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Who is who in the cabinet?
Jul 25, 2013
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has finally come up with a list of the Ministers, Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. Going by the list, the Prime Minister hasn't taken up a ministry as promised in their Manifesto.
Rinzin Dorje from Shompangkha Constituency in Sarpang has been chosen as the Foreign Minister. Namgay Dorji from Draagteng-Langthil in Trongsa is the Finance Minister. Norbu Wangchuk from Kanglung-Samkhar-Udzorong in Trashigang will be heading the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Damchoe Dorji, from Khatoed-Laya in Gasa, who was earlier touted as supposed Foreign Ministry is instead the Home Minister.
The Ministerial portfolio for the Ministry of Information and communication goes to D.N. Dhungyel from Phuensthogpelri-Samtse Constituency in Samtse.
The agriculture ministry will be headed by Yeshey Dorji from Maenbi-Tsaenkhar from Lhuentse.
Labour and Human Resources Minister is Ngeema Sangay Tshempo from Lhamoi Dzingkha-Trashiding under Dagana.
The first ever woman minister is Dorji Choden from Thrimshing constituency in Trashigang. She will be heading the works and human settlement minister.
Tandin Wangchuk from Athang-Thedtsho under Wangdue Phodrang has been chosen as the Health Minister. Mingbo Dukpa from Dewathang-Gomdar in Samdrup Jongkhar will head the education ministry.
Jigme Zangpo from Monggar Constituency is the Speaker and Chimmi Dorji from Lingmukha-Toedwang constituency in Punakha has been chosen as the Deputy Speaker.
The list has been submitted to His Majesty the King for Royal Consent. The Ministers-elect and the Prime Minister-elect will be conferred Dakyen by His Majesty the King on Saturday.


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I'm a developer and I install most of my tools in my home folder. So my shell's rc file is full of
MAVEN_HOME, ... variables. To expose all these environment variables to my GUI applications (think my IDE) I used to write a shell script by first defining those variables again and then running the application; and finally adding a launcher in my application menu to run that script.
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Can I instruct my DM to always use my shell to run all my applications?
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I use ZSH and Gnome, but a more generic solution would be appreciated.
I've already set my default shell to ZSH, but Gnome doesn't seem to considered that a good enough reason to use that shell for everything.


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Arcboot is a first stage bootloader that is able to load ELF32 and ELF64 kernel files from both ext2 and ext3 filesystems. At this time it is functional on the SGI IP22 and IP32.
Arcboot uses ARC PROM variables to find out what it's supposed to load and from where. The PROM variable OSLoadPartition must point to the partition that has the kernel and the configuration file arcboot.conf. PROM variable OSLoadFilename should contain a label pointing to a label section in the configuration file. If the label can't be found then arcboot tries to load a file in OSLoadFilename. Kernel parameters can be given in arcboot.conf using the append="..." directive and also using PROM variable OSLoadOptions.
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ARCS partitions
The OSLoadPartition partition name must be in the format used by ARCS, for example scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)
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A very cheap flight (£8.00 each) care of Wizz from Warsaw Sunday morning bought me & the wife to Goteborg. The day started off with a fine drizzle and if anyone knows what the weather was like at Radom on Saturday, then drizzle was actually quite pleasent.
The few days before the show at Goteborg they too had very heavy rain leaving the grass area more of a swamp, it really was bad. Anyhow, the show went on , a very relaxed show but worth attending as the Swedish Historic Flight rarely appear outside of Sweden, also this year Team 60 (Sweden's Red Arrows) were to make their only show appearence.
Come the afternoon the weather improved with quite a few breaks in the cloud and with the clear air and piercing blue sky's all was perfect. The bonus came as we were leaving when both Lansen's present taxied and left together, one of my aims was to see the Lansen flying & to see two in the air together was fantastic.
The weather, a curved flight line and somewhat more relaxed airshow regulations (compared to to the UK) made for a very nice day.
Next years show (28th & 29th August) should be a lot a bigger as they are celebrating 100years of Swedish Aviation.


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No quick fix: Locust bridge down for the count
If traffic on Route 250 in recent days is any example, Locust Avenue now boasts a bridge over troubled drivers– drivers stuck in traffic generated by the bridge's March 10 shut-down for repairs.
The bridge will be closed for four to five months, says city spokesperson Maurice Jones, while Lynchburg-based London Construction repairs the damage done in 1999 when excavation equipment in the back of a dump truck bashed a beam below the bridge.
At times during the course of repairs, Jones says, workers will have to narrow the Route 250 Bypass under the bridge to one lane, though in only one direction at a time. And both lanes will need to be shut down on at least one occasion (again, in only one direction). Fortunately, Jones says, that closure will occur in the "wee hours" when traffic is lightest.
City engineer Tony Edwards says drivers may want to give themselves some extra time to get to their destinations, and he encourages drivers to take larger roads such as routes 29 and 250. "We want to discourage people from making the cut through in neighborhoods," he says.
Though traffic in and around Downtown may be slightly heavier now– especially at rush hours– it might pale beside the traffic snarls that will undoubtedly ensue when the Park Street bridge closes for its own repairs as soon as Locust reopens this summer.
Since Park Street is a major artery for commuters coming in from north of town– with as many as 20,000 cars each day– the volume of traffic on alternate routes (especially Route 29) may make Charlottesville a little more like our NOVA neighbors– at least temporarily.
That the Locust Avenue and Park Street bridges bear similar scars is no coincidence: Both were struck– on the same day– by a truck from Waynesboro-based L.W. Critzer company. A spokesperson from Critzer declined comment on the 1999 incidents.
Since that time, countless newcomers have moved to the area, and many of them have never seen the Park Street bridge unadorned by orange cones. So what's taken so long for the repairs on either bridge to begin? Simple caution, says Edwards.
This is the second time the Locust Avenue bridge has undergone repair– the first took place after the bridge was struck by a truck (though not Critzer's) in 1993. The City learned a tough lesson from that experience. The truck's insurance company refused to reimburse the city for the repair, claiming the work could have been done for less money.
This time around, the city has made sure the majority of the expense won't fall on its shoulders. Of the $854,095 price tag for repairs to both bridges, the City is responsible for only $7,991. Critzer's insurance will cover $454,573, and the state will pick up the remaining $391,531.
But that direct expense doesn't take into account the hidden cost to drivers who are now spending added time in their cars and using up more gas– which at some pricier stations is going for more than $1.50 for a gallon of regular.
Those hidden costs can be calculated by use of a "network model," a computer program that takes traffic volume in a given area and predicts what problems and expenses any given change to traffic patterns will incur. No such model was used for the current repairs, says Edwards, and he says hidden costs were not tallied.
Perhaps that's best. Drivers now report the wait on High Street heading toward Downtown has jumped from one minute to as much as 10 minutes at peak times. And with those estimated 20,000 cars a day traveling on Park Street, allotting just $1 per driver for additional time and gas each day would put the figure after the estimated five month repairs at a budget-busting $3 million– not including the cost for the somewhat less-disruptive Locust Avenue repairs.
Though both repairs should be complete by November, that doesn't mean smooth sail... er, driving.
What's to keep these bridges from being damaged again as soon as they're fixed? Some localities put up "limbo" bars immediately preceding bridges that are likely to be struck. If a truck fails to clear the metal bar hanging over the road, the driver knows immediately how low he can go; no costly damage is done, and the driver has time to stop and plan an alternate route. Jones says the city won't put up those bars, and, in fact, there won't even be signs announcing the bridges' clearance, since both have heights that exceed the state's minimum requirement for a sign.
While most drivers never think about clearing a bridge, truck drivers, says Jones, are aware of their own vehicle's height– at least most of them are.
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I believe the West Germanics expanded from further north, perhaps from the area of present day Denmark. Peter Schrijver has argued that West Germanic is differentiated from Proto-Germanic in that it has the typical North European substratum also present in other languages of Northern Europe. I think ancient West Germanic DNA supports a northern origin more or less.
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NEW YORK -- Town Sports International (TSI) reported a decrease in revenue during today's first quarter 2010 earnings call with analysts.
TSI, which operates New York Sports Clubs, Boston Sports Clubs, Washington Sports Clubs and Philadelphia Sports Clubs, saw its revenue decline 7.1 percent to $117.7 million in first quarter 2010 compared to $126.7 million in first quarter 2009. TSI's comparable club revenue also decreased 6 percent in first quarter 2010 compared to first quarter 2009.
Total membership increased 1.9 percent to 495,000 as of March 31, 2010, compared to 486,000 as of Dec. 31, 2009. TSI averaged 3.5 percent per month attrition in first quarter 2010 compared to 3.6 percent per month in both first quarter 2009 and fourth quarter 2009.
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In its forward-looking statements, TSI lowered its revenue expectations for the second quarter from $123.9 million to between $116.5 million and $117.5 million. The New York-based company expects a net loss of between $1.2 million and $1.7 million in the second quarter.
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Turf Paradise
Jerry Simms is recognized as one of the most prolific and successful businessmen in race track history. Jerry Simms began his entrepreneurial career in the 1970s, first by owning and operating numerous car dealerships in Pasadena, California. Within a few years of these initial ventures, Jerry Simms expanded his career into the banking and real estate industries.
Jerry Simms continued to build on his initial success by delving into the horse racing industry. Having grown up in the Midwest, Jerry Simms was always fond of racehorses and horse racing. His passion for racehorses and racing convinced Jerry Simms to move to Phoenix in 1996, keen on making his mark in the horse racing industry.
In 2000, Jerry Simms acquired Turf Paradise, one of the most recognized and favored horse racing venues in U.S. race track history. Under the guidance of Jerry Simms, Turf Paradise is now widely respected and is now one of the most lucrative Phoenix horse racing and off-track betting facilities in race track history. Its daily simulcast races extend throughout Arizona and the entire globe.
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Upon purchasing Turf Paradise, Jerry Simms recognized immediately the need for someplace for the more than 2000 thoroughbred racehorses that live there to train and receive therapeutic care. Jerry Simms ordered the creation of this equine therapy swimming pool for the racehorses, one of the first in race track history, to improve equine health and to safeguard the racehorses from unnecessary stress and injuries.
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Turf Paradise enjoys a respectable if not storied race track history. Its race track history began on January 7, 1956, when it opened as one of Phoenix's first racehorses facilities and professional sports franchises. In the six decades of its race track history, Turf Paradise has only had five owners, the most recent being Jerry Simms.
From the start of its race track history, Turf Paradise has a one dirt track with a seven-furlong turf oval on which its racehorses compete and train. Thanks to the efforts of Jerry Simms, Turf Paradise also has a clubhouse with a private Directors Suite and an outdoor patio where visitors can watch their racehorses compete.
Even before Jerry Simms was added to its race track history, Turf Paradise opened to off-track betting on its racehorses in 1989. Under Jerry Simms, it is now one of the most prolific venues for simulcast OTB in race track history. Its simulcast off-track betting extends now to 45 in-state locations as well as more than 900 out-of-state venues. Jerry Simms welcomes OTB from six different countries, something that is unique in race track history.
During the OTB off-season, Jerry Simms allows Turf Paradise to be used for motorcycle racing. Jerry Simms ensures that the facility is available year-round equine therapy swimming pool service and barns for racehorses.
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Turf Paradise under the leadership of Jerry Simms remains one of the most successful venues for racehorses and OTB in race track history because it makes itself readily accessible to fans of quarter horse and thoroughbred racing. Visitors are welcomed to Turf Paradise seven days a week. Quarter horse and thoroughbred racehorses take to the track in daily simulcast races as well as weekend stakes. Jerry Simms opens at 9:00 in the morning with gates opening to the public at 11:00 a.m.
People who are new to quarter-horse and thoroughbred racing and simulcast off-track betting can easily find information about the sport and the race track history on the website for Turf Paradise. Jerry Simms has made it simple for novices to use the website to learn about the racehorses, and the race track history of the facility as well as common simulcast OTB and racing terminology, betting, and other key details one needs before in-person or off-track betting on the racehorses.
The website for Turf Paradise is also the place to find gift items and quarter horse racing memorabilia. Races at Turf Paradise are simulcast seven days a week online at the facility's website. Fans can also access Phoenix horse racing off-track betting simulcast results online.
Simulcast Horse Racing
Jerry Simms has continued the Turf Paradise race track history of broadcasting simulcast quarter horse races and Phoenix horse racing results over-the-air and online. During the yearly quarter horse and thoroughbred Phoenix horse racing season, which begins in mid-October and goes through early May, Turf Paradise will hold races seven days week at its physical location. However, the races will only be simulcast five days a week, Friday through Tuesday.
The Phoenix horse racing season at Turf Paradise now is simulcast to 2000 locations in 35 different countries, a unique achievement in race track history. Jerry Simms continues its race track history by holding ten quarter horse and thoroughbred races each day. The races are spaced about 30 minutes apart.
The simulcast races start around 12:30 in the afternoon on the weekdays and 12:55 p.m. on the weekends. However, simulcast broadcasts from Turf Paradise start at 9:00 in the morning and go through 7:00 at night.
off-track Betting
Jerry Simms has made Turf Paradise one of the most lucrative Phoenix horse racing facilities in race track history for off-track betting or OTB. Despite its long race track history, Turf Paradise only began accepting OTB or off-track betting in the last two decades. Still, with Jerry Simms at the helm, it has become one of the most popular Phoenix horse racing venues in race track history for OTB.
The process for off-track betting is simple. Phoenix horse racing fans can go to the website to find places that accept off-track betting. They can also check the OTB schedules and find OTB results.
As directed by Jerry Simms, off-track betting at Turf Paradise is accepted seven days a week. However, the Phoenix horse racing simulcast season is broadcast five days a week. People who are new to off-track betting can read more about the laws regarding off-track betting and other race track history betting facts by using the off-track betting link on the website for Turf Paradise.
Jerry Simms wants guests to have every success with their in-person or off-track betting. Jerry Simms makes available information about all of his quarter horse race track history and thoroughbred racehorses on the Turf Paradise website and programs.
They both give important details about all of the Turf Paradise racehorses and their race track history. Jerry Simms provides information like what breed each of the racehorses is as well as who owns, trains, and will be riding the racehorses in the Phoenix horse racing events.
These details help guests decide how much to wager for their in-person or off-track betting. Information about the jockeys for the racehorses can change, however, which is why people are encouraged to check their Turf Paradise programs or visit the Turf Paradise Phoenix horse racing website for the most updated details for the racehorses. It particularly can help betters who are not able to see the racehorses in person prior to the daily Phoenix horse racing events or know anything about the horses' race track history.
Turf Paradise is home to more than 2000 individual quarter horse and thoroughbred racehorses. The thoroughbred horse races that live, train, and undergo treatment in the equine therapy swimming pool at Turf Paradise are all registered as thoroughbred horse races. They are strong, fast, and incredibly agile, making them a mainstay throughout race track history.
Jerry Simms knows that people who are planning on off-track betting or in-person betting on any given Phoenix horse racing day wants to know as much as possible about the quarter horse and thoroughbred racehorses at Turf Paradise. Details about who owns and trains the thoroughbred racehorses as well as who will be riding it that day is all available on the website for Turf Paradise.
As at other Phoenix horse racing facilities, the thoroughbred racehorses at Turf Paradise are highly valued and capable of winning lucrative purses. off-track betting and in-person fans can get the Phoenix horse racing race track history on all of the racehorses housed at this Jerry Simms facility on the Turf Paradise website.
Quarter Horse
The American quarter horse has made its mark in race track history. For more than 100 years, the quarter horse has been highly prized for its speed, agility, and strength. Quarter-horse breeders raise these horses today primarily for racing but also for showing and rodeos.
Since their introduction to race track history, the quarter horse breed has generally been regulated to measurements conducive to long-distance running. The typical quarter horse today stands 14 to 16 hands high.
Before engaging in off-track betting, racing fans can find all of the race track history they need about the quarter horses housed by Jerry Simms at the facility. The names of the owners and trainers as well as the jockeys are all listed on the website. Jerry Simms also provides this information as well as the horses' race track history in the programs.
Equine Therapy Swimming Pool
Jerry Simms made race track history when he ordered the creation of a one-of-a-kind equine therapy swimming pool at Turf Paradise. The equine therapy swimming pool is housed in one of the numerous barns at the facility. This equine therapy swimming pool is designed specifically for the racehorses that live, train, and receive treatment at this Jeremy Simms venue.
Since the dawn of race track history, owners and trainers have worried about how to keep their racehorses safe from injury and stress. Traditional training exercises outside of the barns took too much of a toll on the legs and bodies of the racehorses.
However, the equine therapy swimming pool as conceived and designed with the input of Jerry Simms is unique in American race track history. It measures 30 by 60 by 12 feet and can hold up to 140,000 gallons of water. The equine therapy swimming pool is large enough to accommodate up to six horses at a time.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners agrees with Jerry Simms by acknowledging that racehorses can benefit from hydrotherapy in an equine therapy swimming pool. Exercising in an equine therapy swimming pool can ease aching muscles, strengthen bones and tendons, and improve cardiovascular and respiratory health. An equine therapy swimming pool can also spare a horse from a more invasive rehabilitation process.
Since he took over the facilities, Jerry Simms has improved not only the track and clubhouse but also the barns on the property. The barns are now more accommodating to not only the racehorses but also their owners.
Before owners can house their racehorses inside of any of the barns on the grounds, they first must register and get the proper credentials for their racehorses and trailers. The security personnel stationed at the barns will ask to see these credentials before they allow any new racehorses to be housed at this Jerry Simms race track facility. Jerry Simms implemented this measure to protect the health and safety of the racehorses that already live there as well as the new racehorses coming into the barns.
Everything owners need to care for their racehorses is provided by Jerry Simms in the barns. Jerry Simms ensures that the barns are open throughout the day to owners and trainers. Guests are not permitted into the barns without proper credentials. Security posted outside of the barns will ask about visitors' permission before they are allowed near the barns or into the equine therapy swimming pool area.


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The lone Frenchman, Jean Lacombe, sailing the smallest boat in the race, the tiny plywood "Cap-Horn," was, in fact, probably already the most experienced single hander among the 5 men who took part in the first OSTAR. Although up against more famous adventurers like Francis Chichester and Blondie Hasler, by the time the race started Lacombe had already sailed the Atlantic single-handed from East to West and back again, as well as cruising a great deal of the Eastern seaboard of the USA. He had done all this in his simple 21 ft centreboarder, Cap-Horn, designed by J-J. Herbulot as a low cost weekend cruiser.
(photo: Jean Lacombe's Cap-Horn after the 1960 OSTAR - still with race number - Jouet Cap Horn brochure)
Lacombe had actually been in New York with his boat when he heard of the race. He entered late and set sail for for the start line 3000 miles away at Plymouth to arrive 4 days after the others had departed. His participation went, therefore, almost unnoticed by the British and foreign press who had been in Plymouth covering the race preparations but had already left the scene.
Staying only long enough to fill his water tanks and buy a few provisions for the return voyage, Lacombe calmly set sail into the prevailing wind for another 3000 mile Atlantic crossing.
Lacombe's "Cap-Horn" was a compact weekend family cruiser of 21ft overall, built by Jouet, a well established boat building firm in Sartrouville, on the River Seine. It was a design that, though simple, was rather more sophisticated than the type of basic small cruising boat that was becoming popular in France in the 1950s, when the influential Glenans Sailing School began to turn out a few dozen enthusiastic young sailors every summer.
The yacht's designer, Jean Jacques Herbulot, had designed most of the Glenans school boats, so this new breed of French sailor was already programmed by training and experience to appreciate the simple rather "boxy" plywood hulls he had produced previously. The Cap-Horn, however, was not hard-chine ply-over-frame construction like most of his earlier boats. It had a nicely rounded cold moulded hull, though it retained the typically Herbulot wide, clear decks and minimal raised coachroof. The Cap-Horn is now quite a rare boat, and it's difficult to find much information about it, but, at the time it must have seemed a more sophisticated design than most others in its class.
The plywood Herbulot designs of the day, simple, compact, practical and inexpensive, were emblematic of French sailing in the '50s and early '60s. Just a year after the first OSTAR, however, France's first all-GRP production cruising boat emerged from the Jouet factory, and Cap-Horn's strong and lightweight cold moulded construction suddenly seemed old fashioned and labour intensive compared with the new high-tech material. (colour photo: the varnished hull of this 1964 Cap-Horn, recently for sale in France, has been well maintained and preserved.)
Jean Lacombe did complete that first OSTAR, finishing in last position after 74 days. He went on to take part again in the 1964 race (Tabarly's first win) in another Jouet-built boat, the Golif, a landmark (seamark?) design in French yachting history which I'll write about in another post soon
Cap-Horn built by P. Jouet & Cie, designed J. J. Herbulot
LOA 6.50m - (20.90 ft)
LWL 6.00m - (19.67 ft)
Beam 2.16m - (7.08 ft)
Draft (max) 1.20m - (3.94 ft)
Draft (min) 0.70m - (2.30 ft)
Displacement 907kg - (2000 lbs)


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A University of Southampton academic has received a major research grant to help him explore the limitations of quantum theory.
Dr Hendrik Ulbricht, a Reader in Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded nearly 500,000 by the John Templeton Foundation in the US.
Sir John Templeton, the late American millionaire, investor and philanthropist, created the Foundation to encourage scientists and students across the globe to explore fundamental, big questions in astronomy and cosmology that engage groundbreaking ideas on the nature of the Universe and the foundations of physics.
Dr Ulbricht and his team will be using the grant to fund experiments to investigate whether there is a limit to quantum mechanics and also to fund two new PhD students for three years.
"Quantum theory is the most fundamental and most precise description of our understanding of all the processes happening in the Universe, with the exception of gravity. Quantum theory is based on a clear mathematical apparatus and has enormous significance for the natural sciences. It also has phenomenal predictive success and plays a critical role for almost all modern technology. Therefore, to discover universal limits of this theory would have a significant impact," said Dr Ulbricht.
Previously Dr Ulbricht and his team have been exploring the theoretical possibility of conducting experiments to discover whether there is a limit to quantum theory or not. This grant will allow them to set up and conduct that experiment using matter wave interferometry of nanoparticles between 10 nanometres and 100 nanometres in diameter. They will be able to work faster, to concentrate on the physics, and to compete with strong groups around the world.
They will generate a very fragile state of matter called a quantum superposition state that describes the possibility for a single particle to be in two or more states at a time. The experiment will be based on Physicist Erwin Schrdinger's Cat paradox where the cat is in a superposition state of both half alive and half dead. The team will try to generate a Schrdinger Cat using free-flying nanoparticles at the mesoscopic scale.
"If quantum theory is unlimited we should be able to generate a quantum superposition state for very massive particles such as nanoparticles. However, if quantum theory is not valid we will be unable to generate this superposition. We simply want to test which of the two alternatives is correct and therefore if quantum theory has any limitations," said Dr Ulbricht.
"Ultimately we would like to try and extend this experiment to really macroscopic scales to things that can be seen with the naked eye," he added.
The team will be collaborating with theoreticians in Mumbai, in India, and Trieste, in Italy.
"Our project has the potential to represent a big step forward on the road to the discovery of possible limitations of quantum theory and an even more fundamental underlying new theory, which would be a breakthrough for the foundations of physics. With this Templeton Foundation grant and hopefully more funding in the future, the University of Southampton can be one of the first places in the world to observe mesoscopic or even macroscopic superposition," said Dr Ulbricht.
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Nationals Feeling 'Hughesed' By Red-Hot Yankees
When Phil Hughes took the mound at Nationals Park on Friday he was facing a daunting challenge. His opponents were the hottest team in the National League and they boasted a lineup packed with power hitters who could take advantage of Hughes' propensity to give up home runs.
But when he left after six innings, Hughes proved he was more than up to the challenge.
Hughes (7-5) gave up only one run on six hits (none of them home runs) and two walks and he struck out a season-high nine batters to lead New York past Washington for the Yankees' seventh straight victory.
Hughes got some early run support when the Yankees touched Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez (8-3) for two runs with two outs in the third inning.
Derek Jeter started it off by lacing a one-out double off the wall in right-field. One out later, Mark Teixeira drew a walk and Alex Rodriguez followed with a slow rolling single in the hole between first and second base that scored Jeter with the game's first run.
Nick Swisher capped the scoring with a single to left that plated Teixiera while Rodriguez was thrown out rounding second base too far.
The Nationals struck back in the home half of the third when Michael Morse smacked a hanging 0-2 curveball into center to score Steve Lombardozzi with one out and the bases loaded. However, Hughes limted the danage by inducing Ian Desmond to hit into an inning-ending double play.
The game stood at 2-1 until the seventh inning, when the Yankees broke open the contest by chasing Gonzalez and preying upon the Nationals' bullpen.
Andruw Jones started the inning with a single into left and Dewayne Wise was deployed as pinch-runner while Gonzalez was removed in favor of reliever Brad Lidge.
Wise stole second and Russell Martin drew a walk. Jayson Nix then advanced Wise and Martin a base on a perfect sacrifice bunt. Manager Joe Girardi chose to use Robinson Cano, who was resting against the left-handed Gonzalez, as a pinch-hitter. But Nationals manager Davey Johnson had Lidge walk Cano intentionally to load the bases.
Jeter then rolled a slow grounder to Desmond at short but Desmond's throw to first base skipped past Adam LaRoche and it allowed Martin to follow Wise to the plate, expanding the Yankees' lead to 4-1.
Johnson then removed Lidge in favor of lefty Mike Gonzalez but Curtis Granderson slapped an opposite-field double off the wall in left-field to score Cano and Jeter and the Yankees had finally blown the game wide open.
Granderson added his third RBI of the night with a solo home run with two out in the ninth off left-hander Tom Gorzelanny for his 20th home run of the season to cap the Yankee scoring for the evening. If Granderson had not hit that home run the Yankees would have won their first game of the season in which they had not homered. They are 0-12 without homering this season.
The Nationals added an "oh-by-the-way" run in the ninth on an RBI groundout by Danny Espinosa off David Robertson, who was making his first appearance in a game since May 17 when he was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique.
The hero of the night, however, was Hughes, who had entered the game having given up at least one home run in his previous 12 starts. Hughes has now won his last three starts and four of his last five.
With the victory the Yankees improved their season record to 38-25 and they extended their lead in the American League East to 1 1/2 games over the second-place Baltimore Orioles. The Nationals had their six-game winning streak snapped and they fell to 38-24.
- If there was any doubt Hughes was back to his 2010 form, his performance on Friday removed it. In his last five starts, Hughes is 4-0. In his last three starts, Hughes has given up four runs on 16 hits and seven walks and struck out 23 in 21 1/3 innings of work. That translates to a 1.69 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP. Anybody who still believes the Yankees' starting rotation is weak is either crazy, stupid or smoking some funny herbs.
- Granderson drove in three runs with a double and a home run. His home run puts him third in the major leagues behind Adam Dunn of the White Sox and Josh Hamilton of the Rangers, who are tied with 22. Granderson also extended his hitting streak to six games and during that span he is 9-for-25 (.360) with two home runs and six RBIs. His three RBIs now give him 39, which is second to Swisher's 40 on the team.
- Jeter singled, doubled, scored two runs and drove in a run in the game. Jeter also extended his hitting streak to six games and he is 10-for-26 (.385) during than span. It helps the Yankees' offense when Jeter and Granderson are a combined 19-for-51 (.373) over the past six games at the top of the lineup.
Absolutely nothing to criticize about this game. Everybody pretty much contributed something offensively and Hughes just pitched a sensational game.
The Yankees will continue their weekend road series in Washington against the Nationals on Saturday.
Five Reasons Why the Yankees Won and the Phillies Lost
Damon's Daring Dash Puts Yanks Up 3-1 On Phils
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THE SPORTS DOCTOR- Gloom, despair: Littlepage to blame for UVA losses
My Daddy raised me on a diet of Hee-Haw and Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters. As an adult, I haven't found much use for Barbara, Louise, or Irlene (though "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" is very catchy), but Hee-Haw's lessons endure: cleavage and cutoffs get the job done; don't stand with your back to a wood fence; and, for some people, there's only bad luck.
Remember that sketch? Every week it was the same: numerous drunken hillbillies sprawled around with jugs of moonshine and Beauregard the Wonder Dog, howling,
"Gloom, despair and agony on me-e!
Deep dark depression, excessive misery-y!
If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all!
Gloom, despair and agony on me-e-e!"
I wouldn't be surprised if Craig Littlepage had been humming that tune since Saturday. His basketball program is in the tank, he's millions behind on fundraising, and his football coach is incompetent and delusional. Who has better reason to lay around with Beauregard than UVA's athletic director?
Anybody with a lick of sense, that's who. Only one man could have averted UVA's pathetic yet well-deserved loss to William and Mary last Saturday, and it wasn't Al Groh. Most people agree Groh couldn't avert himself out of a paper bag– no, the man with whom the culpability lies better not be crying and moaning, because bad luck had nothing to do with Saturday's trainwreck, the 14-26 defeat by William & Mary.
It's time to quit speculating whether Al Groh will be fired and start asking when Craig Littlepage will hit the bricks.
You may think Groh is a good coach, citing his four consecutive winning seasons and his bowl game appearances. Or you might say he is terrible, focusing on his back-to-back losing seasons (the first in 27 years) and poor poll showings. Both views hold water, and that's why Littlepage needs to clean out his office as much as Groh.
Either Groh is a good coach who refuses to give UVA his best, or he's an inept and dismal coach who's been lucky a few times. How either of those scenarios is acceptable to an athletic director, I can't figure, unless of course, Littlepage's capability is as questionable as Groh's.
Take the Dave Leitao situation. After four years at UVA and two years after the ACC named him Coach of the Year, Leitao was out on his keister. The 2008-2009 basketball season had been the worst since '67-'68. To top it off, it was Littlepage's finest moment. Littlepage issued a statement in March that "improvements in football and men's basketball are a priority."
And yet Groh stays, despite having lost 10 of his last 15 games, whining about being criticized, having a 5-7 record last year, and repeatedly recruiting academically ineligible players. As late as August, Littlepage was still staunchly behind him, saying in an interview with the Roanoke Times, "I fully support [Groh] as our coach... if you look at the totality of what he's done, he's certainly put together a good program."
As this column is written, Littlepage has yet to state differently, despite the fact that as ESPN so eloquently noted, Saturday's game was "one of [UVA's] most embarrassing losses in recent history" and his head coach was insipid enough to say "it's just unfortunate that a few plays ruined the outcome for a lot of players."
"Unfortunate?" Again, Hee-Haw's lessons are timeless. Those hillbillies weren't unfortunate or unlucky; they were pathetic. Week to week, their situation never changed– they were always wretched and useless, and they always blamed their troubles on bad luck. Like Groh and Littlepage, they couldn't or wouldn't do what was needed to succeed.
Only UVA players and fans have a right to claim bad luck here. They have to take the lumps Littlepage and Groh keep handing out, though both men have proven their only consistency lies in their being inept in their respective positions.
That calls for a little gloom and despair, don't you think?
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What a well-thought out and on-point article.
Only problem is Littlebrain isn't going anywhere. They will NEVER get rid of him.
They will get rid of Groh. They will spend MILLIONS to make him go away a la Gillen and Leitao.
Littlebrain will remain untouched.
That's the way things work at UVa.
They love to treat the symptoms, not deal with the root cause.
They will not let Littlepage go because of the racism lawsuit the Board of Visitors will have to challenge and actually Jon Oliver has to take some responsibility in this since he tells Littlepage what to do up there anyway
Groh making 2 mil a year should produce a better product, fact is if it had not been for Chris Long in 2007 they would have had a losing record and that would make 3 straight losing seasons and that should do it at most schools and dont forget how many times they have beaten VT. Groh made a huge mistake allowing his son to be the OC that has put the program behind several years and recruiting Peter Laloch over Tyrod Taylor ?
Hillbillies pathetic? What is pathetic is you as a sports writer saying that you haven't found much use for the Mandrells. You are either ignorant or choose not to write about certain sports. Check out skeet, sporting clays, guns and ammo.
As much as I had to admit it, Craig Littlepage is a very ineffective Athletic Director. If the University cannot see that, than they will never right the ship called Revenue Sports. I agree that he needs to go. And since he has been allowed to stay around making these horrible decisions, the blame has to then rest on John Casteen. President Casteen has been a great president in many ways, but he has simply taken his eye off of the ball with regards to the Athletic Department. Thinking it was in good hands with Littlepage was a mistake. And if Littlepage stays on too much longer, the damage might be too much to reverse, at least in football.
Groh should have been fired years ago. I have been moaning about this for years that Groh in the past has done just enough to keep his job, but not enough to make Virginia good. Littlepage, however, has done a stellar job with everything but the revenue sports. Look up our record in pretty much every other sport. He has done an amazing job. Those of you so focused on football should also pay a little more attention to the other revenue sport. Tony Bennett is probably saving Littlepage's job right now. Virginia had the #11 recruiting class for 2010 before they landed another top 100 recruit this weekend. Littlepage needs to right the ship for football, but for now he's going nowhere, thanks to non-revenue and Tony Bennett's potential.
Hoo Fan is right about this. Littlepage made a great hire in Tony Bennett, and I believe that Casteen had more to do with the Leitao hire than Littlepage due to the Connecticut connection. Brian O'Connor was a tremendous hire by Littlepage as well. Now Littlepage needs to hire Turner Gill from Buffalo and make another great hire to right the ship!
No one in athletics has more integrity than Craig Littlepage.
The problems with UVa basketball and football may be bigger than Al Groh, Craig Littlepage, or John Casteen!
The Board of Visitors of UVa don't want to win. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, despite the hundreds of millions of dollars that boosters have spent on facilities in an attempt to win!
Still, in the meantime, it's time for a new football coach and a new athletic director, to at least put up the outer appearance that UVa wants to win in the sports that people pay attention to!
To win in football and basketball, UVa would REALLY have to spend big money. Scott Stadium is 40,000 seats smaller than the big schools UVa has to recruit against, Virginia Tech has an indoor football field, and UVa doesn't, the John Paul Jones arena, while nice, is 10,000 seats smaller than it would have to be to outrecruit schools like Kentucky and North Carolina, and to be competitive salary-wise, UVa would have to DOUBLE the salaries that it's head football and basketball coaches make.
So relatively speaking, compared to the big-time schools in college basketball, nothing has changed in 40 years in UVa football and basketball.


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Why do I get an error when I try to delete the weight-based shipping option?
If you are trying to delete the weight-based shipping option, you may receive the following error:
Error: One or more values must be defined.
To set a flat rate shipping for an entire order, you must have at least one weight-based rule established in your Quick Shopping Cart account.
To Set a Flat Tax Rate
- Log in to your GoDaddy account.
- Click Quick Shopping Cart.
- In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Manage next to the account you want to modify.
- From the Set Up menu, in the Operations section, select Shipping.
- In the Custom Shipping section, click Set Up.
- Click Add Custom Shipping.
- Enter a name for your custom shipping option.
- Select Order Weight.
- Select Entire Order.
- In the Shipping Fees section, click Add and enter the required information.
- Min. Weight (lbs)
- Enter the minimum weight for a package to incur this shipping charge. Any order below this weight generates a $0 shipping charge.
- Max. Weight (lbs)
- Enter the maximum weight for a package to incur this shipping charge. Ensure that the maximum weight is large enough so that no order can have a greater weight (i.e. 1000 pounds).
- Fee ($)
- Enter the dollar value for shipping charge.
- Optional: Enter a Handling Fee and any Surcharges.
- Click OK.
Note: You must republish your storefront for your changes to take effect.


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Have you tried Prezi yet? An old favorite of Learning Technologies, this online presentation tool is quickly growing in popularity as an alternative to linear slideshow programs. Just last month, they added three new features to the presentation mode that are quite exciting:
- Screen Blackout – Need a break from visuals for a moment? While in presentation mode, users can now simply press the B key to temporarily black out their screen. Moving the mouse or pressing any other key will return to the presentation from there.
- 3D Backgrounds – Users can now add layers to their presentation, creating a 3D effect. Watch the video below to see the feature in action:
- Fade-in Animation – Content can now be faded in and out within frames. This is great if you wish to add a hide-and-reappear effect to your presentation. Here's another video to show you how:
If you'd like to keep up with Prezi as it grows, check out their new feature log, which will be updated when new features are added.
Thanks to David Andrade at Educational Technology Guy for bringing this to our attention!


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Pakistan's government plans to put former president Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason for declaring a state of emergency and suspending the constitution while in power, the Pakistani minister of the interior said on Sunday.
Musharraf, a former army chief, would be the first military ruler tried for treason in a country that has experienced three military coups in its 66-year history. He could face the death penalty or life in prison if he is convicted of treason, but some question whether the country's powerful army actually will let that happen. Musharraf has maintained his innocence.
The Pakistani government planned to send a letter to the Pakistani Supreme Court yesterday asking that treason proceedings begin under Article 6 of the constitution, Pakistani Minister of the Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said during a news conference.
The government made its decision after an investigating committee formed under the direction of the Supreme Court collected enough evidence for a trial, Khan said.
"General Musharraf is accountable to the nation and the constitution," Khan said.
He specifically mentioned Musharraf's decision to suspend senior judges, including the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and detain them after he declared a state of emergency on Nov. 3, 2007.
He was apparently concerned they would challenge his re-election as president.
"The constitution was ruined and violated," Khan said. "The judiciary was humiliated. Judges were manhandled physically, confined along with family and children."
One of Musharraf's spokesmen, Raza Bokhari, lashed out at the government's decision, saying it was a swipe at the army.
"We not only forcefully reject these charges, but also view them as a vicious attempt to undermine the Pakistan military," Bokhari said in a statement. "It is also a botched attempt by the government to temporarily take the focus away from existential threats faced by Pakistan."
Chaudry said that the government's decision to put the former president on trial for treason was not a personal vendetta by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was toppled in a military coup by Musharraf in 1999.
The government did not indicate it would press charges against Musharraf for his coup, perhaps because the move was retroactively approved by the Supreme Court and parliament at the time.
One of Musharraf's lawyers, Ilyas Siddiqui, said the former president's legal team would decide its strategy once the court formally begins proceedings.
The prime minister said in June that the government intended to try Musharraf for treason, but would consult with other political parties on the move. Senior lawmakers from the two main opposition parties expressed their support for the government's plan to try Musharraf at the time.
Musharraf governed the country for nearly a decade after the 1999 coup, but was forced to step down in 2008 after growing discontent with his rule. He left the country soon after.
He returned to Pakistan in March after years in self-imposed exile, with the hope of running in the national election that was held in May.
However, he was disqualified from participating in the vote because of his actions while in power and has spent most of his time battling legal cases. Musharraf was held under house arrest for months after returning and was only freed earlier this month after he received bail in four other cases facing him.


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Ben D necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 425 diseños de 62 diseñadores freelance.
I need a logo for my idigibuzz blogging website - the website is a monetized affiliate blog that will be promoting popular (buzz) digital products. The logo needs to attract attention, portray a high level of professionalism, be distinctive enough to be remembered and something that people can't help but click on.
RATINGS: Here is a general overview of how I will be rating all your designs. If your design gets 3 or less stars it means your work is not exactly what I am looking for:
1 Star - Wrong direction missing the mark
2 Star - Has some elements we like.
3 Star - Getting closer, may need revisions or a different take on your design.
4 Star - Your design is being considered.
5 Star - You made the final cut!
NOTE: I strongly encourage you to keep your designs up if I haven't eliminated them as I could come up with something to make it work!
I am after a cutting edge, logo design for my affiliate blogging site where I will be promoting and selling quality digital download products. The design should work well in both single and multi colour print.
The ideal design is something that will be recognizable both on and off the site; but most importantly, the design needs to be exciting and portray a high level of professionalism, quality and value.
Professional Tagline I was thinking "Find out what the buzz is all about" but am open to creative suggestions.
The typing/font is the most important, anything else added though would add to the overall logo making it more distinctive!
The entire design must be original
The logo to be created in Vector format
am open to any kind of creativity and will gladly give feedback as a guidance on the designs that are submitted
Needs to be recognizable and work as a bookmark icon (a symbol)
No recycled logos
Anything too abstract or complicated
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I've looked around teh world and I stumbled on this code here, but I want to beable to make this loop printf the a++ postincrement while at the same time reading to see if a key has been pressed, if your familiar with qbasic, where you put n$ = inkey$ in a loop and it performs that loop w/o any type of pause until a desired key has been pushed. So this getchar waits for me to press a key, and once I press a key it prints a++, but I just want it to print a++ continiously while i can at the same time send/read keystrokes in the program, so im kinda like tryin to understand the concept of multithreading it....
I was looking at the NCURSES, but not sure if that does something similar or if there are any other approaches, dankeshen, and a good night. BTW This is being compiled on a FreeBSD 5.4, with gcc (GCC) 3.4.2 [FreeBSD] 20040728
here is the code:
Code:#include <curses.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <termios.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(void) { struct termios oldt, newt; int ch,a=0; while(1) { a++; printf("%d\n", a); // i want this to keep printing but i still want some type of getchar // not pausing the arithmetic tcgetattr( STDIN_FILENO, &oldt ); newt = oldt; newt.c_lflag &= ~( ICANON | ECHO ); tcsetattr( STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newt ); ch= getchar(); // this here pauses so a++ wont print continiously ;( tcsetattr( STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldt ); printf("%c",ch); } return ch; }


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A new approach to keeping families together is seeing success in Iowa.
Family Treatment Courts work with community professionals to help Iowans struggling with substance abuse or other problems that put them at risk of losing their parental rights. Legislators heard about the good work of Family Treatment Courts from Kurt Wilke, Chief Judge of Iowa's Second Judicial District in Fort Dodge.
As of September 2013, 496 families - including 587 parents and 954 children - have participated in Family Treatment Courts. The results are spectacular: 79 percent of children go home to their parents within 12 months, and 94 percent of the kids suffer no further abuse or neglect.
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The Family Treatment Courts are comprised of a presiding judge and a team, which includes Department of Human Services staff, attorneys and community partners. Parents can volunteer to participate in the program if one is available in their county. The program includes weekly meetings, intensive supervision of parents, and addressing concerns parents may be coping with, such as mental health issues, domestic abuse, housing, transportation, employment and child visitation.
There are currently federally funded Family Treatment Courts in Linn, Polk, Scott, Wapello, Cherokee/Ida and Woodbury counties. There are also five "emerging" Family Treatment Courts in Webster, Buena Vista, Warren, Johnson and Washington/Keokuk counties, which were started by local officials. More Family Treatment Courts may soon be available as other counties seek to replicate their proven success.
The federal funding to Iowa has totaled $3.5 million over seven years but will end in September of this year. Ensuring that Family Treatment Courts continue and expand in Iowa is a good investment. The six pilot projects have saved taxpayers $4.6 million.
More important, families are staying together, and parents struggling with addiction break the cycle when they learn to raise their children responsibly and become contributing members of society.


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Palmers Car Park on Howard Street in central Great Yarmouth near the town centre has 133 spaces with 18 spaces for the disabled. Charges apply in all spaces.
Open all the time
Monday to Saturday 8am - 4pm
Up to 4 hours - Cost per hour £1.00
Over 4 hours - Cost £8.00
Sunday 8am -4pm
Up to 1 Hour - Cost per hour £1.00
Up to 2 Hours - Cost £2.00
Over 2 Hours - Cost £3.00
Free parking every day after 4pm