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First off, please go read the Interview with Ethan Holtzman of Dengue Fever I did, which is now up at Suicide Girls. This interviewing stuff is a new thing for me that I hope to do a lot more of in the future.
OK. I need some help. Please read the following carefully before responding.
Gudo Nishijima has translated the poem "Fundamental Song of the Middle Way" by Nagarjuna from Sanskrit into English. This poem is very ancient and very difficult. It has been translated a number of times before, though I believe all of the English versions are out of print currently with the possible exception of "Verses From The Center" by Stephen Batchelor, which is not really a scholarly translation but more Mr. Batchelor's own interpretation (this is a valid thing, but it's not what Nisshijima is intending to do). Though this is the case, the out-of-print versions are not all that hard to find thru sites like Powell's, Amazon and Abe Books.
Nishijima's translation is unlike any of the others which, he believes, are all basically incorrect. He does not want his version "corrected" into something more resembling the standard translations.
Three native English speakers have worked on making Nishijima's English version comprehensible to native speakers of English. The first two walked off the job in frustration. Somehow I managed to complete the task to his satisfaction and now he would like to publish it. However I have found that I cannot do this alone.
Here are the problems.
1) The Sanskrit font used by the first guy who worked on the project has become corrupted. There are dozens of other fonts available. So please don't propose fixing the problem by pointing me to a link where I can find a Sanskrit font. The problem is that I can find no way to fix what's already been done except by re-typing every single Sanskrit word that appears in the piece. And there are a whole lot of them. I simply do not have the time to do this. Perhaps someone can come up with an easier fix. But I can't. Before you propose anything, please look at the PDF files that are linked at the end of this blog entry so you can understand precisely what the problem is. If you compare these attached files with one of the existing printed versions of the piece (please do this before proposing anything), you will notice that in numerous places the letters used are incorrect or there are simply blank spaces where letters ought to be.
2) I need a proofreader/editor. I cannot judge for myself what makes sense and what does not make sense to anyone other than me. I do not want a fan to tell me everything is great and I don't want a fan who thinks I want scathing criticism of every line to try and make me happy by critiquing every little nuance. I need a real editor, preferably (but not necessarily) someone with experience working with other authors.
3) We need a publisher. Currently we're thinking that print-on-demand is the way to go. But we're open to any and all other options.
Here are two excerpts from the book. This is the introduction:
And here is chapter 9, which I chose arbitrarily as a pretty good example of what most chapters are like:
There are 28 chapters plus the introduction and an extra chapter devoted to a four line verse that precedes the piece. Most are about this length, though a few are shorter and some are longer.
Please do not respond without reading both of these excerpts in their entirety. If you can't at least do that much you won't be able to do the rest.
The problems listed above are just the most pressing ones. There are plenty of others to be worked out. If you don't like problem solving, don't write me about this. Also don't expect to get paid for this work. In the unlikely event the book ends up making any money you'll get your share. But I don't foresee that happening and I don't have a budget to pay for the work. However, we will give anyone who helps all due credit for their work and it could look good on a resume.
Sorry to be such an ass about all this. But I've been flaked out upon by a number of people who offered to help on this project in the past and I would prefer not to waste a lot of time. If you want to help (and you're very certain you want to help) please write me at:


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USGS uses GitHub for all new software development, as well as open sourcing older software as time allows.
See how our applications work and collaborate with us at USGS GitHub.
3D Focal Mechanisms
Authors: Keith A. Labay and Peter J. Haeussler Usage: View earthquake focal mechanism symbols three dimensionally Platform: Windows Interface: ArcScene® 9.x Input: A GIS point dataset of earthquake locations containing strike, dip, and rake values for a nodal plane of each earthquake Download: See online documentation
3D Focal Mechanisms is a tool for viewing earthquake focal mechanism symbols three dimensionally. This tool operates within the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI®) GIS software ArcScene® 9.x. The program requires as input a GIS point dataset of earthquake locations containing strike, dip, and rake values for a nodal plane of each earthquake. Other information, such as depth and magnitude of the earthquake, may also be included in the dataset. By default for each focal point, 3DFM will create a black and white sphere or "beach ball" that is oriented based on the strike, dip, and rake values. If depth values for each earthquake are included, the focal symbol will also be placed at its appropriate location beneath the Earth's surface.
3D Velocity Modeling
Author: Cliff Thurber Platform: Unix, Mac Download: SIMUL2000
Fortran code (VMS compatible) for 3-D velocity model determination and hypocentral location with local earthquake data. Full inversion, not tomography, this is the program written by Cliff Thurber and modified by others.
Author: John Langbein Usage: Analyze strainmeter data in order to estimate tidal coefficients and pressure admittance Platform: Unix and/or Mac OS X (Requires Fortran compiler for Mac OS X) Interface: Command line Input: Time series of strainmeter data Output: Cleaned-up strainmeter data Docs: Online documentation: installation, manual, examples Download: cleanstrain+
Cleanstrain+ is a program to process strainmeter data. This code will simultaneously estimate the tidal constituents, pressure admittance, offsets, rate changes, and other terms using least-squares but, importantly, incorporating the temporally correlated nature of strain data (that is, the power spectra is red).
Author: Paul Reasenberg Usage: Identify clusters (e.g., aftershocks) in an earthquake catalog Platform: Unix, or any platform with Fortran Interface: Parameters read from standard input Input: Catalog text file Output: Several text files Download: Fortran source code (35k), Makefile (233b)
CLUSTER2000 recognizes clusters in space-time in an earthquake catalog. It is intended for use in removing aftershocks or "declustering" the catalog. The methods used are described in "Second-Order Moment of Central California Seismicity, 1969-1982" (P. Reasenberg, JGR v.90., pp.5479-5495, 1985). The current version (CLUSTER2000x) reads catalogs in a variety of standard formats. However, it is not fully Y2000 compatible. While it reads the Y2K formats for HYPOINVERSE and HYPO71, CLUSTER2000x requires all data to belong to one century.
ComCat Wrapper Libraries
Author: Mike Hearne Download: ComCat Wrapper Libraries github repository
Bulk access via scripts, programs, and tools for obtaining specific products from ComCat (the earthquake catalog).
Coulomb 3
Authors: Shinji Toda, Ross Stein, Jian Lin, Volkan Sevilgen Usage: Stress-triggering software Platform: Matlab on Windows, Mac or Unix Interface: Menu driven Output: Grahics and text Manual: Online documentaiton Download: See online documentation
Coulomb 3 is designed to investigate Coulomb stress changes on mapped faults and earthquake nodal planes, and is intended both for publication-directed research and for university teaching and instruction.
One can calculate static displacements (on any surface or at GPS stations), strains, and stresses caused by fault slip, magmatic intrusion or dike expansion. Problems such as how an earthquake promotes or inhibits failure on nearby faults, or how fault slip or dike expansion will compress a nearby magma chamber, are germane to Coulomb. Geologic deformation associated with strike-slip faults, normal faults, or fault-bend folds is also a useful application. Calculations are made in an elastic halfspace with uniform isotropic elastic properties following Okada [1992].
We believe that one learns best when one can see the most and can explore alternatives quickly. So the principal feature of Coulomb is ease of input, rapid interactive modification, and intuitive visualization of the results. The program has menus, sub-menus, check-items, and dialogue boxes to ease operation. The internal graphics are suitable for publication, and can be easily imported into illustration or animation programs for further enhancements.
Direct Green's Function Synthetic Seismograms
Author: Fred Pollitz Usage: Calculate synthetic seismograms on a radially stratified model Platform: Unix, Fortran source codes Input: Elastic parameters, density, Qp and Qs structure, finite fault parameters Output: Synthetic seismograms at Earth's surface or specified depth Download: DGRFN.tar (1.6 MB)
These programs are an implementation of the Direct Green's Function method described by Friederich and Dalkolmo (1995) and Dalkolmo (1993). They solve the seismic wave equation in a spherically layered isotropic medium using a decomposition into spheroidal and toroidal motions. For each spherical harmonic degree l and azimuthal order number m, the (l,m) response function is deternined subject to jumps in the displacement-stress vector at the source radius, a zero-traction boundary condition at Earth's surface, and a homogeneous isotropic elastic solid at the base of the specified Earth model. The computation of synthetics is stable at both high and low frequencies, as well as at high and low spherical harmonic degrees.
EIDS - Earthquake Information Distribution System
Contacts: Jeremy Fee and Dave Oppenheimer Usage: Distribution of earthquake data over the Internet Platform: Any O/S that supports Java Interface: Runs in background Output: Files containing information about earthquakes Download: See online documentation
NOTE: EIDS has been replaced by PDL. EIDS is only needed as a component of PDL for advanced users who are running a PDL hub.
The Earthquake Information Distribution System (EIDS) provides a method for receiving earthquake data over the Internet in near-real time. EIDS replaces the Quake Data Distribution System (QDDS) and provides either CUBE or EQXML formatted output messages.
Author: John Langbein Usage: Analyze time-series data to quantify temporal correlations and simultaneously estimate rates, offsets, and other functional dependencies. Platform: Unix or Mac. Requires a Fortran compiler Interface: Command line Input: Time series data Output: Measures of power-law noise, white noise, and more. Estimates of rates, offsets, and more, along with their standard errors. Download est_noise.tar.gz
est_noise is a time-series analysis program that allows the user to fit various, standard functions to their data (rates, offsets, rate-changes, sinusoidals, exponentials, and/or user-defined functions) and simultaneously quantifies the amount of temporal correlation in the time-series data. Importantly, the presence of temporal correlations in data can significantly impact the estimates of standard errors of the parameters that define the functions describing the time-variations in the data. est_noise is bundled with other programs that can help the user to clean up their data prior to analysis, and assess the quality of the estimates of noise from est_noise. est_noise has been used to analyze GPS and borehole strainmeter data, and it can be applied to other data types.
FPFIT, FPPLOT and FPPAGE
Authors: Paul Reasenberg and David Oppenheimer Usage: Calculate and plotfault-plane solutions from first-motion data Platform: Unix Interface: Command line Output: Grahics and text Manual: Online documentation and USGS Open-File report Tutorial: Included in dowload file Download: fpfit_source.tar (1.3 MB)
FPFIT is a Fortran program that computes double-couple fault plane solutions from P-wave first motion data using a grid search method. The companion programs FPPLOT and FPPAGE plot the results on stereo nets for interactive viewing or for printing. There are additional programs in the package to create summary tables and to plot P&T axes for suites of mechanisms on stereo nets.
Graizer-Kalkan (2015) Ground-Motion Prediction Equation
Authors: Vladimir Graizer, Erol Kalkan Usage: Ground motion predictions for engineering applications Platform: MatLAB on Windows, Mac or Linux Interface: Command line Output: Graphics and text Manual: Comments in source code; Open-File Report and BSSA article Download: (7.1 Kb)
Graizer-Kalkan (2015) ground motion prediction equation (GMPE) is designed to predict peak-ground acceleration and 5% damped pseudo-spectral acceleration response ordinates for shallow-crustal continental earthquakes to be used in earthquake-engineering applications including probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard analyses. The GK15 can be used for earthquakes with moment magnitudes 5.0–8.0, distances 0–250 km, average shear-wave velocities 200–1,300 m/s, and spectral periods 0.01–5 s. The GK15 GMPE is coded as a MatLAB function (titled "GK15.m") in the zip file. An example MatLAB code ("runGK15.m") to generate a 5% damped pseudo-spectral acceleration response spectrum for a given hazard condition is also provided. The user can change the input parameters to construct a site-specific response spectrum considering different hazard conditions.
Authors: Jeanne Hardebeck and Peter Shearer Usage: Calculates earthquake focal mechanisms Platform: Unix Interface: Command line / text input files Output: Text files Download: hash.v1.2.tar.gz (1.1 MB)
HASH is a Fortran 77 code that computes double-couple earthquake focal mechanisms from P-wave first motion polarity observations, and optionally S/P amplitude ratios. HASH is designed to produce stable high-quality focal mechanisms, and tests the solution sensitivity to possible errors in the first-motion input and the computed take-off angles. The technique is described by Hardebeck and Shearer (BSSA 92, pp. 2264-2276, 2002.) Examples are provided for data in FPFIT input format. The code is designed to be as input-format independent as possible, so only minor editing is needed to use data in other formats.
Author: Felix Waldhauser Maintenance: Felix Waldhauser, Bruce Julian, Bill Ellsworth, Keith Richards-Dinger Usage: Implements the double-difference earthquake location algorithm Platform: Unix Interface: Command line / text input files Output: Text files Download: hypoDD
HypoDD is a Fortran computer program package for relocating earthquakes with the double-difference (DD) algorithm of Waldhauser and Ellsworth (2000). The DD technique takes advantage of the fact that if the hypocentral separation between two earthquakes is small compared to the event-station distance and the scale length of velocity heterogeneity, then the ray paths between the source region and a common station are similar along almost the entire ray path (Frechet, 1985; Got et al., 1994).
HYPOINVERSE Earthquake Location
Author: Fred Klein Usage: Locate earthquakes and determine magnitudes in a local or regional seismic network Platform: Unix or Vax, Fortran source code Interface: Command line, files or keyboard Input: ASCII text Output: ASCII text Manual: Extensive open-file document, in Microsoft Word and postscript formats Tutorial: Simple examples included in manual Download: version 1.4 (9.0 MB)
HYPOINVERSE2000 determines earthquake locations and magnitudes from seismic network data like first-arrival P and S arrival times, amplitudes and coda durations. The present versions HYPOINVERSE2000 (version 1.2 or 1.3) are in routine use by many networks. Hypoinverse version 1.3 is the standard location program supplied with the Earthworm seismic acquisition and processing system (AQMS) and has thus gotten wide use. Crustal models can be multiple to cover different regions, and either flat layer or flat layer with linear velocity gradients. Version 1.3 also supports negative magnitudes, independent S models, and crustal models from the HYPOELLIPSE program, including layer models, gradient over halfspace models, depths relative to sea level, negative depths above sea level, and use of station elevations. It is Y2000 compatible.
Author: Jim Luetgert Usage: 1-D travel time calculation Platform: Mac OS X Interface: Menu driven Output: PICT file Download: MacR1D V1.17 (1.6 MB)
MacR1D is a one-dimensional seismic travel-time calculator for Macintosh. Travel-times vs distance are calculated for P and S arrivals (sorry, no converted phases or multiples) for sources at any depth. These may be compared to observed travel-times. This is a very quick way to define 1-d velocity models from observed arrival pics.
Author: Jim Luetgert Usage: General purpose 2-D seismic seismic ray tracer Platform: Mac OS X or PC Interface: Menu driven Output: PICT file Download: Mac OS X - MacRay V2.29 (3.5 MB); PC - RAY84PC (1.2 MB)
MacRay is a general purpose two-dimensional seismic ray-tracer for Macintosh. Originally written to trace rays through 2-dimensional p-wave models, MacRay has grown to support 2-d models defined in Vp, Vs and density. In addition to being able to model the full range of simple to complex raypaths, the 2-d gravity response of the model may also be calculated. For surveys providing seismic P, S and converted wave arrivals in addition to gravity measurements, the full suite of physical properties may be modeled; Vp, Vs, density, Poisson's ratio, Vp/Vs, Shear modulus, Bulk modulus, Young's modulus, Lame's parameter, lithostatic pressure.
With the addition of an assumed or measured geothermal gradient, we can model the pressure and temperature conditions at any point in our earth model. A recent addition to MacRay allows you to define the features of a pressure-temperature diagram (e.g. metamorphic grade, solidus) and map those P-T regions back into the earth model.
The PC version is a port of Ray84 written for Vax. It was ported by Hans Thybo of Copenhagen University, Denmark.
NSHMP Models, Codes and Catalogs - National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project
Author: National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project Downloads:
Models, Codes and Catalogs used to produce the National Seismic Hazard Maps.
Authors: Ned Field (USGS/SCEC), Nitin Gupta (USC/SCEC), Vipin Gupta (USC/SCEC), Peter Powers, Kevin Miner, and others. Usage: Open-source seismic hazard analysis Platform: Any O/S that supports Java Manual: See online documentation Download: See online documentation
OpenSHA is an effort to develop object-oriented, web- & GUI-enabled, open-source, and freely available code for conducting Seismic Hazard Analyses (SHA). Our goal is to provide a framework where any arbitrarily complex (e.g., physics based) earthquake-rupture forecast, ground-motion, or engineering-response model can "plug in" for analysis without having to change what's being plugged into.
Authors: Jeremy Fee/td> Download: PDL github repository
The Product Distribution Layer (PDL) is a USGS platform for receiving earthquake data over the Internet in near-real time. PDL provides standard solutions for distribution, cataloging, and triggered processing, of earthquake information. It is cross platform, and integrates with external systems using Command Line or Java APIs.
PDL replaces the Earthquake Information Distribution System (EIDS) and Quake Data Merge (QDM) applications.
P-Phase Picker
Author: Erol Kalkan Usage: Automatic P-phase arrival time picker Platform: Windows, Mac or Linux Interface: MatLAB command line Output: Graphics and text Manual: Comments in source code; and BSSA article in zip file Download: PphasePicker.zip (8.2 MB)
PPHASEPICKER is a powerful tool for automatically picking P-phase onsets with high precision without requiring detection interval or threshold settings. The algorithm detects P-phase onset in single-component acceleration or broadband velocity records using the histogram method. PPHASEPICKER has been integrated into the "Automated Processing and Review Interface for Strong Motion Data (PRISM)" software of the U.S. Geological Survey in order to identify the pre-event time-window for systematic and automated processing of large numbers of accelerograms. PPHASEPICKER is written in Java and MatLAB. An example MatLAB code is provided in zip file to show how to run PPHASEPICKER using a sample waveform. Its MatLAB version requires MatLAB's signal processing toolbox.
Authors: Dan McNamara, Richard Boaz Usage: Evaluate seismic station performance Platform: Unix Interface: GUI Input: standard seismic data formats Output: MySQL database, images, plots Examples: See sample data and response file Download: See online documentation
PQLX is open-source software system for evaluating seismic station performance and data quality. The software consists of a server and client but also includes data extraction and manipulation tools. Given waveform data and instrument response files, PQLX server calculates trace statistics, Power Spectral Densities (PSD), and Probability Density Functions (PDF) and writes the results to a MySQL database for quick access.
Prism: Processing and Review Interface for Strong Motion Data
Authors: Jeanne Jones, Erol Kalkan, Christopher Stephens and Peter Ng Usage: Automatically process raw strong-motion records in COSMOS V0 format and generate COSMOS V1, V2 and V3 products. Platform: Windows, Mac or Linux Interface: Command line and GUI Output: Graphics and text files Manual: Open file reports and Javadoc Release Date Version 1.0, February 2017 Download: See online documentation
PRISM is open-source software used for automatically processing strong-motion records, and is intended to be used by individuals or strong-motion networks. The software package includes a review tool, which is an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for visually inspecting, editing and processing. PRISM is coded in Java language, and does not dependent on closed-source or proprietary software.
PRISM is easy to install and run as a stand-alone system on common operating systems such as Linux, Mac and Windows.
PRISM was designed to be flexible and extensible in order to accommodate implementation of new processing techniques. Strong-motion processing steps in the automated workflow are clearly defined, and use a set of customizable parameters—specified in a configuration file—to generate COSMOS V1 (acceleration with mean removed), V2 (baseline-corrected and filtered acceleration, velocity and displacement), and V3 (response spectra, Fourier spectra and intensity measures) data products.
Authors: Eric Thompson, Charles Worden Usage: Produce approximated rupture distances from point source information Platform: OSX or Linux Interface: Command line Input: config_file.ini file Output: CSV file Download: ps2ff github repository
Produce approximated finite fault distances and variance corrections given point source information, for example, Repi (epcentral distance) to Rjb (Joyner-Boore distance) or Rrup (closest distance to rupture).
Authors: ANSS QuakeML Standards Working Group Download: Quakeml github repository
A uniform ANSS standard for seismic parametric data.
Authors: Jeanne Hardebeck and Andy Michael Usage: Spatially and/or temporally varying stress field from focal mechanisms Platform: Unix (or any platform with C) Interface: Command line / text input files Output: Text files Download: SATSI_140818.tar.gz (63kB)
SATSI (Spatial And Temporal Stress Inversion) is a modified version of Michael's (JGR 1984, 1987) code that inverts focal mechanism data for a spatially and/or temporally varying stress field. The inversion finds the least complex stress field model that is consistent with the data. It uses an adaptive smoothing method that discriminates between variations that are or aren't strongly required by the data and retains only variations that are well-resolved. The technique is described and validated in Hardebeck and Michael (JGR 111, B11310, doi:10.1029/2005JB004144, 2006.) The tar file contains C codes implementing the inversion method for 2D and 4D stress fields (1D and 3D fields can be treated as simplified cases), and example input data and Perl scripts.
SeisRisk III
Authors: National Seismic Hazard Mapping Group Usage: Pre-1996 and outside US seismic hazard maps Platform: Unix (or any platform with C) Interface: Command line / text input files Output: Text files Download: See online documentation
Seisrisk III is the last published version of a series of programs used to produce probabilistic earthquake ground motion hazard maps for the United States from 1972 to 1992.
ShakeCast – ShakeMap RSS Reader
Authors: Kuo-Wan Lin and David Wald Usage: Automated ShakeMap delivery to users, facilitating use of ShakeMap products and post-download post-commands (script startup) Platform: MS Windows operating system (XP, 7/8 Server); Linux. ShakeCast AMI (CentOS-6) using Amazon Web Services (AWS) & VM (Linux, Win Server) Interface PERL, MySQL, Apache, HTML5; responsive web Interface: Scripts / text configuration files Output: Email & txt messaging, PDF facility report, Web-based GUI using Google Maps. Download: See online documentation
Delivers maps of areas affected by an earthquake. Areas of interest can be defined, and shaking thresholds can be set to trigger automatic notifications. Easy to integrate with in-house systems.
Author: Gavin Hayes Download: Slab2 github repository
A three-dimensional compilation of global subduction geometries, separated into regional models for each major subduction zone.
Slick Package
Author: Andy Michael Usage: Stress inversion from slip data Platform: Unix, PC (or any platform with C) Interface: Command line, can be run as batch mode Bound Program: Onnet, Stereonet plotting package Output: Text, graphics via onnet stereonet plotting program Manual: ASCII Text and Postscript files in included in download file Tutorial: Included in download file Download: Unix - stress.tar.Z (41k); PC - stresspc.zip (160k)
The slick package uses fault slip data (either field observations or from focal mechamism) to find the stress tensor that best explains the observations. Inputs are the orientation and slip direction of a set of fault planes. Outputs are the oreintation and shape of the stress ellipsoid, including confidence regions, and statistics used to judge the success of the inversion. This method uses the linear inversion agorithm and non-parametric bootstrap statistics.
Unix: The code to invert fault slip data for the stress tensor. format is compressed tar. To extract on a Unix system use the command % zcat stress.tar.Z | tar xf - It will expand into a number of files in your current directory. You also need to get the onnet plotting package.
PC:Same as stress.tar.Z but containing Leigh House of Los Alamos' conversion of the software to PC compatibility. The zip was done with Zip 1.0 (29 September 1991).
SLAMMER - Seismic Landslide Movement Modeled using Earthquake Records
Authors: Randall W. Jibson, Ellen M. Rathje, Matthew W. Jibson and Yong W. Lee Usage: Estimate co-seismic landslide displacement using rigid and flexible sliding-block analyses Platform: Any O/S that supports Java (version 7 or later) Interface: Java GUI Download: https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/12b1/
SLAMMER is a Java program that facilitates performing a variety of sliding-block analyses to evaluate seismic slope performance. Functionalities include both rigorous and simplified analyses of rigid sliding blocks (i.e. Newmark analysis) and flexible sliding blocks (i.e. decoupled and fully coupled approaches). Both rigorous and empirical simplified methods are included in the program. More than 2,100 recorded ground motions from the PEER Ground Motion Database are included with the program, and users can import their own ground-motion records for analysis.
Author: Fred Pollitz Usage: Calculate static displacements and gravity change from earthquake faulting on a radially stratified model Platform: Unix, Fortran source codes Input: Elastic parameters, density, finite fault parameters Output: Displacements and gravity anomaly at Earth's surface or specified depth Examples: Contained in downloadable file Download: STATIC1D.tar.gz (3 MB)
These programs solve the equations of static equilibrium in a spherically layered isotropic medium using a decomposition into spheroidal and toroidal motions. For each spherical harmonic degree l and azimuthal order number m, the (l,m) response function is deternined subject to jumps in the displacement-stress vector at the source radius, a zero-traction boundary condition at Earth's surface, and a homogeneous isotropic elastic solid at the base of the specified Earth model. The programs are flexible, being suitable for calculations of the static displacement field at distances ranging from local to global.
Strainz17: Earthquake strains and rotations
Author: Paul Spudich Usage: Calculate strains and rotations of an array Platform: Any platform running MATLAB Interface: MATLAB command line Input: Seismograms from several stations, via function's calling arguments Output: .txt, .mat, and .pdf files Examples: Contained in downloadable file Download: See online documentation
Strainz17.m is a MATLAB-language function for deriving the best-fitting uniform strain tensor and rigid body rotation as functions of time, based on ground displacement or velocity recordings made on an array of sensors. Strainz17.m implements the theory in Spudich et al. (J. Geophys. Res., 1995) and Spudich and Fletcher (Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 2008). In addition to the strainz1717.m function, the downloadable file provides sample input and output data, and it provides functions for running the sample test cases.
STREC - SeismoTectonic Regime Earthquake Calculator
Author: Mike Hearne Download: STREC github repository
Automatically determines the earthquake type (subduction zone interface, active crustal shallow, stable continental region, etc.) and the earthquake focal mechanism.
StrongMotion Fetch
Author: Mike Hearne Download: StrongMotion Fetch github repository
Provides functionality to download and/or process strong motion data from various networks (Japan, New Zealand, IRIS, etc.) and save the peak ground motions in either ShakeMap "station" XML format or spreadhsheet format.
Author: Fred Pollitz Usage: Calculate displacements/velocities and strain/strain rates Platform: Unix, Fortran source codes Interface: Command line Input: Viscoelastic model parameters, finite-fault source parameters Output: Viscoelastic-relaxation deformation fields at earth's surface or at depth Manual: VISCO1D Manual (1.3 MB PDF), VISCO1D Tutorial (3.4 MB PDF) Download: VISCO1D Software (1.5 MB ZIP)
VISCO1D-v3 is a program package to calculate quasi-static deformation on a layered spherical Earth from a specified input source (fault plane parameters) at specified points on the surface or at depth.
It uses a spherical harmonic expansion of the global deformation field and evaluates a sum of viscoelastic normal modes in a semi-analytic computation.
Version 3 of VISCO1D-v3 is now available (updated on Jan. 29, 2007).
Vs30 Global
Authors: Bruce Worden Download: Vs30 Global github repository
Creates a global topographic-slope based Vs30 model, and then inserts regional maps into the global map where they are available.

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Tender grilled steak sliced and tossed with mustard and currant dressing, pasta and salad.
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 18 mins
Yield: 4 x approx. 1-3/4 cup servings
DRESSING: Make dressing by combining melted currant jelly with mustard and orange juice. Cook pasta according to package.
STEAK: Brush steak with a little oil to prevent surface drying out. Broil or cook under a well heated grill until well seared (about 3 to 4 minutes each side) before turning.
For rare, remove immediately after searing. For medium or well done, continue cooking about 3 to 4 minutes each side for medium, 4 to 5 minutes each side for well done. For a really tender, juicy result, lean beef is best cooked to rare or medium only. Test that steak is to your liking by pressing with tongs rather than cutting it. To retain juiciness, cover and rest about 2 minutes before serving.
SALAD: Slice steak and toss through drained cooked pasta, dressing and salad vegetables.
Recommended cuts: sirloin, rib eye, rump, fillet, round eye, flank.
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California game warden shoots, kills mountain lion
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COLFAX, Calif. (AP) — Authorities plan to perform a necropsy on a mountain lion that was shot and killed by a California Fish and Wildlife warden in Placer County over the weekend.
The warden had gone to the area near Colfax on Sunday to post signs warning hikers about a mountain lion sighting there a day earlier when he noticed the animal.
Fish and wildlife spokesman Mark Michilizzi tells the Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/XsXSyR) the mountain lion appeared prepared to pounce on the warden, who then shot and killed it.
Michilizzi called the warden's actions appropriate, saying the mountain lion was a risk to the warden and the public.
A necropsy is planned to try to help officials determine what may have prompted the animal's behavior. Mountain lions rarely attack humans.
Information from: The Sacramento Bee, http://www.sacbee.com
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Working to help the living and the dead, makeup artist Yuan Cheng-yi's (袁徵宜) skillful hands that wash and style have allowed many deceased clients to rest in peace.
A cosmetologist for 15 years, Yuan said she used to be afraid of ghosts, adding that little did she know that one day she would follow the prediction of a fortune teller that she would work for the dead.
Yuan has worked as a mortuary makeup artist for the past eight years, and has been called upon by families to tend to their loved ones after accidents and major disasters.
She once reconstructed about 90 percent of the body of a young person who had died in a car accident that left the body without recognizable skeletal structure.
She has also reconstructed the body of an elderly man who was severely mangled after he died in the wild and his body was gnawed by stray dogs, as well as the bodies of victims of the floods caused by Typhoon Morakot, which left the bodies with badly damaged faces or maggot infestations.
Having taken overseas training courses, Yuan started using specialized anticorrosive stuffing materials when most mortuary makeup artists in Taiwan were still using cotton or newspaper to stuff damaged bodies.
Yuan said her work often begins by fixing a fractured skull and mending it to resemble the original shape of the person's head, then using wax or specialized material to recreate the face before sculpturing the body according to the height and weight of the deceased.
Very complex cases can take more than 10 hours to complete, she said.
She says she often hears the deceased telling her to hurry up when she is working on them, saying: "Get a move on — help me return to my original form, my family wants to see me."
"Although the soul and body of the deceased are separated, many of them still care and linger," she said.
There have been times when her inspiration failed her and she could not get the facial features to resemble the person when they were alive, so she asks the deceased for help.
There was one time she was struggling to finish her work before the body of a man who died of oral cancer was due to be put in its coffin.
Yuan said she asked the deceased for help and, 15 minutes later, the man's daughter burst into tears when she saw the body, telling her: "This is exactly what my father looked like when he was alive, he always pouted his lips to make me laugh."
Yuan said that due to her psychic powers, she is able to feel the fickleness of human nature more than ordinary people.
She said one time she was washing the body of a middle-aged man and at about 4pm she heard dragging footsteps and grumbling as if someone was searching for something.
When the man's family heard of her experience, they cried, saying that he would always go to pick up the evening newspapers from the mailbox about that time and they believed she had heard him grumbling because he did not realize he was dead and he was angry because he could not find the newspapers.
The grumbling only stopped after family members put an evening newspaper next to one of his hands and pushed the body into the mortuary freezer, she said.
Once, when handling the body of a nurse who had committed suicide by jumping off a building, Yuan said she heard the nurse telling her: "I regret it, but there's no way of starting over again now."


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2008 Speaker Highlights
Al Gore
Vice President
Former Vice President Al Gore is co-winner, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for "informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change." Mr. Gore is the author of An Inconvenient Truth, a best-selling book on the threat of and solutions to global warming, and the subject of the movie of the same title, which was awarded a 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Gore also chairs the Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-profit organization designed to help solve the climate crisis.
He is cofounder and Chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to Sustainable Investing. He is also a partner in the venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, heading that firm's climate change solutions group. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Computer, Inc. and a Senior Advisor to Google, Inc. Gore is also cofounder and Chairman of Current TV, an independently owned cable and satellite television network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism.
Gore has been the leading advocate for confronting the threat of global warming since his election to the U.S. Congress 30 years ago. His pioneering efforts were outlined in his best-selling book Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit (1992). He led the Clinton-Gore Administration's efforts to protect the environment in a way that also strengthens the economy.
Allison Arieff
Sunset Magazine and "By Design" Columnist, New York Times
Allison Arieff writes the "By Design" column for the New York Times, Editor at Large for Sunset magazine, and lectures frequently on sustainability, architecture and design. Arieff was the Editor in Chief of Dwell, and was the magazine's founding senior editor. She is the author of the books Prefab and Trailer Travel.
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Bill Reed AIA, LEED
Integrative Design Collaborative
An internationally recognized proponent and practitioner in sustainability and an architect, Bill is president of the Integrative Design Collaborative - a consulting organization working to lift green building design practice into one that is fully integrated with living systems. He is an ally of the regenerative planning firm Regenesis and the strategic environmental planning firm Natural Logic. His work centers on creating the framework for and managing the integrative, whole-systems design process; emphasizing building evolutionary capability in design, construction, and engagement with our environment. The objective is to improve the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living places.
He served as co-chair of the LEED Technical Committee from its inception in 1994 through 2003; is a member of the LEED Advanced faculty and one of the first of twelve USGBC trainers of the LEED Rating System; founding Board Member of the US Green Building Council; and served on the national executive committee of the AIA Committee On The Environment. He currently serves on the Board of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, as an advisor to Environmental Building News, and on the board of CitiLog.
Bill is a consultant, design process facilitator, and lecturer. He has participated in over 200 presentations and workshops relating to Sustainable and Regenerative Design. He has consulted on dozens of LEED projects - achieving many certifications - Certified to Platinum. He is a guest lecturer at Universities from Harvard to University of British Columbia. His clients range from New York City Department of Design and Construction, U.S. General Services Administration, Loreto Bay, Baja, Mexico, Sidwell Friends School, US Green Building Council, Genzyme Corporation, Teknion, LLC, the Willow School, Loreto Bay, various city planning agencies on the East and West coast, and many private development companies in the US, Canada, and Mexico.
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Chris Jordan
Photographer & Designer
Chris Jordan is an internationally acclaimed photographic artist and activist whose work explores the detritus of American mass culture. His newest series, titled Running the Numbers, depicts the staggering statistics that define contemporary America, in huge intricately detailed panels as large as thirty feet wide. These huge works invite the viewer to walk up close and see every detail as a metaphor for the role of the individual in our hypermodern society. Chris's work is exhibited widely in the US and Europe, and has been featured in magazines, newspapers, weblogs, documentary films and television programs all over the globe. A sought-after speaker on the subject of mass culture, Chris also has appeared on several national television programs recently. Currently Chris is spokesperson for National Geographic's Earth Day 2008. He lives in Seattle with his wife the poet, Victoria Sloan Jordan, and his son Emerson.
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Chuck Reed
City of San Jose
Chuck Reed is the 64th Mayor of San José. Launching the San José Green Vision in October 2007, he has laid out 10 ambitious goals that will guide the City of San José over the next 15 years including a commitment to receive all electrical power from clean renewable sources. As Mayor of San José, Chuck is committed to improving the quality of life in the City, boosting the public's trust in local government, and fixing the City's structural budget deficit. The Reed Reforms, a comprehensive strategy to return honesty, fiscal responsibility, and open government to City Hall, are part of Chuck's vision to make the political process more accessible to the general public. The reforms require further disclosure from elected officials, add restrictions on lobbyists, and increase the role of citizens in San José government.
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David Suzuki
Author & TV Host
The Nature of Things
David Suzuki is an award-winning biologist and broadcaster who has has pioneered efforts in sustainable ecology. For his work Suzuki has received a UNESCO Prize for Science, as well as the United Nations Environmental Medal. His best-selling books include Good News For A Change: How Everyday People are Helping The Planet, Genethics: The Clash Between the New Genetics and Human Values, and The David Suzuki Reader. He is also host of the award-winning television show The Nature of Things. David Suzuki is a brilliant interpreter of science and nature for the non-specialist and engages audiences in an informative and profound discussion of our place in the natural world. He is currently Professor Emeritus in Zoology at The University of British Columbia.
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Eric Corey Freed
Architect and Principal
Eric Corey Freed is principal of organicARCHITECT, an architecture and consulting firm in San Francisco, with 15 years of experience in green building. Eric teaches the Sustainable Design program he developed at the Academy of Art University and University of California Berkeley. He is on the boards of Architects, Designers & Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), Green Home Guide and West Coast Green, as well as the advisory boards of nearly a dozen other organizations. He is one of the founders of ecoTECTURE: The Online Journal of Ecological Design. His monthly column at GreenerBuildings.com is syndicated to over a dozen other publications. Eric lectures around the country at 40+ conferences a year, and his work has been featured in Dwell, Metropolis, Town & Country, Natural Home and Newsweek. Eric is the author of "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies", a best seller with 50,000 copies in print.
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Hunter Lovins
Founder & President
Natural Capitalism Solutions
Hunter Lovins is an international consultant, professor, speaker and author on enhancing business value while practicing environmental sustainability. She presents regularly to audiences ranging from business, government, community groups and universities. For over 20 years, she has been widely published, quoted and referred to on how being environmentally friendly increases profits.
Hunter is one of the founders of the new field of Sustainable Management, a co-developer of America's first accredited MBA Sustainable Management program and a Professor of Business at Presidio School of Management. Hunter's best known book, Natural Capitalism- Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, is widely considered to be an inspiration and an essential reference book. President Clinton called it "A huge deal." The Economist stated, it will "...leave every reader with the hope that the old battle between business and the environment can reach a peaceful and constructive conclusion." She has authored hundreds of articles and books.
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Jeff Oberdorfer
Executive Director
First Community Housing
As Executive Director of First Community Housing, a non-profit affordable housing developer in San Jose, California, Jeff Oberdorfer AIA, CDS has pioneered in the arena of "Green", sustainable, multi-family housing for working individuals and families in the greater Bay Area. First Community Housing coordinates all financing, entitlements and award winning design on their mixed use developments. Jeff is a LEED Accredited Professional and a frequent speaker at forums focused on smart growth and affordable housing.
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Jerry Brown
Attorney General
State of California
Edmund G. Brown Jr., current State Attorney General, served as California's Governor between 1975 and 1983. He is best known for his pioneering work in making California a leader in energy efficiency and renewable energy. Brown successfully sponsored a 55% solar tax credit and promoted the nation's first appliance and building efficiency standards.
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John Knott
Founder & CEO
Noisette Project
President and co-founder of the Noisette Company, LLC, John Knott leads the Noisette Project development team, which is collaborating in a public-private partnership with the City of North Charleston to restore 3,000 acres of the city's historic urban core. Mr. Knott has 38 years of experience in the urban redevelopment, historic preservation and community rehabilitation fields. He is an internationally recognized leader in the redevelopment of cities, and has served as an advisor to municipalities throughout the United States and Canada, in addition to cities in China and Russia.
As the Noisette Company's visionary, Mr. Knott guides the Company's master planning process with the local community in North Charleston, emphasizing the balance between business and residential uses with the restoration of the region's ecosystem. In 2001, Dewees Island, a 1,206-acre eco-friendly residential development managed by Mr. Knott, won the Urban Land Institute's prestigious Award for Excellence.
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Jon Alexander
Sunshine Construction LLC
Jon Alexander is the President of Sunshine Construction and has 25 years experience as a general contractor in Seattle, focusing on large residential projects. He has specialized in and promoted green building since 1991. He is one of the founders of the Northwest EcoBuilding and is a fourth generation construction contractor.
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Josiah Raison Cain
Landscape Architect and Chief Design Officer
Design Ecology
Josiah Raison Cain is a Harvard trained landscape architect with 16 years experience in ecological design and green building applications. He has been featured on radio and television, lectures regularly, and teaches courses at Esalen, Sonoma State University and UC Davis. He is currently a Partner and Chief Design Officer at Design Ecology in Mill Valley, specializing in vegetated architectural systems and urban ecological solutions.
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Michelle Kaufmann
Michelle Kaufmann Designs
Our office is a leader in sustainable design. WE have been published in the New York Times, Time, Money, USA Today. The National Building Museum in Washington DC is building our Glidehouse in their museum for an exhibit they are doing on Green Building. Michelle Kaufmann has been a speaker at Prefab Now, hosted by Dwell magazine and UCLA hammer museum, at the Walker Art Center, DWR studios, Prefab Proactive by Dwell, AIA Minnesota convention, has been a professor at Iowa State University, and Woodbury University.
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Randy Hayes
Senior Staff
Randy Hayes, working from the US, is a Climate Policy Officer at the World Future Council. The World Future Council, based in Hamburg, is a global forum composed of 50 respected individuals from around the world championing the rights of future generations and working to ensure that humanity acts now for a sustainable future www.worldfuturecouncil.org. Randy Hayes is also the founder of Rainforest Action Network. Hayes, a filmmaker in the '80s, is a veteran of many high-visibility corporate accountability campaigns, has advocated for the rights of Indigenous peoples. He also worked as the President to the City of San Francisco Commission on the Environment (5 years) and Director of Sustainability in the office of Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown (2 ½ years). He worked at the International Forum on Globalization (4 years), a think-tank on the global economy is based in San Francisco.
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Sarah Susanka
Author, The Not So Big House
Susanka Studios
Bestselling author, architect and cultural visionary Sarah Susanka is leading a movement to redefine the American home and lifestyle. Her "build better, not bigger" approach to residential architecture has been embraced across the country and her "Not So Big" philosophy is evolving beyond our physical habitations and into how we inhabit our lives.
In May, Random House released Susanka's latest title, The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters. In the book, she reveals that quality-over-quantity serves not only architectural aims, but life goals as well. She unveils a process for changing the way we live by fully inhabiting each moment of our lives and showing up completely in whatever it is we are doing. Through this process, readers will discover more meaningfulness, vitality and that sense of being "at home" in life that so many people are searching for today.
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Shyam Kannan
Vice President Director of Research and Development
Shyam Kannan is a Vice President at Robert Charles Lesser and Co. based in our Washington, D.C. Shyam has expertise in all aspects of real estate development, including large-scale mixed-use ventures, complex infill projects, and high-rise mixed-use developments. He brings over a decade of experience in green buildings to clients needing strategic advice and market analytics surrounding green building and brownfield redevelopment. He leads RCLCO's research endeavors surrounding green and sustainable development as well as changing consumer preferences for residential development. He is currently a full member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and sits on its Transit-Oriented Development Council.
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There is no escaping Christmas this weekend - but here is our guide of things to do.
PAID AND FREE: Cheeky Santa Dash, Preston, Saturday December 16
Father Christmas is taking a well earned rest and joining fellow santas at Avenham Park for a Cheeky Santa Dash. The participants will be in the park from 11.30am as they do a 5k run in aid of Beating Bowel Cancer, Mummy's Star and the Rosemere Cancer Foundation. The event is organised by Ben Ashworth, who set up Ben's Bowel Movements.
FREE: Christmas Tree Festival, Preston, various
Families can head down to St Mary Magdalene's Church, in Ribbleton Avenue, Ribbleton, for its Christmas Tree Festival.
The event starts on Saturday December 17 until Friday December 23.
There will be a variety of stalls, decorations, festive food and of course Christmas trees.
PAID: Christmas Fever, Preston, Sunday December 18
Fever Dance Company presents a new show for all the family with the theme of Winter Wonderland at Preston Guild Hall on Sunday. Showcasing the talents of all the pupils from this amazing dance school. Fever has featured on Got to Dance, the Royal Variety Performance, ITV, the Strictly Come Dancing live tour and more. The show has a seasonal twist with performers of all ages for what organisers say promises to be an excellent afternoon's entertainment. Tickets are priced £11 or £14 on the door and fun gets under way at 2pm.
FREE AND PAID: Christmas Festival, all month
The Withy Arms, in Leyland, is offering 16 cask ales, mulled wine and roasted chestnuts from 6pm every weekday and from 3pm on Saturday and Sunday. There is live entertainment on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
PAID: Blackpool Tower Christmas Wonderland, Friday December 23
The ballroom hosts festive activities including Mrs Claus in her kitchen; posting a letter to Santa; making reindeer food; learning how to wrap presents and make decorations at the elf school; meeting Father Christmas and singing with Elsa.
Session times: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 3.30pm and 4.30pm. Child tickets (£19.95) come with a free adult ticket, Additional adult tickets are £5.
FREE: Christmas dinner, Sunday December 25
Leyland Methodist Church, in Turpin Green, is hosting a Christmas Day dinner for people who may be alone. There is no charge, but donations are welcome. The morning church service starts at 10.30am. People need to book by calling 01772 453586 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Elsewhere, The Foxton Centre, Preston, is open on Christmas Eve from noon until 2pm and Nandos is hosting a festive meal on Sunday - ticket only by referral from the centre. Volunteers are always welcome to help. On Boxing Day, the centre is open noon from until 2pm for free Christmas dinner for homeless people.
PAID: Viva Christmas Eve, Blackpool, Saturday December 24
There will be fun and flamboyant frolics as Leye D Johns presents a Vegas style cabaret night at Viva Blackpool, Church Street, with guest vocalists and the beautiful VIVA Showgirls for an evening of festive fun.
The fun kicks off at 6pm and ends at 11pm.
Tickets are £14.50 per person. Adults only.
To book a seat, call 01253 297 297.
PAID: Santa Cruise, Hoghton, Friday December 23
Santa comes on board Riley Green Marina, Bolton Road, Hoghton, on Friday. There are a choice of three departure times: noon, 2pm or 4pm.
The cost is £15 per person. Adults will be served a hot drink or mulled wine and mince pies, with soft drinks, biscuits and treats for the children plus their own present from Santa.
For more information contact Ellie on 01254 202967 or email email@example.com.
PAID: Children's Christmas Eve Party, Leyland, Saturday December 24
Wellington Park, in Church Road, Leyland, is hosting its annual Christmas party on Christmas Eve, from noon until 3pm.
The fun includes a disco, lunch, and a visit from Santa with a present for each child.
Tickets are £7.95 each.
To book call 01772 432881.
PAID: Breakfast with Tommy, Burnley, Friday December 23
Children are invited to join Tommy Trotter at Shores Hey Farm, Off Halifax Road, Briercliffe, for breakfast and receive a special gift.
The session is from 9.30am until 10.30am.
Book in advance 01282 455992.
Parents/guardians attending with a child will receive a 10 per cent discount voucher that can be used in one transaction on food on the day.
PAID: Pinocchio, Lancaster, Friday and Saturday December 23 and 24
Christopher Hill presents the classic tale of a wooden puppet who turns into a boy at The Dukes Theatre, in Moor Lane.
The panto, which includes puppetry, is on until January 7.
The show is directed by Louie Ingham and music is composed by Mark Melville.
Tickets are from £11 to £19. To book call the box office on 01524 598500 or visit www.dukes-lancaster.org.
FREE: Santa's Grotto, Preston, Friday and Saturday December 23 and 24
Children are being given one last chance to give Santa their wish list at St George's Shopping Centre, Preston, on Friday and Saturday, 11am until 4pm.
Entry is free and includes a gift.
It is run by Galloway's Society for the Blind, with all donations going to the charity.
PAID: Nicktoons Christmas Grotto and Ice Skating, Blackpool, until December 24.
Santa Claus will be paying a visit to give every good boy and girl a Blackpool Pleasure Beach Diamond Pass for the 2017 season and a special Nickelodeon gift.
Families can have their photo taken with the Nickelodeon characters, visit the Arena for ice skating fun. Cost is £10.99 per person, when booked online in advance of visit or £12.99 on arrival.
PAID: Celebrity Duck Trail, Burscough, December 23 and 24
If anyone fancies a break from Christmas, Martin Mere still has its Celebrity Duck Trail throughout December and January. The activity takes families across the whole of the grounds at Martin Mere. Pick up a Dusty Duck trail map from the admission desk and tick off the duck statues dotted around. Admission £12.60 for adults, £6 for children, family ticket £33.50.


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The Basics – What's Out There?
The Official Tourism Site for the State of New York is usually the first website people will visit to get information about a New York State destination. Looking at the regional map we would assume Amsterdam is located in the Central New York region. Clicking on the map of NY Central Region opens the tourism website for Central New York.
Montgomery County is not listed as part of the Central, or any region on the NYS region map!
On the NYS Official Tourism website, we can click on the header CITIES & TOWNS, from there we are presented with an entry box where you can type in Amsterdam. You are then presented with the following description:
What is wrong with this picture? First of all Amsterdam is listed as a town. There is a town of Amsterdam, but the site is describing the city of Amsterdam. The Noteworthy Indian Museum has been closed for some time now. The Walter Elwood Museum closed since last year's flood. None of the underlined links are working. The majority of the locations described (Fort Johnson, Lake George, Halcyon Farm B&B, The Brown House) are neither in the town or city of Amsterdam. There is no Visitor Center or garden at Riverlink Park.
Clicking on the SEE & DO tab for Amsterdam brings up the following:
Out of the five Locations listed, only the Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course is operational and in Amsterdam. The New York State Outdoorsman Hall of Fame is in Vail Mills/Broadalbin.
Clicking on the EVENTS tab gives us the following for Amsterdam:
Finally, clicking on the STAY tab brings this up:
Here we have some useful information, places to stay actually in the city and town of Amsterdam (along with a few that are not).


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Ion mixes it up with second-gen USB turntables
Fresh from its first USB turntable, Ion has expanded its single-model set by adding two additional turntables into the mix, each offering new looks and improved feature sets.
Ion's iTTUSB05: plug-and-play vinyl recording
Both models are suitable for plug-and-play use and ship with the EZ Vinyl Converter software, which stores digitised tracks from vinyl directly into the iTunes-compatible AAC format, so you can listen to your old LPs on your new iPod while out and about.
The iTTUSB05 opts for a classic square body in place of its predecessor's more modern, curvacious appearance. According to Ion, the iTTUSB05 has been designed for those with traditional home stereo racks, perhaps looking for a way to play their LPs, while simultaneously digitising them. But each deck now features a hinged plastic cover to protect records and needles from dust, and are capable of several playback speeds, including 33rpm, 45rpm and - if you've got some really old records, 78rpm.
The Ion iTTUSB10 model has the additional benefit of an s-shaped tone-arm and tone-arm lift lever. It also allows the user to switch between phono and line output, thanks to a selection of audio ports.
Pre-amps have also been integrated into both models, which help detect the presence of weak signals and then strengthen them accordingly.
Ion's iTTUSB10: smoother looks and switcheable outputs
Each model is equipped with a selection of would-be DJ accessories, including a USB cable and a 7in-single spindle adaptor for different sized records.
Both models are available in the US now, with the iTTUSB05 priced at $150 (£73/€108) and the iTTUSB10 priced at $250 (£122/€181). No word has yet been given on an official European release date or price.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Two liberal arts freshmen began their time at UT with an expression their creative and technological sides to create the first and second place videos for the Gone To Texas Video Contest.
Zeyi Lin, the contest's overall winner, is a Plan II and electrical engineering major. The inspiration behind his video was his "sense of appreciation and wonder for technology." Gone To Texas was the first video contest Lin ever entered; previously, he had only created videos for school projects. Lin received a Dell laptop as his first-place prize.
Logan Crossley, a Plan II and international relations and global studies major, was awarded second place and an iPad Mini.
"I've always loved the concept of Rube Goldberg machines: after a series of completely random tasks, something finally gets accomplished in the most roundabout way." Crossley said, on the inspiration for his entry. "Oftentimes they work in totally unexpected ways and feature objects with seemingly no relation to one another. I found that to have many striking parallels to UT."
Being recognized by the Gone To Texas judges encouraged Crossley to continue producing imaginative content.
"As I was walking back to my dorm last night, another student stopped me and said, 'Your video was amazing. It was exactly what I wanted to see in this competition. It made me happy.' Comments like that justify all of the work and the late nights of editing and set design. That is why I want to continue doing this in the future."
This was the fifth annual GTT video contest. The theme for the videos was "What starts here, changes the world." Submissions had a 60-second time limit and had a required script. Winners were unveiled Tuesday night at the Gone To Texas event.
"Gone To Texas was a truly memorable way to kick off the year," Lin said. "Learning more about the university's core values and watching the Longhorn Band perform are some reasons why I am so proud to call The University of Texas at Austin my home for the next four years."


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Tropical storm moving toward Mexican coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials on Mexico's storm-struck Pacific coast braced Sunday night for the possibility of heavy rains with the arrival of fast-moving Tropical Storm Sonia, which was projected to hit the mainland by early Monday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sonia was centered about 115 miles (190 kilometers) south-southwest of Culicacan and 115 miles (185 kilometers) east of the tip of the Baja California late Sunday.
The storm had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph), down some from earlier in the evening. It was heading north-northeast at 17 mph (28 kph).
Sonia could weaken some before coming ashore, and was likely to dissipate rapidly once over land, the center said.
Ismael Checa Landeros, civil defense director for Sinaloa, the state in the storm's path, said it was likely to hit near Culiacan, Navolato and Elota, all areas hit in September by Hurricane Manuel.
The government of Sinaloa state said school classes were canceled for Monday in five municipalities that could be affected by the storm. Sixty shelters were being opened in case anyone had to evacuate their homes.
Checa said officials were on alert but had not yet decided if anyone would need to be evacuated.
In the resort town of Los Cabos in Baja California, officials opened a shelter for possible evacuees and said the port had been closed to small craft.
The U.S. hurricane center said the storm could produce up to 6 inches (about 15 centimeters) of rainfall in Sinaloa and Durango states, with isolated areas getting as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters).
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The official sticker price of the Xbox One is $500, but be prepared to spend a lot more if you want the best experience.
Just like Sony's PlayStation 4, the Xbox One includes a single wireless controller. As Microsoft revealed over the weekend, additional Xbox One controllers will cost $60–same as the PS4. That's where the similarities end.
Whereas the PlayStation 4 controller has a built-in rechargeable battery, the Xbox One controller runs on AA batteries out of the box. If you don't want battery life to get in the way of your play time on the Xbox One, you must purchase a $25 Play and Charge kit, which includes a rechargeable battery pack and charging cable. Either that, or you can keep your controller tethered to the console via a micro USB connection at all times. This connection will power the controller, but it won't charge your batteries.
Should you decide to buy a second controller, you can get a bundle with the Play and Charge kit for $75. The grand total, then, is $600 for the console and two controllers with rechargeable batteries.
It gets worse: If you're into online gaming, you might want a headset to chat with friends. That's another $25 with Microsoft's console. Add that to the cost of the two controllers and charge kits, and now you're up to $625. And you still haven't bought any games yet.
Let's compare that to Sony's PlayStation 4: One controller is included. Each controller has its own battery pack, which can be charged with any micro USB cable. You can buy a couple of 10-foot cables on Amazon for about $3. The PS4 also includes a wired headset. Put it all together, and you're at about $466 for a console, two controllers and a headset. Should you decide to tack on Sony's PlayStation 4 Camera, that brings the total to $526–still far less expensive than the Xbox One with similar accessories.
One more thing, confirmed last month and reiterated by Sony this week: If you want to use apps like Netflix, chat with friends or partake in free-to-play games on the PS4, there's no additional cost. On the Xbox One, all of those services require a $60 per year Xbox Live subscription. Sony only requires a subscription for online multiplayer, and at $50 per year, it's $10 cheaper than Microsoft's online service.
None of these things automatically make the PlayStation 4 a better console than the Xbox One. Having played with both consoles at E3, I found myself more intrigued by Microsoft's exclusive games, its television plans and the next version of Kinect. I'm not making any final judgments on quality until both consoles are on the market.
Still, as the extra costs of an Xbox One add up, it's become increasingly clear that the PlayStation 4 is a better value.


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I'm working with XML documents that are built in memory. This seems to work jsut fine but I've got a problem while trying to evaluate an XPathExpression on the document. When I do it returns a null result. Here's an example of what I'm trying to do and maybe someone might have an idea how I can fix this issue:
The XML looks similar to this:
<mta> <subject>Some Text</subject> <!-- other stuff under here as well --> </mta>
My code:
Object results; NodeList ndlst; XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(); XPathExpression expr = xpath.compile("//mta/subject/text()"); results = expr.evalutate(doc, XPathConstants.NODESET); ndlst = (NodeList) results;
The NodeList should have one node in it but it if I were to request a .getLength() from it then it returns 0
As I said the document is built in memory (not read from a flat file). I have tested this XPath expression on a flat file and it works. Only when the document is built in memory do I have this problem.


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Google Apps for Business is supposed to be secure enough for corporate data, as described in their FAQ: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/faq.html
They say "We also undergo regular security reviews by third parties and SAS 70 audits by an independent third party. We fully believe in the security of our Google Apps environment that we store our own Google corporate data in the same environment."
Therefore, it should be safe to use Google Spreadsheets (Business) to keep track of passwords, right?


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Poker Cash Games
Learn how to play poker cash games
Cash games (or ring games) are the most popular and basic form of online poker. All a player needs is the money to sit down at the table (the "buy-in") and off they go! Unlike a tournament the blinds will not increase at any stage, and a player may get up and leave the table any time they wish.
Once a player has deposited funds into his or her account, then it's time to select the game! The games in the lobby are listed by blinds and game types. Each game type, be it Omaha poker, Texas Hold'em Poker or a friendly game of Seven Card stud are each broken down into Fixed limit, Pot Limit and No Limit betting formats.
Joining a Table
Once a player has decided upon their preferred game and format, the available tables are listed according to the level of blinds in play. Simply double-click on the name of the table, and it will open up in a new browser window.
The next choice is which seat to choose (click on an empty one to sit down). Once a player has done so, he or she will be required to choose to either wait for the big blind (if they haven't joined the game in sequence) or, if a player wishes, they may join in the game ahead of time by posting the BB from out of position and getting dealt-in. The computer will prompt players to make this decision - or, indeed for any posting decision - each hand unless the player clicks in the "auto-post" option box on the lower left hand side.
Playing the Game
The game will progress as normal from this point, with players winning and losing, betting and folding as per any normal game. When a player fancies a break or simply wants to change tables, they may leave and take their chips with them. A few things to note are as follows:
· Players may not leave the game and then return immediately with less money than they left with.
- · Players may 'sit out' of the game for a while if they know they are leaving for a short period (thus retaining their seat) by simply clicking 'sit out' on the lower left option box, and then upon their return from feeding the cat or taking a phone call, a player clicks 'sit in' and rejoins the game. If a player has missed his or her turn in the blinds upon their return they will required to post them immediately or wait for them to come round again.
As a useful guide we have enclosed below some information that may help a player decide which table is right for them. In making this decision the amount of available money will often be the determining factor. Most professional players refer to this as their "bankroll".
Any serious poker player should treat his poker bankroll like a business - always investing in the right games, and at the right amounts to play the game properly; never risking more than he or she should, but always properly-equipped to play the game with a reasonable amount of freedom.
Cash games (ring tables) can often be highly volatile with situations whereby you can make exactly the right decisions and do everything correctly, but still get outdrawn. This being the case it is never wise to have everything in your bankroll invested in just one game.
For example, you can get dealt A-A and put all your money in against an opponent holding K-K. One of the other Kings arrives (roughly a 20% chance) and *pop* there goes the hard-earned bankroll. No player likes this scenario. Protecting your investment by not having it all in play at any one time is the best way forward!
If you decide to play a cash game you should ideally buy into the game for around 100 big blinds (up to around 200 max) e.g. playing a €1/€2 NL table you would be well advised to enter the game for €200 as a workable minimum.
What you need to find is a situation whereby you have enough money to play the game but enough in reserve in case you need to buy back into the game after a bad beat. You don't want to be in a situation where you can't rebuy after a bad beat (and they will come no matter how well you play!).
In general, a stable, passive table is less likely to throw up these bad beats than a loose aggressive and volatile table.
In each situation it is important to judge things as they are, and game selection is of the utmost importance. Like any business, key decisions like these are fundamental to your strategy and often determine how much you risk, what reward is available and how quickly and stably you will build your investment.


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I can almost guarantee that people are going to freak over this tutorial on "how to draw chibi Absol", step by step. I received a little more than twenty requests for this Pokemon species to be drawn in chibi form. Absol is an adorable dark type species that is not a formation from any other evolved form. It has an all-white coat with dark midnight blue skin for the face, as well as the tail, horn, and claws. I love the style of this species creation and I want to say thanks to the artistic creator that designed this creature. I made sure to make an easy enough version so that artists of all levels can tackle the task of learning "how to draw chibi Absol". I think you will find that this is probably one of the top five cutest chibi Pokemon I have done so far, and now a new task arises as I have yet to make another chibi Pokemon that is cuter than chibi Absol. Have fun guys, and remember to let me know how you like this, and any other tutorial you come across on Dragoart.com.
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reclinable modular seat
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winning features
adjustable handlebar
extra large extendable sun hood
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large gear tray with 10kg capacity
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engineered for the city and beyond
compared with other brands, Mountain Buggy strollers require less force to 'pop' up the front wheel around obstacles and kerbs thanks to perfect weight distribution for optimised performance.
cleverly engineered for a smooth and comfortable ride in and out of the city, cosmopolitan boasts; suspension for the front and rear, puncture proof 12" rear aerotech tyres, and superior handling with lockable front wheels. Not to mention an easy to use, flip-flop friendly pedal foot brake.
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Rays pack up trucks for Spring Training
Equipment loaded for trek to Port Charlotte, Fla., as camp approaches
ST. PETERSBURG -- Equipment trucks were parked at Tropicana Field on Thursday morning. By the time the Rays' clubhouse staff had finished packing each, both swelled with supplies, which signified one thing: Spring Training is near.
"When we load the trucks, we load our thoughts for spring," said Chris Westmoreland, who is in the midst of a transition from the Rays' equipment manager to a role as the team's traveling secretary.
After getting packed, the trucks will remain parked overnight before team personnel will depart Tropicana Field in the trucks Friday morning to make the journey south to Port Charlotte, Fla.
Included in the cargo are 30 dozen bats, 1,000 dozen baseballs, 20 cases of bubble gum (80 buckets), 50 cases of sunflower seeds, toiletries, laundry supplies and 600 towels.
Clubhouse staff loading the truck for Pt. Charlotte only means one thing: 15 days until pitchers & catchers. pic.twitter.com/Elm1H0vG99- Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) January 30, 2014
Tampa Bay is scheduled to have 62 players in camp, and all will need uniforms. Representing each player on the truck will be two pairs of white pants, two pairs of gray pants and two batting-practice tops. Backup uniforms also were packed, which included 300 pairs of each color of pants.
In the past, the Rays' Spring Training hat has featured a baby blue bill with a dark blue crown. Those hats will still be worn, so 20 dozen were packed, as were another 20 dozen of the new Spring Training hat that will see a dark blue bill with a baby blue crown.
Uniforms are often adjusted during the course of Spring Training, whether it's for a newcomer in camp, a ripped uniform, or for countless other reasons. Anticipating said adjustments, the team packs an extra sewing machine, extra fabric, and uniform letters. A seamstress is on hand in Port Charlotte for duty as needed.
Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to camp on Feb. 14, but many will find their way to camp earlier.
Tropicana Field, which facilitates offseason workouts for the players, will be open for workouts through Feb. 10. Most players will take Feb. 11 off before converging on the Charlotte Sports Complex where they will continue their workouts before the official beginning of Spring Training.
The Rays will open their Grapefruit League season Feb. 28 with a 1:05 p.m. ET contest against the Orioles at Charlotte Sports Park. Once the team finishes its spring slate, it will open the regular season on March 31 in a 4:10 p.m. affair at Tropicana Field.


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Destiny disappoints, despite legendary pedigree (review)
Xbox and PlayStation gamers have no doubt skipped school, called in sick and made other excuses for a chance to play Destiny. And after heavy hype and beta testing, Bungie and Activision's Destiny is finally here to face its fate, for better or for worse.
The answer is neither. Released Sept. 9, Destiny proves it's a good game — but not great. Vast, but not deep. Despite being created by the makers of Halo and the company that introduced Call of Duty, Destiny isn't the gem that gamers have been expecting.
Destiny tries to be too many things at once, doing its best to cater to too many trends. Part RPG, MMO and FPS, Destiny's got a bit of everything: a level-based class system where players get stronger through a series of quests, extended magazines, enhanced scopes and other weapon and armor perks for continued play, and a decent character creation system. (Just don't expect to be able to color your character's individual nose hairs à la Skyrim).
So what's missing?


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General Opening Times
Store opening times may vary. Food will be open later – please check retailer websites for further details.
Additional opening times
Eden Walk Kingston Store opening times may vary. Food will be open later – please check retailer websites for further details.
Getting here
Q-Park houses 700 parking spaces directly above the centre, including 21 disabled spaces. With a height restriction of 1.95m, the car park also has manned call points for assistance during opening hours.
For more information, please visit Q-Park Parking Office located on the second floor in the car park, or visit Q-Park website.
The closest train station is Kingston Station.
For more information including train times, please telephone National Rail Enquiries on 0845748 4950,or visit their website.
There are regular bus services throughout the region. For more information contact London Buses on 020 7222 1234 or visit Transport for London. You can also contact Surrey Travel Line on 087 1200 2233, or visit their website.
There are Park and Ride Services which can be reached on 020 8547 5929 - please note this is a seasonal service operating only from 1 November.
Baby Changing facilities are located on the second floor by the public toilets, near the car park office. We also offer a room for feeding a baby.
Q-Park houses 700 parking spaces directly above the Eden Walk, including 21 bays for Blue Badge holders. The car park offers manned call points to give assistance during opening hours. Please note there is a height restriction of 1.95m.
For car park opening hours and tariffs, click here.
For more information, please visit Q-Park Parking Office located on the second floor in the car park, or visit the Q-Park website.
We are proud that our car park has been issued the Park Mark, an award given by the Police to car parks that have achieved the standards of the Safer Parking Scheme, designed to reduce crime in car parks.
The centre operates a Childsafe Scheme. Please refer to the poster and information around the centre as to how the procedure works.
The Photo booth and Kiddie Ride are located on the ground floor level, in the Centre Management lift lobby.
Our customer toilets are located on the second floor, near the car park office.
Click & Collect services are available at Boots, Jigsaw, Maplin, M&S, Ryman & Sainsbury's. You can contact each store individually for more information.
Eden Walk offers a free Wi-Fi service so you can surf while you shop
Eden Walk is wheelchair accessible. We are proud to offer the Shopmobility scheme - please call 0208 547 1255 for more information.