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Tepe Gawra is an ancient Mesopotamian settlement in northern Iraq, near the ancient site of Nineveh and fifteen miles northeast of the modern city of Mosul. It was excavated by archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania, led by E.A. Speiser, who first discovered the site in 1927, and later, C. Bache. The excavations showed that the Tepe Gawra site was occupied from approximately 5000 B.C. to 1500 B.C. The textual records from Tepe Gawra consist of 11.85 linear feet of General Correspondence, Field Notes, Indexes and Catalogues, Field Registers, and Publications, plus Maps and Drawings. Where possible, a chronological order was imposed on the Near East records.

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Apple will reportedly be the exclusive source of adapters to connect the upcoming sixth-generation iPhone to existing dock accessories. According to sources speaking to iLounge, Apple isn't sharing the specs of an oft-rumored smaller connector set to debut next week, and may use "licensing agreements and threats of lawsuits" to prevent third-party adapters from hitting the market through at least 2012.
The first hints of a redesigned dock connector surfaced earlier this year, bolstered by a job listing at Apple for a "connector design engineer." Several manufacturers claimed the rumors were indeed true in June, and we argued that now—at the height of Apple's popularity—might be the best time to make a switch away from the decade-old 30-pin dock connector that first debuted on the third-generation iPod in 2003.
Earlier rumors suggested that the new connector would be smaller and feature only 19 pins. Later information claimed that Apple would produce an adapter to use newer iOS devices or iPods with older accessories built for the 30-pin system. More recent rumors have suggested that the new connector might in fact only have as few as 9 pins.
iLounge's sources say Apple hasn't shared any information about the physical or electrical characteristics of the new connector with accessory manufacturers, likely in the hope to stem the tide of leaks and rumors (which doesn't appear to have helped in this case). However, that means that manufacturers won't likely have any directly compatible accessories ready in time for the high-volume holiday shopping season.
Those same sources indicated that Apple would sell a dock adapter for about $10 (perhaps the same $9.99 it charges for a MagSafe2 adapter), as well as a three-pack for $29. The company will also reportedly offer a USB cable (no confirmation if it will be USB 3.0 compatible) for $19. According to the sources, Apple expects to sell approximately 10 million adapters through the end of 2012.


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Age: 24
Past Olympic experience: Showed remarkable courage in finishing eighth in downhill, seventh in Super G and 14th in slalom at Turin following a terrible crash in a downhill training run. She was sixth in the combined at Salt Lake City as a 17-year-old.
Career highlights: The World Cup overall champion last season, she piled up more than half her points in downhill where she won five of nine races and was second in two others. Five of her 11 career downhill wins have come at Lake Louise, and she was second on the Olympic course at Whistler in 2008.
Quote: "For the future, 1/8American 3/8 Tamara McKinney's 18 wins is a big goal. I don't want to sound egotistical, but I really would like to break other records as well. All-time World Cup victory leader Annemarie Moser-Proll is No. 1 with 60-something wins. That's a lot of wins, but … if Denver gets the Olympics in 2018 and I keep going, it's definitely possible."
Country: Austria
Age: 33
Past Olympic experience: Competed in three previous Games, winning a silver in combined and bronze in downhill in 2002. She was fourth in the downhill at Turin.
Career highlights: Her 46 career World Cup wins put her third on the all-time list. Goetschl won her only World Cup overall crown in 2000, but has been second three times. She's won the World Cup downhill title five times.
Country: Canada
Age: 28
Past Olympic experience: None
Career highlights: Posted her first World Cup win in downhill at Aspen, Colo., in December 2007. She was fourth in the downhill at Whistler last season and finished third in the downhill standings.
Quote: "The better we do this year coming into 2010, the more pressure we'll have, which is great. I think we're building in a good way. You can never say what's going to happen in 2010, but we're putting in the sweat and I think it's going to come out with some great results."
Country: U.S.
Age: 24
Past Olympic experience: Won gold in giant slalom at Turin. She finished seventh in downhill, ninth in combined and 11th in Super G.
Career highlights: She's had eight World Cup downhill podium finishes, including wins in Tarviso and Val D'Isere in 2007 and a third on the Olympic course at Whistler last season.
Country: Sweden
Age: 27
Past Olympic experience: Won gold medal in slalom at Turin and bronze medals in downhill and combined. She won silver in giant slalom and bronze in slalom at Salt Lake City.
Career highlights: She has seven world championship gold medals, and was the World Cup overall champion in 2004 and 2005. She has wins in all five World Cup disciplines. A slalom and giant slalom specialist early in her career, her four downhill wins have all come since 2005. She was sixth at Whistler last season.


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Mary T. Boatwright
Professor Emerita of Classical Studies
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Office Location: Allen 231
Roman history, especially the social and political history of the Empire; Roman women; topography of Rome; Rome's northern frontiers; Latin historiography
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Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1980
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1975
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Boatwright, M. T., et al. A Brief History of the Romans. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Boatwright, M. T. Peoples of the Roman World. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Boatwright, M. T., et al. The Romans From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End of the Western Empire. Oxford University Press, 2011.
Boatwright, M. T., et al. A Brief History of The Romans. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Boatwright, M. T., et al. The Romans: From Village to Empire. Oxford University Press, 2004.
Boatwright, M. T. Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire. Princeton University Press, 2000.
Boatwright, M. T. Hadrian and the City of Rome. Princeton University Press, 1987.
Boatwright, M. T. The Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Example, Context. Oxford University Press.
Boatwright, Mary T. "JULIA DOMNA - J. Langford Maternal Megalomania. Julia Domna and the Imperial Politics of Motherhood. Pp. xiv + 203, ills. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Cased, £28.50, US$55. ISBN: 978-1-4214-0847-7." The Classical Review, vol. 65, no. 1, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Apr. 2015, pp. 200–02. Crossref, doi:10.1017/s0009840x14002182. Full Text
Boatwright, M. T. "CARLOS F. NORENA. Imperial Ideals in the Roman West: Representation, Circulation, Power." The American Historical Review, vol. 118, no. 1, Oxford University Press (OUP), 1 Feb. 2013, pp. 233–34. Crossref, doi:10.1093/ahr/118.1.233. Full Text
Boatwright, Mary T. "The Roman Triumph. By Mary Beard. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007. Pp. 434. $29.95.)." The Historian, vol. 71, no. 4, Informa UK Limited, 1 Dec. 2009, pp. 881–82. Crossref, doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2009.00252_40.x. Full Text
Boatwright, M. T. "Memory of the ancestors: Staging and development of the Roman laudatio-funebris." American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 108, no. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 135–37.
Boatwright, M. T. "Review of J. Arce, Memoria de los antepasados: Puesta en escena y desarrollo del elogio fúnebre romano and of J. Edmondson, T. Nogales Basarrate, and W. Trillmich, Imagen y memoria: Monumentos funerarios con retratos en la colonia Augusta Emerita." American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 108, 2004, pp. 135–37.
Boatwright, Mary Taliaferro. "Bread and Circuses: Euergetism and Municipal Patronage in Roman Italy (review)." American Journal of Philology, vol. 125, no. 2, Project Muse, 2004, pp. 293–96. Crossref, doi:10.1353/ajp.2004.0013. Full Text
Boatwright, M. T. "Image and memory: Funerary monuments with portrait busts in the Colonia Augusta Emerita." American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 108, no. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 135–37.
Boatwright, M. T. "Review of J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz, Decline and Fall of the Roman City." American Historical Review, 2003, pp. 1199–200.
Boatwright, Mary T. "Review: Temples and Towns in Roman Iberia. The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Sanctuary Designs, from the Third Century B. C. to the Third Century A. D. by William E. Mierse." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 59, no. 4, University of California Press, 1 Dec. 2000, pp. 554–56. Crossref, doi:10.2307/991637. Full Text
Boatwright, M. T. "Review of A. R. Birley, Hadrian. The Restless Emperor." Journal of Roman Archaeology, vol. 13, 2000, pp. 593–96.
Boatwright, M. T. "Visualizing Empire in Imperial Rome." Ancient World Views: Institutions and Geography from the Greco-Roman World, edited by L. Brice and D. Slootjes, Brill, 2015, pp. 235–59.
Boatwright, M. T. "Hadrian and the Agrippa Inscription of the Pantheon." Hadrian: Art, Politics and Economy, edited by T. Opper, British Museum, 2013, pp. 19–30.
Boatwright, M. T. "The Elogia of the Volusii Saturnini at Lucus Feroniae, and the Education of their Domestic Service." L'écriture Dans La Maison Romaine, edited by M. Corbier and J. -. P. Guilhembet, de Boccard, 2012, pp. 99–112.
Boatwright, M. T. "Antonine Rome: Security in the Homeland." The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation and Ritual, edited by B. C. Ewald and C. F. Norena, Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 169–97.
Boatwright, M. T. "Children and Parents on the Tombstones of Pannonia." The Roman Family in the Empire: Rome, Italy and Beyond, edited by M. George, Oxford University Press, 2010.
Boatwright, M. T. "Hadrian." Lives of the Caesars, edited by A. A. Barrett, Blackwell, 2008, pp. 155–80.
Boatwright, M. T. "Tacitus and the Final Rites of Agrippina: Annals 14, 9." Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History, edited by C. Deroux, vol. XIV, 2008, pp. 375–93.
Boatwright, M. T. "Trajan Outside Rome: Buildings and Sculptural Commissions in Italian and Provincial Cities." Sage and Emperor, edited by P. Stadter and L. V. D. Stockt, Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2003, pp. 259–77.
Boatwright, M. T. Faustina the Younger, Mater Castrorum. Edited by R. Frei-Stolba and A. Biel, 2003, pp. 249–68.
Boatwright, M. T. "Faustina the Younger, Mater Castrorum." Echo 2: Les Femmes Antiques Entre Sphère Privée et Sphère Publique., edited by R. Frei-Stolba et al., Peter Lang, 2003, pp. 249–68.
Boatwright, M. T. "Acceptance and approval: Romans' non-roman population transfers, 180 B.C.E.-ca 70 C.E." Phoenix, vol. 69, no. 1–2, Mar. 2015, pp. 122–46.
Boatwright, M. T. "Agrippa's Building Inscriptions." Zeitschrift FüR Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, vol. 189, 2014, pp. 255–64.
Boatwright, M. T. "Women and Gender in the Forum Romanum." Transactions of the American Philological Association, vol. 141, no. 1, 2011, pp. 105–41.
Boatwright, M. T. "Matidia the Younger." Echoes De Monde Classique/Classical Views, vol. 26, 1992, pp. 19–32.
Boatwright, M. T. Plancia Magna of Perge, and the Roles and Status of Women in Roman Asia Minor. Edited by S. B. Pomeroy, Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 1991, pp. 249–72.
Boatwright, M. T. "Imperial Women of the Early Second Century A.C." American Journal of Philology, vol. 112, 1991, pp. 513–40.
Boatwright, M. T. Public Architecture in Rome and the Year A.D. 96. Vol. 15, no. 1, 1990, pp. 67–90.
Boatwright, M. T. "Theaters in the Roman Empire." Biblical Archaeologist, vol. 53, 1990, pp. 184–92.
Boatwright, M. T. "Hadrian and Italian Cities." Chiron, vol. 19, 1989, pp. 235–71.
Boatwright, M. T. "Caesar's Second Consulship and the Completion and Date of Bellum Civile." Classical Journal, vol. 84, 1988, pp. 31–40.
Boatwright, M. T. Imagining Regium Lepidi historically: A Roman town in North Italy. Edited by M. Forte, 2016.
Boatwright, M. T. Review of A. Galimberti, Adriano e l'ideologia del principato. 2010.
Boatwright, M. T. New Approaches to Roman Institutional and Political History. 2009.
Boatwright, M. T. 'Res bene gestae': Ricerche di storia urbana su Roma antica in onore di Eva Margareta Steinby. 2009.
Boatwright, M. T. Tacitus and the Wealth, Enrichment, and Impoverishment of the Roman Upper Class. Edited by J. H. D'Arms, 1980.
Boatwright, M. T. "Monuments and Memory: The Romans and Us." News and Observer, 2015.
Boatwright, M. T. "The Antonines." Oxford Bibliographies in Classics, edited by D. Clayman, Oxford University Press, 2014.
Boatwright, M. T. "Capri." Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by M. Gagarin, Oxford University Press, 2009.
Boatwright, M. T. "Review of the British Museum exhibition Hadrian: Empire and Conflict." American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 113, 2009, pp. 121–28.
Boatwright, M. T. "Hadrian in London." American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 113, 2009, pp. 121–28.
Boatwright, M. T. "Hadrian." Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by M. Gagarin, Oxford University Press, 2009.
John and Penelope Biggs Residency in the Classics, Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University in St. Louis. November 2012
Selected Grants
2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians, Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill, May 3-6, 2012 awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2012
"Imperial Mothers and Daughters in Second-Century Rome". Women's Classical Caucus Panel. SCS Annual Meetings. January 2017
"The Imperial Family, and Families in Pannonia and Palmyra" . Palmyrene Portrait Project. Aarhus University, Denmark. October 2016
"Alma Mater? Rome and the Emperor's Mother" . 2016-2017 John Charles Lecturer. Wabash College. September 2016
"TBL Rome: Agrippina and the Temple of Deified Claudius" . Classical Association of the Atlantic States. October 2015
"Agrippina on the Caelian: Imperial Women's Sculptural Presence in Rome" . Gustavus Adolphus College. October 2015
"Domitia Longina and the Criminality of Roman Imperial Women". Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) – Southern Section. October 2014
Participated in outside evaluation of the Department of Classical Studies at Carleton College. November 22, 2013
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Dean's Mill about the turn of the 20th century - there were grist mills, saw mills, and even a paper mill in New Baltimore - prominent examples besides Dean's were Van Bergen's on the Coxsackie Creek, the Powell mill on the Potic Creek, and the Croswell paper mill on the Hannacroix.
|New Baltimore was carved from the Town of Coxsackie on March 15, 1811 by an act of the New York State Legislature. Originally part of the homeland of the Mahican Indians, the Town's boundaries were within the patents granted by the Dutch and English governments to early settlers such as Barent P. Coeymans and Mathias Houghtaling.
Badgley store and post office in Grapeville - turn of 20th century - Charles Badgley was Grapeville Postmaster - Building burned 1910.
|Original settlement dates from at least 1713. Even before formal creation of the Town, the area had thriving mills and farms from the hamlet on the Hudson to what became the settlements of Medway, Grapeville, Stanton Hill, Staco, and their surroundings. Farming continued to grow in subsequent years and continues on a smaller scale today. By 1875, there were 248 farms with 33, 882 acres under cultivation. By the period between World Wars I and II, the Town was second in the County behind in Cairo in acreage devoted to fruit growing and had the largest individual orchards.
Baldwin shipyard about the turn of the 20 century - built about 150 vessels from the mid-1800s through the beginning of the 20th century - New Baltimore had numerous riverside businesses over the years, including Hudson River trades, ice houses, general stores, hotels, and at least 2 short-lived newspapers.
|New Baltimore has been closely associated economically with the Hudson. The natural little bay on the Rivers west shore made a ready spot for handling cargo and passengers, with farmers and millers forming long lines to unload their goods. Shipbuilding and repair reached its peak in the mid-nineteenth century when the Baldwin family took charge and built over 150 barges, tugboats, ferries, and other craft. Because of business demands, the hamlet and other parts of Town had hotels and stores of various types, which lasted well into this century.
From the middle of the 1800s to the advent of powered refrigeration, ice harvesting became a prominent local business, with as many as nine ice houses in Town at one time.Besides tending their farms, mills, and maritime businesses, the settlers began to create the institutions that make up a town.
Churches. Religion formed an important part of the Town's early life. Methodist ministers traveled upriver in the late 1700s to establish religion on the Coeymans Patent. New Baltimore was part of their circuit. Many settlers in the late 1780s were Quakers. They had migrated from Rhode Island and Long Island to Westchester County and up the Hudson in search of good farmland, centered at first in the Stanton Hill area. The Medway Congregational Christian Church was established in 1807, followed by the Grapeville Baptist Church, the New Baltimore Reformed Church, the Medway Methodist Church, First Baptist Church of New Baltimore, and most recently, the Grace Covenant Church.
Schools. In 1812, the New York State Legislature provided for establishing a system of common schools throughout the State. Quickly taking the initiative, the newly organized New Baltimore Commissioners of Common Schools met and divided the Town into 9 school districts. By 1866, the Town's districts numbered 17. As the 1920s dawned, many rural school districts were facing shrinking enrollments and tax bases and pressure increased for the consolidations that the State had been promoting for some years. Thus, the Town's schools started to disappear into surrounding districts, with the last going in 1963.
Fire Companies. In 1896, property belonging to a local tailor burned in the hamlet. As a result, several prominent businessmen organized the Cornell Hook and Ladder Company, named in honor of a primary benefactor of the Company. As the population grew toward the western part of Town, local citizens were motivated to establish another company. Previously relying on Greenville or Coxsackie for fire coverage, they established the Medway-Grapeville Fire Company, which was formally incorporated in 1947.
The Town has never been isolated from the rest of the world, with River traffic and ten New York Central trains stopping at New Baltimore Station daily in 1910. However, the opening of Route 9W may have been the pivotal point in Town history. A result of the coming of the automobile age and the first modern highway built to link Albany to the south, this road made it easier to commute. So today, New Baltimore with its rich history is primarily a residence for those who still farm and run local businesses, retirees, and people who work in places like Albany, Selkirk, and other parts of Greene County.


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Grab drilling
1. Insertion of the casings
2. Emptying of the casings, e.g. with bored pile grab
3. Inserting the reinforcement
4. Concreting and step by step extraction of the casing
5. Finished pile
Drilling with bored pile grab is one of the oldest dry drilling methods and is still common today. Depending on the tools used, e.g. bored pile grab, chisel or special tools hanging on a duty cycle crawler crane, the soil is loosened either by cutting or impact driving. This method is applied, for instance, for well drilling with small drilling diameter or for the production of cast-in-place piles with sometimes very large diameters.


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This is all kinds of crazy, scary, ridiculous, and downright unbelievable, but this video purportedly shows thieves attempting to rob a truck while it's barreling down the highway somewhere in Romania.
The video almost looks CG at times, but it was apparently shot from afar by the country's Department for Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) using specialized camera equipment. It shows the gang's vehicle first sneaking up behind the truck, and once it's in position, one of the passengers (who presumably drew the short straw that morning) climbs out of the sunroof and onto the hood while another holds his legs. Using special tools the thief then cuts the lock and opens the truck's back doors, only to find nothing worth pinching, so the gang aborts their Ocean's 11-like stunt.
Surprisingly, this apparently isn't the first time the gang has used this 'highway robbery' trick. Which is why the DIICOT was filming this latest attempt, instead of trying to foil it, in a continued attempt to build a case against the perpetrators. [YouTube via Nothing To Do With Arbroath]


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Mushrooms on Toast Recipe
Like any great brunch, this dish comes together quickly with few ingredients that won't be in the pantry. Mushrooms on toast are a classic dreary morning breakfast, made better by a pot of hot black tea and a newspaper. Although button mushrooms are a great easy standard, there are so many fantastic mushrooms to choose from it can be hard to stick with just one. Try a variety of different mushrooms to give this brunch standard a new twist.
Other than switching out the mushrooms, a few other ingredients that can be a good alteration to this basic recipe are red or white wine (deglaze before you add the stock), any sort of fresh herb (outside of the parsley garnish) or my personal favorite—a fried egg on top.
- Yield:serves 4
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 32 ounces fresh button mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- dash Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup cream
- Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
- 4 slices bread
- Finely chopped parsley (optional)
Melt butter in large skillet over medium high heat, add onions and cook until soft and beginning to brown. Add sliced mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until mushrooms begin to brown and release their liquid. Cook until only a few tablespoons of the liquid released from the mushrooms are left in the bottom of the pan.
Add chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Season with Worcestershire sauce, then add cream and continue to cook until liquid has reduced and sauce has begun to thicken. Toast the sliced bread. Season mushrooms to taste with salt and pepper, and top each piece of toast with an even amount of mushrooms. Garnish with sliced parsley.
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AT&T 4G LTE Available in Carbondale-Marion
Customers to benefit from nation's fastest 4G LTE network on the latest devices
Carbondale, Illinois, April 03, 2013
AT&T* has turned on the nation's fastest 4G LTE network** in the Carbondale area, including Marion, Benton, Carterville, Energy, Herrin, Johnston City, Murphysboro, and West Frankfort, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. Watch here to see several of the benefits AT&T 4G LTE provides, including:
- Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering speeds faster than many other mobile Internet technologies***. Customers can stream, download, upload and game faster than ever before. .
- Cool new devices. AT&T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including new AT&T 4G LTE smartphones and tablets.
- Faster response time. LTE technology offers lower latency, or the processing time it takes to move data through a network, such as how long it takes to start downloading a webpage or file once you've sent the request. Lower latency helps to improve services like mobile gaming, two-way video calling and telemedicine.
- More efficient use of spectrum. Wireless spectrum is a finite resource, and LTE uses spectrum more efficiently than other technologies, creating more space to carry data traffic and services and to deliver a better network experience.
"Our goal is for our customers to have an extraordinary experience, and they'll be able to download, upload, stream and game faster than ever before on our 4G LTE network," said AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza. "We're always looking for new opportunities to provide enhanced coverage for consumers and businesses in the new Internet-based economy, and this investment in our Carbondale wireless network is another way we're accomplishing that goal."
AT&T invested nearly $3.3 billion in its Illinois wireless and wireline networks from 2010 through 2012.
AT&T's 4G Network
AT&T's innovation and investment has resulted in the nation's largest 4G network, covering 288 million people with ultra-fast speeds and a more consistent user experience. Our 4G LTE network delivered faster average download speeds than any of our competitors in PCWorld's most recent 13-market speed tests.
AT&T's 4G LTE network delivers speeds faster than many other mobile Internet technologies,, as well as multiple innovations that optimize the network for performance. Our network's radio components are placed close to the antenna at most cell sites, instead of inside the base station, which helps minimize power loss between the base station and antenna and, in turn, improves the performance of our 4G LTE network. The network also is designed with its core elements distributed across the country, which helps reduce latency, or the delay when using the Internet, because your request isn't traveling as far.
Even as AT&T continues to expand its 4G LTE coverage, customers can get 4G speeds outside of 4G LTE areas on our 4G HSPA+ network, unlike competitors, where smartphone customers fall back to slower 3G technologies when outside of LTE coverage.
AT&T's focus to deliver the best possible mobile Internet experience goes beyond 4G to embrace additional connection technologies. AT&T operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network**** including more than 32,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers, and provides access to more than 402,000 hotspots globally through roaming agreements. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans.
AT&T also is a leading developer of Distributed Antenna Systems, which utilize multiple small antennas to maximize coverage and speed within stadiums, convention centers, office buildings, hotels and other areas where traditional coverage methods are challenging.
Over the past five years, AT&T invested nearly $98 billion into operations. Since 2008, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a July 2012 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. "Investment Heroes."


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Aurora is sick - stricken with a mysterious illness that has caused her to fall into a deep sleep. All seems lost for her father, the Duke.
That's where you come in. Stepping into the shoes of Aurora, you awake, not in your home of Austria, but the mythical world of Lemuria. What's more - the dark Queen, Umbra, has stolen the sun, moon and stars. Even stranger is that everyone speaks in rhyme... Can you recover these celestial bodies and find a way to get back to your father?
Every detail of Child of Light is exquisite, with the watercolour art style astounding at every turn. The beautifully crafted world encourages you to explore every inch of each location - finding hidden chests and power-ups as you go.
Soon after the beginning of the game you'll come across the Lady of the Forest. To aid you on your journey, and to make getting about even easier, she uses magical stardust to create a pair of fairy wings for Aurora. From then on the ability to fly is all yours.
Travelling through Mathildis Forest to Cynbel Sea and beyond, Aurora's story is carefully handcrafted and packaged within the charming wrapper of rhyme. Each character you come across chats in intricate rhyming couplets that will have you smiling every time you meet someone new.
Soon after waking up in Lemuria, you'll come across a curious little firefly called Igniculus. Use your DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller's right stick to move your plucky flying partner around the screen - on top of helping you to solve puzzles as you journey across Lemuria, Igniculus can shine extra bright during battle, dazzling enemies to slow their actions.
As you venture deeper into the world of Lemuria, you'll slowly begin to gather a colourful band of characters who will offer their help in battle in return for your aid through quests. Rubella, the lost circus trapeze artist (who struggles with rhyme), Robert the cunning mouse and Finn, the magic user from the village of Capilli, are just some of the fellow adventurers you'll meet along the way.
Switch between characters during combat to use the full range of abilities at the disposal of your party. In later battles you'll need to swap party members regularly to find enemy weaknesses to smash your foes and achieve victory. Using elemental weaknesses, such as casting water spells on enemies made of fire, is a great way to gain the upper hand early on.
Strengthening your characters is achieved through battling monsters to gain experience. As well as learning new abilities and increasing your defence, attack and magic by gaining levels, hidden gems - called Oculi - can be found throughout Lemuria and as a reward for beating certain enemies.
Equip these Oculi to power up your shields, boost your attack and grant other bonuses to your characters during combat. You can also combine Oculi to create more powerful gems and even brand new ones.


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Revolutionizing and personalizing global health
April 2013
"Every generation needs a new revolution." Thomas Jefferson's words are poignant and timely, as we sit on the cusp of an urgently needed revolution to transform health on a personalized and global scale.
While we are buoyed by some extraordinary scientific and medical breakthroughs in recent years, we are mindful that most common diseases still cannot be effectively treated by existing therapies. Many cancers, including breast, lung, colon and prostate, are incurable once they have metastasized, while heart disease and stroke remain leading causes of mortality. Based on the current trajectory, cancer and type 2 diabetes will double by 2030, while Alzheimer's disease will triple by 2050. Consequently, these and other rising non-communicable diseases are on track to wreak havoc with most economiesand most families.
Environmental factors such as obesity and exposure to pollutants are having a growing impact on our health, and left unchecked, will outpace our ability to innovate cost effective solutions. These issues are compounded with the impact of aging in most developed and many developing countries. The largest global health study ever conducted (Lancet, Dec. 2012) showed that despite the fact that people are living longer, they are doing so in poor health. For every year of longer life, only 9.5 months are in good health, while the rest are in a diminished state, and the numbers get progressively worse for people aged 50 and up.
This leaves us with the quadruple challenge of finding (1) improved diagnosis/screening for early-stage detection and disease predisposition; (2) personalized treatments that are safe and efficacious; (3) the actual prevention of disease; and (4) affordable healthcare that does not cripple global economies. While daunting, these goals are attainable, thanks to the culmination of decades of research in genomics, epigenomics, proteomics and other fields, yielding an unprecedented understanding of diseases as complex as cancer, as well as mechanistic insight into environmental factors that impact health. Broadly, the new transformative disciplines fall into six key categories.
(1) Genomic analysis
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has transformed our understanding of many diseases, especially cancer. Thanks to NGS, we understand cancer to be a disparate collection of molecular diseases and should be treated accordingly. NGS is increasingly being incorporated into clinical trials, and may eventually be a routine stratification tool. Arguably the most impactful application of NGS is in the clinic, in life-critical situations such as guiding treatment for cancer patients and identifying rare disease-causing mutations in newborns. Translating NGS from a research platform to a clinically useful tool has been possible thanks to a dramatic shift in cost and efficiency, as well as key ancillary technologies that enable efficient extraction of DNA from diminishingly small tumor samples.
Coming swiftly upon the heels of NGS is the field of epigenomics, which has grown exponentially over the past decade. Thanks to a growing suite of analytical tools that can measure DNA methylation, histone acetylation and microRNA expression in high throughput, we have the ability to assess the molecular effect of specific environmental factors on the epigenome, and link this to phenotype and disease causation. In the past year alone, we have seen a wealth of evidence supporting an environmental link with diseases such as cancer, types 1 and 2 diabetes, allergies, asthma and many others. We are also learning about the direct molecular link between nutrition and energy metabolism, and the effect on epigenetics and ultimately disease.
Using new innovative technologies to understand the direct molecular influence of our environment on health is a significant step towards figuring out how to stopand ideally reversethe imminent explosion of non-communicable diseases.
(2) Biomarkers and companion diagnostics
An important consequence of genomics and other 'omic analyses has been the discovery and validation of a large, growing number of clinically useful biomarkers and biosignatures. The impact of these on clinical practice has been profound and swift, ranging from their inclusion in virtually all clinical trials from the outset, through to their use in the clinic for diagnosing patients and guiding treatment to ensure optimal safety and efficacy. The greatest impact thus far has been in the field of cancer, where the analysis of a patient's tumor biomarkers is increasingly becoming standard of care.
As with genomics, the successful transition of biomarkers, companion diagnostics and personalized medicine into mainstream clinical practice is contingent on analytical tools that are accurate, robust, efficient, scalable, cost-effective and that extract very large amounts of information from exceedingly small clinical samples. Automation is key to addressing the issues of efficiency, reproducibility, scale and cost, as companies transition their diagnostic assays from small scale to commercial launch. As samples become smaller and less invasive, the ability to multiplex, measuring multiple biomarkers simultaneously, is critical for maximizing information and enabling accurate diagnosis. Consequently, multiplexed platforms are becoming increasingly important in personalized cancer medicine.
In the field of cancer, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) represent a paradigm-shifting biomarker. CTCs are "liquid biopsies" based on a blood draw, and thus are more amenable to routine screening. While it is well established that the measurable presence of CTCs in blood is correlated with poor prognosis for various solid tumor types, the clinical utility of this approach has been limited by the poor sensitivity of the assay, providing little clinically actionable information. In recent years, progress in microfluidics and engineering has produced a new generation of CTC platforms that are tenfold more sensitive than earlier versions, and allow isolation of single cells for various omics analyses. One near-term benefit will be tests to gauge a patient's response to a targeted therapy in days rather than weeks, giving physicians vital time to adjust and find the optimum therapy.
(3) Imaging and pathology
One important tenet of disease diagnosis and treatment continues to be biological contextual and heterogeneity information, as these provide clinically informative data that is lost with most omics technologies, which typically use isolated homogenized samples. The continued strong growth in histopathology highlights the importance of direct biomarker visualization and contextual analysis. Multiplexing provides another important dimension, maximizing clinically relevant information from each precious tumor sample.
Preclinical in-vivo imaging continues to be one of the most critical enabling technologies in translational medicine, allowing non-invasive longitudinal studies to track the impact of therapeutic candidates in animals. The importance of these technologies is underscored by the fact that many approved drugs were validated preclinically using them, including Pfizer's Sutent and Lyrica, Roche's Zelboraf and Novartis' Zometa.
Building on the success of in-vivo imaging, the same fluorescence-based imaging technologies are being translated to human surgery, whereby they enable surgeons to visualize precisely cancer tissues in real-time during surgery, and excise the optimal amounts of tissue. Intraoperative imaging promises significant benefits in cancer, reducing repeat surgeries as well as the risk of tumor spread from non-excised cancerous tissue.
(4) Targeted small molecules, therapeutics and vaccines
The availability of genomic information has transformed our ability to design and optimize targeted small-molecule drugs and biologics that can treat patients more safely and effectively. This is further enhanced by layering in biomarkers and companion diagnostics, oftentimes enabling treatment of diseases that were hitherto untreatable or that were not economically viable, such as orphan diseases including many life-threatening cancers that affect very small numbers of patients.
Underpinning the successful development of these novel treatments has been the fusion of information from many disruptive tools that span a broad range of platforms, from molecular and cellular assays, NGS, high-throughput biomarker analysis, preclinical imaging to "high-context" multiplexed immunohistochemical tissue imaging. A critical feature common to the most useful tools is their ability to seamlessly translate from bench to clinic across the "in-vitro to in-vivo to human bridge"the great divide that separates clinical success and failure. This is especially true for cancer research, where many promising in-vitro and preclinical candidates have failed when tested in humans.
(5) Cellular systems
One of the greatest objectives in medicine is treating the underlying cause, rather than just the symptoms. Regenerative medicine, although slow to start, is now gaining traction, with a growing number of stem cell therapies in late-stage clinical trials spanning a wide range of acute and chronic diseases. While still in relative stealth mode, regenerative medicine should not be underestimated, particularly for addressing the impact of age-related disease and thereby bending the healthcare cost curve.
Cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders, which increase exponentially with age, can potentially be addressed using stem cell therapies, as evidenced by very encouraging clinical progress on multiple fronts. As with small-molecule and biologic therapeutics, innovative translational tools that span the in-vitro to in-vivo to human continuum have been critical for establishing the safety and efficacy of these potent cellular treatments.
(6) Informatics
The aforementioned technologies and disciplines are generating mind-boggling amounts of data at an accelerating pace. The final critical piece that fuses all of these data and helps leverage the tremendous power of this information is bioinformatics. As the complexity and volume of data continue to rise, bioinformatics is emerging as one of the cornerstones of personalized medicine, from enabling discovery and development of novel treatments and diagnostics to facilitating collection, analysis and interpretation of data that ultimately helps an individual patient.
The convergence of biological information with the availability of a formidable collection of disruptive and innovative tools that enable personalized medicine leads me to believe that we now have the means to affordably improve health through better diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Moreover, the scalability of these tools combined with the rapid dissemination of information means that the benefits in improved health will likely have a global impact.
E. Kevin Hrusovsky was appointed president of life sciences and technology at PerkinElmer Inc. in November 2011 following the company's acquisition of Caliper Inc., where Hrusovsky had served as CEO since July 2003. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Zymark Corp. He received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University and an M.B.A. degree from Ohio University.
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Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.
The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here's a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.
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Reebok is the original fitness brand. Fitness is who we are.
We pioneered a fitness movement and we are still pioneering today. Every day we are creating products for those who love fitness as much as we do; products that allow you to get every ounce out of your work-out, run, walk, yoga, step or dance class.
We believe fitness is a way of life… that as humans we were made to move. Movement not only makes your body stronger, it makes you the best possible you…body, mind and spirit.
At Reebok, our employees embrace this mission and are encouraged to reach for their fitness goals – as well as their career and personal goals. It's part of the fabric of who we are and what we stand for.
As a Reebok Team Leader, you are responsible for assisting the
leadership team with driving sales results. As a member of
management, your primary focus is to be a presence on the sales floor and ensure customers are receiving a high level of customer service. Team Leaders also play a crucial role in creating and
maintaining a team environment within the store.
Key Accountabilities
You drive sales by identifying areas of improvement and making
suggestions to drive best possible return on key performance
You are a service expert by seamlessly integrating sales techniques into service approach to drive sales.
You use advanced Category knowledge to sell by supporting team during the sales process when customers require deeper product knowledge.
You perform store operations by being detail-oriented in receiving, displaying, merchandising and replenishing product, as well as in maintaining a clean and organized store environment.
You foster teamwork by understanding when other team members need help and willingly offering support and feedback to improve their performance.
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At Reebok, we're not defined by a sport or a season, but by a way of life. From early morning runs to lunchtime workouts to biking and hiking, fitness is what wakes us up in the morning, what we think about all day and what drives us toward tomorrow.
So is Reebok a fit for you? Apply for this role to find out.
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At Reebok, our employees are encouraged to reach their career, fitness and personal goals. In an effort to gain a better understanding of who you are and how we can help you succeed, we require that you complete a pre-hire assessment as part of our application process. The assessment takes roughly 30 minutes to complete and you are able to start and finish at your convenience. Please note the assessment must be complete before we can consider your application.


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I see more and more of these rides high rolling down the freeways. And I always wonder with the rubber band low profile tires on those ginormous wheels what happens when you get a flat?
Chances are the folks who modify these cars don't buy five rims when they pick up their chrome 22s or 32s or whatever outrageous wheel size they are up to now. Looking at the stance of the car there is no way a stock size spare, or even worse, a space saver donut is going to work on a single corner of the car. So do these guys have a big spare wheel in the trunk? Chances are probably not. That takes up too much room which is needed for more important things, like four 12 inch woofers and amplifiers.
Looking at this car, the Jay-Z song "I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one" finally makes sense to me now.


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Ginkgo Bioworks is the organism company. We design custom organisms for customers across multiple markets. We build our foundries to scale the process of organism engineering using software and hardware automation. Organism engineers at Ginkgo learn from nature to develop new organisms that replace technology with biology.
Move Over, Jony Ive—Biologists Are the Next Rock Star Designers.
With help from software-directed robots, 10 technicians in [Ginkgo's] factory can equal the output of 50 to 100 scientists working by hand at a bench.
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Resurrecting Hebrew
The stirring story of how Hebrew was transformed from a dead language to the living tongue of a modern nation, Ilan Stavans' quest began with a dream featuring a beautiful woman speaking an unfamiliar language. The language was Hebrew, and he set out in search of the man who revived it at the end of the 19th century, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. Stavans raised important questions about the role language plays in Jewish survival, questions that explored the origins of Israel and the idea of a promised land.
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CKSC wins the MMTLBA grand slam!
The Chiang Kai Shek Blue Dragons put their mark on Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association (MMTLBA) history by notching an unprecedented grand slam, winning the title in all three MMTLBA divisions.
They were seeded third in the MMTLBA's version of the Final Four, and they faced perennial powerhouse Xavier School in the semifinals. Xavier, led by the highly-sought-after Jeron Teng, carried a twice-to-beat edge, but it was all for naught as the Blue Dragons of coach Goldwin Monteverde all but obliterated the Golden Stallions. CKSC beat Xavier, 83-76, in the first game before deflating them, 70-50, in the decider.
The Dragons faced top-seeded Hope Christian High School (HCHS) in the Finals, and they surprised everyone by, once again, sweeping the more heavily-favored team. Burly forward John Kevin Baytan, who, reportedly, might suit up for Adamson University in the UAAP, normed 17.0ppg, 9.0rpg, and 1.5spg for Chiang Kai Shek in the Finals.
Other CKSC players who contributed significantly were Kimlee Bayquin, John Paul Nieles, and Carlo Young. Bayquin and Young are still playing for CKSC this season, and they should be interesting prospects for several collegiate programs mid-2013. Another interesting CKSC prospect is 6'6" tower of power Wilson Bartolome, who normed 5.5 blocks per game in the Finals while also averaging 9.0ppg, and 7.0rpg. He's no Justin Chua, but he might develop into an intriguing big man in the seniors ranks.
On the HCHS side, Clint Doliguez, King Benemerito, Janrey Garrido, Errol Villar, and John Apacible all played well. Doliguez and Apacible are still currently playing for HCHS, and they played big as Hope Christian won the title in the inaugural Philippine Secondary Schools Basketball Championship (PSSBC) late in 2012. Garrido and Villar were both part of the UST Growling Tigers in UAAP Season 75.
NU wins the Filoil Tourney
The NU Bulldogs were supremely dominant in their 2012 Filoil Flying V Hanes Cup championship run, going through all their eleven games undefeated.
In doing this, Ray Parks and his pack sent a powerful message to the rest of the local college basketball scene. In the Finals, Parks was, once again, the hero of the day. The tournament MVP scattered 19 points, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 2 assists, and stole the ball twice to lead NU over the gritty and much-improved DLSU Green Archers. Emmanuel Mbe, adjudged the Defensive Player of the Tournament, also did well, finishing with 13 points, 15 boards, and 2 rejections, while Gelo Alolino stepped up with 10 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists.
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NU Bulldogs captured the 2012 Filoil Flying V Hanes Cup.
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LA Revilla and Norbert Torres led the Geen & White with 14 and 13 markers respectively. Both teams eventually did well in the following UAAP season, and they both returned to the Final Four. NU's last time trip to the UAAP postseason was way back in 2001, while the Archers failed to make it in 2011.
San Beda dominates NCAA Srs & Jrs
Once again, San Beda was the undisputed #1 force in NCAA Basketball as the Red Lions and Red Cubs romped their way to the Seniors and Juniors titles respectively.
The Lions gifted rookie mentor Ronnie Magsanoc with an NCAA title, dominating the Letran Knights, 67-39, in Game Three of the Finals. The diminutive duo of Anjo Caram and Baser Amer led San Beda with a combined 31 points, while Jake Pascual tossed in 10 markers and grabbed 9 rebounds. San Beda shot just 36% from the field, but their defense held firm, holding the Knights to just 27% FG shooting. They also managed to shackle Letran shooter Kevin Alas to just 11 markers on 5-of-21 shooting.
This was San Beda's third straight crown in the NCAA Seniors Division.
The Lions' little brothers also copped the title in theJuniors Division, beating the San Sebastian Staglets in two games.
Red Cub Javee Mocon was adjudged Finals MVP after averaging 12.5 points and 14.0 rebounds in the Championship series. RP-Youth Team members Arvin Tolentino and Andrei Caracut also did well for Beda as they normed 16.5ppg and 15.0ppg respectively in the Finals. Mocon, Tolentino, Caracut, and fellow RP-Youth stalwarts Rev Diputado and Ranbill Tongco all have one more year to continue powering the Red Cubs. Another star Red Cub, Van Abatayo, is, reportedly, already practicing with the Red Lions' Team B next season, while
FEU-FERN nails UAAP Jrs title
Finally, the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws of coach Michael Oliver were able to annex the elusive UAAP Juniors title, thanks mainly to the cut-above-the-rest play of graduating guard Jerie Pingoy.
Pingoy led the Baby Tams in a vengeful sweep of the NU Bullpups a year after the Bullpups defeated Pingoy's crew in the Season 74 Juniors Finals. Pingoy normed 21.0ppg, 6.5rpg, 5.5apg, and 4.0spg for FEU in this season's Finals. The Baby Tams escaped the Ateneo Blue Eaglets in the Final Four, 70-67, before going through the wringer in beating NU, 78-77, in Game One.
Game Two was, quite literally, a marathon match. FEU and NU battled through three overtimes before a champion was crowned. Pingoy once again led the way for FEU as he spearheaded a decisive 8-2 spurt in the third extra session that all but sealed the title for the Baby Tams. Pingoy was co-scoring leader for the entire division during the elimination round with 21.0ppg. He was tied with De La Salle-Zobel's Renzo Subido, who's tagged to be one of the breakout stars in next season's Juniors wars.
Pingoy, meanwhile, is being wooed by several college programs, but the ones that have made the most noise are the FEU Tamaraws and the Ateneo Blue Eagles.
Ateneo bags the 5-peat
The Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles made history, exorcised their demons, and gave their decorated mentor a fitting farewell by copping their fifth straight UAAP Seniors Basketball crown after beating the UST Growling Tigers.
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Seniors basketball titles in the UAAP's Final Four era.
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Super sophomore Kiefer Ravena led the Eagles' drive for five in the championship-clinching second Finals game with 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists, while the towering Greg Slaughter registered 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 rejections. Senior point guard Juami Tiongson also stepped up with 10 points, 3 assists, and 2 swipes, including the critical steal off a Tata Bautista pass in the endgame to close out the match.
UST, meanwhile, was led by graduating playmaker Jeric Fortuna, who finished with 20 points, 8 boards, and 6 dimes in his final UAAP game. Nobody else scored more than 9 points for the Growling Tigers, who were hoping for a repeat of their 2006 title journey against the Eagles.
With this win, Ateneo did what no other UAAP program has been able to do since the Final Four was instituted in the early '90s. They went one up on UST and DLSU, both of whom achieved rare four-peats, by annexing their fifth Seniors crown in a row. This became Ateneo's eighth UAAP Seniors hoops crown overall.
UST wins PCCL crown
The Growling Tigers of coach Pido Jarencio exacted a significant measure of revenge on their UAAP Finals tormentors when UST beat Ateneo in Game 3 of the PCCL National Finals.
Jeric Teng drilled in 22 markers as the Tigers won their first PCCL national crown. He shot three of his five three-pointers in the pivotal fourth period as UST kept Ateneo at bay. Teng was also named Tournament MVP.
He was ably supported by Kevin Ferrer, who ended up with 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 assists. Ferrer typified the Tigers' aggressiveness in the game, as UST outrebounded Ateneo, 47-32, which resulted in 21 second-chance points for the España crew.
Ryan Buenafe and Kiefer Ravena scored 20 points each to lead Ateneo's losing cause. Had they won, the Eagles would have snared their fourth PCCL trophy.
LSGH tops Milo BEST
The future superstars of Philippine basketball were on display in the National Finals of the Milo BEST SBP (Small Basketeers of the Philippines) and Passerelle tournaments, with the La Salle Greenhills (LSGH) Junior Blazers emerging as champs in both divisions.
LSGH drubbed University of San Carlos, 60-49, in the SBP Division, while LSGH also beat the University of the Visayas, 83-77, in the Passerelle Division.
Shan Exequiel Vesagas and Miguel Alfonso Santos paired up for 27 points to lead the Junior Blazers in their SBP conquest. Neon Chavez finished with 13 points for USC, which was the favorite after going 3-0 in the round-robin semifinals.
|The LSGH Greenies -- SBP Champions of 2012.
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In the Passerelle meet, Carlo Abadeza and Michael dela Cruz combined for 28 markers to lead LSGH in the title-clinching match. Dela Cruz's triple in the dying seconds ensured the victory for the Greenies. Dave Cabanilla led the Baby Lancers of UV with a game-high 20 points.
|The LSGH Greenies -- Passerelle Champions of 2012.
(image from the BEST Sports Center Facebook page)
We would all do well to keep tabs on those aforementioned names as they will surely make waves in the UAAP and NCAA wars in the next five years or so.
Coaching Carousel
Coach Pido Jarencio of UST and coach Ronnie Magsanoc of San Beda surprised many fans when they tendered their resignations after this year's collegiate basketball season. They were, however, not the only ones who bid their respective schools and programs adieu.
Here's a list of the coaches who, as of this writing, will no longer helm their respective teams:
- Coach Norman Black announced his decision to end hisstint in the UAAP and return to the PBA after Season 75.
- Coach Pido Jarencio steps down as UST mentor.
- Coach Ronnie Magsanoc resigns from being the San Beda Head Coach.
- Coach Bert Flores steps down after failing to steer the Tamaraws into the Final Four.
- Coach Allan Trinidad was removed from his post by the San Sebastian administration. As he departs, his Kampangan recruits have also reportedly bolted Baste.
- Coach Richard Del Rosario resigns as CSB's Head Coach.
- Coach Chito Victolero resigns as Mapua's Head Coach.
- Coach Louie Alas steps down as the Letran Knights' head tactician.
MVP pulls out of… then returns to Ateneo
In what will certainly be remembered as one of the most bizarre turnarounds in the local sports scene, long-time Ateneo patron Manny V. Pangilinan (MVP) completely detached himself from his alma mater after conflicting stances on sensitive social issues. This was, however, reversed a couple of months later with the announcement that Ateneo and MVP had mended their ties and have renewed their mutually fruitful partnership for the foreseeable future.
This is the last of a four-part "Top Basketball Stories of 2012" series. You may find the other parts (NBA, PBA, and International Basketball) by clicking here.


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A Japanese man who runs on his arms and legs broke his own Guinness world record for the 100-meter dash on Thursday, at the ninth annual Guinness World Records Day.
Kenichi Ito finished in 16.87 seconds, shaving more than half a second off his 2012 run of 17.47 seconds.
The 30-year-old Japanese has been training for a decade. He studies how primates move through books, videos and zoo visits, and even tries to move on all fours in his everyday life.
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Ito hopes racing on four limbs will one day become an official track and field event.
Carlos Martinez, an official adjudicator for Guinness World Records, was on hand to witness the attempt and announced afterward that Ito had set a record.
Several more records have been set on the Guinness World Records Day -- three of them set by Americans, according to NBC's "Today" show.
Brooklyn's Scott Weiner set the mark for thr largest collection of pizza boxes with 595 gathered from 45 different countries.
Texan Tim Wade, 17, set the male record for most consecutive handsprings with 46. And a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, Thunder Law, threw a basketball 109 feet, 9 inches into a hoop to set the record for longest basketball shot.
The feats have been officially verified as world records, said Guinness spokesperson Sara Wilcox.
"Guinness World Records Day brings together likeminded people, whether they're hula-hoopers, ninjas, sword swallowers, or penguin fancy-dressers," said Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief, Craig Glenday, in a press release. "It's one thing to be amazing, but are you 'officially amazing'?"


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We've moved to Flickr...please follow us. Pretty please.
Ok, so flickr friday is not a totally original idea, but there's so much great pedestrian photography out there that I thought it silly not to take advantage of such awesome material and help promote fellow typophiles. So here goes...
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Thanks to Hulu, you don't have to stay up past your bedtime on Saturday nights just to catch SNL. You can get all the goodness online for free whenever you feel like it. Wrong! Splitsider points out that some of the best sketches aren't ever posted online for legal reasons.
When SNL is posted online after it airs, NBC usually leaves out one or two sketches because they contain licensed music. Every time SNL uses music in a sketch it does the responsible thing and pays for it.
NBC has to pay a large amount of money to get the rights to use a copyrighted song in a sketch, and that amount increases significantly if that sketch will be posted online (NBC's website and sites like Hulu, which has a contract with NBC). So any part of the show that would complicate negotiations with record labels should it be posted online is removed from the version of the episode on Hulu.
Check out Splitsider's roundup of the best stuff you're missing by watching SNL on the interwaves instead of the airwaves. [Splitsider]


text: VW's first very small car below the Polo, good but fragile. The Lupo was introduced in 1998 to fill a gap at the bottom of the Volkswagen model range caused by the increasing size and weight of the Polo. The 1998 Lupo was a badge-engineered version of the stablemate 1997 SEAT Arosa.


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Several separate elements go into making a space mission. They include the space and ground segment, for flight operations and utilisation as well as the launcher and communications infrastructure. A spacecraft itself is made of many elements with various individual subsystems being developed by specialist teams.
Systems engineers are the people who develop the mission architecture to meet user needs, the spacecraft as a whole, working out how the various pieces are going to fit together. They design the mission and spacecraft architecture, define how it is going to be constructed in practice then oversee the integration of mission elements and spacecraft subsystems to create the final result.
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Space missions have to be developed within financial constraints. Cost is a key system design parameter. Cost engineering is an essential part of systems engineering.
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Theology professor Roberto Goizueta offers a crash course on the popular traditions of Latino Catholics.
Every community within the church celebrates different traditions and customs that stem from a variety of cultures, time periods, and countries. These traditions serve to enrich and deepen the faith life of an individual or a community. The feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12) provides the perfect opportunity to explore the popular traditions of one such faith community: Latino Catholics.
In this web-exclusive excerpt from his interview with U.S. Catholic (published in August 2013), Roberto Goizueta, professor of Catholic theology at Boston College and the author of Christ Our Companion (Orbis) helps to explain the significance and deep spiritual meaning of popular Latino Catholic devotions.
What makes the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe so powerful?
The story of Guadalupe is also the story of an indigenous man, Juan Diego, who at the beginning tells Guadalupe, "I am a nobody." He literally uses the term "piece of dung" or excrement. "You're asking me to go to the bishop in Mexico City and tell him to build you a chapel on this hill, Tepeyac?" It sounds crazy to him. "I'm a nobody. Find somebody else."
But, during the series of conversations he has with her, she continually refers to him as "my most beloved Juan Diego, my dear child." And as a result, he gradually goes from being somebody who experienced himself as having no dignity to, finally, being eager to go to the bishop. "Let me go. I want to go."
Not only that, but at a certain point in the story—when Guadalupe tells him that she needs to see him—he even avoids seeing her because his uncle is sick and he has to go look for a priest to give his uncle the last rites. He tries to sneak around her and, in fact, disobeys her. But that very act of disobedience in that story is also a reflection of how he's gone from seeing himself as a nobody to seeing himself as somebody who is now even able to go against the wishes of the Virgin.
It is the story of somebody who goes from being an object of other people's actions to somebody who is now capable of being the subject of his own actions and his own life. Why does that happen? The only reason is the relationship he develops with Guadalupe. It's through that relationship, in which he comes to see himself as lovable and loved, that he becomes a self, an agent, a person.
This is very different from the way we tend to think of human agency in our individualistic society. We tend to think of relationships as burdens upon or limitations upon our agency. Whereas in the story of Guadalupe—as in the Latino community and in Christian faith—our human agency, our human dignity, our autonomy even, are not burdened by relationships; they are given birth by relationships.
I want to raise my children in such a way that they will have the strong sense of self to eventually disagree with me, and maybe even reject some of what I have taught them. But that can only happen to the extent that they've been raised in strong relationships of love. And also, by the way, to have the sense of self and strength that they don't have to be beholden to their peers and to the culture and to the larger society.
I want them to be able to say, "No, that's not what I think." So that relationships are not limitations on freedom, but at least normally and ideally, are the source of real freedom.
On the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Latinos gather in huge crowds for the Mañanitas at churches and Guadalupe shrines. Why are they coming, what's drawing them?
Guadalupe is a very special and unique kind of devotion. As Virgil Elizondo writes, there would be no Mexican people without Guadalupe. This story of Guadalupe and Juan Diego emerges at the moment of deepest distress and despair among the Aztecs in the 16th century, when they had been exterminated by the Spaniards. It gives hope to the people that, yes, God is with us. It not only makes possible the evangelization of Mexico, but it also makes possible the birth of the Mexican nation and the Mexican people, out of the ashes of despair and death. So Guadalupe is not only a symbol of a religious identity; being Mexican is almost synonymous with being Guadalupan.
You go into any Mexican community or neighborhood, in the United States or in Mexico, you see images of Guadalupe all over the place, regardless of how particularly religious somebody may be or not. I think part of that is that Guadalupe's much more than a Marian apparition. It is that, but it's also an encounter between the Virgin and Juan Diego.
That's why Juan Diego was canonized. The story is not just about Guadalupe, it's about Guadalupe and Juan Diego. The Mexican people identify with Juan Diego, and therefore Guadalupe is a very powerful symbol.
Latino popular Catholicism is primarily rooted in the home, rather than in the parish. How is that significant?
It's very important for a number of reasons. First, there are historical reasons: There just were not enough priests in Latin America. So most Catholics in Latin America, particularly in rural areas, would have to go weeks and weeks, if not months, without seeing a priest.
If you're going to have a Catholic faith life in that context, you have to develop it on your own. So all these devotions arise, often led by the abuelitas, the grandmothers in the families. In many ways the grandmothers, rather than the priests, are the primary ministers who look after the spiritual well-being of the people.
Often, there would be a home altar, which would be the center of the religious life of the family and of the communities. It's essentially a life of faith where the leadership is lay and predominantly women.
Now when that kind of Catholicism comes to the United States, where we have a church which does identify Catholic faith life primarily with the parish, there can be a tendency for Latino Catholics to become invisible, if they don't participate actively in a parish. The pastor might think, "Oh, I don't have many Latinos in my neighborhood or in my parish community because I don't see them in the pews." Or even more so, "I don't see them registered in the parish registry." And yet there may be very active Latino Catholics in the neighborhood and in the parish community. They just don't necessarily come to the parish.
In that context, the challenge becomes to then begin to reach out to Latino Catholics, to draw them into the parish, to go knocking on doors, to meet them. So that if you're going to have a via crucis or if you're going to have a parish reception, you do more than simply put a poster up in your parish vestibule. You actually go out and knock on doors and meet the community.
It's something, by the way, that many Pentecostal and evangelical churches have been very successful at doing. But the Catholic Church, because we're not accustomed to doing that, we're accustomed to people coming to the parish, we don't do that very well.
You've said that European American Catholics often don't understand popular Latino Catholicism. What's their difficulty with it?
When European Catholics came to this country, their popular devotions, their devotional life, and their statues were perceived by the dominant Christian culture in this country as signs of an immature, infantile, materialistic faith. So in order to become integrated and to assimilate into society, they had to get rid of those. When I talk to some of my Irish Catholic students about Sacred Heart devotions or novenas, they don't even know what I'm talking about.
Then along come the Latinos with devotions that look a lot like those, and now people are supposed to accept them and see them as valuable, as reflecting a spiritual wisdom? Even though they had to get rid of those in order to become part of this modern, mature Christianity? There's a real conflict there—how to value this way of being Catholic, when people may have been led to see these faith expressions as somehow less mature or less sophisticated than more abstract, conceptual, or rational understandings of faith.
But there is a sacramental quality to these practices and celebrations—sacramental in the literal sense of the supernatural being made present in and through the natural. It is a religiosity that is very physical, that appeals to all the senses and that makes Christ, that makes God present in our lives in a very concrete way.
It's not an abstract kind of religiosity that takes place from the neck up, but rather involves the participation of the entire person, whether it's through processions, through singing, or through physical gestures like kissing the crucifix. There is a physicality to it which, as the notion of sacrament implies, is essential, we believe, to the way in which God is revealed in the world. It's implicit in the very notion of incarnation.
To those who would look down on those kinds of material or physical expressions of faith, I would say that there's as much danger of "idolatry," if not more, in thinking of faith as purely rational and conceptual as there is in thinking of faith as mediated through physical reality.
This is a web-only sidebar that accompanies "How can we be a church of the poor?", which appeared in the August 2013 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 78, No. 8, pages 26-30).


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Enchanted Actress Amy Adams and her finance Actor Darren Le Gallo took their beautiful daughter Aviana ,3, shopping in Beverly Hills, CA today (May 25).
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