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It was the way they moved—legs spread apart, pulsing steadily, strongly—bouncing with the beat. She could imagine them through his narrow black pants, musculature toned and tense, well-shaped—almost girlishly-curved but manly without a question—Paul and George undeveloped by comparison. And John seemed to know what he was singing about—And when I touch you I feel happy inside... She wanted him to touch her. She wanted to make him happy inside—those thighs gripping her like a nutcracker as she leaned her mouth towards the microphone pointed at her from his groin. He could make her sing—and she would make his heart go boom.
On an index card she noted the exact timings where John's thighs appeared throughout the YouTube clip—including a solid twenty-one seconds during "I Saw Her Standing There," coming in strong and steady from 1:13; and twenty-four seconds at the final strums, from 2:36. In motion again beginning "I Want to Hold Your Hand"—especially nice between 4:56 and 5:11.
She played those bits repeatedly, the other Beatles non-existent—Ringo atop his circular platform, Paul, George—extraneous. John Lennon's thighs, over and again, just for her. And, if she concentrated hard enough, she thought, she could find the secret YouTube button to click: after shaking Ed Sullivan's hand, John would emerge from the screen—alive once more—and lie down with her on the living room couch, his thighs enveloping, pulsating. He would still be in out-of-focus black-and-white but she would not care—and she would let him be her man.
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Day-ahead auction with delivery on the Swiss TSO zone
The minimum volume increment is 0.1 MW for individual hours and 0.1 MW for blocks.
The minimum price increment is EUR 0.1 per MWh.
Electricity traded for delivery the following day in 24 hour intervals.
Special case: A full 25 hour Excel template is needed when the clocks are set to winter time. Hour 3 and 3X can contain different values. When the time is switched to summer time the system automatically deletes the exceeding quantities for hour 3 (i.e. 2.00 am to 3.00 am).
Place of Delivery
Deliveries are made within the zone managed by swissgrid.
Auction hours:
The daily auction takes place at 11.00 am, 7 days a week, year-round, including statutory holidays.
Type of orders
Individual hours
Orders contain up to 256 price/quantity combinations for each hour of the following day. Prices must be between -500 €/MWh and 3000 €/MWh.
Block orders are used to link several hours on an all-or-none basis, which means that either the bid is matched on all of the hours or it is entirely rejected. Block orders have a lower priority compared with single hourly orders. The quantity may be different for every hour of the block. A block order is executed for its full quantity only. A block order is executed or not by comparing its price with the volume-weighted average of the hourly market clearing prices related to the hours contained in the block.
Standard block orders
- Block Baseload covering hours 1 to 24
- Block Peakload covering hours 9 to 20
- Block Night covering hours 1 to 6
- Block Morning covering hours 7 to 10
- Block High Noon covering hours 11 to 14
- Block Afternoon covering hours 15 to 18
- Block Evening covering hours 19 to 24
- Block Rush Hour covering hours 17 to 20
- Block Off-Peak 1 covering hours 1 to 8
- Block Off-Peak 2 covering hours 21 to 24
- Block Business covering hours 9 to 16
- Block Middle-Night covering hours 1 to 4
- Block Early Morning covering hours 5 to 8
- Block Late Morning covering hours 9 to 12
- Block Early Afternoon covering hours 13 to 16
- Block Off-Peak covering hours 1 to 8 and 21 to 24
- Block Sun-Peak covering hours 11 to 16
User Defined Blocks
Trading members also have the possibility to submit user-defined blocks linking several hours of their choice.
Particular conditions
The maximum volume for a block bid is 150 MW by hour and a maximum of 40 block bids per trading account can be entered by the participants.
It is also possible to trade smart blocks: smart blocks bids available: linked block orders and exclusive block orders.
Linked block orders:
- A linked block orders family is a set of block orders which have together a linked execution constraint.
Exclusive block orders:
- An exclusive group of block orders is a set of block orders within which a maximum of one block order can be executed.
- An exclusive block order is a block order which is part of an exclusive group. Such a block order has to fulfil the execution constraints of a simple block order.
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This year has been one of those worst-of-years and best-of-years. In its failures, there are signs of hope.
An unprecedented stream of extreme weather events worldwide tragically reminded us that we're losing the fight against climate change. For the first time since 1988, climate change was totally ignored in the U.S. presidential campaign, even though election month, November, was the 333rd consecutive month with a global temperature higher than the long-term average. A WRI report identified 1,200 coal-fired power plants currently proposed for construction worldwide. The Arctic sea ice reached its lowest-ever area in September, down nearly 20 percent from its previous low in 2007. And disappointing international negotiations in June and December warned us not to rely too much on multilateral government-to-government solutions to global problems.
But 2012 was also a year of potential turning points. A number of new "plurilateral" approaches to problem-solving came to the fore, offering genuine hope. A wave of emerging countries, led by China, embraced market-based green growth strategies. Costs for renewable energy continued their downward path, and are now competitive in a growing number of contexts. Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that global investment in renewable energy was probably around $250 billion in 2012, down by perhaps 10 percent over the previous year, but not bad given the eliminations of many subsidy programs, economic austerity in the West, and the sharp shale-induced declines in natural gas prices. And the tragedy of Hurricane Sandy, coupled with the ongoing drought covering more than half of the United States (which will turn out to be among the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history) may have opened the door to a change of psychology, in turn potentially enabling the Obama Administration to exhibit the international leadership the world so urgently needs, as many of us have advocated.


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11 Twitter tools you (probably) don't know about
Can't keep up with all the ways to use Twitter? This handy list helps you get the most out of the platform.
Editor's Note: We are running this story again as part of our look back to the top social media stories of 2011 on Ragan.com. If these tools are no longer new to you, please suggest a new tool that may not be on your peers' radar.
There are some great Twitter apps, sites and tips out there that you might not know about. Here are some of the best tools available to help you get the most out of your Twitter activity.
1. TweetEffect
TweetEffect is an excellent tool both for business and personal use. By searching for any Twitter username, you can see a summary of how many follows or unfollows that account gained over the past 30 days.
Where TweetEffect gets really clever though, is where it provides a full summary of your tweets, telling you which ones caused you to gain or lose followers, as well as how many followers you gained or lost. Tweets highlighted in green are the ones that brought you followers, and tweets in red are the tweets that lost followers.
Business users should monitor this to look for patterns. Some follows or unfollows may be coincidental, but you could find emerging patterns that allow you to optimize your Twitter activity.
2. Advanced search on TweetDeck
Many people use the advanced search function on Twitter, and the same search operators apply when searching on TweetDeck. TweetDeck offers a more efficient and streamlined search if, for example, you want to filter by location or exclude certain keywords from your search.
First, load up the search bar as you normally would (select "add column" then "search"), then apply the search operators. You can even save your searches for instant updates. Here's a handy list of search operators that you might want to try.
3. Optify
Optify is a social media monitoring tool with a free product for Twitter that you can use to measure the success of your Twitter account. While it offers many of the same tools as CoTweet for managing your account, Optify offers a lot more in the way of Twitter analytics, which is key for any business active on Twitter.
Though you're required to set up an account to use Optify, you don't have to add any credit card details and the Twitter section is free to use. I recommend setting up an account to gain full visibility of your performance on Twitter, as Optify offers an impressive advanced analytics suite. You can also track leads and referral traffic from Twitter, so you have full visibility of the ROI of your activity.
4. New followers column on TweetDeck
TweetDeck has a handy option that allows you to monitor your latest followers. You can do this by adding a new column in TweetDeck, and then selecting "Core." This will bring up an option on the right called "New Followers." By selecting this, you create a new column that only contains tweets from your newest followers.
This is an excellent way to build your community on Twitter, and to make sure you're keeping track of new followers. It can be easy to stick to the same people on Twitter and not follow any of your new followers back, but this helps ensure that you can always find valuable new connections.
5. Screenr
Screenr is a great way to add new content to your Twitter stream. It's an app that allows you to create screencasts—videos of what you're doing on your computer screen—instantly, including the option to add audio commentary. You can easily share the screencast on your social profiles, including Twitter.
The site is very easy to use, and it's a great way for companies to share content with their users, like showing them a new section of their website. It's also likely to engage followers a bit more, as they might not be used to seeing this kind of content on Twitter.
6. Tweetcaster
TweetCaster is a very cool app available for Android users. The mobile app allows you to create multiple Twitter accounts that can be managed with the same screen, which is great if you handle both personal and business profiles. The app has good functionality to make for an easy mobile experience, including easy navigation to different user profiles and easy integration of complementary services such as shortening urls and sharing photos and videos.
Tweetcaster is also available on the iPhone, though it appears to be getting the most positive reviews across the Android platform. Poor image quality seems to be an issue for the iPhone version.
7. Flick.to.twitt
Flick.to.twitt is an app that allows you to instantly share your photo uploads from Flickr on Twitter. This is a useful app, as there seems to be a correlation between active Flickr and Twitter users. Though there are plenty of photo sharing services available through Twitter such as Twitpic or Yfrog, Flick.to.twitt offers a simple one-click process to instantly tweet your Flickr uploads. You don't need to create a separate profile—simply add your Twitter and Flickr logins to instantly share links to your photos.
8. Twopular
Twopular is a useful site to find trending topics on Twitter organized by the hour, week, month or past year. You can also access archived trending topics.
While the site's homepage provides a lot of useful information on current trending topics, there's a lot more to discover, such as the ability to compare trending topics or your own search terms to the trends offered. Twopular's "sparklines" are particularly interesting, showing peaks in trends over time, and view specific results.
9. Twitter SEO
I found this interesting SEO experiment using Twitter Lists, courtesy of Peter Drew, that can be easily replicated for any Twitter account. SEO applies to Twitter profiles in the same way as any other site, and this tip shows you how to use SEO on Twitter lists to improve your Google ranking with a chosen keyword.
By creating a Twitter list that has your chosen keyword in it, such as twitter.com/LaurenFisher/socialmedia, you can boost your Twitter profile rank for your name and your chosen keyword. Though this will happen naturally as you're added to Twitter lists, you can control this by creating your own that contains a specific keyword.
When Peter Drew ran the experiment he found the page rank steadily improving for the list, despite not promoting it at all, and it had a page rank of four within two weeks. Through further optimization, the term now appears in the top 50 results on Google, showing the importance of SEO via different means on Twitter.
10. Coupon Tweet
Coupon Tweet is a handy tool that shows which deals are currently being shared on Twitter. Search by keyword or type to see a current Twitter stream of people sharing offers in real-time.
What I like about this is that it adds some authority to deals. Though there are plenty of deal aggregator sites, the user experience is often messy, leading to old links or offers that aren't always legitimate. Coupon Tweet is based on links being shared, so there is an element of trust in the results. You can click next to a result to claim that coupon code.
11. Twitter Browser
This is a very cool site that allows you to easily track connections with other users and discover new people to follow.
To use the app, simply put in your own (or any) Twitter username to bring up the latest connections. You can click on avatars to instantly see their latest followers, and track your connections between the two. By continually clicking and dragging you can build out the connections, making it incredibly easy to find new people to follow.
Lauren Fisher is one of the founders of Simply Zesty, where a version of this article originally ran.
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Turner barn goes up in flames, causing $500,000 in damage, but no cows or people were hurt
TURNER, Maine (AP) � A large fire has destroyed a barn at a Turner dairy farm, but no cows were killed thanks to the efforts of neighbors and passers-by.
Ralph Caldwell of Caldwell Family Farms says the fire reported at about 2 p.m. Sunday started in the milk room and was probably electrical in nature. He tells the Sun Journal (http://bit.ly/168IiP9 ) he estimates damage at $500,000.
Neighbors as well as a couple who just happened to be driving by helped lead about 130 head of cattle from the burning barn and a second nearby barn.
Fighting the blaze was difficult because there are no hydrants in the area.
Firefighters from Turner, Buckfield, Livermore Falls, Greene, Leeds, Minot, Livermore, West Paris and Auburn helped, using tanker trucks and water pumped from a nearby pond.
Information from: Sun-Journal, http://www.sunjournal.com


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Handmade Moroccan bedspread. This piece, with its vibrant Moroccan colors will undoubtedly give warmth to any bedroom. Be bold when it comes to icing of the bed. Perk up your bedroom or even your living room with this majestic colorful hand-knotted silky spread.
This bedspread can also be used as throw for your sofa or even for your chaise lounge.
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£10,000 reward offered over attack on 98-year-old war veteran during robbery
Peter Gouldstone remains in a life-threatening condition in hospital.
A £10,000 reward has been offered to help catch those responsible for an attack on a 98-year-old Second World War veteran who was "left for dead" in his own home.
Peter Gouldstone remains in a life-threatening condition in hospital following the robbery in Enfield, north London.
His family released a picture of the former telephone engineer fighting for his life after he suffered severe injuries including two bleeds on the brain.
On Thursday, Crimestoppers offered a reward of up to £10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the "horrific attack", Scotland Yard said.
He was left for dead in his own home, a place where he should feel safest Detective Inspector Paul Ridley
Detective Inspector Paul Ridley said: "Mr Gouldstone remains in a life-threatening and critical condition in hospital.
"He was left for dead in his own home, a place where he should feel safest. There is no way of knowing when he would have been discovered.
"Had it not been for a member of the public raising the alarm, I believe that Mr Gouldstone would have succumbed to his injuries.
"My investigation team has been working relentlessly to trace the individuals behind this horrific attack."
An image of the unconscious widower hooked up to tubes on a hospital bed with bruises on his arms and face was released on Wednesday.
His son Simon Gouldstone told reporters his father had worked on phone lines in Italy during the Second World War before going on to a career at the Post Office and retiring in around 1980.
The former civil servant, 67, said he found his father in a "semi-conscious state" in his bedroom on Evesham Road on Tuesday morning after the back door was broken in.
As a member of the family I'm shocked, as a member of the human race I'm lost for words at man's inhumanity to man I'm afraid Simon Gouldstone
Simon, who was alerted by a neighbour, told reporters: "I don't know how they can live with themselves. The sooner they're locked up the better.
"As a member of the family I'm shocked, as a member of the human race I'm lost for words at man's inhumanity to man I'm afraid."
The violent raid took place in a 20-hour window between 2pm on November 5 and when he was discovered, but officers believe it was most likely under cover of darkness.
A black Panasonic 26in TV was stolen from the house along "with a number of other items", police said.
Mr Gouldstone has lived in the terrace house for more than 60 years, and neighbours said he was rarely seen outside following the death of his wife of 65 years Joan several years ago.
The couple also had a daughter.
Elderly neighbours said there had been several burglaries in the area in recent years and spoke of their shock and concern following the incident.


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The Next Big thing is Here, Africa: Jobclickr.com
From the heart of Nigeria, we introduce to you www.jobclickr.com, a job search engine for Africa, which is revolutionizing the job market across Africa. Africans have always being accustomed to the traditional ways of finding jobs, which are local newspapers, word of mouth from friends, bill boards, fliers, TV commercials and more recently Online Job sites.
Jobclickr.com was created to help Africans find jobs anywhere and everywhere faster.
What is jobclickr.com?? And how does it work??
Jobclickr is a job search engine that crawls/indexes all job sites in Africa and delivers the results in a uniquely arranged format to any jobseeker based on their search.
It basically searches every African jobsite, corporate website, blog or social network on the world wide web for jobs, gets these feeds and provides it to any jobseeker based on their search criteria. Whether you are a Nigerian in South Africa, that seeks to work in Ethiopia or Ghana, jobclickr.com is the site for you.
How can a Job Seeker use jobclickr??
1. Log on to the site, www.jobclickr.com
2. Select the country you wish to find jobs in, enter the job description you seek and it will bring jobs in that field to you..If you want to search by city, click the city tab and select the city you desire.
3. Jobclickr will search over 5,000 job boards, blogs and newspapers(including this blog) and will deliver the results to you immediately.
How is jobclickr beneficial to Nigerians and Africans??
Jobclickr helps you save time. Instead of searching a million job boards painstakingly one after the other.. why don't you let jobclickr do all the work for you.
About the Founder: Jobclickr is owned and operated by our very own Nigerian, Mr.Neme Muoka, a young Nigerian based in NewYork. He is a physics graduate from Federal university of Technology Owerri (FUTO). He launched his first business when he was 16yrs, he's worked for American Software Resources, Google and a host of other software companies. He can be reached at, email@example.com or through facebook @neme love
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Congratulations, you�ve been arrested. But you�re not going to the Lenoir County Jail.
Congratulations, you�ve been arrested. But you�re not going to the Lenoir County Jail.
You�re going to the W.E. �Billy� Smith Detention Center.
The Lenoir County Board of Commissioners approved the name change Monday following a request by Lenoir County Sheriff Chris Hill.
�As you know, he was the cheerleader and person who championed the new jail to its completion,� Hill said of the former sheriff, who served 23 years in that role. �We fought that battle for 10 years, and he was right there with us. He�s a fixture in many hearts of citizens in Lenoir County.�
Hill said the signage doesn�t have to be elaborate. Hill and Lenoir County Manager Mike Jarman are to work together as to signage and placement.
The LCSO may put another school resource officer on the beat, as well. Hill received permission from the commissioners to apply for a COPS grant � the acronym means Community Oriented Policing Services � which is administered through the U.S. Department of Justice.
�This COPS grant will allow me one resource officer, and only one resource officer, to put into the school system,� Hill said.
He added, �I had my ear to the ground, and I listened to the citizens and that is one subject I think you are never going to get an argument about, when it comes to protection of their children in school.�
Should the LCSO win the grant, it would pay for 75 percent of the salary and benefits for a deputy to move among the county�s five elementary schools.
�It�s not the best scenario, but it is a start,� Hill said.
The decision comes after statements from the school system of a need for increased security presence at the schools.
The grant would, however, only last three years. The sheriff�s office wants the position to be permanent, taking on the full cost of the deputy after those years, and insuring the new hire the job wouldn�t go away with the grant.
Board Chairman Reuben Davis said commissioners down the road would have to make that decision.
�I think you know our position, that there could be a change in the composition of the board, and probably will be, so whatever that board decides in three years will take priority over what we decide now,� Davis said.
During those three years, the county would be responsible for $10,525 of the deputy�s overall cost of $42,100.
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Timbuk2 brings commuter bags, bike share program to Larimer Square
In Denver, your bike is like your dog.
A companion that joins you on so many of your adventures, something you'll rush to the doctor when you know she's not feeling her best, a piece of your life that you can take to work (if you're lucky), that thing you bring to the park that may or may not help to get you get asked out on a date.
First, it was "nice dog." Then, "nice bike."
And with opening of Larimer Square's new Timubk2 store, you'll probably find yourself saying "nice bag," too.
The San Francisco-based messenger bag company celebrated its arrival to Denver on Saturday afternoon with beer from Great Divide Brewery, hot dogs from Biker Jim's, and plenty of bags, packs, and guys who had one pant leg rolled up.
The bright, bike friendly space not only displays Timbuk2's various bag collections, but also comes with an indoor parklet where you can charge your phone, bike pumps where you can fill up, and an interactive customization station where you can design your own bag.
Come June, in honor of Bike To Work month, the store will even host a bike share program. Based on availability, customers can rent a cruiser, helmet and lock for the day, and return the items by close of business at no charge.
Though the program certainly adds to the coolness and bike expertise rooted in the brand, the atmosphere and staff is anything but ostentatious.
Timbuk2 is a equally great place to come and learn what kind of bag is best for your commute, whether you've been riding to work your entire life or just took your training wheels off.
Have you been occasionally biking to your adult job, and feel ready to trade in your old Velcro messenger for a new haircut and a groomed beard?
If that's the case, you'll want to pay attention to Timbuk2's distinguished Distilled collection, where each bag is a bit more handsome with leather and metal detailing, but still weather-resistant, functional enough to carry your laptop, padded enough so you don't get too-sweaty-a-back and plenty of pockets to keep your belongs organized (begins at $189).
If you're a student looking for an updated bag to carry everything you need for travel, class, and life after school – bike or no bike – many of Timbuk2's packs and messengers from their more casual collections (like the California or the Madrone) come in multiple sizes, colors and price points, and are still weather resilient, TSA friendly and timeless.
Maybe you're just looking for a more functional and feminine gym bag (with space for a yoga mat), diaper bag (contains a changing pad), rain cover for your bag, or you know, a handlebar bag that converts into a purse.
Whatever it is, Timbuk2 has got it – plus a Lifetime Warranty and environmentally conscious Life Cycle Program – literally in the bag.
I spoke to assistant manager, Sean Conroe about what to look for in a bag when you're riding a bike to work every day, whether that means 20 miles or 10 minutes, in sunshine or a sudden hailstorm.
He pointed me in the direction of the Especial Collection, a line created with incredible attention to detail when you go from bike to work.
Details such as seamed zippers and weatherproof lining, an even distribution of weight, reflective hits for night riding, air mesh fabric, back ventilation and padding will keep you dry and comfortable on your commute.
There's even a $79 bag in that collection called the Raider Backpack, a lightweight, machine-washable, collapsible invention that's large enough to hold a pair of wingtips, and contains a small shirt hanger and removable folding board to keep your dress clothes crisp.
I figured Timbuk2 relies on pro-cyclists to help make decisions when it comes to designing their bags, but that isn't the case.
Rather, the company is a huge proponent of community involvement.
Just recently, Timbuk2 improved their classic messenger using input crowd-sourced from their more than 120,000 Facebook likers.
And that Raider Pack I was talking about?
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilson County, Tennessee
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilson County, Tennessee.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.[1]
There are 24 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
|Anderson – Bedford – Benton – Bledsoe – Blount – Bradley – Campbell – Cannon – Carroll – Carter – Cheatham – Chester – Claiborne – Clay – Cocke – Coffee – Crockett – Cumberland – Davidson – Decatur – DeKalb – Dickson – Dyer – Fayette – Fentress – Franklin – Gibson – Giles – Grainger – Greene – Grundy – Hamblen – Hamilton – Hancock – Hardeman – Hardin – Hawkins – Haywood – Henderson – Henry – Hickman – Houston – Humphreys – Jackson – Jefferson – Johnson – Knox – Lake – Lauderdale – Lawrence – Lewis – Lincoln – Loudon – Macon – Madison – Marion – Marshall – Maury – McMinn – McNairy – Meigs – Monroe – Montgomery – Moore – Morgan – Obion – Overton – Perry – Pickett – Polk – Putnam – Rhea – Roane – Robertson – Rutherford – Scott – Sequatchie – Sevier – Shelby – Smith – Stewart – Sullivan – Sumner – Tipton – Trousdale – Unicoi – Union – Van Buren – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Weakley – White – Williamson – Wilson
- This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted June 14, 2019.[2]
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Former listings[edit]
|Name on the Register
|Date listed
|Date removed
|City or town
|Belle Isle
|May 22, 1980
|February 1, 1983
|NW of Lebanon on Cairo Bend Rd.
|Lebanon vicinity
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|Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Register of Historic Places in Wilson County, Tennessee.
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee
- ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For about 1% of NRIS original coordinates, experience has shown that one or both coordinates are typos or otherwise extremely far off; some corrections may have been made. A more subtle problem causes many locations to be off by up to 150 yards, depending on location in the country: most NRIS coordinates were derived from tracing out latitude and longitudes from USGS topographical quadrant maps created under the North American Datum of 1927, which differs from the current, highly accurate WGS84 GPS system used by most on-line maps. Chicago is about right, but NRIS longitudes in Washington are higher by about 4.5 seconds, and are lower by about 2.0 seconds in Maine. Latitudes differ by about 1.0 second in Florida. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on June 14, 2019.
- ^ a b Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ National Park Service (2008-04-24). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.


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As we flew home from our ten-month trip around the world, and I looked down upon the vast canyon lands of the American West, I thought...
"This is it. I am home."
I thought that even though I don't know these canyon lands well. And even though I wasn't born here.
At that moment of coming back home, I also made a spontaneous vow "to keep my pilgrim self alive."
I knew it wouldn't be easy. And it hasn't been.
So you can imagine how good it felt to be on the road again, this time on a road trip through
Anasazi lands in the Four Corners.
Anaasází is a Navajo word that means "Ancient Ones" or "Ancient Enemy." Ancestral Pueblo peoples is the preferred term now because Anaasází suggests a sudden mysterious departure of the old ones and a radical discontinuity between them and the Pueblo people living in the Four Corners today.
I just heard Robert Harrison say that he writes for the dead. And I understand that.
But we don't only hear the dead through the texts that they have written. Although those texts more than help us.
Maybe, in fact, they are portals, shamans' caches, places, as the Celts would say, where the world is thin.
And so places where we, too, can pass back and forth more readily between our familiar waking worlds
...and that other realm that we don't quite know how to name.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Do or do not. There is no try.
Okay not that I want to come off as being wise (SR told me last night that the real charm of my blog is that it is so naïvistic).
But I can say one thing and that is my training plan is working!!
Took 3 days off of any sort of hard running, ran 4 miles this morning and then this afternoon had 1 mile warm-up and then
6 x 1 mile intervals (yes, still windy and cold here, but there was less snow on my bike path)
6:42 (4:18 min/km for the European purists)
I had 2 minutes rest (standing still) between each of them and sometimes 2:20 if my heartrate was still up.
I have never had such fast times 6 miles in a row in practice.
I learned today the importance of keeping all the miles at as even a tempo as possible. I used to start out running the first two miles really fast and then bending over puking and not being able to run the remaining four planned intervals. Today it actually felt great. It is weird how I am starting to look forward to intervals. But as Levar Burton used to say in Reading Rainbow "Don't take my word for it..."
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Running Song of the Day: My Mamma Said by Aqua
8 comments:
- RunnerWoman said...
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!! the running geek in me needs to know how much rest you take between...
- 25 February 2010 at 07:56
- sea legs girl said...
I'll update the post! It was 2 minutes between each.
- 25 February 2010 at 08:14
- SteveQ said...
"Run or run not. There is no tri." My answer if asked about triathlons.
I did a similar workout, only uphill and on ice (the rests were obviously longer)
- 25 February 2010 at 17:43
- olga said...
Do. The only answer. And be assured, with these mile repeats and my latest pathetic attempts, I will be over an hour back at Hells Hills. make sure to save some food and beer:)
- 25 February 2010 at 18:29
- Fast Bastard said...
I guess there is now a Chinese website where one can place bets on Tracy vs Olga in Hell's Hills.
- 25 February 2010 at 21:37
- sea legs girl said...
- 26 February 2010 at 09:39
- Meghan said...
Awesome, Sea Legs! Now rest and recover a little, and go back and go it again next week, and the next week, and the next week. And, watch the numbers continue to fall!
- 27 February 2010 at 18:42
- Diana said...
Whoah, what great interval times. Your enthusiasm for running intervals has almost inspired me to start back up with them. I hate interval training, and because I run alone here, I just "forget" to do them. Nice job and on snow, no less.
- 1 March 2010 at 09:31


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S2 E07 Episode 207
ENTREPRENEURS: Jason Lucash & Michael Szymczak
PITCH: Orig Audio
ASKING FOR: $150k for a 15% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Jason and Mike have a product called The Rocket. It uses vibration technology to turn anything into a speaker. Whatever their product sticks to utilizes sound movement to amplify what's being played. An upside-down fishing boat was once turned into a giant speaker with the product. Their first product was "Fold and Play" recycled speakers, the origami of audio. They have $750,000 in sales after one year in business. Their product is in stores and is also sold online. They have a license agreement with a manufacturer in China. They've also sold their product on QVC.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Daymond wonders what's going to keep the manufacturing company from throwing these guys under a bus should the product take off. Kevin O. thinks the value they placed on their product is too high in a very competitive industry. He's out. Mark wants a better percentage before he'll talk to them. He also doesn't want the guys to talk to anyone else before that happens. This ticks off the other Sharks as time ticks away for Jason and Michael.
THE RESULT: Robert doesn't like bullies, which is a label he bestows upon Mark. Daymond offers $300k for 100% of the company. Barbara offers $150k for 25% while Robert says he'll do the original deal. That means Mark is out. The guys take a timeout to chat about the offers. While they are out of the tank, Robert makes it clear that he wasn't impressed with Mark's tactics. In the end, Jason and Mike are impressed with Robert and take his deal.
WANT TO KNOW MORE: Visit www.origaudio.com
ENTREPRENEUR: Johnson Bailey
PITCH: Man Candle
ASKING FOR: $50k for a 25% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: A few years ago, Johnson was looking for a way to freshen up his stinky place. He wanted the place to smell good, yet manly. He created the Man Candle. His line of candles come in scents of pot roast, golf course, football, popcorn and draft beer—just to name a few. His best-selling candle has a scent that you may experience after being around someone who has had a lot of baked beans. 'Nuff said. Johnson had $53,000 in sales last year, which doesn't impress most of the Sharks. Mark says don't let the others drag him down.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Kevin O. doesn't feel he can invest in a gimmicky product such as this one. He's out. Barbara doesn't think the business is big enough. Daymond says Johnson doesn't have cash, credit or enough customers. Robert doesn't believe this product will make any money. They are all out. Mark likes Johnson's attack dog mentality, but he can't visualize this as a full company. He's out, too. If only Johnson had a candle that smelled like money, Kevin O. would have surely jumped in.
WANT TO KNOW MORE: Visit www.test.originalmancandle.com
ENTREPRENEUR: Julie Goldman
PITCH: Original Runner Company
ASKING FOR: $250k for a 15% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Julie created the world's first non-stick fabric aisle runner for wedding ceremonies and special events. The paper and plastic runners typically available in stores easily tear when stepped upon in stiletto heels. Julie has lots of Internet sales, but now wants to market The Walk-Safe Aisle Runner that is mass-produced and available in retail stores. There's also a home monogram kit she'd like to push. Julie is a savvy businesswoman who has an answer for every question the Sharks throw at her.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Kevin O. and Mark think Julie is already the best in a niche market. So why do a mass-market product when people are already paying top dollar for her custom runners? A bunch of the Sharks argue about Julie's business strategy until Barbara puts the kibosh on all the quarreling. She then lets Julie know she's out. Mark doesn't believe any retailer is going to sell this product better than Julie already does. Robert doesn't see this turning into a large scale business. They're out, as is Daymond. That leaves Kevin O.
THE RESULT: Kevin O. offers Julie $250k for 51% of her business. He wants control to keep her on the straight and narrow while they both get rich. That offer is rejected. This wedding deal is off.
WANT TO KNOW MORE: Visit www.originalrunners.com
ENTREPRENEUR: Jeff Stroope
PITCH: HyConn LLC.
ASKING FOR: $500k for a 40% stake
BEST PART OF THE PITCH: Jeff is a firefighter who was looking for a way to save time in getting water to a fire scene. HyConn is the world's fastest way to connect and disconnect from a fire hydrant. At a fire scene, every second counts. There are over 33,000 fire companies across the United States. Jeff believes they could make millions with this product. More importantly, they could save lives.
DO THE SHARKS BITE? Robert wonders if the fire departments will be willing to work the cost of this product into their budgets. They sell for either $215 or $385 depending on the size. Daymond is out because he's concerned that distributors want Jeff to take on the financial responsibility. Barbara is out because she doesn't think municipalities will cough up the money for the short time-saving device. Then Jeff pulls out a device that uses the same patented design that can be used for garden hoses. Suddenly, the Sharks perk up.
THE RESULT: Mark offers Jeff $1.25 million for his company plus a three-year employment deal to run the show at a $100,000 annual salary. Kevin O. wants the garden hose piece only for $500k and he'll give Jeff a 3% royalty. Jeff would want 7% royalty from Mark. Kevin O. goes up to 5%. This back-and-forth has Robert bailing out. And the end of the negotiation, Jeff makes a deal with Mark. They're both fired up to make some bucks.
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FBI returns boxes to Bridgewater, no criminal charges filed
The FBI returned 18 boxes of documents to Bridgewater officials Friday that were seized almost two years ago at Town Hall.
The FBI told First Selectman Curtis Read that the investigation is closed and no criminal charges will be filed, according to a two-sentence press release from Bridgewater officials.
The federal agency did not disclose the nature of its investigation. The July 2012 raid came during the tenure of Bill Stuart, the former first selectman.
"We're there and that's about all I can say," FBI spokesman Dan Curtin said at the time.
Board of Finance chairwoman Nancy Hawley said the day of the raid that she'd been told 10 to 15 FBI agents arrived at Town Hall about 12:15 p.m. and removed a number of records, including files from the treasurer's office and minutes of both Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance meetings.
"This is not an everyday occurrence," Hawley said at the time.
Although she was not present at Town Hall when the FBI was removing files, Hawley said she was told one of the files taken involved the Burnham Fund, a charitable fund created in the 1920s to help the less fortunate in town with fuel bills and other needs.
During many of his years as first selectman, Stuart had sole management of the fund.
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Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree
October 1, 2017. --
Joshua Tree
Shot from the same area as yesterday in Joshua Tree National Park: you can see Intersection Rock in the background.
This evening a few clouds added some visual interest to the sky. What a glorious light!
This print is 17″ ⨉ 22″ size C (432 ⨉ 559 mm) with margins of 1″ (254 mm) on the sides and top, and 2.5″ (635 mm) at the bottom.
The image area is 13″ ⨉ 19.5″ (330 ⨉ 495 mm).
- Paper: Canson Infinity Printmaking Rag, fine art archival paper. This 100% cotton paper is mould-made using the finest and oldest paper making technique. It has a unique pure white without optical brighteners, an incomparable fine and silky touch. Its soft texture lends a painterly feel to the image. It meets the requirements of ISO 9706 for long term storage and archival.
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We make a life by what we GIVE.
December 01, 2018
"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill
The holidays are fast approaching, with all that this joyful season brings: carols and eggnog, parties and mistletoe, glitter and tinsel and twinkly lights, hearth and home and friends and family. And GIVING. As we think about the good gifts we hope to give this holiday season, we are reminded to give of our time, our resources, our abilities. Not just this month, but every month. It can make such a difference in someone's life.
Here are some people who are making a difference . . .
Weather this Winter Well
November 01, 2018
The holidays are fast approaching, and with them, wintry weather. Snow, ice, and freezing temperatures can really take a toll on a home, causing expensive damages and high utility bills. Winterizing your home can help prevent unexpected surprises, such as busted pipes, and will help with energy costs. A few simple tips to winterizing your home can help make sure that your holiday feasts with friends and family are warm and cozy.
Here are some tips to help you weather this winter well . . .
Leaves are falling . . . Autumn is calling.
October 01, 2018
Autumn is heralded by the exhilaration of falling temperatures and the dazzling hues of falling leaves. The air is cool and the colors are warm. October glories in the grandeur of oranges, yellows, and reds. Nature puts on a theatrical extravaganza, and we have the privilege of watching the show every single day. This is an incredible time to grab a sweater and enjoy the majesty of the outdoors. Visit a pumpkin patch or an apple orchard and revel in the bounty of the season. Take a hike and bask in the beauty of the changing colors. Or simply go outside and savor the splendor that's right there in your front yard. Find a nice seat and enjoy the fresh, invigorating breeze, or get busy working on your garden and your lawn.
Plastic, plastic, everywhere
September 01, 2018
The production of plastic has grown 8 percent a year for decades, much more than any other manufactured material, because plastic is just so useful. We use it for packaging (43%) and construction (20%); we have plastic in our clothes, our cars, our computers.
Plastic really is everywhere.
"Roland Geyer, an industrial ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, says no one had tallied how much plastic people have manufactured since its invention. When he did it, he was shocked at what he found. 'Eight point three billion metric tons of plastics produced so far. That's just really a staggering amount.' He did some calculations to understand that number. 'And it turned out that it can cover an area the size of Argentina,' he says, 'which is the eighth-largest country in the world.'
'Ankle deep.'"NPR
In the Water, but Out of Harm's Way
August 01, 2018
Swimming pools and beach vacations, waterskiing at the lake and rafting on the river, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, boating, wake boarding, tubing, jet skiing, snorkeling, sailing, surfing, and swimming - when it's summertime and the mercury is on the rise, there is nowhere we'd rather be than in the water! North America's lakes, rivers, and seas are oases of beauty and respite from the summer sun, so it's no surprise that swimming is summer's number one pastime. But as you enjoy the season's final days, please make water safety your first priority. Swimming cools us off and keeps us fit, and it's one of the most enjoyable ways to spend a hot August day. But we cannot forget that it can also be dangerous. Drowning is the number one cause of unintentional death among children aged 1-4, and it's the number two cause of unintentional death among those aged 5-24. A moment of distraction can be fatal, so please take great care to keep yourself and your loved ones safe in the water.
It's a Heat Wave
July 01, 2018
How to Beat the Heat
Hopefully, you've all had a chance to cool off at the pool, beach, lake, or river this summer. But this July is shaping up to be seriously hot —we're talking about dangerously, oppressively, swelteringly hot— and we're all looking for some sweet relief to beat the heat.
Water Wisely
June 01, 2018
It is just as important to conserve water OUTSIDE your home as it is INSIDE your home. Lush green lawns, bright colorful flower gardens, bountiful vegetable harvests —these add beauty and enjoyment to your home. But grass and flowers and vegetables require water, and they can sometimes consume massive amounts of this precious natural resource. So how can you water wisely? How can you conserve water in your yard?
Read on . . .
Drinking Water Week—May 6-12, 2018
May 01, 2018
Did you know that May 6-12, is Drinking Water Week? A week to celebrate WATER! May 6 kicks off this year's Drinking Water Week with an invitation to "Protect the Source." "The American Water Works Association and the water community across North America will celebrate Drinking Water Week by recognizing the vital role drinking water plays in our daily lives, and how we can take personal responsibility in caring for our tap water and protecting it at its source. "When we get to know our local drinking water sources, we come to understand that it is our duty as consumers and community stewards to protect and preserve them," said AWWA Chief Executive Officer David LaFrance. "Drinking Water Week provides a great opportunity to learn the various ways in which we can each protect our source water so it's available for future generations." AWWA
Educating our Children about Water
April 01, 2018
Valuing and protecting our natural resources is more than just a nice idea; it's a global necessity. And one crucial way of ensuring a future in which every child has clean water to drink is by teaching those children to conserve and care for our resources— right now. The folks at Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) are committed to doing exactly that. They "envision a world in which action-oriented education enables every child to understand and value water, ensuring a sustainable future." Project WET is working hard to "develop and deliver the world's best water education resources, organize special water events, manage a worldwide network of local implementing partners and advocate for the role of water education in solving the world's most pressing water issues." Project WET
Fix a Leak Week
March 01, 2018
Mark your calendars, folks: March 19-25 is the EPA's tenth annual Fix a Leak Week. Household leaks can waste more than 1 TRILLION gallons of water each year. Yes, 1 TRILLION—That's a one with 12 zeros behind it (1,000,000,000,000). Those drippy faucets and leaking toilets are more than an annoyance; they cost you lots of money, and they waste LOTS of water. So, this March, hunt down those drips! Chase those leaks!
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Trailing by four runs going into the bottom of the ninth, MIT staged a dramatic rally that was capped by senior Creed Mangrum driving a ball into the right centerfield gap to plate the winning run in a 13-12 win over baseball. The victory improved the Engineer's record to 17-11 while the Beacons fell to 13-17.
MIT started its rally with one down. Trailing 12-8, the Engineers strung together three straight singles to load the bases. Sophomore Kendall Helbert brought home the first run with a sac fly before another walk loaded the bases again. Pinch hitting, junior Phil Reiser drew another walk to force in another run. That brought senior Matt Dziok (Southampton, Mass.) in from the bullpen to close it out for UMass Boston, but junior Parker Tew greeted him with a single back up the middle that tied the game. Mangrum then followed with his hit into the gap that won it.
In a game that saw the lead change hands five times, UMass Boston looked to have put things away with a five-run eighth inning that erased an 8-7 MIT advantage. With one down freshman Alex Webb (Gloucester, Mass.) doubled, scoring junior Anthony Gomes-Sirianni (San Francisco, Calif.) who had led the inning off with a single. After a base-running mistake cost UMass Boston another run, senior Jose Pena (Boston, Mass.) delivered a two-run base hit to left. A hit batter put another runner on before junior Kyle Szatrowski (Agawam, Mass.) capped the inning with a two-run triple.
UMass Boston broke on top in the game, getting an RBI single from freshman Daniel Mantoni (Northbridge, Mass.) in the first and RBI singles by Webb and senior Jamill Moquete (Boston, Mass.). Thursday's contest marked a record setting one for Moquete, as the Boston native set a new season mark for walks with 31. The engineers intentionally walked the Beacons big hitter twice to give him his 30th and 31st walk of the year eclipsing the previous mark of 30. The original record was set in 2010 by All-American Ryan Walsh '11 when the Beacons advanced to the Division III College World Series.
MIT came back with five runs in the third to take its first lead of the contest, scoring its first run of the game on Tew's RBI hit.
With the bases loaded sophomore Nate brought home another run on a fielder's choice play, with an UMass Boston error allowing another runner to cross the plate. Sean Karson then laced a double to left that scored a pair to make it 5-3.
After two scoreless innings the Beacons retook the lead with four in the sixth, highlighted by a two-run single through the left side by Mantoni. MIT got one back in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI single by senior Jon Rea (Palo Alto, Calif.) and then took the lead in the seventh on a two-run home run by junior Hayden Cornwell (Newport Beach, Calif.).
Moquete, Mantoni, Gomes-Sirianni and Webb all collected three hits for UMass Boston, with Mantoni and Webb driving in three each.
Senior Tim Wilson (Nacogdoches, Texas), the seventh pitcher of the day for MIT, picked up the victory after allowing one hit and a walk while striking out a hitter in one inning of work. Junior Harlon Zeerip (Bridgewater, Conn.) took the loss, giving up five runs and six hits over 2.1 innings.
Mangrum finished with a 4-for-6 day to lead a 20-hit MIT offensive output. Tew had three hits and three RBI, while Rodman and Rea also finished with three hits.
The Beacons will be in action tomorrow with a doubleheader at Plymouth State starting at 12:00 p.m.


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What are Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Nuance up to in Cambridge? Suddenly, the four tech giants are scooping up every speech recognition expert they can find and plunking them down in offices in Kendall and Central Square.
It's not because it's tough to identify the words you're speaking to a mobile device. In fact, I've been dictating the opening of this column to my iPhone, including punctuation, and you can see that the accuracy ain't bad. (I corrected it only on the company name Nuance, which it repeatedly heard as "new wants.")
Instead, these four players are focused on new frontiers. One is putting speech into new kinds of devices, like television remote controls, cars, and perhaps future wearable computers like wristbands, earpieces, or glasses. Another is developing the ability to understand not just the words you're saying, but what you actually want.
"More and more, you want your devices to be personalized — to understand the context you're in, both geographic and based on what you've done in the past," says TJ Hazen, a speech scientist hired in January by Microsoft's New England Research and Development Center.
(OK: I stopped dictating toward the end of that last paragraph, because speech recognition is still utterly at sea when it comes to proper names. Hazen's name was "TJ Hayes and," and it also interpreted earpieces as "your pieces.")
Cambridge isn't suddenly a nexus of speech activity. There has been "a quiet building" over the past four decades or so, in the words of Peter Mahoney, Nuance's chief marketing officer. Labs at MIT and research at places like BBN Technologies, now part of Raytheon, have chiseled away at the incredibly difficult problems of recognizing the words you're speaking, and trying to intuit what you mean by them.
John Makhoul wrote a doctoral thesis on speech recognition at MIT in the 1960s, and then went to work at BBN in 1970 at the age of 28. Much of BBN's funding came from the Department of Defense's advanced research arm. In the 1970s, Markhoul recalls, "It took an hour using a mainframe from Digital Equipment to recognize one sentence." And that system only recognized 1,000 words.
All that academic and military-funded research spawned companies like Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Dragon Systems, SpeechWorks, and Wildfire Communications, which brought speech recognition to personal computers and telephone call centers. Many of the smaller firms were eventually acquired by Nuance, a publicly traded company in Burlington; it sells speech-recognition software to customers like Apple, Amazon, and BMW, and offers its own products like the Dragon Mobile Assistant for Android smartphones.
What's everyone working on now? Dan Miller of Opus Research says "the holy grail" is a personal assistant that recognizes you quickly, understands your preferences, your privileges, and where you are. Apple's Siri personal assistant, introduced in 2011 and built with technology from Nuance, "raised the level of attention around speech interfaces in a big way," says Mike Phillips, a serial entrepreneur in the speech industry.
But plenty of people have mocked Siri's shortcomings. Layering on contextual information — like where your next meeting is, or what restaurants you've liked in the past — will help the speech-driven systems get smarter. "What's the best place for dinner near my next meeting?" is the kind of question they'll be able to answer.
The sudden emphasis on upgrading speech capabilities in various devices means that speech gurus in Cambridge now "have more choices of where they want to work," says Hazen. It also means that salaries are skyrocketing; a newly minted PhD can start in the six figures, and top dogs can earn close to $200,000.
Next month, Nuance plans to open a research and development office for about 120 employees in Central Square. Mahoney says he expects it to grow to 175 in the near-term. "A certain element of the technical crowd likes to be close to where other great technical minds are," Mahoney says. "Cambridge has that gravitational force, and the university heritage."
When Amazon began building its stealthy Cambridge R&D outpost in late 2011, one of the two leaders it hired was Bill Barton. His LinkedIn profile says he is "leading development of speech and language solutions which will enhance user interactions with Amazon products and services." And Amazon also acquired a start-up called Yap, based in North Carolina, late that year. Yap's head of research, Jeff Adams, is a veteran of Nuance and Kurzweil Applied Intelligence who lives in the Boston area. He now works for Amazon, according to LinkedIn. (Amazon didn't respond to my requests for interviews.)
Apple's Cambridge group is the smallest of the four, with just a handful of people working in an office at the Cambridge Innovation Center. The group includes three Nuance alums working on improvements to Apple's Siri, including Larry Gillick, the chief speech scientist for Siri. Apple also didn't respond to interview requests.
Understanding what we mean when we talk is one of those thorny technical problems that Boston loves to tackle. We've been throwing our smartest people at it for more than 40 years now, and as speech recognition becomes something tech giants need as a differentiator for their newest products, they need to hire talent here.
Today, Makhoul still works at BBN, where he is the chief scientist. His office is in the same building where he worked when he arrived in 1970.
He says that these days, BBN's speech scientists are interested in challenges like understanding people who use slang, have an accent, or talk in noisy environments. And, he adds, "real understanding of what you mean is still a long way off."
I asked Makhoul whether he is surprised at how long it has taken to sculpt speech recognition software into something useful. "I was one of the pessimists," he said. "I'm pleased that in 40 years we've come this far."
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The Arctic is in danger. The ice is retreating at an increasing speed, clearing the path for greedy oil companies that see this catastrophe as a business opportunity. We are campaigning to create a global sanctuary in the uninhabited area around the North Pole, keep all oil companies out of the Arctic, and to ban oil drilling and destructive fishing in Arctic waters. Join the movement that is making a difference and show the world that you will stand for the Arctic for as long as it takes.
Greenpeace is pushing forward a global campaign to create the largest protected area on Earth – an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – which would be a safe haven for penguins, whales and seals, and put the waters off-limits to the industrial fishing vessels sucking up the tiny shrimp-like krill, on which Antarctic life relies. The benefits of an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary would be global. Healthy oceans sustain precious wildlife, help limit climate change and provide food security for billions of people.
Climate change and the threats of nuclear energy are real. That is why Greenpeace works to bring about a clean and just energy future. Tar sands and nuclear development plague the ecosystems and communities they occupy with safety and health risks. The Energy [R]evolution is a set of ready-to-implement solutions that lead away from the dangers of climate chaos and nuclear meltdown. It is a vision of the clean and just energy future for everyone on the planet.
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Life on our blue planet depends on healthy oceans, but recent reports warn that sea life faces the next mass extinction. Next to climate change, overfishing is the single greatest threat to marine biodiversity. Industrial fishing has reduced populations of large, predatory fish like tuna, cod and sharks by about ninety per cent in the last fifty years. Growing demand for seafood, wasteful fishing practices and mismanaged fish stocks and aquaculture operations are leading to broken links in marine food chains in Canadian waters and worldwide. Urgent action is needed to protect marine life and allow recovery. Greenpeace works to relieve pressure on ocean ecosystems and to establish a network of no-take marine reserves–ocean parks–covering 40 per cent of the world's oceans.


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ONCE Cast to Appear at 54 Below, 2/17
Cast members from the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, Once will perform at 54 BELOW on Sunday, February 17 at 7pm at 254 West 54th Street. The company will present a mix of original music, covers songs and even some tunes cut from the hit musical itself, all under the musical direction of David Abeles. Cover charge is $20 - $30, with a $25 food and beverage minimum. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (866) 468-7619.
54 BELOW, Broadway's nightclub, is the new performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. A few blocks from the heart of Times Square and just below the legendary Studio 54, 54 BELOW, is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district.
ONCE just received the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. The production was also named Best Musical by the New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critic Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards.
ONCE features a book by award-winning Irish playwright & screenwriter, Enda Walsh (Penelope, Hunger, The New Electric Ballroom), the Academy Award-winning music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, direction by the acclaimed John Tiffany (Black Watch), movement by Steven Hoggett (Black Watch, American Idiot) and music supervision and orchestrations by Martin Lowe (Mamma Mia!).
The set and costume design are by six time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (The Coast of Utopia, Mary Poppins), lighting design is by three time Tony winner Natasha Katz (Aida, The Coast of Utopia), and sound design is by Clive Goodwin.
The original cast recording of Once is available via MASTERWORKS BROADWAY, a label of Sony Masterworks. Producers Stephen Epstein & Martin Lowe; Principal soloists Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti. Visit www.MasterworksBroadway.com for more information.
ONCE will begin a US national tour launched by The Road Company in the summer of 2013.
The cast of Once features Steve Kazee as 'Guy' and Cristin Milioti as 'Girl.' Also in the company are David Abeles, Will Connolly, Elizabeth A. Davis, David PatRick Kelly, Jillian Lebling, Eliza Holland Madore, Anne L. Nathan, Lucas Papaelias, Andy Taylor, Erikka Walsh, Paul Whitty, and J. Michael Zygo.
Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments onstage, Once tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who's about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs. As the chemistry between them grows, his music soars to powerful new heights... but their unlikely connection turns out to be deeper and more complex than your everyday romance. Emotionally captivating and theatrically breathtaking, Once draws you in from the very first note and never lets go. It's an unforgettable story about going for your dreams and the power of music to connect us all.


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More than 200 guests participated in the Inaugural Patriot Golf Day Tournament, July 8, at Medinah Country Club, in what officials tabbed as the largest individual event supporting the Folds of Honor Foundation.
The tournament was part of a Folds of Honor Week in Chicago.
The overall activities for Folds of Honor Week raised over $100,000 in donations for families of wounded and fallen service members.
During the event, Lifelock, the title sponsor, formalized its earlier pledge of $100,000 to Folds of Honor, which was separate from the event's overall fundraising. Lifelock made its pledge in a check presentation by CEO Todd Davis, who was joined by Folds of Honor Founder and PGA Professional, Major Dan Rooney; Vice President of Programs and Military Affairs Major Ed Pulido; and President Ginny Creveling.
The golf tournament featured the Chicago Bears' Tommie Harris and Johnny Knox, who was associated with Pros For Vets; Jarrett Payton (son of the late NFL legend, Walter Payton) along with Chicago media, business leaders and Medinah members.
Davis was joined by Medinah PGA Head professional Mike Scully and Rooney in hitting the ceremonial first tee shots to open the tournament.
"We're very proud to stand side-by-side with the Folds of Honor Foundation to help raise funds for scholarships and bring awareness to the Foundation. LifeLock is committed to help Major Dan Rooney and the Foundation achieve its mission whether through special events, or, just being there to support everyday efforts," said Davis. "I was touched by the special event at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago last week where I had the opportunity to see firsthand the families these scholarships assist, as well as hear more about the men and women who served our country bravely but now need these scholarships so their spouses or children can complete an education."
The fourth annual Patriot Golf Day will be conducted through the Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3-6, at golf facilities nationwide.
Folds of Honor is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with a mission to empower deserving military families with educational support and opportunities. FHF provides post-secondary educational scholarships to the spouses and children of service members disabled or killed as a result of their military service to our great nation.
The Medinah Patriot Golf Day Tournament was co-hosted by the Walter and Connie Payton Foundation, with Payton family represented by Connie Payton, widow of Walter, and his children Jarrett, his wife Trisha, and daughter, Brittney.
"I am very proud that Medinah Country Club now has the honor of being the largest individual Patriot Golf Day fundraising event," said Medinah Country Club Tournament Chairman Mark Slaby. "Many volunteers worked tirelessly to make this a very special day for everyone. In our first year, we sold out the venue, and most importantly provided scholarships to deserving children and spouses.
"With the continued assistance of more corporate sponsors we will ensure next year will be an even bigger event and will allow us to provide more scholarship money for the children and spouses of military service men and women killed or wounded while serving our country. Many thanks to all those who participated. We all made a difference on July 8."
The event also received the support of the Illinois PGA Section, including executive director Michael Miller, senior director of operations Bill Ibrahim and director of media and communications Mike Schoaf.
"One of our goals for 2010 Patriot Golf Day was to support a pacesetter event that could demonstrate best practices that other golf facilities can follow or tailor make into their own best practices," said Creveling. "Our great friends at Medinah did that for us! From the start, they sought a broad donor base and focused on the scholarship recipients, and they messaged that with the perfect theme – 'Who Are You Playing For?' "


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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) Dyricus Simms-Edwards scored 18 points and Bradley defeated Southern Illinois 69-66 Tuesday night.
Four Braves were in double figures. Walt Lemon Jr. scored 16 points and added eight assists, Tyshon Pickett scored 15 and Will Egolf had 11 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots for Bradley (11-7, 3-3 Missouri Valley).
Desmar Jackson led the Salukis (8-9, 1-5) with 21 points. Jeff Early had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Anthony Beane Jr. added 13 points for SIU.
The win ended Bradley's three-game losing streak and gave the Braves their first season sweep of their MVC rivals since 2000-01.
Neither team led by more than eight points in the game.


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Florence — Head coach Bob Masse gave his wrestlers a choice this week.
The Huskies could either work hard and come back strong after last weekend's poor performance at their home tourney, or they could sulk about it and throw in the towel.
Florence stepped up its game, and they were eager to get on the mat Thursday.
The beneficiaries of seven forfeits, the Huskies made quick work of Manitou Springs in a 70-12 Tri-Peaks League dual.
Masse and his staff have been pushing their team extra hard this week following their 13th-place finish in the 21-team tournament that featured some of Class 3A's best.
Senior Scott Sandoval said kids had been complaining about their lackluster showing, so the coaches decided to step up the intensity.
"You've got to get the most out of the kids, and that's what we're trying to do is motivate them, push them to get the most out of them, push them to their limits," Masse said. "If you're not doing that, you're not doing your job as a coach."
Instead of two-pound practices, which consists of a lot of drilling and what Sandoval called "messing around," the Huskies have been having four- and five-pound practices.
"I actually like the coaches pushing us because no one has a chance to mess around," said Sandoval, who is ranked fifth in 152s by Tim Yount's On The Mat Rankings. "It seemed like coaches are keeping it (difficult). We're not going to push each other because we get tired quick, but then you've got the coaches working us and we're going to work a lot harder because they're pushing us."
Florence's Sam Morgan recorded the quickest pin in his 182-pound match on Thursday. He took care of Hayden Kramer in 31 seconds. Jacob Yslas, Sandoval and Lane Masar also recorded pins.
"They did a good job at practice," Masse said about his team. "We watched film with them and jotted down notes, and that's what we've been working on."
Yslas is ranked seventh at 126 pounds, and the Mustangs' Ryan Carpenter is 18th at 132s. The two squared off after the varsity dual in an exhibition match, which Yslas won 11-2.
On Saturday, the Huskies will travel to Trinidad to compete in the Miners' tournament. That's scheduled to start at 8 a.m.
Masse said he doesn't know what kind of competition they'll face there — he doesn't even know which teams are in the tournament — but he's excited to see competition other than Centauri and Monte Vista, which are some of the state's best.
Some of the teams in attendance will be Walsenburg, La Junta, La Veta, Las Animas, Elizabeth and Class 2A's 10th-ranked Swink.
Sports Editor Brandon Hopper can be reached at 276-7644 or facebook.com/CCDRsports.
At Florence H.S.
126 — Jacob Yslas, Florence, pinned Jon Paradise, 3:10; 132 — Ryan Carpenter, Manitou Springs, pinned Chase Green, 3:25; 138 — Dustin James, Florence, maj. dec. Jake Bartlet, 10-1; 145 — Lucas Swanda, Manitou Springs, pinned Derik Yeager, 1:53; 152 — Scott Sandoval, Florence, pinned Billy Ryan, 1:23; 160 — Lane Masar, Florence, pinned Aaron Brooks, 4:45; 170 — Colton Veatch, Florence, won by forfeit; 182 — Sam Morgan, Florence, pinned Hayden Kramer, 0:31; 195 — Matt States, Florence, won by forfeit; 220 — Conner Ward, Florence, won by forfeit; 285 — Kevin Tuttle, Florence, won by forfeit;106 — Sheldon Stodder, Florence, won by forfeit; 113 — Dillon Bellino, Florence, won by forfeit; 120 — Chance Boehm, Florence, won by forfeit.
What's on Deck
Saturday: Florence at Trinidad tournament, 8 a.m.
Thursday: Florence at Colorado Springs Christian School, 6 p.m.*
Feb. 2: Florence at Centauri tournament
* Tri-Peaks League West dual


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Apple decided to take a risk when it priced the 7.9-inch iPad mini at $329.
Amazon and Google offer comparable tablets for $199. That means Apple is giving its rivals an opportunity to steal at least a little bit of the tablet market share.
The iPad mini isn't a state of the art product. It doesn't have a retina display. It doesn't have Apple's best chip, the A6X in it. Instead, it's an A5 chip. Basically, it's Apple's 2011 iPad 2, but in a smaller package.
Meanwhile, for $130 less, Amazon offers the Kindle Fire HD, which has a better screen. Google also offers a 16 GB 7-inch tablet for $250 which is comparable to the 16 GB iPad mini. The Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD have quad-core processors, versus the iPad mini, which has dual-core processors. In other words, the iPad mini is slower.
Sounds pretty bad for Apple, no? Don't over think it. Apple is still going to beat its rivals.
The big difference between Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle Fire is iOS, which is a much better operating system. Apple's operating system is years ahead of Amazon. It also has 275,000 iPad-ready apps.
And the big difference between the iPad mini and the Nexus 7 from Google is that it's easy to buy an iPad mini. Just walk into an Apple store, or go to Apple.com. Google's Play store sells the Nexus 7, but no one shops at Google's Play store. It's also available in some physical retailers, but it's Staples and GameStop, stores that aren't highly trafficked for tablets.
In addition to those reasons, Apple defines the tablet market. There's a saying the the tech world, people don't want tablets, they want iPads. And so, they're going to buy iPad minis.
There's other stuff, too. The iPad mini is lighter, thinner, and larger than its competitors.
For those reasons, Apple should easily outsell Amazon and Google, despite the higher price.


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Beat writer Jerry McDonald graded the Raiders based on their performance against the Cincinnati Bengals in a 34-10 loss Sunday. Here is his report card:
Pass offense
Carson Palmer (19-for-34, 146 yards, 1 TD, 1 interception) was under 200 yards for the first time in 16 games. The Bengals pass rush kept him from going to his wide receivers with any success, other than one completion to Denarius Moore for a 20-yard touchdown. Downfield passing was not an option.
Grade: D
Run offense
Marcel Reece had 74 yards on 15 carries and Jeremy Stewart had 26 yards on seven attempts. As it was, Oakland had 73 yards rushing in the second half, even though it trailed 24-0. Owen Schmitt got stuffed for a 1-yard loss on fourth-and-1 from the Cincinnati 45 in the first half.
Grade: C
Pass defense
Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was 16 of 30 for 216 yards, doing most of his damage (13 of 20, 151 yards, 2 TDs) in the first half. The Raiders had no interceptions, and other than the third quarter, were fairly easy to exploit as they concentrated on WR A.J. Green, who still had three catches for 111 yards.
Grade: D
Run defense
BenJarvis Green-Ellis ripped off runs of 48 and 39 yards that set up touchdowns, finishing with 19 carries for 129 yards and a 1-yard score. Cedric Peerman had 61 yards on eight carries with a 31-yard run. Green ran 20 yards on a reverse. Those four carries accounted for 138 yards. The 30 other runs netted 83 yards.
Grade: D
Special teams
Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 55-yard field goal with plenty to spare on his only attempt. Punter Shane Lechler put three punts inside the 20-yard line and had a 42.0 net. There was nothing of consequence in the return game by either side. Grade: C
The Raiders finally made some decent halftime adjustments, outscoring Cincinnati 10-0 in the third quarter and forcing the Bengals to four three-and-outs on defense. The first half, however, was a disaster on both sides of the ball. The Raiders were either unprepared for what they saw or not adequately motivated in terms of energy.
Grade: D