location in Tiksi, Russia, joining five existing obsesrvatories placed internationally along the Arctic rim. It will be an important component of the Arctic Atmospheric Observatory Program, closing a significant gap in vital Arctic atmospheric research. Construction of the climate observatory will begin this summer. Full Story »»
Carbon Tracker a Powerful New Tool
to Track Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by Source
March 21, 2007
Scientists from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory announced today a new tool to monitor changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by region and source. The tool, called CarbonTracker, will enable its users to evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts to reduce or store carbon emissions.
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ESRL Science Making a Difference in Real-time GPS Positioning
March 18, 2007
Recognizing the importance of high resolution measurements to surveying and navigation, ESRL scientists have developed NOAATrop, an atmospheric model which uses realtime weather data to improve GPS accuracy. The California Spatial Reference Center (CSRC) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography recently started using NOAATrop for real-time engineering applications in southern California. "This is the first known operational application of a weather model being used to improve high accuracy GPS surveying," said NOAA scientist Seth Gutman.
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NOAA Studies Causes of Catastrophic Urban Floods
March 14, 2007
Researchers from the NOAA Earth System Research Lab are intensively monitoring air, water and soil in the American River basin between Reno, Nev., and Sacramento, Calif., through the end of March. Working closely with NOAA National Weather Service forecasters and hydrologists, scientists are improving predictions of California's heavy winter rains to help water resource managers prevent catastrophic flooding in the Sacramento region. New sensors, computer models and other tools tested during the study, called the Hydrometeorology Testbed (HMT), eventually will be used to improve NOAA National Weather Service rainfall forecasts up and down the West Coast.
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Protecting Earth's Ozone Layer Also Helped Slow Climate Change
March 9, 2007
An international agreement to reduce ozone-depleting chemicals, based in part on science conducted in the 1980s by NOAA scientists and their colleagues, also has slowed global warming by years, according to a new study by scientists at the NOAA Earth System Research Lab and their partners. The double effect occurred because compounds that destroy the atmosphere's ozone layer also act as greenhouse gases. The findings will be available in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online edition this week.
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NOAA Support for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): People, Expertise and Technology
February 2, 2007
NOAA individuals and technology made major contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) international climate science report, of which the summary of the first chapter was released today in Paris. That summary, the Summary for Policy Makers, was subjected to line-by-line approval of the participating governments. The IPCC was created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Program to every six years assess the risk of human-induced climate change, potential impact and options for adaptation and mitigation. The report is issued throughout the year through the release of three chapters culminating in a synthesis report in November.
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Like other camera manufacturers, Canon has developed a "system" of flash units that can be used with any of their current model camera bodies. Canon uses the brand name "Speedlite" for the family, and those designated with the suffix "EX" are compatible with one another, and the current EOS bodies. They are not compatible with the older "EZ" series (if you want to take advantage of the automatic exposure capabilities).
All of the EX flashes use E-TTL (or E-TTL II). The EX units use a preflash system along with the camera's metering system to determine the best exposure for the scene. The older EZ flashes do not use a preflash, but rather measure the amount of light reaching the film. Since DSLRs don't have film, the EZ units are incompatible with any DSLR, except for in full manual mode.
The Speedlites do not have a "fill flash" mode that you can set, like the Nikon flashes do (SB-800 for example), but the mode is built in. If you wish for the flash to be fill, then you set the camera in one of the creative modes... M, Tv, or Av. Then you adjust the metering for the background of the scene, and the Speedlite will take care of metering the subject and applying the correct amount of fill. If you wish for the Speedlite to be the primary light source of the scene, then you'd set the camera to P mode (or one of the preset modes... I don't use these so I don't know which ones would enable flash for primary light).
There are currently 3 Canon general use Speedlites in production in the EX series - 580EX, 430EX, and 220EX. They all support E-TTL and vary in power and features. There are also three discontinued Speedlites in the EX series that can be a great value - 550EX, 420EX, and 380EX. The naming convention of the Speedlites roughly equates to their power. The guide number of all but the 220 maps to the model number, at 105mm - ex. 550EX has a guide number of 55 meters at 105mm. This applies to all the Speedlites except the 220EX, which has a guide number of 22 meters at 28mm.
Canon Speedlite 220EX
The 220EX is the smallest and least expensive Speedlite. It is small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, and reasonably priced at approximately $120. It has a fixed head (no tilt or swivel) and no power adjustments. It can't be used as a wireless slave Speedlite. This is an improvement over the built-in flash in that it gets the flash higher from the lens (reduces red-eye and lens hood shadows), and provides more power.
Canon Speedlite 380EX (discontinued)
The 380EX is a big step up from the 220EX. It has a head that can be tilted to bounce flash, but it can't swivel. The head also automatically zooms with focal length. The 380EX can't be used with as a wireless slave Speedlite. The 380EX was replaced by the 420EX (also discontinued). The 380EX sells for about $110 on the used market.
Canon Speedlite 420EX (discontinued)
The 420EX has a tilt, swivel, and zoom head. This allows for bouncing the flash whether shooting in portrait or landscape orientations, or bouncing off walls rather than ceilings. The head also zooms from 24-105mm. The 420EX can be used as a wireless slave Speedlite. The 420EX sells for approximately $175 on the used market and was replaced by the 430EX.
Canon Speedlite 430EX
The 430EX is Canon's midsized Speedlite. It has a tilt, swivel, zoom head, just like the 420EX. The 430EX adds the ability to manually control the zoom and power. This allows for correction of the reported focal length on crop cameras (most DSLRs). It also has custom functions, faster recylcing times, and an LCD readout. The 430EX can be used as a wireless slave Speedlite. The 430EX sells for $240.
Canon Speedlite 550EX (discontinued)
The 550EX was the top EX Speedlite prior to the release of the 580EX, which has replaced it. It has most of the features of the 580EX, except for the white balance data and awareness of crop factor on DSLRs. The 550EX sells for about $290 on the used market.
Canon Speedlite 580EX (discontinued)
The 580EX is Canon's flagship Speedlite... most powerful and the most features. It has a tilt, swivel, and zoom head with automatic and manual zoom, like the 430EX. It can act as a wireless slave Speedlite, but can also be a master Speedlite. It has a stroboscopic mode which is a neat feature but something I've never used. The 580EX is aware of the crop factor of the camera its attached to (300D and later bodies), so that it correctly sets the zoom of the flash head. It has the ability to send color balance information that the body uses to make corrections in automatic color balance mode. It has more custom functions that the others, and can accept external power. The 580EX sells for $380.
Canon Speedlite 580EX II
The popular Speedlite 580EX Flash has been replaced by the new Speedlite 580EX II Flash, which features a host of improvements, including a metal hot shoe withan improved locking mechanism for added durability, an external metering sensor for non-TTL automatic flash exposure control and a PC socket for use with non-dedicated slave triggers.
Fully compatible with all EOS SLRs, the Speedlite 580EX II is gasketed for dust and moisture resistance, making it possible for users of EOS-1 class digital SLRs and many L-series EF lenses to use flash safely when shooting in dusty or wet environments.
The 580ex II sells for $420
Other Speciality Products in Speedlite System
Canon Speedlite ST-E2 Wireless Transmitter
The ST-E2 is a compact hotshoe mounted device that provides wireless master capability for the Speedlite system. It can wirelessly control 550EX, 580EX(II), 420EX, and 430EX Speedlites, as well as MR-14EX and MT-24EX macro flashes. Like all of the components of the wireless Speedlite system, the ST-E2 requires line of site (or bounce) to the Speedlites it controls. It sends a flash pulse to the Speed lites to control them. The compatible Speedlites have swivel heads which helps facility flexible setup. The ST-E2 sells for about $210.
Canon MR-14EX Macro Ring Lite
The MR-14EX is a macro flash designed for close up photography. The MR-14EX has a guide number of 14 meters. It has twin circular flash tubes that are mounted on lens attached mount. The power can be evenly spread, or varied by a six-stop range from one lite to the other. The MR-14EX can also provide wireless master or slave Speedlite capability together with other Speedlites. The MR-14EX includes a control unit that is hotshoe mounted, and a cable attached head that mounts directly onto an EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (both versions), and MP-E 65mm Macrophoto Lenses [without filters attached] (can also be used with EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM via Macrolite Adapter 72C). It can also be adapted to other popular filter sizes with appropriate Macrolite Adapters; 52mm, 58mm & 72mm. The MR-14EX sells for $450.
Canon MT-24EX Macro Ring Lite
The MT-24EX is a twin head macro flash designed for close up photography. THe MT-24EX has a guide number of 22 meters. It has twin flash tubes that can be mounted on lens attached mount by default, or slipped off and placed on any hotshoe type mount, or even handheld. While in the mount, they can be adjusted to many different angles. Each head has a modeling lamp that can be setup to come on at the double tap of the shutter release on the camera body. The power can be evenly spread, or varied by a six-stop range from one lite to the other. The MT-24EX can also provide wireless master or slave Speedlite capability together with other Speedlites. The MT-24EX includes a control unit that is hotshoe mounted, and a cable attached head that mounts directly onto an EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (both versions), and MP-E 65mm Macrophoto Lenses [without filters attached] (can also be used with EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM via Macrolite Adapter 72C). It can also be adapted to other popular filter sizes with appropriate Macrolite Adapters; 52mm, 58mm & 72mm. The MT-24EX sells for $650.


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Washington is such a drag. Every time investors and economists think the U.S. is about to gain fresh momentum, a new problem arises in the nation's capitol to dampen the growth outlook.
The latest worry is the so-called sequester – some $85 billion in federal spending cuts for this fiscal year set to kick in on March 1 unless Congress changes the law. J.P. Morgan on Thursday trimmed its forecast for U.S. growth in 2013 to 1.9% from 2.1%, citing the rising odds that the spending reductions will actually take place.
The Wall Street firm had assumed most of the automatic spending cuts would be deferred, but "that assumption is looking increasingly hard to square with the political realities in Washington," wrote analyst Michael Feroli in a research note.
The notion that Democrats and Republicans would find a way to reduce or delay the spending cuts had been widespread on Wall Street and among defense contractors until just a few weeks ago. After all, that's what happened in January. The cuts were suppose to go into effect after New Year's Day, but the sequester was temporarily postponed as part of the deal to resolve the last Washington crisis over the "fiscal cliff," a package of even bigger spending cuts and tax increases. See Democratic senators' plan to alter sequester.
Yet Republicans appear determined to hold the line and enforce the sequester-related cuts, even if cherished military programs take a hit. The $85 billion in cuts would be shared equally on the defense and domestic side.
The sequester, it appears, is the only leverage Republicans have over President Obama to make sure federal spending is reduced. Conservatives were forced to yield to Obama's insistence on higher taxes for the richest Americans to avert the fiscal cliff. Federal spending was largely untouched as part of the deal.
For now, most people on Wall Street aren't too worried about the sequester. The stocks of defense-related companies might suffer, to be sure, but U.S. markets have been pushing higher for the past three months, with little sign of letting up.
What's more, analysts such as J.P. Morgan's Feroli say not all the planned cuts are likely to be realized right away because of the complex nature of the federal budget process. Congress has also frequently added new spending during a year to account for disaster relief and other emergencies.
As a result, J.P. Morgan estimates federal spending will only decline by about $44 billion between March and September if the sequester stands.
After all is said and done, the firm forecasts, the U.S. economy will pick up in the last six months of 2013 after a slower first half.
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Check out this video of a unique service in LA that farms backyards for people who want the fresh food but don't want to do the work. I've also heard of SPIN farming people doing this same thing in some other places.
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Services for Undergraduate Thesis Writers
Workshops for Thesis Writers & expanded InterLibrary Loan privileges
Honors Study Carrels
Extended library borrowing period for thesis writers
Research assistance
Workshops for thesis writers
The library offers workshops for senior thesis writers and essayists each September. Thesis writers who attend get expanded interlibrary loan services. Topics covered in the workshops: interlibrary loans, reference services, information technology, finding resources here and elsewhere, EndNote, and more.
Thesis writer workshops will be offered Monday Sept 24 through Thursday Sept 27 at 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm. No registration necessary, just drop in. Meet at the Olin Library Research Services Desk.
Honors Study Carrels
We offer library carrels for undergraduate thesis writers. Carrels are assigned by lottery each September. All carrels are wired for direct network access.
Seniors who are Honors candidates may apply to be assigned a carrel. There is a separate application process for carrels in Olin and in SciLi.
Please note: Because of number of carrels and applicants, it is not possible for students to choose a carrel or for students to switch carrels. If a student is assigned a carrel and chooses not to accept it, their name will be added to the bottom of the waiting list and the student at the top of the list will be offered the carrel.
In order to retain a carrel, a student must remain on the list of Honors candidates. The list is regularly re-issued throughout the academic year, and students with carrels who are not on the current Honors list will be required to vacate their carrel so it may be assigned to someone else.
All students must surrender their carrels as soon as they complete their theses. Keys must be returned by Tuesday, April 23th 2019, by 4:00 pm. Failure to return your key on time will result in an $85 charge to your student account for a lock change.
The application process for 2018
In Olin Library there are 86 single closed carrels and 6 doubles; so 98 students can be accommodated in closed carrels in Olin.
Since 170 or more senior Honors candidates are eligible for a carrel, and most apply for one, to be as fair as possible, Olin carrels are assigned by lottery each fall. Eligible seniors who are not assigned a carrel are put on a waiting list. If a carrel becomes free during the academic year, the next student on the waiting list is offered the carrel.
In Science Library there are 12 assignable carrels on the ground floor that are open workstations with lockable compartments; on the second floor there are an additional 8 closed carrels that are small rooms open at the bottom and top. A total of 20 students can be assigned carrels in the Science Library.
You may apply for a carrel in the Science Library by completing a paper application. Also, empty SciLi carrels will be assigned after the Olin lottery on a first-come, first-served basis if there is no waiting list for them.
Monday, September 3, 2018: Online carrel applications for Olin Library are available in your student portfolio by clicking on the Honors Carrel Application link in the Library bucket. The Science Library has a separate assignment process using paper applications, which are available at the SciLi circulation desk.
Friday, September 14, 2018, 4:00 pm: Deadline for submitting your application (both Olin electronic application and Science Library paper application). Carrels will be assigned to applicants by lottery; applicants who are not assigned a carrel will be placed on a waiting list. Applications submitted after the deadline are added to the end of the waiting list in the order they are received.
Thursday, September 20, 2018: Olin Library carrel students will be notified via email of their carrel assignments.
Monday, September 24, 2018: Science Library carrel students will be notified via email or telephone of their carrel assignments.
Friday, September 28, 2018, 4:00 pm: Olin carrel keys must be picked up in the Library Office by this deadline. If a carrel key is not picked up by then, the carrel will be issued to the next person on the waiting list.
Friday, September 28, 2018: Science Library carrel keys will become available for pickup. Please see Linda Hurteau in the Science Library Circulation Office.
Friday, October 5, 2018, 4:00 pm: Science Library carrel keys must be picked up by this deadline, or the carrel will be reassigned.
Research assistance
We encourage you to make an appointment with a reference librarian for research assistance when you write your thesis. A librarian will provide you with useful information and advice on how to conduct your research efficiently. Make an appointment.
Please note: If you plan to write a thesis that will be based on publications you find while you are abroad, please bear in mind that it is often difficult for the Interlibrary Loan Department to gain timely access to unpublished or non-English materials, or foreign government publications.


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9Round Fitness Blog
Choose Your Path
When it comes to body transformation goals, there are many paths that we can take. But here's what we have to understand; there is only one path that will lead to meaningful and sustainable results for a lifetime. Every other path we choose is going to lead to a roller coaster ride of constant weight loss and weight gain. These other paths, in no way, will lead to meaningful and sustainable results for a lifetime. Sure, each of these other paths will lead to fast weight loss, that is temporary of course. And the one guarantee on choosing these other paths is this… A guaranteed regain of some, all or even more of the bodyweight that was initially lost.
Now remember, these paths and the choices that we make is not about a right choice versus a wrong choice. Rather, it's simply about making the choice, accepting the choice that we made and accepting the consequences, good or bad, that will result based on our choice. The path that is going to lead to meaningful and sustainable results for a lifetime is the path of eating right and fueling the body right. Every other path you have to choose from is simply a diet. While each of these, latest and greatest, food fads and diets may appear different, they are really all the same in terms of how the body is going to respond. The wrapping paper and the bow on top may be a different color, but the contents are all the same. Whether it's a cleanse, a fast, gluten-free diet, low carbohydrate, no carbohydrate, no sugar, low sugar, caveman diet, etc., this is a path that will lead to fast weight loss and an even faster weight gain, guaranteed.
There is always going to be a subset of individuals that are perfectly okay choosing these diet paths. As mentioned above, they accept their choice and they accept and understand the consequences of their choice. They know and are okay with the fact that they are probably going to lose a quick 10-20 pounds and then in time, regain some, all or even more of this weight right back. They don't complain about it, they don't regret the decisions that they make. Rather, they embrace it, and that is perfectly fine, that's their choice to take these paths. They are not necessarily looking for meaningful and sustainable results for a lifetime, as they are okay with the yo-yo dieting and jumping from one food fad and diet to the next. Remember, they accept the consequences of their choices.
Now, here is where we can plug in a "right versus wrong." If someone knowingly and consciously choose the diet path and understands the consequences of going down this path (yo-yo dieting, weight cycling and a constant battle with their weight loss), but then complains about not achieving meaningful and sustainable results for a lifetime, frustration will ensue. Basically, this individual has self-inflicted frustration on themselves. They know the diet world doesn't work. They know the food fad world doesn't work. Therefore, choosing this path and then getting frustrated and complaining about the lack of meaningful and sustainable results, is self-inflicted.
Next, let's examine the path of eating right and fueling the body right. If individuals truly want to Avoid the Diet Disaster™, this would be the path for them. We want to treat our body as if it's our business (Your Body, Your Business). Talk to any successful business owner and they will tell you that a big part of their success was always keeping their foot on the gas. And the same holds true with the human body when it comes to body transformation. And this is what we have to understand and accept when we choose the path of eating right and fueling the body right. It's a lifestyle, we can keep it that simple. It's just something we do on a daily basis and it becomes so automatic, that we do not even think about. And the payoff is absolutely incredible. Choosing this path is choosing the gift that keeps on giving. When we choose this path for body transformation, we are accepting the fact that it takes a lot of time, effort, energy, patience, focus and determination. And, not only are we okay with that, we embrace that. Taking one successful baby step at a time is just how we approach every step down this path. We are not looking for "fast weight loss." We are looking for body transformation that is going to last for a lifetime because we have made this our lifestyle. When we choose this path, we don't focus and over focus on the results. We are patient, we are in this for a lifetime and we are all-in. We simply focus on one successful step at a time because we know that that next successful step is one step closer to the mountaintop.
If you are looking for meaningful and sustainable results for a lifetime, let 9Round Nutrition be the path that you choose. 9Round Nutrition is neither a diet nor a food fad. This is simply eating right and fueling the body right. When we choose this path, the focus remains simple; fuel the body right away upon awakening. Fuel the body every 2.5-3.5 hours thereafter, all throughout the day. (Fuel your body with the meals and snacks as prescribed in the 9Round Nutrition Matrix and 9Round Quick Meals). By doing so, we are sure that, at every meal and snack, the body is properly fueled with the right balance of carbohydrate-protein-fat. When we choose this path and focus on these three principles, look out; we now have our nutrition lifestyle for a lifetime set into motion.


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Years later, Margaritas was sold to Margaritas Management Group with John Pelletier as CEO. John had been one of the early employees of Chuck's Steak House, working in the 70's as a dishwasher and cook. After many years of operating as Margaritas, the business was sold back to the Chuck's Steak House family and renamed Chuck's Steak House and Margarita Grill Mexican Cantina – where, again the best of both worlds are available under one roof.
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Pope Bono? You'll Get 1,000-1 Odds
Pope Bono?
Okay, we know he'd have to choose another name, but the bookies across the pond are taking odds on the next pope, now that Benedict XVI stunned the Catholic world with his resignation, and the U2 frontman is actually in the running. Sort of.
The odds for Bono being named pope are astronomical — 1,000 to 1, according to Ireland's Paddy Power. To put it in perspective, those odds are the same as for Father Dougal McGuire, a character from an Irish sitcom.
What's far more interesting, as Steven McGrath noted this morning on the Markets Hub, is that the top three contenders are all non-Europeans, meaning that, for the first time in at least 1,300 years, the next pope might come from outside the Continent, signaling just how far the flock has expanded from Vatican City.


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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Wet People
During the George W. Bush administration, liberals became so unhinged that a psychological condition called Bush Derangement Syndrome was diagnosed. Years later, some on the Left still suffer from it. The phrase has been turned to other uses, but W. has been the undisputed champion when it comes to bringing out the insanity in political opponents. Until now. We saw it here in Minnesota, and now we are experiencing it »
Obama's Midsession Budget Review: A Leading Indicator
Much attention is focused on the speech that President Obama will give next week–he and John Boehner are jockeying over the date–to unveil his new, improved job-creation plans. New, improved plans are required because what the Democrats did during the two years when they controlled all the levers of power in Washington was a total failure; but I digress. Meanwhile, the administration's mid-session budget review has been flying under the »
Green Jobs, Up In Smoke
There have been a number of similar stories lately–highly touted "green jobs" companies that got millions in federal subsidies are going under, one after another. The latest is a California company called Solyndra: A California solar panel manufacturer which President Obama had made the poster child of his effort to expand the green economy and grow jobs has filed for bankruptcy, the company announced today. … "Regulatory and policy uncertainties »
Rick Perry, Southern Democrat?
One of my cousins is a professor of political science at a Texas university. I was with him a few weeks ago and asked what he thinks of Rick Perry, particularly of his history as a Democrat. My cousin, a liberal, assured me that southern Democrats of Perry's time and place were solid conservatives. Still, I wonder. Jennifer Rubin points out that Perry's record is rather weirdly mixed for someone »
Does anybody really know what time it is?
I had never purchased an iPhone app before the Obama clock arrived on the scene. Having first read about it at No Left Turns and Hugh Hewitt, I immediately sought it out and shelled out $0.99 for it. The app provides regular updates of Obama's approval rating, the national debt, the unemployment level, the average price of regular gasoline per gallon, and the movement in the housing price index. And »
Man Bites Dog Today on NPR
Okay, I'll admit it–I sometimes listen to NPR in the morning if I'm driving into DC to the office. Just think of it as good opposition research. Good to know what the enemy is thinking. But I almost drove off the road in amazement the morning when "Morning Edition" (which I typically label "Morning Sedition" to go along with the afternoon marquee show, "All Things Distorted") got something spectacularly right. »
Dreams from his uncle
The Boston Globe fills in the story of Barack Obama's Uncle Onyango Obama in "Obama's uncle is called a fugitive." The article adds details to his immigration history, his immigration status, and his employment history. It also clarifies his name, which the Boston Herald has previously referred to as Obama Onyango: The uncle of President Obama arrested here last week on drunken driving and other charges has been a fugitive »
The Times Doubles Down (Cont.)
On August 14, the New York Times ran a front-page smear of Congressman Darrell Issa. Issa has made life difficult for the Obama administration in his capacity as Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, so the Times and its reporter Eric Lichtblau wanted to weigh in on behalf of their party. The gist of Lichtblau's hit piece was that Issa, who made a good deal of money »
The Koch Conspiracy Theory: Consider the Source
Maybe you thought it was Jane Mayer of the New Yorker who came up with the idea of recasting conservatism in general, and the Tea Party movement in particular, as the creature of two rich brothers, Charles and David Koch. Or maybe you thought this bizarre meme was traceable to ThinkProgress, the wacky left-wing web site with the apt acronym TP. But no: at Big Journalism, Joel Pollak traces the »
How Obama Lost His Presidency
Our friend Andrew Breitbart has an op-ed in today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Andrew traces the downfall of the Obama administration to the events of August 2009, when the American people rose up against Obamacare, and the administration and its allies responded with thuggery. An excerpt: When the history of Barack Obama's one-term presidency is written, August 2009 will be remembered as the turning point. It was then that thousands of »
Our Shrinking President
It has been widely noted that the more petulantly President Obama acts, the more he tries to blame others for his own failings, the smaller he becomes. If that principle is correct, by this time he has faded away pretty much to nothingness. Michael Ramirez illustrates the point: »
The Population is the Prize
Our friend Pete Hegseth, founder of Vets For Freedom, is now posted to Afghanistan, where he is training Afghans as well as American and coalition troops. His reports on the situation there are as knowledgeable as any you can find. Here is his latest dispatch, hot off the press: In counterinsurgency warfare, the population is the prize. The strategic sympathies of people in cities, villages, and the countryside are what »
"Maybe the Sun Has Something to Do With It?"
William F. Buckley Jr. delighted in telling the story of how Willmoore Kendall used to infuriate his liberal colleagues on the Yale faculty back in the 1950s (which eventually led Yale to buy out is contract to get rid of him) with simple comments such as the time he was in a faculty meeting where the assembled luminaries were fulminating about McCarthyism. Kendall took the floor and said, "You know, »
All in the family
The saga of the extended Obama family continues to amaze. In the closing days of the 2008 campaign, we met Barack Obama's Aunt Zeituni, the woman whom he fondly recalled from his voyage to Kenya in Dreams From My Father. (Her name is Zeituni Onyango and she is the half-sister of Barack Obama, Sr.) In the closing days of the campaign Aunt Zeituni was found, not in Kenya, but rather »
The Times Doubles Down on Its Issa Smear
On August 14, the New York Times ran a front-page smear of Congressman Darrell Issa, who has been a nuisance to the Obama administration in his capacity as Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Times article, by Eric Lichtblau (who relied on the goofball far-left site ThinkProgress for research assistance) was titled A Businessman in Congress Helps His District and Himself. Lichtblau's theme was that Issa »
The Gibson Guitar Saga Gets Steadily Curiouser
These days, you can't keep up with all the news. There is just too much going on. So inevitably, there are interesting stories that you have to catch up with when you can, like a moving train. The Justice Department's raid on four Gibson guitar factories is in that category. The raid took place last Wednesday; this Memphis Daily News story, published this morning, is a good place to start: »
Ohio Mondays
So today finds me in Ohio, where I'll be every Monday for the next 15 weeks, where I am a "distinguished visiting professor" at Ashland University, teaching a special new course on political economy for the Ashbrook Center's honors program in politics and history. (By the way, driving in to Ashland this morning I spotted a billboard that read, "Discover Ashland—World Headquarters of Nice People," and my first thought was »


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"Hope in Hard Times: Washington During the Great Depression"
"Hope in Hard Times: Washington During the Great Depression," Washington State has seen its share of hard times, from the Great Depression, to the challenges of today. Uncomfortable economics have always forced people to get creative, finding ways to maintain quality of life in the midst of difficulty. To celebrate the brave and ingenious people of the Great Depression and the present, Spokane County Library District is hosting this traveling exhibit curated by Humanities Washington, April 12-June 30. Hours are Mondays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sundays, 1-5 p.m.
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Space X and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) founder Elon Musk seems pretty optimistic a train will one day be able to travel at mach speeds for short distances, but what about those longer trips that take many hours?
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For New Yorkers who want to take the quick 3,000-mile trip to Los Angeles or the 7,000-mile journey to Tokyo, a solution faster than the speed of sound might soon be on the horizon.
Quiet supersonic jets, perhaps ones Musk builds himself one day, have attracted fresh attention and investment over the last few years from some major players, including NASA, Gulfstream, Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT).
"A quiet supersonic plane immediately solves every long distance city pair without the need for a vast new worldwide infrastructure," says Musk, who's responsible for Tesla electric cars and Dragon X, the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station.
While Musk's Hyperloop vacuum-train idea revealed earlier this week might solve travel problems between high-traffic cities located less than 900 miles apart, the entrepreneur says supersonic air travel will be "much faster and cheaper" for longer distances, knocking several hours from thousand-mile trips and making long-haul business travel more feasible than ever before.
No commercial supersonic flight has operated since the Concorde's final run in 2003 after 27 years of transporting people across the ocean from London's Heathrow and Paris's Charles De Gaulle to New York's JFK in half the time it takes today.
But NASA is focused more than ever on reducing the sonic boom – one of the main impediments of supersonic over-land air travel because of the nuisance it poses to people on the ground – while others are working on making supersonic jets more efficient and less dependent on fuel.
"I think one day we will see more supersonic aircraft," says Dimitri Papamoschou, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine.
Money Problems
Of course, overcoming the looming hurdles of next-generation supersonic transport requires billions of dollars, and a lack of funds has killed a number of these projects over the last 40 years.
A "cheap supersonic transport" between L.A. and N.Y. may not be available until "very far in the future," or within 25-50 years, estimates Papamoschou, who has studied the sound produced by propulsion engines.
If money weren't a problem, prototypes would begin popping up within the decade for larger supersonic transports, says Dr. Gecheng Zha, the director of the Aerodynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Lab at the University of Miami.
Actual operation of a supersonic passenger jet big enough to seat as many as Boeing's carbon composite 787 Dreamliner would take at least another decade beyond that, says Zha, whose "Supersonic Bidirectional Flying Wing" idea was awarded a $100,000 grant in 2012 from NASA.
"We can build one now but who is going to buy it?" asks Papamoschou. "The economics right now just don't work out."
The World's Fastest Business Trip
But there are companies, including Gulfstream, Aerion and Supersonic Aerospace International, as well as NASA engineers and scientists that are working on concepts for much smaller supersonic business jets; and that could be available much sooner.
Aerion, which has been partnering with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center for the last decade, defines its next-generation business jet with Mach 1.6 capabilities as an "evolutionary solution with revolutionary results."
The "virtual visualization" of Aerion's supersonic business jet – which it says would feature demonstrated wing technology and proven Pratt & Whitney propulsion systems -- is based on "concrete data collected over years of testing and revision of the model." The manufacturer hopes its development will influence "all general aviation flight to come – supersonic and subsonic."
The 8-12-passenger Aerion SBJ is expected to be brought to the market through a joint venture with an "established aircraft manufacturer" by the end of the decade, Aerion says.
While it didn't say which jet maker would be chosen -- both Boeing and Airbus have done work on supersonic jets in the past -- Boeing over the last two years has built design studies of a concept it has dubbed Icon II that it says can carry 120 passengers at up to Mach 1.8 speeds (more than 1,000 miles per hour) for 5,000 nautical miles.
Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding this article, but in an earlier study, the Chicago-based jet maker acknowledged that "advanced technologies can reduce fuel burn enough that a supersonic aircraft could be viable economically and environmentally, in multiple markets."
Meanwhile, Supersonic Aerospace International's 20-passenger QSST-X "virtually boomless" supersonic aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin is expected to have a range of more than 5,000 miles at Mach 1.6. The company touts both its speed and quietness, claiming it can catapult passengers from New York to Moscow in 4.5 hours, about half the time it takes today.
Of course, corporate and wealthy customers looking to travel at supersonic speeds will have to pay a pretty penny. Papamoschou sees supersonic transport selling at a premium to subsonic flights even if the costs to operate them come down as technologies improve.
"For them, time is money and they're probably willing to pay a premium," he said. "But for ordinary passengers, it will take quite a bit of time until we see something that's considerably faster than today's airplanes."
Aerion says it has received letters of intent for roughly 50 aircraft from a mix of individuals and corporations around the world. The orders remained "largely intact through the recession," which Aerion says reinforces "the market demand."


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Sometimes there are multiple equivalent ways of defining the same structure; for example, topological spaces are determined by their open sets, but also by their closed sets. I'm looking for a way of defining new structures that avoids committing to any one particular definition.
Let me elaborate a bit.
Sometimes "non-commitment" occurs without needing special attention. For instance, suppose we've already defined the terms antisymmetric and irreflexive. Now consider two cases. We could go on to define asymmetric as "antisymmetric+irreflexive." Alternatively we could go on to define asymmetric as "Not both $x<y$ and $y<x$." But whichever approach we choose, the same endpoint is attained. For example, in both approaches it holds that:
- A relation is asymmetric iff it is both antisymmetric and irreflexive, and
- A relation $<$ is asymmetric iff it never holds that both $x<y$ and $y<x$.
More generally, the sentences that are "true" (also known as theorems) are identical between the different approaches. So we eventually arrive at the same place, albeit via a different routes. If we think of each approach as a path, then the end result is "path-independent."
Unfortunately, definitions of structures (e.g. groups, ordered sets, topological spaces) tend to be path-dependent.
For instance, we could define a topological space as an ordered pair $(X,\mathcal{O})$, where $\mathcal{O}$ is viewed as the collection of open sets. On the other hand, we could define a topological space as an ordered pair $(X,\mathcal{K})$, where $\mathcal{K}$ is viewed as the collection of closed sets.
Notice that, unlike in the previous example, there exist sentences whose truthvalues are dependent on the particular approach taken. For instance, the sentence, "For all topological spaces $(X,\mathcal{O})$, it holds that $\mathcal{O}$ is closed with respect to arbitrary unions," is true in the first approach but false in the second. In some sense, we've "committed" to a particular definition of a topological space; and, in doing so, made a decision that actually effects the end result.
This is bad, because we tend to write/talk about math in approach-independent ways. For instance, we're more likely to write, "Let $X$ denote a topological space and $\mathcal{K}$ denote the set of all closed sets of $X$," as compared to, "Let $(X,\mathcal{K})$ denote a topological space." Even though the latter is more terse, nonetheless the former is clearly better, because its meaning is independent of the details of how a topological space was defined.
So here's what I'm looking for.
Ideally, a full solution would consist of a better way of defining structures, such that we can avoid "committing" to any particular definition of a topological space, ordered set, group etc. We would continue making statements like, "A topological space is determined by its open sets," but would never make a statement like, "A topological space is an ordered pair $(X,\mathcal{O})$ such that..." Thus, the path wherein you define the term "topological space" via open sets would eventually meet up with the path wherein you define the term "topological space" via closed sets; and all sentences that are true in the open-set approach would be true in the closed-set approach, and vice versa.
Less ambitiously, a partial solution would show that, "It doesn't matter which way you do it, the resulting theory is essentially the same." I'll happily accept a category-theoretic solution to the problem, as long as I'm still able to do math in the classical way. For instance, concepts like "the underlying set of a topological space" and "the set of all clopen sets" need to continue making sense. In particular, defining things up to isomorphism (i.e. renaming of the underlying set) is not an option.


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Deflated home prices and near record-low interest rates have many young homebuyers looking to jump into the housing market, and experts say, now is the time to make the leap if they afford it.
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According to Trulia's year-end 2012 American Dream survey, 93% of millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) want to own a home someday and if they're diligent about saving, they could fulfill this dream sooner rather than later.
"Savings rates have gone up, rates are low, people are still afraid of the stock market so it could be a good time to make a move," says Michael Goodman, certified public accountant and president at Wealthstream Advisors.
Saving for a down payment and buying a home requires a lot of fiscal responsibility and planning to avoid overcommitting to a house. "You have to have a plan in place," warns David Giancola, director for Merrill Edge. After all, there's more to being a homeowner than just paying a monthly mortgage.
Before a millennial buys a home, experts suggest evaluating whether you are ready to make the commitment.
How Much Can You Really Afford?
Before launching the hunt, it's important to know how much you can afford and still be able to save and continue your lifestyle. Giancola suggests meeting with a mortgage broker to talk about how much you can borrow.
"There are never-ending homeowner costs," says Michael Corbett, Trulia's real estate expert. Mortgage payments comprise two-thirds of all your home-buying expenses and the rest of the budget will need to cover taxes, homeowner's insurance, hazard insurance, utilities, maintenance and for some, Home Owner's Association (HOA) fees. "The HOA fee might cover the common grounds but that does nothing when you have a leaky roof or what's inside your walls."
Once you know how much you can afford each month and the mortgage balance, a mortgage lender can tell you the down payment required for that loan.
When it comes to buying a home, Corbett warns against overextending. "Whatever the bank will lend you, take 20% less," says Corbett. If the bank says you can afford a $200,000 home with a $160,000 mortgage, borrow 20% less and buy a home that's 20% less. "Even if rates are low, don't overextend." By borrowing less, you won't have to save as much for a down payment and emergency fund and can buy the house sooner.
Once you know the down payment amount, factor in a 5% higher number as a buffer when you close the loan, says Giancola. "Set a timeframe and back into what you need to save each month to hit that mark—then you create a budget."
What are your income and expenses?
To determine your budget and what you can afford, subtract your monthly expenses from your monthly revenue.
"There are two ways to increase your bottom line—increase income or decrease expenses," says Goodman. Be very disciplined and keep your spending within what you earn to avoid racking up too much debt or becoming "house poor"
Find some unexpected income sources. To help save for a down payment and emergency fund, certified public accountant Ernest Almonte, suggests asking for cash instead of physical gifts during holidays, and put this money towards your new house.
What are your expenses? To boost your budget, reduce your expenses for a couple years before you plan to become a homeowner. "Ask yourself how important it is for you to own that home," says Giancola.
There are fixed expenses, like rent, food and heat and then discretionary, like entertainment—know what these are, says Goodman. "The reality is that until you get a handle on your expenses, you can't get a handle on what you can save."
As you go through your budget, Almonte suggests reviewing every line item to figure out what you can do without. Prioritize your expenses and make sacrifices, says Almonte. Eat more at home and take lunch to work. Cut back on gym memberships, cell phone plans, one-time purchases, travel, entertainment and cable TV. "Go through every single expense and pay yourself first."
Rent would be replaced by a mortgage but you may still be able to save here, says Almonte. "If you're renting a two bedroom home, take in a roommate or move to a one bedroom and save that money towards a down payment."
To keep yourself on track, use software tools or websites so you don't overspend, suggests Goodman. "Hypothetically speaking, if you put your dining threshold at X, you get an email if you exceed it."
How do you save? "People underestimate the value of small savings over time—it adds up," says Goodman.
Make your tax return part of your down payment savings and put money into your down payment fund each time you use the ATM, says Giancola. "Make it fun. Once that money really starts to grow, you'll feel proud."
Through this, continue to contribute to retirement plans. Goodman suggests pulling back on the reigns for a little bit only if you've maxed out your contributions every year since you started working. Borrowing some money from your 401(k) for your down payment is okay as long as you're able to pay the loan back, says Goodman. "You have to have a disciplined strategy to put it back."
Where to keep your home savings
Open up an interest savings account at a local bank to grow your home-buying account, recommends Giancola. "When you figure how much you need to save each month, set up automatic transfers so you're not even seeing it as part of your budget."
As the money starts to accumulate, start looking at money markets and CDs and ladder them out, he adds. "Don't risk money you're saving for the down payment of a house." Experts advise against investing this money in the stock market.
Does it make financial sense to buy a home now?
Consider how much you're borrowing and how you plan to pay the money back—this decision has to make sense, says Goodman. "Don't [buy a home] because you're emotionally attached to something."
Assess your job's stability and whether you'll have a job in three to five years or if you've a major expense in the next few years, says Almonte. Consider whether now is really the best time for you to use your savings for a home
Qualifying for a mortgage can be difficult and you want to know what your payments would be today and 10 years from now. "If you can't put 20% down, it means you're not really ready to buy a house," says Corbett.


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|System: X360, PS3
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Artificial Mind and Movement
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: 505 Games
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: June 29, 2010
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1 (2+ Online)
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Teen
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Adam Brown
January 26, 2010 - There aren't many things cuter and more heartwarming than teddy bears. Since their creation in the early 1900s, these fuzzy bears have continued to grow in popularity and it's not hard to see why. Being soft, cuddly, and completely innocent, these bears have been a staple toy for younger children worldwide. But what would happen if these bears lost their friendliness, becoming angry, sinister, and even violent? We'll have to wait until June when Naughty Bear sees its release to find out fully, but until then this is what we know so far about the title that shows what happens when a good bear goes bad.
Recently released trailers depict the events that set this game in motion. They begin with Naughty Bear in his home, saddened by the fact that he wasn't invited to another teddy bear's birthday party. After contemplating it for awhile, Naughty Bear decides to go to the party anyway to deliver the gift that he has already procured for the event. On his way there, a couple other teddy bears laugh at him and he finally just snaps. Naughty Bear, tired of being looked down upon by the other teddy bears decides that it's him versus the world and all the other teddy bears must pay for the way they've treated him.
Let me just start off by stating that this definitely won't be a game for younger players. Naughty Bear is set to be an open-world game where messing with and destroying other teddy bears in sadistic and gruesome ways is the ultimate goal. There will be a wide variety of weapons to use throughout the game such as knives, machetes, baseball bats, and shotguns that will make quick work of your fellow bears. However, unlike in Fairytale Fights, your enemies won't erupt in fountains of blood but instead will do what you'd expect. Eviscerating a teddy bear will send puffs of stuffing and fabric into the air. While this may not seem as disturbing as if your enemies were squirting quarts of blood, it still looks pretty unsettling.
Just walking up to hordes of your fellow bears and pummeling them is the most straightforward way of dealing with Naughty Bear's problems, but there are definitely other options. Naughty can sneak into other bears' houses in order to steal things, set up traps, or just scare the stuffing out of them. Of course, when breaking into homes, you'll also have to be careful as to not get the authorities called on you. One way of accomplishing this involves breaking all of the nearby phones, making it impossible for your intended target to call for help. Naughty can also endeavor to rain on the other bears' parades by sabotaging other parties and events that they have planned, which likely also have lists that exclude your name. There seem to be a ton of ways to stick it to your foes, it just depends on whether you'd like to go about it in a more subtle or direct fashion.
Killing everything in sight will have the game labeling you as a psycho, while being more covert and underhanded will net you a label of clever. Either way, your progression and success in Naughty Bear will be determined by the naughty points you'll earn. Beating down and killing a teddy bear will earn you some points but killing him in front of other bears will score you even more. However, setting up a series of events and/or traps that result in scaring your target to the point where they commit suicide will rack your naughty points score up even higher.
As your naughty points score climbs, Naughty Bear will also move up in overall rank. With a total of fifty possible ranks to achieve, you can rest assured that you'll be doing some pretty awful things to quite a few teddy bears to earn each one. Increasing your rank will also unlock more areas, new levels, and additional abilities for Naughty Bear, giving him more misery to cause and new ways to do so. There will be a total of four areas on the Island of Perfection, where this game takes place, as well as 28 levels to play through. To help make it through all of these levels, Naughty will also be able to put on various outfits that will grant him different abilities. The few that have already been mentioned are Voodoo, Ninja, Policeman, Robot, and Doctor garb which will give Naughty new ways to exact his revenge against the other bears.
In addition to the single-player campaign, Naughty Bear will also include some multiplayer options to help extend the life of the game. Not much has been confirmed about exactly how many modes to expect or how many players will be able to play together at once, but a few modes have already been revealed. The modes slated to be included so far are king of the hill and capture the flag. However, to add another dimension to the online gameplay, players will also be able to enlist the help of A.I.-controlled bears. Exactly how to recruit these A.I. helpers, what they'll do, or whether or not they'll be helpful has yet to be confirmed, but hopefully we'll learn more about this aspect of the multiplayer as June approaches. Until then, don't count this one out just because of its seemingly child-friendly exterior.
Adam Brown
CCC News Director
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Today's Song: Peggy Scott 'Bill'
It seems like as good of a day as any to post Peggy Scott's 1997 downlow-discourse trailblazer "Bill," not only because we're in the midst of Gay Pride Month but also because, well, you know. "There are no words that can describe what I felt inside / When I found out the man I love loves another guy," sings Peggy before sharing that she was "ready" to find her husband in the arms of another woman, not another man. The reason remains between the lines, but it's not hard to discern that it's homophobia — the line about Bill, her husband's titular lover, wanting to be her kids' "stepmom" confirms it.
"Bill" is maudlin and melodramatic to be ridiculous, a non-self-aware iteration of "Another Man," Barbara Mason's sassy and similarly themed Garage classic. "Bill," then, achieves one of the most amusingly contradictory sensibilities of our modern age: anti-gay camp. This has curio-for-life status.


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While AT&T is seeing success with Windows Phone sales, Microsoft isn't doing to bad with Windows 8. During the 11th Annual J.P. Morgan Tech Forums at CES 2013, Microsoft announced that they have sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses to date.
According to Windows Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer Tami Reller this includes both upgrades and sales to OEMs for new devices. The sales pace is similar to what Microsoft experienced with Windows 7.
As far as Windows 8 apps and games are concerned, growth continues to rise with the number of apps being available quadrupling since launch. As an added bonus, Microsoft recently passed the 100 million app download mark.
Source: Windows Blog


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Hansie Cronje: The shame-faced hero
Cronje has often been hailed as a brilliant leader of men who lost just 11 of his 53 Tests as captain and won 99 of the 138 one-day internationals at the helm between 1994 and 2000.
But the man who inspired thousands in post-apartheid South Africa showed his ugly side in 2000 when he admitted to accepting bribes from illegal bookmakers to influence matches.
Cronje testified before South Africa's government-appointed King Commission probing corruption in cricket that his "great passion of the game and for my teammates" was matched by "an unfortunate love of money".
Cronje was banned from the game for life in October 2000, six months after New Delhi police accused him of taking money from bookie Sanjeev Chawla during his team's Indian tour that year.
Two years later, on June 1 2002, he was dead aged 32 when a light plane in which he was travelling crashed into the mountains near the South African coastal town of George in bad weather.
Cape Town judge Siraj Desai, who conducted an inquest into the crash, blamed the two dead pilots for the tragedy, saying they failed to follow correct procedures for a missed landing approach.
At the time of his death, Cronje was working as a financial manager with a firm that dealt in earth-moving machinery, a far cry from the days when he strode world cricket like a colossus.
A born-again Christian, Cronje initially denied any wrongdoing, but later became the first cricketer to publicly admit his involvement with corrupt bookmakers.
Two former Test captains, Salim Malik of Pakistan and Mohammad Azharuddin of India, who were also banned for life by their respective boards following a probe by India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), have consistently denied any role in match fixing.
But the menace just refuses to go away despite the International Cricket Council pouring millions of dollars into its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) to check malpractices in the sport.
West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels was banned for two years in 2008 for allegedly passing on match-related information to an Indian bookie during his team's one-day series in India the previous year.
In 2010, two Essex cricketers, Pakistani international Danish Kaneria and Mervyn Westfield, were hauled up on spot-fixing charges following an investigation into betting irregularities in county cricket – Westfield was to be jailed earlier this year.
Worse, three Pakistani stars – Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif – were jailed last year after being found guilty of spot-fixing during the 2010 Lord's Test against England.
It was the first time international cricketers were handed prison sentences, a scandal described by outgoing ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat as the worst corruption case since the Cronje episode.
Constant threat
Recently, five Indian first-class players were suspended from the game pending an investigation over a TV sting operation that alleged corruption in domestic matches, including the popular Indian Premier League.
Cricket's dark underbelly, plagued by underworld match-fixing gangs who reportedly bet millions of dollars at virtually every match, remains a constant threat to the sport.
India, cricket's financial powerhouse which accounts for nearly 70% of the game's global revenues, is regarded as the hotbed for betting syndicates and match-fixers.
Betting on sports is illegal in India except at horse races, but gambling laws are so lax that offenders sometimes get away by paying a paltry fine of just 200 rupees (approx $4).
"Unless the betting industry is brought under control in India, you can't stop match fixing," former ICC chief Ehsan Mani of Pakistan said recently.
"There's no doubt that India, certainly Delhi and Mumbai, is the epicentre of cricket betting."
The powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) last month set up a new domestic anti-corruption bureau to tackle the problem, the fourth board to have an independent ACU unit after Australia, Pakistan and England.
India's ACU is being headed by former police office Ravi Sawani, who worked for a few years as the chief investigator of the ICC's own anti-corruption body. – AFP.


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Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli Campaign was a seven-month conflict that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey between April and January 1915 as part of World War I.
The plan was first proposed as the first step to opening another Allied front against the Triple Alliance during the First World War. The campaign was meant to capture Constantinople, effectively removing the Ottoman Empire from the war, as well as opening supply routes to Russia.
In 1915, Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, proposed a plan to force British ships through the Dardanelles, a narrow strait at leading from the Aegean Sea into the Sea of Marmara.
A preliminary attack was launched in February 1915, bombarding the artillery of the Ottoman Empire. On March 18, Allied ships attempted to navigate the strait. Allied ships engaged Turkish artillery battleships on the shore while Allied minesweepers attempted to clear a pathway into the strait. However, the minesweepers pulled back under intense Turkish fire, leaving the Allied battleships vulnerable to mines, which sunk two ships and left several others badly damaged.
The unsuccessful naval operation convinced Allied strategists that a complementary land campaign was necessary and, on April 25, 1915, thousands of British, Indian and ANZAC troops went ashore. Poor intelligence and ship-to-shore communication hindered Allied advances and the landing troops gained little more than a foothold on six beaches on the eastern side of the peninsula.
Between April and August 1915, numerous inconclusive battles occurred, resulting in thousands of casualties on both sides, but little gain in territory or overall impact on the Allied war effort. After a particularly chaotic and disastrous Allied offensive in August, British politicians began discussing the evacuation of Allied troops from the peninsula, a daring operation carried out under extreme secrecy in the early weeks of December 1915.
Between April 1915 and January 1916, approximately 480,000 allied troops participated in the Gallipoli campaign. of those, over 250,000 became casualties, including over 50,000 killed. Turkish casualty figures are unknown, but estimated at approximately the same as the Allied forces (250,000 casualties, with 65,000 killed)[1]
- ↑ Moorehead, Alan, Gallipoli


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A great classic for younger and older fans, the Scuderia Ferrari T-shirt returns with a renewed style with the 3D print that enhances the iconic yellow Shield, placed at the centre of the garment and highlighted by surrounding grey dots, recalling the asphalt of the Formula 1 circuits. The contrasting colour of the collar and sleeves creates a sense of movement in this baby boy Scuderia Ferrari T-shirt made of 100% cotton jersey, a lightweight fabric perfect for the summer. The back is customised with the special rubberised Scuderia Ferrari print, which is very soft to the touch.
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Ukraine, one of the largest countries in Europe, is a unitary semi-presidential republic, having achieved its independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Public protests demanding closer ties with the European Union and the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych began in late 2013, leading to widespread civil unrest and, ultimately, revolution in 2014. Russia, prompted by counter-revolutionary sentiment in the Crimean Peninsula, staged a military intervention and subsequently annexed the region in a move largely condemned by the international community. Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists has continued despite domestic and international efforts to de-escalate the crisis.
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