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Imagine that we have a computer program that produces the conscious awareness of the present moment.
Let us assume that every time the program is run a counter is incremented.
Let us also assume that the program is encapsulated in an infinite loop.
Each time the program is run the computer "wakes up" and asks itself "what is the present value of the loop counter?"
The computer reasons that a priori it is equally likely to find itself in any loop with any value of the loop counter.
Therefore the prior probability that the loop counter has any particular value $n$ is $1/\infty=0$.
But the computer will find that it has some loop counter value.
There seems to be a contradiction here.
I think the problem is with the assumption that a computer program can produce conscious awareness in the first place.
I think this argument shows that any deterministic machine cannot be conscious.
Such determinism implies a single-valued time evolution whose (theoretically) infinite extent leads to this zero probability paradox.
I believe to avoid this paradox one needs a branching concept of time in the manner of the many-worlds quantum theory in which each branch into an alternate future is only of finite extent. Maybe the brain itself avoids the paradox by exploiting this many-worlds ontology in its operation.


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Availability: immediate!
See our distributors page for places to get CtrlM.
CtrlM is an infrared transmitter that works with FreeMs to wirelessly program and control BlinkMs from long distances. It converts BlinkM commands sent over I2C through a LinkM or Arduino into infrared commands that are converted back to the original commands by FreeMs, eliminating the need for conductive cabling.
Its ultra bright, narrow beam infrared LED allows FreeMs to be controlled 45 feet (14 m) away, but can be easily modified to accommodate an external power supply for much greater range, while minimizing interference with other infrared devices.
- Wireless I2C controller for all BlinkM products up to 45 feet (14m) away.
- Supports all BlinkM I2C commands.
- When used with FreeM, CtrlM acts as one end of "virtual wire" connecting a LinkM USB adapter or Arduino to BlinkMs mounted in locations where data cabling is impossible or undesirable.
- 20-degree broadcast angle
- 16ft (5m) diameter projection at 45ft (14m).
- One CtrlM can control any number of FreeMs, which can each control an arbitrary number of BlinkM devices.
- Can be reprogrammed to communicate arbitrary infrared protocols.
- Runs TVBGone firmware [LINK] without modification.

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Variant of cord, with spelling alteration due to Latin chorda ("cord"), ultimately from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), (Ionic) χορδή (khordḗ, "string of gut, the string of a lyre")
chord (plural chords)
- (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind[1]:
- He struck the opening chords of the passage; but this time Irene's voice was silent. Victor stopped in the middle of an arpeggio.
- (geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve.
- (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.
- (railway engineering) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
- (aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
- (computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
- 2005, James Avery, Visual Studio hacks, page 99:
- Ctrl-K is the default first key for chords, but you can create chords using any keys that you want.
- The string of a musical instrument.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- (anatomy) A cord.
- (graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
Derived termsEdit
combination of three or more notes
straight line
distance of a wing's leading and trailing edges
chord (third-person singular simple present chords, present participle chording, simple past and past participle chorded)
- (transitive) To write chords for.
- 2003, Dan Levenson, Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch
- This chording technique works well for learning any tune, but this is the only tune of the set that I will write out completely as a chorded version.
- 2003, Dan Levenson, Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch
- (music) To accord; to harmonize together.
- This note chords with that one.
- (transitive) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
- Dryden
- When Jubal struck the chorded shell.
- Beecher
- Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp.
- Dryden
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UCC financing statements and obtain certified UCC search results online.
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text: BUSINESS Tony Awards Achieve Best Ratings in Four Years 6/11/2013 by Associated Press FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME CBS' Tony Awards telecast saw viewership jump to 7.24 million people, the show's largest audience in four years.According to preliminary Nielsen figures released Monday, Sunday's show crowning "Kinky Boots" as best musical saw an increase of more than 1.2 million people over last year's show. Neil Patrick Harris returned to host for the fourth time.The broadcast was up against an episode of "Mad Men" on AMC and Game 2 of the NBA finals between San Antonio and Miami on ABC. Last year's telecast was seen by 6 million viewers, down significantly from 2011's 6.9 million.Updated ratings figures will be available on Tuesday.CBS, the longtime home for the annual Tony telecast, recently agreed to continue airing the show until 2018. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME


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Transformer manufacturing company inaugurated in Nimroz
Transformer manufacturing company inaugurated in Nimroz
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): The first-ever transformer manufacturing company involving a total investment of $7.5 million has been inaugurated in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Wednesday.
Haji Zahir, in charge of the company, told Pajhwok Afghan News 80 people would work daily in the factory. The transformers produced would be used in Nimroz and sent to Kunduz, Takhar and Ghazni provinces.
The current level of investment would increase in near future from the current figure of $7.5million, he said, adding the company had the capacity to manufacture 25 to 400 kilowatt transformers.
In near future, it will be able to produce transformers with the capacity of 1,200 kilowatts.About 150 transformers were manufactured by the company during the trial period.
Meanwhile, Governor Mohammad Sami expressed his gratitude to the private sector, hoping the venture would help Nimroz residents become self-sufficient and get rid of relying on foreign transformers.
He said that an industrial park would be inaugurated soon in Nimroz, with the government trying to facilitate businessmen and entrepreneurs.
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DUARTE >> The last surviving great-granddaughter of Pío Pico, the last governor of California under Mexican rule, has died.
Josephine "Josie" Pico Marquez, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease the past several years died Sunday at the Santa Teresita assisted living facility. She was 100.
"It's a big loss," said her nephew, John Albitre, of Los Nietos. "It's the end of that generation."
She was the last surviving child of 12 born to Pio Pico's grandson, Celestino, and his wife, Ramona.
"I remember (Celestino) talking to my mom in Spanish about riding in a buggy with Pío Pico," said Talia Pico Kim, Marquez's granddaughter.
Celestino was born Dec. 3, 1883, in Whittier, and died on April 6, 1977, in Los Nietos. Ramona was born Dec. 18, 1880, in El Monte, and died May 31, 1970, in Los Nietos.
In 1845, Pío Pico led a popular coup against Gov. Micheltorena, resulting in the former's rise to the governorship, a post that lasted until the arrival of invading United States forces in 1846, according to the Friends of Pío Pico.
Marquez, who was born on Sept. 6, 1913, in the Jamestown area of Whittier, was remembered by her children as having a "bubbly personality,"
She and her husband, Ampelio Marquez, lived in Mexico for about 25 years, during which time the family grew with 12 children, Phil, Virginia, Sheila, Al, Josie, Tommy, Bernie, Ed, Mary, Emily, and adopted two more children, Tom and Emily, while Ampelio ran a small store and taught music.
The family moved to El Monte around 1948, where two more children, Francis and Paul, were born.
Marquez lived in El Monte spent the remainder of her years, before entering Santa Teresita for convalescent care, with the assistance of long-term care giver Perla Miranda.
Her children told this newspaper in 2012 that she was dedicated to her family and never got over the 1976 death of her husband.
"She loved to crack jokes and was a feisty one," said her granddaughter, Stephanie Marquez.
She is survived by 11 children and close to 100 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Services for Marquez are today and open to the public and will take place at Santa Teresita Church, 819 Buena Vista St., Duarte, at 10 a.m. for the viewing, and 11:15 for a Mass.
She will be laid to rest following the services at Resurrection Cemetery, 966 N. Potrero Grand Drive, Montebello.


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ANAHEIM — A Disneyland worker remains hospitalized in critical condition after he was struck by a Space Mountain roller coaster.
The Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/PV4AI9 ) says the 68-year-old machinist remains in a critical-care unit.
He suffered head, chest and back injuries as he worked on the ride on Oct. 3. The ride vehicles can reach 30 mph.
Disneyland Resort spokeswoman Suzi Brown says the ride didn't malfunction and was back in operation the next day.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating the accident.


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Police leaders are trying to mollify Oakland officers who still are angry over the department's handling of an anti-police rally last week.
Demonstrators sprayed several officers with bear mace and vandalized shops as they walked from downtown Oakland all the way to Berkeley to protest the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. One officer assaulted by protesters had to be taken to the hospital.
The police union issued a letter to city leaders Wednesday criticizing commanders for not being adequately prepared or staffed to handle the march and for letting it continue after several protesters became violent.
"People should have the right to peaceful protest, but once there's violence, it's no longer a peaceful protest," union President Barry Donelan said. "The whole thing was ill-planned and the implementation was terrible. And having police officers get hurt is totally unacceptable."
Donelan said follow-up protests this week have been handled better.
Chief Sean Whent said Friday that he reviewed last week's protest with his command staff and revised several planning protocols.
"Keeping officers and the community safe is my priority, and I am committed to continuous review of our policies, procedures and tactics with the goal of minimizing the dangers involved in these situations," he said.
Smooth sailing for minimum wage increase
A proposed minimum wage increase on Oakland's November ballot appears to have widespread support and no organized opposition even though business leaders do not like it.
A poll conducted this month by EMC Research found that 75 percent of likely voters support a $12.25 minimum wage that was placed on the ballot by a labor-backed coalition. The findings were similar to a poll conducted earlier this year by a pro-business group.
Business advocates failed last month to get the City Council to place a competing measure on the ballot that would have phased in wage increases over several years and exempted nonprofit organizations that rely on state and federal reimbursements to pay for their employees.
With the minimum wage increase looking like an easy winner, business leaders said this week that they don't plan on spending money to oppose it. They didn't even bother to submit an argument against it for the voter guide.
Oakland wins grants to improve transit
The California Transportation Commission this week awarded $6.1 million for projects in Oakland.
The city will receive nearly $2.5 million for a lighting and sidewalk repair project on International Boulevard. The work is planned to complement additional roadway improvements that will be part of a rapid bus system.
The city also received nearly $3.6 million for a separated bicycle and pedestrian path along MacArthur Boulevard from High Street to Seminary Avenue.


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I'm not sure why everyone complains about February. Sure the NFL season is over, but at least we don't need to hear about steroids, holdouts, and whether or not both feet were in bounds. There isn't a blockbuster "Game of the Year" match-up today, but there are several solid games for the hoops aficionado. So just settle into your favorite spot on the couch and dig in. In the spirit of promoting healthy habits, we suggest that you try to have some vegetables today so use some ketchup on your food today.
#20 Syracuse at #16 Villanova at Noon on ESPN and ESPN360.com: The appetizer for a great day of basketball. This isn't necessarily a must win for either team, but a win today would probably boost their NCAA seed by at least a spot on Selection Sunday. Both teams have virtually assured themselves a NCAA bid (particularly with Syracuse's relatively easy remaining schedule in the Big East). One of the more interesting aspects of this game is that if the Orangemen lose, there is a decent chance that they will drop out of the top 25 leaving the Big East with only 5 teams in the top 25 after having as many as 9 teams earlier this season. Anyways, back to the game. Watch the match-up at point guard featuring Jonny Flynn against Scottie Reynolds. The winner of that match-up will likely win the game barring an explosion by either Eric Devendorf or Dante Cunningham.
Cincinnati at Georgetown at Noon on The Big East Network, ESPN Full Court, and ESPN360.com: Georgetown is killing me this year. I saw them play in Orlando against Tennessee in the Old Spice Classic. They lost that game, but it was pretty clear to me that day that they had the talent to make it to the Sweet 16 at the very least. I never imagined that they might be in a position at this point in the season that they might not make the NCAA tournament. To be fair, at that time I was also operating under the assumption that Tennessee was good. The Hoyas were able to break their 5-game losing streak against Rutgers and will need to beat the Bearcats if they want to get some momentum heading into their game against Syracuse at the Carrier Dome. If John Thompson III is able to figured out a way to keep Deonta Vaughn in check, the Hoyas should be able to ride Greg Monroe and DaJuan Summer to a victory.
Notre Dame at #12 UCLA at 1 PM on CBS: The Irish are desperate for a victory having lost 6 straight games. They will have to end their losing streak in one of the rare non-conference match-ups this month. Everybody knows Luke Harangody is going to get his (25.3 PPG and 13.2 RPG), but Notre Dame will need Kyle McAlarney to break out of his prolonged shooting slump and get a great game out of Tory Jackson, who will be matched up against the Bruins veteran PG, Darren Collison. Look for UCLA to pull away in the 2nd half behind Collison, Josh Shipp, and Jrue Holiday.
Miami (FL) at #3 Duke at 1:30 PM on Raycom, ESPN Full Court, and ESPN360.com: I'm fully expecting Duke to come back strong at home after the massacre at Littlejohn on Wednesday night, which is something that rtmsf actually predicted before the game (sort of), but nobody picked up on until after the game. (Ok, nobody has really picked up on it yet.) On the other hand, Miami was on the right side of the other blowout upset beating Wake Forest by 27. Look for Kyle Singler to rebound with a strong game after a weak "effort" against Clemson that was plagued by foul trouble. Coach K will likely use Gerald Henderson, the only Blue Devil who showed up against Clemson, on Jack McClinton in an attempt to slow down the mercurial Miami star. If Singler and Henderson can contain or at least equal Dwayne Collins and McClinton, respectively, the Blue Devils should return to their winning ways. Well at least until UNC invades Cameron on Wednesday night.
#17 Texas at Nebraska at 2 PM on ESPN and ESPN360.com: Texas will be looking to rebound after back-to-back losses on the road. Today, they return to Austin to take on the Cornhuskers. Look for A.J. Abrams and Damion James to have big games as Rick Barnes's squad will definitely be motivated in this one after falling 3.5 back of conference leader Oklahoma. If Abrams and James have big games that should be enough to hold off Nebraska's balanced attack.
Michigan at #1 UConn at 6 PM on ESPN and ESPN360.com: This is a game that the Huskies should be able to win fairly convincingly particularly with the game in Gampel Pavillion, but as this year has taught us never expect too much out of the #1 ranked team in the country. A Michigan win would obviously do wonders for their NCAA tournament chances, but it will tough particularly with John Beilein's recent changes in his rotations including bringing DeShawn Sims off the bench in their 71-51 win over Penn State in their last game. The new lineup, which is still led by Manny Harris, may provide some match-up problems for UConn and their big men. I expect UConn to pull this one especially with the recent play of Hasheem Thabeet and Jeff Adrien, but Michigan could give them problems and Beilein certainly knows all about the Huskies dating back to his days as the coach at West Virginia.
Charleston at Davidson at 6 PM on ESPN2 and ESPN360.com: Most people will tune in just to watch Stephen Curry, but this could actually be a realtively close game (a rarity for the Wildcats in the weak Southern Conference). When these teams met earlier this season, the Wildcats escaped with a 4-point win on the road after Charleston had a chance to tie it with a 3 with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game. This is particularly meaningful as the Wildcats haven't lost a Southern Conference game since January 20, 2007 (a 43-game winning streak). As an added bonus, you can see Bobby Cremins (former head coach of Georgia Tech) try to come up with a scheme to guard Curry. Cremins is one of the few coaches in the country who has had a player who was at Curry's level or even above that as he coached Kenny Anderson (along with Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver aka "Lethal Weapon 3") to the NCAA Final 4 in 1991.
Florida State at #10 Clemson at 7 PM on NESN and Fox Sports: I'm actually more interested in this game than the others for my own selfish reason since I'll be doing another RTC Live when Clemson comes to Boston College on Tuesday night. It will be interesting to see if the Tigers have returned to Earth after their beatdown the hated Blue Devils just a few days ago. Oliver Purnell's squad had better be ready because the Seminoles are a fairly dangerous team (ask Roy Williams, who needed a Ty Lawson 3 at the buzzer to pull out a win against FSU). This is a classic letdown game so it's definitely worth keeping an eye on it especially if Toney Douglas gets hot or if either Trevor Booker or K.C. Rivers isn't on his game after the celebrations following the Duke win.
#19 Minnesota at Ohio State at 8 PM on The Big Ten Network: Minnesota will be licking its wounds after getting crushed by Michigan State at the Breslin Center earlier this week. Unfortunately for Tubby Smith, the Gophers have to head to Columbus to take on a Buckeye team that just knocked off Purdue. If Evan Turner is hot, the Buckeyes could make a move into the top 25 with a win here knocking the Gophers out in the process.
#23 Arizona State at Oregon State at 8:30 PM on Fox Sports: James Harden and the Sun Devils will be looking to complete the Oregon sweep against Craig Robinson's Beavers. [Ed. Note: Isn't Robinson related to some famous guy? I thought I heard something about it on the news.] The Beavers, who were undefeated following Barack Obama's Inauguration, finally lost to Arizona ending Oregon State's hopes of riding Obama-mania to an undefeated term. If the Sun Devils can contain Calvin Haynes, they should hand the Beavers a second consecutive defeat.
#15 Memphis at #18 Gonzaga at 9 PM on ESPN and ESPN360.com: Spokane is the site of ESPN GameDay today and it features a match-up of two highly regarded programs that hit rough patches this season, but have rebounded well. Gonzaga appears to have used their victory over Tennessee in Knoxville as a catalyst for their resurgence (Patty Mills's injury didn't hurt either). Memphis, on the other hand, appears to have found its rhythm again with John Calipari's decision to move freshman Tyreke Evans from shooting guard to point guard (the kid is lost when he doesn't have the ball in his hands). Evans has responded with his best play of the season and the Tigers have not lost since the move. Interestingly, both teams dominance in their leagues means that this is a huge game for each in terms of NCAA seeding. A win today would probably be worth 2 seeds on Selection Sunday assuming both teams are able to run the table for the rest of the regular season. Despite the fact that both teams have pretty balanced scoring attacks (4 starters in double figures for each team), the key to this game will likely be the PG match-up of Evans versus Jeremy Pargo. If the more experienced Pargo can outplay Evans, the Bulldogs should be able to run away with this one. If he isn't, we could be in for a hard-fought game.


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A couple of years ago, I had the worst day of my entrepreneurial life. DailyWorth was two years old, I'd been trying to raise investment capital for nine months, and I had two toddlers and a marriage on thin ice. A group of investors had verbally committed to putting major money into the company, but the close was dragging out. So like any good salesperson, I threw out a date for finishing the deal.
The next day, they told me I'd been too pushy and pulled out. I spent the night on the sofa, crying.
Running your own company is thrilling and fulfilling. But there will be days so bad you can't breathe—and want to quit. Here's what I've learned about how to survive the emotional roller coaster.
Change your relationship to failure. In business, failure is not possible—it's inevitable. Expect it. When I was running a web company back in 2001, a client called me and said, "Amanda, why did you make this horrible decision?" I snapped back with a smile: "I make 100 decisions a day, and while 80 of them are probably wrong, the 20 that are right are where our success comes from." His reply: "You're right."
Besides, if something doesn't go the way you expected it to, that doesn't mean it's a failure. J.K Rowling's Harry Potter series was famously rejected by 12 publishers.
Put a limit on your suffering. It's completely reasonable to freak out when things go wrong. Give yourself two hours to feel as deeply as you need to about the problem. Then commit to releasing it and move on.
Shift your focus. When business hits a bump and I start getting that panicky feeling, I remind myself that revenue solves all problems and turn my attention to generating dollars. When you have income, you can face anything.
When you choose to run your own business, you're signing up for unprecedented levels of streeessssss. Developing strategies to manage this anxiety are just as important as learning how to make a dollar on your own.


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Florist kicks up a stink about false phish alarm
Bloomin' MessageLabs
A florist is complaining that MessageLabs wrongly identified emails it was sending as infected with a computer virus.
The November edition of the monthly newsletter email sent out by Arena Flowers was wrongly identified as a phishing email. That in itself would be bad enough, but MessageLabs compounded the problem by attaching a explanation to customers that implied the florists were distributing a computer virus, specifically identified as a PayPal phishing attempt.
The MessageLabs Email Security System discovered a possible virus or unauthorised code (such as a Trojan) in an email sent to you.
Possible MalWare 'Exploit/Phishing-paypal-1054' found in '7782603_2X_PM3_EMQ_MH__message.htm'. Heuristics score: 202
Will Wynne, managing director of Arena Flowers, related the tale of woe in a blog posting here.
"It was a complete, 100 per cent misdiagnosis by MessageLabs, as they subsequently confirmed. We learnt that the reason that our email got hammered is that we put the word 'PayPal' into the subject line yet we are not PayPal. Blimey. Sophisticated stuff.
"We had PayPal in our subject line to let our customers know that they could win £10k cash if they paid for any order with PayPal during PayPal's very generous 10th birthday promotion," Wynne added.
A sales rep from MessageLabs was one of those who subscribed to the newsletter. He sent an email to Arena asking to be taken off the distribution list that suggested Arena might benefit from its services.
Wynne claimed sales dropped 50 per cent in the week after the incident. The email newsletter goes out to 40,000 Arena Flowers customers every month.
Nobody from MessageLabs was available to discuss the story at the time of going to press. But in a statement from the email filtering firm downplayed the impact of the snafu.
"Our antivirus team identified the email as a possible phishing email because it included a hyperlink with PayPal in its name that did not link back to the PayPal site. Once MessageLabs was alerted to the error, we resolved the issue." ®
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Leonard Pitts Jr
Harlem program forms a circle of success for kids
The late-day sky was spitting snow. Inside the classroom, tiny black children, younger than kindergarten age, sat in a circle, legs folded "crisscross applesauce" beneath them. Soon, they would begin their French lesson, but first there was a ritual chant.
"There is a girl in our class and her name is Khadija," they began, voices rising in little kid enthusiasm, hands clapping in time. Khadija got up, moved to the center of the circle and began jumping with all her heart. "Jump, jump, Khadija," they sang. "We're glad you're here today." Around the room they went until each child had a turn in the center of the circle.
In the hours I recently spent touring the Harlem Children's Zone, a 97-square-block network of schools, social services and teen outreach programs, I saw many affecting sights. But for some reason, the most affecting was this portrait of sweet innocence, flourishing in one of the nation's poorest places.
I came here seeking "What Works." That's a series of columns I've started to highlight difference makers, people who are finding solutions to the dysfunctions that affect African-American children disproportionately. (To learn more: www.leonardpittsjr.com)
The zone is the brainchild of Geoffrey Canada, a 55-year-old New Yorker who believes you can't effectively educate a child when his world is falling down around him, when he is hungry, sick, fatherless, homeless, hopeless. Canada's solution: Fix it all. Simultaneously.
He told me, "We think you start this at birth. And you continue it until kids graduate from college."
Canada's other key innovation: Think big. What good is it to save one child and send him into a neighborhood where every other child is failing? "Well, after a while, it has an impact on your child. That kid either never goes outside again or they learn to adjust in that environment."
He calls that a "negative contagion." And, he asked, "What if we could create a positive contagious effect?" As he sees it, it's not enough to save a child here and there. We have to save the children.
So, overall, the zone serves more than 9,000 kids. They have smaller classes, a longer school day and a longer school year than their peers. Their teachers are paid more and given more classroom freedom, but are also held more accountable. After school, the kids take karate and yoga classes, get tutored, paint murals, practice plays, dance, write.
Family in crisis? There is counseling in the zone. Child sick? There is healthcare in the zone. Family being evicted? There is emergency aid in the zone. Child malnourished? Thirty pounds of farm-fresh produce costs $5 in the zone.
The price tag: $50 million a year, two-thirds of it from private donations. To those who question that investment, Canada points out that the state spends about $60,000 a year to jail one inmate. "Someone's yelling at me because I'm spending $3,500 a year on 'Alfred.' Alfred is 8. OK, Alfred turns 18. No one thinks anything about locking him up for 10 years at $60,000 a year," he said.
The Harlem Children's Zone model is being studied and implemented from Liberty City to San Francisco to Israel to the United Kingdom. While its kids test higher than their peers, the Harlem Children's Zone says it won't be possible to truly quantify the program's success until the first group of kids to be in the program from birth graduates high school, still a few years off.
Until then, I'm persuaded that success can be inferred anecdotally. It's in the surprisingly capable second-grade renderings of Van Gogh's Sunflowers that adorn a principal's wall. It's in the high school hands rising up in response to a question about Newton's Second Law. And it's in the eager leaps of those little ones at the center of the circle.
"Jump, jump, Khadija. We're glad you're here today."


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- How to speed my too-slow ssh login? 6 answers
I'm having issues while connecting to my Local Centos 6.3 VM with 500 MB ram.
Below is the output of
ssh -vvv localhost connection:
OpenSSH_6.3, OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013
debug1: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 22.
^^^^^^^^^^ Loading this statement takes more than a minute
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: Next authentication method: password
root@localhost's password:
^^^^^^^^^^ This step takes a minute too
debug3: packet_send2: adding 64 (len 50 padlen 14 extra_pad 64)
debug2: we sent a password packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).
Authenticated to localhost ([127.0.0.1]:22).
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug3: ssh_session2_open: channel_new: 0
debug2: channel 0: send open
debug1: Requesting email@example.com
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug2: callback start
debug2: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY
debug3: packet_set_tos: set IP_TOS 0x10
debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0
debug2: channel 0: request pty-req confirm 1
debug2: channel 0: request shell confirm 1
debug2: callback done
debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: PTY allocation request accepted on channel 0
debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 2097152
debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
debug2: shell request accepted on channel 0
Last login: Wed Oct 9 13:27:02 2013 from 10.0.0.2
Please suggest on how do I get rid of this delay.


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The Lighthouse of Laie
22 December 2011
The world has need of graduates who are true to the gospel of Jesus Christ as they leave college and enter the secular world, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said in his commencement address at BYU—Hawaii. He encouraged graduates to focus on the blessings they have received and to create an impact on the world around them.
- 22 December 2011
Be an Active Participant, Not a Silent Observer
22 December 2011
Work with people of other faiths to improve the moral fabric of this nation and the world and to protect religious freedom, Elder Cook challenged students graduating from BYU-Idaho. He encouraged graduates to become a beacon for morality through their personal interactions and to join with people of other faiths who feel accountable to God.
- 22 December 2011
As Sacred as Solomon's Temple
14 December 2011
"This temple will bring eternal families to this place and country," President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, said at the dedication of the Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple. "After this day, this temple will be as sacred as the temple of Solomon, the temple in Nauvoo, the temple in Salt Lake City, or as sacred as any of the temples in the world."
- 14 December 2011
Let the Holy Spirit Guide
13 December 2011
When leaders listen to and follow the Spirit, it will enable them to conduct meetings in the manner described in Doctrine and Covenants 46:2. That was the principle taught in word and by example when President Packer and Elder Christofferson met with priesthood leaders in Sandy, Utah.
- 13 December 2011
Prophets and Apostles Share Christmas Memories
13 December 2011
Read some meaningful Christmas reminiscences from President Monson, President Eyring, Elder Perry, Elder Oaks, Elder Ballaard, and Elder Andersen.
- 13 December 2011
Children Can Bless Their Homes and Families
6 December 2011
"Children, when was the last time you told your parents that you love them?" asks Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He notes that children can help their family "become more diligent and concerned at home" by frequently and sincerely expressing love.
- 6 December 2011
Preparing Our Hearts for Christmas
2 December 2011
As the Christmas season begins, each of us should open our heart to receive once again a witness that Christ was born as the Savior of the world, that He lives, and that because of Him, we will live again. This opening of our hearts was encouraged by President Thomas S. Monson; President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor; and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor, during the First Presidency Christmas Devotional on December 4, 2011.
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Battleground Ga.: Dems see 2014 flip
COLLEGE PARK, Georgia — Democrats have made a national cause of turning Texas blue, even though the chances that Wendy Davis will win the governor's race this fall remain small — and the likelihood that Texas will be a true battleground any time before 2028 probably even smaller.
Georgia, on the other hand, is happening now.
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Democrats here don't have to wait for the demographic projections to come true. The state's voting population is already much more African-American than even 10 years ago, Latinos are on the rise, and there's a business community relocating to the Atlanta metro area at a pace that looks a lot like the migration to Northern Virginia and the North Carolina research triangle the past 15 years that turned both states into presidential battlegrounds.
Those shifts, together with the surprisingly competitive candidacies of Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn and gubernatorial contender Jason Carter, have convinced more than a few Democrats here that the Republican lock on the Peach State could be broken as soon as November.
It's a tall task, no question: Nunn has her hands full against businessman David Perdue — who edged out Rep. Jack Kingston in the Republican Senate primary runoff Tuesday night — as does Carter in his bid to oust Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.
( Also on POLITICO: Perdue wins Georgia Senate runoff)
But a win by either Democrat would deliver a jolt so powerful that it could potentially reshape the national political landscape: Yes, Texas has its 38 electoral votes, but putting Georgia's 16 votes in play could do just as much to complicate the GOP's path to the White House.
"Georgia's next in line as a national battleground state," Carter said during a break at a campaign stop last week. "If you look at sheer numbers, people can dispute whether it's red or blue, but everybody knows where it's headed."
The rumblings of change are happening, to the surprise of many, here at a Wal-Mart parking lot on the heavily African-American south side of Atlanta, where an older man nudges through a crowd to introduce his grandson to the Democrat running for governor. Jason Carter smiles — not the same toothy grin that became the unofficial logo of Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign, just his top lip pulled back eagerly — as he poses for one cellphone photo after another.
"You know," Carter says to the man, "I get introduced as a grandson all the time."
( Also on POLITICO: Dems still haven't learned Obamacare lesson)
That introduction was enough to help Carter win a state Senate seat four years ago, and enough to draw him more attention last year than most long shots against Deal would get just for entering the race.
No one was really expecting what happened next. Carter started pulling even and, according to some polls, ahead in the race. Meanwhile, in the open Senate race for Saxby Chambliss's seat, where Republicans just finished a multi-month process of picking their nominee, Nunn has been up repeatedly over generic Republican challengers — and that, her supporters point out, is before she's had the chance to really focus attacks on a GOP opponent.
Michael McNeely, vice chairman of the state Republican Party, scoffs at the idea that Georgia is at any risk of turning blue.
"We can agree that the demographics are changing," McNeely said, noting state GOP efforts like rechartering the Morehouse College Republicans and hiring a minority outreach director. "However, the beliefs of people and the fact that this is a conservative state are not."
( Also on POLITICO: The State Department's Twitter jihad)
And there's a lot to support that view. Republicans control every partisan statewide office and have a supermajority in the state Legislature. The last Democrat to carry the state in a presidential race was Bill Clinton in 1992. President Barack Obama's reelection campaign looked early on at trying to put the state in play, but the idea never made it beyond a whiteboard exercise.
Of states where Obama didn't campaign or spend money, Georgia yielded the best results: 45.5 percent. The question that Obama campaign staffers had then and continue to ask is whether that's a floor or a ceiling.
From a distance, the Democratic movement this year could look like a deliberate, long-laid plan from a state party that's doing what state parties are supposed to do. First get Nunn, the daughter of beloved former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn and herself the former head of George H.W. Bush's Points of Light Foundation, to run for the Senate seat in 2014. Maybe she wins, but if not, she sets herself up to run for what could be another open Senate in 2016 (there's speculation that Sen. Johnny Isakson will retire, though he insists he's gearing up to run).


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Morsi's ouster a 'nightmare' for Hamas rulers in Gaza Strip
For the Islamist Hamas rulers controlling the Gaza Strip, the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood movement is a "nightmare" situation.
Hamas, which began as the Palestinian offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, celebrated Morsi's election to office last year, becoming a key Islamist ally and supporter in the Arab world.
"What happened in Egypt is a nightmare for Hamas which it did not expect," Mukhaimer Abu Saada, a political science professor at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, said in an email to reporters.
Hamas' leadership has remained conspicuously quiet about the military's ousting of Morsi, releasing a statement that it did not meddle in Egyptian affairs. Protesters who took to the streets against Morsi complained often that his Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government gave preference to Gaza.
"They send things to Gaza which we do not have in Egypt. We want to get rid of Morsi and get a new leader who puts Egypt first," said Ala Mafrouk, a 23-year-old student who took part in the protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The anti-Palestinian sentiment in Egypt was a turnabout from just two years ago, when protesters in Tahrir chanted "Free Gaza" along with "get rid of Mubarak." When Morsi emerged as the victor of Egypt's first free elections in 30 years, many in Gaza celebrated what they thought would be renewed ties with Egypt and the rest of the Arab world.
"We believed that this would mean a complete renaissance for Gaza, a complete opening of the Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza, trade deals, no travel restrictions. We imagined that we would finally be connected to the rest of the region," said one Hamas legislator, who asked to speak anonymously because Hamas has refused to comment on the ongoing turmoil in Egypt. "Instead, there were only small changes. Now there is this, and the mood in Gaza is very dark. We feel we are stranded."
That feeling was bolstered when Egyptian authorities announced this weekend that they were closing the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza indefinitely because of violent attacks against Egyptian security forces across the Sinai Peninsula. For most Palestinians, Rafah is more than a crossing – it is a symbol for the isolated Gaza Strip's contact with the outside world.
One of the first announcements made by Morsi when he rose to power in Egypt was that he would fully open the Rafah crossing. The announcement would have meant that for the first time, Gaza's population of 1.6 million could freely travel to Egypt without the bureaucratic red tape that previously had ensured that the number of people traveling between Gaza and Egypt was kept to a trickle. Although Morsi never fulfilled his promise, he did loosen restrictions. Over the past year, officials from across the Arab world, including the emir of Qatar, visited the coastal strip for the first time.
Over the weekend, after the Egyptian military ousted Morsi from power and arrested several hundred members of his party, the military announced it was closing the Gaza Strip until future notice.
Several Palestinians in Rafah told McClatchy that they were stranded on either side of the border, unable to cross to be with their loved ones as the holy month of Ramadan approaches.
"We had no warning about this, suddenly they closed the crossing," said Ashraf Arraf, a 22-year-old Palestinian from Gaza who had traveled to Egypt for medical treatment last month. "I want to be with my family. This is the most important time to be together as a family. It is like telling a Christian family they can't be together for Christmas."
An Egyptian military official reached in Al Arish, a border town near Rafah, said Palestinian militants were behind many of the attacks on Egyptian military posts and police checkpoints.
"There are dangerous terrorists from Gaza attempting to disrupt order in Egypt during this sensitive period. We are doing this temporarily to restore order," he said, though he would not say when Rafah would be reopened. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak for the government.
Palestinians also reported that Egyptian authorities were suddenly pulling Palestinian passengers bound for Gaza off planes, and telling them that because of instability along the Gaza-Egypt border they would be deported until future notice.
"I am basically being told that I cannot go home," said Mahmoud Abu Hamid, a 28-year-old Palestinian who spoke to McClatchy from Warsaw, Poland. Monday morning, Abu Hamid drove to the airport in Warsaw to board a flight to Cairo. From there, he was planning on driving the five hours to Rafah and cross the border in time to join his family for Ramadan.
"At the airport they told me I could not get on the plane, they said my travel documents were not valid and that I should try again in a few days," he said.
The online Palestinian news site Electronic Intifada reported that one of its contributors, Yousef M. Aljamal, was deported from Cairo to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, where he had stopped in order to obtain an Egyptian visa. "All Palestinians who arrived yesterday were sent back to the countries they came from," he wrote on Twitter, adding that he had seen Palestinians being deported to Algeria, Jordan, Pakistan, Canada and Malaysia.


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All of us, except the deaf, hear a wide variety of sounds. We may hear music, we may hear a loud noise, we may hear cars or trucks or buses, we may hear other people talking to us or to others, or we may via the internet hear things being played like YouTube or webinars.
What Are Sounds?
Sound is the compression and rarefaction of air. If we hear a noise it is being compressed, and after the compression comes the rarefaction, again the compression, then the rarefaction. The waveform may be smooth, as a sine wave:
It may be something from an instrument, as this one is:
Or it may be noise:
Analog Audio And Digital Audio
Digital sounds are different. The analog to digital chip takes analog sounds and converts them into binary levels. This is timed, so that they are never smooth. Here is a diagram of the difference between analog audio and digital audio:
Notice that the smooth curve represents analog and the stair steps represent digital. So we're going to hear clicks and pops when we listen to digital audio?
There's a solution. Our hearing generally does not take in vibrations above 20,000 vibrations per second. That gives us plenty of room in terms of digital audio. At this point we have chips that function at 44,100 cycles per second, 48,000 cycles per second, 88,200 cycles per second, 96,000, and even ones that function at 192,000 cycles per second!
We can lower the sampling rate to 8,000 cycles per second, 16,000 cycles per second, 22050 cycles per second, 24,000 cycles per second, or 32,000 cycles per second. We do that when we don't need a really accurate sense of what the sound is. When we need an accurate sense of what the sound is, we go for 44,100 cycles per second and up.
by Tom Jeffries, Chief Blazing Officer at Blaze Audio.
Tom is a former professional musician who has been running companies that develop audio software for 34 years. He studied with Charlie Schlueter as principal trumpet Minnesota Orchestra for four years. Charlie Schlueter went on to do 25 years as principal trumpet with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tom also played principal trumpet for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and principal trumpet for the San Jose Orchestra.


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Once the storm has passed and the recovery begins, there are several steps residents should take to ensure they are safe during the cleanup and to start to apply for assistance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- If the home is still standing, enter with caution and beware of snakes, insects and animals driven to higher ground by water.
- Open the windows and doors to ventilate and dry your home.
- Check refrigerated foods for spoilage. Food will grow bacteria within four hours of no refrigeration.
- Take pictures of the damage both to the house and its contents for insurance claims.
- If you smell gas or hear a blowing or hissing noise, open a window and quickly leave the building. Turn off the gas at the outside main valve if you can and call the gas company from another phone outside your home. If you turn off the gas, it must be turned back on by a professional.
- If you suspect sewage lines are damaged, avoid using the toilets and call a plumber.
- If water pipes are damaged, contact the water company and avoid water from the tap. You can obtain safe water by melting ice cubes.
- If you see sparks or broken or frayed wires, or if you smell hot insulation, turn off the electricity at the main fuse box or circuit breaker. If you have to step in water to get to them, call an electrician first.
- If you have lost power, turn off major appliances to reduce the power surge when electricity is restored.
- To apply for assistance, call FEMA at 1-800-621-3362. You will need to provide your Social Security number and financial information, a description of your losses and directions to the damaged property.
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text: Hi everyone, On Wednesday, January 12th at 7PM we'll be having a casual Bay Area Debian dinner meeting at: Henry's Hunan Restaurant 110 Natoma Street (between Mission and Howard, off of New Montgomery) San Francisco, CA 94105 415-546-4999 This is the SOMA location where we have had past meetings (there are 2 other locations in the city). Reservations will be made under "Bay Area Debian" on our table we'll have little stuffed Squeeze (alien) and Wheezy (penguin) toys. The location is wheelchair accessible, beer and wine are available, as are vegetarian options. Last time we each ordered a plate or two and enjoyed the meal family-style sharing (with some adaptations for dietary restrictions). We request that you bring cash to simplify settling the bill, but they do accept Visa/Mastercard and they've been willing to charge to separate cards in the past. This will be following the monthly 6-7PM "Ubuntu Hour" at The Roastery coffee shop right across the alley on the corner of Natoma and New Montgomery, if you're interested in coming to that too (or you just arrive early and want some company!) information is available here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/612/detail/ Location details of Henry's Hunan courtesy of Rick Moen's announcement email in November: "Local street map: http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/linux/bad/bad.2009-08-12.map.png Directions below, adapted from Michael Paoli's, imply logical north, logical south, etc., whereby Market runs east-west by convention. (Deal.) From BART or MUNI Metro: Exit Montgomery station, south onto New Montgomery. If unfamiliar with the area, consult street map on the station wall. Proceed south 1.5 blocks on New Montgomery, crossing Mission, turning left (east) onto Natoma. Henry's Hunan Restaurant is immediately on your left. From Transbay Terminal: Exit Transbay Terminal west onto Mission. If unfamiliar with the area, consult street map on the station wall. Proceed west across 2nd St., then 1/2 block to turn left (south) onto New Montgomery, then 1/2 block to turn left (east) onto Natoma. Henry's Hunan Restaurant is immediately on your left. From CalTrain: Transfer to BART at Milbrae, take any BART train that heads through San Francisco, then follow BART or MUNI Metro directions. Alternatively (about a 20 minute stroll), take CalTrain to CalTrain's King St. San Francisco terminus, exiting north onto 4th Street. If unfamiliar with the area, consult street map on the station wall. Go north up 4th St. crossing Brannan, Bryant, Harrison, Folsom, and then turn right (east) onto Howard. Walk across 3rd St. to turn left (north) onto New Montgomery, then 1/2 block to turn right (east) onto Natoma. Henry's Hunan Restaurant is immediately on your left. By car: Your favourite route to South of Market. Nearest freeway exits are I-80 4th St. and I-280 6th St. or King St. Parking is a little scarce or in a paid garage. (Pick one.) Transit info: http://www.511.org/ http://www.bart.gov/ http://www.caltrain.com/ " Hope to see you there! -- Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2 http://www.princessleia.com


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Allendale, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's basketball team battled back late, but couldn't overcome a slow start as FSU dropped its regular-season finale to West Michigan rival Grand Valley State 70-59 on Saturday (March 2) night at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena in Allendale.
With the loss, the Bulldogs will move on as the number six overall seed in the 2013 GLIAC Tournament and visit third-seeded Wayne State on Wednesday (March 6) night for a tournament quarterfinal round game at 8 p.m. (ET) in Detroit.
Juinor forward Ashley Rando paced the Bulldogs with 19 points while junior guard Sarah DeShone chipped in 14 points in the setback. Those were the lone two Bulldog players to reach double-digits in the outing.
Grand Valley State jumped in front early by scoring the game's first 10 points and pushed the margin to as many as 18 points in the opening frame before taking a 41-26 lead at the break.
In the second half, the advantage went to as many as 20 points for the Lakers with 16:04 to go, but the Bulldogs didn't quit. A 10-point Bulldog run in the final five minutes trimmed the margin to eight points with 2:13 to play, but the Lakers managed to hit some crucial free throws in the final minute to hold on for the win.
Senior Briauna Taylor paced Grand Valley State with a game-high 20 points while Breanna Kellogg added 14 points and Alex Stelfox contributed 12 points and 10 boards in a double-double showing.
Ferris State shot 40% for the night and was seven-of-22 (31.8%) from downtown along with four-of-eight (50%) at the line.
For the game, the Lakers hit 50% of their field goals and sank six-of-18 (33.3%) three's along with 14-of-19 (73.7%) free throws.
The Lakers held a 37-30 rebounding advantage and posted a 15-9 margin in second chance scoring despite the fact the Bulldogs pulled down 14 offensive boards to only 12 for GVSU.
The Bulldogs also managed to force 18 Laker turnovers with only 16 of their own, but still were outdistanced by a 25-20 count in points off turnovers as GVSU never trailed in the game.
The win lifted the Lakers to 19-7 overall and 15-7 in the GLIAC while FSU dropped to 13-12 overall and 12-10 in conference play.
Besides the two players who reached double figures in Rando and DeShone, FSU also received nine points from sophomore forward Kara Hess and seven points by redshirt freshman guard Katie Mavis. Rando added foru steals while three different Bulldog players totaled three assists each.
Ferris State and Wayne State will meet for the third time this season in the quarterfinals with the Bulldogs looking for their first win over the GLIAC North Division champions this season. The highest remaining seed after Wednesday's quarterfinals will host the GLIAC Semifinals and Championship on Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10.
Stay tuned to FerrisStateBulldogs.com for more information on the league tournament.
Ferris State Women Battle Late But Fall Short; Will Visit Wayne State For GLIAC Quarterfinal
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Allendale, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's basketball team battled back late, but couldn't overcome a slow start as FSU dropped its regular-season finale to West Michigan rival Grand Valley State 70-59 on Saturday (March 2) night at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena in Allendale.


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Hello ThinkPad-Community,
I have a sporadic issue with the brightness control, thats mean sometimes I start my laptop from standby and the control with "Fn+Pos1 or FN+END" doesn't work.
There is no reaction and no on screen display progress bar. Also in the default Windows 7 energy settings is no control of the display brightness possible.
If the issue exist, only a complete reboot of the ThinkPad solve the issue.
I've also found some discussions about this in the internet but no solution helps realy.
NOTE: My Laptop has a complete clean install of Windows 7 and all drivers was installed by Lenovo System Updater.
Does anybody have the same issue?
Thanks for your help
Hello HiVolt,
thanks for the feedback, it is possible that the issue only exist on machines with a own installation and not with the pre installed OS? What do you mean?
05-06-2012 11:07 AM - edited 05-06-2012 02:13 PM
Thanks HiVolt,
one more question - do you have a WWAN module inside and which model?
Thanks for your assistance
05-08-2012 12:57 AM - edited 05-08-2012 05:51 AM
The culprit was identified.
Wow, after a long research and troubleshooting, I've found the problem for the issue.
In my case is the WWAN device (Ericsson F5521gw) responsible for the issue. Always after the brightness control issue, the WWAN device don't work correct. The WWAN was automaticly started but shows no reaction. Also a deactivate don't work (FN+F5). I haven't a solution at the moment but the knowledge about the initiator helps me a lot.
A workaround for now: Disable the WWAN device in the BIOS, so I have done in my case. My ThinkPad works fine now without any issues. Ok, perhaps has anyone a good idea for fixing the issue with the WWAN device. Thanks
Sorry, my comment was too fast. Unfortunately the issue persist exist.
No, I don't have a WWAN card. The mSATA slot is empty in mine.
05-25-2012 05:03 AM - edited 05-25-2012 05:08 AM
I haven't found the initiator for the issue until now.
But in my opinion is the WWAN card, Ericsson f5521 responsible for a part of the issue.
I have deactivated all Ericsson f5521 components in the device management (not BIOS) and now I have perhaps one error per week (prior to this minimum every day, sometimes also oftener).
But unfortunately the issue still exists.
Note: I use the standby mode of my thinkpad all the time (no shutdown)
Can anybody confirm my monitoring?
Does anybody have another idea?
Thanks for your feedback
I don't have exactly the same issue but this one http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkVantage-Technologies/Bug-On-Screen-Display-level-indicators-sometim... might be related to it.
- it happens after restoration from hibernation only (reboot helps)
- I have f5521gw WWAN installed
New Update
Since my last posting and with deactivated WWAN (UMTS) module my system works fine.
I haven't a issue with brightness control since then.
Note: I allways use standby mode.


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Before Andre Ethier touched home plate, his teammates were leaping out of the dugout. The fans at Dodger Stadium were leaping out of their seats.
October came early to Los Angeles and everyone wearing blue wanted to celebrate.
The latest magical moment in the Dodgers' remarkable midseason run came Tuesday, when Mark Ellis drove in Ethier with a ninth-inning bloop single to deliver a 3-2, walk-off victory over the New York Yankees.
"These kind of games, we just feel like we're going to win right now," Manager Don Mattingly said.
The Dodgers have won 27 of their last 33 games. They have claimed five World Series titles in Los Angeles, but had never won as many games in any previous 33-game stretch since their move from Brooklyn in 1958.
The walk-off win the was the second in a row for the Dodgers, who beat the Cincinnati Reds two days earlier on an 11th-inning home run by Yasiel Puig. They increased their lead over the second-place Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West to 31/2 games.
"We're just finding a way to get a big hit, something we weren't doing earlier in the season," Ellis said.
He neglected to mention steals. Ethier stole one base in the first three months of the season. But with two out in the ninth inning and Ellis at the plate, he stole second base.
That set up Ellis' hit off Shawn Kelley, which floated over the head of leaping shortstop Derek Jeter.
"We're not even blowing teams out, just not making mistakes and never giving up as a team," starting pitcher Zack Greinke said.
The Dodgers had taken a 1-0 lead in the first inning, when Puig doubled off Yankees starter Andy Pettitte and scored on a line-drive single by Hanley Ramirez. The lead was quickly erased, as Lyle Overbay hit a solo home run off Greinke to lead off the second inning and tie it at 1-1.
Juan Uribe moved the Dodgers back in front in the bottom of that inning, as he hit a solo home run of his own, a towering shot to left field that landed in the second deck. The home run was the sixth of the season for Uribe, matching his total from the last two seasons combined.
The Dodgers nearly added to their lead in the third inning, when Ramirez doubled and attempted to score on a single to right field by A.J. Ellis. But Ramirez was thrown out easily at the plate by rifle-armed Ichiro Suzuki.
The Dodgers remained ahead, 2-1, until the fourth inning. Alfonso Soriano doubled to left and reached third on a wild pitch by Greinke. Soriano was pushed home by a groundout by Overbay, once again leveling the score, 2-2.
Starting with Overbay, Greinke retired 10 consecutive batters. The streak was broken by a one-out double to left by Suzuki in the seventh inning, but Greinke retired the next two batters.
Greinke limited the Yankees to five hits over seven innings. He struck out seven and didn't walk a single batter, giving him a 1.75 earned-run average over his last five starts.
A perfect eighth inning by setup man Ronald Belisario was followed by a perfect ninth by closer Kenley Jansen, who got the win.
Carl Crawford, who missed the previous two games with a 102-degree fever, returned to the Dodgers' lineup. He was hitless in four at-bats.
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STARS Organization
From StarsOrg
Revision as of 14:58, 18 September 2007 by 184.108.40.206 (Talk) (→Respresentatives to RUSA Committees)
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Bylaws
- 3 Executive Committee
- 4 Committees and Discussion Groups
- 5 Preconferences and Programs
- 6 Calendars
- 7 Records Management
- 8 Section Review
- 9 Budget and Funding
This Manual is a compilation of policies and procedures to assure continuity and smooth functioning for the Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) infrastructure and to provide guidance to offices, committee chairs, and members. Suggestions for additions or revisions to this Manual should be forwarded to the STARS Organization Committee.
The STARS Organization Committee wishes to thank RUSA MARS and ALCTS both of whose Handbooks proved invaluable in the creation of this document.
History of STARS...
Executive Committee
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- Secretary
- Member-at-Large
- Guidelines
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Representatives to RUSA Committees
STARS Column Editor
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Committees and Discussion Groups
Committee Structure
Appointment Process
Responsibilities of Committee Chairs
- Codes, Guidelines, and Technical Standards Committee
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- Executive Committee
- Interlibrary Loan Committee
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- Organization Committee
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Beck points out that despite 115% export growth between 1998 and 2011, German GDP grew annually at only 1.4% in the same period, compared to 2.7% for Sweden, 2% for the UK, 1.8% for the Netherlands and 1.5% for France. Real personal disposable income over the whole of the same period rose by just 7%, about a third of the UK increase. Poverty is increasing. The Germans are much worse off than they were. The recent spectacular export boom has completely failed to deliver economic growth in Germany - in fact, the Mediterranean basket cases apart, Germany's economy is amongst the poorest performing in Europe.
The reason, Beck writes, is the operation of the Eurozone's Target2 transfer mechanism. At this point many Guardian eyes will glaze over and railway minds click onto the intellectually safe tracks of dialectical Marxism. Germany has effectively lent €715bn of sovereign wealth to southern Europe; as Beck writes
This German "wealth destruction" fund allows the euro countries to buy German goods they cannot afford and provides German industry with a multibillion euro export subsidy, which it does not need.Target2 means that the benefits of the export boom in terms of national and per capita economic growth are enjoyed by the Eurozone countries to which Germany exports, rather than by Germany. Beck concludes;
Through the rescue funds, government bond buys and Target2 system the ECB and the German government are propping up a system that is ultimately unsustainable. With the euro rescue, Germany is shackled to a corpse. Germany's Panglossian politicians refuse to accept that even now Germany would be better off cutting her losses. Draghi, meanwhile, has not lost sight of his project for the "lirafication" of the euro and busily pours liquidity into the financial market at negligible interest – in defiance of his mandate and the EU treaties, to the eurozone's ultimate doom and to sustain the profits of international investment banks."Nah, sorry, still can't understand you ..."


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Does anybody know a translation of Föllmer: Calcul d'Ito sans probabilités in English or German?
It seems to be a very interesting text - Abstract: "It is shown that if a deterministic continuous curve has a 'quadratic variation' in a suitable sense (which however depends explicitly on a nested sequence of time subdivisions, for example the standard dyadic one), then it satisfies a deterministic 'Ito formula' when composed with a twice differentiable function. Thus the only place where probability really appears in the derivation of Ito's formula is in the fact that, given any sequence of subdivisions, almost every path of a semimartingale admits a quadratic variation relative to this sequence (though no path may exist which has a quadratic variation relative to all sequences)"
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Nestle and an anti-allergy charity have been accused of encouraging a new range of ''lunchbox friendly'' muesli bars to be allowed in playgrounds, even though they could be dangerous for people with nut allergies.
Fairfax Media can reveal that Nestle (which owns Uncle Tobys) and charity A&AA have worked together to develop the new products, and are encouraging schools and kindergartens to allow them into playgrounds. But both admit they should not be eaten by anyone with a nut allergy.
A&AA, which receives funding from Nestle, is also asking schools to reconsider bans they may have on nuts in the schoolyard.
In a case that mirrors the decision by the Heart Foundation to endorse McDonald's with a ''tick'' on some products, several doctors and parents say the tie-up between Nestle and A&AA is confusing for schools and for consumers.
''I'm confused, and I work in the industry,'' Sydney paediatric allergist Elizabeth Pickford said. ''I think the 'lunchbox friendly' labelling is really deceptive. Mums are going to think this is a safe product when they see it.''
Last month Nestle and A&AA wrote directly to the ''student welfare officer'' at thousands of schools and kindergartens across the country. The letter has the logos of both A&AA and Nestle and is co-signed by A&AA president Maria Said and Nestle nutrition manager Susan Kevork.
''To reduce the risk to children with life-threatening nut allergies, it is common for schools to put a restriction on nuts as part of their allergy management policy,'' the letter states. ''While allergen restrictions do reduce risk, this strategy must be part of an overall management plan as risk can never be totally removed. To think so would increase risk to those with a food allergy.''
Ms Said admitted the charity had received funding from Nestle over several years, most recently a $5000 grant for its Food Allergy Awareness week.
The letter then directs schools to the A&AA website where, as a matter of policy, the charity is opposed to banning nuts from schools. ''It is impossible to think we can remove all traces of allergins from within a school environment,'' Ms Said told Fairfax Media.
''That would mean we ask kids to bring water bottles to schools, and not much more.''
Many doctors disagree.
''It's a very simple request for parents not to bring nuts to school,'' Dr Pickford said. ''Honestly, little kids need to be protected, often from themselves. To a little kid, someone else's lunchbox can seem irresistible. Often kids with an allergy will eat something from someone else's lunchbox and then not tell anyone, in case they get in trouble.''
In recent years Nestle has lost market share to several health companies that make completely nut-free products, as schools adopt strict no-nut policies.
The A&AA letter to schools does not disclose that the charity receives funding from Nestle. Other sponsors include supermarket chain Coles and Nuts For Life, a body representing the Australian tree nut industry.
Just two days before Christmas, A&AA informed its members of the tie-up with Uncle Tobys. Several angry parents have since posted complaints on its website.
''Why would A&AA encourage kids to take nut products into school at all when there are plenty of nut-free snacks available?'' wrote Geelong mum Nicole Krasic.
''I'm all for education about allergies, but the [announcement] is simply Uncle Tobys marketing a product that 'appears nut free' and a way to ensure they can still sell products to kids. I'm disappointed that A&AA would support such an idea.''
Leanne San, wrote: ''I don't get it … it can't be eaten if you have a nut allergy, so what's the benefit? Apart from a new marketing tactic?''
Nestle defended the new Uncle Tobys product.
''We've been very clear that this product range will not be suitable for nut allergy sufferers,'' spokeswoman Margaret Stuart said.
Ms Stuart said Nestle was a ''silver supporter'' of A&AA, and the charity had also been engaged to provide ''additional consulting support''. The company would not put a dollar value on that support.
Mark Hawthorne is Senior Editor at The Age. Previously he was National Business Editor of Fairfax Metro Media.


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New research from the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, published in the Journal of Surgical Research, may help clinicians determine which patients are at highest risk for post-surgical blood clots in the legs or lungs.
A team led by Robert Canter, UC Davis associate professor of surgery, studied the medical histories of more than 470,000 surgical patients to determine which factors increased their risk of blood clots, also called venous thromboembolism (VTE). The team then created a nomogram, a type of calculator, which can help clinicians predict an individual's 30-day VTE risk. The results could change clinical practice by providing a more rational approach to preventing dangerous blood clots.
Blood clots are a critical safety and quality challenge for hospitals around the nation. While they can be prevented by administering blood thinners, such as heparin, these measures increase the risk of bleeding. To complicate matters, clinicians have had no way of determining which patients are at higher risk for blood clots, forcing them to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to prevention.
"The standard preventive measure is heparin," said Canter. "However, there are many questions surrounding its use: What type of heparin should be administered? What dosage? Should we give it to patients before or after surgery? By identifying patients who are at higher risk for VTE, we attempt to answer many of these questions and help to personalize treatment."
Blood clots of the legs or lungs are a serious surgical complication, which can cause shortness of breath, longer hospital stays and, in rare cases, death. Successful treatment often requires patients to take the blood thinner Coumadin for three to six months after discharge.
The researchers combed through the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement (ACS-NSQIP) database to identify 471,000 patients who underwent abdominal or thoracic surgeries between 2005 and 2010. Their goal was to identify VTE events within 30 days of surgery, both in the hospital and after discharge (VTEDC). VTE includes deep vein thrombosis (clots in the legs) or pulmonary embolism (clots in the lungs).
The team considered many patient factors: age, body mass index (BMI), gender, race, pre-existing conditions, medical history, smoking and others. The group also factored in different approaches to surgery—abdominal, thoracic, laparoscopic, etc. — as well as the specific procedure type such as gastrointestinal, hernia, bariatric, splenectomy or lung. They also looked at post-operative complications, as these could affect both the length of stay and blood clot prevention efforts.
"There are a multitude of factors that go into whether a patient is at risk for VTE, as well as how to prevent it," said Canter. "Prior to this study, no one had ever looked at so many of these factors so comprehensively."
Overall, 1.5 percent of patients experienced a blood clot before discharge, while .5 percent experienced one after discharge. These rates were very consistent throughout the study years. A variety of factors were associated with increased blood clot risk, including age, high BMI, preoperative infection, cancer and non-bariatric laparoscopic surgery. Splenectomies carried the highest risk for blood clot, while bariatric surgeries had a lower incidence. In addition, major complications after surgery raised the incidence of VTEDC.
Perhaps most significant, the risks indicated by the study deviate sharply from current Joint Commission risk appraisals. For example, based on the study's findings, a patient with a history of colon cancer who is having his colon partially removed laparoscopically to treat recurrent cancer has a 10 percent chance of suffering a blood clot. Meanwhile, a patient having an emergency hernia repair has less than a 5 percent risk. Under current guidelines, however, both patients would be treated as having equal risk. Use of the nomogram to calculate risk could allow clinicians to more precisely respond to each patient's individual risk factors.
Charles LaFlamme, of Sacramento, is a good example of a patient whose care could have benefited from a better understanding of blood-clot risks. After having a very large liposarcoma removed from his abdomen, he was sent to the intensive care unit, where he experienced a persistent elevated heart beat but no other symptoms. Approximately a week later, he experienced shortness of breath while walking in his hospital room. A CT scan identified a pulmonary embolism. Aggressive treatment was prescribed for his remaining hospital stay and, after discharge he was placed on Coumadin for six months. The treatment was successful and LaFlamme fully recovered.
"The medical staff handled the situation well, but I would have preferred to have avoided it altogether," said LaFlamme.
The UC Davis research produced a couple of surprises. Though high BMI generally increased risk, the risk did not carry over to bariatric procedures, perhaps because more aggressive measures are often taken to prevent blood clots in bariatric cases. That splenectomies put patients at higher risk for clots was also a surprise, as the researchers expected the procedure would instead expose them to a higher risk of bleeding.
Canter notes that while hospitals around the nation have been focused for several years on reducing VTE and VTEDC, these measures have not reduced their frequency.
"Despite all the attention to eliminating this as a post-operative complication, the numbers have remained static," said Canter. "This shows us that the approach needs to be more individualized."
While these results need to be validated, Canter believes the data will help clinicians take a more evidence-based approach to administering heparin and reducing the incidence of blood clots. He says use of the information fits with hospitals' overall concern about safety, quality and cost. Specifically, these data could help hospitals and clinicians better focus their quality-of-care initiatives, ensuring that incentives and penalties are based on an accurate model of patient risk.
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated center serving the Central Valley and inland Northern California, a region of more than 6 million people. Its specialists provide compassionate, comprehensive care for more than 9,000 adults and children every year, and access to more than 150 clinical trials at any given time. Its innovative research program engages more than 280 scientists at UC Davis, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Jackson Laboratory (JAX West), whose scientific partnerships advance discovery of new tools to diagnose and treat cancer. Through the Cancer Care Network, UC Davis collaborates with a number of hospitals and clinical centers throughout the Central Valley and Northern California regions to offer the latest cancer care. Its community-based outreach and education programs address disparities in cancer outcomes across diverse populations. For more information, visit cancer.ucdavis.edu.


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Music is nothing separate from me. It is me... You'd have to remove the music surgically
This quote by famous musician Ray Charles is exactly applicable to noted musician Alphons Joseph.
Alphons is one of the most promising and versatile music directors in the Malayalam film industry who is quietly re-drawing the profile of movie playback music. A frontiersman in the music world, music maestros have sung to his beats. Being an affable music director, composer with a difference, professional guitarist and a catchy singer, Alphons is a complete musician with extra-ordinary talent. Being well versed in both Carnatic and Western forms of music and blessed with a soothing voice, he composes and sings straight from the soul. Having carved a niche for himself in the Malayalam film industry, his works demonstrate his great innovativeness and insatiable hunger for music composition and he has brought a unique freshness to Malayalam film music.
|Alphons is also a wonderful playback singer with great depth and passion in his voice. Besides lending his voice to a good number of film songs composed by himself, he has also sung to the tunes of renowned music directors including AR Rahman, Dharan and Shyam Dharman.
Alphons received great appreciation for singing the superhit song Aaromale for the film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, composed by AR Rahman. The song was a chart blockbuster and has become an anthem song for many music fans.
Being a thorough entertainer, Alphons has the charismatic ability to keep the audiences enthralled to his mesmerizing songs. He is a very active member of the Rexband, which was the only band from the Indian subcontinent to be invited to the World Youth Day celebrations in 2002 at Canada, 2005 at Cologne and in 2008 at Sydney.
He was a key member of AR Rahman's World Tour 2010, Jai Ho Concert - The Journey Home, which performed for worldwide audiences throughout the North American continent and Europe.
Alphons is one of most sought after music directors of the Malayalam Film industry. Known for his unique compositions, he has worked as a music director in movies that include,


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107 'OLD ST. NICK' OR YULE MYTHOLOGY SANTA CLAUS as we know him today is a jolly, mythical old man who brings presents to children at Christmastime. However, he was developed from a real person who lived about 300 A.D. He was known as Saint Nicholas. As a boy, he became a bishop in the ancient town of Myra, now in Turkey. He was extremely kind and often went out at night taking gifts to needy people. After his death word of his good works spread throughout Europe. During the Middle Ages he became the patron saint of schoolboys who celebrated his feast day on the sixth of December. They elected a boy bishop who dressed in magnificent robes and led a parade through the streets. There was much feast-ing but generally the occasion was solemn. This custom eventually died out, but Nicholas remained the favorite saint with the children. In Belgium and the Netherlands, both young and old still celebrate his feast day. Someone representing the saint rides through the streets on a donkey of white. In Germany, Nicholas appears as a hairy imp, Pelz Nichol, meaning "Nicholas in fur." Parents tell Nichol how their children have behaved during the year. Then good chil-dren are rewarded with presents and bad boys and girls receive only a bundle of twigs. Saint Nicholas, and his habit of bringing gifts, were so popular with the children that the custom of his feast was kept. Dutch settlers brought the custom with them to New Amsterdam (New York) and English settlers eagerly borrowed the customs and festivities surrounding the kindly Saint Nicholas. The English speak-ing children tried to pronounce the Dutch name (Sant Nikolaas) but when they said it quickly or excitedly it changed to Santa Claus. His appearance began to change about the same time as his name. Europeans had imagined him being a tall, slim stately person. Washington Irving created a new picture of him when he de-scribed him as a jolly fellow wearing a broad brimmed hat, huge breeches and smoking a pipe. Irvin's Saint Nicholas rode over the treetops in a wagon and dropped presents down the chimneys. In 1822 Clement Moore wrote the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" for his children, which describes Santa as we know him today. The saint is pictured as a round and jolly figure with twinkling eyes, a nose like a cherry and a white beard. He puffs a stump of a pipe and rides in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. The feast of St. Nicholas was celebrated for hundreds of years on December sixth. After the Protestant reformation, Saint Nicholas was replaced by the Christ Child, who was called Christkindl (Khris Kringle) in parts of Germany and Switzerland. In many European countries, the Saint Nicholas Celebration still takes place on December 6th. In the United States, Santa Claus' ride always takes place on Christmas Eve. (Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 6, 1976)
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Telenovela actress Gabriela Vergara (no relation to Sofia) is so hot we would do horrible things to get with her. This isn't an exaggeration either. We would murder someone if Gabriela asked us. Before you go call the cops on us (narcs!), check out more pictures of her.
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Through the years I have read hundreds of books, and i have noticed that I see less and less stories that end without a happy resolution. i recently went back and read 1984 and I am Legend, While these were amazing books, neither one of them would have what I would call a happy ending. I can't be the only one who liked this style of writing, i just can't seem to find any current stories like this.
Any recommendations?
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You might like Chuck Palahniuk books then. Twisted stuff and very few happy endings.
A couple of Heinlein novels come to mind: Podkayne of Mars and Glory Road. The release I own of Podkayne has the original ending an an alternate, which can hardly be called, "happy." Glory Road may be a touch more upbeat, though considering what Oscar Gordon is forced to confront after he supposedly wins the day, I wouldn't call it fully a happy ending. Heinlein's Moon is a Harsh Mistress has more of a "life goes on" ending to it, though it has serious losses among its leading cast.
And thinking of downright downer endings, Huxley's Brave New World is right up there, now that I think about it.
I HATED the ending of The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, even though the title tells the reader that somehow Pixel continues to live....apparently forever. (In To Sail Beyond the Sunset.)
Ginny Heinlein left the real Pixel with David Gerrold when she moved to Florida after RAH died. The cat vanished/ran away...something. Mr. Gerrold was living in this Valley then....we are surrounded by coyotes and other predators that have been displaced by housing developments. Dog walkers need baseball bats or golf clubs...cats live indoors 24/7.
I have some Polaroids they sent me of both Heinleins AND Pixel in the Bonny Doon house. And I CAN'T FIND THEM! (I have to dig through a roomful of papers and stuff soon.)
I prefer a "happy ending" but not at the cost of character development or plot. You see a lot of movies in paticular with a happy ending tacked on, and its just so annoying.
Mercedes Lackey explained her idea of why Fantasy fiction and detective stories are so popular...everything works out in the end. Sort of.
One of the most unhappy endings I've ever read, was a short story, "The Cold Equations," by Tom Godwin. It's in several SF anthologies. (And has been roundly criticized as "bad engineering." I agree.)
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Evolv Pontas - Lower Silvermine
Did you forget you favourite boots at the crag? Or, did you find some quickdraw on the 4th bolt of some route?
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Buddy lost a pair of Evolv Pontas Velcro's this Sunday (05/12/2010). We climbed Lower Silvermine: The Pumphouse - Cursed. Either left it there, or lost it on the footpath to the carpark. Was tied to his backpack. Anybody picked it up?
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one of our prty spotted the shoes lying in the footpath as you go up to "gollum" - she thought is was left there as a marker. i told her its highly unlikely and that we should collect it when we leave. unfortunately it was gone by the time we left (3pm).
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I have got the Pontas shoes. Call me to arrange to collect. 021-6891234 or 082 4375145. I live in Mowbray.
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Yo Ross, i struggled to find that shoe... and assumed you or some one else had taken it. Didn't see the other one either - although i did have a little distraction.
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