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The 147th academic year at Hope College will begin formally with the college's Opening Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 24, at 2 p.m. in the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse.
The 147th academic year at Hope College will begin formally with the college's Opening Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 24, at 2 p.m. in the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The featured speaker will be Dr. John Cox, who is the DuMez Professor of English at Hope.
Residence halls for new students will open on Friday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m., with New Student Orientation beginning later that day and continuing through Monday, Aug. 25. Residence halls for returning students will open on Sunday, Aug. 24, at noon. Fall semester classes will begin on Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 8 a.m.
Hope facilities will again be put to good use, with the college expecting more than 800 incoming new students. Hope anticipates that enrollment will top 3,100 for the fifth consecutive year.
The results of multiple renovations will greet students when they arrive on campus.
The most obvious will be ongoing, as the restoration of Graves Hall continues. The safety fencing went up around the building shortly after graduation in May, and construction is scheduled to continue through 2009. The college anticipates that the building will be back in use with the spring 2010 semester.
Kollen Hall has received new energy-efficient windows (replacing the 1956-era originals) as well as new cosmetic treatments and student furniture, and Voorhees Hall has been reroofed. The President's Home has been extensively redecorated inside, as well as repainted outside and reroofed.
Major work has also been taking place underground. The City of Holland is replacing the sanitary sewer and water lines under 12th Street from Pine Avenue to Fairbanks Avenue. Re-use lines being installed at the same time will enable the college in a few years to irrigate the campus in a more environmentally friendly way than drawing upon the city system's drinking water. In a related change, the portion of 12th Street between Columbia Avenue and the former railroad crossing is being replaced with a single sidewalk and landscaping along the middle of the former roadway.
Cox, who is a 1967 Hope graduate, has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1979. His primary scholarly interests are Renaissance drama and the works of William Shakespeare.
He is the author of the books "Seeming Knowledge: Shakespeare and Skeptical Faith" (Baylor University Press, 2007); "The Devil and the Sacred in Early English Drama, 1350-1642" (Cambridge University Press, 2000); and "Shakespeare and the Dramaturgy of Power" (Princeton University Press, 1989). He also co-edited two other books: the Third Arden Shakespeare Edition of "Henry VI, Part 3" (Thomson Learning, 2001) and "A New History of Early English Drama" (Columbia University Press, 1997). In addition, he has written many scholarly articles and book reviews on Renaissance drama and contemporary writers.
The high quality of his scholarship has been recognized in a variety of ways. "A New History of Early English Drama" was named Book of the Year by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, and "The Devil and the Sacred in Early English Drama, 1350-1642" was a finalist for the David Bevington Prize. Among other external acknowledgements, he has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for both 1985-86 and 2004-05; a Pew Charitable Trusts Fellowship for 1995-96; and an NEH Summer Stipend for 1993.
Cox was recently elected to an unprecedented third two-year term as president of the Conference on Christianity and Literature. His distinctions also include having held summer teaching appointments at the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University in 1988 and 1979 respectively, and being named a Mellon Faculty Fellow at Harvard during 1978-79.
Cox joined the Hope faculty as an assistant professor; was promoted to associate professor in 1982 and professor in 1989; and was named the first recipient of the DuMez Endowed Professorship in 1996. From 1984 to 2004 he served as director of interdisciplinary studies at the college.
Prior to teaching at Hope he held positions at Westmon College in Santa Barbara, Calif., and the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He holds his master's and doctorate from the University of Chicago.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets.


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Henk van der Valk from the Unisys performance lab will be my special guest for this session.
He has a test system that we all would like to have at home, probably until you get the first electricity bill :-)
The ES7000 has 96 Cores and half a Terabyte of RAM (!).
We will look at various ways to push SQL Server workloads by methodically detecting and resolving bottlenecks.
A number of tips, tricks and testing methods that Henk tought the (Dutch) SQL Server community over the past years I applied successfully on various troubled systems.
Together we will show you how you can take some lessons learned and apply them on mid-sized and even smaller systems.
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What does Hydrilla look like?Hydrilla is a submersed freshwater herb. Being an invasive non-native weed, it often forms dense stands from the bottom to the top of the water, sprawling across the surface, although it may also be found as detached drifting mats.
Why is Hydrilla considered to be a nuisance?
- Once cultured and sold as an aquarium plant, it is hydrilla's invasive qualities that make it a nuisance.
- It has amazing reproductive capabilities that allow it to grow in almost any freshwater, in variable conditions with either low or high nutrient amounts, or a wide temperature tolerance: (68-86 F).
- Hydrilla is an invisible menace until it fills the lake or river that it infests, "topping out" at the surface.
- When hydrilla invades an area, ecologically important native, submersed plants are shaded out by hydrilla's thick mats, or are simply out competed and eliminated.
- Annually, millions of dollars are spent each year on herbicides and mechanical harvesters in Florida alone in an effort to place hydrilla under "maintenance control." Besides the impact to recreational fishing, Hydrilla greatly slows water flow and clogs irrigation and flood-control canals. In Florida, large mats of fragments collect at culverts and clog essential water control pumping stations. Hydrilla seriously interferes with boating, both recreational and commercial, and prevents swimming and fishing. Major infestations limit sportfish weight and size due to the plant's ability to alter water chemistry and oxygen levels.
How does Hydrilla affect recreational users?Due to its nuisance impacts, Hydrilla affects all recreational users of our aquatic resources. Its amazing reproduction capabilities can turn quality waters into areas that are choked with vegetation, which will essentially make them unusable.
Where is Hydrilla currently found?Currently, this plant is found primarily in two regions, the southeastern and the southwestern parts of the U.S.
What is Hydrilla's potential to spread elsewhere in U.S.?Hydrilla spreads to new waters mainly as fragments on boats and trailers. Conservationists in the U.S. need to learn from Russia experience because hydrilla has been found to grow in 50o N latitude range, which is the equivalent to the US/Canadian border.
Short term benefits of hydrilla don't override the long term impactsSome anglers originally thought that plants such as hydrilla and water hyacinth provided positive habitat. However, anglers now realize that these plants can take over a good fishing spot, consume the oxygen and cause fishkills. Also, when hydrilla creates mats, it can make it very difficult for anglers to access fishing spots.
How can I prevent the spread of Hydrilla?Be vigilant in cleaning your equipment.
What else can I do?
- Follow procedures to eliminate the spread of all nuisance species.
- Help inform others.
- Get involved in policy and legislative solutions.


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The Wood County Genealogical Society vertical files are housed in file cabinets in the genealogy room at the Quitman Public Library. Surname folders may include many kinds of information including ancestor charts, family sheets, and correspondence to and from the society concerning the particular surname.
Surnames A
Adams, Aaron, Ables, Acker, Adrian, Agens, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Allred, Amason, Anders, Anderson, Anthony, Applegate, Armour, Armstrong, Arnold, Arrington, Attaway, Atwood, Austin, Avery, Aycock.
Surnames B
Bailey, Ballard, Banks, Barnes, Bass, Bates, Beard, Beaty, Beasley, Beckham, Belcher, Bell, Bellomy, Bennett, Benton, Bentley, Berry, Bird, Birdwell, Black, Blackstone, Blackwell, Blakely, Blalock, Bodiford, Bookout, Boone, Booth, Boyd, Boykin, Bradford, Branam, Branch, Brazzil, Breen, Brewer, Bridges, Brittain, Britton, Brock, Bromberg, Brooke, Brown, Browning, Bruce, Brummett, Bruner, Bryson, Buchanan, Buckner, Bullard, Bullock, Burden, Burtkett, Burnett, Burns, Busby, Butler, Butts, Byers, and Bynum.
Surnames C
Cage, Cain, Caldwell, Calhoun, Carlock, Carnley, Carpenter, Carrel, Carrol, Carter, Cash, Cassel, Cathey, Cave, Caver, Cawthon, Champion, Chaney, Chappell, Cherry, Chrietzberg, Clanton, Clark, Clayton, Coats, Coates, Cobb, Cochran, Coker, Compton, Coleman, Conger, Conner, Conti, Chaney, Cook, Cooper, Corbin, Coston, Cotham, Cotten, Cowan, Cox, Crabb, Craddock, Creelman, Creel, Crews, Crone, Crofford, Crump, Cullen, Curl, Currie.
Surnames D
Davison, Dalby, Darby, Davenport, Davis, Day, Deas, Dees, Denham, Denton, Denman, Deveny, Dever, Deuson, Dewoody, Dial, Dichey, Dimsdle, Donaldson, Dortch, Dougherty, Dowell, Duff, Duke, Dyess, Dunahoe, Duncan, Dunford, Dupree.
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Google's Neverending Big Adventure
Oct 25, 2012 3:15 PM PT
In its ongoing effort to create the perfect map of the world at ground level, Google took a trek into the Grand Canyon this week. Although this is part of its Google Maps Street View project, there are of course no streets in the national park.
Earlier this month, Google announced that it had doubled the number of special collections in its Street View catalog and updated its images along 250,000 miles of roads around the world. The new images made up the largest one-time update for Street View, doubling the size of the collection. Yet Google was hardly done -- it was heading next to Arizona for its descent into the Grand Canyon.
This isn't the first time Street View has veered off the beaten path. Google has taken its cameras to the Swiss Alps, the Amazon and even Antarctica. Last month, Street View ventured under the sea to provide detailed underwater views for armchair scuba divers.
As in past treks, the Google team is relying on a wearable backpack with a camera system on top to capture the sights and deliver the next best thing to being there. The Trekker system can capture 360-degree views.
Going Deep
Google's above-and-beyond efforts to capture views where there aren't even streets allows people to take fascinating virtual trips, but the question must be asked, why is it doing this?
"At one level, you could say it's an obvious PR ploy," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT.
"But at another, you could argue that Google is extending IT innovation into areas that most technologies and IT vendors typically ignore -- wide open, sparsely populated areas, including National Parks," he told TechNewsWorld.
"You can't really blame the vendors. Profits, in large part, often depend on delivering products to deeply populated areas," King explained. "But it's great to see a vendor understand the kind of impact it can have on rural communities and locales, and be willing to make that investment."
Google doing this is also something that Google just does.
"Google's effort to capture Street View imagery of the trails and interior of the Grand Canyon is an example of something in Google's culture that confounds many people: Some of its motivations and behavior have nothing to do with immediate ad revenue," said Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Research.
"Doing this is part of Google's effort to make its mapping product the most comprehensive -- and thereby differentiated -- it can be in the marketplace," he told TechNewsWorld.
However, it also allows Google to expand its core revenue stream, namely advertising.
"Projects like this are designed to make the world a smaller place to find new and creative ways to get people to consume advertising," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.
"But activities like this allow people who can't afford to travel, or just don't want to, the opportunity to experience interesting locations almost as if they were there," he acknowledged, "and it will get more and more real as this technology advances."
Building Its Brand
Of course another piece of this is that Google clearly can set itself apart as the go-to site for maps that would make Michelin and others pale in comparison. To this end, Google can have the ultimate bragging rights when it comes to having mapped the world.
"There is a brand and monetary benefit to Google in doing this," Sterling noted.
"If Google can keep people engaged, it can ultimately monetize them. However, this is not how Google typically thinks about it," he added. "This is part of the logic of Google's mission to map the real world in a complete way."
In the past, people often thought of maps as something to be folded and put in a glove box, but Google has redefined what can be expected of maps in going to places few have mapped before.
"The value of having ready access to fresh maps of hiking trails, jeep tracks and logging roads is pretty high," King noted. "In the good old days when USGS topographical maps represented the state of the art, it wasn't unusual to find that trails had shifted considerably from what was marked. That was understandable, since it was often years -- or even decades -- between mapping updates."
Grand Views
This week, Google's team has collected ground-level photos from portions of the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, including the ridge, the Bright Angel Trail and South Kaibab Trail. But it is likely still only going to be a sampling of the entire park.
"There are places in the Grand Canyon that no human has been," said Mike Lowe, owner of Pygmy Guides, which provides tours of the Grand Canyon National Park.
"I don't expect them to get it all," he told TechNewsWorld. "They can get views from different trails, but they aren't going to get every nook and cranny. That would be impossible."
This is also something that some viewers may want to consider before trying to reach some of the more remote parts of the canyon. Even if Google went, it doesn't mean everyone should try it. Those who do shouldn't count on using the maps in real time, either.
"Many of these areas are outside -- sometimes way outside -- of cellphone range," said King. "So in many cases, travelers planning to use Google's maps will have to remember to print them out before they hit the trail."
Even the effort to try mapping the canyon's trails is an accomplishment, given that they vary significantly in level of difficulty, especially for those wearing a camera system capable of recording a 360-panoramic view on their backs.
"There are trails that are more leisurely, but there are trails that are for the hardcore hiker," said Lowe.
And while these maps could entice people to want to visit, Lowe isn't worried that the online Street Views will be enough to satisfy those who wanted to see the canyon in person.
"It isn't the same as being there," he said. "We're not worried. Every artist, writer and photographer who has tried to deliver it for years hasn't been able to do so. It is nothing like standing there. You can have the images -- but it is not the same until you go there."


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May 17, 2011
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's baseball team has earned three post-season awards from the Little East Conference.
Junior pitcher Pat Lavey (Cranston, RI/Cranston East HS) has been named first team All-Conference as a relief pitcher. Junior third baseman John Granahan (Hanover, MA/Hanover HS/Southern Maine) has been named second team All-Conference at third base. And the Corsairs won the LEC's Sportsmanship Award.
Lavey led all relief pitchers in the LEC with five wins, five saves and 18 games finished, tied for third with 18 appearances. He led the Corsairs with a .2.30 earned run average. In 31 1/3 innings, he allowed 38 hits, eight earned runs, walked four batters and struck out 21.
Granahan hit .336 while starting all but one game for UMass Dartmouth. He scored 22 runs and had 48 hits, including four doubles and three triples, and drove in 21 runs. He had a slugging percentage of .406 and an on-base percentage of .422.
"The honors for Pat Lavey and John Granahan were well-deserved," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Bob Curran. "Lavey was very important for our success in the conference; he came through just about every time he pitched. Granahan had good stats, made big defensive plays all year, and led by example."
The Corsairs won the Sportsmanship Award for the second year in a row, in the same season in which they posted their highest regular season finish ever in the LEC.
"Our team won and lost with class, and the Sportsmanship Award is an example of the respect everyone has for UMass Dartmouth and for our baseball team," said Curran. "I was pleased to see us win the award two years in a row."


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NYC Charter School Test Scores: Math and ELA (2010-11)
The Charter Center is committed to a sector built upon accountability and results for kids. Accordingly, we have conducted an analysis of New York City charter school state test scores that will allow the public to better understand the performance of individual schools and the sector overall. It is our hope that this report spurs conversations, further investigation and best practice sharing.


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Turn any child in your audience into a magical artist! Show a simple black and white drawing of a room ready for a birthday party -- except there are no balloons, no decorations, no presents, and the cake has no candles. A volunteer writes his name across the cake, draws candles, and writes his age on a party hat with his choice of crayons. Everyone says the magic word and when the picture is turned around balloons, presents, and decorations have appeared in FULL COLOR on the childs drawing. Best of all the child keeps the drawing as a souvenir of the show.
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FD council makes the right decision
"Do as I say, not as I do."
Many politicians seem to have adopted this platitude as principle, paying lip service to fiscal prudence while simultaneously voting to increase their own salaries.
How refreshing, then, to see members of the Fort Dodge City Council decline an opportunity to enrich themselves at the cost of the taxpayer.
Council members on Monday rejected a proposal to boost their salary from the current $4,800 to $6,100 on Jan. 1, 2014. Councilmen Andy Fritz, Kim Alstott, Dean Hill, Robert "Barney" Patterson, Mark Taylor and Don Wilson voted against the proposed increase. Councilman Dave Flattery was absent.
"I don't do this job for the money," Fritz said at Monday's council meeting. "I knew what the salary was when I ran for this office and that is not why I ran for it."
As budget shortfalls continually loom over the city, it is imperative that nearly any ideas for cost-savings be entertained.
Granted, an extra $1,300 a year is not enough on which to retire wealthy. Nor will the saving of $9,100 provide anything more that a drop in the comparative ocean of city finances.
But with enough drops, the water does rise.


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Description: This dataset contains the electric field data sampled along ocean-continent boundaries during space weather hazards. A finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique is used to study potential space weather hazards to electric power grids located at the proximity of the coast. The most of the data are in floating point representation, and the data files are in .txt format. The data can be visualized using software such as MATLAB and Python. The data can be used to plot electric and magnetic fields along the ocean-continent boundaries for different scenarios (different depths of an ocean, different conductivities of a lithosphere and different frequencies of ionospheric disturbance). Keyword: Electric field, United States coast, GIC, Ocean-continental boundary, Space weather hazards, Geomagnetically induced currents, and Electrical engineering Creator: Pokhrel, Santosh, Rodriguez, Miguel, Bernabeu, Emanuel, Nguyen, Bach, and Simpson, Jamesina Owner: Santosh Pokhrel Location: Simulation Date Uploaded: 02/14/2018 Date Modified: 10/25/2018 Date Created: Aug 2016 to Jan 2018 Rights: Public Domain – This data is free of copyright restrictions (e.g. government sponsored data). Resource Type: Dataset Identifier: https://doi.org/10.7278/S5PC30H5 Contact Email: email@example.com Funders: NSF


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Hundreds of high school students tried on the shoes of paramedics, repairmen, electricians and a dozen other professions this week during a school-system Career Day.
Hundreds of high school students tried on the shoes of paramedics, repairmen, electricians and a dozen other professions this week during a school-system Career Day.
Throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, every high school sophomore in the Terrebonne Parish public school system visited the campus of the Terrebonne Career Technical High School, where they got a run-down from 27 different companies and government agencies seeking workers with technical training.
Sponsored by the South Central Industrial Association's Work-It! program, the event attracted companies ranging from McDermott Shipyards to the Southland Dodge Body Shop to the U.S. Army.
The goal was simple — to show students the doors a technical education can open.
"We're trying to show students how much opportunity there is here," said Tony Authement, secondary schools supervisor. "It's about showing them all the options they have that they might not know about."
From local high schools to Fletcher Technical Community College and Nicholls State University, Houma-Thibodaux's educators are pushing to expand technical degrees and certification programs in an effort to meet soaring demand. While national politicians obsess over creating jobs, the local economy seems almost to be dealing with the opposite problem.
"When it comes to big industry jobs in this area, we're not putting out graduates fast enough to fill the positions the industry has," said Charles Positerry, an electrician instructor at TCTHS and one of the event's main organizers. "Every time I talk to companies, they're telling us we need to send more students, way more students."
Positerry said companies operating in and around Terrebonne Parish are hiring workers from as far away as Romania because too few qualified locals are applying. So he — and higher-ups in the school system — are pushing for more students to consider technical education.
TCTHS, which until recently was called the Terrebonne Vo-Tech school, provides technical training and classes to about 400 students. At one time, the school served as many as 1,000.
"There is room for us to grow," Positerry said. "The challenge is to put it out there so students know what's available."
Brandi Punch, an ophthalmology assistant at Houma's SEECA Medical, went to Career Day to pitch her company to the students. Punch herself attended TCTHS a few years ago and said she didn't know then how important this kind of career decision is.
"When I was a student, I didn't realize how much coming here was an opportunity," Punch said. "I just kind of thought it was interesting."
Punch's pitch to students was much the same as most of the presenters — if you take the right classes now and get the right certifications, you're a shoo-in for a good job that pays well.
"If you've got a technical certificate in the right field around here, you will get a job," said Mark Lee, who was recruiting for Volute Inc., a mechanical and electrical contracting firm. "You almost won't have to hunt for one."
Jane Arnette, SCIA's executive director, said workforce development is perhaps the biggest issue facing south Louisiana.
"Getting the local workforce trained for the available jobs is crucial," Arnette said. "This is a very long, drawn-out process, and it's one that our schools have to be active participants in."
The school won't know if Career Day worked until the sophomores schedule their course loads for next year. But several students said Wednesday the visit had made them consider enrolling.
"Today's been pretty good," said Dylan Ray, a Terrebonne High sophomore. "I learned a lot about what you can do here."
Ray said he hasn't made up his mind yet on what kinds of courses he might schedule. He said he's leaning toward something in computers or welding. But he said he was pretty sure he was going to do some kind of training at the school.
"When they told me what I might make and what I'd have to do to get there, that appealed to me," Ray said. "Hopefully some doors open up."
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As it turns out, Aaron Curry wasn't just hanging around Giants practice for no good reason.
Curry just tweeted out the word that he had signed, saying: "EXCITED TO BE A GIANT!!!," because lower case letters and two exclamation marks wouldn't have conveyed the appropriate excitement.
The Giants still have a transaction to make, though. As Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News mentioned, the Giants were at the 90-man roster limit, so someone has to go to make room for him.
Teams are going to continue to give Curry chances, partially because he was once the fourth overall pick in the draft. But the Seahawks traded him to the Raiders for a 2012 seventh and a 2013 fifth, and the Raiders just gave him away to get his salary off the books.


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The widow of longtime Penn State football Coach Joe Paterno says an independent study of the scandal that led to his firing was "ill-considered and rash."
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh led an investigation into former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's molestation of young boys, and the manner in which university officials, including Paterno, responded when they learned of the long-running sexual abuse. Freeh concluded in a report released in July Paterno had failed to address the Sandusky matter aggressively and the university fired Paterno, who had developed the Nittany Lions into one of the nation's top programs during his 44-year tenure.
Sue Paterno said in a letter to former Penn State football players the investigation by Freeh "could not have been more wrong in his assessment of Joe," the Centre Daily Times in State College reported Saturday.
"To claim that this ill-considered and rash process served the victims and the university is a grave error," she said. "Only the truth serves the victims."
The school issued a statement Friday saying it appreciated the work of Sue Paterno on behalf of the school and considered her a valued member of the community.
"We have and continue to appreciate all of her work on behalf of the university," the statement said. "She has touched many lives and continues to be an inspiration to many Penn Staters."
The Paterno family is to release its review of the Freeh report Sunday at Paterno.com, the newspaper said.
Joe Paterno died of cancer months after the scandal broke and Sandusky is in prison after being found guilty.


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NEW YORK - For a company that has launched products with Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and Jay Leno - and has even paid to light up the Empire State Building in its signature colors - Microsoft's unveiling of Windows 8 on Thursday was a subdued affair.
Windows 8 is Microsoft's radical reimagining of its ubiquitous operating system. What makes it vastly different from past Windows releases is that it's designed from the ground up to work on touch-enabled PCs and tablet computers. Microsoft is also making its own tablet computer, the Surface, marking the first time that it will manufacture a general-purpose computer. Both the Surface and Windows 8 will go on sale Friday.
For the event, Microsoft dressed up a cavernous former bus depot on a floating pier jutting from Manhattan into the Hudson River. Improvised siding shielded the roughly 500 reporters and other guests from the sight of a ruined pier to the south.
This time, with no rock stars in attendance, Microsoft executives took the stage to introduce an array of Windows 8 desktops, laptops and tablet computers made by AsusTek Computer Inc., Dell Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and others.
Instead of raising expectations, Microsoft Corp. did what it could to reset them.
Some reviewers have panned Microsoft's Surface tablet. Others have criticized the dearth of apps in the Windows Store, the new online store where customers can buy apps that will work on the current model of the Surface and other devices.
"The Windows Store has more apps than any competing app store had at its opening," said Steven Sinofsky, the president of Windows and Windows Live, in a thinly veiled reference to Apple Inc.'s iPad, which launched in April 2010 relying on apps that had been developed for the much smaller iPhone.
"Thousands of new developers are joining the Windows Store ecosystem," Sinofsky added. "Your PC experience only improves over time."
Microsoft's U.S. launch event followed a pre-launch event in Shanghai on Tuesday.
Launches such as Microsoft's inevitably draw comparisons with Apple's events. Microsoft's event in New York took on the look and feel of Apple's famous unveilings but lacked the element of surprise. Apple's late founder and CEO Steve Jobs used to tease audiences with "one more thing" at the end of Apple presentations. Most of what came out Thursday had already been known long ago - a consequence of Microsoft's need to work with a wide array of partners, particularly PC makers.
Microsoft's event was tame even by Microsoft standards. For the Windows 95 launch, founder Bill Gates brought Leno to the stage to show how easy the software was to use. In 2009, McCartney and Starr helped promote the Beatles: Rock Band video game during Microsoft's presentation at a game conference in Los Angeles.
In the one extravagant touch of the Windows 8 event, Microsoft built a miniature model of Manhattan out of wooden boxes. It was painted white and covered an area the size of a basketball court. Reporters could walk among the buildings to peruse Windows 8 devices - desktop PCs, notebook computers and tablets- perched on their "roofs."
Sinofsky was the first to appear on the stage Thursday, standing before a light blue background amid a row of devices from various manufacturers. He wore a blue V-neck sweater over a white T-shirt. CEO Steve Ballmer later appeared in a suit and unbuttoned collar with no tie.
Microsoft executives said 1 billion people are using Windows and 11 billion photos are stored on its cloud storage service, SkyDrive.
They borrowed from Apple's phrase book, frequently relying on superlatives to describe Windows and the machines and gadgets that run it. Sinofsky said the release was "the best release of Windows ever" and the array of PCs, tablets and "convertible" tablet-PCs were "the best PCs ever made."
Perhaps in a nod to its many manufacturing partners such as Dell and others, Microsoft didn't talk about its own device, the Surface tablet, until the end of its morning presentation.
It followed that with a separate presentation in which Surface general manager Panos Panay dropped the tablet from shoulder height to the stage without breaking it to demonstrate the toughness of its glass and magnesium case. Sinofsky also showed off a couple of Surface devices the team had turned into skateboards by screwing on rails and wheels.
Ballmer, wrapping up an initial presentation, appeared to address concerns that the new Windows 8 interface, which emphasizes touch, has annoyed some early PC reviewers.
"Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC now really is."
Later, he addressed a concern that some PC users have had with pre-release versions of the software - that it lacks a familiar "Start" button containing programs, settings and other controls. Microsoft has said its new interface, with its automatically updating tiles on the opening screen, replaces that button.
Asked by an Associated Press reporter if he might bring the "Start" button back, Ballmer replied, "You've got a whole screen as a 'Start' button," while hurrying off.


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It's foreign game panic day! Like Jun Takeuchi, Hideo Kojima is worried about Western games and Western developers. He tells Japanese magazine Famitsu what he's going to do about it.
Kojima mentions that he plans to "start from zero" this year in hopes of competing globally. The game creator says that his company Kojima Productions is undergoing heavy internal review to forge "a team that can challenge foreign creators and software houses." Adds the Metal Gear developer:
I've thought a lot about how Western games have been winning, looking it from a global perspective, and there are things that I've noticed...
I've come to understand that the way we've made games up until now won't translate globally, and I've come to think that I need to make Kojima Productions a team that can compete alongside the rest of the world.
That's nice and all, but didn't Metal Gear Solid 4 do better abroad than domestically? Quick, somebody inform Kojima!


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December 2001
Although India occupies only 2.4% of the world's land area, it supports over 15% of the world's population. Only China has a larger population. Almost 40% of Indians are younger than 15 years of age. About 70% of the people live in more than 550,000 villages, and the remainder in more than 200 towns and cities. Religion, caste, and language are major determinants of social and political organization in India today. The government has recognized 18 languages as official; Hindi is the most widely spoken. Although 83% of the people are Hindu, India also is the home of more than 120 million Muslims--one of the world's largest Muslim populations. The population also includes Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, and Parsis.
The majority of Pakistan's population lives along the Indus River valley and along an arc formed by the cities of Faisalabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and Peshawar. The idea of a separate Muslim state emerged in the 1930s. On March 23, 1940, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the Muslim League, formally endorsed the "Lahore Resolution," calling for the creation of an independent state in regions where Muslims constituted a majority. At the end of World War II, the United Kingdom moved with increasing urgency to grant India independence. However, the Congress Party and the Muslim League could not agree on the terms for a constitution or establishing an interim government. In June 1947, the British Government declared that it would bestow full dominion status upon two successor states -- India and Pakistan. Under this arrangement, the various princely states could freely join either India or Pakistan. Consequently, a bifurcated Muslim nation separated by more than 1,600 kilometers (1,000 mi.) of Indian territory emerged when Pakistan became a self-governing dominion within the Commonwealth on August 14, 1947. West Pakistan comprised the contiguous Muslim-majority districts of present-day Pakistan; East Pakistan consisted of a single province, which is now Bangladesh.
India's relations with Pakistan are influenced by the centuries-old rivalry between Hindus and Muslims which led to partition of British India in 1947. The principal source of contention has been Kashmir, whose Hindu Maharaja chose in 1947 to join India, although a majority of his subjects were Muslim. India maintains that his decision and the subsequent elections in Kashmir have made it an integral part of India. Pakistan asserts Kashmiris' rights to self-determination through a plebiscite in accordance with an earlier Indian pledge and a UN resolution. This dispute triggered wars between the two countries in 1947 and 1965. In December 1971, following a political crisis in what was then East Pakistan and the flight of millions of Bengali
refugees to India, Pakistan and India again went to war. The brief conflict left the situation largely unchanged in the west, where the two armies reached an impasse, but a decisive Indian victory in the east resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.
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Darien holds off Middletown to reach Class L championship
SOUTHBURY -- Darien didn't put on an offensive clinic by any stretch of the imagination during its 13-7 Class L state semifinal clash with Middletown on a windy Saturday afternoon at Pomperaug High School. However, the Blue Wave attack got the ball moving when they needed to and watched their defense do the rest.
With the win, top-seeded Darien punched its ticket to the Class L title game against archrival and No. 3 New Canaan, which picked up a 17-0 win over No. 7 North Haven on Saturday.
Save for allowing a 72-yard touchdown run by Middletown quarterback Dario Highsmith with 5:50 remaining in the second quarter, the Darien defense left the door open for its offense to win the game late by shutting down the Blue Dragons and keeping the score at 7-0, despite Middletown starting several drives in good field position.
"You watch Middletown tape and recognize that (Highsmith) carries the ball roughly three quarters of the time, and rightfully so," Darien coach Rob Trifone said. "We ended up having to play man-to-man coverage and packing the box. Our defense has been playing lights out the last four weeks. They did a great job against the Gatorade Player of the Year."
Trailing 7-0 to open the second half, the Blue Wave (12-1) offense went three-and-out after three incomplete passes, and the Blue Dragons (11-2) drove into Darien territory, threatening to take what could have been a crucial two-score advantage. Middletown moved the ball from its own 14 to the Darien 38 on the strength of a 10-yard carry by Highsmith and a 28-yard run by Jacob Homar.
Instead, the Darien defense forced a turnover on downs, snuffing out a promising drive.
Darien's ensuing possession ended in a punt, but Daly Hebert pinned Middletown on its own 10. After a three-and-out by the Blue Dragons, the Blue Wave got the ball in prime field position at the Middletown 29.
A 19-yard catch and run by Griffin Ross advanced the ball to the Middletown 8, but the Blue Wave faced a third-and-goal from the 11 two plays later. Needing a touchdown to tie, Silas Wyper threw to his left to hit a wide open Jay Harrison on a swing pass, and the senior fullback went untouched for the score, knotting the game at 7-7.
"It's not easy coming from behind against a great team," Trifone said. "It takes a lot of character to come back."
Following a Middletown three-and-out and a short punt on its next possession, Darien needed just one play to dial up the game-winning touchdown, as Wyper faked a handoff and threw quickly over the middle to John Reed, who did the rest by bouncing off a pair of Middletown defenders and diving inside the left pylon a 37-yard touchdown reception with 10:52 remaining. The extra point was blocked and the score remained 13-7.
"That quick slant pass was working all game and I just beat my guy off the line, was able to get the pass and saw the end zone and got to it," Reed said. "We came back and we were able to put up some points."
Highsmith was a one-man show on Middletown's next possession, carrying 11 times for 38 yards on a 14-play, 56-yard drive that ultimately produced no points, as the Blue Dragons turned it over on downs following a pair of incomplete passes from the Darien 18 with 2:26 remaining.
Middletown earned one more possession by using all of its timeouts while forcing a Darien three-and-out, but with just 1:55 remaining, the Blue Dragons needed to go to their little-used passing attack.
"We practice (the two-minute drill) every week, and I thought our kids were well-prepared for it. We actually made some plays, got out of bounds. We were heads up," Middletown coach Sal Morello said. "The scheme didn't surprise us. We had trouble pushing those five defensive linemen. Those are big kids."
Highsmith completed a pair of passes for 14 yards and added a 21-yard scramble to move to within striking distance, but his desperation fourth-and-10 heave from the 33-yard line to the Darien end zone was broken up by Will Hamernick.
"Unfortunately, we're getting used to (close games), but at least we're coming out on top," Reed said. "(The championship) is going to be fun. We got the best of (New Canaan) last time so we're excited for it. It's going to be a good game."
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Records: Darien 12-1, Middletown 11-2
M--Dario Highsmith 72 run (Van Uk kick)
D--Jay Harrison 11 pass Silas Wyper (Daly Hebert kick)
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There's plenty of famous attractions and natural icons on The Coromandel, but here's 5 NOT so famous must do's
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The Coromandel is renowned as kiwi's favourite holiday destination because of it's natural attractions such as Hot Water Beach, Cathedral Cove, New Chums, The Pinnacles and Karangahake Gorge. A mix of seaside and heritage towns add to the holiday atmosphere that make this region so popular. Being so close to Auckland, Hamilton and Rotorua make it an easy place to escape to. Iconic attractions aside the Coromandel also has it's fair share of gems.
1. Paeroa Antiques Capital of New Zealand
Paeroa has long been known as the town that's world famous in New Zealand. Over the years it's also established itself as the antiques capital of the country and is a treasure trove for those in search of something other than a photo next to the giant L&P bottle. Paeroa is in the middle of the Hauraki Rail Trail that travels from Thames to Waihi and Te Aroha.
2. Whangamata
Beautiful beaches, consistent surf, the Wentworth Valley bush walks and Beach Hop are just some of the attractions that contribute to Whangamata's popularity. A favourite with locals and visitors alike, Whangamata is a bonafide beach bum's paradise.
3. Port Jackson
Coromandel Town is an attraction in itself, however it's not worth travelling that far without getting further off the beaten track and heading to Port Jackson. Along the way tourists will experience a Coromandel traffic jam with sheep, cattle and friendly farmers wandering the gravel roads. The further north you go the more intrepid you'll feel and the more impressive the pohutukawa lined roads and crystal clear waters will get. Plan ahead if you want to stay the night in a peaceful campground or fishing lodge when visiting.
4. Coromandel Town and the ferry to Auckland
Within 2 hours you could arrive in the peaceful Coromandel valley after departing from the bottom of Auckland city's main street. The ferry journey between Auckland and Coromandel Town is a great way to enjoy a leisurely journey missing the windy roads. Pass through the islands in the Hauraki Gulf, sail past dolphins and whales before approaching the operating mussel farms. Upon arrival into Coromandel Town your appetite will be replenished with homegrown dining from award winning cafes and restaurants.
5. Fish & Chips on the Seabird Coast
The typical route between Auckland and the Coromandel is via SH2 and the motorway. A recommended alternative is to cruise the Pacific Coast Highway which takes in the Seabird Coast and rural plains. Stop off at the Miranda Holiday Park for a swim in the hot pools before tucking into the fresh fish and chips in Kaiaua.


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You don't need any software Fire it up. You record your screencast, git save and it saves right to your hard drive. Amazing! in MP4 format which is very small compact and compatible with almost all web video players. All right, third style is the talking head just like I'm talking to you right now. Now, a couple of tools you need. If you're on Mac your good to go QuickTime will let you record yourself like what I'm using right now If you're on PC, you can use Windows Movie Maker Now, what I've noticed though you need to download something called Windows Live Essential 2011 Pack Now, I put a link on my blog so you can't miss it. Basically, this pack will is an free upgrade to your Windows Live and it gives you that talking head recording from your webcam option It's not there on some computers you may need to update to this Essential Pack.
No big deal, it's free. In just a couple of clicks, and you're there. Now, just a quick tip about Talking Head Two things… One, keep it interesting. Don't keep the camera focused on one head Keep changing the scenes around if you can. Introduce props. White boards, whatever you need to make it interesting. And Two, you want to make sure that you are passionate you're smiling, you're talking about content that you love you're delivering a message so make sure it comes across in your voice, in your style in your presentation. The final step in creating an engaging video is to put a little bit of editing. Now, you want to add some music


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The Reds have officially crapped away the 2-0 series lead that they at one point held over the Giants, but only after the Giants almost crapped away the 6-0 lead they had throughout the majority of today's game. It's a tough way for the Reds' season to end, as they were one of the least terrible teams in a playoff bracket that is full of terrible teams. Even worse, though, is that their season ended with a decrepit Scott Rolen flailing helplessly at a Sergio Romo pitch that was begging to be crushed:
And don't even get us started on the fact that Rolen started at third rather than Ubermensch Todd Frazier, who had his powers wasted as a pinch hitter.
Frazier's heroics, Johnny Cueto's Cy-Young-worthy season, Joey Votto's prodigious numbers, and Aroldis Chapman's fireballs—all for naught in the end. At least they still have Cat Latos.


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The eye can be analyzed with relative ease as to both its function and its structure. A practical evaluation consists of the ability to relocate the orbit and the reaction of the student to light and accommodation.
The function of the eye might be tested in numerous methods. The client may be asked to recognize illuminated letter or objects of varying sizes on what is understood as the Snellen chart.
Conversely, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye might be made in numerous methods. Tension within the eyeball is determined by a "tonometer." In particular diseases, particularly in glaucoma, the stress in the eyeball is increased considerably.
Nevertheless, it should be well kept in mind that a patient with an eye issue might have other problems also. Frequently other physical conditions are primary and affect the eye as a effect. The appearance of the eye can notify the physician and the client to problems in some disruptions of other parts of the body even before other signs provide themselves.
Consequently, one's dependence on sight is stressed when one faces a possible or momentary long-term loss of this crucial sense. When restorative procedures are looked for, specific kinds of vision correction such as contact lenses or glasses are recommended.
On the other hand, some individuals are bothered with that they have some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this factor, advanced surgeries were established to motivate reduced usage of contact lenses or glasses. One of which is the now popular LASIK eye surgical treatment.
Generally, LASIK eye surgery is the short-term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its concrete equivalent, LASIK eye surgery is another type of vision correction. The only distinction is that with this type of surgical treatment, one's vision is remedied completely.
With LASIK eye surgical treatment, the refractive errors in the cornea are completely changed. This can be done using an "excimer laser."
The primary function of this surgical treatment is to create a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea utilizing a blade known as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is lastly reformed, allowing better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Appeal vs. Disadvantages
Amidst go to my blog the growing appeal of LASIK eye surgery, there are still disadvantages that people need to know. Most likely, the primary reason that this type of eye surgical treatment has actually ended up being well accepted is because the majority of its cases had been effective.
However, in spite of its success, there are still some disadvantages. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation applied to the most sensitive part of the eye
Because LASIK eye surgery involves the operation of the retina, which is among the most sensitive portions of the eye, many people state that the operation can be very dangerous.
In other words, a basic mistake might practically visit this site cause an person's lifetime blindness. Hence, it is crucial to think about numerous factors prior to choosing whether LASIK eye surgery is the ideal restorative procedure one needs to go through.
2. It is not a perfect treatment
LASIK eye surgery might correct your vision however it does not always imply that it can give you a ideal vision. Even if analytical reports reveal that 70% of the patients may have 20/20 vision, this does not always imply they have perfect vision also.
Offered all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the popularity of the operation, LASIK might not constantly be the ideal eye surgical treatment the method a lot of individuals view it
Conversely, the examination of the structural part of the eye might be made in a number of methods. It ought to be well kept in mind that a client with an eye problem might have other problems. Frequently other physical conditions are primary and affect the eye as a repercussion. The appearance of the eye can notify the doctor and the patient to troubles in some disturbances of other parts of the body even before other symptoms provide themselves.
Like its tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another form of vision correction.
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Shakira is so hooked on breastfeeding baby son Milan she fears he'll still be latched on right up until he leaves home for college.
The "Hips Don't Lie" singer gave birth to her boy in January, and she admits breastfeeding him has helped her shed her pregnancy pounds.
She says, "I'm not all the way to my old self but I look decent now, I think.
"What has helped me a lot is breastfeeding (and) I'm so hooked. I think I'm gonna keep breastfeeding this baby until he goes to college because I can't stop."
Shakira recently announced she would be stepping down as a judge on the TV talent show "The Voice" for a season to concentrate on being a mom to little Milan.


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Sen. John Cornyn seems to have had a change of heart — or at least a change of tone — on a potential presidential bid for Gov. Rick Perry.
The Texas Republican told POLITICO Monday that 2012 was Perry's best chance to run for president — a departure from statements he made in June telling the governor the Republican field was rather full.
"I think he's gonna run," Cornyn told POLITICO. "I haven't talked to him but if he ever aspired to run, this is the best opportunity he'll probably ever have.
"The field is not formed, a lot of people are looking around to see who the strongest horse is," Cornyn continued. "The goal of course is to beat Obama, and so I suspect out of that group, whoever is the nominee, people will line up behind them, but obviously we've got a long primary process to go.
These comments differ from the advice Cornyn had for Perry on June 15, when the senator said the primary field was already crowded.
"The field is already pretty full," Cornyn told reporters in a conference call, hours after Perry hinted at his interest in a presidential bid. "There have been a lot of people working at it for a number of years."
Perry-for-president rumors have been gaining traction in the last month as Perry continues to top Republican polls and as he makes call to key Republicans in the early primary states, Iowa and New Hampshire.
As the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Cornyn told POLITICO that we had no plans to endorse a presidential candidate in the primary election.
"I'm in the business of making friends, not enemies. So I don't see any benefit to getting involved in a contested primary for president," Cornyn said. "I'm concerned about getting the Senate majority back, so I'm not endorsing anybody in the primary."
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Editor's note: The Giving Spirit has been an annual feature in The Record during the holiday season for almost two decades.
Editor's note: The Giving Spirit has been an annual feature in The Record during the holiday season for almost two decades.
The stories focus on local nonprofit groups and other agencies that help those in need in our community. Over the years, the series has taken on several forms.
This year, we asked nonprofit leaders to tell the story of their agency's work in their own words.
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History: In 1954, there were few to no services or access to education for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Public school districts were not required to serve "handicapped" children until the passage of federal legislation, "Education for All Handicapped Children Act" in 1975. In 1954, local parents of children with developmental disabilities worked with the SUSD and San Joaquin County Board of Education to provide access to children with significant physical and learning needs. Successful, children previously excluded were going to school alongside children without disabilities. The Arc founded a nursery school that later became known as Stockton Development Center for Handicapped Minors and now known as Walton Development Center. The activity center was founded by The Arc in 1962 with the parents who acted in one or more roles, civic organizations, individual and collective donors that made up and/or supported The Arc. The Arc started one of the first inclusive summer day camps in 1954 and developed services to meet the needs of persons with developmental disabilities over a lifetime including education, recreation, and employment. Today, The Arc serves about 130 individuals in various services.
Mission : The Arc San Joaquin is a nonprofit organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities - providing person-centered supports to achieve employment, life-long learning, recreation and community living.
"Helping people to help themselves" is our mantra.
The Arc San Joaquin's services are available to adults 22 years of age and older. Services include career development including job development and job coaching for persons working in groups and individually for local employers. Job trail opportunities are available to help learn and become familiar with various job or career paths. Occupational skills training is provided to help individuals compete for high-demand jobs in San Joaquin County.
The Arc San Joaquin operates three adult day programs for persons looking to improve any aspect of their personal life related to daily living, recreation, and staying connected and involved in the community. Individuals participate to design their own service plan focusing on personal abilities, strengths, talents and choice.
An evening and weekend recreation program operates to help plan and enjoy activities away from home with friends. Individuals enjoy a variety of activities such as kayaking, a trip out of town, shopping, or hanging out in a local coffee shop.
The Arc San Joaquin is a member of The Arc California and The Arc of the United States, and collectively it is an advocate for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through public policy-making at a state and federal level.
The Arc San Joaquin is open to the community for general information about intellectual and developmental disabilities including prevention, Arc initiatives, volunteer opportunities and special projects. The Arc San Joaquin welcomes visitors and students interested in student internships. Persons seeking services to get a job, including transition students exiting high school with a diploma are encouraged to set up an appointment to discuss employment path options. The Arc welcomes requests from local employers interested in building a more diverse work force. Persons interested in becoming a member of The Arc Board of Directors, to share their talents and inspiration is encouraged to call The Arc San Joaquin.


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Op-Ed: China's Aircraft Carrier: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
October 2011 | Dr. David Lai
China test-sailed its first aircraft carrier on August 10, 2011. The maiden sail was remarkably low key, but its significance is far-reaching. China's journey to this début started in the mid-1990s when it approached Ukraine for the possibility of acquiring the half-built, but practically abandoned, Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag. The keel of this hulk was laid in 1985 and the ship was intended to serve in the Soviet Pacific Fleet, however, the construction was abruptly halted with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Ukraine, home to the Soviet Union's warship industry, kept the unfinished carrier as a "divorce asset," but it had no money or need to complete the project. China eventually acquired the ship with a $20 million auction bid in 1998. At the time, this sea monster was literally an empty and rusty shell, since all of the critical equipment had been removed, including the rudder. China, however, was determined to bring it back to life. (Continue reading...)


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Companies can now use a radar system to create 3-D maps of underground electric, gas, water and communication lines. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. said the radar system can help utility, construction and other underground infrastructure companies detect, locate and create 3-D images of underground features. This information will allow them to better maintain, manage and build new underground networks. Field demonstrations in New York and San Diego showed that the system can create 3-D images of objects at depths up to 10 ft under most conditions.
"The growing economy has placed new pressures on underground utility infrastructure," said Ralph Bernstein, a technical leader at EPRI. "This new radar system will help energy companies improve underground planning and maintenance as well as avoid disruptive construction accidents."


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This tutorial needs KDE Frameworks 5 / Plasma 2 to build. We are going to create a simple plasmoid in this tutorial. To keep things simple, we are going to make have use QML 2.0 and it will use Plasma Components in our tutorial .
You create a .desktop file and the .qml file. They have to be in the usual Plasma package structure:
Your directory structure should now be as follows:
Every Plasmoid needs a .desktop file to tell plasma how it should be started and what name it carries.
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Tutoial on getting started with plasma2 plasmoids .
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category=Windows and Tasks
The most important bits are the X-KDE-Library and X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name, they are the "glue" between your class and plasma, without it, nothing will start. For X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category, refer to the PIG.
import QtQuick 2.0
import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
PlasmaComponents.Label {
text: "Hello world in plasma2 ";
Finally, to put everything together you need to build everything. All you need is to put
plasma_install_package(tutorial org.kde.tutorial plasma/plasmoids applet)
For more details on CMake please read Development/Tutorials/CMake
if the root object of the plasmoid (or the fullRepresentation if present) has the Layout attached property exposed, they will be used as the minimum size for the plasmoid. If they will change during the plasmoid execution, the plasmoid minimum size will be updated accordingly.
import QtQuick 2.0
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
PlasmaComponents.Label {
Layout.minimumWidth : formFactor == PlasmaCore.Types.Horizontal ? height : 1
Layout. minimumHeight : formFactor == PlasmaCore.Types.Vertical ? width : 1
text: "Hello world in plasma5 ";
In the above example, the minimum width will be the height in case the formFactor is Horizontal .Similarly , if the formFactor is Vertical then minimumHeight shall be the width as shown in the above example .
It is possible to localize strings with the usual i18n(), i18nc(), i18np() global functions.
Just you need to put
plasma_install_package(tutorial org.kde.tutorial plasma/plasmoids applet)
in your CMakeLists.txt and you will be fine .
You can install your plasmoid, though obviously this is just temporary. CMake, below, is recommended:
plasmapkg5 --install plasmoid_plasma2
If your current Development Environment differs from the Test Installation, you have to run cmake with -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF5. Then run make. If succesfull the applet can be installed by running sudo make install
and run kbuildsycoca5 (so that KDE apps will know about the new desktop files). In order to test your Applet you can load the plasma2 plasmoid in plasma-shell as shown :
kbuildsycoca5 #Needed once to let KDE know there is a new plugin
You can even find your plasmoid in ~./local5 after you build it . Where applet_name is the value specified into .desktop for the X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name key.
Congrats! you just made your first qml 2.0 Plasmoid.


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|2012-04-06, 09:28
|Link #3422
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: DP 原画 --> ヨハネ
It's brutal trying to guess what's going on in their heads....As well as looking beyond the words for any hidden double meanings in their speech and actions
I don't know if I'm just over-paranoid or what but the whole setting seems...off...somehow. Like something's very wrong...It's like a mystery story except you don't know even what the mystery is.
Hell even the protag seems odd to me....At first glance, he's just someone who loves his friends very much but there's always a hint of something...more...
I hear the wordplay in Tenshi no hane is ghey though. Might try that out later...For Itsu Sora though, which aspects of Norse myth did they cover? And was it done in a fairly serious manner? (IE, Odin running around school being cute is a plus but not the main thing I want)
Anyone here played 11eyes?
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|2012-04-06, 10:39
|Link #3423
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 33
Indeed, though it has been a couple of years since then. My impressions of it were fairly good though; from what I recall, it managed the grim mood and sense of urgency (and action) fairly well. The presentation was certainly much better than the 11eyes anime, which was a quite poor adaptation of the original as far as transmitting the same "feel" went.
If you are in the mood for dark-ish fantasy/horror (mystery?) with bits of action thrown in (with the option to mess up and die midway through), 11eyes is a decent choice.
|2012-04-06, 10:51
|Link #3425
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 33
I guess it should satisfy your needs fairly well then. If grim and depressing is what you are looking for, 11eyes should have something to offer for you. While I wouldn't call it outright grimdark, it's certainly no field trip of flowers and sunshine. To this day I'm still quite fond of the opening as well.
|2012-04-06, 23:32
|Link #3426
Tenshi's Defense Squadron
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Fighting against those who oppress the system
|2012-04-07, 01:35
|Link #3427
Yandere maniax
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Somewhere close to Valhalla
Age: 29
BTW, I want to do some fanart but I can't find art style with more realistic eyes yet able to show ahegao face... All I can find don't have good eyebrows.
|2012-04-07, 01:38
|Link #3428
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: InterWebs
And yes, the author just LOVES to insert multiple meanings in seemingly everything. No loose ends are left. Every seemingly trifling thing could mean something in the end.
The one thing I particularly like about Kittosumi is about how everything wraps up in the end. I'm looking forward to hear your impression on it.
Tenshi no Hane is the most recent, and you could say the "mildest" of the galge stories that scenario writer made. It's geared towards wider public than ItsuSora or Kittosumi (meaning less difficult kanji ).
|2012-04-07, 01:50
|Link #3429
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Boyzone
|2012-04-07, 12:08
|Link #3430
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: DP 原画 --> ヨハネ
|2012-04-07, 15:57
|Link #3431
ダメ人 - 人間失格
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Germany
Age: 32
Currently replaying Hoshizora no Memoria; this time with the fan translation, as well as LoverAble (but not as much as Hoshizora). Ignoring a few typos here and there, I have had my fair share of laughs in the common route so far. Komomo-chan still remains one of my favorites of the VN.
|2012-04-07, 19:10
|Link #3432
Assistant Professor
Join Date: Jul 2011
Age: 43
DRACU-RIOT overall score: average!
I'm quite disappointed that Yuzu-soft only used the comedic tension scenes I like them for in the trunk, and even then it wasn't enough to fill up a savegame page. When the routes occured, there was more focus on "plot" and rabu--rabu instances.
At the end of the day, at least the game didn't make me feel like it was a waste of money. (shakes fist at koisora fandisc)
I am now crossing my fingers for D.C. III.
|2012-04-07, 23:40
|Link #3433
Tenshi's Defense Squadron
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Fighting against those who oppress the system
|2012-04-08, 03:39
|Link #3435
ダメ人 - 人間失格
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Germany
Age: 32
This time something other to nitpick than story or drama-overload:
I'm playing Aile soft's "Friends" and somehow the game engine seems clunky. For example, even though the skip function is set to "only unread text", the game decides to skip ahead when you click the button. And something in the option to turn on/off some kind of button (can't seem to identify the last kanji), where I couldn't see any difference (yet).
Not that it greatly matters, as their VNs are rather unspectacular. Relation sisterxsister had out of four routes only two nice ones (and those were not the sisters )
|2012-04-08, 04:25
|Link #3436
Assistant Professor
Join Date: Jul 2011
Age: 43
A post on game systems/engines
Oh, interesting.
This is mostly a quality of life topic when reading visual novels, but sometimes I get to thinking, when playing, that there's some minor interface feature that is missing from this game that was present in a previous game I played. Because strangely enough, there does not seem to be a game (or if there was, it was too low profile and I haven't played it) that has all or most of these features in. Bear in mind that these are just some of my personal quality of life preferences in playing, so they may radically differ for others' impressions about their interfaces.
For example, there's the seemingly ageless skip function. Yes, almost all games have this function, and it works just as well as one would expect. But I especially like yuzu-soft's and some other games' features where there's another button other than skip which goes directly to the next decision tree. Obviously this is only for those who are on the way to their second or so route, who (barring flag- or love points-type games) already know what there is to know about the events in the trunk, and so replaying it again would seem tedious. Yet not all games have these feature in their engines, and it feels jarring to start reading and realize the feature's unavailable when one sits down with a new game.
I won't go into detail with the rest of these, as they're sufficiently self-explanatory:
>A backlog skip - where clicking on a line or dialogue during the backlog gives you the option to go back to it. Most games just has it repeat the voiced line, etc.
>Movable savegames - probably doable outside game, but I especially like Key's example (which they used in Little Busters! and Rewrite) where I can copy, delete and most importantly, movemy savegames. Most games just let you put in a description, or delete, and feel rather restricted.
>Now this is something only quite a few games I've read feature. We all know about the scene viewing in the gallery, but I personally like it better if there's also a gallery to view all unlocked scenes from the game, so I don't actually have to keep saves of memorable moments.
>This is more aesthetic: dynamic sprites. One can't fault the aesthetic decisions of each developer to only have one or two sprites for each character as part of their mission/vision, but it makes me smile when some games I read have more than just the standard static sprites. Sprites that change mid-dialogue, sprites that aren't restricted to the x-y of the dialogue box, sprites that have complete back-side- and front-sprites, mouths that move, among others are pretty fascinating for a developer to include.
Those are just some examples off the top of my head. So, any of you folks feel the same during the same instance of a missing interface feature or miscellaneous aesthetic?
|2012-04-08, 09:52
|Link #3437
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 33
Done with Rio's route in Dracu Riot, and I must admit the whole experience turned out better than I had expected. While I still think she comes off as the most bland of the heroines, her own route actually allowed other aspects of her personality (besides cluelesness about sex) to shine.
As far as romance went, this was certainly a motherload of sugary overdose. Though hardly surprising, Rio in love shot the fluff scale through the roof. Even Yuuto managed to present himself decently on the romance front, which was a welcome change for once. The plot had some interesting things in store as well, and I appreciate the fact that, unlike Miu's and Erina's routes, the drama wasn't nearly as overblown.
Spoiler for Rio's end:
A decent route overall indeed, and I must say, some of the developments almost made it feel like the "true end", if this story actually had one. Unexpected, considering I didn't expect much when starting it. Always nice when a story does something above my expectations, so from that perspective, I rather liked Rio's story.
She still doesn't measure up to Erina or Miu character-wise, though her route has certainly helped her to close the gap somewhat. She was very much in need of some more exposition (she gets the short end of the stick in common / other character routes on that front), and this certainly helped. Story-wise I still consider Erina's the best one (and with the biggest emotional punch), but this one wasn't bad either.
Azusa left now ... here's hoping this one manages to surprise me as well, because character wise, while entertaining, Azusa isn't really my cup of tea.
|2012-04-08, 10:37
|Link #3438
ダメ人 - 人間失格
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Germany
Age: 32
@Balzac: The flexible character expressions à la Dracu-Riot are definitely a good idea imho even though it seems a bit "too much" at times, but still on a positive degree overall. It made me kinda expect it on the VN I played afterwards .
The backlog jumper is for me a simple nice-to-have I mostly use backlog to hear the voice again when I need to type it into NJStar for a better grasp, but I like Giga's scene rewatching (i. e. like in HotchKiss and Sucre). When I don't really care about the story due to e. g. gory or grotesque elements, but it has nice CGs (kiss or wedding ) then a simple event mode for non-h scenes would have been sooo nice.
@Dracu-Riot: Guess, I'll continue Rio's route when I'm back at my laptop tomorrow. Azusa has imho a rather slow start until h-scene 1 or 2, haven't played after that. Not bad itself, but something to keep in mind possibly.
|2012-04-08, 12:32
|Link #3439
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 37
As was said, this especially applies to game that don't have a "Scene Memory" feature that goes beyond the H scenes, which is another arcane hold-out from back when these games were more about the sex than the story (so the sex scenes were presumably the only ones worth recalling?). One interesting approach that PeasSoft does is have a scene recall for every CG (whether H or not), which isn't a bad idea since those are typically the major scenes you'll probably want to jump to. But a full scene listing is always nice too -- only weakness is to keep them descriptive enough to explain what happens in each (some Circus games have this problem). I've seen a few games with a flowchart too (that allows jumping to any point in the story), and that's an interesting way of doing it too. Da Capo games also have a "scene summary" feature that is kind of nice for subsequent playthroughs (gives you a brief synopsis of what happens in the scene if you've seen it before).
I also agree with Mahou that while I like the dynamic sprites in Yuzusoft games, sometimes I think they go a bit overboard with motion and changes -- almost for the sake of having things move. If it's done well, though, it's nice. Certainly better than seeing the same 20 sprites in the same poses and places all the time.
|2012-04-08, 12:42
|Link #3440
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 33
While I'm no fan of overbearing movement, something I think Yuzusoft has been a bit guilty of in the past, I have no qualms with their visual presentation of Dracu Riot - it looks quite nice.
And I hereby place a bet on Miu being your favorite heroine, whenever you get around to reading it
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Paired kidney donation may be an option if you've found someone willing to donate a kidney, but the donor's blood and tissue aren't compatible with yours. Rather than donating a kidney directly to you, your donor may give a kidney to a person whose blood and tissue is compatible with the donor's kidney, and you receive a kidney from another transplantee's donor.
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Stay in touch with your transplant team and let them know of any significant changes in your health. If you're waiting for a donated kidney, make sure the transplant team knows how to reach you at all times. Keep your packed hospital bag handy, and make arrangements for transportation to the transplant center in advance.
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During the surgery:
Kidney transplant surgery usually lasts about three to four hours.
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Goodness Gracious
from R.C. Sproul Jr. May 04, 2011 Category: Articles
Common grace is more potent than we normally think. Special grace, on the other hand, is likely more nuanced than we tend to think. As these United States celebrate the just end to the life of Osama bin Laden, I'm afraid we are in danger of missing both of these truths. First, common grace is keeping the world from being populated with nothing but Osama bin Ladens. The difference between bin Laden and Gandhi isn't that bin Laden was evil enough to embrace an evil, violent religion while Gandhi was good enough to at least choose and teach a more gentle, false religion. The difference is the amount of common grace given by the living God, the Father of our Lord Jesus. Both men were sinners. Neither gave any sign of having turned to the cross and clinging to the finished work of Christ. And so both men find themselves well beyond the reach of any grace, in eternal torment. Both are receiving what they so richly deserve.
The state itself is a manifestation of common grace. We would be wise to remember that God killed bin Laden, not the United States government. God ordained the state to bear the sword, to punish evildoers. And so in this case they have done so. They have rightly served as His ministers of justice. We should give thanks, to the God who gave us government. That said, what does it say about us that we are dancing in the streets today, while we Christians were so silent and ashamed when notorious abortionist George Tiller was killed? Please don't misunderstand. I do not believe that private citizens should take the law into their own hands to kill abortionists. But the same state that has spent millions of dollars and nearly ten years to hunt down one killer in bin Laden, in those same years has spent millions of dollars to protect men like George Tiller whose grisly work has resulted in many times over the number of deaths bin Laden gave us. God bless the USA?
Which brings us to the subtlety of special grace. Today even those who have been born again, who are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, who are daily being remade into the image of Christ, find themselves caught up in the twisted and distorted perspective of the world. We are singing "Ding Dong the witch is dead" while hundreds of bin Ladens are murdering more babies than there were adults killed on 9/11. We, who are called to take every thought captive, fail to think deliberately. We are not sober-minded. We have horrible, evil, murderous men in our own neighborhoods, but we are either caught up in celebratory jingo-ism or fevered conspiracy theories.
The truth is that God is in control. He does cause the rain to fall on the just and the unjust. Thus the beleaguered president gets a bump in the polls. Thus a wicked nation celebrates the death of one man that attacked it. On the other hand, our Christian heritage did not protect us on 9/11. Our Christian heritage does not protect our unborn children. Our Christian heritage does not make sure we think cogently, biblically about the day's events.
For those of us who have been reborn, may I suggest a few steps towards sound thinking? First, Osama is an example of what we would all be with less grace in our lives. By all means give thanks for God's just judgment. Then be sure to give thanks for His grace in your own life. Second, evil isn't what you see on television, or what they talk about on talk radio. Evil is what is advertised in the yellow pages. Evil is what is in your state's budget, as well as the federal budget. Evil is what we call a political issue that we must nuance. Evil is what is happening in that rundown office on the poor side of town. Evil is killing babies. Third, evil is what is in our own hearts because we know what happens in our neighborhoods, and yet think today a good day because one evil man died on the other side of the globe. Fourth, stop waving the flag. But also stop chattering about doctored photos, hurried "burials" and May surprises. Fifth, ask God that He would give us more repentance and the wisdom to stop being led around by our noses by main-stream media, talk radio, and bloggers. Today is a dark day. Babies are being murdered.