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Ky. convict seeks DNA testing in 1987 murder
A man who has served 26 years in prison for a 1987 murder in Kentucky will have a hearing to argue for DNA testing on evidence that he believes will clear him of the crime.
Campbell County Circuit Court Judge Fred Stine on Friday scheduled arguments on May 24 in the motion by William "Ricky" Virgil, who was convicted in the death of Retha Welch. The commonwealth attorney's office asked for more time to prepare its arguments.
The Kentucky Enquirer reports that Virgil's attorney wants DNA tests done on semen and a cigarette butt recovered from the crime scene, as well as unidentified hairs and small spots found on Welch's body and clothes.
"Obviously, we don't want any more moss to grow under this case," said Linda A. Smith, Virgil's attorney and director of the Kentucky Innocence Project. "The man has already been in prison for 26 years."
Welch, a 54-year-old Christian minister and psychiatric nurse at the VA Medical Center, was found in her Newport apartment stabbed repeatedly and beaten. Virgil, who lived in Cincinnati at the time, admitted he knew Welch, but denied killing her.
Until recently, post-conviction DNA testing was only available to death row inmates in Kentucky, but the General Assembly passed a bill in March that opened the possibility for the testing for other inmates serving time for violent crimes and other serious felonies.
Smith said at the time, spots on the victim's clothes were too small for even blood typing.
"They couldn't even tell if it was human blood," she said.
Smith said that a recent ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court in another case will boost her arguments for new DNA testing in Virgil's case. The high court ruled in favor of new DNA tests in the case of a 1992 Meade County murder.
"Protecting a dubious conviction at any cost is not in anyone's best interest, and I'm beyond stunned that the commonwealth's attorney would want to waste any more time in finding out the truth," she said.

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TWAN founder and leader, Babak Tafreshi is an award winning photographer working with the National Geographic, Sky&Telescope magazine, and the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Babak is also a freelance science journalist and astronomy communicator using all media. Born in 1978 in Tehran he is based in Boston, United States, but could be anywhere on the planet, from the Sahara to the Himalayas or Antarctica. He is a board member of Astronomers Without Borders organization, an international organization to bridge between cultures and connect people around the world through their common interest to astronomy. He received the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award, the worlds most recognized award for scientific photography, for his global contribution to night sky photography. Since TWAN was designated as the first Special Project of International Year of Astronomy 2009, Tafreshi cooperated with the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO as a project coordinator for IYA2009. As a science journalist he has contributed to many television and radio programs on astronomy and has interviewed world-renowned astronomers and space scientists. When living in Iran he was editor of the Persian astronomy magazine (Nojum) for a decade and has been a board member of the Astronomical Society of Iran's outreach committee were he directed many national astronomy events.
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Montclair State - 3, Farmingdale State - 0 (25-12, 25-16, 25-13)
Montclair, N.J. - The Farmingdale State women's volleyball team fell, 3-0, in a non-conference match at Montclair State this evening. The Red Hawks improved to 2-4 overall, while the Rams dropped to 0-8 on the year.
After winning the first set 25-12, Montclair State earned 25-16 and 25-13 wins for the straight set victory.
Farmingdale State was led by freshman outside Nicky Young (Queens, N.Y.) who had six kills, while junior outside Sarah Palladino (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) tallied 13 assists and four digs.
The Rams next will play in the Roadrunner Invitational hosted by Ramapo College on Friday, September 13th and Saturday, September 14th. On Friday, Farmingdale State will face Elmira at 6:00 p.m. and Centenary at 8:00 p.m. On Saturday, the Rams take on Mt. Aloysius at 10:00 a.m. and Ramapo at noon.


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A house renovation can completely transform the look and feel of the home. It can upgrade the heating, ventilation and air conditioning to make the home as comfortable and welcoming as possible.
This is the time to personalise the home and add high-quality furnishings to it. It is generally a makeover which entails room resizing, tile relaying and merging of rooms. You can also partition the rooms to create more rooms.
The important thing with a remodel is to run the project smoothly and within budget. The project mostly alters the structure of the home and even touches on the garden, lawn, gazebos and other outdoor structures. The garage can also form part of the improvement when you are doing maintenance, repair and general servicing of the house.
Moreover, you can upgrade the rooms with luxuries which can include adding the kitchen, spa, hot tub, or increase the capacity of the plumbing and electrical system. You can further waterproof the basement, and sound-proof the rooms and bathrooms. In addition, you may decide to tear-off the roof and do some replacement. There are also the repairs to the concrete which affect the foundation and chimney. You can further repaint the walls, fence and rooms.
One way to create space in the home during a renovation is to extend the house with rooms on the sides. This can involve turning marginal spaces such as the basement, theatre and home office into leaving areas. Furthermore, you can remodel the home in order to save energy. This involves reducing the utility bills for power. You can even have energy-efficient thermal insulation and lighting. You can more so add safety and backup equipment. All these services can be professionally done by engineers and contractors.
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Relatives of Malaysian rubber plantation workers killed by British troops more than 60 years ago will find out the result of the latest round of their legal battle for an official investigation.
Court of Appeal judges in London are to announce their decision in a case which has been described by lawyers representing relatives of victims of the December 1948 "massacre" as a "hugely significant and unresolved instance of human rights abuse".
Today's appeal ruling follows a defeat at the High Court in September 2012 for campaigners challenging a Government decision not to hold an inquiry into the shootings at Batang Kali, Malaya.
British troops were conducting operations against communist insurgents during the Malayan Emergency when the 24 plantation workers were killed.
At a hearing in November last year, Michael Fordham QC, representing four appellants - two of whom were at Batang Kali as children - said that despite the passage of time it was still important and worthwhile for the "truth" of "historic wrongs" to be investigated.
He told the judges: "It is now well-recognised that the public interest considerations which inform the operation of the rule of law do protect against inadequately investigated incidents being 'quietly forgotten'."
Duties of investigation can be "free-standing and continuing", he added.
Mr Fordham said that at least three of the soldiers who were on patrol and at least five villagers who were at Batang Kali were still alive. Oral evidence from living witnesses, including soldiers and the appellants, would be available to an inquiry.
With the assistance of the Malaysian authorities, "the bodies of the victims could be disinterred and the distance and direction of the gunshot wounds analysed".
Foreign Secretary William Hague and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond opposed the relatives' application at the High Court, arguing that the decision not to hold any inquiry was reached lawfully.
The two judges who heard the case in 2012 concluded that decisions not to set up an inquiry were "not unreasonable".
Sir John Thomas, who is now Lord Thomas, the Lord Chief Justice, who sat with Mr Justice Treacy, announced at the time: "In our judgment, the decisions of the secretaries of state were ones that took into account the relevant considerations and were not unreasonable."
The court said allegations against members of the Scots Guards were "as serious as it is possible to make".
The cost of an inquiry would be "materially greater" than £1 million, and the judges said: "It would appear to be very difficult at this point in time to establish definitively whether the men were shot trying to escape or whether these were deliberate executions."
They said: "Nor, in our view, would it be any easier to determine whether the use of force was reasonable or proportionate."
Mr Fordham told the court that the appellants, Chong Nyok Keyu, Loh Ah Choi, Lim Kok and Wooi Kum Thai, are supported by the action group Condemning the Batang Kali Massacre, a campaign in Malaysia that encompasses 568 civil society organisations.
"As that support indicates, the events of 1948 stand as a hugely significant and unresolved instance of human rights abuse in Malaysia," he said.
He told Lord Justice Maurice Kay, Lord Justice Rimer and Lord Justice Fulford that there had been "confessions from six of the soldiers involved that the killings were murder".
Mr Fordham argued that the High Court erred when it held that the ministers were not under a duty to hold an inquiry or investigate further.
Counsel representing the secretaries of state submitted the appeal should be dismissed, arguing that the appellants have no right to an inquiry under the Human Rights Act or common law.


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Healthy & Delicious: Raw Tomatillo Salsa Recipe
Healthy and delicious recipes from Serious Eats
Editor's note: On Mondays, Kristen Swensson of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts to share healthy and delicious recipes with us. Take it away, Kristen!
Last week, four close friends of mine decided to climb a local mountain. As I am weaker than a Mononucleosis-ridden Woody Allen and bereft of any physical ability whatsoever, I begged off, and promised the quartet a rich Mexican meal upon their arrival home.
Happily, Rick Bayless' Frontera Grill website was there to help, which is filled with dozens, if not hundreds of his well regarded Mexican-style recipes. I spent a good part of an afternoon browsing, until I finally came upon Enchiladas Especiales Tacuba.
Dinner Tonight columnist Nick Kindelsperger wrote about them last year. Deeply flavored and truly delicious, they're everything Bayless recipes are usually hyped up to be. They were also very, very rich, meaning they had to be balanced by lighter sides and appetizers.
Bayless was there for that one, too. His Raw Tomatillo Salsa, useful as a chip dip or condiment, is just about the easiest recipe in the world. Fat-free and calorically inconsequential, it possesses quite a heated kick, but can be tailored to your spice preferences. Serve it with a mango and/or tomato and avocado concoction for a highly healthy, highly palatable salsa bar.
Another option: bring it up a mountain with you. You're gonna need something to eat up there.
- Yield:1 1/2 cups
- Active time: 5 to 10 minutes
- Total time:5 to 10 minutes
- 4 medium (about 8 ounces total) tomatillos, husked, rinsed and quartered
- 1 large garlic clove, peeled and quartered
- 1 jalapeno pepper, stemmed, seeded, and roughly chopped
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup loosely packed cilantro, roughly chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup water
Add tomatillos, garlic, jalapeno, cilantro, salt, and water to a food processor or blender.
If using a food processor, pulse to desired consistency. If using a blender, begin pulsing on low speed, then blend at a slightly higher speed until the mixture reaches desired consistency.
Taste and add more salt or water as necessary. Serve.
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Week of 8/3/09 - 8/09/09
* Meeting with Dan Bates, City's Government Relations director, reviewing past legislative session and planning for the 2010 session
* Attended signing ceremony for the State Healthy Kids insurance program by Governor Kulongoski at OHSU
* Meeting with Robert Liberty, Metro Councilor. Discussed housing target numbers for Portland.
* Met with Larry O-Dea, Assistant Police Chief, regarding tort claim review process on Council agenda Wednesday morning
* Portfolio Bureau Directors monthly lunch
* Alan Hipolito, Verde, Winston Sandino, PBOT, and Pedro Moreno, Cully Green Street contracting process
* Neighborhood Night Out parties - I stopped by Lents, Centennial, Argay, Parkrose Heights, and Hazelwood
* City Council hearings Wednesday morning only
* Met with Beth Slovic, Willamette Week reporter, regarding expenses charged to our City account
* Meeting with Linda Nettekoven, Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, reviewed mostly citizen involvement and planning issues
* Regular meeting with Lisa Turley, Bureau of Emergency Communications
* Russellville Gala Celebration, celebrating five years and the opening of a new wing
* Friday through Sunday, I was long-scheduled to be out of town with my family. We were going to go to the desert, but the desert heat came to us last week so we went the coast instead. It was delightful and de-lovely.
Dinners at home: All but Tuesday.


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Survival tactics for groups in a hurry
Fast Start is a condensed version of the full preparation process, 'Time to Prepare.' If you're tempted to skip this stage, don't. Lack of preparation is a predictor of group work problems.
From individual to group
You begin this preparatory work as an individual and end by contributing as a member of a group. You can do the 3 Fast Start exercises in one meeting or spread them over 2 meetings. The three steps are:
You need
- A coordinator (or facilitator) for this meeting who volunteers or is nominated.
- A recorder who will write the record of each meeting.
- A meeting record sheet (PDF)
Instead of everyone making their own introduction, you may like to try this version: interview one other person, finding out these things about them:
- Name
- What they like about group work
- What they dislike about group work
- The strengths they bring to the group
- The weaknesses they bring to the group
Then introduce the person to the rest of the group, summarising their likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses. This calls on your own skills of listening, speaking and synthesis.
You need
Facilitator, Recorder, Group Record Sheet.
You can do these straight after the Introductions exercise.
Get Fast Start Expectations exercise (PDF) , either in electronic or print form.
Facilitator leads short discussion based on checklist items. Everyone's expectations are written on board or paper. Group members can question one another's expectations and explain their own. Non-defensive, non-critical communication works here.
Consider individual needs
Think about each other's needs. Do some people have particular work or family commitments? Is access to computers or other support services a problem for anyone? A non-English speaking background might need special consideration; so might returning to study after a long absence.
If you are aware of the needs of the other members of your group, you can help each other better. Make use of UTS' support units : HELPS or Equity and Diversity
Recorder keeps the record of the meeting on Meeting Record Sheet (PDF). Complete the record, then save a hard copy or an electronic version.
This is a crucial step, in which you plan how you're going to do the assignment together. At the end of this process you all sign the contract. It's more than ceremonial (though have a ceremony by all means): it locks your work agreement into place. Now there's a solid foundation on which to tackle the group task.
You need
Facilitator, Recorder, Meeting record sheet.
- Download a copy of the Contract (PDF)
- Facilitator leads group discussion on items in contract. The contract items are:
- The assignment
- How often you'll meet
- Where you'll meet
- How long the meetings will last
- Group rules
- Milestones and deadlines
- Who will do what.
The Contract document contains a Help Sheet.


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Dog DNA May Yield Clues to Human Eczema
Findings point to abnormal skin barrier as culprit, researchers say
FRIDAY, May 10, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- A gene associated with eczema in dogs has been identified, and that might one day lead to better treatments for people with the skin disease, a new study contends.
The skin of patients with eczema -- whether canine or human -- is easily irritated by allergens such as pollens, house mites and certain foods. This irritation leads to itching, scratching and flaky skin that is vulnerable to infections.
Examining the DNA of dogs, the researchers found that a genetic region associated with eczema contains the gene PKP-2, which produces a protein important for the formation and proper functioning of skin structure. The finding suggests that an abnormal skin barrier is a potential risk factor for eczema, the study authors said.
"With the help of pet owners, we have managed to collect a unique set of DNA samples from sick and healthy dogs, which allowed us to gain insight into atopic dermatitis genetics," said first author Katarina Tengvall of Uppsala University in Sweden.
The findings, published online May 9 in the journal PLoS Genetics, could lead to better understanding of the disease, which may open the door to improved treatments and perhaps a genetic test for the condition, Tengvall said in a journal news release.
Eczema affects 10 percent to 30 percent of people and up to 10 percent of dogs. Purebred German shepherds are prone to eczema because of generations of selective breeding, the researchers said.
For the study, the researchers compared DNA samples from healthy dogs with DNA samples from German shepherds that had eczema to locate the particular genetic segment associated with the disease. Compared to human DNA, the structure of canine DNA makes it easier to locate areas that carry disease-risk genes, the researchers said.
The similarity between canine and human eczema was underscored by another recent discovery, the researchers said. In that case, a gene involved in the skin barrier was linked to human eczema.
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about eczema.


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Easy and Instant deployments and instant scale for .NET?
Easy and Instant deployments and instant scale for .NET?
Awhile back a few of us were looking at Ruby Gems as the answer to package management for .NET. The gems platform supported the concept of DLLs as packages although some changes would have needed to happen to have long term use for the entire community. From that we formed a partnership with some folks at Microsoft to make v2 into something that would meet wider adoption across the community, which people now call NuGet. So now we have the concept of package management. What comes next?
Instant deployments and instant scaling. Stupid simple API. This is Heroku. It doesn't sound like much, but when you think of how fast you can go from an idea to having someone else tinker with it, you can start to see its power. In literally seconds you can be looking at your rails application deployed and online. Then when you are ready to scale, you can do that. This is power. Some may call this "cloud-computing" or PaaS (Platform as a Service).
I first ran into Heroku back in July when I met Nick of RubyGems.org. At the time there was no alternative in the .NET-o-sphere. I don't count Windows Azure, mostly because it is not simple and I don't believe there is a free version. Heroku itself would not lend itself well to .NET due to the nature of platforms and each language's specific needs (solution stack). So I tucked the idea in the back of my head and moved on.
I'm not sure when I first heard about AppHarbor as a possible .NET version of Heroku. It may have been in November, but I didn't actually try it until January. I was instantly hooked. AppHarbor is awesome! It still has a ways to go to be considered Heroku for .NET, but it already has a growing community. I created a video series (at the bottom of this post) that really highlights how fast you can get a product onto the web and really shows the power and simplicity of AppHarbor.
Deploying is as simple as a git/hg push to appharbor. From there they build your code, run any unit tests you have and deploy it if everything succeeds. The screen on the right shows a simple and elegant UI to getting things done.
The folks at AppHarbor graciously gave me a limited number of invites to hand out. If you are itching to try AppHarbor then navigate to: https://appharbor.com/account/new?inviteCode=ferventcoder
After playing with it, send feedback if you want more features. Go vote up two features I want that will make it more like Heroku.
Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with AppHarbor and have not received any funds or favors from anyone at AppHarbor. I just think it is awesome and I want others to know about it.
Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with AppHarbor and have not received any funds or favors from anyone at AppHarbor. I just think it is awesome and I want others to know about it.
Now I have a challenge for you. I created a video series showing how fast I could go from nothing to a deployed application. It could have been from Zero to Deployed in Less than 5 minutes, but I wanted to show you the tools a little more and give you an opportunity to beat my time.
And that's the challenge. Beat my time and show it in a video response. The video series is below (at least one of the videos has to be watched on YouTube). The person with the best time by March 15th @ 11:59PM CST will receive a prize.
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Sorry Ken, let them leave the country then – adios amigos!
Ken Lewis BAC CEO – CNBC (13 minutes):
Sunday Night Futures
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Forest first; Trees second.
Focused on Real & Knowable facts that filter through the "experts" fluff and media hyperbole. Where we've been, what the future may hold and developing a better way forward.


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Spatial Curvature, Dark Energy Dynamics, Neither, or Both?
Bharat Ratra, Kansas State University
Clues to Globular Cluster Formation
David Nataf, Johns Hopkins University
Globular clusters are now well-established to host "Second-generation" stars, which show anomalous abundances in some or all of He, C, N, O, Na, Al, Mg, etc. The simplest explanations for these phenomena typically require the globular clusters to have been ~20x more massive at birth, and to have been enriched by processes which are not consistent with the theoretical predictions of massive star chemical synthesis models. The library of observations is now a vast one, yet there has been comparatively little progress in understanding how globular clusters could have formed and evolved. In this talk I discuss two new insights into the matter. First, I report on a meta-analysis of globular cluster abundances that combined APOGEE and literature data for 28 globular clusters, new trends with globular cluster mass are identified. I discuss the chemical properties of former globular cluster stars that are now part of the field population, and what can be learned.
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: Design Details and Progress towards First Light with UT#1
Michelle Creech-Eakman, New Mexico Tech
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI), a 10-telescope optical/near-IR interferometer in central NM, has been conceived to be the most ambitious optical interferometric array under construction to date. With baselines ranging from 7.8 to 347 meters, and limiting magnitudes of 14 at H band, it will be able to assess many thousands of astronomical targets on spatial scales of 10's to 0.1's of milliarcseconds. This is achieved through several careful design choices and trade-offs which should allow the MROI to reach 4-5 magnitudes deeper than similar facilities can achieve today. After over a decade of funding from NRL and the major partner institutions (NM Tech and Cambridge University), new funding was obtained in late 2015 via a Cooperative Agreement between NM Tech and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to bring the facility to a three-interferometer system capable of observing geosynchronous satellites. However, we still maintain an exciting and compelling astronomical portfolio which will produce statistical samples of: YSOs and their surrounding disks, systems dominated by mass-loss and mass-transfer, pulsating stars and binary star systems, and images of the environs of AGN in nearby galaxies. An overview of the major design components of this ambitious imaging machine, recent progress, and plans for MROI for the next 3 years under the AFRL Cooperative Agreement will be presented.
Understanding How Galaxies Reionized the Universe
Sanchayeeta Borthakur, Arizona State University
Identifying the population of galaxies that was responsible for the reionization of the universe is a long-standing quest in astronomy. While young stars can produce large amounts of ionizing photons, the mechanism behind the escape of Lyman continuum photons (wavelength < 912 A) from star-forming regions has eluded us. To identify such galaxies and to understand the process of the escape of Lyman continuum, we present an indirect technique known as the residual flux technique. Using this technique, we identified (and later confirmed) the first low-redshift galaxy that has an escape fraction of ionizing flux of 21%. This leaky galaxy provides us with valuable insights into the physics of starburst-driven feedback. In addition, since direct detection of ionizing flux is impossible at the epoch of reionization, the residual flux technique presents a highly valuable tool for future studies to be conducted with the upcoming large telescopes such as the JWST.
How to Take Pictures of Baby Planets
Kate Follette, Amherst College
Of the thousands of known extrasolar planets, why are the dozen or so directly imaged exoplanets among the most important despite their apparently anomalous properties within the general exoplanet population (>10 astronomical units, >2x the mass of Jupiter)? What are the prospects for (and recent successes in) detecting younger, lower-mass and/or closer-in planets via direct imaging? I will discuss the current state of the art in the field of high-contrast imaging of extrasolar planets and the disks of gas and dust from which planets form ("circumstellar disks"). I will place particular emphasis on a subset of objects that host both disks and (likely) planets – the so-called "transitional disks". These young circumstellar disks are almost certainly actively undergoing planet formation, and yet the presence of disk material complicates our ability to isolate light from planets and/or protoplanets embedded within them. I will end by discussing recent results from the Giant Accreting Protoplanet Survey (GAPplanetS) of 15 southern-hemisphere transition disks. The GAPlanetS survey aims to find protoplanets embedded in transitional disks through a distinctive signature at hydrogen wavelengths, and has so far discovered: 2-3 planets, 1 accreting M-dwarf stellar companion, and 1 disk feature masquerading as a planet.
Rethinking the Fundamentals of Classical Nova Explosions
Laura Chomiuk, MSU
Over the past few years, a revolution has been taking place in our understanding of classical novae, largely driven by the discovery of GeV gamma-rays emanating from these garden-variety explosions. These gamma-rays hint that shocks are energetically important—perhaps even dominant—in novae. I will present our burgeoning understanding of shocks in novae, from both multi-wavelength observational and theoretical perspectives, and illustrate how novae can be used as testbeds to understand other shock-powered explosions.
Starless clumps and the earliest phases of high-mass star formation in the Milky Way
Brian Svoboda, NRAO Jansky Fellow
High-mass stars are key to regulating the interstellar medium, star formation activity, and overall evolution of galaxies, but their formation remains an open problem in astrophysics. In order to understand the physical conditions during the earliest phases of high-mass star formation, I will present observational studies we have carried out on dense starless clump candidates (SCCs) that show no signatures of star formation activity. We identify 2223 SCCs from the 1.1 mm Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey, systematically analyse their physical properties, and show that the starless phase is not represented by a single timescale, but evolves more rapidly with increasing clump mass. To investigate the sub-structure in SCCs at high spatial resolution, we investigate the 12 most high-mass SCCs within 5 kpc using ALMA. We find previously undetected low-luminosity protostars in 11 out of 12 SCCs, fragmentation equal to the thermal Jeans length of the clump, and no starless cores exceeding 30 solar masses. While uncertainties remain concerning the star formation efficiency in this sample, these observational facts are consistent with models where high-mass stars form from initially low- to intermediate-mass protostars that accrete most of their mass from the surrounding clump. I will also present on-going research studying gas inflow signatures with GBT/Argus and ALMA, and the dense core mass function with the JVLA.
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Solving the Puzzles of the Moon
Shun Karato, Yale University
After 50 years from the first landing of men on the Moon, about 380 kg of samples were collected by the Apollo mission. Chemical analyses of these samples together with a theory of planetary formation led to a "giant impact" paradigm (in mid 1970s). In this paradigm, the Moon was formed in the later stage of Earth formation (not the very late stage, though), when the proto-Earth was hit by an impactor with a modest size (~ Mars size) at an oblique angle. Such an impact is a natural consequence of planetary formation from a proto-planetary nebula. This collision may have kicked out mantle materials from the proto-Earth to form the Moon. This model explains mostly rocky composition of the Moon and the large angular momentum of the Earth-Moon system. High temperatures caused by an impact likely removed much of the volatile components such as water.
However, two recent geochemical observations cast doubt about the validity of such a paradigm. They include (i) not-so-dry Moon suggested from the analysis of basaltic inclusions in olivine, and (ii) the high degree of similarities in many isotopes. The first observation is obviously counter-intuitive, but the second one is also hard to reconcile with the standard model of a giant impact, because many models show that a giant impact produces the Moon mostly from the impactor. In this presentation, I will show how one can solve these puzzles by a combination of physics/chemistry of materials with some basic physics of a giant impact.


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College Smarter, Life Happier.
What makes MiraCosta special?
Everything from amazing faculty & staff to campus activities and student life. Read on and get ready - we'll see you on campus soon!
Faculty & Staff is a great place to start.
With an average class size of about 30 to 45, MiraCosta students rave about their
professors and
the personal attention they receive. And with no shortage of faculty, almost 900, you're in good hands.
A Diverse Student Body
Both students and staff enjoy a friendly atmosphere, and the feeling that we are all
here to help one another.
Our diverse student body includes people from a variety of ages, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds.
Need some stats? Visit our At A Glance for a great overiew and breakdown.
Active Duty Military/Veterans/Dependents: 1,396 students
Transfer Success
Students who plan to transfer to a four-year university get on the right track through TAG, IGETC, UniversityLink, and other transfer programs. MiraCosta College also has one of the highest transfer rates to the University of California out of all of the community colleges in San Diego County. Our students also typically earn higher GPA's than non-transfer students. Learn more about the transfer process here.
Men's and women's basketball
Men's and women's soccer
Women's sand and indoor volleyball
Surf team - competes in the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA)
MiraCosta Spartans Official Website
While we don't offer on-campus housing, there are many apartment buildings nearby.
Contact student services for referrals.
Student Resources Include...
There are so many student services avaialble to you at MiraCosta College, why, we'd need an entire page just to list them.
Conincidentally (or not), we've done just that.
How much does MiraCosta cost to attend?
Enrollment Fee for California Residents: $46 unit
Enrollment Fee for Nonresidents: $231 unit
Yearly Fees for California Residents: $1,080
Yearly Fees for Nonresidents: $6,409
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In an effort as bizarre as the story it is trying to illustrate, South Africa's City Press published a three panel cartoon strip with what is supposed to be a recreation of the scene at Oscar Pistorius's house the night he shot his girlfriend of four months.
There's the gun, the cricket bat, the iPad and the crumpled up sheets. And the bullet-riddled bathroom door. And finally, the silhouette intended to be Pistorius is shown carrying Steenkamp's down to the foyer.
So, if you were looking for a cartoon representation of the information you already know about the case with no other context, here you go.
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http://mmajunkie.com Ed Herman (20-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) has replaced injured Tom Lawlor (7-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and now meets fellow middleweight Kyle Noke (19-4-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at UFC on Versus 5.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the switch with event sources. "The Daily Telegraph" first reported the change.
UFC on Versus 5 takes place Aug. 14 at Milwaukee's Bradley Center. The night's main card airs on Versus, though Herman vs. Noke is slated for the preliminary card.
UFC officials haven't formally announced the change.
Herman, "The Ultimate Fighter 3" runner-up, recently returned from a near-two-year layoff from a serious knee injury. At The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale, he scored a quick and impressive 48-second TKO over Tim Credeur. The June victory was much needed; Herman had lost three of his previous four bouts.
Noke looks to win his fourth straight fight in the octagon. Eliminated in the quarterfinals of "The Ultimate Fighter 11," the Australian fighter since has reeled off consecutive wins over Chris Camozzi, Rob Kimmons and Josh Bryant.
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Horror comes from inside and is directed inside. People who want to kill us are quite scary, but they're a very specific problem. True horror is in realizing that we can be the killers, that we can be what we hate. It throws a big wrench in our grand narrative and shatters it to pieces. That's why we limit our consciousness, assume the patriarchy or the media or the government is to blame for it all. Negative feelings are bad, but the true problem must be outside us.
Obvious comparisons to Madoka spring up, but these are superficial comparisons. The latter is more existential and philosophical, less concerned with the emotions of its characters and relying more on structure and mechanics to deliver its philosophical idea. Daybreak Illusion is far more emotional, fantastical and wild. Each character has distinct demeanor, it has many arcs which peek into other people's lives and the main subject matter is emotion, not the grand meaning of life.
With that aside, let's focus on what's actually going on here, something deeper than how 'logical' the story is. Cliched stories that flood your cinema have an external evil. These are comfortable fantasies. The bad is always outside of us. We need to kill it. Some of them improve and we can converse with these evil, but it's still outside. The third stage is recognizing something inside of us is evil, but an external thing brings it out. The fourth, and most horrifying stage, is realizing that each of us partakes in the conspiracy against the human race.
Daybreak Illusion belongs in the third category, which is a weird one. Stories that reach there are aware of theme exploration, that their story shouldn't just give us a good time with pretty visuals. You can't reach that stage without trying to be deep. The anime really wants to be more, not just a copy of Madoka but to compete against it and expand on the genre. It does that fine enough, but not good enough.
Daemonia are the big evil, but they're amplifiers of already-present negative emotions. Yet by pushing the source of the bad outside, the series isolates it and doesn't explore their issues too deeply. Many of the characters become 'not themselves' when the Daemonia take over, but that's just avoiding the horror. The horror is realizing that the bad side is just as a part of ourselves as the good side.
The series is always close to truly delving into the depths of emotion, but never getting there. A climatic conflict does it the best, showing how we're responsible to each other. Main character finds herself needing to actually face another person's emotions, and digging inside of her to find out what she really feels. It's an interesting position to put the main character in, but it doesn't solve the big conflict. All ends with a big Final Boss Fight full of flashing lights and explosions.
In the most of the arcs though, the victims are just innocent people who are tempted by the devil. By the time they start their rampage, they're supposedly 'not themselves'. The escape from horror isn't deliberate. Our heroes talk to the Daemonia and are frigthened by the fact that these are people. In a way, by showing us that these distorted monsters are still actually human beings, we're supposed to be all the more horrified by our negative feelings. Yet this doesn't work, since these Daemonia too end up too alien from us, their cause being external. People transform into monsters because something infected them, not because they made decisions (or were born in environments) that turned them into monsters.
For the characters in the story these people are real enough, even when they come looking like man-eating plants. What it does better than Madoka is showing the journey and emotional development of heroes caught in the midst of a cosmic battle. Characters actually have a will and their reactions to the events. If in the first episodes the anime seems aimless, it's only because it really tells the story of these girls and nothing else. Any time the story loses its direction is when it sways from it.
Although these characters aren't particularly deep, they're given distinct views about the battle, the world and what they get from it. In the first few episodes the anime actually threatens to improve on Madoka, since it's far more in touch with what kind of dilemmas and conflicts would arise in this situation. Of course it uses Monster of the Week format, because anything else is a distraction. At its most exciting, we see them clashing and arguing and talking about what they're going through. How it feels like to be the hero is where the excitement lies.
The drop in quality comes later. Suddenly we get a more rigid structure and a main villain. Already in the beginning we had some meaningless technobabble, but it avoided getting technical. Battle ended when there was no emotions left to explore in that conflict. The final conflict also ends thanks to the heroes reaching a conclusion, deciding to rebel against their own fate. Yet we don't actually see them reaching this conclusion.
A trait of messy anime, especially those with huge epic stories and wacky art styles is that they have a slew of themes and they don't know which one to focus on, or even which one fit their structure. First the anime start with exploring how negative emotions get the best of us, how the evil is supposed to be inside of us. Then this is thrown away, not completely resolved and instead out of nowhere the girls are fighting against fate.
Now, if the series had something to say about emotional determinism it would be fine. Exploring the conflict of will and choice is the next big thing, since so far we all agree we can't control our emotions. The whole idea of fate comes from the Tarot, though, not because the series wanted to explore it in the first place. Messy structures tend to arise naturally from theme-focused anime, but here it's because the show couldn't focus on its ideas.
At least on the surface it works well enough. As a simple heroic story, I'd take this over many others. Even if its exploration is shallow, it gains from it enough emotional weight. These battles matter. We see the characters going through something during these moments of violence and how their psyche is affected. It's not just 'beat up those deamons and get some shwarma'. It hasn't reached the heights it's aiming for, but it's still an exciting story with great visuals. For some, that's enough.
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Markakis' leaping grab helps Chen hold off Texas
Right fielder robs homer, drives in one to take second-half opener
ARLINGTON -- While Nick Markakis made a significant run in this year's All-Star balloting, he fell just short of being voted into the game, finishing fourth in fan voting for American League outfielders. The quiet veteran put on a full display Friday night of the kind of star power that has had manager Buck Showalter reminding reporters all season that, official or not, Marakakis has been an All-Star.
The 29-year-old robbed Adrian Beltre of a fourth-inning home run with a leaping catch at the right-field fence and doubled in a run to back another quality effort from lefty Wei-Yin Chen, as the Orioles topped the Rangers, 3-1. The victory, in front of 40,068 at Rangers Ballpark, starts the O's second half off in style, as Baltimore made good use of several sloppy Texas plays to keep pace in the AL East.
"Nicky's substance is so much his style," manager Buck Showalter said. "He's just so consistent. I cannot tell you what an asset it is to have so many players, and Nick as much as any, who you know what you're getting from them every night. Now I've seen this guy play through things that most people don't think about playing through. That's why it was so emotional for all of us to finally get into the playoffs and he wasn't able to participate."
Markakis, who watched from the dugout as the Orioles topped Texas in the AL Wild Card game last fall, played a huge role in the club's follow-up visit to Arlington.
"It's pretty weird how this game goes," said Markakis, who agreed that the catch was one of his most memorable. "My first time in eight years to get a chance to do that. I was just glad to be able to catch it and help out out pitchers."
The win keeps the third-place Orioles (54-43) tied for a season-high 11 games over .500, within striking distance at 2 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay and 4 1/2 back from Boston, with both clubs also winning their second-half openers Friday night.
"It was unbelievable," Chen said through interpreter Tim Lin of watching his right fielder save a run. "When [Beltre] hit the ball, I felt like it was a home run definitely. When I turned around, Markakis turned around and grabbed the home run. I was so excited. That was the most unbelievable catch I've ever seen."
Chen, who worked his way through 6 1/3 innings, turned in his second quality start in as many tries back from the disabled list and was helped by his defense all night as the Rangers went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position. The 27-year-old lefty allowed eight hits, but held Texas to one run and exited after Ian Kinsler doubled, with right-hander Darren O'Day retiring both batters after that.
Staked to a two-run lead, Chen allowed a leadoff single to Jeff Baker in the sixth. One out later, Craig Gentry doubled to center field and Adam Jones relayed the ball in to shortstop J.J. Hardy.
"I'm the second cut there in case [Jones] overthrows Brian [Roberts]," Hardy said. "I was kind of hanging out around second and I saw the throw was going to be over Brian's head. I heard the fans going nuts, so I figured he'd be taking a wide turn at home."
Hardy spun around and fired the ball to third baseman Manny Machado, who allowed Baker to take third earlier in the game on a shift play, and Machado put the tag down to nab the lead runner, held up late by third-base coach Gary Pettis.
"I'm running hard the whole way," Baker said of the play. "I pick [Pettis] up right before I hit the bag. I see him waving me, so I hit the bag and then he put the stop sign. I tried to get back the best I could, and they had me."
It was the first of several impressive plays for the All-Star Hardy, who closed the game on a sharp grounder.
"J.J.'s head is on a swivel and he knows where people are," Showalter said. "He makes hard plays look easy where a lot of other people do it the other way around. You're not going to see him on the web gems, but he makes a mental web gem every night."
The Orioles, who also didn't have a hit with a runner in scoring position, were able to push across a trio of runs off Rangers starter Derek Holland. Matt Wieters blasted his 13th homer of the year to put Baltimore on the board with two out in the second inning, and Nate McLouth doubled in Roberts from first base in the following frame.
The Rangers got one back in the fourth, capitalizing on the Orioles' defensive lapse. The frame started with Markakis' catch, but after Baker singled, Chen walked Mitch Moreland. As Baker trotted to second, he took a wide turn and dashed to an uncovered third base, marking just the second time this season Baltimore allowed third base to be swiped. Baker scored on Gentry's sacrifice fly, but Chen held firm after that, striking out Leonys Martin after Jurickson Profar's two-out single.
"I'm so lucky today, they picked me up," said Chen, who has allowed one run or fewer in his last three starts -- all wins. "Everything is about defense tonight. Unbelievable. Without them, I cannot make it. The 'W' wouldn't be next to me."
O'Day retired all five batters he faced following Chen, and closer Jim Johnson stranded a pair of runners en route to his 34th save.
"You take it day by day, but the first one is always the important one," Markakis said of the win. "It makes it a lot easier the next two days to come away with at least one of them, which is our goal to win series. To do it against a team like this, in their ballpark, is huge."


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This experiment heavily employs the use of PCR, or polymerase chain reaction. This process is used to amplify a segment of DNA for in-depth analysis. The process starts by adding a mix of DNA primers and DNA florescent tags that bind to a specific segment of DNA. After these primers bind, DNA polymerase binds to the primer-DNA strand bond and incorporates the florescent tags into the molecule. The polymerase adds base pairs to the base DNA strand and creates an antisense copy of the original strand. Since this process happens for both strands of the DNA, each process essentially duplicates the DNA strand. In order for this reaction to occur, the solution needs to be heated up to allow the double stranded DNA to melt into single strands. Then the solution needs to cool down and let the DNA anneal. Each one of these heating and cooling steps makes up the process of thermal cycling. Each cycle the DNA is replicated once. The sample is run through anywhere between 30 and 50 cycles in order to amplify the DNA and the targeted signal enough to be picked up by an imaging machine. Since the primers only bind to specific segments of DNA, the sample will only light up when the segment of interest is duplicated. In this lab, the SYBER green dye colored the DNA in solution, only fluorescing when bonded to double-stranded DNA. As a result, PCR can be used to identify the presence or absence of a particular DNA sequence. (content by William L.)
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Holiday Travel: What 43 Million Americans Can Look Forward To
Over 40 million people are preparing to travel for Thanksgiving this week.
Nov. 19, 2012 -- As 43 million Americans prepare to travel for Thanksgiving this week, some will have to brave snow, wind and heavy rain as they trek to their holiday destinations.
Bad weather will cause a rough start for some travelers expected to be on the move this week, 90 percent of whom will be travelling in cars. Snow is forecast for mountain passes in Washington state by Thanksgiving, and heavy flooding in Northern California is already creating dangerous road conditions in the West.
A closed vortex will drop over the Northeast Pacific and move slowly southward, bringing in the wet and soggy conditions to the region, according to the National Weather Service. In the areas with highest terrain, temperatures are forecast to be low enough to support snow, creating rough conditions for motorists.
"Thirty-nine million people will be traveling in cars, so interstates and the roads are going to be very busy," Michael Green, AAA Spokesman told ABC News.
In the air, very few delays are expected, as the airlines are looking forward to clear weather for the week.
"Mother nature looks to deliver a beautiful weather week for holiday travel. Let's do this," airline Jet Blue tweeted.
But air travel is actually down 3 percent this Thanksgiving, mainly because airlines have cut the number of flights, and prices are high.
The busiest day for travel will be Wednesday when 45 percent head out, with 35 percent returning home on Sunday, and 25 percent waiting until Monday.


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Abhinav Kashyap hopes a 'Life of Pi' is made in India
As a filmmaker, Abhinav Kashyap is glad that the global movie market is looking at India for characters, stories and locations as in Ang Lee's "Life Of Pi", but he feels it is time for Indian moviemakers to take a cue as well.
"It's good that foreigners are opening up to the Indian stories and stories about Indian people, it's good. But I think it's early days. Hopefully such good stories are also made in India. Hopefully our budgets improve and hopefully the taste of our audience also improves. A lot of things matter," the 38-year-old said here Wednesday at a special screening of "Life of Pi", the story of an Indian boy's adventure.
Meanwhile, talking about the postponement of his upcoming film "Besharam", Kashyap said: "The film has been postponed a bit. My cast has Ranbir (Kapoor). He does only one movie at a time.
"If some problem occurs with the film he is already doing, then automatically my film also shifts forward. But there is no such major postponement, it is only for one or one-and-half months. I will start (shooting) on Dec 10," he added.
Abhinav, brother of the critically Anurag Kashyap, made his directorial debut with 2010 blockbuster 'Dabangg'.
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Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire Releases 'Quiet River Of Dust Vol 1' Today
Richard Reed Parry of Grammy-winning rock band Arcade Fire is releasing his first solo album with ANTI- Records today, Quiet River of Dust Vol. 1.
The Fader has described the record as "a lush and verdant composition filled with buzzing cicadas, plucky guitar, and his airy voice flowing like a breeze through the treetops. Folksy and alive, the single fits squarely in line with Vol. 1's inspiration: the forests in Japan." Watch Parry perform the track "I Was In The World (Was The World In Me) in a Scottish forest HERE.
Japanese folk myths, death poems and British folk music were all significant influences on this record. Long before he joined Montreal's Arcade Fire in 2003, Parry grew up in a thriving folk music community in Toronto, where house parties were full of singing, weekly gatherings featured dances of the British Isles and all the progeny were routinely corralled into singing on popular children's albums.
The genesis of the songs that eventually became Vol. 1 manifested themselves after Arcade Fire's first tour of Japan in February 2008. Parry stayed on for weeks after the last show, heading to a monastery for some solace in "the biggest silence you've ever heard." One day he was walking alone in a massive, snow-covered cedar forest when he heard distant voices, voices that sounded a lot like his father's folk group back in Toronto, Friends of Fiddlers Green. "There was no reason for something to sound like full-throated, British-Isle folk singing there," he recalls. "I walked and walked but I could never get closer to where the music was coming from."
Three touchstones while recording were the work of avant-garde cellist and songwriter Arthur Russell, the Orb's Live '93 album, and Tom Waits's Bone Machine—the latter mixed by Tchad Blake, who welcomed Parry's invitation to mix parts of this record. Parry wanted to create a tangible aural garden of rapturous colours that invite exploration, an immersive experience. "I feel not like taking [this music] to loud places, but to quiet places," Parry clarified. "I'm very curious about who this music is going to find."
Richard Reed Parry Tour Dates
10/17 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
10/18 – Seattle, WA – Columbia City Theater
10/19 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom
10/21 – Vancouver, BC – Wise Hall
11/5 – Toronto, ON – Longboat Hall
11/26 – Ottawa, ON – St. Alban's Church
11/27 – Brooklyn, NY – Murmrr Theatre
11/28 – Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre
11/29 – Portland, ME – Space
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Scherzer caps 13-1 first half with start for AL All-Stars
Leyland gives Tigers right-hander nod in New York after Verlander got call in 2012
NEW YORK -- One of the guiding philosophies behind Max Scherzer's emergence among baseball's best starters is that his last 15 pitches are the most important pitches of the game. His first pitch Tuesday night, however, might be the biggest individual honor of his career.
Though Scherzer's unbeaten season ended Saturday, he remained the perfect fit to start for the American League in this year's All-Star Game. Manager Jim Leyland took care of the announcement Monday afternoon, naming his young right-hander for the honor.
"I don't think I need to explain it any more than that," Leyland said Monday, citing Scherzer's 13-1 record.
Scherzer will be the second consecutive Tiger to start the All-Star Game, following Justin Verlander's memorable opening inning from last year's Midsummer Classic in Kansas City. They become the first teammates to start consecutive All-Star Games since D-backs teammates Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling started in 2001 and '02, respectively.
"It means so much, especially for being my first All-Star Game, to be in this position," Scherzer said Monday. "This is what you dream for, to get the nod and get the ball over so many great pitchers."
For Scherzer, it's merely the latest bit of history in a season that has forced several references to the history books. His 13-0 start was the best by a Major League pitcher since Roger Clemens in 1986 and the fourth-longest in modern Major League history. He came within a game of becoming the first Major League pitcher to enter the All-Star break with a 14-0 record, losing Saturday to Texas.
As it is, his 13-1 record ties him for the Major League lead in wins alongside fellow All-Star Matt Moore. His 152 strikeouts and 10.55 strikeouts per nine innings rank second to Yu Darvish among AL hurlers, while his 3.19 ERA ranks ninth.
Scherzer consistently called his unbeaten start and wins total fluky, citing his pitching statistics as a better indicator of the way he has thrown. Still, his first All-Star selection clearly got to him when the rosters were announced July 6.
"When you get on these teams, when you get on good teams, you never really think about making the All-Star team," Scherzer said last Saturday, "because you're so caught up in winning for the ballclub. For me, I've had some good years. Unfortunately, I've had some streaks within those years when I didn't quite have as good numbers to make the All-Star team. But I finally feel like this year I've been able to put together and be consistent, and that's the reason why I'm an All-Star this year."
Scherzer has talked to his All-Star teammates, who volunteered advice on how to handle the experience. The best, he said, came from first-year teammate and fifth-time All-Star Torii Hunter.
"Just enjoy it," Scherzer said Hunter told him. "He's just given me stories of dealing with family, dealing with friends, who makes it, who doesn't it. It's all the little things in that sense."
He does not need advice on following Verlander, whose All-Star start last year ended with a five-run, four-hit opening inning. Verlander said afterward he tried to throw hard from the outset, saying that's what fans wanted to see.
Scherzer is not that kind of pitcher, though he can approach 100 mph with his fastball. When Scherzer was asked last weekend how he'd react if Prince Fielder tells him to throw a 101-mph fastball, Scherzer smiled.
"He's not going to tell me that. He knows better," Scherzer said. "That didn't work, so we're trying a new strategy."
Scherzer said the ball he took off of his left wrist in Saturday's loss should not be a factor.
"It hurt throughout the game," Scherzer said, "but I was always able to pitch through it. I've been able to ice it and it really feels a lot better. I doubt it'll affect me."
The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again have fans participating in the official voting for the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com via the 2013 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote, and their voice will represent 20 percent of the official vote determining the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
Come to MLB.com for extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
The 84th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM also will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.


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Apple is demanding that Samsung Electronics pay it $380 million for copying vital iPhone and iPad features.
An Apple attorney made the demand Wednesday during opening statements of a Silicon Valley patent trial. A previous jury already has concluded that 26 Samsung products copied Apple's scrolling function, iPhone design and other features. That jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion.
But a judge ruled that jury miscalculated damages for 13 of those products and tossed out $400 million of the verdict and ordered a new trial, which began Tuesday with jury selection. The jury is tasked only with fixing a damage amount.
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By a vote of 36 to 12, Duxbury voters approved zoning amendments that spell out where and how off-the-grid wind turbines can be sited in the town.
Voters cast ballots on January 31. At press time on February 2, the
Duxbury Town Clerk's office was closed due to snow and Town Clerk Ken
Scott was unavailable to verify details of the vote.
The Duxbury Select Board and Planning Commission brought forth the wind turbine amendment in response to a citizen petition. The modifications were in response to a petition presented on December 30, 2009.
Wind turbines that feed into the electrical grid are regulated by the Vermont Public Service Board using the Town Plan as a guide. Off-the-grid turbine projects are regulated at the local level. Prior to these amendments, the town's zoning ordinance did not speak to wind power at all.
The newly passed amendments establish which zones in the town are appropriate for wind turbines and also detail review conditions. The new language requires a town permit for any wind project not reviewed by the state. It also allows wind turbines as conditional or permitted uses in all districts of the town, except the high elevation ecological reserve lands district and the wetland subdistrict.
The amendments establish a height exemption for wind turbines and also increase the maximum allowable chimney height from 35 to 40 feet. In all the district, where turbines are allowed in the town, those taller than 130 feet are considered conditional uses requiring DRB approval.
The original petition as received by the town would have made wind turbines up to 130 feet a conditional use in the town's ecological reserve lands districts and the planning commission balked at that as it was inconsistent with Duxbury's Town Plan which prohibits structures of any kind and limits uses to ag, forestry and other low-intensity activities in that district.


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The 2015 program features panels, presentations, fireside chats and networking events that provide a unique opportunity for executives in the optical networking and communications business to learn from and connect with industry peers who are implementing solutions and addressing issues much like their own. Check back frequently for program updates as additional speakers are being confirmed.
Panel 1: Why the Data Center Requirement Needs a Different Approach
Moderator: Natarajan 'Subu' Subrahmanyan, Senior Managing Director, The Juda Group
Among service providers, colocation providers, Web 2.0 companies and large enterprises, data centers are set to drive massive investments in infrastructure over the next 3-5 years. What kind of new optical network architectures and optical modules will be triggered by the explosive growth in data center build outs and how will they contribute to the growth of next generation optical networks?
What will be the key requirements for optical equipment linking data centers vs the one providing the internal infrastructure? Will innovation and growth be primarily driven by the data center interconnect market including submarine links? Or will they come from inside the data centers as providers struggle with fiber management and increasing internal bandwidth demands? Are the internal optical requirements for data centers completely different or just new variations on the existing datacom requirements? How quickly will vendors be able to fulfill these requirements? Will CDN players help reduce the bandwidth needs or are they actually contributing to it? Come join is in this exciting panel where industry executives will share their views on these key questions and more.
James Feger, Vice president, Network Strategy and Development, CenturyLink
Mitch Fields, Product Strategy and Architecture, Avago Technologies
Rao Lingampalli, Optical Network Architect in the CTO Group, Equinix
Xuezhe Zheng, Director, Photonics, Oracle Corporation
Panel 2: Global Perspectives on the Future of Optical Communication
Moderator: Stephen Hardy, Editorial Director/Associate Publisher, Lightwave
Understanding capex spending patterns and adoption of next gen architectures in the telecom infrastructure industry today requires a truly global perspective - ubiquitous, reliable high speed wireline and wireless connectivity is becoming a worldwide requirement and we are seeing carriers across the world invest in innovative solutions to satisfy this requirement. This panel focuses on understanding perspectives from global Tier 1 carriers on several key topics in communications infrastructure including i) key innovations carriers are implementing today or expecting from their vendors over the next couple of years; ii) evolving network traffic patterns and investment priorities in the transport network – 100G, long haul/metro, packet/optical; iii) role of SDN/NFV in carrier networks; iv) how is the move to cloud progressing and what is the impact on DC builds and carrier networks? Executives from global Tier 1 carriers will share their insights on these topics.
Yiran Ma, Engineer, China Telecom
Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios Giménez, Project Manager, Telefonica
Glenn Wellbrock, Director of Optical Transport Planning, Verizon
Panel 3: Reshaping Standards for Today's Realities
Moderator: Bill Gartner, Vice President/General Manager, Cisco
Standards bodies, many of them, exist today to ensure interoperability between hardware vendors and to leverage early designs to standardize on a single approach in order to reach volume shipments that will ultimately deliver lower product pricing. However, non-standard hardware deployments are being deployed by many of the newer network operators today. What is driving the non-standard approach, and will it eclipse the standards bodies or be a temporary solution that only improves time to market?
Najam Ahmad, Director, Network Engineering, Facebook
Joe Berthold, Vice President of Network Architecture, Ciena
John D'Ambrosia, Chief Ethernet Evangelist, Dell
Cedric Lam, Engineering Director, Google Fiber Platforms, Google
Randy Nicklas, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Windstream Communications
Panel 4: The New Drivers for R&D Investment
Moderator: Chris Pfistner, Senior Director, Marketing, Finisar
Innovations at the optical and electrical component level, such as optical layer innovations (e.g. FlexSpectrum ROADMs), and different forms of photonic integration (PIC) and digital signal processing (DSP) in coherent detection, have been key enablers for significant performance advancements in optical networking. This panel focuses on areas of investment, research and development for leading component vendors across i) different network segments including datacenter, access, metro/edge and ULH; ii) technology choices such as single mode optics versus multimode optics or InP based integration versus silicon photonics; iii) standards & MSA based developments vs proprietary products. In this panel, executives from key suppliers in the industry will share their views on these topics and more.
Fireside Chat: The Roadmap to Next-Gen Network Innovation - Financing Leaders Speak Out
Moderator: John Dexheimer, President, Lightwave Advisors, Inc.
Where is investor capital flowing now and in the next several years? Get the insights of active investors that have helped create and fund the early ramp of some of the most innovative, high growth firms in the industry over the past 20 years--firms that have become the underpinnings of broadband infrastructure and the optical portfolios of Cisco, Ciena, Google, Broadcom, Motorola, Verizon, Intel, Mellanox, Oclaro and JDSU. Some of the questions they will be addressing are: 1) Where are the opportunities that they now have placed bets on and why? 2) Where are they advising portfolio firms to focus--in emerging technologies and firms or in large scale roll-outs? and 3) What are the next technical and market opportunities that interest them?
Hamid Arabzadeh, Founder/Funder of Ranovus, former CEO at CoreOptics (sold to CISCO in 2010), and angel investor (through Purple Angel and Spoke Technologies)
Doug Busch, Vice President and General Manager, Fiber Optic Products, Molex
Andrew Rickman, Founder, CEO and Chairman, Rockley Photonics, Inc.
Nikos Theodosopoulos, NT Advisors, LLC
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Allergies May Boost Severity of Lung Disease
Study finds hay fever increases frequency of respiratory problems in COPD patients
FRIDAY, May 10, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Hay fever and similar allergies increase the frequency and severity of respiratory problems in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study shows.
COPD is a progressive lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe.
In this study, researchers looked at more than 1,400 patients with COPD, and found that those with allergies were much more likely than those without allergies to wheeze, to have chronic cough and chronic phlegm, to awake during the night because of cough, and to have a worsening of COPD symptoms that required antibiotics or a visit to the doctor.
The study by the Johns Hopkins University researchers was published online May 10 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
The findings suggest that treating allergies or avoiding allergy triggers may help reduce the number and severity of respiratory problems in people with COPD, Dr. Nadia Hansel, an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center in Baltimore, said in a journal news release.
She added that current COPD treatment guidelines do not deal with the management of allergies and said additional research of the link between allergies and COPD is needed.
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It's time for a sequel to my first list of the best Korean cushion compacts! I'm simply enamored with this beauty innovation, and I can't imagine ever returning to clunky traditional foundations. Korean beauty brands release new formulas and new collaborations regularly, so I'm always experimenting with the next great products.
Here are four more of my favorite cushion compacts:
Clio Kill Cover Liquid Foundation Cushion
This Clio cushion is absolutely amazing if you're looking for a super full-coverage foundation. The Kill Cover cushion has an incredibly high-coverage formula for such a lightweight compact, and it's great to work with if you want a really long-lasting, flawless makeup look. This is my go-to cushion for fancy nights on the town because it's smoothing, moisturizing and brightening, and it really doesn't require any touchups. Definitely recommended if you like full coverage foundations. You'll be impressed with Clio's Kill Cover compact.
Tony Moly Pikachu Mini Cover Cushion
Pikachu is having a big moment in Korea right now, so you'll find various Pokémon in all the shops, on all the fashion and in all the beauty products. As I am very easily swayed by adorable packaging, I had to pick up the Pikachu Mini Cover Cushion from Tony Moly's latest beauty collaboration with Pokémon. The line includes all kinds of Pokémon products, from face masks and cleansers to nail polishes and lip tints. This cushion is smaller than your average compact, so it's great for on-the-go spot treatment. Although it's cute, the formula is actually quite decent, and it provides good coverage. But I'm mostly in love with the detailed packaging, including the Poké Ball-shaped applicator sponge.
The Face Shop Oil Control Water Cushion
Speaking of adorable packaging, The Face Shop is also stocking some super cute character compacts at the moment. They have a Disney collaboration featuring a Monsters, Inc. cushion and a Mickey Mouse one, but I'm much more drawn to the darling Kakao Friends collaborations. The Kakao Friends are various characters used as emoticons on the Korean messaging app KakaoTalk. My favorites are Frodo, the dog, and Ryan, the bear. So, I had no choice but to buy this cushion compact featuring one of the best Ryan illustrations (he's cheering for you amidst a backdrop of confetti!). It's a light-coverage formula, so it's best for daytime wear. This particular cushion is designed for oil control and boasts sebum-minimizing powers. But, let's be real: I bought it for the packaging, and I'd do it again.
Moonshot Microfit Cushion
I briefly touched on this cushion in my review of the moonshot x BIGBANG10 LUCKYBOX. Moonshot is the beauty brand owned by YG Entertainment, Big Bang's record label, so all of the products are endorsed and modeled by YG artists like G-Dragon and Blackpink. I just dream of having skin as luminous as GD's, so I am very drawn to this product. I really love the formula, the semi-matte finish and brightness of the Microfit Cushion. My only complaints are with the design: the applicator sponge broke really quickly, and the sponge inside that holds the product has gotten weirdly off-centered. While I'm disappointed with the durability of the compact, I'm still really into the product and will continue to use it.


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Michigan Hunter Indicts National Rifle Association (NRA) plus GOP and Other U.S. Lawmakers on Felony Charges of Mass Murder, Bribery, and Racketeering/Conspiracy (RICO Act)
*A message and indictment of the NRA from Greg J. Peterson of Marquette, Michigan, deer hunter, news reporter and a close friend of the creator of this blog- the Rev. Terence A. Dicks of Augusta, Georgia I am an avid … Continue reading →
OneNation Voter Suppression Shows: Edgardo Cortés/Advancement Project; Myrna Pérez/Brennan Center for Justice; Kemba Smith and Linwood Christian/both are Voting Rights Restoration Activist; Sara Mullen/ACLU PA, Chris Fields/Lawyer's Committee Civil Rights
Voter suppression and racism is alive and well in America but we can fight this machine by registering to vote, voting early and fighting Voter ID laws.
"OneNation – Protecting the Vote" with Andrea Miller on Blog Talk Radio
Show #1 "OneNation – Protecting the Vote" with Andrea Miller and Terence Dicks on Blog Talk Radio
Andrea Miller
Chesterfield, VA
Deputy Field Director, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
"Holding elected office is a privilege – voting is a right"
Rev. Terence A. Dicks, PDA Southern Organizer/PDA Georgia Coordinator
Sara Mullen, Assoc. Dir. of the ACLU of Pennsylvania and Chris Melody Fields, Election Protection Coordinator for the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
Sara Mullen started in 1997 as a volunteer in the ACLU of PA Pittsburgh office.
She joined the staff as the office manager in Jan. 1998 and became Asst. Dir. of the Pittsburgh Chapter in 2000.
Mullen transferred to the Philadelphia office in Nov. 2002 and currently heads the Community Organizing Dept. and oversees the communications program.
She received her BA in Middle Eastern History from the University of Chicago in 1993.
Mullen previously worked in academic publishing.
Chris M. Fields is campaign manager for the Lawyers' Committee Election Protection program coordinating coalition efforts to inform voters about their rights and that every vote is counted.
Prior to joining the Lawyers' Committee in Dec. 2011, Fields worked in the govt. affairs div. for a biological resource center on the global health/biosecurity agenda.
Fields spent two years as Outreach Dir. for Common Cause advancing the democracy reform agenda and fighting for the Fair Elections Now Act that would create publicly financed campaigns for Congress.
Keeping Alive the Dream of Barbara A. Thurmond of Augusta, Georgia: Barbara Thurmond dared to dream of a world without violence, so with her sister Earnestine Covington, they founded Blacks Against Black Crimes, Inc. in June 1991 – and enlisted many others to help reduce black-on-black violence along the banks of the Savannah River. That violence has returned in Augusta, the state of Georgia, the South and across the U.S. – We hope this tribute will inspire others to keep alive the dream and love of the late Barbara Thurmond
Activist and Author Barbara A. Thurmond: Standing Tall Against Violence in Hopes of Saving the Lives of Children and Stopping Violent Crimes in African American Neighborhoods in Augusta, Georgia 2012 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Conference is June 18-20, 2012 … Continue reading →