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Blend | 48% Merlot 30% Cabernet Franc 22% Cabernet Sauvignon |
Harvest | Fall 2010 |
Release | Spring 2013 |
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BREEN, Alastair F., BREEN, Christopher, CLEGG, Francis, DÖPPERS, Leena-Marie, KHAIRUDDIN, ?, LABET, Marianne, SAMMON, Chris and YARWOOD, Jack (2012). FTIR-ATR studies of the sorption and diffusion of acetone:water mixtures in poly(vinyl alcohol)-clay nanocomposites. Polymer, 53 (20), 4420-4428.
BREEN, Christopher, CARTER, M. A., CLEGG, Francis, SAVAGE, S. D. and WILSON, M. A. (2012). Investigation of the underlying mechanisms of moisture induced changes in fired clay ceramic. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 96, p. 416. (Submitted)
CLEGG, Francis, BREEN, Christopher, JOHANSSON, C, BRAS, J, MONDRAGON, I, NECHITA, P, PLACKETT, D, ŠIMON, P, SVETEC, DG, VIRTANEN, S, BASCHETTI, MG and AUCEJO, S (2012). Renewable fibers and bio-based materials for packaging applications - A review of recent developments. BioResources, 7 (2), 2506-2552.
CLEGG, Francis, BREEN, Christopher, TATHDIL, Ilknur, SOKMEN, Munevver, BURUK, Celal Kurtulus and BACAKSIZ, Emin (2011). Degradation of Candida albicans on TiO2 and Ag-TiO2 thin films prepared by sol–gel and nanosuspensions. Jounal of Sol-gel Science and Technology, 60 (1), 23-32.
CLEGG, Francis, BREEN, Christopher, CARTER, Margaret A., INCE, Ceren, SAVAGE, Shaun D., WILSON, Moira A. and LEE, W. (2011). Dehydroxylation and Rehydroxylation Mechanisms in Fired Clay Ceramic: A TG-MS and DRIFTS Investigation. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 95 (1), 416-422.
SÖKMEN, Münevver, TATLIDIL, İlknur, BREEN, Christopher, CLEGG, Francis, BURUK, Celal Kurtuluş, SIVLIM, Tuğba and AKKAN, Şenay (2011). A new nano-TiO2 immobilized biodegradable polymer with self-cleaning properties. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 187 (1-3), 199-205.
BREEN, C., CLEGG, F., HERRON, M. M., HILD, G. P., HILLIER, S., HUGHES, T. L., JONES, T. G. J., MATTESON, A. and YARWOOD, J. (2008). Bulk mineralogical characterisation of oilfield reservoir rocks and sandstones using Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy and Partial Least Squares analysis. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 60 (1), 1-17.
BELVER, C., BREEN, C., CLEGG, F., FERNANDES, C. E. and VICENTE, M. A. (2004). A variable-temperature diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy study of the binding of water and pyridine to the surface of acid-activated metakaolin. Langmuir, 21 (6), 2129-2136.
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Writer's block is a misnomer. If a writer had a block in front of them, they would have something to write about. But, all the same, it is hard to get the creative juices flowing from time to time. Here are a few ways that you can avoid this situation.
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What is really going on when you can't write? It could be a variety of things that are vying for your attention that are more exciting at the time than sitting down and pecking out a story on your computer. Writing looks like a lot of fun but it is actually hard work that begins with a great attitude.
1. Psych yourself out. If you are tired, that will overrule any thoughts of writing. Get yourself in the mood to write by thinking about all of the benefits of getting your articles written right now. For one, you won't be pushed for time later when you really want to have fun. What do you do when you finish a writing project? Maybe you go for ice cream or spend the entire day watching your favorite movies. Think about how much sooner you can do these things if you get to work right now.
2. Set yourself up for success. Dedicate a section of your home to be your writing area. It could be the table in the dining room or a desk in the den. Wherever it is, design the workspace to be conducive to writing. Don't do anything but write in that space. That way, when it is time to write, you have a place to go that inspires your writing genius.
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Mozilla last week released the first public preview of a Firefox browser that runs in Windows 8's touch-first "Modern" or "Metro" user interface (UI).
The Firefox app for Modern -- the UI dubbed "Metro" until Microsoft ditched the term over trademark issues -- will be partnered with the traditional desktop browser in a package that may appear in early January 2013 as Firefox 18.
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Asa Dotzler, product manager for Firefox, announced the preview last Thursday in a short post to a Mozilla blog.
"Over the coming weeks and months, we'll be adding more features, tightening up Windows integration, improving performance and responsiveness, and finishing up all the necessary work to deliver a first-class Firefox experience for Windows 8," Dotzler wrote.
Users running Windows 8 RTM (release to manufacturing), the final code Microsoft started distributing in mid-August, can download and install a Modern-ized Firefox from Mozilla's "Nightly" channel, a rough-edged, in-development build that precedes the better-known Aurora, Beta and Final stages for each edition.
As Dotzler acknowledged, Firefox for Modern harbors bugs and omits features that should appear in the final. Computerworld, in fact, was unable to run the Firefox app in the Modern UI on a 32-bit version of Windows 8 RTM. The touch-sensitive browser, however, did launch and work properly in Windows 8 64-bit.
Mozilla engineers are investigating the issue.
Brian Bondy, a Firefox platform engineer who has been working on the Modern version for Windows 8 for most of the year, was more specific than Dotzler in describing what is in the preview, and to a lesser extent, what will be in the future. Last spring, Mozilla committed to creating a browser for Windows 8's new UI, the first of Microsoft's rivals to do so; Google followed suit a month later.
Browsers are a special case for Windows 8. After a several-month delay last year, Microsoft allowed hybrid desktop-Modern browsers. Modern-style enabled browsers can run outside the normal security sandbox required for all other apps, and have access to most Windows APIs (application programming interface) on the classic desktop side, as well as the new WinRT API, the backbone of the Modern side of Windows 8 application development.
The category also gets an important pass from Microsoft: A Modern-enabled desktop browser circumvents the Windows Store -- the Microsoft-curated distribution channel -- and when installed on the Windows 8 classic desktop, simultaneously installs the Modern version. The biggest caveat for a Windows 8 hybrid browser is that only the default browser -- which is set by the user -- can run in the Modern UI. During setup Windows 8 assigns Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) as the default browser.


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The effect of the interaction of top metal with the interfacial Si-molecule bond was investigated by altering the direct attachment chemistries. Formation of alkane monolayers from starting alcohol, aldehyde, alkene, and thiol precursors was investigated. Independent of direct attachment chemistry, we report the remarkable observation that deposition of Au results in the displacement of the molecular film from the Si interface. In contrast, the directly attached molecular films are robust toward the deposition of Ag. For both metals, the C18 films formed by hydrosilation reactions on SiO2 remain at the interface. The results of monolayer stability with metal are linked to reactions between the metal and substrate. The displacement of the films by Au is attributed to Au insertion in the Si backbonds, in a reaction analogous to silicide formation. The results demonstrate that one must fully take into account the reactivity of the entire system, including substrates, molecular functional groups, and metal electrodes, when considering the robustness of molecules in metal junctions.
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Pirate Bay ditches servers and switches to the cloud
Looking for new ways to avoid raids and the seizure of its information-full servers, the file-sharing service moves all of its content to the cloud.
In the midst of threats of a possible police raid, the Pirate Bay decided to armor itself and become literally raid-proof. It's ditched its servers and moved to several cloud-hosting providers in different countries around the world.
"Slowly and steadily we are getting rid of our earthly form and ascending into the next stage, the cloud," the Pirate Bay wrote in a blog post. "Our data flows around in thousands of clouds, in deeply encrypted forms, ready to be used when necessary. Earth bound nodes that transform the data are as deeply encrypted and reboot into a deadlock if not used for 8 hours."
Switching to the cloud makes sense for the file hosting service -- it cuts down on resources and should reduce the site's downtown for users, according to TorrentFreak. Additionally, the data should be more secure since it's not being hosted in just one place.
"Moving to the cloud lets TPB move from country to country, crossing borders seamlessly without downtime," the Pirate Bay told TorrentFreak. "All the servers don't even have to be hosted with the same provider, or even on the same continent."
The file-sharing service has taken several steps to buffer itself against a possible shut down by the authorities. It first got rid of trackers, then it tossed its torrents in February and started using magnet links, and now it's servers are gone.
"All attempts to attack The Pirate Bay from now on is an attack on everything and nothing," it said in the blog post. "The site that you're at will still be here, for as long as we want it to. Only in a higher form of being. A reality to us. A ghost to those who wish to harm us."
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Since March, the Swedish authorities have taken down one of the site's kingpins in a high-profile arrest and extradition from Cambodia to Sweden. Gottfried Svartholm Warg, who is one of the co-founders of the file-sharing service, is now being tried on charges of hacking tax records in Sweden.
The Swedish authorities have become increasingly more serious about clamping down on sites that deal in copyright infringement. Earlier this month, they raided Web host PRQ and seized a handful of servers for Web sites that allegedly partook in illegal file sharing. The Pirate Bay used to be hosted by PRQ but no longer uses this provider.


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This poem only available on Lush Stories . If you are reading it elsewhere, it has been stolen. Gentle kisses brush this fear away; Strong arms enfold me into safety, Locking me into a fortress of steadfast keeping Until the daylight seeps into the inky world To kiss the awakening daisies As your lips kiss my shoulders. Leaning back into your chest, Arms entwined, Two clinging,...Read On
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This Week's 5 Dumbest Stock Moves
Friday - 2/15/2013, 4:41pm  ET
Stupidity is contagious. It gets us all from time to time. Even respectable companies can catch it. As I do every week, let's take a look at five dumb financial events this week that may make your head spin.
1. Cold electric cars heat up
Tesla Motors kicked off the week responding to a scathing critique by The New York Times on Sunday that called into question the electric car's battery life in cold weather. Given Tesla's goal of selling a ton of its Model S sedans to affluent Northeasterners, it's easy to see why coming under fire for performance in wintry weather could be a problem.
Elon Musk appeared on CNBC on Monday, but he may have made things worse.
He pointed out that company logs of the author's test-drive vehicle -- which in and of itself is a bit creepy -- shows that the reviewer didn't wait until his car had a complete charge. Musk also pointed out that the writer drove a few miles over the speed limit and took an unnecessary detour through Manhattan.
Musk may be right -- and a detailed report by Tesla later in the week makes it seem that way -- but that doesn't make Tesla look so good.
"With all due respect, Mr. Musk, who doesn't drive a Tesla faster than the speed limit?" CNBC's Bill Griffeth asked during the segment.
Tesla had to defend itself on this, but drawing more attention to the incident in a way that forces Tesla drivers to be patient through recharging stations, lighter on the accelerator, and focused on the most direct path from one destination to another doesn't sound like potent marketing material for a car that costs at least $60,000.
2. This is no Love Boat
Another cruise on Carnival has gone wrong.
An engine fire on the Carnival Triumph idled the ship on Sunday, stranding the ship that had left Galveston on a four-day trek through the Gulf of Mexico.
Passengers have reported a lack of food, power, and plumbing.
By Thursday afternoon, just as it seemed as if the boat was about to be pulled ashore along the Alabama coastline, the towline broke. The nightmare finally ended last night.
Yes, Carnival's smoothing over irate passengers with free cruise credits, but this is ultimately more damaging to Carnival because of the people who aren't on the ship. They're the ones seeing another Carnival-owned ship spoil a getaway, giving way to natural doubts about taking a cruise in the future.
3. Another iPhone security bug
Apple gave investors another reason to expect margins to continue contracting this week by lowering the price of two of its Macbooks, but the reason that the world's most valuable technology made the cut this week rests in its iOS 6.1 bug.
Once again, Apple has released an iPhone operating system upgrade where a simple hack can bypass someone's passcode protection. Yes, Apple went through this in its 4.1 update, leaving one to wonder if Apple is fully testing its upgrades.
Yes, Apple will be quick to roll out a fix, but Apple's in a vulnerable spot here. Android phones continue to explode in popularity, especially overseas where they are substantially cheaper than the iPhone. Apple can't afford to be human. There are too many competitors ready to pounce on every slip.
4. Orange aprons aren't for picking berries
BlackBerry picked a lousy time to lose a major client.
Home Depot is trading in the 10,000 BlackBerry devices that it provides to executives, managers, and corporate staffers for shiny new iPhones.
Yes, BlackBerry's been losing market share for a couple of years now. However, this diss comes just as BlackBerry is rolling out its new BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system that's generating some pretty healthy buzz.
Whether Home Depot was waiting on the details of BlackBerry 10 and was left unimpressed or this was something that had been in the works for some time, it still isn't the kind of news that the smartphone pioneer wants out as it kicks off its turnaround strategy.
5. Log rolling
Shareholders of LogMeIn are shouting "LetMeOut" after issuing disappointing guidance after Thursday's market close.
The remote-access services provider is calling for a sequential dip in revenue for the current quarter. Wall Street was banking on improvement. LogMeIn's profit forecast is also a little more than half as much as analysts figured that it would earn.


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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus was announced on September 2011 before released to the market 2 months later. Which mean, it is already 6 or 7 months by the time this post published. Yet, I still feel excited about this tab.
But why wait for 6 months? I personally feel the initial RRP (recommended retail price) at RM1799 is quite overpriced. So when Samsung slashed the RRP to RM1399 last month, I wait no more and get this a unit for my family. This unit bought from Celcom for RM1008, with 12 months contract and monthly commitment RM88. Minus the monthly rebated Rm25 (paid Rm300 upfront), additional rebate RM10, and minus the Rm3 for autobilling, the monthly commitment is not that high after all.
Considering countless review on Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus readily available on the net, so I thought it just need little introduction. Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is the successor to the original Samsung Galaxy Tab 7, the first 7 inch Android tablet from Samsung. Samsung has polished this 2nd generation tablet on almost every angle, making it not only one gorgeous tablet, but very powerful as well. We'll come to that on later paragraph ok?
I've read through many review, watch the youtube video, before I decide this is the table we're looking for, on top of iPad 1 that I bought 2 years ago. That's common things considering that you'll have to fork more than 1K here to own decent gadget here in Malaysia. The first impression is very important to influence your purchase. So yeah, I'm impressed with this stunningly beautiful gadget.
When I first hold Galaxy Tab 7 Plus, I can feel the thickness and lightweight. Yes, it is very thin, measured only 9.9mm (for comparison, Galaxy S2 is at 8.5mm). It grip well in my palm, and I feel comfortable holding it in one hand for very long time. My wife share the same feeling when we try it on the Celcom's Bluecube store. There are only 2 color available, black and white. We prefer black color, but out of excitement, we only realized we're given white color only when we reach home.
Samsung Galaxy tabs 7 Plus comes with clean and minimalist design. There are power button and volume rocker on the right side, headphone jack at the top. Samsung properity connector occupied the bottom part, and sim card slot and micro sd slot at the left side. There is no HDMI or USB port, unlike some tablet already in the market.
To us, the only caveat is, unlike US version, the version sold in Asia Pacific region doesn't come with IR sensor. I found this little bit disappointing initially because we plan to make it universal remote control for all electrical appliance in our house.
Galaxy Tab 7 plus screen is equally gorgeous as it's physical dimension. The screen use PLS-LCD (Plane-to-Line-Switching) technology which not only have high resolution, but also better viewing angles and according to an article that I read before, it is 10% brighter image than the iPad's IPS-LCD. So, in layman terms, the screen is brighter, the image is clear, the colour is vivid and the list goes on..
Now I mention before that Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is better in every angle compared to the original Galaxy Tab. That's pretty true except the screen resolution which still set to 600 x 1024 pixels, 7.0 inches (~170 ppi pixel density) and primary camera which still at 3.15Megapixel. The rest such as CPU (bumped from single core to dual core 1.2GHz), RAM (bumped from 512MB to 1GB), and the Android version (bumped from Froyo 2.2 to Honeycomb (3.2) has seen pretty impressive upgrade. Extensive comparison can always be viewed at GSMArena.
Let's move on to the OS that power this tablet, which is Android 3.2. My first Android phone is HTC Magic, which run on Android 1.6, which I upgrade to Android 2.3 using Cynogemod ROM. There are major improvement on the Android OS, which I very much appreciate it and loving it.
According to certain post like this one, the newer Galaxy Tab line including Galaxy Tab 7 Plus will receive an upgrade to Android 4.0 aka ICS, but no estimated date provided when that's going to happens. So live with it for time being. As usual, the Android tablet/smartphone sold by Samsung comes with the customized version of Android called TouchWiz.
Honestly, I'm not a big fan of customized Androd including TouchWiz (i prefer stock Android), but I don't bother to root it, and install the customized ROM or even the stock Android. There are also Samsung Store with over 40K application as alternative to Google Play Store. The thing I like most about Samsung tablet is, it comes with Polaroid Office by default. So opening/editing any office documents is a breeze, without hassle to install or purchase other office application. If you're heavy social media users, you may find it is very useful as it combined major social media, email and messaging in one place.
But Android is very customize-able OS, so it didn't take long for us to change the default launcher with GO Launcher.GO Launcher with GO Store offers whole lot of customization to satisfy your needs and craving of beautiful interface. There are tonnes of themes you can choose from, be it free or paid version. For time being, I prefer moderate customization and the free themes are more than enough.
With 3.5 megapixel camera, it does not produce stunning photos, but the quality is still there. After using this tablet for about a month, the most frustrated part is inability to capture moving object propertly. The auto focus in my opinion is working pretty slow to capture the moment. The LED flash is helpful to capture night shot, but the lighting is inadequate to provide decent quality photos. The video audio playback is also pretty good. It able to play 1080p movies perfectly. One thing I found useful especially if you have young kids is, the lock function to lock the screen when you play the movie. This will prevent the movie from stopped or the control panel being displayed on the screen when the screen is touched.
1 plus point that original Galaxy Tab 7 and Galaxy Tab 7 Plus has is the call function. It is little bit bulky to be called phone but the call quality is equally good. It little bit awkward initially to answer or make a call on the 7 inch tablet, which obviously not the same manner as phone, but over the time, we're pretty okey with that. The speaker and microphone is well placed, so there is no problem on the quality of the call. The only thing to do is to ignore the staring look from passerby, you'll be okey.
As conclusion, I can't really find any weakness on this beautiful and multi funstion. It is very affordable, compared to Galaxy Note which is RM500 more expensive. It is portable,value for money and gorgeous. For moderate use, the battery can last for a day or more, and only require recharging during the night.
There are many so thing you can do with this tablet. First and foremost is it's dual function as tablet and phone. With Waze, I can turn this phone to be GPS instantly. And it works very well. I can use it as education tool, entertainment tool for kids and my self, and others. Good buy indeed!


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A record twenty-six top prospects are confirmed to attend the 2012 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, the NFL announced today. That includes a record five players from BCS National Champion Alabama: S Mark Barron, LB Dont'a Hightower, CB Dre Kirkpatrick, RB Trent Richardson and LB Courtney Upshaw.
Louisiana State will have three players in attendance, while Baylor, South Carolina, Southern California and Stanford will each have two players in New York this year.
The players confirmed to attend this year's NFL Draft:
1)Mark BarronSAlabama 14)Melvin Ingram DESouth Carolina
2)Justin BlackmonWROklahoma State 15)Matt KalilTSouthern California
3)Michael BrockersDTLouisiana State 16)Dre Kirkpatrick CBAlabama
4)Morris ClaiborneCBLouisiana State 17)Andrew Luck QBStanford
5)Quinton Coples DENorth Carolina 18)Shea McClellinLBBoise State
6)Fletcher CoxDTMississippi State 19)Nick PerryDESouthern California
7)Coby FleenerTEStanford 20)Dontari PoeDTMemphis
8)Michael FloydWRNotre Dame 21)Rueben RandleWRLouisiana State
9)Stephon GilmoreCBSouth Carolina 22)Trent RichardsonRBAlabama
10)Cordy GlennTGeorgia 23)Devon StillDTPenn State
11)Robert Griffin III QBBaylor 24)Ryan Tannehill QBTexas A&M
12)Dont'a HightowerLBAlabama 25)Courtney UpshawLBAlabama
13)Stephen HillWRGeorgia Tech 26)Kendall WrightWRBaylor
WHAT:77th Annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting.
WHERE:Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas, New York City (Between 50th and 51st Streets).
WHEN:8:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 26 (Round 1).
7:00 PM ET, Friday, April 27 (Rounds 2-3).
Noon ET, Saturday, April 28 (Rounds 4-7).
The first round will conclude on Thursday by approximately 11:30 PM ET. In 2011, the first round consumed three hours and 30 minutes. The second and third rounds will conclude on Friday by approximately 11:15 PM ET. The second and third rounds took four hours and 15 minutes in 2011. The draft will conclude by approximately 7:30 PM ET on Saturday with the final four rounds. Rounds 4 through 7 took seven hours and 23 minutes in 2011.
DRAFTING:Representatives of the 32 NFL clubs by telephone communication with their general managers, coaches and scouts.
ROUNDS:Seven Rounds – Round 1 on Thursday, April 26; Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, April 27; and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 28.
There will be 253 selections, including 32 compensatory choices that have been awarded to 15 teams that suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last year.
The following 32 compensatory choices will supplement the 221 regular choices in the seven rounds – Round 3: Oakland, 33. Round 4: Minnesota, 33; Oakland, 34; Baltimore, 35; New York Giants, 36; Green Bay, 37; Green Bay, 38; Minnesota, 39; Dallas, 40. Round 5: Oakland, 33; Baltimore, 34; Indianapolis, 35. Round 6: New York Jets, 33; New York Jets, 34; Cleveland, 35; Cleveland, 36; Indianapolis, 37; Carolina, 38. Round 7: Pittsburgh, 33; Green Bay, 34; New York Jets, 35; Green Bay, 36; New York Jets, 37; Cleveland, 38; Pittsburgh, 39; Cleveland, 40; Pittsburgh, 41; Atlanta, 42; San Diego, 43; Buffalo, 44; St. Louis, 45; Indianapolis, 46.
Cleveland (Nos. 4 and 22), Cincinnati (Nos. 17 and 21) and New England (Nos. 27 and 31) have two selections in the first round. Atlanta, New Orleans and Oakland do not have first-round picks. All other teams have one first-round selection.
TIME LIMITS:Round 1: 10 minutes per selection. Round 2: Seven minutes per selection. Rounds 3 through 7: Five minutes per selection.
TELEVISION:NFL Network and ESPN/ESPN 2 will televise the draft on all three days.
INTERNET & MOBILE:On Thursday, April 26 at 7:30 PM ET and Friday, April 27 at 6:30 PM ET, NFL.com LIVE Presented by Marriott provides comprehensive coverage of the 2012 NFL Draft. On Saturday, NFL.com LIVE will stream NFL Network's coverage of Rounds 4-7 beginning at Noon ET. The popular "Fan War Rooms" are back for the fourth year, offering an innovative way for fans to follow the draft, allowing them the opportunity to discuss a team's strategy and immediately react once a player is selected. In addition, NFL.com's Cover It Live Presented by Lexus offers fans a unique forum to interact with fellow fans, NFL Network analysts and players, as well as voice their opinions regarding each selection. Fans may also follow two of the top prospects in this year's draft – Southern California tackle Matt Kalil and Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon – throughout their pre-draft journey on NFL.com's blog, The Right Stuff Presented by New Era. NFL.com will be with each prospect throughout their entire pre-draft journey, providing a behind-the-scenes look at one of the biggest moments in their life. "NFL Mobile only from Verizon" will have extensive coverage leading up to and during the 2012 NFL Draft including a live stream of NFL Network and its 2012 NFL Draft coverage, a live draft tracker and draft pick analysis from NFL experts, and mobile "Fan War Rooms" integrated with those of NFL.com.
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2.Washington (from St. Louis)2140.125.5901511050
3.Minnesota 3130.188.5591431130
4. Cleveland 4120.250.5311361200
5.Tampa Bay 4120.250.5511411150
6.St. Louis (from Washington)5110.313.4771221340
7.Jacksonville 5110.313.5001281280
8.Miami #6100.375.5041291270
9.Carolina #6100.375.5041291270
10.Buffalo 6100.375.5201331230
11.Kansas City #790.438.5121311250
12.Seattle #790.438.5121311250
13.Arizona 880.500.4691201360
14.Dallas 880.500.4731211350
15.Philadelphia 880.500.4881251310
16.New York Jets880.500.5001281280
17.Cincinnati (from Oakland)880.500.5041291270
18.San Diego 880.500.5161321240
19.Chicago 880.500.5271351210
20.Tennessee 970.563.4611181380
21.Cincinnati 970.563.4921261300
22.Cleveland (from Atlanta)1060.625.4801231330
23.Detroit 1060.625.5351371190
24.Pittsburgh 1240.750.4921261300
25.Denver 880.500.5201331230
26.Houston 1060.625.4531161400
27.New England (from New Orleans)1330.813.4411131430
28.Green Bay 1510.938.4571171390
29.Baltimore 1240.750.4771221340
30.San Francisco 1330.813.4491151410
31.New England 1330.813.4491151410
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OSCAR3 (Open Source Chemistry Analysis Routines) is software for the semantic annotation of chemistry papers. The modules OPSIN (a name-to-structure converter) and ChemTok (a tokeniser for chemical text) are also available as standalone libraries.
The latest version of OSCAR3 can be downloaded from SourceForge
System requirements
OSCAR3 requires Java, and is designed to work with Java 1.5 and higher.
OSCAR3 should run on Linux machines, most MACs, Windows 98/ME/XP/2K/2003/Vista/7.
Further information
- Documentation: OSCAR3 is provided with a readme file to get the software running. Once running, HTML documentation is available through OSCAR3's web interface.
- Licence: OSCAR3 is distributed under all clauses of the artistic licence v1.0 except clause 8.
- Source is available from SourceForge
- Known issues
- OSCAR3 Announce mailing list
- OSCAR3 Developers mailing list
- OSCAR3 support page
OSCAR3 is developed by the Murray-Rust Research Group at the University of Cambridge.
Peter Murray-Rust describes OSCAR
In this video, Peter Murray-Rust (head of the group that developed OSCAR) discusses OSCAR's operation. He is joined by Daniel Lowe, one of OSCAR's developers. The video was recorded at the UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2009.
Overview of OSCAR server
An overview of OSCAR3 showing the software being used to search PubMed abstracts, process them and browse the results.
UIMA demos
UIMA demo with CAS visual debugger tool
This demo uses OSCAR3 to generate annotations to be used in the UIMA (Unstructured Information Management Architecture) framework, and uses the CAS visual debugger tool from the UIMA SDK.
UIMA demo with document analyser tool
This demo also uses OSCAR3 to generate annotations to be used in the UIMA framework. However, this demo uses the document analyser tool from the UIMA SDK.
What does it do?
Oscar3 is a tool for shallow, chemistry-specific parsing of chemical documents. It identifies (or attempts to identify):
- Chemical names: singular nouns, plurals, verbs etc., also formulae and acronyms, some enzymes and reaction names.
- Ontology terms: if you can do it by string-matching, you can get OSCAR to do it.
- Chemical data: Spectra, melting/boiling point, yield etc. in experimental sections.
In addition, where possible the chemical names that are detected are annotated with structures, either via lookup or name-to-structure parsing ("OPSIN"), and with identifiers from the chemical ontology ChEBI
OSCAR3 also includes the Oscar Server, a Jetty-powered set of servlets. These provide the following services:
- Parsing of text/HTML by OSCAR.
- Text/InChI/SMILES/SMILES substructues/SMILES similarity search of papers, coupled with keyword and ontology-based search, using Lucene and the CDK.
- List of all names found / all names that co-occur with a search term or terms.
- Online management of a chemical/stopword lexicon.
- Manual editing of SciXML fragments containing named entities, for creating of gold standards and training data.
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It would have been dangerous hiring Klinsmann, obviously the US national team would not have been his dream job. Even though he has made a home out here he took the Bayern Munich job. I don't think the US job would have been one he would have stuck with. It seemed like a good idea at the time, because of Germany's run but all the tactical attacking football that Germany was hailed for, that was the brain child of Klinsmann's #2, Low. Who is now German's head guy. Klinsmann was the rah rah emotional leader guy. Important but would that stuff have been effective with American born players? Hard to say.
Adu as our attacking mid and Donovan as a right sided attacking mid could work, but who do you sacrifice? Dempsey or Beasley? Beasley is one of our most effective players but might be better suited to coming on as a sub and running at tired legs.Originally Posted by ucsdguy1
Against weak teams we could play a 4-4-2 with Adu as an attacking mid, and Donovan playing up front, and replacing one of Bradley or Clark. I don't think that would work against stronger sides though as I don't think Bradley/Clark/Edu have the combination of ball winning skills and passing proficiency to play defensive mid, because with Freddy in the midfield, that other center mid won't be getting to much help defensively!


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Fantasy: Classics
A selection of books by authors that helped define the genre.
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Anthony, Piers A Spell for Chameleon At age 25 Bink was exiled from the magic land of Xanth because he had no magic spell that was observable to his people. But both the good genie and the magic wall chart insisted that he did. How could he prove he had magic? 1977 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book | |
Baum, L. Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas, accompanied on her journey by the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. 2001 Adult Nonfiction Book | |
Beagle, Peter S. The Last Unicorn A unicorn, a haphazard wizard, and a spunky scullery woman journey to the dreaded kingdom of Haggaard, an evil ruler who, with the help of a bull-shaped demon, imprisons all the unicorns of the world. 1991 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book | |
Bradley, Marion Zimmer The Mists of Avalon Retells the legend of Arthur as perceived by Viviane, the Lady of the Lake and high priestess of Avalon, Arthur's mother Igraine, his Christian wife Guinevere, and the sorceress Morgaine 2001 Adult Fiction Book | |
Brooks, Terry The Sword of Shannara Long ago, the world of Shea Ohmsford was torn apart by the wars of ancient Evil. But in the Vale, the half-human, half-elfin Shea now lives in peace - until the mysterious, forbidding figure of Alanon appears, to reveal that the supposedly long dead Warlock Lord lives again, and will destroy the world. 1977 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book | |
Card, Orson Scott Seventh Son Amid the deep woods where the Red Man still holds sway, a very special child is born. Young Alvin is the seventh son, and such a boy is destined to become great - perhaps even a man with the enormous powers of a Maker. But even in the loving safety of his home, dark forces reach out to destroy him. 1987 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book | |
Donaldson, Stephen R. Lord Foul's Bane The first book in one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written, the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever. He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet he was tempted to believe, to fight for the Land, to be the reincarnation of its greatest hero.... THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER 1977 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book | |
Eddings, David Pawn of Prophecy Garion the farm boy did not believe in magic dooms, but then he did not know that soon he would be on a quest of unparalleled magic and danger when the dread evil God Torak was reawakened. Book 1 of the Belgariad. 1997 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book | |
Grimm, Jacob The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm A new translation of 279 fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. Also includes a listing of their oral and/or literary sources. 2003 Adult Nonfiction Book | |
Kurtz, Katherine Deryni Rising The magical Deryni have long been persecuted and feared in Gwynedd, but the ruling Haldane family hides a dark secret -- they have Deryni blood. Charissa, a full-blooded Deryni trained in the disciplines of sorcery and necromancy, threatens the rulership of the young King Kelson and the life of his chief advisor Morgan. 2004 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book | |
Leiber, Fritz Fritz Leiber's Return to Lankhmar Here are Leiber's first two classic sword and sorcery novels featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, and the darkly dangerous city of Lankhmar. 1997 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book | |
Lewis, C. S. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter. 1994 Children's Fiction Book | |
Malory, Thomas, Sir Le Morte D'Arthur Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries. The stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Queen Guenever, and Tristram and Isolde seem astonishingly moving and modern. 1999 Adult Nonfiction Book | |
Pratchett, Terry The Colour of Magic The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins--with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind. 1989 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book | |
Stewart, Mary The Crystal Cave Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys -- or as he would later be known, Merlin -- leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon ... and the conception of Arthur -- king for once and always. Book jacket. 2003 Adult Fiction Book | |
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. Book jacket. 2003 Adult SciFi Fantasy Book |
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FROM THE ARCHIVE Why Babe Ruth is the Greatest Home-Run Hitter
In this piece from 1921, PopSci subjects the Sultan of Swat to a battery of scientific tests hoping to discover the secret behind his superhuman swing
As it turns out, our pre-war study might have been ahead of its time. For more on similar tests done with modern technology on Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols, click here.
The game was over. Babe, who had made one of his famous drives that day, was tired and wanted to go home. "Not tonight, Babe," I said. "Tonight you go to college with me. You're going to take scientific tests which will reveal your secret."
"Who wants to know it?" asked Babe.
"I want to know it," I replied, "and so do several hundred thousand fans. We want to know why it is that one man has achieved a unique batting skill like yours -- just why you can slam the ball as nobody else in the world can."
So away we went. Babe in his baseball uniform, not home to his armchair, but out to Columbia University to take his first college examination.
Babe went at the test with the zeal of a schoolboy, and the tests revealed why his rise to fame followed suddenly after years of playing during which he was known as an erratic although a powerful hitter. How he abruptly gained his unparalleled skill has been one of baseball's mysteries.
Albert Johanson, M.A., and Joseph Holmes, M.A., of the research laboratory of Columbia University's psychological department, who, in all probability, never saw Ruth hit a baseball, and who neither know or care if his batting average is .007 or .450, are .500 hitters in the psychology game. They led Babe Ruth into the great laboratory of the university, figuratively took him apart, watched the wheels go round; analyzed his brain, his eye, his ear, his muscles; studied how these worked together; reassembled him, and announced the exact reasons for his supremacy as a batter and a ball-player.
Baseball employs scores of scouts to explore the country and discover baseball talent. These scouts are known as "Ivory hunters," and if baseball-club owners take the hint from the Ruth experiments, they can organize a clinic, submit candidates to the comprehensive tests undergone by Ruth, and discover whether or not other Ruths exist. By these tests it would be possible for the club owners to discover -- during the winter, perhaps -- whether the ball-players are liable to be good, bad, or mediocre; and, to carry the [p. 20] practical results of the experiments to the limit, then may be able to eliminate the possibility, or probability, of some player "pulling a boner" in mid-season by discovering, before the season starts, how liable he is to do so.
The scientific ivory hunters of Columbia University discovered that the secret of Babe Ruth's batting, reduced to non-scientific terms, is that his eyes and ears function more rapidly than those of other players; that his brain records sensations more quickly and transmits its orders to the muscles much faster than does that of the average man. The tests proved that the coordination of eye, brain, nerve system, and muscle is practically perfect, and that the reason he did not acquire his great batting power before the sudden burst at the beginning of the baseball season of 1920, was because, prior to that time, pitching and studying batters disturbed his almost perfect coordination.
Ruth the Superman
The tests revealed the fact that Ruth is 90 per cent efficient compared with a human average of 60 per cent.
That his eyes are about 12 per cent faster than those of the average human being.
That his ears function at least 10 per cent faster than those of the ordinary man. That his nerves are steadier than those of 499 out of 500 persons.
That in attention and quickness of perception he rated one and a half times above the human average.
That in intelligence, as demonstrated by the quickness and accuracy of understanding, he is approximately 10 per cent above normal.
It must not be forgotten that the night on which the tests were made was an extremely warm one, and that in the afternoon he had played a hard, exhausting game of baseball before a large crowd, in the course of which he had made one of those home-run hits which we at Columbia were so eager to understand and account for. Under such circumstances, one would think that some signs of nerve exhaustion would be revealed. The instigation lasted more than three hours, during which Ruth stood for most of the time, walked up and down stairs five times, and underwent the tests in a close warm room. At the end of that time I was tired and nervous, and, although Ruth showed no symptoms of weariness, it is probable that under more favorable conditions his showing would have been even better.
The tests used were ones that primarily test motor functions and give a measure of the integrity of the psychophysical organism. Babe Ruth was posed first in an apparatus created to determine the strength, quickness, and approximate power of the swing of his bat against his ball. A plane covered with electrically charges wires, strung horizontally, was placed behind him and a ball was hung over the theoretical plate, so that it could be suspended at any desired height.
I learned something then which, perhaps, will interest the American League pitchers more than it will the scientists. This was that the ball Ruth likes best to hit, and can hit hardest, is a low ball pitched just above his knees on the outside corner of the plate. The scientists did not consider this of extreme importance in their calculations, but the pitchers will probably find it of great scientific interest.
Science Discovers the Secret
The ball was adjusted at the right height, and, taking up a bat that was electrically wired, Ruth was told to get into position and to swing his bat exactly as if striking the ball for a home run, to make the end of it touch one of the transverse wires on the plate behind him, then swing it through its natural arc and hit the ball lightly. The bat, weighing fifty-four ounces (exactly the weight of the bats Ruth uses on the diamond), was swung as directed, touched the ball, and the secret of his power -- or, rather, the amount of force with which the strikes the ball -- was calculated. At least, the basis of the problem was secured: The bat, weighing fifty-four ounces, swinging at a rate of 110 feet a second, hits a ball travelling at the rate of, say, sixty feet a second, the ball weighing four and a quarter ounces, and striking the bat at a point four inches from the end. How far will it travel? There are other elements [p. 21] entering into the problem, such as the resilience of the ball, the "English" placed on it by the pitcher's hand, and a few minor details. But the answer, as proved by the measurements, is somewhere between 450 and 500 feet. This problem cannot be worked down to exact figures because of the unknown quantities.
The experimenters, however, were not so much interested in the problem in physics as they were in the problems in psychology. The thing they wanted to know was what made Ruth superior to all other ball-players in hitting power, rather than to measure that power.


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Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a British organisation committed to finding practical solutions to today's social challenges.[1] Based in London, it is usually known as the RSA or Royal Society of Arts for brevity (including on the building's frieze — see photograph).
The Society was founded in 1754, was granted a Royal Charter in 1847,[2] and the right to use the term Royal in its name by King Edward VII in 1908.
Charles Dickens, Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, Karl Marx, William Hogarth, John Diefenbaker, Stephen Hawking and Tim Berners-Lee are some of the notable past and present members, and it has today more than 27,000 Fellows from 70 countries worldwide.
The RSA's Medal winners include Nelson Mandela, Sir Frank Whittle, and Professor Stephen Hawking. The RSA Medals, named Albert Medal, the Benjamin Franklin Medal and the Bicentenary Medal, are still awarded. The RSA members are still among the innovative contributors to the human knowledge, as shown by the Oxford English Dictionary which records the first use of the term "sustainability" in an environmental sense of the word in the RSA's Journal in 1980.
Name and mission[edit]
On the RSA building's frieze The Royal Society of Arts words (see photograph) are engraved, although its full name is Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. The short name and the related R(oyal) S(ociety) of A(rts) acronym are used more frequently than the full name.
The RSA's mission expressed in the founding charter was to "embolden enterprise, enlarge science, refine art, improve our manufacturers and extend our commerce", but also of the need to alleviate poverty and secure full employment. On its website, the RSA characterises itself as "an enlightenment organisation committed to finding innovative practical solutions to today's social challenges".
The RSA's Patron is currently HM Elizabeth II, the RSA's President is HRH The Princess Royal (who replaced her father, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in 2011), its Chairman is Vikki Heywood,[3] and its Chief Executive is Matthew Taylor.
List of presidents of the RSA[edit]
- 1755–1761: The Viscount Folkestone
- 1761–1793: The Lord Romney
- 1794–1815: The Duke of Norfolk
- 1816–1843: The Duke of Sussex
- 1843–1861: The Prince Consort
- 1862–1862: William Tooke
- 1863–1901: The Prince of Wales
- 1901–1901: Sir Frederick Bramwell
- 1901–1910: The Prince of Wales
- 1910–1910: The Lord Alverstone
- 1911–1942: The Duke of Connaught
- 1942–1943: Sir Edward Crowe
- 1943–1945: E. F. Armstrong
- 1945–1947: The Viscount Bennett
- 1947–1952: The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh
- 1952–2011: The Duke of Edinburgh[4]
- 2011–present: The Princess Royal
Fellows of the RSA[edit]
Individuals are elected to the Fellowship,[5][6][7] and becoming a Fellow is considered to be an honour.[8][9][10] Fellows must have demonstrated achievement or potential related to the arts, manufactures and commerce. The RSA says, "The RSA Fellowship is an international community of over 27,000 achievers and influencers from a wide array of backgrounds and professions, distinguished by the letters FRSA. Fellows are social entrepreneurs to scientists, community leaders to commercial innovators, artists and journalists to architects and engineers, and many more."[11]
Originally modelled on the Dublin Society for improving Husbandry, Manufacturers and other Useful Arts, the RSA in its early years offered prizes — which it called "premiums" — for people who could successfully achieve one of a number of published challenges. "Premiums" for a very wide range of challenges (including devising new forms of machinery and agricultural improvements, which included new ways to improve the cultivation of opium poppies etc.). The RSA originally specifically precluded premiums for patented solutions.[12]
The famous Mutiny on the Bounty happened when Captain William Bligh tried for the first time to ship breadfruit from the East to the West Indies, to win a "premium" offered by RSA. He made a subsequent successful attempt, and the RSA awarded him the prize.
In 1936, the RSA awarded the first distinctions of Royal Designers for Industry (RDI or HonRDI), reserved for "those very few who in the judgment of their peers have achieved 'sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for industry'".
In 1937 "The Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry" was established as an association with the object of "furthering excellence in design and its application to industrial purposes": membership of the Faculty is automatic for (and exclusive to) all RDIs and HonRDIs. The Faculty currently has 120 Royal Designers (RDI) and 45 Honorary Royal Designers (non-UK citizens who are awarded the accolade of HonRDI): the number of designers who may hold the distinction of RDI at any one time is strictly limited.
The Faculty consists of the world's leading practitioners from fields as disparate as engineering, furniture, fashion and textiles, graphics, theater and film design. Early members include Eric Gill, Enid Marx, Sir Frank Whittle and numerous other household names.
The RSA Building[edit]
The RSA moved to its current home in 1774. The House, situated near the Strand in central London, had been purpose-designed by the Adam Brothers (James Adam and Robert Adam) as part of their innovative Adelphi scheme completed in 1774. The RSA building has expanded into adjacent buildings in the intervening years (2–6 John Adam Street, plus 18 Adam Street).
The original building includes the Great Room, which features a magnificent sequence of paintings by Irish artist James Barry titled The progress of human knowledge and culture. The RSA House is also available for hire to external clients for conferences etc.
The first occupant of 18 Adam Street was the Adelphi Tavern, which is mentioned in Dickens's The Pickwick Papers. The former private dining room of the Tavern contains a magnificent Adam ceiling with painted roundels by the school of Kauffman and Zucchi. The address was 8 John Street (now 8 John Adam Street).
The RSA devised a scheme for commemorating the links between famous people and buildings by placing plaques on the walls — these continue today as "blue plaques" which are administered by a range of government bodies. The first of these plaques was, in fact, of red terracotta erected outside a former residence of Lord Byron (since demolished). The Society erected 36 plaques until, in 1901, responsibility for them was transferred to the London County Council (which changed the colour of the plaques to the current blue) and, later, the Greater London Council (the G.L.C.) and, most recently, English Heritage. Similar schemes are now operated in all the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
The RSA's spin-off organisations[edit]
The Royal Academy of Arts was formed as the RSA's spin-off organisation in 1768 by Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, two early members of the RSA, as a result of first exhibition of contemporary art.
The RSA's launching of the modern world's first public examinations in 1882 led to RSA Examinations Board (now included in the (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations Board).
In 1876, a predecessor of the Royal College of Music, the National Training School for Music, was founded by the RSA, and the Society was instrumental in the preservation of West Wycombe, purchasing the entire village and handing it over to the National Trust.
In 1936, the RSA awarded the first distinctions of Royal Designers for Industry (RDI or HonRDI), reserved for "those very few who in the judgment of their peers have achieved 'sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for industry'".
The RSA's worldwide presence today[edit]
In Great Britain and Ireland, the RSA offers regional activities to encourage Fellows to interact with each other locally and to address local topics of interest. The UK Regions are: East of England, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West, West Midlands and Yorkshire; Northern Ireland, part of the UK, is treated, for historical reasons, as a single all-Ireland region — 'Ireland' — that includes the Republic of Ireland. The RSA also has a presence in Belgium (to increase its influence in Brussels) and, further afield, in Australia, India, Southern Africa and the USA.[citation needed]
The RSA's public events programme is a key part of its charitable mission to make world-changing ideas and debate freely available to all.[13] Over 100 keynote lectures, panel discussions, debates, and documentary screenings are held each year, many of which are live-streamed over the web.[14] Events are free and open to the public, and mp3 audio files [15] and videos [16] are made available on the RSA's website and YouTube page.[17]
Renowned thinkers and doers have been invited to present their ideas on the RSA's stage ever since the society was founded in the 18th century "age of enlightenment". More recent speakers have included Sir Ken Robinson, Al Gore, Sir David Attenborough, Alain de Botton, Michael Sandel, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Martha Nussbaum, Desmond Tutu, Steven Pinker, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, Dan Ariely, Brene Brown, Slavoj Zizek, David Cameron, and Dambisa Moyo.[18]
The choice of speaker for the recent annual Presidential lecture has been a matter of interest in the press.[19] Danish professor Björn Lomborg, was chosen; his latest book, Cool It, suggests that the imminent demise of polar bears is a myth. As president of the RSA, Prince Philip's first choice of speaker was Ian Plimer, professor of mineral geology at Adelaide University, but this was rejected as too controversial, as Plimer argues that the theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming is unproven.
On 14 January 2010, the RSA in partnership with Arts Council England hosted a one day conference in London called "State of the Arts".[20] A number of speakers from various dispclines from art to government gathered to talk about the state of the arts industry in the United Kingdom. Notable speakers included Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport and his counterpart Ben Bradshaw MP, who was then the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport. Notably, Jeremy Hunt stated that if the Conservative party won the next elections then government funding for the arts would be cut.[21]
RSA Animate (animation series)[edit]
Excerpts from the events programme form the basis for the 10-minute whiteboard animations as shown on the theRSAorg YouTube channel.[22] The series was created as a way of making important, socially-beneficial ideas as accessible, clear, engaging and universal as possible.[23] The series is produced and audio-edited at the RSA, and the animations are created by RSA Fellow Andrew Park at Cognitive Media.[24]
The first 14 of these had gained 46 million views as of 2011,[25] making it the no.1 nonprofit YouTube channel worldwide. The first animation in the RSA Animate series was based on Renata Salecl's speech delivered for RSA on her book about choice.
A number of celebrity fans have tweeted about RSA Animates, including Yoko Ono, Eric Schmidt and Milla Jovovich.[26]
During the 1980s, the RSA worked with the Comino Foundation and established a Comino Fellowship Committee 'to change the cultural attitude to industry from one of lack of interest or dislike to one of concern and esteem'. This eventually led to a joint government/industry initiative to promote 1986 as "Industry Year",[27][28] with the RSA and the Comino Foundation providing core funding of £250,000 - which persuaded the Confederation of British Industry to raise £1 million and government departments to provide £3 million.[29]
In July 2008, the RSA became a sponsor of an academy in Tipton, The RSA Academy, which opened in September 2008. New buildings are currently under construction to designs by John McAslan and Partners. Current projects include Arts and Ecology, Citizen Power, Connected Communities, Design and Society, Education, Public Services, Social Brain, and Technology in a Cold Climate.[30]
Past projects include delivering fresh drinking water to the developing world, rethinking intellectual property from first principles to produce a Charter (published as the Adelphi Charter), investigating schemes to manage international migration and exploring the feasibility of a UK-wide personal carbon trading system. It still promotes the practice of inclusive design, and is working with artists to communicate ideas about environmental sustainability (for example, through one of the RSA's past projects, WEEE Man, and currently through the Arts and Ecology project).
See also[edit]
- ^ "About the RSA".
- ^ "History of the RSA".
- ^ Vikki Heywood CBE. RSA. Retrieved on 2013-10-09.
- ^ AIM25 text-only browsing: Royal Society of Arts: ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS. Aim25.ac.uk. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
- ^ "Professor Sir Michael Berry: Prizes and Awards". University of Bristol, UK. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ "Obituaries: Abdul Latif". The Telegraph. 24 January 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ Speakman, John. "Awards & Prizes". Energetics Research Group. University of Aberdeen, UK. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ Richardson, Stuart (20 May 2010). "Royal Society of Arts welcomes Blitz studio heads to its ranks". News by Develop. Develop. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ^ "Our Heritage". Edina Ronay. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ^ Watt-Smith, Claire (9 November 2009). "Claire Watt-Smith awarded Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts". BoBelle, London, UK. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ^ RSA Fellowship
- ^ http://sitoc.biz/adelphicharter/pdfs/RSA_IP_Final.pdf
- ^ "About RSA events".
- ^ "RSA Replay channel on Youtube".
- ^ "Audio and past events".
- ^ "RSA videos".
- ^ "RSA channel on Youtube".
- ^ "RSA Events Speakers".
- ^ "Evening Standard story".
- ^ State of the Arts Conference, RSA.
- ^ Higgins, Charlotte (14 January 2010). "Arts funding cuts proposed by Conservatives". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "RSA Youtube channel".
- ^ "RSA Animate interview".
- ^ "Cognitive Media people".
- ^ Halliday, Josh (21 October 2011). "Internet users get animated about RSA short film series: Andrew Park's videos, which are drawn from capitalism and education speeches, have received 46m YouTube hits". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Milla Jovovich tweet".
- ^ Sir Geoffrey Chandler CBE, (1985) "Industry Year 1986", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 85 Issue: 5/6, pp.6-10
- ^ Anne Powell (1986) "The Industry Year Attack", Production Engineer vol. 65. Issue: 1, pp.13-14.
- ^ Darbyshire, Anthony, and Duckworth, Eric (2011), Demetrius Comino: A life and legacy of achievement, Comino Foundation. - http://www.cominofoundation.org.uk/PDF/Demetrius_Comino_a_life_and_legacy_of_achievement.pdf (accessed: 22 February 2012)
- ^ "RSA Projects".
Further reading[edit]
- Wood, Henry Trueman. A history of the Royal Society of Arts (London: Murray, 1913).
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Fellowship's Official Social Network
- Video Lectures (Youtube)
- Transactions of the Society of Arts (Journals up to the early 19th century)
- Royal Society of Arts
- Cultural organisations in the United Kingdom
- Arts in the United Kingdom
- Organizations established in 1754
- Grade I listed buildings in London
- Grade I listed institutional headquarters
- Learned societies of the United Kingdom
- Organisations based in London with royal patronage
- 1754 establishments in Great Britain


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1969-81-Speed Shift Pattern 3/8" Thread Black Ball/Chrome Base Manual Transmission Shifter Knob For Cars With Hurst Shif
Excellent reproductions of original two piece Camaro shift ball. Factory Used on all Camaro's except high horsepower models. High quality materials with both the heavy chrome base ring and upper ball threaded. Fits any 3/8" (Hurst) style shifter handle.


text: The Reeves Iron Company. CERTIFICATE OF SUBSCRIPTION. TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, COLUMBUS, OHIO: We, the undersigned, incorporators of The Reeves Iron Company, do hereby certify, that on the seventeenth day of June, 1893, all the incorporators of said Company did order, in writing, that books be opened for subscriptions to the capital stock of said Company, at Canal Dover, Ohio on the 17th day of June, 1893, at 1 o'clock P.M.; and, at the same time, did waive, in writing, the notice by publication of the time and place of such opening of books of subscription, required by law; and further, said books having been opened at the time and place ordered, that ten per cent. of the capital stock of said Company has been subscribed. Jeremiah E. Reeves Jabez Reeves Sam'l J. Reeves P.S. Cooper Alexander Fraser Thos. J. Staley Edward C. [illegible] Incorporators. UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA [brackets] STATE OF OHIO, [brackets] SS. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I Samuel M. Taylor, Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the annexed instrument is an exemplified copy, carefully compared by me with the original record now in my official custody as Secretary of State, and found to be true and correct, of the Certificate of Subscription to the capital stock of The Reeves Iron Company, filed in this office under Sec. 3241 of the Revised Statutes, on the 21st day of June A.D. 1893, and recorded in Volume 55 Page 548, of the Records of Incorporations. [seal] WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Columbus, Ohio, [seal] this 21st day of June, [seal] A.D. 1893 [seal] Samuel M. Taylor Secretary of State


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