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Electromagnetic fields
- What are electromagnetic fields?
- Static and low-frequency fields
- What are static and low-frequency electric and magnetic fields?
- Direct and alternating voltage
- Application/occurrence
- Effects of static and low-frequency fields
- Protection
- Reports & Evaluations
- Radiation protection relating to the expansion of the national grid
- Basics transfer of electrical power
- Effects
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- High-frequency fields
- What are high-frequency fields?
- Applications high-frequency fields
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- Radiation protection in mobile communication
- What is mobile communication?
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Optical radiation
- What is optical radiation?
- UV radiation
- What is UV radiation?
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- Radioactivity in the environment
- Where does radioactivity occur in the environment?
- What is the level of natural radiation exposure in Germany?
- Air, soil and water
- Radon
- Foodstuffs
- Building materials
- Relics
- Industrial residues (NORM)
- BfS laboratories
- Applications in medicine
- Diagnostics
- Radiotherapy
- Radiation protection in medicine: international activities
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- Radioactive radiation sources in Germany
- Register high-level radioactive radiation sources
- Type approval procedure
- Cabin luggage security checks
- Radioactive materials in watches
- Ionisation smoke detectors (ISM)
- Effects
- What are the effects of radiation?
- Effects of selected radioactive materials
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- Cancer and leukaemia
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- Epidemiology of radiation-induced diseases
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- Risk estimation and assessment
- Radiation protection
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- What is an emergency?
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- Federal and state tasks
- In the event of an emergency
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- Exercises for emergency situations
- Defence against nuclear hazards
- Service offers
- Radon measurements
- Incorporation monitoring
- Biological dosimetry
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The BfS
The BfS
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- Scientific collaborations
- EU research framework programme
- BfS research programme
- Third-party funded research
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- Selected research projects
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- Science Council
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Departmental research
- To carry out its legal tasks, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has technical-scientific questions clarified that are of fundamental importance for the protection of man against the dangers from ionising and non-ionising radiation.
- Technical capacities at the BfS are provided to the BMU for the development of the required scientific-technical and legal bases and the BMU provides budgetary resources for awarding departmental research projects to external research institutions.
- In the BfS publication series "Ressortforschungsberichte zur kerntechnischen Sicherheit und zum Strahlenschutz" reports of research projects have been published which were developed in the scope of the Environmental Research Plan (UFOPLAN) of the Federal Environment Ministry and professionally supported by the BfS.
To clarify specific radiation protection issues, the BfS designs and initiates investigations, expert reports and studies at
- Universities,
- Research institutes,
- Expert organisations, or
- Private enterprises.
The research results are evaluated by the BfS and provide the BMU with decision criteria for the preparation, implementation and examination or, respectively, further development of legal regulations. This is the only way for the BMU to live up competently to its responsibility for radiation protection within the framework of federal supervision.
Departmental research of the BMU thus means the development of scientific bases for the BMU's departmental tasks and advice on these tasks. This is what distinguishes departmental research from general research support for which generally the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) is responsible.
BfS research and development projects
The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) performs own research in the fields of
- Biological radiation effects,
- Medical radiation protection,
- Epidemiology,
- Dosimetry,
- Emergency preparedness, and
- Environmental radioactivity.
The BfS supports the BMU professionally and scientifically in the planning and implementation of departmental research whose projects are planned to be awarded to external research institutions. It is especially responsible for the planning, subject-related preparation, scientific monitoring, and evaluation of the research projects.
What is the planned procedure with regard to departmental research projects awarded to external institutions?
- Planning of research
The departmental research projects to be carried out in the field of radiation protection are set out annually in the BMU departmental research plan. A departmental research project is generally prompted by the BfS' or BMU's specialist work units; however, third parties (such as university institutions) may also prompt a project. All new projects are listed in the departmental research plan of 2016.
- Specialist support of projects
Research projects are generally awarded following a public tender. The subject-related preparation for awarding contracts and the scientific monitoring during the entire lifetime of a project up to its successful completion is an important tasks of the BfS professional advisors.
- Evaluation of results
In order for the results of the research projects to be taken into account in the specialist work of the BMU, the key findings are summarised by the professional advisors of the BfS and evaluated with regard to preparation, review, further development or implementation of legal regulations.
- Documentation
The results elaborated in the scope of departmental research projects are published electronically in the BfS publication series "Ressortforschungsberichte zur kerntechnischen Sicherheit und zum Strahlenschutz" or in the BMU publication series " Reaktorsicherheit und Strahlenschutz". Older publications of the BMU publication series are available in print. A summary of the radiation protection projects is additionally presented in the annually published Radiation Protection Research Programme Report.
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The NHL locked out its players Saturday night at midnight when its collective bargaining agreement expired. It is the league's fourth work stoppage in the last 20 years. Like every stoppage, this one is about money and how to divvy up what is now a $3.3 billion pie.
If you are looking for comparisons among sports leagues, think NBA and not NFL, which both had lockouts over the past 14 months. The NFL lockout had only a single preseason game cancelled, while NBA owners lost 20% of their regular season and had to pack in the remaining 80% of games in five months. The NHL is scheduled to begin its regular season October 11 and that date is in serious jeopardy.
The NHL's problem is the widespread disparity in profits for its 30 teams. We estimated that 18 teams lost money during the 2010-11 season in our annual look at the business of hockey. Several other teams barely eked out a profit, but the league's most flush teams made a killing. The Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens had an operating profit (in the sense of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $171 million combined. The other 27 NHL teams lost a collective $44 million. If you add the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers to the fat cats ledger, profits hit $212 million with the remaining 25 teams posting a loss of $86 million.
The concentration of wealth at the top is similar in the NBA. The three most profitable teams during the 2010-11 season, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers (a 1-year anomaly where the team sold out its arena with a cut-rate payroll ahead of LeBron James skipping town), earned $167 million. The total represented 96% of the league's estimated profits of $175 million. The NBA tripled revenue sharing in its new CBA to help prop up small market teams.
Why did the NFL settle with its players before any regular season games were lost? Look at the numbers. The NFL's richest teams, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots and Washington Redskins, earned a staggering $454 million last season. Yet, that total represented just 35% of the NFL's $1.3 billion in total operating profit. The NFL cut back its supplemental revenue sharing program in its latest CBA. It expects $45 billion in new TV agreements to prop up the low revenue teams and keep their profit margins high.
Baseball is the most equitable major U.S. sports league when it comes to sharing the wealth. No wonder it will have had 21 years of labor peace by the time its current CBA expires in 2016. The top three earners last season, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs, made $87 million, which is only 20% of MLB's $432 million in operating profit. High-revenue teams like the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are content to run baseball operations with small profits, while making a killing through their ownership stakes in the regional sports networks that broadcast their games.
MLB has the heftiest supplemental revenue sharing system with roughly $400 million changing hands last season from the high revenue teams to the low revenue ones. The Yankees alone kicked in $110 million in revenue sharing in 2011.
The NHL is not in dire financial straits as it was in 2004 when a lockout caused the cancellation of an entire season. It does need the top teams to share more of the wealth if it wants to be healthier financially. The league currently shares about $150 million of its revenue and the league has proposed bumping that up to $190 million. The players association is looking for revenue sharing closer to $250 million. We know why the Maple Leafs, Rangers and Canadiens do not want that much revenue sharing. What about the other 27 teams?

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Play golf with a twist using protons in magnetic fields. Start with simple fields, then move all the way up to golfing in Earth's magnetic field.
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Every 11 years the direction of the Sun's magnetic field flips. This article outlines what we expect to observe and experience here on Earth when it does change direction.
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3.This Colloid Mill has ascendant efficacy( emulsions, spread around, emulsification, suitable for the homogenization etc.), the granularity processed can reach to 2-60μm, the homogenization reaches to 95%.
This Colloid Mill is widely applied in the industrial productions of food (Peanut butter, sesame jam, soy milk, dairy products, soft drinks and etc.), medicine (syrups, nutrition liquid, Chinese herb extracts, poultice and etc.), daily chemical products (tooth paste, cosmetic, washing agent and etc.), chemical industry products (pigment, dye, dope, lubricant, petroleum activator and etc.) and the flotation and emulsification of the explosives.
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Dutch Government Realizes That Non-Original Works Don't Deserve Copyright
from the about-time dept
And yet, many in Europe (and some in the US) still see good things in such a government granted monopoly. We were just talking about how clinging to this outdated and clearly failed concept was now threatening important moves towards open data.
Thankfully, it appears that at least one European country has realized how damaging such rights are, and is moving in the other direction. The Dutch government, which has a number of politicians who really seem to get this stuff, is apparently trying to "modernize" its copyright law by removing protection for any "non-original" works such as databases. The link from the Future of Copyright site notes that the database right -- called "geschriftenbescherming" -- is being removed, as officials are noting that copyright should be focused on creativity, not merely protecting the upfront investments of publishers and printers:
The modernization of copyright law in the Netherlands will be done in two ways. Firstly, modern copyright will only serve to protect creative performances. Since 'geschriftenbescherming' does not cover any creative performance, this will now be removed. Secondly, the Dutch government believes copyright should not inadvertently preclude the creative reuse of existing material or the innovative use of information and easy exchange thereof. The protection of non-original works is often invoked to regulate parallel import instead of merely protecting the publisher's or printer's investment. By removing the additional protection under copyright law, the exchange and re-use of these works may be simplified. Also this could remove a legal barrier to the use of open data.As noted in that last sentence, this story is almost the polar opposite to the one we just had about this same concept being used to hold back open data. This would be a nice step forward for the Dutch, and hopefully other European countries will quickly get with the program as well.
Update: In the comments someone points out that this is related to the EU Court of Justice ruling we wrote about last year, which noted that copyright rights need to include an element of creativity and that you can't just copyright facts.
Update 2: More information from the comments, which argues that, despite great similarities between the database right and geschriftenbescherming, this only impacts the latter not the former. The specific issue appears to be that geschriftenbescherming falls under copyright law and copyright law requires creativity (as noted in the story from last year). Yet database rights, fall under the database directive, and don't require any creativity (which is silly, for reasons we explained earlier). We apologize for any confusion and would like to thank the commenter for adding further details.


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John Paul Scarbrough, age 60, was born on Sept. 19, 1953, in Compton, Calif., and passed away on Nov. 11, 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
John was the son of John A. and Melva M. (Schulte) Scarbrough. On April 11, 1981 he married Joan Harer.
John served in the U.S. Marine Corps, worked in the oil field early in life and later worked for the City of Pratt and Pratt County, and most recently worked as a security guard. John was a member of the American Legion.
He is survived by his wife, Joan; two sons, Craig (Stephanie) of Hutchinson, and Steven (Maria) of Thornton, Colo; a brother, Jerry (Cindy) of Minneapolis, Kan.; and a sister, Cathy (Rick) Neuburger of Pratt; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial can be made to Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care, 825 E. Pikes Peak Avenue, Ste. #600, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Condolences may be left at www.thespringsfuneralservices.com


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In support of Skidmore's Goals for Student Learning and Development and commitment to academic excellence, Student Academic Services (SAS) supports the development of knowledge, intellectual skills and practice, personal and social values, and transformation in all Skidmore students. SAS promotes high academic achievement and guides students to take full advantage of the wide variety of opportunities available at Skidmore, in the Saratoga Springs community, and beyond. SAS serves all Skidmore students interested in strengthening their academic performance or skills by organizing peer tutoring, study groups, and drop-in tutoring and by offering professional one-on-one and small group academic support. SAS collaborates with other campus offices and faculty to support Skidmore students with specific responsibility to international students, English Language Learners (ELL), students of color, student-athletes, and students with disabilities.


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Artisan ciders will be the main attraction at Hood River Chamber of Commerce's first Hard-Pressed Cider Fest on Saturday, April 12. This event is an opportunity for seasoned and novice cider drinkers alike to sample cider from Hood River County's very own cider makers as well as a variety of additional Northwest cideries (check in at hoodriver.org/hard-pressed-cider-fest for cider list). A menu of local cuisines, produce and arts vendors, a kid's area, and a local line-up of music from bluegrass to classic rock, guarantees a great time for the whole family.
The fest runs from noon to 6 p.m. and will be held in Odell at Mt. Defiance Fruit, 3351 Stadelman Drive. Also on hand will be local cuisine, from smoked barbecue to American pub fare to gluten-free and vegetarian dishes. Attendees may pre-purchase tickets at Brown Paper Tickets to secure quick entry into the event.
Admission for those 21 and over is $10 and includes cider glass and four taste tokens. For those 20 and under and designated drivers, admission is free.
"We are very excited about the expanding cider industry in the area, the Cider Fest is an opportunity to highlight and celebrate the art of cider making. We hope to see the event grow exponentially in the next few years." said Ashley Huckaby May, event coordinator of the Hood River County Chamber of Commerce, which puts on the event.
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To our Friends, Family and Supporters,
On behalf of the Givegoods team, I wanted to let you know personally that we will be closing down operations, effective immediately. As a startup, we have had tremendous success raising money for charities over the last six months. Unfortunately, it no longer makes business sense to keep the company running.
It has been a pleasure to work with you and our shared community. We are thrilled to have had been able to explore and launch some very progressive approaches to fundraising that we know communities will be using in the future.
If at any time you have any questions, concerns or fantastic ideas about how the Givegoods technology could be repurposed for the future, you can always contact me by email.
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In case you've missed it on our site, we're giving you the chance to bid on the mountain bike of your dreams for the next 5 weeks, as part of the dreambikes initiative. Dreambikes was created by crankbrothers to support Wheels4Life, a charity that distributes bikes to deserving people in developing countries. With Performance Bicycle's help, crankbrothers will auction off 10 one-of-a-kind, dream mountain bikes in five online auctions between November 15 and December 19, with all proceeds going to Wheels4Life.
With a name like dreambikes, you know that these aren't your average mountain bike! Each bike in the dreambikes auction is kitted to the nines with: a frame by Ibis, Titus, Tomac or Focus; Crankbrothers handlebar, stem, seatpost, pedals and wheels; RockShox fork; SRAM drivetrain; Avid brakes; Truvativ cranks; high-performance saddle from fi'zik; and Continental tires.
And the proceeds from the dreambikes auction don't go to a charity run by your average mountain biker, either! Wheels4Life is run by mountain biking legend Hans "No Way" Rey. Hans is considered one of the world's leaders in extreme mountain biking. He is a former trials riding world champion, a showman, a stuntman, an adventure mountain biker, and all around legend in the mountain biking world:
Hans has traveled the world extensively; riding his GT mountain bikes, over and through areas previously considered unrideable. Here's a clip from one of his latest expeditions, a trip to Scotland with downhill world champ Steve Peat and trials rider extraordinaire Danny MacAskill:
But Hans is as passionate about his charity as he is about his riding. Here's Hans describing how Wheels4Life impacts the lives of those his charity reaches out to.
Still not convinced that a single bicycle can make a big difference in peoples lives? Check out this video clip:
From a remote village in Africa, to the dusty streets of El Rosario, Mexico, Hans and Wheels4Life are truly changing lives:
Call us softies, but we can't help but get choked up whenever we view this clip showing how the gift of a bike changed the lives of a family in Tanzania:
Don't miss this chance to support a great cause and make the bike of your dreams a reality.
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The Browns are waiting to find out if Chip Kelly will be their next head coach, but that's not stopping them from checking out possible general managers to team with Kelly or whoever else becomes their head coach.
Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reports that the Browns have requested permission to interview Vikings Assistant General Manager. George Paton. Glazer also reports that the Panthers have asked for the same permission and have a meeting set with Paton next week. Paton has been with the Vikings for six years and worked with their general manager Rick Spielman in Miami as well.
Paton passed on the opportunity to become the Rams' general manager last offseason, choosing to stay with the Vikings after a promotion and, presumably, a bump in salary. Les Snead wound up getting the job in St. Louis.
In addition to Paton, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Browns have requested permission to interview 49ers director of player personnel Tom Gamble and Chiefs director or pro personnel Ray Farmer. Gamble has popped up as a candidate for several of the open jobs this offseason.
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Proposals, Policies, and Procedures
What Is the Process for Proposals, Policies, and Procedures?
(Note: based on the Senate bylaws and the governance policy and procedures)
1. A proposal, including a new or revised policy and/or procedure, must be given to the Senate chair 10 working days before a Senate meeting and is sent to president's office for review. The Senate has sixty days to act on the item.
2. The Senate chair places the proposal on the next Senate agenda for first reading, and Senate members receive copies 5 working days before meeting.
3. The first reading of a proposal should take place with the attendance of the item's author.
• Senate may approve the proposal for a first reading as written.
• Senate may approve with recommendations and return to the author for revision.
• Senate may table the first reading until a definite or indefinite future meeting.
• Senate may disapprove the first reading and return it to the author with recommendations. The author may resubmit the draft for a first reading in another meeting.
4. The second reading of a draft takes place in the next Senate meeting.
• Senate may approve the second reading and forward the item to the president's office.
• Senate may table the second reading.
• Senate may disapprove the second reading and return it to the author with recommendations. The author may resubmit draft to begin the process again for a first reading.
5. The college president receives an approved proposal from the Senate and has 60 days to respond to the Senate.
• The President may approve the item as presented by Senate, in which case the proposal is placed on agenda of the next meeting of the Board of Trustees.
• The President may table the item and notify Senate.
• The President may disapprove of the item and send it back to Senate with recommendations.
6. If the Senate receives a disapproved item with recommendations, they will review it.
• If changes are substantial, then a representative from President's Cabinet and original author may need to attend to answer questions.
• Senate may approve the changes and return the draft to the president.
• Senate may disapprove of the changes and return the draft to president.
7. If there remains a substantive difference between the Senate's and President's proposals, the president shall strive to resolve the differences.
• If the differences are resolved, the proposal will move on to the Board of Trustees.
• If an agreement is not reached, both the Senate's and the President's proposals will be placed on the Board of Trustees' agenda, and a Senator selected by the Senate will provide their point of view, while the President presents his or hers. The Board of Trustee's may accept, modify, or reject any proposal.
If Board of Trustees approves new policy and/or procedure, it will be included in North Idaho College Policy Manual.


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Reviewed by Angela S. (age 6) and Jacqueline Y. (age 6)
The story is about a girl and a party on the 100th day of school. She was sick on the 100th day of school. She missed the party, and she was really sad. Hannah's mom said that she would feel better on Monday. She went to school on Monday because her cold was gone. She was so happy because at school everyone had 101 things to have a party for the 101st day.
We liked the book because it was funny. It was a great story because we wanted to know if the girl named Hannah would feel better. Our favorite part was when Hannah went to school because we are at school! Our favorite character was Hannah because she was the main character. The illustrations were fantastic. We also like the story because it makes us think that missing a party isn't that bad.
We recommend this book to little kids. It has simple words. Also we think the book is very fun. We love the characters and illustrations and little kids would like them too.


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So you have not yet set a password and you have not copied over your own database yet?
This is the fresh ZIP install with no changes except the config to cookie?
Can you check with Task Manager that there is no other mysqld.exe running after stopping your current MySQL server from the XCP.
Apart from the MySQL in xampp_old you don't have any other MySQL installations on your PC and you removed any my.ini other than the one in XAMPP?
When you have stopped everything in the XCP click on the XAMPP-Shell button:
At the prompt type
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click enter
If there is nothing to do it will say so.
Just trying to eliminate any sticking services in the registry.
See how this all goes.
Also won't hurt at this stage to reboot just in case there are issues with your last reboot then try again to access phpMyAdmin.


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My Tech Top 10: Joelle Alcaidinho
Top Row:
• iPhone 4: My love for this little guy knows no bounds. I upgraded from the second generation iPhone to this model and could not be happier with it (AT&T service however is a whole other story). This handy device was picked up at the Apple Store in Regent Street which means that he is unlocked. This makes traveling with the phone very pleasant as it is simply a matter of popping in the appropriate sim for the country I am in.
• Sunbeam Heated Blanket: It's winter and I would be lying if I undersold the importance of this blanket in my life. Since its introduction to my humble abode it has helped me to sleep through the night in my very cold apartment and has become one of the most important pieces of tech I own.
• Bowers & Wilkins P5 Headphones: These sound great and as an added bonus help keep the ears warm during the terrible, rotten, no good season called winter.
• WD My Passport Essential SE Drive: Since my computer is troubled by performing tasks like launching Aperture (its very old), I have taken to living off of this handy little external drive. I take this drive with me to friend's houses and various workspaces and use it to boot from. Without this handy drive, I would not be able to do my job.
• Kensington International Travel Plug With USB Adapter: This adapter makes powering devices while traveling very very easy. I love that it has a USB attachment for when I am traveling light (sans laptop) which almost all of my devices can charge from.
Bottom Row:
• iPad: When the iPad was announced I was not one of the people scrambling to get in line to purchase one. I had an old Apple laptop and iPhone, what did I need this device for? While I cannot say that anyone ever really "needs" an iPad, this is one of the best gifts I have ever been given. I use it several times a day, whether to read, type notes in meetings, or to display photos to a prospective client (and cough, play Angry Birds).
• Salter Digital Scale: I love to bake and having a scale makes baking with ratios much easier. Since I juggle between two worlds, metric and imperial, the scale makes getting the right amount of ingredients very easy by switching between these two measurement system. As an added bonus it's also brilliant for weighing yarn.
• Kindle 2: Although I have a shiny iPad (operative word, shiny), I do still use my Kindle. The Kindle is much much easier to read outside and when the weather is nice, I often retreat to the park with a good read. It's easy to read Kindle content between devices (iPad, Kindle, and iPhone), I love how seamlessly they all sync so I never miss my place!
• Nikon D200: This camera and I have been through quite a lot together. While it is a little worse for wear, it still works well and is a superb SLR. Now if I can just get my boyfriend to part with some of the lenses to his D700…
• SanDisk ImageMate Multi-Card Reader: When my cheap terrible card reader up and quit I snagged this fellow. So far it has proven to work well and it has a nice slim profile making it easy to find space for when it's not being used (this happens while I sleep).
Technology/device I'm most looking forward to in 2011: If Apple releases a new and exciting (woops, I meant "magical and revolutionary") iPad, I could seriously get behind that. Imagine, an iPad with a Retina display, yes please!
Tech or tech organizational tip: Felt square from craft stores are surprisingly useful. Use them to soften carry cases for your tech or for wire management. They are also good for craft projects, like geeky magnets.
I never leave home without: My iPhone. It's my go to camera for quick snaps around town, my map, and the best companion to Skype ever.


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Two weeks in a row confirms it; a tough ride on Sunday, with heat being the "x" factor that pushes things over the edge, means Tuesday's ride doesn't go so great. Thinking about it and talking it over with others, I'm pretty sure the solution is to get in an easy ride on Monday, one that doesn't include nasty climbs or working very hard, just an easy spin. Is that even possible in today's post-Strava world, where every aspect of your cycling is recorded and compared to prior versions of yourself (and others)?
Karl, Karen, Kevin (pilot), Joe, Marcus, George and I'm trying to remember who cut the ride a bit short and headed back down 84 while the rest of us did the west-side Old LaHonda loop? JR was there at the beginning but he was sticking to his regimen of doing intervals, not riding for time, so we saw him for just a short while.
Nice and warm so I was really hoping my lungs would do well today, but didn't matter, my legs felt like mud. Got to the top in just under 30 minutes, a good two minutes slower than last week, and felt like twice the effort. I never really felt like I was "there" until almost the end of the ride, when I decided to go for and take the final sprint, and shortly thereafter thought this would be a good day to ride to Santa Cruz if not for that work thing that gets in the way. We'll see what happens next week when I squeeze in that extra Monday ride to keep things loose.
Later on it was time to refuel, so stopped by Peets on the way to work. They're not super bicycle friendly; no bike rack outside, and nothing to plug the whole in your coffee cup so it doesn't splash out on you on your way to work. The barista suggested using a second cap and turning it so the hole didn't line up, and this did in fact work, but only after taking a couple of minutes working to snap the second cap over the first one without collapsing the cup. Why couldn't she have volunteered a piece of tape to cover the whole? I'll ask next time.


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indeed, his sutta & vinaya knowledge is very good.BlackBird wrote:Good posts Bhante Dhammanando.
venerable sir, i read that vinaya permits for a junior bhikkhu to live alone if he cannot find a suitable teacher, also there is an offense for taking dependence from an unsuitable teacher, is it true?Dhammanando wrote: Second because not only is a junior bhikkhu not recommended to live alone, the Vinaya does not even permit him to do so. For at least his first five rains a bhikkhu is required to live in dependence on a senior bhikkhu. And since the benefit of kalyāṇamittatā consists in the fact that it is by this that one learns the teaching, it makes sense that a bhikkhu will seek someone who speaks his language.
also appreciate if you can explain according to sutta & vinaya, what are the qualities a teacher should have?


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One of them is Robert Hugh Benson's century-old apocalyptic novel Lord of the World. Near the end of the story an idealistic and naïve young woman, disillusioned by the discovery that behind the benevolent mask of her profoundly secularized society lies a cruel and brutal reality, decides to end her life in one of the "Homes" established to provide this terminal service.
She chooses one in England in preference to the continent of Europe for fear that continental euthanasia facilities may be practicing human vivisection on their clients. "There," Benson writes, "where sentiment was weaker, and logic more imperious, materialism was more consistent. Since men were but animals — the conclusion was inevitable."
The other book is Evelyn Waugh's caustic 1948 satire of American funeral customs, The Loved One. Disappointed in love, a young female mortuary technician commits suicide. Her erstwhile suitor, a cynical Englishman who works at a pet cemetery, arranges for the disposal of her remains in its crematorium. And why not? The message of Waugh's grim tale is the same as Benson's: if materialism has it right, human beings are only higher animals, and can be treated as their slightly lower cousins are.
A radically different anthropology underlies these words of Pope Francis:
Every unborn child, condemned unjustly to be aborted, has the face of the Lord, who before being born, and then when he was just born, experienced the rejection of the world. And every elderly person, even if he is sick or at the end of his days, bears in himself the face of Christ. They cannot be discarded.
The Pope's stinging critique of today's "throwaway culture" was contained in a message last September 20 to members of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations. It came at a particularly timely moment, just after the release of his now-famous interview with several Jesuit journals. Some readers took his comments there, cautioning against placing near-exclusive emphasis on the Church's teaching on the life issues, as signaling a retreat from those concerns.
Not so. "The first right of the human person is his life," the Holy Father told the Catholic doctors.
In the United States, as the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court's 7-2 decision in Roe v. Wade approaches, the fight to defend human life is raging more fiercely than ever. Forty-one years ago, the advocates of legalized abortion and their media supporters took it for granted that that was the end of it. The Supreme Court had struck down laws against abortion throughout the country, and the opposition would soon flicker out. Euthanasia, many supposed, would come next.
The people who thought that way could hardly have been more wrong.
True, there are still more than one million abortions annually in America. The United States continues to have arguably the most permissive regime of legalized abortion in the entire world. It isn't just the number of abortions either. The U.S. is one of only nine countries that permit abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy and one of only four that permit abortion after the child is viable for any reason.
But pro-life progress in correcting the situation also is a fact.
For one thing, the supposedly scientific grounds on which Justice Harry Blackmun based the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade now are scientifically outdated at best. As a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' document prepared for last October's Respect Life program puts it, "Even abortion rights activists now concede the basic biological fact that human life begins at conception."
As for euthanasia, despite strenuous efforts by supporters — efforts that date back to the eugenics movement of the early 20th century — only four states have so far legalized the form of "euthanasia-lite," called physician-assisted suicide. The four states are Washington, Montana, Vermont and Oregon. Oregon was the first state to take this step back in 1994. In 2012, 44 persons hastened their deaths with doctors' help there.
Also in 2012, to the dismay of euthanasia advocates, Massachusetts voters rejected a "death with dignity" ballot initiative in the November elections. Shortly before the vote, opinion polling had found more than 60 percent support for the measure, but when the time came, 51 percent voted against it.
Other recent signs of progress include these.
• As of last September, according to LifeNews.com, a pro-life Internet news source, 2013 was well on its way to setting a record for the most pro-life legislation passed in a year. Up to then, 48 states had considered some 360 measures intended to restrict abortion in various ways, and 69 of these became law. "The successful passage of common-sense, protective legislation demonstrates that elected officials have their pulse on the will of the people — not on the abortion lobby," LifeNews.com remarked.
• Largely as a result of recent regulations making it either too expensive or too logistically difficult for them to continue in operation, as of September at least 58 U.S. abortion clinics had been forced to close their doors since 2011. That was one of every 10 abortion clinics in the country.
• The biggest single spur to such developments may have been the trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, which spotlighted details of his practice that horrified countless Americans. Gosnell was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies dispatched by being jabbed in the neck with scissors after being born alive by abortion. He pleaded guilty to these and other abortion-related crimes and is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison.
But the other side is far from giving up the fight.
President Obama and his administration actively support abortion. In a statement last January for the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the president hailed that ruling for its "historic commitment to protect the health and life of women." In April, in an address to a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood, Obama accused the pro-life movement of "an assault on women's rights."
As matters now stand, it's relatively easy to get pro-life legislation through the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. But such legislation is virtually certain to die in the Democratic-controlled Senate. If by chance a pro-life measure did manage somehow to slip through, President Obama could be counted on to veto it.
Meanwhile, government support for abortion is expanding via the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has repeatedly opposed this aspect of the program, especially for coercing faith-based institutions and programs to cooperate in a system that requires insurance coverage for abortifacient drugs, contraceptives and sterilization. In a mid-September letter to the bishops, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of USCCB, said: "We are united in our resolve to continue to defend our right to live by our faith."
It's ironic that, although Obama in his anniversary statement saluting Roe v. Wade, declared the decision's "guiding principle" to be "government should not intrude on our most private family matters," the pro-life movement's central objection to Obamacare is the coercive nature of its abortion mandate. How far this reaches was underlined recently when the Little Sisters of the Poor joined other religious providers of employee health benefits in a class action lawsuit against the mandate. "We cannot violate our vows by participating in the government's program to provide access to abortion-inducing drugs," said Sister Loraine Marie, superior of one of the congregation's three U.S. provinces.
Already, a challenge involving a private employer who objects to abortion coverage on conscience grounds has reached the Supreme Court (up to the time of writing, the court hadn't said whether it would consider the case). The court also has been asked to consider an appeal from the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals overturning an Arizona law restricting abortions after five months of pregnancy. Twelve other states also have such laws.
Obamacare aside, pro-lifers' worst nightmare about the Supreme Court is that the president might get a chance to name another one or two justices to the court and shift the balance definitively to the pro-abortion side. That would be the probable result if one of the four clearly conservative members now on the court (Justice Anthony Kennedy is a swing vote) were to leave while Obama is in office.
The status of euthanasia resembles the situation of abortion in some ways, but is very different in others. Currently, euthanasia is legal in only three countries — the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg — while assisted suicide is allowed in Switzerland and, as noted, in four U.S. states. Whether legal or not, though, many observers believe so-called passive euthanasia via the withholding of food and water or life-saving treatment happens much more often than is commonly acknowledged, both in homes and institutional settings.
The setback dealt the death-with-dignity drive by Massachusetts voters in 2012 has apparently slowed it down for now, but supporters have by no means abandoned the fight. That is something they could hardly do inasmuch as support for the termination of life by assisted suicide or euthanasia is an important part of the ideology of secular humanism.
Not surprisingly, how most people view physician-assisted suicide depends heavily on how it's presented to them.
A Gallup survey in May 2013 — the same month Vermont became the fourth state to legalize assisted suicide — found 70 percent of Americans in favor of letting doctors hasten the death of terminally ill patients "by some painless means." But when this was described as helping people "commit suicide," approval dropped to 51 percent, with 45 percent opposed. (The same question was first asked in 1996. Approval peaked in 2001 at 68 percent and has been dropping since then.)
As measured by polls, American public opinion on abortion presents a confused and ambiguous picture — nothing new, of course, since it's been like that for many years.
Perhaps the most positive part of it is that, as a Pew Research report put it last August, "regardless of their views about the legality of abortion, most Americans think that having an abortion is a moral issue." Overall, 49 percent hold abortion to be morally wrong and only 15 percent see it as morally acceptable, while 23 percent believe it simply isn't a moral issue.
Among those who consider abortion wrong, the breakdown is this: white evangelical Protestants, 75 percent; Hispanic Catholics, 64 percent; black Protestants, 58 percent; white Catholics, 53 percent; white mainline Protestants, 38 percent, and religiously unaffiliated adults, 25 percent. By well over two to one, people who attend religious services once a week or more often are more likely to see abortion as morally wrong (72 percent) than are people who seldom or never attend (32 percent). For white Catholics, the percentage is 74 percent among weekly or more frequent Mass attenders and 40 percent among those who attend Mass less often.
According to Pew, attitudes on legal abortion vary markedly from region to region. Percentages range from New England, where 75 percent think most or all abortions should be legal, to the South Central region of the country (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas) where only 40 percent think that.
Summing up poll results over many years, New York Times reporter David Leonhardt wrote: "If you were going to craft a law based strictly on public opinion, it would permit abortion in the first trimester (first 12 weeks) of pregnancy and in cases involving rape, incest or threats to the mother's life. The law. . .would substantially restrict abortion after the first trimester in many other cases."
The message all this sends homilists and catechists is clear: Educate, educate, educate. People need to know both scientific facts and moral principles relative to abortion, euthanasia and other life issues. Especially, perhaps, they must grasp what Pope Francis meant when he denounced the "throwaway culture" that leads to "eliminating human beings."
"Our answer to this mentality," he said, "is a decisive and unhesitant 'yes' to life."
MR. SHAW, OSV contributing editor, is the former Secretary for Public Affairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference, a writer and journalist in Washington, D.C., and author of 20 books.
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Brussels, 22 October 2008
Clean and energy efficient vehicles get go-ahead
The European Commission welcomes today's support of the European Parliament for its proposal to promote a broad market introduction of clean and energy efficient vehicles through public procurement. This will reduce fuel consumption as well as CO2 and pollutant emissions from road vehicles. The EP vote is based on a compromise reached with the Member States, which are expected to adopt the proposal shortly.
Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani, in charge of transport, said: "This agreement marks an important step forward in the energy, climate and environment policies of the European Union. The public sector in Europe will set an example by promoting new and better vehicle technologies for a future sustainable transport system. This sends a clear signal to the market and to the citizens on the competitive value of technologies which save energy and protect the environment."
The proposed Directive will introduce, for the first time, energy consumption, CO2 and pollutant emissions as mandatory award criteria into public procurement of vehicles. It applies to public authorities and publicly owned undertakings and to undertakings running public passenger transport services. As a result, not only the price of a vehicle, but also the impact it creates during its lifetime for the environment are reflected in the purchase decision. Flexibility is provided for local authorities on the detailed implementation.
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Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!
We will be having three workshops:
- Thursday, 2008-05-29, 15:00-16:00. Peter: Flashrom (english)
- Thursday, 2008-05-29, 16:00-17:00. Carl-Daniel: Flashrom (german)
- Saturday, 2008-05-31, 14:00-16:00. Carl-Daniel: Porting to Alix.1C or DBE61 (german)
Booth location
Hall 7.2b 112, at the "Embedded" booth, together with GPE, GPE Phone Edition, embedded GNUstep, oBiCo, Open Embedded, T2 SDE, Tntnet.
Who will be there
- Peter Stuge
- Paul Menzel
- Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Booth plan
We'll get one bar stool and one counter (Length x Width x Height 0.65 x 0.65 x 1 m). The counter is lockable. All bar stools are missing from the booth plan, but they will be there. All 8 projects at our booth will share one sofa and maybe one table+chairs.
What needs to be brought
- Flat screen monitor
- Paul brings a 15" flat screen. Thanks!
- 4-in-1 Monitor switch
- Peter brings one on Wednesday
- Once Peter leaves, we won't need the Monitor switch anymore
- Ethernet switch (for the workshop, >20 ports would be preferable)
- Peter is bringing one
- Carl-Daniel is bringing one
- We'll just exchange switches when Peter leaves
- Power strip (1 for the booth, 1 big for the workshop)
- Carl-Daniel brings one with 12 sockets on Thursday
- Artec dongles (for demos and the workshop)
- Carl-Daniel brings one (currently slightly defective) on Thursday
- Martin-Eric (Artec) brings a few
- Artec ThinCan DBE61 (for demos and the workshop)
- Carl-Daniel brings one on Thursday. v3 RAMinit is still not working due to defective dongle.
- PC Engines Alix.1C (for demos and the workshop)
- Peter brings one
- Carl-Daniel has ordered one, should hopefully arrive in time
- Serial cables for DBE61 and Alix.1C
- PS/2 keyboard
- Peter brings one on Wednesday
- USB keyboard
- Carl-Daniel brings one on Thursday
- LPC flash chips
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James Rolfe, aka "The Angry Video Game Nerd", an internet cult-favorite sensation, has had a long-smoldering feud with Bugs Bunny. The premise of his internet "series" on gametrailers.com is that he is an angy nerd who plays really terrible old-time video games and gives them reviews they deserve. He once reviewed "The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout", and in the process had a fight with Bugs Bunny (actually artist/actor/cartoon fan Mike Matei in a costume!). This is the sequel to that legendary face-off...and unlike "Birthday Blowout", this game really does deserve the Nerd's wrath.
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Review of "Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle" by the Angry Video Game Nerd
Posted by Matthew Hunter at 8:21 PM
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- Brandon said...
It still amazes me that when James was noticing the similarities between Bugs and Woody Woodpecker, he didn't think about how in Bugs' early cartoons he had the laugh that Woody would become famous for.
- August 9, 2009 at 3:22 PM
I remember that game but, I believe Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle is a fun game but, it wasn't a Bugs Bunny game to begin with. It was originally a Roger Rabbit game for the Famicom Disk System but due to licensing issues (Disney license bought by Capcom, LJN's Roger Rabbit game) Kemco HAD to retool it with the Looney Tunes license
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As part of the Reinventing Government Initiative, Vice President Al Gore awards EEOC two separate "hammer awards" -- one is for the agency's effective nationwide labor-management partnership efforts, and the other is for EEOC's Blue Pages Project, an initiative to distribute information to the public on fair employment laws.
The Commission adopts a National Enforcement Plan (NEP) which articulates a three pronged approach to enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws. EEOC is to: (1) promote the prevention of discrimination through outreach and education; and (2) promote the resolution of disputes through various voluntary methods including mediation; and (3) if voluntary resolution fails, resort to strong enforcement including litigation where appropriate. Field offices establish Local Enforcement Plans (LEPs) in each local jurisdiction guided by these priorities.
EEOC tries several lawsuits before juries. Among the notable victories is a case,
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Although the home riders will have been motivated to show themselves on the Bastille Day stage to Luz-Ardiden, today's run between Pau and Lourdes appears to suit them better. Not only is there no summit finish on this Pyrenean day, but it only features the climb of the Aubisque.
Although a Tour classic, its summit is 50km from the finish. Add all that together and the Tour's leading performers are sure to keep their powder dry, which should give French riders the opportunity they need. Fédrigo has won twice on stages like this while Voeckler has impressed too.
Vin Denson says... "Aubisque is huge but far from the finish. I don't see the winner being a yellow jersey contender. Someone who had deliberately put themselves out of contention, maybe one of the Spanish climbers, will want to smash it open early on"


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Need to keep ratcheting up the levels of freak bike – just a week ago, I thought the bike we spotted at Mellow Johnny's was the freakiest, but then I saw Didi Senft's latest creation.
Called the Truffle bike, it's 10.11M long and 4.11 high.
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It is rare for a stock's every move to be as closely followed as what we see happening with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares over the last several days (and really, weeks). As we tick ever closer to the earnings release next week, opinions over the longer-term prospects of the company are equally fiercely divided. One school of thought thinks that the stock has the possibility to fall much lower, while others, myself included, believe that the stock is ready to buy.
The bear case
There is a trading expression that warns "never try to catch a falling knife," meaning that when a stock is really falling, trying to catch it at the bottom is a good way to get cut. The bears believe that Apple stock is just such a falling knife. These arguments are circulating, even against the backdrop of a greater-than-4% surge in the stock's price the day after its first close below $500 in about a year.
Central to the argument about Apple's downside is the idea that the stock was "over-owned." Apple was a top 10 holding of 800 funds that seemed to have no sense that a correction was possible. As some of those positions are unwound, now that the stock is soundly in correction territory, there has been significant downward pressure on shares. Additionally, because we are talking about institutional ownership, the selling may not be over yet. Despite this, however, the average of analyst targets has only fallen by 7% to $728, a full 33% above current levels.
In addition to the selling pressure created by funds leveling out Apple positions, there are real issues to be addressed. The story that seems to be old news -- and then news again -- is that the company reduced its orders to suppliers by as much as 50%. The report of this by The Wall Street Journal was one of the primary catalysts for Apple's sell-off to the sub-$500 level. If you take the timing out of the equation, there is the very real possibility that demand for the iPhone 5 is waning. This does not mean that Apple should give up on sales, simply that investors need to be realistic.
Other elements of the bear case include reduced sales from the rumor that a revamp of the iPad Mini and other Apple products will be released in March. Anyone on the fence about buying the device without the Retina display may well choose to wait, which could slow sales. Likewise, all of the buzz about the company's release of a "cheap" version of the iPhone 5 has countervailing arguments. Former Apple CEO John Sculley has come out saying that Apple must release a cheaper version of its phone if it hopes to compete in emerging markets, but there is little question that such a move would cannibalize some sales of the higher-margin iPhone 5. In general, the company has had some missteps that have warranted a correction.
The bull case
The arguments for buying the stock are equally plentiful. Under this scenario, the current sell-off can be seen as a "bear trap," drawing in those with a negative view before the stock runs higher. Even Google, which has not experienced the same correction that has plagued Apple, cannot boast the same low P/E multiple; at 11.4, Apple currently trades at roughly half of Google's 22.4 P/E. One might argue that the discrepancy is warranted given Google's dominant position in the smartphone market share race, but Apple's fundamentals are simply too strong to overlook. Google is a must-own stock without question, but the greater near-term opportunity is Apple.
Perhaps more important, Apple is expected to turn in its typical guidance beat next week when earnings are released. Where the company's guidance is for earnings per share of $11.75, the average sell-side analyst estimate is for $13.46 and the independents have it at $15.11, according the research of Fortune reporter Philip Elmer-Dewitt. Apple has a long history of under-promising and over-delivering, so an earnings beat will hardly come as a surprise to anyone.
From a trading perspective, however, the earnings release may be critical. On one hand, if the stock's downward inertia wins the day, earnings may be a case of "sell the rumor, sell the news." On the other hand, investors who have moved to the sidelines are likely looking for the right time to get back into the stock. Positive earnings news may be the excuse that these investors need to flood back into the stock. This could drive shares rapidly higher and leave you wondering what you were waiting for. Recall from above that the average price target remains at $728. Does this mean that those analysts have remained positive, or are they just slow to update their targets?
I like the rubber ball scenario, and I'd would be a buyer anywhere near $500. The stock's ability to quickly shrug off the sub-$500 close suggests that the stock is stronger than you might have thought. At current levels, I maintain that the upside disproportionately outpaces the downside.
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The draft issue is at least partially fixed with the new cap rules, but there is still an onus on the Sox organization to pick the best players, and not the most signable ones, and really invest in how those players are developed.
I've railed year after year about the lack of investment in the big league team, but considering that the two years Jerry did that (2006 and 2010) didn't especially work out, I can understand why the Sox would be gunshy to splash the cash and threaten the profit margin. Also, they were a high bidder on Torii Hunter in 2008 and couldn't close the deal. Not sure if that's a plus or minus.
Also as far as new ownership goes, as a fan you really don't know what you're gonna get - and what you get could change over time. As an Astros fan, I initially loved Drayton McLane as an owner, but he turned into a meddler who wouldn't spend on prospects but would waste millions on a fading player like Miguel Tejada, and that turned me sour. Now the Astros are stuck with Crane who seems worse.
Jerry despite his pre-2000 faults has turned into a decent owner. Not perfect, or someone pushing the club forward like Arte Moreno of the Angels, but decent. What happens when Jerry sells or bequeaths the Sox is going to be the big story of the Sox in the next decade or two.
My hope for the near future of the Sox is that Rick Hahn as GM can make some moves to give us that talented dynamic young core that we've been lacking, both through player development (we have a very nice group of OFs in the minors) and trading for/signing top younger talent and trading away players who aren't getting it done for younger players with more upside that those we're trading.
Once the Konerko, Dunn, Rios and Peavy contracts are through, he'll have a ton of financial flexibility to work with to fill in gaps with good players, even if Jerry pares payroll back from where it is now (Our 4th or 5th highest ever by my count).
So I'm hopeful that the Sox will be better than they are now within 2-3 years given that the right moves are made, and I'm willing to sit through a few seasons around and below .500 if we get there.
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Were you ever in a performance when you were very small?
When I was little we lived two doors down from the Church of God in Kansas. My Great Uncle lived next door between the church and us, he was the minister. My mother was our Sunday School teacher.
I don't remember the occasion but Mom made the little plum blossom dresses from crepe paper. I distinctly remember how Mom fussed over every little bit of our costumes. I remember the feel and the crinkle of the dresses as we walked down the aisle to the front of the small church.
I wish I had asked Mom about this in later years and made a note of the exact occasion. Easter, May Day, first day of Spring? I just don't know. I'm not even sure how old I was but maybe 4 or 5. That's me on the right in front. I don't remember any of the girls now, either. I'm glad we at least have the photo.
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It's your task for this weekend: Track down Amy Trask.
Consider your NFL IQ dependent upon it.
First, it implores you to rise at the ridiculous time of 6 a.m. Sunday and locate the CBS Sports Network. Then again, a smartly programmed DVR can sniff out "That Other Pregame Show," a four-hour exchange on CBS' emerging cable channel.
Next, get over the myopic challenge of having information on relevant football issues filtered through someone of the non-male species on an otherwise chafing pro football pregame chatterfest.
In the pro pigskin business, Trask comes from 27 years as a trusted advisor for Al Davis with the Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders, having left as the CEO of the team in May. She had the distinction of being the highest-ranking female of an NFL franchise not related to the team's owner, often representing the rebellious rascal at owners meetings and bringing heavy duty Trask management to the commitment to excellence.
In the TV business, she may call herself "an undrafted rookie free agent." But having her on the CBS roster should already make other networks wonder why their scouting departments didn't pluck her up first.
"It's very liberating after all these years with a team to now speak on things where I'm accountable to me," Trask said from her San Francisco home office Wednesday. "I'm also coming to the realization that sometimes I'm not necessarily best at following direction. But it's also nice to work as a group of very collaborative individuals."
CBS Sports president David Berson, who stepped into his current role in June after the previous two years starting up CBS Sports Network, said "Amy was one of the first we discussed" in filling out a team for an alternative Sunday morning studio show for the cable channel, something of a lead-in to the iconic "NFL Today" on CBS – one that introduced the first female co-hosts in Jayne Kennedy and Phyllis George long ago.
"In subsequent discussions, it was clear she'd be a good fit," Berson said. "The role we were looking at for her helped her in the transition into being a TV personality for the first time. There are already a lot of hosts and ex-players breaking down the game. We wanted her to bring a lot of real conversation and a different perspective, and that was intriguing to her."
Trask admits she might have spent most of her time with the Raiders "running away from TV cameras," but after talking to CBS reps, she "got feeling energized and interested in their vision."
Trask had already dealt with many of the network execs on a regular basis for the business end of things, and most of them had ties to CBS, which focused on the AFC.
As a result, many at the network were championing her as a valued asset. At the top was chairman Sean McManus. Another was longtime network NFL sideline reporter Lesley Visser.
"You have to remember that Al Davis, one of the cornerstones in the history of the NFL, both hired and empowered Amy," Visser said. "She couldn't buy her way into the career she's had, she couldn't be born into it, she had to earn it. CBS is so blessed to have her."
Andrea Kremer, the acclaimed TV reporter working these days on special assignment at the NFL Network, calls Trask "an amazing breath of fresh air amidst the testosterone-laden legions of screaming men.
"There seems to be a rush of late to hire front-office execs – Charlie Casserly, Bill Polian, Scott Pioli, to name a few – but I believe that Amy's perspective as a CEO as well as a lawyer — and, oh by the way, a woman — places her in a unique place. She's a natural communicator and a very prescient hire by CBS.
"She is so knowledgeable about all aspects of the game, beyond her expertise on the business and financial sides of football, and I'm glad she has an outlet to showcase that information. She is opinionated but it's informed opinion, not something said to create a headline or debate."
That subtle distinction came to reveal itself when Trask rose last Sunday morning to read on her Blackberry about Lane Kiffin's firing at USC less than an hour after it happened at about 4 a.m.
Trask experienced firsthand Kiffin's surprising rise and messy fall as the Raiders' head coach from January 2007 until the first few games of the 2008 season – ending with Davis calling him a "flat-out liar" and guilty of "bringing disgrace to the organization."
Trask's opinion of what happened was the show opener.
She said her immediate response was wondering if a) Kiffin would end up back on an NFL sideline as an assistant coach, maybe as soon as this year, and if b) USC would start looking to the NFL to fill the vacancy.
Asked about his struggles in Oakland, Trask explained: "He is very intense, as are most coaches. He has his own manner about him, as do most coaches. And it works with some people and not with others.
"We were his first head-coaching spot, either at a collegiate or professional level. There were a lot of other issues impacting his coaching. I don't know that I have that (why he struggled) answer for you — and it's not as if I'm shy about giving it. I don't know if I can put my finger on it."
Honesty also means not making up sound bites just to frame a topic for Twitter regurgitation.
In reassessing what she said about Kiffin, Trask expanded Wednesday: "As a general rule – something that transcends football and sports as a view of the world – in most instances when things don't end well, there are many parties involved and it's more than just one issue. There's a greater dynamic going on. Maybe it didn't end well with the Raiders, but it's over and there's not tremendous value in revisiting it."
A week earlier, the "TOPS" cast, which includes host Adam Schein with former NFL players Bart Scott and Brandon Tierney and reporter Allie LaForce, discussed what it would take for a franchise like Jacksonville to relocate to Los Angeles.
"No team is relocating to Los Angeles unless it's the team that the league wants in Los Angeles," Trask warned, having done that dance before. "There's an arduous process a team has to go through – demonstrate they cannot succeed in their current market, and that's a 75-mile radius. You have to prove you have exhausted all possible options and opportunities. And then, you must demonstrate initially not only that you have a great team to move, but you've got a deal in hand …
"And oh, by the way, there might be a relocation fee."
Trask, who grew up in Brentwood, graduated from Palisades High and got her law degree from USC, interned with the Raiders the year they moved from Oakland to L.A. in 1983, two years before she was admitted to the state bar in 1985. She says resigning from the organization now under the leadership of Davis' son, Mark, was "the hardest decision I have ever made – I agonized over it – but it was the right decision for many reasons."
Still, she had "no idea, no plan, no thought whatsoever to do as a next adventure. If you said anything about the possibility of doing TV, I'd have looked at you as a nutty person, and called you that."
As Trask becomes more comfortable with the TV gig, colleagues are noticing.
Just on last Sunday's show, CBS studio analyst Bill Cowher referred to Trask as "the voice of reason." For good reason.
She said she's not about to start biting her tongue for fear something she says would prevent her from ever re-entering the world of NFL front-office work.
"I've never been a bite-my-tongue person," Trask said. "One of the many misconceptions about Al Davis was that the people around him couldn't disagree with him. If that was the case, I'd have been terminated two weeks into my job."
She'll have even more exposure when CBS adds her to the "NFL Today" team Oct. 13 because the show is sending Cowher, Boomer Esiason and Shannon Sharpe out to game sites.
She'll be easy to spot. Not just because she'll be the only female on the set.
"Is it nice to have a woman making a meaningful contribution? Certainly," Berson said. "But to be clear, she's not here because of gender. She just makes us better.
"In this day in age, I'd hope people could get past that. Watch her for five minutes, and you're way behind all that."
Gauging the media's high- and low-level marks of the week, and what's ahead:
== At last, the PBS-created "Frontline" episode called "League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis" debuts Tuesday (9 to 11 p.m., KOCE Channel 50), in concert with the release of the book by the same name written by ESPN reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru. This, of course, is the "what did the NFL know and when did it know it?" documentary project that ESPN and its "Outside the Lines" show awkwardly backed away from last August citing a lack of editorial control, but what seemed to be more of Disney corporate uneasiness with the content. ESPN has continued to promote the book on ESPN.com and had both authors on the set of "OTL" on Wednesday, airing a clip of the show in which former commissioner Paul Tagliabue in 1994 called the concussion controversy a product of "pack journalism … the problem is it's a journalists' issue." ESPN's Bob Ley responded to that clip: "When I heard Paul Tagliabue say it was 'pack journalism' and (in light) of what we do for a living, it's a bit of a jaw-dropping moment. Admittedly, it was 1994, but history will not treat that very gently."
== So you've figured out there's Ernie Johnson, Ron Darling and Cal Ripken, plus Craig Sager, reporting on the Dodgers' series against Atlanta. And there's Dick Stockton with Bob Brenly and Matt Winer on the Pirates-Cardinals series. That leaves Don Orsillo doing play-by-play with Dennis Eckersley, Buck Martinez and David Aldridge on the Detroit-Oakland ALDS, and Brian Anderson working with Joe Simpson, John Smoltz and Rachel Nichols on the Rays-Red Sox series, the latter two starting Friday. The MLB Network will use Bob Costas and Jim Kaat, with Sam Ryan, on the Pirates-Cardinals Game 2 at 10 a.m. Friday. The MLB Network will also do another league divisional game Monday to be determined – possibly Dodgers-Braves Game 4?
== In light of the L.A. market's force-feeding of San Diego Chargers road games, there is a small victory in how Sunday sorted itself out. The Chargers' next contest in Oakland has been pushed back to an 8:25 p.m. kickoff and sent off to the NFL Network – because the MLB's Oakland A's need the stadium Saturday night for a playoff game, thus delaying the field conversion from baseball to football. As a result, L.A. receives an extra NFL telecast – Denver at Dallas, with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms (Channel 2, 1:25 p.m., in the spot San Diego-Oakland once occupied) to complete the network-mandated doubleheader). The game will be shown on over-the-air channels in San Diego and Oakland, but not in L.A. for those who don't have NFL Network access. CBS will continue to produce the game and use its broadcasting team of Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts.


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Statement by Attorney General Eric Holder on the U.S. Government's Filing in Hollingsworth v. Perry
Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today on the U.S. government's filing in Hollingsworth v. Perry:
"In our filing today in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the government seeks to vindicate the defining constitutional ideal of equal treatment under the law. Throughout history, we have seen the unjust consequences of decisions and policies rooted in discrimination. The issues before the Supreme Court in this case and the Defense of Marriage Act case are not just important to the tens of thousands of Americans who are being denied equal benefits and rights under our laws, but to our Nation as a whole."


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Camp X-ray A hot ticket, not just because of the film's lead actress, Kristen Stewart of "Twilight" fame, but because of the film's premise: A new guard at Guantanamo Bay (Ms. Stewart) befriends a detainee (Payman Maadi). Ms. Stewart created word clouds and spoken word poetry as a way to develop her character, says the film's writer-director Peter Sattler. "I think Kristen and I were both aware of her image and upending expectations for that image. This is a side of her that I don't think anyone else has seen yet," he said.
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New Smash Bros. For Wii U And 3DS
On E3 2011, I've officially heard there's going to be a fourth Super Smash Brothers video game on the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS. It was rumored to be titled "Super Smash Bros. Strife". But futhermore, in my opinion, I think it should be called, "Super Smash Bros. Universe". For the new game, I think everyone who is returning from Brawl should keep their designs. Dr. Mario, Pichu, Mewtwo, Roy, and Young Link should be having a comeback as well. There should be some newcomers I think who is going to be on the next game. There will be a Capcom character to be on the next game. I vote for Ryu! And I think for the next Smash Bros., Luigi, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, and Ness should retire from being unlockables, and they should automatically join the new game. The Final Smashes can still be on the next Smash Brothers. For newcomers to be on the next Smash Brothers, I vote for Master Cheif from Halo. What do you want for the next Smash Brothers? And who do you want to be on the new game?
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If you want little tribute characters, then the little in-battle trophies were okay. I liked how Lyndis, Nintendogs, Mr. Resetti and other little characters were allowed into the game this way. Suggestions? First, be sure to learn from Metroid: Other M's mistakes and keep Samus a silent character- that's what made her compelling! Any of the Castlevania protagonists could be a nice addition to the roster, but only pick one, I say. As for Capcom, Mega Man doesn't have to be their only entry; Street Fighter or even Final Fight characters could work decently well.
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fanmail. I hope that would be answered.
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Not going to happen. If you want an anime/manga fighter like that, go get Jump Ultimate Stars. This is for Nintendo characters and characters on the Nintendo system that they feel are worth the money to slap into it.
As for characters, Lucario is obviously out. Some new Pokemon from GenV will take his place. No idea if Pokemon Trainer will stick around with the Kanto starters. Hard to say what'll happen to Toon Link, but he'll probably stay. Link himself will likely be represented by either the HD Demo version or the Skyward Sword version.
Curious what they'll do with the Fire Emblem characters. Marth is obviously staying since he's so popular. Ike, though? He's not a new character, and technically he's not the most recent Fire Emblem leader (Marth is). Could he be removed in favor of Sigurd, to promote a Fire Emblem 4 3DS game (conjecture, since they've released FE1 and FE3 on the DS, don't assume this to be happening)? MAKE IT SO, NINTENDO!
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For the title I'm putting my money down on "Super Smash Bros. Scuffle". Just think of synonyms for "fight".
Whoever dares say that Jigglypuff should be removed is crazy. She has one of the best aerial-based fighting styles in the entire series. I loved smacking down on those who underestimated her. Her final smash on small stages was incredibly devastating too.
Lucario's probably gonna be replaced by Zoroark. Lucario already had a similar moveset to Mewtwo so they'd just have to do a little editing to make it suit the Pokemon more.
In the case of Marth, maybe they'll finally give him a dubbed voice since the remake of his game was released outside Japan?
This game is still VERY far away from seeing completion though since it's been stated that they only announced it now because they need to gather a development team for the game. Kind of like the situation with Brawl where it was announced before Sakurai even knew he was gonna make a third game.
It's several years away so there's little point in getting too hyped about it right now, but it is fun making guesses about what it'll be like.
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Y'know.... as long as they keep Snake in, I'm all happy to get this new game. As for Capcom characters I would like to see....
-Megaman (Megaman EXE is just as good)
-Viewtiful Joe
Gimme one of those, and I'm all for the game. How long till we have another Super Smash Bros. Dojo again~?
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Mega Man EXE was an isometric/panel battle game, so I dunno how they could adapt that to a 2D plane. Mega Man or X would work better, in my opinion. As for Viewtiful Joe; that's an interesting idea! Why not?
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