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Rowdy's Dream Blog #147: Gunfight
Nick Brown Edition
We're in a gunfight against some other people. I can't see any of them peeking out of their buildings, so I scoot under a corral fence, gun drawn and horse apples right next to my face, to get a closer look. Some tiny blonde kids go in and out of a glass door and we all agree not to shoot. Then I notice a man across the yard with a shotgun pointed right at me. I try to scoot backwards but seem to be stuck.
Later, I'm going to trade some plums for some cheese in a cardboard tin with my own people. First a woman tells me it's too much cheese, then a man tells me it's not enough. Somehow, I'm the one giving both plums and cheese.


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Wilkinson Power Divider Simulation
A Wilkinson power divider is a common three-port power splitter circuit that is used to split an input signal into two equal output signals, or to combine two signals into one. Unlike resistive or T-junction power dividers, a Wilkinson power divider allows for nearly complete isolation between the two ports and adds no resistive losses to the power split. Because of these characteristics, a Wilkinson divider is widely used in radio communication systems due to its ability to prevent crosstalk between channels — a phenomenon where one signal (or channel) affects the transmission of another signal (or channel). Here, we'll look at how a Wilkinson divider can be simulated using COMSOL Multiphysics and the RF Module.
Modeling a Wilkinson Power Divider
A Wilkinson power divider splits an input signal into two equal outputs using two microstrip lines mounted on a dielectric substrate with a resistor mounted between the two output ports. The Wilkinson Power Divider model, available for download from the Model Gallery, demonstrates how such a divider can be accurately simulated.
The geometry of the Wilkinson Power Divider model contains a three-port device composed of a 50 Ω microstrip line and 70.7 Ω microstrip line, as well as a 100 Ω resistor between the ports. The relative dielectric constant, εr, of the 60 mil substrate is 3.38. In addition, the geometry includes the metal frame in which the divider is housed, four screws, and SMA connectors at each of the three ports. In COMSOL Multiphysics, these components can all be modeled using the Perfect Electric Conductor (PEC) boundary feature, and the 100 Ω resistor is modeled using a lumped element with a 100 Ω impedance. The figure below shows the symmetric electric field distribution across the top of the divider, demonstrating how the input energy is equally coupled to both of the output ports.
The electric field norm shows that the input power is divided evenly across the two output ports.
In the graph below, the S-parameters are plotted showing the frequency response curve of the divider. There is a very good input matching at 3 GHz and input power is evenly divided at the two output ports, demonstrating that there is no resistive loss during the power split. The graph shows the typical frequency response that is expected from all three-port Wilkinson power dividers.
The S-parameters show the frequency response curve of the divider, demonstrating that the coupled power at each output port is about -3 dB and around 3 GHz.
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Suidong YangOctober 15, 2013
The simulated S21, S31 look too flat over the claimed frequency band. better to list a table to show some edge effects.
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Friday, February 01, 2008
Mood Stablizers and Suicide
But wait a minute, aren't these supposed to be "life saving" medications? Wait, I can hear it coming now... Drug Wonks and others with similar views will be complaining that because the FDA is irresponsibly "fearmongering," people will stop taking their life saving medications and masses of suicide will ensue.
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Fear-mongering? I don't know, but I do think you are jumping to conclusions about the significance of this warning. The FDA study found all of a 2 in 1000 increase of "suicidal behavior or ideation" for patients on this class of meds. Important news, but not exactly earth-shattering. For psychiatric (as opposed to epileptic) patients, the risk was still lower. Furthermore, the FDA warning does not distinguish at all between the 11 different drugs in question, so it's impossible to know whether some are more implicated than others. This is crucial when the list of meds includes meds that are already well known to be useless crap for bipolar disorder, such as Neurontin and Gabatril. So, as a patient who takes one of the meds at issue, I just don't see what this study really has to tell me.
- Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:37:00 PM
- CL Psych said...
I did not claim that this is an earth-shattering finding. My point is that it is odd to claim that a medication is lifesaving when it is related to an increased risk of suicide, even if it is a slight increase in suicide risk. After all, one of the main lines of logic behind treating bipolar disorder is to reduce risk of suicidality.
You make a good point about the meds not being discussed individually. That is indeed a problem.
- Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:52:00 PM


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Clopidogrel and Aspirin for the Treatment of Polycythemia Vera (ISCLAP)
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Clopidogrel (Plavix) and aspirin are two antithrombotic agents (blood thinners) commonly used in patients with previous thrombotic events (stroke or heart attack). Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel. Patients with polycythemia vera are routinely treated with aspirin which has been shown to be effective in reducing their thrombotic risk. However, in polycythemia vera patients with previous thrombosis, a further benefit might be obtained by using the combination of aspirin and clopidogrel which is routinely used in patients with recent acute myocardial ischemia (reduced blood supply to the heart muscle). The study will assess whether this combination therapy greatly increases the risk of bleeding versus aspirin alone, if clopidogrel reduces biological factors that might lead to a stroke or heart attack, and whether a high number of patients with polycythemia vera are resistant to clopidogrel.
Approximately 200 subjects will be enrolled to the Myeloproliferative Disorders-Research Consortium (MPD-RC) study in Europe and the United States with participation expected to last for 7 months (6 months of receiving study medication plus a 30 day follow-up visit).
|Condition or disease
|Polycythemia Vera
|Drug: Clopidogrel (Plavix) Drug: Placebo Drug: Aspirin
|Phase 2
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|Official Title:
|MPD-RC 108: Phase II, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled International Study of Clopidogrel and Aspirin for the Treatment of Polycythemia Vera
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|June 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2011
Experimental: Clopidogrel
Subjects will be randomized to clopidogrel (oral-75 mg per day) in addition to low dose aspirin and hydroxyurea
Drug: Clopidogrel (Plavix)
Clopidogrel, aspirin plus hydroxyurea 75mg qd (Plavix) + 81 - 100 mg qd (aspirin) + hydroxyurea
Other Name: Plavix
Drug: Aspirin
81-100 mg qd
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Subjects will be randomized placebo in addition to low dose aspirin and hydroxyurea
Drug: Placebo
Placebo, aspirin (81-100 mg qd) plus hydroxyurea
Drug: Aspirin
81-100 mg qd
- To determine the safety and efficacy of using Clopidogrel plus aspirin on Polycythemia Vera patients [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 81 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria
Patients are included in the study if all of the following criteria are met:
A documented diagnosis of polycythemia vera established within 5 years of registration. There must be documentation that the patient has met the revised WHO criteria for the diagnosis of polycythemia vera. Patients must meet the 2 major criteria and 1 of the minor criteria. To verify that the criteria have been met, the appropriate laboratory or pathology reports must be submitted demonstrating that the patient has documentation of these diagnostic criteria.
Major Criteria:
- Hemoglobin >18.5 g/dl in men, >16.5 g/dl in women or other evidence of increased red cell volume.
- Presence of JAK2V617F or other functionally similar mutation such as JAK2 exon 12 mutation
Minor Criteria:
- Bone marrow biopsy showing hypercellularity for age with trilineage growth (panmyelosis) with prominent erythroid, granulocyte, and megakaryocytic proliferation.
- Serum erythropoietin level below the reference range for normal.
- Endogenous erythroid colony formation in vitro.
- High cardiovascular risk due to having experienced a prior vascular event such as an ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction or venous thromboembolism. Objective documentation of these events must be accurately reviewed and registered. Stroke and pulmonary embolism must be documented by an imaging study, deep vein thrombosis by ultrasound or other objective methods, myocardial infarction by typical ECG changes and/or an increase in serum troponin. Minor thrombotic events such as transient ischemic attacks, superficial thrombophlepitis or atypical microcirculatory disturbances alone or in combination are considered to qualifying events.
- No contraindication to aspirin use such as allergy, a history of a previous hemorrhagic stroke or a major gastrointestinal bleed in the previous three months.
- Use of hydroxyurea as a cytoreductive agent.
- Signed informed consent: Patients must have signed consents for both the ISCLAP protocol and for the mandatory correlative biomarker MPD-RC 107 protocol in order to be eligible.
- Serum bilirubin levels less and or equal to 2 times the upper limit of the normal range for the laboratory (ULN).
- Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) levels and serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) less and or equal 2 x ULN.
- Serum creatinine levels less and or equal 1.5 x ULN.
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test prior to clopidogrel treatment and should be advised to avoid becoming pregnant. Women of childbearing potential must practice effective methods of contraception (those generally accepted as standard of care measures). Women of child bearing potential are women who have not been menopausal for 12 months or who have not undergone previous surgical sterilization. If the subject is a woman of childbearing potential, she must use a medically acceptable form of contraception during the study period and for 30 days thereafter.
- Age greater than or euql to 18 years to 81 years of age. Exclusion Criteria
Subjects are excluded from participating in this study if 1 or more of the following criteria are met:
- Therapy with clopidogrel within the last 12 months.
- Any history of prior treatment with aspirin which has resulted in a significant clinical adverse event requiring the discontinuation of aspirin therapy (e.g. bleeding, GI intolerance, etc. or intolerance to aspirin.
- Patients requiring anticoagulation treatment with warfarin, heparin or low molecular weight heparin for any medical condition.
- Nursing and pregnant females. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her physician immediately.
- History of a major bleeding event (requiring blood transfusion or hospitalization, bleeding at a critical site, or life-threatening).
- Clinical indication for the use of clopidogrel and/or a different antithrombotic regimen.
- History of active substance or alcoholic abuse within the last year.
- Known hypersensitivity or contraindication to study treatments.
- Chronic viral hepatitis or chronic liver disease from any other cause associated with a MELD score equal to or higher than 8.
- Presence of any disease (e.g. cancer) that is likely to significantly shorten life expectancy.
- > 81 years of age
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) Grade II or greater congestive heart failure.
- A history of gastrointestinal bleeding in the last 12 months.
- Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days, or anticipation of the need for major surgical procedure during the course of the study.
- Biopsy or other minor surgical procedure, excluding placement of a vascular access device or bone marrow biopsy, within 7 days prior to study enrollment.
- Ongoing serious, non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.
- Treatment with a CYP3A4 inhibitor, including azole antifungals (topicals are permitted); protease inhibitors; nefazodone; cyclosporine; erythromycin; clarithromycin; and troleandomycin.
- Serum AST greater than or equal to 2 x ULN Serum ALT greater than or equal 2 x ULN Total Bilirubin greater than or equal 2 X ULN Serum creatinine greater than or equal 1.5 X ULN
- Patients with a diagnosis of polycythemia vera > 5 years from the time of registration
- Patients who do not have high risk polycythemia vera as defined by experiencing a thrombotic event (see section 3.1) occurring since the initial diagnosis of PV.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00940784
|Principal Investigator:
|Ronald Hoffman, MD
|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
|Responsible Party:
|Ronald Hoffman, Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P01CA108671-01A2 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
MPD-RC 108 ( Other Identifier: Myeloproliferative Disorders-Research Consortium )
|First Posted:
|July 16, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 26, 2014
|Last Verified:
|November 2014
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"I've never been called a communist, I could never even share a bathroom."
--Woody Allen
Woody Allen's latest, "Midnight in Paris," finds the writer-director back in top form for the first time in a long time, and will likely earn him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film stars Owen Wilson as Gil, a Hollywood screenwriter who regrets never having lived in Paris to write the Great American Novel. While visiting the City of Lights with his fiancée, Inez (Rachel McAdams), he magically finds himself transported back to the Paris of the 1920's, where he hobnobs with the Lost Generation and falls for a beautiful French model, played by Marion Cotillard.
At a press conference yesterday, Allen discussed his writing process in general and how this script in particular came about. He makes it sound like it requires almost grueling discipline -- but also suggests that great films write themselves. Be warned, there are some spoilers in here, but they come from the director himself, so…
"(Writing is) unpredictable and constant. There are times when I have to force myself. When I first started, I was a television writer, the shows were on at the end of the week, and you had to come in on Monday morning and write—you couldn't just come in and wait for your muse to inspire you—you had to get in there and turn out something, because something had to be on the air. So I can still do that, I can get into a room and force myself. It's no fun, let me tell you, but I can force myself. But usually the ideas come in the course of the year and I write them down and go and look at them later. And some of them seem terrible, and I don't know why I bothered to write them down, but others are OK.
"You know, in the case of 'Midnight in Paris,' I was going to make a film in Paris because it was being financed, and I had no idea for a film in Paris. And I was thinking and thinking… I thought that it would be a romantic film, because we all grew up on Paris in the movies as romantic, so… And I thought of the title, 'Midnight in Paris,' and I thought, gee, that's a very romantic title, it's a great title for a movie. And for a long time -- six weeks or so -- I had no idea what happened at midnight in Paris, you know? What goes on at midnight tin Paris? Two people meet, they're having an affair… and then one day it occurred to me that the protagonist would be walking along the street and a car would pull up and there would be some exciting people and they say, 'Get in,' and take him on an adventure. That's how it happened, it's very unpredictable.
"I wasn't even thinking period—he goes to a party and he meets Marion (Cotillard, in the role of Adriana)... and starts to have an affair with her, but he's gonna marry Rachel (McAdams, as Gil's fiancée, Inez). Then I thought to myself, what if he… walks into the party, but there's Scott Fitzgerald and Cole Porter. And once that happened, everything came easily, because the idea is so pregnant with possibilities.
"Then, automatically, they go out for the evening, and they meet Ernest Hemingway, he becomes personally involved, (Gil) wants his script read. That's why (Gil) had to be a writer, he wants his script critiqued, and he runs out and then runs back and (the place where he met Hemingway was) a Laundromat. He can't find the place any more.
"Then he keeps going back. And of course the second time there had to be some development, he couldn't just go back with nothing. So then he meets a lovely woman, and now the story gets richer, because once there becomes a romantic conflict, the thing really starts to give you potential. From there it was very simple. That he was in competition with Picasso and Ernest Hemingway was a funny idea to me… Everything just kept tumbling in the right direction for me.
"Then I got the final piece of inspiration, which is always the key to writing. I've used this example before, but when I did 'Purple Rose of Cairo,' the guy steps off the screen—fine, you get a lot of play out of that. But then what do you have? Half a movie. But then it occurred to me months later, because I had put the screenplay away, that the actor playing Jeff Daniels, the actual Hollywood actor, comes to the town and now there's two of them, the guy who stepped off the screen and the live actor who's playing him. That's what gave me the movie. And the same thing here…
Sorry, but some spoilers are too much; "Midnight in Paris" opens Friday.


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Force 3
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Force 4
Moderate Breeze. 20-28kph, 13-17 mph, 11-16 knot, 5.5-7.9m/s. The instructor get his student in the water. It's enough to relaunch, body drag, but not enough to hurt you if you do an unintentional kiteloop. You open up your root beer and wait some more. Force 3 or force 4 means eat your sandwhich and wait some more.
Force 5
Fresh breeze. 29-38 kph, 18-24 mph, 17-21 knot, 8-10.7m/s. Finally the wind is here. If you are a thin lad you set up your 12, but a larger lad like myself will set up the 14 meter. Conditions are perfect to try new tricks and get some small jumps in, crashes don't hurt. Force 5 is time to jive.
Force 6
Strong breeze. 39-49 km/h, 39-49 kph, 25-30 mph, 22-27 knot. Everyone gets out a smaller kite, large lads on the 12's, middle sized fellas on the 10's and ladies on the 7's. People start landing the huge jumps. Noobs are told to be careful, might be too much wind for them. Crashes start to be painful. Force 6 means hang on tight bitches.
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Moderate gale. 50-61kph, 31-38mph, 28-33knot, 13.9-17.1m/s. People go rooting through their trunk for their smallest kite, large lads on the 7's , and little fellas and ladies on kite trainers. The sand is getting kicked up into people's eyes and there start to be kiters on shore looking at the angry sea and not even bothering to pump up. Bad crashes are able to break ribs. gale force 7 time for large lads to open up your 7m
Force 8
Gale. 62-74kph, 39-46mph, 34-40 knot, 17.2-20.7m/s. Ruben Lenten pumps up his kite and everyone else watches from shore.
There is no 9, 10, 11, 12, kitesurfing for fun ends at force 8.


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HOLLAND – The department of music at Hope College will present performances by 13 finalists during the fourth annual Hope College Young Artists Piano Competition on Saturday, Jan. 26, in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The competition will run from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. The winners will be announced at 6:30 p.m., with a small reception following.
Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend. Audience members may stay for all or only a portion of the competition.
The Young Artists Piano Competition is open to talented high school pianists ages 13 through 18 living in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. The finalists have been selected from a preliminary recording round to compete for cash awards and scholarships. The competitors are required to perform two or more memorized pieces of their choice totaling 15 to 20 minutes of music.
"We are very excited to again welcome so many talented young musicians to Hope College" said Adam Clark, who is organizing the event and is assistant professor of piano at Hope. "Each year I am astounded by level of playing and dedication from each of the finalists. We continually hear some of the most musically and technically demanding works in the piano repertoire played with great skill and understanding. These contestants represent the future of this art and it is a privilege to support their growth through this event."
Additional information on the competition may be found at hopeyoungartists.com.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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Listing Date06/01/18
Year Built1972
AreaEast Vail
Lot Size0.29 Acres (12,632 SqFt)
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Enjoy the privacy of this charming, renovated cottage in a quiet wooded setting, backing to 100s of acres of undeveloped land, only minutes from Vail Village. This elegant home has been completely rebuilt with new roof, surfaces and top appliances. Entertain from the outdoor kitchen on the large cloistered stone patio with terraced mountain gardens. Complete with snow melted patio and walkways, custom built-ins, wood-burning fireplace and tasteful furnishings. Potential for garage addition.
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'Fela!' dazzled Broadway with brilliance, majesty, and "no artificiality"
Misani | 8/24/2011, 3:54 p.m.
Will Broadway ever again experience the inextinguishable fire and sweet, soul-scorching passion of another fascinating, spectacular stage show like "Fela!," the hottest avant-garde musical in theatre history, which opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on November 23 2009? Will proud African spirits ever again float freely across the Atlantic to comfortably house themselves at the Broadway house at 230 West 49th Street, as they have done for the past 14 months, to see themselves transfigured as majestic stars on the New York stage?
Will producers like Stephen and Ruth Hendel reach out, through music visionaries like ?uestlove, to partner with renowned African-American celebrities and businessmen and women such as Sean "Jay Z" Carter, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, to produce other tour-de-force productions that celebrate the Black Diaspora experience?
Will there ever be another show like "Fela!" that breaks through the barriers of assumed roles to touch, awaken and unify the souls of diverse theatergoers from around the world, filling them with joy, love, wonder, camaraderie and a sense of purpose to want to make a difference as part of a 21st Century movement of what it means to be human?
Will this type of history be made again? Only time will tell. However, on Sunday, January 2, 2011, all of this was royally manifest during the final grand performance of the world-acclaimed, universally-applauded, groundbreaking show of shows, "Fela!"
Directed by Bill T. Jones, the 2010 Kennedy Center honoree and two-time Tony Award winner, who also choreographed, co-conceived and co-wrote the book for the musical with Jim Lewis, "Fela!" scored three 2010 Tony Awards (of 11 nominations, all of which should have been bestowed upon the show but were not for complex, non-artistic reasons).
Based on the life of the legendary Nigerian afrobeat king Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a renowned social justice activist who used music as a weapon to fight corruption and injustice in his country, the musical received the praises of Kuti's offspring, Femi, Yeni and Seun.
In addition, at Sunday's closing show New Yorkers were honored by the noble presence of Mr. Kuti's cousin, the distinguished African Nobel Laureate Mr. Wole Soyinka who commented: "This is the kind of show New York will never forget." His wife, Tolake Wole-Soyinka, heartily agreed, as did daughter Moremi Soyinka-Onijala, who said: "'Fela!' is awesome! It brings back very fond memories of Fela when he was alive and performing." Another daughter, Peyibomi Soyinka-Airewele shared: "I'm still a little stunned, I must confess. It is an exquisite performance. It captures so much of the energy and vibration Fela brought to our lives in Nigeria."
Everybody was in the house for the closing, from the great opera queen Jessye Norman, who commented: "It's one of the best I have ever seen! I've brought a lot of friends. This particular piece of theatre is like nothing that has ever been on Broadway." to the legendary model/actor Renauld White who has seen the play 3 times and was sad that the play was closing and that middle America would not get a chance to see it. Also present were filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya Lee; attorney Earl "The Pearl" Monroe and his wife, Marita; manager and theatre producer Leon Denmark and his wife, actress Brenda, all of whom attended the after-performance soiree at Serafina.


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HP has released the sixth generation of its popular DL380 server
HP recently released the sixth generation of its popular DL380 server. It improves on the HP ProLiant DL380 G5 in many areas, including the design and layout of its chassis. It has a 2U rack form factor and can be easily maintained and serviced without tools.
The HP DL380 G6 has the option for an integrated storage controller (HP SmartArray P410i) for SAS or SATA drives ('3'). It has 512MB of battery-backed write cache, which means that cached instructions are not lost in the event of a power failure ('1'). The SD card slot can be used as a boot device ('2').
The CPU heat sinks can be removed without tools: there is a release lever that allows you to lift the plate holding the heat sinks in place, and then you can lift the heat sinks off the CPUs.
The hot-swappable drive bays take 2.5in SAS or SATA drives, and they can be removed and replaced easily. Simply press the button and pull the release lever outward.
Like the DL380 G5, the DL380 G6 has a convenient tab so that the default iLO 2 settings of the server are always to hand.
Once the top panel is removed, the expansion card cage can be lifted up and off the server by simply manipulating the two levers as shown in the picture.
The rear of the HP DL380 G6 has four Ethernet ports ('2'), which can also be used for iSCSI; as well, you get PS/2, serial, monitor and USB 2.0 ports ('4'), and an iLO 2 Ethernet port for accessing the server's built-in management console ('3'). There is space for up to six PCI Express expansion cards ('1'); there is an option to have a PCI-X/PCI Express card configuration instead. The UID light on the back ('5') lets you quickly identify the server if you can't get to the front of it.
It also provides a diagram with labels for all of the server's components. This is very handy, particularly when examining the server for the first time.
Two quad-core Intel Xeon CPUs can be installed in the HP DL380 G6 ('2'), for a maximum of eight cores. It will also work with a single quad-core CPU. Frequencies range from 2.0-2.8GHz. There are nine memory slots either side of the CPUs ('1' and a '3'), which require DDR3 SDRAM. Up to 144GB (18 x 8GB) of registered memory can be installed via the HP DL380 G6's 18 memory slots.
The inside of the panel has handy information on cooling, cabling, memory configuration and CPU installation.
There are six cooling fans between the motherboard and the hard drives, and these can easily be lifted out and replaced (see insert).
The DL380 G6 ships with two 750W power supplies but only needs one to run. They can easily be replaced in the event of a failure; simply press and hold the coloured tab while pulling on the black handle. The power supplies in the DL380 G6 are also compatible with other G6 servers such as the DL360.
HP ships the ProLiant DL380 G6 with rack mounts.
The front panel of the HP DL380 G6 has a different layout to the DL380 G5, but all of the key aspects that made the DL380 G5 an administrator's dream are still there. 1. This is the status panel, which lets you know if everything is running smoothly, and which has a UID so you can identify which server you are working on. On this portion of the front panel you will also find the monitor and USB ports. 2. The DL380 G6 has eight hot-swappable drive bays. They accommodate small form factor (2.5in) SAS and SATA drives. 3. The DL380 G6 has a SATA optical drive bay, in which an optional slimline DVD drive can be installed. Unlike the DL380 G5, the connectivity on the front panel of the server does not mirror the connectivity on the rear. You only get the monitor and USB ports on the front, while the rear also has PS/2 and serial ports in addition to the monitor port and USB.
Getting inside the server is easy. The top panel doesn't require any tools to open; simply pull up the release lever, which slides the cover forward a couple of centimetres (see insert), and then lift it up off the chassis.
The server also comes with a cable management system.
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A network mounting kit can be used to mount the server on a two-post telco rack.
The status panel on the front of the server has an array of LEDs that light up in green when everything is running without any problems. An amber colour means that a failure has occurred, but that there is a redundancy in place. If the light is red, that means the failure is critical.
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The year 2017 has just started, but it will obviously be a bumper year for major art events. Besides the fact that Venice Biennale, Documenta and Sculpture Projects Munster will all take place this year, there will be a variety of new museums opening all around the world. It will make the year 2017 a very busy one in the international art calendar, resulting in much frantic scheduling by dedicated followers of visual culture.
Being home to the vast majority of the world's most valuable paintings, sculptures, and artifacts, museums are a chest of knowledge, providing a unique chance to navigate through the history of creative expression throughout the ages. Attracting visitors from all over the world, a museum is a great kick-start to a city. This year, there is a variety of cities and countries getting their first major modern art museums or expanding old venues, everywhere from South Africa to Canada and Abu Dhabi. We have created a selection of new museums opening in 2017 that can serve as a great excuse to travel around the world.
Featured images: Louvre Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, via archdaily.com; Tate St Ives, via cornwalllife.com; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, via fakaros.com; ICA Miami, via thespaces.com; ICA Los Angeles, via delab.com.
Tate St Ives in Cornwall is expanding to accommodate a threefold increase in visitors since it first opened in 1993. The new museum will transform existing spaces and create new areas for displaying more artwork, allowing visitors to engage more deeply with art. The new gallery will be able to accommodate larger scale artworks and installations and give visitors a more relaxing and social visit. The museum will open in March with two exhibitions about the ceramics studio, the ocean and the landscape titled The Studio and The Sea.
Featured image: Tate St Ives, via thecornwallguide.com
Founded by businessman Haryanto Adikoesoemo and designed by MET Studio, Museum Macan in Jakarta will be Indonesia's first museum of modern and contemporary art. Spanning across 43,00sq ft, it will showcase the collection of art from Indonesia and across the world, dating from the 19th century to today. The glassy new structure sits atop a development in West Jakarta's Kebon Jeruk and it will be opening in March.
Featured image: Museum Macan, via metstudio.com
One of the most long-established and highly acclaimed institutions in the world, Victoria and Albert Museum in London will extend with a new entrance, courtyard and subterranean gallery for temporary exhibitions. Designed by Amanda Levete Architects, the extension will transform the acclaimed museum and create a new relationship between the venue and Exhibition Road, radically changing the way the museum addresses the rest of Kensington.
Featured image: Exhibition Road at the V&A, London, UK, via thespaces.com
Opening in the second half of the year, King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture is rising up from Saudi's eastern deserts in the shape of sand-smoothed pebbles. Snøhetta won a competition for the Center in the city of Dhahran in 2007, and began construction the following year. It will contain 100,000 square meters of cultural facilities – including an auditorium, cinema, library, exhibition hall, museum, and archive. Connecting the vibrant cultural life of the center to the past, the Centre will be a cultural landmark on a regional, national and global horizon.
Featured image: King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, via thespaces.com
The landmark 1920s waterfront grain silo complex in Cape Town will be transformed into Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. Created as a partnership between the businessman Jochen Zeitz and V&A Waterfront and designed by London's Heatherwick Studio, the museum will be opening in September as a major new cultural institution that will focus on collecting, preserving, researching, and exhibiting cutting-edge contemporary art from Africa and its Diaspora. Jochen Zeitz will loan his renowned collection to the museum, which will be shown alongside the museum's own permanent collection as well as traveling exhibitions.
Featured image: Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, via zeitsfoundation.com
Opening in autumn this year, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens is housed in the FIX building, a long concrete slab that once served as Greece's best-known brewery. Founded in 2000, it was previously hosted in the new building of the Athens Concert Hall and in sections of the building of the Athens Conservatory. The new venue will dispose two and more of its floors, for the presentation of its permanent collection, while it will also have spaces for temporary shows, conferences, events, educational, a library, a project room, a media lounge etc.
Featured image: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, via fakaros.com
Founded in 1984 as The Santa Monica Museum of Art, The Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is one of a few kunsthalles in the United States. Designed by wHY under the direction of founder Kulapat Yantrasast, the Institute will open a new 12,700sq ft space in autumn in LA's arts district. The painter Mark Bradford has designed the logo and visuals for the Institute. The new building will include an experimental kitchen café to fuse art and food.
Featured image: ICA Los Angeles, via socalmuseums.com
The Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami (ICA Miami) is dedicated to promoting the work of contemporary artists and to the exchange of art and ideas throughout the Miami region and internationally. Coinciding with Art Basel Miami 2017, ICA Miami will be opened in December in a swanky new building in Miami's design district. The venue will include an extensive sculpture garden for new commissions.
Featured image: ICA Miami, via thenewyorktimes.com
The early-20th-century industrial structure in Toronto will be transformed into city's first dedicated Museum of Contemporary Art through a massive adaptive architectural reuse project. The institution will be given its own building nearly 20 years after it was founded. Opening in late 2017, the historic Tower Automotive Building is being retained, with the first few floors given over to art, exhibitions, and event.
Featured image: Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, via thespaces.com
Born of an agreement between the governments of Abu Dhabi and France, the Louvre Abu Dhabi will display art, manuscripts, and objects of historical, cultural and sociological significance. Spanning millennia, the items on display will originate from societies and cultures all over the world, with universal themes and common influences highlighted. Designed by the architect Jean Noubel, the museum is due to open this year. Yet, Abu Dhabi's Tourism and Culture Authority is not able to give an exact date.
Featured image: Louvre Abu Dhabi, e-via architect.co.uk


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One of the arguments that we are hearing from proponents of the Reproductive Health Act — a proposal that would expand abortion in New York even beyond its current abominable levels — is that the bill is nothing more than a "mere codification" of federal law.
There are many problems with this "mere codification" argument. First of all, it is factually false. The Reproductive Health Act (both the actual one introduced in the Legislature, and any one that is likely to be introduced as part of a "Women's Equality Act") would significantly expand abortion. For my explanation of how it would do so, check out my previous blog posts.
We also resist this measure because it is a distraction from an authentic women's public policy agenda — easier adoption laws and procedures, better access to day care, full funding for programs that offer alternatives to abortion, etc. Abortion already hurts women, men, and society — and the Reproductive Health Act will make the problem worse.
But even more fundamental to our opposition to the bill is the understanding that current federal law on abortion is evil. It is a terrible injustice, it is a deplorable violation of basic human rights, and it is an ugly stain on our society's character. We cannot accept or even obey such laws. We have "a grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious objection" (Pope John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae 73). Those who formulate our laws have a special obligation to protect the helpless, and anyone who engages in propaganda in favor of such a law or votes for it is committing a sin against justice and the common good (U.S. Bishops, Catholics in Political Life).
Anyone who doubts where the expansion of abortion will lead, needs to consider two recent incidents. The first is the trial of the abortionist Kermit Gosnell, whose late-term abortion clinic was a chamber of horrors. The testimony at trial is a catalog of inhumanity, in the the casual violence and degradation of abortion as it is actually practiced in the real world.
If the Reproductive Health Act is passed, non-doctors would be permitted to do abortions, and risky late-term procedures will be done at non-hospitals — and we should not be surprised if a Gosnell-like event takes place here.
The second is the testimony of a Planned Parenthood flack, at a legislative hearing in Florida. The lobbyist was opposing a proposal that would grant legal protections to any baby who is born alive during the course of an abortion. Under questioning, she refused to acknowledge that the newly-born living child should automatically be given health care, and insisted that it would all be left up to the mother and the doctor — in other words, that a "post-birth abortion" would be an acceptable alternative.
Now, we all know that Planned Parenthood is a deeply evil organization, and nothing should surprise us from them. But this incident, together with the Gosnell story, highlights the inevitable effect of abortion on everything it touches — life is devalued, morality is debased, people's hearts are hardened, and the medical and legal professions are corrupted. Passing the Reproductive Health Act would only add to this de-evolution of our our civilization, deeper into a Culture of Death.
We need to see abortion law, and the Reproductive Health Act, for what it really is. And we need to take to heart what Pope Francis said the other day on his Twitter feed:
We must not believe the Evil One when he tells us that there is nothing we can do in the face of violence, injustice and sin.
We will continue to resist the Reproductive Health Act, or any similar measure that would "merely codify" the injustice of abortion in our laws. Join the effort!
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Song of the Day: Same Old Lang Syne is a melancholy song, written and performed by Dan Fogelberg. The song features a saxophone solo by the great (and, sadly, ailing) Michael Brecker, who takes his cue from the classic anthem of old. Listen to an audio clip here. And a Happy New Year's Eve!


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An exceptionally well-regarded Spanish pop/rock band, La Oreja de Van Gogh is also one of the most commercially successful acts in the genre, with each of the band's albums selling approximately a million copies worldwide. Driven by electric guitar and keyboard, the music is easily enjoyable and accessible while, at the same time, smartly crafted and distinct, with lyrics that deal generally with the complexities of relationships. La Oreja de Van Gogh formed in 1996, after guitarist Pablo Benegas, bassist Álvaro Fuentes, keyboardist Xabi San Martín, and drummer Haritz Garde met at a local university. Vocalist Amaia Montero joined the band subsequently, following an invitation by Benegas, whom she'd met at a dinner party. From the outset, San Martín, Benegas, and Montero have served as the band's primary songwriters.
Signed by Sony Discos, La Oreja de Van Gogh debuted in 1998 with Dile al Sol, which spawned several hit singles -- including "El 28" and "Cuentame al Oido" -- and earned the band an Ondas Award for Best New Act. Their second album, 2000's El Viaje de Copperpot (2000), fared similarly; this time, however, singles like "Cuídate" and "La Playa" registered on an international level, charting in Latin America and the United States. Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías la Dormida (2003) continued the band's success; eight singles from the album charted in Spain, four of them reaching number one, and the band continued to break into the Latin American markets, including the States. While La Oreja de Van Gogh were no strangers to success by this point, Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías la Dormida proved to be their breakout album in many ways. For one, they toured heavily behind it, as documented on the 2004 concert DVD En Directo: Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacias la Dormida. Secondly, they won several awards in the wake of the album, including an Ondas Award for Best Album and an MTV Latin Award for Best Group. Finally, it was their first album to sell impressively in the Americas, with over 100,000 copies sold in the States alone.
La Oreja de Van Gogh commemorated their tenth anniversary with the release of Guapa in 2006. Their most dynamic album yet, with notably surging guitar and a more extensive use of keyboards, Guapa nonetheless measured up to their past successes; its first two singles, "Muñeca de Trapo" and "Dulce Locura," were chart-toppers in Spain, while the album itself reached number five on the Top Latin Albums chart in the States, the band's highest peak yet. Furthermore, Guapa won the band a Latin Grammy for Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocals. In December 2006, a special double-disc edition of the album, Más Guapa, was released in Spain, containing numerous unreleased tracks and demos. Amaia Montero left the group in 2007, hoping to launch a solo career, and La Oreja de Van Gogh found a replacement vocalist with Leire Martínez. The new lineup returned to the studio and emerged with their fifth album, 2008's A las Cinco en el Astoria, which quickly earned platinum status in Spain. To cement Martínez's position in the band, 2009 saw the release of Nuestra Casa a la Izquierda del Tiempo, which featured re-recordings of La Oreja de Van Gogh's older material. In 2011 the band re-entered the studio with producer Simon Nordberg to record their sixth studio album, Cometas por la Cielo. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi


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Discovery Hall opened for classes in the fall of 2014. It is home to the UW Bothell School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The $68 million building accommodates more than 1,000 students and will increase the number of STEM graduates in the Puget Sound region. Discovery Hall is the first building to be constructed on the UW Bothell campus in 10 years.
UW Bothell has partnered with Cascadia College to build an Activities and Student Recreation Center – the second major student-led construction project within a three year period. This is a significant step as both institutions continue to support their students in enhancing their campus community while serving the needs of a growing student population.
The Sarah Simonds Green Conservatory (SSGC) was completed in the summer of 2013. This 2,800 square foot complex on the western edge of the wetlands houses a 1,600 square foot greenhouse, classroom, and support space for education, research, and public outreach. Surrounding the SSGC are raised beds for demonstration of native plantings and experimental plots, as well as facilities for raising native plants for the ongoing management of the wetlands.
The Sports and Recreation Complex is a 2.5 acre (100,000 square foot) complex including a shared soccer and softball field, tennis courts, a basketball court and a sand volley ball court. The Sports and Recreation Complex serves the existing student body by providing enhanced opportunities for students and recreational activities. Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., seven days a week.


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Forensic chemists and investigative auditors participate in processing evidence; conduct audits in criminal investigations; assist ATF special agents; and testify in federal, state and local courts as expert witnesses.
Forensic Chemist
The career of an ATF forensic chemist involves forensic investigation, analysis, and interpretation of the composition, physical and chemical properties, molecular structure and chemical reactions of substances; the prediction of transformation they undergo; and the amount of matter and energy included in these transformations. This work requires a full professional education as well as training and experience in the field of forensic chemistry.
- Serves as a subject matter expert in the analysis of forensic evidence from criminal investigations of bombings and/or arsons in one or more specialized areas such as the identification of explosives residue, fire debris, or trace evidence (e.g., fibers, hair, soil, glass, etc.).
- Participates in crime scene processing and provides instruction to investigating special agents on the proper collection and preservation of physical evidence at the scene.
- Performs chemical and physical analyses and tests to provide information requested and to solve problems. Receives samples that are complex and without precedent and usually require methods development and/or modification. Receives physical evidence, reviews background material submitted with the evidence, pertinent agency regulations, federal laws and regulations, manual and scientific literature.
- Develops, adapts and/or modifies the approaches, methods and procedures to perform examinations, which usually require both wet chemistry and instrumental procedures such as gas chromatography, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, capillary electrophoresis, ion chromatography, liquid chromatography, x-ray diffraction, infra-red spectrometry, x-ray fluorescence, etc.
- Interprets and evaluates the results of analyses to determine their validity and scientific significance and to ensure that all relevant questions are answered.
- Prepares laboratory reports that support the conclusion.
- Identifies need for development of information, new methods or novel approaches to address trends and/or problems and plans, organizes and conducts studies to meet these needs.
- Evaluates new technology and scientific equipment for adoption or acquisition by ATF.
- Serves as an advisor to outside interests including other Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, concerning methodology problems in the specialty area.
- Testifies in courts of law on cases examined and instructs prosecuting attorneys on the evidentiary value or significance of the results of examination.
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ATF's Financial Services Division continually works on building a team of forensic audit professionals responsible for applying the latest audit methods in support of financial investigations. Their work helps to reduce violent crime, protect the public and enforce the U.S. Department of Justice Asset Seizure and Forfeiture authority. A forensic auditor:
- Serves as an expert with regard to responsibilities for performing forensic accounting and audit activities in criminal and regulatory financial investigations and inspections.
- Conveys expert guidance and direction in identifying and selecting applicable forensic accounting and financial investigative techniques to be used in complex and/or highly sensitive investigations.
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- Plans and conducts forensic financial investigations of persons or entities suspected of being involved in highly complex criminal schemes.
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- Researches databases and analyzes financial records using forensic accounting procedures in search of assets illegally obtained.
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- Provides training to ATF and non-ATF personnel regarding financial investigations and forensic accounting and auditing matters.
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Photographer Alec Byrne has been covering rock music since 1960s London, starting when he was just 17 years old. Over the next 10 years, he photographed everyone from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, David Bowie, and Mott the Hoople. Bryne's archive of 50,000 images has mostly been in storage for the last 40 years and has never been seen by the public. You can view some of these amazing photographs and meet the photographer himself one night only, December 1, at Smashbox Studios in Culver City. Admission is free and you can RSVP here.
Amoeba is proud to sponsor this incredible event, along with LA Weekly, Uber ARCHIVES, KCRW, Smashbox Studios, and BowHaus.
What: Alec Byrne: Rock & Roll Time Capsule
Where: Smashbox Studios, Culver City, CA
When: Saturday, December 1 7-10pm
Cost: Free
A pre-sale for limited edition archival quality prints will begin December 1, but you can buy limited edition show catalogs and lithographs online now.
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Core Pawlonia And light for 140 x 42!!
Made more for speeding up than looping high high....
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Eh? No. The middle of the board bends upwards, i.e. the top will be in tension.downunder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:04 am
2.2kg is very good. However you can make it even more light with using some light FG. Carbon on top has absolutely no function, and contrary to Kosta's comment, it does not add much to stiffness.
This is because on board top carbon is compressed when you load the board. You would need carbon on bottom to be tensioned. That adds to stiffness.
Of course, carbon on top still works as a "rocker keeper" but other than that nothing more. So, use lighter FG and prebend your core.
I've made a separate topic for this. I think the discussion may be useful in its own right.
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Characters Welcome Auditions - April 2017
Characters Welcome is UCBTNY's official Character Team
Auditions for the next cycle will be held April 22nd & 23rd, 2017
Directors: Justin Tyler & Frank Garcia-Hejl
Rehearsals: Thursdays, 7:00pm-10:00pm (Mandatory)
Show: 3rd Monday of the Month, 8pm - UCBT East Village
Team Size: 10 members Term Length: 6 Months
Character team members develop a 2-4 minute character piece to be showcased at the monthly show. Performing in the show is not guaranteed. The directors will choose which pieces are chosen, and will also perform and oversee the hosting of each show.
Who can Apply:
Pre-Requisites are as follows: Read Carefully, they are complicated due to the writing & performing nature of the team.
Completion of Character 101 class at UCB Training Center by April 21st, 2017
Completion of Improv 401 or higher between April 2015 and April 2017 AND Completion of a core Sketch Class between April 2015-April 2017
Are a current member of Characters Welcome and have only been on for one cycle.
Are a current performer on a UCBT House Team and have completed a UCBT sketch class
Are a current writer on a UCBT House Team and have completed Improv 401
Were a performer on a house team (harold/weekend/Characters/maude/digital) in the past 2 years and have completed a sketch class at UCBT
Were a writer on a house team in the past 2 years and have completed Improv 401.
If you auditioned in October 2017, you will not be allowed to audition. You must skip one cycle before auditioning again.
How to Audition:
Auditions will be held the weekend of April 22nd & 23rd
Auditions will be 3 minutes long (max) and must consist of a minimum of 3 characters, no celebrity impressions.
If you meet the pre-req, and you are interested in auditioning for Characters Welcome, you must submit through this google form.
GOOGLE FORM - April 2017 Auditions
If hyper link does not work, please copy and paste:
Deadline to submit is Wednesday, April 5th 2017 5pm EST
Once we see the amount of interest we have, we will contact everyone about audition slots.
Please do not submit to audition if you are not available April 22nd & 23rd.
The Characters Welcome Team for the next cycle will be announced by Monday, May 8th, and the first rehearsal will be Thursday, May 25th to prepare for the June 19th Show.
You are only allowed to audition for Characters Welcome every other cycle. A cycle lasts about 7 months long. With 7 shows (six regular and one best of)
If you audition in April 2017, you will not be allowed to audition in the next audition, which would be sometime in Nov/Dec. Early Summer 2018.
You can only be part of the Characters Welcome team for 2 consecutive cycles. Once you complete 2 cycles, you have to take one cycle off before auditioning again.
If you have any questions, please post below and I'll be happy to answer them.
Only answers from myself or Artistic Assistant Bridget Holmes are official answers.


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VECTORS was a large scale project that brought together more than 200 expert researchers from 16 different countries. It examined the significant changes taking place in European seas, their causes, and the impacts they will have on society.
At the global scale, aquaculture accounts for nearly 50 percent of the world's food fish and is a fast growing sector in order to meet the increasing market demand for aquatic products, both for food and for cosmetics and therapies. Aquaculture in European seas mainly involves shellfish (oysters, mussels, clams) and fish (seabream, seabass, cod, salmon), and to a lesser extent crustaceans, algae and other taxa. Native as well as non-native species (e.g. japanese oyster, manila clam, japanese tiger prawn) are farmed in European facilities, which are often located in sheltered environments such as coastal lagoons.
Aquaculture can be the cause of, but can also be affected by ecological changes. On one hand, fish cage culture and shellfish farming can cause changes in nutrient fluxes and may introduce non-indigenous species, parasites and diseases into a natural environment. On the other hand, aquaculture operations can also be impacted by ecological changes such as climate change, eutrophication, pollution, acidification, and biopollution (non-indigenous accompanying species, parasites and diseases).
VECTORS results are of help in raising the awareness of aquaculture as a pathway of introduction and spread of non-indigenous species in Europe, thus identifying priorities for management and prevention.
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Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana hopes to become an instant force to be reckoned with. This merger of two proud teams from neighboring countries, the winningest Slovenian club Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana and recent Croatian powerhouse Cedevita Zagreb, has set its sights high. Cedevita comes off an up-and-down season. It did not have the best start to its EuroCup campaign, but three straight wins, including on the road against the eventual finalist ALBA Berlin, improved it to 5-3 and secured the team's place in the Top 16. However, Cedevita lost its last two regular season games and all six in the Top 16 to bow out of the competition. Cedevita won Croatian Cup for the sixth season in a row, beating Cibona Zagreb 89-74, but fell short of the trophies in its other two domestic competitions. Cedevita lost in the Adriatic League semifinals and the Croatian League playoff finals. Olimpija had its share of struggles. The team finished last in the Adriatic League and had one win in the group stage of the Basketball Champions League. Olimpija lost in the semifinals of the Slovenian Cup against the eventual winner Primorska. In the Slovenian League playoffs, Olimpija beat Sencur and Helios Domzale to reach the finals, but Primorska swept Olimpija in the best-of-five final series. Now, one new team looks to improve on all the good moments that the two teams had last season, with the intention of becoming an instant factor and making deep runs in all competitions.
This season will be the first chapter for this club after their merger, the first such instance of two clubs from different countries joining forces. Olimpija and Cedevita combine their respective rich histories and bring loads of silverware into this new team's trophy room. Olimpija is the winner of 17 Slovenian League crowns and 20 Slovenian Cups. It traces its history back to 1946 and adopted the name Olimpija in 1954. The team was an early power in the Yugoslav League with Ivo Daneu leading Olimpija to six domestic titles between 1957 and 1970. Slovenia's independence started a new era of success that saw Olimpija conquer league and cup trophies for 10 consecutive years. Olimpija won the Saporta Cup in 1994 and Arriel McDonald and Marko Milic helped it to the 1997 Euroleague Final Four. Over the years, Olimpija had a streak of 17 straight Euroleague appearances and it won the inaugural Adriatic League in 2002, all while managing to land and develop young, promising players who went on to become stars, including Sani Becirovic, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Rasho Nesterovic and Jiri Welsch. Olimpija won the Slovenian League in 2009 and brought home its sixth straight Slovenian Cup in 2013 before going on a four-year trophy drought. During that span, Olimpija made its EuroCup debut in 2013-14, but it wasn't until 2016-17 that it got back to its winning ways with the Slovenian League and Cup double. Olimpija won its most-recent Slovenian League championship in 2018. Cedevita Zagreb was founded in the Croatian capital in 1991 under the name KK Botinec. The team reached the Croatian elite in 2002, but its ambitions rose when Atlantic Grupa took over in 2005 and the club changed its name to Cedevita. The club shocked everyone by reaching the 2011 EuroCup semifinals; Dontaye Draper was named EuroCup MVP and Aco Petrovic EuroCup Coach of the Year. A year later, Cedevita won its first title, the Croatian Cup, led by veteran forward Matjaz Smodis. Cedevita made its EuroLeague debut in the 2012-13 season, which it finished with a 2-8 record. That turned out to be a title-free season, but the last such for Cedevita, which celebrated a Croatian double in each of the next five years. Cedevita made noise in the 2015-16 EuroLeague by reaching the Top 16. This season, this merger of two teams hopes to quickly find glory under one joint name.


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HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu courtroom is set to become the scene of a death penalty trial even though Hawaii abolished capital punishment in 1957.
Opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in the trial of a former Hawaii-based Army soldier accused of beating his 5-year-old daughter to death in 2005. But because the crime allegedly took place on military property, Naeem Williams is being tried in federal court — a system that does have the death penalty.
It's rare for the government to seek the death penalty in a state that doesn't allow it. Only seven of 59 inmates currently on federal death row are from states that didn't have the death penalty at the time the sentence was imposed, according to the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C.
While the Williams case hasn't received much publicity, the death penalty circumstance gives it something in common with a more high profile case for federal prosecutors: the Boston Marathon bombing.
"You have a population in Massachusetts and in the city where they're not used to having the death penalty," said Richard Dieter, the Death Penalty Information Center's executive director. "It just makes it a little harder to get these kinds of death sentences."
But Kenneth Lawson, associate director of the Hawaii Innocence Project, noted that someone who considers the death penalty immoral can be disqualified from serving on the jury.
"How do you get a jury of all of your peers when the only ones who can sit on there are those who believe in capital punishment?" he said.
Attorneys in the Williams case began questioning prospective jurors in January.
Talia Emoni Williams died in July 2005 after she was brought to a hospital unresponsive, vomiting and covered in bruises. A criminal complaint by federal investigators accuses her then-25-year-old father of beating the child to discipline her for urinating on herself. Federal investigators wrote that military law enforcement agents found blood splatters in the walls of the family's home at Wheeler Army Airfield from Talia being whipped with Williams' belt.
Delilah Williams, Talia's stepmother, was also charged with murder but pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors. She's expected to be sentenced to 20 years in prison after she testifies against Williams at his trial, said her federal public defender, Alexander Silvert.
The Army agreed the case should be prosecuted in the civilian justice system so that the father and stepmother could appear in the same court.
"I am shocked that this case has not received more attention from the public and more attention from those groups in Hawaii that are anti-death penalty," Silvert said. "No one's in protest. To me, the lack of interest in the community is troubling."
Talia's biological mother, Tarshia Williams, is expected to testify for the prosecution, her attorneys said. She filed a civil lawsuit against the government over Talia's death. It has been put on hold until after the criminal trial. The mother's lawsuit claims the military didn't report to the proper authorities that Talia's father and stepmother "abused and tortured" her throughout the seven months she lived in Hawaii before she died.
Alberto Gonzales, the U.S. attorney general during President George W. Bush's administration, made the decision to seek the death penalty against Naeem Williams.
"Under Bush's administration, the philosophy was the federal death penalty should be spread out among all the states," Dieter said.
Legal observers say it's surprising that the current government continues to seek the death penalty against Williams. "It's disappointing the federal government is choosing to move forward with a death penalty case in a state that so clearly and constantly has rejected that as a form of punishment," said Rick Sing, president of the Hawaii Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
The last time the federal death penalty was approved for a Hawaii case was against Richard "China" Chong. But before he went to trial in 2000, he agreed to plead guilty to a 1997 drug-related murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He died of an apparent suicide about three months later.
Hawaii's history with capital punishment goes back long before statehood. There were 49 executions dating in Hawaii dating to 1856, with the last one recorded in 1944, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
The final execution of Ardiano Domingo — a Filipino who was hanged for killing a woman with scissors in a Kauai pineapple field — helped prompt Hawaii's territorial lawmakers to abolish the death penalty in the state, said Williamson Chang, a University of Hawaii law school professor who teaches a course on the history of law in Hawaii.
Chang said before the law changed, Hawaii disproportionally executed people of color, mostly Filipinos, Japanese and Native Hawaiians.
Because of that history, Chang said he believes Hawaii jurors will struggle with the Williams case.
"We're used to a society which does not put people to death," he said. "It's a slap in the face to the values of Hawaii."
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The newcomers said the commissioners are know-it-alls who don't listen to their constituents. And the incumbent said his opponents have no idea what they are talking about.
That was the tone of a Monday, Jan. 11 preliminary election debate held to allow residents to ask questions to District 1 candidates Lynn Larson, Lee Pokoik and Lee Rothenberg.
The three candidates are facing a runoff election Tuesday, Jan. 26, in which voters island-wide will decide which two candidates will face off in the town's March 16 municipal election.
A crowd of more than 75 people filled The Longboat Key Center for the Arts cultural/media room to hear the District 1 candidates discuss the issues at a debate sponsored by The Longboat Observer and The Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a division of Ringling College of Art and Design.
Larson started the debate by telling the crowd she's running for office because the current commission doesn't listen to the voters.
"What happened to our vision plan and why are our commercial properties falling apart?" Larson said. "Nothing seems to be happening."
Pokoik agreed with Larson in his opening statement.
"I am running for office because I am very disturbed that the commission isn't listening to you people," Pokoik said. "You voted to get term limits and you won't get that if the mayor is re-elected."
Pokoik, a retired real-estate manager, also said he believes the commission doesn't give Town Manager Bruce St. Denis enough direction and isn't doing enough to help revitalize aging commercial-and-residential facilities.
Rothenberg responded in his opening statement by going over his list of service to the community and expressing disbelief with his opponents' statements.
"My initial concern with what my opponents just said is they don't understand what's going on at Town Hall and how the commission operates," Rothenberg said.
When the floor was opened up to questions, it became clear that the majority of residents were interested in how the candidates stood on The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation-and-expansion project.
When former Mayor Ron Johnson asked the newcomers how they would be brought up to speed if they were elected before a decision was made on the project, both Pokoik and Larson said they are watching the project closely and want to see a compromise reached.
And both candidates expressed frustration that the commission is only now expressing concerns about how the town's Comprehensive Plan could affect approval of the project.
"I hate to see everyone go through hearings and then the commission doesn't act on it, because the plan needs major revisions," Pokoik said. "That's a waste of taxpayer dollars."
Larson agreed.
"Why is this issue just being raised now after all these meetings have been held?" Larson said.
The mayor, however, said it doesn't matter whether the plan is reviewed before the project is presented or afterward. And he reminded everyone he cast the lone vote Friday in favor of reviewing the Comprehensive Plan first.
While Pokoik and Larson told residents they would push for the Key Club's five-star hotel to be built first, Rothenberg warned those in attendance that the club can't guarantee the hotel will be built at all.
"Don't think if the club should get their approval, you will automatically see a hotel," Rothenberg said. "We don't have the power to force them to do something like that."
After more than a half hour of Key Club project discussions, all three candidates agreed that the 30-day minimum rental rule is a good one and that mixed-use commercial property should be revisited as a way to revitalize commercial properties like Whitney Beach Plaza.
But that's where the similarities ended. The three candidates clashed on raising taxes, beach renourishment and ways to fix massive debt in the town's pension plans.
Rothenberg said the town's financial condition is far from strong and he would vote to raise taxes if it's wise to do so.
Pokoik and Larson, however, said they no see no reason why taxes need to be raised at all, suggesting that the budget needs more careful review.
All three candidates, however, agree that police- and fire-rescue services need to be maintained and not cut any further.
And, although Pokoik said he believes the town needs to share the costs with other municipalities for the purchase and maintenance of a dredge for continual beach maintenance, Rothenberg said the suggestion had been reviewed and was too expensive.
Rothenberg also pushed for support of the town manager, who was not evaluated publicly last year. Both Larson and Pokoik, however, said evaluations were critical and questioned the town manager's salary-and-benefits package.
When the more than $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities was brought up, Rothenberg said the debt would be paid down over time. But Larson and Pokoik expressed disbelief and frustration with the mayor's comments.
Larson, a police-pension fund trustee, said it's the town's fault that the plans weren't managed correctly. Rothenberg, however, said the commission has no control over how the boards run the funds.
Both Pokoik and Larson want to see the town move the three pension plans to the state's retirement system.
When Key resident Lenny Landau asked Larson and Pokoik what two things they would like to see changed if elected, Pokoik called for a uniform sign code and better cell-phone reception.
Larson said she would push for a renovation overhaul of Gulf of Mexico Drive and a complete review and overhaul of what she perceives as out-of-date town codes.
Rothenberg, however, took the opportunity to show why he thinks his opponents aren't aware of what the commission is doing and how it works.
"We have already received $500,000 from the state for Gulf of Mexico Drive landscaping; we have re-written codes to allow for better cell-phone reception; and the planning board has recently held meetings to review the entire sign code with residents and business owners," Rothenberg said.
During their closing statements, both Pokoik and Larson urged the audience to consider them because they are younger and want to bring a new energy to a commission that they don't think is working hard enough for its constituents.
Rothenberg, though, reminded residents that he has yet to see either of his candidates sit through an entire commission meeting.
"I am only interested in what's best for Longboat Key," Rothenberg said. "I would like to finish what I started and hope you agree that experience counts for something."
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The newcomers said the commissioners are know-it-alls who don't listen to their constituents. And the incumbent said his opponents have no idea what they are talking about.


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The price of this all cash acquisition is not currently disclosed. Post acquisition, Ubisoft expects to have a net cash position of around 130 million Euros by the end of fiscal 2007-08, compared to a previous expectation of approximately 150 million Euros. Additional payments will be made as well in fiscal 2008-09 and fiscal 2009-10.
On the basis of past performance of Tom Clancy branded video games, and excluding any potential contribution coming from sales of ancillary products, the royalty savings generated by this acquisition are estimated to have an average positive impact on Ubisoft's operating income of a minimum of 5 million Euros per year.
"After ten years of a highly successful collaboration which has seen the creation of blockbusters that set standards in the videogame industry, such as Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, today, acquiring the perpetual property rights of the Tom Clancy name for video games and related projects is a major event," stated Yves Guillemot, Chief Executive Officer at Ubisoft. "The future of our industry lies in our capacity to create and develop brands that captivate consumers and that present a myriad of opportunities for the full spectrum of entertainment, be it video games, books, movies or other media. The Tom Clancy brand is recognized around the world for offering exciting video games, films and books. The most recent example of such value creation through brand management is the EndWar book, based on the video game story, which has been in the NY Times top 10 Paperback Mass Market Fiction bestseller list for the last four weeks. Capitalizing on the strong franchises that we've built over the past 10 years, we will take the Tom Clancy game brand to the next level of the global entertainment industry."


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Below, we list St John's Wood history books and maps that are available to buy online. We at FamLoc are very much interested in republishing out-of-print local history books and making them available to a new generation. Your suggestions are welcome.
We also include maps because they are a valuable source for making sense of the location and street names. Of particular interest are the Godfrey Edition maps, which are printed at a large scale, have street names included, and have the bonus of extracts from directories on the reverse, showing the names and proprietors of shops, doctors, etc.


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