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TP, but the lib would be easy to port to C. I gave
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but never heard back from him. If you want the code
I'd be glad to share it with you.
Perhaps Allegro could be an idea? It works with DJGPP which is a compiler of choise for many game programmers. I think Quake was compiled using DJGPP.
I use allegro now, and all my problems are history. I see now that this library is essential for everyone interested in game-programming for dos. (no this is not advertisement this really IS good: the library even includes 35 example programs in which they explain every feature/function you can think of.)
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NEW YORK — Downton Abbey fans were devastated when Matthew Crawley made his dramatic exit from the series at the end of the show's third season. The actor who played him, however, is less emotional about the plot point.
"It's nice that people care, I suppose, about the show, but yeah, you know ... I had to do what I had to do," Dan Stevens said Thursday while attending a New York reception to launch a two-day pop-up showcase to promote British tourism.
He does, however, recognize the phenomenon the show has become, airing in countries across the globe.
"It's a show that means a lot to a lot of people, and, you know, we've obviously gone into a lot of homes on a Sunday night, so people feel very close to the show, which is great," Stevens said.
On Downton, the relationship between Crawley and Michelle Dockery's Lady Mary was a central storyline.
Stevens left the show to pursue other opportunities, which have opened up for him. He recently starred in The Heiress on Broadway with Jessica Chastain and shot a role in an upcoming film about the founder of WikiLeaks with fellow British actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
Stevens is now filming a movie in Brooklyn with Liam Neeson called A Walk Among the Tombstones. That part has required the 30-year-old to trim down a bit and darken his hair. When he was first spotted publicly last weekend at the GLAAD Awards sporting the new look, photos quickly spread online with chatter about the change.
Stevens seemed especially surprised — if not confused — by the interest in his appearance.
"Really? OK, I suppose," he said. "There's so much else going on in the world."
He was more interested in encouraging people to visit his homeland.
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More Than 100 Golfers Took Part in Malaysia Airports Golf Challenge
18 November 2006
Kuala Lumpur, 18 November 2006 - Malaysia Airports today organised the second annual Malaysia Airports Golf Challenge, held at the Glenmarie Golf & Country Club where more than 100 participants took part.
Participants comprising business partners, airlines, media agencies, clients, private, government agencies and senior officials from Malaysia Airports, including Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Aris Othman, Chairman of Malaysia Airports and Y. Bhg. Dato Seri Bashir Ahmad, Managing Director of Malaysia Airports, pitted their golfing skills in this challenge. The purpose of this golf competition is to further enhance relationship and networking through sports activities with these parties.
This is the second time that Malaysia Airports is organising this golf invitational tournament which offers attractive prizes including a Nissan X-Trail for a Hole-in-One. The overall champion, Mr. Ravi Chandar, Managing Director of New Sign Transportation, received a challenge trophy as well as attractive prizes. Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Aris Othman and Y. Bhg. Dato Seri Bashir Ahmad gave away the prizes.
Dato Seri Bashir Ahmad said, "Malaysia Airports is very pleased with the encouraging response for our annual golf tournament. This golf tournament provides all the participants the opportunity not only to enjoy the game, but also the chance to further expand their networking and contacts."


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SOURCE: Green Star Products, Inc.
January 02, 2013 12:34 ET
SALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwire - Jan 2, 2013) - Today the President of Green Star Products, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GSPI), Joseph LaStella, reviewed the accomplishments of the Company in 2012 and outlook for 2013.
Mr. LaStella stated, "It comes as no surprise that due to national and international economic conditions, projects at all levels have been delayed. Early in 2011 Green Star announced that it had created a new business strategy to increase revenue for the Company without requiring additional capital investment. GSPI decided to license other companies to market and sell our line of environmentally friendly products. GSPI formed alliances with other green companies to offer their products to Green Star's customer base as well. In 2012 we saw significant spending by many of these potential new partners on research and future use of our products."
Green Star and its consortium now provide advanced coating products to international industrial and commercial customers. In 2011 GSPI furnished the coating products and participated in the completion of a significant photovoltaic energy project at a major U.S. government facility in Southern California. This project consisted of applying coatings on four major steel structures including the new amphitheater. Photos may be seen on the projects page of our new website at: www.GreenStarProductsInc.com/b.htm. Links to other GSPI related websites may be found at this web address as well: www.GreenStarProductsInc.com.
Other coatings products are being tested throughout the world. In Germany, a coating has been tested and rated as the best available product for the new monster tunnels being cut through the Alps.
In China, a coating product is being tested for use on supertanker hulls. In the province of Jiangsu, it is also being tested to protect new sea ports from corrosion by saltwater.
In the European Union, other coatings are being tested on undercarriages and other areas in advanced automobiles.
Green Star is also marketing specialized lubricants, cleaners and protectors in partnership with other distributors in government sales at all levels including the U.S. Federal Government and recreational products where improved performance, efficiency and environmentally friendly factors are important. For instance, our TVT lubricant product line is being tested by NASCAR racing teams and for other industrial applications across the world such as titanium drilling facilities in Russia.
GSPI is in negotiations to construct Hybrid Algae Production System (HAPS) and DHA production facilities in China. Both agreements should reach prototype plant development stage in early 2013. Full size projects are expected to be in the tens of millions of dollars range. Production of algae based biodiesel, food and materials consumes carbon dioxide as the principle nutrient for algae growth, making these products a net carbon neutral factor in the biosphere. Also in Europe, two GSPI algae systems are under advanced discussion. Please see press release dated October 19, 2012 'Green Star Products, Inc. 2012-2013 Business Outlook' which explains in detail our algae production technology, which will continue to be a core business for Green Star.
GSPI representatives have been in China, Russia and Siberia during the year 2012, and have established permanent offices in Beijing since 2011. In October 2012, the Green Star delegation (which included Biotech Research, Inc.) was received by high level local and central government representatives in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. Video of these negotiations was broadcast on national TV in China. It is estimated that over 400 million people tuned in to the evening news covering Green Star's trip to this province. To view the YouTube video of the China TV news clip, please visit this page on our website: www.GreenStarProductsInc.com/c.htm.
In conclusion, 2013 offers GSPI the greatest of opportunities moving forward on significant projects across several continents.
About Green Star Products
Green Star Products, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GSPI) is an environmentally friendly public company dedicated to creating innovative cost-effective products to improve the quality of life and clean up the environment. GSPI and its Consortium are involved in the production of green sustainable goods including renewable resources such as algae based biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol and other clean-burning biofuels, as well as other green products including lubricants, additives and devices that reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in vehicles, machinery and power plants. For more information please visit www.GreenStarProductsInc.com, and call 800-741-7648 and 800-340-9784,
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Nicole Marie Deming is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She received her BA in Biology and Philosophy, with honors, at St. Mary's College of Maryland. She earned her MA in Bioethics from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle and her JD, with honors, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law with concentrations in both International Law and Health Law.
Ms. Deming is primarily based in the Center for Biomedical Ethics at MetroHealth Medical Center, working closely with Mark Aulisio, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Bioethics. She is active in the Clinical Ethics Program and Research Ethics at MetroHealth. Ms. Deming is a member of the Institutional Review Board at MetroHealth and serves as the Research Subject Advocate (RSA) for the NIH-funded Clinical Science Translational Collaborative project.
Ms. Deming's research interests include the informed consent process, medical school education, research regulations, and living organ transplants.
Ms. Deming teaches courses in bioethics, professionalism and research ethics. She works closely with students that choose the research track in the Bioethics Masters Program. Her teaching experiences range from working as an instructor at Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center in the National Park to reviewing curriculum for the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research Ethics in the Classroom Science Curriculum in Seattle, WA.


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As we approach the halfway mark of a quite incredible Premier League campaign the title race is perhaps the most open in recent history, with just two points separating five teams at the top of the table.
Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Everton have all shown glimpses of their potential in a rollercoaster ride since August, while it would also be foolish to rule out defending champions Manchester United eight points adrift.
With so many teams eyeing Champions League qualification and ultimately glory come May this season's January transfer window is likely to be pivotal, with the right signing capable of tipping the balance.
While Liverpool and the chasing pack focus on a furious festive programme of fixtures let's look a little further ahead and see where a crucial addition or two could make all the difference.
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Replace a broken AirPort/Bluetooth board to regain wireless connectivity.
Orient the iMac face-side down on a table with the bottom edge facing yourself.
Remove the two Phillips screws securing the access door to the bottom grille of your iMac.
As you remove the screws during these steps, place them on a towel or a piece of cardboard. With a Sharpie label a piece of masking tape with the step number from which they were taken from. Then place the removed screws under the tape.
This ongoing step will aid in you having control on your reassembly without searching for and identifying the size and length all the screws that you are about to remove.
Remove the access door.
Remove the three T8 Torx screws securing the front bezel to the rear case along the lower edge of the iMac.
Turn the computer over.
Use your thumbs to press both RAM arms in past the front bezel for enough clearance to lift it off the rear case.
While holding the RAM arms in with your thumbs, lift the lower edge of the front bezel enough to clear the rear case.
Insert a plastic card up into the corner of the air vent slot near the top of the rear case.
Push the card toward the top of the iMac to release the front bezel latch.
Pull the front bezel away from the rear case.
Repeat this process for the other side of the front bezel.
If the bezel refuses to release, try pressing the lower edge back onto the rear case and repeat this opening process.
Lay your iMac stand-side down on a table.
Lift the front bezel from its lower edge and rotate it away from the rest of your iMac, minding the RAM arms that may get caught.
Lay the front bezel above the rest of the iMac.
My A1145 seems to be attached, somehow, on the top via some silver looking strips. It does not seems to want to come off. Is that the wireless?
NO they are clamps on each of the top inside corners of the outside bezel (frame ) if you use a Heavy Spudger Tool & pry not too hard just slightly between the bezel (side) and the display (side) this should pop each off usually by just popping one or the other sides the second will automatically pop as well.
If necessary, remove the piece of kapton tape wrapped around the microphone and camera connectors.
Disconnect both the camera and microphone cables.
Peel the lower EMI shield off the lower edge of the iMac and off the two vertical 4" sections on either side of the iMac.
Tape the lower EMI shield up against the face of the display to keep it out of the way while you work.
Remove the single T10 Torx screw securing the right speaker to the rear case.
Lift the right speaker out of the rear case.
Remove the two Phillips screws securing the AirPort/Bluetooth board to the logic board.
Use your finger to lift the AirPort/Bluetooth board from its left edge, disconnecting it from the logic board.
Use the flat end of a spudger to pry both antenna connectors up off the AirPort/Bluetooth board.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed players will assist the iconic villain in his quest to rid the universe of Jedi - and face decisions that could change the course of their destiny.
As its name implies, The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force by taking full advantage of newly developed technologies that will be seen and experienced for the first time: Digital Molecular Matter (DMM), by Pixelux Entertainment, and euphoria by NaturalMotion Ltd. Paired with the powerful Havok Physics system, these new technologies create gameplay only possible on the new generation of consoles.
DMM incorporates the physical properties of anything in the environment so that everything reacts exactly like it should - wood breaks like wood, glass shatters like glass, plants on the planet Felucia bend like plants on the planet Felucia would, and more. Meanwhile, as a revolutionary behavioral-simulation engine, euphoria enables interactive characters to move, act and even think like actual human beings, adapting their behavior on the fly and resulting in a different payoff every single time.
The Wii version will also add an exclusive duel mode in which players can compete head-to-head with their friends to determine the ultimate Jedi Master.
- During the period between Episodes III and IV, players hunt Jedi in the role of Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice.
- Unleash and upgrade the Secret Apprentice's four core Force powers - Force push, grip, repulse and lightning - throughout the course of the game, and combine them for ultra-destructive, never-before-seen combos.
- Examples of unleashing the Force in ways never thought possible:
- The Secret Apprentice won't just Force push enemies into walls - he'll Force push enemies through walls.
- The Secret Apprentice won't just Force grip foes to throw them aside - he'll Force grip them in midair, zap them with lightning, then drop them to the ground to explode like a bomb.
- In addition to new adversaries created just for the game, such as fugitive Jedi and Force-sensitive Felucians, players will also confront and associate with familiar faces from the Star Wars films, including Darth Vader.
- Visit locations such as Episode III's Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk and the floral Felucia, the junk planet Raxus Prime, plus an Imperial TIE fighter construction facility.
- Decisions made by players throughout the game will determine the path of the story, including multiple endings that will rock Star Wars continuity as they know it.
- The Force Unleashed is LucasArts' first internally developed title for next-generation consoles, and it represents the first in-game collaboration of talents and technology between LucasArts and Industrial Light & Magic, two companies now finally under one roof at the new Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco's Presidio district.
- The Force Unleashed debuts Digital Molecular Matter from Pixelux and euphoria behavioral simulation from NaturalMotion Ltd.
- LucasArts is preparing an unprecedented promotional effort around the launch of The Force Unleashed, encompassing a full line of toys and game-based action figures from Hasbro, as well as a full publishing program from Dark Horse, Del Rey and Palace Press.
The Force Unleashed is the first next-generation game developed internally at LucasArts, and will be available on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Krome Studios are creating an equally enthralling version of The Force Unleashed on the Wii, PS2 and PSP, while n-Space, Inc., is developing a version for the NDS. All will feature the same storyline, with opportunities to unleash the Force in devastating new ways.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be released on Sept. 16, 2008 in the United States, Sept. 17 in Southeast Asia and Australia, and Sept. 19 in Europe.
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Malayalam Heroins news thamanna Hotnsourtv is a Malayalam Entertainment portal. hotnsourtv.com cinema portal is such a portal which could entertain you with the newses of Entertainments, Movie Infos, Movie Details, Gossips and also in pursuit of the information which are beyond the reach. In Hotnsourtv if the videos are bringing you Entertainment, on the other hands in Hotnsourmoviechannel, the words are doing the job. The ultimate success of hotnsourmoviechannel.com lies in bringing all the whereabouts of Malayalam cinema to forefront in a single point, you may read the complete biography of Malayalam cinema from here. Hence this web site is known as the 'Entire Story of Malayalam Cinema".
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Hospital renovation project officially begins Wednesday.
It's been years in the making but the first step in construction for the new addition and renovation of Pratt Regional Medical Center will start with demolition on Wednesday.
A crowd gathered Monday afternoon on the north side of the hospital for a ceremonial ground breaking on the site that will soon be busy with construction activity.
At a reception in the hospital cafeteria after the ground breaking, Rich Sanders, Pratt County Hospital Board Chairman, said it took faith and courage for those people 65 years ago to build the first hospital facility.
That courage has led to the current hospital complex that employs over 450 and served 50,000 patients in 2012, Sanders said.
Bill Keller, PRMC Board Chairman, said it took a lot more than the five original board members and the three county commissioners to get the first hospital started in 1949 and it has taken a lot of support from the community to get this project underway.
"It is an important asset for the physical health and well being of the community," Keller said. "It also has a huge economic impact on the community."
When new people want to move to Pratt, their first questions are about schools and health care. No other community this size has this facility, Keller said.
She was very proud of everyone involved, said PRMC President and CEO Susan Page.
"We're thrilled to be moving forward."
She especially thanked Hilary Dolbee, PRMC vice president for finances officer and Mike Patton, PRMC manager of plant operations for their hard work to make the addition and upgrade a reality.
The changes will not only affect current patients but also the children and grandchildren in Pratt and the surrounding communities.
In 2012, 50,000 patients were treated at the hospital. From a service stand point the hospital touches a lot of lives.
With over 450 employees, the hospital is a major economic engine in the community and a lot of money gets turned over.
Page shared the saying that expresses how quickly everyone at the hospital wants to get this done.
"24 months won't come soon enough," Page said.
Tim Dudte, Health Facilities Group that designed the hospital, said the addition and renovations were designed with future additions to the hospital in mind. The final design allowed for $5 million in savings in the overall cost of the project.
The addition and renovation provided many challenges but the biggest was developing a design that allowed for construction in an existing building and keeping it in operation, Dudte said.
Among the many additions and changes will be new patient rooms, new outpatient area with all services visible upon entering the hospital, new operating suites, more rooms for endoscope procedures, more pre-op rooms, more medical surgery beds, enhanced radiology and nuclear medicine, a new entryway, tornado shelter and much more.
Dudte said he was really comfortable with the outcome. The new design works better for a modern hospital.
"I think it's incredibly functional," Dudte said. "I really like the way it's going to look."
Spencer Levin, of Hutton Construction that will build the new facility and do the renovation said demolition will start Wednesday and the new one-story patient wing will be the first portion of the facility to be constructed along with an additional 8,000 square feet to surgery. This construction will be on the north of the existing building in the parking lot on the west side of the property between the hospital and the construction trailers.
Construction on the first phase will take a year. The rest of the construction and renovation will be divided into four phases each lasting three months. Approximate construction time is 24 months with completion scheduled in the first quarter of 2015, Dudte said.
The biggest challenge during construction will be coordinating the work on the existing infrastructure and mechanical so it will minimize interference with hospital services. Dudte said he estimates from 30 to 35 tradesmen will be working on the average day but about 60 will be working during the phase one new patient wing.


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Ashley Tisdale: Starbucks Stop with Christopher French
Christopher French drapes his arm around girlfriend actress Ashley Tisdale as they walk around on Saturday afternoon (February 16) in Malibu, Calif.
The twosome picked up some iced drinks before heading out to Cafe Gratitude in Venice for some lunch.
"Beach day #bikinibumsandsandybuns http://instagr.am/p/V0CYJfwaHt/," Ashley wrote with a pic.
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Just a few days before, Ashley and Chris were spotted on a hike for Valentine's Day in Runyon Canyon.
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About James Isherwood
James Isherwood lives and works in New York City, but his paintings are filled with architectural dwellings sourced from elsewhere. In a commentary on luxury real estate, Isherwood has painted uninhabited residences imagined as spaces for retreat and social gathering; yet in their absence of humans they explore changes in global economic status, as well as ideas of reflection, calm, and hibernation in places of idealized retreat. In recent work, Isherwood has represented generic images of barns that combine formal abstract painting with drawing, and focus on the interaction of geometry, color, and texture—the latter achieved in as many as 100 layers on a single painting in a process of layering, sanding, and imprinting objects. The simplicity of the colors and forms in these structures highlights their changing appearance and creates space for Isherwood's imagined realities.
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Drew Roy can't complain about playing teen-turned-alien fighter Hal Mason in "Falling Skies." Despite a constant alien threat, Hal seems to find time for romance.
"I'll agree with you there," Roy said, laughing. "You know, being Hal, they throw a new girl at you about every other week. It's great."
The 26-year-old Alabama native was exaggerating just a bit, but during our phone interview before the TNT hit's second season began Roy explained that fans of Hal's relationship with his fellow scout, Maggie (Sarah Carter), should be pleased with his favorite episode of the season, "Love and Other Acts of Courage." It premieres at 8 p.m. July 8.
"I think it's one of the best episodes of the season," Roy said. "In the first part of the season we have all these things going on between Hal and Maggie, and [they're] trying to figure out where they stand with each other and what not. Well, the fifth episode is where some stuff comes together and they find themselves in some crazy situations. There are some great action sequences that should keep you on the edge of your seat.
"And the culmination of their story throughout that hour, I think, was just very nicely done."
Being the Southern gent that he is, Roy didn't tell about any kisses, but with all the flirting that's gone on between Hal and Maggie in previous episodes, one can only assume they'll get even closer. Yet some fans might be wondering about Hal's feelings for his former love, Karen (Jessy Schram), who was enslaved by the aliens and now serves as their messenger.
With Karen coming back onto the scene soon, Hal will have his hands full, and Karen's presence will be yet another obstacle in the way of his relationship with Maggie. "I don't think he'll ever be able to completely forget about Karen," Roy said. "I think he still has a little flicker of hope that some day they can ... de-harness her and all will be well."
Roy, on the other hand, had more than a flicker of hope that he could become an actor when he moved from Alabama to Hollywood just out of high school. A basketball and baseball player at Chilton County High School in Clanton, Ala., Roy had never participated in drama classes, but after meeting a modeling agent in Atlanta, decided he would make acting his career.
"I [couldn't] even call myself an actor, because I'd never been on stage before. I'd never acted in front of a camera," he said with a chuckle. "A little naivete goes a long way. If I'd have known what I was getting into, I'd have never come."
Roy got a valet job at the Beverly Hills Hotel, parking the cars of famous patrons while auditioning for TV and movie roles. He and five friends who were in a band shared two one-bedroom apartments, with three guys and three beds in each bedroom. Despite calling the two years they lived and partied together the best times of his life, Roy said, "I wouldn't want to live like that anymore."
After those two years his friends moved home, but Roy stayed, even though that flicker of hope he'd work as an actor was fading. He worked five years as a valet, taking acting classes and doing auditions before things started happening for him. He finally landed a guest role on "Greek," followed that up with guest spots on "Lincoln Heights" and "iCarly," which in turn led to him playing Miley Cyrus' boyfriend on "Hannah Montana" and a big-screen role in "Secretariat."
"Falling Skies" came next, and he was cast as Hal Mason, a role he humbly suggests he got because "the people that they originally wanted couldn't do it." He didn't have any special interest in doing a sci-fi series, he said.
"To be absolutely honest with you, when I booked this thing I was just interested in a job," he added, laughing. "The fact that the job was as cool as it was with such great people, I was like, 'Oh heck yeah! I hit the lottery.' So I'd like to say, 'I had 19 scripts and this was my favorite one.' No, I just got lucky."
Roy talked more about playing Hal, Hal's relationships with Maggie and Karen, working with such TV vets as Noah Wyle, and his career before "Falling Skies."
What's going to happen with Maggie and Hal?
If anybody's a fan of that storyline, you are going to be excited. Over the course of these three months, Hal and Maggie have found themselves on these scouting units and they've really become very, very close friends. I think that's all either one of them ever really feels it is. It's just a very close connection between a guy and a girl. They have each other's backs.
As things unfold throughout the season, and a few near death experiences happen, and a couple other scenarios, I believe they both start finding that maybe there's something more here. They come from such different backgrounds. Maggie, we're not even really sure who she was before and what all had happened to her. What happened to her when she was with Pope and his gang? Hal comes from this clean-cut, all-American background.
The two of them find this attraction for each other. At the same time there are a lot of obstacles there that they have to get over to be able to make this thing happen, if it can even happen. Who knows? Is this even a time in either one of their lives that they should even be looking for love? Is that going to be a distraction? Is that going to be something that actually makes them stronger and more able to evade the skitters and what not? Who knows?
Has he completely forgotten about Karen?
The way I played it, I don't think he'll ever be able to completely forget about Karen. There are a couple of different things that are brought up throughout the season. Whether it's my brother mentioning it, just an innocent bystander who happens to say something, Maggie herself saying something. It's still a touchy subject for him, because with the way that Karen was taken, it was right in front of Hal. He's just been knocked out by the mech, and he was coming to as they were dragging her away. I feel like he feels an incredible amount of guilt about that, that she was taken right in front of him and he couldn't do anything to stop it. I think that's something that's going to haunt Hal for a long time. But Karen is always going to be on his mind.
Did he see her at the end of season harnessed when she was bringing the messages and everything?
Yeah he did. He saw her, I think it was in the seventh hour, when we were in the little room with the crazy old lady ... The first time we see the overlord through the peephole Karen's with him and Hal tries to go to the door and they stop him. That's when they see that the overlord was out there and it actually would have been a very bad decision to have let Karen in. He's fully aware of what all is going on with Karen. But I think he still has a little flicker of hope that some day they can find her, and de-harness her and all will be well.
You have a new showrunner with Remi Aubuchon. Do you feel like the tone changed?
I think when you change a showrunner like that you're really taking a big gamble as far as what's going to happen. But in this situation I think it was a fantastic choice. Everything that was going wrong in the first season, and I never felt it was predictable in any regard, but there toward the end I think some people might have had some ideas of, "OK maybe this is going to happen in the next season. Maybe that's going to happen." But it's all flipped up on its head, because you have this whole new team of writers who have come in and we're really elaborating upon what these aliens are here for and why they're harnessing the kid, and what that means, and what that's going to do to maybe tell that story line. We're basically the right on a dog leg. It's a whole new direction.
One of my favorite parts of these new guys is the darker, grittier side that they've taken the show. ... You see some things that are going to make you cringe. There are some creepy things going on. There are these new aliens that we're finding things out about them, and the tactics that they use. It's just very dark. I never felt like it was glossed over or cute, but this year it is dark, gritty, more action. I think it's pretty much everything that any fan I've ever talked to, the things that they wanted to see happen, we're taking it in that direction.
Were you a fan of the sci-fi genre?
Science fiction, I'm the kind of guy that will watch [it]. Whatever I'm watching it's because of good story, or I've heard that it's an interesting story. I don't watch something just because it's a specific genre. I felt the way they did "District 9" was just fantastic, so I thoroughly enjoyed that. Just because you throw some aliens in a movie doesn't mean I'll watch it. Too often that's the crutch for a bad script; just because [they say], "All right, we're going to throw an alien in there, and now it's science fiction. We have some science fiction fans that are going to come watch it." I've never held myself to one genre. But yeah, I'm happy to be on this show.
How's it been working with Noah and all the other veterans?
Oh yeah it's a blessing for a young actor like myself. There are things that you pick up, whether it's acting things or just how to handle yourself on set. I feel like that's what I get the most out of, is just seeing the professionalism among these guys and girls, and how they deal with things. How generous they are. We're quite blessed with the fact that we don't have any wild diva stories on the set. Everybody shows up, knows their lines. Not only knows their lines, but is prepared to deliver them to the best of their abilities. So it's really set the bar high for me as far as how you handle yourself on set.
You moved to L.A. from Alabama and into a house with five friends?
That's true. We moved out right after high school. They were all in a band ... We move out here and we actually had two one-bedroom apartments. So there were three of us in each one. So in the bedroom we had three beds. We had a bed on every wall, and then the other wall would be the closet. We were really getting our dorm/college life in right in the middle of Hollywood. It was the best times of my life. I wouldn't want to live like that anymore, but every time you'd open that door to come home you had no idea what was going to be going on on the other side. It was always some sort of party or some crazy stuff, or somebody daring somebody to do something. It was pretty fantastic.
Did you just move out and start auditioning and everything?
Yeah, well I moved out because I had met this manager in Atlanta. I was over in Atlanta for just a second before I went to college. He talked me into moving out to Hollywood. Like I said, I came up with this brilliant idea that, "Yeah, I can do that!" So I did do it and quickly learned that I was way in over my head. I needed to start buckling down and learning what it was I was doing.
I'm the kind of guy that once I decide I'm going to do something I have a hard time just giving up on it without giving it a fair shot. I told myself, "OK, one year and we'll reassess." Well the one year comes and I was like, "You can't know anything at one year. I'm going to need two years and in two years I'm going to reassess.'" Well that happened and the same thing. "OK, I need three years."
So I got to about the five-year mark and I decide, "Well, I might have made a bad decision." All my buddies had moved home at this point. I'm still out here. I'm valeting. That was my day job, and acting has not found me. I probably needed to hang it up and go home at that point, but my pride was too big. I just couldn't up my fail and go back. So I stuck with it and kept getting into classes. I was in two or three classes a week and buckling down.
Then luck just happened to cross at the right time and I started booking jobs. ... I was prepared for this audition. I'm sure the people that they originally wanted couldn't do it, and that was my chance, and I got fortunate booking this show.
Want to give your pitch about the season?
I think the pitch of the season is, if you liked the first season we have more action, more creepiness with the aliens, and more of their mythology coming at you from the get-go and it doesn't stop until the final seconds, and then it's just going to leave you even more impressed with where this thing's going.


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I like the ideas of both animegirl and despin, would be a different spin off the norm. Whoever mentioned doing anime off of old school movies and shows has a great idea. While using old ideas it would be using new concepts. One, to me anyway, that would be awesome is an anime crossover to make the western gunslinger movie "the good, the bad, and the ugly." The crossover possibilities could endless and you could even switch them out through the course of the movie to make a mash up. This can be done with old school martial arts films out of Japan as well, would say China too but that is still a sore subject just like WWII is.
I'm about to lay down some awesome fresh ideas so put on your goggles the wind will be unbearable with all these revolutionary topics.
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So we start off with our male main character. He is useless in every way and completely incompetent. Just when he thinks his life can't get any worse a beautiful young lady shows up and changes his life.
Then after we build up the story and character development we introduce a new female character, then we subsequently add more each episode for about 4 episodes. They will all have a burning desire to become the mate of the main character. None of them will actually stand a chance with him because first come first serve.
There can be an overarching villain who will try to spread misfortune throughout the land and they will have uncontrollable godlike powers. The gang will be able to take them down in the end though because no evil can triumph over the power of Japanese high school students.
Also there will be many revolutionary plot devices they will mostly be made up of panty shots, accidental falling on top of the mc and hotspring/bath scenes many of them. Oh and just when you think there will be a intimate moment of kissing it will be interrupted at the last second.
Yes i know some call me a genius others call me a prodigy.
LOL!!!! Am an before his time, LOL!
I disagree. Most ideas are recycled
A magical girl that is actually YURI!
It's never good enough...
Will probably make this into a game with my pals, but I do have an idea
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A young French WW1 soldier runs away from a losing battle in which he watches his own comrades slaughtered (Thought about having this city be Ypres). Without direction and fear of his own life from the enemy hands and his own country's hands if they found out he deserted his fellow soldiers to save his own life, he travels for a week before coming onto a small settlement. Hungry and weakened, he tries to steal bread from the bakery only to have his clock cleaned (he got beat up). Out from that same bakery comes a plain girl whom offers him the same bread he tried to take and offers him temporary shelter inside their bakery. The young soldier hastily agrees and joins them, thus beginning the soldiers tale as he comes to become part of the family, conquers the consequences of his actions and finds his own meaning to life.
Don't get the wrong impression. It's not exactly a romance, especially if I'm the one writing it. It's a story about specifically the soldier and his journey of self discovery and closure.
It's all good.
I have 1 in my head for a year now and it is a fantasy and i am doing a manga of it.....
one who shall control fate... happy holidays!
OK so I have A LOT of ideas, but I'll start with this.
Its about a masked assassin that has lost his memory. He doesn't particularly like killing people, but he's good at it for some reason. The city that he lives in attracts all kinds of powerful people, so he never really has to go overseas. When not killing people, he is the nice, quiet, and somewhat dim-witted young man. He develops a relationship with a detective who is trying to find out the assassin's identity. The is a very fierce woman, and their personalities balance out. The assassin is pretty chill, laid back, and nice. The detective is feisty, sarcastic, and is only nice to people she knows. Their relationship doesn't sit well with the detective's partner, who is in love with her., and is VERY hostile to the assassin. At the same time, two people claiming that they know the assassin show up, one male and one female. The male claims to be his brother, and the female claims to be his lover. The brother is really laid back like the assassin, and the lover is psychotic. She tries to kill every one in contact with the assassin; the detective, a little girl he is friends with,everyone. They were part of a military experiment to produce killing machines (not very original).
I mostly want it to focus on the assassin and the detective. How deep their love is, and how painful it is for the assassin to fight her. And how the lover desperately wants him, an her hatred of the detective. Lots of action. Lots of romance. Not a lot of comedy. When I say assassin I'm not talking Agent 47 or Golgo 13. I'm talking sword swingin', gun toting, kung-fu fighting, Kill Bill style assassins.
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Consanguinity ("blood relation", from the Latin consanguinitas) is the property of being from the same kinship as another person. In that aspect, consanguinity is the quality of being descended from the same ancestor as another person. The laws of many jurisdictions set out degrees of consanguinity in relation to prohibited sexual relations and marriage parties or whether a given person inherits property when a deceased person has not left a will. Rules of Consanguinity are also used to determine heirs of an estate according to statutes that govern intestate succession, which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
The degree of relative consanguinity can be illustrated with a consanguinity table, in which each level of lineal consanguinity (i.e., generation or meiosis) appears as a row, and individuals with a collaterally consanguineous relationship share the same row.[1] The Knot System is a numerical notation that defines consanguinity.[2]
Legal definitions
Modern secular law
Issues of consanguinity arise in several aspects of the law. It is directly relevant in determining whether a couple can marry. These are linked to a jurisdiction's definition of incest, so that couples in an incestuous relationship will not be permitted to marry. Some United States jurisdictions forbid first-cousins to marry, while others limit the prohibition to any direct ancestors or descendants, as well as siblings, half-siblings, aunts and uncles. However, marriage with aunts and uncles (avunculate marriage) is legal in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, Malaysia, and Russia, among other places in the world.
Several volumes of Smith's Laws, enacted from 1700 through 1829, contain certain public and private laws of the Province and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Several laws with a prescribed punishment against adultery, bigamy, incest and fornication and all combinations of those crimes were enacted in 1705.[3]
Consanguinity is also relevant in issues of inheritance. In regard to the law of intestate succession (when a person dies without a will), under the Uniform Probate Code of the United States section 2-103, after a surviving spouse receives his or her share, the descendants (depending on the circumstances this may include children, grandchildren, or great grandchildren, either biological or adopted) receive the remainder of the intestate estate. If there are no children, the decedent's parent(s) receive the remainder of the estate. If there are neither descendants nor parents, the decedent's estate is distributed to descendants of the decedent's parents (again, depending on the circumstances, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews and great grand nieces and nephews). If there are no descendants, parents, or descendants of parents, then the deceased's property passes to the decedent's grandparents, or if no grandparents, then the descendants of the grandparents of the decedent (uncles and aunts, first cousins, or first cousins once, twice, or thrice removed, second cousins, third cousins etc.).
Also, some jurisdictions prohibit individuals from serving on a jury in which they have a certain degree of consanguinity with the defendant.[4]
Adoption may or may not be considered at law to create such a bond; in most Western societies, adoptive relationships are considered blood relationships for these purposes, but in others, including both Japan and ancient Rome, it was common for a couple with only daughters to adopt a son-in-law, making the marriage one between adoptive siblings.[citation needed]
Religious and traditional law
Under Roman civil law, which early canon law of the Catholic Church followed, couples were forbidden to marry if they were within four degrees of consanguinity.[5] In the ninth century the church raised the number of prohibited degrees to seven and changed the method by which they were calculated.[6] Eventually the nobility became too interrelated to marry as the pool of non-related prospective spouses became smaller. It was either defy the church's position or look elsewhere for eligible marriage candidates.[7] In 1215 the Fourth Lateran Council made what they believed was a necessary change to canon law reducing the number of prohibited degrees of consanguinity from seven back to four.[8][9] The method of calculating prohibited degrees was changed also.[10] Instead of the former practice of counting up to the common ancestor then down to the proposed spouse, the new law computed consanguinity by counting back to the common ancestor.[10] In the Roman Catholic Church, unknowingly marrying a closely consanguineous blood relative was grounds for an annulment, but during the eleventh and twelfth centuries dispensations were granted with increasing frequency due to the thousands of persons encompassed in the prohibition at seven degrees and the hardships this posed for finding potential spouses.[11] After 1215 the general rule was that while fourth cousins could marry without dispensation, generally the need for dispensations was greatly reduced.[11] In fourteenth century England, for example, papal dispensations for annulments due to consanguinity (and affinity) were relatively few.[12]
The connotations of degree of consanguinity varies by context (e.g., Canon law, Roman law, etc.). Most cultures define a degree of consanguinity within which sexual interrelationships are regarded as incestuous (the "prohibited degree of kinship").
Among the Christian Habesha highlanders of Ethiopia and Eritrea (the predominantly orthodox Christian Amhara and Tigray-Tigrinya), it is a tradition to be able to recount one's paternal ancestors at least seven generations away starting from early childhood, because "those with a common patrilineal ancestor less than seven generations away are considered 'brother and sister' and may not marry." The rule is less strict on the mother's side, where the limit is about four generations back, but still determined patrilinearly. This rule does not apply to Muslims or other ethnic groups.[13]
Ayurveda clearly states that marriage within the Gotra is a consanguineous marriage which can lead to many gestational and genetic problems in the fetus. So it has become a common practice in the Hindu households during pre-marriage discussions to ask the couples' Gotra. Couples of the same Gotra are advised not to marry. The advisers of this system say that this practice definitely helps in reducing the gestational problems and ensures a healthy progeny.
Genetic definitions
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The percentage of consanguinity between any two individuals decreases fourfold as the most recent common ancestor recedes one generation.[14] Consanguinity, as commonly defined, does not depend on the amount of shared DNA within two people's genome. It rather counts the number of meioses separating two individuals. Because of the effects of pedigree collapse, this does not directly translate into the amount of shared genetic substance.
It is common to distinguish first-degree cousins, second-degree cousins, and often also third-degree cousins. Since comparatively few people can trace their full family tree for more than four generations, the identity of fourth-degree cousins often cannot be established. Also, at a genetic level, half-fourth cousins typically do not exhibit greater genetic similarity with one another than with any other individual from the same population.[15]
Double first cousins are descended from two pairs of siblings, and have the same genetic similarity as half-siblings.
Conventionally, genetic consanguinity is expressed as defined by Wright[16] with the coefficient of relationship r, where r is defined as the fraction of homozygous due to the consanguinity under discussion. Thus, a parent and child pair has a value of r=0.5, siblings have a value of r=0.5, a parent's sibling has r=0.25, and first cousins have r=0.125.
As a working definition, unions contracted between persons biologically related as second cousins or closer (r ≥ 0.0156) are categorized as consanguineous. This arbitrary limit has been chosen because the genetic influence in marriages between couples related to a lesser degree would usually be expected to differ only slightly from that observed in the general population.
Globally, the most common form of consanguineous union contracted is between first cousins, in which the spouses share 1/8 of their genes inherited from a common ancestor, and so their progeny are homozygous (or more correctly autozygous) at 1/16 of all loci (r = 0.0625). Due to variation in geographical and ethnic background and the loci chosen to genotype there is some 2.4% variation expected. In practice the technical factors involved are the design of the SNP genotyping platform was used (e.g. which SNP array or sequencing method) and which software cut-offs were applied.[17]
Rates of occurrence
Historically, some European nobles cited a close degree of consanguinity when they required convenient grounds for divorce, especially in contexts where religious doctrine forbade the voluntary dissolution of an unhappy or childless marriage.[18] Conversely, the consanguinity law of succession requires the next monarch to be of the same blood of the previous one; allowing, for example, illegitimate children to inherit.[citation needed]
It is estimated that 55% of marriages between Pakistani Muslim immigrants in the United Kingdom are between first cousins,[19] where "preferential patrilateral parallel cousin marriage" (where a boy marries the daughter of his father's brother) is often favored.
Genetic disorders
The phenomenon of inbreeding, or endogamy, increases the level of homozygotes for autosomal genetic disorders and generally leads to a decreased biological fitness of a population known as inbreeding depression, a major objective in clinical studies.[20] The offspring of consanguineous relationships are at greater risk of certain genetic disorders. Autosomal recessive disorders occur in individuals who are homozygous for a particular recessive gene mutation.[21] This means that they carry two copies (alleles) of the same gene.[21] Except in certain rare circumstances (new mutations or uniparental disomy) both parents of an individual with such a disorder will be carriers of the gene.[21] Such carriers are not affected and will not display any signs that they are carriers, and so may be unaware that they carry the mutated gene. As relatives share a proportion of their genes, it is much more likely that related parents will be carriers of an autosomal recessive gene, and therefore their children are at a higher risk of an autosomal recessive disorder.[22] The extent to which the risk increases depends on the degree of genetic relationship between the parents; so the risk is greater in mating relationships where the parents are close relatives, but for relationships between more distant relatives, such as second cousins, the risk is lower (although still greater than the general population).[23] Compared to the general population, the risk of genetic defect is lowest for the offspring of third cousins and lower for offspring of fourth cousins.[24] A study based on cognitive behaviors among children has revealed the cognitive impairments, more common among the subjects having greater value of inbreeding coefficients.[25]
The low genetic heterozygosity associated with increased consanguinity in a population (identified by microsatellite markers) increases its susceptibility to infectious pathogens such as tuberculosis and hepatitis.[26]
A notable historical example of the detrimental effects of consanguinous marriages is the now-extinct House of Habsburg.
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- ↑ See, e.g., table of consanguinity
- ↑ Højrup, Knud, "The Knot System: A Numeric Notation of Relationship", National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 84, Number 2, page 115, June 1996, (ISSN 0027-934X)
- ↑ "The table of degrees of consanguinity and affinity" (PDF). Smith's Laws I. 1705. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
- ↑ "2313.42 Causes for challenge of persons called as jurors.". Ohio Laws and Rules - Ohio Revised Code. LAWriter. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
- ↑ Constance Bouchard, Those of My Blood: Creating Noble Families in Medieval Francia (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001), p. 40
- ↑ Constance B. Bouchard, 'Consanguinity and Noble Marriages in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries', Speculum, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Apr., 1981), pp. 269-70
- ↑ Constance B. Bouchard, 'Consanguinity and Noble Marriages in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries', Speculum, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Apr., 1981), pp. 270, 271
- ↑ http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/LATERAN4.HTM#50 4th Lateran Council, Canon 50
- ↑ John W. Baldwin, The Language of Sex: Five Voices from Northern France around 1200 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994), p. 78
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Constance B. Bouchard, 'Consanguinity and Noble Marriages in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries', Speculum, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Apr., 1981), p. 270
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 James A. Brundage, Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995), p. 356
- ↑ R. H. Helmholz, Marriage Litigation in Medieval England (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007), p. 86
- ↑ Wolbert Smidt, "Genealogy" in Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: D-Ha, (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), p. 743.
- ↑ Wirth, Eberhard Passarge. Color pl. by Jürgen (2007). Color atlas of genetics (3. ed., rev. and updated ed.). Stuttgart: Thieme. ISBN 9783131003638.
- ↑ Ask a Geneticist - Understanding Genetics: Human Health and the Genome - (by Dr. Erin Cline Davis, 23andMe Edited by Dr. DB Starr, Stanford University (October 10, 2008)
- ↑ Wright, Sewall (1922). "Coefficients of inbreeding and relationship". American Naturalist 56 (645): 330–338. doi:10.1086/279872.
- ↑ Rehder et al., Documenting suspected consanguinity guidelines, ACMG, Genet Med 2013:15(2):150–152
- ↑ James A. Brundage, Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995), p. 193
- ↑ "Marriage between cousins increases risks to children". medicinechest.co.uk.
- ↑ Fareed M, Afzal M. (2014) Evidence of inbreeding depression on height, weight, and body mass index: A population-based child cohort study. Am J Hum Biol. 26:784–795. doi:10.1002/ajhb.22599 PMID 25130378
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 William J Marshall, Ph. D.; S K Bangert, Clinical biochemistry : metabolic and clinical aspects (Edinburgh; New York: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2008), p. 920
- ↑ Benjamin Pierce, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach (New York: W.H. Freeman, 2012), p. 138
- ↑ Kingston H M, "ABC of Clinical Genetics", 3rd Edition (London: BMJ Books, 2002), Page 7, ISBN 0-7279-1627-0
- ↑ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080207140855.htm Science Daily: Third Cousins Have Greatest Number Of Offspring, Data From Iceland Shows. Date: February 8, 2008; Source: deCODE genetics.
- ↑ Fareed M, Afzal M. (2014) Estimating the inbreeding depression on cognitive behavior: A population based study of child cohort. PLoS ONE. 9(10):e109585. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109585 PMID 25313490
- ↑ Lyons EJ, Frodsham AJ, Zhang L, Hill AV, Amos W. (2009). Consanguinity and susceptibility to infectious diseases in humans. Biol Lett. 23;5(4):574-6. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0133 PMID 19324620
External links
|Look up consanguinity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Kalmes, Robert and Jean-Loup Huret. "Consanguinity." - Includes detailed information on the application of the coefficient of consanguinity
- Burtsell, Richard L. "Consanguinity (in Canon Law)." The Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Consanguinity from GeneWeb
- Canon Law and Consanguinity
- Rehder C.W. et al. [1]


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Four Hundred Students in FIRST Robot Competitions at Clarkson University
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Four hundred high-school & grade-school students in will compete in robot competitions Friday & Saturday, December 5 and 6, at Clarkson University.
On Friday, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization dedicated to inspiring young people's interest and participation in science and technology, brings its FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) to Clarkson University's Walker Center with the 2008 "Face Off" Challenge, as 200 high-school students on 22 teams compete in an event sponsored by the Northern New York Robotics Institute.
This year's "Face-Off" Challenge calls for teams of high school students to design, build and program robots to navigate a variety of surfaces, place hockey pucks in a center scoring area, knock pucks off racks and get off the playing surface at the end of the match.
Friday's tournament begins with robot inspections and open practice at 1 p.m., an opening ceremony at 1:45 p.m., qualifying rounds starting at 2:15 p.m. and elimination rounds at 6:30 p.m. Awards will be presented at 8 p.m.
On Saturday, FIRST brings its biggest-ever annual FIRST LEGO League (FLL) "Climate Connections" Challenge to Walker Center, as 200 elementary- and middle-school students compete.
This year's Challenge called for teams of 9- to 14-year-old children to research and present their own creative solutions to one of today's most critical environmental issues: climate, culminating in Saturday's Northern New York Robotics Institute's tournament . With missions including exploring greenhouse gases, wildlife, and preparations for climate conditions, teams will have programmed their robots to explore the growing questions around climate.
Saturday's tournament begins with an opening ceremony at 9:30 a.m., judging and presentations at 10 a.m., challenge rounds at 1 p.m., and awards at 4 p.m.
On Friday, teams will be coming from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and western New York and from the following local school districts: Brasher Falls, Canton, Colton-Pierrepont, Edwards-Knox, Gouverneur, Harrisville, Herman DeKalb, Madrid-Waddington, Massena, Norwood-Norfolk, Ogdensburg, Parishville-Hopkinton, and Potsdam and Seaway Technical Center.
On Saturday, the following school districts will be participating: Brasher Falls, Canton, Colton-Pierrepont, Edwards-Knox, Gouverneur, Herman DeKalb, Little River Community School, Madrid-Waddington, Massena, Norwood-Norfolk, Ogdensburg, Parishville-Hopkinton, and Potsdam as well as Little River Community School and Trinity Catholic School.
Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering. With the support of many of the world's most well-known companies, the not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge for high-school students, FIRST LEGO League for children 9-14 years old, and Junior FIRST LEGO League for 6 to 9 year-olds. To learn more about FIRST, go to http://www.usfirst.org. To learn more about the "Climate Connections" Challenge, go to http://www.firstlegoleague.org. For more information about LEGO, visit http://www.lego.com.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: High-school students compete in last year's FIRST Tech Challenge.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Richard "Dick" Thien, a veteran journalist who played a pivotal role in developing USA Today for Gannett Co. Inc., has died. He was 73.
Thien died Friday of natural causes at Missouri Baptist Hospital in suburban St. Louis, his son, Mark Thien, said Monday. Thien was a two-time cancer survivor.
In 1981, Gannett's CEO, Al Neuharth, chose Thien to be one of five prototype editors for USA Today, the nation's first national general-interest newspaper that made its debut the following year. USA Today immediately made a splash with its colorful look, frequent use of graphics and shorter, tighter stories, setting a trend followed by many newspapers around the world.
Thien was described in the book "The Making of McPaper: The Inside Story of USA Today," as "a gruff, cigar-chewing type who barked like an old-time city editor."
The Associated Press named Thien one of the 12 best editors in the country in 1986. It was among many awards he won in a career that spanned more than four decades.
Thien grew up in St. Louis and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1963.
He worked at newspapers in several states and was a longtime coach in the Chips Quinn Scholar program for young minority journalists. He also taught journalism at the State University of New York in Binghamton, the University of Kansas and at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he earned a master's degree in journalism in 1998.
Thien was a first lieutenant in the Army in the 1960s.
Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Elaine, three children and three grandchildren. A funeral service is Friday at Kutis Affton Chapel in suburban St. Louis.


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Othmane Aqallal necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
We would like to launch a contest for a PET bottle we are introducing in the market. we already have premium glass bottles. we won many international awards, you can take a look at our website: http://www.atlasoliveoils.com (see NEWS section). We have to insure the same overall design spirit. That means, we have to feel that the 3 brands are part of the same family (Desert Miracle + Les Terroirs de Marrakech + Atlas olive oils). However, we have to feel that Atlas olive oils (subject of the contest) is lower end because it is bottled in PET plastic bottle of 1 Liter.
Now we would like to launch an affordable/economical format of olive oil bottles in plastic (PET). We already sketched 2 designs we made internally. But we would like something similar (in silver color and taking into account the bottle cap that we already got in stock) but of course improved from a design point of view!
Please send us your email address so we can email you our 2 preliminary designs we made internally (ourselves) that we would like to improve.
The label dimensions should be: 150 mm x 60 mm.
we target this oil to Moroccan market as well as autralian, asian and european market.
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Now before we get carried away with all of Barbie's professional aspirations, you have to take a look at this toy, it's called the Barbie Glitterizer. You place decals on your Barbie…they have a sticky surface that attracts the glitter. Place your Barbie in the chamber and glitterize. Don't you wonder what the aha moment was for this product…did someone dream of Barbie in a phone booth, she had just come from the craft store, there was an opened bag of glitter…there was a gust of wind.
In any case, this is one of the funniest Barbie activity kits ever. Watch the video.


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James, Bosh give their take on Bulls' Rose
LeBron James hasn't missed a game all season, so maybe he's not the best person to comment on Derrick Rose's long-awaited return to the Bulls.
But he had some interesting thoughts during Miami shootaround at the United Center on Wednesday.
"I love competing against the best and he's one of the best," James said. "The NBA as a whole, as a competitor, you miss him on the floor. Even off days, not being able to watch him out on the floor for the Bulls, it (stinks). But health is No. 1 in our league. We'll see him back soon."
Like James, Heat center Chris Bosh felt people should cut Rose some slack for making sure he's completely healthy.
"It's an ACL tear," Bosh said. "He tore his ACL not that long ago. I remember there was a point in time where people tore their ACL, they were out for a year, at least, so I think advances in medicine, guys can come back sooner, but the fact still remains that's a tough injury and it's not easy to come back playing a whole game of basketball. It's very difficult."
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Derrick Rose didn't want to leave anyone in suspense. He informed reporters at Wednesday's shootaround that his return from ACL surgery would not happen against the streaking Miami Heat.
"Just taking my time and that's about it," Rose said at Wednesday's shootaround. "Been the same way for a couple months now."
Asked if there's still a chance he'll play this season, Rose didn't give a definitive answer.
"I really don't know man," he said. "Like I said, it's in God's hands. Every day I'm just waking up to try and be the best player, try and produce every time I step on the court, just try and get better as a player, and who knows when?"
Before the game, coach Tom Thibodeau talked about Rose's long-running rehab and whether the final step should be playing in actual games.
"Yeah, it is," Thibodeau answered. "But you have to understand his game, too. He's got a power game that's built on speed, agility, change of direction, stop and go. So it's unique.
"We have to make sure he's comfortable being out there. He's close, but he's not quite there. We just want him to work through it and when it's time, he'll go.
"The most important thing for him, and us, is we want him to be completely healthy. We have to continue to show patience, let him work his way through it. He's done a great job with his part. Hopefully he'll be ready."
Thibodeau is hopeful Joakim Noah (plantar fasciitis) and Marco Belinelli (abdominal strain) will be available Saturday when the Bulls visit Dallas.
Thibs knows rapper:
Rumors started to grow once again that Derrick Rose might make his comeback against Miami on Wednesday. The cause may have been a tweet from rapper Waka Flocka Flame, who wrote, "Word is D. Rose back."
Coach Tom Thibodeau provided some comic relief at shootaround by not hesitating when asked if knew of the rapper.
"I hear the guys talking about him," Thibodeau said.
Told one of Waka Flocka Flame's songs is titled, "Hard in Da Paint," Thibodeau quickly replied, "I'm for that. I like him more now."


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Self-defense law: Citizens have a right to protect themselves, say opponents of the repeal billBY GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
January 23. 2013 9:13AM
CONCORD -- Several hundred people turned out Tuesday to a public hearing to oppose a bill they say would deny them the constitutional right to self-defense in public.
Supporters of House Bill 135, which repeals the state's year-old stand-your-ground law, say the current law could cost innocent lives. The bill's prime sponsor, House Majority Leader Stephen Shurtleff, D-Concord, wants to return to the Castle doctrine, which he said served the state well for decades. His bill would not allow deadly force as self-defense in the public square without first retreating from harm, if possible, he said.
"I was in the Army. We used to say the best defense is a good offense," Shurtleff said. "But I do not believe that should be true on the streets of New Hampshire."
Bill opponents said the change would make criminals of good, law-abiding citizens when they try to defend themselves and their families.
"This would prohibit good people from the right of self-protection and that is wrong," said Rep. Laurie Sanborn, R-Bedford. "What right as a legislature do we have to deny people the right to self-defense?"
She said someone in a crisis situation has seconds to decide if he or she should use deadly force. With HB 135, a person making that decision could be a criminal because they didn't first retreat, she noted.
"We must ensure our laws protect good people over bad people," Sanborn said. "We hope to defeat HB 135 and give assurance to our law-abiding citizens that they to have a right to self-defense."
Shurtleff's bill would remove a section of the law that extends the Castle Doctrine from a person's home and property to every place he or she has a right to be.
The bill also removes a provision of last year's law that prohibited an innocent bystander injured or killed when someone legally uses deadly force from civilly suing the person for damages.
In addition, the bill would change the law to redefine brandishing so that showing a gun in an intimidating and menacing way would be a criminal act.
Approved last year
The stand-your-ground law was approved last year over the veto of then-Gov. John Lynch and made New Hampshire one of about two dozen states with similar statutes. Like New Hampshire, several other states are eyeing modifications to their laws if not attempting to repeal them.
The stand-your-ground law gained national attention in the Florida case of teenager Trayvon Martin.
He was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, who claimed self-defense and said he felt threatened by Martin.
During Tuesday's hearing, Shurtleff acknowledged New Hampshire has had no such cases during the year the law has been in place, but said he wants to be proactive.
"We do not want someone needlessly killed because of stand-your-ground," he said, noting the murder rate has increased 8 percent in Florida since the law was passed in that state.
Unclear boundaries
House Minority Leader Gene Chandler, R-Bartlett, opposes the bill, saying it would impose unclear boundaries for a person who has to decide when it is legal to use deadly force or turn and run.
"I believe that if one has a legal right to be in a certain place that they should have the legal right to defend and protect their friends, family, self and innocent people around them," Chandler said. "It seems quite ridiculous that one would have the right to defend themselves in their own home, but that when they are in another place that they have a legal right to be in, they must turn and run."
Rep. Dan Itse, R-Fremont, cited the Second Amendment to the Constitution and said: "Nothing in 2 or 2a says we surrender any of our right to defend life, liberty or property, including in the public square."
He proposed lawmakers include a provision in the bill that would have the state provide future earnings for the families of anyone maimed or killed while trying to retreat from harm instead of defending themselves.
Rep. Fred Rice, R-Hampton, said if the bill passed, people would not have the right to defend themselves.
"At what point does my life or someone I know or am with does their life become not worth saving?" Rice asked.
50-plus spoke on bill
The Attorney General's Office supports the bill. Deputy Attorney General Ann Rice said until last year, the state had a law that carefully balanced the right to self-defense and the safety of the public, and made the use of deadly force the last resort. The old law worked very well for decades, Rice said.
The Rev. Stephen R. Silver, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Lebanon, said "idolatrous Second Amendment absolutism has taken hold in some doctrines."
He reminded people that Jesus taught that "those who live by the sword die by the sword."
Rep. John Hikel, R-Goffstown, defended the current law, saying: "It is not a free ticket to go shoot somebody because you disagree with them."
He noted a person has to defend their action and prove they acted in self-defense.
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee heard from more than 50 speakers on the bill, most opposing it.
The committee will have to vote on a recommendation before the bill goes to the House for action.


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The UC Irvine men's basketball team has won 10 of its 11 home games this season, including all seven it has played at the Bren Events Center against Big West Conference opponents.
The UC Irvine men's basketball team has won 10 of its 11 home games this season, including all seven it has played at the Bren Events Center against Big West Conference opponents.
Pacific is 2-7 on the road overall, having outscored just two of the six Big West opponents it has played away from Spanos Center. The Tigers (15-10, 9-4) are in desperate need of a solid road performance as they head into the final stretch of the regular season, starting with the Anteaters (14-13, 8-6) at 7 p.m. today in Irvine to start a four-game road swing.
"Our last four road games we're shooting terribly," Pacific coach Bob Thomason said. "We're shooting terribly from the 3 (point line), we're shooting terribly from the free-throw line, we're not rebounding great. There's no secret formula, except playing good."
Fortunately for the Tigers, they have played well at home. Last week, they handled Cal State Northridge and Hawaii to improve their home mark to 11-2 and moved back into sole possession of second place in the conference. On Saturday, forward Travis Fulton scored a career-high 23 points and guard Lorenzo McCloud had 20 points and 12 rebounds in an 80-71 victory over the Warriors.
But consistent success on the road has eluded the Tigers in conference. In its past three conference road losses - a 60-52 setback on Jan. 17 at Hawaii, a 67-62 loss on Feb. 7 at Cal Poly and a 66-53 drubbing on Feb. 9 at UC Santa Barbara - Pacific shot 33 percent from the floor (59 of 178), 22 percent from 3-point range (16 of 71), 64 percent from the free-throw line (33 of 51) and was minus-19 in rebounding margin.
Thomason isn't concerned as much about his team's placement in the Big West, but rather that his team learns to play smart with enthusiasm, purpose and confidence on the road, qualities he believes must be present in order for the Tigers to survive the three-games-in-three-nights final exam that is the Big West Conference Tournament next month.
"We know we have to play well to win, so it's more about our attitude and when things aren't going well how are we handling ourselves, where's our confidence level, where's our execution, and when the pressure hits how do you perform?" he said. "These things we're trying to grow in."
From Irvine, the Tigers fly to Kalamazoo, Mich., for a 10 a.m. PST tipoff Saturday at Western Michigan in the ESPN BracketBuster. The Tigers play Feb. 28 at Cal State Fullerton and March 2 at UC Riverside before finishing the regular season with home games on March 7 against UC Irvine and March 9 versus Long Beach State in Thomason's final home game in 25 seasons coaching Pacific.
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We found out before birth with all four of ours, and of I had to go back and do it again, it would be the same! I just feel that much more bonded when I know the gender!
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i my boys! Accimus 08.05, Judah Bear 01.08 and Titus Hawk 11.09 And expecting our first PINK baby March '13
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I DID find out with my 4th child (a girl!).
I LOVED BOTH WAYS!!! I don't even know what I would do if I had a 5th because both ways were sooo cool. I loved the surprise... that moment (for me) when they pull the baby out and start shouting, "IT's a _____!!!" and that moment when you think "no way!" even when you thought maybe it was that gender. It's just such a cool feeling. You grin from ear to ear because it's just sooo neat.
When I found out with #4 it was very anti-climatic. At first, I didn't like knowing the gender. Even though it was my first girl, I just didn't get excited for a few weeks (and I thought I would). But over time, I started getting more excited. I started sewing baby girl things, I felt more connected to the baby in utero too. I knew I could say "She" and was 80% sure it was right. The moment of birth was NOT as climatic with already knowing, but it was still special. Then I had a bunch of girl things waiting for her.
Sooo... personally, I loved both experiences. I lean more towards liking the surprise though, but if DH wanted to know again (he persuaded me with the 4th) I would probably give in.
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Don't find out!
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I like to know because I shop sales ahead of time haha! I hate having to be out $ at the last minute. So after I find out, I scour the sale racks and shop for clothing through the first year. Until recently, I haven't had to buy clothing for my kids at retail price because we lays shop ahead It also gives my family a chance to feel a part of the pregnancy (we're military and only see them once or twice a year). They LOVE knowing and being able to purchase things to help us (especially clothing-wise). I contemplated not knowing, but I know I can't afford to buy an entire wardrobe at once. Nor do I want to have my baby wearing gender neutral clothing the first six months to a year.
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We found out with our first 3, but our 4th was a surprise. It was awesome! I wouldn't find out ever again if we had more. It's the best gift to find out when they're born. And as for bonding, as soon as you hold that baby in your arms, you bond! It was great having my hubby yell out "it's a boy, it's a boy". We had 2 girls, and a boy already so he evened the teams. The nurses actually fought over us because everyone wanted to know if daddy would be outnumbered or the teams would be evened out. We didn't name our last 2 until after delivery. We just had a list, bonded with them for 2 days, then picked the one that matched them best. As for clothes, I bought one of each gender for the hospital, bought a headband and bow (if girl), and then got some boy and girl stuff from yard sales ($1 an item). The stuff we didn't need, I gave to my daughter for her baby dolls, and I used the boy and neutral for my guy until I went out and got clothes. Also, many people brought clothes over knowing we waited to find out. Stay team green...you will NOT regret it!
Skye married to Adam (3/2/02) Temporarily retired teacher, now SAHM mom to 4: Ella (9/03), Abby (5/06), Ryan (5/08), and Easton (3/11).
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With or first, we didn't find out and it was soooo awesome (boy). With our second (boy), we found out and with this one (boy yet again!) we found out but if I had 1 of each, there's no way I'd find out ahead of time. There is no other time in life that you get a truer surprise. It's awesome!
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I'm not really understanding this "need to buy clothes" from those that already have a child, especially those who have at least one of each sex already. Isn't it more prudent to save your children's clothes and hand them down to the next one? Baby girls CAN wear boy clothing. I only mention shopping in my response because if I knew this baby is a girl, there have been many opportunities where I could have bought girl clothes that I like but didn't. I have clothes. I have a ton of boy clothes and even a good amount of girl clothes. I've bought some at yard sales throughout the years and while it wouldn't be enough for a full wardrobe for a little girl, she'll be alright until garage sale season starts up next year and there is no shortage of baby girl clothing to be found at low prices. The resources I "missed out from" during pregnancy will still be available after baby's birth. Even if I didn't have one shred of pink for her to wear, I've got more than enough boy clothing that doesn't say "Daddy's Little Slugger" or "100% Boy" on it. These things would do until I got the chance to get some girly gear, or at very least, a few headbands.
But then, I don't exactly buy all Gymboree or designer clothing, so maybe that's the difference. If you want all Baby Gap and Gymboree clothes, it does make sense to plan to buy during their sales events.
I also expect that if this baby is a girl, just about everyone in my life will want to gift me baby girl clothes for her, knowing that with two big brothers, I have mostly boy stuff.
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And everyone was so thrilled we got a baby girl with #4, that I've barely had to buy any clothes for her (other than ones I really love and want her to have, tights, and then homemade stuff which I have some pretty sweet pink golden books fabric I splurged on). Some of us also have to have c-sections and between that recovery and having 3 older kids to take care of plus a newborn, I did not shop for ANYTHING post-partum for a longggggg while. So definitely no time then.
All my baby gear is gender neutral so I AM thankful for that and encourage everyone to get gender neutral gear because it's too expensive (even second hand) to have to buy for every baby!
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It depends on the situation surrounding the birth. Until (if) I have a boy and girl I will find out. Certainly you can put girls in boys clothes and boys in girls or buy gender neutral, but frankly I dont want to.
This is a personal reason that probably wont change your decision, but DH will miss most of the pregnancy and birth. He will come home to a very different and difficult life. If I can provide him (and all my family living away from me) one more way to bond/make the pregnancy seem more real ahead of time then I will.
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I found out with my first 2 children. I wanted my last pregnancy to be a surprise but dh backed out at the u/s. This one is going to be a surprise.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Blackwater Worldwide security contractor charged after a deadly shooting in a Baghdad public square is asking a judge to rule soon on whether he remains part of the case.
Prosecutors initially dismissed charges against Nicholas Slatten but contend that he is back in the case again now that a federal appeals court has resurrected the prosecution against four other guards charged in the 2007 shooting, which killed 17 Iraqi civilians.
Slatten's lawyers disagree, and have asked a judge to step in and rule that he's no longer a defendant. The court said Slatten was "out of the case for now" and did not reverse an earlier decision to drop charges against him.
As a grand jury weighs a possible new indictment, both sides have been arguing over Slatten's status in the case.
"Given the amount of time that has passed, Mr. Slatten respectfully requests that the court decide this issue," defense lawyers wrote in court papers dated Friday. "Mr. Slatten has been in legal limbo given the government's strained interpretation of the D.C. Circuit's decision and seeks to have the cloud of this clearly defective indictment, as even the government conceded, removed."
Prosecutors said in a response filed Tuesday that they would defer to the judge on the timing of deciding the issue.
The Sept. 16, 2007 shooting occurred when Blackwater security contractors guarding U.S. diplomats opened fire in Nisoor Square, a crowded Baghdad intersection. Prosecutors said the gunfire was unprovoked, though the company — which has changed its names multiple times since the shooting — has said the guards were responding to an ambush by insurgents.
Prosecutors agreed in 2009 to dismiss the case against Slatten, a former U.S. Army sergeant from Sparta, Tenn., after defense lawyers raised concerns about tainted evidence presented to the grand jury. A federal judge then dismissed all five defendants after ruling that the U.S. Justice Department mishandled evidence and violated the guards' constitutional rights.
A federal appeals court in 2011 revived the case, ruling that the judge, Ricardo Urbino, had wrongly interpreted the law.
Slatten's lawyers contend that the appeals court ruling left unchanged his status in the case and means that he's no longer a defendant.
"Mr. Slatten has attempted in good faith to find an efficient and timely way to have the dispute over his status resolved," his lawyers, Thomas Connolly and Steven Fredley, wrote in last week's court filing.


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Three injured in head-on crash in Allenstown
March 11. 2013 12:34PM
ALLENSTOWN - Three people were taken to the hospital after a car and pickup truck crashed head-on Sunday night on Route 28 near Riverside Drive.
Lt. Paul Paquette said a 2007 Toyota Tacoma operated by Matthew Kaufman, 27, of Bow, collided with a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta operated by Craig Lavin, 25, of Pembroke.
Kaufman, Lavin and Lavin's passenger, Trisha Langlois, 21, also of Pembroke, were all taken by ambulance to Concord Hospital for treatment of injuries which Paquette said were not life-threatening.
Police said the crash, which happened about 8:15 p.m., shut down part of the road for about an hour while the crash was investigated and the wreckage cleared from the scene.
The collision remains under investigation.