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LRD: latent relation discovery for vector space expansion and information retrieval. Goncalves, Alexandre L.; Zhu, Jianhan; Song, Dawei; Uren, Victoria; Pacheco, Roberto (Springer http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11775300_11, 2006)GONCALVES, A., ZHU, J., SONG, D., UREN, V. and PACHECO, R., 2006. LRD: latent relation discovery for vector space expansion and information retrieval. In: J. YU, M. KITSUREGAWA and H. LEONG, eds. Advances in Web-Age Information Management: 7th International Conference, WAIM 2006, Hong Kong, China, June 17-19, 2006; Proceedings. Berlin: Springer. pp. 122-133.In this paper, we propose a text mining method called LRD (latent relation discovery), which extends the traditional vector space model of docu-ment representation in order to improve information retrieval (IR) on docu-ments ...

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Michael Andrews Bespoke is a custom tailor. The space is incredibly intimate, trendy, and modern. The storefront, hidden in an alleyway on Great Jones Street in Soho, NY, is an appointment-only boutique offering bespoke suits, shirts, tuxedoes, sport coats, pants, overcoats, pocket squares, cufflinks, neckwear and other formalwear. A self proclaimed "recovering corporate attorney," Michael Andrews donned a suit and tie to a law firm every day for nearly eight years. When he could not find off-the-rack suits cut to his liking, he began having his clothes custom made. After trying over a dozen tailors without finding exactly what he wanted, he decided to open his own tailor shop. All of the fabrics in shop are courtesy of Savile Row ( A shopping street in central London, renown for its high quality men's tailoring. The term "bespoke" is thought to have originated in Savile Row when cloth for a suit was said to "be spoken for" by individual customers).
In 2006, Michael Andrews Bespoke was launched with the vision of crafting high-end yet approachable menswear with a modern flare. Since its inception, the storefront has been named "Best of New York" by Time Out New York, New York Magazine, Bloomberg Markets, AM New York and JW Marriott Magazine. My boyfriend has had the distinct pleasure of being fitted for one of Michael's perfect suits (this takes several visits), and during his visit was hosted at the bar (complete with vintage typewriter) and given hundreds of textile options. My boyfriend and the owner have also stayed late discussing stocks, sports, and every other subject under the sun – the kind of attention that makes shops like this rare in this day and age. This exceptional, design oriented, unique and yet causal space is absolutely outstanding.
The hidden, back-of-the-alley space during christmastime. Courtesy of Robb Report, HERE.
A side street in Soho, achievable only by a hidden gate and doorbell. The sort of forgotten alley that makes a NYC resident feel as if they have finally discovered the secrets of an ancient city. Workers in the space have won Esquire Magazine's "Best Dressed Real Man in America" (Dan Trepanier, Senior Advisor) and one is a fifth generation master tailors hailing from Monaghan, Ireland (Rory Duffy, Master Tailor). To find out more about the spot's motley crew, click HERE. Visiting the space feels like taking a time machine to the turn of the century (and sometimes prior) to a space that appreciate patience, craft, and fit. To a time before electricity, when calling cards, gloves, and canes were a la mode.
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The inner sanctum of the holy custom tailor's floor. The black and white podium tables are offset by the velvet, velour, and corduroy knit suits adorning the ceiling shelves.
Could you ever say no to a man dressed in this suit? Bond, James Bond. The tuxedo first appeared in 1889 while dinner jacket is dated only to 1891. These two options are predated by the tailcoat and smoking jacket. Thanks to the evolution of tailoring, the menswear is now appropriate for both formal and informal locales.
Aside from the french cuffs, the lapels, the hemming, the lining, and all other custom aspects of a piece of clothing – the store itself is a beautiful exploration of masculinity, modernism, and restraint. The details all complement one another perfectly so that the end product feels contemporary yet vintage. New; yet old. This juxtaposition of companies based in old world techniques, married with the styles of new, helps Michael Andrews Bespoke to succeed. In the end, would you trust a tailor to make you an aesthetically pleasing suit if he did not work in an aesthetically pleasing shop?
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For Nancy and Bob Reigle, the call came down to America's Colonial showplace versus the Orioles in the playoffs.
"We have wanted to go to Williamsburg for some time," said Nancy Reigle, a retired teacher in the Baltimore County public schools who had scheduled a trip to begin Oct. 20 — the day before the start of the World Series. "I was keeping an eye on the schedules, and then I noticed that the American League has home field advantage [for the World Series], and that they could be playing in Baltimore that Tuesday and Wednesday."
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The pointers presented here address the relationship between image and screen size, as well as how image position on screens can affect the quality of finished graphics.
By Screen Printing's Solution Sourcebook
Screen printers who push the envelope in production volume often find themselves limited by the size and configuration of their presses. Even using the maximum screen size the press will accommodate allows the use of only a portion of the screen for image area. Exceeding the maximum image area causes image distortion, which can lead to registration problems and make accuracy in diecutting and other finishing processes impossible to achieve.
Image-to-frame ratio
Image-to-frame ratio is critical, regardless of whether you're printing one large image or multiple smaller images simultaneously. The term refers to the size of the image are relative to the total screen area, which is usually represented by the frame's inside dimensions.
In general, screens on a smaller press provide less free mesh around the perimeter of the image area. Even with minimal off-contact, the smaller screens require greater squeegee pressure to bring the image into contact with the substrate. As a result, the mesh may deflect more than desired and cause image distortion (Figure 1A).
Larger screens, used on larger presses, provide more free space around the image areas. The availability of more free mesh area reduces deflection and image distortion during the squeegee stroke. The result is a printed image that is more likely to fall within desired tolerances (Figure 1B).
Maximum image size
The eight-and-six rule is a popular way to figure out maximum image size. The rule maintains that a fixed measurement should always be used for image placement on the screen. Specifically, the image should be positioned at least 8 in. from the frame edge, where the squeegee stroke begins, and a minimum of 6 in. from either of the frame's sides. This rule applies in many cases, but some applications require even more free mesh area at the edges to ensure accurate, distortion-free printing.
Squeegee length also factors into the relationship between image size and total mesh area. In general, using a squeegee that greatly exceeds the width of the image cancels out the positive effects of free space around the image area. The squeegee still approaches the edges of the frame, leading to mesh deflection and image distortion.
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U. S. News Ranks New Mexico Tech, Sept. 13, 2002
SOCORRO, N.M., September 13, 2002 -- New Mexico Tech has been included among the 65 universities that make up the third tier grouping in the "Best National Universities -- Doctoral" category in the latest annual rankings published by U.S. News & World Report.
In prior years, the state-funded research university in Socorro was consistently listed in the magazine's unranked category of the nation's top 14 select specialty schools that offer most of their degrees in engineering fields.
However, a major regrouping in the annual guide was initiated last year, based on The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's revised classification system, and New Mexico Tech was subsequently moved into one of the guide's largest category in its ranking system.
U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of the nation's top institutions of higher education is included in the magazine's special issue of America's Best Colleges 2003, which goes on sale Monday, September 16.
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From: Inward letters - Jessie A McLean, Reference Number MS-Papers-0032-0431 (21 digitised items). 21 letters. These include letters written from just after her arrival in Christchurch (from Auckland) in Mar 1859 with her husband Captain John McLean and her sister Lille Mudie, up until Dec 1876 (by which time she had four children and had become a widow). The letters written 1859-1861 are signed Jessie A Maclean, whereas those written after John's death in 1871 are signed Jessie McLean. The latter series of letters concern her financial affairs and education of her eldest son Alexander. Includes a draft letter from Donald McLean to Jessie dated 25 Oct 1872
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Golden Eagles (6-16, 4-7 OVC) will look to continue their recent road success as they take part in their last 2010 regular season road trip. Tech will take on a trio of conference opponents including Tennessee State, Austin Peay and Jacksonville State.
"It might be good for us to get back on the road and get out of our routine," head coach John Blair said. "Going on the road should help us refocus for the last three weeks of the season.
Tennessee Tech begins its road trip Friday as it takes on the Tennessee State Tigers at 7 p.m. In their previous meeting this season, the Golden Eagles brought their winning streak against the Tigers to five as they earned the sweep in three sets that were all decided by three points or less. TSU currently sits eighth in the conference with a 3-8 OVC record and a 5-14 overall record.
"TSU is so athletic and they play a very inspired game at home," Blair said. "They are well coached and will be looking to try to get back into the playoff race."
The Golden Eagles then travel to Clarksville to take on the Austin Peay Lady Governors Saturday at 2 p.m. Earlier this season the Lady Govs defeated the Golden Eagles in three sets, with one of the sets decided in extra points. APSU sits second in the OVC with a 9-3 conference record and an 18-5 overall record.
"Austin Peay has been a solid team all season," Blair said. "They still have their sights set on first place so they will do everything they can to catch Morehead State."
Tech wraps up its road schedule Tuesday with a 7 p.m. contest against the Gamecocks of Jacksonville State. The Golden Eagles ended a two-match skid with JSU earlier this season as they earned a 3-1 win at Eblen Center. Jacksonville State owns an overall record of 12-10 and ranks fourth in the OVC with a 7-4 conference record.
"Jacksonville State is always a tough team at home," Blair stated. "With our win over them a couple of weeks ago, they will be ready to go and it will make the match that much tougher."
"All three matches will be tough and everyone has a chance to win," Blair continued. Hopefully we can get a couple of wins on this road trip to give us some momentum for the final two weeks of the season at home."


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Rack PDU
P1000 Series rack power distribution units (PDUs) are available for both vertical and horizontal applications. The PDUs feature 18 AWG cold-rolled steel enclosures, grounding connection points, overload protection, circuit breakers, dual-pole breakers on 208V models, and UL 489-rated circuit breakers on 30A units. In addition, they include two diagnostic LEDs: One indicates that the power is on; the other verifies that the unit is plugged into a receptacle wired with the correct polarity and ground.
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Modular bus system
The B400 Series is a modular, overhead, build-as-you-need electrical distribution system for higher load requirements for industrial and high-tech applications. The system provides 400A and 100% continuous duty power. In addition, it offers a 22,000A short-circuit rating for 600VAC and DC systems. Weighing 9.5 lb per ft, the B400 features a cross-section dimension of 5.7 in. × 5.05 in. Available in any length up to 10 ft, it includes optional isolated ground and oversized neutral.
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Enclosed disconnect switches
Enclosed Disconnect Switches are offered in both fusible and non-fusible versions. Rated up to 400A, the fusible switches disconnect both the line and load sides of the fuses using two double breaking contacts per pole. Multiple NEMA-type rated enclosures are offered. In addition, switches have SCCRs up to 200kA and use Class CC, J, or L fuses. Other features include easy screw mounting and multiple knockouts for wiring flexibility. The switch handle accepts three padlocks to comply with OSHA lockout/tagout requirements.
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3-phase PDU
The 19-in. rack-mount PC3365 Series power distribution unit (PDU) offers 3-phase 120/208V 30A input power via a NEMA L21-30P plug. Power output is 120V, which is distributed through 24 IEC C13 computer-style receptacles, providing 8,640VA of power. The front panel features indicator lights and circuit breakers. Power output is located on the rear through an attached 15-ft power cable, with an integrated cable restraint and management system.
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You can disable SELinux (which is more of an annoyance for regular user) by editing the config file in /etc/selinux while being root
su vi /etc/selinux/config
For some strange reason, I cannot run gedit or emacs while being root, hence you got to use vi, which seems to be working fine. In vi to edit the file you first need to hit the "i" key. Now change the text SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=disabled and save the file, to save the file in vi, first hit "Esc" and then type wq at the command promot and press enter to return to terminal window. Now, restart the X-server or reboot and SELinux should be disabled.
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Fox Undermines Its Own Defense Of The Wealthy
Fox broke from its usual narrative by reporting that over the last 43 years the net worth of the wealthy has "skyrocketed," pointing to this as a rationale for President Obama's call to allow past tax cuts for the wealthy to expire. Previously, Fox has manufactured the notion of a high tax burden on the wealthiest Americans, in order to attack Obama for wanting to let these cuts expire.
During a Fox & Friends Sunday segment co-host Clayton Morris attempted to use a study on household net worth to attack President Obama's plan to end the Bush-era tax cuts on the wealthy. But during the segment, co-host Alisyn Camerota, citing the study, reported that median net worth is the "lowest it has been in decades" but for "the top 1 percent, the net worth has skyrocketed" going up 71 percent during the period analyzed. Camerota noted that the discrepancy in net worth is one reason that Obama has proposed returning the top marginal tax rates for high-income earners to their previous level.
Indeed, a study [1] by New York University economics professor Edward Wolff found that the net worth of American households has fallen to a 43-year low. CBS reported [2] that Wolff found that while the median net worth of American households had fallen to $57,000 because "the lower and middle classes appear poorer and less stable," the "wealthiest 1 percent of American households increased their average wealth by 71 percent" during the same period.
Additionally, during roughly the same period studied by Wolff, the top 5 percent of income earners' share of the national income jumped [3] 5 percent, to over 21 percent of all income earned in 2010.
Also, in 2010 the top 1 percent of earners saw their income grow [4] by 11.6 percent while the remaining 99 percent only saw their income grow by 0.2 percent. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman explained [5] that this trend means that, "the rich are paying more taxes because they're much richer than they used to be," but this does not mean they are shouldering a historically high tax burden.
Previously, Fox has pushed its manufactured [6] notion [7] that the wealthy have an unreasonably high tax burden, claiming they pay a disproportionately large share of federal income taxes while hiding the fact that income gains and net worth gains have primarily been enjoyed by the wealthiest Americans. Fox used this contrived burden to attack Obama for calling for not adding more [8] to the national deficit by extending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
Now that Fox has admitted to the massive net worth gains of the top 1 percent, perhaps it will stop trying to protect their historically low tax rates [9].
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The Wakeskate Tour stop #1: Toe Jam
Toe Jam is on this weekend at the projects and the set up is the most legit we've ever seen. They will be running a boat contest as well as the winch gap event which is always a crowd pleaser. This year the Toe Jam is the first stop of the five part series that is The Wakeskate Tour, and the responses have been overwhelming. Head on out to the projects at 9 AM Friday and Saturday to catch all the action. In the meantime, we caught up with some of your favorite pro's to get the lowdown on what we can expect from the event.
Ben Horan: What were the best and worst parts of building the pool gap?
Best: it's done and its all natural. Look at that beauty!
Worst: Silas sat inside the car with the AC running the whole time "working" on his phone.
Matt Hooker: Where the hell have you been?
-Back home in NY healing up my ankle and living the big city life. I'm here to judge the event and hang out, but I'll be back on the deck soon…
Leo Labadens: What do you call that haircut?
-The "haultimate mullete." It's scary fast on the water and downtown people think I'm a local hipster.
Reed Hansen: How many snakes did you catch during the build?
-Just one actually, it was quite surprising. But we've been camping under stadium lights and there are some seriously viscous swarms of bugs.
Dieter Humpsch: Top five people you don't want to ride against?
-Reed Hansen, the Pastura bros, Ben, and Nick Taylor. That's definitely the top squad rolling into this weekend.
BT: Best trick predictions:
-I definitely think the winch gap will get the most tech. 3 flips, v flips, but personally I'm really looking forward to the boat event. After wake games the heat is on. I'm stoked to see Hampson killing it on boat again. A few of the guys and I have been riding some serious boat sets lately and putting together legit lines. Some of these dudes are falling less than wakeboarders do. Haha.
Silas: Which celebrities do you anticipate will make it out to the event?
-Johnny Depp just texted he's stoked on the sport, there's a couple other surprises that the crowd will be excited to see. I don't want to name names, but one in particular plays with footballs for a living. Maybe Fred Durst too? I heard he's on the scene lately…
George Daniels: Besides the fresh new 17 year old appearance, what other surprises do you have for us this weekend?
-Well when I was 17 I was world champion, so watch out with the negativity there bud, cause I'm bringing the heat. I'm ready to combo it up on the ledges and hubba's in this winch gap. This setup is the sickest.


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Some people say that the Bible is just a book, others say that its 100% accurate. The statistics might lie, so what I want to know is how the Bible compares to other books. Books like the encyclopedia, known historical writings and other books. The comparisons can definitely use statistics, but I definitely am looking for other books that the Bible does, or does not compare with.
edit: What I'm really curious about is if the premise: "The Bible is as accurate as an encyclopedia." is true, or if this premise could be true for any other history book.


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The Russian will not be mollified.
In a huge response to being shut out of the Carmelo Anthony sweepstakes, the New Jersey Nets and their owner Mikhail Prokhorov turned around Wednesday and acquired one of the NBA's top point guards, forging a deal with the Utah Jazz that sends All-Star Deron Williams to New Jersey for rookie forward Derrick Favors and point guard Devin Harris. The Jazz also receive two Draft picks from New Jersey.
The Nets tried in vain for months to get Anthony from the Denver Nuggets, but were never able to put a deal together because of Anthony's refusal to sign a three-year, $65 million contract extension. (Anthony signed the extension Wednesday to make a three-team deal between Denver, New York and Minnesota official. Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams and Renaldo Balkman are going to New York; Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Ray Felton and Timofey Mozgov are going to Denver — along with center Kosta Koufos from Minnesota, three Draft picks and cash from the Knicks. The Timberwolves get forward Anthony Randolph and the expiring contract of center Eddy Curry from the Knicks.)
But New Jersey struck back with a vengeance, getting the 26-year-old Williams, an all-NBA second team selection last season who is currently third in the NBA in assists.
NBA.com reported on Tuesday that the Nets, after being spurned by Anthony, would turn their attention to the free agent Class of 2012, including Williams and Orlando all-pro center Dwight Howard. Prokhorov wants at least two star players in place by the time the team officially moves from Newark to its new arena in Brooklyn in 2012. To be able to sell season tickets and suites in advance of that move, the Nets had to have at least one of those stars already in place to entice fans and corporate sponsors to pony up and not have to pay on spec. In Williams, the Nets have a star.
Williams had grown increasingly frustrated with the Jazz in the last year, as Utah struggled with keeping its core group together while not going too far into luxury tax territory. Owner Greg Miller had committed Utah to being a tax payer for the next couple of years, but Utah opted to let guard Ronnie Brewer go last year instead of trying to re-sign him as a free agent, sending him to Memphis at last year's trade deadline. The Jazz then were not able to re-sign All-Star forward Carlos Boozer, watching him go to Chicago along with key reserve guard Kyle Korver in free agency. Utah also lost out on surprising rookie guard Wesley Matthews, opting not to match an offer sheet he received from Portland.
Each of these decisions angered Williams, who thought the team was losing ground in the Western Conference. Utah acquired forward Al Jefferson from Minnesota in an offseason deal to replace Boozer, and Jefferson has played well at times for the Jazz. But Utah has struggled through much of the season. The team lost its bellwether earlier this month when longtime coach Jerry Sloan suddenly resigned after 23 years as the team's head coach. He had been the longest tenured coach in professional sports.
Williams had clashed with Sloan at times this season, criticizing what he felt was a predictable offense that Sloan had grown accustomed to over the years. He also hoped the Jazz would run more than they'd been running. When Sloan resigned, one of the key reasons offered in the local media was his increasingly toxic relationship with Williams.
Though the Jazz were quick to defend Williams and say his actions were not the cause of Sloan's resignation, fans in Salt Lake City became split on whether they would continue to back their star point guard. At the same time, the Jazz fell into a losing streak. They have lost five in a row at home, the first time Utah has had such a losing streak since 1982.
So Utah apparently decided to head off what would have been increasing speculation about Williams' future by dealing him now.
Favors, the rookie power forward from Georgia Tech, was a player the Jazz had coveted before last year's Draft. He will provide a solid one-two inside presence with Jefferson. Harris had fallen out of favor in New Jersey and was definitely going to be moved before Thursday's trade deadline.


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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
June 2004
Island-Induced Cloud Plumes Influence Tropical Atmospheric Measurements, Surface Radiation
A key objective of the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program is to identify interactions between the processes that determine the radiative properties of an atmospheric column, including clouds and the underlying surface. Early results of ARM's Nauru Island Effects Study (NIES) provide important new information on the effect of small tropical islands on local meteorology. Principal findings are that the small island of Nauru, one of three sites that make up ARM's Tropical Western Pacific locale, increases the amount of low cloud on the leeward side of the island from about 20% cloud cover to 30% cloud cover. The amount of middle and high cloud is not affected. This study has enabled ARM scientists to develop analysis techniques that can detect when an island influence is occurring and how surface measurements may be affected by the island-induced clouds. The study is also allowing scientists to quantify the extent of the island influence on cloud statistics and the impact on surface radiation. This information is important for the ARM Program, as well as for other programs that maintain small island measurement sites.


text: This course covers mathematical topics in trigonometry. Trigonometry is the study of triangle angles and lengths, but trigonometric functions have far reaching applications beyond simple studies of triangles. This course is designed to help prepare students to enroll for a first semester course in single variable calculus. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Evaluate trigonometric functions using the unit circle and right triangle approaches 2. Solve trigonometric equations 3. Verify trigonometric identities 4. Prove and use basic trigonometric identities. 5. Manipulate trigonometric expressions using standard identities 6. Solve right triangles 7. Apply the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines


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As their forebears did 100 years earlier, these parsons come by boat
Methodist ministers used to be called circuit riders, for their calling — and their horse — took them to preach to a circuit of congregations.
On Solomons Island a century ago, the preacher came by boat, traveling to neighboring watermen's communities.
With the nearby harbor off Drum Point a sheltered anchorage, Solomons became a center for shipbuilding and repair, seafood harvesting and provisioning.
On May 20, Solomons United Methodist, and Olivet United Methodist Churches reenact the parson's trip to celebrate their heritage and the watermen's community of Solomons Island.
Traveling aboard the Wm. B. Tennison, the Rev. Meredith Wilkins-Arnold and the Rev. Faith Lewis will disembark in their robes to the welcome of congregation and choir for 8:45am services at Solomons United Methodist Church. Then they'll reboard the the old buyboat and head to Olivet for services honoring the 100th year of the chapel.
The Wm. B. Tennison is part of the era celebrated. Built for oystering in 1899, the log-hulled bugeye is reputed to be the second-oldest licensed passenger vessel in the United States. Originally a sailing oyster boat, Tennison was refitted to power to work as a buyboat collecting the catch of other oyster boats. A National Historic Landmark, the Wm. B. Tennison berths at Calvert Marine Museum.


text: Hi there, let's assume you've decided that Myrinet is too expensive for your cluster. Hence channel bonding is the (cheap) solution, if you want to get more than 100Mb/s performance. Furthermore, you would like to use those slim 2U or even 1U cases. However, you can have at best 3 PCI slots with 2U cases or 1 PCI slot with 1U cases. There seem to be two solutions to this problem: Either you buy a motherboard that has onboard video and two on board ethernet adapters (e.g., Supermicro 370DLR) or you buy a 4-port ethernet card. The former solution forces you to buy a fairly expensive (compared to the 370DLE) motherboard (for 1U cases you don't have a choice, because the 370DLE won't fit. But nevertheless, I have no use for, e.g., the onboard SCSI). The latter solution brings up the question how good are 4-port ethernet cards? I have tested the D-Link DFE570Tx 4-port NIC that has a DEC Digital DS21143 chip and uses the tulip driver. My test platform consists of two PIII/600MHz PCs with RH 6.2, 2.2.16 kernel, bonding.o from the 2.2.17 kernel. I used ttcp, netperf, and netpipe to test the performance. Here I quote just the netpipe results for NPtcp, NPmpi compiled with mpich-1.2.1, and NPmpi compiled with mpipro-1.5b7-3t. Results for 3 channel bonded 3Com 905B NICs are included for comparison. Latencies (lat) are in microseconds, bandwidth (bw) in Mb/s. | NPtcp | NPmpi/mpich | NPmpi/mpipro | | lat | bw | lat | bw | lat | bw | -------------------|------|------|------|------|------|-------| 3 x 3C905B | 45 | 268 | 92 | 214 | 97 | 264 | DFE570Tx (3 ports) | 43 | 250 | 94 | 199 | 113 | 241 | DFE570Tx (4 ports) | 43 | 215 | 93 | 173 | 117 | 211 | The full results of the tests can be found at http://www.sfu.ca/~siegert/nic-test.html Obviously the performance for channel bonding 4 ports on the DFE570Tx is worse than the performance when using just 3 ports. This is an effect of the CPU load: A 600MHz PIII is not powerful enough to receive 100Mb/s through 4 NICs at the same time. This becomes clear when you use ttcp over udp (the sender pushes out packets as fast as it can, the receiver has to do interrupt processing): the sender throughput is 341 Mb/s, the receiver throughput is 89Mb/s; the rest is dropped on the floor (you don't want to use NFS in such a configuration). Unfortunately, the DFE570Tx with 3 channel bonded ports does not perform as well as 3 905B's channel bonded (which is disappointing particularly as 3 905B's are cheaper than a DFE570Tx at least in Canada). The reason is that the 905B chip/3c59x driver combination has a better performance than the DFE570Tx/tulip driver combination. My understanding is that the 905B has an onboard processor (similar to the Intel EEPro100) that can offload some of the tasks from the cpu resulting in a lower cpu load. Remaining questions: 1. For the tulip driver experts: are there any driver flags that I could try to get a better performance? 2. I am concerned about udp performance with respect to NFS reliability. This may not be relevant anymore since the 2.4.0 kernel does not list NFS-v3 as experimental anymore. Hence I could use NFS over tcp and could also use a larger buffer size so that the performance may remain the same (or even be better?). Has anybody tried this already? 3. The Matrox NS-FNIC/4 is a 4-port NIC that uses the Intel chip. Has anybody tried it? The crucial disadvantage is its price: it's more than twice as expensive as the DFE570Tx ... 4. Has anybody found a solution for getting 3 NICs (assuming the motherboard has one onboard ethernet adapter, which I need for NFS connections) plus a video adapter into a 2U case? Cheers, Martin ======================================================================== Martin Siegert Academic Computing Services phone: (604) 291-4691 Simon Fraser University fax: (604) 291-4242 Burnaby, British Columbia email: siegert at sfu.ca Canada V5A 1S6 ========================================================================


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The Department of Homeland Security, criticized for failing to check the student status of a Kazakh man charged in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, has tightened procedures for admitting foreigners with student visas, a U.S. official said on Friday.
The Department's Customs and Border Protection issued a memo ordering agents "effective immediately" to check all students against the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System database of international students and schools, according to an official who had seen the memo.
The department is under fire for not properly checking the student status of Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of one of the bombing suspects, when he entered the country illegally on a student visa in January.
Tazhayakov, who had a student visa that was valid until Aug. 30, 2013, was allowed into the United States on Jan. 20, 2013, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Tazhayakov was one of three 19-year-old men charged this week with interfering with the investigation into last month's bombing by hiding a backpack and fireworks found in the dorm room of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
The customs officer did not know that Tazhayakov, a classmate of Tsarnaev's, had been dismissed from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, for academic reasons on Jan. 4, according to the department. A student visa is terminated when the student is dismissed from school or fails to enroll.
A U.S. official said the customs officer did not check the SEVIS database - which was updated when Tazhayakov was dismissed from the university - when Tazhayakov arrived in January. As a result, the officer allowed the Kazakh into the United States.
"DHS is reforming the student visa system to ensure that CBP is provided with real time updates on all relevant student visa information," the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement obtained on Friday.
The department was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked airliner attacks in part to fix problems in the immigration system that allowed the hijackers to enter the United States on student visas and learn to fly airplanes.
Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday demanding answers to questions about the student visas of Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, another Kazakh man who was charged with interfering with the bombing investigation.
Grassley asked if Kadyrbayev was also in violation of his student visa. He said he wanted to know what the government was doing to ensure that individuals with student visas were not violating the requirements of those visas.
Authorities accuse Tsarnaev and his older brother of detonating two bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing three people and wounding 264.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was arrested on April 19 after a shootout with police in Watertown, Massachusetts, and charged with crimes that could bring the death penalty if he is convicted. His brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in the shootout.Last Mod: 04 Mayıs 2013, 10:56


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A Playlogic representative has confirmed that the Ron Jeremy images we came across yesterday (no semen joke intended) are indeed from a promo trailer for Fairytale Fights.
Adult film actresses Krissy Lynn and Andy San Dimas also confirm the images on their blogs and make appearances as Red Riding Hood and Snow White – the two female leads in the game. Still no mention or sign of Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk, but I don't think that's a huge loss.
Speaking on behalf of Playlogic, the rep (who asked to have their name withheld) said that the videos are currently "in submission" and not yet ready for public – er – consumption. "Pending any hiccups," they said, "they'll be finding their way into the wild very soon."
We'll let you know if or when we spot them, assuming the adult film stars don't beat us to the punch with their own blogs.


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|Isn't it so exciting to see this CD in your mailbox?
But, I returned to this set of documents today to dig a little deeper. And low and behold there were little things that I missed.
The first thing I learned was that the health system for determining eligibility for a pension was broke (big surprise, right?). Philip visited two doctors in one year for examination. In April 1891 the doctor's measured him at 5'6". By July of that year he was 5' 9". By 1895 he was measured at 5' 5 3/4". This four inch variance in height is sketchy at best, but to me it outlines a bigger problem: If they couldn't measure his height properly, what else could they not detect?
At his first examination in 1891 the doctor found no issues with Philip, despite his complaints of issues that to my 21st century eyes clearly stem from more than a year in a prisoner of war camp.
Another thing I learned was the actual location of the Kuhn house in Baldwin, Kansas. When his wife, Bertha, applied for a widow's pension (which is another long, trying process) she had to show what property she had. The Kuhns had purchased lots 72 and 74 on Chapel St. They mortgaged the land and the house standing on the property. Sadly, when Philip died he owed more than $600. Bertha was forced to take in lodgers to stay a float. The house would have stood on the southeast corner of Chapel and 5th Streets. It is no longer standing.
|Baldwin City plat map, 1902. The Kuhn house was on plots 72 & 74 on Chapel St.
I think the lesson here is that you may not learn anything Earth shattering when you get a new packet of documents, but you will definitely find a new source for information you already knew and you may just learn something new that helps you realize that your ancestors were people just like you.
- Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Standard Atlas of Douglas County, Kansas. Baldwin Plat Map, pgs. 54-55. Kansas Memory, Kansas Historical Society. 1902


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Chapter 3: Falcon Flight
Playable Characters: Millennium Falcon
With Echo Base lost, it's time to make sure that the Rebels can get past the Imperial blockade in orbit around Hoth. Pilot the Millennium Falcon through the swarms of TIE fighters and TIE interceptors and make your way to the real targets -- the massive Star Destroyers. Luckily, you don't need to take out entire ships, just their gun turrets. Fend them off long enough for the Rebel transports and escort frigates to escape.
With your allies out of danger, Han flies the Falcon into an asteroid field to ditch the pursuing Imperials. Getting through the field is made even more dangerous by the asteroids embedded with explosive mines. By shooting these booby-trapped rocks, you'll discover a proton torpedo hidden within. These torpedoes must be collected and used to blow up massive asteroids that block your way. Keep in mind that you'll also have to deal with attacking TIEs while all this is happening.
Chapter 4: Dagobah
Playable Characters: Luke Skywalker (Pilot), R2-D2, Luke Skywalker (Dagobah), Yoda
As in the film, Dagobah is where Luke begins to learn the ways of the Force. During the first part of the stage, Luke (still in his X-wing jumpsuit) and R2-D2 must maneuver their way through the planet's swamps in order to find the mysterious Jedi master named Yoda. Piles of LEGO bricks can be built into ladders and bridges to assist you, and you'll have to deal with wild creatures like bats and giant snakes.
Once you find Yoda, Luke's training begins (and he gets a change of clothes). Since the farm boy's powers are still weak, carrying Yoda on his back will allow Luke to use Force powers as you continue through the swamp. Eventually, Luke's powers manifest themselves, and he demonstrates them by building a tractor out of LEGO bricks. We don't remember that part from the movie either, but it was still pretty funny.
And yes, you will enter the cave that is strong with the dark side of the Force and confront the vision of Darth Vader.
Chapter 5: Cloud City Trap
Playable Characters: Luke Skywalker (Bespin), R2-D2
The duel with the phony Vader was just practice for the real deal here. Luke and R2 arrive on Cloud City and find it crawling with stormtroopers. The duo starts working their way through the city, using R2 to open up any locked doors as they go. Soon, they encounter Vader in the carbonite freezing chamber. As Luke and Vader fight, you can take control of R2, who can interface with a computer terminal that causes vents in the floor to expel gases. If Vader is standing on one of the vents, he'll begin coughing and become stunned for a moment. Use this chance to take control of Luke once more and deliver a few lightsaber blows.
Eventually, Vader will flee, forcing you to chase after him. You'll end up fighting the Sith Lord a few times throughout the city until the final, climatic scene in the city's central air shaft. I won't spoil how the non-speaking LEGO Darth Vader reveals Luke's true parentage to him, but it sure got a chuckle out of me.


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Two projected Texas A&M defensive starters have been suspended from most team activities after they were briefly jailed Monday at the Brazos County Jail Monday in connection with an April 7 incident at a College Station apartment complex.
Texas A&M officials suspended defensive backs Deshazor Everett and Floyd Raven from all A&M football activities except for academics and medical treatment after both turned themselves in to Brazos County law enforcement offficials earlier in the day.
Everett was released at 3:16 p.m. Monday after posting bonds totaling $12,000 after being charged with two counts of assault causing a bodily injury and another count of criminal mischief. Both are Class A misdemeanors.
Earlier, a Brazos County Jail spokesman said that Raven was released after posting bonds totaling $12,000 on similar charges of two counts of assault causing a bodily injury and one count of criminal mischief.
Raven reported to the jail at 11:22 a.m. Monday and was released at 12:27 p.m. Everett turned himself in at 1:49 p.m.
The Bryan Eagle reported that court documents indicate two men received injuries after being struck in the face by two men during an April 30 dispute at an apartment complex in College Station. More than $500 in damage was caused to a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe when two men allegedly pounded and kicked the vehicle at the scene of the fight.
Everett, a junior cornerback from DeRidder, La., made one of the key plays in the Aggies' 2012 season with his pivotal fourth-down interception to seal A&M's 29-24 upset victory at Alabama last November. Raven, a senior safety from Kenner, La., had 16 tackles in 13 games last season.
Both players were listed as starters on Coach Kevin Sumlin's post-spring practice depth chart.


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Not-So-Free Speech
Nonprofits that spend money to talk about candidates could be silenced
A decision last week by New Mexico Secretary of State Mary Herrera could have a major effect on what some nonprofit organizations do and say.
Answer Me This
What does Big Bill think about Sen. Barack Obama's VP choice? APD is trying some new tricks to make Downtown safer. An Albuquerque author links nuclear weapons to ... ? And which TV show will be filmed at a New Mexico university?
News Profile
Home Tech Heads
Idea Propulsion Lab members invent from the comfort of their living rooms
Necessity may spur invention, but for Matt Grommes, creativity is the driving factor behind his creations. The members of the Idea Propulsion Lab (IPL) don't need engineering degrees to go mad scientist. And while these garage engineers aren't reeling in millions with their inventions, they probably have the highest-tech stereo systems and the best solar-powered fighting robots in town.
Council Bite
Power Seesaw
Council weighs in on labor-management balance
City workers won the right to settle disputes with the administration via an independent party—but their victory will probably last only until Mayor Martin Chavez wields his veto pen.
The Real Side
Obama the War President
Will you fight his wars?
Barack Obama wants to keep as many as 50,000 American troops in Iraq indefinitely. His 16-month timetable does not mean a complete withdrawal, only a reduction in force so combat troops can be rotated from Iraq to Afghanistan.
Odds & Ends
Dateline: Australia—A bizarre batch of garlic bread that mysteriously turns blue in the oven has sparked a nationwide recall by Australia's biggest supplier. The recall of 13 brands made by Capalaba-based AGB International has left Australia's top pizza chain, Domino's, temporarily out-of-stock on its most popular side dish. A spokesperson for AGB said the company did not believe the breads were a danger to the public but was issuing the recall in the interest of quality control. AGB did not yet know why the bread turned blue when baked but believed the problem was "isolated to a batch of garlic we are no longer using." Domino's, meanwhile, said they would be replacing the dish with "cheesy herb pizza bread" for the time being.
Imagine yourself as a cashier at a grocery store with a dozen people backed up waiting to be served. You're the night manager, so you're also distracted by other demands on your attention.


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As whistleblower Snowden remains out of sight, Ecuador mulls consequences of asylum plea
As the exact whereabouts of NSA-leaker Edward Snowden remained a mystery Monday, this small Andean nation said it's reviewing his asylum plea and suggested it wouldn't easily cave to U.S. demands that he face espionage charges. But Ecuador could risk its multi-billion dollar trade relationship with the U.S if he lands here, analysts say.
Snowden, 30, has managed to elude a global manhunt by U.S. authorities and throngs of reporters. On Monday, he was registered to fly from Moscow to Havana but reportedly was not on the aircraft, fueling speculation he's still in Russia. While the United States has revoked his passport, WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange said Snowden was travelling with refugee documents issued by Ecuador.
"We are aware of where Mr. Snowden is, he's in a safe place, and his spirits are high," Assange said in a telephone briefing. "Due to the bellicose threats coming from the U.S. administration, we can't go into further details at this time."
On Monday, Ecuador Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño confirmed that Snowden had sent an asylum request to President Rafael Correa. Reading from that document at a news conference in Hanoi, Patiño said Snowden feared for his life and believed he couldn't get a fair trial in the United States.
Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, said he was exercising freedom of speech when he "exposed that the United States is intercepting the majority of the world's communications." In the document, he also noted that "prominent figures in Congress and the media have accused [him] of treason and have publically asked that [he] be jailed or executed."
Ecuador is studying the asylum request, as well as protests from U.S. authorities, Patiño said. But he didn't speculate how quickly the government might process the asylum plea.
"It's another complicated week," Correa wrote Monday on Twitter. "Rest assured, we will responsibly analyze Snowden's case and make the most adequate decision based on absolute sovereignty."
But a diplomatic tug-of-war could have economic consequences in this country of 15 million, which exported more than $9 billion in products to the U.S. last year. About 23 percent of Ecuador's exports to the United States, including flowers and broccoli, enter the country tax-free under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. But that deal expires at the end of July. And while Ecuador has been trying to find other ways to keep its tax-free status, the Snowden affair casts doubts on its ability to do so.
Ecuador supplies 27 percent of all roses to the U.S., and those exports will be slapped with a 6.8 percent tax hike unless a new deal is reached, said Alejandro Martinez, executive director of the country's flower-export association.
"Of course this worries us," he said about the prospect of losing the tax-free status. "That decision would hurt us and the importers in the United States."
But that could just be the beginning, said Carl Meacham, the director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Snowden likely had to trade his secrets with the Chinese and the Russians to guarantee his safe passage, Meacham said. And he'll probably have to do the same in Ecuador.
"And what if the Ecuadorans start selling those secrets to Venezuela or whomever?" Meacham asked. "These secrets, if shared, are clearly a threat to U.S. national security."
Under those circumstances, the United States may be forced to "build a sanctions regime," he said.
Patiño didn't seem worried. He said the United States has "many times" turned down Ecuadoran extradition requests. Since 2000, this country has been asking for the extradition of Roberto and William Isaías, two brothers and former bankers who are accused of embezzling more than $660 million. The men live in Miami. Ecuador's attorney general has also said the country will ask for the extradition of former central bank president of Pedro Delgado, its former Central Bank president. Delgado, who is Correa's cousin and also lives in Miami, is being accused of lying about his resume.
It's still not clear where Snowden will end up.
U.S. State Department Spokesman Patrick Ventrell on Monday said the government assumes he's still in Russia and has been in contact with authorities there. But it's not clear that Russia is cooperating. Hong Kong previously said a U.S. extradition request arrived too late, allowing Snowden to leave the country over the weekend.
"For us, we're just not buying that this was a technical decision by a Hong Kong immigration official," Ventrell said. "This was a deliberate choice by the government to release a fugitive despite a valid arrest warrant. And that decision, as I said, unquestionably has a negative impact on the U.S.-China relationship."
Ventrell said the government had been in contact with Ecuador and a "number of countries that were potential destinations."
"We've made our point clear that, as I said, this is somebody who is wanted on criminal felony charges here in the United States and we'd like him returned to the United States to face justice," Ventrell said.
Mark Weisbrot, the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said Ecuador was within its rights to protect Snowden, who he sees as a whistleblower, not a spy.
"It is important that everyone who believes in freedom to defend Ecuador from Washington's threats, which are very likely if the Ecuadoran government grants asylum to Snowden," Weisbrot said. "Other governments around the world — whose citizens' rights have been violated by NSA surveillance overreach — should stand behind Ecuador if it chooses to grant Snowden asylum, as should NGOs."
El Nuevo Herald staff writer Melissa Sanchez and McClatchy's Washington Bureau contributed to this report.
An earlier version of the story misstated Snowden's age. He turned 30 last week.


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Police beat reporter found dead in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY — A newspaper in the southern state of Oaxaca says one of its police beat reporters has been found dead.
El Imparcial newspaper condemned the killing of reporter Alberto Lopez, who was found Wednesday along with another unidentified man on a street in Oaxaca City.
The daily demanded authorities conduct a thorough investigation and find those responsible for the slaying in a two-paragraph statement posted on its website.
Officials confirmed Lopez's body was found but wouldn't say how he was killed or why.
Oaxaca state has remained mostly free of drug-related violence that has affected other areas of Mexico, where journalists have been targeted.
The National Human Rights Commission says at least 84 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000.
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Three Skiers Rescued From Avalanche at Japan's Niseko – Bloomberg
(Corrects Richard Li investment plan in seventh paragraph
of Jan. 16 story.)
Three skiers were rescued after
being buried in an avalanche today near the Niseko ski resort on
Japan's northernmost island.
The non-Japanese couple and their Japanese guide sustained
minor injuries in the snowslide, the Kutchan City, Hokkaido fire
department said by e-mail, without specifying the injuries.
About 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) of crystal snow had
fallen on the resort's slopes over the previous 12 hours and
soft-slabs began to form on wind-affected areas above the
treeline, according to the Niseko Avalanche Information website.
The injured people were skiing outside the boundaries on Mount
Annupuri, according to the fire department.
Annupuri had about 2.6 meters of snow at the top as today,
according to the SnowJapan website. The Japan Meteorological
Agency issued a warning for heavy snow and possible avalanches
through tomorrow in Niseko. The area may get as much as 30
centimeters of snow in 12 hours, according to the agency.
Niseko, one of Hokkaido's best known ski and hot spring
resort towns, has attracted investors from outside Japan.
Francis Yeoh, son of the founder of Malaysia's YTL Corp.,
gave the Green Leaf Hotel, on the slope next to Annupuri, a $10
million facelift in 2010.
Richard Li, son of Li Ka-shing, has invested less than $150
million in projects at the resort, according to Tim Payne, a
spokesman for Richard Li's Pacific Century Group.
Li had planned to invest 100 billion yen, worth $1.2
billion at that time.
Niseko has an average 3.3 meters of snow in February,
making it the world's second-snowiest resort after Washington's
Mount Baker, according to the Best Snow website.
To contact the reporter on this story:
Anna Mukai in Tokyo at
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Young-Sam Cho at
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POC figs were $6.97 at my nearby WM this weekend... I thought I'd read $9.99 prices or something? If I'm wrong though, sorry, just figured I'd post the cost I saw on the one POC figure I saw.
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The Cork sculptor John Hogan was born at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and became Ireland's most distinguished Neo-classical sculptor. According to his biographer John Turpin, he was:-
"The sculptor who typified resurgent Catholic Ireland, and his early contract with the learned Bishop Murphy laid this foundation."
Many of his important sculptures in marble and plaster, are in the Crawford Gallery's collection.
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Irish School
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- The Wausau Curling Center announced today its selection as the host venue for the 2014 Senior Men's National Curling Championship February 12 – 16, 2014. The event, the largest curling event held each year in the United States, typically draws up to 80 teams from across the country. Corey Sandquist, president of Wausau Curling commented, "We are very pleased to have been selected as hosts for the 2014 Senior Men's Championship in only the second season at our new home on Wausau's southeast side. Our facility, with its state-of-the-art ice making capabilities, eight Olympic regulation sized competition sheets and extensive player and public amenities was designed for events such as this, in addition to its primary role of supporting Central Wisconsin's flourishing adult and high school curling activities. The success of our recent 72 team Men's Invitational Bonspiel gives us great confidence that with the help of our outstanding volunteers, sponsors like the Central Wisconsin Sports Authority and continuing support from area businesses and the community, we can host a world class event with significant positive economic impact on the Wausau community."
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I just finished up a wonderful discussion on the astrology debunking post from last month, and the comments that ensued, on Minnesota Atheists Talk Radio. The blurb from their site:
Who says online arguments are worthless? All right, so it probably depends on what you're arguing about and who you're arguing with, but even arguing with a bunch of astrologers over whether there's any proof for astrology can teach you something. If nothing else, it can teach you how not to construct a valid argument over scientific evidence. Join Jason Thibeault (http://cdn1.the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/) and Stephanie Zvan (http://almostdiamonds.blogspot.com/) as they discuss what evidence there is for and against astrology, what evidence would be required to prove astrology, and what might happen if astrology were proven true.The post that started it all: Deepwater Horizon foretold by astrology!!! (Well, post-told) (http://cdn1.the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/?p=3895)
The argument against astrology: If it smells like Funk, it must be astrology (http://cdn1.the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/?p=3898)
Some code showing how the Mars Effect actually works (http://cdn1.the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/?p=4140)
What if astrology WERE true? (http://spiritualityisnoexcuse.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/part-2-what-if-astrology-were-true/For fun: Horoscopes (http://www.cracked.com/funny-6269-horoscopes/)"Atheists Talk" is produced by The Minnesota Atheists. August Berkshire is the director and Mike Haubrich is the host for today's show.Podcast Coming Soon!SUBSCRIBE TO THE STANDARD RSS FEED
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I'll be posting a link to the podcast mp3 as soon as it's up, as it's a bit hard to tell you exactly what we talked about this shortly after the program. Suffice it to say I was nervous as all get-out, and we ended up overrunning our time so I couldn't close with a poem that I really really wanted to read on the air.
Heh. Yes. I was going to read a poem on the air. Someone over at Funk Astrology posted a poem dedicated to me that I really wanted to read out loud, because it's obvious that RevJ, the author, will go down in history as a scribe of our times.
* RevJ
* August 3rd, 2010 6:03am
Any Canuck who tries to debunk
Jamie and Marina Funk…is a punk.
And probably drunk as a skunk,
with junk in his trunk, and needs his head shrunk.
Matter of fact, Imma call this Canuck a Canunck!
I would have even said "lollz". It would have been a moment of unparalleled geekery on AM talk radio for years to come. Not that I didn't geek out when August Berkshire, the director for the show and atheist speaker extraordinaire, e-mailed in a question that I had to answer on the fly.
I also wanted to note that Funk Astrology has moved to Dark Star Astrology. The old links are still active. Interestingly, Google shows that all of the posts involving me were migrated:
And yet, if you click on the top link, you get:
… a nice big 404 error! Looks like the post was deleted after the move. I've archived the post and comment thread on the original site, in case it ever disappears permanently. At which point, I'll have to host the mirror locally and link to it on my astrology debunking posts, because I really hate it when people try to make their actions disappear down the memory hole. Intentionally causing internet bit-rot to cover up for your own errors is anathema to my philosophy of how the internet should work to better humankind.
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NOTE: This is a blog about two guys attempting to lose weight over a six-week period. They kicked off their weight loss "strategies" on Jan. 10.
Even though we've been writing these blog entries for two weeks now, clearly stating that these are our personal journeys to better health, some of our critics insist on being confused.
"Your diet is crap," one woman wrote.
"Utterly idiotic" wrote another, who then complained that our first person accounts upset her because they didn't contain any "ACTUAL REPORTING."
Instead of boring the huge portion of the audience who understands the simple fact that these are blog posts (not a news article or feature story) based on our personal insights and discoveries that we make on our weird little paths to better health, I'm just going to give the haters what they want and conduct an exclusive interview.
With my stomach.
Hello, stomach.
Hi, Tony. I see you've lost your mind.
Perhaps, but I've also lost three pounds in two weeks.
Like I said, you lost your mind. I doubt it weighed that much, but you were always a little hard-headed.
Why are you so negative, stomach?
Where should I begin? Oh, I know, let's start at how you're trying to destroy me.
Not "trying" to destroy you. Actually destroying you. But not really. Just molding you, shaping you, regaining control over you.
Fine, but what's with all this silly salad?
That's how it's done, tummy!
It's gross. It's been weeks without any seriously good food.
You know, you say that but you've been pretty quiet down there. No gurgling, no pains, no weird sounds in the middle of the night as you finally break down the last of the Panda Express.
Yeah, because I'm stunned that Tony Pierce hasn't made a run for the border in weeks. I'm speechless over here.
Good. Nobody asked you anyway. You sat there as I downed deep dish pizzas, deep fried tacos, M&M's right out of the 2-pound bag, soda right out of the 2-liter bottles, Ben & Jerry's Phish Food, and gallons of beer, and you didn't ask for a time out or protest or kick any back. You accepted it and made room for more.
Oh, so now this is my fault?
When I was young, stomach, you'd barely let me eat a full slice of pizza. I had to carry Pepto-Bismol in the glove box of my car. In college I'd fill my cafeteria tray with the dorm food, but all I'd end up eating was the Jell-O cuz you'd give me a hard time with anything with any substance.
Are you trying to make me cry? It's not working. In fact, boo hoo, you were thin, you should be thanking me.
I have no problems with any of that. It's after college when you suddenly changed and everything went down smoothly. Extreme Cheetos, fried shrimp, Chinese food from $1 Chinese places in strip malls -- no worries. The skies opened, I could eat anything, and as much as I wanted. And it was delicious.
And I'm to blame, why?
You know, you're not to blame. You just need to be tamed. If you'll hold anything down then I'm gonna fill you up with all those natural things you convinced me you didn't like when I was young.
I hate you.
And like that ice skater said on "Howard Stern" the other day, if I slowly just eat less and less, you'll shrink. And if I keep going to the gym that everyone said I'd never go to, you'll shrink even faster.
First of all, I don't believe you. You're all talk. You've said this before and you just return to your old ways in no time. So you know what, fine, I'll sit here and wait you out. McRibs will be back again soon and you'll crumble.
I may not win all the battles, belly, but I somehow wind up on top in the end.
Whatever, navel gazer.
Food for the day: Granola bar and water for breakfast. Chicken tofu salad for lunch with apple juice. Rushed out to see the Brand X rock show at the Gene Autry Museum and drank a Ranger IPA beer chased down with a Maker's Mark and water. Turkey sandwich and 16 Wheat Thins for dinner. And a glass of grape juice.


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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has unveiled plans for a niche market that will allow fast-growing companies to list shares and raise money while retaining 90 percent of the equity.
This 'High Growth Segment' is intended to be a launchpad for fast-growing companies – many of them in the technology sector – that are too big for the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) but are not yet ready for a premium listing, which would require them to give up 25 percent of the company.
In the past, many of these companies have gone to NASDAQ or sold out to an American technology giant, rather than consider listing on the LSE. The government has therefore been working with the LSE on a draft rulebook that will make floating in the UK a more attractive option.
The new segment offers a minimum free float of 10 percent, and is aimed at companies with a market value of between £300 million and £650 million. In order to qualify, they will need to show revenue growth of at least 20 percent over the last thee years, and to clearly set out their intention to progress to the Official List over time.
The High Growth Segment has been created in response to feedback from the investment community that there are a significant number of UK and European businesses with ambitious development plans that are currently under-represented on the equity markets.
"The UK has a world leading crop of high growth businesses, and the announcement of the High Growth Segment today by London Stock Exchange is an important step in creating the right environment for them to IPO in London," said Greg Clark MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
The full rulebook together with details of how to submit responses is available to download from the London Stock Exchange website. Interested parties are invited to comment by close of business on 8 March 2013, and the new segment is expected to go live in mid-March.
The news was broadly welcomed by high-growth technology companies, investors and industry groups alike.
"The flexibility of this new route to market certainly puts the LSE back on the radar as a consideration for companies considering an IPO," said Peter Bauer, CEO of Mimecast.
"I am certain the reduction in the minimum float requirements, in particular, will attract those previously wary of the process of going public and help make London a beacon for tech entrepreneurs and investors."
Michael Acton Smith, CEO of Mind Candy, said: "We are proud to be a British company and love being based in London. We welcome these new initiatives to make the London financial markets more attractive to the many fast growth tech companies that are based here"
However, Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, warned that these changes are not a panacea.
"In order to give European growth companies robust access to public markets, the institutional investment community – portfolio managers, research analysts and agents – need to invest in understanding how growth models work and how they are valued to develop conviction about owning pieces of these companies," he said.
Joanna Shields, CEO of the Tech City Investment Organisation and UK Government Digital Ambassador, added that the LSE's move sends a strong signal to overseas firms that "Britain is open for business".