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Many budget airlines have extra fees and charges which apply when booking your flight, picking a seat and for checking in baggage. These are fees that may or may not exist with major non discount airlines.
These charges are in addition to the taxes and charges that some airlines applies to your final ticket price.
You will need to keep an eye on the charges when booking your flight. The amount of these charges can vary, and new fees or charges may be applied in future.
Do you think that any fees and charges applied to your Jetstar flight are acceptable or excessive?
Were you fully informed of the charges on Jetstar when you booked your flight?
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Hi all. I started teaching myself Java a couple of months ago, and it seems like a good idea to join the community here to help expand my understanding. I've programmed a bit in C in the past, but I'm quite a novice programmer.
Officially, I'm a graduate student in theoretical physics. I'm pursuing programming partly as a hobby, and partly as a way to make myself more employable, as I don't know what I want to do after my doctorate!

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2014 CMS Summer Meeting
University of Manitoba, June 6 - 9, 2014
A \textit{homomorphism} of $(G,\Sigma) \to (H,\Pi)$ is a vertex map that preserves
edges and their signs. A homomorphism of equivalence classes $[G, \Sigma] \to [H, \Pi]$
exists if some member $(G, \Sigma') \in [G, \Sigma]$ admits a homomorphism to
some member $(H, \Pi') \in [H, \Pi]$. In this talk we examine and contrast the computational
complexity of determining the existence of signed graph homomorphisms in the case
that switching is not allowed, i.e. viewing the objects as edge-coloured graphs,
and where switching is allowed, i.e. homomorphisms of equivalence classes. In particular,
we give a dichotomy theorem for the latter case.
Joint work with Vadim Zverovich, University of the West of England
(This is joint work with Brian Alspach and Daryn Bryant.)
In this talk I will focus the different proofs of this result that use
graph theory and show how these proofs can be used to prove some of
the generalizations of this theorem.
*Joint work with R.J. Nowakowski and P. Pralat
A group $G$ has the CI-property if this is the only way to obtain two Cayley graphs on $G$ that are isomorphic. More precisely, $G$ has the CI-property if whenever Cay$(G;S)$ is isomorphic to Cay$(G;T)$, there is a group automorphism $\beta$ of $G$, such that $\beta(S)=T$. The CI-problem is the problem of determining which groups have the CI- property.
I will present an overview of the CI-problem, including some recent
developments and open problems.
The problem of finding universal fixers was first posed by Diana (Weizhen) Gu
[Personal communication to S. T. Hedetniemi, 30th South-Eastern Conference on
Graph Theory and Combinatorics, Florida Atlantic University, USA, March 1999],
and Mynhardt and Xu [Domination in prisms of graphs: Universal fixers,
Utilitas Math. 78(2009), 185-201] conjectured that edgeless
graphs are the only universal fixers. This conjecture was recently settled by
Kirsti Wash, Clemson University, South Carolina. We present the history and
resolution of this conjecture.
In 1994, Frieze and McKay investigated the case $k=1$ and the answer to this question is ``yes'' (asymptotically almost surely). However, since the threshold for connectivity is $\frac {n}{2} \log n$ and the threshold for seeing all the colours is $\frac{n}{k} \log n$, $k=2$ is of special importance. This is a work in progress but I hope to announce that asymptotically almost surely the answer is ``yes'' also for $k \ge 2$.
(Joint work with Deepak Bal, Patrick Bennett, and Alan Frieze.)
Collaboration with Stephane Durocher, David S. Gunderson, and Pak Ching Li.
collaboration with:
Dmitriy Drusvyatskiy, University of Waterloo;
Gabor Pataki, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


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Using external content types, I am trying to create an asset management system for administering, among other things, IP addresses. Using an enterprise search center, the crawler indexes the external content just fine, but when searching for an IP address, no results are returned.
I.e., if the entire scope for 192.168.1.0/24 is documented, searching for "192.168.1.35" yields no results. Searching for just "192" or "168" returns all the addresses, but when searching for "192." or "168.", that is, with a punctuation mark, nothing is returned.
Have I done something wrong? Is it possible to change this behaviour?


text: Last night's Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion was all about NeNe and Kim. Shereé stayed relatively quiet, DeShawn barely said three words, and Lisa managed to keep her cool right up until the end when she couldn't take Kim's lying anymore. When Kim was asked about her hair, she turned on the waterworks and told some story about how it's so mean that NeNe made fun of her wig, because she had cancer. Then, when pressed about it, her story changed and she said that she only thought she had cancer and that she was just really sick and her hair fell out. Except that hair only falls out when you go through treatment for cancer, not when you "think" you have cancer. Bravo must renew this show for another season, and fast. Clip above.


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Youth Job Safety Resources
Job Safety Resources for Teens, Parents and Employers
Teen Workers: Real Jobs, Real Risks (video)
Watch this video online or borrow it from L&I's Video Library. Gives teens essential information about their rights and responsibilities on the job. One teen tells of her life-changing serious injury on her first job. A "must see" for all working teens.
FedNet Health and Safety Materials for Youth Working in Retail Stores
The publication, Sold on Safety (2.5 MB PDF) (en español (1.69 MB PDF)), is aimed at hazards and protections for youth working in the retail stores including grocery, department, convenience and other stores. The document was created by FedNet (the Federal Network for Young Worker Safety and Health), which includes representatives from OSHA, NIOSH, DOL/WHD, EPA, EEOC, NLRB, HUD, DOT, and others. EPA was the lead agency on this project.
Read the Latest News Stories Regarding Young Workers Getting Injured on the Job
Hazard alerts describing real life nonfatal workplace injuries to Washington workers under 25 years old are now on the web. These alerts are created from interviews with young workers, their families, or their employers. They describe how the worker was injured, what Washington regulations are related to the incident and provide recommendations and resources to prevent similar injuries from happening. These alerts stem from earlier research done by SHARP. The research showed that workers aged 18 – 21 had the highest overall nonfatal injury rate in Washington. It also showed that workers between 16 – 24 years old had a higher nonfatal injury rate than workers who were 25 years or older.
Restaurant Safety Materials
As a result of a partnership with the Washington Restaurant Association, L&I developed various resources for employers as part of an educational outreach initiative. These materials may be useful in a variety of other settings as well.
Hiring Teens this Summer? (F700-142-909)
Provides important information about hiring teens, including extra safety precautions, as well as legal requirements regarding minor work endorsement, hours and prohibited duties. Provides telephone, email and Web contacts for more information.
Washington State Teen Worker Program Activities (111 KB PDF)
Washington State has a long history of assessing the injuries to teen workers and developing prevention strategies aimed at reducing the workplace injuries to young workers. This document provides a summary of the key activities.
Teens At Work: Facts for Employers, Parents and Teens? (F700-022-000)
This brochure gives useful information about working rules and conditions for teens. (Spanish version (F700-022-999))
Health and Safety Awareness for Working Teens
- Wallet Card (F700-187-909)
This bilingual (English/Spanish) card provides useful information any teen worker needs to know when starting a new job and provides web, email, and phone contact information.
Equipment (F700-010-000)
This two-page document provides important safety tips when operating powered lawn-care equipment and also describes the restrictions for minors in operating such machinery.
Noise Exposures (www.osha.gov)
Noise exposures can cause hearing loss. This is totally preventable. While there are many work activities where earplugs or other type of hearing protection should be used, teens are prohibited from performing work where the noise exposure is high enough to require the use of hearing protection (WAC 296-125-030(22) (app.leg.wa.gov). This is determined by how loud the machine is and how long it is being used. You can also find out more information about the hearing protection requirements in Washington State.
Youth in Construction - English/Spanish (Adolescentes en construcción)
Booklet/pamphlet: Explains the limits on work teens under age 18 can perform in the construction industry, discusses the importance of training and emphasizes safety. Includes a checklist of "do's" and "don'ts" for employers, plus other resources.
Youth in Agriculture (www.osha.gov)
Agriculture is one of the most hazardous industries in the country. Washington State has a large agricultural industry where many young people either live and work on farms, or are employed in various agricultural jobs. OSHA's Teen Worker Web page has useful eTool for learning about the various hazards and ways to protect yourself from injury.
for School children and Young Workers (152 KB PDF)
by L&I's Rick Goggins and the Puget Sound Chapter for Human Factors and Ergonomics. Provides important information for preventing injuries from lifting or awkward postures or carrying heavy loads. Also many resources and Web links are included.
Summary for School Staff and Students (100 KB PDF)
by L&I's Rick Goggins and the Puget Sound Chapter for Human Factors and Ergonomics. Provides tips for school staff on ways to work more safely and comfortably, as well as ergonomics tips for school children on computers, backpacks, video game play and after-school jobs. Includes links to many helpful Web sites.
Alert: Preventing Deaths, Injuries and Illnesses of Young Workers (en espanól) (www.cdc.gov)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-128 (2003) Provides case reports and examples of risks young workers may face while on the job and recommendations for prevention.
Youth@Work - Talking Safety Curriculum for Washington (www.cdc.gov)
The new Youth@Work–Talking Safety is a fun, free and engaging curriculum that helps teachers and school/community-based job placement staff educate young people about the basics of job safety and health. The curriculum presents essential information and career-readiness skills through a focus on eight core competencies. The transferable skills gained through the Talking Safety curriculum will help students stay safe and healthy now and throughout their lives.
Childhood Agriculture
Safety Network (CASN) (www.childagsafety.org)
The Childhood Agriculture Safety Network (CASN) is a coalition of health and safety organizations across the nation. These groups have combined their efforts for the first time to bring a unified safety message to agricultural communities. The message is geared towards protecting children from preventable injuries. The first year of the program is centered on tractor safety and keeping children off of tractors."
Rated R Sticker
This sticker can be used on any type of machinery prohibited for use by teens under age 18. Examples for use include meat slicers, compactors and paper balers, forklifts, powered tools, and so forth. You can print them yourself or order them by calling 360-902-5316 or emailing email@example.com.


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MacBook Pro 15" (Non-Unibody) SSDs
Choose your model of MacBook Pro 15" (Non-Unibody):
Parts that work with MacBook Pro 15" (Non-Unibody):
MacBook and MacBook Pro (Non-Retina) SSD Upgrade Bundle
Upgrade the storage and improve boot time and read/write speed in your MacBook and MacBook Pro (Non-Retina) with this SSD upgrade bundle.
Device Info
The MacBook Pro 15" replaced the Aluminum 15" and features Intel support and an integrated iSight camera.
All MacBook Pro 15" Non-Unibody models use PC2-5300 RAM. Two RAM slots means an easy memory upgrade! If storage is an issue, any 9.5mm SATA hard drive will expand your boundaries.
Heat has always been an issue for MacBook Pros. It's possible that a bad thermal sensor or fan will prevent the machine from booting.
Once you've bought your parts and tools, check out iFixit's MacBook Pro 15" Non-Unibody repair guides for step-by-step instructions on how to make the fix.


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LOS ANGELES, May 16 (UPI) -- Aaron Sorkin is writing a big-screen adaptation of Walter Isaacson's biography of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Hollywood's Sony Pictures said.
Sorkin won an Oscar for his screenplay for "The Social Network" about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. He also was co-creator of the celebrated White House television drama "The West Wing."
"Steve Jobs' story is unique: he was one of the most revolutionary and influential men not just of our time but of all time," said Sony Pictures co-head Amy Pascal in a statement issued to EW.com. "There is no writer working in Hollywood today who is more capable of capturing such an extraordinary life for the screen than Aaron Sorkin; in his hands, we're confident that the film will be everything that Jobs himself was: captivating, entertaining, and polarizing."
No director or star for "Steve Jobs" has yet been announced. Ashton Kutcher has signed on to play him in a separate bio-picture, "Jobs."
Jobs, the computer genius who helped revolutionize the communication and entertainment industries, died of cancer last October. He was 56.


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Camelot Unchained
With less than 24 hours to go we need your help to make this dream a reality!
This is based on both PayPal and Kickstarter!!!!
$2,200,000 - All tiers now come with 10% more Founders Points for the Pledge Owner (or both in two for one tiers)! - Achieved.
In response to many inquiries, I'm adding an even larger FP tier with an even bigger discount:
$300 = 600 FPs.
To purchase additional Founder's Points. All you need to do is:
- Decide which Founder's Points add-on is for you. We have add-ons starting at ten FPs for $10 and one that gives you 70 FPs for $50. No matter which add-on you buy (or even if you don't), we thank you for your support of our Kickstarter!
- Press the "Manage Your Pledge" button or, if you haven't backed this Kickstarter yet, it will read "Back This Project" on our Camelot Unchained Kickstarter page.
- Increase your pledge in the Pledge Amount box by the add-on(s) you wish to purchase. Please don't change your current pledge tier unless of course, you also want to change it while you are on this screen.
- Then add the total of your add-on(s) onto the amount of the tier. While you are free to pledge any additional amount you wish, by purchasing one of the add-ons you will get the volume discount.
Please note that in order to purchase an add-on you need to have pledged at the $25 and above (since you do need to have a copy of the game to access the in-game store). It's as simple as that!
ERRATA: The following items were accidently excluded from the list.
Reserve Guild Name - 100 FPs for 1st name, 150 FPs for 2nd and 200 for 3rd.
Crafter Items
You DO NOT have to choose your rewards now (just your total add-on amount). The chart above represents what we will have in the the Founder's Exchange when Camelot Unchained ships!
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Tired of the same old high fantasy? Looking for something different? How about a mixture of fantasy, horror set in a post apocalyptic Earth where VeilStorms have brought nightmarish change to our planet? This is the world of Camelot Unchained and Mark Jacobs will tell you some of his vision for a new world and new legends based on familiar lore.
An RvR dungeon unlike any other!
Enter the Depths and you will find:
- A place, which draws its inspiration more from horror movies, H.P. Lovecraft, H.R. Giger than J.R.R. Tolkien.
- A place that is literally alive, not just with NPCs but is itself an NPC! A place literally infused with the Veil, hiding great secrets and lore of past civilizations.
- A place where both crafters and warriors must work together to succeed.
- A place where players die and become the terrifying monsters that lay within it.
"Here, every true son & daughter perishes"
Hear Mark talk about the Depths and see some early concept work:
The Unchained Engine
Tech Director and lead programmer Andrew Meggs is spearheading the creation of our internal Unchained Engine. It's sole purpose: to allow our players to fight epic RvR battles in a dynamic world, without the slideshows or limitations of many past games. Our objectives for this engine are:
- Maintain an absolute minimum of 30 FPS in battles of up to 500 people
- Efficiently prioritize network usage so there's minimal lag on the things that matter
- Allow extensive character customization so every player can have uniquely crafted items
- Enable dynamic, changeable, and creative player-built structures
Each update from Andrew has highlighted the continued expansion of the engine's capabilities while maintaining an ultra-high rate of FPS, and we're still making improvements.
Check out this update from him and see our engine in action:
An epic Building System
Our building system is unlike any other found in an RvR MMORPG. It features:
- Cell-based construction system. Structures can be built from cells or groups of cells (Prefabs).
- Mines are self-contained bubbles contained under the world map with cooperative mining and RvR action.
- Players can record their favorite structures in blueprints, which can then be rented, traded and/or sold to other players.
- Players build their own realms, including keeps, forts and castles and then defend them.
Camelot Unchained is not a themepark MMORPG built by developers; it is a world that the players themselves build upon the rubble of the old world. We don't build worlds, you do!
Here's the first prototype of our building system!
And so much more is yet to come...
Check us out on Tumblr!
Announcing the Depths an RvR horror themed dungeon of awesomeness!
The Latest & Greatest CSE Updates
Eurogamer had this to say HERE!
Here's another shout out, this time from those talented folks at Larian Studios:
"Camelot Unchained - a realm vs realm MMO, set in a post-apocalyptic world with plenty of interesting ideas. Camelot Unchained has consistently been above us on kicktraq during our campaign and so there hasn't been a day when we weren't thinking of them ;)"
Thanks Larian Studios! If you haven't checked out their Kickstarter yet, you should! They have 48 hours left and they are well on their way to becoming another great Kickstarter success story!
Jake Song, creator of Lineage and the upcoming masterwork ArcheAge has joined the fray! Here's what Jake tweeted:
"Hey Mark, best of luck with 'Camelot Unchained'. I am now personally one of your pledgers!" - Woot! Thanks Jake! I can't wait to play ArcheAge here in the US, it's going to be awesome!
Here's what Kevin Saunders, Project Lead for Torment had to say about this project:
"Especially for this stage in development, the battle technical demos for Camelot Unchained are astounding -- to achieve such fluid motion with so many unique characters onscreen bodes very well for what will be possible over the course of a couple years of work."
Update #22 - Our Building System - Part One
Update #19 - Presenting the St'Rm!
Update #18 - CSE Subscriber Promises and more!
Update #17 - Saturday Grab Bag of Goodness
Update #16 - Presenting the Depths!
Update #14 - A more epic battle!
Update #13 -Andrew demos our latest in-house engine build!
Update #10 - Mark's Talk about Combat Part 2
Update # 9 - Mark's Talk about Combat Part 1
Update # 8 - Our first Viking Sighting
Update # 7 - It's SmackHammer Time!
Update # 6 - Meet the Tuatha Dé Danann
$75 "I LOVE TCHOTCHKES" Tier – Added 10 FPs.
$175 "PHAT LEWT" Tier – Added 25 FPs, discount sub rate now at 7%.
$250 "WARRIOR FOREVER" Tier –Added in-game thanks and 5 FPs.
$250 "PHYSICAL PHAT LEWT" – Added 30 FPs, +3 additional months of subscription (9 months total), discount sub rate at 7%.
Changed description of 3D model to miniature for consistency across tiers.
Guild Name + Links on home page added to multiple high level tiers so backers can reserve a guild name (guild pledge tiers get priority).
Please note: By adding 30 FPs to the Physical Phat Lewt pledge, every tier that depends on it (Sign Right Here, Handily Done, etc.) will also receive an additional 30 FPs! Sorry for the confusion - Mark
City State Entertainment, led by online game pioneer and Mythic Entertainment founder Mark Jacobs and code guru and CSE co-founder Andrew Meggs, needs your support to make the next great Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) for the PC and select tablets (stretch goal dependent). As one of the very early online gaming developers (circa mid-1980s) and the creative driver behind Dark Age of Camelot®, Mark has seen online games grow from an unloved, mostly ignored part of the industry to a major driving force.
Camelot Unchained takes one part classic legends, adds a twisty little apocalyptic passage, and mixes in a whole batch of creativity to birth not just another "me and my WoW-clone", but a unique RvR-focused MMORPG. It is against the backdrop of an almost unrecognizable world that our game unfolds, and as a player of Camelot Unchained, you can expect the following:
·Camelot Unchained is a subscription-based, RvR-focused MMORPG. RvR is an acronym for Realm vs. Realm® (this term is a registered trademark of Electronic Arts), which we call TriRealm™ for the interaction of the three main realms.
·The game will feature RvR-based leveling tracks for all classes. No PROGRESSION VIA PvE (player vs. environment), loot drops or other such systems are currently planned. All leveling will come from engaging in the game's RvR-based systems, whether by fighting other players, capturing objectives, and/or crafting objects to help in RvR. There will be NPCs but you cannot use them to level your character.
·You will have the choice of playing any realm on each of the game's servers except that you may play only characters from the same realm on any single server. In other words, one server = one realm.
·Our subscription tiers will be based on players' individual choices regarding participation, but will be less than the current accepted norm for MMORPGs.
·The game will be developed for PC (Windows) with stretch goals for other platforms.
·The game will be available in English with French, German and other languages based on demand.
·The client will be DRM-free and distributed via Torrent.
Mark has always called his online games evolutionary with a mix of revolutionary features. Camelot Unchained will draw a lot of inspiration from "old school" games and MMORPGs while also mixing in some new features. In the rush to cash in on the WoW phenomenon, publishers/designers tried to simply "out-WoW WoW", leading to most MMORPGs becoming more risk-averse, more "casual player"-focused, and overall, less challenging. This produced, among other things, a loss of the pride and sense of accomplishment that came from succeeding in the older, more difficult titles. We're not talking about spawn-camping for 24 hours straight, but rather the sense of pride from succeeding in a challenging game rather than one which hands you everything on a silver platter. In CU, you will have to earn your skills by deeds, and they will increase slowly over time. Magical items will not be found everywhere like road-kill on highways, so gamers won't feel the pressure to "keep up with the Gandalfs."
Mark believes that every great game starts with a great foundation. The Foundational Principles he and Andrew have been laying out are more than simple ideas; they are the bedrock for Camelot Unchained.
The current list of principles can be found on our website (www.camelotunchained.com)
This game is built upon three main pillars of gameplay, RvR, crafting and housing. These will receive all the development love they need to be great, and all these systems will be in place when we go LIVE. Here are some key elements for crafting and housing:
·Camelot Unchained features a totally player-driven economy. There won't be drops from the NPCs, no redeemable tokens or anything like that.
·There will be a "pure" crafter class with its own unique leveling track.
·There will be no auction house for player-created items. Crafters can have their own stores and either sell there or directly to players in a bazaar-like setting.
·Crafters will be able to build a wide variety of items, including weapons, armor, siege equipment and more.
·Our housing system will allow players to construct everything from huts to mines, and to fortify and rebuild massive structures.
·Players will be able to build structures throughout the world, in both safe and contested areas.
We will go into more detail about these systems, but in the meantime, for more information about them, please refer to the Foundational Principles on our website (www.camelotunchained.com)
Camelot Unchained features three distinct realms (Arthurians, Tuatha Dé Danann and Vikings) as the protagonists in a bold new vision.
At launch, each realm will have at least three races, all with unique powers, abilities and physical appearance. We will reveal some of these over the next 30 days. In fact, our backers will have the opportunity to choose one for each realm during development. We'll also create more if we meet certain stretch goals and as the game evolves.
Camelot Unchained will feature a selection of classes at launch, with the actual number dependent on meeting certain stretch goals. We support an extended version of the "Holy Trinity" as well as "rock, paper, and scissors", and initially, we'll have at least five classes (healer, tank, dps, hybrid, crafter) per realm. For more on how the RPS theory applies, please refer to Foundational Principle #6
Mark Jacobs and Andrew Meggs founded City State Entertainment in March 2011. CSE is a self-funded, independent game studio with no venture capital and/or publisher ownership. In addition to the co-founders, we have one of the earliest members of Mythic Entertainment, effects artist Mike Crossmire,who was a key contributor to all of Mythic's earliest games and Dark Age of Camelot, plus a young group of talented artists and programmers, for some of whom this is their first industry gig. Mark has been making games since the days of the Apple II, and while Andrew is a wee bit younger, his credentials as a programming guru, graphics whiz and lead are nothing short of outstanding; when your resume lists Vampire: The Masquerade, Dark Age of Camelot, Warhammer, Skyrim and more, well, that's quite a card deck. Together, these veterans have worked on more than two dozen games spanning over 30 years in the industry.
For more information on the team, please visit our website (http://www.citystateentertainment.com).
Mark Jacobs will add $2M dollars to the development budget himself. This is covered in more detail below.
From his days at A.U.S.I. and at Mythic, Mark has preached (sometimes to very deaf ears) the importance of talking with and listening to the players. As part of our studio's mandate, every developer at CSE will have a presence on our backer forums. You want to praise, complain, question, probe, make suggestions, etc. to them? You'll get your opportunity on our both community and moderated private forums.
Every dollar we raise from this Kickstarter campaign will go towards development. Our staffing plan includes hiring three additional engineers, two artists, one designer and one part-time writer immediately. The MMO engine will be developed in-house with one purpose, to make a great RvR MMORPG; the engineers will work with Andrew on it, and our existing programmers on the server tech. While this game won't require the amount of content as Dark Age of Camelot, we still need to hire a few more artists in-house and a writer so, dragons be praised, Mark can go back to his day job and stop writing all these documents.
Andrew has shown off some of the tech that he has been working on recently in his less-than-copious spare time. Andrew has helped build in-house engines at Bethesda and Troika. He has also worked with the deepest innards of Source and Gamebryo and pushed the limits of Unity. He knows the technical challenges of putting together big open worlds, from content production through rendering, and there's nobody we'd rather have in that role.
Ask yourself if any current MMORPG has delivered a long-lasting RvR experience. Would you like to help create that kind of experience? Our backers will be part of the creation process right from the beginning with our private forums and access to the development team. What we can do together over the next few years will set CSE and this project apart. Other developers talk about how much they embrace the community (and some truly do) but Mark has been doing this for almost 30 years, without fail. He hasn't been afraid to talk with the players and listen to their feedback, but he is also willing to say no. That approach is something everybody at CSE willingly signs up for when it comes to communicating with our backers in order to make this game a success.
Together, we can create an RvR world that is more immersive, vibrant, challenging and fun than anything we've seen in a long time. But we need your help to do so. We hope you'll join us in this great adventure, and we thank you for your interest in this project.
Please click on any of the links below for more information about each of the individual pledge tiers!
$ 150 - Twins Love Tchotchkes Too
$ 450 - Physical Phat Lewt Forever
Please note: An additional 5 FPs are awarded to anyone who subscribed to our newsletter before launch as per an email we sent out last month. Sorry it wasn't in our launch text.
Also, we have received a number of inquiries about how the beta process works, mainly if an earlier tier of beta includes the tiers after that. The answer is yes, absolutely! We'll modify our reward tiers grid to make this as clear as possible today. Thanks - MJ
Risks and challenges
Making an MMORPG is hard; the vast landscape of MMO-Land is littered with the decaying corpses of many that even failed to launch, let alone to be commercially successful. While Mark Jacobs headed up a studio that launched two of the most highly rated (based on Metacritic) subscription-based MMORPGs of all time, this is no guarantee that we at CSE can accomplish what so many talented and more heavily financed teams have failed to do. So, instead of spending even more time here telling you why we can do better, Mark Jacobs is willing to do something quite unheard of on Kickstarter, which is to put $2M of his own money into this project, while at the same time not using any of the money raised from this Kickstarter to fund any part of his salary, perks, benefits, etc.
Mark has never been afraid of taking risks, and this is no exception. The money raised from our Kickstarter will be used to fund only a portion of the game's development costs, and we have already lined up additional sums. These are dependent on us proving to the investors that there is a market for this type of game in today's very difficult MMORPG climate. With a successful Kickstarter campaign, we`ll prove to them that we have a strong core group of people interested enough in this type of game to back it. Everyone recognizes how difficult it will be to pull this off (and the skepticism is sure to rival what Mythic Entertainment faced in 1999 after announcing Dark Age of Camelot). By putting in $2M of his own money, Mark's is showing our potential Kickstarter backers that he appreciates the risks you are taking and is willing once again to put his money where his mouth is. Mark's contribution to this Kickstarter project is more than any other developer he is aware of currently, even those whose financial success dwarfs his own. He believes in this project so much that he willing to risk a significant part of his savings just to make it come true. He will also have an additional update on this issue during the course of this Kickstarter.
How's that for eliminating risk?
As to challenges, we will need to hire about a dozen talented artists, programmers and designers to round out the core team. Once we do that, the only other is whether a small, underfunded and undermanned team can pull off what almost all talented ones have failed to do in a generation - produce a great, long-lasting subscription-based MMORPG. Easy peasy lemon squeezy right?
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Congratulations to all the #Infanta Teams that took part in the 2017 World Championships in Cape Town! The #Infanta Teams not just won the Pro Stock class – they dominated it! The Teams managed to get 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th position in the Pro Stock class overall. We also took 2nd, 3rd and 4th place in the Modified Class Over All. 5 out of the 6 Overall podium positions was taken by the #Infanta Teams. We are extremely proud of all the teams with their great performance at this world championship event! The Infanta P1 has proven that this is the No. 1 boat in SA and in the World!
Infanta Inflatables is situated in Swellendam next to the Breede River, which flows along the South Coast of South Africa as far as Cape Infanta. Infanta began manufacturing inflatable boats in 1985 and has been under the current ownership since 1995.
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Not afraid of frocking up in a kilt and jumping on the bagpipes? Perhaps you've got some Scottish blood! And lucky you if you do. Home to mystical castles, glorious highlands and enough whisky to booze the Loch Ness Monster, you'll be head over heels with all things Scottish by the time your week of adventure here is up.
Royal mile, old Castle, home of the brave, Edinburgh is going to turn it on from start to end. With days of good time ahead, go out in search of haggis, a whisky bar and join the jolly locals before meeting up with the crew tonight, in anticipation of the good times that are yet to come.
Today is yours to roam free - but if you want to get the low down on the history of this city why not join our local guide for an optional tour of Edinburgh Castle (which is resting on an extinct volcano!!) to kickstart your love affair with this city. Or maybe you'll do a spot of tartan shopping on Princes Street. Strictly for the purpose of being cultural, you should probably make time for a traditional deep fried chocolate bar during your day. The things we do for cultural immersion...
Wake from your fried chocolate food coma crazy travellers, it's time to blaze a trail out of Edinburgh & head for the Scottish Highlands.On the way to the main affair of the day we'll stop by St. Andrews, the birthplace of golf, would you believe? As well as Scotland's oldest university town.Already blown away by the beauty of the rugged mountain scenery en route, we'll arrive in the Scottish Highlands amped up for mystical tales and a lake cruise on Loch Ness.
We might be coming down from a high (geographically speaking) this morning, but as we seek out the stunning Isle of Skye, the mood will only be rising.Time to explore an island famed for its pastel houses that fringe the coastline like a giant selection of marshmallows. We'll look around a fishing port and the seaside town of Portree, all the while learning how people live in this dramatic environment.Before the day's out we'll set our eyes on Britain's highest mountain. Whether capped by snow or overflowing with green, it's sure to take your breath away & leave you more than content with your day's discoveries.
After a few days of remote and rugged goodness, a change of pace in Scotland's biggest city is sure to fire things up a notch.We make a stop in Stirling, known for it's famous Castle nestled right on a hill, and the town where William Wallace took on the English and yelled "Freeeedom!"Get involved with everything great about Glasgow. Live music on every corner, a gothic cathedral & plenty of quirky characters make this city unique.
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text: Half-life 2: Episode 4 or Return to Ravenholm was a title being developed by Arkane studios between 2006 and 2007 before eventually being cancelled. Little of the game beyond concept art and an animation reel demo has been seen before now. All images are verified as work from Episode 4. Our investigators have uncovered a selection images which show some in-game shots of the title which show new textures and models Arkane had planned for the game. You may notice a HUD element saying 'Absorption' in the images, if you have any suggestions what that might be, we'd like to hear them! You can also check out our video showing all the media from Episode 4 right here.


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DRHOOK- Fatties: Help kids exercise to avoid diabetes
"I walked five miles to school when I was your age."
Ha! Do you really believe your elders when they tell you that story? When I was in sixth grade, my dad took me back to his small village in South Korea, and I witnessed that he did indeed walk five miles to school and back. Open mouth, Insert Humble Pie. I thought walking 0.25 miles to my bus stop in Ohio was long. The bus stopped only three places in our neighborhood. I was lucky not to live on the third street because there was a big hill.
Today, the school bus seems to stop seven times on the same street, almost every 50 feet. The bus starts braking just after it starts accelerating. So I was glad to hear some parents are doing "Walking School Bus Project" in which parents walk the kids to school.
Are out-of-shape kids getting fatter and developing diabetes?
It seems we have become the Jetsons: we don't move except to push a button. The iRobot Roomba has become our Rosie to vacuum floors. Kids don't play football or basketball outside; they play their video games in their rooms. Pretty soon, kids will use Segways to play soccer.
Type II Diabetes is related to excessive weight, especially with increased fat in the abdomen. Type II Diabetes is due to the body's resistance to insulin, the hormone that decreases blood sugar and is vital in body metabolism.
In the past, Type II Diabetes was called "Adult Onset Diabetes," but it isn't anymore because it's now occurring and increasing in children and adolescents. In fact, one study shows that with the current trends in childhood/adolescent obesity, 40-50 percent of babies born after the year 2000 will develop Type II Diabetes in their lifetimes. "Holy Sugar Cane, Batman!"
It just isn't in the USA where diabetes is on the rise in kids: Japan, Thailand, Argentina all report increased body weight and Type II Diabetes. In 1994, Cincinnati reported Type II Diabetes increased by 10 times.
There are ethnic differences in those at risk for diabetes. Native Americans have the highest risk, followed by Asian Americans, Hispanics, and African Americans. Studies have shown a western diet in Japanese Americans has led to increased heart disease compared to those back in Japan, though the diet has also become more western in certain parts of Japan. (I wonder if they have a McSushi?)
A mother or father with Type II Diabetes is a big risk factor in kids' development of the disease. Forty to eighty percent of kids with Type II Diabetes have at least one parent who has it. Part of the problem might be the apple doesn't fall far from the tree: bad eating habits and lack of exercise. Genes are another reason, as seen in identical twins.
Insulin resistance and obesity might develop more readily during pregnancy if the mother has gestational diabetes. On the flip side, prenatal malnutrition can increase the risk of Type II Diabetes for the kids.
Symptoms of Type II Diabetes aren't usually that apparent. Excessive urination, thirst, and waking up many times to urinate can spell diabetes. Screening for Type II Diabetes would cost about $10,000 per kid for every identified case, so screening isn't recommended unless there are risk factors.
I'm lucky my parents taught me to stay physically active because I do have risk factors for diabetes. I'm thankful never to have had Type II Diabetes as a child (because I'm sweet enough as is– hmm. Let me think about that.).
If we want healthy Americans, we need to help the children start off on the right foot. There's no way to sugar coat this major problem America is facing.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a renowned physician with a local practice and an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions.


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More precisely, what real numbers $r$ have the following property: for any $\epsilon > 0$ there exist infinitely many pairs $(p, q)$ of integers such that
$$\left| \frac{p}{q} - r \right| < \frac{\epsilon}{q^2}.$$
I think that this is impossible if $r$ is a quadratic irrational. On the other hand, it's certainly possible for any number with irrationality measure strictly greater than $2$.
What I really want to know is if the real numbers which don't have the property above have measure zero. If that's true, it would answer the last part of this math.SE question.


text: I started using linuxsampler a couple of days ago, so that I could be able to use the VSL library I had in .gig files. Everything works like a charm, thanks very much. However, I noticed that all the .gig files for any given instruments are separated in different articulation. I thus assume that it is not possible to use the VSL expression maps, as only one set of articulation can be loaded per track. Is there any way I can work around this? Have any of you guys using linuxsampler with VSL found a solution to recreate articulations? Thanks for your answers!


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The KTM 125 EXC Six Days is a tough off roader that is ready to follow your lead with obedience every time you feel the taste of adventure.
The motorcycle is propelled by a 124.8 cc, 1-Cylinder, 2-Stroke, Water-Cooled, engine with reed intake and exhaust control. For enhanced performances, the engine has a redesigned reed valve housing featuring Boyesen high-performance reeds. It is mated to a 6 gear, claw shifted transmission with wet multi-disc clutch.
The KTM 125 EXC Six Days is built on a central tube frame made of chrome molybdenum steel tubing with high-quality orange coating. The frame sits on front WP suspension up side down 4860 4CS forks and a rear WP Suspensions shock absorber.
Other features that are worthy of being mentioned include new machined triple clamps (orange anodized), a black anodised handlebar with KTM Six Days logo, a supersprox 2-piece rear sprocket with steel outer ring and aluminium star, a rear brake disc, skid plate and radiator guard.
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Engine:1-cylinder 2-stroke engine, water-cooled, with reed intake and exhaust control
Displacement:124 cc
2014 KTM 125 EXC SIX DAYS: For the Toughest Missions
The KTM 125 EXC is "READY TO RACE" for the world's largest enduro competition, the "International Six Days Enduro". Six days in succession, over a thousand offroad kilometres, 40 hours in the saddle - a gruelling test, not only for the rider. A whole package of high-quality special options makes the 125 EXC Six Days 2014 fit for this ruthless contest, in which more than half the starters bank on KTM every year. KTM 125 EXC Six Days - only authentic with the orange powder-coated frame of the KTM Factory Team. No other brand is anywhere near as strongly and successfully represented in offroad sport as KTM. This is particularly clear in the world's largest enduro competition, the "International Six Days Enduro" (ISDE), where more than 500 enduro riders from over 30 countries compete for the World Team Championship. A marathon enduro race that places just as high demands on the motorcycles as it does on the riders. That's why year after year more than half the competitors place their trust in the tried and tested products from Austria. In 2013, the Six Days Race will be held on the Italian island of Sardinia. Those who want to arrive safely at the finish on the demanding, rocky terrain will have to make no compromises. In the form of the new Six Days models, KTM offers well-proven, robust machines that fully satisfy the high demands of this extraordinarily tough competition.
Performance Aplenty:
Air Box
The airbox on the KTM 125 EXC Six Days allows maximum air to pass through, but minimum dust and spray. Replacement of the twin-air filter takes approx. 15 seconds, without any tools. Absolutely "READY TO RACE".
The engine has a redesigned reed valve housing featuring Boyesen high-performance reeds. Thanks to the innovations, performance has been optimised and responsiveness improved. Further optimisations include a new piston grinding pattern and an adjusted carburettor setting. The new developments make the 125 EXC even more steadfast.
Superior Chassis:
Telescopic Fork
The KTM Six Days models are equipped with a 48 mm 4CS closed-cartridge fork from WP Suspension. The 4-chamber technology (4CS) patented by WP not only provides a key benefit in terms of responsiveness and consistent damping characteristics, it is also lighter and oil services prove to be far simpler than on the conventional closed-cartridge versions. The setting has been made slightly stiffer and sportier for the 2014 model year to give the fork even more reserves on extremely rutted tracks as well. Naturally, the setting can easily be adapted to track and rider in a matter of a few clicks at the top of the fork: compression damping on the left-hand shaft, rebound damping on the right - another advantage of the 4CS technology.
Triple Clamp
Meticulously finished triple clamps, machined from a solid block: Not only do they look classy in anodised orange; they are also designed in such a way that they support the responsiveness and sliding behaviour of the new fork with their special shaping. The attachment points on the lower triple clamp have been adapted for new front fenders for the 2014 model year.
High Quality Wheels
The high quality, alloy wheels from GIANT made of extremely stable 7050 aluminium, featuring exclusive Six Days lettering and CNC-machined hubs, are standard on all KTM Six Days models. The MAXXIS FIM tyres provide excellent traction, very precise directional control and a long service life. An additional Six Days standard feature: the Supersprox 2-piece rear sprocket with steel outer ring and aluminium star.
High-tech brakes from Brembo have always been standard equipment on KTM offroad bikes and, together with the lightweight wave brake discs, they are the measure of all things in terms of brake technology. A new handbrake armature has been employed for the 2014 model year, with new remote reservoir, smaller brake piston diameter and a new lever with optimised lever kinematics. As a result and thanks to optimised sintered brake pads (Toyo B169), the performance and application of the front brake have been perceptibly improved again.
Individual Suspension Settings
Each EXC model has its own individual suspension settings, optimally tuned to weight and engine. At the rear, a PDS shock absorber from WP Suspension works with a direct linkage to the upper side of the swingarm. The wide range of setting options for rebound damping and high- and low-speed compression damping are standard on KTM bikes.
The modern frame design of the 125 EXC Six Days, comprising lightweight, high strength, chrome-molybdenum steel section tubes, combines maximum longitudinal stiffness with optimum torsional stiffness. It guarantees easy handling and precise steering behaviour, as well as excellent ride stability. So the new frame not only shines with the new colour, it also clearly represents the benchmark in terms of weight and stability.
The cast aluminium swingarm has been developed with state-of-the-art calculation and simulation software and constructed, in terms of design and wall thickness, for minimum weight with optimum stiffness and precisely defined flexibility. For the 2014 model year, our engineers have revised the chainguide for the benefit of higher functional reliability, while simultaneously reducing the weight.
Slim Ergonomics For Perfect Control:
The KTM 125 EXC Six Days has bodywork with extremely slim ergonomics and excellent contact points between rider and machine. It provides unlimited freedom of movement. For MY 2014, the bike excels again with the graphics restyled in 2013 in the colours of the ISDE in Germany.
The 125 EXC Six Days is equipped with a tapered Neken handlebar made from high-strength aluminium alloy. In accordance with the proven KTM standard, the handlebar can be fixed in a choice of four positions. Redesigned handguards made from ultra-sturdy 2-component plastic have been fitted for the 2014 model year, ensuring more efficient hand protection. The newly installed clutch armature from Brembo® has been adapted to the appearance of the brake armature.
With Exclusive Special Equipment:
Six Days Equipment
• 4CS closed-cartridge fork from WP Suspension with revamped settings
• Frame with high-quality orange coating in race look
• New machined triple clamps, orange anodised
• Black anodised handlebar with KTM Six Days logo
• Supersprox 2-piece rear sprocket with steel outer ring and aluminium star
• Solid rear brake disc (no slots/holes)
• Camel SXS seat with optimised foam core
• Skid plate
• Radiator guard
• Carbon exhaust protector
• Exhaust silencer with Six Days anodising (anthracite) and Six Days logo
• Wheels featuring high quality, black anodised rims made by GIANT with Six Days logo and black spokes
• Quick-release spindle at the front
• Orange radiator grille
• Orange chain guide
• New speedo from MAE
• Exclusive Six Days graphics
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|1-cylinder 2-stroke engine, water-cooled, with reed intake and exhaust control
|124.8 cm³
|54 mm
|54.5 mm
|Starting aid
|Kick starter
|6 gear, claw shifted
|Primary ratio
|Final drive
|14:50 (13:50)
|Wet multi-disc clutch / Brembo hydraulics
|Ignition system
|Contactless, controlled, fully electronic ignition system with digital ignition timing adjustment, type Kokusan
|Central tube frame made of chrome molybdenum steel tubing
|WP Suspension Up Side Down 4860 4CS
|Shock absorber
|WP Suspension PDS 5018 DCC
|Suspension travel front
|292 mm
|Suspension travel rear
|335 mm
|Brake system
|Disc brakes, brake calipers on floating bearings
|Brake discs - diameter Front
|260 mm
|Brake discs - diameter Rear
|220 mm
|5/8 x 1/4"
|Steering head angle
|Wheel base
|1,471±10 mm
|Ground clearance (unloaded)
|355 mm
|Seat height (unloaded)
|960 mm
|Total fuel tank capacity approx.
|9.5 l Unleaded premium fuel (95 octane), mixed with 2-stroke engine oil (1:60)
|Weight without fuel approx.
|94 kg


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VoIP and Live Streaming, in my opinion, have revolutionized the communication industry. Anyone with computer and internet connection can connect with anyone else on the planet, for real time voice and video communications. The clincher? Such tools require a few dollars and commodity internet access –nearly everyone can get in on the conversation.
Skype connects a family
Recently, an Uncle and Auntie of mine recently moved to the Middle East for a off country teaching assignment, in a city known for violence, assassinations and unrest. Yesterday, during a local family get together we were able to arrange a time to call them, and we piped over a video stream to them. We could hear their audio only. I was able to briefly jump into this real world communications with them, as they were half way around the world, and wouldn't be returning to us anytime soon.
My cousin showed him around the house with the video camera, although the wireless network connection would sometimes drop, they got to experience a virtual tour of what we were doing. Although not perfectly setup, we continue to lower the barriers to communication in real time, and the medium gets richer with each passing year.
Live streaming the human life cycle
I recently spoke with Chris Yeh, the CEO of Ustream (live interactive video), he tells me that in addition to people broadcasting live births on the web, that families are live-broadcasting funerals. Morbid? Not really, some family members who couldn't be at the service get to participate in the grieving process, in this virtual way to be with their family.
What's next?
It's just a matter of time before our traditional home entertainment systems become IP enabled, allowing for PC to TV real-time video and audio to be transmitted. It would be interesting to see the adoption of these tools each holiday season, year after year.
Has VoIP or Live Streaming impacted your family?
There's so many examples of how these tools impact business, but have you had an experience where these tools impacted your personal or family life? VoIP, live video streaming, what? Share with me in the comments.


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January 30, 2013, Kennewick, WA, (ISN) – Tri-City struck first on a great play from Malte Strömwall, who brought the puck to the end line and dropped it off, faking out Prince George and allowing Jesse Mychan to slap the puck into a wide open net for a 1-0 lead.
Strömwall would make it 2-0 two minutes later as Feser fed it across the middle to Malte, firing a one-timer into the goal.
Feser chipped in three assists, helping the Tri-City Americans (29-19-1-2, 61 pts) close out a four-game home stand with a 5-2 win over the Prince George Cougars (15-29-2-4, 36 pts) in front of 3,510 at the Toyota Center.
The Americans dominated the period, earning the advantage in the shot department 14-10, carrying a two goal lead into the second.
The Americans continued what they started in the first, as they increased the lead to 3-0 three minutes into the second. Feser brought the puck into the zone, passed it to Mychan who dropped it off to Plutnar, firing a laser into the top left corner of the net. Prince George had plenty of opportunities throughout the period, including outshooting the Americans 23-8 in the period and three power play chances. The Cougars finally got on the board late in the period on the power play as Chase Witala scored to make it 3-1 after two periods.
Parker Bowles got into the scoring early in the third period as he fired it into the goal from the slot on a feed from Connor Rankin. Witala scored his second goal of the game a minute later to cut the lead back to two. Prince George fought to score again and get back into the game, but the Americans put away the Cougars as Rankin scored an insurance goal late in the period to seal the win for Tri-City.
The 23 shots the Americans allowed in the second period is a season-high for shots allowed in a period. Prince George had 58 penalty minutes, the most against the Americans this season.
Luke Lee-Knight made 42 saves in the win while Mac Engel and Brett Zarowny combined to make 27 saves in the loss.
Tri-City will hit the road for two games this weekend, starting with a visit to the Everett Silvertips (21-28-1-2, 45 pts) on Feb. 1. Game time is at 7:05 p.m. The Americans have had success against the Silvertips this season, earning a win in five of the seven meetings. Tri-City is 3-0 in Comcast Arena this season. NewsTalk 870 will broadcast the game beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show. WHL Live will stream the game online starting at 7:00 p.m.
Jack in the Box Three Stars:
1. Justin Feser, Tri-City
2. Jesse Mychan, Tri-City
3. Luke Lee-Knight, Tri-City


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Q & A with Senior Goalkeeper Peter Akman
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First-year men's soccer head coach Jon Pascale has led the Tritons through a rigorous training camp and the squad is ready to start the 2008 season, which begins at home on Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. against Hawaii-Hilo. Leading a stellar UCSD defense is senior goalkeeper Peter Akman, who played abroad in high school and transferred from Mesa Community College before last season. As a junior in 2007, Akman started 15 of UCSD's 17 games. "Peter is a high-level goalkeeper," Pascale said, "who is going to play a major role in the success of the team this year. So far he has been working hard and looking very sharp in training." Akman took time away from his busy preseason schedule to talk about the upcoming season, his experiences playing soccer around the globe and what his future entails.
Q ¢ Having grown up in Tampa, Florida and attended high school in Turkey, how did you end up out West at UC San Diego?
Akman - First of all I should probably start with how I got to Turkey in the first place. I went over to Turkey to play for a top club team and they had a high school I attended. It was really great because I got a chance to travel all over Europe during that time. Going to high school over there was interesting though because I didn't speak any Turkish. I ended up transferring clubs my last year and moved to England. After I finished I had some offers to play professionally but I decided I wanted to get my education first. I came back to the U.S. and was interested in biology and engineering, so bioengineering seemed like the logical choice. Obviously UCSD is the best in that field and I even came to the university as a kid for summer camp and I love San Diego, so it was an easy choice.
Q ¢ In what ways has playing soccer in those different places helped you become a student-athlete?
Akman ¢ As a student-athlete I got a great experience in a high-disciplined environment. All athletes here at UCSD could really relate to it because the academics and athletics are so competitive.
Q ¢ Where would you rather spend a week of summer vacation time: Southern California or South Florida?
Akman ¢ I guess the way I can answer this, is with a question: Do you like big sharks or small sharks?
Q ¢ What are your first impressions of first-year head coach Jon Pascale and the new staff he has formed to lead the Tritons?
Akman ¢ It's far exceeding any expectations I could have had. They've just been fantastic and have brought the best out of our team. They've not only already helped our team on the field but off the field as well. All the assistant coaches are bringing real playing experience to the table as well. With those coaches I can definitely see that UCSD will continue its path as being one of the top athletic programs.
Q ¢ The goalkeeper coach on staff, Greg LaPorte, has played in Europe and South America. How has it been to have him on board?
Akman ¢ Our new goalkeeper coach has really changed and improved how we can train. Last year we didn't really have a coach so we kind of had to train ourselves. It's really funny too because he's played in a few of the same places I have. It's great to be able to relate to the training environments we've been through and also the different training styles.
Q ¢ The UCSD team has decided to keep four goalkeepers on the roster. What was the competition like in training camp?
Akman ¢ It's been great. We have some great players at the position. They all work extremely hard and they're great team players. Both the field players and the keepers have been training at a very high level.
Q ¢ Pitchers in baseball, goalkeepers in hockey...do goalies in soccer deserve an "odd-ball" stereotype as well?
Akman ¢ I guess they always say æOh, you're a goalkeeper, you're crazy,' but we always respond with æYou guys are running all day so you must be the crazy ones.' So maybe we're the smart ones. Goalkeepers have to be different ¢ we don't get much credit and we work just as hard.
Q ¢ Do you have any pregame rituals or interesting superstitions?
Akman ¢ I have had quite a few but they really change with the time. It's been different things like not cleaning my gloves if I'm playing well or wearing the same jersey.
Q ¢ Which game this season are you looking forward to most?
Akman ¢ A national championship game. Our team is looking very strong at the start and I'm hoping we get there.
Q ¢ With the CCAA schedule lining up so that men's and women's soccer teams travel together and play doubleheaders, you get to see a lot of Brian McManus' squad. Who is your favorite to watch on the women's squad?
Akman ¢ Coach McManus has always had a great squad. Last year they had an awesome team but had some bad luck in getting plagued by injuries. I can't really pick a certain team member just because they all play so well together. I'm sure with all his recruits this year there will be a lot more stars.
Q ¢ Academically and athletically, what was the transition like going from Mesa Community College to UCSD before the 2007 season?
Akman ¢ I am really proud to say I was a community college student. It was unfortunate that when I came over from Turkey they didn't accept my high school degree so instead I had to get a GED. Eventually I transferred over to UCSD and it shows that even with a GED I could get into the bioengineering program. Mesa prepared me very, very well for a strong academic university such as UCSD.
Q ¢ What are your plans for after graduation?
Akman ¢ I'm working right now and I also found out that I've been accepted into the master's program here for bioengineering. So there's actually a possibility of playing another year as a post-graduate student. It's not a definite but I could see it happening.
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Natasha Belak-Berger (Women's Soccer) August 15, 2008Jake LaVieux (Men's Cross Country) August 8, 2008
Dr. Penny Rue (Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs) July 30, 2008
Michelle Torres (Women's Volleyball) July 15, 2008
Jon Pascale (Men's Soccer Head Coach) July 1, 2008
Julie Ertel (Athletics) June 16, 2008
Clint Allard (Men's Basketball) June 9, 2008Jen Myers (Women's Crew) May 27, 2008
Casey Ryan (Men's Track and Field and Men's Basketball) May 21, 2008
Keith Noe (Baseball) May 13, 2008
Liz LaPlante (Women's Tennis Head Coach) April 30, 2008
Sydney Gstettenbauer (Women's Water Polo) April 22, 2008
Sarah Hendy (Women's Track and Field) April 17, 2008
Eric Leserman (Men's Volleyball) April 9, 2008
Danielle Lukk (Softball) April 4, 2008
Chris Franco (Baseball) March 24, 2008
Dan Perdew (Swimming) March 18, 2008
Evan Hsiao (Swimming) March 9, 2008
Eric Rubens (Men's Tennis) February 27, 2008
Melissa Ward (Softball) February 20, 2008
Cameron Sprowles (Fencing) February 13, 2008
Kim Hockett (Women's Water Polo) February 6, 2008
Trevor Decker (Baseball) January 31, 2008
Jordan Lawley (Men's Basketball) January 23, 2008
Jason Spangler (Men's Volleyball) January 5, 2008
Andrew Skewes (Men's Diving) December 26, 2007
Alexis Gaskin (Women's Basketball) December 17, 2007
Aubrey Panis (Women's Swimming) December 2, 2007
Andrew Hatch (Men's Basketball) November 26, 2007
Kevin Klein (Men's Cross Country) November 12, 2007
Kim Adams (Women's Volleyball) November 7, 2007
Ben Miller (Men's Water Polo) October 31, 2007
Alie Avina (Women's Soccer) October 19, 2007
Charity Elliott (Women's Basketball Head Coach) October 15, 2007
Jason Le (Men's Soccer ) October 3, 2007
Rebecca Bailey (Women's Volleyball) September 18, 2007


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Aunt Gracie Shoaf also had a burglar phobia, but she met it with more fortitude. She was confident that burglars had been getting into her house every night for forty years. The fact that she never missed anything was to her no proof to the contrary. She always claimed that she scared them off before they could take anything, by throwing shoes down the hallway. When she went to bed she piled, where she could get at them handily, all the shoes there were about her house. Five minutes after she had turned off the light, she would sit up in bed and say "Hark!" Her husband, who had learned to ignore the whole situation as long ago as 1903, would either be sound asleep or pretend to be sound asleep. In either case he would not respond to her tugging and pulling, so that presently she would arise, tiptoe to the door, open it slightly and heave a shoe down the hall in one direction and its mate down the hall in the other direction. Some nights she threw them all, some nights only a couple of pairs.
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Peeking under the bed, throwing shoes down the hall...
In a classic piece that I have remembered since my teenage years, James Thurber wrote about his family in My Life and Hard Times, first published in the New Yorker magazine. See Thurber, James. My Life and Hard Times. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933. Here is an excerpt from the book that I have particularly treasured:
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Thanks for your post. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. Sometimes I do the opposite as well. I find that I will often try to make my ancestors' lives more "exciting" than they are. But there are beautiful stories to be told in the everyday lives of my family and I need to remember to accept them for exactly who they were... at least as much of their story as I can uncover. (that's a whole other issue)ReplyDelete
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Play vs. M's adds rare flash to Morneau's defense
SEATTLE -- True, Justin Morneau's bat has not been winning as many games lately as the first baseman and his Twins are used to.
Yet his steady, at times spectacular, glove still works.View Full Game Coverage
SEATTLE -- True, Justin Morneau's bat has not been winning as many games lately as the first baseman and his Twins are used to.
Yet his steady, at times spectacular, glove still works.View Full Game Coverage
The 2006 American League Most Valuable Player made a wowing play wide of first base in the 11th inning Friday night to help keep Minnesota's game going long enough for Chris Colabello to beat Seattle with a two-run home run in the top of the 13th.
Morneau, who was a goalie growing up in hockey-mad Vancouver, British Columbia, was holding a runner on with no outs late Friday when Kyle Seager hit a hard hopper that was headed into right field. Morneau moved off the bag to his right and dropped to his knees, as if an NHL netminder. He then threw from those knees to shortstop Pedro Florimon for the forceout at second. Morneau scrambled to his feet, sprinted back to first base and received Florimon's return throw just before Seager arrived, completing Minnesota's 120th double play -- the team had a Major League-leading 122 after Saturday's game.
Instead of Seattle perhaps having runners at first and third with no outs and a prime chance to win Friday's game, it had none on and two outs. Brian Duensing struck out Dustin Ackley to end the 11th. Then Colabello hit his first career home run in the 13th.
"Sometimes the hockey goalie comes out in him," manager Ron Gardenhire said of Morneau with a smile Saturday morning, hours before Morneau had a double and his eighth home run in Minnesota's 4-0 win. "He's underrated defensively. He's a big guy, a real physical guy, but he moves real well. Not too much gets by him."
Playing in front of his parents and about two dozen friends and family members again Saturday, Morneau was guarding the line with two outs and two Mariners on in the eighth inning. Raul Ibanez hit a hard shot just inside the line behind first. Morneau smoothly glided over and snared the ball before it got away from a potential two-run double, then jogged over to the bag to keep the shutout intact.
"When I was a younger player, I might have taken at-bats with me out into the field," Morneau said, "but now I realize how much I can still have an impact on the game defensively. Defense is hugely important with our team, and it's important to me."
He says when he came up a decade ago, defense was what people saw as his liability.
"I've tried to prove people wrong," he said.
Yet Morneau's defense gets overlooked, in particular by Gold Glove Award voters and those who are focused entirely on his offensive production. That is the standard by which former MVPs are held.
Morneau entered Saturday's third game of the Seattle series batting .264 with seven home runs. The average would be his lowest over a full season since 2005. He is on pace for his fewest home runs over a full season since his Major League debut with the Twins in 2003. He had only one homer in his last 17 games -- until he clobbered a fastball into the right-center field bleachers for a solo shot in the seventh inning Saturday to give Minnesota a 4-0 lead.
Plus, Morneau's latest glove trick came at almost 1 a.m. Saturday back in the Twin Cities, so it was likely overlooked.
Just like his defense for much of his career.
Morneau's fielding percentage this season entering Saturday led the A.L. at .998. He was second in double plays turned by a first baseman (95), a category in which he led the league in 2008. For the second consecutive season he is leading the A.L. in range factor per game as a first baseman, an advanced defensive metric.
Yet he has never won a Gold Glove Award.
Gardenhire believes part of the reason is that Morneau is so quick defensively. The manager notes the first baseman often does not make the lunging, leaping stops many others do while getting on nightly highlight reels.
"We've had players in the past that the ball is there," the manager said, pointing to a spot maybe a foot away, "and they dive -- when they didn't need to make the diving play. Morneau's going to get in front of those balls. He's good at doing the daily grind. He's got an iron mill worker's mentality. We like that a lot about him.
"If you ask me is he a Gold Glover, I'd say, 'absolutely.'"
Gregg Bell is a contributor to MLB.com.


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Mexican families struggle to bring attention to those who've disappeared
Rogelio Elizondo's son went to buy a used car in Nuevo Laredo. He never came back.
He and a companion simply vanished on May 8, 2011. Because they were carrying the equivalent of $5,000 for the purchase, suspicion turned to foul play.
Alarmed, Elizondo fretted over what to do. Friends offered advice.
"People said to us, 'Don't report this.' They said, 'Let us look into this,' " Elizondo recalled. After 10 days, growing more desperate, Elizondo went to the Coahuila state police, only to find utter lack of interest.
"They said it wasn't their jurisdiction. It happened in another state," Elizondo said. Indeed, Nuevo Laredo is in neighboring Tamaulipas, not Coahuila. "They said, 'We aren't going to investigate. There's nothing we are going to do.' "
In much of Mexico, Elizondo's tragedy would remain the anguish of a solitary family in a country where the problem of people who've disappeared is worse than anyplace else in the Western Hemisphere. Mexico's government acknowledged in February that it has a list of 26,121 people who'd vanished without a trace during the government of President Felipe Calderon, who left office Dec. 1.
But in Coahuila, a slightly more positive story is unfolding. The number of "disappeared" is still high here – 1,600 or so, the governor has acknowledged – but Elizondo wasn't alone. He joined scores of other families looking into the cases of 298 missing persons in the state.
The families, gathered in a group called United Efforts for Our Disappeared in Coahuila, raised a clamor. They met with the governor, who agreed early last year to set up a special prosecutor's office for the disappeared.
The fears of relatives melted somewhat as their ranks grew. They called for greater use of DNA testing to match human remains with the disappeared. They began to map the cellular phone calls of their missing loved ones in their final hours before vanishing. They demanded – and got – regular meetings with authorities.
"We're sitting down every two months with the governor and the state attorney general. This is a big advance. We think it could be a model for other states," said Diana Iris Garcia, who's a leading activist with the group. Her son vanished in 2007.
There's no easy answer to why Mexico has so many disappeared people. Its numbers dwarf the better-publicized cases of Argentina, Brazil and Chile during the years that military governments ruled those countries.
A recent report by Human Rights Watch found that the military or police had played a role in 149 of the 249 Mexican cases the group examined in depth, which suggests official involvement in many of the disappearances. Hundreds more may be people who ran afoul of the country's brutal criminal syndicates. The lack of interest among police departments means that most cases are never investigated, the New York-based advocacy group found.
Even the extent of the problem is uncertain. The list of 26,121 cases that the new government of President Enrique Pena Nieto acknowledges is not definitive, authorities say, and the number might be higher. Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong announced last month that he'd assigned 20 police officers to look into the cases full time.
Coahuila might seem an unusual place to make headway on the issue. The state, abutting Texas, is a hotbed of organized crime. Mexico's most feared syndicate, Los Zetas, holds sway here. Few officials resist falling into the pockets of gangsters.
"The degree of penetration of organized crime in the police, the judiciary and in political spheres makes people quite scared," said Roman Catholic Bishop Raul Vera Lopez, the head of the diocese of Saltillo, the state capital.
Vera, one of Mexico's most outspoken prelates, has played a crucial role in drawing attention to the issue. His diocese houses the offices of the United Efforts group, and it's drawn legal and scientific support from experts outside Mexico.
"We've got people helping us who were looking for the disappeared at the time of Pinochet in Chile," Vera said, referring to that country's military dictator, the late Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
The growing unity of family members in Coahuila, who compose the backbone of the movement, has emboldened them, however. Their demands are straightforward, including a national database of those gone missing.
"The way we see it, the state should declare a national emergency and give all resources necessary to begin an emergency search," said Garcia, of United Efforts.
With police and other authorities often in league with gangsters in northern Mexico, judicial investigators frequently resist probing disappearances. That leaves it to relatives to conduct their own investigations.
That's what happened with Elizondo when his 23-year-old son, a mechanical engineer, went missing on his used-car shopping trip.
Desperate for leads, Elizondo soon realized that someone presumably involved with the disappearance was using his son's cellphone. He kept paying the monthly bill and managed to get phone records.
"That phone was in use for three or four months, being used here and there," he said.
It's dangerous for relatives to conduct such investigations on their own. They aren't trained, and they may draw the hostility of criminal gangs or corrupt police, activists say. But such efforts also put pressure on authorities to make headway in the cases.
"If the family members bring in evidence, the prosecutors can't very well not investigate it," said Consuelo Morales, a nun who heads Citizens in Support of Human Rights, a group based in nearby Monterrey.
She recalled a meeting between family members of the disappeared and prosecutors in which a relative offered the location of a car that witnesses said was used in a disappearance.
"About half an hour into the meeting, the lady said sweetly, 'Look, Mr. Prosecutor, I don't know how you say you can do nothing. I've been three times to the taxi terminal, and there it is. How is it that you can't get over there?' " Morales said.
Elizondo, who's 49, continues his quest to find answers about his son, even perusing the grisly photos on blogs dedicated to the victims of organized crime.
"I would look at them all the time to see if I recognized my son," he said.
"This changes your life 100 percent," he said. Asked whether he thought about his missing son each day, Elizondo broke down into uncontrollable sobbing: "Yes."
While relatives have grown more vocal in Coahuila, it's in the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon, home to the industrial hub of Monterrey, that advances have been more dramatic.
In the past two years, 40 people in Monterrey have been formally accused in disappearances, 16 of them state or local police officers, Morales said.
In mid-December, Nuevo Leon enacted a statute that makes "enforced disappearance" a felony and stipulates that police or other state agents who do nothing to stop gangsters from taking human beings are equally guilty.
On one front, activists haven't made much headway: stirring ordinary Mexicans to care about the disappeared.
"Society doesn't show much solidarity," Garcia said. "People think, 'This won't happen to me,' or they are too busy trying to provide for their families to offer support."


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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey could change laws to allow the re-trial of hundreds of military officers who were convicted of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, a senior party official was quoted as saying Sunday.
The comments by Mustafa Elitas, a senior legislator in Erdogan's party, were published in the Hurriyet newspaper. "We will, if necessary, make new legal arrangements to stop people's unjust treatment," he said in a reference to the convicted military officers.
Last week, Erdogan's top political adviser, Yalcin Akdogan, suggested those officers had been framed by groups within the judiciary who are now allegedly orchestrating a widespread corruption probe against Erdogan's allies.
Many believe the groups Akdogan was referring to are followers of Pennsylvania-based spiritual leader Fethullah Gulen, a moderate preacher whose Muslim believers command a global empire of business, media and education interests. Gulen has denied any involvement in the investigation.
Erdogan was forced to reshuffle his government this week and dismiss three Cabinet ministers whose sons were detained as part of the corruption investigation, which the government says is a foreign and local smear campaign to topple his government and destabilize Turkey.
The convicted military officers have long claimed that much of the evidence against them was fabricated.
Turkey's secular military has staged three military takeovers since the 1960s but has seen its powers curbed by the decade-long rule of Erdogan's Islam-based government. The trial of the military officers helped end its hold on politics.
But Turkish media reports on Saturday said the military chief has requested the government's help for a review of the officers' cases. Some analysts see that as a sign of an uneasy alliance forming between Erdogan's government and the military against the Gulen movement.


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MONTREAL, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- CAE of Canada announced it has received a series of military contracts from seven countries valued at more than $123 million.
The awards include a contract to develop two multi-crew simulators for a new undergraduate program of the U.S. Navy, additional work for the U.S. Air Force as part of the KC-135 Aircrew Training System contract and two contracts from undisclosed customers in the United States and the Middle East to design and manufacture seven operational flight trainers.
"Our defense customers in the U.S. and internationally continue to invest in simulation-based training solutions to maintain readiness and lower costs," said Martin Gagne, CAE's group president of Military Products, Training and Services.
"CAE's expertise across highly relevant defense platforms with long program lives will drive contract opportunities today and in the future.
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The Navy Undergraduate Military Flight Officer Multi-Crew Simulators will be based on CAE's mission crew trainer and tactical mission trainer products. They will be used to provide student flight officers with the knowledge and skills required to function in a joint, network-centric warfare environment.
Under the award for the Air Force KC-135 Aircrew Training System, CAE will update 11 KC-135 OFTs to enhance simulator reliability and maintainability, as well as ensure concurrency with the actual aircraft.
In addition, the Air Force has exercised the option for the second year of aircrew training services provided by CAE USA as the prime contractor on the KC-135 ATS program.