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Controversy over Thermal Vents Heating Up:
A recent BBC news article, "
Row erupts over 'life-starter' vents
," thermal vents, thought by some to be ancient sources of underwater heat that might have spawned the origin of life billions of years ago, may really be "nothing more than deposits from underground springs active in the last few thousand years." The article notes that "Seafloor hydrothermal vents emit jets of mineral-rich water that has been superheated to up to 400 Celsius by submarine volcanoes." If these vents are very young, then "[t]his is one chink in the armour of models depicting the early Earth as one big hydrothermal system" implying that hydrothermal vents may not have played an important role in the formation of life. As noted previously, the "Vent Hypothesis" has other problems, such a the extreme temperatures that would break down pre-biotic monomers and the fact that some important steps in the origin of life could not take place in an aqueous solution (i.e. polymerization cannot occur in water).
Could Life Form from Clay?
A CNN news article,
Study suggests life sprang from clay
," claims to have found a way to create clay vesicles that allow molecules to enter inside of them, forming a possible pathway to the first primitive cell-walls that encapsulated early "RNA-world" life. Assuming such life existed, one must ask how the molecule-sized life survived before it found the clay (and what are the odds of such a finding taking place), and then how it learned to regulate transport of good substances into the "clay vesicle" and harmful substances out. Modern cells use highly specific glycoproteins, encoded by DNA, produced in a ribosome, and then embedded in to the cell wall to recognize friendly substances and invite them in, and keep bad substances out. Though this clay study seems to have found a way to get stuff in--that doesn't help matters because one must not let just anything in, but only those molecules wihch are helpful to the lifeform within. Since the clay vesicle is not encoded, there is no way to regulate its grow or determine the nature of the clay vesicle. The researchers also claim to have, "demonstrated growth and division without any biochemical machinery." This is nothing new as a "budding" form of growth was demonstrated in the "soap bubble-like" growth-by-budding proteinoid microspheres of Sidney Fox. If these clay vesicles are anything like that, then the growth is not biologically controlled-it's just a matter of splitting a bubble in two. Oh yeah, one last note: cell walls are not made out of clay--how did the clay --> lipid transition take place? (10/25/03)
Could Life Form in a Vent?
The "Vent Hypothesis" where life formed in a deep sea thermal vent was reiterated in a NY Times science article entitled "
Deep Under the Sea, Boiling Founts of Life Itself
." The authors speculated that the first forms of life may have been microbes that lived in the deep waters of the ocean and "breathed iron." This hypothesis is highly speculative, it ignores that 1) high heat would degrade pre-biotic organic molecules very quickly (which is why some proposed a "cold" origins of life!) and 2) the origins of life could not happen in water because polymerization requires dehydration synthesis. See
Problems with the Chemical Origins of Life
for details. (9/9/03)
Gerald Joyce and Jeffery Bada Lecture at UCSD on the Origins of Life:
At recent talks given by Drs. Gerald Joyce at UCSD in honor of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the "Miller-Urey" experiments, Dr. Joyce discussed with openness the strengths and weaknesses of the RNA World hypothesis and Dr. Bada discussed strengths and weaknesses of Dr. Miller's experiments in creating a prebiotic soup. Miller's experiments apparently didn't use the gasses present on the early earth, and it is unlikely that pre-biotic organic material came to earth from space. According to Bada, prebiotic synthesis occured in "localized synthesis" where he gave no mechanism for ovrecoming the presence improper gasses in the atmosphere. The RNA world is purely hypothetical, assumes a naturalistic past where some intermediate stage between the first life and DNA is needed, and under that assumption is based upon the observation that cells today use RNA in many different ways. Though many interesting biochemical molecules have been designed in the lab to be based off of RNA, a metabolic system of RNA has never been created, nor is it known how it could have evolved from pre-RNA precursors nor turned into DNA through Darwinian processes. Please click
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Bacteria and Meteorites:
University of Dayton Geologist recreates "Life On Mars' Evidence in her laboratory
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A Non-Biological Origin for the Nanophase Magnetite Grains in ALH001: Experimental Results
") In 1996, NASA scientists reported having discovered grains of the mineral magnetite in a meteorite, which look very similar to magnetite grains produced by bacteria on Earth today. This led many scientists to conclude that they had found evidence that microscopic life had once lived in the ALH001 meteorite. However, scientists have now been able to produce similar magnetite grains under non-biological conditions, calling into question the claim that the magnetite grains are clear evidence for the presence of extra-terrestrial microscopic life in a meteorite.
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Yet building the hardware and software for an HPC environment remains a complex, highly specialized undertaking. As such, few organizations outside university engineering and research departments and specialized vertical markets such as oil and gas exploration, bioscience, and financial research have heeded the call. No longer borrowing time on others' massive HPC architectures, these pioneers, however, are fast proving the potential of small-scale, do-it-yourself clustering in enterprise settings. And as the case is made for few-node clusters, expect organizations beyond these niches to begin tapping the competitive edge of in-house HPC.
The four case studies assembled here illustrate the pain and complexity of building a successful HPC environment, including the sensitive hardware and software dependencies that affect performance and reliability, as well as the painstaking work that goes into parallelizing serial apps to work successfully in a clustered environment.
Worth noting is that, although specialized high-performance, low-latency interconnects such as Myrinet, InfiniBand, and Quadric are often touted as de-facto solutions for interprocess HPC communications, three of the four organizations profiled found commodity Gigabit Ethernet adequate for their purposes -- and much less expensive. One in fact took every measure possible to avoid message passing and cutting-edge interconnects in order to enhance reliability.
New to the HPC market, Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 proved appealing to two organizations looking to integrate their HPC cluster into an existing Microsoft environment. So far, results have been positive.
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|p. x
|p. 1
|Chapter 1 - My Story: Surviving an Abusive Marriage
|p. 10
|Chapter 2 - Surviving and Speaking Out: Building My Life Free from Violence
|p. 37
|Chapter 3 - Defining the Problem of Domestic Abuse
|p. 51
|Historical Perspective
|p. 54
|The Victims
|p. 61
|Underreporting of Violence Against Women
|p. 63
|Indicators of an Abusive Relationship
|p. 64
|Battering and Child Abuse
|p. 65
|Battering and Alcohol and/or Drug Use
|p. 67
|The Intersection Between Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
|p. 69
|Chapter 4 - Generations
|p. 72
|Tracing the Roots of Violence in My Family
|p. 73
|Generational Patterns of Abuse
|p. 82
|Internalizing Empowerment, Both Individually and Organizationally
|p. 83
|Chapter 5 - Who Is at Risk?
|p. 85
|Violence Against People with Physical and Developmental Disabilities
|p. 87
|Violence Against Women During Pregnancy
|p. 92
|Violence Against People with Mental Illness
|p. 93
|Battering in the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered (LGBT) Communities
|p. 96
|Socioeconomic Factors
|p. 98
|Race and Ethnicity
|p. 99
|Additional Factors
|p. 101
|Chapter 6 - Survivors: Much More than Former Victims
|p. 103
|Estrella Rochelli
|p. 105
|Donna Stockton-Hicks
|p. 109
|Ed Born-Long
|p. 114
|Kimberly Wisseman
|p. 118
|Thomasina Tijerina
|p. 125
|Chapter 7 - The Batterer
|p. 135
|Characteristics of a Batterer
|p. 138
|Batterer's-Intervention Programs
|p. 144
|Institutional and Treatment Approaches to Battering
|p. 146
|Chapter 8 - The Youngest Survivors: Children and Domestic Violence
|p. 149
|Psychosocial Characteristics of Children Living in Homes with Domestic Violence
|p. 150
|The Long-Term Impact of Domestic Violence on Children
|p. 153
|Battered Women as Perpetrators of Child Abuse
|p. 155
|Children as Perpetrators
|p. 156
|Supporting Children
|p. 156
|Child Custody and Domestic Violence
|p. 157
|Children and Teens: Learning New Behaviors
|p. 159
|Chapter 9 - Shelters
|p. 162
|Why a Battered-Women's Shelter?
|p. 163
|Making the Call for Help
|p. 165
|Safety Planning First
|p. 166
|Admission to the Shelter
|p. 170
|Communal Living
|p. 171
|Sheltering Women and Children with Multiple Issues
|p. 172
|Shelter for People with Specific Ethnicities, Religions, or Disabilities
|p. 173
|Building a Shelter from the Ground Up
|p. 174
|Shelter and Pets
|p. 178
|Maintaining a Safe and Secure Shelter Facility
|p. 179
|Empowering Women to Help Themselves
|p. 181
|Defining Success
|p. 183
|Chapter 10 - Beyond Shelter
|p. 185
|Supportive-Housing Programs
|p. 188
|Counseling Programs
|p. 193
|Additional Services
|p. 196
|Chapter 11 - Lessons Learned from Survivors
|p. 203
|The Importance of Being Believed
|p. 204
|The Awareness That No One Is Alone
|p. 205
|The Healing Power of Telling One's Story
|p. 206
|The Resiliency of Survivors
|p. 207
|The Gift of Fear
|p. 207
|The Expertise of Survivors on Their Own Lives
|p. 208
|The Ability to Move Beyond Victimization
|p. 209
|Chapter 12 - Building Alliances
|p. 210
|Blending Cultures
|p. 211
|Informal Alliances
|p. 214
|Working Together to Change and Improve the System
|p. 216
|Effective Partnering to Assist the Needy
|p. 217
|Providing Organizational Leadership
|p. 220
|Partnering with School Districts
|p. 222
|Chapter 13 - Lessons Learned Through Leading Domestic-Violence Programs
|p. 226
|Stay Focused on the Mission
|p. 228
|Remain Customer Driven
|p. 229
|Keep the Board Leadership Engaged
|p. 230
|Recruit the Right Team
|p. 232
|Manage for the Best Among Us Rather than the Worst Among Us
|p. 234
|Attend to the Business of the Agency
|p. 235
|Work Toward a Vision for the Future
|p. 238
|Be Nimble
|p. 239
|Remember That It Really Is All about the Money-Raising It, Spending It, Stewarding It
|p. 241
|Be a Leader
|p. 243
|Chapter 14 - Our Work Isn't Done
|p. 248
|Teen-Dating Violence-Prevention Programs
|p. 250
|Men as Allies
|p. 254
|Elevating Women and Girls
|p. 255
|Ending Violence One Person at a Time
|p. 256
|p. 259
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ATLANTA (WDRB) – Rick Pitino's Magical Monday followed the expected script: The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame introduced Pitino as a member of its 2013 class during at announcement at the Marriott Marquis hotel in downtown Atlanta.
"It's very humbling," Pitino said. "Your mind is racing. You have 100 people that helped you arrive at this moment ... I don't think as a coach you think of those things (like making the Hall). With athletes you can sort of look at your point total, your rebounds. But as a coach you just never quite think about this."
Pitino will enter the Hall on Sept. 6 with two retired college coaches – Jerry Tarkanian of UNLV and Guy Lewis of Houston – as well as Bernard King, who played for Pitino with the New York Knicks and Gary Payton, an NBA all-star guard with the Seattle Supersonics.
Pitino will receive his Hall of Fame ring during the enshrinement ceremony at the Mohegan Sun and Resort Casino in Uncasville, Conn. That is the first day of a three-day celebration sponsored by the Hall, which is located in Springfield, Mass. He will have to choose a current Hall of Famer to present him at the ceremony.
Speaking during the announcement ceremony in Atlanta Monday morning, Pitino credited his players for the recognition. He called his Hall of Fame election "a pretty special distraction" as the University of Louisville prepares to play a national championship game against the University of Michigan. The honor presented a schedule crunch if nothing else. The Hall of Fame announcement came less than 90 minutes before his team was scheduled for its final shoot around in the Georgia Dome.
It also capped a week in which Pitino brought his team to the Final Four and his son, Richard, was named the head coach at the University of Minnesota. In fact, Pitino said that when he received the confirmation from the Hall last Wednesday, he was also receiving a text message from Richard that read: Go Gophers!
"I certainly don't deserve this good fortune," Pitino said. "We have one more game to play, which is kind of exciting. All of this is such a great time so you just don't lay around the hotel and just keep thinking about the game til 9:23."
Many basketball observers have argued that Pitino had earned a spot in the Hall several years ago, but he has sealed his credentials this season by leading the University of Louisville into the championship game of the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals are favored to defeat Michigan for the title Monday night in the Georgia Dome.
Pitino will try to become only the 14th coach to win two or more NCAA basketball titles, but the first to win at two schools. He won his first championship at Kentucky in 1996. This is his seventh appearance in the NCAA Final Four. Only John Wooden of UCLA (12), Mike Krzyzewski of Duke (11) and Dean Smith of North Carolina (11) have made more.
In 28 seasons as a college coach, Pitino has built a 663-239 record, going 309-111 in a dozen seasons at Louisville.
Other members of the class are North Carolina women's coach Sylvia Hatchell; former women's player of the year Dawn Staley; Indiana Pacer Roger Brown; Brazilian Olympic star Oscar Schmidt; contributor to the game Dr. E.B. Henderson; Richie Guerin, who played and coached in the NBA and former NBA administrator Russ Granik.
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With Toyota serving as the market leader in body-on-frame trucks (the Tacoma, Tundra, 4Runner and now departed FJ Cruiser), taking aim at the off-road segment seems like a logical next step for their TRD aftermarket division. The new TRD Pro lineup, shown above, clearly apes the styling cues of the Ford Raptor, and is evidence that Toyota is not going to let the Blue Oval have that market all to itself
The TRD Pro trucks won't get any engine upgrades, but every truck in the lineup gets TRD Bilstein shocks with a remote reservoir, TRD-tuned front springs, a front skid plate, and unique grille with a large Toyota badge in the center. All three of the vehicles will have lifted front ends, with the Tundra and Tacoma getting a 2 inch raise while the 4Runner makes do with 1.5.
The Tundra will get 18 inch wheels, with the 4Runner getting 17 inchers and the Tacoma sporting 16″ wheels. Each vehicle will get an upgraded interior with TRD parts, with the 4Runner sports an extra inch of wheel travel and the Tacoma gets a TRD exhaust.


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This epic poem about the Trojan War may be written by a Greek, but Trojan Hector sure seems like the man in it. (Was Homer a secret Trojan sympathizer? You be the judge.)
In this ancient poem, big bad Achilles skewers Hector, drags his body around, and leaves it for the dogs. (Um... gross.)
The Trojan War gets a Roman spin in this super famous collection of mythological poems.
Hector falls and his city isn't too far behind in this epic poem that picks up where the Iliad leaves off. (Yeah, we know. It's kind of depressing.)
In this "problem" play, Achilles comes off as a total jerk when he can only defeat Hector by jumping him with a bunch of dudes while Hector is unarmed. Not cool, Achilles.
Eric Bana plays the doomed Hector in this Hollywood blockbuster loosely based on the Iliad. (Bring your tissues.)
Marvel Comics brings you an awesome adaption of Homer's Iliad, Hector included.
Marvel kicks out yet another digital comic about the Trojan War. Hector and everybody else all look suitably awesome.


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This is Brian Conacher. He wasn't a great hockey player but he was a good one, and over 35 years ago he wrote a tremendous book called "Hockey In Canada: The Way It Is". Conacher's book is very hard to find (library might have one) but if you haven't read it it's worth looking for if you like your hockey books intelligent and with a point.
He made many strong arguments in the book (and predicted much of what has happened since) but the one that has importance here is what he wrote about the Maple Leafs minor league team (Rochester Americans) of 65-66:
As in other areas of modern society, hockeys teams too have their generation gaps. This situation stood out on the Rochester team in 1965 which consisted of three groups: the veterans (had all resigned themselves to making the best of their minor league hockey careers), the young ones (who have stars in their eyes and are in the AHL for just a little time, or so they think) and the group somewhere in between (these players kept hoping that a break would come their way and they might get their chance in the "big tent").
Now the Rochester Americans had some old buggers playing for them in 1965: Les Duff was 30, Don Cherry, Marc Reaume and Claude Labrosse were 31, Al Arbour was 32, Gerry Ehman and Eddie Litzenberger were 33, Bob Perreault was 35 and Bronco Horvath was 35. Dick Gamble and Stan Smrke were 36. That's 11 players on a team that iced 28 (39.2%) over 30 years of age. That's a ton. The 99-00 Hamilton Bulldogs had one player over 30 (Rob Murray), the 04-05 Roadrunners had no one over 30 and the current Springfield Falcons have 33-year old Derek Bekar. Safe to say men over 30 are finding better paydays outside the minor leagues (likely Europe), entered management early or find another career. The idea of dragging a family around North America ala Don Cherry in the 1960′s didn't sound appealing and it's no wonder that life has gone the way of calligraphy.
Because there are fewer of Conacher's "veterans", the chances of these guys doing much in the NHL (as a group) is even less than it was those long years ago. I'm not saying that these players won't make an NHL appearance from here out, but the odds of an NHL team breaking camp with one of these players seems unreasonable.
From the 60′s bunch, Gerry Ehman caught on with expansion and played an additional 297 games in the show, Al Arbour had an even bigger impact in St. Louis and played 231 more NHL games. Bronco Horvath got into 14 game due to Bill Masterton's death (went over as a special "loan" replacement). Finally, Marc Reaume would play for the 70-71 Vancouver Canucks (27 games). Let's do the numbers by team:
- 65-66 Rochester Americans: 569
- 99-00 Hamilton Bulldogs: 0
- 04-05 Edmonton Roadrunners: 0
- 08-09 Springfield Falcons: Derek Bekar to track
Next up are the young players, and Rochester had some nice ones in 1965. Mike Walton, Doug Dunville were 20, Gary Smith, Ted Bayliss and Andre Champagne were 21, Peter Stemkowski and Rollie Wilcox 22 and Conacher was 24 after having gone to college and then the Canadian Olympic Team to complete his education. The Americans also had a bunch of junior players (Darryl Edestrand, Jim McKenny, Mike Corrigan, Gerry Meehan, Neil Clark, Brent Imlach) who played a handful of games but that's just going to skew the numbers since junior age players are not eligible to play in the AHL at this time. So, that's 8 of 28 in the rookie group (28.6%) from 65-66.
The 99-00 Bulldogs boasted 20-year olds Dan Cleary, Alex Henry, Michel Riesen, Chad Hinz, Peter Sarno, Jason Chimera, 21-year olds Mathieu Descoteaux, Maxim Spiridonov, Alexandre Volchkov, Chris Hajt. That's 10 players out of 35 (28.9%) for the turn of the century bunch, which is comparable to the 65-66 team.
04-05′s Edmonton Bulldogs had Jeff Deslauriers, Kyle Brodziak who were 20, Jeff Woywitka, Brock Radunske, Dan Baum, Doug Lynch, Simon Ferguson, Martin St Pierre, Mathieu Roy and Jesse Niinimaki were 21, Jordan Little and Kenny Smith were 22 and Jason Platt was 24. That's 13 players out of 31 (I'm excluding JF Jacques) and 41.9% which is much higher than the other two clubs.
08-09 has Slava Trukhno, Gilbert Brule, Theo Peckham, Ryan O'Marra, Taylor Chorney and Cody Wild (21) plus Bryan Lerg (22) and Josef Hrabal (23)who are new pro's. That's 8 of 33, or 24.2% who are either new pro's or early enough in their careers to be considered the young ones.
Let's post the GP number moving forward by team:
- 65-66: Peter Stemkowski (930 NHL), Mike Walton (588 NHL, 211 WHA), Gary Smith (532 NHL, 22 WHA), Brian Conacher (155 NHL, 69 WHA). Total: 2,507.
- 99-00: Daniel Cleary (522 NHL), Jason Chimera (404 NHL), Alex Henry (175 NHL), Michel Riesen (12 NHL), Peter Sarno (7 NHL), Chris Hajt (6 NHL), Mathieu Descoteaux (5 NHL). Total: 1,131.
- 04-05: Kyle Brodziak (125 NHL), Jeff Woywitka (104 NHL), Mathieu Roy (30 NHL), Martin St. Pierre (21 NHL), Jeff Deslauriers (6 NHL), Doug Lynch (4 NHL). Total: 290.
- 08-09: We'll see.
The point here isn't to compare the numbers since three of the seasons are still in play and one of them is just getting started. The two pertinent points are:
- Among the group of players who are 20-21 and play any AHL games all of them come with some issues: Mike Walton is the most talented player on this list but wouldn't be the first player chosen if they were all on a line, and the player Daniel Cleary was in 1999 doesn't resemble the man in Motown. All of the players in the 08-09 group have a bright future based on what we know today, but somewhere in there is a Doug Lynch or a Michel Riesen.
- No matter the era, an organization is going to get a substantial number of NHL games played from the group who are in the minor leagues. One of Peckham, Wild or Chorney will take at-bats from the other two and someone in that trio is either going to disappoint us or head elsewhere and become what Patrick Sharp is to Philadelphia.
These are the men who were once hotshot rookies but are either playing deep into their entry level deal or have signed a second contract that has them one a one-way but in the minors (Roy) or on a minor league deal that basically tells the world what they are. If you can't negotiate a one-way deal after your first pro contract you are a de facto minor league player.
The final class is the biggest, the guys hanging in there waiting for a break. Rochester in 65-66 had Larry Jeffrey and Lowell MacDonald (24), Jimmy Pappin and Eddie Joyal (25), Red Armstrong and Darryl Sly (26), Duane Rupp and Wally Boyer (27), Larry Hillman (28). Pretty much all of these men became NHL regulars in the fall of 1967 when the NHL doubled in size. These 9 players represent 32.1% (9/28) of the Americans roster but I'll bet when we add the NHL GP numbers they're over 50% of the overall number for that team. If the NHL expanded by 6 teams tomorrow we can only imagine how many Falcons would be in the big leagues. Rob Schremp would be a regular getting PP minutes.
The 99-00 Bulldog team also had a big group here. Dan Lacouture, Paul Comrie, Brian Bolibruck, Elias Abrahamsson, Brian Urick, Mike Minard were 22, Eric Heffler, Adam Copeland, Brian Swanson and Ryan Risidoire were 23, Brent Cullaton, Todd Kidd, Ian Perkins, Trevor Roenick, Sean Selmser, Alex Zhurik and Brad Norton were 24, Sergei Yerkovich, Joacquin Gage, Bert Robertsson and Kevin Brown were 25, Vladimir Vorobiev and Martin Laitre were 26 and Andy Silverman was 27. That's 24 out of 35, or 68.5%. Mammoth compared to the 65-66 team.
The 04-05 Roadrunners also had the heart of their team fall into this category. The 22-year olds were Tony Salmelainen, Brad Winchester, Joe Cullen and Jason Platt. The 24-year olds were JJ Hunter, Sean McAslan, Eric Beaudoin and Brent Henley. The 25-year olds were Toby Peterson, Mike Bishai, Nate DeCasmirro and Mike Morrison. Dan Smith and Rocky Thompson were 27, Jamie Wright was 28 and Rick Mrozik, Paul Healey and Tyler Moss were all 29. That's 18/31, or 58.1%.
The 08-09 Falcons have 22 year olds Rob Schremp, Tyler Spurgeon, Sebastien Bisaillon, Liam Reddox, Stephane Goulet, Geoff Paukovich, Devan Dubnyk, Bryan Young. 23-year old Ryan Constant has just been added and there's a bunch of 24 year olds including Ryan Potulny, Colin McDonald, Tim Sestio, Cory Urquhart and Cleve Kinley. 25 year olds are Jake Taylor, Mathieu Roy, Robbie Bina, Adam Huxley, Ryan Huddy, Glenn Fisher and Hans Benson, along with the men at 27 (Guillaume Lefebvre, Mike Gabinet) and old timer Carl Corazzini (29). That's 24 out of 33, or 72.7% which is in line with the 99-00 Bulldog team and runs a little counter to the lockout club in Edmonton 04-05.
Let's run the GP numbers for the tweeners on each team:
- 65-66 Rochester: Jim Pappin (673 NHL), Larry Hillman (487 NHL 192 WHA), Lowell MacDonald (460 NHL), Duane Rupp (370 NHL 115 WHA), Wally Boyer (364 NHL 69 WHA), Eddie Joyal (359 NHL 239 WHA), Larry Jeffrey (198 NHL), Darryl Sly (77 NHL). TOTAL: 3,603.
- 99-00 Hamilton: Dan Lacouture (334 NHL), Brad Norton (124 NHL), Brian Swanson (70 NHL), Bert Robertsson (54 NHL), Paul Comrie (15 NHL), Joacquin Gage (5 NHL), Mike Minard (1 NHL). Total: 603.
- 04-05 Edmonton: Brad Winchester (132 NHL), Tony Petersen (101 NHL), Tony Salmelainen (57 NHL), Mike Morrison (29 NHL). Total: 319.
- 08-09 Springfield: We'll see.
Before we ask some questions (if you've read this far you're crazy) let's list each of the teams who've played games we can compare and which area their roster and then NHL games came from:
- Rochester: 39.2% of the roster played 569 games (8.5%)
- Hamilton: 2.8% of the roster played 0 games (0)
- Edmonton: nil
- Springfield: 3.0% of the roster and we'll see.
The Young Ones
- Rochester: 28.6% of the roster played 2,507 games (37.5%)
- Hamilton: 28.9% of the roster played 1,131 games (65.2%)
- Edmonton: 41.9% of the roster played 290 games (46.8%)
- Springfield: 24.2% of the roster and we'll see
The Tweeners
- Rochester: 32.2% of the roster played 3,603 games (54%)
- Hamilton: 68.3% of the roster played 603 games (34.8%)
- Edmonton: 58.1% of the roster played 319 games (53.2%)
- Springfield: 72.8% of the roster and we'll see
Okay, what can we learn from this.
- Men who are over 30 and come out of the minors to establish (0r re-establish) themselves are pretty much a thing of the past. You'll find the odd goalie or defenseman but unlike the orginal 6 era very few teams have enough depth and free agency makes it impossible to keep them on the farm. Which is a good thing.
- Pretty much everyone who is in the AHL past (say) 21 has some issues and is going to do some meandering (this is universal from 1965 through 2009).
- We shouldn't expect Rob Schremp to play more career games than Sam Gagner or Andrew Cogliano. Whatever that line in the sand is, that line sticks.
- No one on the 2008-09 team is likely to do anything incredible like play in 1,000 NHL games.
- If you haven't established yourself as a prospect of interest by 22 you are in trouble. Exceptions are college men.
- The few college men on this list show very well. NHL teams should treat the college signing season as extremely important.
- A large group of players on the current team could be described in the "tweener" division. History tells us we'll have our answers on men like Schremp, Spurgeon, Roy and Reddox very soon. It also tells us we already have our answer on Colin McDonald.
- If we make a list of the minor league RFA's this summer (Brule, Schremp, Dubnyk, Trukhno, Colin McDonald, David Rohlfs, Bryan Lerg, Stephane Goulet, Bryan Young, Sebastien Bisaillon, Mathieu Roy, Tyler Spurgeon, Ryan Potulny, Carl Corazzini-I believe this list is correct–SOURCE: Oilfans) we can probably as a group pick the cuts and be fairly close. That 50 man list is going to get a trim.
- As much as we talk about men like Dan Lacouture and Brad Winchester as disappointing, they were able to find a role and survive.
- Daniel Cleary and Jason Chimera became productive players in the toughest league on the planet. THEY are the stars in this study.
- For Rob Schremp fans, there's exactly ONE pure offensive player who made it: Mike Walton.
- If I'm a betting man, Theo Peckham and Gilbert Brule from the current group would be my picks to be the new Cleary and Chimera.


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The e-Reader App Showdown
Amazon, Borders, B&N, and iBooks on iPad Part 1
With several apps to choose from and each with their own e-Bookstores with similar prices, how does one differentiate? What do each have to offer? In this roundup/review series we take a look at the four main reading apps available on the iPad and highlight some of the pros and cons of each. In this part 1, we will take a look at the purchasing experience. In part 2 we will look at the reading experience.
To prepare for this post, we read at least one book using each app. While using each app extensively we noticed that they have many things in common, like prices, the ability to sample, and tap to the next page, but they do differ in some other significant ways. Two of the critical ways in which the apps differ is in how you purchase a book and in the reading experience itself. In this post we will discuss the difference in the purchasing experience, stay tuned next week for a post on the reading experience.
Sadly, the only apps with high marks for the least intrusive purchasing systems are Apple iBooks and Borders eBooks. iBooks and eBooks are the only apps in which purchasing is seamless and is all able to be done in app, without pushing you to Safari. These apps are the only one in which the book begins downloading immediately after the purchase while you continue shopping. This functionality has been built into iBooks since day one, but Borders added this in a recent update. Prior to the update Borders pushed purchases into Safari just like B&N and Kindle. iBooks has a slight advantage to Borders in that it also makes buying a samples book easy, as it picks up exactly where you left off in the sample.
For the other apps, purchasing pushes you to Safari and forces you to re-open the app once the purchase is complete. This is annoying to say the least especially when you are trying to load up with titles in one sitting.
B&N makes getting the book after the app purchase fairly easy as they automatically sync once you re-open the app. The Kindle app will also do this as long as you remember to set the book to go to your iPad during the purchase. We hope that they will improve this with an app update.
What app do you use to read on your iPad?
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And real books burn in fires just as easily as e-book devices will. Except then the e-books will still be stored in the cloud (at least with the kindle, not totally sure about other services). How many corporeal books have fallen by the wayside throughout history? I man, you're pointing out all these flaws with e-books, while completely ignoring the fact that paper books are not indestructible (nor are they forever accessible).
I am currently using ibook but only because I am too lazy to use dl another app for reading books. However, if one of the other options is much better than I will change. Thanks for this post. Also,would you consider comparing prices between a wide range of books? Cost is a big thing too. I hear amazon is cheaper?
As for digital vs paper...they both have their uses. I prefer looking at fashion magazines on paper but the lightness of the ipad makes it significantly better than hard covers or even paperbacks.
And I got a big laugh about the potential electro-magnetic pulse that will wipe out all digital books...if such an event happens, we will have to worry about many others things first. Also, pdf/epub/mobi are not exactly secret government algorithms that future computer scientists and software engineers won't be able to crack/reverse engineer so not sure how a company like Adobe or mobipocket is remotely like shadowy secret police organizations.
"Real books don't ned batteries, software upgrades, can't be made to disappear at the whim of some bean counter or corrupt judge, and will still be redable hundreds of years for now."
Its hard to argue that paper books don't need batteries, but I will argue about the readable hundreds of years from now. Its true we have plenty of old books today in readable formats, but todays books are not being published in the same way - I am no expert and you may know more on the topic - but my understanding is todays books will last much shorter for various reasons then books hundreds of years ago, we do have digital technologies with estimated lifespans much longer than that (although you'd be right to say the old books are still here, we are only guessing at the digital).
One other thing is I thought I'd say never to e-books myself and just now I am slowly being converted over to e-books, just ordered a new kindle after borrowing my girlfriends for a while. Its not the same as a nice paper book, but when traveling its nice to have a few with you without thinking.
Don't forget one time paper was a new technology, as was the printing press and likely upset some people just the same.
"Case in point - how many Mac users still have their Syquest drives or even know what they are?"
I think most of us older Mac users, at least the ones who continue using them professionally, took those files off those Syquest drives long ago and transferred them afterward to a now-outdated Zip/Jaz drive storage, then later moved them again to CD-R storage, and later again transferred them to a Flash drive or an external drive. Perhaps now they live in cloud storage online, alongside backed up physically. The beauty is information can be duplicated/protected on a personal level that printing could and would never allow.
The digital medium isn't always the best solution, and in my opinion not the most elegant/beautiful compared to its printed precursor. But to dismiss its strengths and importance simply as a "vacation" triviality seems as inaccurate as calling the development of internet just the pale comparison of an underlined/annotated book. In my world, books and eBooks will live together in beautiful harmony!
Ease of buying books isn't the only thing to consider. One thing I do like about the Kindle app is that is uses whispersync, so it's easy to stay on the same page even when you're reading a book on your ipad at home, your kindle on the train, or your phone when you suddenly find yourself bored and stuck in a long grocery line.
I guess other apps might have similar tech, but I haven't messed around with them enough to find out. Anyone know?
Try reading on your iPad during a long boring meeting. You can't do it.
The Kindle App for Blackberry is a lifesaver. :)
I most often use the Kindle app, as the Kindle store has more books that are useful to me. However, I also use iBooks, mainly for my own PDFs and for O'Reilly book downloads. I am stuck using a proprietary textbook eReader for one of my textbooks as well. I think iBooks has the best interface overall, but I like Kindle whispersync.
@Niche I mentioned in the post that the prices are similar... for the most part they are either the exact same price or less than a dollar difference.
When iBooks was first introduced they were the least expensive ($9.99 vs Kindle/B&N $12.99), but now prices are similar across aps.
@ elvdeon That is one of the reasons I find myself usually buying new eBooks in either iBooks or Kindle, since I can also read them on my iPhone (and Kindle:).
@ darkapplelabs I agree about the interface, the only thing that I don't like about the way Kindle syncs is needing to choose which device to send the purchase to. It is annoying to have to "sync" and have nothing appear on my iPad or iPhone because I accidentally had the purchase sent to the Kindle, or another device. I wish it worked like iBooks does across multiple devices.
@ kaete That is something I will be covering in my next post! Each app handles saving your page differently, and it is an important thing to consider when choosing where to buy your book. I read in multiple locations and on multiple devices and knowing I can pick up right where I left off is crucial.


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Theodore R Holford PhD
Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics) and Professor of Statistics
Research Interests
Development and application of statistical methods in health research; Methodology for the analysis of spatial and temporal trends in disease
Current Projects
- Modeling Interventions for Lung Cancer Mortality (CISNET)
- Asthma Severity in Children and Fine Particle Composition
- Environment, Gene and Testicular Cancer Risk
- Spatial Risk Model for Ixodes Scapularis-bourne Borrelia
- Intervenable Host Leishmania (Viannia) Interactions.
Research Summary
Professor Holford's current research extends his work with age-period-cohort models for population disease trends to analyses that quantify the impact of exposure to known risk factors on those trends. His work measuring the impact of cigarette smoking on lung cancer mortality is an example of this approach and it is part of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET). These models are useful in planning disease control strategies. Another focus of his research is the development of methods for studying the impact of environmental exposures on disease risk using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). These applications include the effect of exposure to traffic on asthma symptoms, and the prediction of areas that have habitats that are compatible with vectors for specific microbial diseases.
Selected Publications
- Holford, T.R., Levy, D.T. Comparing the adequacy of carcinogenesis models in estimating U.S. population rates for lung cancer mortality. Risk Analysis 32: S179-S189, 2012.
- Holford, T.R., Ebisu, K., McKay, L., Oh, C., Zhang, T. Yale Lung Cancer Model. Risk Analysis 32: S151-S165, 2012.
- Holford, T.R., Clark, L. Development of the counterfactual smoking histories used to assess the effects of tobacco control. Risk Analysis 32: S39-S50, 2012
- Moolgavkar, S.H., Holford, T.R., Levy, D.T., Kong, C.Y., Foy, M., Clarke, L., Jeon, J., Hazelton, W., Meza, R., Schultz, F., McCarthy, W., Boer, R., Gorlova, O., Gazelle, G.S., Kimmel, M., McMahon, P.M., de Koning, H.J., Feuer, E.J. Impact of the reduction in tobacco smoking on lung cancer mortality in the U.S. during the period 1975–2000. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 104: 541-548, 2012.
- Ebisu, K., Holford, T.R., Belanger, K.D., Leaderer, B.P., Bell, M.L. Urban land-use and respiratory symptoms in infants. Environmental Research 111: 677-684, 2011.
- Skene, K.J., Gent, J.F., McKay, L.A., Belanger, K., Leaderer, B.P., Holford, T.R. Modeling effects of traffic and landscape characteristics on ambient nitrogen dioxide levels in Connecticut. Atmospheric Environment 44: 5156-5164, 2010.
- Allen, N.B., Holford, T.R., Bracken, M.B., Goldstein, L.B., Howard, G., Wang, Y., Lichtman, J.H. Geographic variation in one-year recurrent ischemic stroke among the elderly Medicare beneficiaries in the USA. Neuroepidemiology 34: 123-129, 2010.
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- Valderrama-Ardila, C., Alexander, N., Ferro, C., Cadena, H., Marin, D., Holford, T.R., Munstermann, L.E., Ocampo, C.B. Environmental risk factors for the incidence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a sub-Andean zone of Colombia (Chaparral, Tolima). American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 82(2):243-250, 2010.


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Dianna Agron is calling from the set of a music video. It's a few days before Halloween, but she won't be dressing up. She'll leave that to her dogs – and her Twitter page will reflect the results.
Agron, who gained acclaim for her role as cheerleader Quinn Fabray in "Glee," attended Burlingame High School. She wasn't the popular mean girl; she spent her time in musical theater and dance. Part of her appeal might be that Agron, whom friends and family call Di, has a dichotomous quality of innocence and seduction – a slightly lower voice than you'd expect, paired with golden-girl looks that allow her to play a teenager at the age of 27 (as she did most recently in "The Family," with co-stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones).
On Friday, Agron returned home to receive a Rising Star Award at the Napa Valley Film Festival. Past recipients include Adam Driver of HBO's "Girls" and Felicity Jones of "Like Crazy."
Q: You've been traveling all over the world lately. Is it a relief to travel closer to home for the film fest?
A: I think it'll be really fun. I get to have my family there and don't have to have them travel too far. Being from the Bay Area, when something so close to home wants to throw something so lovely at you, it's extra special. It'll be a great weekend.
Q: You grew up in Burlingame. How would you describe the evolution of your style since high school?
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In this episode of Engineering Newswire, the Air Force is developing a new technology that can take control of the plane in the event of a likely crash; will.i.am premieres the first musical broadcast from another planet; companies are customizing climates on airplanes; Georgia Tech develops a self-charging power cell...
Invisible QR codes tackle counterfeit bank notesSeptember 12, 2012 8:57 am | by Eurekalert! | News | Comments
An invisible quick response (QR) code has been created by researchers in an attempt to increase security on printed documents and reduce the possibility of counterfeiting, a problem which costs governments and private industries billions of pounds each year.
Less wear, longer life for memory storage deviceSeptember 12, 2012 8:56 am | by Eurekalert! | News | Comments
Probe storage devices read and write data by making nanoscale marks on a surface through physical contact. The technology may one day extend the data density limits of conventional magnetic and optical storage, but current probes have limited lifespans due to mechanical wear.
Dark energy is real, Anglo-German researchers argueSeptember 12, 2012 8:55 am | by Chris Wickham, Reuters | News | Comments
Dark energy, the mysterious cosmic force thought to be the fuel behind the accelerating expansion of the universe, is real, according to an Anglo-German team of astronomers.After a two-year study, scientists at the University of Portsmouth
Europe space agency eyes manned flights with ChinaSeptember 12, 2012 8:47 am | by FRANK JORDANS Associated Press | News | Comments
European astronauts could hitch a ride into orbit aboard Chinese spacecraft before the end of the decade, a senior official at the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The head of ESA's human spaceflight division said his agency
DC-DC converter designed for military vehicles, ships, weapons, and other rugged systemsSeptember 11, 2012 11:22 am | Product Releases | Comments
VPT announces the availability of a new triple output DC-DC converter uniquely designed to power electronics in military vehicles, ships, weapons, and other rugged systems. Delivering up to 30 watts, the new VPT30-2800T DC-DC converter meets several military standards and features three outputs...
GA-ASI introduces system-wide enhancements for Predator B/MQ-9 ReaperSeptember 11, 2012 10:37 am | Product Releases | Comments
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced the successful first flight of the Block 1-plus Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper, an upgrade to the original Block 1 Predator B that has been in production since 2003. The MQ-9 Block 1-plus test flight occurred on May 24 at the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., with no discrepancies.
Meeting satellite design challenges with both off-the-shelf and customized space-grade DC-to-DC converter solutionsSeptember 11, 2012 9:30 am | by Rob Warren, Vice President and General Manager, Microsemi Corporation | Articles | Comments
Satellite design engineers face many difficult issues. End customers such as the U.S. Air Force are demanding ever higher levels of reliability. Failure in space-related applications is not an option. The products used in satellites must work every time, in a plethora of environmental extremes...
Istanbul -- The earthquake risk of a megacitySeptember 10, 2012 9:10 am | by Engineering.com | News | Comments
Today the drilling starts for a seismic monitoring network on the Marmara Sea near Istanbul. Specially designed seismic sensors in eight boreholes on the outskirts of Istanbul and around the eastern Marmara Sea will monitor the seismic activity of the region with high precision.
Enough wind to power global energy demandSeptember 10, 2012 9:09 am | by Eurekalert! | News | Comments
There is enough energy available in winds to meet all of the world's demand. Atmospheric turbines that convert steadier and faster high-altitude winds into energy could generate even more power than ground- and ocean-based units. New research from Carnegie's Ken Caldeira examines
Connector system ideal for DC serversSeptember 7, 2012 3:02 pm | Product Releases | Comments
Anderson Power Products announces the launch of the Saf-D-Grid connector system for use in the direct connection of DC electronic devices to a DC micro grid. This connector system is ideal for use in DC servers or any device connecting directly to renewable energy sources such as Solar or Wind power.
Ku-band block up converter designed for transportable satellite communications uplinksSeptember 7, 2012 10:55 am | Product Releases | Comments
Comtech Xicom Technology today introduced a new compact, lightweight and highly efficient solid-state Ku-band block up converter (BUC) designed for transportable satellite communications uplinks. The Comtech Xicom Technology Model XTS-40KHE-B1 is the perfect solution for commercial and military users ready to take advantage of available Ku-band capacity.
Neil Armstrong to be buried at sea: familySeptember 7, 2012 8:52 am | by Kim Palmer, Reuters | News | Comments
U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, will be buried at sea, family spokesman Rick Miller said on Thursday. Armstrong died on August 25 following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82.
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Seeing the birth of the universe in an atom of hydrogenSeptember 6, 2012 10:24 am | by EurekAlert! | News | Comments
Windows to the past, stars can unveil the history of our universe, currently estimated to be 14 billion years old. The farther away the star, the older it is — and the oldest stars are the most difficult to detect. Current telescopes can only see galaxies about 700 million years old, and only when the galaxy is unusually large or as the result of a big event like a stellar explosion.
Pressure sensor designed for mobile phones, portable devicesSeptember 5, 2012 2:13 pm | Stmicroelectronics | Product Releases | Comments
STMicroelectronics has introduced a new pressure sensor that allows mobile phones and other portable devices to calculate their vertical elevation relative to sea-level with very high accuracy. This means that the mobile device will know not only on which floor of a building it is located, but almost on which step of the staircase.


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HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) -- A Hillsboro man returned home one day in April to find his 14-year-old daughter in her room partially clothed with a teenage boy.
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Descanse en paz, Ramón Montes de Oca Téllez (1953-2006).Posted by Charles in Uncategorized, tags: Cervantino Festival, Contemporary Classical Music, Mexico, obituary, Piano
I'm going to interrupt my Latvian narrative to report some sad news.
Mexican composer Ramón Montes de Oca Téllez (b. Mexico City, 1953) died from a massive heart attack while driving alone between Mexico City and Guanajuato, on the morning of November 9.
Ramón was an award-winning and well-known composer in Mexico, but his work was also regularly performed abroad, in the United States (he's an alumnus of Southern Oregon University), Europe and South America. His terminal studies were with Mario Lavista at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. He enjoyed annual trips to give lectures at the Conservatory of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. He was an Associate Professor at the School of Music of the University of Guanajuato, and the director of the Contemporary Music Cycle of the Festival Internacional Cervantino. It was in this last capacity that I knew him.
The Cervantino Festival is a big deal in Mexico. October 2006 saw the 34th edition of the festival, and the city of Guanajuato floods with tourists. The tourists are primarily from within Mexico, which is great. The festival invites artists from all over the world, giving performances of Music, Visual Art, Dance, Opera, Theater, and every year, they place a special focus on a particular part of the world and a particular state in Mexico. In 2006 it was the U.K. and Chiapas.
The place becomes very carnival-like, with dancing and singing in the streets late into the night. But the festival is taken very seriously. The invited artists are first rate, world class, and the performances are well attended. Every performance I attended was filled to capacity or past it, including all the concerts of contemporary music, and the audiences are supportive and enthusiastic.
I went to the Festival Cervantino twice. The first time was in October 2001. The excellent pianist and fervent supporter of new music, Ana Cervantes, was giving a recital on the contemporary cycle, and had arranged an invitation for me. It was a strange time, so soon after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I remember reading about the anthrax attacks and thinking the world truly had become a strange, different, and unsafe place. Cervantino was a welcome distraction.
Nestled in the mountains of the Sierra de Guanajuato, its name originates from the word Quanax-juato, or, in the indigenous dialect of the region, "Place of Frogs". It feels a little bit like a Mexican version of San Francisco, topographically and attitudinally. It's a pretty, idyllic city, and is drawing more and more American ex-pats there. Not nearly as many as nearby San Miguel De Allende, where there are some 8,000 English-speaking retirees. Ana Cervantes, originally from New Jersey, is in the process of having a beautiful house built into a hillside in Guanajuato.
Back in 2001, I met several Mexican composers, and three of them stood out for me, as outstanding composers and people, and Ramón was one of them. I was excited to see him again in 2006, and happy to note that he hadn't changed a bit in the interim. In addition to being a warm, ingratiating person and talented composer, Ramón was the quintessential smooth Latin man. He was always dressed in a blazer and jeans, always sporting shoulder length hair, usually done in a ponytail, and always with a cigarette in hand, and always in the company of a beautiful, much younger woman. Maybe that description makes him sound smarmy, or like a clichéd, aging hipster, but he wasn't. And the great thing about him in that respect was that he never seemed to be trying to pretend he was younger, never trying to be hip. I'm sure it was simply his confidence and sense of self that drew others to him.
Ana Cervantes said: "It's a terrible, an unspeakable loss for new music, particularly for new music in México. The Ciclo de Música Contemporánea was a model for any such cycle in the world, hard to imagine it being done better. For all of us here, for the young composers he mentored, in personal as well as professional terms, it's awful. We're all still reeling, at least I am; certainly we are all still grieving and missing him awfully. Everyone expects him to come walking round the corner at any minute."
This most recent project that brought me to Mexico was Ana's Rumor de Páramo (Murmurs from the Wasteland). Cervantes commissioned 18 composers (from Mexico, The U.S., U.K. and Spain) to write short piano pieces to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Pedro Páramo, an important proto-magical-realist novel by Mexican author Juan Rulfo. My Murmuring in Comala was written for this project. Ramón's piece, and I believe I read it was his final work, was called Ecos de llano. Ana's concert at Cervantino was filled past capacity so that they opened the balcony overlooking the hall. She recorded twelve of the pieces for a compact disc that was released at the premiere. The remaining pieces, Ramón's among them, will be recorded for a future disc.
I felt lucky to be a part of the project and to twice have had the experience of going to Cervantino. It's one of the things that makes being a composer feel truly worthwhile: to travel someplace new and make happy connections with people you otherwise would never meet. What a blessing, when you really think about it. Descanse en paz, Ramón Montes de Oca Téllez (1953-2006).


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The Mercedes-Benz C Class is a class apart from all the other runners in its category. It has just added another feather to its hat by being judged as Car of the year by Wheels magazine.
Make winning a habit they say. And here is one fine example of a brand thats been known for doing that consistently. The Mercedes C Class had the last laugh as it sailed past the Mazda2 and Ford Mondeo to win the prestigious Wheels magazine car of the year award.
The finalists list included the Skoda Roomster, Volkswagen Eos, Audi A5 and BMW M3. The Merc emerged the winner, topping the 20 member list.
Wheels editor Ged Bulmer described the C-class as an exceptional car and disagreed with the remarks made by few that the $57,000 machine was unattainable for many. The editor also said that the car surpassed its competition in various departments including safety features, electronic driver aids, dynamic ability, ride comfort, build quality and design.
"It has a very good range of engines, four different engine options and it's got outstanding fuel efficiency across the range," said Bulmer, adding, " Mercedes has done a good job in containing costs and presenting a real value proposition in what is a luxury car set."
All four C-Class models including the two diesel engined ones, were driven in the week long tests by Wheels judges before they came to one common conclusion. This one is for the C Class fans out there!


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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA
Argentine state company Intercargo manages services for the loading and unloading of luggage on airplanes, the transportation of passengers on buses to terminals, and provides the jet bridge services that connect aircraft to the airport, allowing passengers to embark and disembark.
LATAM Airlines, the region's largest carrier, said in a statement that it has "dispatched additional flights to transport passengers whose travel was affected yesterday (Friday) and today (Saturday)."
Intercargo said on Friday that the tariffs in the current contract with LATAM Airlines should be raised to comply with new government rules.
In a statement, published by Argentine state news agency Telam, Intercargo said LATAM "doesn't want to pay more than what was agreed initially" and said it is owed a debt of nearly 40 million Argentine pesos ($7.6 million).
The Chile-based airline has domestic operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
(Reporting by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Eric Beech)


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Google's entry into three new hardware industries could be trouble for these Kickstarter-backed startups. Google / Kickstarter
The UpTake: Google looks to be transitioning from a predominantly software and ads-driven company to a company producing its own hardware. And for some companies that have already proven demand for their products, that could be bad news.
Google is developing a video game console using its own Android operating system, as well as two other pieces of hardware, a wristwatch, and a relaunched media-streaming device called the Nexus Q, according to the Wall Street Journal today. That would signify the entrance of a huge new competitor for three burgeoning startups with Kickstarter roots.
Google's open source Android operating system is already the backbone of gaming console Ouya, which launched a $99 console this week. It was backed by $8.5 million in Kickstarter pledges, making it one of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns.
Another of the highest funded Kickstarter campaigns ever, smartwatch maker Pebble raised $10.2 million on Kickstarter.
And then there's the Nexus Q competitor, Pocket TV, the lesser known of the three Kickstarter campaigns, which still raised an impressive round of $500,000 to turn any TV with an HDMI port into an Android-based Smart TV.
According to WSJ, Google is planning to release an updated version of Android this fall, which should be good new to Kickstarter products like Ouya and Pocket TV, using the operating system in their own devices.
Except now that search engine-giant turned all-around-tech-juggernaut itself looks to be getting into these hardware categories, the once useful operating system could end up being small consolation in the face of such a big new competitor.
Michael earned his BA from Mercer University, along the way excavating a Roman bathhouse with the American School of Archaeology. Plus, he provided security at Oxford University, where he also studied literature and philosophy. He earned his MS from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism while training for and running in the New York marathon.
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