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Giant statement: San Francisco off and running
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants remain a work in progress as they approach Tuesday's home opener at AT&T Park against the Diamondbacks.
Fortunately for the Giants, emphasis can be placed on the "progress" part of that statement, based on the season's first week.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants remain a work in progress as they approach Tuesday's home opener at AT&T Park against the Diamondbacks.
Fortunately for the Giants, emphasis can be placed on the "progress" part of that statement, based on the season's first week.
Despite falling short of playing their best -- of course, no team has peaked at this time of year -- the Giants finished 5-2 on their season-opening, two-city trip to Arizona and Los Angeles. Obviously, more went right than wrong for the Giants.
Here's a look at the facets of the Giants' encouraging start:
Hitting when it counts
Though the Giants own a so-so .251 team batting average, they're hitting .370 (20-for-54) with runners in scoring position. They also entered Monday ranked second in the Major Leagues with 40 runs scored.
Manager Bruce Bochy admitted that the offense's productivity came as a bit of a surprise.
"Only in the fact that as we were starting Opening Day, we weren't swinging the bats all that well," Bochy said. "But the bell rang, they answered it and we came out swinging."
Center fielder Angel Pagan led the Giants, hitting safely in every game and batting .419. Buster Posey (.320, two homers) and Michael Morse (.350) looked sharp. So did first baseman Brandon Belt, who ranked second in the NL with four home runs through Sunday. They helped compensate for Hunter Pence (.138) and Pablo Sandoval (.148).
Pence doubled twice and homered in the last two games at Los Angeles and apparently is emerging from his slump. And nobody seems to be worried about Sandoval.
"Pablo's numbers would be a lot better if he had any luck at all, because he has squared up on some balls," Bochy said.
Unexpected power
As Monday dawned, the Giants led the Majors with 11 home runs. No, the world has not spun off its axis.
The Giants can go deep with regularity, at least when they're not playing at AT&T Park. Posey, Pence, Morse, Sandoval and Belt are legitimate slugging threats. Pagan and Brandon Crawford possess more pop than many observers realize. Though Morse was the only offseason addition, this is not the team that finished next-to-last in the National League with 107 homers last year.
"We have a lot of guys who have big potential power -- adding Morse, the growth of Belt, and Pablo -- they're definitely power threats," Pence said. "They can drive the ball."
With muscles toned and flexed, the Giants have regained the knack for the big inning. They have scored four runs three times, five runs once and six in the first inning of last Friday's opener at Dodger Stadium. With their deeper batting order, the Giants present more of a constant threat to opponents. They're rarely out of a ballgame.
Pitching and defense? No, defense and pitching
The Giants have diverged slightly from their usual blueprint for success, which calls for stifling starting pitching. They've received strong efforts from Tim Hudson, Madison Bumgarner and Tim Lincecum, who brushed aside the remnants of a bruised knee and stomach illness to work six innings. But overall, the rotation has been less than imposing, compiling a 3.92 ERA.
The defense, however, has been virtually airtight and often spectacular. The Giants looked a little shabby on Opening Night at Arizona, but they've been more than competent since then. Not much has gotten past Sandoval, Pagan or Pence. Gregor Blanco seems to make a fetching grab whenever he replaces Morse in left field. And, quite soon, opponents may stop trying to take an extra base on Pence, who has three assists from his spot in right field.
"There's really not a better feeling than being solid defensively," Pence said. "... Doing the little things right -- it keeps the energy and the mojo going."
Better to be lucky than ...
The "mojo" Pence cited was with the Giants when they won the 2010 and 2012 World Series, though it didn't fully benefit them until the season's second half. This year, karma, luck or whatever you want to call it seems to be in effect already.
Consider last Friday's game at Los Angeles. Brandon Hicks recorded a double on a popup that landed barely behind the infield dirt because Dodgers second baseman Dee Gordon and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez neglected to wear sunglasses. Unable to find the ball in the smoggy sky, they could have limited the Giants' scoring in their six-run outburst to three runs had one of them made the play.
One inning later, Gonzalez hit a grounder wide of first base that eluded Belt for an apparent single. But Hicks, playing second, crossed behind Belt, scooped up the ball and threw it to Ryan Vogelsong for the out.
That's how rallies end before they even begin. That's the good fortune that seems to grace teams that are playing well otherwise. This is the state of the Giants right now.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat.


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Michael G. Morris, '81, is chairman, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of American Electric Power (AEP), one of the nation's largest electric utilities, as well as chairman and CEO of all of AEP's major subsidiaries.
Morris, who joined AEP after 12 years in top leadership positions at Northeast Utilities and Consumers Power Company, was elected to his current positions in January 2004. He is a director of Alcoa, Battelle Memorial Institute, and The Hartford Financial Services Group. He has also served as chairman of Edison Electric Institute and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, and as director of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited.
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Lady Gaga Smoked a Lot of Weed to Numb Hip Pain
Lady Gaga's year started off pretty terribly, since she had hip surgery that caused her to cancel the Born This Way Ball Tour.
Besides having to take time away from her beloved little monsters in order to recover, she was in intense pain. She had been suffering and playing through the pain for months, revealing that she was able to keep going by self-medicating.
Translation: She smoked lots and lots of weed.
How much is lots and lots? Try 15 joints a day!
Whoa! How did she do ANYTHING other than lounge around and indulge in cravings for munchies after inhaling that much of the green stuff?
She said, "I was smoking fifteen joints a day. It was a habit that eventually occurred when the pain got so bad with the hip. I was just numbing, numbing, numbing myself then sleeping it off, then getting on stage, killing it in pain, then getting off and smoking, smoking, smoking, not knowing what the pain was. F--k if I know what hurts the most, you know?"
Gaga tried to get a hold of her hankering for pot, saying, "I would break the habit and it would sneak back in and I would break it and sneak back in."
She really was Mary Jane Holland, it seems.
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Star cluster
Star cluster, either of two general types of stellar assemblages held together by the mutual gravitational attraction of its members, which are physically related through common origin. The two types are open (formerly called galactic) clusters and globular clusters.
General description and classification
Open clusters contain from a dozen to many hundreds of stars, usually in an unsymmetrical arrangement. By contrast, globular clusters are old systems containing thousands to hundreds of thousands of stars closely packed in a symmetrical, roughly spherical form. In addition, groups called associations, made up of a few dozen to hundreds of stars of similar type and common origin whose density in space is less than that of the surrounding field, are also recognized.
Four open clusters have been known from earliest times: the Pleiades and Hyades in the constellation Taurus, Praesepe (the Beehive) in the constellation Cancer, and Coma Berenices. The Pleiades was so important to some early peoples that its rising at sunset determined the start of their year. The appearance of the Coma Berenices cluster to the naked eye led to the naming of its constellation for the hair of Berenice, wife of Ptolemy Euergetes of Egypt (3rd century bce); it is the only constellation named after a historical figure.
Though several globular clusters, such as Omega Centauri and Messier 13 in the constellation Hercules, are visible to the unaided eye as hazy patches of light, attention was paid to them only after the invention of the telescope. The first record of a globular cluster, in the constellation Sagittarius, dates to 1665 (it was later named Messier 22); the next, Omega Centauri, was recorded in 1677 by the English astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley.
Investigations of globular and open clusters greatly aided the understanding of the Milky Way Galaxy. In 1917, from a study of the distances and distributions of globular clusters, the American astronomer Harlow Shapley, then of the Mount Wilson Observatory in California, determined that its galactic centre lies in the Sagittarius region. In 1930, from measurements of angular sizes and distribution of open clusters, Robert J. Trumpler of Lick Observatory in California, showed that light is absorbed as it travels through many parts of space.
The discovery of stellar associations depended on knowledge of the characteristics and motions of individual stars scattered over a substantial area. In the 1920s it was noticed that young, hot blue stars (spectral types O and B) apparently congregated together. In 1949 Victor A. Ambartsumian, a Soviet astronomer, suggested that these stars are members of physical groupings of stars with a common origin and named them O associations (or OB associations, as they are often designated today). He also applied the term T associations to groups of dwarf, irregular T Tauri variable stars, which were first noted at Mount Wilson Observatory by Alfred Joy.
The study of clusters in external galaxies began in 1847, when Sir John Herschel at the Cape Observatory (in what is now South Africa) published lists of such objects in the nearest galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds. During the 20th century the identification of clusters was extended to more remote galaxies by the use of large reflectors and other more specialized instruments, including Schmidt telescopes.
Globular clusters
More than 150 globular clusters were known in the Milky Way Galaxy by the early years of the 21st century. Most are widely scattered in galactic latitude, but about a third of them are concentrated around the galactic centre, as satellite systems in the rich Sagittarius-Scorpius star fields. Individual cluster masses include up to one million suns, and their linear diameters can be several hundred light-years; their apparent diameters range from one degree for Omega Centauri down to knots of one minute of arc. In a cluster such as M3, 90 percent of the light is contained within a diameter of 100 light-years, but star counts and the study of RR Lyrae member stars (whose intrinsic brightness varies regularly within well-known limits) include a larger one of 325 light-years. The clusters differ markedly in the degree to which stars are concentrated at their centres. Most of them appear circular and are probably spherical, but a few (e.g., Omega Centauri) are noticeably elliptical. The most elliptical cluster is M19, its major axis being about double its minor axis.
Globular clusters are composed of Population II objects (i.e., old stars). The brightest stars are the red giants, bright red stars with an absolute magnitude of −2, about 600 times the Sun's brightness or luminosity. In relatively few globular clusters have stars as intrinsically faint as the Sun been measured, and in no such clusters have the faintest stars yet been recorded. The luminosity function for M3 shows that 90 percent of the visual light comes from stars at least twice as bright as the Sun, but more than 90 percent of the cluster mass is made up of fainter stars. The density near the centres of globular clusters is roughly two stars per cubic light-year, compared with one star per 300 cubic light-years in the solar neighbourhood. Studies of globular clusters have shown a difference in spectral properties from stars in the solar neighbourhood—a difference that proved to be due to a deficiency of metals in the clusters, which have been classified on the basis of increasing metal abundance. Globular cluster stars are between 2 and 300 times poorer in metals than stars like the Sun, with the metal abundance being higher for clusters near the galactic centre than for those in the halo (the outermost reaches of the Galaxy extending far above and below its plane). The amounts of other elements, such as helium, may also differ from cluster to cluster. The hydrogen in cluster stars is thought to amount to 70–75 percent by mass, helium 25–30 percent, and the heavier elements 0.01–0.1 percent. Radio astronomical studies have set a low upper limit on the amount of neutral hydrogen in globular clusters. Dark lanes of nebulous matter are puzzling features in some of these clusters. Though it is difficult to explain the presence of distinct, separate masses of unformed matter in old systems, the nebulosity cannot be foreground material between the cluster and the observer.
About 2,000 variable stars are known in the 100 or more globular clusters that have been examined. Of these, perhaps 90 percent are members of the class called RR Lyrae variables. Other variables that occur in globular clusters are Population II Cepheids, RV Tauri, and U Geminorum stars, as well as Mira stars, eclipsing binaries, and novas.
The colour of a star, as previously noted, has been found generally to correspond to its surface temperature, and in a somewhat similar way the type of spectrum shown by a star depends on the degree of excitation of the light-radiating atoms in it and therefore also on the temperature. All stars in a given globular cluster are, within a very small percentage of the total distance, at equal distances from Earth so that the effect of distance on brightness is common to all. Colour-magnitude and spectrum-magnitude diagrams can thus be plotted for the stars of a cluster, and the position of the stars in the array, except for a factor that is the same for all stars, will be independent of distance.
In globular clusters all such arrays show a major grouping of stars along the lower main sequence, with a giant branch containing more-luminous stars curving from there upward to the red and with a horizontal branch starting about halfway up the giant branch and extending toward the blue.
This basic picture was explained as owing to differences in the courses of evolutionary change that stars with similar compositions but different masses would follow after long intervals of time. The absolute magnitude at which the brighter main-sequence stars leave the main sequence (the turnoff point, or "knee") is a measure of the age of the cluster, assuming that most of the stars formed at the same time. Globular clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy prove to be nearly as old as the universe, averaging perhaps 14 billion years in age and ranging between approximately 12 billion and 16 billion years, although these figures continue to be revised. RR Lyrae variables, when present, lie in a special region of the colour-magnitude diagram called the RR Lyrae gap, near the blue end of the horizontal branch in the diagram.
Two features of globular cluster colour-magnitude diagrams remain enigmatic. The first is the so-called "blue straggler" problem. Blue stragglers are stars located near the lower main sequence, although their temperature and mass indicate that they already should have evolved off the main sequence, like the great majority of other such stars in the cluster. A possible explanation is that a blue straggler is the coalescence of two lower-mass stars in a "born-again" scenario that turned them into a single, more-massive, and seemingly younger star farther up the main sequence, although this does not fit all cases.
The other enigma is referred to as the "second parameter" problem. Apart from the obvious effect of age, the shape and extent of the various sequences in a globular cluster's colour-magnitude diagram are governed by the abundance of metals in the chemical makeup of the cluster's members. This is the "first parameter." Nevertheless, there are cases in which two clusters, seemingly almost identical in age and metal abundance, show horizontal branches that are quite different: one may be short and stubby, and the other may extend far toward the blue. There is thus evidently another, as-yet-unidentified parameter involved. Stellar rotation has been mooted as a possible second parameter, but that now seems unlikely.
Integrated magnitudes (measurements of the total brightness of the cluster), cluster diameters, and the mean magnitude of the 25 brightest stars made possible the first distance determinations on the basis of the assumption that the apparent differences were due entirely to distance. However, the two best methods of determining a globular cluster's distance are comparing the location of the main sequence on the colour-magnitude diagram with that of stars close to the globular cluster in the sky and using the apparent magnitudes of the globular cluster's RR Lyrae variables. The correction factor for interstellar reddening, which is caused by the presence of intervening matter that absorbs and reddens stellar light, is substantial for many globular clusters but small for those in high galactic latitudes, away from the plane of the Milky Way. Distances range from about 7,200 light-years for M4 to an intergalactic distance of 400,000 light-years for the cluster called AM-1.
The radial velocities (the speeds at which objects approach or recede from an observer, taken as positive when the distance is increasing) measured by the Doppler effect have been determined from integrated spectra for more than 140 globular clusters. The largest negative velocity is 411 km/sec (kilometres per second) for NGC 6934, while the largest positive velocity is 494 km/sec for NGC 3201. These velocities suggest that the globular clusters are moving around the galactic centre in highly elliptical orbits. The globular cluster system as a whole has a rotational velocity of about 180 km/sec relative to the Sun, or 30 km/sec on an absolute basis. For some clusters, motions of the individual stars around the massive centre have actually been observed and measured. Though proper motions of the clusters are very small, those for individual stars provide a useful criterion for cluster membership.
The two globular clusters of highest absolute luminosity are in the Southern Hemisphere in the constellations Centaurus and Tucana. Omega Centauri, with an (integrated) absolute visual magnitude of −10.26, is the richest cluster in variables, with nearly 200 known in the early 21st century. From this large group, three types of RR Lyrae stars were first distinguished in 1902. Omega Centauri is relatively nearby, at a distance of 17,000 light-years, and it lacks a sharp nucleus. The cluster designated 47 Tucanae (NGC 104), with an absolute visual magnitude of −9.42 at a similar distance of 14,700 light-years, has a different appearance with strong central concentration. It is located near the Small Magellanic Cloud but is not connected with it. For an observer situated at the centre of this great cluster, the sky would have the brightness of twilight on Earth because of the light of the thousands of stars nearby. In the Northern Hemisphere, M13 in the constellation Hercules is the easiest to see and is the best known. At a distance of 23,000 light-years, it has been thoroughly investigated and is relatively poor in variables. M3 in Canes Venatici, 33,000 light-years away, is the cluster second richest in variables, with well more than 200 known. Investigation of these variables resulted in the placement of the RR Lyrae stars in a special region of the colour-magnitude diagram.
Open clusters
Open clusters are strongly concentrated toward the Milky Way. They form a flattened disklike system 2,000 light-years thick, with a diameter of about 30,000 light-years. The younger clusters serve to trace the spiral arms of the Galaxy, since they are found invariably to lie in them. Very distant clusters are hard to detect against the rich Milky Way background. A classification based on central concentration and richness is used and has been extended to nearly 1,000 open clusters. Probably about half the known open clusters contain fewer than 100 stars, but the richest have 1,000 or more. The largest have apparent diameters of several degrees, the diameter of the Taurus cluster being 400 arc minutes (nearly seven arc degrees) and that of the Perseus cluster being 240 arc minutes.
The linear diameters range from the largest, 75 light-years, down to 5 light-years. Increasingly, it has been found that a large halo of actual cluster members surrounds the more-noticeable core and extends the diameter severalfold. Cluster membership is established through common motion, common distances, and so on. Tidal forces and stellar encounters lead to the disintegration of open clusters over long periods of time as stars "evaporate" from the cluster.
Stars of all spectral classes from O to M (high to low temperatures) are found in open clusters, but the frequency of types varies from one cluster to another, as does concentration near the centre. In some (O or OB clusters), the brightest stars are blue, very hot spectral types O or B. In others, they are whitish yellow, cooler spectral type F. High-luminosity stars are more common than in the solar neighbourhood, and dwarfs are much more scarce. The brightest stars in some open clusters are 150,000 times as bright as the Sun. The luminosity of the brightest stars at the upper end of the main sequence varies in clusters from about −8 to −2 visual magnitude. (Visual magnitude is a magnitude measured through a yellow filter, the term arising because the eye is most sensitive to yellow light.)
Because of the high luminosity of their brightest stars, some open clusters have a total luminosity as bright as that of some globular clusters (absolute magnitude of −8), which contain thousands of times as many stars. In the centre of rich clusters, the stars may be only one light-year apart. The density can be 100 times that of the solar neighbourhood. In some, such as the Pleiades and the Orion clusters, nebulosity is a prominent feature, while others have none. In clusters younger than 25 million years, masses of neutral hydrogen extending over three times the optical diameter of the cluster have been detected with radio telescopes. Many of the OB clusters mentioned above contain globules—relatively small, apparently spherical regions of absorbing matter. The most-numerous variables connected with young open clusters are the T Tauri type (see below) and related stars that occur by the hundreds in some nebulous regions of the sky. Conspicuously absent from open clusters is the type most common in globular clusters, the RR Lyrae stars. Other variables include eclipsing binary stars (both Algol type and contact binaries), flare stars, and spectrum variables, such as Pleione. The last-named star, one of the Pleiades, is known to cast off shells of matter from time to time, perhaps as a result of its high rotational speed (up to 322 km/sec). About two dozen open clusters are known to contain Population I Cepheids, and since the distances of these clusters can be determined accurately (see below), the absolute magnitudes of those Cepheids are well determined. This has been of paramount importance in calibrating the period-luminosity relation for Cepheids, and thus in determining the distance scale of the universe.
The colour- or spectrum-magnitude diagram derived from the individual stars holds vital information. Colour-magnitude diagrams are available for about 200 clusters on the UBV photometric system, in which colour is measured from the amount of light radiated by the stars in the ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) wavelength regions. In young clusters, stars are found along the luminous bright blue branch, whereas in old clusters, beyond a turnoff only a magnitude or two brighter than the Sun, they are red giants and supergiants.
Distances can be determined by many methods—geometric, photometric, and spectroscopic—with corrections for interstellar absorption. For the very nearest clusters, direct (trigonometric) parallaxes may be obtained, and these are inversely proportional to the distance. Distances can be derived from proper motions, apparent magnitudes of the brightest stars, and spectroscopically from individual bright stars. Colour-magnitude diagrams, fitted to a standard plot of the main sequence, provide a common and reliable tool for determining distance. The nearest open cluster is the nucleus of the Ursa Major group at a distance of 65 light-years; the farthest clusters are thousands of light-years away.
Motions, including radial velocities and proper motion, have been measured for thousands of cluster stars. The radial velocities of open cluster stars are much smaller than those of globular clusters, averaging tens of kilometres per second, but their proper motions are larger. Open clusters share in the galactic rotation. Used with galactic-rotation formulas, the radial velocities provide another means of distance determination.
A few clusters are known as moving clusters because the convergence of the proper motions of their individual stars toward a "convergent point" is pronounced. The apparent convergence is caused by perspective: the cluster members are really moving as a swarm in almost parallel directions and with about the same speeds. The Hyades is the most-prominent example of a moving cluster. (The Hyades stars are converging with a velocity of 45 km/sec toward the point in the sky with position coordinates right ascension 94 arc degrees, declination +7.6 arc degrees.) The Ursa Major group, another moving cluster, occupies a volume of space containing the Sun, but the Sun is not a member. The cluster consists of a compact nucleus of 14 stars and an extended stream.
Stellar groups are composed of stars presumed to have been formed together in a batch, but the members are now too widely separated to be recognized as a cluster.
Of all the open clusters, the Pleiades is the best known and perhaps the most thoroughly studied. This cluster, with a diameter of 35 light-years at a distance of 440 light-years, is composed of about 500 stars and is 100 million years old. Near the Pleiades in the sky but not so conspicuous, the Hyades is the nearest cluster at 150 light-years. Its stars are similar to those in the solar neighbourhood, and it is an older cluster (about 615 million years in age). Measurements of the Hyades long formed a basis for astronomical determinations of distance and age because its thoroughly studied main sequence was used as a standard. The higher-than-usual metal abundance in its stars, however, complicated matters, and it is no longer favoured in this way. Coma Berenices, located 290 light-years away, is an example of a "poor" cluster, containing only about 40 stars. There are some extremely young open clusters. Of these, the one associated with the Orion Nebula, which is some 4 million years old, is the closest, at a distance of 1,400 light-years. A still younger cluster is NGC 6611, some of the stars in which formed only a few hundred thousand years ago. At the other end of the scale, some open clusters have ages approaching those of the globular clusters. M67 in the constellation Cancer is 4.5 billion years old, and NGC 188 in Cepheus is 6.5 billion years of age. The oldest known open cluster, Collinder 261 in the southern constellation of Musca, is 8.9 billion years old.
OB and T associations
The chief distinguishing feature of the members of a stellar association is that the large majority of constituent stars have similar physical characteristics. An OB association consists of many hot blue-giant stars, spectral classes O and B, and a relatively small number of other objects. A T association consists of cooler dwarf stars, many of which exhibit irregular variations in brightness. The stars clearly must be relatively close to each other in space, though in some cases they might be widely dispersed in the sky and are less closely placed than in the open clusters.
The existence of an OB association is usually established through a study of the space distribution of early O- and B-type stars. It appears as a concentration of points in a three-dimensional plot of galactic longitude and latitude and distance. More than 70 have been cataloged and are designated by constellation abbreviation and number (e.g., Per OB 1 in the constellation Perseus). In terms of dimensions, they are larger than open clusters, ranging from 100 to 700 light-years in diameter, and usually contain one or more open clusters as nuclei. They frequently contain a special type of multiple star, the Trapezium (named for its prototype in Orion), as well as supergiants, binaries, gaseous nebulas, and globules. Associations are relatively homogeneous in age. The best distance determinations are from spectroscopic parallaxes of individual stars—i.e., estimates of their absolute magnitudes made from studies of their spectra. Most of those known are closer than 10,000 light-years, with the nearest association, straddling the boundary between Centaurus and Crux, at 385 light-years.
Associations appear to be almost spherical, though rapid elongation would be expected from the shearing effect of differential galactic rotation. Expansion, which is on the order of 10 km/sec, may well mask the tendency to elongate, and this is confirmed in some. Tidal forces break up an association in less than 10 million years through differences in the attraction by an outside body on members in different parts of the association.
A good example of an OB association is Per OB 1, at a distance of some 7,500 light-years, which spreads out from the double cluster h and χ Persei. A large group of 20 supergiant stars of spectral type M belongs to Per OB 1. Associations with red supergiants may be in a relatively advanced evolutionary stage, almost ready to disintegrate.
The T associations (short for T Tauri associations) are formed by groups of T Tauri stars associated with the clouds of interstellar matter (nebulas) in which they occur. About three dozen are recognized. A T Tauri star is characterized by irregular variations of light, low luminosity, and hydrogen line (H-alpha) emission. It is a newly formed star of intermediate mass that is still in the process of contraction from diffuse matter. The small motions of T Tauri stars relative to a given nebula indicate that they are not field stars passing through the nebula. They are found in greatest numbers in regions with bright O- and B-type stars.
T associations occur only in or near regions of galactic nebulosity, either bright or dark, and only in obscured regions showing the presence of dust. Besides T Tauri stars, they include related variables, nonvariable stars, and Herbig-Haro objects—small nebulosities 10,000 astronomical units in diameter, each containing several starlike condensations in configurations similar to the Trapezium, Theta Orionis, in the sword of Orion. These objects are considered to be star groups at the very beginning of life.
The constellation of Cygnus has five T associations, and Orion and Taurus have four each. The richest is Ori T2, with more than 400 members; it has a diameter of 50 by 90 light-years and lies at a distance of 1,300 light-years around the variable star T Ori.


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Martina McBride Lifts Spirits With 'I'm Gonna Love You Through It' at 2011 CMA Awards
While we've been enjoying the newer names at the 2011 CMA Awards and reveling in awards like Best New Artist, there's something comforting about a familiar face. Martina McBride was just that tonight as she offered up a smooth performance of her inspiring single 'I'm Gonna Love You Through It' from the central stage.
The song, which narrates the story of a mother of three battling cancer, had the audience waving their cell phones in a sea of little white lights in the the blackness. Looking classy as ever in a white pantsuit and just the right amount of shimmer, McBride gave a warm and simple performance without antics or added stage effects.
The single — from her October release, 'Eleven' — brought an emotional twist to the night, buoying spirits and resonating with the obviously engaged audience. The equally hopeful music video for the song features celebrity cancer survivors Robin Roberts, Sheryl Crow and Hoda Kotb, with cancer activist Katie Couric.
McBride was up for a CMA for Female Vocalist of the Year alongside last year's winner Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Sara Evans.


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(CNN) -- Robin van Persie scored against his old club to give Manchester United a precious 1-0 win over Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday.
A tight but scrappy game was decided in the 27th minute when the Dutch striker rose to meet Wayne Rooney's corner which looped over a helpless Wojciech Szczesny in the Arsenal goal.
The result moves David Moyes' team up to fifth with 20 points, five points behind Arsenal who still top the league despite the loss.
"It was a good result for us today. Arsenal have been in terrific form this season and we had to play well today to get the result," Moyes said.
"I thought we started the game well -- we were very good in the opening 20-30 minutes of the game -- and I thought in the end our determination, our effort, our commitment helped us in the second half when we were under more pressure."
The only downside for United was a head injury to defender Nemanja Vidic who was forced to retire moments before halftime when he and keeper David de Gea clattered into one another. The former Serbian international has been taken to hospital for further treatment and tests.
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While the result created joy on the red side of Manchester, the other half could not have been more blue after Manuel Pellegrini's City slumped to a 1-0 to second-from-bottom Sunderland.
Phil Bardsley's 21st minute goal proved the difference between the two sides and continued the steady progress made at the Stadium of Light since Gus Poyet took over from Paulo di Canio who was sacked in September.
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The Uruguayan has steered the Northeast side to three wins in five games in all competitions since taking over.
But despite collecting six points from their last three league games, Sunderland remain in 19th place.
Manchester City have now lost four times in the league this term. This latest setback sees them slip to eighth in the table with a return of 19 points from 11 games.
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Tottenham Hotspur could have risen to third in the table on Sunday, but instead Andre Villas Boas' side are seventh following a shock 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United at White Hart Lane.
Loic Remy scored the only goal of the game in 13th minute, guiding the ball home after receiving a pass from Yoan Gouffran.
Newcastle keeper Tim Krul made a series of outstanding saves to deny Spurs and secure three points for the Magpies lifting them to ninth in the table.
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It's the monthly warning from the South Dakota Highway Patrol. Troopers will conduct sobriety checkpoints in more than a dozen counties during January.
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There's a new ally in the war on weight: Green coffee beans.Scientists at the American Chemical Society convention reported Tuesday that green, or unroasted, coffee beans can cause the obese to lose more than 10 percent of that unwanted weight in less than five months. The best news of all: There were no side effects, said study leader Joe Vinson. However, Vinson, a professor of chemistry at the University of Scranton, Pa., cautioned that the results need to be confirmed. "This is a benign, natural material that was used in this study, and it remains to be seen in a larger study whether we can still get that large weight loss," Vinson said at a press conference at the convention, held this week at the San Diego Convention Center.
The study, conducted in India, involved 16 overweight people aged 22 to 26 years. All cycled through three six-week regimens of taking either a high or low dose of an extract from green coffee beans, and a placebo, for 22 weeks.
The low dose consisted of 700 mg of the coffee extract, and the high dose was 1,050 mg. They were administered in capsules.
Participants lost an average of 17 pounds during the 22 weeks of the study. It included an average of a 10.5 percent decrease in overall body weight and a 16 percent decrease in body fat, Vinson said.
By ensuring that each person took a placebo along with a low and high dose in turn, the individual effects could be studied more precisely, Vinson said.
Although previous studies have shown weight loss with green coffee beans, Vinson said this study tested the highest level of the substance, and also was the first to test two doses.
It's unclear how green coffee bean extract causes weight loss, Vinson said. But it is known that the extract doesn't suppress appetite like other weight loss drugs, he said. Calorie intake didn't change during the study.
'"We believe it has to do with glucose absorption, fat absorption and perhaps a decrease in insulin levels," Vinson said.
Vinson said the weight-loss effect is probably caused by a substance called chlorogenic acid present in unroasted beans. Roasting breaks down this chemical, in addition to giving coffee its unique flavor and smell.
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Duery Felton doesn't go looking for things.
War found him at age 19, when he was drafted to be an Army specialist in Vietnam. After a year of fighting the Viet Cong near the Cambodian border, the native Washingtonian returned in 1968 wounded and discouraged.
As a black Vietnam veteran, he was welcomed back with scorn. Washington was still "a really Southern town," where racism and bitterness from the war ran deep.
Things seem to find Felton. Now 66, he is a head curator of items left at theVietnam Veterans Memorial wall. More than 400,000 items have found their way to his doorstep.
"I look back on my life, and I think about all the things I haven't been seeking, but have come to find me," he said.
It's a massive collection to watch over. The National Park Service stores the items in a cavernous preservation facility 12 miles away in Landover, Md. A small team of historians Felton helps to lead has spent years cataloguing each one, looking for the most telling items to display in an underground museum slated for construction across the street from the memorial wall.
The tradition of leaving items at the wall has taken on a life of its own since it opened in 1982. The first one is rumored to have been a Purple Heart posthumously awarded to a solider – his brother is said to have placed in the wet concrete while the wall was being built, although curators aren't sure if the story is true.
Now, more items arrive faster than Felton's team can catalogue them. Endless rows of blue plastic bins keep them safe, sequestered from the rest of the world. Every day, year after year, they pore through memories of the lost.
One man left his medals pinned to a Viet Cong fighter's shirt.
Another soldier left a flag he took from a Viet Cong soldier he killed in battle and a poem scribbled on a ragged piece of notebook paper, describing how the memory still haunts him.
There's a banner bashing former President Bill Clinton for avoiding the draft, and a slew of other items protesting Robert McNamara, who was secretary of defense during the war.
And then there are the families. A widow left her son's high school graduation photo, thanking her son's dead father for giving her their son. A mother left her dead son's worn childhood teddy bear.
The smallest items are collected and stored away, even those that seem like trash. There are hundreds of empty beer cans, probably left intentionally, along with troves of baby shoes and Metro transit cards, which likely were dropped accidentally by tourists.
"Some of the things that upset me most are the photos," museum technician Janet Donlin said. "I know it was the last picture taken of them before they died."
Leaders of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, who also headed the construction of the wall, are seeking to tell the war's story through artifacts. The collection speaks from all sides, including the anger and controversy that divided the nation. Most items are left anonymously. Their back stories are a mystery.
"It's certainly teaching about the Vietnam War without taking sides," said Jan Scruggs, president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and an Army veteran who fought in the war. "It happened a long time ago. "People still argue about it, and let them."
Plans for the 35,000 square foot education center, designed by the same firm that drew up plans for Capitol Visitor Center and the Newseum in Washington, will feature a video projection screen with pictures of every soldier whose name is on the wall. The memorial fund put out a nationwide call for veterans and families to send in pictures.
Although the foundation held a symbolic groundbreaking in November, it is not yet clear when construction will begin or when the center will open, Scruggs said. The group has slightly less than half of the money and must meet a 2014 deadline set by Congress.
The price tag is roughly $85 million, although Scruggs said that likely will go up once construction starts.
Newly appointed Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam veteran, introduced a bill to authorize construction of the education center in 2000 when he was a senator from Nebraska, but Congress wasn't convinced. It gathered enough support to pass in 2003, with the requirement that funds would be raised within seven years. In 2010, Congress extended the deadline for four more years and could do so again.
Felton has seen how the items left at the wall change with time. There are fewer handwritten notes, since people mostly type them on a computer. And messages like "John, this would have been our 50th anniversary," are a reminder of how much time has passed.
Instead of pencil rubbings of the names, people now snap photos with smart phones and tablets. But they still leave things every day for National Park Service rangers to collect at closing time.
Asked whether he's ever left anything, Felton cracks a knowing grin.
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Woz Completely Changes Tune On Patent Trolling From Just Months Ago
from the is-that-the-same-woz? deptWe were really surprised a few months ago when Steve Wozniak spoke out in support of patent trolling. In particular, he was supporting Paul Allen's decision to sue a bunch of companies over some very questionable patents. At the time, he said:
I think this lawsuit represents the idea that hey, patents, individual inventors, they don't have the funds to go up against big companies. So he's sorta representing some original investors. And I'm not at all against the idea of patent trolls.... Every tech company is very aware that patents are really the heart of our innovation and invention system and (a) that you have to have your own patent position and you gotta be aware that there might be others.Personally, I was a bit surprised that story didn't get more attention. Woz tends to be so beloved in the parts of Silicon Valley that don't like patents that I thought it would generate some discussion. However... now JJ points us to the news that Woz seems to have done a complete about face on Paul Allen's lawsuits and patent trolling in general, coming out pretty strongly against both. Oddly, neither he nor the reporter covering the story seems to note that just months ago, he was saying exactly the opposite. From the coverage at TheRegister:
"That patent-troll thing," Wozniak, said, introducing his first story. "The other night Paul Allen was speaking at the Computer History Museum and I had four tickets. And I decided at the last minute not to go, because I remembered he's suing all these companies like Apple and Google – but he's not suing Microsoft – because he bought all these patents."Elsewhere he said: "A lot of patents are pretty much not worth that much... In other words, any fifth-grader could come up with the same approach."
From Wozniak's point of view, Allen's lawsuit will not help anyone except Allen and his lawyers. "Well heck," he said, "Paul Allen should be out there investing in companies that are doing something, making products, actually making a new future for the world, and not 'I'm ... going to sue people, and get in bed with the lawyers to make my money.' That's not the right way."
I certainly like this version of Woz better, but I'm sort of at a loss as to how to figure out which is the real Woz. So... what is it? Is Woz happy with patent trolls like Paul Allen, or so upset by them that he won't go see him speak? Will the real Woz please stand up?
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Today At CPAC: Chronically Dishonest Blogger Jim Hoft To Receive Accuracy In Media Award
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Right-wing blogger Jim Hoft will reportedly receive an award from Accuracy in Media at the Conservative Political Action Conference, despite his track record of dishonesty and incompetence.
At the annual CPAC gathering, Hoft, who founded the Gateway Pundit blog, will receive the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award. According to the press release from Accuracy in Media, Hoft is being recognized for his "groundbreaking contributions to New Media," and the fact that his blog has become "one of the country's top resources for right-of-center news and commentary."
What makes the choice of Hoft for an award presented by a group billing itself "Accuracy in Media" so surprising is the consistent lack of accuracy, fact-checking and the general incompetence displayed in his writings:
- In May 2010 Hoft smeared former Department of Education official Kevin Jennings, claiming seminars meant to adjust freshmen to high school, sponsored by Jennings' former organization, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, were "secret GLSEN gay sex classes" that were a part of President Obama's "teen sex indoctrination."
- In June 2010 Hoft warned his readers that Obama was planning to give a "Major Swath of Arizona Back to Mexico." In fact, the five-mile square area was part of a refuge, had been closed since 2006, and was never going to be given to Mexico.
- In December 2011, Hoft cited a Swedish Tabloid to suggest that Obama was actually photoshopped into the now-famous war room photo from the day of the Bin Laden raid based on the tabloid assertion that he looked "way too small" in the image.
- Following the 2011 Tucson shooting Hoft claimed shooter Jared Loughner "idolized Barack Obama" on his Facebook page. The page turned out to be one of many fake Facebook profiles created in the wake of the tragedy.
- Hoft also attacked Obama following the Tucson shooting by claiming the White House tried to get applause for the president's memorial speech by "ask[ing] for it" on the Jumbotron. The word "applause" that appeared on the screen, however, was part of the live captioning for the event.
- Hoft claimed the logo for the Nuclear Security Summit looked like an Islamic crescent, using the resemblance to question Obama's faith. After the claim was picked up by the right-wing media, The Daily Show reported that "the inspiration for the logo is actually the Rutherford-Bohr Model of the atom."
- In February 2011, Hoft blamed CBS reporter Lara Logan for sexual assault that she experienced while covering the Egyptian protests.
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Artwork Added to Fidel Center, May 24, 2007
SOCORRO, N.M., May 24, 2007 - Denizens of New Mexico Tech's Fidel Center who have spent the past year wondering why bare wires were hanging from the ceiling of the building's stately three-storey atrium now have their answer.
During the week of May 21 to 25, San Francisco artist Shan Shan Sheng used the wires, which were built into the building's frame, to hang her floating sculpture "Rhythms of Growth and Learning."
Sheng, an internationally known artist with works in major cities around the world, created the artwork out of a medium called "cold casting glass" to allow the interplay of light and color in the atrium.
The artwork, called "Rhythms of Growth and Learning," is a symbolic double-helix representative of students' intertwined academic and personal lives.
Eight of the 46 panels feature details representing the branches of science and technology: quotations from scientists and philosophers throughout the centuries, mathematical equations, chemical formulas, and computer language.
According to Lonnie Marquez, vice president of Administration and Finance, the sculpture cost $102,000, paid by the state of New Mexico's One Percent for the Arts Program.


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The Perl Foundation has announced the release of Perl 5.12. This was quickly followed by ActiveState's announcement that it has launched ActivePerl 5.12. You can download Perl 5.12 from the nearest CPAN mirror or from http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.12.0/. Likewise, ActivePerl 5.12 can be downloaded here.
"We see a continued interest in all dynamic languages and this is true of Perl. Some of ActiveState's largest enterprise customers are heavy ActivePerl users, whether for mission-critical systems, or system administration tasks," said ActiveStates' Jeff Hobbs. "With the release of 5.12, ActiveState, as well as the Perl developer community, is showing continued commitment to the development and adoption of Perl as a critical enterprise-grade dynamic language."
Notable changes in Perl 5.12 include:
- Perl now conforms much more closely to the Unicode standard. Additionally, this release includes an upgrade to version 5.2 of the standard.
- New experimental APIs allow developers to extend Perl with "pluggable" keywords and syntax.
- Perl now has a better sense of time and will be able to keep accurate time well past the "Y2038" barrier.
- New syntax allows developers to specify package version numbers directly in "package" statements
- Perl now warns the user about the use of deprecated features by default.
Notable updates in ActivePerl 5.12 include:
- Perl's time functions work beyond the year 2038: With previous versions of Perl for 32-bit Unix systems, it could only represent dates up to the year 2038, after which it wraps around back to 1970. It is especially important for financial services organizations that use Perl for applications such as mortgage and insurance contracts that run for 30 years or longer. This has been updated within the internal functions of 32-bit Perl 5.12
- Improved Unicode support: Perl now supports all Unicode properties for developers doing globalization work in multiple languages. It includes all the synonyms, loose spelling rules for property names and values, and other areas that have been brought in sync with the corresponding Unicode specification.
- Support for pluggable keywords: Extension modules can now cleanly hook into the Perl parser to define new kinds of keyword-headed expressions and compound statements. The syntax following the keyword is defined entirely by the extension. This feature facilitates the development of domain specific languages (DSLs) within Perl by allowing a completely non-Perl sub-language to be parsed inline, with the correct ops cleanly generated. This feature is experimental and may be removed.
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Light Vegetable Soup with Spinach
Continuing my spinach soup adventures, this simple vegetable soup included baby potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, snap pea, peas, corn, with the spinach thrown in right at the end after the heat was off.
I really loved this light, fresh soup! It's the kind of meal you can feel 100% good about and it's quick to make to boot!
Light Vegetable Soup with Spinach:
1 TBS olive oil
1/3 onion, finely chopped
1 large garlic clove, minced
1 pinch Herbes de Provence
5 baby potatoes, cut into small cubes
2 carrots, thinly sliced and cut in half for larger pieces
1/2 cup cauliflower florettes
4 cups vegetable broth
1/4 cup peas (I used frozen)
1 cob corn kernels
1/2 cut snap peas, cut into 4
2 big handfuls of baby spinach
Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Add the onions, and cook for a few minutes until they start to soften. Add the minced garlic and Herbes de Provence, stir well, and cook for 1 minutes. Add the potatoes and carrots. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring to avoid sticking. Add the cauliflower the last minute.
Add the vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and cook 5 minutes. Add the peas, cook 3 more minutes. Add the corn and snap peas and cook 2-3 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in the spinach. Adjust seasoning and serve.


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June 28,2014(ISN) – Tampere, Finland, June 28, 2014: Less than 24 hours made a world of difference for
Canada's men's volleyball team as World League pool play continued today in Tampere,
Canada won easily 3-0 (25-14, 26-24, 25-17) this afternoon, after a disappointing
loss on Friday with a sharper looking Finnish team.
Both teams started strong today, but Canada quickly took control of the match. Gavin
Schmitt of Saskatoon, SK, came out fighting with six points in the first set.
"We came in a lot more focused and executed a game plan a lot better – we were more
mentally here today," said Schmitt, who contributed 15 points to Canada's overall
effort. "We had some guys step up. We are plagued with injuries, so the young guys
did well – TJ (Sanders) had a really good game today. I was really happy with the
collective team effort."
The second set started with some back and forth, and then tied at 13-13, with Canada
eventually getting the best of its opponents to win the close contest. Finland
couldn't get its game together and let Canada dominate the third.
Toontje Van Lankvelt of Rivers, MB, also made a big impact for Canada with 13 points.
"I don't think after yesterday that anyone on our team was satisfied with our
performance," said Canada's captain Fred Winters of Victoria, BC, who had 10 points
today. "We should be kicking ourselves that we didn't play a lot better on Friday
because we had a chance to earn some (World League) points."
Canada's coach Glenn Hoag was much happier with today's effort, but concerned over
the toll that the tournament's travel schedule is taking on his team.
"I'm very proud of the guys – right now our team is really, really, tired and we are
losing players to injury. The travel and the jet-lag is starting to cost us," said
Hoag. "The whole team played in the moment today, and stayed focused the whole time.
It's been a long World League for everybody, and maybe that explains why the teams
have been so irregular."
Canada is without setter Dustin Schneider, left side Gord Perrin, and middle Rudy
Verhoeff, who are all back in Canada recovering.
Belgium seems to be the most steady team in Pool C, winning again over Australia in
Adelaide today. The Belgians now have 23 points, Canada has 17, the Finns have 12
and Australia, 8. The top team advances to the next round, with Australia getting a
spot as the host country.
The Canadians head to Sydney now to take on the "Volleyroos" – a team they faced in
Edmonton last weekend (losing one and winning another).
"We need to go and play the best volleyball we can against Australia. A good
objective for this coming weekend is to win two consistent games," said Hoag.


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A horrible shooting happened yesterday at a small Christian vocational school in Oakland, California. A former student went on a shooting rampage, killing seven people and injuring three. Whenever violent acts such as this take place, reporting the details is difficult. Nevertheless, journalists immediately have to start trying to piece together accurate information about the alleged killer, the small school and the affected community.
The school, according to news reports, caters to Korean immigrants and provides some type of vocational training in nursing, music and theology. The school, called Oikos University, has been repeatedly identified as Christian. OK, but what brand of Christianity are we talking about?
Here's how the Telegraph reported its denominational affiliation:
Terrified students at the Catholic Oikos University were forced to cower in their classrooms and local businesses were evacuated as the police hunted for the suspect, an Asian man in his forties, described as heavy-set and wearing khaki clothing.
Interesting. Catholic. And here's how the Huffington Post describes the same school:
On its website, several detailed pages are dedicated to describing the university's fundamentalist Christian roots and its founders beliefs in the inerrancy of the Bible, which they say should be read literally.
Hunh. Fundamentalist. Interesting.
The Telegraph doesn't explain why it thought the school was Catholic and the Huffington Post doesn't offer any other specific, detailed information about why its editors think that this school is fundamentalist. Among some reporters, fundamentalist seems to mean something like "group whose views are stricter than mine." But that's not what the definition of fundamentalist is. As the Associated Press Stylebook puts it (once again):
fundamentalist: The word gained usage in an early 20th century fundamentalist-modernist controversy within Protestantism. In recent years, however, fundamentalist has to a large extent taken on pejorative connotations except when applied to groups that stress strict, literal interpretations of Scripture and separation from other Christians.
In general, do not use fundamentalist unless a group applies the word to itself.
I looked on the school's "Our Philosophy" web site and didn't find the group describing itself as fundamentalist, explaining its roots (apart from the Korean church) or giving any hint that it seeks separation from other Christians. It does indicate that there are various things the group believes are "literal" in the Bible, including the literal fall of Adam into sin, the existence of Jesus and his death, burial, resurrection and ascension, the creation of the earth in six days and heaven and hell. It might be better to simply describe these particular things that the Korean group believes should be understood literally than to use a pejorative such as "fundamentalist" that is either inaccurate or, at the very least, not backed up by the story.
Without specific examples, I never know how helpful the phrase that the Bible "should be read literally" is when describing people's beliefs. Presumably even Bishop John Shelby Spong thinks at least some portion of Scripture should be read literally, right? Unless a group has declared war on metaphor and allegory, describing views as "literalism" seems somewhat imprecise. Or maybe there should just be more consistency about when we mention literal interpretation, adding a modifier such as "doesn't believe Jesus rose from the dead" or "doesn't believe in a literal Jesus" or "believes all of the Old Testament and most all of the New Testament is fiction and part of a patriarchal plot to control women" to groups at various other points on the Christian theological spectrum.
Anyway, the Huffington Post continues to explain the group's separatist and fundamentalist beliefs:
The university's religious objectives include demonstrating a "comprehensive knowledge of the Bible and an understanding of Christian doctrine," developing "an appreciation for the Korean and Korean-American church denomination heritage" and instilling "a desire for lifelong commitment to personal spiritual growth through daily Bible study and prayer." The university also aims to "develop attitudes of service and commitment to the local church and world missions" and "prepare students for Christian service and vocation in the Church and society."
The school is affiliated with Praise God Korean Church in Oakland and Shepherd University of San Francisco, but little is known about either institution.
That doesn't seem so separatist, does it? And if the group is fundamentalist (or Catholic), it is somewhat odd that it is affiliated with Korean Presbyterians. That's how Praise God Korean Church is identified, at least.
The local Oakland Tribune took the same info and ruled that the school was espousing "evangelical Christianity," more certain of that, in fact, than their single quoted source for the story.
The nonprofit school -- where at least seven people were shot to death Monday -- was founded in 2004 and espouses evangelical Christianity on its website...
"It would seem to be evangelical protestant, but doesn't seem to have a relationship with any one denomination," said Arthur Holder, dean and vice president for academic affairs at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
He had not heard of Oikos before the shootings, "but there are a lot of schools I haven't heard of," he said after looking at the school mission statement on its website.
We still capitalize Protestant, don't we?
Like all stories that run quickly after a tragedy such as this, we're seeing some errors in the first drafts. But there are some good examples of articles that incorporated religion well, including the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and Oakland Tribune. The last link, in particular, shows the benefits that come from reporting a story when you have some familiarity with a community, including its minority religious or ethnic cultures. Language, culture and religious differences between reporters and the players in a story can lead to problems but a good local paper can overcome some of those challenges.
More details are coming out about the shooter, as can be read here by the Associated Press and here at CNN. According to that last link, a memorial service for the victims will be held at a local Korean Methodist church.


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Beasts of burden
by Tom Chillemi
Not so very long ago, a hill was a huge obstacle to transportation.
Drivers scarcely think of it today—pushing down on the gas pedal is all they need do to defeat gravity.
|Calvin and Hobbs help Ric Davila move large timbers around his garden at Cooks Corner in Middlesex County. (shot by Tom Chillemi, edited by Mike Kucera)
Their brute strength allowed humans to farm and stop being nomadic hunters and gatherers. Mankind could stay in one place and build cities. Oxen also propelled about 500,000 people in wagon trains across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains from 1843 to 1869 during "the great migration" to the West.
All the while, oxen required only grass for fuel.
A local man is working to preserve that nearly forgotten art of working oxen. Luke Conner of Cologne in King and Queen County got interested in draft animals when he was 5 years old. Today, he takes his team of oxen, named Calvin and Hobbs, to shows, events and fairs.
Recently, Conner and his yoke of oxen helped Ric Davila move large timbers around his garden at Cooks Corner in Middlesex County.
"I'm trying to do more farming and logging with them," Conner said. "I'll start logging on the farm where they are kept and then try to find jobs in the area."
Conner explained that oxen can maneuver in tight areas and not disturb the ground as much as some tractors do.
Calvin and Hobbs know 25 to 30 voice commands—"gee" to turn right, and "haw" to go left.
Oxen are much calmer than horses, whose defense is to run away from danger, be it real or imagined.
As oxen mature, they will pick up on the actions of their trainers and handlers, who are known by a variety of names. The more popular names include "teamsters," since they are handling a team. "Drovers" is another name. And for those heading West in the mid-1800s, "bullwackers" was the preferred term.
Oxen instinctively know what to do, explained Conner, especially if they are in a routine. "They figure the job out in a few repetitions."
Almost all of their movements are controlled by voice commands. "They are like any kid and will space out and not listen," he said. "I just need to say something in a sharp voice or growl, and they know to pay attention."
Conner said Calvin and Hobbs will grow to weigh 3,000 pounds each. They are a cross between Holstein and Brown Swiss, two dairy breeds that he prefers over the beef breeds that get so stocky they can be hard to fit a yoke. An ox is a bull that's been neutered.
Strength and stamina
Conner and friend Bill Speiden of Somerset dress in the clothes worn in 1849 during the era of the Oregon Trail and California Gold Rush, or colonial garb.
Contrary to the movies, oxen were preferred over horses for pulling the "prairie schooners," a homemade farm wagon, or the much larger Conestoga Wagons that could weigh 2,000 pounds when loaded.
Oxen are much stronger than horses and have greater stamina. They didn't need steady refueling. Since they have four stomachs, oxen can eat their food whole and digest it later. Oxen can make do by simply eating in the morning and evening.
On days when there is no grass to eat, the oxen really prevail because they can store food in their four stomachs.
Horses weaken quicker. Horses have to eat almost constantly, and need a lot more nutrition and required grain that would have taken up space in a prairie wagon.
It took six months for wagon trains to go from Missouri to Oregon. There were markers along the trail showing where the wagons needed to be in order to make it across the Rocky Mountains before winter. "They had to make it to Independence Rock by July 4," said Connor.
In a narrow rock pass in Guernsey, Wyoming, there are 4-foot-deep ruts cut by the steel-rimmed wheels of wagons. The middle had to be chiseled down so the wagon's axles wouldn't drag. "Every wagon pretty much went across the same spot," said Conner.
Pioneers who had enough money would have four oxen, using two at a time to pull a covered wagon. Others went with three oxen, using one as a spare. During those days, an ox cost about $75—a year's wages. A horse cost twice as much.
When climbing big hills, the settlers would combine teams, up to 20 oxen strong, to pull each of their wagons up the hills.
Going down hills required hooking a second team to the back of the wagon to help hold it back. They also used a "skid lock," a 3 or 4 foot long wedge put under a wagon wheel to ensure the wagon skidded down the hill slowly.
Conner also cleared up a common misconception brought on by the movies. The phrase "circle the wagons" was not a defensive tactic. With the wagons placed end to end, the center was a corral for the livestock at night. "The Indians actually traded with the early settlers and helped them more than they hurt them," he explained.
The Oregon Trail ended with the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. With the age of locomotion dawning, the need for oxen gradually declined.
But for Luke Conner, the satisfaction of working with Calvin and Hobbs continues.


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Tire reliability and performance has improved greatly in recent years, thanks to innovations in tire technology. That good, because jobs are becoming more difficult. For example, modern corn hybrids with tougher stalks can add maintenance costs and damage to sprinkler irrigation tires. As a result, today's sprinkler irrigation tires have to be stronger than ever to handle the demanding workload, while keeping field compaction as minimal as possible. Of course, this raises the question, "How do purchase the right sprinkler irrigation tires for my situation?"
Whether you're looking for replacement tires for your sprayer, tractor, combine or any other piece of farm machinery, you'll never find the "perfect" tire. To help you sort through your next tire purchase, here are factors that determine tire quality.
Ingredients & Materials
There isn't one rubber compound that excels in all applications, so sprinkler irrigation tires manufacturers use a combination of "ingredients" to enhance attributes of a tire. In fact, most farm tires in Nebraska have anywhere between 12 and 30 different ingredients, with each one serving a unique purpose. Usually, tires with more ingredients will perform better and last longer than models with fewer ingredients.
Many operators want a heavy tire with lots of rubber, believing that more rubber equals better performance and reliability. This is not always the case. As long as a tire is well built with high quality compounds, having lighter weight can be beneficial. A lighter tire may lower rolling resistance, increase fuel efficiency, and offer better handling and performance than a heavier tire of equal strength.
Not only does a reliable tire use quality rubber, but it also contains high-grade nylon. Low-grade nylon can cause increased flat-spotting, especially on tractors, combines, and sprayers that are in seasonal storage. When the machinery comes out of storage, the flat spot may work itself out, but in the worst cases, the flat spot may be more permanent. This issue can be compounded when temperatures fall below freezing in Nebraska .
More traction means more torque. To transfer power to the ground as efficiently as possible, trusted tire manufacturers use state-of-the-art rubber compounds and innovative tread designs that maximize performance in the field. Additionally, a good tread will also offer better self-cleaning than lower quality designs.
A tire's bead is perhaps the last thing a Nebraska farmer wants to have fail on their sprinkler irrigation tires. As a result, a high quality tire has a strong bead with abrasion and fatigue resistance. It should also have optimal compression to reduce the amount of tire slippage on the rim. You can often tell that a tire has good compression if it is difficult to install on the rim.
Manufacturing Process
Tire quality is dependent on the manufacturing process. The best tire manufacturers keep the production process as automated as possible, since manual production is much less precise at mixing chemicals and applying components than the latest high-tech robotic instruments. For example, robots are better at accurately aligning tire liners, helping ensure dependability and high performance. Unless automated processes are used to produce tires, the end result could range from defects in the rubber to sprinkler irrigation tires that are not perfectly round.
The last factor in tire quality is up to you, the owner. Operators and farmers need to maintain their tires, especially by inflating them properly (keeping recommended pressures for the field and on the road) and by operating equipment within the limits of the tires. As long as these maintenance procedures are kept up, tires will almost always outlast their warranty periods. Ultimately, tire quality factors boil down to two things: the manufacturer and the operator. Premier manufacturers of Sprinkler Irrigation Tires devote many resources to research and development to create innovative new products that meet the demands of modern agriculture; however, even the best tire from a well-respected dealer may not hold up if the operator fails to maintain the tire properly and use it within its limitations.
Contact us today if you have any questions, to place an order or check the availability of a specific model.


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Play This Now! Sphere.
You've probably played Portal. (If you haven't played Portal, for the love of God go play Portal.) Assuming you have, use Portal as a starting point, but instead of a portal gun, you have a marble. And you throw that marble around the world, and it bounces off of things and makes lovely sort-of-physics-based parabolas as it careens off of walls and platforms. And whatever path the marble took, you can then fly along. Need to cross a lengthy gap? Bounce the marble down a long hall and then skip across like a stone over the water. Need to get around an impossible corner? Bounce the marble off a wall so that it makes a similar corner. That's Sphere. In their words, "a puzzler about trajectory transmission."
Here, the video will help.
It's free. It's really clever, and when you figure out a new puzzle you feel pretty brilliant. It runs on Windows or Mac. If you're patient it'll even play in your browser, via Unity. There's really no reason not to try it right now. Go!


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When I make a post...I can't see it. But, when you look outside of the thread it clearly says "last post by Windu".
And then, when in a thread, a users handle is centered instead of to the left like usual...also their avatar is gone.
tried IE and Firefox.
Edited by Windu, June 16, 2011 - 01:56 PM.


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What's in the exam?
- Pieces
- Scales & arpeggios
- Aural tests
- Sight-reading
Double Bass exams consist of three pieces, chosen by the candidate from the appropriate lists in the current syllabus, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and aural tests.
Total marks in all individual Practical exams are 150. 100 marks are required to achieve Pass, 120 marks to pass with Merit and 130 marks to pass with Distinction.
There are eight grades of assessment. Select a grade using the links below in order to view the syllabus and supporting materials for that grade.
Ben Burnley, ABRSM scholar at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, shares his syllabus highlights:
"One of my favourite pieces from the Double Bass syllabus is Dittersdorf, 2nd movement from Concerto No. 2 at Grade 8. It's a lovely movement and a great piece to help establish a good musical line as it has lots of freedom to do so. It also helps with intonation work because of its shifts from normal position to thumb position.
Another of my favourite pieces is the Henry Eccles sonata (2nd and 3rd movement). This piece introduces a dance baroque style to playing the bass and also some improvisation of ornaments to make the piece more personal to the player."
A graded selection of double bass repertoire.
Practice material for those preparing for Double Bass exams.
New editions offering support to teachers preparing students for Practical exams.


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