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Lego faces have gotten angrier, study finds
Legos haven't just become astronomically expensive in the past 35 years. According to a new study from researchers in New Zealand, the popular kids' toys have also developed a bit of an attitude problem.
Lego characters released since the early '90s are proportionately more angry, the study found. Authors of the study hypothesized that the spike in negativity could be related to the release of more thematic Lego sets -- such as pirates or "Harry Potter" -- that include weapons, along with mini figurines representing "good guys" and "bad guys."
"It is our impression that the themes have been increasingly based on conflicts," wrote researchers Christoph Bartneck, Mohammad Obaid and Karolina Zawieska. Two of the authors work for the University of Canterbury; the third is from the Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements.
Researchers arrived at this conclusion through a scientific process that can read as almost comical, given the subject matter: After cataloguing and photographing the 3,655 Lego characters released between 1975 and 2010, the researchers asked 264 American adults to characterize the figures' expressions as angry, happy, sad, disgusted, surprised or fearful.
The researchers found a proportional growth of angry faces since the early '90s. Variables such as skin color and whether the figure's head is attached to a body didn't substantially throw off their conclusions.
That's pretty alarming in a world in which chewing a Pop-Tart into a gun shape is grounds for school suspension -- as a Maryland boy learned in the spring -- and the psychological effect of violent video games remains hotly debated. One would predict that conflict-oriented figurines are the last thing parents want in their kids' toy chests. In fact, the researchers themselves sounded concerned about the implications for child psychology, saying: "We cannot help but wonder how the move from only positive faces to an increasing number of negative faces impacts how children play. . . . The children that grow up with LEGO today will remember not only smileys, but also anger and fear in the Minifigures' faces."
But before you confiscate your kids' Legos, consider the good that even angry Legos can do. The study's authors said that a range of emotional expressions connect "to the complex interaction scenarios of today's users." In other words, the variation mirrors reality, in which anger, fear and "smileys" all magically coexist. And some child psychologists have suggested that conflict-driven games, even those with toy weapons, help kids grapple with issues like "the struggle between good and evil," a point made by George Washington University's Jonathan Turley in a controversial 2011 op-ed in USA Today.
Lego does still sell boring old building blocks. They may lack flashy movie tie-ins -- "Hobbit" Legos, anyone? -- but experts agree they're still great for kids.


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BERLIN (AP) - These thieves might really have sticky fingers.
Police said Monday an unknown number of culprits made off with 5.5 tons of Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread from a parked trailer in the central German town of Bad Hersfeld over the weekend.
The gooey loot is worth an estimated $20,710.
Germans news agency dpa reported that thieves have previously stolen a load of energy drinks from the same location.
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MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise to new 5-yr high; Air NZ jumps
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Feb. 28 (BusinessDesk) New Zealand shares rose to a new five-year high as investors cheered Air New Zealands profit growth and Fletcher Building pushed back above $9.
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise to new 5-year high; Air NZ jumps
Feb. 28 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand shares rose to a new five-year high as investors cheered Air New Zealand's profit growth and Fletcher Building pushed back above $9.
The NZX 50 Index rose 43.68 points, or 1 percent, to 4320. Within the index, 25 stocks rose, 15 fell and 10 were unchanged. Turnover of $250 million included more than 10 million Trade Me shares.
Air NZ climbed 4.1 percent to $1.40, a level it last reached in February 2011. The airline, which is 73 percent state-owned, posted first-half profit that more than doubled after lifting passenger volumes and boosting yields on international routes, while keeping costs in check.
"They done a lot of restructuring over the years on their long haul," said Grant Williamson, a director at Hamilton Hindin Greene. "They have turned things around very nicely. It was a great result, better than expected, and the share price has been rewarded."
Fletcher, the biggest company on the NZX 50, rose 3.2 percent to $9.15 as equity markets across Asia rallied following gains on Wall Street. Helping local sentiment, a survey today showed business confidence has gained to a 19-month high.
"The markets are remaining in a bull trend," Williamson said.
Units of the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund fell 2.8 percent to $6.98 and shares of PGG Wrightson declined 2.4 percent to 40 as investors assessed the impact of drought on farming, especially dairy farming. The government yesterday declared drought in Northland and said other regions could follow.
Drought "could have a pretty big impact on milk production and manufacturing output," Williamson said.
Tourism Holdings, which merged its campervan rental business with two rivals last year, fell 4.4 percent to 65 cents after cutting its annual earnings guidance on a deteriorating Australian market after posting a small first-half loss as expected.
Vector rose 1.1 percent to $2.90 after the Commerce Commission confirmed that the gas distribution network owner will have to cut its prices by 18 percent, and cut its wholesale gas transmission charges by 29.5 percent.
Trade Me, the auction website, rose 2.7 percent to $4.93. UBS AG and various of its funds today announced changes in their holdings of the stock.
Guinness Peat Group rose 2.6 percent to 60 cents after saying it will return cash to shareholders once it beds down the transformation into its Coats unit.
Michael Hill International, the jewellery chain, gained 4 percent to $1.30 and Telecom rose 2 percent to $2.42.
Turners & Growers rose 2 percent to $1.53 after posting a $15 million fill-year loss, reflecting asset writedowns.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Mariah Hoover and Serena Lin's 8-0 doubles win was the deciding factor in MIT's 5-4 victory over defending NEWMAC Champion Babson College on Tuesday. The Engineers now stand at 6-2 overall and 6-1 in Conference play.
Elaine Ni and Joanna MacKay fell in the No. 1 doubles match, 8-3. Hoover and Lin had the crucial win in the No. 2 spot while Jaclyn Cichon and Zandile Williams lost 8-5 in the final position.
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Hurricane Isaac has made landfall in southeast Louisiana with winds near 80 mph.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm's center reached land at 7:45 p.m. in Plaquemines Parish, about 90 miles southeast of New Orleans.
The storm's arrival Tuesday evening comes on the eve of the seven-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the region.
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Council A. Bryan was born in Washington County in 1830 and moved with his family to Leon County two years later. He served in the military during the 1849 Indian Scare and was Leon County Clerk of Court from 1855-1861. Bryan enlisted in Company C of the Fifth Florida Infantry, known as the Trapier Guards, in February 1862, and the next year he was promoted captain. The Fifth Florida served in the Army of Northern Virginia from the summer of 1862 until Appomattox. Bryan resigned his commission late in 1864 after being elected to the Florida House of Representatives. After the war he served as county clerk of Leon County.
The following letter was written by Bryan to his wife, Cornelia Screven Bryan, in the aftermath of the 1863 Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania, which had ended in defeat at Gettysburg. During this campaign, the Second, Fifth, and Eighth Florida Regiments had comprised a brigade, under the command of Colonel David Lang, that was part of Richard Anderson's Division of A.P. Hill's Corps. The Floridians were heavily engaged on both July 2 and 3, and participated in the assault on the Union center on the final day's fighting. At Gettysburg, the Florida Brigade suffered perhaps the highest percentage of casualties of any similar unit in the Confederate army. In the letter, which was written on very small-sized paper, Bryan described the retreat into Virginia, listed the names of survivors and sick left along the route, and expressed his frustration over the heavy casualties and the lack of recognition the Florida Brigade received. Interestingly, he makes a number of derogatory comments about the conduct of some of the troops in George Pickett's Division of Virginians.
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Having spent years in construction, Jim loves to discover the hidden possibilities of each home. Often selling renovations, his knowledge saves his clients considerable time and money as he can determine any issues on the first visit. For sellers, he uses his skills to overcome objections and his knowledge to create solutions to better market his client's homes. Having lived in Buckhead, Midtown and now residing in Ansley Park, Jim's knee knowledge of Atlanta neighborhoods and schools gives his clients the insight to make solid decisions and smooth relocations.


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Lifting a TTB Ford BroncoPosted in How To: Suspension Brakes on October 1, 2011
Since the introduction of the Bronco in 1966 the 4x4 stallion has undergone a host of changes and configurations, some of which were good; others, not so much. One modification that got many wild horse gurus talking was the switch in 1980 from the solid front axle to the TTB (twin traction beam) front suspension. The TTB front suspension still utilized a Dana 44 differential, but the then-new independent beams were said to increase the suspension travel and ride quality of the fullsize Ford. While these claims sounded great to your average consumer, for the Bronco purist the complicated IFS in disguise was another step away from the Bronco's hardcore heritage. Luckily, the TTB Bronco turned out to have more potential than was first thought and eventually gained huge popularity in the high-speed and long-travel world of desert racing.
In the decade since the last fullsize Bronco rolled off the assembly line, both the TTB and solid-axle Bronco platforms have become extremely popular wheeling machines for hardcore thrashers and light weekend wheelers. This is partly due to the fact that many of these old horses can be picked up and modified on the cheap. Take our '88 Ford Bronco for example. Powered by a torquey 300ci inline-six, mated to a C-6 transmission and a BW1356 transfer case, the TTB Bronco has the makings of a great low-budget wheeler with plenty of room for the family and gear.
Since years of use had taken its toll on the truck's factory suspension, the decision to upgrade to a better setup was easy. After looking around at the vast aftermarket options we decided on a 6-inch Skyjacker suspension and 35-inch Pro Comp Xtreme Mud Terrain tires. And before you Bronco nuts go crazy and write in to let us know how you can stuff 40s on a fullsize Bronco just by cutting the fenders, know that while inexpensive, this aging Bronco wasn't quite ready for the hardcore Sawzall treatment.
To install the kit, we enlisted the help of the installation pros at 4Wheel Parts in Raleigh, North Carolina. We've been using the Raleigh location for some time now and have had great experiences with 4Wheel's knowledgeable and helpful crew. One of the best parts about getting work done at 4Wheel is they have locations across American that can service our 4x4 if and when we test the rig a little beyond its limits.
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The right tools can make even the toughest job go quickly. Given the amount of rivet removal, cutting, drilling, and general disassembly, installing this 6-inch suspension system in your driveway will most certainly require a more evolved tool set. The 4Wheel Parts crew knocked out the install in great time, but we'd expect to spend a solid weekend installing the kit in our driveway. Using a torch and an air hammer makes removing rivets easy. If you don't have access to these, you can always grind the rivet heads off or drill and punch them out.
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To make sure our Bronco has a sure foot out on the trail, we have equipped it with a set of 15x8 Pro Comp 1028 wheels and wrapped them in 35x12.50 Pro Comp Xtreme Mud Terrains. We've had excellent luck and performance with the meaty Xtreme M/Ts over the years. Given the Southeast's mud-soaked and rocky trails, the lightweight and aggressive tire and wheel combo was the perfect choice for this old horse.


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Some would say that the strength of the Hood River Valley lacrosse team lies in its attack. Others would argue that it is the defense that makes the Eagles so tough.
And then there's the midfield that never gets tired and lays all the hits for the attackers.
But when each group is firing on all cylinders — as they were during last Friday's 13-7 home win over Grant — it's downright impossible to say which unit is more valuable.
HRV played its most complete game of the season against the Generals and won its fourth straight Columbia Division matchup to go to 5-1 (5-2 overall) on the season.
"The biggest key for us is that we outworked them on both ends of the field," said senior attacker Jon Munk, who accounted for three of the Eagles' 13 goals. "We just came out more aggressive and never let up."
Fellow senior Todd Anderson also notched three goals, while Corey VanDlac found the net twice. Meanwhile, senior middy Tyler Monzie led all scorers with four goals.
"I got some of the swagger back tonight," said Monzie, who also tallied two assists. "I've been working on my shot a lot lately, and I was glad it all came together tonight. It's nice to put it to these guys at home because they got us here last year."
Monzie and his midfield mates, Jacobe Krizman, Justin Wiley and Matt Cody, were able to shut down Grant's best midfielders, and severely limit the Generals' shot attempts in the second half.
Defenders Nate Dethman, Todd Shypertt and John Thatcher were relentless in their pursuit of Grant's front line, while Sean Jennings was steady in the net, giving up just three goals in the second half.
"The best part about this win was that we came from behind, took the lead and really took them out of their game," coach Mac Jackson said. "We never let up, and the victory was built on the backs of every player."
HRV and Grant traded goals for the first two quarters and wound up deadlocked 4-4 at halftime. Grant held the lead four times during that stretch, but the HRV attack put the game out of reach in the third quarter.
Anderson led off the scoring one-and-a-half minutes into the second half to give HRV a 5-4 lead. Munk made it 6-4 just eight seconds later after winning the faceoff and taking it the distance.
Krizman found Monzie at 5:08 to make it 7-4, and after a Grant goal at the 3:30 mark, Anderson and Munk each scored before the end of the quarter to make it 9-5.
Wiley scored his lone goal of the game one minute into the fourth quarter, before Monzie tallied two more to put the game out of reach at 12-5.
"For some reason, Grant was a lot slower this year," Monzie said. "But maybe we're just faster."
HRV's next game is Thursday at home against defending state champion Lakeridge.
The junior varsity team posted its first win last Friday by an 11-6 count over Grant. Sophomore David Voigt scored five goals to lead the way, and was complemented well by Zach Bohince and Chris Reidl. Also playing well for HRV were Jeff Kline, Tanner Hall, Alex Princehouse and Ryan Walker.
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Watch the first episode! Only viewable in the US.
In ABC's new thriller, Marta Walraven (Radha Mitchell) grew up in the world of organized crime in San Francisco, but believed she'd escaped it. But her normal life is turned upside down when her husband and the father of her three children is gunned down in their driveway.
The housewife finds herself moving deeper into the dangerous, dark world she thought she'd left behind. She discovers her husband stole drugs, which she has to pay back to a criminal kingpin named Schiller (Goran Visnjic). And then there's the question of who killed her husband, Evan Walraven.
So, what can you expect from the action-packed premiere episode? Here are five things to know about "Red Widow":
1. The show has a "Twilight" connection!
No, no vampires running around the Pacific Northwest. Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg was the screenwriter behind the entire "Twilight" saga. And just like that franchise, she had to adapt from an original, since "Red Widow" is based on a Dutch series called "Penoza." But where "Twilight" had to be condensed, Rosenberg had to fill out "Penoza."
"I used a lot of the same plotting stepping stones, but I really had to develop all of the secondary characters and their relationships," she told Collider. "What you're building, hopefully, is seven years on the air."
2. Marta will be breaking bad
Rosenberg wanted to write a complex female lead character along the lines of the antiheroes we see on cable. "We've had on cable these male characters who are very flawed and complex: Tony Soprano, Dexter Morgan, Vic Mackey," she told TV critics in January. "We've just begun to have that on cable for women in 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Weeds.'"
But the show Rosenberg most wants to emulate? "Breaking Bad."
"It is the model," she said. "I don't know where the character could go -- she could be as bad as Walter White."
3. But she'll still be a mom.
Marta won't be cooking up meth or murdering anyone. While she discovers a knack for the criminal (maybe it's in the genes), she's still focused on her three kids. "She's dealing with all these mundane, maternal issues," Mitchell explained. Marta engages in the criminal aspect of her life only to protect her kids.
"I think there's something beautiful about that maternal energy and seeing that not as the backup to a male lead. We don't often see mothers as leads."
4. Goran Visnjic was Rosenberg's first choice to play Schiller.
But the "ER" star didn't sign on right away because Schiller appears just briefly in the pilot and he wanted a meatier role for his return to series television. Rosenberg eventually won him over with promises of deeper character development in future episodes.
"It was a lot of belief in what Melissa's going to write afterwards," he said. "And I have to say, from Episode 2 on, it was really fun to do all these things.
"And the character is completely unusual, something I've never done before."
5. Who killed Evan Walraven? We'll find out at the end of Season 1.
The mystery of Evan's death will not drag on forever. "Having learned from 'The Killing,' we are answering the questions of who killed [Evan] and where is the coke," Rosenberg promised. "The question of how Marta is going to get herself out of this is a series-long question."
And don't expect too many more shocking deaths. "By the end of the season, we'll have a satisfying answer to the season, but I'm not giving anybody up," she said. "I'm not killing everyone, and I'm not letting anyone off the hook."
The 2-hour premiere of "Red Widow" airs Sunday, 3/3 at 9 PM on ABC.
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I found this on the Garmin Connect website. Very cool technology. There is no display on it. It wirelessly connects to my GPS watch or to my computer. Automatically transfers lots of data. A little pricey but at some point will be mine.
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Speaking of data. I recently was reviewing some of my runs last year on the Garmin Connect site. Looking at my Burning River 100 information reminded me of how 5 miles out of 100 can deeply impact the overall results. Check out the splits for miles 43, 56, and 61. Miles 82 to 86 were the Perkins Trail at night.
Running Update
I am treading water between the National Marathon and Cleveland Marathon. Good news is that I am very fit and marathon paced miles come easy. The hard part of the training is the motivation. Good weather helps and it is getting lighter earlier each day. It just has been a long training period since December.
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We are finally getting into the season. Weekends are becoming busy....which is good news. I will be taking on more races than I originally planned. Look for a few cool and unique events this Fall and Winter.


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Mumbai, cloudy and oppressive in the monsoon felt like London, but clammy with the heat. Showers were short but frequent and unpredictable. Sitting in an open motor rickshaw, cheaper than the aircon taxis and more agile in negotiating the traffic, made you feel closer to real life on the streets but could also get you instantly and totally drenched. Entering an air-conditioned building in wet clothes made matters worse. I was told in reply that they liked the monsoon weather, cooler than the 40+ degree temperatures of high summer and giving the water so desperately needed for city reservoirs and prayed for by the farmers. For them the problem was that it was only drizzle compared with the downpours needed. I stopped complaining.
At the home for the mentally and physically handicapped that I was visiting, a determined and effective founder, and an Indian woman not surprisingly, had made something remarkable happen. It was both a well-run and compassionate response to at least part of one aspect of the teeming problems of this city of 13.6 million souls, the second largest in the world after Shanghai. As we entered one young student came up and sat beside us, looking sad and anxious for an excuse to avoid going into class. His teacher discovered him, and he was gently teased and led back.
The teachers and volunteers in the classrooms we visited seemed prayerful. There was the other-centredness that makes for prayer and they were inwardly centred in the patient attention they gave to their small number of slow-learning students. Not well-paid financially they were rewarded by the gradual progress they saw in those they taught. All the children were in school uniform which hid the difference between those from rich families and the many who came in daily from the slums. A shared handicap can dissolve many barriers including the virus of snobbery. It was not an overtly religious place but it had the genuine sense of the sacred, the grace that always moves among the wounded in the presence of compassion.
One volunteer, a strikingly handsome young man with an outgoing charm that came with the looks, was very popular with the children. Surprisingly, he seemed to relate to them more as an elder brother than a teacher. He came in several times a week because he was unemployed. He did whatever he was asked, except to teach from books, because he himself could neither read nor write. He was not the idle rich kid with an expensive haircut but no job that he might seem. He said he had come to Mumbai from a tribal village to seek his fortune. He aspired to be an actor. He lived in a single room with a few fellow hopefuls, watching films, telling stories of lucky breaks. His secret handicap was also his great fear. Even if he got a part how could he avoid eventually being exposed? He would not be stopped from walking into the best hotel and for the time being his face was his fortune; but he could not sign the register or read the menu.
Disadvantage comes in many disguises and the poor we will always have with us. Those who have not, even what they think they have will be taken from them. The degrees of poverty and the bridgeability of the gap between the extremes all need to be assessed. But who can really count how many people fall off a social radar if they were never on it and when there are no safety nets? In so many developing countries the ancient poverty of the streets and slums seems the more obscene, of course, because of the extravagance of the wealthy. But what also shocks is the lack of anger. Maybe it's the belief in karma, as we are told. Or perhaps the poor need the fantasy lifestyles of the rich and famous, the new pantheon of the screen stars, as an imaginary escape from the degrading realities of their life. Simone Weil thought that daydreaming is the root of all evil; but she also saw that it was the 'sole consolation of the afflicted'.
Maybe providing that false consolation makes the uber-wealthy feel better. By living so fantastically they feel they are making the daily drudge of the poor a little easier. The same argument justifies building great temples and marble pillared churches or record-breaking Buddha statues near the slums and favellas so easily swept away by a monsoon burst. The unfairness of life is always hard to contemplate. What makes it easier is not Bollywood or religious fantasy but the reality of one handicapped person helping another, the being open about one's shame, the emergence of grace through a wound.
Laurence Freeman OSB
Laurence Freeman is a Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Monte Oliveto and also Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation (www.wccm.org)


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|2012-10-31, 02:24
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Psycho-Pass - Technology Discussion (Sibyl System, Dominator, etc.)
The purpose of this thread is to discuss the technology of Psycho-Pass. Feel free to discuss about Sibyl System, the dominator, and so forth.
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|2012-11-01, 09:32
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The 3rd episode really reveals just how powerful the dominator is. I thought it was just a system for checking suspects hue and that could make them explode in a really gory fashion, but never suspected it would let them take out an industrial robot like it was made of tissue paper. Now it definitely lives up to it's name sake, it's just an all around dominating weapon if you can keep it working.
|2012-11-01, 18:00
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But it not working when offline is a pretty significant weakness. They are police though, and irl police have handguns instead of assault rifles. I would love to see what their swat equivalent uses. =P
Dominator is nice, but I hope it's not the be all end all for their weaponry.
|2012-11-01, 18:30
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If that's what handguns can do, what about bigger guns? Or even Special Forces weapons?
Not being able to shoot without a Sybil online check is a clear weakness indeed, but such a powerful weapon at least needs some sort of safety check. Even if it's not that much, given how screwed up this Sybil system seems to be, but still better than nothing.
|2012-11-06, 00:01
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I have a question about "holograms", people can use them to dress up and change clothes especially anytime as Akane front of the building of the laboratory ... but that its mean Akane and others kind of home "naked" or underwear?
|2012-11-06, 00:49
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What do you think the state of genetic modification research is in the world of Psycho-Pass? If their society is okay with the whole Sibyl System, I don't think it's a stretch that virtually everyone would not mind to have their genes altered to avoid the inherent criminal factors (similar to the famous saying "eventually it will be a sin for parents to let their children born with genetic diseases"). And if they already have such an advanced system like Sibyl, I also don't think it's too much of a stretch that the genetic manipulation technologies to achieve that should already be widely available.
|2012-11-06, 01:36
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No, I wouldn't say so. If genetic modification was that widespread, then most of the young adults would have low PP/CCs. But we have Shuusei, who is probably the 2nd youngest member of the CID, get flagged at 5. And Akane's school friends are all jealous of her naturally healthy PP, so I don't believe that they've started GATTACA level genetic modification yet.
If you ask me, the Sibyl system would probably meet less resistance from the public than genetic modification, so there's also that.
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|2012-11-06, 01:42
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Yet, we see people who are unable to deal with the everyday stress of a monotonous job or the raging jealousy of seeing one's crush go out with another guy. In fact, other than how mental health has become a police matter, and how career-planning has become a matter of psychological profiling, many other things about the Psycho-pass universe resemble those of our world.
|2012-11-06, 01:45
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Also just wearing unsubstantial holograms would be pretty uncomfortable and awkward, don't you think?
|2012-11-06, 03:25
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|2012-11-06, 03:47
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|2012-11-06, 06:14
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Actually, I see the apparent lack of eugenics or genetic manipulation as signs that the Psycho-Pass universe isn't as dystopian as it at first appears. There are good ethical reasons to prevent people from playing God, for example, when it comes to "customising" our bodies to order. That's very different from treating someone after he has been diagnosed with neurological tendencies to criminal behaviour.
But, as you said, I think the more important consideration is that if people could fix themselves genetically before birth, then there wouldn't be a story to tell. To be sure, the further into the series, we go, the less I think the Psycho-Pass is really that badly broken. It's broken at the seams, but that's true for any society. In Psycho-Pass, they have virtual-reality chatrooms. They have amazingly advanced holographic technology. They also likely have an abundance of "happy" pills to treat all kinds of mental-health problems like depression.
Seriously, I suspect that the average citizen is probably quite satisfied with his modern conveniences. It even appears that people have the choice not to work if they happen to strike rich somehow. So, the Sibyl System really doesn't seem as restrictive as many critics make it out to be.
|2012-11-06, 13:14
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Given that the society in the world of Psycho-Pass has no qualms about locking up a five year old boy in fear he could become a criminal (something most people would consider unethical), I would think that if such genetic manipulation existed, they would gladly use them in order to ensure crime would disappear. So I think the reason they don't do it is simple: they can't yet. It's not because technology is so advanced that genetics have to be as well. There are possibly hundreds of genes responsible for criminal behavior, if not more. It's possible they hit a wall at some point.
It is also possible that genetics manipulation are commonplace but aren't advanced enough to completely eradicate all kinds of predisposition to "unacceptable behaviors".
Hopefully, the anime will provide us with more information later on.
|2012-11-10, 22:11
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I wrote something about why there aren't any mental health professionals, and why the police is that unpopular in the ep.4 thread, but thought it might be relevant here as well.
I would be very surprised if there were still any mental health professionals at all (outside of "treatment camps", that is).
Visiting any such person would make you instantly suspicious. "Oh, looks like there's someone in need of treatment."
That treatment doesn't seem to be a nice thing either, given how people go to great lenghts to avoid it (or to get scanned in the first place). Some sort of brainwashing, perhaps?
Thus, people keep all their problems to themselves, making sure to let no one know about them, in order to look as "sane" as possible.
No wonder that charlatans like "Talisman" are so extremely popular - it's the only thing people have left, where they can talk about their problems anonymously.
I think that coming into frequent contact with "not-so-sane" people is the main thing scaring people off the police job. For those who still take it, there might be a high drop-out rate of people who feel that their PP is getting too clouded from the job, and then quickly quit before they turn into "latent criminals" and are degraded to Enforcers - which all seem to be ex-police, without exception, as I can't imagine them hiring actual criminals for that job.
Once humiliated by that degradation, some Enforcers (like Shinja) seem to rely excessively on that Sybil system (which isn't all that great to begin with) - probably, because they don't trust their own judgement anymore and feel it brought upon their present situation.
|2012-11-13, 21:13
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The only older one is that one Enforcer, Masaoka.
That would further support what I've said - either they're all leaving pretty soon again, or they end up as Enforcers like Masaoka.
|2012-12-08, 20:02
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Well the latest episode cleared up some stuff for me, I'd been wondering how exactly everyone was able to see/hear the guns and after this episode I'm guessing they all have computer implants like the reporter lady did (since obviously she didn't think anything of having them so they must be rather common). And there was also that interesting line about how people who spent more time around the elderly as children seem to bond with their home AIs better and Akane's jellyfish has acted not exactly as a parent but as a caretaker for her, both taking care of and spoiling a bit, like the way an extended family member might act. Or they could've just had that line to fill time/make the professor seem even smarter.
|2012-12-11, 02:38
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I suspect that the GUI/HUG is projected onto their eyes or something, in the same vein.
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Getting a huge boost from its punt-return unit and another stout effort from its defense, the North Central College football team secured a share of a seventh straight College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) championship and a third straight berth in the NCAA Division III Football Championship with a 37-6 victory over the Augustana College Vikings at Ericson Field.
The Cardinals (8-2, 6-1 CCIW) share this year's CCIW title with Wheaton College and Elmhurst College and receive the CCIW's automatic bid to the postseason based on the point-differential tiebreaker. North Central has won or shared the conference championship each year since 2006.
The Cardinals operated with a short field most of the day due to the efforts of cornerback Josh Mitchell, who returned six punts for 224 yards, an average of 37.3 yards per return. Five of North Central's six scoring drives covered 35 yards or less and Mitchell also accounted for the Cardinals' first score of the day, returning Augustana's first punt 80 yards to the end zone. He matched the second-longest punt return in North Central history.
Augustana (5-5, 4-3 CCIW) got on the board when kicker Brady Rogers made a 25-yard field goal on the ensuing drive. Viking linebacker Bo Goshorn intercepted a pass on the first play of North Central's next possession, but the hosts were limited to a 41-yard field goal by Rogers and still trailed, 7-6.
North Central put together its longest scoring drive of the day early in the second period, traveling 73 yards in 12 plays. The Cardinals ran the ball on 10 plays during the possession but scored on a pass, as Spencer Stanek found Chad O'Kane for a 13-yard strike and O'Kane's first TD of the season.
A 35-yard punt return by Mitchell set the Cardinals up for its next score. Five plays later, Nick Dace connected on a 31-yard field-goal attempt, boosting North Central's lead to 17-6. The Cardinals' defense forced a quick Augustana punt before the end of the half, and a 29-yard return by Mitchell, coupled with a Viking personal-foul penalty, allowed Dace to come on for a 37-yard field goal just before time ran out and sent the Cardinals into the break with a 20-6 advantage.
A short Augustana punt gave the Cardinals the ball at the Vikings' 40 late in the third quarter, and Dace converted his third field goal of the day, a 24-yarder. Mitchell picked up 25 yards on his next punt return to open North Central's next possession at the Vikings' 35-yard line. Stanek's 23-yard pass to O'Kane set up a first-and-goal opportunity at the 10-yard line, and Nick Kukuc ran in from five yards out three plays later to tie a North Central record with his 14th rushing touchdown of the year.
The final scoring drive of the day got its start from the Cardinals' defense, as defensive tackle Peter Mann intercepted quarterback Nick Welch's pass and got the offense onto the field 24 yards from the end zone. Stanek threw a 13-yard scoring pass to Jeff Stolzenburg with 8:27 to play.
Stanek completed 13 of 19 passes for 139 yards, throwing five times to O'Kane for 74 yards. Kukuc gained 84 yards on 21 rushing attempts, boosting his season total to 1,009 rushing yards and making him just the second player in North Central history to rush for at least 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons.
The Cardinals' defense held Augustana to 161 yards of total offense, the lowest amount by a North Central opponent this season and the ninth-lowest in school history, and recorded a season-high 13 tackles for loss. Quinn Haas led the Cardinals with nine tackles, while Joey Michals and Alex Pirela each recorded six.John Focosi led the way with three tackles for loss and two sacks.
Pairings and sites for the first round of the 2012 Division III Football Championship will be announced on Sunday at 5 p.m. at ncaa.com.


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TAX INCREASE RAISES UGLY HEAD AGAIN: Facing a projected $31 million budget shortfall for next fiscal year, house and senate legislators are grappling with what to cut. It looks like a proposal to cut the corporate income tax, a move that would surely attract more business and tax revenue, may be an early casualty. Of course the looming shortage is bringing tax increase proponents out of their holes. Representative Maria Cimini is again pushing to raise the maximum personal income tax rate from 5.99 percent to 7.99 percent, a move that would surely provide another bullet to our faltering economy.
Thankfully, House Finance Chairman Helio Melo, one of the brighter, more visionary members of our legislature, seems opposed. Having lowered the income tax rate only two years ago, we need to give that effort some time to prove itself before panicking and raising it again. Our state already looks like a bad place to invest because of its high tax rates and anti-business regulations. Let's not make our reputation worse by looking like we are so unpredictable that we play with tax rates every year or two.
CHAFEE AGAIN TRYING TO INTRUDE ON FREE ENTERPRISE: Against the opposition of environmental groups and National Grid, Governor Chafee is pushing to require National Grid to solicit bids for up to 150 megawatts of large-scale hydropower from Canada. First, the statute Chafee is trying to twist to implement the requirement was meant to grow in-state renewable energy - thus, the environmental groups' resistance. Second, requiring National Grid to purchase a certain amount of energy from Canada destroys the electric company's negotiating power with Canada and will result in imported electricity costing more.
When will our quixotic governor realize that trying to force his costly ideas on private companies is not only an affront to free enterprise that will help destroy our market-driven economy but, in many cases, is also contrary to the "green" philosophy he claims to espouse?
WEEKLY VS. BI-WEEKLY PAYCHECKS: Few of us realized before a few days ago that Rhode Island requires private employers to pay employees every week instead of doing what the state and the rest of the country do, distribute pay biweekly. Only Rhode Island and Connecticut require weekly pay for private employers, and Connecticut issues so many waivers that it is virtually a biweekly-pay state. Only in Rhode Island do we still suffer with an archaic law that makes a company's payroll expenses twice that of companies in other states.
A bill is being considered to change this silly, anti-business statute. Surely our legislators will have the courage to pass the bill. Otherwise, the General Assembly's verbiage about wanting to promote economic development and make our state business-friendly is just empty rhetoric.
GETTING RID OF COMPETITION: A bill has been introduced in the R.I. Senate that would eliminate the requirement for competitive bidding for some large state projects. The bill was introduced by Senator Joshua Miller, Democrat of Cranston, who admitted he really didn't know exactly what is in the bill. As far as who asked him to introduce it, Miller could only say "some people involved in construction." Since the bill is co-sponsored by Senator Frank Ciccone, a highly-paid official in two major labor unions, suspicions were raised immediately that unions were behind the legislation.
A few days later, news leaked out that the "some people involved in construction" are the 20 percent of R.I. builders who are union employers, to include the giant Gilbane Construction Company. The 80 percent of Rhode Island builders who are not bound by union contracts are objecting vehemently to the bill. The Associated Builders and Contractors of Rhode Island, representing the non-union builders, said the bill "Discriminates against the majority, to the benefit of the minority...(and) would seriously curtail competition and drive up the costs of these projects."
Competitive bidding helps keep our free enterprise system viable. It generally ensures fairness and protects the end user, especially taxpayers, from paying excessively because some special interest padded a project's cost with unnecessary or overpriced work.
We should all be holding on to our wallets when huge companies act in concert with unions to jack up the price of taxpayer-financed projects by eliminating their competition.
CICILLINE WANTS TO GROW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: At at time when we should all be trying to find ways to reduce the size and cost of government, U.S. Representative David Cicilline wants to add rather than reduce. He has introduced a bill to support so-called "social enterprises," organizations that ostensibly seek to be a positive force for social causes. The bill would create yet another federal government entity called the "Commission on the Advancement of Social Enterprise." Cicilline's office has no idea what this expansion of government will cost taxpayers.
If these non-profit and corporate "social enterprises" can't get enough support on their own from citizens who think their goals are admirable, then they should go out of business. Obviously, such lack of support indicates their goals and practices aren't viable. Should we expand government to support such non-viable organizations? Absolutely not! Why should taxpayers have to subsidize someone's "great social idea" that has proven it can't go anywhere on its own?
Sooner or later, people like David Cicilline and others of his ilk will realize that increasing big government is not the answer to all of society's problems. Growing government in order to throw taxpayer money to "social enterprise" organizations that can't make it on their own is an abomination of our free enterprise system and an insult to taxpayers.
WARWICK COUNCIL BEING PETTY: The Warwick City Council refused to pay a $709 repair bill to an insurance company to compensate for damages caused when a Warwick police cruiser backed into one of the company's insured customer's parked car. There is no controversy about who was at fault; the police officer was in the wrong. The City Council based its refusal on the fact the repairs were made without three bids and the fact the insurance company did not have a representative at the city council meeting. How petty can a public body get? First, there is nothing in state law that requires car repairs resulting from an auto accident to have three bids. Second, there is nothing in Warwick ordinances or City Council rules that requires a claimant appear in person before the Council.
Councilman Joe Solomon said the council works "on behalf of the people" and the insurance company should absorb the cost. How does Councilman Solomon think insurance companies keep the cost of our policies down? They do it by going after the parties who were at fault in order to reimburse themselves for the costs of repairs suffered by their policy holders who were not at fault. Does the councilman want all of our insurance policies to go up?
For an elected body that claims it promotes economic development and supports businesses, it seems strange it would try to deprive an insurance company of its just compensation - especially to deprive it based on such illogical and petty reasoning.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Once again, this week's best quote comes from a comic strip. In the Memorial Day edition of the comic strip Blondie, little Elmo asks Dagwood who's his favorite superhero, Superman, Batman or Spiderman? Dagwood's response, "I like the heroes we honor on Memorial Day, Elmo...our brave soldiers who died fighting to keep us free." Elmo: "...you're talking about REAL superheroes, aren't you?"
What's disappointing about the comics page, however, is that on the one day each year devoted to remembering those who died in uniform to protect our freedoms, only one of the 20 comic strips mentioned anything at all about those we remember on Memorial Day. Thank you, Dean Young and John Marshall - writers of the strip Blondie!


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Mitt Romney accepts the nomination for President from the Republican Party at the 2012 Republican National Convention on Thursday (August 30) at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Florida.
The 65-year-old politician delivered his speech to a roaring crowd and made quite a few jabs at President Barack Obama.
"This president can tell us it was someone else's fault. This president can tell us that the next four years he'll get it right. But this president cannot tell us that you are better off today than when he took office," Romney said. Watch the full speech below.
Mitt was joined on stage by his wife Ann Romney, his running mate Paul Ryan, his wife Janna, and a stage full of their children and grandchildren.
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Serebryanaya Roza (Silver Rose) has been fighting for the rights of sex workers in Russia since 2006. Today, the group has a presence in 10 regions across Russia, representing the interests of a large part of the estimated 3 million sex workers in the country. They operate a hotline for sex workers and provide legal aid to sex workers in cases of violence and harassment. After many years of doing very valuable work Silver Rose is trying to obtain official recognition as an NGO from Russia's Ministry of Justice.
Silver Rose first made its request for registration as an official NGO in May 2013. The Ministry of Justice refused the request on the grounds that 'sex worker' was not an officially recognised profession in Russia. Moreover, the Ministry argued that Silver Rose was guilty of 'inciting social, racial, national and or religious hatred and enmity', which is contrary to Article 29 of the Russian constitution. This was blatant bullying tactics from the Ministry of Justice and their characterisation of Silver Rose is so far removed from the valuable work they actually do. Irina Maslova, the leader of Silver Rose, said this about the initial refusal:
"We were even accused of inciting ethnic hatred and all but accused of extremism. In addition, officials say that this profession does not exist in the official classification of occupations, and, therefore, such an association cannot be established. We need this organization to help this category of people to solve their own problems — protect them from unfair and corrupt law enforcement agents."
Silver Rose took the case to the courts and asked for a declaration that the Ministry's decision was unlawful. They were assisted in this by the human rights ogranisation Agora. They argued that the concepts of 'sex worker' or 'commercial sex worker' are well known and that at national and international levels it is recognised that sex workers can be a vulnerable group requiring assistance. They further pointed out that Silver Rose was a support organisation and was in no way involved in the organisation of prostitution or the keeping of brothels. They argued that the refusal to register Silver Rose was a breach of the human right to freedom of assembly and association.
Unfortunately, the court upheld the Ministry's decision based on some technical issues with Silver Rose's application. Determined not to give up, however, Silver Rose has taken time with the help of human rights activists to prepare a new application for registration as an NGO. This was prepared and lodged with the Ministry of Justice at the end of March 2014. We now await a decision. NSWP stands in solidarity with Silver Rose and urges the Ministry of Justice to recognise it as a formal NGO.


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Overview of Gemini Proposal Submission Process
Overview of the Gemini Proposal Submission Process
Call for Proposals
Every 6 months, around March 1 and September 1, Gemini will issue a Call for Observing Proposals. The Call will contain information such as the time distribution across the Gemini Participants and the instrument availability. The deadline for proposal submission varies with Participant but is typically around April 1 and October 1. Make sure you read the Call prior to writing your proposal. Requests for Director's Discretionary time or Poor Weather time may be submitted at any time, using the Gemini Phase I Tool.
Proposal Submission
Investigators should use the Gemini Phase I Tool for creating and submitting proposals. Investigators applying for NOAO time using multiple NOAO telescopes for a single program may instead use the NOAO submission form. However, Large and Long Program proposals and any proposal that requests time from multiple Participants, known as a joint proposals, must use the Gemini Phase I Tool.
A key part of every proposal is the PDF attachment which contains detailed scientific and technical information about the proposed program. See the Overview below for more information.
A new Phase I Tool is released for each semester. Information on how to download and install the Tool is given on the semester's installation page. Differences from previous versions are described on the hot news page.
Help on the Tool is available via the PIT help page including video tutorials.
Overview of the Phase I Tool
The Gemini Gemini Phase I Tool provides an interface via which the Investigator can enter:
- title, abstract, TAC category, keywords, and the investigators' names and institutions.
- targets, either manually, or by catalog look-up.
- observations, which are defined by target, instrument and instrument configuration (a wizard will lead you through a decision tree of modes and their options), observing conditions and observing time. Investigators should use the integration time calculator to determine the integration time needed for your instrument configuration, conditions and required signal to noise. Overheads should be included in the observing time request in the Phase I Tool, as described in the "Overheads" section of each instrument's web page. Time required for calibration should not be included unless you require calibrations that are beyond the baseline calibrations offered for the instrument, described in the "Calibration" section of each instrument's web page.
- Band 3 observations should be defined if your program can be carried out in relatively poor conditions, or can be adjusted to make it viable in such conditions. Information on how to make your program viable for Band 3 is given on the advice for Band 3 page.
- Scheduling constraints if there are time-critical or synchronous observations involved, or impossible dates for classical programs.
- Time request - both your total and minimum time for useful science should be specified, and also the total and minimum Band 3 time if your program is viable in Band 3. You can also choose how to distribute the time across the Participants, if this is a joint proposal. This tab also allows you to specify whether or not the proposal contains Targets of Opportunity (ToO) and if so whether these are rapid or standard ToO observations.
- There is a PDF attachment which is submitted with the proposal. This attachment contains the Scientific Justification, Technical Case, an Experimental Design, a description of how a queue program would be carried out in Band 3 or how a classical program would use poor conditions, justification of any duplicate observations, a publications list, and a description of the use of other facilities and previous Gemini use. Attachment of representative ITC results is encouraged. Latex and word templates are available at the Tool download site to generate the attachment, and should be used. Large and Long Programs have additional requirements.
- The Tool will highlight errors in your proposal. Incomplete sections or input errors will be described by text in the lower panel. If your targets have poor visibility, the configuration is such that guiding will be difficult, or if there are duplicate observations found in the Gemini Science Archive, then these will be flagged in the columns on the Observations tab.
- Once you are ready to submit a single click on the "Submit this Proposal" button will send the proposal and PDF attachment to the servers of your selected Participant(s). Currently submissions cannot be overwritten. Submit your corrected proposal and contact your NGO office to let them know which proposal you want considered, and which omitted.
Other Information
Each instrument's page (in the "Observation Preparation" area) contains advice on how to prepare and check your observations. A brief guide to technically reviewing proposals written for the Time Allocation Committee may also be useful for applicants.
Please contact the Gemini help desk if you need assistance.
Successful PIs will be contacted via email around the middle of June and December, with important information regarding the completion of Phase II. Typically the PI deadline for completing Phase II is the middle of July and January. Successful PIs will find the What to expect once your observations are in the queue page helpful.


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Halt...In The Name Of The MPAA/RIAA/FBI/NSA! [Updated: Hoax]
from the you're-in-trouble-now dept
"This website has been closed by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, in association with the United States National Security Agency, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Recording Industry Association of America; pending a federal investigation.My first thought was, "OK....Ummm...Wait for how long? I was really thinking about going to Lowes this afternoon for a new tube of Loctite."
Your visit to this URL has been logged. Please stay where you are. You will be contacted for questioning regarding the investigations related to this website. Any attempt to evade questioning will be considered obstruction of justice, and is subject to fines and imprisonment, pursuant to 18USC1510(a).
The owner(s) of this site will no longer be available for comment. For inquiries or if you wish to assist in this investigation, please contact:
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attention: Internet Investigation Unit
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 7350
Washington, DC 20535
(202) 324-3000
But the more I thought about this apparent method of "Honey Pot Trap" investigation, assuming it is genuine, the more silly this seems. If they were serious about this site being an investigatory tool, you would think that they would have the basic internet common sense to use a robots.txt file to keep Google (and other polite netizens) from indexing the site. Moreover, it only takes one guy like me to stumble across a site like this, post it's URL elsewhere obfuscated as a TinyURL, and their little honeypot get overrun with ants!
If the F.B.I. is not serious about this method as an investigation tool, then why put up silly threats like this?
You can also find plenty of other sites that Google says contain the text string "This website has been closed by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation."
Guess I'm in big trouble now! I'll let you know if any suits show up on my doorstep!"
I actually don't believe this is a honey pot at all. Just a bogus threat tactic. It's the same message that goes up on every file sharing site that eventually gets taken down. Four years ago, we wrote about the same message on the front of Grokster's site. It's a blatant (and bogus) scare tactic, and pretty ridiculous as well. It is a bit silly that (1) the FBI and NSA allow their names to be posted with the RIAA and MPAA (2) that they imply just visiting the site is somehow illegal and worthy of being logged followed by a "visit" and (3) that they somehow think this is effective. Update: As pointed out in the comments, the particular site singled out above is a hoax... but really isn't all that different from the site that actually did go up on the Grokster page...


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NORTON, Mass. – With the championship competitions just weeks away, the MIT men's and women's swimming and diving teams attended the Wheaton Invite on Saturday to get some competitive swimming and plenty of time-trials in against other local schools. The non-team scoring competition featured the Engineers against NEWMAC rivals Wheaton and Clark, as well as the Jumbos of Tufts University.
Notable performances for the Engineers included those of two MIT seniors. Toomas Seep won the 100 yard butterfly with an NCAA B Cut time of 50.98. He was also the runner up in the 100 yard breaststroke, in a time of 1:01.79.
On the diving board, senior Beth Stavely took first place on 11 dives and twice posted scores qualifying her for NCAA competition. She won the 1 meter competition with a score of 420.97 and then first on the 3 meter board, at 465.70.
Youngsters also did well for the Engineers, as sophomore Kathryn Greskoff and freshman Sarah Weiss took second and third in the 200 yard butterfly. Greskoff's time was 2:20.42, while Weiss touched the wall in 2:22.45. Freshman Remy Mock took the men's 200 fly in a time of 1:55.49.
The Engineers found themselves in second place in both the men's and women's 50 yard freestyle. Sophomore Tony Chen finished the event in a time of 21.83, while Joanna Yeh's time of 25.26 was just.04 slower than the first place finisher. Yeh would win an event on the day, taking first in the 100 yard freestyle in 54.72.
Engineer junior Andrew Pierson needed 1:45.11 to win the 200 yard free, while freshman Nora Darago took second in the women's 200 yard breaststroke in a time of 2:34.78. Anna Kokensparger and Elina Hu took first and second, respectively, in the woman's 100 yard backstroke, while Hu was also runner up to freshman Katelyn Rossick in the 100 yard butterfly.
The most consistent showing for the men probably came in the 500 yard freestyle in which they took the top four spots. Sophomore Max Pruner's time of 4:49.41 led the group of Engineers, which also included freshman Scott Stevens, Mock, and Pierson.
The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) will host the women's swimming and diving championships February 18th-20th at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. The men's tournament will be the following weekend, February 25th-27th at MIT.
More information on both events can be found on the women's and men's championships on the NEWMAC website.


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Here's a round-up of some of the products, news and events that we covered this week, as well as some of the best stuff that was produced by the other titles in our publishing stable.
Aldi Android phone gets even cheaper
If you want a really cheap Android phone, then make sure you visit your nearest Aldi on 30 November. The company has cut $20 off the price of the original phone that we saw back in July.
In what appears to be a bid to clear excess stock, Aldi's current catalogue advertises a Medion-branded 4in, 3G Android smartphone with dual-SIM capabilities for $129. It will go on sale from Saturday, 2 November.
The Medion E4002 smartphone has a 4in touchscreen with a resolution of 800x480, is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and 512MB of RAM, and includes 4GB of internal memory.
The handset is identical to the one the supermarket chain advertised back in July, though at that time the device sold for $149.
Via Good Gear Guide.
Apple stuff galore
A busy week in tech peaked with Apple announcing new iPads and computers, including a kick-arse Mac Pro that's designed, well, for pros.
Besides the Xeon CPUs and dual FirePro graphics cards, the new Mac Pro offers faster storage performance, and also better bandwidth for Thunderbolt devices. The new storage system is comprised of PCIe-based flash components, which first made an appearance in Apple's MacBook Pro, and is said to offer transfer rates up to 1200 megabytes per second (MBps), which is much faster than what a SATA-based flash drive can do.
The storage capacity is up to 1TB, which is a high mark for a solid state drive (SSD) based computer, and more storage can be added via external avenues, including Thunderbolt 2. External drives based on Thunderbolt 2 are said to offer theoretical data transfer speeds up to 20 gigabytes per second, and the connection can also be used to connect up to three 4K monitors.
Every facet of the Mac Pro is faster than the previous generation, and this includes wireless connectivity. The Mac Pro has 802.11ac wireless networking built in, which can offer much greater file transfer rates than 802.11n. Meanwhile, Bluetooth has been upgraded to the 4.0 specification.
Via Good Gear Guide.
Nokia goes phab and tab
Nokia had an event in Abu Dhabi to introduce some new products, including a couple of phablets (we feel dirty saying that word, but it's now an accepted term, it seems) as well as its first Windows RT-based tablet.
Windows Phone users may be disappointed when they realize they can no longer make fun of their Android-wielding friends over their large phones. With its 6-inch screen, the Lumia 1520 is only marginally bigger than the Samsung Galaxy Note III, but the 1080p display is a huge improvement over its predecessors.
Microsoft's latest Windows Phone update will take advantage of the bigger screen size by enabling three rows of live tiles rather than the standard two, which you can use to highlight the most important apps for immediate thumb access. The device will also come with a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, and a MicroSD expansion slot, as well as a 3400mAh battery pack.
Via Good Gear Guide.
ASUS innovates hard
Closer to home, ASUS had a local launch in Sydney to showcase some of its latest products, including the premium-priced Zenbook Ultrabook, and also an Ultraportable that the company touts as being a 3-in-1 hybrid, rather than a traditional 2-in-1 (tablet and laptop) hybrid.
ASUS has come up with a hybrid Ultraportable computer that it touts as being a 3-in-1 device, rather than a standard 2-in-1. The Transformer Book Trio, as it's called, is essentially an Android tablet that can sit in a keyboard base (which then makes it a laptop), but that base also has its own CPU in it, which makes it a stand-alone desktop PC. These scenarios account for the three devices in one unit.
The Transformer Book Trio's concept isn't a new one. It's something that we saw earlier in the year with the Transformer AiO all in one PC, which has an 18.4in screen that's an Android tablet, and a large base with a CPU in it. That product left us scratching our heads a little as to who might use something like that, mainly because it means you have to cart around an 18in tablet. However, the same concept on the Transformer Book Trio seems to be more useful.
Via Good Gear Guide. Via ARN.
Epic review of the Surface 2 tablet
We ran a review of Microsoft's Surface 2 this week, too, and our reviewer thought it would be fun to use it as his primary computer for the whole week. The verdict is pretty interesting.
Don't be confused by the slight change in naming conventions: the Surface 2 is essentially the new Surface RT, running Windows 8.1 RT atop an NVIDIA Tegra processor, and compatible only with Windows Store apps. The Surface 2 Pro is [unsurprisingly] the new Pro, running full-blown Windows 8.1 on Intel hardware and compatible with the entire back-catalogue of Windows applications. ... At first glance, the Surface 2 looks like an even-more-polished version of the Surface RT. Looks like that at second and third glance, too, because that's exactly what it is. Given that the RT was a well-built and attractive tablet, I'm not complaining in the least.
Its angular sides and dead-flat rear are a nice change from the gently rounded edges common among the competition – the Surface 2 looks businesslike in a way Lenovo would appreciate, and has the slightest hint of retro-PC charm.
Via New Zealand PC World.
We now know what Instagram ads will look like
Instagram user feeds will be getting ads soon, but don't worry because the company says that the ads will match the natural feel of the site. CMO has the details.
In a post on its website, the company revealed ads will feature a sponsored label and icon to make them easily identifiable to users. Ads will be served based on who a user follows on Instagram, photos and videos they like, and their interests and information from Facebook, Instagram's owner.
By clicking on three dots at the bottom right corner of sponsored content, users have the option of hiding the photo or video and providing feedback about ads that were less interesting or unappealing. All users will see ads, the company said, regardless of whether they're Facebook users or not.
Via CMO.
The Internet just got bigger
Computerworld explains that the Internet now has four new top-level domains: all of them use non-Latin scripts.
The Internet – or at least its namespace – just got bigger. Early this morning, while most of Australia was eating breakfast or getting ready for work, four new top-level domains were added to the Internet's domain name root zone.
The new TLDs are a product of the drawn out, and frequently fraught, process to create new 'generic' top-level domains, run by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
The four new gTLDs all use non-Latin scripts: شبكة ("web" in Arabic), онлайн ("online" in Russian), сайт ("site") and 游戏 ("game" in Chinese). In total, the gTLD process will result in expansion of top-level domains from 22 to up to 1400.
More domains will be added to the root progressively. "ICANN's New gTLD Program was designed to facilitate a measured rollout of new domains so as not to disrupt the Domain Name System," ICANN said in a statement.
Via Computerworld.
Ex-Telstra hands are all over the NBN
Computerworld reports that Telstra's former chief, Ziggy Switkowski, has announced that a former Telstra executive director, JB Rousselot, will be leading a strategic review into the rollout of the NBN.
NBN Co's executive chairman, Ziggy Switkowski, has announced that former Telstra executive director JB Rousselot will lead the strategic review into the government-owned company's rollout of the National Broadband Network. ... Turnbull announced earlier this month that former Telstra CEO Switkowski would be taking the reins at NBN Co as chairman. At the same time, Turnbull announced the strategic review into NBN Co and the rollout of the NBN: "What the status of the project is at the moment – how much it is going to cost, and how long it will take to complete it on the current plan, or the Labor government's plan at the 93 per cent fibre-to-the-premises model."
Via Computerworld.
Telstra to give startups a leg up
The telco announced a program that will provide $40,000 in funding to 10 Aussie tech startups every six months.
Telstra has today opened muru-D, a startup incubator in Paddington that will provide access to a investment, a co-working space, business support, mentoring and coaching. The program lasts six months and will be held twice a year.
The word "muru" means "pathway to" in the indigenous Gadigal language, while the D stands for "digital."
Speaking at the launch in Paddington, member for Wentworth and communications minister Malcolm Turnbull praised the startup initiative as "totally antithetical to everything Telstra used to stand for."
"Isn't it fantastic that Telstra—this gigantic institution, this huge telco—is embracing innovation in this insurgent manner?" the minister said.
Via Computerworld.
Fake shopping sites shut
Eight sites trading under stolen business names have been shut following an investigation by Western Australia ScamNet.
Bogus shopping websites which used the identity of real businesses have been shut down following an investigation by Western Australia ScamNet.
Consumers in the state complained to the consumer watchdog after they had not received electronic goods ordered online. The items included iPads, iPhones and a camera which were below market prices. Consumers spent a total of $7000 on goods.
The websites only accepted payment by bank to bank transfer. According to WA ScamNet, the eight websites were set up by using the names of legitimate businesses which are either still operating or recently closed down.
Via Computerworld.
Video of the week
We've got a few football fans in our office who came into work bleary-eyed after getting up early on Thursday morning to watch the UEFA Champions League. This was one of the better goals of the morning, from Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Paris St Germain — it was his hat-trick goal and he went on to score another. Phwoar!!!!!, as they say. [And i'm not even a soccer fan - Ed].


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Matt Larkin previews the 2011 Senior PGA tour event in Washington St. The Boeing Classic from TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. He points out its a homecoming for Fred Couples, looks at five golfers who could challenge, and a quick tidbit about Jim Rutledge from Victoria BC.
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Doodle Speed Festival
Brought to you by DJ Teflon.
Congratulations to HighlanderAttack for winning the tournament.
To see all games played, simply click the Doodle Globe:
The tournament was run over a full week.
PREMIUM was required.
Before joining, please check all rules and ensure you are happy with the times.
Map: Doodle Earth
Players per game: 2 (1 v 1)
Game Type: Standard (1 v 1)
Initial Troops: Automatic
Play Order: Sequential
Spoils: Escalating / Nuclear / No Spoils
Reinforcements: Adjacent
Fog of War: Yes and No
Round Length: 2 Minutes
Round Limit: 20 Rounds
Setup & Structure
- The tournament starts on Friday at CC Time: 2012-01-20 15:00:00 (19:00 PM BST).
The last games will be created the following Sunday CC Time: 2012-01-29 15:00:00 (20:00 PM BST). After this any remaining games can still be played. Any unfilled games will then be deleted on Sunday at CC Time: 2012-01-29 17:00:00 (22:00 PM BST)
Players can join as many games as they wish.
Players will be ranked by win percentage.
The player with the best win percentage will win the tournament outright.
The player with the best win percentage in Foggy games will be declared 'Fog Master' and awarded a General Achievement medal (unless this is also the tournament winner).
The Tournament Winner must have played at least 15 games including at least 5 sunny and 5 foggy games (and started at least 30% of their games).
The GA Medal Winner must have played at least 10 foggy games (and started at least 30% of their games).
If you continue to play the same opponent, any games after your first three victories will not count on your statistics.
To encourage players to start games, all players are required to have created at least 30% of the games they play.
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The Orioles have agreed to terms with their second-round pick, catcher Chance Sisco, pending a physical, which is set for Monday, according to an industry source.
The 18-year-old left-handed hitter was selected in the second round (61st overall) out of Santiago High School in Corona, Calif. he was committed to go Oregon.
Terms are undisclosed, and the Orioles do not announce signings until after the medicals are cleared. Suggested slot for the 61st pick is $913,300.
As a senior, Sisco hit .467 and slugged .747 while not committing an error behind the plate and throwing out 15 would-be base stealers. That performance was enough for Baseball America to project him as a fifth- or sixth-round pick in the draft.
After Cisco was selected on the first day, this is what Orioles scouting director Gary Rajsich had to say: "He just started catching this year. But he is a hitter that also catches. We like his bat a lot. We think he is going to have power. And he just started catching and is a natural back there. He is very flexible. Something to work with. He has got a chance to learn and be a real good catcher. He has a chance to be a front-line catcher."
The Orioles have announced the signing of 10 other players – the highest pick being Calvert Hall's Alex Murphy, who was selected in the sixth round.
They also have agreed to terms, according to sources, with two other Top 5 rounders: Stephen Tarpley (third) and Travis Seabrooke (fifth). According to the Toronto Star, Seabrooke signed for slot $291,800 pending a physical.


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Issey Miyake's timing couldn't be more apt. As temperatures at Paris Men's Fashion Week plunged below zero on Thursday—and the City of Lights faced its worst blizzard conditions in 20 years—the Franco-Japanese fashion house feted a lightweight, heat-retaining wardrobe that almost seemed to anticipate climate change's role in worsening winters. Sure enough, the blinding cavalcade of quilted overcoats, sporty jackets, hooded anoraks, and utilitarian cargo pants provided more than a few nods to the future, imagined or prophesied. Metallic accents gave way to gilded panels, which yielded to reflective suits of gold, silver, and bronze. (The last was said to generate as much warmth as five or six emergency blankets, but without the bulk.)
PREVIOUSLY ON ECOUTERRE: Issey Miyake Unfolds Origami-Inspired "132 5? Eco-Fashion Collection
The collection married technology with traditional Japanese craftsmanship, such as sakiori, an ancient art of recycling clothing, and sashiko, a form of decorative stitching. Issey Miyake also employed a picnic-blanket-inspired quilting method to create garments that folded flat and rolled up for easy carrying. The result was, according to the show notes, a "new type of clothing both organic and synthetic, a sensual architecture."
The collection presented a "new type of clothing both organic and synthetic, a sensual architecture."
The collection presented a "new type of clothing both organic and synthetic, a sensual architecture."
Reality Lab, a research and development team formed by the label's 74-year-old namesake, textile engineer Manabu Kikuchi, and pattern engineer Sachinko Yamamoto, developed many of the technical fabrics, including an insulating thermal fleece, sandwiched between layers of recycled polyester. Eco-PET, made from recycled water bottles, offered a water-resistant finish to several looks, while a translucent film, bonded with mesh, provided wind- and water-proofing properties. The same film, laminated onto jersey, had the effect of keeping certain coat linings and exterior embellishments lightweight yet heat-retentive.
Tens of thousands of Parisians were undoubtedly covetous.
+ Issey Miyake
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This online Flash game is hosted on the James Webb Space Telescope Web site. Because the Webb Telescope is unusual in appearance, it doesn't look like a telescope - but it actually does have a lot in common with simple tube-shaped telescopes. "Scope... (View More) It Out!" includes an introduction to reflecting and refracting telescopes and four levels of matching games, where you compare a simple reflecting telescope to the Webb and Hubble. The information contained in a level will help users solve the puzzles in the next round. (View Less)
This interactive, online activity traces the history of the telescope from Galileo's first look at the stars to the work of modern observatories. Learners will read about the milestones in telescope development, witness the interplay between... (View More) technological and scientific advances, glimpse the humanity of the inventors and astronomers behind the telescopes, find out what the telescopes discovered, as well as learn the science of light and optics. Students can work through the activity independently or in groups. Teachers may also choose to have students study a portion of the activity and then share their learning with the class. The science of light and telescopes is presented in the section called "Get to the root of it" that can be used for review, learning the basics, or remediation. Detailed teacher pages, identified as Teaching Tips on the title page of the activity, provide science background information, lesson plan ideas, related resources, and alignment with national education standards. (View Less)
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