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Exterior: Stronger than asphalt.
There are moments in which time seems to stand still. Reverential silence then reigns supreme. The G-Class is made for moments like these. There can be no doubt: it is timeless. Thanks to its characteristic design. Its corners and edges are still there. Even though the entire vehicle has been almost completely revised. The new G-Class is over 12 cm wider and 5 cm longer, for example. The expanded interior offers substantially more comfort on campaigns of conquest around the world.
Interior: Endless expanses.
It's as if nature has acted as the model for the generously appointed, spacious interior of the new G-Class – which provides outstanding comfort in even the most inhospitable of surroundings. The new space concept makes the G-Class a paragon of comfort and spaciousness for all occupants. Even the interior design has taken a quantum leap forward. Those who love freedom and exceptional design will find both here.
Stronger than time.
Some time ago, a group of engineers in Stuttgart and Graz developed an all-new genetic code: the DNA of a cross-country vehicle – iconic, robust and almost indestructible. They constructed parts whose functions even now fulfil their purpose in the same way. Components which, over generations, have combined to form a unique character. They created a design which eschewed short-lived trends and thought nothing of fancy gimmickry. A timeless vehicle which, over time, was to become a legend – stronger than time.
Intelligence squared.
With no natural enemies off the road, it's hardly surprising that it wants to call the shots on the road, too. The new G-Class impresses thanks to its axle architecture with exact wheel location, precise steering and, consequently, tangibly enhanced on-road performance. In addition to this, a wealth of assistance systems further enhances road safety. Intelligent Drive, included as standard, makes the off-roader the most intelligent G-Class of all time. All for when the G wants to show what it can do away from the wild.
Securely in place.
Hold your breath. Ahead lies nothing but rugged rock and steep slopes. Blocking the view but not the route. Thanks to a low centre of gravity which enhances its off-road capability, the new G-Class is utterly unfazed as it manoeuvres up and down the gradients. Its unique design helps it to remain stable even when tilted to the extreme – up to 35° – with consummate ease. So the only thing which seems to be askew is the horizon.


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Sacred Music America provides access to the mainstream of western Christian music which has remained indestructible for the last 1,400 years. This site presents all major historical periods up to the present, while giving special attention to Gregorian chant, the Renaissance and Baroque periods, and hymn tunes before 1800. Most of the sound files were recorded live at parishes and congregations in the USA.
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DescriptionTomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life is a sequel to Clannad. The events of the game take place one month after those described in the predecessor. Tomoya Okazaki, the protagonist of the previous game, has graduated from high school and lives alone, working as a garbage collector. One day he discovers that he has a half-sister, his father's illegitimate daughter. Tomoyo Sakagami, Tomoya's friend and one of the main characters in Clannad, offers to take care of the girl. The story then focuses on the personal problems and relationships of these characters.
The game is primarily a visual novel, the player's interaction mostly reduced to making occasional decisions that move the story forward. Locations and events are displayed as still images accompanied by text. In order to access all the scenarios, however, the player has to participate in a game called "Dungeons & Takafumis", which is a simple turn-based RPG in Japanese style.
Unlike Clannad, the PC version of Tomoyo After contains scenes with nudity and explicit sexual situations.
PSP, PS3 and Nintendo Switch versions of the game contain certain updates such as additional scenario and CG events, and full voice-acting for the main character.
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Apple has acknowledged that yes, part of its motivation to launch the iBookstore was to make money, but says its agreements with e-book publishers were a result of individual negotiations. Additionally, the company argues that publishers didn't seem happy with Amazon's pricing tactics and should be able to set their own prices in the iBookstore. Apple's statements come as part of the company's response to a class-action lawsuit brought by (now) 31 US states—largely mirroring the one brought by the US Department of Justice—accusing Apple of conspiring to raise e-book prices.
In its filing this week, Apple says that the iBookstore was partly launched was to generate revenue, but also to "avoid negative margins that it believed Amazon was incurring as it sold certain bestselling eBooks below cost." The company argues that its bilateral contracts with each publisher may have similar terms, but they are "not identical," and the agreements were made on an individual basis—not a joint conspiracy.
And although Apple repeatedly asserts that it has no knowledge of why Amazon originally chose to sell e-books via the wholesale model—as opposed to the iBookstore's agency model, which Amazon eventually switched to in mid-2010—the company does point out that publishers seemed to be unhappy with Amazon.
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When people refer to the "agency model," it's usually in reference to the sale of electronic content online—in particular, e-books. The "old" way to sell e-books was to use what is known as the wholesale model. Under the wholesale model, book publishers sell a certain number of books to a reseller (such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble) for a set price, then the reseller sets its own price on each book.Read more…
"Apple admits that publicly and privately in their individual discussions with Apple, representatives of each of the publishers separately expressed varying degrees of unhappiness with Amazon's tactics, including its pricing," Apple wrote. "Apple further admits that Amazon is the dominant eBook retailer and wields 'market power' over eBooks."
Apple's response to the class-action suit is less aggressive than its response to the DoJ suit last week. There, Apple called the government's actions "absurd" and "fundamentally flawed," accusing the DoJ of siding "with monopoly, rather than competition." Cupertino appears to feel strongly about its position in these cases, reiterating that it doesn't believe it has done anything wrong and that the agency model is not only perfectly valid, but a time-tested sales strategy.
When it comes to the class-action suit, however, Apple has already suffered some minor setbacks. The company originally tried to get the lawsuit dismissed, only to be smacked down by US District Judge Denise Cote—she denied the request and said there was plenty of evidence that "Apple intentionally and knowingly joined that conspiracy [to raise e-book prices]." Cote also asserted that Apple might not have had the same motivations to join the alleged conspiracy as the publishers it signed agreements with, but Apple could have still been a participant.
In its response, Apple once again argued that the class-action suit should not proceed due to settlement agreements between some of the publishers and various state governments; the company says "it is inequitable to allow both sets of overlapping claims to proceed simultaneously." Something tells us the judge won't throw Apple any bones on that front, so we're likely going see this—and the DoJ suit—go forward.


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1st Gear: Is Aston Martin For Sale, Or Not?
The BBC says that the Kuwaitis who own Aston Martin deny that they're trying to sell a 50 percent stake in the ultra-luxury carmaker, even though lots of news reports say they are. Over the weekend, the European press resounded with stories of an exciting bidding war between Italian private equity fund Investindustrial, and India's Mahindra and Mahindra. The Italians reportedly bid $400 million for the stake, and Mahindra came back with a higher offer. BUT, Investment Dar of Kuwait, part of a consortium that owns Aston Martin, says there's nothing to it. The brand turns 100 years old next year, and of course is back on the radar again because of Skyfall, the latest James Bond movie.
2nd Gear: Tesla Model S Price Hike Is Coming
Forbes reports that Tesla will be raising the price of the Model S soon, even though lots of buyers are still waiting for their cars. Tesla has confirmed that it's planning to implement a price hike on the $50,000 car (minus federal tax break) for people who place orders in the future, and says information will be coming in the next two to three weeks. It says the increase won't affect people who have already placed orders and who finalize them in a "fair, predetermined time frame." According to Forbes, a reservation requires a $5,000 deposit, but it's refundable until confirmed when options and specs are finalized. Analysts say Tesla Model S reservations exceed 13,000. So, the company might actually be safe in implementing a modest price hike.
3rd Gear: More Foreign Cars Will No Longer Be Foreign
The Detroit Free Press reports that over the next few years, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mercedes, Mazda and Audi are planning to build vehicles in North America that they produce overseas. It says at least 10 models are headed from other parts of the world to North American plants, with Mexico winning its share of the new production. The soon to be not-foreign cars range from the Nissan Leaf to the Audi A4 and the Mercedes C-class. Honda, Nissan and Mazda are all planning to open new plants in Mexico in 2013 and 2014, while Toyota has teamed up with Mazda to produce a subcompact there.
That doesn't mean the U.S. will lose out. VW is widely expected to expand production in Chattanooga, Tenn., if it can make a case for new sport utility there. Mercedes is adding a mystery car in Vance, Alabama, along with the C-class, and the Leaf is coming to Smyrna, Tenn. Meanwhile, foreign car companies are using their American plants as export sites to the rest of the world, as we told you recently. The Free Press says this will mean lots of competition in North American manufacturing as Europe and Japan stagnate.
4th Gear: Lang Lang Signs Up To Ride with VW
USA Today reports Chinese-born pianist Lang Lang is the new brand ambassador for Volkswagen. It's a savvy move, for a bunch of reasons. First of all, Lang Lang (pronounced "lahng lahng") is a terrific artist, and one of the best known classical musicians in the world. You might remember the gorgeous piano music in the movie, "The Painted Veil," which he played (that soundtrack kept me calm on loooong flights to Tokyo and back). Second, Lang Lang is a huge deal in China, which is a fundamental piece of the VW beigekrieg. He's credited with convincing 40 million kids in China to take piano lessons. According to USA TODAY, Lang Lang will be chauffeured to his concerts around the world in VW products. Given his legion of fans, those Volkswagens are going to get a lot of exposure outside the world's concert halls as people wait for autographs and to pose for photos with him.
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Upselling and cross-selling is the art and science of introducing customers to better or complementary products to what they are currently interested in. Offline retailers have been doing this for decades (Would you like fries with that?) and there's a lot of advantages for both the customer and the merchant. In fact, according to one Forrester research analyst, product recommendations like upsells and cross-sells are responsible for an average of 10-30% of ecommerce revenues.
In this post, you'll learn why product upsells and cross-sells are so important, what you should be offering and how to do it.
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The difference between upselling and cross-selling
Upselling and cross-selling are commonly confused and the terms are many times used interchangeably, however, there's a difference. Before we go into more details about cross-selling and upselling, let's first take a look at the difference between the two.
Let's say a visitor is looking at purchasing a 13" mid-range laptop for $1,200.
Upsell: After selecting a laptop, the customer is immediately presented with several options for upgrading the processor. In this case, the merchant is trying to upsell the customer to a more powerful (and expensive) computer. Essentially they are trying to get the customer to to spend more on the same product or product type that they are currently looking at.
Cross-sell: After the customer selects the processor upgrade, they proceed to the next screen where they are presented with the option to also add a printer to their order. A printer is a logical accessory for many computer consumers and since it's related to the original product that the customer was interested in, it's considered a cross-sell.
Why is upselling and cross-selling important?
Well-executed upselling and cross-selling techniques can lead to a boost in revenues by selling more to the same customer, however, it's not all one-sided and the benefits extend to the customer's experience as well.
By effectively upselling and cross-selling you can make sure that the customer chooses the right product for them, and that they have everything they need to use that product.
As an example, batteries are a perfect cross-sell item for products that don't come with their own batteries. Not only would this increase the total cart value but it also prevents the customer from receiving an item they can't use immediately.
Should you focus on upselling or cross-selling?
It's a common dilemma. With limited real-estate and the need to not overwhelm or bombard visitors and customers, what type of recommendations should you focus on? Should you upsell to show more expensive but similar products, or should you cross-sell by presenting related and complimentary items?
According to research from Predictive Intent, upselling performs 20 times better than cross-selling when it comes to product pages.
The graph below shows that upselling drives over 4% of total online sales, versus just 0.2% of sales driven by cross-selling tactics.
It should be noted however that cross-selling was shown to be much more effective when presented on the checkout pages versus the product pages. In this case, data from PredictiveIntent's clients, showed that cross-selling can drive sales by 3%.
What should you upsell and cross-sell?
Ultimately, the purpose of upselling and cross selling gets lost on many merchants. Focusing on selling more and increasing average customer cart size isn't always the best or right strategy. Instead, you should focus on the customer experience.
Consider what makes actually makes sense to show your customers at at which point in the purchase lifecycle. If you're not suggesting and showing relevant products, you're going to have poor click through and conversions and ultimately not enhance the customers purchase experience, or your revenues. You can use the data from your ecommerce analytics and your loyalty program to understand these nuances.
There are two other factors you should consider when promoting upsells and cross-sell opportunities to your visitors:
When choosing upsell and cross sell products to display, avoid suggesting products that increase the overall order by more than 25 per cent. For example, if the original product the visitor is looking at is $100, you want to avoid showing customers cross-sells and upsells that are greater that a $25 increase on the original product.
Introducing visitors and customers to products unfamiliar with them may only serve to confuse them. The greater familiarity your customer has with the add-on item, the more likely they are to buy.
Don't Overdo It
Finally, when you're considering what to upsell and cross-sell your customers on, always be tactful about it. Hitting your customers over the head again and again, page after page is only going to damage the customers perception of your brand and may even hurt overall conversions by overwhelming them.
Consider this piece written on the Econsultancy blog about the overdone upsell and cross-sell opportunities of VistaPrint.
Upsell and cross-sell apps
There are a lot of ways you can use upsell and cross-sell to enhance your customers purchase experience while increasing your average order size as well.
Below we have featured some ways for your to consider in which you can up and cross sell your visitors and customers as well as apps to help you achieve the desired results.
Product Upsell ($9.99-$59.99/month) - Product Upsell from Bold Apps is one of the most popular apps in the Shopify App store with over 500 reviews. Loaded with features, this app will allow you to create and display relevant upsell offers and add-on products for customers based on shopping cart content, total cart value or even a combination.
Nosto (1-4% of revenue generated through the App) - Nosto uses powerful algorithms to automatically and in real time recommend the most relevant items for each individual customer throughout the entire shopping journey. Nosto comes with a default recommendation setup including up- and cross-sell recommendations, toplists, browsing history recommendations and much more placed on the most appropriate page types to boost sales.
Reccomendify ($9.95-$49.95/month) - Reccomendify provides several options for helping you upsell by providing product or cart page recommendations using their algorithm to automatically display related products or by allowing you to manually select the recommended up and cross-sells for each product.
SmartrMail ($20/month + $0.005/per customer) - SmartrMail sends out automatic emails with cross-sell product recommendations based on your customers, their past purchases and the products available in the store.
Conversio (Free) - Use your email receipts (one of the most opened customer emails) to provide your customers with additional value and introduce them to new products and product categories. Conversio allow you to easily customize your email receipts so you can increase your customer lifetime value. Conversio also allows you to include discounts and coupons in your email receipts to encourage follow up purchases.
The Motivator ($4.99/month) from Bold Apps is slightly different from the other methods we have discussed. Instead of showing better or related products, it achieves upselling by encouraging visitors to spend more to reach certain spending goals you have set out. For example, free shipping on orders over $100 or Spend $50 and receive a free gift.
Linkcious (FREE) - Cross-sell related products by using Linkcious to automatically select and show related products to what your visitors are currently looking at.
Don't forget, there are lots of other apps in the Shopify App Store that can help you with cross-selling and upselling to your customers. To find more, try doing a search for cross-sell and upsell.
Although your motives are always going to be increased sales and average order size, it's important to also consider the experience from a customer perspective. Offering customers seemingly random products wont cut it and can just leave customers more confused. Carefully look at the array of products you offer and consider what makes the most sense to offer the customer and at which point and you'll be well on your way to increasing your revenues by selling more to the same customers while providing a better experience.
About The Author
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First of all, thanks for another great game. Don't know if this is a bug or just an "issue". I've noticed that the speed is different on different devices. The goat jumps much quicker on my 4GS. Or is it just that it is slower 3GS?
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December Artist of the Month: Aimé Freedenberg
Torrington >> The Register Citizen Artist of the Month is Aimé Freedenberg, an eighth grader at Canton Middle School.
Freedenberg's sixth grade art teacher, Deb Beaudoin contacted the Register Citizen about Freedenberg being featured as the 'Young Artist of the Month,' in the November 2012 edition of Arts and Activities, a national publication for art educators. A piece she created in 4th grade was featured on the cover.
Freedenberg, 13, has a passion for art. In fifth grade, she attended a fashion summer camp, which inspired her to take more classes. After her summer camp experience she started taking classes at River City Art Center in Collinsville. River City Art has art classes for all ages, from pre-K to adult.
Freedenberg said she decides what to paint or create based on her mood.
"What I decide to paint or create is always something new that I've never done before. It usually depends on what mood I'm in -- is it a flower day or a landscape day? More often than not, I am doing art in a classroom setting, where the teacher assigns some sort of project," Freedenberg said.
Despite her young age, Freedenberg has a number of accomplishments under her belt. She has had her art displayed at the Canton Public Library, Canton School's Superintendent's office and on the websites of Canton Intermediate School and River City Arts Center. She also drew the design for the mermaid costumes in her school's production of Peter Pan.
In the summer of 2012, Freedenberg assisted Hazel Liebert, a local artist in Collinsville, with teaching a week-long art camp for children ages 5 to 12. She also studies violin at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, takes ballet at Valley Ballet in Canton. Freedenberg performs at Canton's Gallery on the Green. She will be performing in the Holiday show at the Gallery on the Green on Dec. 15.
Freedenberg participates in Chamber Singers at Canton Middle School and was selected for Northern Regionals for voice in 2011 and 2012. The Northern Regional Music Festival is a competitive event where students go through an audition process to be selected for the program. For the 2012-13 year, Freedenberg is auditioning for voice and violin. The competition is conducted by the Connecticut Music Educators association (CMEA), which provides programs and activities for professional educators, students and future music educators.
Freedenberg's works are for sale by request, and can be viewed at the Register Citizen Newsroom Cafe, 59 Field St., Torrington. The Cafe is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will be an artists reception on Wednesday Dec. 19 from 5:30 to 7, which is open to the public.
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The jersey L1 Pinstripe is constructed from a polyester microfilament (Unique Fabric L1), which now contains a pure silver thread (2% of the fabric composition, equivalent to about 2 g of silver per jersey ) which is also subtly visible, in a light 'pintstriping' running vertically through the weft of the fabric, which conjugates the need for breathability (given naturally by the fabric's structure), superfast drying speed, lightest weight and ergogenic fit in order to produce the requisite amount of versatility required for the extremes of intense summer climbing and descending. In fact sensitive riders will immediately notice the extra comfort given the slightly thicker and softer fabric which, while in no way comprising breathability, pulls the moisture away from the body far more efficiently than the paper-thin fabrics used in other true lightweight jerseys. This offers significantly greater protection to the body while riding long descents immediately after arduous climbs.
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Continuous glucose monitoring systems are real-time monitoring systems for checking glucose levels in the body. The system consists of a tiny sensor inserted under the skin to test glucose levels in the tissue fluid. The sensor stays in place for several days to a week and then must be replaced. A transmitter sends information about glucose levels via radio waves from the sensor to a pager-like wireless monitor. The key advantage of continuous glucose monitoring is that it can help identify fluctuations and trends that would otherwise go unnoticed with standard HbA1c tests and intermittent finger stick measurements.
Development in the multi-parameter mid-range patient monitoring devices can create a new opportunity for further expansion. Collaboration with established local companies can be helpful for manufacturers to provide effective services and maintain profit margins simultaneously. Further cost reduction by integration of continuous glucose monitors with insulin pumps can be helpful for CGMs to achieve significant popularity among the price sensitive Asian consumers.
The CGM systems market is a highly specialized niche market; it can be further segmented into the market for transmitters-receivers and the one for glucose. The U.S. is contributing the maximum in terms of the total revenue earned from CGMs. The European market is still in a nascent stage and contributes a small amount to the total revenue. The Asia-Pacific region and Brazil also contribute very little to the global revenues. The CGM systems markets in the U.S and Europe are growing at a fast pace and estimated to reach to a three digit (in USD million) market size globally at a CAGR of double digits.
The rapid increase in the number of diabetes patients is the major driving force for the estimated growth. The most important driver for the CGM market in Europe is the need for a convenient, affordable, and patient-friendly device that facilitates superior therapy management for diabetes and this need can be fulfilled by CGM devices. In the present scenario, the slow growth rate of the market in the Asian region is due to the late launch of CGM systems and a slow acceptance of these systems in low and middle income nations such as China and India due to the unaffordable price. In Japan and Australia, various regulatory approvals are a hindrance for the growth of the market.
Some of the market players in this industry include Medtronic Inc., DexCom Inc., Abbott Diabetes Care Inc and others.
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Douglas Kennedy sues New York nurses who said he hurt them
RFK son acquitted of criminal charges in maternity ward scuffle
The son of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy is suing two New York nurses for defamation and malicious prosecution after he was acquitted of criminal charges in a maternity ward scuffle.
Douglas Kennedy says in Friday's lawsuit that the nurses' claims that he hurt them damaged his reputation and led to his prosecution.
He was acquitted in November of child endangerment and physical harassment.
The charges stemmed from Kennedy's attempt a year ago to take his newborn son from a suburban hospital. He said he wanted the 2-day-old to get fresh air.
The nurses objected and tried to block his way, then claimed he hurt them.
His wife, Molly, is also a plaintiff, alleging emotional distress.
The nurses have sued Kennedy, seeking $200,000. Their lawyer said Tuesday that Kennedy's lawsuit is baseless.


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== Objectives ==
== Objectives ==
Revision as of 09:16, 10 April 2014
Open Source Initiative for Scientific Development Tools (preliminary phase)
Discussion List
A draft of the Science Working Group Charter is available online.
The Science Working Group (SWG) works to solve the problems of making science programs inter-operable and interchangeable by defining standards, common principles, and software development collaboration. It helps permeate concepts and capabilities to different research areas which allows serendipitous discoveries to be made.
The SWG, hosted by the Eclipse Foundation, is a collaborative effort involving industry, academia, and government to develop reusable open source software for scientific research. The SWG provides governance and infrastructure to enable a collaborative approach to producing technologies used for interdisciplinary analysis of scientific data. The group may package components to regularly release a trusted distribution of software.
Interoperability is another significant bottleneck in scientific research. To address this issue, the SWG will strive to collaboratively develop well defined interfaces, models, definitions, algorithms, and reusable software libraries, services, and applications.
The SWG will strive to become an essential forum for engagement with industry including adoption of SWG output and contribution to SWG initiatives.
More specifically:
- To provide an infrastructure for interoperability between various scientific applications
- To prevent reinventing the wheel over and over again
- To enable an interdisciplinary research and development
- To solve problems as a community and hence to lower the costs of development
- To inspire students and scientists to use and utilize open source software
- To help industrial partners to get better products
Goal of this initiative is to establish an Industry Working Group with a scientific scope. At the current stage, we're collecting projects and interested partners. The aim is to find as much interested parties as possible. A wide range of applications and needs allows us to create a common roadmap that fits the needs of all of its participants.
- Preliminary phase of collecting projects and partners (we are here)
- Commit to write a proposal to establish a Science IWG
- Start of an official Eclipse Industry Working Group
- Recruiting of new participants and industrial partners
- Being a proud part of the Eclipse Community
- Being curious of what's coming next
Organization and Contact
For more information, please contact:
- Matthew Gerring "matthew (dot) gerring (at) diamond (dot) ac (dot) uk"
- Philip Wenig "philip (dot) wenig (at) openchrom (dot) net"
- Andrew Ross "andrew (dot) ross (at) eclipse (dot) org"
Please subscribe to the mailing list to get the latest news and discussions:
Alphabetical List of Open Source RCP Projects
- Atomic - Linguistics
- Bioclipse - Biology, Chemistry, Bioinformatics
- BioExtrac Biobank, Medical Research
- Bio7 - Ecological Modeling, Scientific Image Analysis, Statistical Analysis
- Control System Studio - Scientific Control Systems
- DAWN - Physics
- Elexis - Practice Management, EMR, Healthcare
- GDA - data acquisition software for science facilities such as neutron and x-ray sources
- GumTree - Physics
- KNIME - Data and Image Analysis in Chemistry and Biology
- Maltcms - Chemistry
- NiCE - Integrated Computational Environment for advanced modeling and simulation
- OpenChrom - Chemistry
- openMASP - Chemistry
- Pacx - Linguistics, uses Vex and Subversive
- Passerelle - open workflow solution platform. Applied for data acquisition and control in synchrotron beamlines and similar facilities. Also integrated in DAWN for data analysis workflows.
- PTP - Eclipse Parallel Tools Platform provides an IDE for parallel application development and an RCP application for launching/monitoring applications on HPC systems
- Remote Component Environment (RCE) - Workflow-driven integration environment; aerospace and transport research
- StatET - Integrated development environment (IDE) and GUI for R
- STEM - Epidemiology, Healthcare
- TextGrid - Humanities, uses Vex, funded by German government
- uDig - Geospatial Information System (GIS), hosted by the Eclipse Foundation's LocationTech working group which focuses on location aware technology.
- UOMo - Units of Measurement, UCUM (HL7)
Alphabetical List of Proprietary RCP Projects
- IDL Development Environment - Data visualisation
- Mathematica Workbench - Mathematics
- Nsight Eclipse edition - CUDA GPU development
- OpenflowSuite - Geology, Petroleum
- SIMA - Marine operations simulation
Nonbinding List of Interested Partners
- Lablicate UG (haftungsbeschränkt) - OpenChrom
- Diamond Light Source, ESRF - DAWN
- German Aerospace Center (DLR) - RCE
- Paul Scherrer Institute - DA+
- Diamond Light Source - GDA
- IFPEN && Tech'Advantage - OpenflowSuite
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory - NiCE
- iSencia - Passerelle
- Uppsala University - Bioclipse
Alphabetical List of Miscellaneous Other Projects
- Elastic-R - Using R in the cloud
- JScience - Java Tools and Libraries for the Advancement of Sciences
- Scientific Linux - Linux for Scientists
- RJ/RServi - Easy integration of R e.g. in RCP applications


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AIRLINE passengers are faking disabilities to skip to the front of the boarding queue.
The practice is now so common airline staff have coined the phrase "miracle flights" - to describe how some passengers need a wheelchair to board the plane but then suddenly on departure their legs seem to work.
Passengers who genuinely have reduced mobility are entitled to assistance and are permitted to board the plane first. But the scam doesn't work so well at the other end, where disabled passengers are the last to exit the plane.
"We'd say there was a miracle because they all needed a wheelchair getting on, but not getting off," Kelly Skyles, an American Airlines flight attendant told the New York Times. "Not only do we serve beverages and ensure safety - now we're healing the sick."
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With Guest Stars Hank Azaria, Andrew Zimmern, Mekhi Phifer,
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Lexus Returns As Top Sponsor For Season Two
NEW YORK - February 10, 2010 - All ye food lovers, it's time to celebrate! "Top Chef Masters," returns for season two and once again the judges' table will be turned, when the world-renowned chefs compete against each other in a series of weekly challenges. "Top Chef Masters" premieres on Wednesday, April 7 at 11 p.m. ET/PT and will move to its regular time period on April 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
"Top Chef Masters" pits 22 world-renowned chefs against each other, six of whom are returning chefs back to defend their glory, to see how well they fare in the tried and true format of "Top Chef." In each episode, money will be at stake for the chefs, with the winners of quickfires and eliminations being awarded cash donations for their designated charities. The first four episodes will consist of a different group of chefs competing against each other to name one winner and the two chefs with the highest star total will move on to the next round. The final six weeks will whittle down the chefs until the finale where one winner is crowned Top Chef Master. The winning chef will receive $100,000 for the charity of their choice.
This season, "Top Chef Masters" will feature guest stars and judges Mekhi Phifer, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and star Hank Azaria, Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern), the cast of Modern Family, US Olympic Swimmer Jason Lezak , Bravo's "Real Housewives of OC" Lynne Curtin, Alexis Bellino and Tamra Barney among others.
Food journalist Kelly Choi returns as series' host, alongside renowned restaurant critic Gael Greene, culinary expert James Oseland and food critic Jay Rayner who are back on the Critic's Table. "Top Chef" series judge Gail Simmons will also serve as a judge this season. "Top Chef Masters," was Bravo's highest rated first season competition show, averaging 1.53 million adults 18-49 and 2.22 million total viewers. "Top Chef Masters" is produced by the Emmy-nominated Magical Elves. Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz serve as executive producers. "Top Chef" head judge, renowned culinary figure and chef/owner Craft Restaurants Tom Colicchio serves as consulting producer.
"Following the success of season one, we were able to attract another stellar line up of Master chefs, including some true legends of American cuisine," said Jane Lipsitz, Executive Producer, Magical Elves. Added Dan Cutforth, Executive Producer, Magical Elves, "this season's chefs bring amazing stories, lots of drama and even more intense competition to the Top Chef kitchen."
Lexus returns as a fully integrated sponsor as the primary transportation vehicles for the competing Master Chefs as they make their way around Los Angeles for "Top Chef Masters" challenges. In addition to being the exclusive transportation partner to the chefs, Lexus will receive integrations across the series that will highlight key attributes of the Lexus RX 450 Hybrid. Lexus will provide $10,000 prizing to the charity of choice for the winner of each of the qualifying round episodes. As part of their on-air sponsorship, Lexus also will receive weekly tagged tune-in promos and in-show billboards.
To meet the cast of "Top Chef Masters," visit www.BravoTV.com.
Following are the 22 "Top Chef Masters" competing chefs:
- Jody Adams - Rialto Restaurant, Cambridge, Mass.
- Govind Armstrong - 8 oz Burger Bar, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Graham Elliot Bowles - Graham Elliot Restaurant, Chicago, Ill.
- Jimmy Bradley - The Red Cat, New York, N.Y.
- David Burke - David Burke Townhouse, New York, N.Y.
- Wylie Dufresne - wd~50, New York, N.Y.
- Susan Feniger - Street, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Debbie Gold - The American Restaurant, Kansas City, Mo.
- Carmen Gonzalez - Chef Consultant, New York, N.Y.
- Maria Hines - Tilth, Seattle, Wash.
- Susur Lee - Madeline's, Toronto, Canada
- Ludo Lefebvre - Ludo Bites, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Tony Mantuano - Spiaggia, Chicago, Ill.
- Rick Moonen - Rick Moonen's RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nev.
- Mark Peel - Campanile, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Monica Pope - t'afla, Houston, Texas
- Thierry Rautureau - Rover's, Seattle, Wash.
- Marcus Samuelsson - The Red Rooster, New York, N.Y.
- Ana Sortun - Oleana, Cambridge, Mass.
- Rick Tramonto - TRU, Chicago, Ill.
- Jerry Traunfeld - Poppy, Seattle, Wash.
- Jonathan Waxman - Barbuto, New York, N.Y.
Each episode of "Top Chef Masters" holds two challenges for the chefs. The first is a quickfire challenge which tests their basic abilities and will be judged by a blind taste test and a five-star system, similar to fine dining reviews. The second challenge - is a more involved elimination challenge - designed to test the versatility and invention of the chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic foods or catering for demanding clients. The food will be tasted and evaluated by the judges and a wide range of tasters for whom the challenge is aimed, whether patrons at a five-star restaurant or a room full of hungry kids - the food has to appeal to the diner as well as the critics for the chefs to survive.
For the second season of "Top Chef Masters," www.BravoTV.com is serving up a new behind-the-scenes treat: unprecedented access to the Judges' Table with extended footage of the judging process, only available online. Viewers also will learn how to make each week's winning recipe step-by-step in the popular Top Recipe video series, which returns this season with a brand-new host: Atlanta chef and "Top Chef: Las Vegas" finalist Kevin Gillespie. (Don't worry - his beard is coming along too). Other favorite video features will be back - including preview clips from upcoming episodes, bonus clips that never appear on-air, and exit interviews with the departing chefs. Plus, www.BravoTV.com will continue to be the ultimate destination for "Top Chef Masters" games, judge and contestant blogs, episode recaps, photo galleries from on-air and off, and all the recipes from this and the previous season in the Recipe Finder. For a sneak peek at "Top Chef Masters," go to: http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef-masters/videos/the-masters-are-back.
"Top Chef Masters" fans can visit m.bravotv.com from their web-enabled phone for exclusive content including trivia games, video and behind-the-scenes dish.
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live +7 data through 8/19/09.
Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC Universal cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information, visit www.BravoTV.com. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BravoPR.


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Paolo immediately went to hold and kiss her. Still smiling, she stepped back, out of reach.
"Steady on Paolo. Down boy! You should know that this girl doesn't do any of that kind of thing on an empty stomach. Let's stay cool, eh?"
Livia had Paolo 'on his back foot' again. Only one person was in control in her house... Livia. Paolo seemed taken aback, but she continued.
" I didn't order food for 8.30 because I expected that you'd need to seem cool... and would arrive late. I'll order it now. Pizza OK? It's a fast Italian, like you!"
Livia knew how men function. She knew Paolo would want to appear cool. She knew he would be noticeably late. But she also knew that he was desperate to have her. So she would make him wait too!
When she opened her door, Paolo expected to smell food, but it was Livia's perfume which hit him like a housebrick, causing an immediate physiological response... the head, the heart... and somewhere down south. She looked amazing. Her pretty face and startling green eyes he saw first. Then, his eyes dropped. Livia was tightly wrapped in a black satin sheet... and smiling.
Paolo was excited. His dream was about to come true. He struggled to believe it, given Livia's earlier hostility towards him. His instincts told him to proceed with caution, although his downstairs department told him otherwise.
Taking trouble to groom himself for his forthcoming encounter, he had a nagging feeling it might just be another of Livia's tricks. Accordingly, he decided he would arrive sufficiently late to act a little cool.
Pressing the entryphone at her house, some 15 minutes late, she answered.
"Come in Paolo... you're late! Everthing's gone cold here!"
'Shiiiit!' thought Paolo. 'does that mean her too?'
Before the evening with Paolo, Livia had work to do. To 'keep her enemies closer' she decided to extend this beyond Paolo to Marcia and Sofia. Time for another summit meeting to keep diplomatic relations diplomatic, and to find out what had been going on whilst she was away.
She arranged for them to meet again in town in two days at the restaurant where they'd met before. Livia felt she would sense any potential problems for her and find out a bit more about Tony's state of mind.
"My treat." she told them. Livia was planning lots of 'treats'.
"Why not pop over later this evening? My son's gone back to school... grudgingly, but gone. I have the place back to myself. I'll order a takeaway for 8.30. We can talk and see how it goes. Does that suit you Paolo?"
'You bet it does' thought Paolo, or more particularly his groin, but it was his brain controlling his mouth that said "OK. Can I bring anything?"
"Just yourself, Paolo, just yourself.... I'll organise a party."
"A party?" Paolo was confused. "What kind of party?"
"A party of two, silly boy. Just us two!" Livia was fully in charge.
Paolo was a man. A young, virile man. With passions. With a particular passion. A passion that was Livia. What could he do? He was helpless. He was lost. But he was about to fulfil his dream.
However, he mustn't appear too keen (although Livia knew damn well exactly how keen he was. Women know these things!)
"O...K... so when do you suggest?" Paolo was acting cool, or so he thought.
"When do you have a space in your diary?" Livia asked politely.
"I don't have a diary..."
"Well then... see you soon I guess?" Livia was back in control.
"Why the sudden change of heart now Livia?" Paolo still had boxes to tick.
"Tony scared me. He was acting weird! I think maybe the reason he didn't force himself physically on me was that he's got this crazy idea Terry's still alive. I rejected this, and him, and now he won't speak to me. He's showing signs of weakness Paolo, but I'm not letting him rule my life..."
"...and my love." she added wistfully.
"So what do you want from me then Livia?" asked Paolo.
"I want you to make love to me." replied Livia. "It's long overdue!"
"It's true. I was shitty... I can't apologise enough. But Tony was behaving very strangely towards me. He'd said you'd wanted to collect me from Southampton, but he didn't like you 'sniffing around me'! His exact words. He made you sound creepy Paolo... but then what happened was even creepier. I think he might've been trying to make a move on me himself because he said 'If I find out that fucker's made any move on you, I'll have him killed!' I couldn't let that happen Paolo. I had to push you away!"
Paolo wanted to believe. And he did.
Paolo was not easily persuaded that this delicious woman, albeit older than him, had performed such a volte face. The savage iciness she'd exhibited towards him and her utter rejection of him couldn't be ignored, even if he found her physically hugely desirable, despite their age difference.
"You've suddenly changed your tune, Livia. You must feel there's more dirty work you need me to do!"
"How dirty do you want it to be Paolo?" Livia countered, coquettishly.
Paolo ignored the innuendo and continued.
"Something's happened hasn't it? Something you need fixing. You can't fool me. Why the rejection, Livia, why?"
"You've been in a fucking brilliant place, Livia!" challenged Paolo, "The Caribbean... sunning yourself... having a great time!"
"Yes, you're right, yes I was... but..." Livia agreed.
"But you left me here doing your very fucking dirty work... and then robbed me blind and treated me like shit when you'd got what you wanted!" Paolo wasn't about to let Livia off the hook so easily.
"I know! You're right Paolo. I did!... but I didn't get what I wanted, did I?"
"What more could you possibly want then?"
"Isn't it obvious?" asked Livia.
"No it fucking isn't!"
"I want you!"
"Paolo?" asked Livia tentatively as he answered his mobile.
"Livia?... is that you Livia?"
"Yes" she replied.
"A bit of a surprise to hear from you. What do you want?" Paolo asked her suspiciously.
"Paolo, I've been a right bitch to you. A complete bitch!" she admitted.
"Yes you ha...." Livia gave Paolo no chance to finish as she continued.
"I have to make it up to you. I want to apologise."
"Why the sudden change of heart, Livia?" Paolo was rather perplexed. He had converted his infatuation with her into extreme dislike.
"I was in a very bad place!"
Paolo's grudging acceptance that Livia was a lost cause was about to turn on its head following her meeting with Mary Flaherty. Livia had thought back over the two women's discussions and Mary's comment about her brother 'knowing where the bodies are buried' bothered her. She realised that she might have been foolish not just to have distanced herself from Paolo, but also to have made him an enemy.
'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer!' Livia thought. A thaw in relations might make her more secure... and Paolo might be actively helpful in the plans she was making.
'Where do we go from here?' thought Paolo. 'We'll do a lot more of last night's activities' he decided. That aside, he had no plans to take things further with Sofia... to the 'next level' of commitment, because that would inevitably mean exclusivity and he still had oats to spread widely. For instance, it seemed that Marcia hadn't given any indication she was ready to stop her daylight dalliances, if Franco was still getting his cocoa there of a morning.
He accepted, sadly, that Livia was a lost cause in the love department. But the two sisters were so old!
What now for Paolo, following Sofia's discovery of the value of the diamond he'd given her, was for him to see it for himself as a prelude to a night of pure carnal delight. Almost nothing 'off the menu' due to Solfia's possibly misplaced gratitude. What a wonderful bounty for Paolo.
Sofia went over to Paolo's small flat and they indulged in the works. A line of powder, a couple of bottles of wine and a lot of sex. By 1am, both exhausted, they fell asleep in each other's arms.
"Where do we go from here?" asked Sofia next morning.
The question of the ring's value exercised her too. Given her security concerns, she wanted to insure it for its full value. She decided to ask her jewellery client to have it valued for her on the quiet. She wanted to believe it had belonged to Paolo's mother, but living among villains, she still had a hint of suspicion that it might have been stolen.
She was shocked when her client revealed the value of the ring. Between £10,000 and £12,000. "Sheesh!" she muttered on hearing the news... and then rationalised that Paolo must truly love her.
So what now?
Sofia was torn. She worried about the security of her diamond ring, but she loved it so much she wanted to wear it, and wear it all the time. She realised though that it would be thief bait and, being a woman, albeit a tough spirited one, she might attract a lot of unwanted, possibly violent attention. So she would wear it, but only when and where she was certain she would be safe.
She realised questions would be asked... questions she might not want to answer, like who gave it to her... and was that someone a serious 'item'?
Sofia's afternoon in the office was hardly her most productive. She couldn't help staring at the wonderful diamond on her finger. She would take the ring off and put it on her finger again and again. She hesitated as it hovered over her ring finger, left hand. She was about to try it on that finger for size, but stopped short, out of superstition. As she did so, a single tear fell from her eye. She wanted nothing so much as to have reason to wear it there. Maybe a Paolo reason.
But the single tear was shed for herself.
Sofia couldn't wait to collect her new ring. One week seemed an age. But patience was eventually rewarded when she took an extended lunch hour to go to her client's premises in Hatton Garden to collect the piece.
It went straight onto her 'ring finger', right hand... a simple solitaire setting, which emphasised the size of the 'round brilliant' cut diamond. It was fabulous, she thought. It was rather scary too. It seemed to Sofia to cry out 'steal me!' Having worried about this all week, Sofia would wear gloves today.
No sooner declaring its beauty than hidden from view.
Mary found her keys and threw them in the air, catching them on the way down, as if to say "See Livia... nothing wrong with me reflexes!" With that she marched off to the front door, which she opened, as if she owned the place.
Stepping out, she turned her head, calling behind her. "Thanks a lot, Livia. Lovely lunch. Talk soon." As she did so she put her right hand to her ear to indicate a phone. Livia was left, nonplussed, holding the edge of the front door, while opening the automatic gates.
Mary left.. Livia left open-mouthed.
"Ah, get away wid yer. That's a very nice thought and I thank yer for it. But I'm not wanting to end up wid no feckin' car. I can drive better pissed than I can sober anyway! And I can drive a feck sight better than every other fecker on the roads round here when I'm sober!"
"Really? Are you sure it isn't the Prosecco talking?"
"Prosecco? Not being rude about yer lovely hospitality Livia, but it's as weak as water. I piss stronger stuff than that! I'm feckin' Irish remember. I'll be fine. Yer a lovely woman, Livia, lovely."


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Redmond takes it easy on hitters on Day 1
JUPITER, Fla. -- Day one of full-squad workouts have traditionally featured pitchers facing hitters.
Manager Mike Redmond changed things up a little bit in his first Spring Training as a big league manager.
A former catcher, Redmond was not a big fan of stepping onto the field and immediately seeing 90-mph pitches. So, the Marlins are easing into things more.
Batters will face pitchers beginning Monday.
"I don't know if any position player likes coming right out of the chute the first day and facing live pitching," Redmond said. "The luxury that we have is with that extra time, we can kind of get those guys a few extra days of batting practice. Get them a little more comfortable. Get their hands used to swinging a little bit before we throw them in there against the pitchers, live."
The extra time is because Spring Training is a week longer this season because of the World Baseball Classic.
Technically, Miami's first full-squad workout was Friday. But because of rain, hitting was done in the cages.
Saturday was the first time everyone was on the field, and hitters took batting practice thrown by the coaching staff.
"We're trying to ease into it a little bit," Redmond said. "We've got a lot of time. We've got that extra week. You don't want to get this thing too monotonous where we are doing the same thing, continuously, day in and day out."


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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
|Verdi: LA TRAVIATA
In 1900-01, the season's only performance of La Traviata starred Nellie Melba. After she left the company, Marcella Sembrich succeeded to the part, which she had first sung at the house nearly two decades earlier, during its opening season; she gave one performance in 1901-02, four in 1902-03 (three of them prior to the first of the year). Mapleson captured souvenirs of both these Violettas.
Act I: Un dě felice excerpt : "[Ah, se ciň č ver,] fuggitemi!" ... "Vi garba il patto?"
Nellie Melba (s), Violetta
Andreas Dippel (t), Alfredo
Aristide Masiero (t), Gaston
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra--Phillippe Flon
March 16, 1901
[Snake; Glackens 75.]
Alfredo Germont has loved the courtesan Violetta Valery from afar, and finally meets her at a party in her house. As the guests move into the next room to dance, Violetta feels faint: Alfredo remains with her and pleads his love, but she puts him off. (The cylinder continues briefly after the end of their duet, though some music is lost from groove lifts.)
[Ah, se ciň č ver,] fuggitemi!
Solo amistade io v'offro;
amor non so, nč soffro
un cosě eroico amore.
Io sono franca, ingenua;
altra cercar dovrete;
non arduo troverete
dimenticarmi allor.
O amore! misterioso,
non arduo troverete
misterioso, altero,
dimenticarmi allora, Simultaneous singing begins
dimenticarmi, dimenticarmi allor,
dimenticarmi allor,
dimenticarmi allor,
ah! ah!
dimenticarmi allor!
croce, croce e delizia,
croce e delizia, delizia al cor,
delizia, delizia al cor,
delizia, delizia al cor,
croce e delizia, delizia al cor,
ah! ah!
croce e delizia al cor! Simultaneous singing ends
GASTON (at the door)
Ebben? che diavol fate?
Si folleggďava!
Ah! ah! sta ben! restate! (he goes back.)
Amor dunque non piů!
Vi garba il patto?
Ah, if that's true, then flee from me!
Friendship alone I offer;
I know not love, nor could I bear
such an heroic love.
I am sincere and ingenuous;
you must find someone else;
you won't find it difficult
to forget me then.
Oh love! mysterious,
you won't find it difficult
mysterious and proud,
to forget me then, Simultaneous singing begins
to forget me, to forget me then,
to forget me then,
to forget me, then,
to forget, me,
to forget,
ah! ah!
to forget me then.
a burden, a burden and a delight,
a burden and a delight, a delight to the heart,
a delight, a delight to the heart,
a delight, a delight to the heart,
a burden and a delight, a delight to the heart,
ah! ah!
a burden and a delight to the heart! Simultaneous singing ends
GASTON (at the door)
Well then? What the devil are you doing?
We're having a good time!
Ha! Ha! That's good! Stay there! (he goes back.)
No more talk of love, then!
Will you agree to that?
Act I: Sempre libera excerpt : "Amor, amor č palpito" ... "dee volar il pen[sier]"
Marcella Sembrich (s), Violetta
Carlo Dani (t), Alfredo
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra--Luigi Mancinelli
February 27, 1903
[Glackens 67: "Feb. 27"; year deduced from Annals --and from two other Glackens listings for excerpts from the same performance, which give the year. One of those cylinders, described as "Splendid! clear all through. Applause and encore beginning 'follie,'" evidently followed this one, but has vanished; the other, of "Ah fors'č lui," may be the cylinder from the Mapleson Music Library on Side 12/Band 6, although its playing speed is different.]
After Violetta's guests leave, she muses on the love Alfredo has offered, then rejects it in favor of her endless round of pleasure. From outside the window, she hears Alfredo singing of love.
Amor, amor č palpito Simultaneous singing begins
dell'universo intero,
O! o amore! Simultaneous singing ends
misterioso, misterioso, altero,
croce, croce e delizia,
croce e delizia, delizia al cor.
Follie! follie! Ah!
gioir, gioir! Ah, si!
Sempre libera degg'io folleggiare
di gioia in gioia,
vo' che scorra il viver mio
pei sentieri del piacer.
Nasca il giorno, o il giorno muoja,
sempre lieta ne' ritrovi, ah! ah!
A deletti sempre nuovi dee volare
il mio pensier,
dee volar, dee volar, dee volar
il mio pensier,
dee volar, dee volar,
il pen[sier.]
Love, love is the heartbeat Simultaneous singing begins
of the universe,
of the whole universe,
Oh! Oh, love! Simultaneous singing ends
mysterious and proud,
a burden, a burden and a delight,
a burden and a delight, a delight to the heart.
Folly! Folly! Ah!
Enjoy! Enjoy! Ah, yes!
Ever free, I must go madly,
from one pleasure to the next,
I wish my life to run
through the paths of pleasure.
Whether day is dawning or dying,
always joyful I find it again,
to always new delights must fly
my thoughts,
must fly, must fly, must fly
my thoughts,
must fly, must fly
my thoughts.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Ryan Miller summed up his return to the ice in one word.
"Eventful," the Buffalo Sabres' star goalie said.
Activated from injured reserve Friday after missing eight games because of a concussion, Miller stopped 32 shots, and survived a collision with Nashville's Jordin Tootoo, in Buffalo's 3-2 win over the Predators on Saturday night.
"I'm happy to be back," Miller said. "I'm happy to get a win. It has been awhile since I have felt like I have put together a game I could pride myself in.
"It was important for me to go out there and play a solid game. I did the things I wanted to do. On the goals, I was a little behind on both of them."
His biggest stop came with 4:06 left in the second period. Tootoo crashed into Miller, knocking him out of the net and onto the ice. The collision prompted a pileup of players, and Miller threw several punches at Tootoo after they hit the ice.
Tootoo was given a major penalty for charging and a game misconduct.
Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff didn't think it was enough in terms of punishment.
"What happened in the game was a joke," a livid Ruff said. "All it does is prove the fact when I said it was open season. It appears it is open season.
"You have a guy coming off a concussion and you've got Jordin Tootoo running over your goaltender," Ruff said. "We used to get a two-minute power play. We got a one-minute power play. That's a joke. I want to see what the league wants to do with this one."
Miller stressed that he is determined to stand up for himself.
"He (Tootoo) is going to come hard to the net every time," Miller said. "I got in the mix right after that. I can't sit back and let other guys take advantage of me.
"I got right in the pileup and tried to do what I could do, which wasn't a whole lot. But I showed that I am not going to take it."
Tootoo said he did his best to avoid any contact with Miller.
"I was driving to the net and I got a little shove from behind," Tootoo said. "The last thing I wanted to do was run the goalie over and put my team down. Clearly, I tried to jump out of the way. There was no intent to charge at him."
Tootoo, who expects he will have to face the NHL's disciplinary committee, thought Miller should have been penalized as part of the pileup after the collision.
"There were four guys throwing jabs at me for a good 30 seconds," Tootoo said. "I was defenceless. What am I supposed to do? Take them all on? That's unfortunate that Miller didn't get anything called towards him, but that's all I can say."
Nashville coach Barry Trotz stood by Tootoo's explanation but said he could also understand why Ruff would be upset.
"When you get your star player bumped into, especially in his first game back, you are going to be ultra-sensitive," Trotz said. "I would probably be the same way."
Anders Lindback made his third start of the season for Nashville and gave up two goals in the first period and one in the third.
"We could have probably used one more save," Trotz said. "They got one more puck than us.
"There are not too many things I can say about our game other than the mistakes. I thought we probably made six mistakes and three of them ended up in our net."
Luke Adam was the first to score. With the puck loose in the slot, Adam gained control and beat Lindback over his right shoulder 10 minutes into the game. With 2:33 to go in the first, Zack Kassian broke loose on a breakaway and fired a backhand shot from low in the slot that also went over Lindback's right shoulder.
The Predators broke the shutout at the 4:54 mark of the third period when Craig Smith scored on the power play from the middle of the left circle. His shot bounced off Miller and went over his shoulder.
Tyler Ennis scored what proved to be the winner with 4:15 left.
David Legwand beat Miller from low in the right circle with 1:35 to play for the final margin.
The Sabres managed only 14 shots in the game to the Predators' 34—only the fourth time this season Nashville has outshot the opposition.
"We didn't make a lot of great decisions shooting the puck, but I thought we battled hard," Ruff said.
Notes: It was the sixth time this season that Adam has posted two points in a game. Smith has six points (one goal, five assists) in his last six games. ... Chris Mueller was recalled by Nashville from Milwaukee of the AHL on Saturday and played in his first NHL game of the season. ... Ville Leino added two assists for Buffalo. ... The Predators have scored nine power-play goals in their last eight games. ... This was the only meeting between the two teams this season.


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ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Some Florida amusement park visitors may enjoy space-themed roller-coasters, but the first vehicle they board at Orlando International Airport may be the most futuristic ride of their vacation.
Four hydrogen shuttle buses are part of the fleet at the Orlando International Airport.
The airport is testing four Ford shuttle vans equipped with internal combustion engines modified to run on hydrogen instead of gasoline.
"It's quiet, it doesn't shake like diesel, it doesn't have that diesel smell," said Rafael Sanchez, who has been driving the vans for a year. The quieter engine makes conversation inside the bus easier than in conventional vehicles.
"Hydrogen is one of the many technologies we are exploring, trying to become more of a green airport," said Ronald Lewis, director of airport operations.
Vehicles powered with hydrogen engines are different from the many vehicles across the nation that run with the help of hydrogen fuel cells -- which are the gold standard of green machines.
The use of hydrogen in internal combustion engines is far less efficient than in the fuel cells.
The modified engines aboard the Ford E-450 shuttle buses are 6.8 liter V-10s. The airport's fleet also includes three gas-electric hybrid vehicles and 24 biodiesel buses. The facility also powers its maintenance equipment -- such as lawnmowers and tractors -- with biodiesel.
But like many experiments with alternative fuels, the price is very high and the long-term outcome is unknown. Proponents of hydrogen technology have long had a chicken-and-egg dilemma over whether to build million-dollar fueling facilities or to wait until more vehicles are in use.
Energy companies are reluctant to pour money into expensive fueling stations without a lot of hydrogen vehicles around, but consumers are not likely to buy a vehicle without adequate places to fill up.
"It is clear nothing is going to displace gasoline or diesel for 20, 30, maybe 40 years," said John Lapetz, who has been working on alternative fuels at Ford for more than 20 years.
The Orlando project has several goals: To get average consumers acquainted with hydrogen and to acquire data on the buses' performance in a setting where they are in use almost nonstop.
Lapetz said it's an effort to use a technology that customers take for granted (the internal combustion engine), while preparing for the day when drivers can complete the divorce from fossil fuels.
At the Boggy Creek Hydrogen Fueling Station in Orlando, the hydrogen is produced on-site. "We are doing a process called steam methane re-forming, which is natural gas to hydrogen," said Puneet Verma, manager of biofuels and hydrogen at Chevron Technology Ventures, one of the players involved in the project.
During a careful fueling process, technicians check for leaks of the highly flammable hydrogen -- leaks both in the bus and the fuel pump.
Because a fossil fuel, methane, is used to make the hydrogen, the buses are about 12 percent cleaner than gasoline or diesel when their entire carbon footprint is measured.
"We view the hydrogen efforts as a technical success," said Verma. "This is the first time we have been able to demonstrate actual production of hydrogen at the station. It's not necessarily an economic success yet."
"The ultimate goal is hydrogen fuel cell cars," Verma said. "The hydrogen internal combustion engine buses are much less expensive to manufacture, but they consume a lot more hydrogen."
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The hydrogen test project also includes the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Ford Motor Company, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Progress Energy and SeaWorld.
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SeaWorld's Discovery Cove animal training supervisor Jay Tacey said "somebody has to get the ball rolling. Until somebody takes that first step, there's always going to be the 'what if?' "
Airport Operations Director Lewis said being in on the hydrogen experiment early could pay off in the long run.
"We are hopeful that since they built the facility here, the only one in the southeast United States, that there will be a long-term usage for it."
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DMBEAT- "Under Covers" Singing nancies release tribute album
From casual listeners to die-hard Daveheads, DMB fans comprise a corps not seen since the heyday of the KISS Army of the 1970s– whose object of affection also attained superstar status via its live concerts and savvy marketing.
In this age, that means websites. Among the 307 unofficial fan sites listed on DMBlinks.com, perhaps none is more popular than Charlottesville's own Nancies.org, created and operated by web gadfly and DMB ambassador-at-large Waldo Jaquith.
Launched on July 31, 1998, Nancies.org now boasts 19,200 registered members, and Jaquith says the site will likely reach 20,000 by the time this column is printed. Registered members represent only a fraction of the site's visitors, he adds, noting that more than 250,000 fans visit the site regularly. Besides these formidable figures, Nancies.org is the recipient of two consecutive "My VH-1 Best Fan Site" awards (2000 and 2001).
But now members of the Nancies community have upped the ante. A dozen musically inclined– and a few musically impaired– members have collaborated for a unique tribute album, Under The Covers And Dreaming: a nancies.org Dave Matthews Band Tribute.
Kevin Lewis, 33-year-old president of an Atlanta-based electronics firm and an amateur musician, joined Nancies.org two years ago. Though he had incorporated several DMB songs into his performances at clubs around Atlanta, the idea of a tribute album had never occurred to him– until he noticed a post on Nancies.org and recorded "Christmas Song." Still, nothing transpired until another Nancies member, Pat Pensyl (who lives only 40 miles from Lewis), picked up the gauntlet and began compiling submissions.
"Each song was recorded individually by fans," Lewis' website says, but adds the caveat: "Some recordings are very professional. Some are not. There was no judging involved in deciding the final tracks. Everyone that submitted something got on."
Nevertheless, demand for the CD has been "tremendous," says Lewis. The website has received more than 13,000 hits since July 17 for the mp3 downloads and more than 250 requests for the mailings from as far away as South Africa. That's more than enough interest, Lewis says, for a second volume, which is already in the works.
"We can't take a lick of credit for it," says Nancies.org honcho Jaquith. But he's nonetheless impressed.
"Given the budget of $0, the cast of all-amateur musicians, and complete lack of recording facilities, I think that this really turned out quite well. I particularly like the songs in which the performer didn't merely parrot the Dave Matthews Band, but attempted to provide their own flavor," says Jaquith.
Lewis hopes the band will eventually hear the disc.
"They'll laugh at some of the tracks," he admits, "but as the cliché goes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Band of Nancies: Nancies.org member Kevin Lewis performs in Atlanta. Cover artwork from the Nancies.org DMB tribute album Under The Covers And Dreaming.
Almost the "World's Best Drummer"
According to Drum magazine, Carter Beauford very nearly is the "World's Best Drummer," ranking as first runner-up in both that category and "Best Alternative Drummer" in the magazine's annual poll published in the August/September issue.
Rolling Stone : "Grace" is really "gone"
Editors at Rolling Stone have selected "Grace Is Gone" as their choice for best song from the Busted Stuff in the magazine's August 20 edition– "a haunting, pastoral jam that rambles between country and psychedelia."
Esquire: It's okay to dig DMB
Esquire magazine's August "Index" (the mag's brief lists of things every man should know) are "Five Essential Summer Tours," including DMB, albeit recognized with this backhand compliment: "We're man enough to cop a soft spot for DMB." The other four "essential" tours include Moby, Lauryn Hill, Tom Petty, and Billy Idol. Billy Idol?
"Quit screaming for your favorite song"
When quizzed by VH-1 on requests, Matthews had this to say: "Sometimes we do that. Other times we refuse to play songs because people ask for them so frequently that we will never we won't play them until people stop asking."
Where are they going?
According to Rolling Stone, locals can expect to see little of Dave around town after the current tour ends early next month. Matthews, the article reports, will spend time with his family in Seattle, where wife Ashley attends graduate school; Tinsley will complete his forthcoming solo album; Lessard will busy himself writing his own songs; and drummer Beauford is interested in scoring films. As for LeRoi Moore? RCA's Bruce Flohr, who signed the band to the label in the mid 1990s, says he hopes the saxophonist has some spare time for studio sessions. "I would have that guy blow a horn on any record out there," says Flohr.
Solid platinum
According to an August 8 Billboard and Nancies.org item, DMB's final Bama Rags release, "Remember Two Things," a five-song EP, recently achieved platinum status (shipments of one million copies). So now all the band's recordings have achieved at least platinum status, with a combined total of more the 25 million albums sold. The best seller to date is Crash, which has sold seven million copies.
"Everyday" video nominated
"Everyday," the video partially filmed in Charlottesville starring hug-hungry Josh Friedlander, has been nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the "Best Group Video" category. The awards air Thursday, August 29, at 9pm.
Matthews a Farm Aid headliner
The September 21 lineup stars co-founders Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young, as well as Matthews, who will perform a solo set as he did at last year's event. Matthews was elected to the group's board of directors last year. The benefit concert will be telecast live on Country Music Television.
Wherehouse: DMB's tardy side
Only four months and five days after DMBeat send its $30 membership fee to the Warehouse, the goods have finally arrived.
Golf goofs? Dave Matthews and Stefan Lessard clown for the camera for the August edition of Golf Digest's "Golfers We Like" section. "I occasionally hit houses," says Lessard. "I suck at golf, too," adds Matthews, who professes to enjoy the game while on tour.


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