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Countless specks form the Zodiacal Light
The waning crescent moon ends the week low in the southeast before dawn. Sunday marks the new moon, the second in March. But it's not gone long, reappearing as a thin sliver above the western horizon at sunset on the 31st.
With the moon out of sight much of the night, this week provides one of the best chances to see the zodiacal light, a hazy glow that extends like a cone from the western horizon pointing heavenward also called false dawn. It appears an hour or two after sunset, and you'll only see it with clear, dark skies.
If you see the zodiacal light, you might first think you're looking at a wispy cloud, back-lit by starlight. Or maybe the Milky Way. But its opaque, pyramid-shaped glow extending up from the horizon is unique.
What you're seeing are tiny bits of matter floating between the sun and earth. Left over from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago, they range in size from meters to millimeters. Like everything else in the solar system, these micro-worlds orbit the sun, following the same path along the ecliptic as the other planets. And like the planets, they are not themselves luminous. What we see is sunlight reflected back to our eyes. None of these pieces of solar system detritus are large enough to reflect enough light to be seen from earth, but collectively they create this distinct glow that we see after sunset in late winter and early spring.
While you'll have to hunt for the zodiacal light, Jupiter is not nearly so elusive. In fact, the king of the planets rules the heavens from sunset, when he is almost directly overhead, until 2:30am, when he sets in the west-northwest. In that time, there is no brighter object visible.
Mars rises around 9:30 and is easily spotted well above the horizon an hour later. Normally Mars shines about as bright as the average star. Not so right now, when the red planet easily outshines blue-white Spica five degrees to its lower-right. Mars glows a distinct orange-red and is almost as bright as it ever gets — almost. Watch over the next coming nights as the red planet climbs higher and glows brighter on its way to opposition April 8.
Saturn rises before midnight, but your best view of the ringed planet is before dawn, when it is high in the south. It's far to the left of Mars and not near so bright. The nearest bright star to Saturn is Antares, the red heart of Scorpius to the south.
Venus rises an hour ahead of the sun. While this Morning Star doesn't climb high above the horizon, it blazes at –4.5, exponentially brighter than any star.
The pre-dawn window to see Mercury is closing fast. It trails Venus by about 20 degrees and is tight against the east-southeast horizon a half hour before sunrise.
As if preparing for a final bow before leaving the stage, Orion stands over the southwestern horizon at sunset. This week is your last chance to observe the great hunter in the Globe At Night campaign. Come the end of April, Leo will become the focus in this effort to plot light pollution around the planet. For more information go to www.globeatnight.org.


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We may never be able to chart the depths of fandom that led us to pictures like this, but scratching our heads at them is only half the fun. The other half is realising the artist is maybe onto something.
We've seen some messed-up fan fiction in our time, but to be truly bizarre, the crossover universes have to be entirely unrelated, and slightly creepy to boot.
This ticks both those boxes.
FerioWind [DeviantArt, via juststark]

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New ship arrives at Mayport
USNS Spearhead 1st of 9 new high-speed vessels US Navy has acquired
MAYPORT, Fla. – It's an exciting day for Jacksonville's Navy community as the newest ship arrived at Naval Station Mayport on Thursday morning.
The USNS Spearhead is the first of nine new high-speed vessels the U.S. Navy has acquired.
The United States Fourth Fleet is stationed and headquartered at Mayport.
One of its main missions is securing the waters in South and Central America, disrupting the flow of drugs from there into the United States.
The fast, light, state-of-the-art ship will give sailors even more capability.
The ship is 338 feet of aluminum and can go as fast as 35 knots, or 40 mph.
The USNS Spearhead is the first of nine high speed catamarans ordered by the Navy, and one of her first stops was Mayport on Thursday.
"It can conduct counter drug operations. It can do medical operations ashore, responding to humanitarian disaster," Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker said. "It can put marines ashore, equipment. It's just very, very versatile and it just matches perfectly with U.S. Fourth Fleet mission."
Rear Admiral Sinclair Harris and his staff will inspect the Spearhead so they have firsthand knowledge of the ship's capability when planning for operations.
"With that speed and ability to go into more austere ports is a perfect vessel to work with," Harris said. "Partner Navy's in ports that we couldn't put a traditional ship in and then contingency operations."
The most similar ship to the new Spearhead is the Swift, which was used to provide support during hurricane Katrina and also to evacuate people from Lebanon.
"We unfortunately in the Caribbean and in the Central American waters are prone to disasters, hurricanes, earthquakes," Harris said. "A vessel like the Spearhead will be used for contingency operations almost right away."
The Spearhead has a huge cargo base so it can hold different vehicles including trucks and up to 500 people.
"If you can imagine something the size of a helicopter hangar ... or an aircraft hangar, but with a lower ceiling," Harris said. "It's huge."
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9/17/2010 Cataclysm, leadership, personal 2 comments
Hope your summer has been fantastic! Mine certainly has.
This isn't exactly a "closing up shop" post... just touching base during this amazing period of transition for me. See, First Life has taken every possible turn for the better, and all cylinders are firing at full speed. It's hard to even consider going online at the moment, because there are simply so many incredible opportunities opening up right now. There's nothing to escape from, and no way to see a three-hour raid holding a candle to community building, or developing wonderful and significant relationships, or refining and actualizing my life's purpose. Yes, it sounds grandiose, but there you go. Raiding has taken a distant back seat for the moment.
Luckily, this is the perfect time to be taking a break from the game. Not much needs to be said that hasn't been hashed out a million times over the last month or so. It's just a major lull in the WoW adventure.
I expect to return come Cata. Whether or not I'll be as passionate or committed to the Priesthood remains to be seen.
In parting, I had planned to offer my retrospective analysis of the WotLK experience. But instead, I'll leave you with a post that Beaute, my former GM, wrote on the Azuremyst realm forums earlier this summer. She's as insightful and intelligent as anyone I know. Here she distills one key dimension of what happened with this expansion in a way that only a perceptive, cool-headed GM could.
I think my biggest gripe about this expansion is the exact opposite of my BC gripe.
In BC, our server had about 3-4 guilds alliance-side (at any point) who were hitting the more difficult raids. Those guilds had trouble recruiting people because they were so far behind gear-wise. When those guilds did the end of Karazhan + Gruul & Magtheridon (and needed full Karazhan gear), almost everyone else was on the first few bosses in Karazhan (and still partially in blues). When those guilds were on SSC / TK, everyone else was in Karazhan gear, etc. Mid-level guilds had to implode because, by the time the 3-4 guilds got to MH & BT, they couldn't take applicants to the raids as the applicants were so, so, so undergeared. Several members of our guild never got credit for Illidan on their mains as they had to bring healers & rely on their knowledge of the fight so we could clear the instance.
In an attempt to rectify this imbalance (among other reasons), Blizzard brought us WotLK where everyone can get gear almost immediately. While it has been a blessing to be able to recruit people with gear that will allow them into the current instance, it has basically removed the need for guilds. Many people have confided that they prefer pugging rather than being "expected" to show up at a certain time & they can do that in this expansion & see most of the same content.
As someone who has been an officer of my guild since it was formed in January 2007, I can say that trying to recruit in this expansion has been the least pleasurable aspect of this game in the 5 years I've played it. Many people are arrogant. There are more small & unprogressed guilds. Everyone is running with bare bones crews, it seems. And, worst of all, the general chat in the most progressed instance is AWFUL. Seriously, it's bad.
tl:dr summary - BC had too much gear disparity. WotLK has not enough. Recruitment sucks. So does ICC general chat.
Enjoy the colors, those of you still in places that have fall beauty! I miss the northeast already, but I think Cali and I are in for a long love affair :)
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SAG let this be the last time: Angie Harmon
Are you done with this dress and all its interpretations? Penelope Cruz did it one year at the Oscars, and repeated herself a few times after that, and every other designer decided to copy that big full feather/bubble/cotton ball skirt… to the point that now, without fail, it shows up at every goddamn awards show like a thing that just.won't.die.
Last night it reached its foulest point. In princess pink and a playmate corset worn by Angie Harmon who is so much better than this. A lot better than this. Better than a wannabe tickle-me striptease and a style that's embarrassingly at least 4 years too late. I mean, there's no louder way to say "I'm on TV on TNT" than this.
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BRUSSELS - NATO's next leader was announced Friday: former Norwegian Premier Jens Stoltenberg will lead the military alliance starting in October.
The appointment comes at a critical time as the crisis over Ukraine has suddenly made the 28-nation alliance a more relevant security force in Europe.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will step down after a NATO summit in Wales later this year.
"Warm congratulations" Fogh Rasmussen said in a Twitter message Friday to his fellow Scandinavian politician.
The past weeks had seen a flurry of diplomacy as member states sought to push their candidates into NATO's top political job.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who replaced Stoltenberg as prime minister last year, said NATO was getting "a strong and unifying secretary general."
"It is a huge and responsible task Stoltenberg has received today," Solberg said in a statement.
A two-time Norwegian prime minister, Stoltenberg became a recognizable face on the international scene with his dignified response to the twin terror attacks that killed 77 people in July 2011.
Stoltenberg's pledge at the memorial service to combat the atrocity with "more democracy, more openness, and more humanity" helped salve the country's wounds.
His coalition suffered a year later when an independent inquest into the bomb and gun attacks by right-wing fanatic Anders Breivik found a litany of failures by police and security services that might have disrupted or even prevented the slaughter. By September 2013, Stoltenberg's coalition government had been ousted by a combination of conservatives and populists as the Norway tilted right.
Jan M. Olsen contributed from Copenhagen


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New Controls
While significant growth—on the order of 15 to 45 percent per year since 2009—at contract manufacturer D & H industries, Oconomowoc, WI, has certainly been welcomed news, such rapid expansion has created renewed focus on managing capacity and maintaining a high rate of on-time shipments. That's been a tall order, as the firm has taken on more than 300 new part numbers and added 60,000 sq. ft. of new manufacturing space.
Aging Press Controls and Unplanned Downtime
Metal stampings are produced on 33 presses—45 to 2000 tons—at D & H, from a variety of materials including cold-rolled and stainless steel, draw-quality steel, and nonferrous alloys such as brass and aluminum. Customers abound throughout several industries including agriculture, commercial seating, construction and electronics. And, the firm is a leading supplier of magazines for domestic law-enforcement and military service.
When Meyers sought to uncover any technology-based risks to maintaining reliable, dependable service to the firm's growing customer base, his investigation led him directly to the pressroom's older press controls. To the point: Many of the controls were no longer being supported by the original manufacturers.
"Our maintenance staff had been doing a great job keeping what we had running," Meyers says, "but we were having a difficult time obtaining replacement electrical parts for our older machine controls—whether shipped by the press builders or provided as aftermarket controls. The problem persisted on controls purchased as recently as the 1990s as retrofits. And for some controls, there was absolutely no support or parts available at all. The risks of unplanned downtime, should one of these unsupported controls fail, were unacceptable. We must meet delivery commitments."
Meyers assembled a team to attack the problem by identifying the presses running with obsolete controls, and developing a plan to upgrade the controls on a need basis. They immediately deemed five presses as "extremely critical to on-time delivery of product," and these were slated for immediate upgrades. The team then developed an upgrade schedule for the remaining presses with unsupported controls.
"Engineering, production and maintenance created a list of the control specifications we wanted, and then began investigating vendors to see what best met our needs," says Meyers. Among the needs to be addressed: a new die-sensor program being implemented, which topped the wish list for the new controls. "The new controls needed to be ready to support our in-die sensing program, and provide technology that would help us maintain low overhead, consistent part quality and on-time delivery," stresses Meyers.
Support for Technology in the Tooling
D & H wanted every new control to have die-sensing inputs, programmable-limit-switch (PLS) outputs and tonnage monitoring available. Many of its old press controls did not have any integrated process controls at all, which limited the firm's ability to implement electronics to prevent crashes, reduce setup times and improve part quality. Additionally, Meyers and his team sought controls that could be easily understood on the shop floor, and that were scalable as needs change.
"We run a variety of work with secondary and progressive-tooling operations," Meyers notes. "Some hand-fed dies require only a few sensors, while other progressive dies running complex parts require much greater capacity, 16 or more die- protection channels. One size would not fit all."
Having sensors, PLS and tonnage settings stored as part of a job recipe was a must for the new controls. For its busiest straightside lines, D & H also wanted the ability to add setup-reduction features, such as automatic shut height, as part of job recipes. Meyers estimated that the ability to store programs and recall previously prepared setups would shave 10 min. per setup.
Meyers also knew that new controls meant the opportunity to take advantage of self-diagnostic capabilities. "Greatly improved diagnostics were considered a 'must-have' feature for any new control coming into the plant," he says. With the plant's older controls, any press downtime events would require the attention of an experienced electrician. And with the addition of 14 new presses, possible production delays caused by prolonged troubleshooting missions were not acceptable.
Immediate, Noticeable Results
D & H now has purchased and installed new controls (from Link Systems, Nashville, TN) on the five critical presses it had identified early in the process. Smaller presses received controls with less process-control capabilities, and the straightsides received controls with more capacity for die protection and automation, such as automatic shut height. Being able to select the level of process control helped match capacity to need, and contain costs.
Also important to Meyers was the long-term support offered by Link. "Link sales manager Lance Curtis assured me that the company maintains circuit-board production inhouse," Meyers shares. "They can produce boards 'one-off' if necessary, even for models that ceased production long ago. I understand that Link still supports products introduced into the field in the 1970s."
"All of the new controls at D & H offer strong diagnostic features," says Meyers, "with fault histories. And, the user interface maintains a similar structure in the higher-capacity and the simpler versions, so operators can switch from simple to complex press lines without confusion," he adds.
The results were immediate, and noticeable. "Not only did the new controls eliminate the risk of unplanned downtime due to old, unsupported controls failing, but we also gained technology that added to our capabilities," shares Meyers. "The investment became part of our improvement plans, not just a means of cost avoidance."
With the ability to use sensors on more tools, D & H has been able to run more jobs unattended without risk of schedule-shattering die crashes. Tonnage monitors have helped reduce setup times, and the firm is relying on the monitors to stop presses when a tonnage change indicates a variation in the process, such as dulling of the tools and changes in material thickness. Also, the new controls are managing PLSs to control feed timing, air blowoffs and other events.
Avoiding Calls to Maintenance
In addition to the gains in process control, the added diagnostics capabilities with the new controls often allow operators to troubleshoot and correct downtime issues themselves, sparing a call to the firm's maintenance department. And, if issues become too complex for the operators, "the new control diagnostics help even experienced maintenance technicians," says Brad Wehr, head of maintenance. "The diagnostics immediately identify what is preventing a press from stroking, so that instead of spending valuable production time identifying a problem we can move immediately to a corrective action and get the press up and running.
"Also useful is the fault-history capabilities of the new controls," says Wehr. "The electricians can go back several days, if necessary, and view the exact causes of previous press stoppages and identify, in minutes, the root causes of any issues. This lets them proceed directly to the needed repair, saving potentially hours and even an entire shift of production time that otherwise would have been lost."Meyers and Wehr note additional capabilities of the new controls that prove useful for maintenance. For instance, the controls not only measure stop time with every stroke, but they also measure the time required to engage the clutch. With a simple record of the starting time for each hit, technicians can move from press to press to check stop and clutch-engagement times, and track brake and clutch wear. MF
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Compliance essentials: Build a technology toolbox
There's really no one technology answer for regulatory compliance. Companies need a variety of tools to effectively meet the requirements of regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley.
When compliance auditors dig deep, a company's technology infrastructure, processes and policies need to stand up to intense scrutiny.
Companies are looking to technology to prove that they are compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Europe's Basel II, HIPAA and a host of other industry- and country-specific regulations. Ultimately, automating compliance efforts should lead to a company's being able to legally defend how it's managing and protecting information, according to James Kobielus, principal analyst with Sterling, Va.-based Current Analysis Inc. Companies should consider how their processes and infrastructure will stand up to "forensic analysis," he said.
"You don't want your CEO to end up in jail, so you need to be able to build a case and defend it convincingly," Kobielus said. "Compliance ultimately comes down to governance of internal processes. That workflow and the underlying audit trail are your last line of defense against prosecution."
Despite big promises from vendors, analysts agree that automating regulatory compliance requires more than one kind of software or technology tool. It takes an infrastructure of data and process management software to effectively comply with regulations.
This year, companies will spend 10% to 15% of their IT budgets on compliance efforts, according to Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Research Inc., and U.S. companies will spend more than $1.9 billion on technology for SOX compliance, according to Boston-based AMR Research Inc. Companies should look beyond finance department tools or software bearing the SOX compliance label, according to Michael Rasmussen, vice president with Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc.
"Compliance efforts should really be distributed throughout an organization," Rasmussen said. "Sarbanes-Oxley is a driver today, but in reality there are a lot of other compliance initiatives which will require a common management infrastructure."
On the positive side, though, compliance requirements may drive companies to fund much-needed updates to their processes and data management infrastructures, according to John Hagerty, vice president of research with AMR.
"The No. 1 side benefit of automating compliance activities is that you also streamline and standardize business activities. Technology reduces ambiguity, makes processes cleaner and makes you more efficient," Hagerty said.
Critical components of a compliance technology toolbox
- Information and application security: Protecting and securing information is the bottom-line requirement of many regulations and tends to be the biggest concern of IT groups working on compliance initiatives, Hagerty said. Tools for intrusion detection, encryption, and information and application security are essential for any compliance effort, he added.
- Identity and access management: All compliance mandates require control over access to sensitive information, Kobielus said. These tools provide user authentication, authorization and role-based access controls.
- Configuration and change management: Most regulations also require companies to lock down the configurations of critical software assets in order to maintain security and access controls, Kobielus said. Change management tools are important for allowing IT to maintain control over internal systems.
- Controls automation or continuous monitoring: This software acts as a "checks and balances" system governing compliance-impacting processes, Hagerty said. For example, it might continuously monitor finance systems to ensure that all invoices over $10,000 are reviewed by a supervisor before being paid. Then the tool would generate an alert if an employee were to skip a required step.
- Business process management (BPM): Regimented, auditable workflows are a requirement of many regulations, including SOX, Hagerty said. Compliance requires the rigid documentation and enforcement of processes. BPM software helps create, manage and monitor the execution of processes, he said.
- Governance, risk and compliance management: These tools are commonly associated with SOX compliance and help companies create and document corporate policies, according to Hagerty. They help manage the general rules that govern a company's operations and provide a compliance framework.
- Document and records management: Most regulations dictate what information a company must keep and for how long, Hagerty said. Some of these tools just manage the rules and policies for document storage, while some act as actual document repositories.
- Business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management (CPM): Fundamentally, compliance is about reporting, and reporting is the core of BI, Kobielus said. Analysts agree that BI features such as reporting, scorecarding, dashboards and analytics help companies uncover and react to issues that could affect compliance. CPM tools that manage internal activities also help companies stay on top of compliance-related efforts.
- Data management essentials: A solid data management strategy should be at the core of any compliance effort, Kobielus believes. A data warehouse and data quality tools are critical for integrating information and cleansing it for financial reporting. And, master data management ensures consistency and accuracy -- both compliance fundamentals, he said.
- Professional services: It's difficult to understand compliance requirements, Kobielus said. So -- just as one might look to a tax professional to explain the tax code -- compliance professionals are almost essential for interpreting different regulatory requirements.
Prioritizing compliance software investments
The list of compliance-supporting technologies can look a lot like a sophisticated data management infrastructure, so where does a company with limited time, money and people start investing?
It's about narrowing down the scope of efforts and focusing on the most important data and processes first, Hagerty said. Initial SOX-compliance efforts were prone to overkill and exaggerated responses, he said, owing to lack of guidance from governing bodies and understandable fear of potential repercussions.
"In the absence of guidance, folks assumed the worst and did the most," Hagerty said. "Now people are reducing their scope and asking what activities are really related to compliance."
That means assessing where the real problems lie, prioritizing efforts, and synchronizing compliance automation plans with data management roadmaps, Hagerty said.
It also means that companies should be discerning when it comes to purchasing compliance software. Some companies have run into unexpected scalability problems or found that a product doesn't help them as much as they thought it would, Forrester's Rasmussen said, adding that it's critical to really understand the requirements of regulation and do a proof of concept.
"There's a lot of confusion, bad marketing and messaging happening out there," Rasmussen said. "Read the regulations, try out the product, and find out whether it will really help do what's required."
This article originally appeared on SearchDataManagement.com


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One thing that I love about the Q3 is the shape. It has a very curvaceous nature to it that looks extremely futuristic and yet contemporary at the same time. Most Bluetooth headsets aren't really into the aesthetic quality of craft, but this one took me by surprise.
The Q3 is one of the best headsets in this class that I've ever tested. It was arguably the easiest I've ever paired. Upon initial power on, it verbally walked me through what I needed to do; buttons were intuitive -- well it took a moment to find volume -- and easy to use
A followup to the company's Q2, the styling of the ear piece has been slightly updated, and new features have been added. The biggest addition is Siri integration, available by pressing the command button, which works alongside BlueAnt's own spoken menu system.
Using the Q3 and Siri, iPhone users will be able to compose text messages using their voice by double tapping the command button. The headset also supports Android users allowing access Google Voice Actions with a double tap of the command button.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
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Falcons overcome mistakes to beat Buccaneers 24-23
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(AP) -- Atlanta coach Mike Smith spoke highly of the Falcons' defense. Without its solid performance, Matt Ryan may not have had an opportunity to lead his latest game-winning drive.
The Falcons (10-1) held off Tampa Bay 24-23 Sunday, overcoming two turnovers by their star quarterback in part because the Buccaneers settled for a pair of field goals rather than touchdowns after Ryan threw a second-quarter interception and lost a fumble on a fourth-quarter sack.
"I thought our defense did an outstanding job again. They were put in some tough situations after turnovers," Smith said, adding that limiting Bucs rookie Doug Martin to 50 yards rushing on 21 carries was a key to the game as well.
"We knew it was going to be one of our `musts,' and I thought we did a nice job," Smith added. "I thought we played the run extremely well, controlled the line of scrimmage. That is an outstanding running back."
Ryan completed his first 10 passes and finished 26 of 32 for 353 yards and one touchdown, an 80-yarder to Julio Jones, who had nine receptions for 147 yards despite playing on a sore right ankle that limited him in practice.
Atlanta got a lift from the return of linebacker Sean Weatherspoon, who was back after missing three games with an ankle injury.
Josh Freeman threw for 256 yards for Tampa Bay, however he was sacked twice and failed to throw a touchdown pass for the first time in 14 games. Martin scored both of his team's TDs on 1-yard runs and Connor Barth kicked three field goals.
"It's hard to win games by threes," coach Greg Schiano said. "Sevens add up considerably quicker."
The Falcons (10-1) kept pace with the Houston Texans for the NFL's best record and ended a four-game winning streak by the up-and-coming Bucs (6-5).
"They are playing with a lot of confidence," said Ryan, who has won seven of his past eight starts against the Bucs. "It's always been a tough place for us to come play. They play with great effort, and I think they have a good football team."
Ryan teamed with Jones on his long TD midway through the third quarter, but the Falcons found themselves trailing 23-17 after the Bucs marched to Martin's second TD, then used a sack-fumble to set up a field goal that left Atlanta needing another fourth-quarter comeback to win.
Ryan obliged by a leading a six-play, 64-yard march that Michael Turner finished with a 3-yard TD run that put the NFC South leaders ahead for good with 7:55 remaining.
Barth missed a 56-yard goal for Tampa Bay in the closing minutes, and the winning streak that's helped the Bucs climb back into playoff contention following a 1-3 start ended when Freeman's desperation pass fell incomplete in the Atlanta end zone with no time left on the clock.
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"The last drive, that's something we've done before this season," Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez said. "I really think that's a positive for us to be able to come up with plays like that when we have to like that. ... I'm really happy with the way we responded."
It's getting to be a way of life. Ryan has also led late marches to beat Carolina, Washington, Oakland and Arizona this season and has put together 21 game-winning drives in the fourth quarter or overtime since entering the league in 2008
-- four of them against the division rival Bucs.
The Falcons won't have long to celebrate this one. They host the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night in a rematch of the only game they've lost.
"Ten and 1 is great, but I'll tell you what I've said since the beginning of the season: We're just jockeying for position," Gonzalez said. "We just want to put ourselves in the best position, playing the best football. Right around this time is when you want to start jelling as a team and take it on into the playoffs because that's the most important thing."
The win stopped the Bucs, who've won five or seven following a 1-3 start, from tightening the NFC South standings. Turner also scored a fourth-quarter TD that helped the Falcons overcome six turnovers to beat Arizona 23-19 last week.
"It was a hard-fought game by both teams, a very physical game," Schiano said. "But I do think missed opportunities were a big part of it. There were some chances both offensively and defensively, and in the kicking game."
NOTES: Martin scored on a pair of 1-yard run for the Bucs. ... After throwing seven interceptions in Atlanta's first nine games, Ryan has thrown six the past two weeks. ... Falcons CBs Asante Samuel (shoulder) and Dunta Robinson (head) left the game with injuries in the third quarter, but returned.
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11:14: Black comedy. Starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Hilary Swank, Patrick Swayze and Shawn Hatosy. Directed by Greg Marcks. (Rated R. 85 minutes. At the Roxie Cinema.)
"11:14" is an inventive, black comedy that was filmed three years ago and still hasn't had a major release. Think of some of the movies that have been released since and then see this film at the Roxie Cinema this week if you want to get an idea how unfair these things can sometimes be. The debut feature from Greg Marcks -- with an ensemble cast including Hilary Swank, Patrick Swayze and Barbara Hershey
Why would famous actors take small parts in an independent film with no guarantee of its ever being released? It had to be the script. Marcks came up with something fresh: A man (Henry Thomas) is driving down the road, somewhat drunk, when he hits somebody at 11:14 p.m. We see that situation unfold, and then we go back in time on a number of occasions to meet other characters, all of them related in unexpected ways to that accident. By the end of the movie, all the loose ends are tied up, and we have a full understanding of what really took place at 11:14 in this suburban town.
If "11:14" were merely a puzzle-like construction it would be of limited appeal. What makes it so successful is that Marcks doesn't just have a novel way of telling his story; he has a really good story to tell. Most of the characters operate according to secret motives and their lives become entwined, not by mere chance, but as a direct consequence of the actions they take. Swank plays Buzzy, a hapless store clerk, probably the only truly ingenuous character in the film. On the opposite side of the spectrum there's Cheri (Rachael Leigh Cook), a young woman juggling at least two guys, for reasons not immediately clear.
As a director, Marcks does a number of things quite well. He establishes a difficult tone -- part dramatic, part comic, part absurdist -- and he maintains it throughout. In terms of the filming, I particularly like the way he conveys the first accident. It happens very quickly. We don't quite know what happened, but we think we know what we saw. We also know that the driver thinks something else happened, and we're not sure if he's right or we're right. There's just enough ambiguity there to hold our attention, and yet enough information for audiences to develop an independent point of view.
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7 November 2019 Posted in Family Holidays, Portugal
We're pining over Portugal and its world-class myriad of beaches. And to a tourist's utter delight - most of the country's popular towns are settled by the seaside. With spectacular scenery around every coastal cove and cranny, here are our picks of Portugal's most beautiful seaside towns.
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25 November 2019 Posted in Top Lists, Destinations
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8 February 2019 Posted in General
Cyprus is one of our most popular holiday destinations...a beautiful, sun-kissed island in the eastern Mediterranean, not far from paradise. But we think there might be some reasons why you should think twice before heading to Cyprus for your holiday... Surely we must be kidding?!
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28 November 2019 Posted in Family Holidays, Top Lists
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8 February 2019 Posted in Spain, Inspirations
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4 July 2019 Posted in Spain, Destinations
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8 February 2019 Posted in Destinations, Inspirations
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8 February 2019 Posted in Portugal, Inspirations
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8 February 2019 Posted in Inspirations
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8 February 2019 Posted in Family Holidays, Destinations
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16 December 2010 - Evolving the ILC baseline - single main linac tunnel Today, I describe the second of the proposed change actions, which has been stated as follows: "We propose to change the main linac tunnel configuration to one with only a single, accelerator-enclosure tunnel, thereby eliminating the support equipment tunnel proposed in the Reference Design. We propose to develop and include in the baseline two novel High-Level RF power source and distribution schemes ("KCS" and "DRFS") that are better suited to a single-tunnel solution than the scheme proposed in the RDR. A fall-back to the RDR HLRF Technology can be adopted should the R&D on KCS or DRFS not be considered successful." -- Barry Barish
9 December 2010 - Evolving the ILC baseline - main linac operating gradient Today, I will describe the first of those proposed change actions completed in recent weeks. [...] The proposal that I have approved sets the average operating gradient of 31.5 MV/m for operation of the main linac cryomodules, with a spread of up to 20 percent. We believe these parameters are realistic and achievable, but represent challenging goals. -- Barry Barish
2 December 2010 - Evolving the ILC baseline I have officially approved two major changes in the ILC baseline configuration for the next phase of our R&D and design work. [...] Today, I discuss the procedure we have followed to evaluate and decide on these changes. -- Barry Barish
24 November 2010 - The ILC-CLIC collaboration and technological challenges Our current mutual understanding of ILC-CLIC status, is significantly better than that of 2001, owing to the on-going collaboration. -- Kaoru Yokoya
18 November 2010 - Linear Collider Accelerator School Our fifth Linear Collider Accelerator School, and the first one sponsored jointly by ILC and CLIC, was held there from 25 October to 5 November 2010. -- Barry Barish
11 November 2010 - Electron-Cloud physics [...] For the ILC, electron cloud effects can defocus the positron beam in the damping rings, thereby degrading the ability to create a low-emittance beam, a key in creating the required very small final beam spot. -- Barry Barish
4 November 2010 - Cavity gradient milestone achieved One of our most visible and important ILC R&D short-term milestones has been to demonstrate production of ILC superconducting radio frequency cavities with gradient of greater than or equal to 35 megavolts per metre (MV/m) and Q0 = 8x10^9 and 50 percent production yield. [...] Today I announce the successful achievement of that important 2010 milestone. -- Barry Barish
28 October 2010 - The first joint ILC and CLIC workshop, IWLC10 in Geneva This year, the International Workshop on Linear Colliders (IWLC2010), organised by the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA), was noteworthy in that it was the first joint workshop for both ILC and CLIC... -- Peter Garbincius
21 October 2010 - The convergence of astrophysics and particle physics [...] The scope of particle physics has grown in recent years to include what we commonly call particle astrophysics, where some of the most important particle physics questions are also of high importance for astrophysics. -- Barry Barish
14 September 2010 - Novosibirsk revisited - integrating former weapons scientists [...] The ISTC was established by international agreement in November 1992 as a nonproliferation programme. The mandate is to help develop alternative professional careers for the scientists, engineers and technicians from the former Soviet Union who used to develop weapons. High-energy physics has been both a beneficiary and a partner in this programme. -- Barry Barish
7 October 2010 - Novosibirsk I had the interesting experience recently of spending four days at a meeting in Novosibirsk, Russia... at the Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics (BINP), a famous laboratory credited with many of the innovations in modern particle accelerators. -- Barry Barish
30 September 2010 - The ILC in a mountainous region There is an encouraging possibility that Japan will bid to host the ILC. Earlier this month, at the autumn meeting of the Physical Society of Japan held at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, representatives of the Japanese ILC community announced two potential ILC sites. -- Marc Ross
23 September 2010 - Beyond the Technical Design Report The baseline configuration for the TDR is being decided over the coming months and we are on track to complete and document the technical design by the end of 2012. ... What will happen then? -- Barry Barish
16 September 2010 - IWLC2010 - International Workshop on Linear Colliders 2010 This week I want to preview the coming ECFA-CLIC-ILC joint meeting that will be held from 18 October through 22 October 2010 at CERN and the International Conference Centre Geneva, Switzerland. -- Barry Barish
9 September 2010 - Developing an ILC Project Implementation Plan [...] Another important step is to develop a Project Implementation Plan (PIP) as a way to outline the options, models and plans for realising the ILC as a project. -- Barry Barish
2 September 2010 - ILC RD plan updated [...] For the technical part, especially with the limited resources we have available, we have defined a prioritised R&D programme, and a design effort focused on cost, performance and risk optimisation. This programme is main subject matter of the newly released R&D Plan. -- Barry Barish
26 August 2010 - Discussing change at the Baseline Assessment Workshops In cooperation with the KEK Linear Collider Office, the ILC GDE Project Managers are organising the first in a series of Baseline Assessment Workshops. -- Akira Yamamoto
19 August 2010 - ICHEP addresses the future of high-energy physics [...] Whatever new large projects will be in our future, we are building a strategy and timing for decisions, where the scientific results and imperatives can determine our choices. -- Barry Barish
12 August 2010 - ICHEP opens the LHC era [...] The ICHEP conference broadly covered the field of high-energy physics from new limits on the search for the Higgs from the Tevatron to reviews of future technology and projects. -- Barry Barish
5 August 2010 - Students admitted to the fifth Linear Collider accelerator school We have selected 70 highly qualified students from an increased pool of 276 applications for the 2010 school. -- Barry Barish
29 July 2010 - Paris and politics By governance we mean all the disparate elements required to found a convincing ILC laboratory organisation, with clear aims, transparent and accountable management and supportive governments and funding agencies. It forms an essential part of the overall "Project Implementation Plan"... -- Brian Foster
22 July 2010 - An animated ILC Today, we release our first ILC animation, which has been created by Mamoru Horiuchi (aka Rey.Hori) from Japan. -- Barry Barish
15 July 2010 - Japan to provide funds towards the Super KEKB upgrade [...] MEXT, the Japanese ministry that supports high-energy physics at KEK, announced that it will appropriate 10 billion yen (around 110 million dollars) towards the upgrade of KEKB over the three years starting this fiscal year. -- Barry Barish
8 July 2010 - The laser and the next 50 years [...] it is clear that the new laser developments will continue to have an impact on our lives in new and exciting ways, both by opening up new scientific opportunities and in creating new applications to our everyday lives. -- Barry Barish
1 July 2010 - Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the laser [...] The development of the laser from a fundamental physics discovery to a multibillion-dollar industry and its pervasive and unforeseen impacts on how we live, make a very powerful case for the value of basic research. -- By Barry Barish
24 June 2010 - Flexibility in the ILC design In a new large accelerator complex which will take years to get approved and constructed, one must maintain some degree of flexibility in its design as many things can change before a construction start. -- By Ewan Paterson
17 June 2010 - Superconducting RF cavity industrialisation Producing high gradient superconducting radiofrequency (SCRF) cavities that meet our demanding performance goals, are affordable and can be produced by industry represents one of the largest challenges on the way to making a solid project proposal for the ILC. [...] Developing a worldwide capability to produce our cavities in industry represents an enormous challenge - one we need to address now. -- Barry Barish
10 June 2010 - The latest ILC technical review [...] Today, I will report on the latest meeting of the Project Advisory Committee (PAC) that reviews both the accelerator and detector technical efforts and reports to the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC). This recent meeting was particularly important, because at this time we are dealing with differing opinions regarding the proposed baseline changes for the ILC technical design. -- Barry Barish
3 June 2010 - Attracting women into science [...] I was pleased that the 2010 National Science Board's Public Service Award was given to the "Expanding Your Horizons Network," an organisation that is dedicated to educating young school girls about careers in math, science and engineering. I was doubly pleased that one of our own ILC Global Design Effort members, Cherrill Spencer, who has served the network for so many years, was part of the team that came to Washington DC to receive this award. -- Barry Barish
27 May 2010 - Baseline Assessment Workshops [...] The first BAW will be held at KEK from 7-10 September 2010, and the second at SLAC from 18-21 January 2011. I am very much encouraging active participation from the detector community and by some of our advisory committee members both in the preparations leading up to these workshops and at the workshops, themselves. --Barry Barish
20 May 2010 - International Linear Collider Steering Committee confronts ILC R-D support issues [...] The most recent meeting of the ILCSC, chaired by Jon Bagger, was held on 25 February 2010 at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a day before the meeting of ICFA. This meant that many of the major laboratory directors could take part in the ILCSC meeting, and since much of the ILC R&D programme is carried out through these laboratories, this meeting presented the opportunity to have meaningful and frank discussions of the support and resources needed to achieve the high-priority ILC R&D goals, both for the ILC accelerator and detector efforts. --Barry Barish
13 May 2010 - Keeping ILC costs under control The cost of the project "next-generation linear collider" ILC has been a major issue, ever since we began our ILC design work in 2005. The scale of the project and the costs of the ILC are roughly equivalent to the largest present-day science projects, like the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The good news is that we believe the ILC will not cost more than these megascience projects, and they have actually been built or are being built. The bad news is that the present world economic situation and government priorities are such that it will be extremely difficult to convince governments to make yet another large investment in a fundamental science project of such a large scale. Nevertheless, fundamental science must go on... -- Barry Barish
6 May 2010 - Cost and cost growth in science megaprojects [...] The trend towards larger science seems inevitable and we scientists need to make sure such facilities are done cost effectively, if we expect society to support us. This means we must very carefully choose which projects to develop, so that we will produce the best science. --Barry Barish
29 April 2010 - ATF2 enters the nanometre world The ATF2 collaboration has recently succeeded to obtain vertical beam size of less than one micrometre and consequently has now entered into the nanometre world in the final focus system. In this corner, I will describe what is AFT2 and how we reached this challenging beam size. -- Toshiaki Tauchi
22 April 2010 - ILC-CLIC general issues group At the Beijing meeting, Philippe Lebrun gave a report to the Global Design Effort Executive Committee of the initial work of the new "ILC-CLIC general issues group." [...] The group has reviewed its mandate, surveyed the progress of the joint ILC-CLIC working groups and planned its future activities. -- Barry Barish
15 April 2010 - Coming up - the fifth International Accelerator School on Linear Colliders One of the primary missions of the ILC Global Design Effort is to help in the training of the next generation of accelerator physicists. To achieve that end, we have been a sponsor and we supplied many of the lecturers at a series of schools that began four years ago. [...] This year's school will focus on subjects in accelerator physics related to TeV-scale linear colliders, including the ILC, CLIC and the muon collider. -- Barry Barish
8 April 2010 - Celebrating first 7-TeV collisions at the LHC This past week marked the beginning of a new era for particle physics with the much publicised achievement of establishing the first 7-TeV collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). [...] We should soon begin to have a glimpse of Terascale physics from searches for the origin of mass to looking for evidence of a new symmetry in nature that could even explain the dark matter. Even more intriguing is the real possibility for totally unexpected surprises that are awaiting us. We are looking to LHC science to establish what kind of lepton collider will be needed to best exploit the energy frontier in the longer term. -- Barry Barish
1 April 2010 - Physics at the Beijing Linear Collider Workshop [...] ILC physics is great, as long as the new particles are within range, enabling us to reconstruct theory based on data. What energy is enough? LHC will tell us, so look forward! We need to be ready once there is new physics. -- Barry Barish
25 March 2010 - Here is to Beijing - the Great Wall - and windowless seminar rooms [...] As a truly global project, the ILC remains the dream of hundreds of physicists around the globe. Many of them will be joining me in Beijing for the workshop, to discuss the impressive technical progress we are making. -- Nick Walker
18 March 2010 - Path forward following the AAP Review [...] we have sought a more critical technical review process. We now have had such a review and it has made us reconsider some of our plans as a result. We will be interacting with the AAP in the coming months regarding the detailed recommendations in their report. -- Barry Barish
11 March 2010 - FALC meets in Mumbai The most recent meeting of the Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC) was held at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, India from 17 to 18 January. FALC reviewed the major high-energy programmes worldwide during this meeting, as well as hearing reports on the status and plans for the International Linear Collider. -- Barry Barish
4 March 2010 - Particle Physics for biologists and beyond [...] I am addressing another important area of communication for the ILC and particle physics more generally: the need to engage our scientist colleagues in other areas of science ranging from biology to astronomy. -- Barry Barish
25 February 2010 - A trip to Washington Mike Harrison describes a recent trip to Washington to talk to the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); the home of the Presidential Science Advisor. -- Mike Harrison
18 February 2010 - Change has come to linearcollider.org Welcome to the new linearcollider.org! [...] We are proud to present the result that you see today as the new www.linearcollider.org website. -- Maura Barone and Barry Barish
11 February 2010 - US Department of Energy ILC R-D funding request for fiscal year 2011 [...] I am pleased to announce that the DOE is continuing to support this revised programme and that a $35-million ILC R&D budget has been included in the President's US budget request announced last week. -- Barry Barish
4 February 2010 - Formalising and extending the ILC-CLIC collaboration [...] The ILC-CLIC collaborative work has become an important element in our activities. In addition to the technical interchange and joint work through seven working groups, we held a Global Design Effort Executive Committee meeting at CERN last June and will organise a large joint workshop next autumn. Our collaborative activities have reached a level where it has become important to formalise the arrangement, which has now been achieved through a joint statement. -- Barry Barish
28 January 2010 - S1 global started moving S0, S1, and S2 - these are the "code names" for superconducting accelerating system R&D for the International Linear Collider. -- Kaoru Yokoya
21 January 2010 - Accelerator Advisory Panel meeting in snowy Oxford The first step in evaluating the SB2009 proposal was an in-depth review held in Oxford, UK, just after the New Year. The Acceleration Advisory Panel (AAP) is a panel of technical and project experts that advises me on technical, R&D and management issues. It will be a couple of more weeks before I receive their detailed report, but in anticipation, I briefly report some highlights based on their comments to me and their presentation at the closeout session. -- Barry Barish
14 January 2010 - Evolving the ILC baseline Over the past year, the ILC project managers have led a focussed effort to assess the ILC baseline configuration that is documented in the Reference Design Report (RDR) and as a result have developed a set of proposed baseline changes that are aimed at reducing costs and improve the technical design. -- Barry Barish
7 January 2010 - Reflections on the New Year As we enter the New Year, it is a good time to review and reflect on our accomplishments during 2009, as well as the present status and prospects for the ILC. I wish I could boldly state that we have made big strides towards making the ILC a reality over the past year, but in reality it was a mixed year. -- Barry Barish


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And the story began,....a village Upper Karbusch,...in this village, two strangers wandered....The first one named Vitaly, and the second, Paul, as it turned out later they are businessmen and they had a broken car, ...they needed help, but...instead they met a strange man, who came out of the red gates of the village house. He persuaded the businessmen he will find help and a stay for the night,but first he offered them to have some fun...and led them to the abandoned catacombs.... something happened and they lost their way ...in these endless labyrinths - Watch Bastards web-series Local movie theaters.
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Posted by Editoress on 09/13/10
Inaugural RBC GranFondo Whistler cycling event features 4,000 riders, 122 kilometres of spectacular scenery
The inaugural RBC GranFondo Whistler finished as it began – with four thousand cycling enthusiasts celebrating the unique challenge provided by 122 pedal-churning kilometres of spectacular and unforgiving west coast terrain. At the finish line celebration in Whistler, BC, looks of nervousness and excitement in the "peloton" that marked the start of the epic journey had given way to that of exhaustion, relief, and satisfaction.
"The camaraderie, the energy, the support and the shared sense of accomplishment that these cyclists experienced today will stay with them, and provides that magical quality that defines a mass participation event delivered on a grand scale", said Neil McKinnon, Co-founder of the RBC GranFondo Whistler.
"We salute all of the riders in reaching the finish line, and thank them for giving this event its character and its identity; I'm confident that the RBC GranFondo Whistler has defined the GranFondo experience for North America, and we look forward to bringing this event to communities across Canada in the near future."
Under clear skies, the men's Giro race kicked off the RBC GranFondo Whistler at 6:50 a.m., followed one minute later by the start of the women's Giro. The category 1, 2, and 3 racers set the tone for day by powering out of the start chute on Georgia street, through the Stanley Park causeway, and over the Lions Gate bridge before tackling the day's first big climb on Taylor Way in West Vancouver and spreading out along the scenic Sea to Sky Highway. At the finish, Andrew Pinfold of United Healthcare edged out Nic Hamilton (2nd, Trek/Red Truck) and Tim Abercrombie (3rd Garneau Evolution) in a furious sprint along Blackcomb Way to the line in a time of 3 hours, 14 minutes and 29 seconds.
On the women's side, Leah Guloien (Total Restoration) took top honours, also by way of a sprint finish, in a time of 3 hours, 37 minutes and 2 seconds. Second place went to Leah Kirchmann (Trek/Red Truck – same time), who nudged Claire Cameron (Mighty Riders – same time).
For many RBC GranFondo Whistler participants, the ride had less to do with time, and everything to do with the journey. While some rode to raise funds for charity or for fitness, others simply rode to feed their passion for the sport. Seventy two year old Gary Baker was one such rider. Gary and his wife Brenda (57) crossed the finish line together in the identical time of 4 hours, 14 minutes and 23 seconds. He said, "I love riding, period. This was just such a good opportunity to ride with no traffic, and the event was so well organized, it was truly first class all the way."
The RBC GranFondo Whistler would not have been possible without the support of, and collaboration with great corporate and municipal partners. Title sponsor RBC not only supported the vision of the RBC GranFondo Whistler organizers, but also worked with them to make a significant contribution to sustainable water practices by opting to make the event 100 per cent bottled-water free, and donating $25,000 to organizations committed to water conservation through its Blue Water programs as part of its sponsorship. "There's no greater feeling than riding through breathtaking scenery with a big group of dedicated riders. RBC is proud to be the inaugural sponsor of what is destined to be a world-class event," said Graham MacLachlan, participant and Regional President, RBC.
The resort community of Whistler provided a stunning backdrop to the finish of the RBC GranFondo Whistler, and in keeping with their sterling reputation as expert event hosts, provided essential services and support to the event from the early planning stages. Whistler Mayor Ken Melamed completed the GranFondo as a race participant. "This event has been just incredible, for riders and for the Whistler community," says Melamed. " The RBC GranFondo Whistler is a perfect fit for Whistler as it builds strong linkages to Vancouver and this growing sport. Local business, residents and visitors are thrilled at the immediate success of this new event."
2011 Registration
Founding Riders and volunteers are eligible for priority access registration for RBC GranFondo 2011, and can register online at rbcgranfondowhistler.com starting September 13th at 12:00 p.m. (all participants and volunteers will be given a code to access early registration). General public online registration begins September 20 at 12:00 p.m. The cut-off date for early bird registration is June 30, 2011. Age restrictions apply to the GranFondo and Medio (must be 19+). There are no age restrictions for Giro riders.
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Open Source Meets Mobility
It's no surprise that smartphones are going like gangbusters, or that open source keeps climbing the corporate ladder. What's surprising, however, is how they're doing so hand in hand.
Consider a recent study by Black Duck Software, which sells application development management software. Upon reviewing 185,000 projects, Black Duck identified 2,304 as open source targeting mobile platforms, comprising 6,588 releases. Of course, 2,304 isn't overwhelming compared with the total number of open source projects. What's noteworthy, however, is that the amount of mobile source code released grew at 55% a year between 2005 and 2008. And the activity goes well beyond mobile Linux. In 2008, open source projects for the iPhone led the way with 266 releases, even though the iPhone is a closed platform. Android came in second with 191 releases, Windows Mobile with 174, BlackBerry with 96, and Symbian with 64.
The real question, though, isn't "How much?" but rather "So what?" Will the combination of mobility and open source change what companies and their developers can do with mobile devices? The fact is that open source is one force driving cracks into the closed world of network carriers, which are used to controlling everything from the devices we use to the software we run. Today's consumers -- and, increasingly, business users as well -- demand devices and carriers that provide more options for third-party apps and personalization. Conventional telecom vendors and device makers are reacting to that, and are beginning to treat smartphones on 3G networks as a mobile computing platform, not a voice service with some data services. This translates to more opportunities for developers, who can create and sell mobile apps via online app stores from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, and others. Count on that to spur continued growth in open source mobile development, and for companies that embrace mobile computing to reap the benefits of those innovations