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Ariane 5 is poised for liftoff from the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone with the SES ASTRA 2F and the Indian Space Research Organisation GSAT-10 satellites.
The fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2012 delivered a pair of telecommunications spacecraft to geostationary transfer orbit today, marking the 65th launch to date for Arianespace's heavy-lift workhorse.
Lifting off in late afternoon sunlight at 6:18 p.m. from the Spaceport in French Guiana, Ariane 5 deployed its ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10 satellite passengers during a flight lasting 30 minutes.
This timing just prior to sunset provided a clear view of Ariane 5's initial trajectory as it cleared a low cloud deck and continued the ascent, enabling tracking cameras to view the solid propellant booster's separation at an altitude of 67.5 km., as well as the payload fairing's jettison at nearly 110 km. above French Guiana.
Ariane 5's climb-out from the Spaceport is traced by its plume, which is twisted by upper-level winds. At the plume's top, Ariane 5 is visible just after the jettison of its two solid propellant boosters.
The launcher's total payload lift performance was more than 10,200 kg. – which included a combined mass of some 9,400 kg. for the two spacecraft, along with Ariane 5's multi-payload dispenser system and associated integration hardware.
Highlighting the continuing on-target accuracy of Ariane 5, the vehicle's estimated orbital parameters at injection of its cryogenic upper stage were:
– Perigee: 249.7 km. for a target of 249.7 km.
– Apogee: 35,938 km. for a target of 35,933 km.
– Inclination: 6.00 deg. for a target of 6.00 deg.
Chairman & CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall said that tonight's mission marked the 51st consecutive success for Ariane 5, "demonstrating Arianespace's unrelenting efforts to insure reliability for its customers that is unequaled in the launch services industry."
Le Gall noted tonight's flight represents a highpoint during Arianespace's particularly successful month of September, in which the company announced new launch contracts at the World Satellite Business Week event in Paris, and its Starsem affiliate lofted the European Metop-B weather satellite from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
ASTRA 2F was deployed first during the flight sequence, with its separation from Ariane 5 occurring 27 minutes after liftoff. It is the 36th satellite entrusted to Arianespace by the SES group, continuing a successful relationship that originated with the 1988 launch of ASTRA 1A using an Ariane 4 vehicle.
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It will be operated by Luxembourg-based SES from an orbital location of 28.2 deg. East – which is one of the operator's prime positions that serves such premium broadcasters as BSkyB, the BBC, ITV and Channel 5. From this geostationary slot, SES delivers programming to almost 13 million satellite homes and over three million cable homes, as well as 700,000 Internet Protocol television (IPTV) homes in the U.K. and Ireland. Additionally, 28.2 degrees East is used by SES to broadcast numerous channels for the growing DTH platforms in sub-Saharan Africa.
"ASTRA 2F was the 36th satellite launched by our company for SES, and as with all of the others, it enables SES to reinforce its no. 1 position in direct broadcasting by satellite," Le Gall said in a post-mission speech at the Spaceport. "This new success results from a particularly intense relationship with SES over the long term, and is in the framework of a multi-launch agreement that allows even more flexibility and bring a tailored response to the needs of our customer."
GSAT-10 was the second satellite orbited during Arianespace's mission tonight from the Spaceport on its way to an orbital position of 83 deg. East – where it is to be operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). With this latest success, Arianespace has now lofted 15 spacecraft for ISRO, which designed, assembled and integrated GSAT-10 in Bangalore, India.
Based on the I-3K satellite bus, GSAT-10 weighed approximately 3,400 kg. at liftoff and carries 30 transponders as well as the GAGAN (GPS and GEO augmented navigation) system. It will provide Ku- and C-band relay capacity when it joins the Indian National Satellite (INSAT) system of geostationary spacecraft.
Le Gall explained that ISRO is a highly loyal customer, as the collaboration with this Indian space agency began more than 30 years ago with its Apple satellite's orbiting on the third flight of an Ariane vehicle – an Ariane 1 version that was launched in June 1981.
Arianespace's previous Ariane 5 missions during 2012 lofted Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle for servicing of the International Space Station on March 23; the JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2 telecommunications spacecraft on May 15; a mixed telecommunications/meteorological satellite payload of EchoStar XVII and MSG-3 on July 5; and the Intelsat 20 and HYLAS 2 relay platforms on August 2.
The next Arianespace flight is now set for October 12, using the Soyuz member of its launcher family on a mission from the Spaceport to loft two European Galileo navigation satellites.


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In a blog a few weeks ago, I discussed the belated discovery of my vitamin B12 deficiency. I had been feeling exhausted for months and figured it was just something I had to live with due to so many surgeries. As I mentioned in that blog, through some research, I discovered that the terminal ileum is the primary site for vitamin B12 absorption in the body. In retrospect, I should have started B12 injections two years ago, right after the removal of my colon and terminal ileum. But my family doctor never mentioned it to me nor did my GI or my surgeon. It was only because of my own research that I began to question my B12 levels.
B12 deficiencies can even take a couple of years to develop, by which point some damage can already have been done. Some symptoms include depression and nerve damage, which can lead to memory loss, lack of balance and in my case, fatigue. Obviously, I wish my physician would have thought to check my B12 levels long ago. That was one reason I decided to look for another physician. Shouldn't my doctor know this information about B12?
A second reason I decided to look for another doctor had to do with the length of time I was spending in my doctor's waiting room. I was actually spending one hour to one and one half hours each week in my physician's waiting room to see his nurse for a two second shot of B12! Perhaps when you go to a doctor only once or twice a year, waiting an hour and a half to see a doctor may be acceptable, but when you have to go once a week for the rest of your life, waiting that long at each visit is truly unacceptable. Needless to say, I have spent enough time in doctors' offices.
I have since found a physician who comprehends that I have a life to live outside of his office. His office is much more organized and he manages to get me in and out for my weekly shot in less than 10 minutes! In addition, he is more forward thinking and proactive.
Though much of my blood/lab work is in the "normal range", this new doctor, rather than just accepting the lab's concept of normal, is looking at the low "normal" levels and combinations of low "normal" levels of all the different tests that were done on my blood.
So, two good things have come out of changing doctors. As well as getting my weekly B12 shots in a much more reasonable time frame, this doctor seems to also be much more proactive. I will pass along any tips that my new physician may "discover."
Gutlessly Yours,
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If you ask ten forecasters to predict the next conflict, you'll likely get ten very different answers. But, they will agree on one thing: it is impossible to know for sure where and when the next conflict will emerge. Even the U.S. military acknowledges this certainty of uncertainty. Recently, Major General H.R. McMaster quipped: "We have a perfect record in predicting future wars...And that record is 0 percent." Although experts have called for improved statistical models and "assigning more explicit, testable, and accurate probabilities" to improve existing U.S. government methodologies, prediction will always be an imperfect science.
How should U.S. policymakers plan for and prevent future conflicts? Every year, we at the Center for Preventive Action conduct the Preventive Priorities Survey (PPS) to help U.S. policymakers prioritize their planning efforts by ranking the importance of contingencies to U.S. national security interests. Previous surveys were sent only to a targeted group of experts, but this year, we are bringing the public into the process.
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It's been a lot of years since the Boatswain's Mate of the Watch came to my bunk at 3:00am every morning to roust me so that I could shower and make my way to the bridge in order to stand my Navigator's Watch. The meticulous clockwork by which a ship at sea operates dates back to the great wooden fighting ships of lore and continues on today.
There is something to be said for being formed at sea – one knows exactly what is to be expected at exactly what time of the day, week or month. I believe that such routine has helped me in my life after the US Coast Guard and, maybe even a little bit with my life with multiple sclerosis.
Sometimes this idea of routine saves me from embarrassment. I must, for example, put deodorant, face lotion and hair stuff on (in that order) as soon as I towel myself dry after a shower. If I miss that two minute window, I'll go the entire day smelly, dry-skinned and with my hair standing on end. If it doesn't happen in the allotted time, my brain just seems to forget the need; that or it only has capacity anymore to think about such things for fleeting moments.
My follow-on career to navigating ships – one in the culinary field – was steeped in tradition and routine as well. I would come into a (literal and proverbial) clean kitchen, work like crazy to meet people's needs and then leave an equally clean space. Prep lists, mis en place, menu meetings… things got done when the needed to be done.
Now I find that I need routine in other ways and that some old routines must be abandoned. Many of you have regaled us with your near ritualistic "shot night" ceremonies. Be it an ice pack, hot compress, anti-inflammatory chasers or the exact time of day or night you inject; you have developed a routine to cope with that part of your MS.
My morning MS inventory has become a big part of my new routine. If sleep comes fitfully or difficultly (or not at all), my whole day can be thrown off by trying to figure out where in my daily getting-through-MS I am supposed to be.
It cannot be said that my last two months have been much of a routine. In fact, I would wager that I've never been so far out of a routine in my entire adult life! While the living of life is the most important part of each of our days, I have to say that the piper has his hand out and it's time to shell out a few coin for my lack of attention to myself and my health.
How about you? Does a routine help you get through your days with MS? Does working (even if it's reduced hours) make you feel like you're doing "better" than you might actually be? If something jumps into your daily grind, does it matter more now than it did before MS?
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
You can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page, on Twitter, and in our group on MS Connection.org. Also, check out our bi-monthly MS blog for the United Kingdom, look for our very special new monthly blog for the National MS Society, and don't forget to check out TrevisLGleason.com.
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The London based architectural practice Heatherwick Studio, founded in 1994 by Thomas Heatherwick, recently unveiled the UK Pavilion for the World Expo in Shanghai.
Held under the auspices of the Bureau International des Expositions, the Shanghai Expo will be the largest the world has ever seen. Staged on a 5,28 km2 city centre site beside the Huangpu River, it features pavilions representing the ideas and cultural and commercial ambitions of more than 200 countries and international organisations.
Get here some information about the remarkable optic fibre facade of the Seed Cathedral in the center of the Pavilion:
"The Seed Cathedral sits in the centre of the UK Pavilion's site, 20 metres in height, formed from 60,000 slender transparent fibre optic rods, each 7.5 metres long and each encasing one or more seeds at its tip. During the day, they draw daylight inwards to illuminate the interior. At night, light sources inside each rod allow the whole structure to glow. As the wind moves past, the building and its optic "hairs" gently move to create a dynamic effect. Heatherwick previously experimented with texture and architecture at a much smaller scale with his Sitooterie projects. The Seed Cathedral is the ultimate development of this. Inside the darkened inner sanctum of the Seed Cathedral, the tips of the fibre optic filaments form an apparently hovering galaxy of slim vitrines containing a vast array of embedded seeds. The seeds have been sourced from China's Kunming Institute of Botany, a partner in Kew Royal Botanic Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank Project. Visitors will pass through this tranquil, contemplative space, surrounded by the tens of thousands of points of light illuminating the seeds."
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This holiday season ABC will again air the "PEANUTS" Christmas special, "I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown!," produced and animated by the same team that has gave us the other, now classic cartoon specials based on Charles M. Schulz's famed comic strip. "I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown!" will air THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), on The ABC Television Network (Rebroadcast. OAD on ABC: 12/9/03)
"I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown!" centers on ReRun, the lovable but ever-skeptical younger brother of Linus and Lucy. It's Christmas vacation and, as usual, ReRun's big sister is stressing him out, so he decides to turn to his best friend, Snoopy, for amusement and holiday cheer. However his faithful but unpredictable beagle companion has plans of his own, giving ReRun reason to ask Snoopy to invite his canine brother Spike for a visit. When Spike shows up, it looks like ReRun will have a dog for Christmas after all� but then the real trouble begins.
On October 2, 1950 the PEANUTS comic strip launched in seven American newspapers. Who would have guessed the impact the brand would have around the world for decades to come. Nearly 60 years later, the comic strip appears in over 2,200 newspapers, in 75 countries and 21 languages. PEANUTS animated specials have become a seasonal tradition and thousands of consumer products are available in virtually all retail channels. Charlie Brown kicking the football, Linus and his blanket and Lucy leaning over Schroeder's piano are images to which everyone can relate. Such phrases as "Security Blanket" and "Good Grief" have become a part of the global vernacular. Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez's association with Charles Schulz stretches back to 1965 with "A Charlie Brown Christmas," which debuted on CBS in 1965 with Mendelson as executive producer and Bill Melendez as animator and director. The three men continued their long-term association until Schulz's death, working together on 50 PEANUTS network specials and four feature films. The network specials won five Emmys, two Peabodys and 18 other Emmy nominations.
The cast of "I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown!" includes Jimmy Bennett as ReRun, Adam Taylor Gordon as Charlie Brown, Ashley Rose Orr as Lucy Van Pelt, Corey Padnos as Linus Van Pelt, Hannah Leigh Dworkin as Sally, Nick Price as Schroeder, Jake Miner as Pig Pen/Franklin, Kaitlyn Maggio as the little girl and Bill Melendez as Snoopy.
"I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown!" was executive-produced by Lee Mendelson. The animation was produced by Bill Melendez and directed by Bill Melendez and Larry Leichlite. The music was written by Vince Guaraldi and David Benoit and performed and arranged by David Benoit. Animation is by Eddy Houchins, Shawn Cashman and Dave Brain.
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Wesley Matthews scored 21 points, J.J. Hickson added 19 points and 11 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 86-84 on Friday night.
Rudy Gay's jumper from near the top of the key was off the mark, allowing the Trail Blazers to escape a closely played game that saw nine ties and 21 lead changes.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Portland, while Nicolas Batum and Damian Lillard added 11 points apiece, Lillard also handing out eight assists.
Marreese Speights had a season-high 22 points and 13 rebounds for the Grizzlies in place of Zach Randolph, who missed the game with flu-like symptoms. Gay had 19 points, but was 8 of 21 from the field.
Marc Gasol scored 12 points and had a career-best eight blocks. Darrell Arthur contributed 10 points off the Memphis bench.
Randolph, the Grizzlies' leading rebounder and second-leading scorer, missed his first game of the season.
The teams were tied at 80 with 4:05 left, the ninth tie of the game, when Hickson hit one of two free throws. Batum's 3-pointer with 3:28 remaining put Portland, which never led by more than four, ahead for good.
Memphis was within 85-84, but Mike Conley missed a layup with 7.9 seconds left, and the Trail Blazers were able to secure possession and the victory as Aldridge split a pair of free throws with 2.1 seconds to go.
Memphis carried a 50-47 lead into halftime behind 17 points from Gay, who was 7 of 13 from the field. Gasol had eight points, but already had surpassed his career best with seven blocks in the half.
Hickson and Matthews led the Trail Blazers with 10 points apiece.
Memphis had the lead to eight points in the half, but could never extend it to double digits as Batum, Hickson and Matthews were a combined 11 of 18 from the field.
The Grizzlies missed eight of their first nine shots in the game, but finished the half shooting 51 percent, while Portland was at 46 percent.
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NOTES: Memphis G Jerryd Bayless returned after leaving Wednesday's game at Boston with a left ankle sprain. .The Trail Blazers, whose bench averages only 17.7 points a game, the worst in the league, contributed only nine points against Memphis. . Aldridge made five free throws in the game, putting him past Kevin Duckworth for 10th place on franchise list in that category. . Gasol's previous career high was six blocks at Phoenix on Dec. 12. .Former Memphis Tiger Will Barton got a nice round of applause when he entered the game for Portland. He ended night with four points.


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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 07:58
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myz puppy (minimal racy) updating
Subject description: a 'somewhat' cutdown (to minimal) racy 5.3.90
Version 1008 is the second beta release.
It's iso can be found at
and is still only 87Meg. (90468353 bytes) MD5 is e8d09836a3f71c231de62796df0d595d
It's devx is at
and is also 87Meg (90767392 bytes) MD5 is 9caf52b8ee3f0dd8d6af824ec7261cb7
The only problem I know of that is left is the grub install problem and that is in hand with barryk as it is across the latest puppy dists.
I shall leave it here for the present and complete a release version when it has been sorted out.
myz1 is a racy 5.3.90 puppy that has had a 'few changes'.
The origonal myz was created as a 'test' back when I first started using woof2 and was a wary5 build to give me the confidence to build with woof2. It was never released, as I was less than confident it was stable enough to be released into the community. myz1 is an equivalent updated to the current racy 5.3.90 (5.4beta) I have created after updating my woof2 and having a 'few' problems that barryk has helped me sort out.
Theoretically the 'myz' series should be able to become either a User Workstation by adding User Applications and any missing libraries, or a Webserver by the addition of the available LHMP pet packages and any missing libraries.
Firstly, it is a seriously cutdown version of what you normally find in a Puppy, only a minimum of applications and libraries have been left in it. This means you can basically build your own racy by adding what you want and leave out what you don't normally use. Because of this, when adding applications via the PPM I would recomend that you ALWAYS check dependancies. Also it does not at myz1007 have the Firmware Modules added, these will be in the zdrv (I believe) when the second beta, coded myz1008 appears.
EDIT: myz1008 will no longer have the firmware modules as they don't zdrv and will make the base too big so myz1008 may not ocurr unless problems appear.
Secondly, I updated the kernel to 3.2.28-pae-i686-aufs-up to gain some of the extras available with the later 3.2 kernel. I have also used xy style compression and a zdrv file (built into the iso) to give you even more available memory after loading, by doing so a compressed myz1 sfs of 58.2Mb was created.
Thirdly, you will find the menu somewhat different in structure in that it has altered the primary menu by separating the Administration, and User Applications at the top level from the rest. In addition you will find the Development Tools now have their own submenu rather than being a part of the Utility menu group.
Version 1007 is a Beta and is the first public release.
It's iso can be found at
and is 87Meg. (90193920 bytes) MD5 is d68ae4ab105e528c395a6237a15d2cb8
It's devx is at
and is also 87Meg (90705952 bytes) MD5 is 44aed4c11bb321540866bade19b68dcc
One of the things I would like tested please is updating the PPM, I have found that it is ocassionally appending the whole content of the Packages-puppy-xxxxx-official to the old one instead of replacing it, however I would like confirmation before I ask barryk for help. If you want to see what I mean have a look at the puppy4 one in PPM, applications are reocurring more than once and the Packages file is likewise.
Please DON'T ask me to add packages, etc. to it, that is not it's purpose. It's sole purpose is to give anyone a base on which to build their own Puppy Racy.
Version 1008 will be the second beta and should be out providing no major problems are found in about one week, Version 1009 will then be the pre-release if needed, with Version 1010 the final release with a Release date.
This last version will also have sufficent files from the woof2 build in a pet to enable others to 'do' their own.
Over to you to test and report.
ps I am back at mage2 next week for those wondering.
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Good to see another "lite" option. Loads up nice .... added Icewm, Firefox and flash plus a few other things. No problems so far. PPM does have some issues. Got a few items repeated in Puppy5 too. Thanks .... KJ
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Thanks KJ, I take it it dissapeared after you updated the PPM?
I have also had a [confirmed] report that the grub installer doesn't work (just goes to a strange looking grub menu) and I am chasing that one down now.
I shall also have a look at the 5.9.90 and barry's blog to see if there is anything I should also fix.
Other than that, everything seems to be there and working so I shall build 1008 this weekend for my testers and anyone else interested.
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I updated the PPM two more times and puppy4 still show 3 copies of items in "desktop" only. .... " All" and all other sections do not show repeats.. I am running a frugal install with grub4dos on a USB flash (ext2 formatted partition) with no boot problems. Just added a MYZ folder and added info into the menu.lst .... runs like a champ. Thanks again ... KJ
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Posted: Wed 12 Dec 2012, 17:12
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I have just released myz1008.
The ppm problem I traced down to me reorganizing the site list (due to the ibiblio site problems) to use the australian aarnet as default and I added an extra space in a couple of places that had unforseen results.
The only problem left is the grub install problem and as this has also surfaced in barryk's wary updates i'm leaving it to him to fix that first.
I will therefore leave it at 1008 for now and revisit it to a final release when that has happened.
As I origonally stated, REMEMBER TO DO A DEPENDANCIES CHECK WHEN INSTALLING
Also if a package doesn't start, try typing the name in a console/terminal screen, it should give you an idea of what is missing.
I shall still monitor this topic in case of further problems.
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Posted: Wed 17 Apr 2013, 01:57
Post subject: myz 5.5.00
I'm going to build a new myz puppy that is built with the latest woof2 I have (02 April 2013), and matching with barryk's Racy 5.5 package versions, as the first step in making a 'eudev' version to enable testing and comparison.
Barry has a thread on his site relating to eudev for those interested, but basically udev which we all use now is being taken over and systemd'd, eudev is a fork of udev that will continue without systemd.
While I am at it I shall add (?now who was it's?) 'adrive' module into the woof2 myz puppy build, so an external application 'adrive.sfs' can be automatically loaded if present. It's a good addition to the standard I think.
I shall also add Petmaker 2.2 and update JWM and jwmconfig2 to the latest, but I don't plan on adding much more as I want it to remain small in itself and to be able to do quick fix turn arounds.
If anyone has a serious request for anything else to be added to the default set, I am willing to listen, but they will need to justify it robustly, and even then I may ask that it become part of the adrive sfs instead.
myz1's default packagelist is attached here if anyone wants to see what's there (rename without the fake .gz first).
8 june 2013
UPDATE: eudev won't be happening soon so i'm not considering using it for the new build. I will build a new myz with a latest woof2 soon as i'm considering using it as the base for a multi-server/multi-desktop puppy.
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After two races on the first day of the competition, the wind did not return to the event side based at Plage Napoleon, France. Although the race committee tried to go for an early start at 8:00 hours at the final day of the competition, the conditions never improved enough to allow for fair racing.
Local Alexandre Caizergues from Port St. Louis defended his title from the past two years, while for speed-rookie Melissa Gil the victory over defending world champion Charlotte Consorti (FRA, F-One) and current world record holder Sjoukje Bredenkamp (RSA, Naish) was a surprise. Being on speed equipment only since one months, she should be the new star in womens competition.
Melissa won the first leg of the competition, while her biggest opponent Charlotte shot a bullet in the second leg, but due to the decreasing winds Melissa scored with 30.03 knots the better speedand thus secured the overall victory.
In the mens fleet, runner-up Rob Douglas (USA, Cabrinha), with 50.54 knots second fastest man in the world, was able to defeat Caizergues in the first round, but struggled with the light conditions in leg two. Most consistent was Sylvain Hoceini (FRA, Griffin) with two second places also overall in second.
Third then Douglas, with the top-speed of the competition (33.94 knots). His team-mate, US racing star Damien Leroy (Cabrinha) scored an excellent fourth place in his first speed competition, aking use of the light conditions. Local rider Sylvain Maurin (FRA, F-One) completed the top 5 mens ranking.
Competitors and organizers were fully satisfied with the completion of the first IKA world championship, even when the wind conditions were not as expected. For the speed world ranking, the next points can be scored in Namibia late summer, and then in the United States and Ireland later in the year.
The international circuit is now focussing on the start of the professional tours and the continental racing championships in Europe and North America beginning of May.


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As the Salami matures, the coarse and dry texture of the meat typically develops a deeper red coloring. The color can be more intense in some varieties than others as displayed in some lighter colored varieties of Salami, such as Cervelat. Most often, Salami will have a deep red to burgundy color with specks of pink or white fat mixed with white or black peppercorns. The aroma is somewhat intense, while the flavor is mild to spicy with a slight saltiness. As the Salami ages, some of the moisture is lost and the meat becomes harder in texture. If it becomes too hard, it has lost too much moisture and most likely its true flavor as well.
There are a variety of Salami shapes, sizes, and types. Genoa, with white peppercorns, and Cotto, with black peppercorns, are two of the most common varieties. Genoa is traditionally made of pork and veal, which is seasoned with garlic, pepper, and wine. Cotto is made of pork and beef, which is flavored with garlic and peppercorns. Cervelat, which is another member of the dry sausage family is a semi-dry Salami that is not as coarse or dry as traditional varieties of Salami. Other varieties of Salami include Danish, French, German, Italian, each with slightly different ingredients and flavors. Italian Salami, which are very dense, are commonly named for the type or region providing the Salami recipe, such as Fiorentino, Milano, Naopli, Sardo, Toscano, and Ungherese Salami.
In years past, it was traditional to use only natural (animal) casings that were hand tied after packing and allowed to mold as the Salami cured. When this occurs, the outside of the casing becomes covered in a non-harmful, white powder, similar to the process of curing various cheeses. The mold creates enzymes that react with the meat to tenderize and flavor the ingredients. The large intenstine which was fat and quite thick provided an excellent casing for the larger sticks or logs of Salami that required more time to age and season. The smaller intestines were used for the smaller-sized sticks of Salami and the colon was used for very short sticks of Salami, often referred to as chub Salami. Meats packed in the colon, which was irregularly-shaped, are typically referred to as crespone or crespo sausages, such as crespone Salami.
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I can probably do it either way - because I'm catching all errors in a common controller class and altering them before sending them along. I could probably manage it so that I change them over to DirectExceptions.
However, the reason I want to catch on ALL errors is that, typically, the user would get a 500 page if a server error occurs. With a full AJAX app, these requests could just "disappear" from the user's point of view. (you see it in firebug just fine, but the user would see nothing) By having ALL exceptions get sent through, I can show the user that their attempt failed and collect more information.


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Play is limited to 100 players.
CASINO—The Friends have scheduled a casino and shopping trip to Michigan City, Ind., Oct. 23. A bus leaves the school at 8 a.m. and returns around 8:30 p.m.
At midday, the bus will travel between the Blue Chip Casino and Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets.
CRAFTS—The Friends' annual Last Minute Shopping Spree Crafts Show is scheduled Dec. 5 at the high school. For information about renting table space ($15), call Deb Leininger at 419/237-2951 and leave a message.
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Tonight was one of those nights when I remember why I love soccer so much.
The weather is dreadfully humid. We didn't have enough players. I felt like I wasted my entire day sitting around, doing nothing, conserving energy and wating for my game.
And then I went to my game and it was awesome.
Because I felt strong.
A strong player. A strong teammate. A strong leader.
It is nothing but a game yet, sometimes, it feels like everything. Everything I am. Everything I want. Everything I have. Everything I strive to be.
That's why I love it.
That's why I play.
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June 08, 2009
Initial Thoughts on Caperton v. Massey: First Meaningful Constitutional Limits on Excesses of Judicial Elections
As judicial elections in recent years have become, in the words of Roy Schotland, "noisier, nastier, and costlier," litigants have consistently sought to limit some of the excesses sometimes seen in judicial elections, which 39 states use for at least some of their judges. Until today's opinion in Caperton v. Massey, the Supreme Court refused to impose limits as a matter of constitutional law. In Republican Party of Minnesota v. White (2002), the Supreme Court struck down on First Amendment grounds a state judicial code provision barring judicial candidates from "announcing" their views on disputed legal or political issues. Since White, as I've chronicled, lower federal courts have continued relying on the First Amendment to strike down a number of judicial codes seeking to keep judicial campaigns as something somewhat different from ordinary elections. (Justice O'Connor has since expressed regret about her crucial fifth vote in White, and has been working on the issue of judicial independence since retiring from the Court.) Since White and until today's decision in Caperton, the Supreme Court refused to consider other judicial election cases.
The details of Caperton are set out at the beginning of the opinion by Justice Kennedy. Briefly, a litigant with a $50 million case pending before West Virginia courts spent up to $3 million on independent activity (some directly, some through a 527 organization) supporting a candidate for the West Virginia State Supreme Court of Appeals. The candidate won, and he refused to recuse himself upon a motion brought by the other side. The justice, Justice Benjamin, cast the crucial vote in favor of the litigant. After the case was set for rehearing after recusal of two other Justices, he again declined to recuse and again cast the crucial vote. Today, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Justice Benjamin's failure to recuse violated the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Here are some of my thoughts on the case.
1. Judicially manageable standards. My first thought in reading this case with its 5-4 lineup was one of relief. With Justice Kennedy, the swing vote in play, I was worried we'd have another 4-1-4 split as we saw in the partisan gerrymandering case of Vieth v. Jubelirer in which Justice Kennedy, writing only for himself, bemoaned the lack of judicially manageable standards leaving the standard murkier than ever. But fortunately for the sake of judicial administrability, we have a 5 justice majority opinion (with no concurrences), that sets forth a relatively clear standard. Though the general language is one of "probability of bias," the main test is the one that appears on page 14 (page 18 of the pdf):
The Court repeatedly notes that the facts have to be extreme, and in most cases campaign spending will not be enough to trigger recusal.
2. The dissent Though this is a relatively clear test, and one that will rein in the most egregious cases of potential bias, Chief Justice Roberts is right that the standard leaves open many questions about its implementation. In his dissenting opinion for himself, and Justices Alito, Scalia, and Thomas, the Chief lists 40 different questions that he says need to be answered in subsequent cases about how this standard is to be implemented. To be fair to the majority, I think the list overstates the nature of the uncertainty. Some of the questions, such as the question of causation, are answered by the majority (see slip. op. at 15.) But other questions raised are legitimate ones. The key difference between the majority and the dissent appears to be this: Is it worth the risk of many more recusal motions and additional litigation to flesh out the details of the new recusal standard? To the majority, the effort is worthwhile to promote the fundamental fairness of the judicial process in cases brought before elected judges. For the dissent, the effort is going to undermine faith in the judiciary, by increasing the amount of accusations of unfairness against judges.
3. Caperton and Campaign Finance. One of the most interesting subtexts of the decisions in this case is the role of campaign finance. Justice Kennedy, of course, has been one of the Justices most opposed to the constitutionality of much campaign finance regulation on First Amendment grounds. Here, however, Justice Kennedy acknowledges the important role that campaign spending plays in potentially influencing outcomes: if such outcomes can influence judges---creating the possibility of subconscious bias on the part of judges who benefit from independent expenditure campaigns---isn't the same true of candidates for other office, and doesn't that present a reason why even independent expenditures can be regulated? I would expect some of Justice Kennedy's words to be thrown back at him in a future case involving campaign finance laws outside the judicial elections context. Moreover, given the key distinction in campaign finance law between contributions and expenditures, I thought it was very curious that Justice Kennedy frames the issue at the beginning of the case as follows: "The basis for the motion was that the justice had received campaign contributions in an extraordinary amount from, and through the efforts of, the board chairman and principal officer of the corporation found liable for the damages." (My emphasis.) Only $1,000 of the $3 million spent supporting Justice Benjamin came in the form of a contribution to his campaign, thanks to a campaign contribution cap. The remainder were for independent expenditures and contributions not received by the Justice but by a 527. Perhaps this inadvertent equating of contributions and expenditures will disappear when this opinion is finalized for the U.S. Reports.
The dissenters' views are more in line with their view on campaign finance. Because they don't see anything objectionable about large (even one-sided) campaign spending supporting or opposing candidates, they see less of a constitutional problem with judges benefitting from such spending. It is just in the nature of campaigning that this kind of thing can happen. And, as the Chief points out, as far back as Buckley the Supreme Court recognized that independent spending can sometimes work against the interest of the candidate supported. (My sense in the real world is that this happens quite rarely, and that usually independent spending tracks the movements of the candidate campaigns, and seeks to independently emulate those movements.)
4. Overall significance. This is not just a victory for liberals who generally support more regulation of campaigns (though it certainly is that in terms of getting Justice Kennedy's vote). Recall that Ted Olson was the one who argued for recusal in this case before the Supreme Court. Some in the business community too will be happy with this ruling. Judicial elections are not going away---we haven't seen a state abolish them since White. Caperton provides a backstop for the most egregious cases of large campaign spending, when spending limits and judicial speech codes are otherwise off the table or severely limited. Given Chief Justice Roberts 40 questions, it will be interesting to track how much uncertainty actually comes out of this opinion. My sense is that things won't be as dire as the picture painted by the Chief Justice.
5. Justice Scalia's brief opinion. Justice Scalia's two page opinion quotes from the Babylonian Talmud: "A Talmudic maxim instructs with respect to the Scripture: 'Turn it over, and turn it over, for all is therein'.' The Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Aboth, Ch. V, Mishnah 22 (I. Epstein ed. 1935)." As I remarked when Justice Scalia made reference to the sanhedrin during oral argument in NAMUDNO, Justice Scalia does not mind citing foreign law, so long as it is a few thousand years old.
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becoming a vegan
Here I go, I am coming out of the closet after two months of going vegan, I have think I can honestly say I am fullfledged vegan, I am not looking back and frankly it has been freeing on many levels. I have more energy and new appreciation for healthy. I am very committted, investing time to new recipes , soups and stews are very satisfying and easy to have at lunch.. I appreciate any support from veteran vegans, thanks
Congrats and keep up the good work!
It took me forever to finally break completely from dairy... cheese was horrible for me... but I did it and it's been a few years now (with more years of lacto-ovo before that).
My health has really improved. It got better when I dropped meat and then even more so after I'd been vegan for a while. It's certainly been the right decision for me physically, without mentioning the personal ethics behind the choices.
I wish you the best of luck!
im headed to college this fall and am just thinking about how difficult its going to be to go vegan. I became a vegetarian a year ago and planned on easing into veganism eventually. Just not sure how possible that is when i'll be eating out of a cafeteria for every meal
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text: Buy Virtual users Monitoring Oracle Database Monitoring Oracle Databases and Analysing Bottlenecks with AgileLoad This video describes the set up and use of the Oracle monitor / collector and anomaly detector in Agile Load. In this case we set up the Oracle collector template and use another install of AgileLoad to collect the data from the database. This distributed implementation can be useful for monitoring databases where a firewall is between your machine and the target, or like in this case, the Oracle client libraries provided by Oracle do not work on the operating system you are using on your machine and you need to choose another machine with a supported OS to do the monitoring. This video is focused on Monitoring Oracle with AgileLoad. AgileLoad is more than just a performance testing tool. Of course, it has a powerful monitoring capability for performance engineering. You need an Oracle server of course and the Oracle client installed in the machine where you want to do the monitoring. The information you are going to need about the Oracle instance is the Alias, the Host, Oracle version, Service Name, Login and Password, and a port which is usually 1521. The Login must have system privileges for this to work correctly. How to setup a performance monitor for Oracle The monitor in this case isn't going to be be running from the AgileLoad Center. What we are going to do is run the monitor from a different place in the network. You will see how to set the monitor up and then we will choose a different IP address to monitor from. So in fact, you can think of this as using a Oracle Monitoring Probe on a network to get the information back; and that can be useful to bypass problems like firewalls between you and the target that you want to monitor; or in this case, we are monitoring Oracle 8 hence the client libraries don't work on Windows 7 so we needed to install our collector, our monitor on an XP machine that we then thought you to relay the information back from. In my test center machine, I am going to : go through all programs and launch AgileLoad Test Center to the repository tab up to the Oracle folder and create a new Oracle monitoring profile. call this MyDB, then double clicking on that will open up the parameters for the monitoring profile where I need to put in my Alias, Host, port, Oracle version, Service Name, Login and Password, and so on. save this and close it create a job to do the monitoring. scrolling down and into the jobs folder, I can right click and create new job. In this case, I am going to call it ORA and then I am not going to add any scripts at this point. I am going to drag and drop my Oracle database monitoring profile and I am going to call this CoreDB, just to give it a name for the results that come back with. The injector I am going to use is in fact a remote machine. It is another machine where I have AgileLoad installed. So I save that and then we start to run. How to make sense of what the Oracle monitor is telling you Go to the Oracle folder and look at the Oracle Overview. On the overview screen I can see the monitoring summary and going across to the most commonly called sequel, I can see the most commonly called sequel statements. Using Oracle for my anomaly list, I just click on okay and then we can see there are a number of anomalies relating to this Oracle database. So there were some monitoring graphs that we can looked at; and if you are not an Oracle expert, this can really help you. So in this case, we can see there is an issue with a Oracle buffer cache ratio and we have a description down below of what you can do to improve that. We also have an issue with direct path IO wait time; and then scrolling down ever further, we have an issue with the index fetch ratio and what we could see there is a low value. It might mean there are a lot of table scans happening. So this is valuable information with problems on the DBA, which help you tune your Oracle database to make sure that you are getting the best out of it. Advanced Tutorials > Video Tutorial > Monitoring Oracle Database Print this page - Go to top of page


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Wendy Davis formally jumps into Texas governor's race
- State senator faces uphill challenge to replace Rick Perry
- Perry is longest-serving governor in Texas history
- Davis gained national fame for abortion ban filibuster in June
Democrat Wendy Davis has star power and a growing following from San Francisco to New York City. But can she translate the fame she achieved from her epic filibuster of a bill restricting abortion into a successful race for Texas governor?
That's the unknown as Davis begins her quest to succeed Rick Perry, governor of Texas for nearly 13 years and the Republican who helped make the state one of the reddest in the nation. She announced her candidacy Thursday at her suburban Fort Worth high school by denouncing a political culture in Austin that she says caters to special interests instead of the middle class.
"Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo," Davis said. "It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future."
Davis, a second-term state senator, became a national sensation in June when she stood for nearly 11 hours in her pink running shoes and railed against a bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks and impose strict requirements on clinics. Her filibuster stopped the bill initially, but it eventually passed a special session of the GOP-controlled Legislature and was signed into law by Perry.
On paper, the challenges for any Democrat in Texas are daunting.
The last Democrat elected governor of Texas was Ann Richards in 1990. None of Perry's rivals in his three campaigns for governor mustered more than 42% of the vote. Davis' opponent next year will probably be state Attorney General Greg Abbott, the favorite to win the Republican nomination.
Abbott did not mention Davis by name in a video he released hours before her announcement, casting himself as a pro-gun, business-friendly candidate. He vowed to preserve Texas "as the land of liberty and freedom against Obama and his allies as they attempt to turn Texas blue."
Though Davis' post-filibuster fundraising added $1 million to her campaign account, Abbott has more than $20 million socked away. Political experts say it could take $40 million to compete and win in Texas, where advertising in expensive media markets such as Dallas and Houston is as important as retail politics in the Rio Grande Valley and Panhandle.
"Ultimately, you only raise money if people think you can win," said Matt Mackowiak, a Republican political consultant and co-founder of the Must Read Texas political website. "The sugar high of her getting in will wear off because it's going to come down to is this a winnable race and is it worth the investment."
Matt Angle, director of the Lone Star Project that helps elect Democrats, says victory is possible.
"Wendy Davis has the ability to build the type of coalition that a Democrat has to build to win in Texas, one with Democrats, independents and fair-minded Republicans of all races," Angle said. "She projects strength and energy and a positive vision."
Angle dismissed Abbott's fundraising advantage, saying Davis will be able to raise the money necessary "to tell her story."
Davis' up-from-the-bootstraps narrative will be told repeatedly as she introduces herself to Texas voters in her first statewide race.
She married young, got divorced, then became a single mother at the age of 19. Davis struggled to make ends meet and lived in a trailer park but eventually went to community college, then Texas Christian University before going on to Harvard Law School and a career as a lawyer.
Support from women voters will be key for Davis, who has stressed issues such as education since she won a Texas Senate seat in 2008 that was previously held by a Republican. EMILY's List, the political group that helps elect Democrats who support abortion rights, has been an early supporter and will be with Davis in this campaign.
"The EMILY's List community has known for years that Wendy Davis is a powerhouse who stands up for Texas women and families," said Stephanie Schriock, president of the group. "Wendy can win because she believes in Texas, not politics."
Democrats in Texas have long believed the changing demographics of the state are in their favor, even though the GOP holds every statewide office. The governor's race will be one of the first tests of whether more Hispanics, who make up nearly 40% of the state's population, will register to vote and go to the polls.
In the 2012 presidential election, 1.4 million more Hispanic voters cast ballots than in 2008, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures, while the number of non-Hispanic white voters shrank by more than 2 million.
"For a Democrat to win in Texas in 2014, there would have to be an unprecedented mobilization and enthusiasm among Latino voters," said Matthew Wilson, a political scientist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. "An Anglo woman best known as an abortion champion doesn't seem well positioned to achieve that."
Texas Right to Life is airing radio ads in English and Spanish in South Texas about Davis, aimed at Hispanics and socially conservative voters. The narrator in the spot says Davis is an "abortion zealot" who cast her filibuster as a stance being made on "sacred ground."
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Using paracetamol regularly could reduce the risk of ovarian cancer by almost a third, according to a detailed analysis in the July issue of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
A research team from Athens University found that the risk fell by up to 30 per cent when they analysed the results of major studies carried out on more than 746,000 women over a six-year period.
4,405 of the women in the eight major studies – from the USA, UK and Denmark – had ovarian cancer.
The team looked at all studies covering paracetamol and ovarian cancer from 1966 to 2004. These were then scrutinised using sophisticated meta-analysis techniques.
"Meta-analysis involves doing a large amount of research into what has been published, summarising the results and combining them using statistical methods" explains lead researcher Dr Stefanos Bonovas from the Greek Ministry of Health. "Analysing a wide range studies can often throw new light on a problem and raise new research questions.
"In this case our analysis of eight major studies – covering nearly three-quarters of a million women – revealed a strong correlation between paracetamol use and a reduced risk of ovarian cancer."
Seven of the studies looked at the links between paracetamol use and the incidence of ovarian cancer and the largest study looked at the link between paracetamol use and ovarian cancer deaths.
The researchers used a working definition of "regular use" as the highest frequency of drug use reported in the individual studies. This definition varied slightly between studies. In the largest study – which covered more than a third of the women diagnosed with ovarian cancer – it was defined as more than 30 tablets in the month before the study started.
"Ovarian cancer remains the most fatal gynaecological malignancy" says Dr Bonovas. "Its high mortality rate – mainly due to a combination of ineffective screening and the limited success of therapies for advanced disease – makes ovarian cancer a major health concern.
"Strategies that focus on prevention may therefore provide the most rational approach for reducing deaths from this form of cancer.
"Because paracetamol is so widely used, a link with a decreased risk of ovarian cancer could have important public health implications."
The authors believe that further research among women with a high risk of developing ovarian cancer would provide further clues to the drug's protective qualities.
"The risks of long-term paracetamol use – including liver and chronic kidney failure – may outweigh the potential benefits of preventing ovarian cancer in low-risk cases" concludes Dr Bonovas.
"However we believe that a randomised trial in women with a high risk of developing the disease might be appropriate. Further research is also needed into how this protective mechanism actually works.
The authors stress that they are not suggesting that women adopt this possible method of risk prevention at this stage.
"But we do feel that our study highlights the need for further research into this highly important link between a simple over-the-counter medicine and a very aggressive form of cancer" says Dr Bonovas.
Dr Bonovas works for the Department of Epidemiological Surveillance and Intervention at the Greek Ministry of Health's Hellenic Centre for Infectious Diseases Control and carries out his research at Athens University.
This study was carried out in association with University researcher Dr Kalitsa Filioussi, under the supervision of Dr Nikolaos M Sitaras, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Pharmacology.
Source: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., July 6, 2006


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text: It all feels so new, doesn't it? Facebook. FaceTime. Google+ hangouts. Hashtagging your memories on Twitter and Instagram. But this holiday season, as you and your enormous collection of Apple gadgets spend all your extra time connecting with distant friends and family over the latest and greatest social media services, it's worth remembering that all this social stuff was a long time coming. Before Facebook and Facetime and Google+ and Twitter, there was Plato and the Bell Picturephone and the Dynabook and the Xerox LiveBoard. Social media is nothing new. It just has better packaging -- and better marketing. LiveBoard doesn't ring a bell? You've never heard of Plato? It's time for a little history lesson (just click on the images above). Before you sit back with your eggnog and your iPad and your Tumblr, take a few spare holiday moments to appreciate the social media creations of decades past. Your Tumbling iPad wouldn't be here without Alan Kay's DynaBook. You'd be left with nothing but eggnog -- and a holiday hangover. Above: Community Memory Terminal (1973) Three decades before Yelp and Craigslist, there was the Community Memory Terminal. In the early 1970s, Efrem Lipkin, Mark Szpakowski and Lee Felsenstein set up a series of these terminals around San Francisco and Berkeley, providing access to an electronic bulletin board housed by a XDS-940 mainframe computer. This started out as a social experiment to see if people would be willing to share via computer -- a kind of "information flea market," a "communication system which allows people to make contact with each other on the basis of mutually expressed interest," according to a brochure from the time. What evolved was a proto-Facebook-Twitter-Yelp-Craigslist-esque database filled with searchable roommate-wanted and for-sale items ads, restaurant recommendations, and, well, status updates, complete with graphics and social commentary. "This was really one of the very first attempts to give access to computers to ordinary people," says Marc Weber, the founding curator of the Internet History Program at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Photo: Daniela Hernandez/WiredMemex (1945) Ah, but the Computer Memory Terminal was one of the newer social media ideas. Thirty years earlier, there was Memex. OK, it wasn't much more than an idea. But the idea was so very modern. The Memex desk was a way to "instantly bring files and material on any subject to the operator's fingertips," according to an illustration of the never-built device. In theory, the Memex would store information on microfilm and then index it using tiny holes punched into the film. A user would input a code on a keyboard, and the contraption would bring up the the right piece of microfilm, displaying it on a tablet-like flatscreen. "It would be like a URL, but with microfilm," says Weber, of the Computer History Museum. Friends would pour over their microfilm spools together, punch new holes to cross reference new information, and, well, link all this information together. "It's the idea that's actually still very weak in the web, which is to be able to share bookmarks," says Weber. "There's been a million schemes to do this on the web, but very few of them have stuck." It was also designed to take photographs of your notes, mail, souvenirs, and pictures. In other words, it sounded a lot like the Moleskine Evernote notebooks that turned up on our Wired Wish List this year -- tools that translate your handwritten musings into searchable, digital files. Image: Courtesy of the Computer History MuseumPLATO (1960) One of the world's first online communities accidentally grew out of PLATO, an online education system developed at the University of Illinois. A man named David Woolley built a platform atop the system called Plato Notes, a forum-like feature that allowed users to converse about various topics. "Creating an online community was never part of the plan for PLATO, and if you think about it, how could it have been? None of us had ever seen an online community," Woolley explained during a recent PLATO conference at the Computer History Museum (video below). Plato was originally a system where students could study subjects like fractional distillation and the anatomy of the visual system. But Notes fostered interaction between these students. "There were two kinds of notes. There were public ones and private ones, which were effectively email. And that just really took off," Weber said. PLATO also evolved to include message boards, multi-user real-time chatrooms, instant messaging, news, and games -- i.e. all the stuff that the big social networks give you today. http://www.youtube.com/embed/qmuN_RpXn6I Image: Courtesy of the Computer History Museum, Mike CapeBell Picturephone (1964) FameTime? Bah Humbug! In 1964, we had the Bell Picturephone, a futuristic telephone decked out with speakers, a video camera, a phone, and a monitor shaped like ET's head. OK, after its unveiling at Disneyland, people lost interest. Few were willing to pay $16 to video chat for 15 minutes. Making a Picturephone call required booking an appointment -- and maybe even some, er, travel. It was only available in New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Image: A Bell Picturephone advertisementDynaBook (1968) "It's the most important computer never built. It's the ancestor of both the laptop and the tablet," says Marc Weber. He means the DynaBook, a concept cooked up by legendary computer scientist Alan Kay in the late sixties. Kay described DynaBooks as "carry anywhere" devices that could "bring the libraries and schools (not to mention stores and billboards) of the world to the home" - a "personal computer for children of all ages." The DynaBook -- which looks like the oversized offspring of an iPad and a Blackberry -- was designed to store about 500 pages of text or a few hours of music in removable magnetic storage files. "One can imagine vending machines which will allow perusal of information (ranging from encyclopedias to the latest adventures of wayward women)," Kay wrote, saying the contraption would sell for about $500, or roughly the equivalent of $2750 today. He was a few decades early, but his predictions eventually came true. Think app stores. And the internet. Photo: Courtesy of the Computer History Museum, Mark RichardsThe SRI Van (1977) The Stanford Research Institute van is the place where the internet, wireless networking, and Skype were all born. At least that's how Marc Weber puts it. With this bread-truck-turned-mobile-research-lab -- which is now parked at the Computer History Museum -- early internet pioneers, including Vint Cerf, would connect to other networks via wireless packet radio. It played a key role in the evolution of TCP/IP -- the protocols that underpin the modern internet -- but it also foretold the sort of packet voice techniques used by services such as Skype. Then there was it's knack for interfering with Vint Cerf's hearing aids -- but that's another story. Photo: WikipediaXerox LiveBoard (1990) The black Xerox LiveBoard looked more like a behemoth flatscreen television, but it was really an interactive whiteboard. Using its 67-inch display, people could teleconference with other LiveBoarders and map out business strategies in the process. "It was like WebEx, 20 years ago," says Weber. Sadly, it died in 2000. Only 2,000 modules were sold. Photo: Courtesy of the Computer History Museum, Mark RichardsIBM Simon Phone (1993) Simon -- IBM's brick-like personal communicator -- was the original smartphone. It could serve as a personal organizer, but it could also send faxes, emails, and electronic pages. It lacked a mobile browser, but it did have apps like a note pad, a sketchpad, an address book, and, yes, Scrabble, all of which could be accessed by tapping monochromatic icons on its touchscreen. The cost? $900. So, only slightly more expensive than an iPad. Photo: WikipediaiMode Phone (1999) Before the dawn of the smartphone, mobile browsing meant you were stuck in a text-only universe spanning only a handful of sites. But iMode changed that -- at least for the Japanese. This Japanese creation gave users access to email, streaming video, weather information, maps, bookstores, games, and financial stats across thousands of graphic sites. These phones could also double as electronic wallets, able to buy soda at vending machines. "This was basically the mobile web back in 1999," said Weber. "Japan was really way ahead in terms of sophistication." Photo: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty ImagesCompuServe (1980s, 1990s) Social media only went mainstream after the turn of the millennium you say? As if. Throughout the 80s and on into the 90s, proprietary online services such as CompuServe and AOL offered email, chat, forums, weather reports, stock stats, and travel booking. All you needed was a modem. "All of these online systems were social in the sense that it was user-generated content with a lot of interactions between users. That was the model from the sixties on...These are all about people logging on and expressing themselves," Weber says. So there. Enjoy your eggnog. And your hangover. Image: CompuServe ad from the January 1983 issue of BYTE magazine


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New products introduced over the last week include an alternative strategy ETF from Invesco PowerShares and an Asia fund focused on long-term opportunities from T. Rowe Price.
Also, Janus announced an unconstrained bond fund.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) Invesco PowerShares Launches Alternative Strategy ETF
Invesco PowerShares has announced the launch of the PowerShares Multi-Strategy Alternative Portfolio (LALT). The ETF is designed to offer investors risk-adjusted returns with low correlation to traditional asset classes.
LALT employs a long-short strategy that seeks to provide a positive total return with low correlation to the broader securities markets through a cost-efficient vehicle. Invesco Advisers, Inc., the subadvisor, selects investments for inclusion in LALT's portfolio with reference to the components of the Morgan Stanley Multi-Strategy Alternative Index, its benchmark, using a quantitative process that seeks to exceed the index's performance.
2) T. Rowe Price Offers Asia Opportunities Fund
T. Rowe Price has launched the Asia Opportunities Fund (TRAOX), which will seek long-term capital appreciation by owning high-quality, well-managed companies that are doing business throughout Asia (excluding Japan) and that it believes can reliably grow over the long term. TRAOX will focus on companies with highly predictable earnings.
The fund, managed by Eric Moffett, will typically invest in 40–70 high-quality companies in Asia, with country and sector positions a result of the firm's fundamental, bottom-up stock selection process. The net expense ratio is estimated to be 1.15% for investor class shares and 1.25% for advisor class shares.
3) Janus Launches Unconstrained Bond Fund
Janus Capital Group, Inc. has announced the launch of the Janus Unconstrained Bond Fund (JUCTX), which seeks to maximize total returns, consistent with the preservation of capital. The fund will be managed by Gibson Smith and Darrell Watters.
JUCTX seeks positive total returns over a full market cycle, regardless of the prevailing fixed income market environment. The fund is not limited by duration or sector constraints and the portfolio duration may range from negative three years to eight years.
Read the May 26 Portfolio Products Roundup at ThinkAdvisor.


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Leading the Profession
Leading the Profession: An NEA Agenda for Action
National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel has announced a new action agenda that will help advance the Association's goals of transforming the teaching profession and accelerating student learning.
Incorporating proven best practices from thousands of leading teachers from around the country, and input from an independent Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching, Van Roekel detailed three major strategies that will guide the union's efforts to increase the quality of teacher candidates before they ever reach the classroom, to make sure that teachers remain at the top of their game throughout their careers, and to improve student learning by improving the teaching profession.
"It's about the kids," Van Roekel said. "NEA aims to ensure that every student has a qualified, caring and effective teacher. And NEA will support a stronger profession of teaching."
NEA's Three-Point Plan for True Education Reform
NEA President Announces New Three-Part Action Agenda to Strengthen Teaching Profession and Improve Student Learning
Transforming Teaching: Connecting Professional Responsibility with Student Learning
Report of the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching.
Comments by Maddie Fennell, the chairperson of the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching
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Van Roekel Announces Plan to Strengthen Teaching Profession
National Education Association (NEA) President Dennis Van Roekel today laid out a new action agenda for the nation's largest organization of educators that will help transform the teaching profession and accelerate student learning.
Statement by U.S. Education Secretary Duncan in Support of NEA's Report on Effective Teaching
Secretary Duncan applauds NEA's Three-Point Plan for Reform as "stepping out of our comfort zones to challenge the status quo."
What People are Saying
"'Transforming Teaching' is a bold and clear statement about what must happen to make teaching the profession it truly deserves to be. There are strong echoes in the Commission's work of the Flexner Report which shaped the medical profession a century ago; it will take giant steps--like the ones described by the Commission--if our nation's schools are ever to be as good as their promise when it comes to children and learning."
Ronald Thorpe
President and CEO
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
"NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching Commission Chair Madaline Fennell are to commended for the bold new vision encompassed in their report 'Transforming Teaching'."
Wendy D. Puriefoy
Public Education Network
- NEA Policy Statement on Teacher Evaluation and Accountability
- Montgomery Teachers Redefine Image of Unionism (Washington Post)
- Turning Our Backs on Unions (New York Times)
- Great Ideas for Public Schools


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Let's all give Scott Sizemore a big "Welcome back." Well… Let's give him a medium-sized "Welcome back…" Screw it! Let's give him a quick "Hey" and a head nod like you give to your sister's boyfriend that you can't stand. It's not like he's done all that much in his short time in the majors, but — and unless you're an alien there's always a but — who else are you rocking at your middle infidel spot? Sizemore was hitting in the minors (.408/.495/.605 and 2 homers in 92 PAs). It's worth the flyer to see if he can translate minor league success to the majors. Who knows? Now that bin Laden's listening to Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits in hell, maybe Sizemore can get his bats through customs. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
David Freese – He's gonna miss nine to twelve weeks. Or the same amount of time it takes to get a 4-year degree from the University of Phoenix.
Lance Berkman – 2-for-3, 4 RBIs and his 9th homer. Could he win a Triple Crown? Not unless we're talking horse racing and he's a jockey. He's 35 years old, hitting .406 and on pace for 50+ homers. The bottom may not fall out until mid-May or June or July, but he's gonna slow or get injured at some point.
Albert Pujols – 0-for-2, hitting .241 on the year. Can someone double check that it's not Nick Punto wearing Pujols' jersey?
Kyle Lohse – 6 IP, 5 ER, 9 baserunners, 2 Ks. It's like Dave Duncan pulled out of his hat a dead rabbit.
Mike Stanton – 3-for-5 with his 2nd homer in two days. Wouldn't shock me to see him hit 15 homers this month. Doode is a mollywhopping, pony stick machine.
Tommy Hunter – His groin was cleared for a rehab assignment. Hey now!
Nelson Cruz – 0-for-5, hitting .225. When a guy who usually hits well or gets injured isn't doing either, I get this sick feeling in my stomach that he's going to get hurt and not even get his usual good hitting stats. Though that sick feeling could be from the 7-month old cheese I found in my refrigerator. I can't resist Camembert!
Brandon McCarthy – 6 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks and four unearned runs for the agita-inducing ticker shock.
Josh Willingham – 2-for-4 with his 2nd home run in his last three games. If you wait until he shows up in Friday's Buy/Sell, he may no longer be hot. That's from my typees to your eyes. My typees are my fingers. Please start calling your fingers typees. Thank you.
Kurt Suzuki – 2-for-4 with his 2nd home run in the last three games. Do I hear an echo?
Dallas Braden – Had a setback while playing catch. Debbie Downer does Dallas.
Carlos Gomez – 1-for-3, hitting .236 and a .278 OBP. On a real baseball note, I'm surprised the Brewers are only 2 games under .500 batting Gomez 2nd in almost 100 ABs in the first month. Though this will go against what I'm sure many of you think, but I'm not a brain surgeon. Yet, I could tell you batting Gomez 2nd is idiotic. How hard is it to fill out a lineup card? "Let's see… I think I'm gonna bat the guy with the .278 OBP second. Oh, and what does OBP stand for again?"
Yovani Gallardo – 5 IP, 5 ER, 13 baserunners, 7 Ks. I love, love, love, love, LOVE when my entire fantasy staff has to dig my team out of a hole dug by my ace every week. Speaking of a hole, yeah, that's Gallardo.
Jair Jurrjens – 7 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks. No Ks is usually than but no thans, but Jar-Jar's dancing through the raindrops and not getting wet.
Alex Avila – Hit his 4th and 5th homers yesterday. For those about to ask, I'd take Avila over Suzuki.
Jose Valverde – 1 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners. This could be nothing but the reports in the Razzball comments yesterday said Valverde was struggling and had shoulder issues. Benoit and Ryan Perry have been blech but are next in line. I'd be very impressed if Leyland skipped them just because they're pitching poorly (read: I don't think it's likely). But if he does, we then have the coolest name since Ubaldo, Al Albuquerque, who sounds like either a cartoon character who is a cactus with eyes or a lounge singer. Al Alburquerque has 16 Ks in 9 1/3 IP. Yeah, that's good.
Alfonso Soriano – 2-for-4 with his 11th homer. Member when I told you every day the first week of the season to pick up Soriano because he's an April hitter? Yeah, he still is and this isn't gonna continue.
Jonathan Broxton – Got the save. After the game, Selig announced Broxton is the closer.
Garrett Jones – Hit his 6th homer, is on fire and batting third. Cust kayin'.
James McDonald – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks in Petco, which translates to 5 IP, 4 ER, 11 baserunners, 3 Ks vs. anyone else in any other stadium.
Aaron Harang – 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks. This Harangutan couldn't even get Jane Goddall's nipples hard.
Jacoby Ellsbury – 2-for-4, 3 runs, 2 steals and one knee contusion. He's day-to-day which is better than minute-to-minute.
Madison Bumgarner – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, but didn't get the win because I own him.
Tom Gorzelanny – 8 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 4 Ks. Now has a 2.93 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP. Pitching a tad over his head. And by tad I mean a shizzton.
Sergio Santos – Picked up a one out save after Chris Sale entered the ninth in a 6-0 game and gave up 2 runs. Santos is the closer right now and it could stay that way, even with Ozzie calling the shots.
Jenrry Mejia – Tear in his MCL. Hopefully his 1151 is okay.


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Rookie Victor Oladipo struggled with his shooting as the Orlando Magic lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 79-78 Monday afternoon, but Oladipo looked a bit more sure of himself handling the ball as a point guard.
Oladipo finished with 12 points on 2-of-12 shooting, five assists and three turnovers.
He was effective generating fouls on drives to the hoop, and he went 8 for 10 from the free-throw line.
"I've never played [point guard] at any other level, so point guard at this level, it's a little challenging just because you don't want them to speed you up," Oladipo said.
"You've still got to run all the plays, but you've got to pick your times when to be aggressive and when not to be aggressive. I did some good things today and I did some bad things today, but I'm just going to go back and learn. It's an ongoing process. It's my second game, so even though I'm mad, I've got to realize that it's my second game."
Oladipo tweaked his right ankle when he tripped as he attempted to split a double-team, but he said the injury won't prevent him from playing the rest of Orlando's summer league games.
Bird's quip
Larry Bird, back as the Indiana Pacers' president of basketball operations after a year away, was asked what he thought of Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge's decision to trade Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets.
Bird, of course, was a teammate of Ainge's on the Celtics' great teams of the 1980s.
"Believe me, Danny Ainge knows what he's doing," Bird said. "He's had great success. He's won a championship. I never doubt Danny Ainge. I only doubted him when he had the ball in his hands with three seconds to go, but not in the position he's in now."
• Magic forward Tobias Harris (knee) sat out his second consecutive game Monday.
• Power forward Andrew Nicholson scored a team-high 19 points for the Magic on 7-of-13 shooting.
• The Magic are scheduled to play the Miami Heat at 5 Tuesday afternoon.
Josh Robbins covers the Orlando Magic and the NBA for the Orlando Sentinel. You can reach him via e-mail at email@example.com and connect with him on Facebook at facebook.com/JoshuaBRobbins. Follow him on Twitter at @JoshuaBRobbins.


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The Tramontana R-Editon, an F1/jet hybrid, is not some fantasy rendering. It's a real vehicle you can buy right now.
This 720HP vehicle is the product of fiery, diesel-loving Spaniards. (It's pretty much the exact car I'd imagine our own Jesus Diaz designing.) Powered by a V12 engine, the Tramontana R-Edition goes from 0-60 in 3.6 seconds. And much of the vehicle, including the chassis, body, that fighter jet cockpit and its rims, are constructed of carbon fiber.
In other words, it's a steal at $500,000, the R-Edition's going price. And hey, if you can't afford the payments, chances are that you could outrun the authorities.
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Grand Teton Moose Photos
On our Fall road trip to Wyoming and the Grand Teton National Park we were fortunate to come across several Moose. Most were photographed early in the morning before sunrise. The photos with the two Bull Moose and Cow is considered very rare, normally there is is only one Cow & one Bull. Check out the Moose Video to see and hear a Moose calling.Read More


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