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Bitcoin doesn't have to be as mind-numbingly complicated as people make it out to be.
In this video, two of the industry's leading experts unravel the enigma that is Bitcoin, which isn't such an intimidating mystery when compared to two game-changers we can't live without today: the Internet and email.
When you first started surfing the web, chances are you didn't fully understand exactly what it was or how it worked. The same probably goes for email. You use email to quickly, easily send and receive messages from friends, colleagues and loved ones. But you don't have to fully grasp the intricate technology behind it to reap the benefits of using it.
In this video, Nicolas Cary, CEO of Blockchain.info, a popular Bitcoin wallet and block explorer, breaks down how Bitcoin is "like email for money."
You'll also hear why Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of SecondMarket, an online liquid asset marketplace, and founder of the Bitcoin Investment Trust, thinks Bitcoin is often perceived as something untrustworthy and scary, similar to how people thought of the Internet in its early days.
"People had a lot of negative comments as to how the Internet could be used for bad things," Silbert says. "I think now people, generally speaking, trust in the Internet, and I think over time people will ultimately trust in Bitcoin as well -- as a remittance platform, as a payment platform and as this digital currency."


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4BETTER or worse: The week in review
Latest declines in property values: Albemarle County's reassessments mailed this week show an average 1.24 percent drop in home values, excluding new construction, compared to the previous year's 3.18 percent decline. Charlottesville clocks in with a .14 percent decline in existing residential following last year's 2.19 percent decrease in value.
Latest zero-tolerance run amok: Spotsylvania High expels 14-year-old honor student Andrew Mikelfor shooting spitballs using the body of a pen and small plastic balls, and officials refer the matter to police for criminal prosecution. The Rutherford Institute steps in to defend the lad, and its founder, John Whitehead, castigates school officials for "criminalizing childish behavior."
Biggest oops: UVA neglects to pay overtime estimated in the millions of dollars to UVA Health System employees during one of last winter's snowstorms, Ted Strong reports in the Daily Progress.
Biggest steel: The Charlottesville Fire Department acquires and welcomes January 27 a piece of 9/11 metal from the World Trade towers in New York.
Biggest alleged pyro: Mineral woman Felicia Armstrong, 51, is charged with felony arson for setting St. John Baptist Church on fire three times, NBC29 reports. Armstrong also picks up a B&E charge for entering the church to start two of the fires, another count of felony arson for setting a neighbor's shed on fire, and two counts of misdemeanor arson for burning a neighbor's woodpile and another's fence January 9.
Best retreat: Walmart drops plans to build a 143,000-square-foot Supercenter near the Wilderness Battlefield near Orange January 26 at a court hearing challenging the project, the AP reports. Historians consider the Battle of the Wilderness a turning point in the Civil War, which ended 11 months later. Approximately 30,000 soldiers were killed, injured, or missing in that fight.
Saddest loss in transportation: Yellow Cab owner Jay Graves, 64, dies January 28 from pancreatic cancer.
Saddest loss in lacrosse: Former UVA lacrosse coach Bob Sandell, 83, dies January 28. Active in local athletics for 30 years, he also was an official in basketball and ACC football, according to WINA.
Most castrating idea: State Senator Emmett Hanger carries a bill that gives violent sexual predators who have been civilly committed the option to go with castration and be released.
Most arrests in an Augusta underage sex/shooting scandal: Kimberley Crilley, 48, of Mount Solon is arrested for having sex with a 14-year-old boy. The teen, who was shot in the leg January 13 by Crilley's husband when he tried to get into the couple's house and is now hospitalized, faces felony charges for the attempted break in. And the boy's mother, Maria Schaffer, 43, is arrested January 30 for contributing to the delinquency of a minor for not keeping her son away from Crilley, according to the News Leader. Not arrested: Husband/shooter Philip Crilley.
Grimmest casualty in underage sex/shooting scandal: UVA Medical Center doctors remove the lower half of the teen's shot leg, the News Virginian reports.
Worst alleged kitty killer: Bruce Jamar Walston, 22, of Staunton, drops his appeal of a six-month sentence for misdemeanor animal cruelty. Walston allegedly threw his girlfriend's kitten into the wall May 31 after it disconnected his video game console, according to the News Leader.
Latest Tommy Garrett sighting: The Buckingham-raised publicist who sued the Hook for $10.7 million in 2008 claiming defamation for this paper's reporting about his 15 counts of check forgery, for which he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, is back in the area with January 25-27 Farmville screenings of Queen of the Lot, a Henry Jaglom film in which Garrett has a bit part as a reporter, according to a front-page story in the Farmville Herald.


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MIDDLEBURY — This weekend, the fourth annual Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup is slated to take place, not on Middlebury College's grassy Battell Beach, but in the heart of New York City.
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2010-2011: Outdoors, competed in long jump at Heps … Jumped PR of 6.62m in long jump at Harvard-Yale for second place … Made season best in triple jump at Springtime Invitational to place fifth … Ended indoor season with PR and Bulldogs' farthest mark in the triple jump at Heps … Regular contender in long jump … Ran PR in 200m at Yale Collegiate meet.
2009-2010: Placed second in triple jump with PR of 13.09m and jumped PR of 6.61m in long jump at Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale … Competed in long jump at outdoor Heps.
High School: Made All-State for indoor and outdoor track in junior and senior years … Set league and school record in the long jump … Was eight-time individual state champion, two-time relay champion and four-time team champion … Senior captain of indoor and outdoor track teams…Also played varsity soccer.
Why I chose Yale: "I chose Yale because at no other school have both the academics and the athletics reached as high a level as they have here. I love competing for Yale."
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Local Goodwill Industries affiliate moves to distance itself from pack
Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas President/CEO James Dreiling expected to miss a few calls and maybe a few office walk-ins while officials from the nonprofit attended a national Goodwill conference scheduled for late June into early July, but returning home to see The Examiner's July 5 issue with an article highlighting activist calls for a Goodwill boycott really took the veteran do-gooder by surprise."I was floored," Dreiling said of seeing the cover story dubbed "Underpaid." A phone call to the newspaper and some quick public relations was in order. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I was just so … shocked," he said.
"Underpaid" highlighted a little-talked-about federal provision that allows certain certificate holders to pay workers with disabilities a wage below the federal minimum. Thousands of businesses and organizations across the country hold the certification, the most prominent among those entities being Goodwill International, the parent of Southeast Texas' Goodwill. National Federation for the Blind activists have called for a boycott of businesses using the certification to pay sub-minimum wages to workers based on their perceived disability, including the Goodwill sites taking advantage of the provision, technically administered under Fair Labor and Standards Act (FLSA) Section 14(c).
Roughly 64 of Goodwill International's 165 stores pay a wage below the minimum, as Freedom of Information requests have detailed. Some rates dip to $1.44 an hour, while others are even less. In an attempt to see how Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas measured up to its cohorts, several attempts were made to seek comment – albeit during a time span encompassing late June into early July. However, soon after "Underpaid" hit the shelves and the national Goodwill convention enjoyed its last hoorah, the Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas CEO reached out and touched base with The Examiner's editorial staff.
"Being lumped in with people who pay sub-minimum wage is something we decided a long time ago we didn't want to do," Dreiling said, adding that the polarizing issue was also hotly debated at the national organizational meeting. According to Dreiling, the board that oversees Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas made the call to not use the special certification offered under FLSA Section 14(c) at least a decade ago. "There was no sense in us even getting the certificate. There are a lot of Goodwills that have said they're just not going to (pay sub-minimum wage.)"
Dreiling, who said he has worked at agencies that did employ the use of wage waivers under FLSA Section 14(c), emphasized that he enjoys working at an agency that is proud to offer a wage well above the minimum to employees regardless of any mental or physical disability. According to documentation provided by the local Goodwill CEO, employees of the agency average more than $9 an hour, many are offered health benefits, and none are paid a wage below the federal minimum.
The reason the local Goodwill chapter is able to pay a living wage, said Dreiling, is the community support offered to the nonprofit by way of donated goods and those patronizing the Goodwill boutiques.
"This is a very generous community," he said. "We're really fortunate. We are able to do the things we do because of the support we get, and I'd hate to lose that because donors think we don't pay our workers a fair wage. We want people to know we're doing the best we can with what we have."
Dreiling said he feels there is a place for FLSA Section 14(c) exemption, but Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas isn't one of those places.
"We thought the best way to get (persons with disabilities) back to work was by employing them at least at a minimum wage," Dreiling asserted. "And, they need more than just a job, but a place to belong. Your job is Teach them to fish.
"He may not be the best fisherman in the world, but at least he can feed himself," Dreiling said of an employee who, in some arenas, would be paid a wage less than the minimum allowed under normal procedures. The worker, who has a mental disability that causes him to function a little more slowly than some, has been employed at Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas for several years and provides for a family on the earnings. "There is some place for charity, but we want to teach self independence," he said. "We give them the chance to go as far as they can go."
Dreiling said in very few cases, a person might present disabilities Goodwill isn't able to accommodate. For those situations, he is thankful Southeast Texas is also home to an organization like the Spindletop Center that makes use of it certificate.
"The law is what it is," Dreiling said. "It can be used for good or bad, but I think the organizations around here are doing good.
"I really respect Spindletop for what they do. What happens to (persons with severe mental disability) if there aren't places like Spindletop for them to go? I don't know, except for they end up on the streets, or they get captured for doing something they didn't know better not to do and end up in jail.
"There are some places where there isn't any place for someone with a disability, and that's an awful reality."
Spokeswoman Janna Fulbright said Spindletop's FLSA Section 14(c) workers are all classified as workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities, diagnosed prior to age 18, or are sufferers of major depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. While she admits that, on the surface, wages paid under FLSA Section 14(c) might seem unfair to some, the provision is allowing a vital function to be realized.
"Not everyone wants to work elsewhere, but if they do, we make that happen," Fulbright said. Figures provided by Spindletop show that in fiscal year Sept. 1, 2010, through Aug. 31, 2011, more than 140 FLSA Section 14(c) workers were transitioned into competitive employment positions throughout the Golden Triangle.
"We have employees at local businesses in the area where our workers are, and they're valued at those jobs and happy there," Fulbright said. To assist with getting those outside jobs, Spindletop offers job interview training and support, references and even offers support services after job placement.
"Even board members have had relatives employed through our workshops," Fulbright added. More clarification on Spindletop's FLSA Section 14(c) workers can be found in The Examiner's Letter to the Editor on page 18A.
FLSA Section 14(c) opponent and National Federation for the Blind spokesman Anil Lewis said Goodwill agencies like the one in Southeast Texas give his mission hope in that if this agency can employ persons with disabilities at a fair wage, then there must be a way for other businesses to do the same.
"Goodwill already says that 101 of their 165 agencies can make a business model work and pay a decent wage, and it is our belief they should require all of their agencies to do likewise," he said. "And," he added, "if Goodwill can do it, there's no reason these other agencies can't do it, as well.
"We're not against workshops like Spindletop, but if there is going to be a segregated work environment then we, as a nation, as a community, need to find a way to pay these workers like we would pay anyone else. It's just adding insult to injury to segregate them and then pay them less than everyone else."
Still, on a high note, Lewis offered praise for the local Goodwill and Spindletop initiative.
"On the record, though, I want to commend them for what they're doing," Lewis said. "For the Goodwill that refuses to pay a sub-minimum wage even though they could, I applaud their efforts. And, although I do want to see [FLSA Section 14(c)] abolished, it is refreshing to hear of an organization at least using the exemption in the way it was intended and transitioning these workers into competitive employment."
Jennifer Johnson can be reached at (409) 832-1400, ext. 231, or by e-mail at jennifer [at] theexaminer [dot] com.


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Feds close in on former village president
Agents also arrest brother, also named in charging documents
Lori Clum, former president of the Tatitlek Village IRA Council, was arrested by the FBI last Wednesday after being indicted on theft charges. Clum's brother, James Kramer of Valdez, was also named in one count.
The current charges against Clum stem from accusations the 45-year-old woman, also known as Sue Johnson and Lori Ann Blake, defrauded village coffers to the tune of nearly $600,000 in late 2007 through 2008.
Federal prosecutors said last week that Clum is charged with misappropriating more than $200,000 from the Village, including $20,000 that she allegedly gave to her brother, Kramer.
"Everybody had a sigh of relief," current president David Totemoff said in a telephonic interview Monday.
The Village government has been in a long-running civil dispute with Clum and her husband, Daniel Clum. The couple has fought recent attempts by village officials to collect a $150,000 civil settlement between the IRA Village Council and the couple. The civil settlement and Clum's current federal charges both stem from accusations made during Clum's council presidency in 2007 through 2008.
Totemoff said Clum's arrest by the FBI was long-time in coming and many residents questioned whether or not justice would be served in the long-troubled relationship between Clum and the Village.
Totemoff said when an FBI agent told him Clum had been arrested, he could hardly believe his ears.
"I asked her to say it again," he said. Then he asked if he could dance.
Federal prosecutors are alleging Clum paid herself duplicate paychecks, made questionable cash withdrawals and wrote checks to herself and her brother.
This in not Clum's first brush with the law; nor is it the only crime Villagers feel Clum committed against its residents.
Clum made headlines last January after she was arrested by Alaska State Troopers for bootlegging in the dry village. She was later indicted and charged with 21 felony counts of trafficking in liquor, misconduct with controlled substances, intent to sell narcotics, and weapons charges, including five counts of felon in possession of a firearm.
In March, 2009, Clum, under the name Lori Ann Johnson, was arrested at Merrill Field in Anchorage while boarding a flight to Tatitlekafter troopers found her to be in possession of prescription narcotics without documentation.
Clum posted $5,000 and later reached a plea bargain agreement with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to one felony count of misconduct involving a controlled substance with intent to distribute. A second felony drug charge was dropped and she received 30 months of probation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aunnie Steward told reporters that if Clum is convicted, the maximum sentence for each of the current theft counts can be as high as five years in prisonand a fine as high as $250,000.
Tatitlek is a Native Village with a community of 83 people on Prince William Sound, about 25 miles southwest of Valdez. It relies heavily on funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Totemoff said the Village suffered numerous hardships after Clum's alleged theft from its coffers; a lack of money delayed fuel shipments and unpaid IRS demands further drained Village resources.
"It's almost like she's mocking the system," Totemoff said in a February interview after Clum's bootlegging arrest.


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Interning in Washington D.C.
Opportunity: More Than An Experience
Valentin Sierra, SJU senior political science major and economics minor, moved to the United States from Manizales, Colombia, his senior year in high school because he knew he could receive the best education in the U.S.
He has been fascinated by global politics and power dynamics since coming to the U.S. and has wanted to appreciate the work on a global scale. After graduating from Cathedral High School in St. Cloud, Minn. he received substantial help to stay in Minnesota and attend Saint John's University.
"I wanted a college experience to grow personally," Valentin said.
Saint John's gave him that opportunity through the Washington D.C. Summer Study Program through the Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement.
Valentin worked as an intern for Dutko Worldwide during the summer months of 2009. Dutko Worldwide is a government management and strategy firm providing advisory services to public and private sector organizations.
"It was really exciting to learn how to build public/private partnerships with people and organizations," Valentin said.
Together, twelve CSB and SJU students participated in this program. They lived in the Hampton Apartments next to the Pentagon, rode public transportation to work, and absorbed the D.C. energy.
At Valentin's internship, he consulted with the global advisors division and the energy, environment, and sustainability team. He also researched issues, presented memos to professional lobbyists, and reported on legislative hearings.
"When I received this internship, I felt very privileged and lucky. I felt one step closer to my professional goals," Valentin said.
Valentin gathered more than just the knowledge of working for an organization in D.C.
"The networking opportunities and the chance to be heard was amazing," Valentin said, "I was glad to encounter an environment in which young people's opinions receive much respect and attention."
After graduating this spring, Valentin will return to D.C. and work for an organization that performs public policy management and international business development. In the future, he plans to go back to Colombia and utilize his knowledge to help his country benefit from increasing global connectivity.
"I have learned that being shy does not help in the public affairs sphere. People, in particular D.C. professionals, appreciate assertiveness," Valentin said.
He felt connected with D.C. for the two months he was there because of the similar aspects as his hometown in Colombia including weather, no sky scrapers, vast green areas, amiable and driven people, and much more.
"D.C. reminds me of home. I feel so comfortable and ultimately happy. I feel I can make a change here," Valentin said.
The Washington D.C. Summer Study Program is not only for political science majors. Last summer Amy Hogerton, CSB senior chemistry major, interned in the Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care Inc. office.
"CSB and SJU have a myriad of opportunities for personal and professional development that all students should take advantage of; the McCarthy Center being a prime example," Valentin said. "Know your resources and use them."
Learn more about the D.C. Summer Study Program on the McCarthy Center Web site.


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This is Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, an Atlus-developed role-playing game for 3DS that's part of the Shin Megami Tensei series. It's a first-person dungeon crawler set, like most SMT games, in a demon-filled version of Japan.
Above is the "story trailer" for Soul Hackers, which was originally released for Sega Saturn and then PS1 in Japan. This is the first U.S. release for the cyberpunky RPG. It'll be out this spring.


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As Albion College alumni, you know the quality of the educational experience at Albion and its students. You also know that the people working in careers have an expertise that can go beyond what is available at the College. If you are interested in assisting current Albion students, we are interested in adding you to our network of mentors.
The Albion College mentoring program uses the strengths of the LinkedIn network, Albion alumni, and supporters. The Albion Mentoring LinkedIn Group is a subgroup of the Albion College official LinkedIn group. You will need to be granted permission to be a part of the Mentoring group and will be expected to adhere to strong ethical standards to participate.
Topics that may be covered within a mentoring relationship may be as simple as questions about how to communicate a skill in a resume. Students and mentors may form longer term mentoring relationships that cover choice of career, success in college, and success after college.
The matching process will materialize in one of a few ways: the public arena of the Linkedin group or through a student reaching out to a specific mentor that is a member of the group. Public postings allow the Career and Internship Center, Alumni, and Parent Leadership offices to monitor and facilitate matches.
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I'm a Cat 3 rider in the states. I seem to get really bad headaches when I do climbs that top out over 6000 feet. The headaches are in the front and don't improve with tylenol or nsaids, just with time (about a day). They don't occur when riding longer at lower altitudes and they do not seem to occur with climbing at lower altitudes (going from sea level to 4000 feet doesn't make them happen but 5500 to 7000 will)
I'm well hydrated and not over heated on these rides. I'm thinking that it may be a high altitude sickness sign?
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The following is shared in the Feb. 13 Tomahawk Leader:
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I was just one of Mr. C's students. One of hundreds, probably thousands.
Bob Colclasure, better known as "Mr. C" to the kids who enrolled in his English literature and journalism classes, was a teacher at Merrill High School who made a difference not only in education, but in those many lives of the students who walked in his classroom door.
Maybe it was the way he smiled at everyone when he walked down the hall or cracked a joke to cheer up a forlorn student. Maybe it was how he made literature through the ages interesting or the way he would announce with a twinkle in his eye that today's lesson would be listening to him sing and play the banjo or guitar.
Regardless of how he instructed his class, Mr. C was more than a teacher. He taught more than great scholarly writers or how to write a news article. Mr. C taught lessons in life.
He had spirit, character, charisma, passion and a true dedication to his teaching. Through his smile and never-ending sense of humor, Mr. C had the ability to make a connection with anyone he met, especially kids. The shy student in the corner, the angry kid without a care, the smartest girl in her entire class – they were all the same in Mr. C's eyes. And he always found out what made each and every one of them tick, and how to make them break into a grin.
I was 16 the first time I had a class with Mr. C – journalism. Our first assignment was to analyze a newspaper article. I handed my paper in on time and didn't think much about it. The following day, Mr. C told me how much he loved what I wrote. So much so, that he read portions to the class. I didn't blush; I turned the color of a fire hydrant. Thus, my first brush with the public viewing or hearing my writing was in Mr. C's class. My modest reaction still gave me an innate sense of pride.
Mr. C had the ability to touch people like that.
Outside of the classroom, Bob was active in his community. He was a Vietnam veteran and could often be found supporting veterans organizations and activities, soldiers coming home from war or educating people about a history, a history of war when those waiting at home didn't necessarily support your mission. He earned much-deserved awards for that active allegiance.
Bob served on the Merrill Common Council for eight years as well as various other city committees. He wasn't a hard-nosed politician, rather, he had a common sense approach that everyone respected. Bob's church, his community, his family and friends took the forefront of his days. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in recent years, a battle he committed to fight head on.
For many years and most recently, Bob lived in Merrill, but he hailed from Ontonagon, Mich., a place he often told fond stories of that were filled with good humor and real life.
Real life was what Mr. C taught me about. I had several other classes with him during my high school career, time I grew to know him even better and time he grew to be my friend and mentor. Even after I earned my diploma, left high school and Mr. C retired, our friendship was not left behind.
We stayed in touch, running into one another here and there, having lunch or a cup of coffee. Like myself, many other students would visit him or recognize him on the street, calling out, "Mr. C!" and catching up with him for a moment or longer.
Mr. C never forgot anyone and everyone mattered.
For all these reasons, Mr. C was someone I looked up to. Not only was he an amazing writer, poet, musician and teacher, he was an extraordinary person. Through his eyes, life was a gift. And there wasn't a day he didn't enter without a smile.
My teacher, friend and mentor died this weekend. In my last correspondence with him, just weeks ago, he told me how proud of me he was, as though I were his own kid. When I heard the sad news of his passing, I held those words close to me. I always will.
There are some people in life, who change the way you look at things. They shed light where there was none or they give you direction when you are lost. They change a piece of who you are. Mr. C was one of those people. I know he changed me.
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In play betting may soon be possible in Oz.
About bloody time.
It's like not having a boss, getting a promotion, and a pay rise, and not even knowing how you went about it.
If I voted, I would have voted for that guy.
Can't wait for next years Origin series and hopefully next summers cricket
**#* me thats good. Using a telephone to place a bet inplay is just annoying.
But seriously who thought it was a good idea to let horse racing trade inplay but not sports just doesn't make sense to me. Cant wait for this.
Disappointing news (but expected?) that the Coalition opposes any change to the current legislation relating to online gaming and the Act of 2001.
There's a fair way to go and the opposition are against everything, but the problem is the Greens hold the balance of power in the Senate and are against it too.
So we keep waiting I guess...
this is my first post thanks for having me!!. Great to find a forum like this.
I recently moved back from 10 years in London back to sunny Oz. I wanted to start trading on "in play " football matches in the UK as Im told here in oz we cannot do this.
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The Australian sports betting industry revenue is estimated to be ~A$500 million, but is the fastest growing segment in the gambling industry.
A well regulated market place where everyone understands the rules for rummy or gambling is essential for the government and the industry to protect vulnerable gamblers. Similarly Crown bet, who recently paid ~A$10 million to secure an official partnership with the Australian Football League, has stated that: Any push to wind back in-play gambling will send punters to offshore and illegal sites.
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Anyone heard any news lately about inplay betting rules.
Hi Oztrade,
Now that the election results are clear and the new Senate has been sworn in don't expect any relaxation about in-play betting rules in Australia.
Xenophon and his team will oppose any relaxation and there is no favourable sentiment amongst the pollies for change for genuine traders.
Sorry but you'll just have to use the phone and do it the old fashioned way.
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One year on and we are still being mothered. Dissapointing,alot to love in this country but politicians telling us what we are allowed to do and what not to do is a bit much.
I'd like to see a button that can switch streaming off without going through settings or something similar in the future
You know, interesting things are happening in other countries as well. As I read here https://www.casinoplayersreport.com/...line-gambling/ , in 2006 the USA introduced the laws that made payments processing between its residents, gambling websites and banks unlawful. And I think, that's the real reason why they consider gambling illegal is the limitation, made by their laws. Recently I've seen many pieces of information about the legalization of gambling in some US states. So, it's about some revolutionary things to happen, IMO.


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It's better for the Raiders if the Broncos are true to their public stance that they want to keep quarterback Jay Cutler.
I remember writing a column two years ago how Cutler was in a much better situation than JaMarcus Russell, given that he was being instructed by Mike Shanahan in a system which wasn't going to change.
Russell, meanwhile, could be looking at a coaching staff overhaul if Lane Kiffin didn't work out.
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Having observed Cutler from the outside for two years, he strikes me as a front-runner who is fine when things are going his way, only to morph into a sullen, spoiled brat when faced with adversity. He's shown it on the field, in his post-game demeanor, and of late with the news that Josh McDaniels was interested in Matt Cassel.
I believe it was Mel Kiper Jr. who compared Cutler to Jeff George. Not bad.
Russell has some work to do in terms of conditioning and maturity, but he's rich, young and wealthy and can't expected to be perfect.
He handled the whole Al Davis-Lane Kiffin situation, as well as the transition to Tom Cable, with an uncommon grace for a quarterback so young. Contrast that with how Cutler is acting now.
As much as San Diego's Philip Rivers is reviled for his on-field demeanor, he's a quarterback the home team and home fans can get behind, even if everyone else can't stand him.
If the Broncos dump Cutler, don't be surprised if his teammates are on board.
Jumping to more conclusions leading into a non-work related weekend schedule which will leave me away from a computer most of the time:
— The only way McDaniels isn't mishandiing the situation is if his plan all along was to alienate Cutler to the point where he can start his regime with a new quarterback.
— A thinly veiled attempt at sarcasm during a live chant apparently has some readers thinking I'm of the opinion the Raiders are shopping Russell.
In response to a question about the Raiders doing just that, my two word response was "Real quietly."
To which I probably should have included (insert sarcasm here).
Considering that earlier in the chat I'd responded to a "bust" question by saying Russell needs three full years (on the field, the contract impasse negates year 1) on the field before you think about applying that tag, and to a later question defending his accuracy over the last several games, I thought it was fairly clear
— The stealth trade talk with Russell has been going on simultaneously with the Raiders' official request to change uniform colors and negotiations which will culminate with Davis and Kiffin jointly announcing they'll let bygones be bygones.
— Nnamdi Asomugha is back in the country, and USA Today prepared a lengthy profile on the Raiders cornerback who scored the biggest prize in free agency.
Not much in it we didn't already know about Asomugha's character, diversified outside interests and dedication to his craft, but it does nothing but validate the decision of Davis to bring him back at a steep price.
Assuming the Raiders bring Asomugha back for a third year, it makes a lot more sense for Davis to pay him $45.3 million than it does the Washington Redskins to pay $48 million over four years (plus back-end fluff) for injury-prone, driving-challenged Albert Haynesworth.
— Stanford's center Alex Fletcher won the Big Game "Axe" over Alex Mack in terms of the bench press, pumping 225 pounds 31 times to 20 for the Golden Bear.
If they ever decide to decide a tie game with bench press reps, that's a big deal.
Reminds me of the time the 49ers took Jim Druckenmiller the year his representatives demonstrated the quarterback's strength by his ability to wear a harness and tow a car.
All the agility, strength and speed stuff is well and good for purposes of documentation, but the ability to play football and what happens during the interview process is of more importance.
Someone like Mack no doubt scored huge points in the chalk talk and film room with his enthusiasm for technique and love of football. He confessed to reporters it was hurting him to watch Cal teammates going through spring football because he loved playing so much and couldn't be a part of it.
— If the Raiders are going to make any inquiries regarding Roy Williams, it ought to be soon. The free agent safety visited the Bengals, so he's looking at teams with losing records and his money demands might be getting somewhere in Oakland's wheelhouse.
That's if they want to go down that road. Given the way the Raiders have operated so far, they're more likely to find a younger player with more tread on the tires.
— I've always supported an overtime system that gives a team a chance to score if the opponent scores first. Seems only fair.
But the Player's Association shot down the idea of changing overtime with the competition committee, so the coin toss will remain a big part of determining winners and losers when regulation play ends in a tie.
— The contract of Raiders cornerback Chris Johnson remains on a milk carton some place. He's appearing at offseason workout program, both he and his agent have confirmed that he's signed, and he's got a deal on file with the NFLPA.
No word in transactions on Raiders.com, nor an announcement of the signing of a key starter _ even though it happened more than a month ago.
But hey, they were quick to get the signing of Jason Horton out there.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 69 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
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We have always been on the cutting edge of technology, but our logo no longer represents this fact. Our logo looks like it was created on a dot matrix printer, and it needs to be updated to better represent our company.
The logo needs to be recognizable, as it is well known in the industry, however, we want it to look new, fresh, and representative of a multimedia technology company.
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Mainstream's 'Flying M' is very recognizable in the industry, and our CEO has given me instructions to make sure the logo is still recognizable after the redesign. So, we need to update the logo, but maintain enough key elements to keep it recognizable. However, we want to really spice it up.
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Two high-ranking state health officials resigned this month as scrutiny over the contracts intensified. Three others were sent home on paid administrative leave.
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An abnormal voltage reading has been detected in the circuit which supplies the PCM with power.
Most vehicles utilize a PCM/ECM relay supply battery voltage (and/or ground) signals to the PCM/ECM. These relays require a battery voltage signal, ground signal, and an ignition switch input signal in order to operate properly. An output signal is also used to supply the PCM with data. If the PCM detects a level of voltage that is not consistent with the manufacturer's recommended specifications, a code will be stored and a malfunction indicator lamp will be illuminated. Some applications require multiple ignition cycles (with a failure) in order for the malfunction indicator lamp to be illuminated and others will activate the malfunction indicator lamp on the first failure.
Symptoms may range from just the service engine soon lamp and a stored code to a no start/no crank condition. In some instances, the service engine soon lamp will be totally disabled when the PCM relay is defective.
In choosing a single most common cause, I would have to say a defective PCM relay. Other common causes may include a blown fuse, a bad fusible link, shorted or open circuits, a defective battery, faulty battery cables/cable ends, or a defective PCM.
A rushed diagnosis will often lead to unnecessary PCM replacement. Technicians report that shortcomings in the voltage supply to the PCM relay are more common in late model vehicles than in earlier vehicles equipped with the OBD-II systems.


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It's a ritual by now at Lollapalooza. Once again the Perry's stage, devoted to DJ's and electronic music artists, was a sea of pumping fists, pogoing heads and all-around madness Friday.
Germany'sZedd and London's Nero orchestrated beats that crescendoed every 30 seconds or so. The no-let-up attitude of these electronic dance-music gurus made the decision by promoters C3 Presents to kill last year's tent and move the stage west of Columbus Drive into an open field a wise one.
One of the more anticipated sets was by the Boston band Passion Pit. Singer Michael Angelakos canceled a bunch of tour dates last month to treat mental health issues. But he was on his game Friday, stomping across the stage, hitting the high notes (this guy aims higher than most) and sweating through his dress shirt and tie. He actually appeared to be enjoying himself greatly. Given the dire subject matter of many of his songs, that's saying something. He and his band transformed depression into anthems of resilience that had tens of thousands singing along.
The reunited Afghan Whigs were in all-conquering swagger. Three original band members, including singer Greg Dulli, were augmented by three musicians and three backup singers, creating a fervent soul-rock revue that reprised some of the coldest, cruelest and most disturbing songs in the '90s indie-rock canon. Dulli also covered Frank Ocean's searing ballad "Lovecrimes"; perhaps the set's only letdown was that Ocean didn't join the Whigs. Instead, he'll be one of the must-see acts Saturday.
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Lollapalaooza brought together the musical tribes Friday as it opened its eighth year in Grant Park – common ground this weekend for some unlikely bedfellows: Black Sabbath fans, techno fanatics and followers of introspective folk-soul singer Michael Kiwanuka.
Sabbath was scheduled to close the festival's first night Friday, on a weekend where 130 bands and artists were to play on eight stages spread across the city's prime piece of lakefront real estate for more than 270,000 fans.Texas-based promoters C3 Presents were looking for a more event-free festival than last year's, when rain, mud, electronic ticketing glitches and hundreds of fence-jumpers befell the three-day music marathon.
Last year, C3 battled to keep fence jumpers at bay. Groups of as many as 300 people formed outside the park to storm the gates and crews worked around the clock to repair fence panels cut or broken by the onrush.
This year, more fencing has been installed to deter the party crashers. The entrance areas resembled siege-resistant obstacle courses, thick with road blocks, security personnel and extra fencing. C3 spokeswoman Shelby Meade said the extra fencing, widely used by the city during the NATOSummitin the spring, is the "sturdiest and most durable fencing available."
"We increased the amount of 'black fence' we're using, but we're also doubling our fencing in some spots," she said. "You'll notice we are still utilizing chain-link fencing, but we have installed additional black fencing behind some of that, particularly along Lake Shore Drive and the outer perimeter of the park. There is also chain-link fencing on the east side of Lake Shore Drive."
Security staff has also been increased. Fans trying to cross Lake Shore Drive, a major breach point last year, will be redirected to crosswalks at the Field Museum and Monroe Street, where additional crew will be stationed.
Rain was forecast throughout the weekend. Downpours played a major role at last year's fest; swamped sections of the park were turned into impromptu mud-sliding play pens by hundreds of fans. In addition to filling the city streets with mud people afterward, the damage required months to repair. As part of a new deal struck this spring with the city extending Lollapalooza's stay in Grant Park through 2021, C3 must immediately pay the Chicago Park District to repair any damage caused by the festival.
At last year's opening, long lines formed at the entrance gates as the computer checkpoints struggled to process tickets. Some fans with tickets waited more than an hour to get in because of computer glitches. But processing appeared to go more smoothly at the opening bell Friday, as the first of more than 90,000 fans began to file in.
The early highlights included a mesmerizing set by singer Sharon Van Etten, her wordless harmonies as eloquent as any of her break-up lyrics. Kiwanuka focused on keeping things small, emphasizing details like a triangle being struck or his guitar strings being brushed. The Black Angels rained doom, drone and distortion down on the sunny day, as if preparing the fans for Sabbath's metal onslaught later in the evening. At least Ozzy Osbourne and company would have the advantage of playing at nightfall, a more appropriate setting for music that conjures nighmares rather than summer daydreams.


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The API of the Marble library allows for a very easy integration of a map widget into your application.
Let's prove that with a tiny Hello world-like example: Qt beginners might want to have a look at the Qt Widgets Tutorial to learn more about the details of the code. But this is probably not necessary. For a start we just create a QApplication object and a MarbleWidget object which serves as a window. By default the MarbleWidget uses the Atlas map theme. However for our first example we choose to display streets. So we set the maptheme id to OpenStreetMap. Then we call QWidget::show() to show the map widget and we call QApplication::exec() to start the application's event loop. That's all!
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include <marble/MarbleWidget.h>
using namespace Marble;
int main(int argc, char** argv)
QApplication app(argc,argv);
// Create a Marble QWidget without a parent
MarbleWidget *mapWidget = new MarbleWidget();
// Load the OpenStreetMap map
return app.exec();
Copy and paste the code above into a text editor. Then save it as my_marble.cpp and compile it by entering the following command on the command line:
g++ -I /usr/include/qt4/ -I /usr/include/qt4/QtGui -I /usr/include/qt4/QtCore -o my_marble my_marble.cpp -lmarblewidget -lQtGui -lQtCore
If things go fine, execute ./my_marble and you end up with a fully usable OpenStreetMap application:
The latest source code of this example can be found here.
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|If you provide maps in your application please check the Terms of Use of the map material. The map material that is shipped with Marble is licensed in the spirit of Free Software. This usually means at least that the authors should be credited and that the license is mentioned. E.g. for OpenStreetMap the license is CC-BY-SA. Other map data shipped with Marble is either public domain or licensed in the spirit of the BSD license.


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New to Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University freshman Raegan Hensley and her parents were headed to Target on Thursday to buy supplies, including pepper spray and a pocket knife. And that was before they heard about the armed robbery of four female students late Wednesday night next to the Homewood campus.
News of the holdup, in which no one was hurt, reinforced her parents' desire to boost Hensley's defenses. "Obviously we're doing the right thing," Greg England said, standing outside Wolman Hall dormitory, where blaring music and bunches of balloons gave a party feel as new students moved in.
While Hensley found the robbery alarming, the 18-year-old from Nashville, Tenn., added: "I knew I was going to Baltimore. It can be pretty dangerous at times."
The late-night robbery on North Charles Street comes after a rash of robberies in North Baltimore in recent weeks that hit many people carrying smartphones. Earlier this month, three teenagers and an adult were arrested in connection with those incidents, and police said they are treating Wednesday's holdup as an isolated event.
Hopkins officials tried to inform and reassure students and parents. The university issued a campus security alert early Thursday morning, discussed the incident at orientation meetings for parents and raised it again in a welcome-back email to students.
The email said Hopkins put extra security patrols on the street and that Baltimore police were beefing up patrols in the Charles Village area near campus. It also mentioned the earlier rash of robberies.
"But these are crimes of opportunity; they most often take minutes or even seconds to complete, and there is no guarantee that an officer will be right on the spot if a robber should happen upon you," said the email from Vice Provost for Student Affairs Kevin G. Shollenberger and Daniel G. Ennis, a senior vice president for finance and administration.
They listed several tips: Stay off the streets late at night or take campus shuttles. If walking, do so in groups and in busy, lighted areas. Be alert in "such an obvious way that a potential robber might decide to move on and try to find someone else." Don't openly use or carry cellphones or other electronics.
Police said the four women were walking in the 3500 block of N. Charles St. about 11:40 p.m. when they were accosted by two men wearing hooded sweatshirts, one of whom pointed a handgun at the group. The robbers took cellphones, money and other items.
The Hopkins alert said the pair ran to a small, dark vehicle and drove the wrong way on one-way Greenway toward University Parkway. The alert said both men wore black bandannas over their faces.
The Hopkins email praised the women — two sophomores and two juniors — for complying with the robbers' demands.
Alex McLaughlin, a freshman from Princeton, N.J., said he wasn't "terribly alarmed" because "it's a city and stuff like that happens in cities." But his mother, Julie, called it "really concerning."
Mary Kate Turner, an 18-year-old from Miami, said before she chose to attend Hopkins last spring, current students assured her there were many pluses to Baltimore. "That's scary it happened with four people," she said. "I'll definitely be more careful now."
Her parents wondered if the robbers targeted Hopkins students because of the start of a new school year. As her mother, Elizabeth Turner, put it, "There's fresh blood in town."


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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) a key molecule for both astronomers and chemists has been discovered close to the star Rho Ophiuchi, about 400 light-years away. The region contains very cold (around -250 degrees Celsius), dense clouds of cosmic gas and dust, in which new stars are being born. Its formation is closely linked to two other familiar molecules, oxygen and water, which are critical for life. Because much of the water on our planet is thought to have originally formed in space, scientists are eager to understand how it is created.
An international team of astronomers made the discovery in 2011 with the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope (APEX), situated on the 5000-metre-high Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes.
The clouds are mostly made of hydrogen, but contain traces of other chemicals, and are prime targets for astronomers hunting for molecules in space. Telescopes such as APEX, which make observations of light at millimetre- and submillimetre-wavelengths, are ideal for detecting the signals from these molecules.
Now, the team has found the characteristic signature of light emitted by hydrogen peroxide, coming from part of the Rho Ophiuchi clouds.
"We were really excited to discover the signatures of hydrogen peroxide with APEX. We knew from laboratory experiments which wavelengths to look for, but the amount of hydrogen peroxide in the cloud is just one molecule for every ten billion hydrogen molecules, so the detection required very careful observations," says Per Bergman, astronomer at Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden. Bergman is lead author of the study, which was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Hydrogen peroxide is thought to form in space on the surfaces of cosmic dust grains — very fine particles similar to sand and soot — when hydrogen (H) is added to oxygen molecules (O2). A further reaction of the hydrogen peroxide with more hydrogen is one way to produce water (H2O). This new detection of hydrogen peroxide will therefore help astronomers better understand the formation of water in the Universe.
"We don't understand yet how some of the most important molecules here on Earth are made in space. But our discovery of hydrogen peroxide with APEX seems to be showing us that cosmic dust is the missing ingredient in the process," says Berengere Parise, head of the Emmy Noether research group on star formation and astrochemistry at the Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany, and a co-author of the paper.
To work out just how the origins of these important molecules are intertwined will need more observations of Rho Ophiuchi and other star-forming clouds with future telescopes such as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) — and help from chemists in laboratories on Earth.
This month, SOFIA, the "Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy," completed its first series of science flights, using the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies (GREAT). They include first detections of new interstellar molecules and important spectral lines in space, and address different stages of the star formation process.
As a joint project between NASA and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR), SOFIA operates a 2.7-m telescope in a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft and is the world's largest ever airborne infrared observatory.
SOFIA flies at altitudes as high as 13700 meters to provide access to astronomical signals at far-infrared wavelengths that would otherwise be blocked due to absorption by water vapour in the atmosphere. The SOFIA observatory and the GREAT instrument open the far-infrared skies for high-resolution spectroscopy, and GREAT pushes its technology to higher frequencies and sensitivities than ever reached before.
The colors of the Rho Ophiuchi (oh'-fee-yu-kee) clouds (image above) highlight the many processes that occur there. Blue light from the star Rho Ophiuchi and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light. The red and yellow regions shine primarily because of emission from the nebula's atomic and molecular gas. Light from nearby blue stars – more energetic than the bright star Antares – knocks electrons away from the gas, which then shines when the electrons recombine with the gas. The dark regions are caused by dust grains – born in young stellar atmospheres – which effectively block light emitted behind them.
The Rho Ophiuchi star clouds, well in front of the globular cluster M4 visible above on far lower left, are even more colorful than humans can see – the clouds emits light in every wavelength band from the radio to the gamma-ray.
The optical color image above of the rho Ophiuchi star formation region, about 400 light-years from Earth, with dark dusty filamentary gas clouds. The position of the optically obscured low-mass protostar IRAS16293-2422 towards which interstellar deuterated hydroxyl OD has been detected is marked with a red circle.
The absorption line spectrum, observed with GREAT onboard SOFIA, displays the molecule's fingerprint at a frequency of 1.3915 Terahertz (or 0.215 mm wavelength). The inset shows the OD molecule (red: oxygene, gray: deuterium), an isotopic substitute of hydroxyl (OH) with the hydrogen atom replaced by heavier deuterium. This deuterated molecule is an important marker in the formation of interstellar water and may serve as a chemical clock in the early star formation process.The bright yellowish star in the bottom left is Antares, one of the brightest stars in the sky. Below and to Antares' right is the globular cluster Messier 4.
The Daily Galaxy via eurekalert.org
Image credit: With thaanks to GalaxyPhoto.com


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's swimming and diving team held its annual end of season banquet Friday night. The traditional senior speeches were delivered followed by the giving out of the team's annual awards. Sophomore Molly Albrecht won big, picking up two awards and being recognized for breaking three school swimming records. The evening ended with junior diver Rachel Rosenberg being named as the 2011-12 team captain.
Albrecht's two awards were the Harry Burke Award and the S. Livingston Mather Award. The Harry Burke Award was established in 1966 by the Yale Swimming Association and is awarded for outstanding contribution to Yale Swimming by an underclassman. It honors Yale's former freshman swim coach. The S. Livingston Mather Award is given in honor of the late S. Livingston Mather, Class of 1905, for outstanding performance in backstroke swimming. Albrecht has won the Mather award now for two years in a row. Albrecht was also recognized for breaking three Yale records at the Ivy League Championships in February. Albrecht swam a 4:47.14 in the finals of the 500-yard freestyle to take second place and a 1:56.72 in the 200-yard backstroke again to take a very close second. The third record was set in the 800-yard freestyle relay. Senior Ileana Lucos, Albrecht, sophomore Cynthia Tsay and sophomore Joan Weaver posted a 7:20.23 to take second place ahead of Ivy League Champs Princeton.
Junior Hayes Hyde won the Heaton High Point Award. The Heaton High Point Award is given to the swimmer or diver who has scored the highest possible number of points for the team in dual meet competition for the past season.
Junior Athena Liao took home the M. Davies Award. The Davies Award is donated by the family of Melindi Davies, Class of 1998, and is awarded for outstanding performance in breaststroke swimming.
Lucos won the William Leeming Jelliffe Award. The Jelliffe award is given out to the senior who has shown the greatest progress and development in swimming ability and outstanding leadership during her college years. This prize is given in memory of William Leeming Jelliffe by his father, the late Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe.
The Tim Jecko Award, which is awarded annually to a member of the men's team and the women's team for outstanding performances in the individual medley, went to freshman Courtney Randolph. The award was established in 2004 in honor of Tim Jecko '59 by the Yale Class of 1959. Jecko, a member of the 1956 United States Olympic Team, won many national championships and held many records in freestyle, butterfly and the individual medley.
Senior Kristen Darwin won the MacLeish Memorial Swimming Trophy. The trophy was established in 1936 by Hassted R. Vanderpoel '35S in memory of Kenneth MacLeish '18, who was killed in World War I. It is awarded to that member of the Yale swimming team, who through her efforts and high ideals in sportsmanship and loyalty, best exemplifies the spirit of Kenneth MacLeish.
Captain Annie Killian repeated as recipient of the Eleanor "Bobbie" Dawson Award. This award is presented by the Yale Swimming Association and is awarded to the upperclassman of the women's varsity team who has contributed immeasurably to the Yale Swimming tradition by her dedication and personal achievements. The award honors the former secretary of Robert Kiphuth and Phil Moriarty, national official, and supporter of Yale Swimming, Eleanor "Bobbie" Dawson.
After all of the team awards were given out, John Lapides '72 was recognized for his 30 years of service as President of the Yale Swimming Association. Lapides will be stepping down from his leadership position but will be every bit as present for home meets at Kiphuth Pool in the coming years as a father of a member of the Yale Swimming Class of 2015.
The final announcement of the evening was that Rachel Rosenberg would be leading the team as captain for the 2011-12 season. The junior from Strongsville, Ohio is the first diver to be named captain in recent memory.
Report filed by Tom Lynam '13, Yale Sports Publicity


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Troy Williams played in the rarest of NBA games this season: a Golden State Warriors loss. Moreover, he started for the Memphis Grizzlies that December evening, scored 11 points and made a defensive play his grandkids will watch on YouTube.
That Williams made a NBA roster, let alone two, and started 16 games as a rookie is testament to his drive, patience and belief.
"When I went undrafted," he said, "I never really panicked. … I always was confident of my whole process."
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As part of Barnard College's broad initiative to internationalize its campus, the College has created the Visiting International Students Program (VISP) for spring semesters in residence at our campus in New York City. Through a limited number of collaborative relationships with international universities, our partners send cohorts of 3-12 undergraduate students to Barnard to spend the spring semester as full-time visiting students. VISP students are fully integrated into the Barnard College academic and co-curricular community, gaining a broad understanding of how liberal arts institutions in the United States function, exploring the American model of undergraduate education, and studying and researching with Barnard and Columbia University's world-class faculty, while also contributing to the internationalization of the student body.
Why Barnard? Why New York?
On November 22, 1890 in commemoration of Barnard's first anniversary, Columbia President Seth Low made the following commentary in the New York Times:
"Part of one's education is in the atmosphere of the place in which he studies," he said, "and no one can be indifferent to the inspiration which comes from the full life of a great community like New York."
By immersing visiting international students into life at Barnard, at Columbia, and in New York City, we hope to inspire them, as well as our own students, and to encourage our students as well as those from all partner institutions to "flourish in different cultural surroundings in an increasingly inter-connected world." (From Barnard's mission statement)
In the words of Lisa de Waal, a VISP student from the University of Cape Town, Spring 2011:
"From E.B. White's love letter to New York, called Here is New York:
'There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter – the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last – the city of final destination, the city that is a goal.'
Now, we belong to the third kind of New York 'settler'. Each and every one of us came here with personal goals that we hoped to achieve and with dreams of what this city had in store for us. We can proudly say that we've braved the icy cold New York winter; we've mastered the art of hailing a cab, catching a bus, and navigating the subway system; and we've slaved over numerous papers, but above all, we've truly given this experience, this incredible opportunity, all we've got - which I think is the greatest achievement of all."


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Chery, always mindful of the the-dictator-on-a-budget demographic, has teamed up with Uruguay-based Bognor Automotive Manufacture and Assembly based on the Chinese automaker's Eastar midsizer. Uruguay's most famous vehicle, of course, was the Hillman Avengermino, sold as the Dodge 1500 pickup, which reputedly had a tendency to fall apart. We don't know. If we're planning to get shot at, we might prefer something a bit more substantial. Like an Abrams.
China's Chery forms jv for bullet-proof car [Reuters]
Avengermino! The Dodge 1500 Pickup! [Internal]


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SAN FRANCISCO — Not to be confused with the Los Angeles Angels' "Rally Monkey" mascot, the World Series-bound San Francisco Giants have their own good luck talisman: a Francois Langur monkey born at the San Francisco Zoo a few weeks ago, according to a zoo spokeswoman.
The yet-to-be-named orange-headed monkey has brought Team Black and Orange good luck in the postseason ever since her birth during the National League Division Series against the Cincinnati Reds in the beginning of October.
"The monkey was born and they immediately started winning," Abigail Tuller said.
The monkey's good fortunes will be tested again Wednesday when the Giants face off against the Detroit Tigers in the first game of the World Series at AT&T Park at 5 p.m.
Zoo officials put up a sign at the langur exhibit with the Giants logo, which Giants fans have been coming to touch in lieu of rubbing the monkey's head, according to Tuller.
As for the baby monkey's name, the zoo is taking suggestions via social media, with Posey and Scutaro the most popular titles thus far, Tuller said.
Buster Posey is the Giants catcher and Marco Scutaro is their second baseman, which has prompted another moniker of "Scooter" for the baby monkey.
Tuller said zoo patrons and Giants fanatics will have to wait until after the final series for a name to be chosen for the auspicious monkey.
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The minute I felt a little bit better this past weekend, I decided my first cooking project in days was going to be one I've never made before, but always wanted to. Tarte Tatin.
Tarte Tatin is the French cousin of an apple pie. Whereas an apple pie is plump, rustic and homely albeit delicious, a Tarte Tatin, equally delicious, is skinnier, more glamorous, somehow, and more pared-down when it comes to the ingredients. In fact, all that goes into this fabulous dessert is apples, flour, sugar and fat. No cinnamon, no nutmeg, nothing.
Mind you, though, that this doesn't mean it is necessarily low calorie or low fat, although the fact that it has a single crust does mean it has fewer calories than a slice of apple pie which typically has a top and bottom crust. I also cut down on the saturated fat by using trans-fat-free shortening and soy "butter" which is actually heart-healthy.
And heck, we all need some indulgence some of the time, and what can be more wickedly good than apples baked in bubbling caramel sitting atop a crumbly, delicate crust? Just remember to limit yourself to a slice, although let me tell you, it can be a little hard to stop eating this one.
The Tarte is also easier to bake than apple pie, and because some of the cooking happens on a stovetop, it takes less time in the oven. And, cherry on the pie, the end result is a treat for the eyes. The apples, caramelized to perfect tenderness, look like glistening slivers of amber. This would be a perfect one for company you want to impress.
More recipes to try:
Vegan Pumpkin Praline Tart
Vegan Peach Berry Pie
Vegan Rhubarb Bread
Vegan Pumpkin Pie
Peach Streusel Breakfast Pizza
My Tarte Tatin, heavily adapted from a Joy of Cooking recipe, goes to Sweet Vegan, which I'm hosting through Oct. 31.
Enjoy, everyone!
Tarte Tatin
- 5 medium golden delicious apples , cored and then cut into eight slices, lengthwise. I do this by cutting the apple in half, then quarters and then eighths.
- 1 cup vegan "butter" like Smart Balance
- 1 cup sugar (I use turbinado for all my baking, but you can use regular)
- For the crust:
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 8 tbsp transfat-free shortening
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2-4 tbsp ice-cold water
- To make the crust, cut the shortening into the flour with a fork until the shortening is in small, pea-sized pieces. You can also do this in a food processor as I did, but be careful to run the motor in a few, short pulses.
- Add the salt and sugar and mix with the fork.
- Then drizzle in the water a few drops at a time, mixing with the fork or in the food processor until the dough starts to stick together.
- Form the dough into a disc and put it in the refrigerator while you get the rest of the ingredients ready.
- In a 10-inch cast-iron skillet, met the vegan butter.
- Remove from heat and sprinkle the sugar evenly around the skillet.
- Arrange the apple slices in a ring around the edge of the skillet, filling the hole in the center with more as needed.
- Return to heat and cook on high heat about 10-12 minutes until the sugar and butter form a rich amber sauce. Remove from heat and with a fork or a spatula, carefully turn the apple slices over.
- Return to heat for another 5 minutes.
- Take the refrigerated crust and on a floured surface, roll it into a crust slightly larger than 10 inches in diameter.
- Put the crust on top of the cooked apples, and, very carefully so as to not burn yourself, tuck in the edges along the edge of the skillet.
- Bake in a 375-degree oven between 25 and 35 minutes. Remove to a rack and allow it to cool at least half an hour.
- To unmold, run a knife along the edges of the tart. Place a dish on top of the skillet and, with a quick motion, invert the skillet.
- Et voila! I served this with a dollop of vanilla soy ice cream and it was a dessert to relish and cherish.
- I can't wait to make this again!
(C) All recipes and photographs copyright of Holy Cow! Vegan Recipes.


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University of Washington campus: Digital black-and-white studies
This is an exciting time for digital black-and-white photography, because so many critical pieces are now in place. Digital SLRs give us clean, detailed images with 12 bits of flexible color and tonal information. New black-and-white conversion tools in Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw 4, and Adobe Photoshop CS3 provide a high degree of control over how color translates into tones. And for the final print, advanced monochrome inksets give us archival prints with a long tonal scale.
I recently wandered the University of Washington campus looking for black-and-white subjects. It started out as a cloudy day, but that turned out to be a good exercise once I challenged myself to look harder for contrast. I shot in Raw mode and used the excellent grayscale conversion tools in Adobe Lightroom 1.0 to enhance contrast by changing the mapping of color hues to tones. The new tools are easier, faster, and more powerful than the old Channel Mixer techniques in Photoshop.


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Sony expands CompactFlash range
Snap more, store more
Sony has revealed the technical specs of its latest CompactFlash card. The 300x card will be available in a range of storage capacities, has a top data write speed of 45MBps and is targeted at digital SLR camera users.
Sony's 300x CF: storage for SLRs
As far as existing CompactFlash card capacities go, the 300x card range is pretty standard, offering happy-snappers the choice of a 2, 4 or 8GB. Sony claimed the largest capacity card is able to store about 2000 12-megapixel JPEG images.
The 300x expands Sony's current CompactFlash range to three cards, with the entry level 66x and mid-range 133x both already available in maximum capacities of 4GB respectively. The 133x is able to read and write data at 20MBps.
Sony said the 300x card is also compatible with Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA), allowing UDMA-enabled SLR cameras to both record more frames per second when set to continuous shooting mode and to transfer them faster onto a PC or laptop than previous cards could - provided your memory card reader supports the higher speed, of course.
The 300x card will be branded to match Sony's Alpha SLR range. So, it's no coincidence that the manufacturer launched the HDMI-enabled 12.2-megapixel Alpha 700 D-SLR camera earlier this month.
An intention to move into the CompactFlash market was originally signalled by Sony back in January. However, its 300x card will be competing in a crowded market. Lexar has already produced a range of CompactFlash cards with a top capacity of 8GB and write speed of 45MBps.
The Sony 300x card will be available next month, but a price has not yet been announced.


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JERUSALEM — Traveling with a busload of his fellow priests through the Holy Land is giving Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan of New York the opportunity to reflect on what his upcoming investiture as cardinal means for his priesthood.
"Just to be here … at a pivotal moment in your life, a time of transition, (that) you would turn to the Lord in prayer and reflection, this is good," Cardinal-designate Dolan said at the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center during a brief meeting with a group of Catholic journalists from the United States also visiting Israel.
Cardinal-designate Dolan is leading 50 priests of the New York Archdiocese on what he describes as a retreat pilgrimage. They have so far visited the Mount of Beatitudes, the Jordan River to renew baptismal vows and the Qumran National Park, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Cardinal-designate Dolan said the priests also celebrated Mass yesterday at the Church of the Good Shepherd in the ancient city of Jericho in the Judean Desert east of Jerusalem.
He described the trip as one full of emotion.
"A pilgrimage, of course, is intended in Catholic wisdom to be a microcosm of life," he said. "So you have all the emotions, right? You got fatigue, you got joy, you got smiles, you got tears, you got restlessness."
With several days to spend in Jerusalem, Cardinal-designate Dolan expects more of the same, especially as the priests gather for daily Mass and visit the sites of Christ's passion and death, resurrection from the dead and ascension into heaven.
The retreat pilgrimage is the third that Cardinal-designate Dolan has led for his fellow priests in his three years as archbishop of New York. The first was during the Year for Priests in 2010 to Ars, France, home of St. John Vianney, patron saint of priests. Last year it was to Italy, to Assisi and Rome particularly.
Next year, to mark the Year of Faith, a pilgrimage to the sites of church councils is being considered. On the agenda are Nicea, Constantinople and Ephesus, all in Turkey.
"When I came (to New York) I said I wanted to get to really know my priests well because there's so many of them. I said, 'There's no better way to know somebody than traveling with them,'" Cardinal-designate Dolan said.
"We've limited it to a busload of priests because you really want to get to know the guys. You laugh together. You pray together. You eat together. You can yell at each other," he said with a laugh.
The American Catholic journalists were in the Holy Land on a trip sponsored by Israel's Ministry of Tourism.


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We invite all students to make use of our experience and resources, to:
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Emotive surroundings explores fear and the drive that pushes you beyond it to achieve an inner goal or need. The concept was examined through the medium of film. This is linked to the sustained colour scheme, exemplified by the bluish glow that emanates from the television, and relative to the lack of oxygen.


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